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Ballhawk League : Week 7
We have a first time winner of the ballhawk league this week, and its the District Boy. Congratulations. With the Washington Nationals having a horrible attendance, and a great park to snag in (with early gate times), watch out for the District Boy as he moves up the standings.
Other notes:
*Zack Hample snagged his 4,000th career ball in Los Angeles this week.
*Greg Barasch and Connor joined the league. (Barasch has over 650 career balls snagged)
*The Happy Youngster is back and snagging again after last week’s craziness. Good to see him back in action.
*Last week’s top ballhawk, Erik Jabs, attended 0 games along with 10 other ballhawks in the league.
For the complete stats, have a look below:
WEEK 7 LEADERS:
Total Balls:
1) District Boy 40
2) Greg Barasch 20
3) Mike In Detroit 17
Balls per Game (Average):
1) District Boy 13.33
2) Greg Barasch 10.00
3) Puck Collector 7.00
Games Attended:
1) Mike In Detroit/Leigh Barratt 4
2) District Boy/Happy Youngster/John Witt 3
Hit Balls Snagged:
1) District Boy 7
2) Mike In Detroit/Zack Hample/John Witt 6
3) Happy Youngster/Greg Barasch/Leigh Barratt 5
Thrown Balls Snagged:
1) District Boy 33
2) Greg Barasch 14
3) Mike In Detroit 11
Device Balls Snagged:
1) Happy Youngster 3
2) Greg Barasch 1
Competition Factor:
1) Puck Collector
2) Greg Barasch
3) Alex
Game Balls:
1) Greg Barasch 1
On to the season totals…
*District Boy jumps into the top 5 with his dominating week.
*The top 4 stay the same, in the same order.
*Hample keeps his top spot, with a 40 ball lead over the closest competitor.
*Collectively, we have snagged 1,142 balls. Could we snag over 5,000 this year?
Here are the complete season statistics for 2009, through Sunday 5/24:
The Ballhawk League Archive:
TOP BALLHAWK:
Week 1: Happy Youngster 38 (Runner Up: Zack Hample 31)
Week 2: Zack Hample 27 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 21)
Week 3: Zack Hample 30 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 21)
Week 4: Zack Hample 40 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 39)
Week 5: Zack Hample 31 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 22)
Week 6: Erik Jabs 31 (Runner Up: The Happy Youngster 26)
Week 7: District Boy 40 (Runner Up: Greg Barasch 20)
Ballhawk League : Week 5
Zack Hample once again captured the honors of top ballhawk in week 5, snagging 31 balls. Erik Jabs finished a distant second with 22 balls, while Leigh Barratt propelled himself into the top 3 this week with a 13 ball showing.
The week 5 stats are as follows:
WEEK 5 LEADERS:
Total Balls:
1) Zack Hample 31
2) Erik Jabs 22
3) Leigh Barratt 13
Average (balls per game):
1) Zack Hample 10.33
2) Joe Faraguna 10.00
3) Erik Jabs 7.33
Hit Balls Snagged:
1) Erik Jabs 9
2) Leigh Barratt 8
3) Happy Youngster 6
Thrown Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 21
2) Erik Jabs/Joe Faraguna 10
3) Mike in Detroit 9
Device Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 5
2) Erik Jabs/Happy Youngster 3
3) Mike in Detroit 1
Game Balls:
1) Zack Hample 2
2) Happy Youngster/Donny Haltom 1
Competition Factor:
1) Joe Faraguna
2) Happy Youngster
3) Zack Hample
Now, the season stats to date:
2009 SEASON LEADERS:
Total Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 159
2) Happy Youngster 111
3) Erik Jabs 89
Average Balls per Game:
1) Zack Hample 7.95
2) Happy Youngster 6.94
3) Joe Faraguna 6.67
Hit Balls Snagged:
1) Erik Jabs 35
2) Happy Youngster 33
3) Zack Hample 20
Thrown Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 98
2) Happy Youngster 63
3) Alex 58
Device Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 41
2) Happy Youngster 15
3) Erik Jabs 10
Game Balls:
1) Zack Hample 4
2) Happy Youngster 3
3) Leigh Barratt 2
Competition Factor:
1) Joe Faraguna
2) Alex
3) Zack Hample
Can anyone catch up with Zack? Its been tough. Here’s a look at how the top 5 have fared over the past 5 weeks in the race for first place:
TOP BALLHAWK:
Week 1: Happy Youngster 38 (Runner Up: Zack Hample 31)
Week 2: Zack Hample 27 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 21)
Week 3: Zack Hample 30 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 21)
Week 4: Zack Hample 40 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 39)
Week 5: Zack Hample 31 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 22)
Ballhawk League – Week 4
Week 4 was the tightest week yet, with 3 ballhawks snagging over 30 balls this week. Once again, Zack Hample held off the competition, winning first place for the third consecutive week. Happy Youngster fell 1 ball short.
The complete week 4 stats:
WEEK 4 LEADERS:
Balls snagged:
1) Zack Hample 40
2) Happy Youngster 39
3) Shawn 37
Average (Balls per Game)
1) Zack Hample 8.00
2) Happy Youngster 7.80
3) Shawn 7.40
Games:
1) Hample/Happy/Shawn 5
2) Mike in Detroit 4
Hit Balls:
1) Happy Youngster 9
2) Erik Jabs 7
3) Zack Hample 6
Thrown Balls:
1) Shawn 34
2) Happy Youngster 26
3) Zack Hample 25
Device Balls:
1) Zack Hample 9
2) Happy Youngster 4
3) Shawn/Erik Jabs 1
Competition Factor:
1) Happy Youngster 265,931
2) Shawn 255,734
3) Zack Hample 207,093
On to the most important standings,
The Season Statistics to date.
SEASON LEADERS.
Total Balls snagged:
1) Zack Hample 128
2) Happy Youngster 99
3) Erik Jabs 67
Average (Balls per Game):
1) Zack Hample 7.53
2) Happy Youngster 7.07
3) Alex 6.63
Games:
1) Zack Hample 17
2) Happy Youngster/Erik Jabs 14
3) Bob Fox 10
Hit Balls:
1) Happy Youngster 27
2) Erik Jabs 26
3) Zack Hample 15
Thrown Balls:
1) Zack Hample 77
2) Happy Youngster 60
3) Alex 44
Device Balls:
1) Zack Hample 36
2) Happy Youngster 12
3) Donny Haltom 8
Competition Factor:
1) Alex 247,051
2) Zack Hample 227,251
3) Donny Haltom 222,653
Game Balls
Leigh Barratt 2
Happy Youngster 2
Zack Hample 2
THE ARCHIVE:
TOP BALLHAWK:
Week 1: Happy Youngster 38 (Runner Up: Zack Hample 31)
Week 2: Zack Hample 27 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 21)
Week 3: Zack Hample 30 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 21)
Week 4: Zack Hample 40 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 39)
Ballhawk League – Week 3
Its time to update the Ballhawk League standings for the third week of the season. Would someone be able to close ground on Zack Hample? Who led in hit balls caught, thrown balls caught, or device balls received? Who had the best average of balls per game?
Read on to find out.
Week 3 featured another stand out performance by Zack Hample who snagged 30 balls. Erik Jabs comes in second place with 21 balls, aided by an 11 ball performance on Tuesday. Alex was the only other ballhawk to reach double digits in week 3.
Below are the complete week 3 standings:
WEEK 3 LEADERS:
Total Balls:
1) Zack Hample 30
2) Erik Jabs 21
3) Alex 13
Average (balls per game)
1) Alex 6.50
2) Zack Hample 6.00
3) Erik Jabs 5.25
Games attended:
1) Zack Hample 5
2) Erik Jabs 4
3) John Witt/Rockpile Ranter 3
Hit balls snagged:
1) John Witt 7
2) Erik Jabs 6
3) District Boy 2
Thrown balls snagged:
1) Zack Hample 20
2) Erik Jabs 15
3) Alex 13
Device balls snagged:
1) Zack Hample 9
2) Donnie 2
3) Gary Kowal 1
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On to the season statistics….
Some notes:
*Hample holds on to the top spot and widens his lead on his nearest competitors with another first place finish in week 3.
*The top 4 ballhawks all now have snagged 50 balls or more. There is quite a race developing for the #2 spot.
*Hample has a chance to break 100 balls in April.
*No reports have been submitted by Shawn and Matt for the second consecutive week. If they do not submit an update next week, they will be dismissed from the ballhawk league.
*Zack’s glove trick skills have paid off, netting 27 balls, more than 3x that of the runner up in the category. Only fitting for the glove trick inventor.
*Donny Haltom moves into the top 5 in the league
Here’s the complete season standings to date:
The archive:
TOP BALLHAWK:
Week 1: The Happy Youngster 38 (Runner Up: Zack Hample 31)
Week 2: Zack Hample 27 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 21)
Week 3: Zack Hample 30 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 21)
Ballhawk League Week 2
The balls have been tallied and its time for our weekly update for our ballhawk league.
Here’s the Week 2 standings:
Week 2 Leaders were:
Total Balls:
1) Zack Hample 27
2) Erik Jabs 21
3) Happy Youngster 17
Balls per Game:
1) Zack Hample 9.00
2) Happy Youngster 8.50
3) Donny Haltom 7.00
Games attended:
1) Erik Jabs 5
2) Four Tied 3
Hit Ball Snagged:
1) Erik Jabs 8
2) Zack Hample 6
3) Happy Youngster 5
Thrown Balls Snagged:
1) Alex 12
2) Andrew McDonald 11
3) Zack Hample 10
Device Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 11
2) Erik Jabs 6
3) Donny Haltom/Happy Youngster 5
As for the season statistics,
*Zack Hample has overtaken The Happy Youngster for the top spot.
*Alex continues his rapid place and hangs onto a top 5 spot.
*Erik Jabs falls two places despite snagging 21 balls this week.
*Donny Haltom, Andrew McDonald, and Mike in Detroit are staying competitive and have entered the “teens” in balls snagged.
*Other ballhawks have had this week off with their teams out of town, leading to lower statistics.
An overview:
The archive:
Week 1 Top Ballhawk: The Happy Youngster
Week 2 Top Ballhawk: Zack Hample
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