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Entries from August 2008

La Ruina Power Rankings: Week 22

August 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
1. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris Rosen) (me!) / 150 (+5.5): Confirming what I called three weeks ago, Carlos Zambrano’s arm injury is no longer hidden.
2. Made In The Dark (Justin) / 133 (-6.5): Justin is probably regretting trading both […]

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Tags: "blown" players · "blown" saves · Power Rankings

Apropos of nothing…

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

 Hey AROD, Rey Ordonez called.  He wants his back bat.
Alex Rodriguez has 3 RBIs after the 6th inning this season.
That is all.

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La Ruina Power Rankings: Week 21

August 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
Normally we do the Power Rankings here, but we’d rather do the good ol’ “Who Are You Going to Keep?” post, especially now that the trading deadline has come and gone. So without further adieu:
1. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris […]

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Tags: "blown" managers · "blown" players · Keepers · Power Rankings

La Ruina Power Rankings: Week 20

August 17th, 2008 · No Comments

[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
1. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris Rosen) (me!) / 144.5 (+4): Looking forward to anchoring my 2009 squad with Josh Hamilton and Kevin Youkilis off career years, and Dustin Pedroia and his sure to be 760 OPS.
2. Made In The […]

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Tags: Power Rankings

La Ruina Power Rankings: Week 19

August 10th, 2008 · No Comments

[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
1. Made In The Dark (Justin) / 142.5 (+0.5): Carlos Lee, we’ll see you in 2009.
2. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris Rosen) (me!) / 140.5 (-1.5): Hidden arm injury alert! Carlos Zambrano will be on the DL by the end […]

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Tags: "blown" managers · Power Rankings

The place where it all started…

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve all heard LastPlaceto butcher the name of our league over and over again but what you may not have known is that they’re currently running a special.
15% off any lobster specials and a free drink
 
 

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Tags: Anybody Hungry? · Even though he's not actually in last · LastPlaceto

This Guy Knows Something … ERA is the TIE BREAKER!

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments


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Tags: Any Day Now · am I still the frontrunner? · et tu laruina

La Ruina Power Rankings: Week 18

August 3rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
Why do I bother?
1. Made In The Dark (Justin) / 142 (+8.5): I’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that ERA is the tiebreaker that Yahoo! uses to decide placing.
2. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris Rosen) (me!) / […]

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Tags: "blown" managers · "blown" players · Power Rankings · This place is dead anyway