The hitters seem to be below the league average this week. Pitchers did good with 6 wins in 9 starts.
HR – 8 ; LA – 8.5 : PTS 9
R – 28 ; LA – 34.3 : PTS 10
RBI – 26 ; LA – 31.9 : PTS 10
AVG – 0.262 ; LAA – 0.267 : PTS 7
SB – 2 ; LA – 4.2 : PTS 9
W – 6 ; LA – 3.1 : PTS 10
S – 1 ; LA – 2.4 : PTS 3
K – 26 ; LA – 31.2 : PTS 7.5
ERA – 2.40 ; LAA – 3.65 : PTS 8
WHIP – 1.23 ; LAA – 1.30 : PTS 7
As the numbers show, it was not a good week for the Rocky One. The Asterisk’s show that I lost a couple more Players. Catalanotto was out all week on bereavement but he’s back now. At least the hitters finished the week hitting .419 on Sunday.
Team report for Rocky Coloradans
Owned by Jack Heneghan
Hitters Team HR R RBI AVG SB
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*Javy Lopez Bal C1 FS-AS: 7 25 22 .278 0
WK: 0 0 0 1.00 0
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Josh Bard Cle C2 FS-AS: 1 2 6 .209 0
WK: 0 0 0 .250 0
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Tino Martinez NYY 1B FS-AS: 12 28 30 .258 1
WK: 0 1 0 .231 0
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Joe Crede CWS 3B FS-AS: 4 18 17 .229 0
WK: 0 1 1 .118 0
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Joe McEwing KC CI AS: 0 0 0 .000 0
WK: 0 0 0 .000 0
FS: 0 4 1 .268 3
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Juan Uribe CWS 2B FS-AS: 4 16 22 .245 1
WK: 0 0 2 .235 0
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Derek Jeter NYY SS FS-AS: 5 36 20 .303 8
WK: 1 4 2 .273 1
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Julio Lugo TB MI FS-AS: 2 23 25 .265 12
WK: 0 2 5 .190 0
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Manny Ramirez Bos OF1 FS-AS: 11 28 40 .253 1
WK: 0 3 2 .320 0
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Gary Sheffield NYY OF2 FS-AS: 9 31 36 .326 6
WK: 3 5 7 .421 0
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Aaron Rowand CWS OF3 FS-AS: 3 26 15 .267 6
WK: 0 3 0 .250 0
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Torii Hunter Min OF4 FS-AS: 6 25 26 .237 13
WK: 1 4 3 .267 1
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Shannon Stewart Min OF5 FS-AS: 8 33 24 .297 3
WK: 3 5 4 .290 0
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#Frank Catalanotto Tor DH FS-AS: 1 14 12 .281 0
WK: 0 0 0 .000 0
TOTALS 73 317 305 .2687 52
OFF PTS 9.0 10.0 10.0 7.0 9.0
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*Ken Harvey KC CI AS: 1 2 4 .333 0
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Travis Lee TB CI AS: 0 10 9 .299 1
Pitchers Team W SV SO ERA WHIP
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Randy Johnson NYY P1 FS-AS: 5 0 58 3.99 1.214
WK: 1 0 3 4.50 2.167
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Bartolo Colon LAA P2 FS-AS: 6 0 54 2.75 1.128
WK: 1 0 12 3.07 1.023
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*Kevin Millwood Cle P3 FS-AS: 1 0 46 3.20 1.288
WK: 0 0 1 1.93 1.071
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Kenny Rogers Tex P4 FS-AS: 6 0 24 1.69 1.212
WK: 1 0 1 1.29 1.000
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Kyle Lohse Min P5 FS-AS: 4 0 22 4.22 1.286
WK: 1 0 4 1.88 1.047
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Gil Meche Sea P6 FS-AS: 4 0 32 5.09 1.423
WK: 0 0 2 6.23 2.077
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Dustin Hermanson CWS P7 AS: 0 9 8 0.00 0.825
WK: 0 1 0 0.00 0.000
FS: 0 11 15 0.00 0.857
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Damaso Marte CWS P8 FS-AS: 3 2 22 1.89 1.474
WK: 1 0 1 0.00 0.429
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Gustavo Chacin Tor P9 FS-AS: 5 0 32 3.34 1.348
WK: 1 0 2 0.00 1.500
TOTALS 34 11 302 3.30 1.262
OFF PTS 10.0 3.0 7.5 8.0 7.0
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Justin Speier Tor P7 AS: 0 0 4 7.04 1.435
Kiddy Grade is set in the far space-faring future. Lumiere and Eclair are agents of the ‘Galactic Organization of Trade and Tarriffs’. Their boss tasks them to apprehend people who are disrupting the free flow of commerce throughout the galaxy. Don’t look here for economic lessons. Eclair is a 16-year-old with some super powers and Lumiere is several years younger and she communes with computers. At least those are the ages given in the bio in the Extras section. They certainly don’t act those ages and their boss is heard to make a cryptic remark that she doesn’t want to lose them again, leading one to believe there is a lot more to these young women than meets the eye. There is a subplot going on about an observer who usually accompanies the girls on their missions. He acts in a very shady and suspicious manner at times and we aren’t sure where his loyalties lie or what his agenda is.
I will give this a 6/10 for now. I like the production values and the intrigue going on. The characters are a bit stock but they seem to have some individuality. So, I will be keeping this one near the top of my rental queue for a while.
I have no idea what the title refers to. This looks like it was the failed start of a series. 3 episodes to tell a tale and then it is finished. But I checked at Anime Info and evidently there is a continuation the following year( 1999)
So what is it all about? The Kagura Security Agency takes on difficult cases to delete/kill/erase/eliminate Phantom Cats, often right under the noses of the Welfare Department’s well-armed Anti-Phantom Cat Squad.
What are Phantom Cats? Who knows. They can appear a regular feline domesticus street cats one moment and as teenage kids the next. They can walk through walls and reach into solid objects (like bodies) . Oh, and they can control/influence computers.
How do you get rid of a Phantom Cat? With computer-operated magical talismans, of course. Or special high caliber bullets, whichever fits the plot at the moment.
Oh, yes, Phantom Cats don’t like water, which is why a boatload of them are driting off the Japanese coast trying to smuggle in an atomic bomb. Then something weird happens with another plot going on in the background and the ship blows up.
And Phantom cats lose their clothes when they transform from human to cat so when they go back to human they are naked. But this only works if the cat is transforming into a buxom young woman. Boys and children keep their clothes when they transform, even they don’t appear to be wearing clothing when they are in cat form.
One of the main plot-lines here is that the Kagura Agency’s pet Phantom Cat is catnapped causing the Agency to work without pay and disrupt the atomic bomb plot without finding their own cat.
If this sort of inanity is your idea of good fun, please go ahead and watch. The artwork and coloring seem to be of good quality. The characters are retreads of some very strange series.
I will be magnanimous and give this a 3/10.
Two wins last night got some points in that category, to cover up the deficit in BA.
Daily notes on your players from rototimes.com: 05.26 Indians manager Eric Wedge indicated that Kevin Millwood could go on the disabled list after suffering a “considerable” groin injury, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Millwood will undergo an MRI exam today.
I was wondering why Millwood left the game last night after only 4 2/3 innnings. He had only given up 1 run. You would think that, by now, baseball would have figured out that the groin is very susceptible to injury and that more effort would be made to avoid these injuries, like stretching and strengthening exercises.
At least the BA went back up to 6 points, with a .286 performance last night.
The descent continues. Down to 5 points in BA now. I expect Iwill lose first place in HR, Runs, and RBI in the next few days.
Javy Lopez broke his hand. Ken Harvey is out on DL. Gary Sheffield has tendonitis. Derek Jeter has a bruised elbow. The dings of spring are starting to gather.
Lohse only gave up two runs in 7 1/3 innings and he gets the loss, since his teammates could only get one run in support. Fah!
Magic User’s Club OVA: this is a silly little series. Standard high school romantic [comedy ?] for the most part. The twist is that an alien artifact has settled in off shore. It is basically benign, leaving everyone alone unless acted upon. And, of course, the Earth’s military forces lost a lot of equipment while not harming the artifact or any of its little droids that seem to be sent out to investigate Earth. Since the inhabitants of the artifact, if any, have made no known attempt to communicate with the Earthlings, everyone assumes that the artifact is a BAD thing.
Our plucky band of high school students have been studying magic, and they have decided to go after the artifact (known as the Bell). Flying their broomsticks out to the Bell, they actually manage to destroy some of the little droids that come out to investigate. They also manage to almost destroy themselves since they haven’t mastered their magic. Once they make it back to school, where the magic club has an ongoing battle with the manga club, the Bell starts sending out more droids, looking for these powerful creatures.
Primary protagonist is Sae, a klutzy twit who has a crush on the Magic Club President. She is probably the most powerful Magic user in the group but she doesn’t know it and she can’t control it.
The only reason to stay with this series is to find out what is in the Bell. The production values are shoddy, the storyline and writing are mediocre and the characters haven’t a clue as to what is going on (which is true of most high school animes). Oh yea, there are only two episodes per disk. I don’t know if this a saving grace or a detriment.
I will give this a 5/10 for now. I expect it will be a while before I see the rest of the series.
Has we can see from a casual view of the numbers, the POWER has gone south. HR, R, RBIs below par; what was once a commanding lead in these categories has evaporated in a mere week. The batting average for the week is pathetic. SBs are OK.
Pitching-wise, the Wins and Saves and ERA are to be expected, there were 8 starts for the week. The striKeouts are a bit low, and the WHIP is a bit high.
I lost a total of 4.5 points for the week, primarily in the averages.
HR- 5; LAA 7.7: PTS 10
R- 27; LAA 36.3: PTS 10
RBI- 25; LAA 35.3: PTS 10
AVG- 0.221; LAA 0.284: PTS 7
SB- 7; LAA 4.1: PTS 9
W- 4; LAA 2.9: PTS 9
S- 2; LAA 2.0: PTS 3
K- 31; LAA 34.6: PTS 8
ERA- 3.22; LAA 3.79: PTS 8
WHIP- 1.45; LAA 1.29: PTS 7