Thinking Out Loud: Fantasy baseball update: week 11

I know this is pretty damn late, but here's my fantasy baseball update for last week. I emerged from my week 11 matchup in HATE THE YANKS '06 in a pretty foul mood, as my team imploded over the weekend. On Thursday morning, I was winning 11-1; by the end of the weekend, I had lost 6-8. I was never blowing my opponent out in any of those 11 categories I led in, but I had decent margins that should have held up. The problem is that my batters decided to take the weekend off. Geez, I thought this was supposed to be fantasy baseball—if I want to see poor hitting, I've already got the real life Cubs!

Compounding the aforementioned frustration was the fact that the players I benched on a given day would inevitably have great games, helping to cost me this matchup. As always, the stats never line:

Combined totals, July 16-18
Starting lineup: 17/81 (.195), 12 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1 SB
Bench: 9/20 (.450), 8 R, 4 HR, 6 RBI, 2 SB

Rickie Weeks since July 16 (including this week)
When starting: 1/15 (.067), 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
When benched: 3/6 (.500), 3 R, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB

Ugh, just looking at those numbers makes me sick. After a lot of thought—probably too much thought, in fact—I've decided that I just wasn't meant to win last week. Thus, I'm going to just move on and focus on the road ahead. Without further ado, here's how I stand in my two leagues at the moment, followed by last week's awards:

HATE THE YANKS '06
Bricks and Ivy: 77-71-6, 8th place, 18 games behind the first place team and 5.5 games out of a playoff spot

Jack Bauer's Agents
Soulpatch's Cubs Mug: 84-51-19, 1st place (8-5-1 last week), 13.5 games ahead

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