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Baseball with an Attitude |
Nov. 22, 2023 |
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The FML Welcome to the Fuzzy Memorial League, one of the oldest Rotisserie-style fantasy baseball leagues in United States. Formed in 1984 at the now-defunct Turbot Restaurant on North State Parkway in Chicago, the FML is in its 39th year, as of 2019. Main Menu Other Links Contact Steve Marovich, Commissioner |
2024 FML AuctionThe 2024 Fuzzy Memorial League auction will be held on Saturday, March 23 at 2 p.m., CDT at the home of Phil Dlatt in Lake Zurich, Ill. The deadline for 15-player freeze lists and long-term contracts will be the preceding Tuesday, March 19 at 2 p.m., CDT. Major League Baseball Opening Day is Thursday, March 28.
Brew Jays Win Their Fourth FML Title in 2023Wayne Deering’s Brew Jays won their fourth Fuzzy Memorial League title in 2023. The franchise previously won league championships in 2004, 2007 and 2012. This year’s team won handily with 85 points, 13.5 points ahead of Phil Dlatt’s second-place Shoeless Sandmen at 71.5 points. The 13.5 point margin is the fourth-best in league history. The Sandmen, in Dlatt’s fifth year in the league, went 14-for-36 (.389) with five RBI on the final day of the season, which was enough to overcome Paul Larson’s L.L. Beans at 71 points for second place. Norman Alexandroff’s Patton’s High Velocity finished fourth.
The Jays moved into first place during the week of April 17 and were never seriously threatened. With a balanced attack of 44 offensive points and 42.5 pitching points, the team won the RBI category but finished second in batting average, home runs, runs scored, strikeouts, wins and ratio, while taking third in both earned run average and saves.
2023 FML Post-Season AwardsShohei Ohtani (.305, 44 HR, 95 RBI, 20 SB, 10-5, 3.14/1.06), who wound up the 2023 FML season on the Shoeless Sandmen roster, was named this year’s “Co-Most Valuable Player,” along with the Wa-Wa Two Sees’ Corey Seager (.327, 33 HR, 96 RBI, 2 SB). Gerrit Cole (15-4, 2.63/0.98), from the L.L. Beans, won the “Most Valuable Starting Pitcher” award for the second time in three years. The league’s “Most Valuable Relief Pitcher” was Karp’s High Ratios’ Emmanuel Clase (3-9, 44 saves, 3.18/1.16). The Beans’ Gunnar Henderson (.255, 28 HR, 82 RBI, 10 SB) shared “Rookie Co-Position Players of the Year” with the Three Stooges’ Josh Jung (.266, 23 HR, 70 RBI, 1 SB), while Tanner Bibee (10-4, 2.98/1.18) from the Karp’s took “Rookie Starting Pitcher of the Year” honors. Click here for the complete post-season team.
The Record BookKarp’s High Ratios’ 204 stolen bases was tied for the fourth-best all-time and was only 20 shy of breaking the Nordica Knucklers’ 1987 team record of 223…Patton’s High Velocity’s 1,488 strikeouts, while officially a league record, gets an asterisk, since he played nearly the entire season without a relief pitcher on the roster. Otherwise, the Brew Jays’ 1.425 strikeouts might have set a new league mark…even with an all-starting pitcher lineup, Patton’s did not break their own 2010 league record of 113 wins…the Nordica Knucklers league-leading 1.1883 WHIP marked the first time that team has won a ratios title since joining the league in 1985. Karp’s High Ratios have won that category a league-leading 12 times, including four in a row from 1989 to 1992…the Knucklers also won their first-ever saves category with 77. Karp’s also has the all-time lead in winning the saves category with 10…the Shoeless Sandmen set an unofficial record for its phoenix-like rise from 10th place in 2022 to second place this year…in the futility area, the Three Stooges let a league mark this year for the worst team batting average in 40 years at .2340, breaking a mark of .2353 set by the 2002 Brew Jays. FML AccountsThe following teams owe money to the league, as of Oct. 2 Addison Lights, $109, payment now due Blues City Bruisers, $0, paid in full Brew Jays, $227, no payment needed L.L. Beans, $100, no payment needed Nordica Knucklers, $109, payment now due Patton's High Velocity, $141, no payment needed Shoeless Sandmen, $22, no payment needed Three Stooges, $18, deficit to be charged to 2024 account Wa-Wa Two Sees, $0, paid in full
Rookie EligibilityThe following players lost their rookie eligibility in 2023: Enmanuel Valdez, Addison Lights (Sept. 4) Tyler Soderstrom, Addison Lights (Sept. 11) Zach Neto, Addison Lights (June 1) Edouard Julien, Addison Lights (July 10) Jordan Westburg (Aug. 14) Will Brennan, Addison Lights (May 8) Kerry Carpenter, Addison Lights Drew Waters, Addison Lights Taj Bradley, Addison Lights (June 26) Ken Waldichuk, Addison Lights Logan O’Hoppe, Blues City Bruisers ( Sept. 4) Samad Taylor, Blues City Bruisers (Aug. 21) Lawrence Butler, Blues City Bruisers (Sept. 25) Grayson Rodriguez, Blues City Bruisers (May 22) Gabriel Moreno, Karp’s High Ratios Yainer Diaz, Karp’s High Ratios David Hensley, Karp’s High Ratios Osleivis Basabe, Karp’s High Ratios (Sept. 25) Zack Gelof, Karp’s High Ratios (Sept. 4) Masataka Yoshida, Karp’s High Ratios (May 22) Corey Julks, Karp’s High Ratios (May 22) Tanner Bibee, Karp’s High Ratios (June 12) Hunter Brown, Karp’s High Ratios Bryan Woo, Karp’s High Ratios (July 24) Chase Silseth, Karp’s High Ratios (May 8) Louie Varland, Karp’s High Ratios (May 15) Bo Naylor, L.L. Beans (July 31) Connor Wong, L.L. Beans Gunnar Henderson, L.L. Beans Oswald Peraza, L.L. Beans (April 27) Jonathan Aranda, L.L. Beans (July 17) Logan T. Allen, L.L. Beans (June 5) Gavin Williams, L.L. Beans (Aug. 14) Michael Baumann, Nordica Knucklers Joey Wentz, Nordica Knucklers Jordan Diaz, Patton’s High Velocity (May 22) Matt Wallner, Patton’s High Velocity (July 24) Bryce Miller, Patton’s High Velocity (June 19) Nate Pearson, Patton’s High Velocity (May 8) Tristan Casas, Shoeless Sandmen D.L. Hall, Shoeless Sandmen (Sept. 4) Cody Morris, Shoeless Sandmen (July 17) Anthony Volpe, Three Stooges (May 15) Josh Jung, Three Stooges Oscar Colas, Three Stooges (July 24) Reese Olson, Three Stooges (July 17) Korey Lee, Wa-Wa Two Sees (Sept. 11) Royce Lewis, Wa-Wa Two Sees (June 26)
2024 FML Transaction DeadlinesAll times Central Daylight. Please note that FML deadlines are determined by the first MLB game, not necessarily the first American League contest.
*Earlier deadline due to Commissioner’s vacation plans in NYC
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