Turfdiggers Tuesday

The Tribecards Turfdiggers (much like the boys from the 'burgh) suffered their first loss of the season, falling to 3-1-0 after getting beaten by the other undefeated team, The Red Grange Halls.

The Turfdiggers scored 68.94 points this week.  The Halls scored 74.92.  The difference is just 5.98 points.  How big of a deal is that?  If the Turfdiggers had put in Cooley (Was - TE), they would currently hold the only undefeated seat in the league.  Cooley scored 7.85 points on Sunday.  Instead, the Turfdiggers held on to Hines Ward (Pit) (.70 points) and Santana Moss (Was) (.25 points).  The decision not to play Cooley was a tough one.  I figured Moss was going to be a no-brainer while Ward was a tougher decision.  I knew he would not get many touches since the Steelers were too busy running the ball (thus Mendenhall's great season thus far), but I figured he would get more since Big Ben would be heading up the next Steelers game.  It's a critical error that booted me out of the top spot.

Overall, the points separation is tight.  Only 11.11 points keep the Halls and Turfdiggers apart (well, and the fact that the Halls are undefeated).  When we look at the 3rd and 4th place battle, the Florida Vikings trail the East TN Roadkill by just 5.78 points.  The Vikings have a better record (coming UP to the same 3-1-0 record as the Turfdiggers), and thus hold the third place slot after Week Four.

I had planned to pick up Ben after the games on Sunday and forgot!  Instead, the Roadkill snagged him up.  Since I have Manning, I wasn't necessarily going to play Ben, butmainly keep anyone else from getting him. Ooops. Ah well.

Looking ahead, the Turfdiggers face the Vikings in Week 5.  Once again, we have a "one must fall" situation.  The Steelers have a BYE in Week 5, so this will be a nailbiter for the Turfdiggers.  According to the Yahoo! match-up, it is going to be a close game for the 'diggers and the Vikings.

Let's hope I can pull off a win!  Or did week four begin the annual descent into fantasy football oblivion?

Mojo Monday - WhiteSoxCards Edition

You may recall, about a week ago I received a package from Steve over at WhiteSoxCards. Well, one of the items included was the #/5 limited custom blog-worn jersey card! Wahoo!! I got 3/5, and I have to say, this thing is very cool! Sorry for the bad pic, but the lighting in my living room doesn't fair too well for Photo Booth on my MacBook. Nonetheless, as you can see this card ROCKS!

And, since it has a blog-worn jersey cut from a Led Zeppelin shirt, it REALLY ROCKS!! Man, this a great gift!!  It's even an autographed, blog-worn card!  Thanks a TON, Steve!!

wRappers Finish 8th

In the "Card Collector's" league, the consolation games are over, and the Bums and wRappers ended up tied, splitting the score 5/5.  Favor goes to the Bums, however, so they took 7th place and the Tribecards wRappers end the season in 8th place.  While this might sadden, frustrate or even anger other managers, I am happy just not to be in last place this year (as I have been in the past).

If invited next season, I hope the wRappers will continue to show improvement.  The major difference this season was NOT picking only/mainly Indians players for the fantasy team.  While it may seem against the general idea of who I like to root for, the simple fact is that variety is the key.  Well, that and picking the right players to begin with.  I'll work on that for next year.

In the meantime, congrats to the Aniballers for winning the whole shebang!

Nightmares on Cardboard III is open! Wahoo!

Oh, yeah!!  Okay, folks, Thorzul has officially opened the gates to his annual horror-based baseball card contest!  This year, the only "rule" seems to be that the card must be based on a design of Topps between 1970-1990.  Anything else goes.  Sweet!

Here are the gory deets: http://thorzul.blogspot.com/2010/10/its-october-and-that-means-its-time-for.html

Hackenbush Holds Convoluted Contest

David over at "Can't Have Too Many Cards" is holding one of the more convoluted contests I've seen in a while - and it's worth checking out!

In honor of his 500th post (a milestone in any blogger's life, I don't care who you are!), he is giving away over 300 cards, including some sweet rookies and Hall of Famers.  The easiest entries come about in the form of leaving a comment on his contest post (link below) and posting a link to the contest.

From there, it takes a serious curve and participants can try to guess which kid he is in an old school photo, how many of his friends' names he remembers, and what year the pic was taken for additional entries. 

This sounds like a contest I would have!  Excellent fun!  Here's how you get there:
http://canthavetoomanycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/hackenbushs-500th-post-contest.html