Yes, folks, that would be Major League Baseball, Mid-Atlantic MASN baseball to be exact. In fact, this past weekend, I watched maybe 2 minutes of football on Sunday. Why is that you ask? For the first time in as long as I can remember (and that would be NEVER), the two local baseball teams have pushed the two local football teams to inside the front page of the sports section. I was in attendance on Sunday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards to watch the Orioles beat up on the B
In any event, the Mashup will be following the progress of both teams very closely as this is the first time that the thought of a Beltway World Series has even been contemplated, let alone be possible.
However, for now, we keep the champagne on ice as we get to this week's match recaps.
Were it not for a hair-of-his-chinny-chin-chin win over Dewey last week, our defending champ would be 0-4 and DOA in fantasy world. This week's beneficiary is the Extreme Team as Tom improves to 3-1 as we pass the quarter pole this season. Ron Mexico thought that a defense from Texas would have would have put him over the top, and a defense in Texas did in fact light up the scoreboard. Unfortunately, that defense belonged to the Monsters of the Midway as they picked off Romo 5 times and scored 2 TDs. Michael the Burner Turner got funky from the flex spot for Tom dropping 30 points to pace the Extreme Team to a 10-point victory
Speaking of 0-4, the competitive portion of the commish's season is now over after suffering a 30 point defeat at the hands of JP. Ah, but Caputo's Corner exacted sweet revenge as Billy Cundiff had a game that would only make Mark Mosely proud, missing 3 times but nailing the 41 yarder at the gun to beat JP (and Dewey's) Bucs. The only sad part of that was that we didn't get to see Greg Schiano's trademark bullrush of the victory formation. Hey it's the Redskins, we don't get many chances to practice kneeldowns. On the good side for Caputo's Corner (if there is any), the San Fran defense finally justified a 10th round pick nearly popping 50 on the hapless Jets (TE-BOW! TE-BOW!) and Rowdy Roddy hanging a 35-spot. JP countered with A-Rodge finally justifying his #1 overall pick with 37, combined with double digit scores across to board to keep the Nintendo Memorial Team undefeated, and take home his first weekly pot of the year with 153 points.
Wekler and Deckler transitioned into JaQuizz and Tate as the Real League Bowl/Fatties Figure Bowl (they both predicted themselves to win...imagine that) came down to which Cowboys dud would suck less on Monday night. Turns out it was Miles Austin, but it was just not enough as Kent eeked out the 2-point win to position himself nicely at 3-1. After a hot start, Dewey suffers 2 losses by a total of 3 points to fall off the pace at 2-2. Neither team lit up the scoreboard (Caputo's Corner wourl have beaten both of them!), but a big score from Eli overcame a donut from Dennis Pitta to help the team that can't figure out what to call themselves inch closer to the Greene Turtles division lead.
Patrick Bowl was kind of exciting, until the Bears did their dance on Romo's star and put it out of reach on Monday night. Patrick Small Kinda Ran away with it as Deegan's Field once again got Schooled thanks to Tomy Romo sucking like...Tony Romo! Not to be outdone, the Steady Eddies in the Redskins backfield (that would be RGIII and...Alfred Morris?) combined for 40 points. Is it safe to say that Peyton Manning has officially been relegated to a backup role? Small spent a 2nd round pick to keep Peyton this year, but it's RGIII who has been lighting up the fantasy scoreboards, and Alfred Morris has very quietly put together a nice season...although Small sent shockwaves through the league after spending $455 in Monopoly money to nab him off the waiver wire.
In this week's high-scoring contest, Andy outslugged Jeff 143-136 as both squads had Mom Bombs go off offensively. Did I mention that Tony Romo sucks? Yeah, Jeff didn't get that memo as he started the Cancun Cantina anyway. Andy settled with Tom Brady, and a 35 point spread from the QB position was enough to put out the fire on Jeff's explosion, despite the 40-burger from Brian Hartline. Andy's reliance on New England Patriots might make one of our Fatties Figure prognosticators curl into the fetal position, but it was 81 points combined from Patriots players that ended up making the difference for the Chippy ChipUpDogs.
Finally this week, the Battle of Northern Virginia declares a truce for a few more weeks as Gaz squeaks out a 4-point win over Sean. QB play again made the difference as Brees did his part despite the Saints being in the same boat as Caputo's Corner. Michael Vick just is not the model of consistency fantasy owners would like him to be. He'll dazzle you with 60 point performances one night, but then either put up a dud or hurt himself (again) the next). Lynch and Cruz were bigger men for the Nudists than McCoy and Sproles were for the Ritchie Incognitos...did I just see another helmet fly? GIVE HIM THE THUMB!
That's it for this week's match recaps. Next week, the biggest piece of drama for Caputo's Corner will be whether or not the Redskins actually acknowledge the existence of the Washington Nationals when they host the Falcons. What will I do after October??? Here are the fantasy matchups:
Zach-JP (Top Bo in the GT division looks to effectively end another former champ's season)
Kent-Pat Deegan (The School of Jaquizz and Tate)
Nick-Jeff (Nick shields his face from the exploding Mom Bomb)
Dewey-Gaz (Dewey really wants to meet Gaz)
Patrick Small-Sean (Peyton or RGIII, Peyton or RGIII???)
Tom-Andy (Battle of Parkville...that's where they live you know)
That's a wrap on the Mashup this week. All jokes and putdowns can be directed to the inbox of your faithful doormat...er...commissioner. Peace out!
Nick
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