TheBaseballStars

It finally happened. After five years of finishing in the money, the dynasty is over.
The Jon has accepted that The Jon aka The Greatness will not make the playoffs this season.
It is time for reminiscing.
A calming of the mind if you will … aw screw it, this sucks.

Take a look at that again. Five seasons straight. Two championships. The memories are all The Jon will have left from now on. A moment of silence, now.

OK, that’s somewhat better, let’s talk baseball, shall we?

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The Jon goes on vacation and his peers … no , not peers since they are all going to the playoffs, don’t write squat.

FreeSanJose has like a 30 game lead. He should be bragging. Saying how he does it. Which players have been his heroes Nope. Nothing.

Newspaperman is too busy pitching tents on his baseball card blog. He must be feeling emasculated.

PoiDog is still learning to write. Apparently he is all out of clichés.

The Oz … wait, who is he?

The Jon hates all of you.

So how did this happen?

This season’s team is probably the best offense The Jon has assembled … on paper. Here take a look.

Russell Martin: He has been solid, but unspectacular. He has lost his speed, but 10 steals is still good. What hurts him is there are a lot of other good catchers this season such as Benjie Molina and Ryan Doumit.
Grade: B

Adrian Gonzalez: Started out hot and then became a reliable mediocre hitter that doesn’t get a lot of RBI. Typifies The Jon’s team. Still he is a reliable option at first base without the wow factor.
Grade: B

Placido Polanco: Hits. Does nothing else. When he doesn’t hit, is nothing himself.
Grade: D+

Rafael Furcal: Let’s just stop here. Replaced by JJ Hardy who has been steady at best. His streakiness kills H2H leagues.
Grade Furcal (before injury): A+
Grade Hardy: C

Chipper Jones: Led The Jon to the top of the standings in the first month. Then played the game: Me Chipper. Get hurt. On Sunday. Play. Maybe. Maybe not. Throw. Dice. Lost all power. After hammy injury.
Grade: D

Vladimir Guerrero and Ichiro Suzuki: This really hurts. This was the secret to The Jon’s dominance. There were no two better players to have in a H2H format. Both loaded up on hits and runs. Ichiro takes care of hits by himself. If he had an off week, Vladimir was there to pick up the slack while providing RBI and homers. Both have had down seasons and are the main reason why The Jon is where The Jon is.
Grades: F

Magglio Ordonez: Has been steady, but has been hampered by injuries and lack of power.
Grade: C+

Ryan Braun: The future hasn’t disappointed. He is in the top 5 in homers and top 15 in RBI. Combined with high hit guys and he is the force The Jon has envisioned.
Grade: A-

So how did this happen again?

Well you see, The Jon has always been an H2H player that runs up against hot teams. It usually happens in the beginning of the season and turns around in the second half where The Jon is the hottest team in the league. Hasn’t happened this season.

Two weeks ago, The Jon had 72 hits, 10 homers and 42 RBI. That would have been a easy 10-4 win last year. This season? Try 10-3. That’s the breaks.

The positives

The Jon no longer has follow the ESPN sportsticker like the bible it is. Don’t see The Jon’s players being highlighted on the stats? Big deal.

The Jon can actually enjoy watching baseball again …

Umm, that’s it. This really sucks.

Format change

Since The Jon is now out of the race, The Greatness will try to write every day. Shorter, but every day on the players that make fantasy baseball, fantasy baseball.

Note the word try. The work is cracking down on computer use and stuff.

You see, here at TheBaseballStar we or The Jon is committed.

If you can’t beat ‘em

This week it is Black Moon.
Instead of how many emcees must get dissed, how about how many baseballstar”s” must get dissed before writing.

Enjoy and good luck this week, fools.