Gibby Rankings - End of June

Team	Gibby Points
RotW	315
Pepe	238
Gutterballs	192
Seattle7	135
NTAC	124
Gashouse	70
Crazy88	66
LadyFriends	66
Zesty	36
Quitters	4

I swear, I didn't know Gammons was heading....

...to the ICU when I wrote the story below. I mean, I'm a Republican, so I'm obviously incredibly evil, but I'm not that evil.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2502295

I've said it before and I'll say it again....

...the genius of Peter Gammons is unparalleled. Especially in his own mind.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview06/news/story?page=06expertpicks

Note his pick for 2006 AL MVP: Bobby Crosby.

Crosby's stat line to date?

61H/248AB, 31 R, 8 HR, 32 RBI, 4 SB, .246 AVG, .686 OPS

---no offense intended to Mac: hell, I'm carrying friggin' Rollins right now

Bizarre Veto Leaves Trade Teetering

Los Angeles - Associated Press

On occasion, trades in the Los Angeles County Bowling League have received enough protest votes to be vetoed. As a result, it should come as no surprise that the pending trade between The Seattle Seven and the NoTalentAssClowns has received at least one protest vote thus far. What is surprising is that the veto has been cast by Seattle Seven owner Joe Sonka.

A source close to the Sonka tells the Associated Press that the veto was cast "out of principle", and as a simple "reflex reaction." Apparently Sonka, having seen a pending trade involving the NoTalentAssClowns, immediately grabbed his rubber veto stamp and fired away. It was not until moments later that Sonka realized that he had cast a vote against his own trade.

Having one's trade rejected by league members typically opens a wound for the owners involved in the deal. However, when reached for comment, Sonka indicated that his cure lies in the veto itself. "Sure it would sting a little [to have the trade vetoed]", Sonka stated, "but spiting NTAC sure eases the pain."

Wife-beater or Licensed Plumber?

I know I just did one of these and I don't want to wear out Josh's great idea, but I couldn't help this one.

Is the person below a Wife-beater or Licensed Plumber?

Correct! He's a Wife-beater!

Baseball Player or Licensed Plumber?

Time for Round III! Is the woman below a (A) professional baseball player or (B) a licensed plumber? Scroll down to see if you guessed right. (Thanks to Jeff for help with the photos.)

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Wrong! She is both a ballplayer and a plumber!!

Hot Three-way Bowling League Action!!

Just when you thought you saw everything in this league...hidden cameras identified the Zesty Enterprise, Seattle Seven, and the girl painted gold from Goldfinger in a hot three-way!

Baseball Player or Licensed Plumber?

It's Round II! Is the dashing fellow below a (A) professional baseball player or (B) a licensed plumber? Scroll down to see if you guessed correctly......

WRONG (or maybe right)! It's Martin Lara, a licensed Master Plumber in NYC! Way to go with that homemade bookbinding machine Martin!

Rule of the Wrist Sponsor

Los Angeles - Associated Press

Rule of the Wrist owner Adam Butz has broken new ground in the Los Angeles County Bowling League, having sold his team's naming rights for the remainder of the 2006 season to MasterCard. This innovation will be marked by a new advertising campaign featuring this team, now named "Rule of the Wrist presented by MasterCard".

The following Print Ad Campaign will be launched this weekend:

Entry Fee for LACBL V: $20

Trophy Case for Golden Gibler Award: $495


Picking up Chan Ho Park when you're in 9th place: Priceless

There are some things that money can't buy! For everything else, there's MASTERCARD.

Baseball Player or Licensed Plumber?

It's time to play everybody's favorite game! Is the individual below a (A) professional baseball player or (B) licensed plumber? Make your guess and then scroll down to see the answer.













Surprise! It's fit-as-ever Sidney Ponson from the St. Louis Cardinals! Who would have guessed....

Poll Smoking - June 19th

(Remember, to click on the graph to make it larger).

Here's how the point allocations have changed recently:

Team	Last Week	Last Month
Quitters	-0.5	-1.5
NTAC	1.5	-4.5
Zesty	-1.5	1.5
LadyFriends	-4	-1
Seattle7	1.5	4
Crazy88	3.5	8
RotW	-4.5	-7
Gutterballs	0	0.5
Gashouse	-0.5	-15.5
Pepe	4.5	15.5

Team	Average Pts	Std. Dev.	Min	Max
Quitters	104.25	2.153671	97	107.5
NTAC	79.86458	2.724475	75	87
Zesty	75.29167	7.288751	57	83.5
LadyFriends	73.125	2.899927	67.5	79.5
Seattle7	70.20833	2.936986	62.5	75.5
Crazy88	72.02083	3.668379	66.5	81.5
RotW	62.09375	3.500237	52	68
Gutterballs	64.54167	2.211751	60	70
Gashouse	51.63542	7.505841	44	72.5
Pepe	61.97917	5.720399	50	77

Redick, Loaiza Display Traditional Duke Character

The Duke University Board of Trustees has announced it will award an Honorary Degree of Humane Letters to Oakland Athletics pitcher Esteban Loaiza for "displaying the kind of class and character that has come to be synonymous with Duke athletics."

ESPN Commentator Dick Vitale praised Loaiza: "we know that J.J. Redick is a class kid, an excellent kid, and an all around role model, but who knew that a guy [Loaiza] who never even went to Duke could be such a classy athlete? Give him the honorary degree baby! He's earned it!"

Vitale's praise was echoed by Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski: "I am so proud of J.J. and Esteban, not only for exemplifying the kind of class the media has come to associate with Duke, but for paying for the 16 highballs, 7 car bombs, 4 Jack-and-Cokes, and 7 citations accounted for between the two of them with their American Express cards. I only hope that Esteban's association with Duke will not cause him to become a professional bust, another proud Duke tradition. We're all looking forward to J.J. joining Jay Williams in the Greater Durham Area Boys and Girls Club Summer League sometime in the next few years."

This news comes on the heels of a press release from ESPN that has significant ramifications for Duke athletics. ESPN has announced that it will permanently switch the programming of ESPNews to 24 hour coverage of Duke men's basketball. The channel will now be called "DevilTV." ESPN further abandoned any pretenses at unbiased coverage when it announced ESPN Classic would be renamed "PatCast," with 24/365 New England Patriots coverage. ESPN 2 will also be reprogrammed: "ESPNSOX" will feature 24 hour-a-day coverage of the Boston Red Sox. The flagship ESPN channel will also refrain from discussing teams other than Duke, the Boston Red Sox, and the New England Patriots in the future.

Pink Bat Power

Joe Mauer:
Before Pink Bat/Helmet/Nikes Photo:
30 Games, 14 Runs, 1 HR, 14 RBI, .305 BA, .777 OPS

After Pink Bat/Helmet/Nikes Photo:
26 Games, 20 Runs, 4 HR, 18 RBI, .467 BA, 1.198 OPS

The Zesty Enterprise owner Jeff Fine is willing to create a photo placing any player in pink attire/equipment for a nominal fee (a 4th to 6th round draft pick, depending on the time required to doctor the photo). Send all inquiries to prettyinpink@zesty.com.

Jeff, what would you do if......

you had Ben Roethisberger in a keeper league?

Just curious.

Gibby Rankings - End of May

Team	Gibby Points
Pepe's Pollsters	207
Rule of the Wrist	200
Gutterballs	119
Seattle7	100
Crazy88	84
Gashouse Gorillas	50
NTAC	42
SpecialLadyFriends	32
Zesty Enterprise	32
OneHitterQuitters	4