First Trade of the 2012 Season

Just hours after the e-mail from the Bulls admonishing the league at the lack of trades, the Killers and Revenge announce a blockbuster.

The Revenge trade Matt Harvey (.05 Mx) and Martin Maldanado (.06 14+) to the Killers for Yadier Molina .06 12.  The Killers waive Brett Pill (.05 14+) to make room for their two new players.

Natural Day - 2012

Celebrating the 28th anniversary of Ryne Sandberg's incredible game against the St. Louis Cardinals, our CFCL version of The Natural Day had its own come from behind heroics.

For much of the evening the Clowns held a lead, at times commanding, in what looked like a cakewalk to a $25 gift certificate.  Instead, inning by inning, batter by batter the Revenge chipped away at the lead and ended up winning in convincing fashion.  Last year's winner, The Ruffins, finished last this year, no doubt suffering from the Head Ruffin being away on a scouting trip in Europe.

Here are the final results as well as some interesting notes about the Cubs vs. Cardinals game in 1984.

Revenge - 55 (MLB.com gift card will be on its way).  Oh, by the way, the Revenge also won K-Wood day this year making it a clean sweep.
Clowns - 48
Beatniks - 41
Bulls - 40
DoorMatts - 38
Dem Rebels - 37
Twin Killers - 33
Kenndoza Line - 22
Stranger Danger - 20
RYNE SANDBERG - 20
Ruffins - 11

• Ralph Citarella was the starting pitcher for the Cardinals on 6/23/84.  He was staked to a 7-1 lead early in the game but came away with a no decision.  As if the baseball gods were saying "Well, if you can't win this game. . . " Citarella never won a major league game.
• Often overlooked, Willie McGee hit for the cycle.
• Steve Trout was the starting pitcher for the Cubs that day, giving up 7 earned runs in one and a third innings.
• Current Cubs broadcaster, Keith Moreland, played rightfield and went 0-4.
• Many people have claimed that Sandberg won the game with his second homerun off Bruce Sutter.  In fact he tied the game in the 9th and again in the 10th inning with homeruns off Sutter.
• Dave Owens knocked in Leon Durham with the winning run in the 11th inning.
• Cardinals closer, Bruce Sutter, entered the game in the 7th inning and proceeded to pitch three and a third innings (giving up three earned runs).
• Attendance for the game was 38,079.

Welcome Back

The Ruffins have headed out for their Annual European Sabbatical.  While they plan on running their team while roaming among the art and sipping wine in Italy (yes it's good to be The Professor) they have put in place a back up plan should Italian Internet Service become infested by the European Problem known as Greece.

The have hired pro-tem none other than David Mahlan to act as Assistant GM (yes, it's VERY good to be The Professor).  So for those of you scoring at home (or even if you're alone), that's The Professor (owner of four CFCL titles) running the show, being backed up by The Copperfield (owner of eleven CFCL titles) working to guide The Ruffins to a three-peat.

I have not received confirmation that Mr. Mahlan has authority to make trades, so at this point (until July at least) I would suggest sending any communication to The Professor's e-mail address should you want to deal.

K Wood Winner

Congratulations to the Revenge for winning this year's K Wood Day! The Revenge staged a come from behind victory on the right arm of Matt Cain to over take the Clowns. The Revenge posted 22 Ks, three more than the 19 registered by the Clowns. The Ruffins finished a distant third and were the only other team with double digit strike outs, amassing thirteen. A $25 gift card to mlb.com is on the way to the Revenge e-mailbox.

K Wood Day

May 6th is K Wood 2012. Since it's on a Sunday there should be strong competition for the coveted $25 gift card. As a reminder, the team with the highest total of strikeouts recorded by their ACTIVE pitching staff will garner the prize. Last year the Red Hots won with 25 Ks (16 by Cliff Lee alone). Neither the Hots nor Lee are around for this year's go at it so the door is wide open. Good luck!

Draft Day 2012 Photo Album



CFCL 2012




Pre-Draft Business




The Morkert Innovation




Executive Committee Election Results



We Are Locked And Loaded

Alrighty boys! Thanks to everyone for getting their cuts in on time (and many who got them in early!) That allowed me to get a head start on putting the roster sheet together and reconciling some issues. I have posted an updated Roster that can be downloaded on the right.

Here is a synopsis of the cuts.

Long Term Contracts Signed
John Axford 2 years
Madison Bumgarner 2 years
Jordan Zimmerman 2 years
Brandon Belt 2 years
Neil Walker 2 years
Jason Heyward 2 years
Starlin Castro 4 years
Sean Marshall 2 years
Mike Morse 3 years
Tyler Clippard 2 years
Yovanni Gallardo 2 years
Gaby Sanchez 2 years

Big Names (and salaries) Cut
Chris Carpenter
Ryan Howard
Chase Utley
Jayson Werth
Rafael Furcal
Shawn Marcum
Francisco Cordero
David Wright
Heath Bell
Tim Lincecum
Chad Billingsley

X Contracts Exercised
Mike Stanton
Buster Posey
Stephen Strasburg

Winter Waivers Kept
Kenley Jansen
Nyjer Morgan
Zach Cozart
Edison Volquez

LTC Broken
Skip Schumaker (The Danger will lose .05 from their budget for voiding the last year of Schumaker's contract).

Money to Spend

Here's what you wanted to know.

Danger needs 10 players and has .62 to spend (6.2 cents per player)
DoorMatts 9 players and 1.02 to spend (11.3)
Revenge 11 players and 1.20 to spend (10.9)
Killers 9 players and 1.72 to spend (19.1) !!!
Rebels 12 players and 1.44 to spend (12.0)
Bulls 10 players and 1.49 to spend (14.9)
Clowns 8 players and 1.48 to spend (18.5)
Beatniks 13 players and 1.38 to spend (10.6)
Kenndoza Line 8 players and .91 to spend (11.3)
Ruffins 10 players and 1.06 to spend (10.6)

That's it! Thanks again for your cooperation and we'll see you at 7-7:30am on Sunday!