Several days ago, we said that Dan Klinkhamer’s This League Blows was a Team to Watch. He was in 10th Overall, 3rd in the Radicchio Division, 10th in Hitting, and 18th in Pitching. Today, Blows is in 4th Overall, 1st in the Radicchio Division, 5th in Hitting, and 19th in Pitching.

We don’t point this out as a sort of “I-told-you-so” --- heck, several of our Teams to Watch are now sucking wind -- but instead to predict that, regardless of this turn of events in the standings, Dan will still maintain that this league, apropos of his team name, does indeed blow. He’s an sumuvabidge like that.

But we still love the guy. He’s one of our longest-time owners, always pays his fees, always buys a round or six of drinks, and is hellishly loyal to friends (if not the league). He’s the guy people talk about when you hear the expression “A friend will help you move, but a real friend will help you move a body.” So, good luck to Dan this season. But do us one favor: If you win the Overall Championship, change your team name next year, okay?

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Though a couple have fallen in the standings, most of our previous “Teams to Watch” are still hanging out in the Top 10 of the Overall Standings. Three teams not previously cited have made real headway. Last year’s champ, Jim Klinkhamer, owner of Tres Caballeros, has creeped into 4th place Overall, 2nd in the tough Endive Division, 3rd in Hitting, and 22nd in Pitching.

Paul Martin’s Cabbage Farmers are in 7th Overall, 3rd in the Endive Division, 4th in Hitting, and 31st in Pitching.

Jim’s older brother Dan Klinkhamer, who owns This League Blows, is in 10th Overall, 3rd in the Radicchio Division, 10th in Hitting, and 18th in Pitching.

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Several days ago we proclaimed Joe Livernois’ Moammar Camacho’s as a team to watch after they had moved into 4th place Overall. Today, the Camacho’s are in 1st, lead the Endive Division, are in 3rd place in Hitting, and are in 2nd in Pitching. We told you you should be watching the Camacho’s!

Several more teams to keep your eye on -- besides Julie Pankoke’s Bauer's Bandits, Joe Kelly’s Detroit Tiger Blood, and Brandon Olivarria’s Kirby Puckett's Good Eye, who have all been in first place at some point this season -- include Donald Fukui’s EatUrHrtOutLA (currently in 5th place), Brian Thornburg’s Carrboro T-Birds (6th place), Brian Martin’s Size Matters Not (7th place) and Susie Rochellle’s The Insiders (8th place).

To make your team one of the teams to watch, remember that $5 trades are still in effect but will go extinct with the first pitch of the first game played on this Thursday. Trades then up to $10. If you haven’t already done so, now would be a good time to drop the dead weight you picked at the beginning of the season and pick up some new hitting and pitching stars.

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Don’t look now, but league founder, longtime owner, and league Commissioner Rube Furrow’s alter-ego of Joe Livernois has moved his Moammar Camacho's into 4th place Overall. He leads the Endive Division, is in 8th place in Hitting, and is tied for 1st in Pitching. Meanwhile, longtime owner Jim Johnson has creeped his Bad Spinach into 5th place Overall, 2nd in the Radicchio Division, 5th in Hitting, and 23rd in Pitching.

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