| The Texas
League Fantasy Baseball - 2003 |
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Recap: Week 22
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Raging Trout Mucho Mojo: - Purple Pecans have won TEN straight games to set the league record. - Hidden Dragons have won six straight. - Raging Trout have won five straight. - Ludville 9 has won two in a row. Missing Mojo: - GotBoost? have now lost ten straight. - Da Bums have lost four straight. - Ruby's Raiders & Southlake Slackers have dropped two in a row. Player(s) of the Week*: 1B Paul Konerko - Free Agent (12/22, .545 BA, 3 HR, 8 RBIs, 3 R) OF Vladimir Guerrero - Da Bums (11/24, .458 BA, 5 HR, 12 RBIs, 11 R) *As determined by MLB. |
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2003 Championship Playoff Field #1 Seed: Raging Trout #2 Seed: Southlake Slackers #3 Seed: Purple Pecans #4 Seed: BigV #5 Seed: Ludville 9 #6 Seed: Ruby's Raiders |
New to the Big Dance #2: Southlake Slackers #3: Purple Pecans In the Last Year, Not This Year # 7: Hidden Dragons (Defending champs!) #8: Gladiators |
2003 Junior League Field #7 Seed: Hidden Dragons #8 Seed: Gladiators #9 Seed: Da Bums #10 Seed: Lethal Lobsters #11 Seed: GotBoost? #12 Seed: Beachtown Bobos |
Quarter-Finals |
Purple
Pecans (15-7, #3)
vs. Ruby's Raiders
(11-11, #6) Skinny: The Purple Pecans finished the regular with a league record 10 game winning streak and came within 0.5 games of 2nd place overall. The hitting has been dynamite all season as the Pecans prevailed as the leagues hitting champs (.295 season BA). The Pecans look to combine their fire sticks with able pitching to fend off the troublesome Raiders. The Raiders are back again and have now finished in the Top-6 for the second straight year. However the hits have been hard to come by of late and only an improbable rally by BigV and the Raider's themselves kept the team from sliding into the #7 slot. The Raiders will need ace SP Randy Johnson to flash his Cy Young form if they are to derail the leagues hottest team. Notable:
The Pecans batted an even .300 during their ten game winning streak
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Quarter-Finals |
BigV
(13-9, #4)
vs. Ludville 9
(12-10, #5) Skinny: BigV finished the regular season as the #4 seed overall just inches away from a Top-2 finish. BigV sports a big time offense and an up-n-down pitching staff. The pitching staff is capable of brilliance but tends to be inconsistent. As goes the P staff, so goes BigV. Ludville 9 returns to big dance with visions of a Baseball title to compliment their Football title. Similar circumstances prevail as the streaky, unpredictable team from the north rolls into the playoffs with lowered expectations but an ever dangerous line-up. L9 won their last two and the bats seem to be heating up. Notable:
This game features this years HR champs as both teams finished with 216
dingers. Last Ten: BigV: 5-5 Ludville 9: 6-4 |
| Game of the Week |
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Purple Pecans (15-7) |
12 | Skinny: Pecan wood
awakens to fuel huge rally. Sets league record consecutive wins.
Comes ever so close to nudging Slackers out of Top-2.
Stars: H: Luis Castillo, Chipper Jones, Carlos Lee P: Tim Hudson, Esteban Loaiza, Mariano Rivera Championship Round: vs. Ruby's Raiders (11-11, #6) |
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Southlake
Slackers (17-5) |
10 | Skinny: Slackers
jump all over Pecans then fade. #2 overall. L2 streak at
the end hurts.
Stars: H: Aubrey Huff, Mike Lieberthal, Hank Blalock, Juan Pierre P: Livian Hernandez, Andy Petite Championship Round: . Bye |
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Hidden Dragons (14-8) |
11* | Skinny: Defending
champs notch 6th straight W but just miss Top-6 despite gaudy .315 BA.
Stars: H: Derek Jeter, Shannon Stewart, Jim Edmonds P: Kelvim Escobar, Jarrod Washburn Junior League Round: Bye |
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BigV (13-9) |
11 | Skinny: Big
rally in effort to clinch #2 overall....comes up just short due to dicey P
(6.23 BA)
Stars: H: Carlos Delgado, Albert Pujols, Sammy Sosa P: Greg Maddux, Vicente Padilla Championship Round: vs. Ludville 9 (12-10, #5) |
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Ludville 9 (12-10) |
12 | Skinny: Second
consecutive W means streaky L9 getting hot at the right time.
Football deja vu?
Stars: H: Jeff Bagwell, A-Rod, Gary Sheffield P: Brad Radke, Carl Pavano, Matt Mantei Championship Round: vs. BigV (13-9, #4) |
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Rubys Raiders (11-11) |
10 | Skinny: Raiders
start slow, look to fall out of Top-6, the put together furious rally to
finish #6. Whew!.
Stars: H: Jay Payton, Mark Loretta, Normar P: Kevin Millwood, Johan Santana, Randy Johnson Championship Round: vs. Purple Pecans (15-7, #3) |
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GotBoost? (5-17) |
8 | Skinny: Season
rapidly coming to a close as GB drops 10th straight game.
Stars: H: J P: H Junior League Round: vs. Lethal Lobsters (6-16, #10) |
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Beachtown
Bobos (2-20) |
13 | Skinny: Bobos
end season with a W despite .159 BA. Good P (3.42 ERA) + 102 more ABs
work!
Stars: H: J P: H Junior League Round: vs. Da Bums (8-14, #9) |
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Raging Trout (17-5) |
13 | Skinny: Clinches
#1 overall ranking. Win streak now at 5.
Stars: H: Alfonso Soriano, Eric Chavez, Miguel Tejada, Vernon Wells P: Jason Schmidt, Keith Foulke Championship Round: Bye |
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Da Bums (8-14) |
7 | Skinny: Da ums
post nice .298 BA but don't have enough ABs to knock of #1 Trout.
Stars: H: Vlad Guerrero, Marcus Giles, Mike Sweeney P: Kevin Brown, Eric Gagne Junior League Round: vs. Beachtown Bobos (2-20, #12) |
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Gladiators (12-10) |
12 | Skinny: Gladiators W
clinches overall winning record of 12-10.
Stars: H: Bill Mueller, Javy Lopez, Garrett Anderson P: Barry Zito, Bartolo Colon, Danny Kolb Junior League Round: Bye |
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Lethal Lobsters (6-16) |
7 | Skinny: Lobster drop 4th
of last 5 as once stellar pitching goes south late in the season.
Stars: H: Jason Kendall, Orlando Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Beltran P: Cliff Lee Junior League Round: vs. GotBoost? (5-17, #11) |
Last updated: September 1, 2003
