Nice Knowin' Ya

And now, a weekly salute to the managers eliminated from their quest for the 2011 Diamond Dynasty Chalice for Fantasy Baseball Excellence.


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James Maimonis (10^th place) – A difficult year for the defending champion who suffered the always embarrassing first-to-worst transgression. He finished the year with one winning week over the final 2 months of the season, and never climbed higher than 9^th place in the second half of the year. He finished the year 36 games behind first place and 20.5 games out of the playoffs. With older, albeit quality keeper choices and the first overall pick, James could be a dangerous team in 2012. Let's take a closer look at his season arc:

Weeks 1-7: 1-5-1

Weeks 8-15: 2-4-2

Weeks 16-22: 1-5-1

Streaks: 1W, 2W/T, 7L, 8L/T

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Richie Travers (9^th place) – Travers could never get going all year, constantly attempting to manage around keepers and high draft picks that were either injured or under performing. Acquiring Felix Hernandez at the deadline set him up for 2012, but at the expense of the 2011 season (did not win any match ups after the trade). He never made it higher than 7^th place in the second half of the year. Richie ended the regular season 31.5 games behind first place and 16 games out of the playoffs. He has young keepers (never thought we'd see the day) and the second overall draft pick, and is looking forward to 2012. Let's take a closer look at his season arc:

Weeks 1-7: 3-4-0

Weeks 8-15: 5-3-0

Weeks 16-22: 1-5-1

Streaks: 3W, 3W/T, 4L, 5L/T

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Jarrett Staff (8^th place) – Jarrett's squad just waited too long to be good this year! Over the last 5 weeks of the season, he picked up 10 games on first place and 4 games on the playoff contenders. If he wasn't so mediocre for the first 2/3 of the year, he would have probably been in that clusterfuck that was 4^th-7^th place this year. That being said, he ended the year 23 games behind first place and 7.5 games out of the playoffs. He should be able to add a premier player with the 3^rd pick next year. Let's take a closer look at his season arc:

Weeks 1-7: 1-3-3

Weeks 8-15: 3-4-1

Weeks 16-22: 3-3-1

Streaks: 2W, 3W/T, 2L, 4L/T

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Alex Gentili (7^th place) – The latest victim of Yahoo!'s tiebreaker system, Alex mortgaged a part of his future (Felix Hernandez) for a run at a 2011 championship. Despite having the 6^th highest winning percentage in the regular season, he did not qualify for a ticket to the big dance. In fact, it's the first time in 10 weeks that Alex isn't in at least 6^th place. He finished 15.5 games behind first place and mere percentage points out of the playoffs. Alex is only the third team since week 11 to move 2 places in the standings in just one week. Let's take a closer look at his season arc:

Weeks 1-7: 3-4-0

Weeks 8-15: 2-4-2

Weeks 16-22: 3-4-0

Streaks: 2W, 5W/T, 4L, 4L/T