The Grassy Best

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Season 6: Week 5

The Best suffered another tough loss in Week 5 to one of the league’s elite teams, Chuck Norris, who are apparently not elite enough to figure out how to use their own dugout, or how not to rip off their catchphrases from a played-out internet meme. The Grassies got off to an early lead, with leadoff men Gianni, Ben and Kevin all crossing the plate in the first inning, but from there the Best remained scoreless. It looked like the green team had it all sewn up until Chuck capitalized on a few Grassy defensive errors with four runs in the fourth inning. The Best loaded the bases in the top of the fifth, but a…let’s call it “mishandled” bit of umpiring contributed to a scoreless final inning and much yelling. And I for one am not sorry at all for the latter.

After five games, here’s how the Grassy Power Rankings look:

(To be included in the GPR, a player must have a number of plate appearances equal to 60% of games. Right now, that number is 3. But Rob “Astroclyde” Clyde, with two at-kicks, has a 1.000 KA and OBP, and a 1.500 slugging percentage. One more game should put him in the rankings where he belongs.)

HITS

1. Kevin “Captain HJ” Linehan – 9
2. Ben “New Jack” De Ayora – 6
Cesar “The Enabler” Cervera – 6
Gianni “Wild Thing” Arone – 6
5. Dave “The Cuddler” Lewis – 5
John “The Commuter” LeBlanc – 5

RUNS

1. Ben – 4
Cesar – 4
Gianni – 4
2. Aaron “The Ruiner” Gershman – 3
Kevin – 3

RKI

1. Cesar – 7
2. Commuter – 4
Meghan “FLF” Edouarde – 4
4. Cuddler – 3
5. Ashley “Smashley” Fontanetta – 2
Sonja “The Ringer” Baczynski – 2

KICKING AVERAGE

1. Kevin – 1.000
2. Ben – .750
3. Cuddler – .714
Commuter – .714
5. Cesar – .667

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE

1. Kevin – 1.000
2. Ben – .750
Commuter – .750
4. Gianni – .636
5. Aaron – .625

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE

1. Kevin – 1.000
2. Cesar – .778
3. Ben – .750
4. Cuddler – .714
Commuter – .714

RUNS CREATED

1. Kevin – 5.500
2. Cesar – 3.490
3. Gianni – 3.339
4. Ben – 3.300
5. Cuddler – 3.080