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Post by Edwards Kings » Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:54 am

Being the very fortunate recipient of Preston Wilson's early FOUR homeruns (so far), I thought I would put this out there to see if there are any other obvious over-achievers out there. Any thoughts?



Now...let's see...if I extrapolate those 4 HR's out over the year...HOLY COW...a new world record!
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Post by Quahogs » Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:07 am

well p.wilson will probably stick around and produce health wise all season while mr tuffy pretty much flamed out after that 1 week. But how about Papelbon with 3 saves ? That was kind of out of the blue considering foulke and timlin are both part of the roster.

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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:05 am

Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

Being the very fortunate recipient of Preston Wilson's early FOUR homeruns (so far), I thought I would put this out there to see if there are any other obvious over-achievers out there. Any thoughts?



Now...let's see...if I extrapolate those 4 HR's out over the year...HOLY COW...a new world record! Doesn't Chris Shelton qualify here? His Average Draft Position in the NFBC was 178th. Not a bad 12th round pick.
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Post by Dirt Dogs » Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:01 pm

omar vizquel too!
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Post by Edwards Kings » Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:49 am

We seem to have four nominations so far:



1) Preston "Boom-Boom" Wilson

2) Jon "No Knee-Lube Required" Papelbon

3) Chris "This A'int Your Mama's Tigers" Shelton

4) Omar "I'm not dead...just in SF" Vizquel



Any others?
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Post by Cooperstown » Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:30 am

Wayne,



If I understand your poll correctly, you're looking for the one player doing his best Tuffy Rhodes imitation. That means,

1. coming out of nowhere

2. having a 1st week for the ages

3. causing fantasy baseball owners to wet themselves about the prospect of bidding enough

4. and then dropping like an anvil the rest of the season



That kind of rules out Preston Wilson since he really hasn't come out of nowhere.



I really wanted to propose Ryan Langerhans since I know you're a Braves fan, but Jason Smith and his .563, 3, 7, 4 line has to be the guy.

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Post by Edwards Kings » Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:19 am

Originally posted by coops:

I really wanted to propose Ryan Langerhans since I know you're a Braves fan, but Jason Smith and his .563, 3, 7, 4 line has to be the guy. Thanks for the thought on my boy Langerhans! :D



I had forgotten about Jason Smith....good one...
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Post by Edwards Kings » Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:26 am

Originally posted by coops:

That kind of rules out Preston Wilson since he really hasn't come out of nowhere.True...but he had kind of fallen off the radar a bit due to injuries and since he left the Colorado HR Factory...and as much as I wish it would continue, he won't keep up anywhere near this pace of power...most projections had him at 20-25 HR this year...if he gets me 30, I will be dancing in the streets (something I do too frequently for the comfort of my neighbors)! :cool:
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Post by Cooperstown » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:10 am

Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

quote:Originally posted by coops:

That kind of rules out Preston Wilson since he really hasn't come out of nowhere.True...but he had kind of fallen off the radar a bit due to injuries and since he left the Colorado HR Factory...and as much as I wish it would continue, he won't keep up anywhere near this pace of power...most projections had him at 20-25 HR this year...if he gets me 30, I will be dancing in the streets (something I do too frequently for the comfort of my neighbors)! :cool: [/QUOTE]Yipes, I sure could do without that image of you dancing in the streets. :eek:



If Berkman keeps clearing the bases ahead of him, he'll have 30 HR's with 50 RBI's.

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Post by Edwards Kings » Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:20 am

Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

We seem to have four nominations so far:



1) Preston "Boom-Boom" Wilson

2) Jon "No Knee-Lube Required" Papelbon

3) Chris "This A'int Your Mama's Tigers" Shelton

4) Omar "I'm not dead...just in SF" Vizquel



Any others? How have these four nominees done since the first two weeks?



1) Preston "Boom-Boom" Wilson



First two weeks: BA .2609, R 9, HR 4, RBI 8, SB 0

Next eleven: BA .2906, R 24, HR 4, RBI 36, SB 5



2) Jon "No Knee-Lube Required" Papelbon



First two: ERA 0.000, W 0, WHIP 0.286, K 6, SV 6

Next eleven: ERA 0.519, W 2, WHIP 0.779, K 36, SV 19



3) Chris "This A'int Your Mama's Tigers" Shelton



First two: BA .4792, R 11, HR 8, RBI 16, SB 0

Next eleven: GA .2397, R 28, HR 8, RBI 25, SB 0



4) Omar "I'm not dead...just in SF" Vizquel



First two: BA .3611, R 7, HR 0, RBI 6, SB 4

Next eleven: BA .2934, R 44, HR 3, RBI 21, SB 5



Looks like the winner is Chris Shelton!
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Post by bjoak » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:48 am

What about Langerhans?
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