This Week In DCBA #6: A Little Help From Above

After a week without badly written commentary we're back with the roundup. Also back in action: Da Prop Joes and Der Broken Angels after their first victories of the year.

Slipstream Starlings 357.5000 at All the wrong Cubs 267
Speaking of taking a week off, it appears that the MVPs of April - Burrell & Utley - decided to hit the reset button for May. Nevertheless, taking up the role of slugging teammates were the duo of Youkilis & Lowell, enough to make the loss of Troy Tulowitzki bearable. Along with SP Ervin Magic Santana, they combined for 39% of the Starling scoring. The ATWC continue their hot/cold start to the season, although perhaps they're beginning to moderate a bit. (Week 1: Loss by 99.5. Week 3: Loss by 99.5. Week 6: Loss by only 89.5.) Very impressive bench this week (39 INN, 3-2, S, 3 QS) nearly matches the starters (39.1 INN, 3-4, 3 S, 4 QS) so no blame there.

Festivus Miracles 268 at Bucketheads 320
Consistent but low-scoring production from the Festivi, with 15 of 16 players in double-digits, but only 1 above 30. The Bucketheads, meanwhile, had 2 starters in the single-digits, but 3 over 30.

Naps 269.5000 at The Consummate Bastards 317
Naps left 3 saves on the bench, took 0 to the starting lineup. Over in the TCB camp, Detroit Tigers firstbaseman Miguel Cabrera is 6 games short of qualifying at 3b for next year, so they're hoping to get what they can out of him in the interim. He was their low scorer with 8 this week.

Not So Fragile Flowers 265 at Broken Angels 275.5000
May showers bring Fragile Flowers to their knees, as at least 6 of their starting 16 see games washed away on Sunday (1.75 pts./player = W). Despite having only 1 rainout on their schedule, the Angels received only 4 more plate appearances and 1 2/3 more IP than the Flowers, so...congratulations to the Angels on their first victory of 2008, no matter how they did it.

Da Prop Joes 294 at The Darned Sox 256
Da Joes were also able to use the weather to their advantage, losing only 4 players to rain as compared to the TDS 7 to pick up their first win of the campaign, which puts them 4 games ahead of last year's pace. Despite the ill-timed downpours, the TDS still managed to rack up 16 more plate appearances than the DPJ, apparently to no great effect.