First Week Completed (3-4)

Player of the Week - Johan Santana: 2-0, 13IP, 15K, 5BB, 4ER, 67.5 Points

After extending a losing streak to 4 with an opening game loss to Brooklyn (47.75 - 57.5), my team caught fire winning the second 2 games by a combined score of 296.5 to 118.55. The resurgence was led by a pitching staff that went 5-0 with 3 saves in the 3-game series. The wins came from D-Train, Harang, Lackey, Johan, and Hoffman. The saves were contributed by Papelbon, Valverde, and Shields. Pujols finally got his bat going with a big day on Sunday, and Markakis and Edwin Encarnacion had solid weekends offensively. I'm currently the leader in overall points (723 points through 7 games...over 103 points per game) and have a sub-500 record. That comes from losing some close ones and winning some blowouts. Hopefully the points keep coming like this, and the record will sort itself out.

In the real baseball world, my beloved Orioles took 2 out of 3 from the Yankees. And, if it were not for a disgusting Saturday Night collapse, the Os would (and should) have a sweep under their belts. For all the cash they spend, the Yanks appear to have zero viable starting pitchers. They have taxed their bullpen so much (no starters this season making it into the 6th inning), that they were forced to have Andy Pettitte come out of the bullpen to collect some work since it was his day to throw anyway.

The Orioles got great starting pitching from Bedard on Sunday and Trachsel on Saturday, while Loewen looked pretty good on Friday. The bullpen looked shaky at best, especially during their monumental collapse on Saturday. Kevin Millar's bat came alive, Markakis was very solid, and even Paul Bako showed some pop against the weak Yankee pitching. The Home Opener is today, and unfortunately I'm stuck at work and cannot attend. What a bummer...