Rapid Reaction to Week 12

Now 36, Derek Jeter no longer has the patience to deal magnanimously with the neighborhood kids.

Week 12 has come and gone, and I have the weekly category ranks to show for it. I'm eager to post the average of each team's rank in all scored categories, mainly because the All-Stars have once again impressed. That, along with each team's record this week, follows:

1. (Avg. rank: 3.8) NJ Transit All-Stars

(11 - 1 - 0 v. Wabash Mashers)

2. (4.1) BEASTS OF BURDEN (9 - 1 - 2 v. Stunna)

3. (4.2) Hit by Pitch (10 - 2 - 0 v. Hunters)

4. (4.3) Waste Wildenstein (10 - 2 - 0 v. Impending Doom)

5. (5.7) The Poppersteins (7 - 5 - 0 v. Mendoza Manatees)

6. (5.9) PinYELLa (9 - 2 - 1 v. béisbol)

7. (7.5) Hunters (2 - 10 - 0 v. Hit by Pitch)

Mendoza Manatees (5 - 7 - 0 v. Poppersteins)

9. (7.7) Impending Doom (2 - 10 - 0 v. Waste Wildenstein)

10. (9.0) béisbol (2 - 9 - 1 v. PinYELLa)

Ladies Love Us (6 - 5 - 1 v. Slippery Logicians)

Stunna (1 - 9 - 2 v. BEASTS OF BURDEN)

13. (10.4) Slippery Logicians (5 - 6 - 1 v. Ladies Love Us)

14. (11.3) The Wabash Mashers (1 - 11 - 0 v. NJ Transit All-Stars)

And some bonus figures on the components. First, the average of each team's rank (out of 14) in the speed categories (Runs Scored and Stolen Bases):

1. (3.0) The Poppersteins (2 - 0 - 0)

2. (3.5) NJ Transit All-Stars (2 - 0 - 0)

BEASTS OF BURDEN (1 - 0 - 1)

4. (4.0) Hit by Pitch (2 - 0 - 0)

5. (5.5) Ladies Love Us (2 - 0 - 0)

6. (6.0) Stunna (1 - 0 - 1)

7. (7.5) Waste Wildenstein (1 - 1 - 0)

Hunters (0 - 2 - 0)

Mendoza Manatees (0 - 2 - 0)

béisbol (1 - 1 - 0)

11. (9.0) PinYELLa (1 - 1 - 0)

12. (9.5) The Wabash Mashers (0 - 2 - 0)

13. (11.0) Impending Doom (1 - 1 - 0)

14. (13.5) Slippery Logicians (0 - 2 - 0)

And power (Home Runs and Runs Batted In):

1. (1.0) Hit by Pitch (2 - 0 - 0)

2. (2.0) Waste Wildenstein (2 - 0 - 0)

3. (2.5) NJ Transit All-Stars (2 - 0 - 0)

4. (4.5) Hunters (0 - 2 - 0)

5. (5.5) BEASTS OF BURDEN (1 - 0 - 1)

6. (6.0) Mendoza Manatees (1 - 1 - 0)

7. (7.0) PinYELLa (1 - 1 - 0)

8. (7.5) Stunna (0 - 1 - 1)

Slippery Logicians (2 - 0 - 0)

10. (8.0) The Poppersteins (1 - 1 - 0)

béisbol (1 - 1 - 0)

12. (10.0) Impending Doom (0 - 2 - 0)

13. (11.5) Ladies Love Us (2 - 0 - 0)

14. (14.0) The Wabash Mashers (0 - 2 - 0)

And finally, the pitching staffs:

1. (3.2) BEASTS OF BURDEN (5 - 1 - 0)

2. (4.3) NJ Transit All-Stars (5 - 1 - 0)

The Poppersteins (4 - 2 - 0)

4. (4.5) Waste Wildenstein (5 - 1 - 0)

5. (5.0) PinYELLa (5 - 0 - 1)

6. (6.0) Impending Doom (1 - 5 - 0)

7. (6.3) Hit by Pitch (4 - 2 - 0)

8. (8.2) Hunters (2 - 4 - 0)

9. (9.0) Mendoza Manatees (2 - 4 - 0)

10. (9.2) Slippery Logicians (3 - 2 - 1)

béisbol (0 - 5 - 1)

12. (9.3) Stunna (1 - 5 - 0)

13. (10.2) Ladies Love Us (2 - 3 - 1)

14. (10.5) The Wabash Mashers (1 - 5 - 0)

More to come with the Progress Report later this week, but first impressions are that Ladies Love Us, after what seemed like a run of bad luck, finally turned in a performance that really seemed to merit a spot at the bottom of the Intergalactic Destroyers division; Stunna just happened to play one of the few teams in Hit by Pitch against whom mediocre speed and pitching and above average power could only net 2 wins; and Waste Wildenstein seems to have played Impending Doom at just the right time to pull 10 wins from what should have been a deadlocked clash of titans.

Best of luck to all in Week 13.