Goodbye Sam Davis

A moment of silence to remember what could have been....

Sluggin' Sammy Davis decided to forgo his baseball career to play QB for Penn State instead.

Just look at those potential ratings for Mr. Davis - he probably would have been the best player to ever put on a uniform in Sharkey World history if he took the bank vault full of money that krs tried to thow at him.

But alas it wasn't meant to be.

Joining Davis on the first round "thanks but no thanks" team were number 1 overall pick Frankie Lloyd (Detroit), Curt Beverlin (Memphis), and Harpo "don't call me Chris" Benoit (Texas). Once we roll to season 7 these players will vanish from memory except for those owners left holding their wallets open for them...

Fun with Math

Who was the most economical and who broke the bank and has nothing to show for it?

Fresno got the most bang for their buck with 92 wins and a payroll of just over $38 million for a cost per win of just $414,141.
Detroit spent over $92 million and only had 57 wins to show for it at a cost of $1,615,842 per victory.

Where does your franchise fall?
Cost per Win numbers below...


Franchise / Cost per win:
Fresno 414,141
Charlotte 595,778
San Antonio 606,527
Salem 608,125
Colorado Springs 655,644
Richmond 721,843
Atlanta 732,716
St. Louis 779,500
Little Rock 792,235
Fargo 805,642
Texas 844,990
San Francisco 851,281
Cheyenne 859,518
Iowa City 860,313
Kansas City 887,264
Charleston 905,224
Cleveland 983,706
Rochester 1,010,839
Pawtucket 1,017,855
Scottsdale 1,023,267
Hartford 1,033,129
New York 1,034,013
Memphis 1,040,583
Houston 1,046,541
Norfolk 1,046,602
Huntington 1,066,235
Tucson 1,070,625
Jackson 1,077,309
Chicago 1,194,066
New Orleans 1,285,983
Scranton 1,381,345
Detroit 1,615,842

Random notes/observations from season 6

The Blog is back baby!
Let's take a look at the plus/minus report card from season 6....


Biggest Surprises:
St. Louis improves by 22 wins over season 5 and wins the NL East with a final weekend sweep of Rochester.
Fresno also sees a 22 game improvement from last year and makes the playoffs.
Scranton falls apart in front of our faces after trading eventual NL MVP Steve Randolph and loses 23 more games in season 6 than they did in season 5.

Biggest not so surprises:
Pawtucket and Charleston win their divisions for the 5th straight year while KC tames the AL West for the 6th consecutive year.

Biggest stick in the bigs:
Darin Kingland blasts 71 HRs to go along with a .335 average and .410 OBP to win his first MVP award

Smallest stick in the bigs:
Brandon Varitek in 620 official ABs Varitek smacked a whopping 2 home runs. No one in the bigs had less home runs with as many plate appearances.

Biggest eyes at the plate:
Nicholas Bryant proves he does everything by drawing 143 walks this year - 47 more than 2nd place in the world

Biggest lug swinging a 10 pound bat (Adam Dunn memorial award):
Sherman Pierce of Jackson crushes 38 home runs while strking out a league leading 159 times. He doesn't get cheated when he takes his swings.

Fleetest of Feet:
Nicholas Bryant swipes a league record 178 bases while getting caught just 6 times. An amazing 97% success rate.

Biggest 2 left feet:
Fred Green of New Orleans attempts to steal 13 times. He made it twice. The New Orleans Post Gazette reports Green attempted to steal a loaf of marble rye bread when the season ended but tripped and was apprehended by my grandmother.