The Line Strikes Back!

The Candy Colored Clowns and Kenndoza Line completed a deal earlier today with a couple of interesting twists.

The Clowns trade Jake Fox, Ramon Hernandez and Ronald Belisario to the Line for Emilio Bonifacio, Elijah Dukes, Laynce Nix and Lou Marson.

One interesting side story is that according to Kenn, Jake Fox was the key. He has his son's first name (Jake), his mom's maiden name (Fox) and is a Cub so "it must be destiny."

The other interesting note in this deal is here is the first place team making a deal to stave off the determined Copperfields. Four of the seven players involved in the deal were acquired from the Free Agent Pool after Draft Day (Nix, Marson, Fox and Belisario). Maybe the Free Agent Talent Pool was deeper than I thought.

A Correction To Your Scorecards

With less than 12 teams in the CFCL, the payout goes to the top three finisher (50/30/20). The Maximum Home Town Discount and 1st pick of the Rotation Draft goes to the Fourth Place Finisher (from here on to be known as the Sweet Spot - courtesy of M. Coulter). The sweet spot gets .06 for the HTD budget. Teams five - ten get a percentage of that based on their point proximity to the Sweet Spot.

As of the standings July 15, 2009, here are where things stand.

Bulls 66.5 pts .06 HTD
Clowns 57.5 pts .05 HTD
Rebels 50 pts .04 HTD
Moore Better 45 pts .04 HTD
Revenge 40 pts .03 HTD
Ruffins 38 pts .03 HTD
Red Hots 26.5 pts .02 HTD

Wait! He's not finished.

Another trade was reported by "Trader" David of the Copperfields. The Copperfields trade Emmanuel Burriss and Chris Iannetta to the Rebels for Ted Lilly and Miguel Montero.

Making a Run

In a trade reported earlier this morning:

The Copperfields trade Prince Fielder, Dexter Fowler, Hong Chi Kuo and Brett Myers to the Red Hots for Chase Utley, Ryan Zimmerman and Javier Vazquez.

Heading into the All-Star Break

John Bowker
Clowns .05 (Roberts)

Fernando Tatis
Bulls .05 (no release necessary due to open roster spot)