FOFC Baseball Auction dynasty

[Honolulu Blue]

BACKSTORY: From all around the world and throughout time the most talented baseball players and managers in the world are summoned to play in a special league made up entirely of the best of the best. The teams were selected by FOFC members at auction and will be placed on the field head-to-head to settle the argument of who has the best team.

OK, so it's not going to really do that, but at least one team is going to get bragging rights.

NUTS & BOLTS:

I will be running this league in Diamond Mind Baseball. Most of the players will be based on the ratings given in the All-Time Greatest Players disk, which are based on consecutive peak seasons. The other players are based on my estimates of how good they are, based on the data I could find.

The parameters for the league will be as follows:

1. The number of teams in the league is still in flux, since a few teams may be dropped for not completing their roster. Don't worry; unlike SOME baseball games, Diamond Mind can do a reasonable schedule for any number of teams for 162 games or so. I'll announce the teams and the schedule when it gets finalized.

2. There is no DH in this league.
3. All teams play at neutral parks.
4. Games will be simmed using the modern era, which is an average of National League teams from 1955 to 2002.
5. Injuries are turned on.

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LINEUPS

Now I need your help. Instead of representing the manager in the game, I will allow you, the team owner, to direct the managerial strategy of your team. This is the lineup for my team, and this is the form I would like you to use (clip and save):

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Lineup vs. RHP

1. Ashburn, cf
2. G. Davis, ss
3. Morgan, 2b
4. Schmidt, 3b
5. Keller, lf
6. Robinson, rf
7. Hernandez, 1b
8. Simmons, c
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
None

Spot starters:
Parrish, c - 10%

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Simmons, Parrish
1b - Hernandez, Evans
2b - Morgan, Whitaker
3b - Schmidt, Evans
ss - G. Davis, Petrocelli
lf - Keller, E. Davis, Gibson
cf - Ashburn, Bonds, Gibson, E. Davis
rf - Robinson, Bonds, E. Davis, Gibson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Bonds, E. Davis, Parrish, Petrocelli, Ferrell(!)
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Gibson, Evans, Whitaker
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Lineup vs. LHP

1. G. Davis, ss
2. Morgan, 2b
3. Robinson, rf
4. Schmidt, 3b
5. Bonds, cf
6. E. Davis, lf
7. Simmons, c
8. Hernandez, 1b
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
Ashburn, cf

Spot starters:
Parrish, c - 20%

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Simmons, Parrish
1b - Hernandez, Evans
2b - Morgan, Whitaker
3b - Schmidt, Petrocelli, Evans
ss - G. Davis, Petrocelli
lf - Davis, Keller, Gibson
cf - Bonds, Ashburn, Gibson
rf - Robinson, Keller, Gibson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Parrish, Petrocelli, Ferrell(!)
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Keller, Gibson, Evans, Whitaker
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Pitching rotation

Rotation size (4 or 5): 4
Usage mode (Strict=use rotation no matter what; Skip=go to #1 starter if ready): Skip

Rotation: Grove, Perry, Blyleven, Key
Spot Starters (spot %): Ferrell (0), Lemon (0), Hiller (0)
Mopup: Lemon, Ferrell
Long relievers: Ferrell, Lemon
Setup vs. LHB: Hiller
Setup vs. RHB: Ward, Montgomery
Closer vs. LHB: Hiller
Closer vs. RHB: Tekulve, Montgomery
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Manager tendencies (1=least frequent, 3=neutral, 5=most frequent)

Bunt - 1
Hit & run - 2
Steal - 1
Running - 3
Take pitch - 3
PH for pitcher - 3
PH for non-pitcher - 3
PH for platoon partner - 3
PH in blowout - 3
Pitch around - 1
Intentional walk - 1
Pickoff throws - 3
Pitchouts - 3
Use relievers - 3
Use closers - 3
Holding runners - 3
Infield in - 2
Guard lines - 2

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You can send your lineup to my by e-mail at [email protected] (preferred, but do let me know your FOFC handle somewhere in your message), by PM, or by posting a message here. If you choose not to set a lineup, I'll let the computer auto-select one for you. It does a decent job, but I'm sure it's not as smart as you ;).

I'm not going to set a deadline yet, since the auction is still going on, but sooner is better. You can always make changes at any time until the deadline, which I will let you know about when I figure it out.

Thanks for your interest and cooperation.

[Coffee Warlord]

For my own personal reference, too.

Lefty/Righty matchup strategy is for wimps!


Lineup vs. RHP
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1. Max Carey, CF
2. Joe DiMaggio, RF
3. Brooks Robinson, 3B
4. Jimmie Foxx, 1B
5. Roger Maris, LF
6. Yogi Berra, C
7. Ryne Sandberg, 2B
8. Marty Marion, SS
9. (pitcher)

Defensive Replacements
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None

Spot Starters
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Ron Santo, 3B (8%)
Alvin Dark, SS (8%)

Depth Chart vs. RHP
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C - Yogi Berra, Jason Kendall
1B - Jimmie Foxx, Mark Grace
2B - Ryne Sandberg, Luis Castillo
3B - Brooks Robinson, Ron Santo
SS - Marty Marion, Alvin Dark
LF - Roger Maris, Dave Winfield, Kenny Lofton
CF - Max Carey, Kenny Lofton
RF - Joe DiMaggio, Dave Winfield, Kenny Lofton

Pinch Hitters vs RHP: Santo, Winfield, Grace, Lofton
Pinch Hitters vs LHP: Santo, Winfield, Lofton, Kendall


Lineup vs. LHP
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1. Max Carey, CF
2. Joe DiMaggio, RF
3. Brooks Robinson, 3B
4. Jimmie Foxx, 1B
5. Roger Maris, LF
6. Yogi Berra, C
7. Ryne Sandberg, 2B
8. Marty Marion, SS
9. (pitcher)

Defensive Replacements
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None

Spot Starters
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Ron Santo, 3B (8%)
Alvin Dark, SS (8%)

Depth Chart vs. LHP
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C - Yogi Berra, Jason Kendall
1B - Jimmie Foxx, Mark Grace
2B - Ryne Sandberg, Luis Castillo
3B - Brooks Robinson, Ron Santo
SS - Marty Marion, Alvin Dark
LF - Roger Maris, Dave Winfield, Kenny Lofton
CF - Max Carey, Kenny Lofton
RF - Joe DiMaggio, Dave Winfield, Kenny Lofton

Pinch Hitters vs RHP: Santo, Winfield, Grace, Lofton
Pinch Hitters vs LHP: Santo, Winfield, Lofton, Kendall


Pitching Rotation
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Rotation Size: 5
Usage Mode: Skip

Rotation: Dizzy Dean, Phil Niekro, Lefty Gomez, Mark Prior, Fernando Valenzuela
Spot Starters: Jon Lieber (1%)
Mopup Relief: Jon Lieber, Doug Jones
Long Relief: Jon Lieber, Doug Jones
Setup vs LHB: Jason Isringhausen, Doug Jones
Setup vs RHB: Jason Isringhausen, Doug Jones
Closer vs LHB: Robb Nen
Closer vs RHB: Robb Nen

Manager Tendencies (1=least frequent, 3=neutral, 5=most frequent)
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Bunt - 1
Hit & Run - 3
Steal - 2
Running - 2
Take Pitch - 3

PH for Pitcher - 3
PH for Non-Pitcher - 1
PH for Platoon Partner - 3
PH in Blowout - 2

Pitch Around - 1
Intentional Walk - 1
Pickoff Throws - 3
Pitchouts - 1
Use Relievers - 2
Use Closers - 4
Holding Runners - 3
Infield In - 2
Guard lines - 3

[Honolulu Blue]

Hi guys. I just wanted to let you know I made a few minor changes to my lineup by editing the message above.

Also, no deadlines yet, since (1) I'm not quite sure which teams are in or out yet, and (2) a few teams have some holes to fill. But start thinking about those lineups, OK? Thanks.

[Honolulu Blue]

While we're waiting for the auction to finish up, I sent the team out to face some quality opposition. They came up with the Texas All-Time Single Season Greats team. Let me try to explain who these guys are. They're the best single player-seasons in Texas (and New Washington Senator) history based on Keith Hemmelman's roster set (http://files.simcentral.net/index/Detailed/753.shtml). Most of the usual suspects are there - Pudge, A. Rod, Palmeiro, etc., along with some other familiar names and some that aren't so familiar. A very quick scouting evaluation: formidable hitting, but mediocre pitching. They're a good match for us, and we expect some high scoring ballgames.

I ran this series with a 24 man roster (no Montgomery); they had close to 40 players, all active. Let's see who's the boss...

[Honolulu Blue]

Top of 2nd - Lefty Grove pitching. Frank Howard hits a single. Rafael Palmeiro ground out to third, moving Howard to 2nd. Ivan Rodriguez hits a deep fly to left and Howard moves up to 3rd. Dean Palmer hits a single to drive in Howard. TEX 1, HB 0.

Bottom of 2nd - Ken Bosman pitching. Frank Robinson plunked by a Bosman fastball. He charges the mound, gets some licks in, and the benches clear. Robinson and Bosman are thrown out of the game. Pinch runner Bobby Bonds is caught stealing on a busted hit-and-run. TEX 1, HB 0.

Top of 4th - Palmeiro smokes a leadoff homer to right. TEX 2, HB 0.

Bottom of 4th - With one out and Steve Foucault on the mound, George Davis draws a walk. Joe Morgan follows with a home run to right, tying the score. TEX 2, HB 2.

Bottom of 5th - With one out, Ted Simmons blasts a deep drive to right center that finds the seats. HB 3, TEX 2.

Bottom of 6th - Pete Richert now pitching for the Rangers. G. Davis leads off with a double. Morgan scratches out an infield hit, moving Davis to 3rd. Mike Schmidt blasts a double down the third base line, scoring Davis. With two out, Keith Hernandez singles up the middle, scoring Morgan, but Schmidt is thrown out on a good throw by Lock. HB 5, TEX 2.

Bottom of 7th - Simmons and Darrell Evans hit back-to-back doubles. Bobby Witt is brought into the game. Ashburn bounces out to third and Evans takes 3rd. G. Davis singles Evans home. HB 7, TEX 2.

Bottom of 8th - Edwin Correa now pitching. Lance Parrish gets a one out single. Simmons draws a walk. Evans hits a slow roller to third and both baserunners move up. Ashburn singles over second, driving in both runs; he moves to third on Lock's throwing error. HB 9, TEX 2.


5/4/2004, TEX02-HON04, Neutral Park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2002 Rangers 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 10 0
2004 Honolulu Blue 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 x 9 11 0 5 1

Rangers AB R H BI AVG Honolulu Blue AB R H BI AVG
Franco 2b 5 0 0 0 .000 Ashburn cf 5 0 1 2 .200
Lock cf 5 0 1 0 .200 Davis ss 4 2 2 1 .500
Rodriguez, A ss 5 0 2 0 .400 Morgan 2b 3 2 2 2 .667
Gonzalez rf 3 0 0 0 .000 Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 1 .250
Howard lf 4 1 1 0 .250 Keller lf 1 0 0 0 .000
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 3 1 .750 Davis ph 2 0 0 0 .000
Rodriguez, I c 4 0 1 0 .250 Robinson rf 0 0 0 0 .000
Palmer 3b 3 0 1 1 .333 Bonds,Bo pr 3 0 0 0 .000
Bosman p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 1 .333
Foucault p 0 0 0 0 .000 Ward p 0 0 0 0 .000
Bell ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Parrish ph 1 1 1 0 1.000
Richert p 0 0 0 0 .000 Simmons c 3 3 2 1 .667
Witt p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lemon p 0 0 0 0 .000
Sierra ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Grove p 2 0 0 0 .000
Correa p 0 0 0 0 .000 Evans 1b 2 1 1 1 .500
35 2 9 2 33 9 11 9

Rangers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bosman 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 20 12 0.00
Foucault L 0-1 3.1 2 3 3 1 2 51 31 8.10
Richert 1.0 6 4 4 0 1 27 19 36.00
Witt 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 14 9 0.00
Correa 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 28 15 18.00
8.0 11 9 9 3 5 140 86

Honolulu Blue INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Grove W 1-0 6.0 6 2 2 4 6 110 67 3.00
Ward H 1 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 33 25 0.00
Lemon 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10 7 0.00
9.0 9 2 2 4 9 153 99

TEX: Bell batted for Foucault in the 6th
Sierra batted for Witt in the 8th
HON: Bonds,Bo ran for Robinson in the 2nd
Bonds,Bo moved to rf in the 3rd
Davis batted for Keller in the 6th
Davis moved to lf in the 7th
Evans inserted at 1b in the 7th
Parrish batted for Ward in the 8th
Parrish moved to c in the 9th

E-Lock. 2B-Davis, Schmidt, Simmons, Evans. HR-Palmeiro(1), Morgan(1),
Simmons(1). CS-Bonds,Bo. K-Franco 3, Lock 2, Rodriguez, A, Gonzalez, Palmer,
Sierra, Schmidt, Keller, Hernandez, Bonds,Bo, Davis. BB-Gonzalez, Palmer,
Bosman, Foucault, Davis, Morgan, Simmons. HBP-Keller, Robinson. HB-Bosman,
Foucault. WP-Grove.
GWRBI: Simmons
Frank Robinson was injured for this game only
Dick Bosman was ejected from this game
Frank Robinson was ejected from this game
Temperature: 66, Sky: clear, Wind: in from center at 15 MPH.


Kind of a blowout here; perhaps these guys aren't so tough after all.

NEXT: Game 2

[Honolulu Blue]

Bottom of 1st - Charlie Hough on the mound for the Rangers. Richie Ashburn singles to right. With one out, Joe Morgan crushes a ball to right center that splits the outfielders and rolls to the wall. Ashburn scores. Mike Schmidt singles home Morgan. HB 2, TEXAS 0.

Top of 6th - Gaylord Perry pitching. Julio Franco draws a leadoff walk. With two outs, Juan Gonzalez jacks one to left. It's gone and the score is tied. HB 2, TEXAS 2.

Bottom of 7th - Ashburn singles to left and steals second. Morgan draws a walk. Schmidt hits into a fielders' choice, leaving runners at the corners. Charlie Keller slams a ball down the line that stays fair and goes out. HB 5, TEXAS 2.

Top of 8th - Wes Ferrell now pitching for the good guys. Julio Franco and Rusty Greer draw walks to lead off the inning. John Hiller comes in. Rafael Palmeiro hits an ordinary grounder to Morgan; easy out, but the runners move up. Gonzalez singles home Franco. HB 5, TEXAS 3.


5/5/2004, TEX02-HON04, Neutral Park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2002 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 5 0 6 0
2004 Honolulu Blue 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x 5 10 0 9 0

Rangers AB R H BI AVG Honolulu Blue AB R H BI AVG
Franco 2b 2 2 1 0 .143 Ashburn cf 5 2 3 0 .400
Greer lf 3 0 0 0 .000 Davis ss 5 0 0 0 .222
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 1 0 .571 Morgan 2b 2 1 1 1 .600
Gonzalez rf 4 1 2 3 .286 Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 1 .250
Rodriguez, A ss 4 0 0 0 .222 Keller lf 4 1 2 3 .400
Rodriguez, I c 4 0 0 0 .125 Davis lf 0 0 0 0 .000
Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 .250 Robinson rf 4 0 1 0 .250
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0 .000 Hernandez 1b 3 0 2 0 .500
Hough p 3 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 .000
Richert p 0 0 0 0 .000 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000
Howard ph 1 0 0 0 .200 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 .333
31 3 5 3 Perry p 2 0 0 0 .000
Gibson ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Ferrell p 0 0 0 0 .000
Evans 1b 1 0 0 0 .333
34 5 10 5

Rangers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Hough L 0-1 6.2 8 5 5 4 6 117 67 6.75
Richert 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 14 11 15.43
8.0 10 5 5 4 6 131 78

Honolulu Blue INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Perry 6.0 4 2 2 2 2 66 42 3.00
Ferrell W 1-0 1.0 0 1 1 3 1 24 10 9.00
Hiller H 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.00
Tekulve S 1 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 25 15 0.00
9.0 5 3 3 5 4 119 70

TEX: Howard batted for Richert in the 9th
HON: Gibson batted for Perry in the 6th
Evans inserted at 1b in the 8th
Davis inserted at lf in the 9th

2B-Palmeiro, Morgan, Keller, Hernandez. HR-Gonzalez(1), Keller(1).
SB-Ashburn(1). CS-Franco. K-Greer, Rodriguez, A, Bell, Hough, Davis,
Schmidt 2, Robinson 2, Hernandez. BB-Franco 2, Greer, Palmeiro, Bell,
Morgan 2, Hernandez, Simmons. WP-Hough.
GWRBI: Keller
Frank Howard was injured for this game only
Temperature: 65, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 12 MPH.


Closer, but Texas is on the ropes.

NEXT: Will things change at The Ballpark?

[Honolulu Blue]

Bottom of 2nd - Bert Blyleven on the mound. Alex Rodriguez slashes a triple to right center. Ivan Rodriguez drives hom ARod with a single up the middle. TEX 1, HB 0.

Bottom of 3rd - Julio Franco is hit by the pitch. Rusty Greer draws a walk. Rafael Palmeiro gets an infield hit and the bases are loaded. Juan Gonzalez singles through the box, scoring Franco and Greer, with Palmeiro taking second. A wild pitch moves the runners to scoring position. The infield is moved in and A. Rod hits a weak chopper to first. Hernandez throws home, but it's not in time. Palmeiro scores, Gonzalez goes to third, and A. Rod is safe at first. Pudge hits a fly to center, deep enough for Gonzalez to score without a throw. Pudge steals second and scores on a single by Mickey Rivers. That's it for Blyleven, who had nothing, but the damage has been done. TEX 6, HB 0.

Top of 4th - Dick Donovan toiling for Texas. With one out, Mike Schmidt and Charlie Keller hit back-to-back singles. Runners on the corners. Frank Robinson hits a slow dribbler to short; the throw goes to first and Schmidt scores. TEX 6, HB 1.

Bottom of 6th - Bob Lemon now pitching. Buddy Bell hits a leadoff single to left. With one out, Julio Franco draws a walk. Rusty Greer follows with a double that scores Bell. TEX 7, HB 1.

Top of 7th - Charlie Keller blasts a leadoff home run against the wind in right. TEX 7, HB 2.


5/7/2004, HON04-TEX02, Ballpark in Arlington (1997)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Honolulu Blue 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 5 0
2002 Rangers 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 x 7 11 1 7 0

Honolulu Blue AB R H BI AVG Rangers AB R H BI AVG
Ashburn cf 4 0 0 0 .286 Franco 2b 3 1 1 0 .200
Davis ss 4 0 0 0 .154 Greer lf 4 1 1 1 .143
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0 .444 Palmeiro 1b 3 1 2 0 .600
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 0 .273 Gonzalez rf 4 1 2 2 .364
Keller lf 4 1 2 1 .444 Rodriguez, A ss 4 2 1 1 .231
Robinson rf 4 0 1 1 .250 Rodriguez, I c 3 0 1 2 .182
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0 .300 Rivers cf 4 0 1 1 .250
Simmons c 3 0 0 0 .222 Bell 3b 4 1 2 0 .250
Hiller p 0 0 0 0 .000 Donovan p 3 0 0 0 .000
Blyleven p 1 0 0 0 .000 Sierra ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Lemon p 1 0 0 0 .000 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 .000
Parrish c 1 0 0 0 .500 Russell p 0 0 0 0 .000
33 2 5 2 33 7 11 7

Honolulu Blue INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Blyleven L 0-1 2.1 7 6 6 1 1 57 34 23.14
Lemon 3.2 3 1 1 2 4 44 27 1.93
Hiller 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 23 16 0.00
8.0 11 7 7 3 6 124 77

Rangers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Donovan W 1-0 8.0 4 2 2 0 4 116 76 2.25
Knowles 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 9 4 0.00
Russell 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 11 9 0.00
9.0 5 2 2 1 6 136 89

HON: Parrish inserted at c in the 7th
TEX: Sierra batted for Donovan in the 8th

E-Palmeiro. 2B-Robinson, Greer, Palmeiro. 3B-Gonzalez, Rodriguez, A.
HR-Keller(2). SB-Rodriguez, A(1). CS-Franco, Rodriguez, I. K-Keller 2,
Robinson, Hernandez 2, Lemon, Gonzalez, Rodriguez, I, Rivers, Bell,
Donovan 2. BB-Schmidt, Franco, Greer, Palmeiro. SF-Rodriguez, I. HBP-Franco.
HB-Blyleven. WP-Blyleven.
GWRBI: Rodriguez, I
Temperature: 82, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 15 MPH.


NEXT: Will we find our way back?

[oykib]

I should have my team finalized when the next round is put up. I only needed one player.

BTW, why are youbeating up on the Little Sisters of the Poor? AT least choose the all-time greats of a real team like Cleveland or Detroit;).

[Honolulu Blue]

BTW, why are youbeating up on the Little Sisters of the Poor? AT least choose the all-time greats of a real team like Cleveland or Detroit;).

For the same reasons that the Harlem Globetrotters like to play the Generals or the Nationals - morale boost, get into shape, and scare the real opposition (you guys). :D

Cleveland and Detroit are tough, but the Yanks and A's are the real terrors of the AL.

Anyway, Texas gets another chance to show how tough they are. Let's see how they did...

Top of 1st - Aaron Sele pitching for the Rangers. George Davis draws a one out walk. Joe Morgan bounces out to second, moving Davis to 2nd base. Mike Schmidt singled home the run. HB 1, TEX 0.

Top of 3rd - Lefty Grove and Ashburn hit singles. George Davis drives them both home with a double to left. Joe Morgan triples to right center, driving home Davis. Sele is replaced by Steve Foucault. Schmidt bounces to short, who makes the play to first while Morgan scores. HB 5, TEX 0.

Bottom of 5th - Grove on the mound. He grooves a fastball and Frank Howard kills is, his one mistake of the day. HB 5, TEX 1.

Top of 6th - This one is going to take awhile... Bobby Witt on the mound. With one out, Richie Ashburn gets an infield hit, but suffers a minor injury and has to leave the game. Bobby Bonds is selected to pinch run. G. Davis' single moves Bonds to third. Morgan draws a walk. Schmidt clears the bases with a double. Charlie Keller bounces out to second, with Schmidt moving to third. Frank Robinson gets a free pass. No more Witt; Paul comes in to try to put out the fire. Keith Hernandez hits a ball right at A. Rod, but he bobbles it and everyone is safe, with Schmidt scoring. Ted Simmons blasts a double, driving in Robinson and Hernandez. Lefty Grove draws a walk. Bonds' single loads the bases. Davis draws a walk and Simmons scores. HB 12, TEX 1.

Top of 7th - Schmidt hits a single. Eric Davis slashes a triple, driving in Schmidt. Robinson bounces out to second; the throw goes to first and E. Davis scores easily. HB 14, TEX 1.

Top of 8th - Edwin Correa takes the ball. With one out, Bobby Bonds is safe on Correa's fielding error. G. Davis hits into a forceout. With Morgan up, Correa uncorks a wild pitch. Morgan eventually gets a walk to fill the empty base. Correa throws another wild pitch with Schmidt up. And Schmidt also gets a free pass. E. Davis hits another bouncer to A. Rod that he boots with Bonds scoring. HB 15, TEX 1.


5/8/2004, HON04-TEX02, Ballpark in Arlington (1997)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Honolulu Blue 1 0 4 0 0 7 2 1 0 15 12 1 12 2
2002 Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 0

Honolulu Blue AB R H BI AVG Rangers AB R H BI AVG
Ashburn cf 4 1 2 0 .333 Franco 2b 4 0 0 0 .143
Bonds,Bo pr 2 2 1 0 .200 Lock cf 2 0 0 0 .143
Davis ss 4 3 2 3 .235 Rivers ph 0 0 0 0 .250
Morgan 2b 3 2 1 1 .417 Rodriguez, A ss 3 0 1 0 .250
Ferrell p 0 0 0 0 .000 Brinkman ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Schmidt 3b 5 2 3 5 .375 Gonzalez rf 3 0 0 0 .286
Keller lf 2 0 0 0 .364 Stevens ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Davis ph 2 1 1 1 .250 Howard lf 3 1 1 1 .250
Robinson rf 5 1 0 1 .154 Palmeiro 1b 3 0 0 0 .462
Hernandez 1b 5 1 0 0 .200 Rodriguez, I c 3 0 1 0 .214
Simmons c 6 1 1 2 .200 Correa p 0 0 0 0 .000
Grove p 2 1 1 0 .250 Kern p 0 0 0 0 .000
Whitaker ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Palmer 3b 3 0 0 0 .167
42 15 12 13 Sele p 0 0 0 0 .000
Foucault p 1 0 0 0 .000
Richert p 0 0 0 0 .000
Bell ph 1 0 0 0 .222
Witt p 0 0 0 0 .000
Paul p 0 0 0 0 .000
Sundberg c 1 0 0 0 .000
29 1 3 1

Honolulu Blue INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Grove W 2-0 7.0 3 1 1 1 7 92 59 2.08
Ferrell 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 25 13 3.00
9.0 3 1 1 2 8 117 72

Rangers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Sele L 0-1 2.0 5 5 5 1 1 49 31 22.50
Foucault 2.0 0 0 0 3 2 37 20 5.06
Richert 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 20 9 10.80
Witt 0.2 3 5 3 2 1 26 13 16.20
Paul 1.1 4 4 2 2 1 50 29 13.50
Correa 1.0 0 1 0 2 1 30 14 9.00
Kern 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 9 0.00
9.0 12 15 10 12 8 221 125

HON: Bonds,Bo ran for Ashburn in the 6th
Bonds,Bo moved to cf in the 6th
Davis batted for Keller in the 7th
Davis moved to lf in the 7th
Whitaker batted for Grove in the 8th
Whitaker moved to 2b in the 8th
TEX: Bell batted for Richert in the 5th
Sundberg inserted at c in the 8th
Rivers batted for Lock in the 9th
Brinkman batted for Rodriguez, A in the 9th
Stevens batted for Gonzalez in the 9th

E-Schmidt, Rodriguez, A 2, Correa. 2B-Davis, Schmidt, Simmons. 3B-Morgan,
Davis. HR-Howard(1). K-Davis, Schmidt, Keller, Robinson 2, Hernandez,
Simmons, Grove, Franco, Lock 2, Gonzalez 2, Howard, Palmer, Bell. BB-Davis 2,
Morgan 3, Schmidt, Keller 2, Robinson, Hernandez, Grove 2, Lock, Rivers.
WP-Correa 2.
GWRBI: Schmidt
Richie Ashburn was injured for this game only
Temperature: 101, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 12 MPH.


NEXT: Does the Ranger team have another good game left in them?

[oykib]

BTW, HB, you can find a conversion formula for Japanese baseball on the web. The modern one is part of the Baseball Archives. You can get it here:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/20020129davenport.html

To compare during Oh, Harimoto, Nomura, and Nagashima's time you can use this formula:

Runs:* 0.884**** Hits:* 0.904***** 2B:* 0.829******* 3B* 2.149******** HR:* 0.524****** RBI* 0.778
SO:* 1.017 ***** BB:* 1.148
http://baseballguru.com/jalbright/analysisjalbright13.html

Here are stat conversions for a typical sesaon from there primes (this article is from a few years ago; so it's before Ichiro came to the majors-- check out the accuracy):

BATTING

NAME pos g ab h 2b 3b hr r rbi so bb ibb hbp sh sf gdp avg obp slg rc rc/g sb cs
Suzuki, IchiroOF 156 591 188 30 4 17 82 64 55 56 13 10 5 2 12 .318 .385 .469 111.7 7.0 38 6
The current top hitter in Japan. These stats are from 1994-1998.
Certainly a player who could help a lot of teams,
especially since he's a good fielder,
with several Gold Gloves.
NAME pos g ab h 2b 3b hr r rbi so bb ibb hbp sh sf gdp avg obp slg rc rc/g sb cs
Rose, Bobby 2B 151 534 153 28 5 21 58 83 87 60 5 8 0 8 20 .287 .362 .476 90.1 5.9 3 2
A current American in Japan, and one of the best players in Japan today.

NAME pos g ab h 2b 3b hr r rbi so bb ibb hbp sh sf gdp avg obp slg rc rc/g sb cs
Oh, Saduharu 1B 154 485 144 21 2 48 99 103 72 134 27 6 0 4 8 .297 .452 .645 150.0 11.3 7 5
Japan's all-time great, and a player who absolutely belongs in Cooperstown.
His career line by my methods is 277/ 418/ 584 with well over 700 HRs.
Even if you take away 200 HRs, he would still compare well with the likes of McCovey, Killebrew, and Ott.
Won 9 Gold Gloves consecutively in the last 9 years of his career--
the first 9 awarded in his league in Japan.

NAME pos g ab h 2b 3b hr r rbi so bb ibb hbp sh sf gdp avg obp slg rc rc/g sb cs
Nagashima, Shigeo 3B 152 542 171 35 8 29 85 88 45 81 24 3 0 5 14 .315 .404 .570 124.9 8.5 24 9
Oh's teammate. No wonder they won 9 consecutive titles.
This guy is another one who deserves strong consideration for Cooperstown.
Career line of 285/ 356/ 504 with over 450 HR.
Another guy who won several Gold Gloves at the end of his career because
the award didn't exist for much of his career

NAME pos g ab h 2b 3b hr r rbi so bb ibb hbp sh sf gdp avg obp slg rc rc/g sb cs
Harimoto, Isao OF 147 511 150 20 6 27 74 83 47 75 16 3 0 5 7 .294 .384 .515 105.8 7.5 31 10
3000 hits in Japan, I see him with over 2900 in the majors with 480-500 HR and a 291/ 368/ 487 career line.
I think he has a good case for Cooperstown.

NAME pos g ab h 2b 3b hr r rbi so bb ibb hbp sh sf gdp avg obp slg rc rc/g sb cs
Nomura, Katsuya C 154 547 151 23 1 41 80 112 77 71 12 6 0 6 19 .276 .362 .547 105.2 6.7 8 4
The second guy I would say definitely should be in Cooperstown.
2900 games caught, and a career line of 255/ 332/ 467 with around 600 HR.
Even with 400 HR, a good fielding catcher like him easily deserves a plaque.

NAME t era w l pct sv g gs ip h r er hr so bb hb wp bk
Kaneda, Masaichi l 2.97 27 18 .600 0 61 31 351.1 309 142 116 25 319 107 5 2 0
A fine pitcher, who pitched 5600 innings.
Unfortunately, if the nearly 3900 innings other than those rated above he pitched are looked at as major league equivalents,
he looks below average for those 3900 innings.
For that reason I am hesitant to nominate him for Cooperstown, though he is in Japan's Hall.
I think he suffered a little from being used too hard, but at least he could keep pitching at a level which helped his teams.
A lot of guys got used as hard or harder and their arms just blew up.
Also, I subjectively felt in my research that Japan had a lot less star lefty pitchers than I am used to seeing.
Could that have helped fine lefty hitters like Oh
(much like Duke Snider benefitted from seeing few lefties
because his Dodger teammates were really loaded with righty hitters)?

NAME t era w l pct sv g gs ip h r er hr so bb hb wp bk
Sasaki, Kazuhiro r 2.01 4 1 .800 30 43 0 53.2 34 13 12 5 79 17 1 2 0
Now in the States. This is from a couple of years ago, but he's been close to this.
However, he has been used hard, and his greatest effectiveness seems to have come
from being handled much like Eckersley was during his best years in relief.

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http://www.bigbadbaseball.com/articles/albright_20000501.html

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Oykib: Noted. Thank you.

Meanwhile, back to the action at The Ballpark...

Bottom of 1st - Gaylord Perry working for the good guys. Julio Franco singles and takes second on a wild pitch. Rusty Greer singles him over to third. With one out, Ruben Sierra hits a single, scoring Franco. Then A. Rod singles, driving home Greer. Pudge singles to left; Sierra scores and A. Rod moves to third, but the ball was cut off and Pudge was thrown out trying to head to second. Mickey Rivers hit a hot smash to Schmidt and he couldn't come up with the handle. A. Rod scored on the error. TEX 4, HB 0.

Bottom of 3rd - Pudge hits a single and scores on Rivers' triple. TEX 5, HB 0.

Top of 4th - Ortega on the mound. Mike Schmidt hits a triple. Charlie Keller grounds out to first and Schmidt scores. TEX 5, HB 1.

Bottom of 4th - With one out Franco singles and moves to second on a balk. Greer slaps a homer that carried into the stands. TEX 7, HB 1.

Top of 6th - Grab some popcorn... Schmidt and Keller hit singles. With one out Keith Hernandez lofts one into the stands into left, driving in three. Ted Simmons walks. With two outs Bob Lemon singles him to third. G. Davis was safe on catchers' interference, loading the bases. Joe Morgan hits a legitimate homer to right, a grand slam! HB 8, TEX 7.

Bottom of 6th - Lemon on the mound. Franco singles and steals second. Greer walks. Palmeiro singles, driving in Franco. HB 8, TEX 8.

Top of 8th - Knowles pitching. With one out Morgan singles and steals second. Schmidt walks and Keller singles to load the bases. Pinch hitter Wes Ferrell hit a clean single to right. Morgan scored, but Schmidt was gunned down at the plate. HB 9, TEX 8.

Top of 9th - Jim Kern workin' it. Simmons hits a leadoff homer. HB 10, TEX 8.

Bottom of 9th - John Hiller trying to lock down the game. Sierra gets a leadoff single. A. Rod moves him to second with a single of his own. No more Hiller; Tekulve comes in. Frank Howard grounds into a double play with A. Rod taking third. Rivers singles, driving in a run. Bell gets another single. Retzer gets a single, driving in Rivers. HB 10, TEX 10.

Bottom of 10th - Jimmy Key is the last available pitcher, so he's gotta go. With one out Sierra singles, A. Rod draws a walk, and Chuck Hinton puts us out of our misery with a single. TEX 11, HB 10 (10).

5/9/2004, HON04-TEX02, Ballpark in Arlington (1997)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
2004 Honolulu Blue 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 10 14 1 11 2
2002 Rangers 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 11 21 1 11 2

Honolulu Blue AB R H BI AVG Rangers AB R H BI AVG
Ashburn cf 2 0 0 0 .300 Franco 2b 5 3 3 0 .263
Lemon p 1 1 1 0 .500 Greer lf 5 2 2 2 .250
Bonds,Bo rf 2 0 0 0 .143 Palmeiro 1b 6 0 1 1 .368
Davis ss 4 1 0 0 .190 Sierra rf 6 3 4 1 .500
Morgan 2b 6 2 2 4 .389 Rodriguez, A ss 4 1 3 1 .350
Schmidt 3b 4 2 2 0 .400 Rodriguez, I c 4 1 2 1 .278
Keller lf 4 1 3 1 .467 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 .000
Robinson rf 4 0 1 0 .176 Kern p 0 0 0 0 .000
Ward p 0 0 0 0 .000 Howard ph 1 0 0 0 .222
Ferrell ph 1 0 1 1 1.000 Russell p 0 0 0 0 .000
Hiller p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hinton ph 1 0 1 1 1.000
Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000 Rivers cf 5 1 2 2 .308
Key p 1 0 0 0 .000 Bell 3b 5 0 2 0 .286
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 3 .211 Ortega p 3 0 0 0 .000
Simmons c 3 2 2 1 .278 Henke p 0 0 0 0 .000
Perry p 0 0 0 0 .000 Retzer c 2 0 1 1 .500
Gibson ph 2 0 1 0 .333 47 11 21 10
Davis ph 2 0 0 0 .167
40 10 14 10

Honolulu Blue INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Perry 4.0 12 7 6 0 3 94 68 7.20
Lemon 1.1 2 1 1 2 2 39 21 3.00
Ward 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 13 9 0.00
Hiller H 2 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 14 10 2.70
Tekulve BS 1 0.2 3 1 1 1 0 21 13 3.86
Key L 0-1 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 16 9 13.50
9.1 21 11 10 4 8 197 130

Rangers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Ortega 5.2 9 8 4 5 3 106 56 6.35
Henke 0.1 0 0 0 2 1 14 5 0.00
Knowles 1.2 4 1 1 1 1 44 25 5.40
Kern 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 20 14 3.86
Russell W 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 15 9 0.00
10.0 14 10 6 9 7 199 109

HON: Gibson batted for Perry in the 5th
Gibson moved to cf in the 5th
Bonds,Bo inserted at rf in the 6th
Davis batted for Gibson in the 7th
Davis moved to cf in the 7th
Ferrell batted for Ward in the 8th
TEX: Retzer inserted at c in the 7th
Howard batted for Kern in the 9th
Hinton batted for Russell in the 10th

E-Schmidt, Rodriguez, I. 2B-Robinson. 3B-Schmidt, Rivers. HR-Morgan(2),
Hernandez(1), Simmons(2), Greer(1). SB-Ashburn(2), Morgan(1), Franco(1).
K-Davis, Schmidt 2, Robinson 2, Bonds,Bo, Davis, Franco, Palmeiro,
Rodriguez, I, Rivers 2, Bell, Ortega 2. BB-Ashburn, Davis, Schmidt 2,
Keller 2, Hernandez, Simmons 2, Franco, Greer, Rodriguez, A 2. SH-Perry.
CI-Davis. WP-Perry. BALK-Perry.
GWRBI: Hinton
Temperature: 77, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 14 MPH.


This was not one of my better managing days.

NEXT: Can the Rangers continue their miraculous comeback?

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Bottom of 1st - Bosman starts the game. George Davis hits a one-out homer to right. Joe Morgan singles. Charlie Keller singles him to third. Frank Robinson draws a walk to load the bases. Keith Hernandez gets a single, scoring Morgan and moving everyone else up one. HB 2, TEX 0.

Top of 2nd - Bert Blyleven tries to redeem himself for a less-than-stellar performance in game 3. Ivan Rodriguez singles with one out. Mickey Rivers follows it up with a two-bit home run that barely clears the wall. Unfortunately it counts the same as any other... HB 2, TEX 2.

Top of 3rd - With one out Rusty Greer deposits one in the stands. TEX 3, HB 2.

Top of 5th - Buddy Bell leads off with a homer. Julio Franco gets a one out walk. Rafael Palmeiro is hit by the pitch with two out. Juan Gonzalez gets a long single and Franco scores. TEX 5, HB 2.

Top of 6th - Wes Ferrell now on the mound. Rivers hits a one out double. Bell singles him home. TEX 6, HB 2.

Top of 7th - Greer singles and trots home on Rafael Palmeiro's homer. Joe McCarthy strides to the mound... Ferrell is out, Ward is in. Gonzalez does here what he couldn't do when he was a Tiger - go yard. TEX 9, HB 2.

Bottom of 7th - Another one of those long innings... Ted Simmons hits a leadoff double. With one out, Ashburn draws a walk. G. Davis clears the bases with a triple. Knowles comes in to face Morgan. Little Joe gets the better of it, getting a single and driving home Davis. Tom Henke comes in. Mike Schmidt drills one into the left field stands. Keller singles. Eric Davis is assigned to pinch run for him. Frank Robinson and Kirk Gibson draw consecutive walks to load the bases. Paul comes on to try to calm things down. Simmons drills a single up the middle, driving in Eric and F. Robby. Gibson moves to third and Simmons moves to second on the throw. Darrell Evans watches Gibby score on a wild pitch before drawing a walk. Ashburn singles to bring home Simmons; Evans takes second. Jim Kern is now charged with trying to bring some sense of this madness. But not right away... G. Davis singles to load the bases. Morgan draws a walk and Evans scores the easy way. Schmidt grounds into a double play to end the inning. But not before 10 runs score. HB 12, TEX 9.

5/11/2004, TEX02-HON04, Neutral Park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2002 Rangers 0 2 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 9 12 0 4 1
2004 Honolulu Blue 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 x 12 14 0 7 1

Rangers AB R H BI AVG Honolulu Blue AB R H BI AVG
Franco 2b 4 1 1 0 .261 Ashburn cf 4 1 1 1 .292
Greer lf 5 2 2 1 .294 Davis ss 5 2 3 3 .269
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 1 2 .348 Morgan 2b 4 2 2 2 .409
Gonzalez rf 5 1 2 2 .316 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000
Rodriguez, A ss 4 0 1 0 .333 Schmidt 3b 5 1 1 2 .360
Rodriguez, I c 4 1 1 0 .273 Keller lf 4 0 3 0 .526
Knowles p 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis pr 1 1 0 0 .143
Henke p 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson rf 3 1 0 0 .150
Paul p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 1 .227
Kern p 0 0 0 0 .000 Ward p 0 0 0 0 .000
Rivers cf 4 2 2 2 .353 Gibson ph 0 1 0 0 .333
Lock cf 0 0 0 0 .143 Whitaker 2b 1 0 0 0 .000
Bell 3b 4 1 2 2 .333 Simmons c 4 2 2 2 .318
Bosman p 2 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 2 0 1 0 .333
Retzer c 1 0 0 0 .333 Ferrell p 0 0 0 0 1.000
37 9 12 9 Evans 1b 1 1 0 0 .250
37 12 14 11

Rangers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bosman 6.1 8 5 5 2 3 113 71 5.63
Knowles 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 4 3 10.80
Henke L 0-1 0.0 2 4 4 2 0 18 7 99.99
Paul BS 1 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 13 7 27.00
Kern 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 28 16 2.25
8.0 14 12 12 6 4 176 104

Honolulu Blue INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Blyleven 4.2 6 5 5 1 8 82 54 14.14
Ferrell 1.1 4 3 3 0 0 25 18 8.31
Ward W 1-0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 16 10 1.93
Tekulve S 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 24 15 2.08
9.0 12 9 9 1 8 147 97

TEX: Lock inserted at cf in the 7th
Retzer inserted at c in the 7th
HON: Evans inserted at 1b in the 7th
Davis ran for Keller in the 7th
Gibson batted for Ward in the 7th
Davis moved to lf in the 8th
Whitaker inserted at 2b in the 8th

2B-Rivers, Simmons, Blyleven. 3B-Davis. HR-Greer(2), Palmeiro(2),
Gonzalez(2), Rivers(1), Bell(1), Davis(1), Schmidt(1). SB-Franco(2).
K-Franco, Greer, Palmeiro 2, Gonzalez, Rodriguez, A, Bell, Bosman, Ashburn,
Davis, Schmidt, Whitaker. BB-Franco, Ashburn, Morgan, Robinson 2, Evans,
Gibson. SH-Bosman. HBP-Palmeiro. HB-Blyleven. WP-Paul.
Mickey Rivers was injured for this game only
Temperature: 73, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 7 MPH.


Joe Morgan was named series MVP for batting .409, scoring 9 runs, driving in 10, and fielding 31 chances flawlessly.

Thank you for reading this minor distraction to the main event.

NEXT: Hitting, pitching, and fielding stats for all those who care. Both of us.

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HITTING STATS:

DMB team batting -- 2004 Honolulu Blue
Regular season

S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS
Ferrell sp 1.000 1.000 1.000 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keller* lf .526 .625 .895 6 19 10 1 0 2 3 5 4 4 1 0 0 0
Parrish c .500 .500 .500 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lemon* sp .500 .500 .500 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Morgan* 2b .409 .552 .818 6 22 9 1 1 2 9 10 7 0 0 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b .360 .448 .640 6 25 9 2 1 1 7 9 4 7 0 0 0 0
Gibson* lf .333 .500 .333 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blyleven sp .333 .333 .667 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simmons# c .318 .423 .727 6 22 7 3 0 2 8 6 4 1 0 1 0 0
Ashburn* cf .292 .346 .292 6 24 7 0 0 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 2 0
Davis# ss .269 .367 .538 6 26 7 2 1 1 8 7 4 4 0 0 0 0
Evans* 3b .250 .400 .500 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Grove* sp .250 .500 .250 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Hernandez* 1b .227 .320 .409 6 22 5 1 0 1 2 5 3 5 0 0 0 0
Robinson rf .150 .292 .250 6 20 3 2 0 0 2 2 3 7 1 0 0 0
Davis cf .143 .143 .429 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Bonds,Bo rf .143 .143 .143 3 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Perry sp .000 .000 .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitaker* 2b .000 .000 .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tekulve cl .000 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiller mr .000 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Key sp .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ward cl .000 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total .301 .402 .525 6 219 66 14 4 9 53 50 35 36 2 1 3 1



S Name P GS PA SH SF GDP GW CI OPS RC RC27 ISO TAVG SEC EBH TB CH LH
Ferrell sp 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.000 1.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1 1
Keller* lf 6 24 0 0 0 1 0 1.520 11.4 34.3 .368 2.444 .579 3 17 2 2
Parrish c 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 13.5 .000 1.000 .000 0 1 0 1
Lemon* sp 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 13.5 .000 1.000 .000 0 1 1 1
Morgan* 2b 6 29 0 0 1 0 0 1.370 10.5 20.3 .409 1.857 .773 4 18 6 6
Schmidt 3b 6 29 0 0 1 1 0 1.088 7.1 11.2 .280 1.176 .440 4 16 6 6
Gibson* lf 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .833 0.6 8.5 .000 1.000 .333 0 1 1 1
Blyleven sp 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 9.0 .333 1.000 .333 1 2 1 1
Simmons# c 6 26 0 0 0 1 0 1.150 7.1 12.8 .409 1.333 .591 5 16 3 3
Ashburn* cf 6 26 0 0 0 0 0 .638 3.0 4.7 -0.00 .647 .167 0 7 1 2
Davis# ss 6 31 0 0 0 0 1 .905 5.5 7.8 .269 .947 .423 4 14 1 1
Evans* 3b 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .900 0.9 8.1 .250 1.000 .500 1 2 0 1
Grove* sp 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .750 0.8 6.8 .000 1.000 .500 0 1 1 1
Hernandez* 1b 6 25 0 0 1 0 0 .729 2.7 4.1 .182 .667 .318 2 9 2 2
Robinson rf 6 24 0 0 0 0 0 .542 1.8 2.8 .100 .529 .250 2 5 0 2
Davis cf 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .571 0.4 1.9 .286 .500 .286 1 3 0 1
Bonds,Bo rf 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0.0 0.0 .000 .143 -0.14 0 1 0 1
Perry sp 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Whitaker* 2b 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Tekulve cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Hiller mr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Key sp 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Ward cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Total 6 258 1 0 3 3 1 .927 48.7 8.3 .224 .987 .297 27 115

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DMB team batting -- 2002 Texas Rangers
Regular season

S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS
Hinton lf 1.000 1.000 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sierra# rf .500 .500 .500 3 8 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rivers* cf .353 .389 .706 5 17 6 1 1 1 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro* dh .348 .423 .696 6 23 8 2 0 2 3 4 2 3 1 1 0 0
Rodriguez, A ss .333 .385 .417 6 24 8 0 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 0 1 0
Bell 3b .333 .368 .500 6 18 6 0 0 1 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 0
Retzer* c .333 .333 .333 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf .316 .350 .737 5 19 6 0 1 2 3 7 1 5 0 0 0 0
Greer* lf .294 .400 .706 4 17 5 1 0 2 5 4 3 2 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez, I c .273 .261 .273 6 22 6 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 1
Franco 2b .261 .414 .261 6 23 6 0 0 0 7 0 5 6 1 0 2 2
Howard lf .222 .222 .556 4 9 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Palmer 3b .167 .286 .167 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Lock cf .143 .250 .143 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stevens* 1b .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brinkman ss .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosman sp .000 .333 .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Correa sp .000 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donovan* sp .000 .000 .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Foucault* mr .000 .500 .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Henke cl .000 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hough sp .000 .000 .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kern cl .000 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Knowles* cl .000 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ortega sp .000 .000 .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Paul* sp .000 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richert* sp .000 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russell cl .000 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Witt sp .000 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sele sp .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total .288 .350 .462 6 212 61 4 3 9 33 32 19 43 2 1 3 3



S Name P GS PA SH SF GDP GW CI OPS RC RC27 ISO TAVG SEC EBH TB CH LH
Hinton lf 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.000 1.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1 1
Sierra# rf 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 13.5 .000 1.000 .000 0 4 1 1
Rivers* cf 4 18 0 0 0 0 0 1.095 4.8 11.7 .353 1.182 .412 3 12 4 4
Palmeiro* dh 6 26 0 0 0 0 0 1.119 7.0 12.6 .348 1.267 .435 4 16 2 3
Rodriguez, A ss 6 26 0 0 0 0 0 .801 4.2 7.2 .083 .813 .208 1 10 4 4
Bell 3b 4 19 0 0 0 0 0 .868 3.4 7.7 .167 .833 .222 1 9 2 2
Retzer* c 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0.3 4.5 .000 .500 .000 0 1 0 1
Gonzalez rf 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 1.087 5.0 10.4 .421 1.154 .474 3 14 1 2
Greer* lf 4 20 0 0 0 0 0 1.106 5.1 11.5 .412 1.250 .588 3 12 3 3
Rodriguez, I c 6 23 0 1 3 1 0 .534 0.6 0.7 .000 .300 -0.04 0 6 4 4
Franco 2b 6 29 0 0 0 0 0 .675 3.0 4.2 -0.00 .737 .217 0 6 2 2
Howard lf 2 9 0 0 1 0 0 .778 0.6 1.9 .333 .625 .333 1 5 0 1
Palmer 3b 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 .452 0.4 1.9 .000 .400 .167 0 1 0 1
Lock cf 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .393 0.3 1.4 .000 .333 .143 0 1 0 1
Sundberg c 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Stevens* 1b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Bosman sp 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 .333 0.2 1.8 .000 .500 .500 0 0 0 0
Correa sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Donovan* sp 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Foucault* mr 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0.1 3.5 .000 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0
Henke cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Hough sp 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Kern cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Knowles* cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Ortega sp 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Paul* sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Richert* sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Russell cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Witt sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Sele sp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Total 6 235 1 1 5 2 0 .813 33.3 5.6 .175 .767 .179 16 98

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PITCHING STATS:

DMB team pitching -- 2004 Honolulu Blue
Regular season

S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF
Ward cl 1.93 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 5 1 1 0 4 1 1 17
Grove* sp 2.08 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 13.0 9 3 3 5 13 2 2 52
Tekulve cl 2.08 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 4.1 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 17
Hiller* mr 2.70 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 12
Lemon sp 3.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 4 7 0 0 27
Perry sp 7.20 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 10.0 16 9 8 2 5 2 0 47
Ferrell sp 8.31 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 20
Key* sp 13.50 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Blyleven sp 14.14 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 7.0 13 11 11 2 9 3 0 38
Total 5.40 4 2 2 6 6 0 0 53.1 61 33 32 19 43 9 5 235



S Name P SB CS IW HBP WP BK SH SF CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9 PCH/G STR%
Ward cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.6 0.0 9.6 7.7 1.9 20.7 .710
Grove* sp 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 3.5 9.7 9.0 1.4 101.0 .624
Tekulve cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.3 2.1 10.4 2.1 0.0 23.3 .614
Hiller* mr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 0.0 8.1 5.4 0.0 13.7 .707
Lemon sp 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.5 6.0 13.5 10.5 0.0 31.0 .591
Perry sp 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 14.4 1.8 16.2 4.5 1.8 80.0 .688
Ferrell sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.3 8.3 16.6 4.2 2.1 24.7 .554
Key* sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.0 13.5 40.5 0.0 0.0 16.0 .563
Blyleven sp 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 16.7 2.6 21.9 11.6 3.9 69.5 .633
Total 3 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 10.3 3.2 13.8 7.3 1.5 .636

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DMB team pitching -- 2002 Texas Rangers
Regular season

S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF
Russell cl 0.00 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 7
Donovan sp 2.25 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 8.0 4 2 2 0 4 1 0 29
Kern cl 2.25 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 14
Foucault mr 5.06 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 2 3 3 4 4 2 0 22
Bosman sp 5.63 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 8.0 8 5 5 2 4 1 0 35
Ortega sp 6.35 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5.2 9 8 4 5 3 2 2 30
Hough sp 6.75 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6.2 8 5 5 4 6 1 0 32
Correa sp 9.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 2 3 2 0 0 13
Richert* sp 10.80 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 8 4 4 2 2 0 0 19
Knowles* cl 10.80 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.2 6 2 2 2 1 0 0 12
Witt sp 16.20 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 4 5 3 3 1 0 0 12
Sele sp 22.50 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2.0 5 5 5 1 1 0 0 12
Paul* sp 27.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 6 6 4 3 1 0 0 14
Henke cl 108.00 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.1 2 4 4 4 1 1 0 7
Total 7.62 2 4 0 6 6 0 0 52.0 66 53 44 35 36 9 3 258



S Name P SB CS IW HBP WP BK SH SF CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9 PCH/G STR%
Russell cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.5 4.5 13.5 0.0 13.0 .692
Donovan sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.1 116.0 .655
Kern cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 2.3 19.0 .684
Foucault mr 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 6.8 11.8 6.8 3.4 44.0 .580
Bosman sp 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 2.3 12.4 4.5 1.1 66.5 .624
Ortega sp 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14.3 7.9 22.2 4.8 3.2 106.0 .528
Hough sp 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.8 5.4 16.2 8.1 1.3 117.0 .573
Correa sp 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 13.5 22.5 9.0 0.0 29.0 .500
Richert* sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.6 5.4 27.0 5.4 0.0 20.3 .639
Knowles* cl 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32.4 10.8 43.2 5.4 0.0 19.0 .561
Witt sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.6 16.2 37.8 5.4 0.0 20.0 .550
Sele sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.5 4.5 27.0 4.5 0.0 49.0 .633
Paul* sp 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 40.5 20.3 60.8 6.8 0.0 31.5 .571
Henke cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54.0 108.0 162.0 27.0 27.0 16.0 .375
Total 3 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 11.4 6.1 17.8 6.2 1.6 .589

[Honolulu Blue]

Aren't these reports pretty?

FIELDING STATS:

DMB team fielding -- 2004 Honolulu Blue
Regular season

Pos S Name G GS INN PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% PK
p Gaylord Perry 2 2 10.0 2 1 0 0 3 1.000 0 1 .000 1
Kent Tekulve 3 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0
John Hiller 3 0 3.3 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 1 .000 0
Duane Ward 3 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0
Bert Blyleven 2 2 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 0
Lefty Grove 2 2 13.0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0
Wes Ferrell 3 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0
Bob Lemon 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 0
Jimmy Key 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0
Total 22 6 53.3 4 2 0 0 6 1.000 3 3 .500 1

c Ted Simmons 6 6 50.3 46 2 0 0 48 1.000 0 3 2 .600 0
Lance Parrish 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 3 1.000 0 0 1 .000 0
Total 8 6 53.3 48 3 0 0 51 1.000 0 3 3 .500 0

1b Keith Hernandez 6 6 45.3 35 3 0 4 38 1.000
Darrell Evans 3 0 8.0 8 2 0 1 10 1.000
Total 9 6 53.3 43 5 0 5 48 1.000

2b Joe Morgan 6 6 49.3 12 19 0 4 31 1.000
Lou Whitaker 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 1 1 1.000
Total 8 6 53.3 12 20 0 5 32 1.000

3b Mike Schmidt 6 6 53.3 4 10 2 1 16 .875
Total 6 6 53.3 4 10 2 1 16 .875

ss George Davis 6 6 53.3 8 14 0 5 22 1.000
Total 6 6 53.3 8 14 0 5 22 1.000

lf Charlie Keller 6 6 44.3 11 1 0 0 12 1.000
Eric Davis 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000
Total 10 6 53.3 13 1 0 0 14 1.000

cf Richie Ashburn 6 6 44.0 12 0 0 0 12 1.000
Bobby Bonds 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000
Eric Davis 1 0 3.3 2 0 0 0 2 1.000
Kirk Gibson 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 9 6 53.3 16 0 0 0 16 1.000

rf Frank Robinson 6 6 42.3 12 0 0 0 12 1.000
Bobby Bonds 2 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 8 6 53.3 12 0 0 0 12 1.000

Total 6 6 53.3 160 55 2 6 217 .991 0


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DMB team fielding -- 2002 Texas Rangers
Regular season

Pos S Name G GS INN PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% PK
p Ed Correa 2 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 2 .500 0 0 .000 0
Dick Bosman 2 2 8.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0
Dick Donovan 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0
Steve Foucault 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 1 .000 0
Jim Kern 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0
Darold Knowles 3 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1 0 1.000 0
Pete Richert 3 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0
Tom Henke 2 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0
Charlie Hough 1 1 6.7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 0
Phil Ortega 1 1 5.7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 0
Mike Paul 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0
Jeff Russell 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0
Bobby Witt 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0
Aaron Sele 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0
Total 27 6 52.0 4 3 1 0 8 .875 3 1 .750 0

c Ivan Rodriguez 6 6 44.3 30 3 1 0 34 .971 0 2 1 .667 0
Ken Retzer 2 0 5.7 5 0 0 0 5 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0
Jim Sundberg 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0
Total 9 6 52.0 37 3 1 0 41 .976 0 3 1 .750 0

1b Rafael Palmeiro 6 6 52.0 59 4 1 3 64 .984
Total 6 6 52.0 59 4 1 3 64 .984

2b Julio Franco 6 6 52.0 10 20 0 3 30 1.000
Total 6 6 52.0 10 20 0 3 30 1.000

3b Buddy Bell 4 4 35.0 1 11 0 1 12 1.000
Dean Palmer 2 2 17.0 1 5 0 0 6 1.000
Total 6 6 52.0 2 16 0 1 18 1.000

ss Alex Rodriguez 6 6 52.0 11 21 2 2 34 .941
Total 6 6 52.0 11 21 2 2 34 .941

lf Rusty Greer 4 4 35.0 8 0 0 0 8 1.000
Frank Howard 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 4 1.000
Total 6 6 52.0 12 0 0 0 12 1.000

cf Mickey Rivers 4 4 33.0 6 0 0 0 6 1.000
Don Lock 3 2 19.0 3 0 1 0 4 .750
Total 7 6 52.0 9 0 1 0 10 .900

rf Juan Gonzalez 5 5 42.0 10 1 0 0 11 1.000
Ruben Sierra 1 1 10.0 2 1 0 0 3 1.000
Total 6 6 52.0 12 2 0 0 14 1.000

Total 6 6 52.0 156 69 6 3 231 .974 0

[Honolulu Blue]

Now that my team has warmed up against Texas, and Bishop has announced the latest auction results, I can figure out a schedule and give you the rest of the rules. It looks like there are going to be 16 teams, and I've divided them into four divisions:

East Division: BishopMVP, Ramzavail, vtbub, Isiddiqui
Midwest Division: Bearcat729, Coffee Warlord, Honolulu Blue, TheLionKing
West Division: Chief Rum, Oykib, Sooner333, Vince
International Division: Booj, Maple Leafs, ntndeacon, Suicane75

SCHEDULE: Teams will play 14 games against each team within their division, and 10 games against the other teams, for a total of 162 games.

PLAYOFFS: Eight teams will make the playoffs - the four division winners and the four teams with the best records that didn't win their division. The division winners will get the top four seeds based on their records (I'll cover the tie breakers later). The first round will go like this:

#8 team vs. #1 team
#7 team vs. #2 team
#6 team vs. #3 team
#5 team vs. #4 team

All series in the first round will be best-of-five, with the higher seed playing Games 3, 4, and 5 at home (as necessary).

The second round will go like this:

#4 team vs. #1 team
#3 team vs. #2 team

Both series in this round will be best-of-seven, with the higher seed playing Games 1, 2, 6, and 7 at home (as necessary).

The championship round pits the #2 team against the #1 team. It will be best-of-seven, with the higher seed playing Games 1, 2, 6, and 7 at home (as necessary).

TIE BREAKERS:

Regular season - A tie for a division title will be broken by a one game playoff. The home team will be determined by a coin flip.

Seedings - The following tie breakers will be used in this order until the tie is broken:

1. Head-to-head record (regular season)
2. Best run differential (regular season)
3. Fewest runs allowed (regular season)
4. Most runs scored (regular season)
5. Fewest errors (regular season)
6. Coin flip

DEADLINE: I need the lineups in by Friday, February 13, 2004, at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. See the first post above for the desired structure. You can send them to me by e-mail ([email protected]), PM, or post here. You can make as many changes as you like until the deadline.

Oh yes, if you have a nickname for your team, send that to me too.

After I get the lineups, I'm not going to do much with them as I am taking a much-deserved vacation and won't have Internet access for about a week. The polling will be well in progress by then, but I've always preferred settling things on the field - even if it is just a cyber-field.

Thanks everyone for your participation.

[TLK]

Lineup vs. RHP

1. Kelley, Joe, LF
2. Yount, Robin, SS
3. Mathews, Eddie, 3B
4. Stargell, Willie, 1B
5. Ott, Mel, CF
6. Kaline, Al, RF
7. Lombardi, Ernie, C
8. Frisch, Frankie, 2B
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
None

Spot starters:
Traynor, 3B (10%)
Murphy, RF (5%)
Meyers, c (12%)

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Lombardi, Meyers
1b - Stargell, Perez
2b - Frisch, Myers
3b - Matthews, Perez
ss - Yount, Traynor
lf - Kelly, McCarthy, Foster
cf - Ott, Murphy, Foster
rf - Kaline, Murphy, Foster

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Tryanor, McCarthy, Foster, Perez, Myers, Murphy
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Perez, Traynor
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Lineup vs. LHP

1. Kelley, Joe, LF
2. Yount, Robin, SS
3. Ott, Mel, CF
4. Stargell, Willie, 1B
5. Kaline, Al, RF
6. Perez, Tony, 3B
7. Lombardi, Ernie, C
8. Frisch, Frankie, 2B
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
none

Spot starters:
Matthews, 3B (25%)
Meyers, C (10%)

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Lombardi, Meyers
1b - Stargell, Perez
2b - Frisch, Myers
3b - Perez, Matthews
ss - Yount, Traynor
lf - Kelly, McCarthy, Foster
cf - Ott, Foster, Murphy
rf - Kaline, Foster, Murphy

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: MAtthews, Tryanor, McCarthy, Foster,
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Traynor
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Pitching rotation

Rotation size (4 or 5): 4
Usage mode (Strict=use rotation no matter what; Skip=go to #1 starter if ready): Skip

Rotation: Drysdale, Hubbell, Sutton, Faber
Spot Starters (spot %): Bunning (5%)
Mopup: Hernandez, Rommell
Long relievers: Tiant, Bunning
Setup vs. LHB: Harvey, Tiant
Setup vs. RHB: Hernandez
Closer vs. LHB: Aguilera
Closer vs. RHB: Aguilera
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Manager tendencies (1=least frequent, 3=neutral, 5=most frequent)

Bunt - 2
Hit & run - 2
Steal - 2
Running - 3
Take pitch - 4
PH for pitcher - 2
PH for non-pitcher - 4
PH for platoon partner - 3
PH in blowout - 4
Pitch around - 2
Intentional walk - 3
Pickoff throws - 2
Pitchouts - 3
Use relievers - 2
Use closers - 4
Holding runners - 2
Infield in - 2
Guard lines - 3

[oykib]

Lineup vs. Right

LF Tim Raines
2B John Henry Lloyd
CF Oscar Charleston
C Josh Gibson
RF Vladimir Guerrero
1B Eddie Murray
3B Shigeo Nagashima
SS Barry Larkin

Defensive Replacements

Larry Doby, LF
Jim Edmonds, RF

Spot Starters

Louis Santop, C - 10%, 1B - 5%
Ray Dandridge, 3B - 7%, SS - 10%
Larry Doby, LF - 20%, CF - 5%
Jim Edmonds, RF - 15%

Depth Chart vs. RHP

C Josh Gibson, Louis Santop
1B Eddie Murray, Louis Santop, John Henry Lloyd
2B John Henry Lloyd, Max Bishop
3B Shigeo Nagashima, Ray Dandridge
SS Barry Larkin, John Henry Lloyd, Ray Dandridge
LF Tim Raines, Larry Doby, Chipper Jones
CF Oscar Charleston, Larry Doby
RF Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Edmonds

Pinch Hitters vs. LHP: Chipper Jones, Katsuya Nomura, Ray Dandridge, Bullet Joe Rogan
Pinch Hitters vs. RHP: Louis Santop, Larry Doby, Jim Edmonds, Chipper Jones
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Lineup vs. LHP

LF Tim Raines
2B John Henry Lloyd
RF Vladimir Guerrero
C Josh Gibson
CF Oscar Charleston
3B Shigeo Nagashima
1B Eddie Murray
SS Barry Larkin

Defensive Replacements

Larry Doby, LF

Spot Starters

Katsuya Nomura, C - 15%
Max Bishop, 2B - 15%
Ray Dandridge, 3B - 8%, SS - 10%
Chipper Jones, LF - 10%

Depth Chart vs. LHP

C Josh Gibson, Katsuya Nomura
1B Eddie Murray, Louis Santop, John Henry Lloyd
2B John Henry Lloyd, Max Bishop
3B Shigeo Nagashima, Ray Dandridge
SS Barry Larkin, Ray Dandridge, John Henry Lloyd
LF Tim Raines, Chipper Jones
CF Oscar Charleston, Jim Edmonds
RF Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Edmonds

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Katsuya Nomura, Chipper Jones, Ray Dandridge, Bullet Joe Rogan
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Louis Santop, Larry Doby, Jim Edmonds, Chipper Jones
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Pitching Rotation

Rotation Size: 4
Usage mode: Skip
Rotation: Smokey Joe Williams, Robin Roberts, Masaichi Kaneda, Dazzy Vance
Spot Starters: Ron Guidry- 10%, Bullet Joe Rogan - 8%
Mopup: Mel Parnell, Sal Maglie
Long Relievers: Mel Parnell, Sal Maglie
Setup vs. RHB: Mike Mussina
Setup vs. LHB: Harry Brecheen
Closer vs. RHB: Bullet Joe Rogan, Mike Mussina
Closer vs. LHB: Bullet Joe Rogan, Harry Brecheen
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Manager Tendencies

Bunt: 2
Hit & run: 2
Steal: 4
Running: 4
Take pitch: 4
PH for pitcher: 3
PH for non-pitcher: 3
PH for platoon partner: 4
PH in blowout: 5
Pitch around: 3
Intentional walk: 1
Pickoff throws: 4
Pitchouts: 2
Use relievers: 3
Use closers: 2
Holding runners: 4
Infield in: 2
Guard lines: 2

I tried to get the strategies and depth chart settings to match Billy Southworth's managing
preferences as closely as possible.

Jim Edmonds is still a pending acquisition.

[oykib]

Dola--

HB, do you have all the all-time ballparks?

Can we choose our home parks? That would be great.

[Honolulu Blue]

HB, do you have all the all-time ballparks?

Can we choose our home parks? That would be great.

I have most of them, but not quite all.

And sorry, all teams are assigned to the neutral ballpark. I wanted a "pure" reading of how good these players and teams are and the neutral park comes closest to that. Maybe another time.

P.S. Thanks for the lineup.

[oykib]

I also set my lineup based on rest/rust factors and injuries. How are they handled in the game? Are we using minor injuries, or are players constrained to the number of games they consistently played IRL?

[Honolulu Blue]

I also set my lineup based on rest/rust factors and injuries. How are they handled in the game? Are we using minor injuries, or are players constrained to the number of games they consistently played IRL?

Catchers will definitely need to be rested every 10 games or so, pitchers need their rest, and other positions less so. Since these are (almost) all great players, there are no limits on the number of games each can play.

There will be injuries, most minor, but a few can last 40 games or more. Bench strength figures to be important.

[oykib]

Also, I dont have DMB, but I'm figuring that the number after spot starter is the percentage of games that the player will play (i.e. a player set to 10% will start every tenth game). Is the same true for pitchers?

[Honolulu Blue]

Also, I dont have DMB, but I'm figuring that the number after spot starter is the percentage of games that the player will play (i.e. a player set to 10% will start every tenth game). Is the same true for pitchers?

That's not quite right. By default, Diamond Mind sets up spot play so that if a player is spotted 10% of the time, in each game there is a 10% chance that he will start, and not that he will start each 10th game. The same goes for pitchers - a set chance to replace the person in the rotation each time out.

I'll have to dig deep into the rule book, but I think it can be set up the way you mention. I will have to get back to you on that.

[oykib]

Actually, HB, that's close enough for me. I don't want to be that regular. I just wanted to make sure that the percentages were overall chances to start rather than something relating to the usage patterns of the league or something.

Don't trounble yourself about it. I just wanted to make sure that I had the general idea. Thanks.

[Suicane75]

Suicanes Bombers
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Lineup vs RHP
1. Cap Anson 3B
2. Pete Rose 2B
3. Daryl Strawberry LF
4. Bo Jackson RF
5. Ken Griffey CF
6. Gary Sheffield SS
7. Todd Helton 1B
8. Jim Sundberg C
9. (Pitcher)

Defensive replacements
None

Spot starters
Fielder, 1B- 2%
Coleman, LF- 5%
Harimoto, CF- 2%
Harimoto, LF- 16%
Harimoto, RF- 16%
Franco, 2B- 3%


Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Sundberg, Nokes
1b - Helton, Fielder
2b - Rose, Franco
3b - Anson, Rose, Franco
ss - Sheffield, Reese
lf - Strawberry, Harimoto, Coleman
cf - Griffey Jr, Harimoto
rf - Jackson, Sheffield, Harimoto

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Isao Harimoto, Julio Franco, Vince Coleman, Cecil Fielder
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Isao Harimoto, Julio Franco, Matt Nokes, Vince Coleman, Cecil Fielder


Lineup vs LHP
1. Cap Anson 3B
2. Pete Rose 2B
3. Daryl Strawberry LF
4. Bo Jackson RF
5. Ken Griffey CF
6. Gary Sheffield SS
7. Todd Helton 1B
8. Jim Sundberg C
9. (Pitcher)

Defensive replacements
None

Spot starters
Fielder, 1B- 2%
Coleman, LF- 5%
Harimoto, CF- 2%
Harimoto, LF- 16%
Harimoto, RF- 16%
Franco, 2B- 3%


Depth chart vs. LHP
c - Sundberg, Nokes
1b - Helton, Fielder
2b - Rose, Franco
3b - Anson, Rose, Franco
ss - Sheffield, Reese
lf - Strawberry, Harimoto, Coleman
cf - Griffey Jr, Harimoto
rf - Jackson, Sheffield, Harimoto

Pitching rotation
Rotation size (4 or 5): 5
Usage mode (Strict=use rotation no matter what; Skip=go to #1 starter if ready): Skip

Rotation: Hal Newhouser, Steve Carlton, Curt Schilling, Andy Petite, Orel Hershiser,
Spot Starters (spot %): Frank Tannana (5%)
Mopup: Frank Tannana
Long relievers: Sam McDowell, Mitch Williams,
Setup vs. LHB: Randy Myers
Setup vs. RHB: Greg Olson
Closer vs. LHB: Dennis Eckerlsey
Closer vs. RHB: Dennis Eckerlsey
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Manager tendencies (1=least frequent, 3=neutral, 5=most frequent)

Bunt - 1
Hit & run - 3
Steal - 3
Running - 4
Take pitch - 5
PH for pitcher - 3
PH for non-pitcher - 3
PH for platoon partner - 3
PH in blowout - 3
Pitch around - 3
Intentional walk - 3
Pickoff throws - 4
Pitchouts - 4
Use relievers - 3
Use closers - 4
Holding runners - 4
Infield in - 2
Guard lines - 3

[Suicane75]

Got a question for ya HB. If 1 of our players go down will we be allowed to adjust our strategies or are you just gonna let it run?

[Honolulu Blue]

Got a question for ya HB. If 1 of our players go down will we be allowed to adjust our strategies or are you just gonna let it run?

Good question. I've thought of three ways it could go:

1) Sim a week per day, slowing things down during the playoffs. This will take about a month to run, and it allows things to unfold (relatively) slowly, but it doesn't leave much margin for error, as there will probably be about an 18 hour window for changes.

2) Sim a month every 3-4 days. This would take about 3-4 weeks to run and would allow plenty of time for discussion on what's happened before the present becomes the past, but a month is a pretty long time and a lot can happen.

3) Sim two weeks every two days. A compromise between (1) and (2). More time for changes, but less time to reflect.

It doesn't matter to me which option is chosen. I'll set up a poll in the oft-ignored Dynasty Forum Polls section and abide by the wishes of the majority.

What I'm not going to allow is people to pick up players to replaces ones that are hurt (or plain sucking wind). Sorry, but ya gotta dance with the guys you brung.

EDIT: The poll is ready; please vote (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?t=21509).

[Vince]

Lineup vs. RHP

1. Juan Pierre, cf
2. Craig Biggio, 2b
3. Frank Baker, 3b
4. Manny Ramirez, rf
5. Rafael Palmeiro, 1b
6. Kevin Mitchell, lf
7. Johnny Bench, c
8. Ozzie Smith, ss
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
Scott Rolen, 3b
Curt Flood, rf
David Justice, lf

Spot starters:
Scott Rolen, 3b 15%
Jim Thome, 1b 15%

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Bench
1b - Palmeiro, Thome
2b - Biggio
3b - Baker, Rolen, Bill Joyce
ss - Smith
lf - Mitchell, Justice
cf - Pierre, Willie Wilson
rf - Ramirez, Flood, Justice

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Rolen, Thome, Joyce, Justice
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Thome, Rolen, Joyce, Justice
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Lineup vs. LHP

1. Juan Pierre, cf
2. Craig Biggio, 2b
3. Manny Ramirez, rf
4. Rafael Palmeiro, 1b
5. Scott Rolen, 3b
6. Kevin Mitchell, lf
7. Johnny Bench, c
8. Ozzie Smith, ss
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
Curt Flood, rf
David Justice, lf


Spot starters:
Baker, 3b 15%
Thome, 1b 15%

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Bench
1b - Palmeiro, Thome
2b - Biggio
3b - Rolen, Baker, Bill Joyce
ss - Smith
lf - Mitchell, Justice
cf - Pierre, Willie Wilson
rf - Ramirez, Flood, Justice


Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Baker, Thome, Joyce, Justice
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Thome, Baker, Joyce, Justice
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Pitching rotation

Rotation size (4 or 5): 5
Usage mode (Strict=use rotation no matter what; Skip=go to #1 starter if ready): Skip

Rotation: Sandy Koufax, Kid Nichols, Vida Blue, David Cone, Bret Saberhagen
Spot Starters (spot %): Rick Reuschel (8%)
Mopup: Rick Reuschel, Dave Righetti
Long relievers: Reuschel, Righetti
Setup vs. LHB: Righetti, John Wetteland
Setup vs. RHB: Beck, John Wetteland
Closer vs. LHB: Rollie Fingers
Closer vs. RHB: Rollie Fingers
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Manager tendencies (1=least frequent, 3=neutral, 5=most frequent)

Bunt - 3
Hit & run - 4
Steal - 4
Running - 4
Take pitch - 3
PH for pitcher - 3
PH for non-pitcher - 2
PH for platoon partner - 3
PH in blowout - 3
Pitch around - 2
Intentional walk - 2
Pickoff throws - 3
Pitchouts - 3
Use relievers - 3
Use closers - 3
Holding runners - 3
Infield in - 2
Guard lines - 2

How's that look HB? Good enough, or do I need to change anything? Really looking forward to how this turns out :)

[Honolulu Blue]

How's that look HB? Good enough, or do I need to change anything? Really looking forward to how this turns out :)

Looks good except for two things:

1) You can't pinch hit with someone who's already in the starting lineup (see Scott Rolen, depth chart vs. LHP)
2) You probably want to use Righetti to set up against lefties and Beck vs. righties rather than the other way around.

And I'm looking forward to this too.

[Vince]

Good call...thanks on the Righetti/Beck thing too...that's just a pure dumb move on my part :)

[Honolulu Blue]

Just a reminder that those of you who haven't turned lineups in have about 5 hours to do so before the computers take over.

[BishopMVP]

I don't want you to think I've abndoned this, but I just don't think I can do a better managing job than the computer, especially without seeing the converted stats for my Negro Leaguers. Just make sure Ted Williams is batting in the 3 spot and Mathewson, Pedro Martinez and Satchel Paige are starting.

[BishopMVP]

Dola. Really looking forward to how this turns out. I'll probably put the polls up on Sunday night or Monday so we can get the bigger weekday crowd.

[Suicane75]

I'm psyched as well, while I don't think my team will hold up to a vote I think that it may turn out better on the simulation side of things. Add in the chance to see actual boxscores and break balls and whatnot and this is gonna be a real fun thing. Much thanks to HB for running it.

[ntndeacon]

ntndeacon's Deacons
--------------------
Lineup vs RHP
1. L. Waner CF
2. R. Carew 2B
3. Ruth RF
4. Medwick LF
5. Jake Beckley 1B
6. Phil Rizzuto SS
7. George Kell 3B
8. Elston Howard C
9. (Pitcher)

Defensive replacements
Rabbit Maranville SS

Spot starters
Roger Conner, 1B- 20%
Goslin, LF- 5%
Turkey Stearnes, CF- 5%
Keeler, rF- 10%
Fox, 2B- 20%


Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Howard, Posada
1b - Beckley, Conner
2b - Carew, Fox
3b - Kell, Cey
ss - Rizzuto, Maranville
lf - Medwick, Goslin
cf - Waner, Stearnes
rf - Ruth, Keeler
Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Conner, Keeler, Stearnes, Cey
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Conner, Keeler, Stearnes, Cey


Lineup vs LHP
1. L. Waner CF
2. R. Carew 2B
3. Ruth RF
4. Medwick LF
5. Jake Beckley 1B
6. Phil Rizzuto SS
7. George Kell 3B
8. Elston Howard C
9. (Pitcher)

Defensive replacements
Rabbit Maranville SS

Spot starters
Roger Conner, 1B- 20%
Goslin, LF- 5%
Turkey Stearnes, CF- 5%
Keeler, rF- 10%
Fox, 2B- 20%


Depth chart vs. LHP

c - Howard, Posada
1b - Beckley, Conner
2b - Carew, Fox
3b - Kell, Cey
ss - Rizzuto, Maranville
lf - Medwick, Goslin
cf - Waner, Stearnes
rf - Ruth, Keeler

Pitching rotation
Rotation size (4 or 5): 5
Usage mode (Strict=use rotation no matter what; Skip=go to #1 starter if ready): Skip

Rotation: Ted Lyons, Eppa Rixey, Mickey Welch, Tim Keefe, Red Ruffing,
Spot Starters (spot %): Jesse Haines(5%), Herb Pennock (5 %)
Mopup: Wilbur Cooper
Long relievers: Herb Pennock, Wilbur Cooper,
Setup vs. LHB: Herb Pennock
Setup vs. RHB: Jesse Haines
Closer vs. LHB: Catfish Hunter
Closer vs. RHB: Catfish Hunter
----------------------------------------------------------
Manager tendencies (1=least frequent, 3=neutral, 5=most frequent)

Bunt - 2
Hit & run - 5
Steal - 4
Running - 4
Take pitch - 5
PH for pitcher - 3
PH for non-pitcher - 3
PH for platoon partner - 3
PH in blowout - 3
Pitch around - 3
Intentional walk - 2
Pickoff throws - 3
Pitchouts - 4
Use relievers - 3
Use closers - 3
Holding runners - 4
Infield in - 3
Guard lines - 3

[Chief Rum]

Chief Rum Runners

Lineup vs RHP

1. Eddie Collins, 2b
2. Lefty O'Doul, lf
3. Harry Heilmann, cf
4. Dick Allen, 1b
5. Harmon Killebrew, 3b
6. Roy Campanella, c
7. Reggie Jackson, rf
8. Ernie Banks, ss
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements

3B Graig Nettles
LF/RF Heinie Manush

Spot starters

None

Depth chart vs RHP

c - Campanella, Munson
1b - Allen, Banks
2b - Collins, Williams
3b - Killebrew, Nettles
ss - Banks, Collins
lf - O'Doul, Manush
cf - Heilmann, Williams
rf - Jackson, Manush

Pinch hitters vs LHP: Sosa, Evans, Madlock, Munson
Pinch hitters vs RHP: Williams, Manush, Nettles
------------------------------------------------------------
Lineup vs LHP

1. Eddie Collins, 2b
2. Harry Heilmann, cf
3. Dick Allen, 1b
4. Sammy Sosa, rf
5. Harmon Killebrew, 3b
6. Roy Campanella, c
7. Ernie Banks, ss
8. Lefty O'Doul, lf
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements

3B Graig Nettles
LF/RF Heinie Manush

Spot starters

None

Depth Chart vs LHP

c - Campanella, Munson
1b - Allen, Banks
2b - Collins, Heilmann
3b - Killebrew, Madlock
ss - Banks, Nettles
lf - O'Doul, Manush
cf - Heilmann, Sosa
rf - Sosa, Evans

Pinch hitters vs LHP: Evans, Madlock, Munson
Pinch hitters vs RHP: Williams, Manush, Jackson, Nettles
-----------------------------------------------------------
Pitching rotation

Rotation Size (4 or 5): 5
Usage mode: Strict

Rotation: Clemens, Willis, Feller, Morris, Stewart
Spot Starters (spot %): Hoyt (0)
Mopup: Hoyt, John
Long relievers: Hoyt, John
Setup vs LHB: John, Bedrosian
Setup vs RHB: Worrell, Bedrosian
Closer vs LHB: Hernandez
Closer vs RHB: Hernandez
-----------------------------------------------------

Please just have the computer recommend manager tendencies for me. If it's possible for it to do that with the above lineups, I would appreciate it(but if you have to hit recommend, and then adjust the lineups, I understand).

I hope I made it. I am looking forward to seeing how this goes.

[ISiddiqui]

Siddiqui Slammers ;)

Lineup vs. RHP

1) LF - Minnie Minoso
2) 2B - Charlie Gehringer
3) 3B - George Brett
4) CF - Mickey Mantle
5) RF - Roberto Clemente
6) SS - Joe Cronin
7) 1B - Will Clark
8) C - Smokey Burgess
9) Pitcher

Defensive replacements:
SS Luis Aparicio

Spot starters:
Enos Slaugher, LF - 10%
Luis Aparicio, SS - 5%

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Burgess, Porter
1b - Clark, Cash
2b - Gehringer, Gordon
3b - Brett, Boyer
ss - Cronin, Aparicio, Vizquel
lf - Minoso, Slaughter, Burkett, Wynn
cf - Mantle, Averill, Lynn
rf - Clemente, Wynn, Slaughter

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Wynn, Boyer
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Averill, Slaughter, Cash
------------------------------------------------------
Lineup vs. LHP


1) LF - Minnie Minoso
2) 2B - Charlie Gehringer
3) 3B - George Brett
4) CF - Mickey Mantle
5) RF - Roberto Clemente
6) SS - Joe Cronin
7) 1B - Will Clark
8) C - Smokey Burgess
9) Pitcher

Defensive replacements:
SS Luis Aparicio

Spot starters:
Enos Slaugher, LF - 10%
Luis Aparicio, SS - 5%

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Burgess, Porter
1b - Clark, Cash
2b - Gehringer, Gordon
3b - Brett, Boyer
ss - Cronin, Aparicio, Vizquel
lf - Minoso, Slaughter, Burkett, Wynn
cf - Mantle, Averill, Lynn
rf - Clemente, Wynn, Slaughter

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Wynn, Boyer
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Averill, Slaughter, Cash
----------------------------------------------------------
Pitching rotation

Rotation size (4 or 5): 4
Usage mode (Strict=use rotation no matter what; Skip=go to #1 starter if ready): Skip

Rotation: Seaver, Palmer, McGinnity, Coveleski
Spot Starters (spot %): Steib (0)
Mopup: Steib
Long relievers: Steib
Setup vs. LHB: Steib, Wilhelm
Setup vs. RHB: Steib, Wilhelm
Closer vs. LHB: Wilhelm
Closer vs. RHB: Wilhelm
----------------------------------------------------------
Manager tendencies (1=least frequent, 3=neutral, 5=most frequent)

Bunt - 3
Hit & run - 4
Steal - 1
Running - 3
Take pitch - 3
PH for pitcher - 3
PH for non-pitcher - 3
PH for platoon partner - 3
PH in blowout - 3
Pitch around - 1
Intentional walk - 1
Pickoff throws - 3
Pitchouts - 3
Use relievers - 1
Use closers - 1
Holding runners - 3
Infield in - 3
Guard lines - 3

[Honolulu Blue]

OK, I'm back. Thanks to everyone who turned their lineups in. I really appreciate it. I think you'll enjoy the results - well, at least some of you will...

Bishop: The computer manager insisted on putting Ted in the #4 spot. Per your orders, I moved him up to #3 with Hack in the cleanup spot vs. lefties and Larry Walker vs. righties.

Chief Rum: The default manager tendencies should be fine. The guys who can run will run, the guys who can bunt will do so, etc. No need to adjust your lineup.

If you guys should happen to do some trading while I'm gone, just post your adjusted lineup here and I'll make sure to get those changes in.

I plan to run the first set of games on Sunday, Feb. 22, but I might have to delay them until Monday. To amuse you until then, I have a set of analysis and predictions that will be covered in the next post.

[Honolulu Blue]

DISCLAIMERS: Don't take any of this seriously and don't take any of it personally.

East Division:

Ramzavail 88-74
Isiddiqui 87-75
BishopMVP 84-78
vtbub 66-96

A superficially impressive division that has three decent-to-good clubs and one also-ran. Ramzavail has good overall team hitting (bolstered by a high batting average) and one of the best staffs in the league. Their good balance should power them to the top of the division. Isiddiqui's bold choice of having only 6 pitchers might pay off, since all six are solid or better. However, should one of them be felled by injury or ineffectiveness... the results could be gruesome. Bishop figures to have the best staff in the league, but the offense is subpar for this group. Vtbub can't compete in such fast company, as neither their hitting nor pitching measures up.

Midwestern Division:

Honolulu Blue 84-78
Bearcat729 83-79
TheLionKing 83-79
Coffee Warlord 72-90

HB and his manager seem to believe that power and walks are the best way to fuel an offense. They may be right, but the team average is likely to be disappointing. The pitching and defense should be average or above. Bearcat's team doesn't stand out in any category, but they also have no major weaknesses. In this division, that might be enough. TLK's hitters are good enough to lead them to glory, but the pitchers are a little vulnerable to the long ball, and that might be their downfall. The Warlordians' staff doesn't match up to the others around the league, and that's likely to cause them to have a long season.

West Division:

Oykib 84-78
Chief Rum 83-79
Sooner333 82-80
Vince 82-80

This figures to be the most competitive division with any of the four teams able to take the division. Oykib's eclectic mix of players from around the world has just enough oomph to lead them to glory. A high OBP looks to be the team highlight. The Rum Runners have the most power in the league and they'll score more than their share of runs. However, the staff is a little wild and might cause them to be just short here. Sooner and Vince are rated equally here and both have similar offenses that will get on base some but are a little short on power. Sooner's staff figures to give up more hits, fewer walks, and fewer home runs than average. Vince's staff is unexceptional in the major categories.

International Division:

Maple Leafs 92-70
ntndeacon 76-86
Suicane75 76-86
Booj 74-88

This rates as the most UNbalanced division with one great team and the rest unimpressive at best. Maple Leafs should lead the league in scoring as they have it all - a good average, great OBP, lots of power, and even some speed. Their pitching staff figures to be in the top half of the league. Overall they look best. As for the rest of the division, ntndeacon's offense and defense look to be equally substandard, Suicane will have a little trouble scoring runs and preventing the same, and though Booj has a pretty good pitching staff, the offense looks to be a little wanting.

========================================

Playoffs 1st round:

(8) TheLionKing vs. (1) Maple Leafs
This isn't a great matchup for TLK as Maple Leafs does the same things they do, only better. Maple Leafs in 4.

(7) Chief Rum vs. (2) Ramzavail
Ramzavail should keep CR's power in check and prevail here. Ramzavail in 4.

(6) BishopMVP vs. (3) Oykib
Bishop's pitching and defense should save the day, so I'm picking a mild upset. BishopMVP in 5.

(5) Isiddiqui vs. (4) Honolulu Blue
It should be a close series between evenly matched teams, but Isiddiqui should take it. Isiddiqui in 5.

Playoffs 2nd round:

(6) BishopMVP vs. (1) Maple Leafs
If any team can keep Maple Leaf's offense in check it's Bishop. I don't think they can do it. Maple Leafs in 6.

(5) Isiddiqui vs. (2) Ramzavail
This is a coin flip, but I'm going with the home team here. Ramzavail in 7.

Championship:

(2) Ramzavail vs. (1) Maple Leafs
The two best offenses in the league square off. This should be another tight series, Maple Leafs' first real test. They will fail as Ramzavail comes home with the crown! Ramzavail in 7.

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Try not to laugh too hard when I'm wrong, OK?

[ISiddiqui]

Well I hope you are right on how far I go :D.

[Vince]

Heh, I hope you're wrong :) It's good to be in a tough division though...whichever of us gets out of it, we'll know we have a strong team.

[oykib]

bump...

[Honolulu Blue]

As previously announced, 16 great teams of great players take the field in head-to-head action starting right now.

NUTS & BOLTS: The divisions are as follows:

East: BishopMVP, Ramzavail, vtbub, Isiddiqui
Midwest: Bearcat729, Coffee Warlord, Honolulu Blue, TheLionKing
West: Chief Rum, Oykib, Sooner333, Vince
International: Booj, Maple Leafs, ntndeacon, Suicane75

Teams play 14 games against teams in their own division, and 10 against the other teams - a total of 162 games. The full schedule is here - sorted by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt), or sorted by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt). Eight teams will make the playoffs - the four division winners and the four others with the best records.

The sim schedule starts on April 5, and will end on October 1. Other nuts & bolts haven't changed and can be found in the posts above.

APRIL 5-18

I'll let the standings tell the story:


Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 9 4 .692 - 7-3 W3 wwwlwwlwlw 66 49 17 147
2004 BishopMVP 6 7 .462 3 6-4 L1 lwllwwlwww 70 83 -13 153
2004 Ramzavail 4 7 .364 4 4-6 L2 llwllwllww 60 63 -3 155
2004 vtbub 4 8 .333 4 1/2 2-8 W1 wlllllwlll 51 76 -25 155

Midwest
2004 TheLionKing 9 4 .692 - 7-3 W4 wwwwlwlwlw 93 69 24 150
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 8 4 .667 1/2 7-3 L3 lllwwwwwww 71 51 20 151
2004 Bearcat729 6 7 .462 3 6-4 L1 lwwwlwlwlw 64 65 -1 153
2004 Coffee Warlord 4 9 .308 5 2-8 W1 wllwllllll 62 81 -19 155

West
2004 Vince 10 2 .833 - 8-2 W4 wwwwlwlwww 79 50 29 149
2004 Chief Rum Runners 7 4 .636 2 1/2 6-4 W1 wllwwwwlwl 70 58 12 154
2004 Sooner333 8 5 .615 2 1/2 7-3 W3 wwwlwlwwwl 75 69 6 153
2004 Oykib 2 9 .182 7 1/2 2-8 W1 wlwlllllll 35 60 -25 159

International
2004 Maple Leafs 8 5 .615 - 6-4 L1 lwwlwwwwll 58 57 1 148
2004 Suicanes Bombers 5 8 .385 3 3-7 L4 llllwllwlw 53 60 -7 153
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 4 7 .364 3 4-6 L2 llwllwlwwl 43 58 -15 154
2004 Booj 4 8 .333 3 1/2 3-7 L2 llwllwllwl 50 51 -1 154

DMB batting leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Ruth NTN .414 Ruth NTN .605 Ruth NTN 1.034
Kelley TLK .405 Bonds,Ba SOO .500 Bonds,Ba SOO .889
Bonds,Ba SOO .400 Kelley TLK .479 Griffey Jr. SUI .848
Ventura BOO .385 McGraw SOO .474 Ramirez VIN .792
Cobb SOO .377 Mantle ISI .473 Kelley TLK .762
Duffy BEA .375 Yastrzemski VTB .468 Ventura BOO .718
Yastrzemski VTB .375 Ventura BOO .467 Foxx COF .707
Collins CHR .370 Dihigo BIS .461 DiMaggio COF .698
Clark,W ISI .370 Ewing BIS .441 Mantle ISI .689
Dihigo BIS .367 Ott TLK .439 Mathews TLK .676


-------------Hits------------- -------------Runs------------- --------Runs batted in--------

Dihigo BIS 36 Foxx COF 19 Bonds,Ba SOO 18
Foxx COF 29 Dihigo BIS 18 Griffey Jr. SUI 16
Charleston OYK 28 Bonds,Ba SOO 15 McGwire SOO 16
Lloyd OYK 26 Charleston OYK 15 Foxx COF 15
Cobb SOO 20 Yount TLK 14 Alomar RAM 14
Yount TLK 20 Ramirez VIN 13 Dihigo BIS 14
Snider BEA 19 Kelley TLK 12 Allen CHR 13
Bonds,Ba SOO 18 Griffey Jr. SUI 12 DiMaggio COF 13
Duffy BEA 18 DiMaggio COF 12 Ewing BIS 12
Kelley TLK 17 Schmidt HON 12 Mitchell VIN 12


------------Doubles----------- ------------Triples----------- -----------Homeruns-----------

Boudreau BEA 6 Brouthers BIS 4 DiMaggio COF 8
Gwynn BOO 6 Kaline TLK 3 Griffey Jr. SUI 7
Charleston OYK 6 Charleston OYK 3 Foxx COF 7
Jackson CHR 5 Raines OYK 2 Bonds,Ba SOO 6
Burgess ISI 5 Simmons HON 2 Mathews TLK 5
Herman BOO 5 O'Doul CHR 2 Klein RAM 5
Duffy BEA 5 Jeter RAM 2 McGwire SOO 5
Chance MAP 5 Ewing BIS 2 Ramirez VIN 5
Gehringer ISI 5 Evers BEA 2 Gonzalez MAP 5
Stargell TLK 5 Boudreau BEA 2 Ruth NTN 4


--------Extra base hits------- ---------Stolen bases--------- -------Steal percentage-------

Foxx COF 13 Pierre VIN 13-1 Yount TLK 1.000
Brouthers BIS 11 Bell MAP 5-1 Duffy BEA 1.000
Ramirez VIN 10 Morgan HON 5-3 Rice RAM 1.000
Yount TLK 10 McGraw SOO 5-4 Pinson BIS 1.000
Charleston OYK 10 Biggio VIN 4-1 Bonds,Bo HON 1.000
Ruth NTN 9 Yount TLK 3-0 Pierre VIN .929
Bonds,Ba SOO 9 Raines OYK 3-1 Bell MAP .833
Boudreau BEA 9 Collins CHR 3-2 Biggio VIN .800
Griffey Jr. SUI 9 Duffy BEA 2-0 Raines OYK .750
DiMaggio COF 9 Rice RAM 2-0 Ashburn HON .667


-------------Walks------------ -------Intentional walks------ ----------Strikeouts----------

Ewing BIS 16 Burgess ISI 3 Ewing BIS 30
Dihigo BIS 15 Frisch TLK 3 Snider BEA 22
Ruth NTN 13 Mantle ISI 3 McGwire SOO 21
Schmidt HON 12 Ruth NTN 2 Foxx COF 21
McGraw SOO 11 Simmons HON 2 Santiago SOO 20
Killebrew CHR 10 Robinson HON 2 Ramirez VIN 18
Mantle ISI 10 Campaneris BIS 1 Hornsby MAP 17
Bonds,Ba SOO 10 Larkin OYK 1 Stargell TLK 17
Foxx COF 10 Sundberg SUI 1 Jackson SUI 16
Oh RAM 9 Strawberry SUI 1 Lloyd OYK 16


DMB pitching leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

------Earned run average------ ----------Strikeouts---------- -------------Walks------------

Parnell OYK 0.79 Paige BIS 38 Paige BIS 22
Coveleski ISI 1.13 Grove HON 32 Hubbell TLK 14
Newhouser SUI 1.57 Koufax VIN 31 Blue VIN 13
Welch NTN 1.80 Day BIS 26 Prior COF 12
Maddux BOO 2.12 Marichal SOO 26 Niekro COF 12
Fingers VIN 2.13 Dean COF 25 Day BIS 12
Cone VIN 2.20 H Smith BIS 23 Feller CHR 11
Koufax VIN 2.28 Hubbell TLK 23 Lee VTB 11
Ward SOO 2.38 Ryan BOO 21 Kaneda OYK 11
McDowell SUI 2.45 Waddell MAP 20 Gomez COF 10


-------------Wins------------- ------Winning percentage------ ------------Losses------------

H Smith BIS 3-0 H Smith BIS 1.000 Schilling SUI 0-3
Scott MAP 3-0 Scott MAP 1.000 Marichal SOO 3-3
Clemens CHR 3-0 Clemens CHR 1.000 Paige BIS 3-3
Marichal SOO 3-3 Faber TLK 1.000 McGinnity ISI 0-2
Paige BIS 3-3 Coveleski ISI 1.000 Rixey NTN 0-2
Faber TLK 2-0 Feller CHR 1.000 Vance OYK 0-2
Coveleski ISI 2-0 Newhouser SUI 1.000 Gomez COF 0-2
Feller CHR 2-0 Drysdale TLK 1.000 Roberts OYK 0-2
Newhouser SUI 2-0 Koufax VIN 1.000 Face BIS 0-2
Drysdale TLK 2-0 Sutton TLK 1.000 Tiant TLK 0-2


--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Richard RAM .121 Coveleski ISI .183 Coveleski ISI .193
Coveleski ISI .140 Cone VIN .222 Richard RAM .224
Cone VIN .155 Scott MAP .234 Cone VIN .224
Parnell OYK .159 Richard RAM .239 Gagne BOO .238
Halladay BOO .163 Parnell OYK .245 Welch NTN .254
Gagne BOO .167 Gagne BOO .255 Parnell OYK .273
Welch NTN .183 Welch NTN .256 Kaneda OYK .280
Feller CHR .185 Grove HON .264 Stewart CHR .304
Kaneda OYK .187 Fingers VIN .265 Maddux BOO .308
Scott MAP .191 Maddux BOO .269 Newhouser SUI .313


------Hits per 9 innings------ ------Walks per 9 innings----- -----Runners per 9 innings----

Richard RAM 3.7 Ward SOO 0.4 Coveleski ISI 6.2
Coveleski ISI 4.5 Spalding RAM 0.6 Cone VIN 7.7
Cone VIN 5.0 Grove HON 0.9 Scott MAP 7.8
Halladay BOO 5.0 Maddux BOO 1.1 Richard RAM 8.5
Gagne BOO 5.0 Brown SOO 1.3 Gagne BOO 8.5
Feller CHR 5.4 Marichal SOO 1.5 Welch NTN 9.0
Parnell OYK 5.6 Sutton TLK 1.6 Fingers VIN 9.2
Welch NTN 5.8 Marquard MAP 1.6 Newhouser SUI 9.4
Kaneda OYK 5.9 Brown MAP 1.7 Maddux BOO 9.5
Scott MAP 6.0 Coveleski ISI 1.7 Parnell OYK 9.5


---Strikeouts per 9 innings--- ----Homeruns per 9 innings---- --Stolen bases per 9 innings--

Koufax VIN 11.8 Kaneda OYK 0.0 Brown MAP 0.0
Dean COF 10.7 Richard RAM 0.0 Mathewson BIS 0.0
Wynn SOO 10.4 Maddux BOO 0.0 Alexander BEA 0.0
Ryan BOO 10.3 Wynn SOO 0.0 Faber TLK 0.0
Fingers VIN 9.9 Stewart CHR 0.0 Coveleski ISI 0.0
Chesbro BEA 9.8 Niekro COF 0.4 Pennock NTN 0.0
Rixey NTN 9.6 Dean COF 0.4 Grove HON 0.0
Marquard MAP 9.5 Welch NTN 0.4 Lyons NTN 0.0
Richard RAM 9.5 McGinnity ISI 0.5 Hubbell TLK 0.0
Grove HON 9.5 Cone VIN 0.6 Koufax VIN 0.0


-----------Shutouts----------- ---Quality start percentage--- ------Average run support-----

Paige BIS 2 Newhouser SUI 1.000 Hubbell TLK 9.5
Alexander BEA 1 Koufax VIN 1.000 Maddux BOO 9.5
Newhouser SUI 1 Marquard MAP 1.000 Clemens CHR 8.7
Welch NTN 1 Coveleski ISI 1.000 Perry HON 8.3
Kaneda OYK 1 Sutton TLK 1.000 Blue VIN 8.3
Cone VIN 1.000 Sutton TLK 8.0
Maddux BOO 1.000 Stewart CHR 8.0
Spalding RAM 1.000 Faber TLK 7.5
Face BIS 1.000 Koufax VIN 7.0
McDowell SUI 1.000 Ward SOO 7.0


------Save Opportunities------ -------------Saves------------ --------Save percentage-------

Fingers VIN 5 Fingers VIN 4 Henke MAP 1.000
Hoffman BEA 4 Henke MAP 3 Hernandez CHR 1.000
Nen COF 4 Hernandez CHR 3 Dotel SOO 1.000
Urbina SOO 4 Dotel SOO 3 Sutter VTB 1.000
Hernandez CHR 3 Hoffman BEA 3 Percival BIS 1.000
Hunter NTN 3 Sutter VTB 2 Fingers VIN .800
Henke MAP 3 Percival BIS 2 Hoffman BEA .750
Eckersley SUI 3 H Smith BIS 2 H Smith BIS .667
Dotel SOO 3 Tiant TLK 2 Tiant TLK .667
Tiant TLK 3 Hunter NTN 2 Hunter NTN .667


-------------Holds------------ ----------Blown saves--------- -----Blown save percentage----

Hiller HON 2 Isringhausen COF 2 Isringhausen COF .667
Myers SUI 2 Nen COF 2 Nen COF .500
Isringhausen COF 2 Urbina SOO 2 Urbina SOO .500
Worrell CHR 1 Perranoski VTB 1 Tekulve HON .500
Montgomery HON 1 McGraw RAM 1 H Smith BIS .333
Haines NTN 1 Lieber COF 1 Tiant TLK .333
Hoyt CHR 1 Wagner MAP 1 Hunter NTN .333
Bedrosian CHR 1 Harvey TLK 1 Eckersley SUI .333
Reardon RAM 1 Tekulve HON 1 Hoffman BEA .250
Olson SUI 1 H Smith BIS 1 Fingers VIN .200


DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
TheLionKing .294 .353 .540 480 93 141 29 7 25 87 43 95 5 5
Vince .287 .349 .502 428 79 123 19 5 21 72 42 96 20 7
ISiddiqui Slammers .276 .349 .419 439 66 121 23 2 12 64 50 88 6 2
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .275 .361 .439 440 71 121 18 9 12 65 59 103 14 7
ntndeacon Deacons .275 .319 .451 375 43 103 17 5 13 40 24 70 6 7
Sooner333 .272 .340 .481 441 75 120 19 5 21 72 45 103 13 10
Ramzavail .272 .345 .443 397 60 108 10 5 16 58 45 85 5 1
Bearcat729 .272 .334 .454 449 64 122 33 5 13 62 42 100 4 5
BishopMVP .270 .348 .447 463 70 125 20 7 16 66 54 123 7 7
Maple Leafs .266 .319 .466 436 58 116 25 4 18 57 34 86 3 2
Chief Rum Runners .263 .333 .477 369 70 97 15 5 18 67 36 85 3 2
vtbub .249 .292 .376 426 51 106 23 2 9 45 27 76 9 2
Coffee Warlord .248 .296 .470 447 62 111 17 2 26 60 30 78 2 6
Suicanes Bombers .237 .285 .398 435 53 103 14 1 18 51 29 113 8 2
Booj .231 .301 .382 403 50 93 23 1 12 48 42 50 4 0
Oykib .214 .286 .357 373 35 80 12 7 9 32 36 84 5 5
Totals .263 .327 .445 6801 1000 1790 317 72 259 946 638 1435 114 70



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
TheLionKing 13 535 4 3 3 5 8 0 90.7 6.8 .246 .884 259 7.2
Vince 12 484 1 0 9 4 5 0 77.4 6.3 .215 .877 215 6.6
ISiddiqui Slammers 13 498 2 6 3 4 10 0 65.5 5.3 .144 .733 184 5.1
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 12 503 1 6 2 1 8 0 71.2 5.7 .164 .799 193 5.9
ntndeacon Deacons 11 406 1 3 5 1 8 0 50.4 4.6 .176 .697 169 3.9
Sooner333 13 499 3 1 5 5 6 0 71.9 5.6 .209 .810 212 5.8
Ramzavail 11 458 2 0 9 5 7 0 63.6 5.5 .171 .768 176 5.5
Bearcat729 13 501 1 1 7 2 9 0 66.8 5.2 .183 .736 204 4.9
BishopMVP 13 525 3 1 2 3 9 0 72.0 5.4 .177 .766 207 5.4
Maple Leafs 13 481 2 2 5 4 5 0 65.7 5.3 .200 .740 203 4.5
Chief Rum Runners 11 417 4 0 5 3 8 0 58.5 5.4 .214 .777 176 6.4
vtbub 12 458 0 0 2 3 5 0 48.0 3.9 .127 .599 160 4.3
Coffee Warlord 13 485 2 0 2 4 8 0 59.2 4.5 .221 .697 210 4.8
Suicanes Bombers 13 469 1 3 2 2 8 0 48.8 3.8 .161 .617 173 4.1
Booj 12 453 0 0 5 3 9 0 47.6 3.9 .151 .627 154 4.2
Oykib 11 415 2 1 3 1 7 0 37.6 3.3 .142 .577 133 3.2
Totals 196 7587 29 27 69 50 120 0 990.7 5.0 .182 .732 3028 5.1

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
Vince 3.04 10 2 5 12 3 112.2 97 50 38 48 104 16 7
ISiddiqui Slammers 3.44 9 4 1 13 5 115.0 101 49 44 41 91 14 5
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 3.98 8 4 2 12 3 110.2 97 51 49 38 101 14 5
Booj 4.04 4 8 1 12 2 104.2 96 51 47 37 82 14 9
Maple Leafs 4.07 8 5 4 13 2 115.0 111 57 52 29 101 17 8
Oykib 4.13 2 9 1 11 1 98.0 95 60 45 31 81 14 2
Suicanes Bombers 4.28 5 8 2 13 1 113.2 114 60 54 43 89 19 9
Bearcat729 4.42 6 7 3 13 2 116.0 115 65 57 37 115 23 10
TheLionKing 4.44 9 4 2 13 3 121.2 127 69 60 46 105 17 9
Ramzavail 4.50 4 7 0 11 3 104.0 122 63 52 38 74 12 9
Sooner333 4.62 8 5 4 13 2 115.0 122 69 59 24 82 19 8
ntndeacon Deacons 4.74 4 7 2 11 1 95.0 99 58 50 33 70 19 6
Coffee Warlord 5.09 4 9 3 13 1 116.2 133 81 66 56 103 13 9
Chief Rum Runners 5.10 7 4 3 11 1 97.0 101 58 55 43 78 12 7
BishopMVP 5.38 6 7 3 13 1 117.0 134 83 70 44 79 17 11
vtbub 5.58 4 8 2 12 1 108.0 126 76 67 50 80 19 6
Totals 4.42 98 98 38 196 32 1760.0 1790 1000 865 638 1435 259 120



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
Vince 3 2 5 2 5 0 4 5 1 0 7.7 3.8 11.7 8.3 1.3
ISiddiqui Slammers 0 2 3 1 2 0 7 3 2 0 7.9 3.2 11.3 7.1 1.1
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 0 2 4 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 7.9 3.1 11.1 8.2 1.1
Booj 2 1 5 1 2 2 8 5 2 0 8.3 3.2 11.5 7.1 1.2
Maple Leafs 0 3 8 1 2 0 14 2 0 0 8.7 2.3 11.2 7.9 1.3
Oykib 0 2 4 3 3 0 7 5 0 0 8.7 2.8 11.8 7.4 1.3
Suicanes Bombers 3 0 7 4 4 1 13 7 1 0 9.0 3.4 12.4 7.0 1.5
Bearcat729 2 1 5 2 3 0 6 7 0 0 8.9 2.9 11.9 8.9 1.8
TheLionKing 3 2 1 3 5 0 3 1 0 0 9.4 3.4 12.9 7.8 1.3
Ramzavail 1 2 2 4 4 0 5 7 1 0 10.6 3.3 14.0 6.4 1.0
Sooner333 0 3 4 3 1 0 8 6 0 0 9.5 1.9 11.7 6.4 1.5
ntndeacon Deacons 2 0 2 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 9.4 3.1 12.5 6.6 1.8
Coffee Warlord 6 2 4 4 1 0 11 7 1 0 10.3 4.3 14.7 7.9 1.0
Chief Rum Runners 0 3 4 5 0 0 6 2 2 0 9.4 4.0 13.6 7.2 1.1
BishopMVP 4 2 6 6 2 0 11 7 0 0 10.3 3.4 13.8 6.1 1.3
vtbub 1 2 5 3 1 0 5 2 1 0 10.5 4.2 14.8 6.7 1.6
Totals 27 29 69 50 36 4 114 70 11 0 9.2 3.3 12.6 7.3 1.3

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Booj 12 314 136 4 11 454 .991 1 8 5 .615 0 2
Maple Leafs 13 345 143 6 10 494 .988 1 14 2 .875 0 0
Chief Rum Runners 11 291 110 5 7 406 .988 0 6 2 .750 0 2
TheLionKing 13 365 146 7 10 518 .986 1 3 1 .750 0 0
BishopMVP 13 351 144 8 12 503 .984 9 11 7 .611 0 0
vtbub 12 324 136 8 7 468 .983 1 5 2 .714 0 1
ntndeacon Deacons 11 285 116 7 7 408 .983 0 2 3 .400 0 0
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 12 332 125 9 5 466 .981 5 4 1 .800 0 0
Suicanes Bombers 13 341 129 10 12 480 .979 0 13 7 .650 0 1
Vince 12 338 128 10 7 476 .979 0 4 5 .444 1 1
Ramzavail 11 312 144 11 11 467 .976 0 5 7 .417 0 1
Sooner333 13 345 140 12 10 497 .976 1 8 6 .571 0 0
ISiddiqui Slammers 13 345 140 13 6 498 .974 1 7 3 .700 0 2
Oykib 11 294 124 13 3 431 .970 1 7 5 .583 0 0
Bearcat729 13 348 131 15 11 494 .970 1 6 7 .462 0 0
Coffee Warlord 13 350 149 17 12 516 .967 1 11 7 .611 0 1
Totals 196 5280 2141 155 141 7576 .980 23 114 70 .620 1 11


Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
4/13/2004 BIS Mathewson General 4/20/2004 7 2
4/12/2004 BIS Williams General 4/23/2004 11 5
4/16/2004 BIS Martinez General 4/30/2004 14 12
4/9/2004 BOO Jones General 5/1/2004 22 13
4/15/2004 COF Dean General 5/7/2004 22 19
4/14/2004 HON Perry General 5/6/2004 22 18
4/13/2004 HON Keller Collision on bases 5/17/2004 34 29
4/11/2004 OYK Maglie Brawl 5/19/2004 38 31
4/15/2004 SOO Cicotte General 4/21/2004 6 3
4/9/2004 SUI Hershiser General 4/29/2004 20 11
4/10/2004 VIN Smith General 4/19/2004 9 1
4/12/2004 VTB Hahn General 4/21/2004 9 3
4/14/2004 VTB Perranoski General 5/4/2004 20 16
4/12/2004 VTB Wood General 5/4/2004 22 16


Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20game%20results.txt)

I plan to run the next two weeks on Wednesday morning, so kindly get any lineup changes to me by Tuesday, February 24.

[TLK]

Looks good..... this should be fun....

[oykib]

Damn my squad stumbled coming out of the gate...

But I've got a patient man at the helm. He'll turn things around.

[BishopMVP]

:)

A couple observations - What the heck happened to my pitching? ;) Also, you have Paige listed as leading the league in shutouts, but on my roster he has none. Tom Seaver is the one with 2. Interesting that Buck Ewing has 30 K's already. Most he had in a season was 32. Overall, looks great, if only my team can start winning some more.

[Suicane75]

A bunch of close loses really hurts but Im confident Helton & Strawberry will pick it up, and Carlton and Eckersley, they have to get better, right? Right? Please god let them get better.

[oykib]

:)

A couple observations - What the heck happened to my pitching? ;) Also, you have Paige listed as leading the league in shutouts, but on my roster he has none. Tom Seaver is the one with 2. Interesting that Buck Ewing has 30 K's already. Most he had in a season was 32. Overall, looks great, if only my team can start winning some more.

Yeah I was interested in this sim to see how guys fare across time, too.

We can't really go on a two week sample size for anything. But I am suprised that I am last in the league in turning the double play. I figured that I had the best up the middle defense in the league.

It could be the flyball slant of my staff is more extreme than I thought. But even Rod Carew has more DPs than J.H. Lloyd.-- and four times as many to boot.

I'm also interested because I've been thinking of picking up DMB.

[Honolulu Blue]

Still looking for a lefty or switch hitting outfielder or 1st baseman. Have plenty of spare parts to offer. Make me an offer.

[oykib]

I would but I'm strong (or at least I think so-- 2-9 record notwithstanding) at every position that you have to offer except for where your two untouchables are.

But if you want to make me an offer, I've got Raines, Doby, and Edmonds. On my team they are all equally replaceable. I could slot in Lloyd or Larkin as my leadoff hitter easily. And my three starting outfielders are all good enough to make Doby and Edmonds no more than backups and defensive replacements.

[Honolulu Blue]

oykib: Let's start the ball rolling. I'll offer you any one of my outfielders (other than Frank Robinson) for Larry Doby. The list includes:

* Bobby Bonds - currently hitting .875. Maybe he's a legitimate .875 hitter? :D
* Charlie Keller - injured, but a monster when healthy
* Richie Ashburn - great cf and speed to burn
* Kirk Gibson - can beat you any of several different ways
* Eric Davis - another versatile guy

Best I can do without considering your needs.

[ISiddiqui]

Woo... looks good. I've gone 9-4 so far and Coveleski is doing well.

Btw, if anyone wants to deal, I got plenty of OF's and would like Pitchers... starter, relievers, whatever :D.

[Honolulu Blue]

Btw, if anyone wants to deal, I got plenty of OF's and would like Pitchers... starter, relievers, whatever :D.

Have pitchers to spare, interested in Lynn or Averill (or Mickey, but I don't think I can afford him :( ). Keep the line open.

[Booj]

I'm interested in some offence at pretty much any position... I have a very strong rotation (Gibson, Maddux, Ryan) as well as Gagne, Quisenberry and Smith in the pen...

[Maple Leafs]

Wow... toally missed this until now. Good work!

[Ramzavail]

Wow - First time reading this.

Winning it all huh? Feeling the pressure now.

4-7 out of the gate - thats not championship ball.

[Honolulu Blue]

APRIL 19-MAY 2

As normal, early season standings are volatile. The pennant races in all the divisions is tight, except for the Midwest, which I'm far too self-conscious to talk about :).

DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 BishopMVP 15 10 .600 - 8-2 W4 wwwwlwwwwl 138 125 13 137
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 13 11 .542 1 1/2 3-7 W2 wwllllwlll 130 112 18 140
2004 Ramzavail 11 12 .478 3 7-3 W5 wwwwwllwwl 116 123 -7 142
2004 vtbub 8 17 .320 7 2-8 L3 lllwllwlll 94 141 -47 145

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 17 7 .708 - 8-2 W1 wllwwwwwww 136 97 39 134
2004 TheLionKing 13 12 .520 4 1/2 3-7 L2 llwllwlllw 156 149 7 143
2004 Bearcat729 11 13 .458 6 4-6 L4 llllwllwww 113 109 4 145
2004 Coffee Warlord 10 16 .385 8 5-5 L1 lwwlwwlllw 115 142 -27 146

West
2004 Vince 15 9 .625 - 4-6 W1 wllwlllwwl 118 111 7 138
2004 Sooner333 15 10 .600 1/2 7-3 L1 lwwllwwwww 124 116 8 139
2004 Chief Rum Runners 12 10 .545 2 4-6 L1 lwwwllllwl 122 111 11 142
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 7 17 .292 8 4-6 L3 lllwlwlwwl 91 128 -37 147

International
2004 Suicanes Bombers 16 9 .640 - 9-1 W8 wwwwwwwwlw 134 107 27 138
2004 Maple Leafs 15 9 .625 1/2 6-4 W3 wwwlwlwllw 115 98 17 139
2004 Booj 10 15 .400 6 5-5 W1 wlllwwwllw 110 105 5 144
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 6 17 .261 9 2-8 L4 llllwllllw 74 112 -38 148

DMB batting leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Griffey Jr. SUI .409 Ruth NTN .523 Griffey Jr. SUI .839
Ventura BOO .400 Ventura BOO .471 Ruth NTN .828
Simmons RAM .378 Kelley TLK .435 Bonds,Ba SOO .753
Cronin ISI .359 Griffey Jr. SUI .434 Mathews TLK .741
Kelley TLK .358 Bonds,Ba SOO .434 Killebrew CHR .696


-------------Hits------------- -------------Runs------------- --------Runs batted in--------

Dihigo BIS 67 Dihigo BIS 34 Dihigo BIS 30
Lloyd OYK 59 Charleston OYK 30 Bonds,Ba SOO 29
Charleston OYK 56 Foxx COF 29 Griffey Jr. SUI 29
Foxx COF 52 Lloyd OYK 26 McGwire SOO 28
Griffey Jr. SUI 38 Schmidt HON 25 Stargell TLK 24


------------Doubles----------- ------------Triples----------- -----------Homeruns-----------

Charleston OYK 12 Brouthers BIS 5 Griffey Jr. SUI 12
Lloyd OYK 10 Charleston OYK 5 Mathews TLK 11
Boggs RAM 9 Lloyd OYK 4 Foxx COF 10
Allen CHR 9 Davis,E HON 3 Bonds,Ba SOO 9
Dihigo BIS 9 Ewing BIS 3 Gonzalez MAP 9


--------Extra base hits------- ---------Stolen bases--------- -------Steal percentage-------

Charleston OYK 21 Pierre VIN 17-4 Yount TLK 1.000
Foxx COF 20 Raines OYK 9-1 Bonds,Bo HON 1.000
Lloyd OYK 19 Bell MAP 9-2 Sheffield SUI 1.000
Brouthers BIS 17 Charleston OYK 8-5 Raines OYK .900
Bonds,Ba SOO 16 Biggio VIN 7-2 Bell MAP .818


-------------Walks------------ -------Intentional walks------ ----------Strikeouts----------

Ruth NTN 23 Kent BIS 6 Ewing BIS 58
Charleston OYK 23 Ruth NTN 4 Foxx COF 47
Ewing BIS 22 Burgess ISI 4 Jackson SUI 45
Dihigo BIS 22 Mantle ISI 4 Greenberg BEA 32
Schmidt HON 19 Larkin OYK 3 Charleston OYK 32


--------Sacrifice bunts------- --------Sacrifice flies------- ---------Hit by pitch---------

Hubbell TLK 5 Bonds,Ba SOO 4 Lombardi TLK 3
Maddux BOO 4 Strawberry SUI 3 Munson CHR 2
Podres VTB 3 Oh RAM 2 Rizzuto NTN 2
Gibson BOO 3 Medwick NTN 2 Mize MAP 2
Clemens CHR 3 Cronin ISI 2 Berra COF 2


--------Ground ball DP-------- ---------Runs created--------- -----Runs created/27 outs-----

Heilmann CHR 7 Dihigo BIS 39.7 Ruth NTN 18.2
Lombardi TLK 6 Charleston OYK 36.4 Griffey Jr. SUI 16.0
Helton SUI 6 Lloyd OYK 35.9 Bonds,Ba SOO 13.2
Dihigo BIS 6 Foxx COF 35.6 Ventura BOO 13.0
Stargell TLK 5 Griffey Jr. SUI 33.9 Killebrew CHR 11.8


--------Isolated power-------- ---------Total average-------- ----------Total bases---------

Ruth NTN .484 Ruth NTN 1.795 Dihigo BIS 96
Mathews TLK .457 Griffey Jr. SUI 1.482 Foxx COF 94
Griffey Jr. SUI .430 Bonds,Ba SOO 1.439 Lloyd OYK 92
Bonds,Ba SOO .412 Killebrew CHR 1.255 Charleston OYK 90
Killebrew CHR .380 Raines OYK 1.235 Griffey Jr. SUI 78


-----On-base plus slugging---- -------Secondary average------ --------AB per homerun--------

Ruth NTN 1.351 Ruth NTN .875 Mathews TLK 7.4
Griffey Jr. SUI 1.273 Bonds,Ba SOO .624 Griffey Jr. SUI 7.8
Bonds,Ba SOO 1.187 Ewing BIS .590 Ruth NTN 8.0
Killebrew CHR 1.116 Raines OYK .586 Bonds,Ba SOO 9.4
Ventura BOO 1.104 Mathews TLK .580 Mize MAP 9.6


------------Atbats------------ -------Plate appearances------ -------------Games------------

Dihigo BIS 196 Dihigo BIS 221 Dihigo BIS 50
Lloyd OYK 187 Lloyd OYK 207 Charleston OYK 47
Charleston OYK 175 Charleston OYK 200 Lloyd OYK 47
Foxx COF 169 Foxx COF 189 Foxx COF 45
Yount TLK 113 Yount TLK 122 Johnson BIS 31


------Current hit streak------ ------Longest hit streak------ ------------------------------

Carter BOO 12 Mathews TLK 17
Griffey Jr. SUI 11 Yount TLK 15
Gwynn BOO 9 Berra COF 14
Cobb SOO 8 Snider BEA 14
Hernandez HON 8 Simmons HON 14


DMB pitching leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

------Earned run average------ ----------Strikeouts---------- -------------Walks------------

Welch NTN 1.38 Grove HON 57 Palmer ISI 22
Lieber COF 1.91 Seaver ISI 55 Lee VTB 20
Feller CHR 2.12 Koufax VIN 54 Blue VIN 20
H Smith BIS 2.16 Marichal SOO 53 Glavine RAM 20
Spalding RAM 2.20 Kaneda OYK 44 Chesbro BEA 18



-------------Wins------------- ------Winning percentage------ ------------Losses------------

H Smith BIS 5-0 Newhouser SUI 1.000 Lyons NTN 1-5
Newhouser SUI 5-0 Scott MAP 1.000 Kaat VTB 0-4
Scott MAP 5-0 Sutton TLK 1.000 Rixey NTN 0-4
Seaver ISI 5-2 Key HON 1.000 Vance OYK 0-4
Sutton TLK 4-0 Beck VIN 1.000 Face BIS 0-4


--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Welch NTN .172 Scott MAP .227 Welch NTN .226
Coveleski ISI .180 Coveleski ISI .233 Cone VIN .282
Scott MAP .181 Blyleven HON .238 Blyleven HON .293
Blyleven HON .191 Key HON .252 Coveleski ISI .315
Feller CHR .194 Maddux BOO .259 Feller CHR .330


------Hits per 9 innings------ ------Walks per 9 innings----- -----Runners per 9 innings----

Welch NTN 5.5 Spalding RAM 0.8 Scott MAP 7.4
Scott MAP 5.6 Maddux BOO 0.9 Coveleski ISI 8.1
Coveleski ISI 5.8 Ward SOO 1.0 Blyleven HON 8.4
Feller CHR 6.1 Brown SOO 1.3 Key HON 8.9
Ryan BOO 6.2 Cicotte SOO 1.4 Maddux BOO 9.1


---Strikeouts per 9 innings--- ----Homeruns per 9 innings---- --Stolen bases per 9 innings--

Waddell MAP 12.0 Cone VIN 0.3 Alexander BEA 0.0
Koufax VIN 11.8 Welch NTN 0.3 Cicotte SOO 0.0
Ryan BOO 10.3 Niekro COF 0.4 Faber TLK 0.0
Kaneda OYK 10.0 Maddux BOO 0.4 Ford BEA 0.0
Richard RAM 10.0 Kaneda OYK 0.5 Blue VIN 0.0


-----------Shutouts----------- ---Quality start percentage--- ------Average run support-----

Alexander BEA 2 Sutton TLK 1.000 Carlton SUI 8.6
Seaver ISI 2 Cone VIN 1.000 Paige BIS 7.6
Key HON 1 Spalding RAM 1.000 Hubbell TLK 7.4
Welch NTN 1 Lieber COF 1.000 Richard RAM 7.0
Blue VIN 1 Lee VTB 1.000 Sutton TLK 7.0


------Save Opportunities------ -------------Saves------------ --------Save percentage-------

Fingers VIN 9 Eckersley SUI 6 Percival BIS 1.000
Eckersley SUI 8 Nen COF 6 Dotel SOO 1.000
Nen COF 8 Fingers VIN 6 Hernandez CHR 1.000
Henke MAP 6 Percival BIS 5 Sutter VTB .800
Urbina SOO 6 Dotel SOO 5 Eckersley SUI .750



-------------Holds------------ ----------Blown saves--------- -----Blown save percentage----

Olson SUI 4 H Smith BIS 3 H Smith BIS .600
Myers SUI 3 Henke MAP 3 Henke MAP .500
Isringhausen COF 3 Fingers VIN 3 Hunter NTN .500
Wagner MAP 2 Harvey TLK 2 Isringhausen COF .500
Hiller HON 2 Hunter NTN 2 Fingers VIN .333


DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
TheLionKing .286 .356 .491 903 156 258 42 10 41 144 93 173 14 9
Ramzavail .284 .351 .448 830 116 236 34 9 28 112 85 179 9 5
ISiddiqui Slammers .275 .341 .427 851 130 234 39 3 28 124 81 169 14 4
Maple Leafs .274 .322 .486 836 115 229 43 10 38 114 57 166 9 4
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .273 .352 .440 869 136 237 37 12 28 127 104 198 22 10
BishopMVP .265 .341 .441 873 138 231 34 12 32 132 98 204 12 10
Booj .264 .328 .412 894 110 236 46 4 26 104 87 130 6 4
Bearcat729 .260 .329 .449 827 113 215 49 7 31 110 84 185 12 13
Sooner333 .260 .328 .427 831 124 216 34 6 31 119 83 167 28 20
Suicanes Bombers .260 .313 .447 862 134 224 31 2 42 127 66 213 15 6
Chief Rum Runners .258 .323 .472 748 122 193 31 12 35 116 69 174 7 11
Vince .254 .308 .423 834 118 212 30 6 33 107 64 178 33 13
vtbub .251 .296 .385 876 94 220 42 3 23 88 57 160 12 6
ntndeacon Deacons .251 .302 .392 770 74 193 36 8 19 70 52 160 12 10
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .243 .325 .402 819 91 199 32 10 26 85 97 184 25 11
Coffee Warlord .241 .296 .412 896 115 216 36 3 37 109 69 171 10 10
Totals .263 .326 .434 13519 1886 3549 596 117 498 1788 1246 2811 240 146



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
TheLionKing 25 1022 10 3 8 8 25 0 155.1 6.0 .205 .825 443 6.2
Ramzavail 23 937 3 1 13 6 16 0 132.3 5.6 .164 .763 372 5.0
ISiddiqui Slammers 24 951 7 8 6 6 10 0 128.7 5.4 .152 .737 363 5.4
Maple Leafs 24 912 5 6 9 5 11 0 130.9 5.6 .212 .767 406 4.8
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 24 987 5 6 4 5 12 0 139.5 5.7 .167 .784 382 5.7
BishopMVP 25 987 5 7 7 4 12 0 133.4 5.3 .176 .753 385 5.5
Booj 25 999 1 2 12 5 19 0 121.2 4.7 .148 .678 368 4.4
Bearcat729 24 928 2 3 12 3 12 0 120.9 5.0 .189 .736 371 4.7
Sooner333 25 935 6 7 6 9 11 0 116.8 4.8 .167 .731 355 5.0
Suicanes Bombers 25 938 2 6 4 4 15 0 119.3 4.8 .187 .710 385 5.4
Chief Rum Runners 22 837 5 0 10 5 16 0 110.0 5.0 .214 .746 353 5.5
Vince 24 926 5 0 15 8 7 0 112.8 4.6 .169 .709 353 4.9
vtbub 25 944 1 0 5 5 12 0 100.1 4.0 .134 .604 337 3.8
ntndeacon Deacons 23 838 5 6 9 2 15 0 87.9 3.9 .142 .616 302 3.2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 24 927 4 4 5 2 16 0 109.2 4.5 .159 .703 329 3.8
Coffee Warlord 26 977 3 3 3 6 14 0 107.2 4.1 .171 .641 369 4.4
Totals 388 15045 69 62 128 83 223 0 1922.1 4.9 .172 .718 5873 4.9

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
Suicanes Bombers 3.69 16 9 8 25 4 221.2 219 107 91 79 182 33 14
Vince 3.77 15 9 8 24 6 224.1 229 111 94 84 196 34 19
Maple Leafs 3.78 15 9 4 24 5 214.1 191 98 90 65 183 31 15
Booj 3.78 10 15 2 25 5 226.0 209 105 95 81 174 29 14
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 3.81 17 7 5 24 5 219.2 187 97 93 68 195 28 10
Bearcat729 4.04 11 13 4 24 5 216.0 215 109 97 74 182 34 16
Sooner333 4.08 15 10 7 25 6 220.2 228 116 100 49 163 35 18
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.19 7 17 5 24 1 214.2 224 128 100 59 178 28 9
BishopMVP 4.20 15 10 6 25 4 225.0 226 125 105 83 175 32 17
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.23 13 11 2 24 5 214.2 204 112 101 80 165 33 13
ntndeacon Deacons 4.36 6 17 4 23 1 196.0 201 112 95 71 138 32 13
Ramzavail 4.48 11 12 1 23 6 213.0 235 123 106 82 147 27 18
Chief Rum Runners 4.67 12 10 6 22 3 196.2 201 111 102 87 158 28 8
Coffee Warlord 4.77 10 16 7 26 2 232.0 273 142 123 95 185 27 15
vtbub 5.01 8 17 4 25 2 224.1 249 141 125 104 188 31 13
TheLionKing 5.40 13 12 3 25 6 228.1 258 149 137 85 202 36 11
Totals 4.27 194 194 76 388 66 3487.1 3549 1886 1654 1246 2811 498 223



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
Suicanes Bombers 5 2 11 5 8 3 25 17 2 0 8.9 3.2 12.2 7.4 1.3
Vince 7 4 11 4 9 0 8 10 2 0 9.2 3.4 12.7 7.9 1.4
Maple Leafs 3 5 10 3 4 0 29 8 1 0 8.0 2.7 11.0 7.7 1.3
Booj 6 6 11 3 2 2 22 15 3 0 8.3 3.2 11.8 6.9 1.2
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 0 2 10 4 6 1 8 3 0 0 7.7 2.8 10.5 8.0 1.1
Bearcat729 9 1 5 3 6 0 10 10 1 0 9.0 3.1 12.1 7.6 1.4
Sooner333 1 6 7 3 3 0 13 9 2 0 9.3 2.0 11.5 6.6 1.4
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 1 5 8 5 4 0 9 6 0 0 9.4 2.5 12.1 7.5 1.2
BishopMVP 4 3 7 9 2 0 17 12 1 0 9.0 3.3 12.5 7.0 1.3
ISiddiqui Slammers 0 6 7 4 7 0 19 8 2 0 8.6 3.4 12.2 6.9 1.4
ntndeacon Deacons 2 1 4 10 2 2 13 8 0 0 9.2 3.3 12.5 6.3 1.5
Ramzavail 1 4 8 7 6 0 10 12 3 0 9.9 3.5 13.6 6.2 1.1
Chief Rum Runners 6 4 8 7 2 0 16 6 4 0 9.2 4.0 13.4 7.2 1.3
Coffee Warlord 7 4 12 7 3 0 20 12 3 0 10.6 3.7 14.4 7.2 1.0
vtbub 6 7 7 4 3 0 15 6 1 0 10.0 4.2 14.4 7.5 1.2
TheLionKing 4 9 2 5 7 0 6 4 1 0 10.2 3.4 13.9 8.0 1.4
Totals 62 69 128 83 74 8 240 146 26 0 9.2 3.2 12.6 7.3 1.3

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
vtbub 25 673 281 16 15 970 .984 1 15 6 .714 0 1
TheLionKing 25 685 255 16 12 956 .983 1 6 4 .600 0 1
BishopMVP 25 675 273 17 18 965 .982 14 17 12 .586 0 1
Chief Rum Runners 22 590 214 15 8 819 .982 1 16 6 .727 0 4
Booj 25 678 284 18 19 980 .982 1 22 15 .595 0 3
Maple Leafs 24 643 258 18 17 919 .980 2 29 8 .784 0 1
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 24 659 237 18 10 914 .980 5 8 3 .727 0 0
Sooner333 25 662 262 20 21 944 .979 2 13 9 .591 0 2
Coffee Warlord 26 696 286 23 20 1005 .977 2 20 12 .625 1 3
Vince 24 673 266 22 19 961 .977 1 8 10 .444 1 2
Bearcat729 24 648 258 22 18 928 .976 2 10 10 .500 0 1
Ramzavail 23 639 289 23 21 951 .976 0 10 12 .455 1 3
ntndeacon Deacons 23 588 243 21 15 852 .975 1 13 8 .619 1 0
ISiddiqui Slammers 24 644 264 28 14 936 .970 1 19 8 .704 0 2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 24 644 274 30 10 948 .968 2 9 6 .600 0 0
Suicanes Bombers 25 665 256 32 18 953 .966 0 25 17 .595 1 2
Totals 388 10462 4200 339 255 15001 .977 36 240 146 .622 5 26

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
4/29/2004 BEA Alexander General 5/5/2004 6 3
4/27/2004 BIS Radbourn General 5/16/2004 19 14
4/27/2004 BOO Gwynn General 5/20/2004 23 18
4/27/2004 BOO Halladay Brawl 5/24/2004 27 22
4/15/2004 COF Dean General 5/7/2004 22 5
4/23/2004 COF DiMaggio General 5/13/2004 20 11
4/30/2004 COF Valenzuela General 5/17/2004 17 15
4/28/2004 HON Tekulve General 5/3/2004 5 1
4/14/2004 HON Perry General 5/6/2004 22 4
4/13/2004 HON Keller Collision on bases 5/17/2004 34 15
4/29/2004 MAP Marquard General 5/7/2004 8 5
5/2/2004 OYK Guerrero General 5/8/2004 6 6
4/11/2004 OYK Maglie Brawl 5/19/2004 38 17
5/1/2004 RAM Oh General 5/3/2004 2 1
4/27/2004 VIN Thome General 5/14/2004 17 12
4/14/2004 VTB Perranoski General 5/4/2004 20 2
4/12/2004 VTB Wood General 5/4/2004 22 2
4/25/2004 VTB Newcombe General 5/15/2004 20 13


Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)

NOTE: The pitching leader board was scrambled, so I changed most of the major listings by hand. I apologize for this and the formatting problems.

I'll run the next group on Friday morning, so get those changes to me by 11:59 PM ET on Thursday, February 26.

P.S. Isiddiqui, you have a PM.

[BishopMVP]

Nice work, again. In first place, WOOT!

But why are some players being double-counted in the hitting leader categories? Specifically Dihigo (My Team) Charleston, Lloyd (Oykib) and Foxx. It also appears Johnson from my team is being almost quadruple-counted.

[Maple Leafs]

HB, is there anywhere I can see what lineup you're using for my team?

[Ramzavail]

How can I imput changes?

I would like to start Piazza.

and how is Glavine getting shelled? Are we using his 2003 stats? :)

[ISiddiqui]

TRADE!

The Siddiqui Slammers trade CF Fred Lynn to Honolulu Blue Viagrins for P Bob Lemon

HB, put McGinnty in my bullpen with Stieb (Stieb as the #1 reliever) and Lemon in McGinnty's spot in the rotation.

[Honolulu Blue]

Maple Leafs: No problem. I can e-mail it to you, post it here, or PM you - whichever you prefer. That offer goes for anyone, by the way. The only catch is that I'm at work right now, so it may be a few hours before I get to it.

Ramzavail: I think Cochrane and Piazza are platooning. You should probably take a look at the lineup the computer generated for you, then post, PM, or e-mail the changes. There's a template on page 1 of this dynasty that makes it easier for me to input things.

And on to Bishop:

But why are some players being double-counted in the hitting leader categories? Specifically Dihigo (My Team) Charleston, Lloyd (Oykib) and Foxx. It also appears Johnson from my team is being almost quadruple-counted.

Darn Negroes; always causing me trouble.

Juuuuuuuuuust kidding.

But the way that I set up most of the Negro Leaguers is probably causing trouble here. What I did was copy a comparable player and his data table, and change the data points that needed to be changed. Here's the list of Negro players and their comps (it may be incomplete):

Oscar Charleston = Tris Speaker
Martin Dihigo = Pete Rose
Josh Gibson = Jimmie Foxx
Judy Johnson = George Kell
John Henry Lloyd = Arky Vaughan
Cool Papa Bell = Lou Brock
Turkey Stearnes = Goose Goslin
Willie Wells = Lou Whitaker
Ray Dandridge = Terry Pendleton
Louis Santop = Cy Williams

Bullet Joe Rogan = Wes Ferrell
Leon Day = Dwight Gooden
Smokey Joe Williams = Juan Marichal
Satchel Paige = Tom Seaver

What's apparently happening is that Paige's stats and Seaver's stats, among others, are getting mixed together when compiling the league leader lists. There are several possible solutions, none of which I like very much:

1) Wait for a patch (could be waiting awhile)
2) Check and double-check the leaders' list by hand (time consuming and not very much fun)
3) Report the leaders as given (they'll only be half wrong)
4) Don't report the leaders at all (what fun is that?)

I'm inclined to go with #3 and run an appropriate disclaimer each time.

[Honolulu Blue]

SLAMMERS, VIAGRANS SWAP BENCH WARMERS

In a minor trade, the Honolulu Blue Viagrans swap swingman Bob Lemon for slugging CF Fred Lynn.

Lemon had a 1.29 ERA in 7 innings over 4 games for the Viagrans. Lynn was 1-for-6 in 5 games of spot duty for the Slammers.

"We think he'll fit right in," says manager Joe McCarthy. "It's no secret that we have needed another strong left-handed bat, especially with our injury to Keller. Lynn is just what the doctor ordered and we're happy to get him for such a reasonable price."

"I hated to lose Bob and his versatility," lamented GM Honolulu Blue. "But this was a trade that needed to be made in order for us to get to where we need to go. Now we're almost as dangerous against right handers as against lefties."

In other news, the Viagrans' front office has ordered the team organist at Pfizer Park to play Smashing Pumpkins' "1979" at every opportunity to get Mr. Lynn in the proper mood. :p

[Breeze]

But the way that I set up most of the Negro Leaguers is probably causing trouble here. What I did was copy a comparable player and his data table, and change the data points that needed to be changed. Here's the list of Negro players and their comps (it may be incomplete):

Oscar Charleston = Tris Speaker
Martin Dihigo = Pete Rose
Josh Gibson = Jimmie Foxx
Judy Johnson = George Kell
John Henry Lloyd = Arky Vaughan
Cool Papa Bell = Lou Brock
Turkey Stearnes = Goose Goslin
Willie Wells = Lou Whitaker
Ray Dandridge = Terry Pendleton
Louis Santop = Cy Williams

Bullet Joe Rogan = Wes Ferrell
Leon Day = Dwight Gooden
Smokey Joe Williams = Juan Marichal
Satchel Paige = Tom Seaver




HB,

I like your choices for comparable players for the Negro Leaguers. I realize it's not an exact science, but in doing a similar procedure in other games I chose:

Oscar Charleston = Tris Speaker
Martin Dihigo = Pete Rose (but better defense)
Josh Gibson = Jimmie Foxx
Judy Johnson = George Kell
John Henry Lloyd = Arky Vaughan (but better defense)
<i><b>Cool Papa Bell = George Sisler</i></b> (defense like Edd Roush)
<b><i>Turkey Stearnes = Duke Snider</b></i>
<b><i>Willie Wells = Joe Cronin</b></i>
<b><i>Ray Dandridge = Pie Traynor</b></i>
<b><i>Louis Santop = Cy Williams - Didn't do this player</i></b>

<b><i>Bullet Joe Rogan = Feggie Jenkins</b></i>
Leon Day = Dwight Gooden
Smokey Joe Williams = Juan Marichal
Satchel Paige = Tom Seaver


Other players I did, and you might want to consider adding:

Jud Wilson - 3b/1b
Christobal Torriente - OF
Biz Mackey - C
Rube Foster - P
Bill Foster - P
Jimmy Williams - P
Dick Lundy - SS
Buck Leonard - 1B
Mule Suttles - 1b/OF

[Breeze]

Not that you care, just thought I would interject my thoughts.

Good luck with the league.

[Vince]

Woot! Blistering start, then we fell off considerably but held on to first place. Looks like my offense turned sour in the second sim. Still, should be fun to watch the whole thing unfold :)

[Honolulu Blue]

Breeze: Thanks for your thoughts and kind wishes. I'm surprised we matched as often as we did. The reason why I only did those players is that they were the only ones that were drafted in our auction.

Everyone: This has been a lot of fun, and I would say that even if I was deep in last place. Remind me of this when I get there, OK?

Anyway, I bundled and ZIPped all of the boxscores into two files. They're all text files, so your favorite word processor should read them easily. Sorry I can't hyperlink them; that's coming in version 9, which I don't have yet. Here they are:

April 5-18 games (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/April%205-18.zip)
April 19-May 2 games (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/April%2019-May%202.zip)

I'll post my revised lineup shortly.

[Honolulu Blue]

Lineup vs. RHP

1. Ashburn, cf
2. Hernandez, 1b
3. Morgan, 2b
4. Schmidt, 3b
5. Lynn, rf
6. Robinson, lf
7. Hernandez, 1b
8. Simmons, c
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
None

Spot starters:
Parrish, c - 10%

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Simmons, Parrish
1b - Hernandez, Evans
2b - Morgan, Whitaker
3b - Schmidt, Evans
ss - G. Davis, Petrocelli
lf - Robinson, Gibson, E. Davis
cf - Ashburn, Bonds, Gibson, E. Davis
rf - Lynn, Bonds, E. Davis, Gibson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Bonds, E. Davis, Parrish, Petrocelli, Ferrell
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Gibson, Evans, Whitaker
------------------------------------------------------
Lineup vs. LHP

1. G. Davis, ss
2. Morgan, 2b
3. Robinson, rf
4. Schmidt, 3b
5. Bonds, cf
6. E. Davis, lf
7. Simmons, c
8. Hernandez, 1b
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
Ashburn, cf

Spot starters:
Parrish, c - 20%

Depth chart vs. LHP

c - Simmons, Parrish
1b - Hernandez, Evans
2b - Morgan, Whitaker
3b - Schmidt, Petrocelli, Evans
ss - G. Davis, Petrocelli
lf - Davis, Lynn, Gibson
cf - Bonds, Lynn, Ashburn, Gibson
rf - Robinson, Lynn, Gibson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Parrish, Petrocelli, Lynn, Ferrell
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Lynn, Gibson, Evans, Whitaker
----------------------------------------------------------

The only change I'm making to the rotation is dropping Lemon from wherever he was listed. We'll go with the nine we have, and I think we'll be all right.

[Honolulu Blue]

MAY 3-16

As the virtual spring melts into the virtual summer, some teams get hot, some head for Antarctica. And we have a new #1 team. I won't hold you up any longer:

DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 BishopMVP 21 16 .568 - 6-4 W1 wlllwwwwlw 188 177 11 124
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 19 18 .514 2 3-7 W2 wwllllwlll 194 170 24 128
2004 Ramzavail 16 19 .457 4 4-6 L3 lllwlwlwwl 173 184 -11 131
2004 vtbub 13 24 .351 8 4-6 W1 wlwwllwlll 137 194 -57 134

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 22 14 .611 - 3-7 L3 lllwlwllwl 187 140 47 122
2004 Coffee Warlord 18 20 .474 5 8-2 W1 wlwwwwwwwl 174 196 -22 131
2004 TheLionKing 17 19 .472 5 3-7 L1 lwwlwlllll 209 198 11 132
2004 Bearcat729 16 20 .444 6 5-5 W2 wwllwllwwl 174 164 10 133

West
2004 Sooner333 22 14 .611 - 7-3 W2 wwllwlwwww 178 158 20 126
2004 Vince 21 15 .583 1 6-4 L1 lwwwwlllww 174 153 21 128
2004 Chief Rum Runners 20 15 .571 1 1/2 6-4 L2 llwwwlwlww 189 171 18 129
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 13 24 .351 9 1/2 5-5 L1 lwwlwwlllw 150 196 -46 136

International
2004 Suicanes Bombers 22 13 .629 - 6-4 W1 wlwllwwwwl 185 164 21 127
2004 Maple Leafs 23 14 .622 - 5-5 L1 lwwlwlwwll 174 160 14 127
2004 Booj 16 20 .444 6 1/2 6-4 L1 lwlwlwwlww 166 155 11 134
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 11 25 .306 11 1/2 3-7 W1 wllwlwllll 107 179 -72 139

DMB batting leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Griffey Jr. SUI .373 Ruth NTN .477 Griffey Jr. SUI .761
Cronin ISI .351 Bonds,Ba SOO .442 Bonds,Ba SOO .699
Collins CHR .350 Mantle ISI .418 Ruth NTN .681
Ventura BOO .346 Ventura BOO .416 Mathews TLK .676
Alomar RAM .333 Hack BEA .415 Collins CHR .657


-------------Hits------------- -------------Runs------------- --------Runs batted in--------

Charleston OYK 87 Dihigo BIS 47 Charleston OYK 43
Dihigo BIS 87 Charleston OYK 45 Bonds,Ba SOO 39
Lloyd OYK 86 Lloyd OYK 41 McGwire SOO 36
Foxx COF 74 Foxx COF 37 Killebrew CHR 35
Alomar RAM 52 Griffey Jr. SUI 34 Stargell TLK 35


------------Doubles----------- ------------Triples----------- -----------Homeruns-----------

Charleston OYK 19 Charleston OYK 7 Griffey Jr. SUI 15
Lloyd OYK 16 Collins CHR 5 Mathews TLK 12
Allen CHR 13 Brouthers BIS 5 Strawberry SUI 12
Dihigo BIS 12 Kaline TLK 4 Bonds,Ba SOO 12
Cobb SOO 11 Hornsby MAP 4 Killebrew CHR 12


--------Extra base hits------- ---------Stolen bases--------- -------Steal percentage-------

Charleston OYK 36 Pierre VIN 22-7 Bonds,Ba SOO 1.000
Lloyd OYK 28 Suzuki SOO 16-3 Bonds,Bo HON 1.000
Hornsby MAP 24 Raines OYK 15-2 Smith VIN 1.000
Foxx COF 24 Bell MAP 13-4 Sheffield SUI 1.000
Bonds,Ba SOO 21 Morgan HON 13-5 Raines OYK .882


-------------Walks------------ -------Intentional walks------ ----------Strikeouts----------

Charleston OYK 36 Ruth NTN 7 Foxx COF 78
Ruth NTN 35 Bonds,Ba SOO 7 Ewing BIS 67
Dihigo BIS 35 Kent BIS 6 Jackson SUI 55
Mantle ISI 32 Mantle ISI 6 Greenberg BEA 52
Foxx COF 30 Chavez MAP 4 Lloyd OYK 52

DMB pitching leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

------Earned run average------ ----------Strikeouts---------- -------------Walks------------

Scott MAP 1.79 Paige BIS 128 Paige BIS 45
Cone VIN 2.38 Grove HON 91 Day BIS 37
Welch NTN 2.51 Day BIS 84 Marichal SOO 32
Mathewson BIS 2.58 Kaneda OYK 71 Prior COF 31
Maddux BOO 2.70 Koufax VIN 69 H Smith BIS 31


-------------Wins------------- ------Winning percentage------ ------------Losses------------

Paige BIS 10-6 Scott MAP 1.000 Marichal SOO 8-8
Marichal SOO 8-8 Sutton TLK 1.000 Lyons NTN 2-7
Scott MAP 7-0 Carlton SUI 1.000 Schilling SUI 1-6
H Smith BIS 6-1 Key HON 1.000 Keefe NTN 1-6
Clemens CHR 6-1 H Smith BIS .857 Prior COF 2-6


--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Scott MAP .178 Scott MAP .232 Cone VIN .284
Coveleski ISI .204 Maddux BOO .254 Scott MAP .307
Cone VIN .210 Coveleski ISI .256 Blyleven HON .333
Mathewson BIS .211 Blyleven HON .258 Maddux BOO .337
Blyleven HON .217 Joss MAP .270 Alexander BEA .349


------Hits per 9 innings------ ------Walks per 9 innings----- -----Runners per 9 innings----

Scott MAP 5.5 Maddux BOO 0.7 Scott MAP 7.7
Coveleski ISI 6.7 Spalding RAM 0.7 Maddux BOO 8.9
Mathewson BIS 6.8 Ward SOO 1.0 Coveleski ISI 9.1
Cone VIN 6.8 Brown SOO 1.5 Blyleven HON 9.1
Feller CHR 7.2 Grove HON 1.5 Cone VIN 9.7


---Strikeouts per 9 innings--- ----Homeruns per 9 innings---- --Stolen bases per 9 innings--

Schilling SUI 11.1 Cone VIN 0.4 Alexander BEA 0.0
Ryan BOO 11.1 Dean COF 0.5 Ford BEA 0.0
Kaneda OYK 10.6 Wynn SOO 0.5 Blue VIN 0.0
Marquard MAP 10.2 Galvin RAM 0.5 Sutton TLK 0.0
Feller CHR 10.0 Prior COF 0.5 Gomez COF 0.2


-----------Shutouts----------- ---Quality start percentage--- ------Average run support-----

Alexander BEA 2 Ford BEA 1.000 Carlton SUI 8.0
Paige BIS 2 Maddux BOO .875 Sutton TLK 6.9
Ferrell HON 1 Cone VIN .833 Paige BIS 6.8
Key HON 1 Blyleven HON .778 Richard RAM 6.7
Cone VIN 1 Newhouser SUI .750 Ferrell HON 6.7


------Save Opportunities------ -------------Saves------------ --------Save percentage-------

Nen COF 13 Nen COF 11 Hernandez CHR 1.000
Eckersley SUI 12 Eckersley SUI 10 Percival BIS .889
Fingers VIN 11 Hernandez CHR 8 Dotel SOO .889
Sutter VTB 10 Percival BIS 8 Nen COF .846
Percival BIS 9 Dotel SOO 8 Eckersley SUI .833


-------------Holds------------ ----------Blown saves--------- -----Blown save percentage----

Olson SUI 5 H Smith BIS 5 H Smith BIS .556
Myers SUI 3 Henke MAP 4 Henke MAP .444
Hiller HON 3 Fingers VIN 4 Fingers VIN .364
Isringhausen COF 3 Harvey TLK 3 Urbina SOO .286
Worrell CHR 2 McGraw RAM 2 Sutter VTB .200

DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Ramzavail .278 .346 .443 1270 173 353 59 15 40 165 132 255 10 10
TheLionKing .274 .344 .470 1271 209 348 57 14 55 196 129 253 18 13
ISiddiqui Slammers .274 .342 .433 1297 194 355 63 9 42 185 131 259 21 10
Maple Leafs .270 .326 .478 1279 174 345 61 16 58 172 99 265 14 12
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .267 .346 .429 1283 187 343 53 17 40 177 151 299 37 13
Bearcat729 .263 .329 .454 1253 174 329 68 11 50 168 123 291 20 15
BishopMVP .262 .333 .434 1295 188 339 52 15 47 180 135 292 15 14
Vince .259 .315 .435 1247 174 323 48 11 50 162 98 255 51 16
Suicanes Bombers .259 .317 .439 1202 185 311 41 4 56 177 99 283 21 8
Booj .259 .324 .409 1280 166 331 61 6 40 156 126 197 8 6
Sooner333 .257 .328 .419 1212 178 311 46 8 45 170 123 233 54 27
Chief Rum Runners .255 .321 .459 1193 189 304 52 19 51 178 113 288 16 12
vtbub .251 .302 .392 1268 137 318 60 10 33 130 96 243 25 10
Coffee Warlord .246 .300 .410 1299 174 320 47 5 52 167 101 250 12 14
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .241 .326 .400 1276 150 307 45 16 42 139 157 277 36 17
ntndeacon Deacons .238 .291 .360 1188 105 283 48 11 25 97 84 255 17 17
Totals .260 .325 .429 20113 2757 5220 861 187 726 2619 1897 4195 375 214



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Ramzavail 35 1435 4 4 22 7 23 0 195.9 5.4 .165 .745 562 4.9
TheLionKing 36 1436 12 5 15 9 34 0 201.7 5.5 .197 .780 598 5.8
ISiddiqui Slammers 37 1459 9 10 12 10 18 0 197.9 5.4 .160 .745 562 5.2
Maple Leafs 37 1409 12 8 12 7 20 0 197.4 5.4 .209 .763 612 4.7
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 36 1458 8 8 7 9 17 0 199.7 5.5 .161 .769 550 5.2
Bearcat729 36 1396 2 4 15 3 21 0 185.7 5.1 .192 .744 569 4.8
BishopMVP 37 1459 7 8 13 9 23 0 187.5 5.0 .172 .724 562 5.1
Vince 36 1380 8 2 18 9 10 0 178.3 4.9 .176 .737 543 4.8
Suicanes Bombers 35 1317 6 7 5 5 22 0 166.9 4.8 .181 .710 528 5.3
Booj 36 1431 1 3 16 8 25 0 170.9 4.6 .151 .672 524 4.6
Sooner333 36 1366 11 12 8 12 21 0 168.0 4.7 .163 .733 508 4.9
Chief Rum Runners 35 1334 7 2 15 6 24 0 173.6 5.0 .204 .738 547 5.4
vtbub 37 1378 1 0 6 7 22 0 150.6 4.1 .141 .630 497 3.7
Coffee Warlord 38 1417 3 3 4 10 17 0 158.9 4.2 .164 .643 533 4.6
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 37 1451 6 5 8 4 30 0 167.9 4.4 .159 .698 510 4.1
ntndeacon Deacons 36 1294 6 9 13 3 19 0 121.4 3.4 .122 .569 428 2.9
Totals 580 22420 103 90 189 118 346 0 2817.4 4.8 .170 .712 8633 4.8

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
Vince 3.72 21 15 9 36 10 329.1 328 153 136 115 271 46 31
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 3.74 22 14 6 36 8 327.2 285 140 136 96 298 44 17
Sooner333 3.75 22 14 11 36 8 324.1 328 158 135 92 233 43 28
Booj 3.92 16 20 4 36 6 328.0 311 155 143 108 268 43 20
Bearcat729 4.02 16 20 7 36 7 322.2 317 164 144 117 265 49 25
Maple Leafs 4.02 23 14 7 37 9 333.1 293 160 149 121 289 47 20
BishopMVP 4.03 21 16 10 37 4 337.1 330 177 151 131 273 52 24
Suicanes Bombers 4.14 22 13 12 35 6 310.2 319 164 143 116 283 43 23
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.20 13 24 7 37 3 336.2 347 196 157 107 277 42 15
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.24 19 18 3 37 9 328.2 303 170 155 116 261 50 21
Chief Rum Runners 4.40 20 15 10 35 6 310.2 319 171 152 137 251 42 14
ntndeacon Deacons 4.41 11 25 5 36 4 308.0 323 179 151 110 217 51 18
Ramzavail 4.47 16 19 1 35 8 322.0 333 184 160 128 215 40 27
Coffee Warlord 4.47 18 20 12 38 4 338.0 374 196 168 139 259 41 24
vtbub 4.75 13 24 8 37 2 328.0 361 194 173 147 262 45 25
TheLionKing 4.94 17 19 5 36 8 326.1 351 198 179 117 275 49 14
Totals 4.20 290 290 117 580 102 5211.2 5222 2759 2432 1897 4197 727 346



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
Vince 7 7 16 7 11 0 13 14 2 0 9.0 3.1 12.3 7.4 1.3
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 1 6 12 4 10 1 15 8 2 0 7.8 2.6 10.6 8.2 1.2
Sooner333 1 8 11 7 4 1 16 10 2 0 9.1 2.6 11.9 6.5 1.2
Booj 8 8 14 4 5 2 30 18 3 0 8.5 3.0 11.7 7.4 1.2
Bearcat729 12 3 6 6 9 0 14 15 1 0 8.8 3.3 12.2 7.4 1.4
Maple Leafs 7 6 14 8 8 0 42 10 3 0 7.9 3.3 11.3 7.8 1.3
BishopMVP 7 7 12 11 4 1 28 14 4 0 8.8 3.5 12.5 7.3 1.4
Suicanes Bombers 6 3 14 8 13 3 32 22 3 0 9.2 3.4 12.7 8.2 1.2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 5 6 16 6 6 0 19 9 0 0 9.3 2.9 12.3 7.4 1.1
ISiddiqui Slammers 1 6 9 6 10 0 40 13 3 0 8.3 3.2 11.6 7.1 1.4
Chief Rum Runners 7 4 16 11 3 0 20 17 5 0 9.2 4.0 13.3 7.3 1.2
ntndeacon Deacons 3 1 6 11 5 2 18 12 0 0 9.4 3.2 12.7 6.3 1.5
Ramzavail 2 9 11 8 11 0 23 17 4 0 9.3 3.6 13.1 6.0 1.1
Coffee Warlord 10 5 16 10 5 0 26 15 3 0 10.0 3.7 13.8 6.9 1.1
vtbub 8 11 12 5 9 1 30 10 2 0 9.9 4.0 14.2 7.2 1.2
TheLionKing 5 13 4 6 9 0 9 10 2 0 9.7 3.2 13.3 7.6 1.4
Totals 90 103 189 118 122 11 375 214 39 0 9.0 3.3 12.5 7.2 1.3

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
TheLionKing 36 979 371 23 15 1373 .983 3 9 10 .474 0 2
Booj 36 984 405 24 25 1413 .983 2 30 18 .625 0 3
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 36 983 365 24 17 1372 .983 5 15 8 .652 0 2
BishopMVP 37 1012 406 26 27 1444 .982 19 28 14 .667 0 4
Vince 36 988 405 26 31 1419 .982 1 13 14 .481 2 2
Maple Leafs 37 1000 390 26 23 1416 .982 2 42 10 .808 0 3
Chief Rum Runners 35 932 355 25 15 1312 .981 1 20 17 .541 0 5
vtbub 37 984 433 29 27 1446 .980 2 30 10 .750 0 2
Ramzavail 35 966 435 32 31 1433 .978 1 23 17 .575 3 4
Bearcat729 36 968 386 31 28 1385 .978 6 14 15 .483 0 1
ntndeacon Deacons 36 921 363 31 20 1315 .976 3 18 12 .600 1 0
Coffee Warlord 38 1014 425 36 32 1475 .976 2 26 15 .634 1 3
Sooner333 36 973 404 35 34 1412 .975 4 16 10 .615 1 2
ISiddiqui Slammers 37 986 402 39 22 1427 .973 2 40 13 .755 0 3
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 37 1010 423 41 17 1474 .972 5 19 9 .679 0 0
Suicanes Bombers 35 932 349 40 28 1321 .970 1 32 22 .593 1 3
Totals 580 15632 6317 488 392 22437 .978 59 375 214 .637 9 39

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
5/9/2004 BEA Bender General 5/31/2004 22 15
4/27/2004 BOO Gwynn General 5/20/2004 23 4
4/27/2004 BOO Halladay Brawl 5/24/2004 27 8
5/14/2004 BOO Ryan General 5/26/2004 12 10
5/13/2004 CHR Heilmann General 5/18/2004 5 2
4/30/2004 COF Valenzuela General 5/17/2004 17 1
4/13/2004 HON Keller Collision on bases 5/17/2004 34 1
5/8/2004 MAP Mize General 5/28/2004 20 12
5/6/2004 MAP Wagner General 5/29/2004 23 13
4/11/2004 OYK Maglie Brawl 5/19/2004 38 3
5/8/2004 SOO Ward General 5/24/2004 16 8
5/12/2004 SOO Brown General 5/27/2004 15 11
5/13/2004 SOO Marichal General 5/30/2004 17 14
5/16/2004 SUI Anson General 5/17/2004 1 1
5/14/2004 VIN Thome General 5/17/2004 3 1
5/8/2004 VIN Joyce Hit by pitch 5/20/2004 12 4


WARNING: League leaders are inaccurate in some categories.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
May 3-16 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/May%203-16.zip)

It's nice to see the race flattening out some. The next group of games will be run on Sunday morning, so please get any lineup changes to me by 11:59 PM ET Saturday, February 28.

[Suicane75]

HB, a little lineup switch if ya dont mind,
Suicanes Bombers
--------------------
Lineup vs RHP
1. Cap Anson 3B
2. Pete Rose 2B
3. Todd Helton 1B
4. Ken Griffey CF
5. Daryl Strawberry LF
6. Gary Sheffield SS
7. Isao Harimoto RF
8. Jim Sundberg C
9. (Pitcher)

Defensive replacements
None

Spot starters
Fielder, 1B- 2%
Coleman, LF- 5%
Jackson, CF- 2%
Jackson, LF- 12%
Jackson, RF- 12%
Franco, 2B- 3%


Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Sundberg, Nokes
1b - Helton, Fielder
2b - Rose, Franco
3b - Anson, Rose, Franco
ss - Sheffield, Reese
lf - Strawberry, Jackson, Coleman
cf - Griffey Jr, Jackson
rf - Harimoto, Sheffield, Jackson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Bo Jackson, Julio Franco, Vince Coleman, Cecil Fielder
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Bo Jackson, Julio Franco, Matt Nokes, Vince Coleman, Cecil Fielder


Lineup vs LHP
1. Cap Anson 3B
2. Pete Rose 2B
3. Todd Helton 1B
4. Ken Griffey CF
5. Daryl Strawberry LF
6. Gary Sheffield SS
7. Isao Harimoto RF
8. Jim Sundberg C
9. (Pitcher)

Defensive replacements
None

Spot starters
Fielder, 1B- 2%
Coleman, LF- 5%
Jackson, CF- 2%
Jackson, LF- 12%
Jackson, RF- 12%
Franco, 2B- 3%


Depth chart vs. LHP

c - Sundberg, Nokes
1b - Helton, Fielder
2b - Rose, Franco
3b - Anson, Rose, Franco
ss - Sheffield, Reese
lf - Strawberry, Jackson, Coleman
cf - Griffey Jr, Jackson
rf - Harimoto, Sheffield, Jackson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Bo Jackson, Julio Franco, Vince Coleman, Cecil Fielder
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Bo Jackson, Julio Franco, Matt Nokes, Vince Coleman, Cecil Fielder

[oykib]

Some Lineup and strategy changes:

Lineup vs. Right

LF Tim Raines
2B John Henry Lloyd
3B Chipper Jones
CF Oscar Charleston
C Josh Gibson
RF Vladimir Guerrero
1B Eddie Murray
SS Barry Larkin

Defensive Replacements

Larry Doby, LF
Jim Edmonds, RF
Shigeo Nagashima, 3B

Spot Starters

Louis Santop, C - 10%, 1B - 10%
Ray Dandridge, 3B - 7%, SS - 10%
Larry Doby, LF - 20%, CF - 5%
Jim Edmonds, RF - 15%

Depth Chart vs. RHP

C Josh Gibson, Louis Santop
1B Eddie Murray, Louis Santop, John Henry Lloyd
2B John Henry Lloyd, Max Bishop
3B Chipper Jones, Ray Dandridge
SS Barry Larkin, John Henry Lloyd, Ray Dandridge
LF Tim Raines, Larry Doby, Jim Edmonds
CF Oscar Charleston, Larry Doby
RF Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Edmonds

Pinch Hitters vs. LHP: Katsuya Nomura, Ray Dandridge, Bullet Joe Rogan
Pinch Hitters vs. RHP: Louis Santop, Larry Doby, Jim Edmonds
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lineup vs. LHP

LF Tim Raines
2B John Henry Lloyd
1B Eddie Murray
C Josh Gibson
CF Oscar Charleston
3B Chipper Jones
RF Vladimir Guerrero
SS Barry Larkin

Defensive Replacements

Larry Doby, LF
Ray Dandridge, 3B

Spot Starters

Katsuya Nomura, C - 15%
Max Bishop, 2B - 20%
Shigeo Nagashima, 3B - 30%
Ray Dandridge, 3B - 30%

Depth Chart vs. LHP

C Josh Gibson, Katsuya Nomura
1B Eddie Murray, Louis Santop, John Henry Lloyd
2B John Henry Lloyd, Max Bishop
3B Chipper Jones, Ray Dandridge, Shigeo Nagashima
SS Barry Larkin, Ray Dandridge, John Henry Lloyd
LF Tim Raines, Chipper Jones
CF Oscar Charleston, Jim Edmonds
RF Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Edmonds

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Katsuya Nomura, Ray Dandridge, Bullet Joe Rogan
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Louis Santop, Larry Doby, Jim Edmonds
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pitching Rotation

Rotation Size: 4
Usage mode: Strict
Rotation: Smokey Joe Williams, Robin Roberts, Masaichi Kaneda, Dazzy Vance
Spot Starters: Ron Guidry- 10%
Mopup: Bullet Rogan
Long Relievers: Mel Parnell, Sal Maglie
Setup vs. RHB: Mike Mussina, Sal Maglie
Setup vs. LHB: Harry Brecheen, Mel Parnell
Closer vs. RHB: Mike Mussina
Closer vs. LHB: Harry Brecheen
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Manager Tendencies

Bunt: 2
Hit & run: 2
Steal: 4
Running: 4
Take pitch: 3
PH for pitcher: 3
PH for non-pitcher: 3
PH for platoon partner: 4
PH in blowout: 4
Pitch around: 3
Intentional walk: 1
Pickoff throws: 4
Pitchouts: 2
Use relievers: 3
Use closers: 2
Holding runners: 4
Infield in: 2
Guard lines: 2

[Honolulu Blue]

VIAGRANS PRESS CONFERENCE

NEW YORK (API) - The following is the transcript of the team press conference following the team's 3-1 loss to the ntndeacon Deacons:

REPORTER: Are you pleased with where you are so far this season?

JOE MCCARTHY, MANAGER: Sure we're pleased. We're five games up on the Warlordians and TLK. The hitting is all right. The pitching is fine. And we're making all the plays we need to. Keep in mind that we have our weaknesses that we're always working to eliminate, and there's a long season left to go.

REPORTER: Any comments or regrets on the Lynn-Lemon deal?

HONOLULU BLUE, GENERAL MANAGER: No regrets. Lynn's hit well over .300 since he's joined us, and that's more than adequate. He's a good outfielder too, and you know you can never have too many of those.

REPORTER: Speaking of outfielders, Keller's coming back soon. With him, Gibson, Ashburn, and Lynn fighting for two spots, who are you guys going to start?

MCCARTHY: No comment.

BLUE: Next question please.

REPORTER: Shouldn't Jimmy Key be getting more starts? He is, after all, 4-0 in six starts.

MCCARTHY: We've been happy with the performanace of Mr. Key so far this season and he will get due consideration for any openings that come up.

BLUE: This isn't a knock on Jimmy, but the primary reason why he's 4-0 is that the team has scored 6.7 runs per start for him, as opposed to 4.1 for Bert and 3.7 for Lefty. There isn't much difference in the quality of their pitching.

REPORTER: I notice on the stat sheet you gave us that John Hiller leads the team in relief appearances and relief innnings. He also has the highest ERA on the team. Is this guy drinking buddies with Joe or what?

MCCARTHY: (angry) Listen you...

BLUE: The club is not interested in who Mr. McCarthy does or does not drink with. And neither should you. A bullpen realignment has been discussed and will be implemented soon.

REPORTER: Lou Whitaker looks so cute sitting on the bench. And he IS hitting .500. Why isn't he playing more?

MCCARTHY: We are blessed to have 25 excellent players on this club and Mr. Whitaker is certainly one of them. However, we think that Mr. Morgan is better and, barring injury, will retain the starting role.

BLUE: One more question.

REPORTER: Do you think you guys can maintain your pace and win the pennant?

MCCARTHY: I don't see why not. We've done well so far while being pretty banged up. Now that we're starting to get healthy, there's no reason we can't take the league by storm.

BLUE: I tend to agree with Mr. McCarthy. Though every day we face a quality team, we have maintained a solid record. And we are committed to bringing glory to our sponsors - er, owners, and will do whatever is necessary to ensure that we have the best possible team.

-30-

[Honolulu Blue]

Lineup vs. RHP

1. Morgan, 2b
2. Hernandez, 1b
3. Lynn, cf
4. Schmidt, 3b
5. Keller, lf
6. Robinson, rf
7. Simmons, c
8. G. Davis, ss
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
None

Spot starters:
Parrish, c - 10%

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Simmons, Parrish
1b - Hernandez, Evans
2b - Morgan, Whitaker
3b - Schmidt, Evans
ss - G. Davis, Petrocelli
lf - Keller, Gibson, E. Davis
cf - Lynn, Ashburn, Bonds, Gibson, E. Davis
rf - Robinson, Bonds, E. Davis, Gibson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Bonds, E. Davis, Parrish, Petrocelli, Ferrell
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Ashburn, Gibson, Evans, Whitaker
------------------------------------------------------
Lineup vs. LHP

1. G. Davis, ss
2. Morgan, 2b
3. Robinson, rf
4. Schmidt, 3b
5. Bonds, cf
6. E. Davis, lf
7. Simmons, c
8. Hernandez, 1b
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
Ashburn, cf

Spot starters:
Parrish, c - 20%

Depth chart vs. LHP

c - Simmons, Parrish
1b - Hernandez, Evans
2b - Morgan, Whitaker
3b - Schmidt, Petrocelli, Evans
ss - G. Davis, Petrocelli
lf - E. Davis, Keller, Lynn, Gibson
cf - Bonds, Lynn, Ashburn, Gibson
rf - Robinson, Lynn, Keller, Gibson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Keller, Parrish, Petrocelli, Lynn, Ferrell
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Lynn, Ashburn, Gibson, Evans, Whitaker
----------------------------------------------------------
Pitching rotation

Rotation size: 4
Usage mode: Skip

Rotation: Grove, Perry, Blyleven, Key
Spot Starters (spot %): Ferrell (0)
Mopup: Ferrell
Long relievers: Ferrell
Setup vs. LHB: Hiller, Ward
Setup vs. RHB: Ward, Montgomery
Closer vs. LHB: Montgomery, Tekulve, Hiller
Closer vs. RHB: Tekulve, Montgomery

[oykib]

Originally Posted by Honolulu Blue

But the way that I set up most of the Negro Leaguers is probably causing trouble here. What I did was copy a comparable player and his data table, and change the data points that needed to be changed. Here's the list of Negro players and their comps (it may be incomplete):
Oscar Charleston = Tris Speaker
Martin Dihigo = Pete Rose
Josh Gibson = Jimmie Foxx
Judy Johnson = George Kell
John Henry Lloyd = Arky Vaughan
Cool Papa Bell = Lou Brock
Turkey Stearnes = Goose Goslin
Willie Wells = Lou Whitaker
Ray Dandridge = Terry Pendleton
Louis Santop = Cy Williams
Bullet Joe Rogan = Wes Ferrell
Leon Day = Dwight Gooden
Smokey Joe Williams = Juan Marichal
Satchel Paige = Tom Seaver


Well, I should put in my two cents, since I drafted the most Negro leaguers...

Satchel Paige = His arsenal was fastball, change, control. Probably a durable Pedro Martinez.

Oscar Charleston = Willie Mays (lower his power rating by 20% and increase his speed 20%). Charleston hit 169 homers in league games in 40-100 game seasons with half his career spent before the lively ball. He was more of a power hitter than most of his contemporaries like Cobb or Speaker.

Martin Dihigo=was also at least a Major League average pitcher.

John Henry Llloyd=was a defensive player. I now understand why I am having such a rough time turning double plays. Give me any of the top defensive shortstops instead. He's most often compared with Honus Wagner. He at various times led the Negro leagues in everything while being the best SS in the league. But the defense is wha he's famous for.

Cool Papa Bell= had more power than Sisler or Brock and was a superior overall player. Much closer to Rickey Henderson than either of them. Every poll that ranks negro leaguers ranks him ahead of those players.

Bullet Rogan=is a hall of Famer, Ferrel is not. He was the tenth best hitter in Negro League history and the best pitcher of his era. He career falls chronologically between Williams and Paige and he was in the army until his late twenties. So he is usually overshadowed. But he's better than Ferrel.

Willie Wells=also a Hall of Famer. Some people say that he's the best player that they ever saw. No one ever said that about Sweet Lou. Probably closer to Barry Larkin. But a higher level player than Whitaker.

Ray Dandrige=Hall of Famer. It's your show, but
Pendleton never will be. more of a leadoff type. Better defense than Pendleton, also.

My general rule would be if he's a Hall of Famer, he should rate at least equal to other Hall members. The guys that were taken in our league are for the most part the best at each position. So they should rate about equal to the top hall of Famers.

Paige, Gibson, Charleston, Lloyd seem to. Dandridge, Wells, Bell, Rogan, Day don't.

[ntndeacon]

Alston Destroys Clubhouse
After losing yet another game, Deacons' manager, Walter Alston, took a baseball bat to the clubhouse. Surprisingly none of the players were hurt. An onlooker was heard to say, "That's the fastest I have seen some of them move ever...Of course That is not saying a lot." Alston promised changes. Starting with no more food in the clubhouse. That is right. The sumptious banquet that normally is ready and waiting for the players has been discontinued. Also several starters are likely to get benched soon. Alston stated "This is just not right. We can't even win a lousy one third of our games. And it's not like we have no talent.." Rumored changes include Rixey's demotion to the bullpen. he has been horrid of late. Also the promotion of past home run champ Roger Conner to the starting lineup.

[ntndeacon]

Rumor says Ruth may be on the move
In a surprising move, rumor is Ruth may be on the auction block. No mention of what could be offered for him as of yet. An unofficial sourse in the Deacon organization stated that most areas of need are obvious.

[Vince]

Woo. We drop out of first, but are still well in the hunt. Ozzie Smith and Craig Biggio...best DP combo ever? :)

[Honolulu Blue]

Oykib: Thank you for your thoughts. I tweaked the defensive ratings of Mr. Lloyd upward, because I agree that your team GDP totals were disturbing. It seems to have helped, a bit. I apologize for not doing this sooner.

Maple Leafs and Ramzavail: I PM'd your lineups to you. Please study and make changes as desired.

MAY 17-30

Not much to say, so I'll just let the standings and stats speak for themselves:

DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 BishopMVP 29 21 .580 - 6-4 W1 wlwlllwwww 245 229 16 112
2004 Ramzavail 25 22 .532 2 1/2 8-2 W3 wwwlwwwwwl 240 226 14 117
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 22 27 .449 6 1/2 3-7 L1 lwllwllllw 252 232 20 120
2004 vtbub 18 32 .360 11 4-6 L3 lllwwlwwll 199 272 -73 124

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 32 17 .653 - 7-3 L1 lwwwwwwlwl 260 190 70 109
2004 TheLionKing 27 22 .551 5 8-2 W5 wwwwwlwlww 295 270 25 119
2004 Bearcat729 23 24 .489 8 6-4 W1 wlwllwwlww 239 209 30 123
2004 Coffee Warlord 23 28 .451 10 4-6 W2 wwllllllww 237 267 -30 123

West
2004 Chief Rum Runners 26 22 .542 - 4-6 W1 wllllwwwll 249 234 15 115
2004 Vince 26 22 .542 - 4-6 L4 llllwllwww 231 219 12 115
2004 Sooner333 25 24 .510 1 1/2 2-8 L1 lwwlllllll 230 230 0 116
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 20 29 .408 6 1/2 6-4 L2 llwwwllwww 218 235 -17 121

International
2004 Maple Leafs 28 21 .571 - 4-6 W1 wlwwllwlll 237 235 2 112
2004 Suicanes Bombers 25 23 .521 2 1/2 3-7 W1 wllllwwlll 233 251 -18 117
2004 Booj 25 23 .521 2 1/2 9-1 W7 wwwwwwwlww 229 210 19 117
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 16 33 .327 12 4-6 L2 llwlwllwlw 168 253 -85 126

DMB batting leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Ventura BOO .362 Ruth NTN .492 Ruth NTN .781
Griffey Jr. SUI .354 Bonds,Ba SOO .443 Griffey Jr. SUI .714
Alomar RAM .343 Ventura BOO .437 Mathews TLK .692
Yastrzemski VTB .341 Yastrzemski VTB .428 Bonds,Ba SOO .687
Waner,P BEA .336 Ott TLK .409 Killebrew CHR .644


-------------Hits------------- -------------Runs------------- --------Runs batted in--------

Charleston OYK 123 Charleston OYK 64 Charleston OYK 61
Dihigo BIS 112 Dihigo BIS 62 Stargell TLK 54
Lloyd OYK 112 Lloyd OYK 60 Bonds,Ba SOO 50
Foxx COF 95 Foxx COF 46 Killebrew CHR 50
Alomar RAM 71 Griffey Jr. SUI 41 McGwire SOO 50


------------Doubles----------- ------------Triples----------- -----------Homeruns-----------

Charleston OYK 30 Charleston OYK 10 Killebrew CHR 19
Lloyd OYK 23 Kaline TLK 6 Griffey Jr. SUI 19
Dihigo BIS 18 Brouthers BIS 6 Mathews TLK 18
Herman BOO 17 Bell MAP 5 Ruth NTN 17
Kelley TLK 16 Hornsby MAP 5 McGwire SOO 17


--------Extra base hits------- ---------Stolen bases--------- -------Steal percentage-------

Charleston OYK 53 Pierre VIN 27-9 Smith VIN 1.000
Lloyd OYK 38 Raines OYK 20-7 Sheffield SUI 1.000
Foxx COF 33 Suzuki SOO 19-5 Bonds,Ba SOO .875
Dihigo BIS 31 Morgan HON 17-7 Yount TLK .857
Hornsby MAP 29 Charleston OYK 16-13 Rice RAM .833


-------------Walks------------ -------Intentional walks------ ----------Strikeouts----------

Charleston OYK 49 Bonds,Ba SOO 10 Foxx COF 103
Ruth NTN 48 Mantle ISI 8 Ewing BIS 75
Dihigo BIS 45 Ruth NTN 7 Lloyd OYK 65
Lloyd OYK 45 Burgess ISI 7 Greenberg BEA 61
Mantle ISI 43 Kent BIS 7 Charleston OYK 61

DMB pitching leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

------Earned run average------ ----------Strikeouts---------- -------------Walks------------

Mathewson BIS 1.92 Paige BIS 152 Paige BIS 55
Lemon ISI 2.75 Day BIS 117 Day BIS 45
Dean COF 2.86 Grove HON 106 Marichal SOO 42
Smoltz BEA 2.86 Kaneda OYK 93 Feller CHR 39
Maddux BOO 2.93 Marichal SOO 91 Prior COF 37


-------------Wins------------- ------Winning percentage------ ------------Losses------------

Paige BIS 11-7 Mathewson BIS 1.000 Marichal SOO 10-9
Marichal SOO 10-9 Sutton TLK 1.000 Lyons NTN 2-8
Scott MAP 8-1 Key HON 1.000 Kaat VTB 1-7
Day BIS 8-7 Scott MAP .889 Schilling SUI 2-7
H Smith BIS 7-2 Perry HON .857 Keefe NTN 2-7


--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Richard RAM .208 Maddux BOO .248 Cone VIN .317
Scott MAP .209 Blyleven HON .271 Scott MAP .343
Cone VIN .217 Alexander BEA .276 Mathewson BIS .350
Alexander BEA .219 Coveleski ISI .278 Perry HON .355
Coveleski ISI .224 Brown SOO .281 Blyleven HON .359


------Hits per 9 innings------ ------Walks per 9 innings----- -----Runners per 9 innings----

Scott MAP 6.6 Maddux BOO 0.6 Maddux BOO 8.7
Cone VIN 7.1 Spalding RAM 0.7 Blyleven HON 9.8
Richard RAM 7.2 Brown SOO 1.3 Scott MAP 9.9
Ryan BOO 7.3 Grove HON 1.7 Alexander BEA 10.1
Perry HON 7.4 Blyleven HON 2.0 Brown SOO 10.1


---Strikeouts per 9 innings--- ----Homeruns per 9 innings---- --Stolen bases per 9 innings--

Ryan BOO 11.6 Lemon ISI 0.3 Alexander BEA 0.0
Schilling SUI 11.1 Wynn SOO 0.5 Faber TLK 0.0
Kaneda OYK 10.6 Dean COF 0.5 Ford BEA 0.0
Koufax VIN 10.1 Mathewson BIS 0.5 Blue VIN 0.0
Feller CHR 10.0 Galvin RAM 0.5 Martinez BIS 0.2


-----------Shutouts----------- ---Quality start percentage--- ------Average run support-----

Alexander BEA 2 Maddux BOO .818 Sutton TLK 7.5
Paige BIS 2 Smoltz BEA .800 Paige BIS 6.9
Ferrell HON 1 Mathewson BIS .778 Carlton SUI 6.8
Dean COF 1 Cone VIN .778 Willis CHR 6.7
Mays BEA 1 Spalding RAM .778 Ferrell HON 6.7


------Save Opportunities------ -------------Saves------------ --------Save percentage-------

Fingers VIN 14 Hernandez CHR 11 Hernandez CHR 1.000
Nen COF 14 Nen COF 11 Dotel SOO .909
Eckersley SUI 13 Dotel SOO 10 Hoffman BEA .875
Percival BIS 13 Eckersley SUI 10 Nen COF .786
Sutter VTB 13 Percival BIS 10 Eckersley SUI .769


-------------Holds------------ ----------Blown saves--------- -----Blown save percentage----

Olson SUI 6 H Smith BIS 6 H Smith BIS .462
Hiller HON 4 Sutter VTB 5 Henke MAP .444
Isringhausen COF 4 Fingers VIN 5 Harvey TLK .444
Bedrosian CHR 3 Henke MAP 4 Sutter VTB .385
John CHR 3 Harvey TLK 4 Fingers VIN .357

DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Ramzavail .283 .351 .447 1691 240 479 79 21 52 227 176 326 16 12
TheLionKing .276 .343 .478 1723 295 475 80 20 76 277 170 356 22 15
Maple Leafs .271 .326 .470 1729 237 468 89 21 71 229 131 345 18 15
Bearcat729 .268 .332 .458 1641 239 439 88 18 63 233 158 379 27 18
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .267 .341 .431 1729 260 461 69 22 57 248 193 412 43 18
Booj .266 .328 .421 1704 229 454 78 6 58 215 159 281 12 6
ISiddiqui Slammers .266 .339 .426 1732 252 460 89 13 54 241 187 358 23 13
Vince .265 .320 .436 1663 231 440 66 12 65 217 129 331 60 19
BishopMVP .263 .338 .430 1734 245 456 73 17 61 234 192 386 24 16
Chief Rum Runners .255 .321 .455 1629 249 415 68 20 73 236 153 396 18 20
Suicanes Bombers .255 .308 .432 1653 233 421 60 10 71 224 125 378 26 8
Sooner333 .255 .325 .412 1654 230 421 61 10 60 219 165 332 66 42
vtbub .253 .307 .400 1714 199 433 79 15 48 190 136 344 29 13
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .252 .337 .408 1693 218 426 73 22 49 206 215 350 53 27
Coffee Warlord .245 .300 .411 1745 237 428 66 10 68 229 141 338 17 16
ntndeacon Deacons .244 .296 .385 1627 166 397 68 15 44 156 116 344 28 25
Totals .261 .326 .431 27061 3760 7073 1186 252 970 3581 2546 5656 482 283



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Ramzavail 47 1916 6 8 33 10 28 0 269.6 5.6 .164 .762 756 5.1
TheLionKing 49 1941 15 7 19 14 47 0 276.6 5.6 .202 .786 823 6.0
Maple Leafs 49 1900 14 13 18 8 25 0 262.1 5.3 .199 .749 812 4.8
Bearcat729 47 1824 2 4 18 5 27 0 248.6 5.3 .191 .753 752 5.1
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 49 1956 11 9 8 15 22 0 265.2 5.4 .164 .758 745 5.3
Booj 48 1892 1 3 19 9 35 0 236.1 4.8 .155 .689 718 4.8
ISiddiqui Slammers 49 1961 11 17 18 13 25 0 256.8 5.2 .160 .731 737 5.1
Vince 48 1841 12 2 24 13 19 0 239.4 5.0 .171 .734 725 4.8
BishopMVP 50 1968 10 10 22 10 33 0 255.3 5.1 .167 .732 746 4.9
Chief Rum Runners 48 1817 9 2 19 7 32 0 233.0 4.9 .201 .728 742 5.2
Suicanes Bombers 48 1799 6 7 6 9 29 0 219.7 4.6 .177 .686 714 4.9
Sooner333 49 1865 15 15 14 17 26 0 221.6 4.5 .158 .713 682 4.7
vtbub 50 1875 4 0 8 13 28 0 212.3 4.3 .148 .647 686 4.0
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 49 1937 7 7 14 8 37 0 236.6 4.7 .156 .725 690 4.4
Coffee Warlord 51 1910 3 5 4 17 24 0 215.6 4.2 .166 .648 718 4.6
ntndeacon Deacons 49 1776 8 9 17 8 22 0 182.7 3.8 .141 .610 627 3.4
Totals 780 30178 134 118 261 176 459 0 3827.1 4.9 .170 .716 11673 4.8

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
BishopMVP 3.69 29 21 14 50 6 453.2 449 229 186 163 385 64 33
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 3.75 32 17 11 49 10 443.2 394 190 185 125 387 61 26
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 3.78 20 29 10 49 7 447.2 433 235 188 138 369 48 23
Vince 4.03 26 22 11 48 13 435.0 437 219 195 151 360 60 39
Bearcat729 4.05 23 24 9 47 11 419.2 409 209 189 149 329 64 32
Booj 4.06 25 23 7 48 8 435.0 407 210 196 141 365 65 25
Sooner333 4.06 25 24 13 49 8 443.1 467 230 200 135 325 55 41
Ramzavail 4.10 25 22 3 47 10 428.0 429 226 195 157 298 47 32
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.33 22 27 5 49 10 440.2 422 232 212 153 342 68 27
Chief Rum Runners 4.37 26 22 13 48 7 424.0 443 234 206 182 350 56 23
Maple Leafs 4.45 28 21 8 49 11 442.2 408 235 219 179 378 69 27
Coffee Warlord 4.59 23 28 12 51 6 453.0 509 267 231 181 352 58 29
ntndeacon Deacons 4.64 16 33 8 49 6 423.0 446 253 218 163 307 67 23
Suicanes Bombers 4.78 25 23 14 48 7 425.1 453 251 226 172 392 57 27
TheLionKing 4.98 27 22 10 49 10 442.1 472 270 245 164 378 72 21
vtbub 4.99 18 32 9 50 3 443.1 497 272 246 193 341 60 31
Totals 4.29 390 390 157 780 133 7000.1 7075 3762 3337 2546 5658 971 459



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
BishopMVP 9 8 17 15 6 3 35 17 4 0 8.9 3.2 12.3 7.6 1.3
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 1 11 16 8 12 2 26 15 2 0 8.0 2.5 10.8 7.9 1.2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 6 8 20 7 7 0 23 12 0 0 8.7 2.8 11.6 7.4 1.0
Vince 8 8 22 12 15 0 17 16 2 0 9.0 3.1 12.3 7.4 1.2
Bearcat729 13 3 6 8 11 0 15 17 2 0 8.8 3.2 12.0 7.1 1.4
Booj 8 10 17 8 5 2 32 20 5 0 8.4 2.9 11.5 7.6 1.3
Sooner333 8 9 17 13 6 2 26 12 3 0 9.5 2.7 12.4 6.6 1.1
Ramzavail 3 11 12 12 13 0 33 22 4 0 9.0 3.3 12.6 6.3 1.0
ISiddiqui Slammers 4 9 18 6 15 0 53 21 4 0 8.6 3.1 11.9 7.0 1.4
Chief Rum Runners 11 6 20 13 6 0 25 20 7 0 9.4 3.9 13.4 7.4 1.2
Maple Leafs 10 9 17 12 9 0 51 13 5 0 8.3 3.6 12.1 7.7 1.4
Coffee Warlord 11 6 23 14 7 0 38 26 4 0 10.1 3.6 13.8 7.0 1.2
ntndeacon Deacons 3 3 11 16 6 2 24 15 1 0 9.5 3.5 13.0 6.5 1.4
Suicanes Bombers 8 6 19 14 17 5 35 26 4 0 9.6 3.6 13.4 8.3 1.2
TheLionKing 7 15 11 8 10 1 15 17 3 0 9.6 3.3 13.2 7.7 1.5
vtbub 8 12 15 10 16 2 34 14 3 0 10.1 3.9 14.3 6.9 1.2
Totals 118 134 261 176 161 19 482 283 53 0 9.1 3.3 12.5 7.3 1.2

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Booj 48 1305 523 30 30 1858 .984 3 32 20 .615 0 5
TheLionKing 49 1327 492 32 22 1851 .983 3 15 17 .469 0 3
Vince 48 1305 516 33 43 1854 .982 1 17 16 .515 2 2
Bearcat729 47 1259 511 34 35 1804 .981 6 15 17 .469 0 2
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 49 1331 509 36 26 1876 .981 6 26 15 .634 1 2
Maple Leafs 49 1328 522 38 31 1888 .980 2 51 13 .797 0 5
Chief Rum Runners 48 1272 482 37 24 1791 .979 3 25 20 .556 0 7
BishopMVP 50 1361 538 41 37 1940 .979 24 35 17 .673 1 4
vtbub 50 1330 568 41 33 1939 .979 4 34 14 .708 0 3
Ramzavail 47 1284 549 43 38 1876 .977 3 33 22 .600 3 4
ntndeacon Deacons 49 1266 501 42 28 1809 .977 7 24 15 .615 1 1
Sooner333 49 1330 546 47 48 1923 .976 7 26 12 .684 1 3
Coffee Warlord 51 1359 570 49 39 1978 .975 4 38 26 .594 1 4
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 49 1343 546 49 25 1938 .975 7 23 12 .657 0 0
ISiddiqui Slammers 49 1322 548 51 29 1921 .973 3 53 21 .716 0 4
Suicanes Bombers 48 1276 469 48 32 1793 .973 3 35 26 .574 1 4
Totals 780 20998 8390 651 520 30039 .978 86 482 283 .630 11 53

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
5/9/2004 BEA Bender General 5/31/2004 22 1
5/25/2004 BEA Ford General 6/6/2004 12 7
5/30/2004 BIS Ewing General 5/31/2004 1 1
5/30/2004 BIS Wells General 6/9/2004 10 10
5/30/2004 BIS Radbourn General 6/23/2004 24 24
5/29/2004 CHR Worrell General 6/8/2004 10 9
5/20/2004 ISI Cronin General 6/3/2004 14 4
5/25/2004 MAP Walsh General 6/5/2004 11 6
5/26/2004 NTN Howard Collision in field 7/4/2004 39 35
5/24/2004 RAM Galvin General 6/7/2004 14 8
5/26/2004 RAM Oh Collision on bases 6/29/2004 34 30
5/24/2004 SUI Eckersley General 6/8/2004 15 9
5/21/2004 VIN Mitchell General 6/7/2004 17 8
5/29/2004 VIN Smith General 6/7/2004 9 8
5/18/2004 VIN Ramirez Hit by pitch 6/19/2004 32 20


WARNING: League leaders are inaccurate in some categories.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB-team-batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB-team-pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
May 17-30 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/May%2017-30.zip)

The next group of games will be done on Tuesday morning, so get those changes to me by 11:59 PM ET Monday, March 1.

[BishopMVP]

Sounds good on the statistic thing. On the Negro Leaguer question, I think Oykib overrates a few players (or places them at the top of what different viewpoints give), but I agree with him on some of the players. Wells, Dandridge, Johnson and Rogan all seem a little low, but since two of them are mine, I won't presume to offer different players.

There are also rumors out of the BishopMVP clubhouse that due to the success of the staff so far, discreet trade offers for pitchers are being accepted. Management is reportedly interested in upgrades to the SS and 1B positions.

HB, could you stick Hack Wilson in for Vada Pinson 75% of the time vs. RH's and remove my restriction on Ted Williams batting in 3rd instead of 4th? Thanks.

[Honolulu Blue]

VIAGRANS SHAKE UP STARTING ROTATION

NEW YORK (API) - The Honolulu Blue Viagrans have announced a new starting rotation to take effect immediately. Beginning immediately, their four starters will go in strict rotation - Lefty Grove (4-4, 3.93), Gaylord Perry (6-1, 3.11), Bert Blyleven (6-5, 3.51), and Jimmy Key (6-0, 3.19)

"We did this for two reasons," explained General Manager Honolulu Blue. "First, Lefty's been pretty disappointing this season. Joe tells me he sometimes runs out of gas in the 7th or 8th inning and grooves a few pitches, leading to some hard-hit balls and home runs. The occasional extra day off should do him some good and allow him to pitch at 100% efficiency more often.

"The second reason was Jimmy's success. It caught all of us by surprise, but then again he came highly recommended by Gibby and Lou. He's earned the chance to pitch every fourth day and we'll see how it works out.

"I know we're taking a risk here, but very few pennants are won without taking risks, and we think the rewards will be worth it."

When asked about the Deacons putting Babe Ruth on the trading block, Blue started drooling and making some guttural noises. After his assistant brought him a towel and put his eyes and tongue back in their appropriate places, he stated, "The Deacons can pretty much write their own ticket for The Babe. They can probably get any single other player for him, or perhaps they can fill two or three holes by dealing him. Much as we would like to have him, I'm reluctant to break up our team to do so."

-30-

[oykib]

Sounds good on the statistic thing. On the Negro Leaguer question, I think Oykib overrates a few players (or places them at the top of what different viewpoints give), but I agree with him on some of the players. Wells, Dandridge, Johnson and Rogan all seem a little low, but since two of them are mine, I won't presume to offer different players.



Personally, I debated even bringing up the issue-- particularly, since the season is already underway. But, on the contrary, I believe the Negro League Greats are almost universally underrated. This actually a discussion that I expected to come out of the poll threads. But it seems like the action is here. So I'll go with the flow.

Basically, when rating players we all evaluate based on three criteria. All of these criteria compare players to other players.

#1) How does this player compare to the players in his league?

Quite obviously, this is the first thing. This is how we know that it's important for Tatum O'Neal and Walther Mathau to get that cigarette smoking kid, Kelly, on the team in The Bad News Bears. This is what we depend on statistics for. This is the only thing that they are useful for.
In an objective way, stats let us answer these questions of comparison of these players. Who was the better hitter (Batting Average, On-Base Percentage, Hits)? Who was more disciplined (Walks, Strikeouts, Sacrifices)? Who had more power (Slugging Percentage, RBI, Home Runs)? Who was a better baserunner (Stolen Bases, Runs, Caught Stealing)? And so on...
But the stats only work in the context in which they were created. They can only accurately compare Babe Ruth in 1927 with Lou Gehrig in 1927. Beyond this we need to move on to the other criteria.

#2) How good was this league in relation to the other leagues at the time?

Kelly Leak is the Babe of his league. We all had Kellys when we played in litle league. But that obviously doesn't make him the real Babe. Because the North Valley Little League obviously is not at the same level of competition as the majors (not to mention that it's fictional :D ).
So, then, we must take #1, which is usually crystal clear, and modify it with #2, which is clear-- although slightly less so.

#3) How good was the league historically?

This is the part where we always run into trouble. There is no hard and fast rule. My evaluation points to the idea that the level of play now is higher than ever before. But many people feel that expansion and the popularity of other sports have negatively impacted the game in MLB.
Basically, I discount the latter viewpoint because the population that is being drawn upon, even when split up among more teams and other sports is still significantly larger per roster spot than the past. That's true even before considering that the shuttling sytem for talent has greatly improved over the years.

So what does this have to do with Negro Leaguers? Negro Leaguers accomplishments are generally regarded with skepticism because of number one. The reason for this being that the stats are not nearly as reliable as their contemporary Major Leaguers.
Two, many people discount the level of play in the Negro Leagues in relation to the Majors of the time. The Negro Leagues were not particularly well funded or covered by the media. So it's hard evaluate them with full confidence. As in most things, people will always go with what they know over what they suppose.
Three, doesn't really come into play as the Negro Leagues were contemporaneous with the Majors of the first half of the twentieth century.

1) There are two reasons that the stat argument doesn't hold water when regarding the Negro League Greats. The first is that stats are there only to help illuminate the differences in ability between players. The stats serve that purpose in the Negro Leagues. We have just as clear an idea who the great Negro League players were as we do of who the greatest Major League players. If you ask any baseball fan to name the three greatest Negro Leaguers, they will say Gibson, Paige, and Charles ton with greater frequency than they could come to a consensus about the three best Major Leaguers. This is true even if we limit the discussion to the same time period, 1900-1945.
That illustrates that the stats are serving their pupose to the extent that you need them to. The reality is that the stats for the Negro leagues covers seasons that were only between 40 and 100 games. They are supplemented with the mish-mash of stats that we get from exhibition games vs. Major Leaguers on barnstorming tours and in the foreign leagues (mainly Cuba and Mexico).
These stats don't have the validity of what you can look up at Baseball Reference.com. The sample size is too smal to say that Player X's .360 average in 1926 is really .360. There've been plenty of average major leaguers, for instance, who've managed a .360 average for fifty game stretches. Fifty games in one season is not enough to know the players true ability.
But we don't have just fifty games from one season. We have records that for example list consecutive seasons of 25, 75, 50, 40, 100, 35, 60, 46, 48, 55, 17, and 85 games over a twelve year career. A .360 average over that many games spread out over that many years does have nearly the validity of a major league record over the same number of years. These stats certainly serve to give an idea of where these players rate in relation to each other. This is particularly true when taken with eyewitness accounts.
That's why we have a much greater consensus about Negro Leaguers in the Hall of Fame than we do Major Leaguers. There are some people who believe that there should be more in the Hall. But there are very many fewer arguments that Player X should be in instead of Player Y.

2) The argument tends to break down on number two, though. It's relatively easy to convince someone that Oscar Charleston was the best outfielder in Negro League history or that Cool Papa Bell was the best leadoff man. It is trying to convince them that they'd be equally as good versus Major League competition that you run into the problem.
There are two arguments that I believe can solve this, though. And it is only in fairly recent history, with modern league equivalencies, that this argument became valid.
Generally, you say to the naysayer that the great players of the Negro Leagues were obviously great players period because in their last five years they produced Willie Mays and Henry Aaron, two of the top ten players of all time. Of Mays and Aaron's white contemporaries, only Mantle is their equal or greater. So the clear argument, then, is that the greatest NEgro League players were as great as their Major League counterparts.
But the rebuttal is that these may have just been historically great players, and they both spent time in the minors before they came up to the bigs. So they were Negro Leaguers, but they were really Major Leaguers when they made their accomplishments (having gone through the normal process for prospects).
But that's not the only equvalent record we have. In All-star games between the Majors and the Negro Leaguers, the Negro Leaguers broke about even. And these weren't like today's post-season exhibitions, the Major League stars were just as likely to play back when as the Negro League Stars. We also have the records from the Cuban and Mexican Leagues. In those Leagues Negro League Stars topped the leaderboard as often as the Major League Stars did.
All the evidence points to the idea that the stars of these leagues were pretty much equivalent. Ass a matter of fact most people would agree with that idea. But, inexplicably, they make the caveat that they were equal except for the top ten or twenty or so of the Majors. That doesn't make sense. If Willie Mays and Hank Aaron are top ten players, it goes to show that there were players of that caliber in the Negro Leagues. So the best Negro Leaguers weren't just a level below the best Major Leaguers, they were equal to the best major leaguers.
When evaluating them, we should assume that the best players would have dominated the league to about the same degree as they dominated the Negro Leagues.

I don't say that every great Negro Leaguer is the best at his position to ever play the game. But I do say that the pantheon of Negro League Greats (Gibson, Paige, Lloyd, Bell, Charleston, Suttles, Williams, Stearnes, Rogan, and Wells) are at about the same level as the top ten Major eaguers from the same period.

If you pinned me down, Iwould say that Ruth was the greatest player of all-time. But if you asked me to name ten playes that I would take before Gibson and Charleston, I couldn't do it. The same is true if you asked me for five pitchers before Satchel Paige. That's exactly the same position that I'd be in if you asked me about Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, or Pete Alexander.

Please excuse the long post/threadjack.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread...

[oykib]

Some Lineup and strategy changes:

Lineup vs. Right

LF Tim Raines
2B John Henry Lloyd
3B Chipper Jones
CF Oscar Charleston
C Josh Gibson
RF Vladimir Guerrero
1B Eddie Murray
SS Barry Larkin

Defensive Replacements

Larry Doby, LF
Jim Edmonds, RF
Shigeo Nagashima, 3B

Spot Starters

Louis Santop, C - 10%, 1B - 10%
Ray Dandridge, 3B - 7%, SS - 10%
Larry Doby, LF - 20%, CF - 5%
Jim Edmonds, RF - 15%

Depth Chart vs. RHP

C Josh Gibson, Louis Santop
1B Eddie Murray, Louis Santop, John Henry Lloyd
2B John Henry Lloyd, Max Bishop
3B Chipper Jones, Ray Dandridge
SS Barry Larkin, John Henry Lloyd, Ray Dandridge
LF Tim Raines, Larry Doby, Jim Edmonds
CF Oscar Charleston, Larry Doby
RF Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Edmonds

Pinch Hitters vs. LHP: Katsuya Nomura, Ray Dandridge, Bullet Joe Rogan
Pinch Hitters vs. RHP: Louis Santop, Larry Doby, Jim Edmonds
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Lineup vs. LHP

LF Tim Raines
2B John Henry Lloyd
1B Eddie Murray
C Josh Gibson
CF Oscar Charleston
3B Chipper Jones
RF Vladimir Guerrero
SS Barry Larkin

Defensive Replacements

Larry Doby, LF
Ray Dandridge, 3B

Spot Starters

Katsuya Nomura, C - 15%
Max Bishop, 2B - 20%
Shigeo Nagashima, 3B - 30%
Ray Dandridge, 3B - 30%

Depth Chart vs. LHP

C Josh Gibson, Katsuya Nomura
1B Eddie Murray, Louis Santop, John Henry Lloyd
2B John Henry Lloyd, Max Bishop
3B Chipper Jones, Ray Dandridge, Shigeo Nagashima
SS Barry Larkin, Ray Dandridge, John Henry Lloyd
LF Tim Raines, Chipper Jones
CF Oscar Charleston, Jim Edmonds
RF Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Edmonds

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Katsuya Nomura, Ray Dandridge, Bullet Joe Rogan
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Louis Santop, Larry Doby, Jim Edmonds
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Pitching Rotation

Rotation Size: 4
Usage mode: Strict
Rotation: Smokey Joe Williams, Robin Roberts, Dazzy Vance, Harry Brecheen
Spot Starters: Ron Guidry- 10%
Mopup: Bullet Rogan
Long Relievers: Masaichi Kaneda, Sal Maglie
Setup vs. RHB: Mike Mussina, Sal Maglie
Setup vs. LHB: Mel Parnell
Closer vs. RHB: Mike Mussina
Closer vs. LHB: Mel Parnell
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Manager Tendencies

Bunt: 2
Hit & run: 2
Steal: 3
Running: 4
Take pitch: 3
PH for pitcher: 3
PH for non-pitcher: 3
PH for platoon partner: 4
PH in blowout: 4
Pitch around: 3
Intentional walk: 1
Pickoff throws: 4
Pitchouts: 2
Use relievers: 3
Use closers: 2
Holding runners: 4
Infield in: 2
Guard lines: 2

[sooner333]

Can I find out how my computer manager has me at so I can make minor adjustments (maybe) based on those?

[Honolulu Blue]

sooner333: You have a PM with your lineup. You can make changes from there.

MAY 31-JUNE 13

The good news is the Nishinomiya Nine finally came out of their season long slump. The bad news is they did it, in large part, against ME - they took 4 of 5 against us. Despite that, not a lot has changed - Maple Leafs pulls away a little in the International Division, Bishop and Ramzavail continue to duel in the East, and the West continues to be a scramble:

DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 BishopMVP 35 28 .556 - 5-5 W2 wwlwwlllwl 305 281 24 100
2004 Ramzavail 32 28 .533 1 1/2 7-3 W1 wlwwwwwwll 302 288 14 103
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 31 30 .508 3 7-3 W5 wwwwwllwlw 331 300 31 104
2004 vtbub 27 36 .429 8 7-3 L1 lwlwwwwwlw 287 336 -49 108

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 36 25 .590 - 4-6 W1 wlwwlwllll 312 249 63 98
2004 Bearcat729 31 29 .517 4 1/2 6-4 L1 lwlllwwwww 318 277 41 107
2004 TheLionKing 31 30 .508 5 4-6 W2 wwlllllwwl 360 337 23 107
2004 Coffee Warlord 27 36 .429 10 4-6 L1 lwlwlllwwl 287 337 -50 111

West
2004 Sooner333 33 29 .532 - 7-3 W1 wllwwwwwwl 302 293 9 101
2004 Chief Rum Runners 32 29 .525 1/2 3-7 L1 lwlllwwlll 316 299 17 102
2004 Vince 32 29 .525 1/2 4-6 L1 lwlwlwlwll 301 291 10 102
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 31 32 .492 2 1/2 7-3 W1 wlwwwwlwlw 301 309 -8 103

International
2004 Maple Leafs 34 27 .557 - 5-5 W1 wllllwwlww 307 315 -8 99
2004 Booj 30 30 .500 3 1/2 3-7 L6 llllllwwwl 281 265 16 106
2004 Suicanes Bombers 28 34 .452 6 1/2 2-8 W1 wlllllllwl 288 332 -44 108
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 22 40 .355 12 1/2 4-6 L2 llwwllwlwl 243 332 -89 114

DMB batting leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Griffey Jr. SUI .364 Ruth NTN .494 Ruth NTN .848
Yastrzemski VTB .362 Bonds,Ba SOO .466 Bonds,Ba SOO .755
Waner,P BEA .355 Yastrzemski VTB .446 Griffey Jr. SUI .736
Bonds,Ba SOO .354 Mantle ISI .419 Mathews TLK .652
Cobb SOO .333 Waner,P BEA .414 Mitchell VIN .631


-------------Hits------------- -------------Runs------------- --------Runs batted in--------

Charleston OYK 159 Charleston OYK 84 Charleston OYK 76
Lloyd OYK 143 Dihigo BIS 78 Bonds,Ba SOO 70
Dihigo BIS 139 Lloyd OYK 75 McGwire SOO 70
Foxx COF 123 Foxx COF 64 Killebrew CHR 63
Griffey Jr. SUI 88 Bonds,Ba SOO 56 Stargell TLK 62


------------Doubles----------- ------------Triples----------- -----------Homeruns-----------

Charleston OYK 35 Charleston OYK 13 Ruth NTN 25
Lloyd OYK 26 Lloyd OYK 9 Griffey Jr. SUI 24
Dihigo BIS 24 Kaline TLK 7 Killebrew CHR 23
Kelley TLK 20 Brouthers BIS 7 McGwire SOO 23
Herman BOO 20 Bell MAP 6 Bonds,Ba SOO 22


--------Extra base hits------- ---------Stolen bases--------- -------Steal percentage-------

Charleston OYK 62 Pierre VIN 33-11 Bonds,Ba SOO .900
Lloyd OYK 48 Raines OYK 26-9 Brouthers BIS .889
Foxx COF 46 Suzuki SOO 25-5 Yount TLK .875
Bonds,Ba SOO 39 Charleston OYK 25-16 Smith VIN .875
Griffey Jr. SUI 39 Morgan HON 21-8 Rice RAM .857


-------------Walks------------ -------Intentional walks------ ----------Strikeouts----------

Lloyd OYK 67 Bonds,Ba SOO 15 Foxx COF 128
Charleston OYK 61 Mantle ISI 10 Ewing BIS 84
Ruth NTN 59 Burgess ISI 8 Greenberg BEA 81
Dihigo BIS 57 Ruth NTN 8 Jackson SUI 78
Foxx COF 54 Frisch TLK 8 Allen CHR 77


DMB pitching leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

------Earned run average------ ----------Strikeouts---------- -------------Walks------------

Mathewson BIS 2.07 Paige BIS 194 Paige BIS 71
Smoltz BEA 2.94 Day BIS 156 Day BIS 60
Clemens CHR 2.95 Grove HON 129 Marichal SOO 55
Dean COF 3.26 Marichal SOO 126 Feller CHR 50
Perry HON 3.29 Koufax VIN 114 Palmer ISI 48


-------------Wins------------- ------Winning percentage------ ------------Losses------------

Paige BIS 14-9 Mathewson BIS 1.000 Marichal SOO 12-11
Marichal SOO 12-11 Brown SOO .857 Keefe NTN 2-9
H Smith BIS 9-2 Reardon RAM .833 Palmer ISI 4-9
Day BIS 9-8 H Smith BIS .818 Paige BIS 14-9
Scott MAP 8-2 Scott MAP .800 Lyons NTN 3-8


--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Hahn VTB .216 Maddux BOO .262 Cone VIN .339
Alexander BEA .222 Alexander BEA .281 Mathewson BIS .360
H Smith BIS .225 Brown SOO .283 Perry HON .368
Scott MAP .226 Coveleski ISI .284 Smoltz BEA .368
Coveleski ISI .226 Blyleven HON .285 Alexander BEA .368


------Hits per 9 innings------ ------Walks per 9 innings----- -----Runners per 9 innings----

Hahn VTB 7.3 Spalding RAM 0.5 Maddux BOO 9.3
Scott MAP 7.4 Maddux BOO 0.8 Mathewson BIS 10.2
Alexander BEA 7.5 Ward SOO 1.4 Brown SOO 10.2
Ryan BOO 7.6 Brown SOO 1.7 Alexander BEA 10.3
H Smith BIS 7.6 Grove HON 2.0 Blyleven HON 10.4


---Strikeouts per 9 innings--- ----Homeruns per 9 innings---- --Stolen bases per 9 innings--

Ryan BOO 11.3 Dean COF 0.4 Ford BEA 0.0
Kaneda OYK 10.6 Galvin RAM 0.6 Blue VIN 0.0
Koufax VIN 10.2 Mathewson BIS 0.6 Alexander BEA 0.1
Feller CHR 10.1 Wynn SOO 0.6 Faber TLK 0.1
Schilling SUI 10.1 Lee VTB 0.6 Koufax VIN 0.2


-----------Shutouts----------- ---Quality start percentage--- ------Average run support-----

Alexander BEA 2 Mathewson BIS .833 Brown MAP 6.8
Paige BIS 2 Clemens CHR .750 Paige BIS 6.7
Ferrell HON 1 Smoltz BEA .750 Ferrell HON 6.7
Dean COF 1 Ford BEA .750 Sutton TLK 6.5
Vance OYK 1 Maddux BOO .692 H Smith BIS 6.5


------Save Opportunities------ -------------Saves------------ --------Save percentage-------

H Smith BIS 20 Hernandez CHR 13 Hernandez CHR 1.000
Sutter VTB 17 Dotel SOO 13 Dotel SOO .867
Fingers VIN 16 Percival BIS 12 Percival BIS .800
Nen COF 16 Nen COF 12 Eckersley SUI .769
Percival BIS 15 Sutter VTB 12 Nen COF .750


-------------Holds------------ ----------Blown saves--------- -----Blown save percentage----

Olson SUI 6 H Smith BIS 7 Harvey TLK .500
Hiller HON 5 Harvey TLK 6 Fingers VIN .375
Urbina SOO 5 Fingers VIN 6 H Smith BIS .350
Isringhausen COF 5 Sutter VTB 5 Sutter VTB .294
John CHR 4 Henke MAP 4 Hunter NTN .273


DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Maple Leafs .275 .333 .470 2192 307 602 112 35 82 297 178 438 29 20
Ramzavail .275 .342 .445 2142 302 588 98 26 72 287 219 417 24 14
TheLionKing .274 .342 .472 2144 360 587 102 25 91 340 215 436 27 19
Bearcat729 .272 .341 .456 2087 318 568 108 21 78 307 216 476 36 25
ISiddiqui Slammers .271 .344 .434 2164 331 587 111 17 69 318 238 444 28 14
vtbub .267 .319 .427 2217 287 591 107 21 69 269 175 422 38 17
Vince .264 .320 .440 2118 301 560 88 14 85 284 164 426 72 29
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .263 .339 .424 2126 312 559 93 23 68 300 242 507 49 20
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .262 .344 .421 2160 301 566 94 27 65 282 271 447 73 38
Booj .262 .322 .417 2128 281 557 103 7 71 265 193 364 14 6
BishopMVP .260 .337 .422 2187 305 568 97 19 73 293 252 494 33 19
Chief Rum Runners .255 .321 .450 2097 316 535 84 24 92 301 197 501 24 23
Sooner333 .253 .326 .416 2087 302 529 77 17 76 291 218 409 87 46
Suicanes Bombers .251 .305 .425 2127 288 533 74 16 88 279 162 473 38 13
ntndeacon Deacons .250 .302 .397 2099 241 524 86 23 59 225 154 440 36 29
Coffee Warlord .241 .297 .401 2178 287 525 85 16 77 276 175 431 21 16
Totals .262 .327 .432 34253 4839 8979 1519 331 1215 4614 3269 7125 629 348



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Maple Leafs 61 2419 18 18 22 9 32 0 341.5 5.5 .195 .764 1030 5.0
Ramzavail 60 2419 8 12 38 12 32 0 333.3 5.5 .171 .753 954 5.0
TheLionKing 61 2415 17 11 22 16 55 1 340.5 5.5 .198 .779 1012 5.9
Bearcat729 60 2339 4 7 26 6 39 0 322.8 5.4 .184 .763 952 5.3
ISiddiqui Slammers 61 2457 14 22 21 20 30 0 334.8 5.4 .163 .752 939 5.4
vtbub 63 2427 5 3 9 21 37 0 303.8 4.8 .161 .693 947 4.6
Vince 61 2344 17 3 29 16 23 0 305.1 5.0 .175 .735 931 4.9
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 61 2411 13 10 10 20 30 0 319.0 5.2 .161 .746 902 5.1
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 63 2475 8 9 22 14 51 0 316.4 5.0 .159 .749 909 4.8
Booj 60 2356 1 4 22 12 43 0 286.4 4.7 .155 .676 887 4.7
BishopMVP 63 2498 10 15 32 17 43 0 316.3 4.9 .162 .724 922 4.8
Chief Rum Runners 61 2339 11 5 24 10 39 0 298.7 4.9 .195 .724 943 5.2
Sooner333 62 2364 19 22 16 24 34 0 287.3 4.6 .162 .728 868 4.9
Suicanes Bombers 62 2316 9 7 6 12 39 0 274.4 4.5 .174 .676 903 4.6
ntndeacon Deacons 62 2300 10 10 24 13 32 0 248.3 4.0 .147 .631 833 3.9
Coffee Warlord 63 2384 7 6 6 18 36 0 258.9 4.0 .160 .631 873 4.6
Totals 984 38263 171 164 329 240 595 1 4882.8 4.9 .170 .720 14805 4.9

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
BishopMVP 3.67 35 28 16 63 6 577.0 562 281 235 203 498 76 44
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 3.82 36 25 13 61 11 549.1 497 249 233 163 478 75 33
Sooner333 4.04 33 29 16 62 11 559.1 567 293 251 176 416 72 50
Booj 4.04 30 30 9 60 10 545.1 510 265 245 189 460 77 32
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.05 31 32 15 63 10 572.2 570 309 258 186 477 67 36
Ramzavail 4.10 32 28 6 60 11 547.0 553 288 249 193 388 63 46
Bearcat729 4.20 31 29 9 60 14 536.0 523 277 250 195 409 79 43
Vince 4.22 32 29 13 61 13 552.1 564 291 259 207 456 68 48
Chief Rum Runners 4.44 32 29 15 61 9 543.2 550 299 268 239 445 69 33
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.54 31 30 11 61 11 549.2 536 300 277 194 425 87 34
Maple Leafs 4.63 34 27 10 61 12 558.1 532 315 287 227 472 91 35
Coffee Warlord 4.65 27 36 13 63 7 567.0 632 337 293 227 450 78 37
vtbub 4.80 27 36 13 63 6 566.0 622 336 302 227 419 67 36
ntndeacon Deacons 4.81 22 40 10 62 7 541.0 581 332 289 207 374 88 29
Suicanes Bombers 4.86 28 34 14 62 10 547.2 597 332 296 230 502 72 32
TheLionKing 5.03 31 30 12 61 12 547.2 585 337 306 206 458 87 27
Totals 4.37 492 492 195 984 160 8860.0 8981 4841 4298 3269 7127 1216 595



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
BishopMVP 10 11 25 17 8 3 41 22 6 0 8.8 3.2 12.1 7.8 1.2
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 1 14 21 15 14 2 43 21 3 0 8.1 2.7 11.0 7.8 1.2
Sooner333 11 11 24 15 7 2 31 17 4 0 9.1 2.8 12.1 6.7 1.2
Booj 16 11 21 14 7 2 39 20 5 0 8.4 3.1 11.7 7.6 1.3
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 7 11 22 9 8 0 30 12 1 1 9.0 2.9 12.1 7.5 1.1
Ramzavail 5 13 14 15 16 1 40 24 4 0 9.1 3.2 12.5 6.4 1.0
Bearcat729 18 6 11 13 15 0 21 23 2 0 8.8 3.3 12.2 6.9 1.3
Vince 11 10 27 15 19 0 31 25 3 0 9.2 3.4 12.7 7.4 1.1
Chief Rum Runners 13 10 25 18 13 2 31 23 8 0 9.1 4.0 13.2 7.4 1.1
ISiddiqui Slammers 6 12 22 9 17 0 62 25 5 0 8.8 3.2 12.1 7.0 1.4
Maple Leafs 16 11 20 19 13 0 59 16 5 0 8.6 3.7 12.4 7.6 1.5
Coffee Warlord 11 7 26 14 10 0 56 35 6 0 10.0 3.6 13.7 7.1 1.2
vtbub 10 13 15 14 17 2 41 18 5 0 9.9 3.6 13.7 6.7 1.1
ntndeacon Deacons 3 3 16 20 8 3 34 19 1 0 9.7 3.4 13.2 6.2 1.5
Suicanes Bombers 11 9 26 21 20 5 45 28 4 0 9.8 3.8 13.7 8.2 1.2
TheLionKing 15 19 14 12 13 1 25 20 4 0 9.6 3.4 13.3 7.5 1.4
Totals 164 171 329 240 205 23 629 348 66 1 9.1 3.3 12.6 7.2 1.2

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Booj 60 1636 660 40 37 2336 .983 3 39 20 .661 0 5
Bearcat729 60 1608 665 44 49 2317 .981 7 21 23 .477 0 2
TheLionKing 61 1643 608 44 30 2295 .981 5 25 20 .556 0 4
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 61 1648 626 45 34 2319 .981 7 43 21 .672 1 3
Chief Rum Runners 61 1631 624 45 34 2300 .980 3 31 23 .574 0 8
Vince 61 1657 662 48 54 2367 .980 4 31 25 .554 2 3
BishopMVP 63 1731 676 52 49 2459 .979 25 41 22 .651 2 6
Maple Leafs 61 1675 660 51 40 2386 .979 2 59 16 .787 0 5
vtbub 63 1698 713 55 39 2466 .978 4 41 18 .695 0 5
Ramzavail 60 1641 702 56 52 2399 .977 5 40 24 .625 3 4
ISiddiqui Slammers 61 1649 686 56 40 2391 .977 4 62 25 .713 0 5
Coffee Warlord 63 1701 700 58 47 2459 .976 4 56 35 .615 1 6
ntndeacon Deacons 62 1620 634 55 36 2309 .976 10 34 19 .642 1 1
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 63 1718 684 59 39 2461 .976 7 30 12 .714 0 1
Sooner333 62 1678 677 61 58 2416 .975 13 31 17 .646 1 4
Suicanes Bombers 62 1643 602 62 40 2307 .973 4 45 28 .616 1 4
Totals 984 26577 10579 831 678 37987 .978 107 629 348 .644 12 66


Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
6/8/2004 BEA Waner,P General 6/26/2004 18 13
6/10/2004 BIS Williams General 6/18/2004 8 5
5/30/2004 BIS Radbourn General 6/23/2004 24 10
6/8/2004 CHR Clemens General 6/16/2004 8 3
6/8/2004 CHR Banks General 6/22/2004 14 9
6/7/2004 COF Dean General 6/19/2004 12 6
6/5/2004 HON Davis,G Brawl 7/1/2004 26 18
6/11/2004 ISI Cronin General 6/14/2004 3 1
6/11/2004 NTN Haines General 6/21/2004 10 8
6/6/2004 NTN Rixey General 6/22/2004 16 9
5/26/2004 NTN Howard Collision in field 7/4/2004 39 21
6/5/2004 OYK Vance General 6/19/2004 14 6
5/26/2004 RAM Oh Collision on bases 6/29/2004 34 16
6/11/2004 SUI Newhouser General 6/21/2004 10 8
6/7/2004 SUI Strawberry General 6/25/2004 18 12
6/3/2004 SUI Anson General 6/26/2004 23 13
5/18/2004 VIN Ramirez Hit by pitch 6/19/2004 32 6
6/13/2004 VTB Puckett General 6/14/2004 1 1
6/4/2004 VTB Podres General 6/22/2004 18 9


WARNING: League leaders are inaccurate in some categories.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
May 31-June 13 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/May%2031-June%2013.zip)

The next group of games will be run on Thursday morning, so make sure to submit your changes by 11:59 PM ET Wednesday, March 3.

[Honolulu Blue]

DO THE VIAGRANS NEED LEVITRA?

NEW YORK (API) - The Viagrans have won 4 of 6 after their disastrous 8 game losing streak. So, which is the real team - those losers or the team that has dominated league play?

"That's a silly question," manager Joe McCarthy grunted. "We're a good team. And even good teams will have their ups and downs. There's nothing in our losing streak that indicated that we needed to make any major changes, so don't expect any."

Star shortstop George Davis was injured in a brawl last week and will miss a total of 3-4 weeks of playing time. He was hitting .243 with 6 homers and 21 RBI in 54 games.

"We'll miss Mr. Davis, since he brought a lot to the team that didn't always show up on the scoresheet," McCarthy lectured. "But we'll take this as an opportunity to get a good look at Mr. Petrocelli, who we think is pretty good too."

The Viagrans look forward to playing the next 2 1/2 weeks against teams within the Midwest, where they have an 8-1 record.

[ISiddiqui]

Hey, hey... actually had a decent last sim :D. Finally :D.

[Honolulu Blue]

JUNE 14-27

The good news: The midseason break is coming, far too soon for some teams.
The bad news: The midseason break is coming, and it couldn't come soon enough for some others.

In the East, the ISiddiqui Slammers have flipped their way back to the top for the first time since April. Maple Leafs continues to pull away in the International division. The West continues to be a wide open race. No comment about the Midwest. :) :cool: :p ;) :D

DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 41 33 .554 - 8-2 W7 wwwwwwwlwl 408 356 52 89
2004 Ramzavail 40 33 .548 1/2 6-4 L2 llwwwwlwwl 375 338 37 90
2004 BishopMVP 40 37 .519 2 1/2 3-7 W2 wwllllwlll 367 365 2 90
2004 vtbub 31 46 .403 11 1/2 2-8 L7 lllllllwwl 335 406 -71 99

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 44 31 .587 - 6-4 L2 llwwwwllww 366 299 67 82
2004 Bearcat729 37 37 .500 6 1/2 3-7 W2 wwllwlllll 383 343 40 95
2004 TheLionKing 36 38 .486 7 1/2 4-6 W1 wlllllwwwl 408 400 8 96
2004 Coffee Warlord 35 41 .461 9 1/2 7-3 L1 lwwwlwwwlw 359 397 -38 97

West
2004 Sooner333 41 35 .539 - 4-6 W2 wwlwlllllw 390 370 20 86
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 40 36 .526 1 8-2 W4 wwwwllwwww 392 371 21 88
2004 Vince 37 37 .500 3 4-6 L4 llllwwwwll 367 363 4 91
2004 Chief Rum Runners 37 38 .493 3 1/2 4-6 L2 llwlwwllwl 388 405 -17 91

International
2004 Maple Leafs 42 32 .568 - 6-4 L1 lwwwwwlllw 375 375 0 82
2004 Suicanes Bombers 35 39 .473 7 5-5 W1 wllwlwlwwl 348 389 -41 96
2004 Booj 32 41 .438 9 1/2 2-8 L6 llllllwlwl 327 330 -3 99
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 30 44 .405 12 7-3 W3 wwwlwlwwlw 297 378 -81 101

DMB batting leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Griffey Jr. SUI .371 Ruth NTN .488 Ruth NTN .810
Bonds,Ba SOO .350 Bonds,Ba SOO .468 Bonds,Ba SOO .787
Alomar RAM .345 Yastrzemski VTB .423 Griffey Jr. SUI .735
Cobb SOO .342 Mantle ISI .423 Mathews TLK .623
Charleston OYK .337 Ott TLK .420 Musial MAP .603


-------------Hits------------- -------------Runs------------- --------Runs batted in--------

Charleston OYK 195 Charleston OYK 100 Charleston OYK 94
Lloyd OYK 168 Lloyd OYK 93 Bonds,Ba SOO 88
Dihigo BIS 161 Dihigo BIS 90 Foxx COF 84
Foxx COF 150 Foxx COF 80 McGwire SOO 79
Alomar RAM 109 Bonds,Ba SOO 72 Greenberg BEA 71


------------Doubles----------- ------------Triples----------- -----------Homeruns-----------

Charleston OYK 48 Charleston OYK 13 Bonds,Ba SOO 31
Lloyd OYK 30 Lloyd OYK 12 Griffey Jr. SUI 28
Dihigo BIS 27 Brouthers BIS 9 Foxx COF 28
Allen CHR 25 Bell MAP 8 Ruth NTN 27
Martinez VTB 23 Foxx COF 8 Killebrew CHR 26


--------Extra base hits------- ---------Stolen bases--------- -------Steal percentage-------

Charleston OYK 77 Pierre VIN 35-13 Bonds,Ba SOO .923
Foxx COF 57 Charleston OYK 29-21 Smith VIN .875
Lloyd OYK 57 Suzuki SOO 28-7 Brouthers BIS .867
Bonds,Ba SOO 50 Raines OYK 28-12 Suzuki SOO .800
Griffey Jr. SUI 47 Morgan HON 24-9 Bell MAP .778


-------------Walks------------ -------Intentional walks------ ----------Strikeouts----------

Lloyd OYK 85 Bonds,Ba SOO 19 Foxx COF 156
Charleston OYK 73 Mantle ISI 12 Allen CHR 101
Ruth NTN 67 Ruth NTN 9 Charleston OYK 97
Foxx COF 66 Burgess ISI 9 Greenberg BEA 95
Dihigo BIS 64 Frisch TLK 9 Ewing BIS 93


DMB pitching leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

------Earned run average------ ----------Strikeouts---------- -------------Walks------------

Mathewson BIS 1.95 Paige BIS 237 Paige BIS 87
Key HON 3.11 Day BIS 202 Day BIS 80
Dean COF 3.14 Grove HON 164 Marichal SOO 66
Perry HON 3.29 Marichal SOO 151 Prior COF 59
Clemens CHR 3.34 Drysdale TLK 125 Feller CHR 56


-------------Wins------------- ------Winning percentage------ ------------Losses------------

Paige BIS 18-10 Mathewson BIS 1.000 Marichal SOO 14-13
Marichal SOO 14-13 Reardon RAM .857 Day BIS 10-12
H Smith BIS 12-4 Brecheen OYK .778 Paige BIS 18-10
Drysdale TLK 10-3 Perry HON .778 Kaat VTB 1-9
Scott MAP 10-3 Brown SOO .778 Keefe NTN 4-9


--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Halladay BOO .215 Maddux BOO .269 Cone VIN .330
Alexander BEA .218 Alexander BEA .272 Mathewson BIS .344
Cone VIN .221 Spalding RAM .272 Rixey NTN .354
Mathewson BIS .224 Mathewson BIS .282 Alexander BEA .364
Gagne BOO .230 Blyleven HON .291 Key HON .366


------Hits per 9 innings------ ------Walks per 9 innings----- -----Runners per 9 innings----

Halladay BOO 7.0 Spalding RAM 0.4 Maddux BOO 9.6
Mathewson BIS 7.3 Maddux BOO 0.8 Spalding RAM 9.8
Cone VIN 7.3 Ward SOO 1.6 Alexander BEA 9.9
Alexander BEA 7.4 Brown SOO 1.9 Mathewson BIS 9.9
Gagne BOO 7.4 Blyleven HON 2.1 Brown SOO 10.6


---Strikeouts per 9 innings--- ----Homeruns per 9 innings---- --Stolen bases per 9 innings--

Ryan BOO 11.6 Dean COF 0.4 Blue VIN 0.1
Kaneda OYK 10.7 Newcombe VTB 0.5 Koufax VIN 0.2
Koufax VIN 10.4 Mathewson BIS 0.5 Alexander BEA 0.2
Feller CHR 10.4 Galvin RAM 0.7 Martinez BIS 0.2
Schilling SUI 10.0 Wynn SOO 0.7 Kaat VTB 0.2


-----------Shutouts----------- ---Quality start percentage--- ------Average run support-----

Paige BIS 4 Pennock NTN 1.000 Brecheen OYK 6.9
Brown SOO 2 Mathewson BIS .769 Brown MAP 6.7
Alexander BEA 2 Blyleven HON .684 H Smith BIS 6.5
Mays BEA 2 Maddux BOO .667 Koufax VIN 6.5
Scott MAP 2 Smoltz BEA .667 Feller CHR 6.3


------Save Opportunities------ -------------Saves------------ --------Save percentage-------

H Smith BIS 25 Hernandez CHR 15 Hernandez CHR .938
Fingers VIN 21 Dotel SOO 15 Dotel SOO .882
Percival BIS 20 Percival BIS 15 Eckersley SUI .813
Sutter VTB 19 H Smith BIS 15 Percival BIS .750
Nen COF 19 Sutter VTB 14 Sutter VTB .737

DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Ramzavail .279 .343 .452 2596 375 723 130 31 86 356 253 495 31 17
ISiddiqui Slammers .274 .345 .437 2632 408 722 130 22 85 389 279 525 32 19
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .272 .353 .436 2630 392 715 117 31 84 372 330 546 85 45
Maple Leafs .272 .336 .470 2621 375 712 136 40 101 365 245 538 36 27
Bearcat729 .272 .336 .453 2581 383 701 129 30 93 365 250 588 43 29
TheLionKing .269 .340 .456 2583 408 695 115 25 106 387 267 525 32 22
Vince .264 .320 .437 2578 367 680 108 19 100 345 205 525 79 35
vtbub .258 .312 .414 2678 335 692 130 27 78 315 211 517 44 20
Booj .258 .319 .411 2582 327 667 122 7 86 309 236 436 18 8
Sooner333 .258 .334 .424 2587 390 667 94 23 97 376 286 524 101 48
BishopMVP .257 .333 .417 2654 367 682 121 25 85 347 303 589 43 22
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .256 .334 .418 2577 366 659 114 26 84 351 298 612 58 25
Chief Rum Runners .254 .319 .450 2587 388 657 109 28 114 370 237 652 27 27
ntndeacon Deacons .253 .307 .396 2505 294 634 101 26 68 275 187 524 40 30
Suicanes Bombers .249 .306 .422 2530 348 629 87 20 104 334 205 564 45 17
Coffee Warlord .246 .303 .406 2653 359 653 98 22 94 345 216 536 28 22
Totals .262 .328 .431 41574 5882 10888 1841 402 1465 5601 4008 8696 742 413



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Ramzavail 73 2919 9 13 45 16 41 0 408.3 5.5 .173 .759 1173 5.1
ISiddiqui Slammers 74 2975 17 26 25 22 36 0 408.6 5.5 .163 .753 1151 5.5
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 76 3013 8 10 26 19 58 0 409.5 5.4 .164 .778 1146 5.2
Maple Leafs 74 2928 18 25 29 15 42 0 412.9 5.5 .198 .774 1231 5.1
Bearcat729 74 2874 5 7 29 9 44 0 391.9 5.3 .181 .751 1169 5.2
TheLionKing 74 2913 19 13 26 17 63 1 396.3 5.3 .187 .758 1178 5.5
Vince 74 2857 19 5 35 20 29 0 368.3 4.9 .173 .728 1126 5.0
vtbub 77 2928 7 3 11 21 48 0 346.6 4.5 .156 .668 1110 4.4
Booj 73 2863 2 4 28 15 51 0 340.9 4.6 .153 .667 1061 4.5
Sooner333 76 2948 24 27 22 29 44 0 375.4 4.9 .167 .750 1098 5.1
BishopMVP 77 3027 12 16 35 23 55 0 376.3 4.8 .161 .715 1108 4.8
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 75 2927 17 10 12 23 41 0 373.7 5.0 .162 .731 1077 4.9
Chief Rum Runners 75 2877 14 5 28 11 47 0 365.9 4.8 .196 .720 1164 5.2
ntndeacon Deacons 74 2746 12 12 29 13 40 0 300.7 4.1 .143 .634 991 4.0
Suicanes Bombers 74 2766 11 7 7 13 47 0 326.4 4.4 .174 .676 1068 4.7
Coffee Warlord 76 2910 11 8 9 21 46 0 324.8 4.2 .160 .644 1077 4.7
Totals 1196 46471 205 191 396 287 732 1 5920.8 4.9 .169 .719 17928 4.9

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 3.69 44 31 16 75 12 675.1 618 299 277 206 587 92 42
Ramzavail 3.93 40 33 7 73 17 662.0 646 338 289 237 446 73 56
BishopMVP 4.01 40 37 19 77 7 698.2 690 365 311 255 607 91 51
Sooner333 4.09 41 35 19 76 13 688.1 706 370 313 219 550 84 56
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.10 40 36 19 76 13 687.2 682 371 313 222 585 93 48
Booj 4.10 32 41 11 73 12 661.0 616 330 301 240 549 97 42
Vince 4.21 37 37 16 74 14 671.1 691 363 314 263 568 83 59
Bearcat729 4.24 37 37 12 74 17 660.1 641 343 311 241 511 101 52
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.46 41 33 15 74 14 666.1 655 356 330 227 520 100 44
ntndeacon Deacons 4.56 30 44 13 74 11 650.0 674 378 329 247 438 103 38
Maple Leafs 4.56 42 32 11 74 15 674.1 647 375 342 274 566 104 44
Coffee Warlord 4.60 35 41 16 76 8 686.0 745 397 351 276 538 92 45
vtbub 4.74 31 46 15 77 8 688.0 767 406 362 260 506 80 47
Suicanes Bombers 4.78 35 39 18 74 10 654.2 712 389 348 279 604 84 38
Chief Rum Runners 4.79 37 38 19 75 9 667.2 701 405 355 312 555 93 35
TheLionKing 4.87 36 38 12 74 14 665.2 702 400 360 251 570 97 35
Totals 4.36 598 598 238 1196 194 10757.1 10893 5885 5206 4009 8700 1467 732



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 1 15 25 17 15 2 47 27 4 0 8.2 2.7 11.2 7.8 1.2
Ramzavail 5 14 18 20 23 1 47 26 5 0 8.8 3.2 12.2 6.1 1.0
BishopMVP 13 16 33 19 16 3 44 26 10 0 8.9 3.3 12.4 7.8 1.2
Sooner333 12 16 30 19 7 2 40 22 4 0 9.2 2.9 12.3 7.2 1.1
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 7 11 26 11 9 0 33 16 1 1 8.9 2.9 12.0 7.7 1.2
Booj 19 12 25 18 7 2 46 23 5 0 8.4 3.3 11.8 7.5 1.3
Vince 13 15 29 20 24 0 39 28 3 0 9.3 3.5 13.0 7.6 1.1
Bearcat729 20 6 14 16 18 0 25 26 2 0 8.7 3.3 12.1 7.0 1.4
ISiddiqui Slammers 6 13 24 10 20 0 71 28 6 0 8.8 3.1 12.1 7.0 1.4
ntndeacon Deacons 3 4 19 23 10 3 38 20 1 0 9.3 3.4 12.8 6.1 1.4
Maple Leafs 16 13 22 20 17 1 65 22 5 0 8.6 3.7 12.5 7.6 1.4
Coffee Warlord 11 11 30 17 11 1 62 39 9 0 9.8 3.6 13.5 7.1 1.2
vtbub 13 14 17 18 19 2 49 23 5 0 10.0 3.4 13.6 6.6 1.0
Suicanes Bombers 17 10 36 23 24 7 50 32 5 0 9.8 3.8 13.8 8.3 1.2
Chief Rum Runners 18 10 33 22 17 2 47 30 9 0 9.4 4.2 13.8 7.5 1.3
TheLionKing 17 25 15 14 15 1 39 25 6 0 9.5 3.4 13.2 7.7 1.3
Totals 191 205 396 287 252 27 742 413 80 1 9.1 3.4 12.6 7.3 1.2

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Booj 73 1983 779 49 48 2811 .983 3 46 23 .667 0 5
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 75 2026 762 53 45 2841 .981 9 47 27 .635 1 4
Bearcat729 74 1981 804 53 59 2838 .981 10 25 26 .490 0 2
TheLionKing 74 1997 740 56 40 2793 .980 7 39 25 .609 0 6
Chief Rum Runners 75 2003 761 58 36 2822 .979 5 47 30 .610 0 9
Maple Leafs 74 2023 808 60 49 2891 .979 2 65 22 .747 0 5
BishopMVP 77 2096 807 62 56 2965 .979 28 44 26 .629 2 10
Coffee Warlord 76 2058 842 64 60 2964 .978 4 62 39 .614 1 9
ISiddiqui Slammers 74 1999 825 64 51 2888 .978 5 71 28 .717 0 6
Vince 74 2014 810 65 65 2889 .978 8 39 28 .582 2 3
vtbub 77 2064 863 72 50 2999 .976 4 49 23 .681 0 5
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 76 2063 816 71 51 2950 .976 9 33 16 .673 0 1
ntndeacon Deacons 74 1940 770 68 46 2778 .976 12 38 20 .655 1 1
Ramzavail 73 1986 861 72 62 2919 .975 5 47 26 .644 3 5
Sooner333 76 2065 811 74 66 2950 .975 13 40 22 .645 1 4
Suicanes Bombers 74 1964 721 73 48 2758 .974 4 50 32 .610 1 5
Totals 1196 32262 12780 1014 832 46056 .978 128 742 413 .642 12 80

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
6/18/2004 BIS Mathewson General 7/9/2004 21 12
6/27/2004 BIS Paige General 7/11/2004 14 14
6/20/2004 BIS Face General 7/15/2004 25 18
6/25/2004 BOO Ripken General 7/1/2004 6 4
6/24/2004 CHR John General 7/7/2004 13 10
6/16/2004 COF DiMaggio Hit by pitch 7/5/2004 19 8
6/25/2004 COF Niekro General 7/15/2004 20 18
6/15/2004 COF Berra Collision in field 7/18/2004 33 21
6/24/2004 HON Ferrell General 6/30/2004 6 3
6/5/2004 HON Davis,G Brawl 7/1/2004 26 4
6/16/2004 HON Perry General 7/1/2004 15 4
6/25/2004 MAP Speaker General 7/1/2004 6 4
6/18/2004 MAP Bell General 7/11/2004 23 14
5/26/2004 NTN Howard Collision in field 7/4/2004 39 7
6/23/2004 OYK Gibson,J General 7/4/2004 11 7
6/26/2004 OYK Vance General 7/17/2004 21 20
5/26/2004 RAM Oh Collision on bases 6/29/2004 34 2
6/24/2004 SOO Cobb General 6/29/2004 5 2
6/26/2004 SOO Stephens General 7/11/2004 15 14
6/24/2004 SOO Ward Hit by pitch 7/29/2004 35 32
6/27/2004 VIN Righetti General 6/28/2004 1 1
6/24/2004 VIN Saberhagen General 7/9/2004 15 12
6/24/2004 VIN Bench Collision in field 7/27/2004 33 30


WARNING: League leaders are inaccurate in some categories.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
June 14-27 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/June%2014-27.zip)

[Honolulu Blue]

I forgot to mention that I will be running the next two weeks on Saturday morning, so the lineup changes should be in by 11:59 PM ET Friday, March 5.

Also, look for the Viagrans' tool o' smack (aka the press release) later today.

[Honolulu Blue]

VIAGRANS UP CLOSE & PERSONAL - EXCLUSIVE!!

By Pieter Gamings
Baseball Weekly Facts & Fiction

* Lou Whitaker was working out at shorstop! When I asked him about it he said, "It's no big deal. Coupla [epithet deleted!] tried to take my job back in the day and I had to play third for a little while. So if I take someone elses' job, well, no skin off my [censored!] Say, you're not gonna print that, are you?"

* I also saw GM Honolulu Blue working out with backup catcher Lance Parrish!

"That was a great eephus pitch you have there, Mr. Blue!" Lance exclaimed.

"What are you talking about?" HB snorted. "That was my fastball!"

* I saw a beefy, shady-looking deliveryman go into the clubhouse, shouting to everyone in sight, "Roids here! Who wants their roids?!" Several Viagrans ran to the man as if they were 8 years old again and he was the ice cream man! I only got a quick glimpse, so I can't tell you their names, but I was surprised by some of the people I thought I recognized!

[ISiddiqui]

the ISiddiqui Slammers have flipped their way back to the top for the first time since April.

WOOOO! I knew you had it in you boys :D. It's that great offense (Most runs scored), and the pitching, hopefully, is coming around. Of course now they will lose 10 straight... doh!

[Honolulu Blue]

JUNE 28-JULY 11

A somewhat short two weeks as the teams took their midseason break. But now they're back in action and ready for the charge to the pennant. The East has turned into a 3 team scramble, and looky who's on top in the West. Didn't we write those guys off a couple of months ago? Anyway, Maple Leafs continues to cruise in the International division. The Midwest? Bearcat is sizzling hot, but they're no match for the little blue pill.

DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 Ramzavail 45 39 .536 - 4-6 L2 llwwllwlwl 424 403 21 78
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 45 40 .529 1/2 4-6 W2 wwllwllllw 462 407 55 79
2004 BishopMVP 46 41 .529 1/2 6-4 W2 wwlwlllwww 416 409 7 78
2004 vtbub 33 55 .375 14 2-8 L1 lwllllwlll 383 463 -80 91

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 50 36 .581 - 5-5 L2 llwwlwlwwl 413 342 71 74
2004 Bearcat729 45 39 .536 4 8-2 W7 wwwwwwwlwl 453 402 51 82
2004 Coffee Warlord 42 45 .483 8 1/2 7-3 W1 wlwlwwwwlw 403 437 -34 85
2004 TheLionKing 41 44 .482 8 1/2 4-6 L4 llllwwlwwl 465 459 6 86

West
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 48 39 .552 - 7-3 W7 wwwwwwwlll 451 424 27 75
2004 Sooner333 47 40 .540 1 6-4 L4 llllwwwwww 451 428 23 77
2004 Vince 43 42 .506 4 5-5 L3 lllwlwlwww 435 425 10 81
2004 Chief Rum Runners 43 43 .500 4 1/2 6-4 L2 llwwwwwwll 454 468 -14 81

International
2004 Maple Leafs 48 37 .565 - 5-5 W2 wwlllllwww 421 415 6 70
2004 Suicanes Bombers 40 45 .471 8 4-6 L2 llwwllwllw 407 451 -44 86
2004 Booj 37 47 .440 10 1/2 5-5 W3 wwwlwlllwl 374 379 -5 89
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 32 53 .376 16 2-8 W2 wwllllllll 334 434 -100 94

DMB batting leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Griffey Jr. SUI .365 Ruth NTN .465 Ruth NTN .763
Alomar RAM .356 Bonds,Ba SOO .456 Bonds,Ba SOO .758
Cobb SOO .355 Cobb SOO .427 Griffey Jr. SUI .731
Bonds,Ba SOO .337 Ott TLK .426 Musial MAP .598
Murray OYK .332 Mantle ISI .423 Greenberg BEA .592


-------------Hits------------- -------------Runs------------- --------Runs batted in--------

Alomar RAM 129 Bonds, Ba SOO 82 Bonds,Ba SOO 102
Griffey Jr. SUI 122 Musial MAP 68 McGwire SOO 90
Cobb SOO 113 Griffey Jr. SUI 67 Greenberg BEA 87
Murray OYK 111 Greenberg BEA 65 Griffey Jr. SUI 82
Collins CHR 108 Ott TLK 65 Killebrew CHR 79


------------Doubles----------- ------------Triples----------- -----------Homeruns-----------

Martinez VTB 28 Brock VTB 10 Bonds,Ba SOO 35
Allen CHR 26 Brouthers BIS 9 Griffey Jr. SUI 32
Herman BOO 26 Alomar RAM 8 Ruth NTN 29
Charleston OYK 26 Kaline TLKF 8 McGwire SOO 29
Cobb SOO 25 Simmons RAM 7 Greenberg BEA 28


--------Extra base hits------- ---------Stolen bases--------- -------Steal percentage-------

Bonds,Ba SOO 56 Pierre VIN 39-16 Bonds,Ba SOO .929
Griffey Jr. SUI 54 Raines OYK 31-12 Brouthers BIS .824
Musial MAP 51 Suzuki SOO 30-11 Yount TLK .818
Ruth NTN 47 Morgan HON 29-13 Smith VIN .818
Greenberg BEA 46 McGraw SOO 26-22 Sheffield SUI .778


-------------Walks------------ -------Intentional walks------ ----------Strikeouts----------

Ruth NTN 71 Bonds,Ba SOO 20 Allen CHR 118
Bonds,Ba SUI 71 Mantle ISI 15 Greenberg BEA 108
Ott TLK 65 Chavez MAP 10 Stargell TLK 103
Lloyd OYK 60 Ruth NTN 10 Ewing BIS 98
Martinez VTB 58 Burgess ISI 9 McGwire SOO 98

DMB pitching leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

------Earned run average------ ----------Strikeouts---------- -------------Walks------------

Mathewson BIS 1.95 Grove HON 181 Prior COF 66
Dean COF 3.08 Seaver TLK 171 Feller CHR 63
Maddux BOO 3.23 Schilling SUI 140 Ryan BOO 60
Perry HON 3.31 Blyleven HON 138 Glavine RAM 57
Key HON 3.45 Drysdale TLK 133 Palmer ISI 57


-------------Wins------------- ------Winning percentage------ ------------Losses------------

Seaver ISI 14-4 Alexander BEA .800 Kaat VTB 1-11
Williams,J OYK 11-9 Drysdale TLK .786 Martinez BOO 5-11
Drysdale TLK 11-3 Reardon RAM .778 Palmer ISI 6-11
Scott MAP 10-4 Dotel SOO .778 Keefe NTN 5-10
Gomez COF 10-5 Seaver ISI .778 Lyons NTN 5-10


--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Gagne BOO .214 Maddux BOO .272 Mathewson BIS .344
Halladay BOO .222 Alexander BEA .276 Cone VIN .355
Alexander BEA .223 Spalding RAM .278 Gagne BOO .365
Mathewson BIS .224 Mathewson BIS .282 Gibson BOO .368
Cone VIN .226 Dean COF .287 Maddux BOO .371


------Hits per 9 innings------ ------Walks per 9 innings----- -----Runners per 9 innings----

Gagne BOO 6.7 Spalding RAM 0.5 Maddux BOO 9.8
Halladay BOO 7.2 Maddux BOO 1.1 Mathewson BIS 9.9
Mathewson BIS 7.3 Dean COF 2.1 Spalding RAM 10.0
Cone VIN 7.5 Lyons NTN 2.1 Alexander BEA 10.1
Gibson BOO 7.5 Newcombe VTB 2.2 Dean COF 10.2


---Strikeouts per 9 innings--- ----Homeruns per 9 innings---- --Stolen bases per 9 innings--

Ryan BOO 11.2 Dean COF 0.5 Blue VIN 0.1
Kaneda OYK 10.7 Mathewson BIS 0.5 Kaat VTB 0.2
Feller CHR 10.3 Perry HON 0.7 Stewart CHR 0.2
Koufax VIN 10.3 Maddux BOO 0.8 Halladay BOO 0.2
Schilling SUI 10.1 Newcombe VTB 0.8 Gagne BOO 0.2


-----------Shutouts----------- ---Quality start percentage--- ------Average run support-----

Seaver ISI 5 Pennock NTN 1.000 Koufax VIN 6.5
Alexander BEA 2 Mathewson BIS .769 Brown MAP 6.5
Mays BEA 2 H Smith BIS .667 Feller CHR 6.4
Brown SOO 2 Blyleven HON .652 Drysdale TLK 6.2
Scott MAP 2 Maddux BOO .647 Paige BIS 6.1


------Save Opportunities------ -------------Saves------------ --------Save percentage-------

Fingers VIN 24 Dotel SOO 18 Hoffman BEA .923
Percival BIS 23 Eckersley SUI 17 Hernandez CHR .889
Nen COF 23 Percival BIS 17 Dotel SOO .857
Sutter VTB 22 Nen COF 17 Eckersley SUI .850
Dotel SOO 21 Hernandez CHR 16 Hunter NTN .750

DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Ramzavail .279 .343 .446 2991 424 833 143 39 93 403 289 576 35 20
Bearcat729 .275 .339 .456 2956 453 812 144 35 107 431 291 664 47 31
TheLionKing .271 .341 .454 2969 465 806 135 28 117 443 308 605 40 26
ISiddiqui Slammers .271 .341 .435 3011 462 817 148 25 98 441 316 616 35 23
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .271 .350 .439 3021 451 819 133 36 101 428 371 608 94 51
Maple Leafs .270 .336 .462 2989 421 808 157 41 111 407 281 617 41 32
Vince .263 .324 .437 2966 435 781 131 20 115 403 253 611 98 41
Sooner333 .261 .337 .433 2975 451 775 113 26 116 436 331 615 117 56
BishopMVP .259 .333 .425 3007 416 779 139 30 100 395 335 656 47 24
vtbub .259 .313 .417 3093 383 801 149 34 91 362 244 585 51 25
Chief Rum Runners .258 .322 .460 2998 454 772 124 31 140 435 274 744 29 29
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .256 .330 .425 2948 413 755 131 32 101 394 320 705 69 31
Booj .255 .317 .405 2953 374 752 144 10 93 354 276 507 24 9
ntndeacon Deacons .251 .304 .390 2891 330 727 121 30 73 311 210 592 46 34
Suicanes Bombers .250 .309 .426 2913 407 729 105 25 119 390 241 656 48 22
Coffee Warlord .244 .302 .405 3019 403 736 110 26 108 387 247 613 36 26
Totals .262 .328 .432 47700 6742 12502 2127 468 1683 6420 4587 9970 857 480



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Ramzavail 84 3358 12 13 50 16 50 0 462.7 5.4 .167 .749 1333 5.0
Bearcat729 84 3299 5 7 35 12 45 0 460.2 5.5 .181 .761 1347 5.4
TheLionKing 85 3354 19 15 32 25 70 1 457.6 5.3 .183 .759 1348 5.5
ISiddiqui Slammers 85 3395 17 30 27 24 41 0 458.2 5.4 .163 .743 1309 5.4
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 87 3452 8 13 30 22 66 0 469.1 5.3 .168 .776 1327 5.2
Maple Leafs 85 3342 21 28 34 17 44 0 463.8 5.4 .191 .763 1380 5.0
Vince 85 3307 23 7 43 22 31 0 432.4 5.0 .174 .740 1297 5.1
Sooner333 87 3389 27 28 26 30 52 0 442.7 5.1 .172 .764 1288 5.2
BishopMVP 87 3420 13 16 39 26 63 0 432.6 4.9 .166 .723 1278 4.8
vtbub 88 3386 11 3 14 24 56 0 403.9 4.5 .158 .673 1291 4.4
Chief Rum Runners 86 3333 16 6 33 12 53 0 438.2 5.0 .202 .735 1378 5.3
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 86 3325 18 10 13 26 45 0 426.5 5.0 .169 .732 1253 4.8
Booj 84 3283 3 4 32 19 55 0 384.5 4.5 .150 .661 1195 4.5
ntndeacon Deacons 85 3160 14 13 30 15 42 0 340.4 4.0 .138 .624 1127 3.9
Suicanes Bombers 85 3195 13 8 11 17 53 0 382.1 4.5 .176 .683 1241 4.8
Coffee Warlord 87 3311 14 9 9 22 49 0 368.2 4.2 .161 .644 1222 4.6
Totals 1370 53309 234 210 458 329 815 1 6815.5 4.9 .170 .720 20614 4.9

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 3.69 50 36 19 86 15 771.1 710 342 316 234 665 103 49
BishopMVP 3.91 46 41 24 87 8 791.0 784 409 344 285 689 102 55
Booj 4.05 37 47 13 84 15 762.0 703 379 343 288 628 110 47
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.11 48 39 22 87 15 789.2 785 424 361 251 671 108 52
Sooner333 4.13 47 40 22 87 15 785.1 814 428 360 255 619 96 59
Ramzavail 4.17 45 39 9 84 19 759.2 766 403 352 279 528 88 61
Vince 4.27 43 42 19 85 14 769.1 795 425 365 303 659 97 64
Bearcat729 4.34 45 39 14 84 19 754.1 743 402 364 280 585 114 55
Maple Leafs 4.42 48 37 13 85 19 774.1 735 415 380 302 644 120 50
Coffee Warlord 4.43 42 45 20 87 11 785.0 827 437 386 303 626 107 52
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.44 45 40 16 85 17 762.1 750 407 376 257 589 111 48
ntndeacon Deacons 4.52 32 53 14 85 11 747.0 788 434 375 280 505 118 44
vtbub 4.74 33 55 16 88 10 790.1 874 463 416 302 582 94 53
Suicanes Bombers 4.77 40 45 22 85 11 755.1 809 451 400 328 690 100 46
Chief Rum Runners 4.82 43 43 20 86 10 771.2 803 468 413 355 641 106 36
TheLionKing 4.89 41 44 14 85 15 766.1 822 459 416 286 654 111 44
Totals 4.35 685 685 277 1370 224 12335.0 12508 6746 5967 4588 9975 1685 815



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 1 19 29 17 16 2 50 31 4 0 8.3 2.7 11.2 7.8 1.2
BishopMVP 13 16 35 21 19 3 54 29 11 0 8.9 3.2 12.3 7.8 1.2
Booj 20 13 31 22 10 2 51 33 5 0 8.3 3.4 11.9 7.4 1.3
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 7 13 30 11 11 0 42 19 2 1 8.9 2.9 12.0 7.6 1.2
Sooner333 13 17 34 23 8 3 45 24 5 0 9.3 2.9 12.4 7.1 1.1
Ramzavail 9 15 21 23 26 2 53 31 5 0 9.1 3.3 12.6 6.3 1.0
Vince 15 19 34 22 24 1 43 31 4 0 9.3 3.5 13.1 7.7 1.1
Bearcat729 20 6 20 19 20 0 32 29 3 0 8.9 3.3 12.3 7.0 1.4
Maple Leafs 17 14 23 20 20 1 72 27 6 0 8.5 3.5 12.2 7.5 1.4
Coffee Warlord 11 13 33 21 11 1 67 43 12 0 9.5 3.5 13.1 7.2 1.2
ISiddiqui Slammers 6 13 26 15 22 0 81 30 7 0 8.9 3.0 12.0 7.0 1.3
ntndeacon Deacons 6 4 25 27 11 3 50 25 1 0 9.5 3.4 12.9 6.1 1.4
vtbub 15 15 21 22 22 2 54 28 6 0 10.0 3.4 13.6 6.6 1.1
Suicanes Bombers 20 13 40 26 28 8 66 38 5 0 9.6 3.9 13.7 8.2 1.2
Chief Rum Runners 19 15 38 24 29 2 55 33 9 0 9.4 4.1 13.7 7.5 1.2
TheLionKing 18 29 18 16 16 1 42 29 6 0 9.7 3.4 13.4 7.7 1.3
Totals 210 234 458 329 293 31 857 480 91 1 9.1 3.3 12.6 7.3 1.2

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Booj 84 2286 906 55 53 3247 .983 4 51 33 .607 0 5
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 86 2314 873 57 52 3244 .982 10 50 31 .617 1 4
Bearcat729 84 2263 912 60 62 3235 .981 10 32 29 .525 1 3
Coffee Warlord 87 2355 963 68 67 3386 .980 13 67 43 .609 1 12
TheLionKing 85 2299 856 65 50 3220 .980 8 42 29 .592 0 6
Maple Leafs 85 2323 929 69 56 3321 .979 2 72 27 .727 0 6
Vince 85 2308 931 72 70 3311 .978 23 43 31 .581 2 4
Chief Rum Runners 86 2315 878 71 38 3264 .978 5 55 33 .625 0 9
BishopMVP 87 2373 910 74 61 3357 .978 31 54 29 .651 2 11
ISiddiqui Slammers 85 2287 941 73 55 3301 .978 5 81 30 .730 0 7
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 87 2369 932 76 55 3377 .977 9 42 19 .689 1 2
vtbub 88 2371 984 78 58 3433 .977 5 54 28 .659 0 6
Ramzavail 84 2279 972 79 67 3330 .976 6 53 31 .631 3 5
ntndeacon Deacons 85 2230 892 77 52 3199 .976 14 50 25 .667 2 1
Sooner333 87 2356 908 81 69 3345 .976 15 45 24 .652 1 5
Suicanes Bombers 85 2266 846 86 58 3198 .973 5 66 38 .635 1 5
Totals 1370 36994 14633 1141 923 52768 .978 165 857 480 .641 15 91

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
6/20/2004 BIS Face General 7/15/2004 25 4
6/28/2004 BIS Day General 7/21/2004 23 10
7/11/2004 BIS Ewing Collision in field 8/11/2004 31 31
7/8/2004 CHR Banks General 7/13/2004 5 2
7/8/2004 CHR Williams General 7/13/2004 5 2
6/25/2004 COF Niekro General 7/15/2004 20 4
6/15/2004 COF Berra Collision in field 7/18/2004 33 7
6/29/2004 COF Kendall Hit by pitch 7/20/2004 21 9
7/8/2004 MAP Henke General 7/18/2004 10 7
7/7/2004 NTN Fox General 7/15/2004 8 4
7/11/2004 NTN Keeler General 7/25/2004 14 14
6/26/2004 OYK Vance General 7/17/2004 21 6
7/8/2004 OYK Charleston General 7/17/2004 9 6
6/29/2004 SOO Marichal General 7/13/2004 14 2
7/8/2004 SOO Durham General 7/18/2004 10 7
6/24/2004 SOO Ward Hit by pitch 7/29/2004 35 18
7/10/2004 SOO Willis,D General 8/1/2004 22 21
6/29/2004 TLK Sutton General 7/18/2004 19 7
7/7/2004 VIN Ramirez General 7/12/2004 5 1
6/24/2004 VIN Bench Collision in field 7/27/2004 33 16


I cleaned up the league leaders, so they should be less inaccurate than usual.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (through June 20) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (June 21-present) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results%20part%202.txt)
June 28-July 11 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/June%2028-July%2011.zip)

The next grouup of games will be run on Monday morning, so make sure to get any lineup changes to me by 11:59 PM ET Sunday, March 7.

[Honolulu Blue]

JULY 12-25

Things are starting to become clearer in the heat of July. The Bishop has restored order in the East, for now. Oykib and Maple Leafs are pulling away in the West and International divisions, respectively. No comment about the Midwest :).


DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 BishopMVP 55 45 .550 - 6-4 L3 lllwwlwwww 494 466 28 62
2004 Ramzavail 51 46 .526 2 1/2 4-6 W1 wlwlllwlwl 483 467 16 67
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 52 47 .525 2 1/2 5-5 L1 lwwwllllww 524 471 53 66
2004 vtbub 39 61 .390 16 4-6 L2 llwwwlllwl 438 510 -72 79

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 59 40 .596 - 8-2 W3 wwwlwwwwlw 484 399 85 57
2004 Bearcat729 51 47 .520 7 1/2 4-6 W2 wwlwllwlll 508 466 42 72
2004 TheLionKing 46 52 .469 12 1/2 5-5 W1 wlllwwlwwl 518 530 -12 77
2004 Coffee Warlord 46 53 .465 13 4-6 L1 lwllwlwllw 456 499 -43 77

West
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 57 43 .570 - 6-4 W3 wwwlllwwlw 524 483 41 59
2004 Sooner333 53 47 .530 4 5-5 L3 lllwwlwwwl 510 504 6 67
2004 Chief Rum Runners 52 48 .520 5 6-4 W1 wlwlwlwwwl 528 537 -9 68
2004 Vince 46 52 .469 10 3-7 L5 lllllwwwll 495 524 -29 74

International
2004 Maple Leafs 58 41 .586 - 6-4 W4 wwwwlwllwl 534 471 63 50
2004 Suicanes Bombers 43 55 .439 14 1/2 3-7 L3 lllwlwllwl 473 542 -69 79
2004 Booj 41 55 .427 15 1/2 4-6 L1 lwwlwlllwl 415 437 -22 81
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 41 58 .414 17 5-5 W2 wwlwwwllll 417 495 -78 81

DMB batting leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Cobb SOO .354 Bonds,Ba SOO .456 Bonds,Ba SOO .746
Griffey Jr. SUI .347 Ruth NTN .455 Ruth NTN .699
Alomar RAM .346 Mantle ISI .438 Griffey Jr. SUI .697
Murray OYK .346 Williams BIS .433 Musial MAP .600
Bonds,Ba SOO .339 Cobb SOO .423 Stargell TLK .598


-------------Hits------------- -------------Runs------------- --------Runs batted in--------

Charleston OYK 247 Charleston OYK 128 Charleston OYK 116
Dihigo BIS 217 Dihigo BIS 121 Bonds,Ba SOO 113
Lloyd OYK 214 Lloyd OYK 121 Lloyd OYK 98
Foxx COF 181 Foxx COF 106 McGwire SOO 96
Alomar RAM 143 Bonds,Ba SOO 93 Greenberg BEA 95


------------Doubles----------- ------------Triples----------- -----------Homeruns-----------

Charleston OYK 56 Charleston OYK 17 Bonds,Ba SOO 39
Dihigo BIS 42 Lloyd OYK 14 Griffey Jr. SUI 36
Lloyd OYK 40 Bell MAP 11 McGwire SOO 32
Martinez VTB 30 Foxx COF 10 Foxx COF 32
Herman BOO 29 Simmons RAM 9 Ruth NTN 31


--------Extra base hits------- ---------Stolen bases--------- -------Steal percentage-------

Charleston OYK 92 Pierre VIN 40-18 Bonds,Ba SOO .933
Lloyd OYK 73 Raines OYK 39-16 Yount TLK .833
Dihigo BIS 67 Morgan HON 37-14 Biggio VIN .794
Foxx COF 66 Charleston OYK 33-25 Brouthers BIS .783
Bonds,Ba SOO 62 Suzuki SOO 30-12 Bell MAP .750


-------------Walks------------ -------Intentional walks------ ----------Strikeouts----------

Lloyd OYK 115 Bonds,Ba SOO 23 Foxx COF 207
Ruth NTN 86 Mantle ISI 19 Allen CHR 137
Charleston OYK 86 Chavez MAP 11 Greenberg BEA 127
Dihigo BIS 85 Ruth NTN 11 Charleston OYK 120
Foxx COF 84 Burgess ISI 10 Lloyd OYK 119

DMB pitching leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

------Earned run average------ ----------Strikeouts---------- -------------Walks------------

Mathewson BIS 1.98 Paige BIS 306 Day BIS 101
Gibson BOO 3.38 Day BIS 232 Paige BIS 101
Hahn VTB 3.38 Grove HON 208 Marichal SOO 78
Pennock NTN 3.40 Marichal SOO 194 H Smith BIS 75
Maddux BOO 3.43 H Smith BIS 175 Prior COF 73


-------------Wins------------- ------Winning percentage------ ------------Losses------------

Paige BIS 24-11 Mathewson BIS 1.000 Martinez BOO 5-14
Marichal SOO 20-13 Dotel SOO .800 Day BIS 11-14
H Smith BIS 18-8 Reardon RAM .778 Kaat VTB 2-13
Drysdale TLK 12-5 Drysdale TLK .706 Marichal SOO 20-13
Scott MAP 12-5 Scott MAP .706 Blue VIN 7-12


--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Gibson BOO .216 Alexander BEA .276 Mathewson BIS .332
Alexander BEA .217 Maddux BOO .278 Hahn VTB .350
Mathewson BIS .221 Mathewson BIS .279 Cone VIN .358
Hahn VTB .223 Joss MAP .280 Gibson BOO .360
Joss MAP .224 Hahn VTB .282 Joss MAP .370


------Hits per 9 innings------ ------Walks per 9 innings----- -----Runners per 9 innings----

Gibson BOO 7.1 Spalding RAM 0.6 Mathewson BIS 9.8
Mathewson BIS 7.2 Maddux BOO 1.2 Alexander BEA 10.0
Alexander BEA 7.3 Newcombe VTB 2.2 Maddux BOO 10.1
Hahn VTB 7.6 Blyleven HON 2.2 Grove HON 10.3
Joss MAP 7.6 Grove HON 2.4 Joss MAP 10.4


---Strikeouts per 9 innings--- ----Homeruns per 9 innings---- --Stolen bases per 9 innings--

Ryan BOO 11.3 Mathewson BIS 0.4 Blue VIN 0.1
Kaneda OYK 10.4 Dean COF 0.5 Stewart CHR 0.2
Feller CHR 10.1 Reuschel VIN 0.6 Halladay BOO 0.2
Koufax VIN 9.9 Perry HON 0.8 Wynn SOO 0.2
Schilling SUI 9.7 Maddux BOO 0.8 Drysdale TLK 0.2


-----------Shutouts----------- ---Quality start percentage--- ------Average run support-----

Paige BIS 5 Pennock NTN 1.000 Koufax VIN 6.4
Joss MAP 2 Mathewson BIS .813 H Smith BIS 6.4
Mays BEA 2 H Smith BIS .800 Marquard MAP 6.4
Alexander BEA 2 Reuschel VIN .750 Brecheen OYK 6.3
Brown SOO 2 Smoltz BEA .700 Feller CHR 6.3


------Save Opportunities------ -------------Saves------------ --------Save percentage-------

H Smith BIS 34 H Smith BIS 21 Hernandez CHR .864
Fingers VIN 27 Eckersley SUI 20 Dotel SOO .864
Nen COF 26 Hernandez CHR 19 Eckersley SUI .833
Eckersley SUI 24 Dotel SOO 19 Hoffman BEA .833
Percival BIS 24 Nen COF 19 Percival BIS .750

DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Ramzavail .278 .342 .444 3461 483 961 166 45 107 455 330 676 40 25
Maple Leafs .277 .342 .472 3495 534 967 182 49 134 513 336 714 47 38
Bearcat729 .272 .336 .447 3440 508 934 158 39 122 483 336 774 50 36
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .271 .349 .437 3465 524 940 143 39 118 497 422 694 111 61
ISiddiqui Slammers .270 .341 .436 3474 524 939 171 29 115 503 367 701 42 27
TheLionKing .269 .338 .450 3429 518 924 157 30 134 493 349 702 46 29
BishopMVP .263 .339 .435 3439 494 903 162 34 121 469 397 744 53 26
vtbub .261 .314 .418 3530 438 922 169 40 102 412 272 665 56 28
Vince .261 .324 .438 3395 495 886 145 23 137 463 299 701 108 47
Chief Rum Runners .261 .323 .463 3482 528 908 148 35 162 504 313 862 34 31
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .258 .331 .426 3400 484 876 149 34 119 462 367 809 85 37
Sooner333 .257 .333 .428 3403 510 876 123 27 135 493 371 702 123 62
ntndeacon Deacons .254 .310 .393 3370 410 857 145 36 84 379 262 684 53 46
Booj .252 .315 .400 3362 415 847 163 12 104 393 313 600 26 11
Suicanes Bombers .249 .309 .423 3360 473 837 121 30 134 447 285 751 57 24
Coffee Warlord .244 .303 .401 3441 456 839 122 31 119 437 289 687 47 27
Totals .262 .328 .432 54946 7794 14416 2424 533 1947 7403 5308 11466 978 555



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Ramzavail 97 3882 15 18 59 17 63 0 528.2 5.4 .167 .743 1538 5.0
Maple Leafs 99 3915 22 30 39 23 51 0 565.4 5.7 .195 .785 1649 5.4
Bearcat729 98 3840 6 10 44 14 57 0 517.1 5.3 .175 .742 1536 5.2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 100 3952 8 14 32 25 72 0 535.4 5.3 .166 .774 1515 5.2
ISiddiqui Slammers 99 3924 20 36 34 29 51 0 527.6 5.3 .165 .743 1513 5.3
TheLionKing 98 3866 21 17 39 27 85 1 516.9 5.2 .181 .748 1543 5.3
BishopMVP 100 3923 15 18 42 30 72 0 516.0 5.1 .172 .744 1496 4.9
vtbub 100 3856 12 3 16 26 63 0 463.0 4.6 .157 .673 1477 4.4
Vince 98 3795 28 7 48 25 37 0 495.4 5.0 .177 .742 1488 5.1
Chief Rum Runners 100 3870 18 7 40 17 63 0 515.9 5.1 .202 .741 1612 5.3
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 99 3833 19 11 17 30 57 0 492.5 5.0 .169 .734 1450 4.9
Sooner333 100 3867 32 33 27 34 58 0 494.5 4.9 .171 .750 1458 5.1
ntndeacon Deacons 99 3704 17 17 37 18 52 0 406.4 4.1 .139 .635 1326 4.1
Booj 96 3732 4 5 34 19 64 0 428.4 4.4 .148 .652 1346 4.3
Suicanes Bombers 98 3696 16 8 11 24 64 0 438.6 4.5 .174 .681 1420 4.8
Coffee Warlord 99 3781 15 10 12 24 58 0 419.6 4.2 .157 .644 1380 4.6
Totals 1580 61436 268 244 531 382 967 1 7851.8 4.9 .170 .721 23747 4.9

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 3.75 59 40 23 99 16 889.1 819 399 371 272 765 118 57
BishopMVP 3.88 55 45 25 100 13 905.2 899 466 390 321 785 111 71
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.05 57 43 24 100 20 908.2 895 483 409 290 772 118 63
Booj 4.09 41 55 16 96 16 867.2 803 437 394 316 721 131 51
Ramzavail 4.21 51 46 10 97 22 884.1 894 467 414 325 606 105 81
Sooner333 4.25 53 47 25 100 15 899.2 939 504 425 308 709 112 70
Maple Leafs 4.27 58 41 14 99 24 896.2 849 471 425 335 753 139 59
Bearcat729 4.34 51 47 17 98 19 878.2 875 466 424 325 679 133 66
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.40 52 47 20 99 18 889.0 878 471 435 304 707 132 55
ntndeacon Deacons 4.44 41 58 18 99 12 870.1 907 495 429 335 593 135 53
Vince 4.49 46 52 21 98 14 882.2 936 524 440 354 748 116 71
Coffee Warlord 4.50 46 53 22 99 13 888.0 931 499 444 354 703 116 61
vtbub 4.56 39 61 18 100 12 901.1 967 510 457 348 675 108 58
Chief Rum Runners 4.75 52 48 23 100 12 898.1 922 537 474 402 738 121 44
TheLionKing 4.89 46 52 17 98 16 884.2 972 530 481 334 736 131 55
Suicanes Bombers 5.00 43 55 25 98 11 867.0 939 542 482 388 781 123 52
Totals 4.37 790 790 318 1580 253 14212.0 14425 7801 6894 5311 11471 1949 967



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 1 21 34 19 23 3 56 34 5 0 8.3 2.8 11.3 7.7 1.2
BishopMVP 14 16 39 25 23 3 61 31 12 0 8.9 3.2 12.3 7.8 1.1
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 7 14 33 14 12 0 45 23 2 1 8.9 2.9 11.9 7.6 1.2
Booj 22 15 34 25 12 2 57 40 7 0 8.3 3.3 11.8 7.5 1.4
Ramzavail 12 17 24 24 29 3 63 35 7 0 9.1 3.3 12.6 6.2 1.1
Sooner333 14 17 36 28 11 3 51 32 5 0 9.4 3.1 12.6 7.1 1.1
Maple Leafs 17 17 27 21 21 1 86 31 6 0 8.5 3.4 12.1 7.6 1.4
Bearcat729 22 9 24 22 24 0 37 33 5 0 9.0 3.3 12.4 7.0 1.4
ISiddiqui Slammers 8 16 32 18 24 0 93 34 8 0 8.9 3.1 12.1 7.2 1.3
ntndeacon Deacons 8 6 28 36 14 3 58 29 1 0 9.4 3.5 12.9 6.1 1.4
Vince 17 19 41 26 31 1 50 34 4 0 9.5 3.6 13.3 7.6 1.2
Coffee Warlord 15 16 35 23 15 2 71 47 12 0 9.4 3.6 13.2 7.1 1.2
vtbub 16 15 31 24 24 2 61 33 8 0 9.7 3.5 13.3 6.7 1.1
Chief Rum Runners 23 23 40 28 33 4 65 40 9 0 9.2 4.0 13.5 7.4 1.2
TheLionKing 25 30 28 21 20 1 50 32 6 0 9.9 3.4 13.6 7.5 1.3
Suicanes Bombers 23 18 45 28 32 8 76 47 8 0 9.7 4.0 14.0 8.1 1.3
Totals 244 269 531 382 348 36 980 555 105 1 9.1 3.4 12.7 7.3 1.2

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 99 2668 1005 62 60 3735 .983 11 56 34 .622 1 5
Booj 96 2603 1030 64 57 3697 .983 5 57 40 .588 0 7
Bearcat729 98 2636 1069 66 73 3771 .982 12 37 33 .529 1 5
Coffee Warlord 99 2664 1102 74 76 3840 .981 22 71 47 .602 1 12
TheLionKing 98 2654 997 73 61 3724 .980 11 50 32 .610 0 6
Maple Leafs 99 2690 1073 82 66 3845 .979 2 86 31 .735 0 6
ISiddiqui Slammers 99 2667 1092 83 62 3842 .978 5 93 34 .732 0 8
Ramzavail 97 2653 1132 88 89 3873 .977 6 63 35 .643 3 7
Chief Rum Runners 100 2695 1036 87 50 3818 .977 5 65 40 .619 0 9
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 100 2726 1080 89 67 3895 .977 9 45 23 .662 1 2
vtbub 100 2704 1120 91 64 3915 .977 6 61 33 .649 0 8
ntndeacon Deacons 99 2597 1042 88 61 3727 .976 16 58 29 .667 2 1
BishopMVP 100 2717 1059 92 77 3868 .976 32 61 31 .663 4 12
Vince 98 2648 1059 95 80 3802 .975 48 50 34 .595 2 4
Sooner333 100 2699 1028 100 81 3827 .974 18 51 32 .614 1 5
Suicanes Bombers 98 2601 984 101 65 3686 .973 5 76 47 .618 2 8
Totals 1580 42622 16908 1335 1089 60865 .978 213 980 555 .638 18 105

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
7/20/2004 BEA Evers General 8/3/2004 14 9
7/16/2004 BIS Martinez General 8/4/2004 19 10
7/11/2004 BIS Ewing Collision in field 8/11/2004 31 17
7/16/2004 CHR Banks General 7/26/2004 10 1
7/18/2004 CHR Feller General 7/29/2004 11 4
7/22/2004 CHR Willis General 8/5/2004 14 11
7/21/2004 COF Marion General 7/26/2004 5 1
7/24/2004 MAP Bell General 8/1/2004 8 7
7/13/2004 NTN Waner,L General 7/29/2004 16 4
7/25/2004 NTN Beckley General 8/5/2004 11 11
7/25/2004 RAM Franco General 7/26/2004 1 1
6/24/2004 SOO Ward Hit by pitch 7/29/2004 35 4
7/20/2004 SOO Cepeda General 8/1/2004 12 7
7/10/2004 SOO Willis,D General 8/1/2004 22 7
7/17/2004 SOO Marichal General 8/7/2004 21 13
7/19/2004 TLK Yount General 8/2/2004 14 8
7/23/2004 TLK Hernandez General 8/2/2004 10 8
6/24/2004 VIN Bench Collision in field 7/27/2004 33 2
7/18/2004 VIN Nichols General 7/29/2004 11 4
7/23/2004 VTB Garciaparra General 7/26/2004 3 1


WARNING: League leaders are inaccurate in some categories.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (through 6/20) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (6/21 to present) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results%20part%202.txt)
July 12-25 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/July%2012-25.zip)

Two items of note. First is the normal one - games will be run on Wednesday morning, and any changes need to be in to me by 11:59 PM ET Tuesday, March 9.

The second is that the trade deadline is approaching, and I want to make it easy for teams to trade, so I'll have to modify the next two sim periods as follows:

Wednesday - July 26-30
Friday - July 31-August 15

The trade deadline is July 31 game time, so all trades have to be made & accepted by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, March 11.

[Honolulu Blue]

JULY 26-30

In this short sim session, nothing much happened besides the Viagrans putting a little more distance between themselves and the rest of the division. But I'm sure there are many other stories in the stats below:

DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 BishopMVP 58 46 .558 - 5-5 W1 wlwwlllwwl 516 486 30 58
2004 Ramzavail 55 47 .539 2 6-4 W3 wwwlwwlwll 520 488 32 62
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 54 49 .524 3 1/2 5-5 L1 lwlwlwwwll 544 491 53 63
2004 vtbub 41 63 .394 17 5-5 W2 wwllllwwwl 456 528 -72 76

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 63 40 .612 - 9-1 W7 wwwwwwwlww 505 416 89 51
2004 Bearcat729 53 49 .520 9 1/2 5-5 L1 lwwlwwlwll 530 484 46 70
2004 Coffee Warlord 49 54 .476 14 5-5 W3 wwwllwllwl 486 522 -36 74
2004 TheLionKing 49 54 .476 14 5-5 W3 wwwllwlllw 558 546 12 74

West
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 58 46 .558 - 4-6 W1 wlllwwwlll 539 501 38 55
2004 Sooner333 55 50 .524 3 1/2 4-6 L3 lllwwlllww 532 539 -7 62
2004 Chief Rum Runners 53 51 .510 5 4-6 L1 lwllwlwlwl 555 566 -11 64
2004 Vince 48 54 .471 9 3-7 L2 llwwlllllw 513 540 -27 69

International
2004 Maple Leafs 58 45 .563 - 5-5 L4 llllwwwwlw 555 502 53 49
2004 Booj 44 56 .440 12 1/2 6-4 W1 wlwwlwwlwl 431 454 -23 74
2004 Suicanes Bombers 45 58 .437 13 3-7 L3 lllwwlllwl 496 589 -93 73
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 41 62 .398 17 5-5 L4 llllwwlwww 432 516 -84 77


Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent Mgc
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 63 40 .612 na 9-1 W7 wwwwwwwlww
2004 Maple Leafs 58 45 .563 na 5-5 L4 llllwwwwlw
2004 BishopMVP 58 46 .558 na 5-5 W1 wlwwlllwwl
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 58 46 .558 na 4-6 W1 wlllwwwlll
2004 Ramzavail 55 47 .539 - 6-4 W3 wwwlwwlwll 59
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 54 49 .524 1 1/2 5-5 L1 lwlwlwwwll 62
2004 Sooner333 55 50 .524 1 1/2 4-6 L3 lllwwlllww 61
2004 Bearcat729 53 49 .520 2 5-5 L1 lwwlwwlwll 63
2004 Chief Rum Runners 53 51 .510 3 4-6 L1 lwllwlwlwl 63
2004 Coffee Warlord 49 54 .476 6 1/2 5-5 W3 wwwllwllwl 67
2004 TheLionKing 49 54 .476 6 1/2 5-5 W3 wwwllwlllw 67
2004 Vince 48 54 .471 7 3-7 L2 llwwlllllw 68
2004 Booj 44 56 .440 10 6-4 W1 wlwwlwwlwl 72
2004 Suicanes Bombers 45 58 .437 10 1/2 3-7 L3 lllwwlllwl 71
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 41 62 .398 14 1/2 5-5 L4 llllwwlwww 75
2004 vtbub 41 63 .394 15 5-5 W2 wwllllwwwl 75

DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Ramzavail .279 .344 .445 3644 520 1015 174 48 112 491 357 714 41 26
Maple Leafs .277 .343 .473 3638 555 1008 190 52 139 533 355 745 47 40
Bearcat729 .273 .337 .449 3582 530 979 165 39 129 505 348 807 52 36
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .271 .349 .436 3597 539 976 148 40 122 512 437 719 116 65
TheLionKing .270 .339 .455 3614 558 977 165 35 144 532 369 751 50 29
ISiddiqui Slammers .268 .339 .433 3614 544 969 175 29 121 522 380 732 45 27
Chief Rum Runners .263 .326 .463 3627 555 953 156 36 166 528 331 902 37 32
vtbub .261 .313 .417 3673 456 958 175 42 105 428 282 693 56 29
BishopMVP .260 .337 .434 3571 516 930 166 34 129 491 415 771 56 27
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .258 .331 .431 3534 505 913 155 35 128 482 378 838 90 38
Vince .258 .322 .435 3527 513 911 147 24 143 480 315 727 108 54
Sooner333 .256 .331 .425 3572 532 915 129 29 139 511 385 736 127 64
ntndeacon Deacons .255 .309 .395 3511 425 894 150 39 88 394 269 719 56 46
Booj .251 .314 .401 3488 431 877 166 12 111 409 321 628 28 11
Suicanes Bombers .250 .309 .419 3531 496 881 128 30 137 469 301 779 57 25
Coffee Warlord .246 .305 .407 3587 486 882 131 34 126 466 302 714 52 30
Totals .262 .328 .433 57310 8161 15038 2520 558 2039 7753 5545 11975 1018 579



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Ramzavail 102 4097 15 19 63 18 66 0 561.4 5.4 .166 .748 1621 5.1
Maple Leafs 103 4084 26 30 39 26 53 0 592.9 5.7 .195 .788 1719 5.4
Bearcat729 102 3997 6 10 47 14 61 0 543.4 5.3 .176 .746 1609 5.2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 104 4102 8 14 33 27 72 0 555.2 5.3 .165 .773 1570 5.2
TheLionKing 103 4077 23 18 41 29 85 1 555.3 5.3 .185 .758 1644 5.4
ISiddiqui Slammers 103 4078 20 37 35 29 52 0 542.8 5.3 .165 .738 1565 5.3
Chief Rum Runners 104 4039 19 7 43 19 65 0 543.3 5.2 .200 .746 1679 5.3
vtbub 104 4013 12 3 17 29 66 0 478.8 4.5 .156 .670 1532 4.4
BishopMVP 104 4079 16 19 43 34 73 0 534.0 5.1 .174 .744 1551 5.0
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 103 3978 19 12 17 30 59 0 516.3 5.0 .172 .739 1522 4.9
Vince 102 3946 28 7 50 26 38 0 505.9 4.9 .177 .733 1535 5.0
Sooner333 105 4052 32 34 28 35 61 0 511.6 4.9 .169 .742 1519 5.1
ntndeacon Deacons 103 3858 18 18 41 19 53 0 425.2 4.1 .140 .637 1386 4.1
Booj 100 3868 4 5 35 20 65 0 444.3 4.4 .150 .652 1400 4.3
Suicanes Bombers 103 3884 16 8 11 25 68 0 457.7 4.4 .170 .676 1480 4.8
Coffee Warlord 103 3944 15 10 13 27 59 0 446.5 4.3 .161 .654 1459 4.7
Totals 1648 64096 277 251 556 407 996 1 8204.9 4.9 .170 .721 24791 5.0

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 3.75 63 40 26 103 16 925.1 858 416 386 281 793 122 58
BishopMVP 3.90 58 46 27 104 14 940.2 937 486 408 333 823 115 72
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.05 58 46 24 104 22 942.2 929 501 424 298 805 127 64
Booj 4.09 44 56 18 100 17 903.2 841 454 411 324 750 139 53
Ramzavail 4.20 55 47 11 102 24 929.1 936 488 434 337 636 110 84
Maple Leafs 4.30 58 45 14 103 24 932.2 889 502 446 350 784 145 60
Sooner333 4.32 55 50 26 105 15 944.2 992 539 453 334 754 117 73
Bearcat729 4.35 53 49 17 102 20 913.2 901 484 442 338 705 137 67
Vince 4.41 48 54 23 102 14 920.2 970 540 451 362 783 119 74
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.42 54 49 22 103 18 923.0 921 491 453 323 736 135 57
ntndeacon Deacons 4.45 41 62 18 103 12 906.1 938 516 448 349 618 144 55
vtbub 4.53 41 63 19 104 13 938.0 998 528 472 361 705 114 59
Coffee Warlord 4.54 49 54 24 103 13 925.0 973 522 467 374 727 121 63
TheLionKing 4.77 49 54 17 103 16 929.2 1010 546 493 347 769 135 58
Chief Rum Runners 4.79 53 51 23 104 12 932.2 955 566 496 423 760 128 46
Suicanes Bombers 5.20 45 58 26 103 11 912.0 999 589 527 414 832 133 53
Totals 4.38 824 824 335 1648 261 14820.0 15047 8168 7211 5548 11980 2041 996



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 2 21 38 21 24 3 57 35 5 0 8.3 2.7 11.3 7.7 1.2
BishopMVP 14 17 41 27 24 3 61 31 12 0 9.0 3.2 12.3 7.9 1.1
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 7 14 33 15 13 0 48 23 2 1 8.9 2.8 11.8 7.7 1.2
Booj 22 15 35 26 12 2 59 42 7 0 8.4 3.2 11.8 7.5 1.4
Ramzavail 12 17 26 26 30 4 64 37 10 0 9.1 3.3 12.5 6.2 1.1
Maple Leafs 18 17 27 23 23 1 94 34 6 0 8.6 3.4 12.1 7.6 1.4
Sooner333 14 20 38 31 11 4 52 34 5 0 9.5 3.2 12.8 7.2 1.1
Bearcat729 23 9 26 22 25 0 39 33 5 0 8.9 3.3 12.3 6.9 1.3
Vince 17 20 42 28 32 1 52 34 4 0 9.5 3.5 13.2 7.7 1.2
ISiddiqui Slammers 8 16 35 19 25 0 98 36 10 0 9.0 3.1 12.3 7.2 1.3
ntndeacon Deacons 8 6 30 36 14 3 60 34 1 0 9.3 3.5 12.8 6.1 1.4
vtbub 17 15 31 25 26 2 64 36 11 0 9.6 3.5 13.2 6.8 1.1
Coffee Warlord 16 17 37 24 17 2 71 48 12 0 9.5 3.6 13.3 7.1 1.2
TheLionKing 25 30 29 23 21 1 51 33 6 0 9.8 3.4 13.4 7.4 1.3
Chief Rum Runners 24 24 40 31 35 4 67 41 9 0 9.2 4.1 13.5 7.3 1.2
Suicanes Bombers 24 20 48 30 34 8 83 48 8 0 9.9 4.1 14.1 8.2 1.3
Totals 251 278 556 407 366 38 1020 579 113 1 9.1 3.4 12.7 7.3 1.2

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 103 2776 1045 63 61 3884 .984 12 57 35 .620 1 5
Booj 100 2711 1074 65 59 3850 .983 5 59 42 .584 0 7
Bearcat729 102 2741 1112 69 74 3922 .982 12 39 33 .542 1 5
Coffee Warlord 103 2775 1151 77 80 4003 .981 22 71 48 .597 1 12
TheLionKing 103 2789 1054 78 64 3921 .980 11 51 33 .607 1 6
ISiddiqui Slammers 103 2769 1136 86 65 3991 .978 5 98 36 .731 0 10
Ramzavail 102 2788 1185 91 92 4064 .978 6 64 37 .634 3 10
Maple Leafs 103 2798 1117 92 67 4007 .977 2 94 34 .734 0 6
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 104 2828 1111 93 69 4032 .977 10 48 23 .676 1 2
ntndeacon Deacons 103 2705 1090 90 64 3885 .977 16 60 34 .638 2 1
vtbub 104 2814 1174 97 65 4085 .976 6 64 36 .640 0 11
Chief Rum Runners 104 2798 1080 95 52 3973 .976 5 67 41 .620 0 9
BishopMVP 104 2822 1091 96 78 4009 .976 32 61 31 .663 4 12
Vince 102 2762 1105 103 84 3970 .974 50 52 34 .605 2 4
Suicanes Bombers 103 2736 1026 104 66 3866 .973 5 83 48 .634 2 8
Sooner333 105 2834 1080 110 84 4024 .973 19 52 34 .605 2 5
Totals 1648 44446 17631 1409 1124 63486 .978 218 1020 579 .638 20 113

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
7/20/2004 BEA Evers General 8/3/2004 14 4
7/16/2004 BIS Martinez General 8/4/2004 19 5
7/11/2004 BIS Ewing Collision in field 8/11/2004 31 12
7/22/2004 CHR Willis General 8/5/2004 14 6
7/29/2004 COF DiMaggio General 8/1/2004 3 2
7/26/2004 COF Prior General 8/6/2004 11 7
7/29/2004 ISI Wilhelm General 8/4/2004 6 5
7/24/2004 MAP Bell General 8/1/2004 8 2
7/25/2004 NTN Beckley General 8/5/2004 11 6
7/30/2004 RAM Rice General 7/31/2004 1 1
7/20/2004 SOO Cepeda General 8/1/2004 12 2
7/10/2004 SOO Willis,D General 8/1/2004 22 2
7/17/2004 SOO Marichal General 8/7/2004 21 8
7/26/2004 SUI Hershiser General 8/9/2004 14 10
7/19/2004 TLK Yount General 8/2/2004 14 3
7/23/2004 TLK Hernandez General 8/2/2004 10 3
7/27/2004 VIN Biggio General 7/31/2004 4 1
7/29/2004 VIN Palmeiro General 7/31/2004 2 1
7/29/2004 VIN Justice General 8/3/2004 5 4
7/26/2004 VIN Saberhagen General 8/8/2004 13 9

I dumped the league leaders since they wouldn't have changed much in five games. I replaced them with the wild card report, which I'll give you from here on out. As you can see, it's a lively 5 team race for those four spots - and the other teams are just a winning streak away.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (through 6/20) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (6/21 to present) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results%20part%202.txt)
July 26-30 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/July%2026-30.zip)

The next group of games will be done on Friday morning, so get those changes to me by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, March 11. Also, the same deadline applies for all trades. This is everyone's last chance to improve their team or fill some holes.

Thanks for following along.

[Honolulu Blue]

TEAM GRADES

The regulars

1B Keith Hernandez - A
He hasn't shown the traditional power stroke of a first baseman, but he's made up for it with his .392 OBP. He's only made 2 errors on defense.

2B Joe Morgan - B
His power stroke is slowly starting to come to life after months of hitting singles with the occasional double. .369 OBP is excellent for his position. 38-for-52 stealing is a boost to the team. 15 errors and 45 DPs isn't a great ratio. Overall good, but more was expected.

SS George Davis - C+
A little pop in his bat, but the .251 BA implies that he has been overmatched by this competition. Steady on defense, but slow on the DP (only 29 so far) and lacking in range. Not one of the elite shortstops in the league.

3B Mike Schmidt - A-
Has shown home run power to spare and his average isn't too bad (.253). Disappointingly few walks. Defense not as good as advertised, but there could be some illusions there. A valuable property.

LF Charlie Keller and Eric Davis - A (Keller - A-, Davis - A)
Keller was hurt for a month earlier in the season, but has made up for it by ripping the ball. Strikes out a lot, even for this group. No complaints in the field.
Davis has been valuable in almost every way, hitting for a good average with power, drawing walks, and stealing bases.

CF Richie Ashburn, Fred Lynn, and Bobby Bonds A- (Ashburn - B, Lynn - A, Bonds - A+)
Ashburn was benched when Lynn was acquired due to his lack of power. His speed and defense make him valuable off the bench. Lynn's been swatting the ball since he arrived and has been OK in the outfield also.
Bonds has been the leading hitter nearly all season and is still hitting .371 with lots of power (7 doubles and 7 HR in only 89 ABs). His 5 assists is tied for 2nd on the team.

RF Frank Robinson - C
Triple crown stats are superficially good (.246, 15, 46), but he was expected to be one of the big hitters on the team and he hasn't done that. Steady in the field, though not enough to improve his grade.

The bench

Lou Whitaker - incomplete. Has played well enough when he gets the chance but gets little PT (10 games, 8 at bats).
Kirk Gibson - C-. A bust in LF as the replacement for Keller, has played a little better from the bench.
Lance Parrish - C. Good field, no hit so far. For a catcher, that's OK.
Rico Petrocelli - D-. Had his chance when G. Davis was out, was miserable at the plate. Solid D saves him from an F.
Darrell Evans - incomplete. 2-for-22 in 23 games is not what we expected.

The pitchers

SP Lefty Grove - C
3.57 ERA is best among the starters, and his 11 wins is second. But we paid a steep price to get him and he hasn't been quite worth it. Vulnerable to the long ball (32 HR in 207 innings).

SP Gaylord Perry - B
Good run support (5.7 RPG) yields an 8-5 record for him despite so-so stats.

SP Bert Blyleven - B
Pitches just well enough to win, usually. Leads the team in wins with 12.

SP Jimmy Key - A-
Didn't expect him to pitch this well, but he does a fair job of throwing strikes and keeping the ball in the park. That's all you can ask for.

SP/RP Wes Ferrell - B+
Was hit hard early in the season but is turning things around. Hard to get a hit against.

RP John Hiller - F
Don't let the 3-3 record fool you, he's been miserable all year. Relegated to pitching mostly unimportant innnings against hitters that don't matter much.

RP Duane Ward - B-
Wild, but when he's on, he strikes out a lot of people.

RP Jeff Montgomery - A
Excellent stats in the second closer role (3-2, 8 saves, 2.96 ERA). Could move up.

RP Kent Tekulve - A
Hasn't been worked very hard (27 games), but still has a 6-2 record and 14 saves. Throws a few too many gopher balls.

RP Bob Lemon - incomplete
Pitched well when we had him, but simply wasn't going to get any playing time here.

[Vince]

And we're falling :(

[Honolulu Blue]

JULY 31-AUGUST 15

As the season nears the three-quarters mark, there are subtle changes in the standings. Largest is in the East, where Ramzavail has a wafer thin lead over BishopMVP. Oykib comes back to the field a bit, while Maple Leafs stretches his lead out a little. There remains little to say about the Midwest. :)

DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 Ramzavail 65 51 .560 - 8-2 W4 wwwwllwwww 596 540 56 45
2004 BishopMVP 66 53 .555 1/2 6-4 L2 llwlwwwwwl 605 569 36 46
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 59 59 .500 7 4-6 L2 llwwlwlllw 626 580 46 53
2004 vtbub 47 72 .395 19 1/2 4-6 L3 lllwwlwwll 517 611 -94 65

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 70 48 .593 - 5-5 W1 wlwlwwwlll 590 504 86 38
2004 Bearcat729 63 55 .534 7 7-3 W2 wwlwwllwww 612 557 55 52
2004 TheLionKing 58 60 .492 12 5-5 W1 wlwlwwwlll 642 616 26 57
2004 Coffee Warlord 57 61 .483 13 5-5 L2 llwwllwlww 552 584 -32 58

West
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 66 52 .559 - 5-5 W2 wwlwlwllwl 603 560 43 41
2004 Sooner333 64 56 .533 3 6-4 W2 wwlllwwlww 623 616 7 47
2004 Chief Rum Runners 60 58 .508 6 5-5 W2 wwlwllwwll 639 650 -11 51
2004 Vince 54 64 .458 12 2-8 W1 wllllwllll 581 628 -47 57

International
2004 Maple Leafs 65 52 .556 - 6-4 L1 lwllwwwwwl 637 580 57 33
2004 Booj 51 65 .440 13 1/2 4-6 L2 llwllwwlwl 515 543 -28 60
2004 Suicanes Bombers 52 67 .437 14 4-6 W2 wwlwwlllll 555 667 -112 59
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 47 71 .398 18 1/2 4-6 L1 lwlllllwww 500 588 -88 64



Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent Mgc
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 70 48 .593 na 5-5 W1 wlwlwwwlll
2004 Ramzavail 65 51 .560 na 8-2 W4 wwwwllwwww
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 66 52 .559 na 5-5 W2 wwlwlwllwl
2004 Maple Leafs 65 52 .556 na 6-4 L1 lwllwwwwwl
2004 BishopMVP 66 53 .555 - 6-4 L2 llwlwwwwwl 42
2004 Bearcat729 63 55 .534 2 1/2 7-3 W2 wwlwwllwww 47
2004 Sooner333 64 56 .533 2 1/2 6-4 W2 wwlllwwlww 46
2004 Chief Rum Runners 60 58 .508 5 1/2 5-5 W2 wwlwllwwll 50
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 59 59 .500 6 1/2 4-6 L2 llwwlwlllw 51
2004 TheLionKing 58 60 .492 7 1/2 5-5 W1 wlwlwwwlll 52
2004 Coffee Warlord 57 61 .483 8 1/2 5-5 L2 llwwllwlww 53
2004 Vince 54 64 .458 11 1/2 2-8 W1 wllllwllll 56
2004 Booj 51 65 .440 13 1/2 4-6 L2 llwllwwlwl 59
2004 Suicanes Bombers 52 67 .437 14 4-6 W2 wwlwwlllll 58
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 47 71 .398 18 1/2 4-6 L1 lwlllllwww 63
2004 vtbub 47 72 .395 19 4-6 L3 lllwwlwwll 63

DMB batting leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Cobb SOO .364 Bonds,Ba SOO .458 Bonds,Ba SOO .711
Alomar RAM .340 Mantle ISI .444 Griffey Jr. SUI .675
Charleston OYK .339 Ruth NTN .444 Ruth NTN .661
Bonds,Ba SOO .334 Williams BIS .442 Ramirez VIN .637
Murray OYK .333 Cobb SOO .431 Stargell TLK .614


-------------Hits------------- -------------Runs------------- --------Runs batted in--------

Charleston OYK 295 Charleston OYK 159 Bonds,Ba SOO 134
Dihigo BIS 262 Dihigo BIS 146 Charleston OYK 132
Lloyd OYK 247 Lloyd OYK 139 Foxx COF 128
Foxx COF 221 Foxx COF 131 Greenberg BEA 117
Alomar RAM 167 Bonds,Ba SOO 110 Lloyd OYK 115


------------Doubles----------- ------------Triples----------- -----------Homeruns-----------

Charleston OYK 64 Charleston OYK 21 Griffey Jr. SUI 45
Dihigo BIS 55 Lloyd OYK 16 Foxx COF 44
Lloyd OYK 45 Dihigo BIS 15 Bonds,Ba SOO 43
Martinez VTB 35 Bell MAP 11 Greenberg BEA 40
Allen CHR 33 Kaline TLK 10 McGwire SOO 38


--------Extra base hits------- ---------Stolen bases--------- -------Steal percentage-------

Charleston OYK 111 Morgan HON 47-16 Bonds,Ba SOO .842
Dihigo BIS 91 Pierre VIN 45-24 Yount TLK .786
Foxx COF 85 Charleston OYK 45-28 Bell MAP .780
Lloyd OYK 85 Raines OYK 44-16 Brouthers BIS .769
Stargell TLK 70 Suzuki SOO 37-15 Mantle ISI .750


-------------Walks------------ -------Intentional walks------ ----------Strikeouts----------

Lloyd OYK 139 Bonds,Ba SOO 27 Foxx COF 249
Charleston OYK 112 Mantle ISI 22 Allen CHR 167
Ruth NTN 107 Ruth NTN 16 Greenberg BEA 150
Dihigo BIS 104 Chavez MAP 12 Lloyd OYK 150
Foxx COF 103 Frisch TLK 12 Snider BEA 147

DMB pitching leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

------Earned run average------ ----------Strikeouts---------- -------------Walks------------

Mathewson BIS 2.30 Paige BIS 361 Day BIS 127
Lieber COF 2.86 Day BIS 287 Paige BIS 117
Smoltz BEA 3.35 Marichal SOO 235 H Smith BIS 88
Brecheen OYK 3.36 Grove HON 233 Marichal SOO 86
Hahn VTB 3.38 H Smith BIS 205 Richard RAM 84


-------------Wins------------- ------Winning percentage------ ------------Losses------------

Paige BIS 27-14 Mathewson BIS .846 Day BIS 14-18
H Smith BIS 22-8 Dotel SOO .818 Marichal SOO 22-16
Marichal SOO 22-16 H Smith BIS .733 Kaat VTB 2-15
Scott MAP 14-6 Key HON .706 Lemon ISI 6-15
Day BIS 14-18 Scott MAP .700 Martinez BOO 7-15


--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Alexander BEA .218 Alexander BEA .272 Cone VIN .343
Mathewson BIS .224 Maddux BOO .277 Mathewson BIS .348
Richard RAM .225 Mathewson BIS .281 Hahn VTB .362
Cone VIN .225 Lieber COF .283 Ryan BOO .366
Ryan BOO .225 Martinez BIS .293 Alexander BEA .371


------Hits per 9 innings------ ------Walks per 9 innings----- -----Runners per 9 innings----

Ryan BOO 7.3 Spalding RAM 0.7 Alexander BEA 9.9
Mathewson BIS 7.4 Maddux BOO 1.1 Mathewson BIS 10.0
Alexander BEA 7.4 Newcombe VTB 2.3 Maddux BOO 10.0
Cone VIN 7.5 Key HON 2.3 Lieber COF 10.5
Richard RAM 7.6 Galvin RAM 2.4 Martinez BIS 10.8


---Strikeouts per 9 innings--- ----Homeruns per 9 innings---- --Stolen bases per 9 innings--

Ryan BOO 11.3 Mathewson BIS 0.6 Blue VIN 0.1
Kaneda OYK 10.7 Dean COF 0.7 Kaat VTB 0.2
Feller CHR 10.4 Cone VIN 0.8 Wynn SOO 0.2
McDowell SUI 10.0 Newcombe VTB 0.8 McDowell SUI 0.2
Koufax VIN 10.0 Perry HON 0.8 Brecheen OYK 0.2


-----------Shutouts----------- ---Quality start percentage--- ------Average run support-----

Paige BIS 5 H Smith BIS .857 Waddell MAP 6.6
Mays BEA 3 Mathewson BIS .800 Feller CHR 6.5
Joss MAP 2 Smoltz BEA .708 H Smith BIS 6.4
Alexander BEA 2 Clemens CHR .667 Bender BEA 6.2
Brown SOO 2 Reuschel VIN .667 Marquard MAP 6.2


------Save Opportunities------ -------------Saves------------ --------Save percentage-------

H Smith BIS 41 H Smith BIS 26 Dotel SOO .857
Percival BIS 31 Dotel SOO 24 Eckersley SUI .821
Fingers VIN 31 Eckersley SUI 23 Hoffman BEA .789
Nen COF 30 Nen COF 23 Hernandez CHR .778
Eckersley SUI 28 Percival BIS 22 Nen COF .767

DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Ramzavail .278 .344 .441 4111 596 1142 194 50 126 560 404 799 51 26
Maple Leafs .275 .342 .474 4142 637 1141 212 63 162 610 404 860 54 48
TheLionKing .273 .342 .460 4135 642 1129 196 42 164 614 426 861 58 39
Bearcat729 .272 .339 .448 4162 612 1134 189 40 154 584 419 943 64 38
Chief Rum Runners .269 .332 .470 4143 639 1115 182 37 192 610 382 1026 41 36
ISiddiqui Slammers .269 .339 .434 4145 626 1115 201 36 137 599 437 839 51 28
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .268 .345 .433 4075 603 1091 163 42 142 570 486 822 131 73
BishopMVP .262 .338 .442 4096 605 1072 197 47 149 574 476 894 64 31
Sooner333 .262 .337 .433 4098 623 1072 156 38 157 598 450 860 141 81
vtbub .261 .314 .414 4220 517 1102 203 45 117 482 324 811 63 34
Vince .259 .324 .436 4082 581 1059 177 31 160 544 368 834 119 67
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .255 .331 .434 4024 590 1026 175 39 156 566 451 970 108 46
Booj .253 .315 .403 4048 515 1023 186 16 130 486 372 724 35 16
ntndeacon Deacons .252 .307 .393 4042 493 1019 175 42 103 461 309 831 66 53
Coffee Warlord .246 .306 .404 4109 552 1009 150 39 141 528 356 792 60 33
Suicanes Bombers .244 .304 .415 4082 555 995 149 33 162 527 347 888 64 33
Totals .262 .329 .433 65714 9386 17244 2905 640 2352 8913 6411 13754 1170 682



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Ramzavail 116 4627 19 19 73 20 76 0 630.5 5.4 .163 .745 1814 5.1
Maple Leafs 117 4651 31 32 43 31 63 0 672.9 5.7 .199 .789 1965 5.4
TheLionKing 118 4660 24 21 44 30 93 1 646.4 5.4 .187 .768 1901 5.4
Bearcat729 118 4661 8 13 55 17 75 0 634.8 5.3 .176 .750 1865 5.2
Chief Rum Runners 118 4622 23 9 50 24 78 0 641.8 5.4 .201 .762 1947 5.4
ISiddiqui Slammers 118 4680 23 40 39 36 56 0 628.8 5.3 .165 .742 1799 5.3
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 118 4640 11 16 38 30 79 0 616.7 5.2 .165 .763 1764 5.1
BishopMVP 119 4675 18 23 46 39 80 0 625.6 5.2 .180 .755 1810 5.1
Sooner333 120 4658 36 37 37 37 71 0 604.8 5.0 .172 .756 1775 5.2
vtbub 119 4613 14 8 20 35 72 0 547.5 4.5 .153 .666 1746 4.3
Vince 118 4568 35 8 55 28 43 0 587.7 4.9 .176 .734 1778 4.9
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 118 4554 23 16 21 35 66 0 594.7 5.1 .179 .749 1747 5.0
Booj 116 4488 4 8 42 22 79 0 516.6 4.4 .150 .654 1631 4.4
ntndeacon Deacons 118 4447 21 26 50 25 56 0 485.0 4.1 .141 .633 1587 4.2
Coffee Warlord 118 4528 17 12 15 31 77 0 508.2 4.2 .158 .652 1660 4.7
Suicanes Bombers 119 4492 18 8 16 29 74 0 514.8 4.3 .172 .665 1696 4.7
Totals 1888 73564 325 296 644 469 1138 1 9442.8 5.0 .171 .724 28485 5.0

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 3.86 70 48 30 118 18 1061.1 994 504 455 333 885 145 63
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.00 66 52 28 118 26 1067.2 1050 560 474 344 922 141 74
BishopMVP 4.04 66 53 31 119 16 1076.0 1074 569 483 387 943 133 79
Ramzavail 4.14 65 51 14 116 28 1054.1 1064 540 485 378 761 128 88
Bearcat729 4.25 63 55 19 118 24 1069.2 1038 557 505 388 821 154 78
Booj 4.28 51 65 22 116 19 1045.1 999 543 497 362 868 165 68
Coffee Warlord 4.32 57 61 29 118 14 1068.2 1094 584 513 420 844 142 72
Sooner333 4.36 64 56 31 120 17 1077.2 1133 616 522 384 859 137 83
ntndeacon Deacons 4.42 47 71 22 118 12 1043.2 1074 588 512 415 709 160 67
Vince 4.42 54 64 25 118 15 1059.2 1117 628 521 417 890 134 79
Maple Leafs 4.42 65 52 17 117 26 1059.2 1014 580 521 419 897 166 73
vtbub 4.55 47 72 23 119 14 1079.0 1161 611 546 419 824 135 68
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.60 59 59 26 118 19 1056.2 1075 580 540 388 830 159 72
TheLionKing 4.70 58 60 18 118 19 1064.2 1134 616 556 385 876 156 66
Chief Rum Runners 4.84 60 58 26 118 13 1057.0 1105 650 568 479 864 141 48
Suicanes Bombers 5.12 52 67 30 119 12 1059.0 1127 667 602 496 966 158 60
Totals 4.39 944 944 391 1888 292 17000.0 17253 9393 8300 6414 13759 2354 1138



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 5 25 46 26 26 3 63 45 6 0 8.4 2.8 11.5 7.5 1.2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 11 17 38 18 17 0 54 29 3 1 8.9 2.9 11.9 7.8 1.2
BishopMVP 15 21 48 31 26 3 72 42 15 0 9.0 3.2 12.4 7.9 1.1
Ramzavail 15 22 28 28 33 4 74 47 11 0 9.1 3.2 12.5 6.5 1.1
Bearcat729 24 11 33 30 28 0 45 37 5 0 8.7 3.3 12.1 6.9 1.3
Booj 22 19 41 28 15 2 73 45 9 0 8.6 3.1 11.9 7.5 1.4
Coffee Warlord 19 20 44 25 24 2 79 54 12 0 9.2 3.5 12.9 7.1 1.2
Sooner333 19 24 41 34 11 4 61 35 5 0 9.5 3.2 12.9 7.2 1.1
ntndeacon Deacons 13 6 34 40 18 3 72 41 1 0 9.3 3.6 12.9 6.1 1.4
Vince 20 22 45 35 35 2 55 36 4 0 9.5 3.5 13.2 7.6 1.1
Maple Leafs 22 18 32 26 29 1 105 38 7 0 8.6 3.6 12.3 7.6 1.4
vtbub 19 17 42 29 27 3 74 49 13 0 9.7 3.5 13.3 6.9 1.1
ISiddiqui Slammers 10 23 41 21 30 0 111 44 12 0 9.2 3.3 12.7 7.1 1.4
TheLionKing 31 31 32 26 24 2 62 41 7 0 9.6 3.3 13.1 7.4 1.3
Chief Rum Runners 24 26 49 38 37 4 80 42 10 0 9.4 4.1 13.7 7.4 1.2
Suicanes Bombers 27 24 50 34 36 9 92 57 11 0 9.6 4.2 14.0 8.2 1.3
Totals 296 326 644 469 416 42 1172 682 131 1 9.1 3.4 12.7 7.3 1.2

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Booj 116 3136 1245 77 74 4458 .983 5 73 45 .619 1 9
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 118 3184 1216 79 67 4479 .982 13 63 45 .583 1 6
Bearcat729 118 3209 1302 84 86 4595 .982 14 45 37 .549 1 5
Coffee Warlord 118 3206 1317 89 90 4612 .981 24 79 54 .594 1 12
TheLionKing 118 3194 1201 90 75 4485 .980 13 62 41 .602 1 7
ISiddiqui Slammers 118 3170 1308 95 81 4573 .979 8 111 44 .716 0 12
ntndeacon Deacons 118 3117 1272 98 78 4487 .978 18 72 41 .637 2 1
Maple Leafs 117 3179 1281 100 81 4560 .978 3 105 38 .734 0 7
Ramzavail 116 3163 1308 102 98 4573 .978 6 74 47 .612 3 11
BishopMVP 119 3228 1256 105 86 4589 .977 35 72 42 .632 4 15
vtbub 119 3237 1343 109 75 4689 .977 7 74 49 .602 0 13
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 118 3203 1249 110 80 4562 .976 10 54 29 .651 2 3
Vince 118 3179 1267 114 89 4560 .975 79 55 36 .604 2 4
Suicanes Bombers 119 3177 1177 113 74 4467 .975 7 92 57 .617 2 11
Chief Rum Runners 118 3171 1212 114 55 4497 .975 7 80 42 .656 0 10
Sooner333 120 3233 1242 125 96 4600 .973 21 61 35 .635 2 5
Totals 1888 50986 20196 1604 1285 72786 .978 270 1172 682 .632 22 131

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
8/15/2004 BIS Day General 8/22/2004 7 7
8/15/2004 BOO Carter General 8/16/2004 1 1
8/13/2004 BOO Quisenberry General 9/4/2004 22 20
8/3/2004 COF Niekro General 8/23/2004 20 8
8/14/2004 ISI Clemente General 8/21/2004 7 6
8/8/2004 ISI Seaver General 8/21/2004 13 6
8/15/2004 ISI Mantle General 8/22/2004 7 7
8/1/2004 ISI Burgess Brawl 8/31/2004 30 16
8/13/2004 MAP Wagner General 8/19/2004 6 4
8/7/2004 SUI Carlton General 8/25/2004 18 10
8/13/2004 TLK Frisch General 8/24/2004 11 9
8/10/2004 TLK Hubbell General 8/30/2004 20 15
8/1/2004 VIN Bench Collision in field 9/3/2004 33 19
8/9/2004 VTB McCarver General 8/18/2004 9 3


WARNING: League leaders are inaccurate in some categories.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (through 6/20) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (6/21 to present) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20game%20results%20part%202.txt)
July 31-August 15 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/July%2031-August%2015.zip)

I will be simming the next group of games on Sunday morning, so be sure to get those lineup changes in to me by 11:59 PM Saturday, March 13.

[Vince]

Bench gets the same exact injury again? Crap.

[ISiddiqui]

Ah, dammit... we've fallen far out of 1st. Stupid injuries! There is always next year :D.

[Honolulu Blue]

AUGUST 16-29

The season is starting to wind down and it's beginning to become clearer who has "it" and who doesn't. Maple Leafs seems about ready to clinch the International division if someone else doesn't get hot in a hurry. The Bishop has put the fear of God in everyone else in the East, allowing him to get a substantial lead. Oykib continues to lead out West, though Sooner333 is still making a run. And in the Midwest, Bearcat got their hot streak, but they still can't overcome Mark Martin's favorite ED solution.


DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 BishopMVP 76 57 .571 - 7-3 W1 wlwwllwwww 697 626 71 27
2004 Ramzavail 69 60 .535 5 4-6 W1 wlwlwllllw 661 608 53 37
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 66 65 .504 9 5-5 L1 lwllwwllww 686 642 44 40
2004 vtbub 53 79 .402 22 1/2 4-6 L1 lwllllwwlw 582 683 -101 53

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 77 54 .588 - 6-4 W5 wwwwwlllwl 669 556 113 27
2004 Bearcat729 72 59 .550 5 7-3 L1 lwwwwllwww 683 607 76 37
2004 TheLionKing 67 65 .508 10 1/2 6-4 L1 lwwwwllwwl 725 684 41 42
2004 Coffee Warlord 65 67 .492 12 1/2 7-3 W1 wlwwlwwwlw 611 654 -43 44

West
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 72 60 .545 - 4-6 W1 wllllwllww 662 634 28 28
2004 Sooner333 70 63 .526 2 1/2 5-5 W1 wlllwlwwwl 684 668 16 33
2004 Chief Rum Runners 65 67 .492 7 2-8 L5 lllllwwlll 710 731 -21 38
2004 Vince 57 74 .435 14 1/2 3-7 L1 lwlllwwlll 626 717 -91 46

International
2004 Maple Leafs 74 57 .565 - 6-4 W1 wlwlwwwwll 712 646 66 16
2004 Suicanes Bombers 58 74 .439 16 1/2 4-6 W1 wlwwlwllll 625 747 -122 48
2004 Booj 57 73 .438 16 1/2 4-6 L1 lwlwwwllll 576 619 -43 49
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 53 77 .408 20 1/2 5-5 L1 lwlwllwwwl 557 644 -87 53



Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent Mgc
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 77 54 .588 na 6-4 W5 wwwwwlllwl
2004 BishopMVP 76 57 .571 na 7-3 W1 wlwwllwwww
2004 Maple Leafs 74 57 .565 na 6-4 W1 wlwlwwwwll
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 72 60 .545 na 4-6 W1 wllllwllww
2004 Bearcat729 72 59 .550 - 7-3 L1 lwwwwllwww 31
2004 Ramzavail 69 60 .535 2 4-6 W1 wlwlwllllw 35
2004 Sooner333 70 63 .526 3 5-5 W1 wlllwlwwwl 34
2004 TheLionKing 67 65 .508 5 1/2 6-4 L1 lwwwwllwwl 37
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 66 65 .504 6 5-5 L1 lwllwwllww 38
2004 Coffee Warlord 65 67 .492 7 1/2 7-3 W1 wlwwlwwwlw 39
2004 Chief Rum Runners 65 67 .492 7 1/2 2-8 L5 lllllwwlll 39
2004 Suicanes Bombers 58 74 .439 14 1/2 4-6 W1 wlwwlwllll 46
2004 Booj 57 73 .438 14 1/2 4-6 L1 lwlwwwllll 47
2004 Vince 57 74 .435 15 3-7 L1 lwlllwwlll 47
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 53 77 .408 18 1/2 5-5 L1 lwlwllwwwl 51
2004 vtbub 53 79 .402 19 1/2 4-6 L1 lwllllwwlw 51

DMB batting leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Cobb SOO .354 Bonds,Ba SOO .464 Bonds,Ba SOO .707
Alomar RAM .338 Williams BIS .459 Ruth NTN .681
Charleston OYK .334 Ruth NTN .455 Griffey Jr. SUI .667
Bonds,Ba SOO .334 Mantle ISI .452 Stargell TLK .638
Murray OYK .328 Cobb SOO .416 Greenberg BEA .608


-------------Hits------------- -------------Runs------------- --------Runs batted in--------

Charleston OYK 328 Charleston OYK 173 Charleston OYK 143
Dihigo BIS 306 Dihigo BIS 173 Bonds,Ba SOO 140
Lloyd OYK 277 Lloyd OYK 153 Foxx COF 137
Foxx COF 243 Foxx COF 144 Greenberg BEA 132
Alomar RAM 180 Bonds,Ba SOO 121 Lloyd OYK 132


------------Doubles----------- ------------Triples----------- -----------Homeruns-----------

Charleston OYK 74 Charleston OYK 22 Griffey Jr. SUI 49
Dihigo BIS 65 Lloyd OYK 17 Foxx COF 48
Lloyd OYK 51 Dihigo BIS 16 Greenberg BEA 47
Heilmann CHR 38 Bell MAP 12 Bonds,Ba SOO 46
Kelley TLK 38 Foxx COF 12 Stargell TLK 43


--------Extra base hits------- ---------Stolen bases--------- -------Steal percentage-------

Charleston OYK 123 Raines OYK 50-18 Rice RAM .789
Dihigo BIS 106 Charleston OYK 49-31 Bonds,Ba SOO .773
Foxx COF 96 Morgan HON 48-17 Brouthers BIS .769
Lloyd OYK 95 Pierre VIN 45-27 Biggio VIN .766
Stargell TLK 82 Suzuki SOO 38-16 Bell MAP .755


-------------Walks------------ -------Intentional walks------ ----------Strikeouts----------

Lloyd OYK 150 Bonds,Ba SOO 31 Foxx COF 278
Charleston OYK 119 Mantle ISI 23 Allen CHR 181
Dihigo BIS 119 Ruth NTN 19 Lloyd OYK 172
Ruth NTN 118 Chavez MAP 13 Greenberg BEA 170
Bonds,Ba SOO 116 Frisch TLK 12 Charleston OYK 164

DMB pitching leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

------Earned run average------ ----------Strikeouts---------- -------------Walks------------

Mathewson BIS 2.36 Paige BIS 398 Day BIS 134
Lieber COF 2.74 Day BIS 305 Paige BIS 121
Galvin RAM 3.27 Marichal SOO 267 Richard RAM 99
Perry HON 3.46 Grove HON 253 H Smith BIS 99
Alexander BEA 3.48 H Smith BIS 227 Ryan BOO 95


-------------Wins------------- ------Winning percentage------ ------------Losses------------

Paige BIS 31-15 Mathewson BIS .800 Day BIS 14-19
H Smith BIS 24-8 H Smith BIS .750 Marichal SOO 24-19
Marichal SOO 24-19 Scott MAP .727 Lemon ISI 6-17
Scott MAP 16-6 Coveleski ISI .700 Kaat VTB 3-16
Drysdale TLK 15-7 Waddell MAP .684 Pettitte SUI 5-16


--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Lieber COF .224 Lieber COF .276 Cone VIN .350
Ryan BOO .225 Mathewson BIS .281 Mathewson BIS .356
Mathewson BIS .228 Maddux BOO .285 Ryan BOO .363
H Smith BIS .228 Alexander BEA .290 Hahn VTB .376
Cone VIN .229 Brecheen OYK .291 Smoltz BEA .378


------Hits per 9 innings------ ------Walks per 9 innings----- -----Runners per 9 innings----

Ryan BOO 7.3 Spalding RAM 0.8 Mathewson BIS 10.0
Lieber COF 7.6 Maddux BOO 1.2 Lieber COF 10.1
Mathewson BIS 7.6 Key HON 2.2 Maddux BOO 10.4
Cone VIN 7.6 Newcombe VTB 2.3 Alexander BEA 10.6
H Smith BIS 7.7 Galvin RAM 2.3 Brecheen OYK 10.8


---Strikeouts per 9 innings--- ----Homeruns per 9 innings---- --Stolen bases per 9 innings--

Ryan BOO 11.1 Mathewson BIS 0.7 Blue VIN 0.2
Kaneda OYK 11.0 Dean COF 0.7 Kaat VTB 0.2
Feller CHR 10.5 Cone VIN 0.7 McDowell SUI 0.2
McDowell SUI 10.1 Galvin RAM 0.8 Brecheen OYK 0.2
Koufax VIN 10.0 Newcombe VTB 0.8 Stewart CHR 0.2


-----------Shutouts----------- ---Quality start percentage--- ------Average run support-----

Paige BIS 7 H Smith BIS .889 H Smith BIS 6.9
Mays BEA 3 Mathewson BIS .826 Marquard MAP 6.7
Joss MAP 2 Pennock NTN .667 Waddell MAP 6.5
Alexander BEA 2 Perry HON .654 Feller CHR 6.4
Brown SOO 2 Smoltz BEA .654 Ferrell HON 6.0


------Save Opportunities------ -------------Saves------------ --------Save percentage-------

H Smith BIS 47 H Smith BIS 30 Dotel SOO .867
Fingers VIN 34 Nen COF 27 Eckersley SUI .828
Nen COF 34 Dotel SOO 26 Hoffman BEA .818
Percival BIS 33 Eckersley SUI 24 Nen COF .794
Sutter VTB 33 Sutter VTB 24 Sutter VTB .727


-------------Holds------------ ----------Blown saves--------- -----Blown save percentage----

Urbina SOO 14 H Smith BIS 14 Harvey TLK .400
Hiller HON 12 Fingers VIN 13 Fingers VIN .382
John CHR 11 Hernandez CHR 9 Smith BOO .300
Isringhausen COF 11 Sutter VTB 9 H Smith BIS .298
Olson SUI 9 Percival BIS 9 Hernandez CHR .290

DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Ramzavail .280 .344 .439 4598 661 1286 210 53 139 622 442 890 60 30
Maple Leafs .276 .341 .475 4622 712 1277 242 69 179 682 437 962 56 55
TheLionKing .273 .342 .462 4630 725 1264 223 46 187 690 480 980 62 44
Bearcat729 .270 .337 .445 4611 683 1245 213 43 170 648 469 1042 66 47
ISiddiqui Slammers .268 .337 .431 4614 686 1235 229 41 147 658 481 925 56 31
Chief Rum Runners .267 .333 .465 4645 710 1242 203 40 211 679 440 1130 46 44
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .266 .340 .429 4560 662 1211 189 46 154 624 520 922 152 76
BishopMVP .263 .339 .446 4606 697 1210 226 50 173 659 534 1001 71 33
Sooner333 .262 .338 .433 4519 684 1183 169 44 172 656 496 936 151 91
vtbub .261 .314 .411 4686 582 1225 229 49 124 547 363 915 73 38
ntndeacon Deacons .256 .310 .397 4467 550 1144 200 43 115 517 340 898 76 57
Vince .256 .319 .431 4516 626 1156 195 37 174 589 399 913 128 74
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .255 .334 .439 4476 669 1143 205 44 176 641 518 1086 115 48
Booj .255 .317 .404 4522 576 1153 207 23 140 545 417 808 42 18
Suicanes Bombers .248 .307 .422 4534 625 1124 164 35 185 593 383 979 65 37
Coffee Warlord .244 .306 .399 4585 611 1117 168 42 154 577 408 896 66 38
Totals .263 .329 .433 73191 10459 19215 3272 705 2600 9927 7127 15283 1285 761



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Ramzavail 129 5166 23 19 77 26 88 0 701.7 5.4 .159 .742 2019 5.1
Maple Leafs 131 5175 35 34 47 34 70 0 746.6 5.7 .198 .784 2194 5.4
TheLionKing 132 5219 26 21 48 34 98 1 730.4 5.5 .189 .772 2140 5.5
Bearcat729 131 5167 9 13 59 19 78 0 695.8 5.3 .175 .744 2054 5.2
ISiddiqui Slammers 131 5204 25 41 44 40 63 0 690.2 5.2 .163 .734 1987 5.2
Chief Rum Runners 132 5195 27 9 56 27 90 0 710.7 5.3 .197 .755 2158 5.4
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 132 5163 11 19 42 30 89 0 673.1 5.1 .163 .750 1954 5.0
BishopMVP 133 5256 21 26 51 44 88 0 712.8 5.3 .183 .762 2055 5.2
Sooner333 133 5140 41 42 44 40 77 0 666.4 5.0 .171 .755 1956 5.1
vtbub 132 5127 16 8 25 37 78 0 606.8 4.5 .149 .664 1924 4.4
ntndeacon Deacons 130 4910 23 29 53 27 65 0 548.1 4.2 .141 .643 1775 4.2
Vince 131 5039 36 8 58 30 47 0 633.1 4.8 .175 .721 1947 4.8
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 131 5082 27 18 23 38 73 0 676.1 5.2 .183 .760 1964 5.1
Booj 130 5017 7 8 46 25 93 0 582.3 4.4 .149 .659 1826 4.4
Suicanes Bombers 132 4986 19 8 17 33 87 0 583.5 4.4 .174 .673 1913 4.7
Coffee Warlord 132 5063 18 12 16 36 84 0 561.3 4.2 .156 .647 1831 4.6
Totals 2102 81909 364 315 706 520 1268 1 10505.1 5.0 .171 .723 31697 5.0

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 3.85 77 54 32 131 22 1172.2 1109 556 501 374 969 159 74
BishopMVP 4.01 76 57 34 133 19 1204.0 1201 626 537 422 1034 146 88
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.11 72 60 31 132 28 1197.0 1187 634 546 387 1035 161 79
Ramzavail 4.18 69 60 14 129 33 1173.2 1196 608 545 431 849 139 101
Bearcat729 4.21 72 59 24 131 27 1185.1 1155 607 555 419 910 167 88
Sooner333 4.28 70 63 33 133 18 1192.2 1223 668 567 426 949 151 91
Coffee Warlord 4.33 65 67 36 132 14 1189.2 1215 654 572 467 938 155 84
Booj 4.34 57 73 24 130 21 1169.1 1131 619 564 421 981 180 75
Maple Leafs 4.38 74 57 20 131 29 1184.2 1134 646 576 469 1007 184 78
ntndeacon Deacons 4.40 53 77 25 130 13 1155.0 1193 644 565 457 772 174 78
Vince 4.52 57 74 27 131 15 1175.0 1236 717 590 477 1007 147 86
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.54 66 65 30 131 21 1174.2 1190 642 592 425 904 177 81
vtbub 4.62 53 79 28 132 16 1192.2 1284 683 612 452 909 156 73
TheLionKing 4.69 67 65 21 132 21 1188.0 1259 684 619 422 975 175 72
Chief Rum Runners 4.85 65 67 27 132 14 1190.0 1247 731 641 537 974 159 54
Suicanes Bombers 5.18 58 74 32 132 14 1177.0 1264 747 677 544 1076 172 66
Totals 4.40 1051 1051 438 2102 325 18921.1 19224 10466 9259 7130 15289 2602 1268



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 6 25 48 28 28 4 69 52 7 0 8.5 2.9 11.6 7.4 1.2
BishopMVP 17 22 52 32 27 3 78 44 15 0 9.0 3.2 12.3 7.7 1.1
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 11 19 40 21 21 0 60 36 4 1 8.9 2.9 12.0 7.8 1.2
Ramzavail 18 24 35 32 36 4 84 53 12 0 9.2 3.3 12.7 6.5 1.1
Bearcat729 26 13 37 33 31 0 52 44 5 0 8.8 3.2 12.0 6.9 1.3
Sooner333 19 28 44 38 11 4 65 37 6 0 9.2 3.2 12.7 7.2 1.1
Coffee Warlord 19 24 49 27 24 2 92 60 12 0 9.2 3.5 12.9 7.1 1.2
Booj 25 19 45 30 18 2 80 52 10 0 8.7 3.2 12.1 7.6 1.4
Maple Leafs 24 21 34 32 32 2 121 41 9 0 8.6 3.6 12.3 7.7 1.4
ntndeacon Deacons 14 11 38 44 18 3 77 43 1 0 9.3 3.6 12.9 6.0 1.4
Vince 20 23 47 40 38 2 61 37 5 0 9.5 3.7 13.3 7.7 1.1
ISiddiqui Slammers 11 29 43 23 33 0 118 51 14 0 9.1 3.3 12.6 6.9 1.4
vtbub 22 19 45 34 30 3 78 52 14 0 9.7 3.4 13.2 6.9 1.2
TheLionKing 32 34 37 27 25 3 74 48 8 0 9.5 3.2 13.0 7.4 1.3
Chief Rum Runners 24 28 57 40 40 4 83 46 10 0 9.4 4.1 13.7 7.4 1.2
Suicanes Bombers 27 26 55 39 41 9 95 65 11 0 9.7 4.2 14.0 8.2 1.3
Totals 315 365 706 520 453 45 1287 761 143 1 9.1 3.4 12.7 7.3 1.2

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Bearcat729 131 3556 1447 90 96 5093 .982 14 52 44 .542 1 5
Booj 130 3508 1381 88 82 4977 .982 6 80 52 .606 1 10
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 131 3518 1344 90 80 4952 .982 13 69 52 .570 1 7
Coffee Warlord 132 3569 1466 97 104 5132 .981 26 92 60 .605 1 12
TheLionKing 132 3564 1349 97 81 5010 .981 13 74 48 .607 1 8
ntndeacon Deacons 130 3450 1412 106 90 4968 .979 19 77 43 .642 2 1
ISiddiqui Slammers 131 3524 1451 109 92 5084 .979 10 118 51 .698 0 14
BishopMVP 133 3612 1414 115 98 5141 .978 38 78 44 .639 4 15
Ramzavail 129 3521 1450 114 113 5085 .978 6 84 53 .613 3 12
Maple Leafs 131 3554 1426 116 87 5096 .977 5 121 41 .747 0 9
vtbub 132 3578 1466 121 80 5165 .977 7 78 52 .600 0 14
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 132 3591 1399 124 86 5114 .976 12 60 36 .625 2 4
Suicanes Bombers 132 3531 1309 124 81 4964 .975 10 95 65 .594 2 11
Vince 131 3525 1390 130 96 5045 .974 109 61 37 .622 2 5
Chief Rum Runners 132 3570 1364 134 62 5068 .974 7 83 46 .643 2 10
Sooner333 133 3578 1388 141 104 5107 .972 23 65 37 .637 2 6
Totals 2102 56749 22456 1796 1432 81001 .978 318 1287 761 .628 24 143

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
8/22/2004 BIS Martinez General 9/5/2004 14 7
8/13/2004 BOO Quisenberry General 9/4/2004 22 6
8/27/2004 BOO Maddux General 9/15/2004 19 17
8/27/2004 COF Dean General 9/4/2004 8 6
8/29/2004 COF Grace Collision on bases 9/11/2004 13 13
8/1/2004 ISI Burgess Brawl 8/31/2004 30 2
8/17/2004 MAP Chance Collision in field 9/9/2004 23 11
8/25/2004 NTN Carew General 9/3/2004 9 5
8/20/2004 NTN Hunter General 9/12/2004 23 14
8/17/2004 RAM Thomas Brawl 9/5/2004 19 7
8/20/2004 RAM Oh General 9/8/2004 19 10
8/29/2004 SUI Olson General 9/4/2004 6 6
8/10/2004 TLK Hubbell General 8/30/2004 20 1
8/28/2004 VIN Mitchell General 9/1/2004 4 3
8/1/2004 VIN Bench Collision in field 9/3/2004 33 5
8/18/2004 VTB Martinez General 9/6/2004 19 8


WARNING: League leaders are inaccurate in some categories.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (through 6/20) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (6/21 to present) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20game%20results%20part%202.txt)
August 16-29 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/August%2016-29.zip)

The next group of games will be run on Tuesday morning, so please get any changes to me by 11:59 PM Monday, March 15.

[Honolulu Blue]

VIAGRAN PLAYOFF TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!

Dear Season Ticket Holder:

Thank you for being a fan of the Viagrans in our first, successful season! We would like to reward your dedication by offering you the best first round playoff tickets first! Please consult the enclosed price list for details, but be assured that when we offer these tickets to the general public, we will be offering them at higher prices.

Your seat is, of course, available for every game of the playoffs should you choose to accept it. Or you can upgrade to a better seat at a completely reasonable price!

Again, thanks for making the season such a success, and we hope to see you in the playoffs!

Sincerely,
/s/
Honolulu Blue
General Manager
Honolulu Blue Viagrans

P.S. Your purchase price is fully refundable if hell should freeze over, the armageddon should come, some idiot terrorist(s) slams into the stadium, we miss the playoffs, or any other highly unlikely event.

[Honolulu Blue]

AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 12

Well, wouldn't you know it? When you think things are starting to get predictable, there's always a wrench thrown in the works. No complexities in the International division, where Maple Leafs had a chance to clinch, but lost their game. They'll still have lots of chances. Bishop and oykib continue to lead their divisions by respectable, if not comfortable margins. Bishop now has the league's best record because... in the Midwest, Bearcat continues to play well and the Viagrans continue to play .500 ball and the lead is down to one game.

DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 BishopMVP 83 61 .576 - 7-3 W3 wwwlwlwwlw 756 677 79 14
2004 Ramzavail 77 66 .538 5 1/2 5-5 W1 wllwlwwlwl 735 681 54 25
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 75 69 .521 8 8-2 W2 wwlwwwwwlw 774 712 62 27
2004 vtbub 59 86 .407 24 1/2 5-5 W1 wllllwwwlw 639 757 -118

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 82 62 .569 - 4-6 L1 lwlwllllww 755 636 119 18
2004 Bearcat729 81 63 .563 1 7-3 W1 wllwwwlwww 756 658 98 20
2004 Coffee Warlord 73 71 .507 9 6-4 W2 wwlwllwwlw 672 702 -30 28
2004 TheLionKing 73 71 .507 9 4-6 L4 llllwwwlwl 784 747 37 28

West
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 78 66 .542 - 5-5 W1 wlwwlwllwl 723 705 18 15
2004 Sooner333 76 70 .521 3 5-5 W3 wwwllwlllw 764 740 24 21
2004 Chief Rum Runners 67 77 .465 11 2-8 L2 llwlwlllll 754 810 -56 30
2004 Vince 65 79 .451 13 7-3 L1 lwwlwwwwlw 683 774 -91 32

International
2004 Maple Leafs 81 63 .563 - 6-4 L1 lwwwwlwlwl 784 702 82 1
2004 Booj 62 81 .434 18 1/2 3-7 L2 llwlwllllw 636 699 -63 38
2004 Suicanes Bombers 62 82 .431 19 3-7 L2 llwlllwlwl 694 820 -126
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 58 85 .406 22 1/2 3-7 L1 lwlwllllwl 624 713 -89



Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent Mgc
2004 BishopMVP 83 61 .576 na 7-3 W3 wwwlwlwwlw
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 82 62 .569 na 4-6 L1 lwlwllllww
2004 Maple Leafs 81 63 .563 na 6-4 L1 lwwwwlwlwl
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 78 66 .542 na 5-5 W1 wlwwlwllwl
2004 Bearcat729 81 63 .563 - 7-3 W1 wllwwwlwww 16
2004 Ramzavail 77 66 .538 3 1/2 5-5 W1 wllwlwwlwl 23
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 75 69 .521 6 8-2 W2 wwlwwwwwlw 25
2004 Sooner333 76 70 .521 6 5-5 W3 wwwllwlllw 24
2004 Coffee Warlord 73 71 .507 8 6-4 W2 wwlwllwwlw 27
2004 TheLionKing 73 71 .507 8 4-6 L4 llllwwwlwl 27
2004 Chief Rum Runners 67 77 .465 14 2-8 L2 llwlwlllll 33
2004 Vince 65 79 .451 16 7-3 L1 lwwlwwwwlw 35
2004 Booj 62 81 .434 18 1/2 3-7 L2 llwlwllllw 38
2004 Suicanes Bombers 62 82 .431 19 3-7 L2 llwlllwlwl
2004 vtbub 59 86 .407 22 1/2 5-5 W1 wllllwwwlw
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 58 85 .406 22 1/2 3-7 L1 lwlwllllwl

DMB batting leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Cobb SOO .356 Bonds,Ba SOO .454 Bonds,Ba SOO .692
Charleston OYK .336 Williams BIS .449 Griffey Jr. SUI .663
Alomar RAM .336 Ruth NTN .447 Ruth NTN .657
Carew NTN .334 Mantle ISI .446 Stargell TLK .644
Griffey Jr. SUI .327 Cobb SOO .413 Greenberg BEA .598


-------------Hits------------- -------------Runs------------- --------Runs batted in--------

Charleston OYK 364 Charleston OYK 195 Charleston OYK 160
Dihigo BIS 330 Dihigo BIS 181 Bonds,Ba SOO 151
Lloyd OYK 299 Lloyd OYK 174 Foxx COF 147
Foxx COF 255 Foxx COF 155 Lloyd OYK 145
Cobb SOO 196 Bonds,Ba SOO 130 Greenberg BEA 141


------------Doubles----------- ------------Triples----------- -----------Homeruns-----------

Charleston OYK 84 Charleston OYK 24 Griffey Jr. SUI 52
Dihigo BIS 69 Lloyd OYK 19 Bonds,Ba SOO 51
Lloyd OYK 56 Dihigo BIS 17 Greenberg BEA 50
Heilmann CHR 44 Bell MAP 13 Foxx COF 50
Martinez VTB 40 Hornsby MAP 13 Stargell TLK 48


--------Extra base hits------- ---------Stolen bases--------- -------Steal percentage-------

Charleston OYK 138 Charleston OYK 57-34 Bonds,Ba SOO .773
Dihigo BIS 113 Raines OYK 55-19 Mantle ISI .762
Lloyd OYK 106 Morgan HON 49-18 Bell MAP .750
Foxx COF 102 Pierre VIN 47-30 Rice RAM .750
Stargell TLK 89 Bell MAP 42-14 Biggio VIN .745


-------------Walks------------ -------Intentional walks------ ----------Strikeouts----------

Lloyd OYK 163 Bonds,Ba SOO 35 Foxx COF 308
Charleston OYK 129 Mantle ISI 28 Allen CHR 198
Bonds,Ba SOO 128 Ruth NTN 23 Lloyd OYK 192
Ruth NTN 127 Chavez MAP 16 Greenberg BEA 185
Dihigo BIS 127 Frisch TLK 13 Charleston OYK 182

DMB pitching leaders -- All players in database
Regular season

------Earned run average------ ----------Strikeouts---------- -------------Walks------------

Mathewson BIS 2.44 Paige BIS 429 Day BIS 149
Lieber COF 2.63 Day BIS 349 Paige BIS 133
Galvin RAM 3.19 Marichal SOO 283 Ryan BOO 110
Alexander BEA 3.40 Grove HON 275 Richard RAM 108
Pennock NTN 3.58 H Smith BIS 253 H Smith BIS 108


-------------Wins------------- ------Winning percentage------ ------------Losses------------

Paige BIS 32-16 Mathewson BIS .813 Marichal SOO 24-23
H Smith BIS 26-9 H Smith BIS .743 Day BIS 17-20
Marichal SOO 24-23 Coveleski ISI .714 Lemon ISI 8-18
Day BIS 17-20 Dotel SOO .714 Pettitte SUI 6-17
Scott MAP 16-7 Scott MAP .696 Kaat VTB 3-16


--------Batting average------- ------On-base percentage------ ------Slugging percentage-----

Lieber COF .219 Lieber COF .269 Cone VIN .351
Mathewson BIS .224 Mathewson BIS .280 Mathewson BIS .354
Cone VIN .229 Maddux BOO .285 Lieber COF .372
H Smith BIS .230 Alexander BEA .289 Smoltz BEA .375
Ferrell HON .232 Joss MAP .291 Alexander BEA .382


------Hits per 9 innings------ ------Walks per 9 innings----- -----Runners per 9 innings----

Lieber COF 7.3 Spalding RAM 0.8 Lieber COF 9.7
Mathewson BIS 7.4 Maddux BOO 1.2 Mathewson BIS 10.0
Ferrell HON 7.6 Newcombe VTB 2.2 Maddux BOO 10.4
Cone VIN 7.6 Galvin RAM 2.2 Alexander BEA 10.6
Gagne BOO 7.7 Lieber COF 2.3 Grove HON 10.9


---Strikeouts per 9 innings--- ----Homeruns per 9 innings---- --Stolen bases per 9 innings--

Kaneda OYK 11.0 Mathewson BIS 0.7 Kaat VTB 0.1
Feller CHR 10.7 Dean COF 0.7 McDowell SUI 0.2
Ryan BOO 10.6 Galvin RAM 0.7 Marquard MAP 0.2
Koufax VIN 10.4 Cone VIN 0.8 Wynn SOO 0.2
McDowell SUI 10.3 Maddux BOO 0.8 Brecheen OYK 0.2


-----------Shutouts----------- ---Quality start percentage--- ------Average run support-----

Paige BIS 7 H Smith BIS .900 Marquard MAP 6.7
Mays BEA 3 Mathewson BIS .800 H Smith BIS 6.5
Joss MAP 2 Pennock NTN .667 Waddell MAP 6.5
Alexander BEA 2 Smoltz BEA .655 Feller CHR 6.1
Brown SOO 2 Perry HON .633 Ferrell HON 6.0


------Save Opportunities------ -------------Saves------------ --------Save percentage-------

H Smith BIS 52 H Smith BIS 32 Hoffman BEA .840
Nen COF 39 Nen COF 31 Dotel SOO .839
Fingers VIN 36 Dotel SOO 26 Nen COF .795
Percival BIS 35 Percival BIS 26 Eckersley SUI .774
Sutter VTB 35 Sutter VTB 25 Percival BIS .743


-------------Holds------------ ----------Blown saves--------- -----Blown save percentage----

Urbina SOO 16 H Smith BIS 17 Harvey TLK .478
Hiller HON 12 Fingers VIN 13 Fingers VIN .361
Isringhausen COF 12 Harvey TLK 11 Smith BOO .348
John CHR 11 Hernandez CHR 10 H Smith BIS .327
Olson SUI 10 Sutter VTB 10 Hernandez CHR .313

DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Ramzavail .280 .345 .441 5065 735 1417 238 61 152 693 489 978 66 37
Maple Leafs .278 .342 .475 5090 784 1414 270 78 192 745 482 1053 65 60
TheLionKing .274 .342 .460 5058 784 1384 243 49 201 748 518 1074 68 46
ISiddiqui Slammers .270 .338 .439 5165 774 1393 259 43 176 739 527 1028 64 35
Bearcat729 .268 .337 .441 5060 756 1358 230 45 184 716 528 1140 71 47
Chief Rum Runners .264 .331 .459 5050 754 1335 219 47 223 723 485 1213 50 47
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .264 .337 .429 4966 723 1309 202 52 171 682 557 1000 164 79
BishopMVP .263 .339 .447 5018 756 1322 242 52 191 717 573 1090 76 38
Sooner333 .262 .339 .436 4971 764 1302 181 51 194 735 557 1025 165 104
vtbub .262 .316 .411 5183 639 1357 259 56 134 601 406 1013 85 44
ntndeacon Deacons .258 .312 .398 4979 615 1285 222 46 128 583 374 993 87 69
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .257 .335 .443 4949 755 1270 229 51 197 726 573 1184 121 52
Vince .256 .320 .429 4951 683 1266 215 39 188 645 443 1000 138 84
Booj .254 .314 .402 4993 636 1267 229 27 153 600 442 879 49 19
Suicanes Bombers .250 .310 .425 4977 694 1242 183 41 203 658 429 1074 73 41
Coffee Warlord .243 .304 .399 4988 672 1213 189 47 165 637 436 994 69 39
Totals .263 .329 .433 80463 11524 21134 3610 785 2852 10948 7819 16738 1411 841



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Ramzavail 143 5695 26 19 88 27 94 0 776.7 5.4 .161 .745 2233 5.1
Maple Leafs 144 5697 36 41 52 37 78 0 825.1 5.7 .197 .786 2416 5.4
TheLionKing 144 5698 29 24 56 36 105 1 795.9 5.5 .187 .769 2328 5.4
ISiddiqui Slammers 144 5808 26 48 46 44 75 0 783.1 5.3 .169 .743 2266 5.4
Bearcat729 144 5681 9 16 62 21 83 1 759.9 5.2 .172 .741 2230 5.3
Chief Rum Runners 144 5655 30 9 61 29 97 0 760.6 5.2 .194 .747 2317 5.2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 144 5614 12 21 46 33 98 0 726.2 5.0 .165 .746 2128 5.0
BishopMVP 144 5719 24 32 58 46 98 0 773.7 5.3 .183 .760 2241 5.3
Sooner333 146 5663 44 46 48 43 84 0 740.3 5.1 .174 .760 2167 5.2
vtbub 145 5674 19 12 27 39 82 0 675.9 4.5 .149 .668 2130 4.4
ntndeacon Deacons 143 5474 27 35 62 31 70 1 613.9 4.2 .140 .645 1983 4.3
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 144 5613 28 19 24 39 80 0 755.6 5.3 .186 .765 2192 5.2
Vince 144 5530 38 9 63 35 51 0 690.4 4.8 .173 .718 2123 4.7
Booj 143 5527 12 10 50 30 100 0 635.2 4.4 .149 .653 2009 4.4
Suicanes Bombers 144 5484 21 9 22 35 97 0 651.3 4.5 .176 .681 2116 4.8
Coffee Warlord 144 5495 18 12 16 37 91 0 606.8 4.1 .156 .644 1991 4.7
Totals 2304 90027 399 362 781 562 1383 3 11554.8 5.0 .171 .723 34870 5.0

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
BishopMVP 4.00 83 61 38 144 21 1313.0 1296 677 584 456 1128 158 95
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 4.01 82 62 34 144 22 1291.1 1231 636 576 425 1070 179 78
Bearcat729 4.19 81 63 28 144 31 1300.1 1247 658 605 461 1004 182 94
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.21 78 66 34 144 29 1303.0 1306 705 609 433 1126 178 84
Ramzavail 4.27 77 66 19 143 34 1296.2 1340 681 615 465 936 153 110
Coffee Warlord 4.27 73 71 41 144 14 1295.2 1314 702 615 514 1010 167 94
ntndeacon Deacons 4.31 58 85 27 143 14 1291.2 1341 713 618 495 863 197 92
Sooner333 4.32 76 70 33 146 20 1309.0 1347 740 629 479 1044 160 97
Maple Leafs 4.33 81 63 20 144 31 1303.1 1248 702 627 508 1097 197 86
Vince 4.43 65 79 30 144 20 1291.0 1340 774 636 513 1118 163 92
Booj 4.45 62 81 25 143 25 1290.1 1265 699 638 479 1069 201 79
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.51 75 69 30 144 22 1310.2 1321 712 657 474 996 190 88
vtbub 4.62 59 86 30 145 17 1317.2 1430 757 677 485 992 175 80
TheLionKing 4.64 73 71 21 144 23 1300.0 1366 747 670 469 1045 193 79
Chief Rum Runners 4.91 67 77 27 144 14 1293.0 1356 810 705 582 1065 177 63
Suicanes Bombers 5.18 62 82 32 144 16 1286.2 1401 820 740 584 1185 185 72
Totals 4.42 1152 1152 469 2304 353 20793.1 21149 11533 10201 7822 16748 2855 1383



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
BishopMVP 18 26 55 33 32 3 86 44 15 0 8.9 3.1 12.2 7.7 1.1
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 6 26 51 31 36 4 82 55 8 0 8.6 3.0 11.7 7.5 1.2
Bearcat729 27 14 44 35 36 0 56 53 5 0 8.6 3.2 11.9 6.9 1.3
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 11 19 43 23 24 0 62 39 4 1 9.0 3.0 12.1 7.8 1.2
Ramzavail 22 24 40 35 46 4 88 60 12 0 9.3 3.2 12.7 6.5 1.1
Coffee Warlord 19 28 54 32 27 2 104 68 13 0 9.1 3.6 12.9 7.0 1.2
ntndeacon Deacons 17 14 46 45 19 3 85 47 2 0 9.3 3.4 12.9 6.0 1.4
Sooner333 24 29 46 40 15 5 71 38 6 1 9.3 3.3 12.8 7.2 1.1
Maple Leafs 27 23 37 34 35 4 131 48 10 0 8.6 3.5 12.3 7.6 1.4
Vince 21 24 51 41 40 3 66 39 6 0 9.3 3.6 13.1 7.8 1.1
Booj 32 21 49 34 22 3 84 57 11 0 8.8 3.3 12.3 7.5 1.4
ISiddiqui Slammers 16 33 51 28 42 0 129 58 17 1 9.1 3.3 12.6 6.8 1.3
vtbub 28 23 53 39 36 3 90 60 15 0 9.8 3.3 13.2 6.8 1.2
TheLionKing 38 37 40 30 29 4 85 57 9 0 9.5 3.2 13.0 7.2 1.3
Chief Rum Runners 25 30 60 41 42 5 90 47 10 0 9.4 4.1 13.7 7.4 1.2
Suicanes Bombers 31 29 62 41 46 9 104 71 12 0 9.8 4.1 14.1 8.3 1.3
Totals 362 400 782 562 527 52 1413 841 155 3 9.2 3.4 12.7 7.2 1.2

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Bearcat729 144 3901 1575 95 104 5571 .983 15 56 53 .514 1 5
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 144 3874 1470 98 86 5442 .982 15 82 55 .599 1 8
Booj 143 3871 1532 100 88 5503 .982 6 84 57 .596 1 11
Coffee Warlord 144 3887 1602 103 116 5592 .982 26 104 68 .605 1 13
TheLionKing 144 3900 1500 110 88 5510 .980 15 85 57 .599 1 9
BishopMVP 144 3939 1537 119 106 5595 .979 38 86 44 .662 4 15
ISiddiqui Slammers 144 3932 1621 123 100 5676 .978 10 129 58 .690 0 17
Ramzavail 143 3890 1608 122 123 5620 .978 8 88 60 .595 3 12
Maple Leafs 144 3910 1563 125 95 5598 .978 5 131 48 .732 0 10
ntndeacon Deacons 143 3850 1585 127 106 5562 .977 21 85 47 .644 2 2
vtbub 145 3953 1625 136 87 5714 .976 7 90 60 .600 0 15
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 144 3909 1518 139 92 5566 .975 14 62 39 .614 2 4
Vince 144 3873 1512 139 103 5524 .975 114 66 39 .629 2 6
Suicanes Bombers 144 3860 1444 137 88 5441 .975 13 104 71 .594 2 12
Chief Rum Runners 144 3879 1493 151 72 5523 .973 7 90 47 .657 2 10
Sooner333 146 3927 1536 156 111 5619 .972 25 71 38 .651 2 6
Totals 2304 62355 24721 1980 1565 89056 .978 339 1413 841 .627 24 155

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
9/11/2004 BEA Ford General 9/22/2004 11 10
9/12/2004 BEA Duffy Collision on bases 10/19/2004 37 37
8/27/2004 BOO Maddux General 9/15/2004 19 3
9/9/2004 BOO Martinez General 9/29/2004 20 17
9/12/2004 CHR Morris General 9/26/2004 14 14
9/6/2004 HON Hernandez General 9/14/2004 8 2
9/9/2004 HON Petrocelli Brawl 9/26/2004 17 14
9/5/2004 HON Simmons Collision in field 10/2/2004 27 20
9/12/2004 ISI Brett General 9/14/2004 2 2
9/6/2004 MAP Mize General 9/17/2004 11 5
9/9/2004 NTN Medwick General 9/13/2004 4 1
9/7/2004 NTN Welch General 10/1/2004 24 19
9/4/2004 RAM Galvin General 9/17/2004 13 5
9/10/2004 RAM Alomar General 9/24/2004 14 12
9/4/2004 TLK Frisch General 9/25/2004 21 13
9/12/2004 VIN Bench Collision in field 9/13/2004 1 1
9/12/2004 VTB Martin General 9/18/2004 6 6
9/9/2004 VTB Hahn General 9/24/2004 15 12


WARNING: League leaders are inaccurate in some categories.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (through 6/20) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (6/21 to 8/29) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20game%20results%20part%202.txt)
Game results by team (8/30 to present) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20game%20results%20part%203.txt)
August 30-September 12 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/August%2030-September%2012.zip)

Let me give you the planned schedule for the next few days:

Thursday - sim through 9/26
Saturday - sim through 10/3 (end of regular season)
Monday, 3/22 - sim through 10/6 (games 1 & 2 of the first round of the playoffs)
Wednesday, 3/24 - sim through 10/10 (games 3-5 of the first round, as necessary)
Friday, 3/26 - sim through 10/13 (games 1 & 2 of the semifinals)

OK, as mentioned, the next sim will be on Thursday, so kindly get those changes in to me by 11:59 PM ET Wednesday, March 17.

[Honolulu Blue]

VIAGRANS PRESS CONFERENCE

NISHINOMIYA (API) - The following is the transcript of the team press conference following the team's 9-8 loss to the oykib Nishinomiya Nine:

REPORTER - What's wrong with you guys? It seems like you can't hold a lead for anything?

MANAGER JOE McCARTHY - Our staff is going through a group slump right now. It's nothing serious and I expect us to come out of it any day.

REPORTER - (sneering) Hey Mr. Blue, how are those playoff ticket sales going? You lose a few more games and you're gonna miss it entirely!

GENERAL MANAGER HONOLULU BLUE - Ha ha. Very funny. Since you asked, the tickets are selling like Eskimo pies on a hot day, and we should have a sellout for our first playoff game. And mark my words, there WILL be a playoff game at Pfizer park.

REPORTER - Can we quote you on that?

BLUE - Mark it in blood.

REPORTER - Speaking of playoffs, Mr. McCarthy, have you set your playoff rotation yet?

McCARTHY - I have not. Too many other things to do - like crushing all opposition.

(mild laughter)

REPORTER - How much has the loss of Ted Simmons hurt this team?

BLUE - We hated to lose Ted, and we'll certainly miss him at bat and in the field. Fortunately we have a solid replacement in Lance Parrish who I'm sure will take this opportunity to show us why we rated him so highly.

REPORTER - Given your choice of opponents, which would you rather play in the first round?

McCARTHY - It doesn't matter any, we've beat 'em all before and we'll beat 'em again.

REPORTER - That cute second baseman of yours is leading the team in hitting. Is he ever going to get a bigger role on the team?

McCARTHY - We've been very happy with the play of Lou Whitaker so far and we'll see what we can do to get him to play more often.

BLUE - Sorry, but we're running short of time. One more question.

REPORTER - This one is for you, Mr. Blue. There have been rumors that you are taking over a football team in Gary. Is that true, and if so, is this an explanation for your team's subpar performance over the past few weeks?

BLUE - (flustered) It is true that I have bought a part interest in a football team in the Independent Football League. But that has nothing at all to do with our struggles, such as they are. I am dedicated 120% to this job and bringing home a winner to our fans, who deserve nothing less.

-30-

[Honolulu Blue]

Lineup vs. RHP

1. Morgan, 2b
2. Hernandez, 1b
3. Lynn, cf
4. Schmidt, 3b
5. Keller, lf
6. Robinson, rf
7. G. Davis, ss
8. Parrish, c
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
Whitaker, 2b

Spot starters:
None

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Parrish, Simmons
1b - Hernandez, Evans
2b - Morgan, Whitaker
3b - Schmidt, Evans
ss - G. Davis, Petrocelli
lf - Keller, Gibson, E. Davis
cf - Lynn, Ashburn, Bonds, Gibson, E. Davis
rf - Robinson, Bonds, E. Davis, Gibson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Bonds, E. Davis, Petrocelli, Ferrell
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Gibson, Whitaker, Ashburn, Evans
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Lineup vs. LHP

1. Morgan, 2b
2. Hernandez, 1b
3. Robinson, rf
4. Schmidt, 3b
5. Bonds, cf
6. E. Davis, lf
7. G. Davis, ss
8. Parrish, c
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
Whitaker, 2b
Ashburn, cf

Spot starters:
None

Depth chart vs. LHP

c - Parrish, Simmons
1b - Hernandez, Evans
2b - Morgan, Whitaker
3b - Schmidt, Petrocelli, Evans
ss - G. Davis, Petrocelli
lf - E. Davis, Keller, Lynn, Gibson
cf - Bonds, Lynn, Ashburn, Gibson
rf - Robinson, Lynn, Keller, Gibson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Keller, Petrocelli, Lynn, Ferrell
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Lynn, Gibson, Whitaker, Ashburn, Evans

No changes to the rotation... yet.

[Honolulu Blue]

SEPTEMBER 13-26

Sept. 13 - With the 9-7 loss by Booj to Vince, Maple Leafs is the first to clinch a playoff spot, nailing down the International Division.
Sept. 17 - Viagrans on a losing streak that hits 6 games. But Bearcat729 can't take advantage until this date, when they play them, win, and pull into a tie.
Sept. 18 - Another loss for the Viagrans to Bearcat and they lose the division lead for the first time all season.
Sept. 19 - Another loss. That's 8 in a row. They're down two.
Sept. 26 - The Viagrans finally win some and pull back into a tie for first.

In other news, BishopMVP, Bearcat729, and the Viagrans have all clinched playoff spots. Congratulations. Oykib is all but in, with a magic number of one for both the division and wild card. But let's go through the complete standings:

DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 BishopMVP 90 67 .573 - 6-4 W2 wwllwllwww 822 747 75 1
2004 Ramzavail 85 72 .541 5 5-5 L1 lwwllwwwll 814 751 63 11
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 82 75 .522 8 4-6 L2 llwwwlllwl 852 785 67
2004 vtbub 64 93 .408 26 5-5 W1 wllwlwwllw 715 839 -124

Midwest
2004 Bearcat729 87 70 .554 - 6-4 L3 lllwwwwwwl 816 720 96 6
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 87 70 .554 - 5-5 W1 wlwwwwllll 818 708 110 6
2004 Coffee Warlord 81 76 .516 6 6-4 L1 lwwlllwwww 715 750 -35
2004 TheLionKing 78 79 .497 9 3-7 W2 wwlllllllw 855 809 46

West
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 86 71 .548 - 6-4 W1 wlwwlwllww 822 777 45 1
2004 Sooner333 81 76 .516 5 4-6 W3 wwwlwlllll 817 804 13 11
2004 Chief Rum Runners 75 82 .478 11 6-4 L1 lwllwwwwwl 837 879 -42
2004 Vince 71 86 .452 15 3-7 L3 lllwlllwwl 742 856 -114

International
2004 Maple Leafs 90 67 .573 - 8-2 L1 lwwwlwwwww 845 758 87 0
2004 Booj 68 89 .433 22 5-5 W1 wlllwlwwwl 690 758 -68
2004 Suicanes Bombers 66 91 .420 24 4-6 W2 wwlwlwllll 747 888 -141
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 65 92 .414 25 3-7 L2 llwlwllllw 688 766 -78



Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent Mgc
2004 BishopMVP 90 67 .573 na 6-4 W2 wwllwllwww
2004 Maple Leafs 90 67 .573 na 8-2 L1 lwwwlwwwww
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 86 71 .548 na 6-4 W1 wlwwlwllww
2004 Bearcat729 87 70 .554 - 6-4 L3 lllwwwwwwl 6
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 87 70 .554 - 5-5 W1 wlwwwwllll 6
2004 Ramzavail 85 72 .541 2 5-5 L1 lwwllwwwll 8
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 82 75 .522 5 4-6 L2 llwwwlllwl 11
2004 Coffee Warlord 81 76 .516 6 6-4 L1 lwwlllwwww
2004 Sooner333 81 76 .516 6 4-6 W3 wwwlwlllll
2004 TheLionKing 78 79 .497 9 3-7 W2 wwlllllllw
2004 Chief Rum Runners 75 82 .478 12 6-4 L1 lwllwwwwwl
2004 Vince 71 86 .452 16 3-7 L3 lllwlllwwl
2004 Booj 68 89 .433 19 5-5 W1 wlllwlwwwl
2004 Suicanes Bombers 66 91 .420 21 4-6 W2 wwlwlwllll
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 65 92 .414 22 3-7 L2 llwlwllllw
2004 vtbub 64 93 .408 23 5-5 W1 wllwlwwllw

DMB team vs team -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

BIS RAM ISI VTB BEA COF TLK HON OYK CHR SOO VIN SUI BOO NTN MAP
BIS x 7-5 3-11 8-3 6-4 5-5 7-3 7-3 6-4 6-4 5-5 8-2 8-2 5-5 5-5 4-6
RAM 5-7 x 6-5 10-4 4-6 7-3 5-5 3-7 6-4 6-4 5-5 6-4 7-3 5-5 5-5 5-5
ISI 11-3 5-6 x 7-5 4-6 4-6 8-2 3-7 5-5 3-7 4-6 3-7 6-4 7-3 7-3 5-5
VTB 3-8 4-10 5-7 x 4-6 5-5 3-7 1-9 2-8 3-7 7-3 7-3 7-3 4-6 5-5 4-6

BEA 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 x 5-9 5-6 6-6 6-4 8-2 6-4 5-5 8-2 5-5 4-6 7-3
COF 5-5 3-7 6-4 5-5 9-5 x 7-5 3-8 5-5 6-4 4-6 5-5 6-4 5-5 7-3 5-5
TLK 3-7 5-5 2-8 7-3 6-5 5-7 x 6-8 3-7 7-3 5-5 6-4 6-4 5-5 6-4 6-4
HON 3-7 7-3 7-3 9-1 6-6 8-3 8-6 x 3-7 6-4 5-5 5-5 4-6 5-5 8-2 3-7

OYK 4-6 4-6 5-5 8-2 4-6 5-5 7-3 7-3 x 7-7 5-6 6-6 5-5 6-4 7-3 6-4
CHR 4-6 4-6 7-3 7-3 2-8 4-6 3-7 4-6 7-7 x 5-7 5-6 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-3
SOO 5-5 5-5 6-4 3-7 4-6 6-4 5-5 5-5 6-5 7-5 x 7-7 4-6 5-5 9-1 4-6
VIN 2-8 4-6 7-3 3-7 5-5 5-5 4-6 5-5 6-6 6-5 7-7 x 6-4 6-4 5-5 0-10

SUI 2-8 3-7 4-6 3-7 2-8 4-6 4-6 6-4 5-5 4-6 6-4 4-6 x 6-5 8-6 5-7
BOO 5-5 5-5 3-7 6-4 5-5 5-5 5-5 5-5 4-6 4-6 5-5 4-6 5-6 x 5-7 2-12
NTN 5-5 5-5 3-7 5-5 6-4 3-7 4-6 2-8 3-7 6-4 1-9 5-5 6-8 7-5 x 4-7
MAP 6-4 5-5 5-5 6-4 3-7 5-5 4-6 7-3 4-6 3-7 6-4 10-0 7-5 12-2 7-4 x

DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Ramzavail .281 .345 .442 5562 814 1562 257 65 170 767 531 1076 79 46
Maple Leafs .276 .342 .470 5523 845 1523 289 82 207 804 538 1133 78 68
TheLionKing .272 .341 .460 5517 855 1499 258 55 223 817 568 1179 71 52
ISiddiqui Slammers .269 .339 .440 5635 852 1518 284 49 194 815 586 1128 74 41
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .268 .342 .439 5452 822 1461 234 59 194 777 616 1097 173 90
Bearcat729 .268 .336 .441 5529 816 1480 250 49 204 772 571 1236 76 48
Chief Rum Runners .267 .333 .463 5530 837 1478 228 56 248 804 524 1330 57 52
vtbub .266 .318 .417 5645 715 1501 289 60 148 674 429 1083 87 48
BishopMVP .265 .339 .445 5498 822 1456 253 57 207 782 619 1187 83 43
Sooner333 .262 .340 .435 5342 817 1399 193 55 208 786 603 1109 175 115
ntndeacon Deacons .258 .313 .402 5459 679 1411 240 53 145 645 416 1081 95 76
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .257 .336 .443 5411 818 1388 246 55 217 789 639 1288 128 57
Vince .254 .318 .428 5401 742 1371 226 44 208 701 485 1094 147 89
Booj .253 .312 .398 5490 690 1388 247 31 163 649 472 971 59 20
Suicanes Bombers .249 .310 .423 5418 747 1350 199 43 219 708 468 1143 78 45
Coffee Warlord .241 .302 .397 5423 715 1307 207 50 180 679 469 1100 78 42
Totals .263 .329 .434 87835 12586 23092 3900 863 3135 11969 8534 18235 1538 932



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Ramzavail 157 6251 27 20 98 33 104 0 853.5 5.4 .161 .746 2459 5.2
Maple Leafs 157 6195 39 46 55 40 81 0 889.7 5.7 .194 .784 2597 5.4
TheLionKing 157 6220 33 24 63 38 109 1 865.4 5.5 .188 .768 2536 5.4
ISiddiqui Slammers 157 6347 30 62 50 46 83 0 859.6 5.4 .171 .748 2482 5.4
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 157 6172 16 27 49 39 105 0 826.6 5.2 .171 .764 2395 5.2
Bearcat729 157 6200 11 17 63 25 94 1 827.6 5.2 .174 .739 2440 5.2
Chief Rum Runners 157 6185 35 10 64 32 110 0 844.1 5.3 .196 .754 2562 5.3
vtbub 157 6165 21 12 30 40 94 0 748.1 4.6 .151 .675 2354 4.6
BishopMVP 157 6256 24 34 63 52 103 0 844.5 5.3 .180 .757 2444 5.2
Sooner333 157 6094 50 48 53 46 89 0 796.3 5.1 .174 .761 2326 5.2
ntndeacon Deacons 157 6011 30 38 69 36 74 1 682.3 4.3 .143 .651 2192 4.3
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 157 6151 32 24 25 44 91 0 828.2 5.3 .186 .766 2395 5.2
Vince 157 6034 45 11 64 39 59 0 747.8 4.7 .174 .715 2309 4.7
Booj 157 6062 13 13 56 31 108 0 686.4 4.3 .145 .645 2186 4.4
Suicanes Bombers 157 5970 23 9 24 37 111 0 702.7 4.4 .174 .677 2292 4.8
Coffee Warlord 157 5967 19 14 17 39 98 0 650.9 4.1 .156 .639 2154 4.6
Totals 2512 98280 448 409 843 617 1513 3 12635.5 5.0 .171 .724 38123 5.0

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
BishopMVP 4.04 90 67 42 157 22 1434.1 1428 747 644 505 1231 181 103
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 4.11 87 70 36 157 23 1411.1 1349 708 644 474 1161 201 84
Bearcat729 4.18 87 70 32 157 31 1420.1 1353 720 660 511 1100 201 103
Coffee Warlord 4.21 81 76 45 157 15 1412.0 1422 750 660 557 1107 184 107
ntndeacon Deacons 4.23 65 92 30 157 17 1420.1 1467 766 668 539 924 211 106
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.26 86 71 38 157 31 1424.0 1432 777 674 467 1240 203 94
Maple Leafs 4.27 90 67 25 157 35 1418.1 1363 758 673 530 1178 207 95
Ramzavail 4.27 85 72 23 157 36 1426.1 1490 751 677 506 1026 166 122
Booj 4.37 68 89 29 157 25 1418.1 1369 758 688 525 1160 219 84
Sooner333 4.39 81 76 34 157 23 1408.1 1444 804 687 515 1128 178 102
Vince 4.50 71 86 32 157 21 1410.0 1486 856 705 563 1230 181 95
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.56 82 75 33 157 24 1430.1 1447 785 725 514 1096 209 93
TheLionKing 4.62 78 79 23 157 25 1421.0 1492 809 730 522 1158 215 87
vtbub 4.77 64 93 30 157 18 1425.2 1566 839 755 525 1069 185 88
Chief Rum Runners 4.84 75 82 29 157 16 1414.0 1475 879 761 645 1161 195 75
Suicanes Bombers 5.13 66 91 34 157 16 1403.2 1524 888 800 639 1277 202 75
Totals 4.42 1256 1256 515 2512 378 22698.1 23107 12595 11151 8537 18246 3138 1513



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
BishopMVP 26 29 62 35 39 3 99 50 15 0 9.0 3.2 12.3 7.7 1.1
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 6 28 56 33 42 5 88 60 9 0 8.6 3.0 11.8 7.4 1.3
Bearcat729 31 17 45 39 37 0 69 58 5 0 8.6 3.2 11.9 7.0 1.3
Coffee Warlord 20 33 56 36 29 2 106 71 13 0 9.1 3.6 12.8 7.1 1.2
ntndeacon Deacons 21 15 48 45 22 3 91 49 2 0 9.3 3.4 12.8 5.9 1.3
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 11 28 45 29 27 0 73 43 4 1 9.1 3.0 12.2 7.8 1.3
Maple Leafs 28 25 44 38 36 6 140 53 11 0 8.6 3.4 12.2 7.5 1.3
Ramzavail 27 24 42 37 49 4 92 66 13 0 9.4 3.2 12.7 6.5 1.0
Booj 35 27 51 37 24 3 93 67 13 0 8.7 3.3 12.2 7.4 1.4
Sooner333 27 32 48 43 16 5 76 42 9 1 9.2 3.3 12.7 7.2 1.1
Vince 24 28 58 44 47 3 71 50 7 0 9.5 3.6 13.3 7.9 1.2
ISiddiqui Slammers 16 34 57 31 48 0 136 63 17 1 9.1 3.2 12.6 6.9 1.3
TheLionKing 42 40 42 33 30 4 91 62 11 0 9.4 3.3 13.0 7.3 1.4
vtbub 34 24 61 46 37 3 100 65 19 0 9.9 3.3 13.4 6.7 1.2
Chief Rum Runners 29 34 61 45 45 5 101 57 11 0 9.4 4.1 13.7 7.4 1.2
Suicanes Bombers 32 31 68 46 50 9 114 76 14 0 9.8 4.1 14.1 8.2 1.3
Totals 409 449 844 617 578 55 1540 932 173 3 9.2 3.4 12.7 7.2 1.2

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Bearcat729 157 4261 1707 104 113 6072 .983 16 69 58 .543 1 5
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 157 4234 1623 103 93 5960 .983 17 88 60 .595 1 9
Booj 157 4255 1673 109 94 6037 .982 8 93 67 .581 1 13
Coffee Warlord 157 4236 1740 112 130 6088 .982 26 106 71 .599 1 13
TheLionKing 157 4263 1629 118 96 6010 .980 16 91 62 .595 1 11
ISiddiqui Slammers 157 4291 1753 133 106 6177 .978 11 136 63 .683 0 17
BishopMVP 157 4303 1674 132 116 6109 .978 39 99 50 .664 4 15
ntndeacon Deacons 157 4236 1762 136 122 6134 .978 21 91 49 .650 2 2
Maple Leafs 157 4255 1717 136 105 6108 .978 5 140 53 .725 0 11
Ramzavail 157 4279 1778 142 136 6199 .977 9 92 66 .582 3 13
vtbub 157 4277 1758 146 95 6181 .976 7 100 65 .606 0 19
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 157 4272 1646 148 102 6066 .976 16 73 43 .629 2 4
Suicanes Bombers 157 4211 1574 149 92 5934 .975 13 114 76 .600 2 14
Vince 157 4230 1644 153 108 6027 .975 117 71 50 .587 2 7
Sooner333 157 4225 1649 165 116 6039 .973 26 76 42 .644 2 9
Chief Rum Runners 157 4242 1650 169 85 6061 .972 8 101 57 .639 2 11
Totals 2512 68070 26977 2155 1709 97202 .978 355 1540 932 .623 24 173

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
9/26/2004 BEA Vaughn General 9/27/2004 1 1
9/26/2004 BEA Hack General 9/28/2004 2 2
9/12/2004 BEA Duffy Collision on bases 10/19/2004 37 23
9/23/2004 BIS Dihigo General 9/27/2004 4 1
9/9/2004 BOO Martinez General 9/29/2004 20 3
9/24/2004 BOO Ripken General 9/30/2004 6 4
9/25/2004 CHR Heilmann General 9/30/2004 5 4
9/15/2004 CHR Hoyt General 10/2/2004 17 6
9/26/2004 COF Foxx General 9/27/2004 1 1
9/26/2004 HON Robinson General 9/27/2004 1 1
9/5/2004 HON Simmons Collision in field 10/2/2004 27 6
9/25/2004 ISI Coveleski General 10/4/2004 9 8
9/26/2004 MAP Chance General 9/30/2004 4 4
9/7/2004 NTN Welch General 10/1/2004 24 5
9/23/2004 OYK Roberts General 10/1/2004 8 5
9/19/2004 RAM Glavine General 10/13/2004 24 17
9/23/2004 SOO McGraw Hit by pitch 10/23/2004 30 27
9/18/2004 TLK Hubbell General 10/8/2004 20 12
9/20/2004 VIN Pierre General 9/28/2004 8 2


I skipped the league leaders this time around and instead gave you a list of team vs. team records. Don't worry, the leaders will be back at the end of the season.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (through 6/20) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (6/21 to 8/29) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20game%20results%20part%202.txt)
Game results by team (8/30 to present) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20game%20results%20part%203.txt)
September 13-26 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/September%2013-26.zip)

Let me give you the planned schedule for the next few days:

Saturday - sim through 10/3 (end of regular season)
Monday, 3/22 - sim through 10/6 (games 1 & 2 of the first round of the playoffs)
Wednesday, 3/24 - sim through 10/10 (games 3-5 of the first round, as necessary)
Friday, 3/26 - sim through 10/13 (games 1 & 2 of the semifinals)
Sunday, 3/28 - sim through 10/17 (games 3-5 of the semis, as necessary)

Just a few more regular season games to go, so kindly get those changes in to me by 11:59 PM ET Friday, March 19.

Good luck, all.

[Honolulu Blue]

VIAGRANS CLINCH PLAYOFF SPOT, NOT SATISFIED

NEW YORK (API) - The clubhouse should have been jubilant. The Viagrans had just beaten their hated rivals Bearcat, pulled into a tie for the division lead, and clinched at least a wildcard spot. But nobody on the team was happy with where they were at. Instead, they wanted more.

"We want to win the pennant," explained manager Joe McCarthy. "That's what I promised our fans we'd give them, and that's what we're trying our best to do.

Star outfielder Frank Robinson agreed.

"We've been on top for almost the whole year, then we lost it, and now we've got half of it. I want it all - the pennant, the #1 seed, everything!"

The Viagrans host the Bearcats for two more games, then head to Loco Land to take on the Coffee Warlordians in a three game series that could be key to their wildcard hopes.

[Honolulu Blue]

SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3

Sept. 27 - BishopMVP and oykib both win their games, and thus win their respective divisions. Congratulations.
Sept. 28 - Viagrans sweep the series with Bearcat729, take a 2 game lead in the division with three to go.
Sept. 29 - Bearcat loses their sixth in a row, and coupled with a 5-3 win by the Viagrans over the Warlordians gives us the pennant. Pat, pat, pat. In other news, Ramzavail has clinched a wildcard spot. So six teams are in, and three teams are fighting for the last two spots.
Sept. 30 - Isiddiqui clinches a wildcard spot. As does Sooner, based on a better head-to-head record. So the last game is just for pride for everyone.
Oct. 1 - Last game of the season! Let's go through those stats:

DMB league standings -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent RF RA Mgn Mgc
East
2004 BishopMVP 94 68 .580 - 7-3 W2 wwlwwwwllw 855 767 88 0
2004 Ramzavail 87 75 .537 7 4-6 W1 wlwlllwwll 839 780 59
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 85 77 .525 9 6-4 L1 lwlwwllwww 880 816 64
2004 vtbub 65 97 .401 29 3-7 L2 llwllwllwl 741 871 -130

Midwest
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 92 70 .568 - 9-1 W6 wwwwwwlwww 855 721 134 0
2004 Bearcat729 88 74 .543 4 3-7 L1 lwllllllww 839 753 86
2004 Coffee Warlord 82 80 .506 10 3-7 L3 lllwllwwll 732 785 -53
2004 TheLionKing 81 81 .500 11 5-5 W1 wlwlwwwlll 886 836 50

West
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 90 72 .556 - 7-3 W3 wwwlwwlwwl 863 799 64 0
2004 Sooner333 83 79 .512 7 6-4 L3 lllwwwwwlw 835 838 -3
2004 Chief Rum Runners 76 86 .469 14 3-7 L2 llwlllwllw 863 911 -48
2004 Vince 74 88 .457 16 4-6 W2 wwlwllllwl 778 889 -111

International
2004 Maple Leafs 94 68 .580 - 7-3 W1 wlwwwlwwwl 872 780 92 0
2004 Booj 70 92 .432 24 4-6 L2 llwlwwlllw 709 778 -69
2004 Suicanes Bombers 68 94 .420 26 5-5 W2 wwlllwwlwl 769 908 -139
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 67 95 .414 27 4-6 L1 lwlwlllwlw 708 792 -84



Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Recent Mgc
2004 BishopMVP 94 68 .580 na 7-3 W2 wwlwwwwllw
2004 Maple Leafs 94 68 .580 na 7-3 W1 wlwwwlwwwl
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 92 70 .568 na 9-1 W6 wwwwwwlwww
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 90 72 .556 na 7-3 W3 wwwlwwlwwl
2004 Bearcat729 88 74 .543 - 3-7 L1 lwllllllww 0
2004 Ramzavail 87 75 .537 1 4-6 W1 wlwlllwwll
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 85 77 .525 3 6-4 L1 lwlwwllwww
2004 Sooner333 83 79 .512 5 6-4 L3 lllwwwwwlw
2004 Coffee Warlord 82 80 .506 6 3-7 L3 lllwllwwll
2004 TheLionKing 81 81 .500 7 5-5 W1 wlwlwwwlll
2004 Chief Rum Runners 76 86 .469 12 3-7 L2 llwlllwllw
2004 Vince 74 88 .457 14 4-6 W2 wwlwllllwl
2004 Booj 70 92 .432 18 4-6 L2 llwlwwlllw
2004 Suicanes Bombers 68 94 .420 20 5-5 W2 wwlllwwlwl
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 67 95 .414 21 4-6 L1 lwlwlllwlw
2004 vtbub 65 97 .401 23 3-7 L2 llwllwllwl


Year Team Home Road Grass Turf vsLHP vsRHP Div InterLg
2004 BishopMVP 53-28 41-40 94-68 28-18 66-50 22-20
2004 Maple Leafs 47-34 47-34 94-68 24-13 70-55 30-12
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 49-32 43-38 92-70 19-16 73-54 27-15
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 46-35 44-37 90-72 22-14 68-58 22-20
2004 Bearcat729 49-32 39-42 88-74 26-19 62-55 17-25
2004 Ramzavail 47-34 40-41 87-75 23-17 64-58 23-19
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 40-41 45-36 85-77 17-24 68-53 26-16
2004 Sooner333 43-38 40-41 83-79 15-23 68-56 22-20
2004 Coffee Warlord 45-36 37-44 82-80 18-19 64-61 20-22
2004 TheLionKing 46-35 35-46 81-81 21-25 60-56 20-22
2004 Chief Rum Runners 45-36 31-50 76-86 19-25 57-61 18-24
2004 Vince 36-45 38-43 74-88 17-23 57-65 22-20
2004 Booj 34-47 36-45 70-92 22-27 48-65 14-28
2004 Suicanes Bombers 33-48 35-46 68-94 15-22 53-72 21-21
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 37-44 30-51 67-95 18-23 49-72 19-23
2004 vtbub 35-46 30-51 65-97 16-23 49-74 13-29


Year Team Lead7 Tied7 Trail7 1-run Extra
2004 BishopMVP 76-14 12-7 6-47 36-25 13-9
2004 Maple Leafs 77-6 6-5 11-57 30-21 12-5
2004 Honolulu Blue Viagrans 73-8 10-9 9-53 23-24 10-6
2004 Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 70-6 12-12 8-54 30-30 10-7
2004 Bearcat729 68-6 9-9 11-59 26-21 8-6
2004 Ramzavail 72-8 8-10 7-57 27-24 7-14
2004 ISiddiqui Slammers 63-11 12-10 10-56 30-20 11-10
2004 Sooner333 69-8 8-6 6-65 23-15 7-10
2004 Coffee Warlord 67-5 7-13 8-62 28-21 7-9
2004 TheLionKing 65-9 9-13 7-59 24-32 8-13
2004 Chief Rum Runners 55-9 9-9 12-68 29-28 12-9
2004 Vince 50-7 14-9 10-72 19-30 10-8
2004 Booj 57-9 7-11 6-72 18-30 7-12
2004 Suicanes Bombers 50-9 11-10 7-75 21-26 6-7
2004 ntndeacon Deacons 55-9 9-9 3-77 18-29 6-12
2004 vtbub 41-7 14-15 10-75 25-31 14-11

DMB team vs team -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

BIS RAM ISI VTB BEA COF TLK HON OYK CHR SOO VIN SUI BOO NTN MAP
BIS x 9-5 3-11 10-4 6-4 5-5 7-3 7-3 6-4 6-4 5-5 8-2 8-2 5-5 5-5 4-6
RAM 5-9 x 8-6 10-4 4-6 7-3 5-5 3-7 6-4 6-4 5-5 6-4 7-3 5-5 5-5 5-5
ISI 11-3 6-8 x 9-5 4-6 4-6 8-2 3-7 5-5 3-7 4-6 3-7 6-4 7-3 7-3 5-5
VTB 4-10 4-10 5-9 x 4-6 5-5 3-7 1-9 2-8 3-7 7-3 7-3 7-3 4-6 5-5 4-6

BEA 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 x 5-9 6-8 6-8 6-4 8-2 6-4 5-5 8-2 5-5 4-6 7-3
COF 5-5 3-7 6-4 5-5 9-5 x 8-6 3-11 5-5 6-4 4-6 5-5 6-4 5-5 7-3 5-5
TLK 3-7 5-5 2-8 7-3 8-6 6-8 x 6-8 3-7 7-3 5-5 6-4 6-4 5-5 6-4 6-4
HON 3-7 7-3 7-3 9-1 8-6 11-3 8-6 x 3-7 6-4 5-5 5-5 4-6 5-5 8-2 3-7

OYK 4-6 4-6 5-5 8-2 4-6 5-5 7-3 7-3 x 7-7 8-6 7-7 5-5 6-4 7-3 6-4
CHR 4-6 4-6 7-3 7-3 2-8 4-6 3-7 4-6 7-7 x 5-9 6-8 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-3
SOO 5-5 5-5 6-4 3-7 4-6 6-4 5-5 5-5 6-8 9-5 x 7-7 4-6 5-5 9-1 4-6
VIN 2-8 4-6 7-3 3-7 5-5 5-5 4-6 5-5 7-7 8-6 7-7 x 6-4 6-4 5-5 0-10

SUI 2-8 3-7 4-6 3-7 2-8 4-6 4-6 6-4 5-5 4-6 6-4 4-6 x 8-6 8-6 5-9
BOO 5-5 5-5 3-7 6-4 5-5 5-5 5-5 5-5 4-6 4-6 5-5 4-6 6-8 x 6-8 2-12
NTN 5-5 5-5 3-7 5-5 6-4 3-7 4-6 2-8 3-7 6-4 1-9 5-5 6-8 8-6 x 5-9
MAP 6-4 5-5 5-5 6-4 3-7 5-5 4-6 7-3 4-6 3-7 6-4 10-0 9-5 12-2 9-5 x

DMB team batting totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS
Ramzavail .281 .345 .441 5758 839 1618 264 65 176 790 548 1120 84 47
Maple Leafs .276 .342 .469 5691 872 1571 294 86 211 829 556 1163 81 70
TheLionKing .272 .342 .461 5693 886 1550 265 57 232 847 588 1211 72 54
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine .270 .344 .442 5627 863 1520 249 59 200 812 643 1121 176 91
ISiddiqui Slammers .270 .340 .442 5825 880 1572 293 53 201 839 614 1157 76 43
Chief Rum Runners .267 .333 .461 5705 863 1521 234 57 253 827 546 1381 59 54
Bearcat729 .266 .334 .440 5693 839 1516 257 49 211 792 581 1276 77 48
vtbub .266 .318 .418 5824 741 1550 300 61 154 699 442 1121 92 49
BishopMVP .266 .340 .446 5671 855 1507 261 58 216 814 641 1212 84 43
Sooner333 .261 .338 .434 5502 835 1435 202 58 211 804 612 1135 176 120
ntndeacon Deacons .259 .312 .404 5626 699 1456 247 55 153 665 422 1117 97 77
Honolulu Blue Viagrans .257 .337 .445 5585 855 1437 255 57 226 825 662 1332 134 58
Vince .256 .320 .429 5595 778 1430 231 44 217 735 504 1128 151 92
Booj .252 .311 .397 5656 709 1428 255 31 166 665 480 1000 61 20
Suicanes Bombers .250 .310 .422 5598 769 1399 206 43 224 727 481 1181 81 46
Coffee Warlord .240 .301 .398 5586 732 1342 213 51 188 695 486 1145 79 44
Totals .263 .329 .434 90635 13015 23852 4026 884 3239 12365 8806 18800 1580 956



Team G PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G
Ramzavail 162 6467 28 20 99 34 105 0 883.3 5.4 .160 .746 2540 5.2
Maple Leafs 162 6389 40 47 57 44 87 1 914.8 5.6 .193 .783 2670 5.4
TheLionKing 162 6420 34 27 66 38 111 1 897.7 5.5 .189 .770 2625 5.5
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 162 6376 16 27 50 40 112 0 864.5 5.3 .172 .771 2487 5.3
ISiddiqui Slammers 162 6569 31 63 52 47 89 0 893.9 5.4 .172 .751 2574 5.4
Chief Rum Runners 162 6383 35 11 65 32 120 0 863.1 5.2 .194 .750 2628 5.3
Bearcat729 162 6379 12 17 65 27 97 1 844.2 5.2 .174 .734 2504 5.2
vtbub 162 6363 22 13 33 42 95 0 775.3 4.7 .152 .677 2434 4.6
BishopMVP 162 6451 24 34 63 52 109 0 876.6 5.3 .181 .760 2532 5.3
Sooner333 162 6266 51 48 54 47 90 0 810.5 5.0 .173 .754 2386 5.2
ntndeacon Deacons 162 6187 30 38 71 37 77 1 705.0 4.3 .145 .652 2272 4.3
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 162 6354 35 25 26 46 94 0 862.7 5.3 .187 .771 2484 5.3
Vince 162 6249 45 11 66 39 62 0 780.6 4.8 .173 .718 2400 4.8
Booj 162 6238 13 13 58 31 111 0 701.8 4.3 .144 .642 2243 4.4
Suicanes Bombers 162 6164 23 10 25 37 114 0 725.5 4.4 .172 .676 2363 4.7
Coffee Warlord 162 6148 20 14 17 39 104 0 668.9 4.1 .157 .639 2221 4.5
Totals 2592 101403 459 418 867 632 1577 4 13049.4 5.0 .171 .724 39363 5.0

DMB team pitching totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team ERA W L S G CG INN H R ER BB K HR GDP
BishopMVP 4.02 94 68 43 162 23 1479.1 1468 767 661 516 1282 189 104
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 4.05 92 70 37 162 25 1456.1 1378 721 656 484 1205 208 91
Bearcat729 4.24 88 74 32 162 32 1463.2 1402 753 689 530 1139 210 105
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 4.25 90 72 40 162 33 1468.2 1474 799 693 474 1274 209 96
ntndeacon Deacons 4.25 67 95 31 162 18 1463.1 1513 792 691 549 954 215 110
Maple Leafs 4.26 94 68 26 162 36 1464.1 1415 780 693 537 1220 213 97
Coffee Warlord 4.30 82 80 46 162 15 1456.0 1473 785 695 581 1144 193 110
Ramzavail 4.30 87 75 25 162 36 1475.0 1538 780 705 539 1051 171 126
Booj 4.35 70 92 29 162 26 1462.1 1411 778 707 537 1192 226 88
Sooner333 4.45 83 79 36 162 23 1450.1 1499 838 717 540 1156 183 111
Vince 4.53 74 88 34 162 21 1457.1 1533 889 733 587 1277 187 103
ISiddiqui Slammers 4.59 85 77 33 162 24 1479.1 1512 816 755 533 1127 213 94
TheLionKing 4.62 81 81 25 162 26 1465.0 1534 836 752 539 1199 223 89
vtbub 4.81 65 97 30 162 18 1468.2 1623 871 785 542 1098 196 96
Chief Rum Runners 4.86 76 86 29 162 16 1460.0 1528 911 789 666 1187 201 77
Suicanes Bombers 5.08 68 94 34 162 17 1448.2 1566 908 818 655 1306 205 80
Totals 4.43 1296 1296 530 2592 389 23418.1 23867 13024 11539 8809 18811 3242 1577



Team IW HBP SH SF WP BK SB CS PK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9
BishopMVP 26 30 62 37 39 3 105 50 15 0 8.9 3.1 12.3 7.8 1.1
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 6 29 57 35 44 5 88 61 9 0 8.5 3.0 11.7 7.4 1.3
Bearcat729 34 19 46 40 37 0 74 60 5 0 8.6 3.3 12.0 7.0 1.3
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 11 29 46 30 27 0 74 45 5 1 9.0 2.9 12.1 7.8 1.3
ntndeacon Deacons 22 16 49 47 23 3 93 50 2 1 9.3 3.4 12.8 5.9 1.3
Maple Leafs 29 25 46 39 36 6 143 54 11 0 8.7 3.3 12.2 7.5 1.3
Coffee Warlord 21 35 59 37 29 2 108 72 14 0 9.1 3.6 12.9 7.1 1.2
Ramzavail 28 25 44 37 52 4 95 67 13 0 9.4 3.3 12.8 6.4 1.0
Booj 35 27 52 37 24 3 95 68 14 0 8.7 3.3 12.2 7.3 1.4
Sooner333 27 32 49 44 16 5 79 43 9 1 9.3 3.4 12.9 7.2 1.1
Vince 25 28 59 44 50 3 73 52 7 0 9.5 3.6 13.3 7.9 1.2
ISiddiqui Slammers 17 35 61 32 52 0 140 65 18 1 9.2 3.2 12.7 6.9 1.3
TheLionKing 42 41 43 33 31 4 93 63 11 0 9.4 3.3 13.0 7.4 1.4
vtbub 34 24 61 47 38 3 100 66 19 0 9.9 3.3 13.4 6.7 1.2
Chief Rum Runners 29 34 63 45 45 5 105 63 12 0 9.4 4.1 13.7 7.3 1.2
Suicanes Bombers 32 31 71 48 51 9 117 77 15 0 9.7 4.1 14.0 8.1 1.3
Totals 418 460 868 632 594 55 1582 956 179 4 9.2 3.4 12.7 7.2 1.2

DMB team fielding totals -- FOFC Greatest
Regular season

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS SB% CPO PPO
Bearcat729 162 4391 1757 108 115 6256 .983 16 74 60 .552 1 5
Honolulu Blue Viagrans 162 4369 1683 107 100 6159 .983 17 88 61 .591 1 9
Booj 162 4387 1729 111 99 6227 .982 8 95 68 .583 1 14
Coffee Warlord 162 4368 1790 118 134 6276 .981 27 108 72 .600 1 14
TheLionKing 162 4395 1678 121 98 6194 .980 18 93 63 .596 1 11
ISiddiqui Slammers 162 4438 1808 137 109 6383 .979 11 140 65 .683 0 18
BishopMVP 162 4438 1712 137 117 6287 .978 41 105 50 .677 4 15
Maple Leafs 162 4393 1776 138 108 6307 .978 5 143 54 .726 0 11
ntndeacon Deacons 162 4365 1816 142 126 6323 .978 22 93 50 .650 2 2
Ramzavail 162 4425 1842 146 140 6413 .977 9 95 67 .586 3 13
vtbub 162 4406 1807 149 103 6362 .977 7 100 66 .602 0 19
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine 162 4406 1697 153 104 6256 .976 16 74 45 .622 2 5
Suicanes Bombers 162 4346 1636 153 98 6135 .975 14 117 77 .603 2 15
Vince 162 4372 1693 158 116 6223 .975 118 73 52 .584 2 7
Sooner333 162 4351 1705 171 126 6227 .973 26 79 43 .648 2 9
Chief Rum Runners 162 4380 1719 175 87 6274 .972 8 105 63 .625 2 12
Totals 2592 70230 27848 2224 1780 100302 .978 363 1582 956 .623 24 179

Current injuries -- All players in database
Regular season

Duration
Date Team Name Cause Return Orig Left
9/12/2004 BEA Duffy Collision on bases 10/19/2004 37 18
9/15/2004 CHR Hoyt General 10/2/2004 17 1
9/5/2004 HON Simmons Collision in field 10/2/2004 27 1
9/25/2004 ISI Coveleski General 10/4/2004 9 3
9/27/2004 OYK Kaneda General 10/13/2004 16 12
9/19/2004 RAM Glavine General 10/13/2004 24 12
9/23/2004 SOO McGraw Hit by pitch 10/23/2004 30 22
9/29/2004 SUI Rose General 10/7/2004 8 6
9/28/2004 TLK Ott General 10/5/2004 7 4
9/18/2004 TLK Hubbell General 10/8/2004 20 7
9/27/2004 VIN Ramirez General 10/4/2004 7 3
9/27/2004 VTB Buckner General 10/8/2004 11 7

I'll cover the league leaders in a separate post.

Schedule by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/League%20schedule.txt)
Schedule by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/Team%20Schedule%202.txt)
Complete hitting stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20batting.txt)
Complete pitching stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20pitching.txt)
Complete fielding stats, by team (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20fielding.txt)
Game results by date (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20league%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (through 6/20) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/dmb%20team%20game%20results.txt)
Game results by team (6/21 to 8/29) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20game%20results%20part%202.txt)
Game results by team (8/30 to present) (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/DMB%20team%20game%20results%20part%203.txt)
September 27-Octoberr 3 boxscores (http://vlholmes.esmartweb.com/September%2027-October%203.zip)

So the first round of the playoffs looks like this:

(1) Maple Leafs vs. (8) Sooner333
(2) BishopMVP vs. (7) Isiddiqui
(3) HB Viagrans vs. (6) Ramzavail
(4) Oykib Nishinomiya Nine vs. (5) Bearcat729

And the planned sim schedule for the next few days:

Monday, 3/22 - sim through 10/6 (games 1 & 2 of the first round of the playoffs)
Wednesday, 3/24 - sim through 10/10 (games 3-5 of the first round, as necessary)
Friday, 3/26 - sim through 10/13 (games 1 & 2 of the semifinals)
Sunday, 3/28 - sim through 10/17 (games 3-5 of the semis, as necessary)

I'll come as close as I can to everyone's #1 starter, so there's no need to make that change. But I would suggest thinking about compressing the rotation in the usual playoff fashion, because you don't really want your #5 starter out there in a tight situation. So, make those changes and get them to me by 11:59 PM ET Sunday, March 21.

[oykib]

Nishinomiya Nine

Rotation
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1. Smokey Joe Williams
2. Harry Brecheen
3. Robin Roberts
4. Dazzy Vance

Bullpen

Long/spot starter- Masaichi Kaneda
Long/Mop-up- Sal Maglie
Middle(L)- Ron Guidry
Middle(R)- Bullet Joe Rogan
Setup(L)- Mel Parnell
Setup(R)- Bullet Rogan, Sal Maglie
Closer- Mike Mussina

Lineup
vs. Right
LF Tim Raines
2B John Henry Lloyd
CF Oscar Charleston
1B Eddie Murray
RF Vladimir Guerrero
3B Chipper Jones
SS Barry Larkin
C Josh Gibson

vs. Left
LF Tim Raines
SS John Henry LLoyd
RF Vladimir Guerrero
CF Oscar Charleston
1B Eddie Murray
SS Barry Larkin
C Josh Gibson
3B Shigeo Nagashima

All the depth settings and pinch hitters can be set by the computer.

[Honolulu Blue]

Lineup vs. RHP

1. Morgan, 2b
2. Hernandez, 1b
3. Lynn, cf
4. Schmidt, 3b
5. Keller, lf
6. Simmons, c
7. Robinson, rf
8. G. Davis, ss
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
Whitaker, 2b

Spot starters:
None

Depth chart vs. RHP

c - Simmons, Parrish
1b - Hernandez, Evans
2b - Morgan, Whitaker
3b - Schmidt, Evans
ss - G. Davis, Petrocelli
lf - Keller, Gibson, E. Davis
cf - Lynn, Ashburn, Bonds, Gibson, E. Davis
rf - Robinson, Bonds, E. Davis, Gibson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Bonds, E. Davis, Parrish, Petrocelli, Ferrell
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Gibson, Whitaker, Ashburn, Evans
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Lineup vs. LHP

1. Morgan, 2b
2. Hernandez, 1b
3. Robinson, rf
4. Schmidt, 3b
5. Bonds, cf
6. E. Davis, lf
7. Simmons, c
8. G. Davis, ss
9. (pitcher)

Defensive replacements:
Whitaker, 2b
Ashburn, cf

Spot starters:
None

Depth chart vs. LHP

c - Simmons, Parrish
1b - Hernandez, Evans
2b - Morgan, Whitaker
3b - Schmidt, Petrocelli, Evans
ss - G. Davis, Petrocelli
lf - E. Davis, Keller, Lynn, Gibson
cf - Bonds, Lynn, Ashburn, Gibson
rf - Robinson, Lynn, Keller, Gibson

Pinch hitters vs. LHP: Keller, Parrish, Lynn, Petrocelli, Ferrell
Pinch hitters vs. RHP: Lynn, Gibson, Whitaker, Ashburn, Evans

Pitching Rotation

Rotation Size: 4
Usage mode: Strict
Rotation: Grove, Perry, Blyleven, Ferrell
Spot Starters: Key (0%)
Mopup: Key, Ward, Hiller
Long Relievers: Key, Ward, Hiller
Setup vs. RHB: Ward, Montgomery
Setup vs. LHB: Ward, Montgomery
Closer vs. RHB: Tekulve, Montgomery
Closer vs. LHB: Tekulve, Montgomery

[Honolulu Blue]

PLAYOFFS, ROUND 1

Two relatively close games, one a slugfest, and one an extra innings pitchers' duel. But Maple Leafs won both, and they're up 2 games to 0.

10/5/2004, MAP04-SOO04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Maple Leafs 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 11 17 1 11 1
2004 Sooner333 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 8 10 1 5 0

Maple Leafs AB R H BI AVG Sooner333 AB R H BI AVG
Chance c 5 2 3 2 .262 Suzuki rf 5 2 3 0 .290
Speaker cf 5 0 0 0 .337 Durham 2b 5 3 2 1 .242
Musial rf 6 0 2 1 .323 Cobb cf 5 1 2 2 .354
Hornsby 2b 4 0 1 2 .284 Bonds,Ba lf 4 2 2 4 .320
Lajoie 2b 0 0 0 0 .418 McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0 .217
Mize 1b 4 2 1 1 .285 Stephens ss 3 0 1 0 .246
Henke p 0 0 0 0 .000 Thigpen p 0 0 0 0 .000
Vaughan ss 5 3 3 0 .283 Parker ph 1 0 0 0 .316
Gonzalez lf 5 1 1 0 .251 Urbina p 0 0 0 0 .250
Chavez 3b 5 3 5 4 .249 Santiago c 3 0 0 0 .206
Scott p 2 0 0 0 .071 Latham 3b 3 0 0 0 .257
Terry 1b 1 0 1 1 .322 Ward p 1 0 0 0 .251
42 11 17 11 Bradford p 1 0 0 0 .059
Appling ss 2 0 0 0 .258
36 8 10 7

Maple Leafs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Scott W 20-7 6.0 8 7 5 2 6 91 58 4.20
Henke S 17 3.0 2 1 1 0 5 44 27 4.77
9.0 10 8 6 2 11 135 85

Sooner333 INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Ward L 9-12 3.2 9 6 6 2 3 79 47 5.04
Bradford 2.0 4 4 4 2 2 50 29 5.03
Thigpen 1.1 1 0 0 2 1 36 17 4.47
Urbina 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 28 18 3.71
9.0 17 11 11 6 8 193 111

MAP: Terry inserted at 1b in the 7th
Lajoie inserted at 2b in the 9th
SOO: Appling inserted at ss in the 6th
Parker batted for Thigpen in the 7th

E-Scott, Durham. 2B-Chance, Vaughan, Chavez 3, Durham, Cobb. 3B-Vaughan,
Cobb. HR-Mize(27), Durham(13), Bonds,Ba 2(58). SB-Suzuki(42). CS-Chavez.
K-Speaker 2, Hornsby 2, Mize, Gonzalez, Scott 2, Suzuki, Cobb 3, Bonds,Ba,
McGwire, Stephens, Santiago 2, Latham, Appling. BB-Chance, Speaker,
Hornsby 2, Mize, Scott, Bonds,Ba, McGwire. SH-Scott, Santiago. HBP-Latham.
PB-Chance. HB-Scott.
GWRBI: Hornsby
Temperature: 69, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 11 MPH.



10/6/2004, MAP04-SOO04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
2004 Maple Leafs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 1 8 0
2004 Sooner333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 10 1

Maple Leafs AB R H BI AVG Sooner333 AB R H BI AVG
Chance c 4 1 2 3 .264 Suzuki rf 5 0 1 0 .289
Speaker cf 4 0 1 0 .337 Ward ss 4 0 0 0 .248
Musial rf 5 0 1 0 .322 Cobb cf 4 0 2 0 .355
Hornsby 2b 3 0 0 0 .282 Bonds,Ba lf 4 0 1 0 .319
Garber p 0 0 0 0 .042 McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0 .216
Henke p 0 0 0 0 .000 Durham 2b 4 0 1 0 .242
Mize 1b 5 0 0 0 .281 Latham 3b 4 0 1 0 .256
Vaughan ss 4 1 0 0 .281 Santiago c 3 0 1 0 .207
Gonzalez lf 3 0 1 0 .252 Brown p 3 0 0 0 .055
Chavez 3b 4 1 2 1 .251 Dotel p 0 0 0 0 .118
Joss p 3 0 0 0 .082 Giles ph 1 0 0 0 .353
Terry ph 1 1 0 0 .320 35 0 7 0
Lajoie 2b 0 0 0 0 .418
36 4 7 4

Maple Leafs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Joss W 13-11 9.0 6 0 0 3 5 127 76 3.63
Garber 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 9 4 2.95
Henke S 18 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 14 7 4.74
10.0 7 0 0 5 6 150 87

Sooner333 INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brown L 13-12 9.0 3 2 2 3 4 125 76 4.72
Dotel 1.0 4 2 2 1 2 39 22 3.78
10.0 7 4 4 4 6 164 98

MAP: Terry batted for Joss in the 10th
Lajoie inserted at 2b in the 10th
SOO: Giles batted for Dotel in the 10th

E-Chavez, Brown. 2B-Chavez, Durham. 3B-Bonds,Ba. HR-Chance(21). SB-Cobb(38).
CS-Suzuki, Cobb 2. K-Chance, Hornsby, Mize, Vaughan 2, Chavez, Cobb,
Bonds,Ba, McGwire, Durham, Latham, Brown. BB-Chance, Hornsby 2, Vaughan,
Ward, Cobb, Bonds,Ba, McGwire, Santiago. SH-Speaker. HBP-Gonzalez. HB-Brown.
GWRBI: Chavez
Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 13 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

The Slammers stole the first game in the bottom of the ninth by rallying for two runs against Percival. Bishop put game two away with four runs in the 8th, turning a close game into something of a rout. The series is even at 1-1.


10/5/2004, BIS04-ISI04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 BishopMVP 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 6 1 7 0
2004 Slammers 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 7 1 8 1

BishopMVP AB R H BI AVG Slammers AB R H BI AVG
Ewing c 5 0 0 0 .262 Minoso lf 4 1 1 0 .292
Brouthers 1b 4 0 1 0 .290 Gehringer 2b 5 0 1 2 .275
Walker rf 4 0 2 0 .283 Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 .291
Williams lf 4 0 1 0 .311 Mantle cf 2 1 1 1 .317
Campaneris pr 0 1 0 0 .183 Clemente rf 4 1 1 0 .306
Lindstrom 3b 0 0 0 0 .302 Cronin ss 3 0 1 1 .273
Dihigo 3b 3 1 0 0 .298 Aparicio ss 0 0 0 0 .203
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0 .259 Clark,W 1b 4 0 1 0 .272
Wells ss 3 1 1 1 .286 Burgess c 4 0 1 0 .259
Kent 2b 3 0 0 1 .250 Vizquel pr 0 1 0 0 .167
White 2b 0 0 0 0 .194 Seaver p 3 0 0 0 .089
Martinez p 3 0 0 0 .063 Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .077
Pinson ph 0 0 0 1 .261 Averill ph 1 0 0 0 .229
Percival p 0 0 0 0 .000 34 4 7 4
33 3 6 3

BishopMVP INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Martinez 8.0 5 2 2 3 9 121 74 3.82
Percival BS 11, L 4-11 0.2 2 2 2 1 2 16 11 4.30
8.2 7 4 4 4 11 137 85

Slammers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Seaver 8.0 6 3 3 2 13 122 76 4.03
Wilhelm BS 22, W 31-12 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 18 8 3.63
9.0 6 3 3 4 14 140 84

BIS: Campaneris ran for Williams in the 9th
Pinson batted for Martinez in the 9th
Lindstrom inserted at 3b in the 9th
White inserted at 2b in the 9th
Dihigo moved to lf in the 9th
ISI: Aparicio inserted at ss in the 9th
Averill batted for Wilhelm in the 9th
Vizquel ran for Burgess in the 9th

E-Brouthers, Cronin. 2B-Brouthers, Gehringer, Clemente, Cronin. HR-Wells(22),
Mantle(48). SB-Vizquel(1). K-Ewing 2, Brouthers 2, Walker 2, Dihigo 2,
Wilson 2, Wells, Martinez 3, Gehringer, Brett, Clemente, Cronin, Clark,W 2,
Burgess 2, Seaver 2, Averill. BB-Dihigo, Wells, Kent, Pinson, Minoso,
Mantle 2, Cronin.
GWRBI: Gehringer
Temperature: 74, Sky: clear, Wind: none.



10/6/2004, BIS04-ISI04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 BishopMVP 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 11 14 0 9 0
2004 Slammers 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 10 2 8 2

BishopMVP AB R H BI AVG Slammers AB R H BI AVG
Ewing c 6 1 2 0 .263 Minoso lf 5 1 3 1 .294
Brouthers 1b 5 2 2 1 .291 Gehringer 2b 4 1 1 0 .275
Walker rf 4 1 1 1 .282 Brett 3b 3 0 1 0 .291
Williams lf 4 2 2 2 .313 Mantle cf 4 0 0 1 .314
Dihigo 3b 3 1 3 3 .300 Clemente rf 3 0 1 1 .306
Wells ss 5 1 1 1 .285 Stieb p 0 0 0 0 .118
Pinson cf 5 1 2 1 .263 Averill ph 1 0 0 0 .226
Kent 2b 4 1 1 2 .250 Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .077
White 2b 0 0 0 0 .194 McGinnity p 0 0 0 0 .053
Paige p 2 1 0 0 .088 Cronin ss 3 1 1 1 .274
Vaughn ph 1 0 0 0 .280 Clark,W 1b 4 0 1 0 .272
H Smith p 1 0 0 0 .076 Burgess c 4 1 1 0 .259
40 11 14 11 Palmer p 2 1 1 0 .200
Slaughter rf 2 0 0 0 .260
35 5 10 4

BishopMVP INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Paige W 34-17 6.0 10 5 4 3 5 111 64 4.05
H Smith S 36 3.0 0 0 0 2 2 42 24 3.59
9.0 10 5 4 5 7 153 88

Slammers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Palmer L 12-19 5.2 9 7 6 3 0 104 65 5.15
Stieb 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 22 12 4.58
Wilhelm 0.2 5 4 4 1 0 24 11 3.73
McGinnity 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 16 12 4.14
9.0 14 11 10 5 1 166 100

BIS: Vaughn batted for Paige in the 7th
White inserted at 2b in the 8th
ISI: Slaughter inserted at rf in the 6th
Averill batted for Stieb in the 7th

E-Cronin, Burgess. 2B-Ewing, Brouthers, Williams, Dihigo 2, Wells, Burgess.
3B-Brouthers, Williams. HR-Kent(24), Cronin(11). SB-Pinson(8), Minoso(15).
CS-Clark,W. K-Pinson, Minoso, Gehringer, Brett 2, Mantle, Clark,W, Burgess.
BB-Brouthers, Walker, Williams, Dihigo, Kent, Gehringer, Brett 2, Mantle,
Cronin. HBP-Dihigo, Paige. PB-Ewing. HB-Palmer, Stieb. WP-Paige.
GWRBI: Williams
Temperature: 48, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 3 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

The Viagrans had a 3-0 lead after 3 1/2 innings in game one, but couldn't score anymore and couldn't hold on. Game two was the same story but a different result - the Viagrans led 6-1 after 5 1/2 innings, but this time they did hold on to take game 2. The series is even at one.


10/5/2004, HON04-RAM04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Viagrans 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1 6 0
2004 Ramzavail 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 10 2 7 0

Viagrans AB R H BI AVG Ramzavail AB R H BI AVG
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0 .283 Jeter ss 4 0 1 0 .282
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 2 .282 Molitor 3b 4 1 3 1 .312
Lynn cf 1 0 0 0 .286 Bagwell 1b 4 1 1 1 .321
Ashburn cf 3 0 0 0 .264 Piazza c 4 1 1 1 .321
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 .257 Simmons lf 4 0 2 0 .311
Keller lf 4 0 1 0 .273 Cuyler cf 2 0 0 0 .318
Simmons c 4 1 2 1 .286 Rice ph 1 0 0 0 .246
Robinson rf 4 0 0 0 .242 Alomar 2b 4 1 1 0 .333
Davis,G ss 4 0 1 0 .287 Dawson rf 3 0 0 0 .274
Grove p 1 1 0 0 .114 Klein ph 0 0 0 0 .251
Gibson ph 1 0 0 0 .217 Galvin p 3 0 0 0 .125
Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000 Boggs ph 1 0 1 1 .284
34 3 7 3 34 4 10 4

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Grove 8.0 8 3 3 0 5 115 79 3.69
Tekulve L 8-6 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 18 10 3.40
8.1 10 4 4 1 5 133 89

Ramzavail INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Galvin W 19-7 9.0 7 3 3 1 4 132 80 3.57
9.0 7 3 3 1 4 132 80

HON: Ashburn inserted at cf in the 1st
Gibson batted for Grove in the 9th
RAM: Rice batted for Cuyler in the 9th
Klein batted for Dawson in the 9th
Boggs batted for Galvin in the 9th

E-Schmidt, Jeter, Galvin. 2B-Hernandez 2, Alomar. HR-Simmons(16), Molitor(9),
Bagwell(8), Piazza(11). SB-Molitor 2(3). CS-Molitor. K-Hernandez, Schmidt 2,
Ashburn, Bagwell, Piazza, Dawson, Galvin 2. BB-Grove, Klein. SH-Grove,
Cuyler.
GWRBI: Boggs
Fred Lynn was injured for this game only
Temperature: 62, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 3 MPH.



10/6/2004, HON04-RAM04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Viagrans 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 6 10 3 7 1
2004 Ramzavail 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 10 0 11 2

Viagrans AB R H BI AVG Ramzavail AB R H BI AVG
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 1 .282 Alomar 2b 5 0 2 1 .333
Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0 .286 Cochrane c 5 0 0 0 .260
Hernandez 1b 5 0 3 2 .285 Boggs 3b 5 0 2 0 .285
Lynn cf 4 0 1 0 .285 Oh 1b 2 2 1 0 .312
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 1 .258 Klein rf 5 0 0 0 .248
Keller lf 3 0 0 0 .271 Simmons lf 4 1 1 0 .310
Simmons c 4 1 1 1 .286 Rice cf 4 1 3 2 .250
Robinson rf 3 2 1 0 .242 Jeter ss 4 0 1 1 .282
Davis,G ss 4 1 2 1 .288 Gooden p 2 0 0 0 .118
Perry p 4 0 0 0 .133 Franco p 0 0 0 0 .053
Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000 Pujols ph 1 0 0 0 .313
34 6 10 6 Reardon p 1 0 0 0 .000
38 4 10 4

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Perry W 15-10 7.2 9 4 2 4 5 143 85 3.74
Tekulve S 19 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 14 10 3.31
9.0 10 4 2 4 5 157 95

Ramzavail INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Gooden L 20-25 5.2 9 6 6 4 8 120 71 4.64
Franco 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 16 8 3.07
Reardon 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 30 16 2.77
9.0 10 6 6 6 10 166 95

HON: Whitaker inserted at 2b in the 9th
RAM: Pujols batted for Franco in the 7th

E-Morgan, Schmidt 2. 2B-Morgan, Hernandez 2, Lynn, Davis,G 2, Rice.
HR-Schmidt(50), Simmons(17). CS-Morgan. K-Morgan, Hernandez, Lynn 2, Keller,
Simmons, Robinson, Davis,G, Perry 2, Simmons, Rice, Jeter, Gooden, Reardon.
BB-Morgan, Lynn, Schmidt 2, Keller, Robinson, Oh 3, Simmons. PB-Cochrane.
BALK-Gooden.
GWRBI: Hernandez
Temperature: 56, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 16 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

The Nine took the first game in a well-pitched duel. The second game was a tinkerer's delight as the benches were about emptied in a game that went 12 innings, and Bearcat victorious. The series is even at one.

10/5/2004, OYK04-BEA04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 0 7 2
2004 Bearcat729 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 9 0 5 1

Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG Bearcat729 AB R H BI AVG
Raines lf 4 0 2 1 .309 Hack 3b 4 0 2 0 .286
Lloyd 2b 4 0 0 0 .281 Boudreau ss 4 0 1 0 .287
Charleston cf 4 0 0 0 .339 Snider cf 4 0 1 0 .281
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0 .328 Greenberg 1b 4 0 1 0 .272
Guerrero rf 4 1 2 1 .308 Waner,P rf 4 0 0 0 .292
Edmonds rf 0 0 0 0 .239 Dickey c 4 0 1 0 .292
Larkin ss 4 1 2 0 .246 Kiner lf 4 1 1 1 .256
Gibson,J c 3 1 2 1 .267 Evers 2b 3 0 1 0 .250
Dandridge 3b 4 1 1 1 .268 Alexander p 1 0 0 0 .169
Williams,J p 3 0 1 0 .189 Sewell,J ph 1 1 1 1 .325
Santop ph 1 0 1 0 .215 Vaughn p 0 0 0 0 .100
Mussina p 0 0 0 0 .091 Childs ph 0 0 0 0 .200
35 4 11 4 Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 .000
33 2 9 2

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Williams,J W 31-25 8.0 9 2 2 1 9 129 86 3.76
Mussina S 21 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 3.07
9.0 9 2 2 1 9 139 91

Bearcat729 INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Alexander L 17-12 6.0 10 3 3 1 2 91 59 3.56
Vaughn 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 18 11 3.85
Hoffman 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 21 10 2.75
9.0 11 4 4 2 3 130 80

OYK: Edmonds inserted at rf in the 8th
Santop batted for Williams,J in the 9th
BEA: Sewell,J batted for Alexander in the 6th
Childs batted for Vaughn in the 8th

2B-Gibson,J. HR-Guerrero(28), Dandridge(4), Kiner(16), Sewell,J(3).
SB-Raines(60). CS-Lloyd, Evers. K-Murray, Dandridge, Williams,J, Boudreau 2,
Snider, Greenberg 2, Kiner 2, Evers, Alexander. BB-Lloyd, Gibson,J, Childs.
SF-Raines.
GWRBI: Guerrero
Temperature: 60, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 19 MPH.



10/6/2004, OYK04-BEA04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E LOB DP
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 11 0 13 0
2004 Bearcat729 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 13 3 9 0

Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG Bearcat729 AB R H BI AVG
Lloyd 2b 4 1 0 0 .282 Bresnahan c 3 1 0 0 .260
Doby lf 6 0 1 1 .205 Rodriguez ss 4 0 0 0 .274
Charleston cf 5 0 1 0 .337 Boudreau ss 2 0 0 0 .285
Murray 1b 6 0 2 1 .328 Greenberg 1b 1 0 1 0 .273
Guerrero rf 5 2 4 1 .312 Kluszewski pr 4 1 2 1 .173
Jones 3b 3 0 0 0 .289 Kiner lf 6 0 1 1 .254
Nagashima ph 1 1 0 0 .241 Snider rf 5 1 3 2 .284
Santop ph 1 0 0 0 .214 Rosen 3b 3 1 1 1 .284
Dandridge 3b 1 0 0 0 .267 Hack ph 2 0 1 0 .287
Larkin ss 5 0 3 1 .249 Waner,P cf 5 0 1 0 .291
Gibson,J c 4 1 0 0 .266 Evers 2b 3 1 1 1 .251
Brecheen p 4 0 0 0 .090 Vaughn p 0 0 0 0 .100
Rogan p 0 0 0 0 .234 Hoffman p 1 0 1 0 .143
Parnell p 0 0 0 0 .364 Dickey ph 1 0 0 0 .292
Edmonds ph 1 0 0 0 .238 Bender p 0 0 0 0 .213
Mussina p 0 0 0 0 .091 Smoltz p 1 0 0 0 .108
Raines ph 1 0 0 0 .308 Ford p 0 0 0 0 .238
Maglie p 0 0 0 0 .000 Childs 2b 3 1 1 0 .205
47 5 11 4 44 6 13 6

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brecheen 6.0 6 5 5 4 8 116 68 3.78
Rogan BS 3 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 30 18 3.74
Parnell 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 17 11 3.34
Mussina 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 36 25 3.02
Maglie L 5-1 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 6 4 4.12
11.0 13 6 6 4 14 205 126

Bearcat729 INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Smoltz 2.1 5 2 2 5 2 70 37 3.71
Ford 3.2 1 0 0 1 6 67 43 4.22
Vaughn BS 6 0.1 2 2 1 0 0 17 12 3.91
Hoffman 3.2 1 1 1 1 7 59 36 2.74
Bender W 13-12 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 29 19 5.14
12.0 11 5 4 7 17 242 147

OYK: Nagashima batted for Jones in the 7th
Nagashima moved to 3b in the 7th
Santop batted for Nagashima in the 9th
Dandridge inserted at 3b in the 9th
Edmonds batted for Parnell in the 10th
Raines batted for Mussina in the 12th
BEA: Kluszewski ran for Greenberg in the 3rd
Kluszewski moved to 1b in the 4th
Childs inserted at 2b in the 7th
Boudreau inserted at ss in the 8th
Hack batted for Rosen in the 8th
Hack moved to 3b in the 9th
Dickey batted for Hoffman in the 10th

E-Waner,P, Kluszewski, Childs. 2B-Charleston, Guerrero 2, Snider.
3B-Kluszewski, Childs. HR-Guerrero(29), Snider(37), Rosen(9), Evers(14).
SB-Lloyd(34). CS-Bresnahan. K-Lloyd, Doby 4, Charleston 3, Murray, Guerrero,
Jones, Gibson,J 3, Brecheen, Santop, Edmonds, Bresnahan 3, Rodriguez 2,
Kiner 2, Snider, Rosen, Waner,P, Evers, Kluszewski, Childs, Boudreau.
BB-Lloyd 2, Charleston, Guerrero, Larkin, Gibson,J 2, Bresnahan 2, Greenberg,
Ford. HBP-Bresnahan. HB-Brecheen.
GWRBI: Kiner
Bullet Joe Rogan was injured for this game only
Hank Greenberg was injured for this game only
Temperature: 55, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 4 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

First round:

Maple Leafs ahead of Sooner333, 2-0
BishopMVP and Isiddiqui tied 1-1
HB Viagrans and Ramzavail tied 1-1
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine and Bearcat729 tied 1-1

Next games to be simmed Wednesday morning, so get those changes to me by 11:59 PM ET Tuesday, March 23.

[oykib]

Was Raines injured? Why the heck was Doby starting (4 Ks-- unghhh...)?

Dumbass computer putting a .205 hitter in the #2 hole.

[Honolulu Blue]

Was Raines injured? Why the heck was Doby starting (4 Ks-- unghhh...)?

Dumbass computer putting a .205 hitter in the #2 hole.

Nah, Raines was fine. Doby was set by the computer to replace the Rock 20% of the time in left. His "number" must have come up.

I agree that the computer does some silly things.

[oykib]

Nah, Raines was fine. Doby was set by the computer to replace the Rock 20% of the time in left. His "number" must have come up.

I agree that the computer does some silly things.

Then, please change the spot starter percentage to zero for all positions and pitchers. Raines is the sparkplug for the whole offense.

[Honolulu Blue]

VIAGRANS SPLIT TWO ON THE ROAD, HEAD TO PFIZER

NEW YORK (API) - After splitting two games against wild card Ramzavail, the Honolulu Blue Viagrans returned home to a modest reception at Pfizer Park.

"This is only a best of 5 games series, so we've gotta finish them off quickly," said pitcher Bert Blyleven, who is scheduled to start in Game 3.

The players and staff seemed philosophical about their state after the first two games.

"Yeah, it would have been nice if we hadn't blown that lead in Game 1," noted General Manager Honolulu Blue. "But Ramzavail is a good team and I have to give them credit for coming back against the odds. Of course, I give my team more credit for coming back with a big victory in Game 2.

"No prediction and no guarantees, but I think we're going to put on a good show for the fans the next two or three nights."

The Viagrans have announced no lineup changes and the scheduled rotation puts Blyleven (15-13, 3.77) on the mound in Game 3, swingman Wes Ferrell (7-2, 3.95) for Game 4, and ace Lefty Grove (18-15, 3.70) in Game 5 if it is necessary.

Games 3 and 4 are sold out, but standing room only tickets are available for Game 5 from the ballpark.

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[Honolulu Blue]

PLAYOFFS, ROUND 1

Maple Leafs finishes off the sweep with a 9-5 victory at home. Their next opponent has yet to be determined.

10/8/2004, SOO04-MAP04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Sooner333 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 7 1 4 0
2004 Maple Leafs 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 x 9 11 0 9 0

Sooner333 AB R H BI AVG Maple Leafs AB R H BI AVG
Canseco rf 4 1 1 3 .236 Chance c 4 2 2 2 .266
Appling ss 4 0 1 0 .258 Speaker cf 3 1 0 1 .337
Cobb cf 2 0 0 0 .354 Musial rf 3 1 2 1 .323
Bonds,Ba lf 4 0 0 0 .317 Hornsby 2b 4 0 1 1 .282
McGwire 1b 4 2 2 2 .218 Lajoie 2b 0 0 0 0 .418
Durham 2b 3 1 1 0 .243 Mize 1b 4 1 2 2 .284
Latham 3b 4 0 0 0 .233 Wagner p 1 0 0 0 .067
Santiago c 4 0 1 0 .207 Vaughan ss 4 1 1 0 .281
Marichal p 2 0 0 0 .187 Gonzalez lf 4 1 2 1 .253
Bradford p 0 0 0 0 .059 Chavez 3b 2 2 1 1 .252
Stephens ph 1 1 1 0 .250 Marquard p 2 0 0 0 .162
Urbina p 0 0 0 0 .250 Terry 1b 1 0 0 0 .318
Thigpen p 0 0 0 0 .000 32 9 11 9
Giles ph 1 0 0 0 .350
33 5 7 5

Sooner333 INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Marichal 5.2 8 5 5 5 5 118 69 3.82
Bradford 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 12 5 5.01
Urbina L 5-4 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 11 6 3.97
Thigpen 2.0 1 1 0 0 1 25 14 4.39
8.0 11 9 8 7 7 166 94

Maple Leafs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Marquard 6.2 5 4 4 3 5 117 70 4.26
Wagner BS 8, W 10-4 2.1 2 1 1 0 2 39 26 4.45
9.0 7 5 5 3 7 156 96

SOO: Stephens batted for Bradford in the 7th
Giles batted for Thigpen in the 9th
MAP: Terry inserted at 1b in the 7th
Lajoie inserted at 2b in the 9th

E-Cobb. 2B-Chance, Musial, Mize. HR-Canseco(11), McGwire 2(49). CS-Bonds,Ba.
K-Canseco, Bonds,Ba 2, Latham, Santiago, Marichal, Giles, Chance, Speaker,
Musial, Hornsby, Mize, Gonzalez, Chavez. BB-Cobb 2, Durham, Chance, Speaker,
Musial 2, Hornsby, Vaughan, Chavez. SH-Marquard. SF-Speaker. HBP-Chavez.
HB-Marichal.
GWRBI: Chavez
Temperature: 69, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 12 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

Two close wins at home does the job for the Bishop and the team advances to the second round.


10/8/2004, ISI04-BIS04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Slammers 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 8 1 3 0
2004 BishopMVP 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 x 6 8 1 6 1

Slammers AB R H BI AVG BishopMVP AB R H BI AVG
Minoso lf 4 2 2 1 .296 Ewing c 4 0 0 0 .261
Gehringer 2b 4 1 2 0 .277 Brouthers 1b 3 1 2 0 .292
Brett 3b 4 0 0 1 .290 Walker rf 4 1 1 0 .282
Mantle cf 2 2 1 1 .315 Williams lf 4 2 2 0 .314
Clemente rf 4 0 1 1 .306 Dihigo 3b 1 0 0 0 .300
Cronin ss 3 0 1 1 .274 Johnson pr 1 0 0 1 .247
Averill ph 1 0 0 0 .224 Wilson cf 2 1 2 2 .263
Clark,W 1b 4 0 0 0 .270 Wells ss 4 1 1 2 .285
Burgess c 4 0 1 0 .259 Kent 2b 2 0 0 0 .250
Lemon p 1 0 0 0 .172 White 2b 0 0 0 0 .194
Stieb p 1 0 0 0 .111 Mathewson p 3 0 0 0 .213
McGinnity p 1 0 0 0 .051 H Smith p 0 0 0 0 .076
33 5 8 5 Percival p 1 0 0 0 .000
29 6 8 5

Slammers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Lemon L 10-21 2.1 6 5 4 1 2 51 28 5.36
Stieb 2.1 2 1 0 1 0 43 25 4.51
McGinnity 3.1 0 0 0 2 4 58 33 4.05
8.0 8 6 4 4 6 152 86

BishopMVP INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Mathewson W 17-3 7.0 8 5 5 1 4 108 70 2.74
H Smith H 12 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 3.69
Percival S 32 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 19 13 4.21
9.0 8 5 5 2 6 133 84

ISI: Averill batted for Cronin in the 9th
BIS: Johnson ran for Dihigo in the 3rd
Johnson moved to 3b in the 4th
White inserted at 2b in the 9th

E-Brett, Mathewson. 2B-Gehringer, Burgess. 3B-Gehringer, Wells.
HR-Minoso(19), Mantle(49). CS-Walker. K-Mantle, Clemente, Clark,W 2, Burgess,
Lemon, Ewing, Walker, Wells, Kent, Mathewson, Johnson. BB-Mantle 2,
Brouthers, Wilson 2, Kent. SF-Johnson. HBP-Dihigo, Kent. PB-Burgess.
HB-Lemon 2.
GWRBI: Wilson
Charley Radbourn was injured for this game and 45 more days
Bob Lemon was ejected from this game
Martin Dihigo was ejected from this game
Temperature: 63, Sky: threatening, Wind: right to left at 13 MPH.



10/9/2004, ISI04-BIS04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
2004 Slammers 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 8 0 6 0
2004 BishopMVP 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 11 0 9 2

Slammers AB R H BI AVG BishopMVP AB R H BI AVG
Minoso lf 3 0 1 0 .296 Ewing c 4 0 0 1 .259
Gehringer 2b 4 1 0 0 .275 Brouthers 1b 5 1 1 0 .292
Brett 3b 3 1 1 0 .290 Walker rf 5 2 2 3 .283
Mantle cf 4 1 2 3 .316 Williams lf 2 1 2 0 .317
Clemente rf 5 0 0 0 .303 Dihigo 3b 5 1 1 0 .300
Cronin ss 4 0 2 0 .276 Wilson cf 5 0 2 1 .264
Aparicio ss 0 0 0 0 .203 Wells ss 4 0 1 0 .285
Clark,W 1b 4 0 0 0 .268 Kent 2b 5 0 2 1 .251
Burgess c 4 1 1 0 .259 Day p 2 0 0 0 .116
Seaver p 3 1 1 2 .092 Pinson ph 0 1 0 0 .263
Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .076 H Smith p 0 0 0 0 .076
Averill ph 1 0 0 0 .221 Marshall p 1 0 0 0 .190
Stieb p 0 0 0 0 .111 38 6 11 6
35 5 8 5

Slammers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Seaver 7.0 7 5 5 3 7 98 61 4.08
Wilhelm BS 23 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 21 13 3.68
Stieb L 11-7 1.1 2 1 1 2 1 27 16 4.53
9.1 11 6 6 5 9 146 90

BishopMVP INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Day 7.0 6 4 4 1 5 111 68 4.65
H Smith 0.1 1 1 1 2 0 17 7 3.71
Marshall W 8-8 2.2 1 0 0 2 1 45 24 4.81
10.0 8 5 5 5 6 173 99

ISI: Aparicio inserted at ss in the 8th
Averill batted for Wilhelm in the 9th
BIS: Pinson batted for Day in the 7th

3B-Cronin. HR-Mantle(50), Seaver(4), Walker 2(35). SB-Mantle(19),
Brouthers(25), Pinson 2(10). K-Minoso, Mantle, Clemente 2, Cronin, Seaver,
Ewing, Walker 2, Dihigo, Wilson, Kent 2, Day 2. BB-Minoso, Gehringer,
Brett 2, Mantle, Williams 3, Wells, Pinson. SF-Ewing. HBP-Minoso. PB-Burgess.
HB-Day.
GWRBI: Kent
Temperature: 61, Sky: clear, Wind: in from center at 11 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

One pitchers' duel, one slugfest, but two victories for the Nine as they finish off Bearcat in four.

10/8/2004, BEA04-OYK04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Bearcat729 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 7 2
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 x 3 5 1 5 1

Bearcat729 AB R H BI AVG Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG
Hack 3b 2 0 1 0 .288 Raines lf 3 1 0 0 .307
Boudreau ss 1 0 0 0 .285 Lloyd 2b 4 0 2 1 .281
Sewell,J ss 3 0 0 0 .302 Charleston cf 4 1 3 1 .338
Snider cf 3 0 0 0 .283 Murray 1b 1 0 0 1 .328
Greenberg 1b 4 0 0 0 .272 Guerrero rf 4 0 0 0 .310
Waner,P rf 4 0 0 0 .289 Edmonds rf 0 0 0 0 .238
Dickey c 4 1 2 0 .293 Jones 3b 2 0 0 0 .288
Kiner lf 3 0 1 1 .255 Larkin ss 3 0 0 0 .248
Evers 2b 4 0 1 0 .251 Gibson,J c 3 0 0 0 .265
Chesbro p 2 1 1 1 .190 Roberts p 3 1 0 0 .091
Rodriguez ph 1 0 0 0 .273 27 3 5 3
Vaughn p 0 0 0 0 .100
Ford p 0 0 0 0 .238
Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0 .170
32 2 6 2

Bearcat729 INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Chesbro 6.0 4 1 0 3 4 105 64 5.29
Vaughn BS 7, L 5-4 1.1 1 2 2 1 2 23 11 4.00
Ford 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 4.20
8.0 5 3 2 4 6 133 78

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Roberts W 14-12 9.0 6 2 2 4 7 126 76 4.80
9.0 6 2 2 4 7 126 76

BEA: Sewell,J inserted at ss in the 1st
Rodriguez batted for Chesbro in the 7th
Kluszewski batted for Ford in the 9th
OYK: Edmonds inserted at rf in the 9th

E-Hack, Evers, Jones. 2B-Lloyd, Charleston 2. 3B-Kiner. HR-Chesbro(4).
SB-Charleston(68). CS-Hack. K-Greenberg, Waner,P, Kiner, Evers 2, Chesbro,
Rodriguez, Charleston, Murray, Guerrero, Gibson,J, Roberts 2. BB-Hack 2,
Snider, Kiner, Raines, Murray 2, Jones. SF-Murray. WP-Vaughn.
GWRBI: Murray
Lou Boudreau was injured for this game and 17 more days
Temperature: 58, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 24 MPH.



10/9/2004, BEA04-OYK04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Bearcat729 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 10 2 4 0
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8 14 2 5 1

Bearcat729 AB R H BI AVG Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG
Hack 3b 5 2 3 0 .291 Raines lf 5 1 2 3 .307
Sewell,J ss 5 1 2 2 .313 Lloyd 2b 4 0 2 0 .282
Snider cf 4 0 1 0 .282 Charleston cf 4 0 1 0 .337
Greenberg 1b 4 0 0 0 .270 Murray 1b 4 0 0 0 .325
Waner,P rf 3 2 1 0 .289 Guerrero rf 4 1 1 1 .309
Dickey c 4 0 0 0 .291 Mussina p 0 0 0 0 .091
Kiner lf 4 2 2 2 .259 Parnell p 0 0 0 0 .364
Evers 2b 3 0 1 1 .251 Jones 3b 3 1 1 0 .288
Mays p 2 0 0 0 .214 Nagashima ph 1 0 0 0 .240
Ford p 0 0 0 0 .238 Larkin ss 4 3 3 0 .251
Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0 .167 Gibson,J c 4 1 3 3 .267
Vaughn p 0 0 0 0 .100 Williams,J p 2 0 1 0 .191
Childs ph 0 0 0 1 .205 Edmonds rf 0 1 0 0 .238
Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 .143 35 8 14 7
35 7 10 6

Bearcat729 INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Mays 5.2 13 7 6 0 1 112 73 4.67
Ford 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 7 5 4.19
Vaughn 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 18 15 3.94
Hoffman L 9-8 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 6 2 2.83
8.0 14 8 7 1 3 143 95

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Williams,J 7.0 6 5 4 2 5 101 63 3.84
Mussina BS 7 1.2 4 2 2 0 1 34 24 3.13
Parnell W 5-6 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3.33
9.0 10 7 6 2 6 139 90

BEA: Kluszewski batted for Ford in the 7th
Childs batted for Vaughn in the 9th
OYK: Edmonds inserted at rf in the 8th
Nagashima batted for Jones in the 8th
Nagashima moved to 3b in the 9th

E-Sewell,J, Waner,P, Guerrero, Williams,J. 2B-Kiner, Raines, Larkin,
Gibson,J. HR-Sewell,J(4), Kiner(17), Raines(14), Guerrero(30). SB-Jones(9).
CS-Lloyd. K-Sewell,J, Greenberg 2, Kiner, Evers, Mays, Lloyd, Murray,
Guerrero. BB-Waner,P, Evers, Edmonds. SH-Williams,J. SF-Childs.
GWRBI: Raines
Temperature: 56, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 21 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

This was the only series to go the full five games. In Game 3, Blylven had his curve ball working and not too much else mattered as the Viagrans rolled 10-1. In Game 4, things were fairly even except for a nightmarish 7th where Ramzavail scored six on their way to a 9-7 victory. In Game 7 Lefty Grove restored order and pitched 8 solid innings to win 9-5.


10/8/2004, RAM04-HON04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Ramzavail 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 11 1
2004 Viagrans 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 x 10 9 0 11 0

Ramzavail AB R H BI AVG Viagrans AB R H BI AVG
Alomar 2b 5 0 3 0 .335 Morgan 2b 4 2 2 1 .284
Cochrane c 3 0 1 0 .260 Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0 .285
Boggs 3b 5 0 0 0 .282 Hernandez 1b 2 2 1 1 .285
Oh 1b 1 0 0 0 .311 Lynn cf 3 2 1 1 .286
Klein rf 4 0 0 0 .246 Schmidt 3b 3 1 0 2 .256
Simmons lf 4 1 2 1 .311 Keller lf 3 1 2 3 .274
Rice cf 4 0 0 0 .248 Simmons c 4 0 0 1 .283
Jeter ss 4 0 1 0 .281 Robinson rf 3 1 2 0 .244
Richard p 3 0 1 0 .131 Davis,G ss 4 1 1 0 .288
McGraw p 0 0 0 0 .118 Blyleven p 5 0 0 0 .080
Thomas ph 1 0 1 0 .298 Montgomery p 0 0 0 0 .100
34 1 9 1 31 10 9 9

Ramzavail INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Richard L 12-15 7.1 7 7 6 10 9 148 76 4.54
McGraw 0.2 2 3 3 3 1 24 9 5.20
8.0 9 10 9 13 10 172 85

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Blyleven W 16-13 8.1 8 1 1 4 8 140 89 3.69
Montgomery 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 10 6 3.82
9.0 9 1 1 4 9 150 95

RAM: Thomas batted for McGraw in the 9th
HON: Whitaker inserted at 2b in the 9th

E-Cochrane. 2B-Robinson. 3B-Richard, Keller. HR-Simmons(31). SB-Hernandez(9),
Lynn(4). CS-Alomar. K-Alomar, Cochrane, Boggs, Klein 3, Simmons, Richard 2,
Lynn, Simmons 3, Davis,G, Blyleven 5. BB-Cochrane, Oh 3, Morgan, Hernandez 3,
Lynn 2, Schmidt 2, Keller 2, Robinson 2, Davis,G. SH-Cochrane. SF-Simmons.
PB-Simmons. BALK-Richard.
GWRBI: Hernandez
Temperature: 69, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 11 MPH.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Ramzavail 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 9 17 1 11 2
2004 Viagrans 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 13 0 5 3

Ramzavail AB R H BI AVG Viagrans AB R H BI AVG
Alomar 2b 4 2 2 1 .337 Morgan 2b 4 1 2 0 .285
Cochrane c 2 0 0 0 .259 Hernandez 1b 4 0 3 0 .289
Piazza ph 3 1 1 1 .321 Davis,E pr 0 0 0 0 .262
Boggs 3b 5 1 3 0 .285 Lynn cf 5 0 2 2 .287
Oh 1b 3 2 2 2 .314 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 .255
Klein rf 4 1 2 0 .248 Keller lf 4 1 1 0 .274
Simmons lf 5 1 1 2 .310 Simmons c 4 2 2 1 .285
Rice cf 4 1 2 2 .250 Robinson rf 4 1 1 3 .244
Jeter ss 5 0 3 0 .284 Davis,G ss 4 0 0 0 .286
Galvin p 1 0 0 0 .123 Ferrell p 2 1 1 0 .245
Franco p 2 0 0 0 .048 Key p 0 0 0 0 .105
Thomas ph 0 0 0 1 .298 Ward p 0 0 0 0 .000
Reardon p 1 0 1 0 .067 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 .000
39 9 17 9 Whitaker ph 1 1 1 1 .286
Montgomery p 0 0 0 0 .100
Gibson ph 1 0 0 0 .216
37 7 13 7

Ramzavail INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Galvin 3.0 9 5 5 0 1 72 47 3.71
Franco W 8-4 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 34 24 2.99
Reardon 3.0 4 2 2 2 1 35 22 2.85
9.0 13 7 7 2 5 141 93

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Ferrell 4.2 8 3 3 4 3 84 45 3.80
Key 1.1 2 2 2 0 0 18 15 4.85
Ward BS 2, L 8-5 0.1 2 4 4 2 1 20 8 4.54
Hiller 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 14 8 6.02
Montgomery 2.0 4 0 0 0 2 27 19 3.72
9.0 17 9 9 7 6 163 95

RAM: Piazza batted for Cochrane in the 7th
Thomas batted for Franco in the 7th
Piazza moved to c in the 7th
HON: Whitaker batted for Hiller in the 7th
Gibson batted for Montgomery in the 9th
Davis,E ran for Hernandez in the 9th

E-Alomar. 2B-Rice, Hernandez. HR-Alomar(17), Oh(21), Simmons(18),
Robinson(22), Whitaker(23). SB-Alomar(26). CS-Jeter, Morgan. K-Alomar 2,
Boggs, Simmons, Franco, Piazza, Lynn, Keller, Simmons, Davis,G 2.
BB-Alomar 2, Cochrane, Oh 2, Klein, Rice, Morgan, Hernandez. SF-Thomas.
WP-Hiller.
GWRBI: Simmons
Temperature: 57, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 10 MPH.



10/10/2004, RAM04-HON04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Ramzavail 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 1 5 0
2004 Viagrans 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 x 9 12 1 2 1

Ramzavail AB R H BI AVG Viagrans AB R H BI AVG
Jeter ss 5 0 1 0 .283 Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0 .285
Molitor 3b 4 1 1 1 .311 Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0 .286
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 1 .314 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 1 .288
Piazza c 4 2 2 0 .325 Lynn cf 4 0 0 0 .284
Simmons lf 3 1 2 2 .312 Schmidt 3b 4 1 2 0 .256
Cuyler cf 3 0 1 0 .318 Keller lf 4 1 1 0 .273
Rice ph 1 0 0 0 .249 Simmons c 4 4 4 2 .292
Alomar 2b 4 0 1 0 .336 Robinson rf 3 2 2 3 .246
Dawson rf 3 0 0 0 .269 Davis,G ss 4 0 1 3 .286
Klein ph 1 0 1 1 .250 Ward p 0 0 0 0 .000
Spalding p 3 1 1 0 .258 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000
Oh ph 1 0 0 0 .313 Grove p 3 0 0 0 .111
36 5 10 5 Petrocelli ss 0 0 0 0 .139
34 9 12 9

Ramzavail INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Spalding L 13-15 8.0 12 9 8 1 3 118 79 5.09
8.0 12 9 8 1 3 118 79

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Grove W 19-15 8.0 8 5 5 1 5 135 88 3.74
Ward 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 11 5 4.52
Tekulve S 20 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 15 8 3.27
9.0 10 5 5 1 7 161 101

RAM: Rice batted for Cuyler in the 9th
Klein batted for Dawson in the 9th
Oh batted for Spalding in the 9th
HON: Whitaker inserted at 2b in the 8th
Petrocelli inserted at ss in the 9th

E-Jeter, Grove. 2B-Piazza, Schmidt, Simmons, Robinson. 3B-Molitor.
HR-Simmons(32), Simmons(19), Robinson(23). SB-Spalding(2), Morgan(57).
CS-Cuyler, Lynn, Davis,G 2. K-Jeter 2, Molitor, Bagwell, Piazza, Rice, Oh,
Lynn, Grove 2. BB-Simmons, Robinson. PB-Piazza.
GWRBI: Robinson
Temperature: 58, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 7 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

First round:

Maple Leafs defeated Sooner333, 3-0
BishopMVP defeated Isiddiqui, 3-1
HB Viagrans defeated Ramzavai, 3-2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine defeated Bearcat729, 3-1

Semifinals:

(1) Maple Leafs vs. (4) Oykib Nishinomiya Nine
(2) BishopMVP vs. (3) HB Viagrans

Next games to be simmed Friday morning, so get those changes to me by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, March 23.

[Honolulu Blue]

VIAGRANS TAKE CARE OF RAMZAVAIL IN FIVE, PREPARE TO CHECKMATE THE BISHOP

NEW YORK (API) - The Honolulu Blue Viagrans won their first round playoff series in five tough games against Ramzavail. Their next opponent will be BishopMVP, who finished 94-68 in the regular season and finished off Isiddiqui in four games.

"The team stats for Bishop and I are very similar," General Manager Honolulu Blue explained. "They led the league in pitching and we were second. We scored the same number of runs. But they won 7 of 10 against us. I think it's time for payback, when it really counts."

Gaylord Perry and Bert Blyleven will try to get the Viagrans off to a fast start. The first two games are on the road, but there are still some tickets available for Games 3 through 5. These tickets can be purchased through the usual means.

[oykib]

Please add Dazy Vance to the Long relief and middle relief areas of my team.

[Honolulu Blue]

OCTOBER 12-13 - PLAYOFF SEMIFINALS

Breechen was rocked as Scott & Maple Leafs cruised home to a 6-2 victory in Game 1. Game 2 was a slightly different story as Garber was rocked for two runs in the 9th to allow the Nine to escape with a 5-3 win. This ties the series at one game apiece.


10/12/2004, OYK04-MAP04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 3 0
2004 Maple Leafs 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 x 6 10 1 5 1

Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG Maple Leafs AB R H BI AVG
Raines lf 4 0 0 0 .000 Chance c 4 1 3 0 .750
Lloyd 2b 4 0 0 0 .000 Speaker cf 4 1 1 1 .250
Charleston cf 4 0 0 0 .000 Musial 1b 4 1 1 2 .250
Murray 1b 3 0 1 0 .333 Hornsby 2b 4 1 1 2 .250
Guerrero rf 4 1 1 0 .250 Marquard p 0 0 0 0 .000
Jones 3b 3 1 1 2 .333 Vaughan ss 3 0 0 0 .000
Larkin ss 3 0 1 0 .333 Gonzalez rf 4 1 1 1 .250
Gibson,J c 3 0 0 0 .000 Torre 3b 4 0 2 0 .500
Brecheen p 2 0 1 0 .500 Bell lf 4 0 0 0 .000
Santop ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Scott p 3 1 1 0 .333
Maglie p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lajoie 2b 0 0 0 0 .000
31 2 5 2 34 6 10 6

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brecheen L 0-1 7.0 8 5 4 1 3 99 65 5.14
Maglie 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 15 9 9.00
8.0 10 6 5 1 3 114 74

Maple Leafs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Scott W 1-0 8.0 5 2 2 1 8 126 76 2.25
Marquard 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 21 12 0.00
9.0 5 2 2 1 9 147 88

OYK: Santop batted for Brecheen in the 8th
MAP: Lajoie inserted at 2b in the 9th

E-Lloyd, Hornsby. 2B-Guerrero, Chance 2, Musial. HR-Jones(1), Hornsby(1),
Gonzalez(1). SB-Speaker(1). K-Raines, Lloyd 2, Charleston, Murray, Guerrero,
Larkin, Gibson,J, Santop, Musial, Scott 2. BB-Murray, Vaughan. WP-Scott.
GWRBI: Hornsby
Temperature: 55, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 3 MPH.



10/13/2004, OYK04-MAP04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 8 1 5 0
2004 Maple Leafs 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 8 1 6 0

Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG Maple Leafs AB R H BI AVG
Raines lf 5 1 1 0 .111 Chance c 4 0 0 0 .375
Lloyd 2b 3 1 1 0 .100 Speaker cf 4 1 1 0 .167
Charleston cf 4 1 2 1 .250 Musial rf 3 0 1 1 .286
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0 .286 Hornsby 2b 4 0 0 0 .125
Guerrero rf 3 0 0 1 .143 Mize 1b 4 0 0 0 .000
Parnell p 0 0 0 0 .000 Vaughan ss 4 0 1 0 .091
Mussina p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez lf 4 1 2 0 .375
Jones 3b 4 0 0 0 .143 Chavez 3b 4 1 2 0 .500
Larkin ss 4 0 1 0 .286 Joss p 2 0 0 0 .000
Gibson,J c 4 1 1 1 .143 Terry ph 1 0 1 2 1.000
Roberts p 3 0 0 0 .000 Wagner p 0 0 0 0 .000
Rogan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Garber p 0 0 0 0 .000
Doby rf 1 1 1 1 1.000 Hamilton ph 1 0 0 0 .000
35 5 8 4 35 3 8 3

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Roberts 6.1 7 3 3 1 4 92 61 4.26
Rogan 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00
Parnell W 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 14 9 0.00
Mussina S 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 12 0.00
9.0 8 3 3 1 5 124 84

Maple Leafs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Joss 7.0 5 3 1 0 2 101 63 1.29
Wagner 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 13 8 0.00
Garber L 0-1 1.1 2 2 2 0 0 24 14 13.50
9.0 8 5 3 0 4 138 85

OYK: Doby inserted at rf in the 8th
MAP: Terry batted for Joss in the 7th
Hamilton batted for Garber in the 9th

E-Guerrero, Vaughan. 2B-Charleston, Speaker, Musial, Chavez. HR-Gibson,J(1),
Doby(1). SB-Raines(1), Guerrero(1), Larkin(1). K-Raines, Lloyd, Charleston,
Gibson,J, Chance, Hornsby, Mize, Vaughan, Joss. BB-Musial. SH-Lloyd.
HBP-Guerrero. HB-Joss.
GWRBI: Gibson,J
Temperature: 63, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 12 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

Pedro threw a 3-hitter to power the Bishop to a 4-1 win in Game 1. In Game 2, the Viagrans couldn't hold a lead and fell 5-4 in 10 innings. Bishop leads this one 2-0.


10/12/2004, HON04-BIS04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Viagrans 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 2
2004 BishopMVP 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 0 4 1

Viagrans AB R H BI AVG BishopMVP AB R H BI AVG
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0 .000 Ewing c 4 1 1 0 .250
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0 .000 Brouthers 1b 4 0 1 0 .250
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0 .000 Walker rf 4 0 1 1 .250
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 .000 Williams lf 4 0 0 0 .000
Keller lf 3 1 1 1 .333 Dihigo 3b 2 1 0 0 .000
Simmons c 3 0 0 0 .000 Wilson cf 2 0 0 0 .000
Robinson rf 3 0 1 0 .333 Wells ss 4 1 2 0 .500
Davis,G ss 3 0 1 0 .333 Kent 2b 4 1 2 3 .500
Perry p 3 0 0 0 .000 Martinez p 2 0 0 0 .000
29 1 3 1 30 4 7 4

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Perry L 0-1 8.2 7 4 4 4 5 125 71 4.15
8.2 7 4 4 4 5 125 71

BishopMVP INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Martinez W 1-0 9.0 3 1 1 2 8 122 74 1.00
9.0 3 1 1 2 8 122 74

2B-Ewing. HR-Keller(1), Kent(1). SB-Morgan(1), Walker(1). K-Morgan 2,
Hernandez, Lynn 2, Schmidt 2, Simmons, Ewing 2, Williams, Kent, Martinez.
BB-Morgan, Hernandez, Dihigo 2, Wilson 2. SH-Martinez.
GWRBI: Kent
Temperature: 59, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from left at 21 MPH.



10/13/2004, HON04-BIS04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
2004 Viagrans 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 9 0
2004 BishopMVP 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 8 2 6 1

Viagrans AB R H BI AVG BishopMVP AB R H BI AVG
Morgan 2b 5 2 3 1 .375 Ewing c 4 0 0 0 .125
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0 .000 Brouthers 1b 5 1 1 0 .222
Lynn cf 3 1 0 0 .000 Walker rf 4 2 2 0 .375
Schmidt 3b 5 1 2 2 .222 Williams lf 3 2 2 1 .286
Keller lf 3 0 0 1 .167 Dihigo 3b 3 0 2 3 .400
Simmons c 5 0 0 0 .000 Wells ss 4 0 0 0 .250
Robinson rf 5 0 0 0 .125 Pinson cf 4 0 1 1 .250
Davis,G ss 3 0 1 0 .333 Kent 2b 4 0 0 0 .250
Blyleven p 3 0 0 0 .000 Paige p 2 0 0 0 .000
Gibson ph 0 0 0 0 .000 Percival p 0 0 0 0 .000
Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000 Vaughn ph 1 0 0 0 .000
36 4 6 4 H Smith p 0 0 0 0 .000
34 5 8 5

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Blyleven 8.0 6 4 4 3 4 121 72 4.50
Tekulve L 0-1 1.1 2 1 1 1 2 26 12 6.75
9.1 8 5 5 4 6 147 84

BishopMVP INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Paige 8.0 6 4 3 3 12 131 82 3.38
Percival 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 14 5 0.00
H Smith W 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 21 11 0.00
10.0 6 4 3 7 13 166 98

HON: Gibson batted for Blyleven in the 9th
BIS: Vaughn batted for Percival in the 9th

E-Dihigo, Wells. 2B-Morgan, Dihigo. HR-Morgan(1), Schmidt(1). SB-Davis,G(1).
CS-Morgan. K-Morgan, Hernandez, Lynn, Schmidt 3, Keller 2, Simmons, Robinson,
Blyleven 3, Walker, Williams, Wells, Kent, Paige, Vaughn. BB-Hernandez,
Lynn 2, Keller 2, Davis,G, Gibson, Ewing, Walker, Williams 2. SH-Paige.
SF-Dihigo.
GWRBI: Williams
Temperature: 56, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from center at 1 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

Playoff summary:

First round:

Maple Leafs defeated Sooner333, 3-0
BishopMVP defeated Isiddiqui, 3-1
HB Viagrans defeated Ramzavai, 3-2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine defeated Bearcat729, 3-1

Semifinals:

Maple Leafs and Oykib Nishinomiya Nine tied 1-1
BishopMVP leads HB Viagrans 2-0

The next group of playoff games will be done on Sunday morning, so kindly get those changes to me by 11:59 PM ET Saturday, March 27.

[Honolulu Blue]

We'll be running Grove, Perry, and Blyleven out to the mound for the next three games.

[Honolulu Blue]

OCTOBER 15-17

(1) Maple Leafs vs. (4) Oykib Nishinomiya Nine

The Nine win two of three at their house to take a 3-2 lead in the series


10/15/2004, MAP04-OYK04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Maple Leafs 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 1 9 3
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 x 6 11 1 5 1

Maple Leafs AB R H BI AVG Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG
Chance c 5 0 2 0 .385 Raines lf 3 1 0 0 .083
Speaker cf 4 0 1 0 .250 Lloyd 2b 3 2 2 2 .235
Musial rf 3 1 1 0 .300 Guerrero rf 4 0 2 2 .273
Hornsby 2b 4 1 2 0 .250 Charleston cf 4 2 2 0 .300
Mize 1b 4 0 1 2 .125 Murray 1b 3 0 0 0 .200
Vaughan ss 4 0 1 0 .167 Larkin ss 4 0 2 1 .364
Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 0 .250 Gibson,J c 4 0 2 0 .273
Chavez 3b 4 0 1 0 .375 Nagashima 3b 3 0 0 0 .000
Marquard p 2 0 0 0 .000 Williams,J p 3 1 1 0 .333
Hamilton ph 1 0 0 0 .000 31 6 11 5
Wagner p 0 0 0 0 .000
Terry ph 1 0 0 0 .500
36 2 9 2

Maple Leafs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Marquard L 0-1 6.0 8 4 4 4 4 91 56 5.14
Wagner 2.0 3 2 2 0 3 44 27 6.75
8.0 11 6 6 4 7 135 83

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Williams,J W 1-0 9.0 9 2 2 2 6 125 88 2.00
9.0 9 2 2 2 6 125 88

MAP: Hamilton batted for Marquard in the 7th
Terry batted for Wagner in the 9th

E-Chance, Nagashima. 2B-Hornsby, Williams,J. 3B-Lloyd. HR-Lloyd(1).
SB-Raines 2(3), Guerrero(2), Charleston 2(3), Larkin(2). K-Chance 2, Mize,
Marquard, Hamilton, Terry, Guerrero, Charleston, Murray, Larkin, Gibson,J,
Williams,J 2. BB-Speaker, Musial, Raines, Lloyd, Murray, Nagashima.
GWRBI: Guerrero
Temperature: 56, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 8 MPH.



10/16/2004, MAP04-OYK04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Maple Leafs 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 6 0 6 1
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 x 6 12 1 9 0

Maple Leafs AB R H BI AVG Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG
Chance c 5 0 0 0 .278 Raines lf 5 1 1 1 .118
Speaker cf 4 0 1 1 .286 Lloyd 2b 4 1 2 2 .280
Musial 1b 4 0 0 0 .214 Guerrero rf 4 0 1 0 .267
Hornsby 2b 4 0 0 0 .188 Charleston cf 4 0 0 0 .250
Vaughan ss 2 1 0 0 .217 Murray 1b 4 1 3 0 .357
Gonzalez rf 4 1 2 1 .313 Larkin ss 4 1 2 1 .400
Torre 3b 3 1 2 1 .571 Gibson,J c 3 0 0 0 .214
Wagner p 0 0 0 0 .000 Nagashima 3b 3 1 2 1 .333
Garber p 0 0 0 0 .000 Brecheen p 4 1 1 1 .333
Lajoie ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Mussina p 0 0 0 0 .000
Bell lf 3 2 1 1 .143 35 6 12 6
Waddell p 2 0 0 0 .000
Chavez 3b 1 0 0 0 .333
33 5 6 4

Maple Leafs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Waddell L 0-1 5.1 10 5 5 3 10 113 69 8.44
Wagner 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 17 8 5.40
Garber 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 33 22 8.10
8.0 12 6 6 4 12 163 99

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brecheen W 1-1 8.1 6 5 3 4 5 127 76 4.11
Mussina S 2 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 12 6 0.00
9.0 6 5 3 5 6 139 82

MAP: Chavez inserted at 3b in the 6th
Lajoie batted for Garber in the 9th

E-Nagashima. 2B-Speaker, Torre, Murray 2, Nagashima 2. 3B-Raines, Murray,
Larkin. HR-Gonzalez(2), Bell(1), Lloyd(2). SB-Raines(4). CS-Speaker.
K-Chance 3, Gonzalez, Waddell, Chavez, Raines 2, Lloyd 2, Guerrero,
Charleston 3, Gibson,J, Nagashima, Brecheen 2. BB-Speaker, Vaughan 2, Bell,
Chavez, Lloyd, Guerrero, Gibson,J, Nagashima. PB-Gibson,J.
GWRBI: Brecheen
Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 18 MPH.



10/17/2004, MAP04-OYK04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Maple Leafs 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 8 0 3 0
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 8 0 7 1

Maple Leafs AB R H BI AVG Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG
Chance c 4 1 2 0 .318 Raines lf 3 0 0 1 .100
Speaker cf 4 1 1 1 .250 Lloyd 2b 5 0 1 0 .250
Musial rf 4 0 1 0 .222 Charleston cf 4 0 2 0 .278
Hornsby 2b 3 0 1 1 .211 Murray 1b 3 1 1 0 .353
Lajoie 2b 0 0 0 0 .000 Guerrero rf 4 0 0 0 .211
Mize 1b 3 1 0 0 .091 Jones 3b 4 0 2 1 .273
Vaughan ss 4 0 1 0 .258 Larkin ss 4 1 1 0 .368
Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 0 .300 Gibson,J c 3 1 0 0 .176
Chavez 3b 3 1 1 3 .333 Roberts p 2 0 0 0 .000
Garber p 0 0 0 0 .000 Santop ph 1 1 1 2 .500
Henke p 1 0 0 0 .000 Rogan p 0 0 0 0 .000
Walsh p 2 0 0 0 .000 Parnell p 0 0 0 0 .000
Torre 3b 1 0 0 0 .500 Doby ph 1 0 0 0 .500
33 5 8 5 34 4 8 4

Maple Leafs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Walsh 6.1 5 3 3 3 6 118 71 4.26
Garber BS 1, W 1-1 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 25 15 8.31
Henke S 1 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 21 14 0.00
9.0 8 4 4 3 9 164 100

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Roberts 7.0 5 3 3 1 5 100 57 4.05
Rogan L 0-1 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 9.00
Parnell 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 23 16 3.38
9.0 8 5 5 1 6 126 75

MAP: Torre inserted at 3b in the 7th
Lajoie inserted at 2b in the 8th
OYK: Santop batted for Roberts in the 7th
Doby batted for Parnell in the 9th

2B-Vaughan, Jones, Santop. 3B-Speaker, Lloyd. HR-Chavez(1). SB-Raines(5),
Charleston(4), Jones(1), Santop(1). CS-Chance. K-Speaker, Musial, Hornsby,
Gonzalez 2, Walsh, Lloyd 2, Charleston, Guerrero, Jones, Larkin, Roberts 2,
Doby. BB-Mize, Raines, Murray, Gibson,J. SF-Raines. HBP-Hornsby. HB-Roberts.
WP-Garber.
GWRBI: Speaker
Temperature: 52, Sky: clear, Wind: in from center at 18 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

Again, the Viagrans take a lead late in the game, and again they can't finish things off. But down to the brink, they do begin too pull it together. They surived a Game 4 slugfest, 9-7, and held on 5-4. The Bishop has held the lead for, like, three innings, and yet they're up in the series 3-2. Go figure.


10/15/2004, BIS04-HON04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 BishopMVP 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 13 0 7 1
2004 Viagrans 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 11 0 7 1

BishopMVP AB R H BI AVG Viagrans AB R H BI AVG
Brouthers 1b 5 2 2 1 .286 Morgan 2b 4 2 2 0 .417
Dihigo 3b 5 1 1 0 .300 Whitaker 2b 1 0 0 0 .222
Wilson rf 4 1 3 1 .500 Hernandez 1b 5 1 3 2 .250
Percival p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lynn cf 3 0 0 1 .000
Williams lf 4 1 2 3 .364 Davis,E pr 0 0 0 0 .000
Ewing c 5 1 1 1 .154 Schmidt 3b 5 0 1 0 .214
Kent 2b 4 0 1 0 .250 Keller lf 3 0 1 1 .222
Walker rf 0 0 0 0 .375 Simmons c 3 1 1 1 .091
Wells ss 4 0 0 0 .167 Robinson rf 4 1 2 0 .250
DiMaggio cf 4 0 2 0 .500 Davis,G ss 4 1 1 1 .300
Mathewson p 1 1 1 1 1.000 Grove p 4 0 0 0 .000
Face p 0 0 0 0 .000 Ward p 0 0 0 0 .000
Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000
Marshall p 0 0 0 0 .000 36 6 11 6
Williams ph 1 0 0 0 .000
White 2b 0 0 0 0 .000
38 7 13 7

BishopMVP INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Mathewson 5.2 11 6 6 1 4 111 68 9.53
Face 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00
Marshall W 1-0 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 24 13 0.00
Percival S 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 22 15 0.00
9.0 11 6 6 3 6 159 98

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Grove 8.2 10 4 4 2 6 141 92 4.15
Ward 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 12 6 99.99
Tekulve BS 1, L 0-2 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 10.80
9.0 13 7 7 2 6 157 100

BIS: Johnson batted for Face in the 7th
Williams batted for Marshall in the 9th
Walker inserted at rf in the 9th
White inserted at 2b in the 9th
HON: Whitaker inserted at 2b in the 9th
Davis,E ran for Lynn in the 9th

2B-Morgan, Hernandez 2, Schmidt, Robinson 2, Davis,G. HR-Brouthers(1),
Williams(1), Ewing(1), Mathewson(1), Simmons(1). K-Dihigo, Williams, Ewing,
Wells 2, Johnson, Hernandez, Schmidt, Keller, Grove 3. BB-Wilson, Williams,
Lynn, Keller, Simmons. SH-Mathewson. SF-Lynn.
GWRBI: Williams
Temperature: 65, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 11 MPH.



10/16/2004, BIS04-HON04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 BishopMVP 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 7 12 2 7 0
2004 Viagrans 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 x 9 13 2 7 0

BishopMVP AB R H BI AVG Viagrans AB R H BI AVG
Ewing c 5 0 2 1 .222 Morgan 2b 4 2 1 1 .375
Brouthers 1b 5 1 1 0 .263 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000
Walker rf 5 0 1 0 .308 Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 1 .267
Williams lf 4 2 1 1 .333 Lynn cf 4 1 2 1 .143
Dihigo 3b 4 2 2 0 .357 Schmidt 3b 5 1 1 2 .211
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0 .300 Keller lf 4 1 2 1 .308
Wells ss 3 1 3 3 .313 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 .133
Kent 2b 3 0 1 2 .267 Robinson rf 4 1 1 0 .250
Day p 2 1 1 0 .500 Ward p 0 0 0 0 .000
Face p 1 0 0 0 .000 Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0 .154
Pinson ph 1 0 0 0 .200 Davis,G ss 4 2 4 1 .500
H Smith p 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry p 2 0 0 0 .000
37 7 12 7 Bonds,Bo rf 1 0 0 0 .000
35 9 13 7

BishopMVP INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Day L 0-1 4.1 8 6 5 2 3 76 48 10.38
Face 2.2 3 2 1 1 4 41 29 3.00
H Smith 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 23 10 4.50
8.0 13 9 7 4 7 140 87

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Perry W 1-1 7.0 9 4 4 0 7 112 75 4.60
Ward 1.0 1 2 0 1 1 26 13 18.00
Tekulve S 1 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 16 12 10.13
9.0 12 7 5 1 9 154 100

BIS: Pinson batted for Face in the 8th
HON: Bonds,Bo inserted at rf in the 8th
Whitaker inserted at 2b in the 9th

E-Williams, Wilson, Davis,G, Perry. 2B-Ewing, Brouthers, Wells, Kent, Day,
Lynn, Davis,G. 3B-Dihigo, Robinson. HR-Morgan(2), Schmidt(2), Keller(2).
SB-Davis,G(2). CS-Davis,G. K-Ewing 2, Williams, Wilson 3, Kent, Day, Face,
Hernandez, Lynn, Schmidt, Keller 2, Robinson, Perry. BB-Dihigo, Morgan,
Hernandez 2, Lynn. SH-Perry. SF-Williams, Wells, Kent. WP-Perry.
GWRBI: Morgan
Temperature: 50, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 2 MPH.



10/17/2004, BIS04-HON04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 BishopMVP 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 9 1 4 0
2004 Viagrans 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 x 5 8 1 8 2

BishopMVP AB R H BI AVG Viagrans AB R H BI AVG
Ewing c 4 0 1 0 .227 Morgan 2b 3 1 1 4 .368
Brouthers 1b 4 0 0 0 .217 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000
Walker rf 3 0 0 0 .250 Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0 .316
Williams lf 4 1 1 0 .316 Lynn cf 4 0 0 0 .111
Dihigo 3b 4 0 1 1 .333 Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 0 .217
Wilson cf 3 1 1 0 .308 Keller lf 4 0 0 0 .235
Face p 0 0 0 0 .000 Simmons c 4 1 1 0 .158
Vaughn ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Robinson rf 3 2 2 0 .316
Wells ss 4 2 3 2 .400 Davis,G ss 2 1 0 0 .438
Kent 2b 4 0 2 0 .316 Blyleven p 3 0 0 0 .000
Martinez p 2 0 0 1 .000 Ward p 1 0 1 1 1.000
Pinson cf 1 0 0 0 .167 Davis,E pr 0 0 0 0 .000
34 4 9 4 Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0 .313
32 5 8 5

BishopMVP INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Martinez 5.1 6 4 4 5 7 126 74 3.14
Face L 0-1 2.2 2 1 1 0 0 30 18 3.18
8.0 8 5 5 5 7 156 92

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Blyleven 6.0 8 4 3 0 6 94 61 4.50
Ward W 1-0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 28 17 6.00
Tekulve S 2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 7.36
9.0 9 4 3 0 7 127 83

BIS: Pinson inserted at cf in the 6th
Vaughn batted for Face in the 9th
HON: Davis,E ran for Ward in the 8th
Whitaker inserted at 2b in the 9th

E-Kent, Blyleven. 2B-Wells. 3B-Dihigo, Schmidt. HR-Wells(1), Morgan(3).
SB-Ewing(1), Morgan(2), Robinson(1). CS-Walker, Davis,E. K-Brouthers, Walker,
Williams 3, Wilson 2, Morgan, Lynn 2, Keller 2, Robinson, Davis,G.
BB-Morgan 2, Robinson, Davis,G 2. HBP-Walker. HB-Ward.
GWRBI: Ward
Temperature: 52, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to left at 9 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

Playoff summary:

First round:

Maple Leafs defeated Sooner333, 3-0
BishopMVP defeated Isiddiqui, 3-1
HB Viagrans defeated Ramzavai, 3-2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine defeated Bearcat729, 3-1

Semifinals:

Oykib Nishinomiya Nine leads Maple Leafs 3-2
BishopMVP leads HB Viagrans 3-2

The next group of playoff games will be done on Tuesday morning, so kindly get those changes to me by 11:59 PM ET Monday, March 29.

[Honolulu Blue]

OCTOBER 19-20

Joe Williams and Dazzy Vance combined for a 6-hitter as the Nine scored five runs late to take Game 6 5-1, and thus take the series four games to two.


10/19/2004, OYK04-MAP04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 4 0 3 0
2004 Maple Leafs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 4 0

Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG Maple Leafs AB R H BI AVG
Raines lf 3 1 0 0 .087 Chance c 4 1 2 0 .346
Lloyd 2b 3 1 0 0 .231 Speaker cf 4 0 0 0 .250
Charleston cf 3 0 0 0 .256 Musial rf 4 0 2 1 .273
Murray 1b 4 0 1 2 .333 Hornsby 2b 4 0 1 0 .217
Guerrero rf 3 1 1 0 .227 Mize 1b 4 0 0 0 .067
Edmonds rf 0 0 0 0 .000 Vaughan ss 3 0 1 0 .256
Jones 3b 2 1 0 0 .231 Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0 .261
Larkin ss 4 1 2 3 .391 Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0 .267
Gibson,J c 3 0 0 0 .150 Brown p 2 0 0 0 .000
Vance p 0 0 0 0 .000 Henke p 1 0 0 0 .000
Williams,J p 3 0 0 0 .167 32 1 6 1
Nomura c 0 0 0 0 .000
28 5 4 5

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Williams,J W 2-0 8.0 5 1 1 0 8 105 68 1.59
Vance 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 20 14 0.00
9.0 6 1 1 0 11 125 82

Maple Leafs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brown L 0-1 6.1 3 3 3 3 4 99 57 4.26
Henke 2.2 1 2 2 3 2 44 23 4.15
9.0 4 5 5 6 6 143 80

OYK: Edmonds inserted at rf in the 8th
Nomura inserted at c in the 9th

2B-Larkin, Chance, Musial 2, Hornsby, Vaughan. HR-Larkin(1). SB-Raines(6).
CS-Jones, Chance. K-Raines, Lloyd, Murray 2, Gibson,J 2, Chance, Speaker 3,
Musial, Hornsby 2, Mize, Gonzalez 2, Chavez. BB-Raines, Lloyd, Guerrero,
Jones 2, Gibson,J. SH-Charleston. BALK-Brown.
GWRBI: Larkin
Temperature: 60, Sky: cloudy, Wind: in from center at 10 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

Down three games to two and heading back out on the road, the Viagrans needed a miracle to take the series. In Game 6 BishopMVP took a 2-0 lead after two innings and the series looked all but over. But the team stiffened and scored 8 runs in the final four innings to take an 8-3 victory. That led to Game 7 for all the marbles. It was a pitchers' duel - as you might expect from a game featuring Christy Mathewson and Gaylord Perry. The oldtimers will never believe it, but Christy lost 3-2 and the Viagrans took the series. Dozens of old guys with stiffies went out dancing in the streets to celebrate this great victory.


10/19/2004, HON04-BIS04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Viagrans 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 8 14 2 8 2
2004 BishopMVP 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 1 7 0

Viagrans AB R H BI AVG BishopMVP AB R H BI AVG
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 1 .375 Brouthers 1b 5 1 3 1 .286
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 0 .348 Dihigo 3b 3 0 1 0 .333
Lynn cf 5 2 3 2 .217 Wilson rf 4 0 0 0 .235
Schmidt 3b 5 1 1 1 .214 Williams lf 3 0 0 1 .273
Keller lf 4 1 1 0 .238 Ewing c 4 0 1 0 .231
Simmons c 5 0 2 1 .208 Kent 2b 2 1 0 0 .286
Robinson rf 2 1 1 1 .333 Wells ss 4 1 3 1 .458
Montgomery p 1 0 0 0 .000 DiMaggio cf 3 0 0 0 .286
Whitaker ph 1 0 0 0 .381 H Smith p 0 0 0 0 .000
Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000 Walker ph 0 0 0 0 .250
Davis,G ss 4 0 0 0 .350 Paige p 2 0 1 0 .250
Grove p 2 0 0 0 .000 Pinson cf 2 0 0 0 .125
Gibson rf 2 1 2 0 1.000 32 3 9 3
40 8 14 6

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Grove 5.2 7 3 3 3 4 102 61 4.40
Montgomery BS 1, W 1-0 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 34 21 0.00
Tekulve 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 20 10 5.79
9.0 9 3 3 4 6 156 92

BishopMVP INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Paige L 0-1 6.0 8 5 4 2 7 108 65 4.50
H Smith 3.0 6 3 2 1 5 69 40 5.40
9.0 14 8 6 3 12 177 105

HON: Gibson inserted at rf in the 6th
Whitaker batted for Montgomery in the 9th
BIS: Pinson inserted at cf in the 7th
Walker batted for H Smith in the 9th

E-Grove, Gibson, Williams. 2B-Morgan, Lynn, Brouthers, Ewing, Wells.
3B-Schmidt. K-Morgan, Hernandez, Schmidt, Keller 2, Simmons, Robinson,
Davis,G, Grove 2, Montgomery, Whitaker, Brouthers, Wilson 2, Kent, DiMaggio,
Paige. BB-Hernandez, Keller, Robinson, Dihigo, Kent 2, Walker. SF-Williams.
PB-Ewing. WP-H Smith.
GWRBI: Lynn
Temperature: 61, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to center at 10 MPH,
Rain Delays: 68 and 47 minutes.



10/20/2004, HON04-BIS04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Viagrans 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 7 0 7 0
2004 BishopMVP 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0 7 1

Viagrans AB R H BI AVG BishopMVP AB R H BI AVG
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0 .321 Ewing c 4 0 1 0 .233
Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000 Brouthers 1b 4 1 1 1 .281
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 .333 Walker rf 4 0 1 1 .250
Lynn cf 3 0 0 0 .192 Williams lf 4 0 1 0 .269
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 0 .194 Dihigo 3b 4 0 0 0 .280
Keller lf 4 0 1 0 .240 Wells ss 1 0 0 0 .423
Simmons c 4 2 3 1 .286 Pinson cf 4 0 1 0 .167
Robinson rf 4 0 0 0 .280 Kent 2b 4 0 0 0 .240
Davis,G ss 4 1 2 2 .375 Mathewson p 2 1 0 0 .333
Perry p 2 0 0 0 .000 Vaughn ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Gibson ph 1 0 0 0 .667 32 2 5 2
Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0 .440
33 3 7 3

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Perry W 2-1 8.0 4 2 2 2 7 129 86 3.80
Tekulve S 3 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 26 16 4.76
9.0 5 2 2 3 8 155 102

BishopMVP INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Mathewson L 0-1 9.0 7 3 3 4 5 123 71 5.52
9.0 7 3 3 4 5 123 71

HON: Gibson batted for Perry in the 9th
Whitaker inserted at 2b in the 9th
BIS: Vaughn batted for Mathewson in the 9th

2B-Davis,G, Brouthers. HR-Simmons(2), Davis,G(1). K-Lynn, Schmidt 2,
Robinson, Perry, Ewing, Brouthers, Walker, Dihigo 2, Pinson, Kent 2.
BB-Morgan, Lynn, Schmidt, Perry, Wells 3. HBP-Mathewson. PB-Ewing. HB-Perry.
WP-Perry.
GWRBI: Davis,G
Temperature: 55, Sky: clear, Wind: none.

[Honolulu Blue]

Playoff summary:

First round:

Maple Leafs defeated Sooner333, 3-0
BishopMVP defeated Isiddiqui, 3-1
HB Viagrans defeated Ramzavai, 3-2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine defeated Bearcat729, 3-1

Semifinals:

Oykib Nishinomiya Nine defeated Maple Leafs 4-2
HB Viagrans defeated BishopMVP 4-3

Championship:

(4) Oykib Nishinomiya Nine vs. (3) HB Viagrans

The next group of playoff games will be done on Thursday morning, so oykib, kindly get those changes to me by 11:59 PM ET Wednesday, March 31, and I will do the same.

[BishopMVP]

It was rigged!

JK, good series and thanks a lot for running this. Good luck against Oykib.

[Honolulu Blue]

good series and thanks a lot for running this. Good luck against Oykib.

Thanks for your kind words. It was a good series and it's too bad I couldn't have watched it in person. And I'm going to need all the luck I can get. Oykib's team is really good and they've been hot over the last few months. And my rotation has been scrambled by playing both series to the limit, so I have to send out guys who don't have a lot left in the tank. It's going to be quite the challenge.

And I would like to thank you once again for the original idea.

[Honolulu Blue]

OCTOBER 22-23 - THE FOFC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

The championship series between oykib Nishinomiya Nine and the HB Viagrans started with a pitchers' duel. Keith Hernandez started the scoring with a home run in the bottom of the first, but that's all they would get as Harry Breechen took them all the way for the 4-1 victory.

Game 2 was much the same story, but with a different ending. The Viagrans got three in the second and one in the 7th and Lefty Grove was cruising along with a 4-0 lead going into the ninth. The Nine struck back with three before Tekulve could restore order and close out the victory.


10/22/2004, OYK04-HON04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 0 1 1
2004 Viagrans 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 3

Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG Viagrans AB R H BI AVG
Raines lf 4 1 1 0 .250 Morgan 2b 3 0 1 0 .333
Lloyd 2b 3 1 1 1 .333 Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 1 .250
Charleston cf 4 1 1 2 .250 Robinson rf 3 0 1 0 .333
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0 .250 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 .000
Guerrero rf 4 0 2 0 .500 Bonds,Bo cf 4 0 0 0 .000
Edmonds rf 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis,E lf 3 0 0 0 .000
Jones 3b 2 0 0 0 .000 Simmons c 3 0 1 0 .333
Larkin ss 3 0 0 0 .000 Davis,G ss 3 0 0 0 .000
Gibson,J c 3 1 1 1 .333 Blyleven p 2 0 0 0 .000
Brecheen p 3 0 0 0 .000 Parrish ph 1 0 0 0 .000
30 4 7 4 Key p 0 0 0 0 .000
30 1 4 1

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brecheen W 1-0 9.0 4 1 1 2 9 133 76 1.00
9.0 4 1 1 2 9 133 76

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Blyleven L 0-1 8.0 7 4 4 2 6 114 71 4.50
Key 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0.00
9.0 7 4 4 2 6 123 76

OYK: Edmonds inserted at rf in the 9th
HON: Parrish batted for Blyleven in the 8th

2B-Guerrero, Robinson. 3B-Lloyd, Simmons. HR-Charleston(1), Gibson,J(1),
Hernandez(1). CS-Guerrero. K-Raines 2, Charleston, Murray, Gibson,J,
Brecheen, Hernandez, Robinson, Schmidt 2, Bonds,Bo, Davis,E, Davis,G,
Blyleven 2. BB-Lloyd, Jones, Morgan, Robinson. WP-Brecheen, Blyleven.
GWRBI: Charleston
Temperature: 67, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 18 MPH.



10/23/2004, OYK04-HON04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 1 6 0
2004 Viagrans 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 4 10 1 8 0

Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG Viagrans AB R H BI AVG
Raines lf 3 0 1 0 .286 Morgan 2b 3 1 2 2 .500
Lloyd 2b 4 0 0 0 .143 Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0 .000
Guerrero rf 3 0 0 0 .286 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 .250
Charleston cf 4 1 1 0 .250 Lynn cf 4 0 0 0 .000
Murray 1b 4 1 2 0 .375 Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 1 .143
Larkin ss 3 0 0 1 .000 Keller lf 4 1 3 0 .750
Gibson,J c 4 1 1 2 .286 Simmons c 4 1 1 1 .286
Nagashima 3b 4 0 2 0 .500 Robinson rf 4 0 0 0 .143
Roberts p 1 0 0 0 .000 Davis,G ss 4 1 2 0 .286
Bishop ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Grove p 3 0 0 0 .000
Kaneda p 0 0 0 0 .000 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000
Jones ph 1 0 0 0 .000 33 4 10 4
Maglie p 0 0 0 0 .000
Doby ph 1 0 0 0 .000
33 3 7 3

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Roberts L 0-1 5.0 7 3 3 1 3 68 47 5.40
Kaneda 2.0 2 1 1 1 4 52 30 4.50
Maglie 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 13 8 0.00
8.0 10 4 4 2 8 133 85

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Grove W 1-0 8.2 6 3 3 2 13 141 86 3.12
Tekulve S 1 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 10 6 0.00
9.0 7 3 3 2 13 151 92

OYK: Bishop batted for Roberts in the 6th
Jones batted for Kaneda in the 8th
Doby batted for Maglie in the 9th
HON: Whitaker inserted at 2b in the 9th

E-Raines, Hernandez. 2B-Murray 2, Morgan, Schmidt, Keller. HR-Gibson,J(2).
SB-Morgan(1). CS-Guerrero. K-Raines, Lloyd 2, Guerrero 3, Charleston, Murray,
Larkin, Gibson,J, Nagashima, Roberts, Bishop, Hernandez, Lynn 2, Robinson 3,
Grove 2. BB-Raines, Guerrero, Morgan, Schmidt. SH-Grove. SF-Larkin.
GWRBI: Simmons
Temperature: 62, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 3 MPH.

[Honolulu Blue]

Playoff summary:

First round:

Maple Leafs defeated Sooner333, 3-0
BishopMVP defeated Isiddiqui, 3-1
HB Viagrans defeated Ramzavai, 3-2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine defeated Bearcat729, 3-1

Semifinals:

Oykib Nishinomiya Nine defeated Maple Leafs 4-2
HB Viagrans defeated BishopMVP leads 4-3

Championship:

Oykib Nishinomiya Nine and HB Viagrans tied 1-1

Let me give you the sim schedule for the last games; my apologies for not doing so earlier:

Saturday, 4/3 - Games 3-5 of the championship
Monday, 4/5 - Games 6 and 7 (if necessary)

And after that we'll have our champion.

The next group of games will be done on Saturday morning, so oykib, kindly get those changes to me by 11:59 PM ET Friday, April 2, and I will do the same.

[Honolulu Blue]

VIAGRANS SPLIT FIRST TWO AGAINST NISHINOMIYA NINE

NEW YORK (API) - The Honolulu Blue Viagrans continued to play close games in this playoff series, losing the first game 4-1 but winning the second 4-3. Manager Joe McCarthy did not seem concerned about losing a game at home.

"Oykib has gathered a good team," McCarthy noted. "His team is entitled to win a game or two in a 7-game series. I haven't decided whether I will let them win threee, though."

"I've got a little something special for those guys when we get to Nishi... wherevertheheckthatis," drawled Gaylord Perry as he put some extre tender loving care into his glove, smothering it with some kind of goo.

"I'm proud of these guys," General Manager Honolulu Blue choked. "I gathered a team that I thought had the potential to win the championship. They won 92, won the division, beat two tough teams in the playoffs, and here we are. We're so close to making our dreams come true I can hardly stand to watch."

The Viagrans head to Nishinomiya for the next three games. Perry is scheduled to start Game 3, with Bert Blyleven coming back in Game 4, and Lefty Grove in Game 6.

-30-

[Honolulu Blue]

OCTOBER 25-27 - THE FOFC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Game 3 featured Gaylord Perry getting lit up like a Christmas tree, and the Nine won going away, 8-4. Game 4 was a grind that went 14 innings. The Nine took a quick 1-0 lead but the Viagrans came right back with one in the 2nd. The Viagrans scored two their part of the 7th to take a temporary lead, but oykib's bunch erupted for four to take a 5-3 lead. The Viagrans scored two in the ninth to tie it and we headed for extra innings. The Viagrans' fifth pitcher, Jimmy Key, weakened at the wrong moment and gave up a run in the bottom of the 14th and that's how it ended.

Game 5 was a heartbreaker. Lefty Grove left the game with a 3-0 lead in the 8th, but Jeff Montgomery and Kent Tekulve couldn't hold on, allowing four runs in that inning. The Viagrans had no reply in the top of the 9th and all of a sudden the game - and the series - was over.


10/25/2004, HON04-OYK04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Viagrans 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 6 0
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 x 8 10 2 7 1

Viagrans AB R H BI AVG Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG
Morgan 2b 5 0 1 1 .364 Raines lf 5 0 0 0 .167
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 0 .333 Lloyd 2b 3 3 3 2 .400
Lynn cf 4 2 2 2 .250 Charleston cf 4 0 1 1 .250
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 1 .091 Murray 1b 4 0 1 1 .333
Keller lf 4 0 2 0 .625 Guerrero rf 4 0 0 0 .182
Simmons c 4 0 0 0 .182 Edmonds rf 0 0 0 0 .000
Robinson rf 4 0 0 0 .091 Jones 3b 4 1 1 1 .143
Hiller p 0 0 0 0 .000 Larkin ss 4 1 3 0 .300
Davis,G ss 3 1 1 0 .300 Gibson,J c 3 2 1 2 .300
Perry p 0 0 0 0 .000 Williams,J p 4 1 0 0 .000
Key p 0 0 0 0 .000 35 8 10 7
Whitaker ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Ward p 0 0 0 0 .000
Gibson rf 1 0 0 0 .000
34 4 8 4

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Perry L 0-1 3.2 6 7 6 2 4 83 52 14.73
Key 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 25 15 3.86
Ward 2.0 1 0 0 2 4 43 22 0.00
Hiller 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15 11 0.00
8.0 10 8 7 4 10 166 100

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Williams,J W 1-0 9.0 8 4 4 1 9 139 86 4.00
9.0 8 4 4 1 9 139 86

HON: Whitaker batted for Key in the 6th
Gibson inserted at rf in the 8th
OYK: Edmonds inserted at rf in the 8th

E-Davis,G, Guerrero, Larkin. 2B-Morgan, Murray. 3B-Lynn, Keller, Lloyd 2.
HR-Lynn(1), Jones(1), Gibson,J(3). K-Morgan 2, Lynn, Schmidt 2, Simmons,
Robinson 2, Whitaker, Murray, Guerrero 2, Jones 3, Gibson,J 2, Williams,J 2.
BB-Davis,G, Lloyd 2, Charleston, Gibson,J. SH-Perry 2.
GWRBI: Murray
Temperature: 69, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 12 MPH.



10/26/2004, HON04-OYK04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2004 Viagrans 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0

13 14 R H E LOB DP
2004 Viagrans 0 0 5 12 1 14 0
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 0 1 6 14 0 9 1

Viagrans AB R H BI AVG Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG
Morgan 2b 6 0 2 2 .353 Raines lf 7 1 2 0 .211
Hernandez 1b 5 0 0 0 .235 Lloyd 2b 7 0 2 1 .353
Robinson rf 5 0 0 0 .063 Charleston cf 6 1 1 1 .222
Schmidt 3b 6 0 2 0 .176 Murray 1b 6 1 1 0 .278
Bonds,Bo cf 3 1 1 1 .143 Guerrero rf 4 1 1 2 .200
Ashburn ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Edmonds rf 0 0 0 0 .000
Davis,E lf 3 0 0 0 .000 Maglie p 0 0 0 0 .000
Keller ph 4 0 0 0 .417 Parnell p 0 0 0 0 .000
Simmons c 6 2 3 0 .294 Bishop ph 0 0 0 0 .000
Davis,G ss 5 2 4 2 .467 Vance p 0 0 0 0 .000
Blyleven p 2 0 0 0 .000 Nomura ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Ward p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kaneda p 0 0 0 0 .000
Lynn ph 1 0 0 0 .222 Jones 3b 5 1 1 0 .167
Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000 Nagashima ph 1 0 0 0 .400
Parrish ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Larkin ss 6 1 4 1 .438
Montgomery p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gibson,J c 5 0 0 0 .200
Gibson ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Brecheen p 2 0 0 0 .000
Key p 0 0 0 0 .000 Rogan p 0 0 0 0 .000
50 5 12 5 Santop ph 1 0 1 1 1.000
Mussina p 0 0 0 0 .000
Doby rf 3 0 1 0 .250
54 6 14 6

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Blyleven 6.1 4 3 3 0 2 78 47 4.40
Ward 1.2 4 2 2 0 0 38 27 4.91
Tekulve 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 20 11 0.00
Montgomery 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 31 18 0.00
Key L 0-1 2.2 4 1 1 0 0 39 24 3.60
13.2 14 6 6 2 4 206 127

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brecheen 6.2 5 3 3 3 4 103 63 2.30
Rogan 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.00
Mussina BS 1 1.2 2 2 2 2 0 42 22 10.80
Maglie 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 13 5 0.00
Parnell 2.1 3 0 0 1 3 46 29 0.00
Vance 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 31 17 0.00
Kaneda W 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 3.00
14.0 12 5 5 9 9 253 147

HON: Ashburn batted for Bonds,Bo in the 8th
Keller batted for Davis,E in the 8th
Ashburn moved to cf in the 8th
Keller moved to lf in the 8th
Lynn batted for Ward in the 9th
Parrish batted for Tekulve in the 10th
Gibson batted for Montgomery in the 12th
OYK: Santop batted for Rogan in the 7th
Edmonds inserted at rf in the 9th
Doby inserted at rf in the 9th
Bishop batted for Parnell in the 11th
Nomura batted for Vance in the 13th
Nagashima batted for Jones in the 13th
Nagashima moved to 3b in the 14th

E-Morgan. 2B-Morgan, Jones, Larkin 2. 3B-Murray. HR-Bonds,Bo(1), Davis,G(1),
Charleston(2), Guerrero(1). SB-Davis,G 2(2), Raines(1). CS-Robinson.
K-Morgan 2, Hernandez, Robinson, Bonds,Bo, Davis,E, Blyleven, Keller, Gibson,
Charleston, Gibson,J 2, Doby. BB-Hernandez 2, Robinson 2, Schmidt, Simmons,
Davis,G, Ashburn 2, Gibson,J, Bishop. SH-Blyleven. HBP-Morgan. HB-Brecheen.
WP-Maglie.
GWRBI: Lloyd
Temperature: 65, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: in from right at 9 MPH,
Rain Delays: 76 minutes.



10/27/2004, HON04-OYK04, Neutral park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2004 Viagrans 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 0 12 1
2004 Nishinomiya Nine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 x 4 11 0 5 0

Viagrans AB R H BI AVG Nishinomiya Nine AB R H BI AVG
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0 .333 Raines lf 4 1 2 0 .261
Montgomery p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lloyd 2b 3 0 0 0 .300
Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 .000 Guerrero rf 4 1 4 1 .368
Hernandez 1b 4 2 2 1 .286 Charleston cf 4 0 0 0 .182
Lynn cf 4 0 2 1 .308 Murray 1b 4 0 2 1 .318
Davis,E pr 0 0 0 0 .000 Larkin ss 4 0 0 0 .350
Schmidt 3b 5 0 3 1 .273 Gibson,J c 3 0 1 0 .222
Keller lf 3 0 0 0 .333 Kaneda p 0 0 0 0 .000
Simmons c 5 0 0 0 .227 Santop c 0 0 0 0 1.000
Robinson rf 4 0 1 0 .100 Nagashima 3b 3 1 1 0 .375
Davis,G ss 3 0 1 0 .444 Roberts p 2 0 0 0 .000
Grove p 2 0 0 0 .000 Nomura c 0 0 0 0 .000
Bonds,Bo ph 1 0 0 0 .125 Bishop ph 1 1 1 2 .500
Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0 .000 Mussina p 0 0 0 0 .000
35 3 10 3 32 4 11 4

Viagrans INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Grove 7.0 6 0 0 0 3 89 63 1.72
Montgomery 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 13 7 13.50
Tekulve BS 1, L 0-1 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9 6 3.86
8.0 11 4 4 0 3 111 76

Nishinomiya Nine INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Roberts 7.1 9 3 3 5 5 133 79 4.38
Kaneda W 2-0 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 10 3 2.45
Mussina S 1 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 22 13 6.75
9.0 10 3 3 7 5 165 95

HON: Bonds,Bo batted for Grove in the 8th
Whitaker inserted at 2b in the 8th
Davis,E ran for Lynn in the 9th
OYK: Nomura inserted at c in the 8th
Bishop batted for Nomura in the 8th
Santop inserted at c in the 9th

2B-Morgan, Hernandez, Robinson, Guerrero, Murray. HR-Bishop(1).
SB-Guerrero(1). CS-Davis,G, Guerrero. K-Schmidt, Keller, Simmons, Robinson,
Grove, Raines, Murray, Nagashima. BB-Morgan, Hernandez, Lynn, Keller 2,
Davis,G, Grove. SH-Lloyd. WP-Roberts. BALK-Grove.
GWRBI: Murray
Temperature: 50, Sky: cloudy, Wind: none.

[Honolulu Blue]

Playoff summary:

First round:

Maple Leafs defeated Sooner333, 3-0
BishopMVP defeated Isiddiqui, 3-1
HB Viagrans defeated Ramzavai, 3-2
Oykib Nishinomiya Nine defeated Bearcat729, 3-1

Semifinals:

Oykib Nishinomiya Nine defeated Maple Leafs, 4-2
HB Viagrans defeated BishopMVP, 4-3

Championship:

Oykib Nishinomiya Nine defeated HB, 4-1

Congratulations to oykib's Nishinomiya Nine on their great victory! I guess they truly had the best team after all.

This concludes this dynasty. As always, thanks for reading.

[oykib]

Thanks for the great dynasty, HB. It's been a good read.

I just decided to pretty much take the hands off the wheel from the beginning.

I figured that I had pretty much nailed Southworth's managing tendencies. And he was a pretty low pressure manager. That's why I left Gibson in the lineup all through the season despite how terrible he was. I think moving him down in the order really helped him out in the playoffs, though. He did much better with pitchers trying o pitch around him more often. He may have been the post season MVP for me.

The only big move I made was swapping out Rogan for Mussina as closer. I also put Brecheen in the rotation to get a more left-handed presence.

I think the biggest thing I take from this dynasty is that I was right about relief pitchers. I refused to invest in them during the bidding. I think that they were almost all overvalued. Historically, they were pitchers that weren't good enough to make the rotation. That's even true of top closers today.

Smoltz was moved because of his ticking bomb of an elbow as much or more than the Braves need for a closer. Gagne couldn't cut it as a top flight starter, but thrives in the closers position. Many of the closers had the same happen to them in the minors. Generally, as a closer they don't need to have that third good pitch. They can get by with a good fastball and the so-so one-pith complement.

I was hoping to get a shot at some of the relief pitchers on other teams. I figured that over the course of the season the 70th or so greatest starter, Mussina, would prove his quality over the 15th or so greatest reliever, who have you.

ALso, Diamond Mind looks interesting. I'm thinking of picking up the next edition. The only thing that disturbs me is that Issidiqui's team made it through the season with only six starters while facing the kind of hard hitters we have in this league. It's not the kind of situation that's likely to come up often. But it gives me a ittle pause in how the sim models pitcher fatigue.

[Honolulu Blue]

Thanks for your kind words, oykib. I too think relief pitchers have been overrated both among our group and in real life.

ALso, Diamond Mind looks interesting. I'm thinking of picking up the next edition. The only thing that disturbs me is that Issidiqui's team made it through the season with only six starters while facing the kind of hard hitters we have in this league. It's not the kind of situation that's likely to come up often. But it gives me a ittle pause in how the sim models pitcher fatigue.

Version 9 is the current edition that came out last month, so I don't think there will be a new one for at least another two years.

In regards to Isiddiqui's staff, I was looking at his to see how it would work out. I don't think he had any major injuries to the staff, and that's always a help. Seaver pitched 300 innings for him, which isn't far from his career high (290). Palmer pitched 293, which was certainly within his limits (his career high was 323 IP). The other guys pitched between 140 and 240 innings each, which is nicely evenly spaced, almost computer perfect. And his managerial settings had a lot to do with it - he let the starters go as long as possible. I thought his pitchers were about as good as my top seven, yet he had a team ERA that was half a run higher. Too many innings pitched while tired, I think.

In broad terms, Diamond Mind's endurance works like this: Each pitcher has both starter and relief endurance ratings - there are five of them possible, from excellent to poor. A starter with excellent endurance can go roughly 130 pitches without getting tired, while one with poor endurance would only make it through about 90. The numbers are similar for relievers, but lower. There's also a 5-day endurance rating, so that pitchers get tired faster when they're used a lot and/or not quite completely rested. I'm simplifying things, but I think you get the general idea.

Diamond Mind is a good game. It's very good for simming games one at a time and good for what-if experiments like this one. There's still no career play, so keep that in mind.

[ISiddiqui]

In regards to Isiddiqui's staff, I was looking at his to see how it would work out.

Me too ;). At least I didn't run into many injuries :D.

[oykib]

Well, my problem has more to do with my evaluation of the starting pitchers from the past. Basically, big innings eaters only come in three varieties:

1) Freaks of nature. There are some guys who just don't feel the stress of pitching in a natural way. These may be-- and often are-- firebalers. Nolan Ryan and Satchel Paige are probably the exemplars of this group.

2) Junkballers and Knuckleballers. Guys who throw knuckleballs and various junkballs obviously don't have as much stress on their arms for the same amount of pitches.
Every great who didn't throw hard is probably in this group: Gaylord Perry, Phil Neikro, and the like.

3) Guys who take it easy most of the time. This is the biggest group of guys. This basically covers most of the guys from early baseball and almost all of the all-time greats with high innings numbers. Christy Matthewson details this style of pitching in his book, Pitching in a Pinch, which was the defining book on pitching in the first half of the twentieth century.
Once hitters started to swing for the fences the opportunities for taking it easy became less and less available. ALmost nobody from the thirties on has been able to use this method as effectively as before it. Essentially, the list of guys from that era on is Robin Roberts and a few guys from the mid-sixties to late 70s.
Roberts did it by having great control and great enough stuff that he could get guys out while throwing everything over the plate. The guys in the sixties had the most favorable pitching environment since the deadball-era.

My piont is that you cant take it easy on hitters who can hit homeruns. You could take it easy when a guy is just likely to get a single if he gets a hit. With the lineups that we fielded in this league, I expected that almost no pitcher would come close to his normal levels of-- not only ERA-- but innings pitched as well. There are just going to be too many high pressure pitches thrown in games where every team has one if, not two guys, like Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Henry Aaron, or Frank Robinson.

That's my reasoning. While I think those guys might possibly have been able to get through a season against normal Major League competition. There's no way even the top six pitchers of all time could get through a season against the levels of hitters that we put up against the Slammers night in and night out.

That's just my opinion. But we all look for sims that come closest to our personal concept of the partcular sport as there is no real objective measure that comes easily to hand. Obviously, no team in baseball as tried to get through a season with six pitchers. So we have no solid objective evidence to base it on.

[Vince]

Great dynasty...thanks a ton for writing it up HB. I wish my team could have done better...not having a sub for Bench was a huge disadvantage, especially with his two long injuries. Should have thought ahead...maybe let Biggio be eligible at C :)

Congrats oykib!

[ISiddiqui]

Wow... my team has started a DMB controversy!

*gets popcorn* ;)