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Originally Posted by Young Drachma
Always a good time of year for a new OOTP dynasty, especially a replay.
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Thanks, yeah, it's hard to put down right now.
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So here we go.
9/20 8-3 L to the Astros
Mike Marshall leaves the game with an injury, yet to be determined. The Astros come back late and beat up on Greg Minton after Welch got ruffed up. The Marshall injury has me worried. Minton took the loss, Baker homered.
9/21 5-4 L to the Astros
For the second game in a row, the Astros light hitting, no-name, eight in the order batting, first basemen hit a grand slam. Then Burt Hooton left the game with an injury. Kittle and Smalley went deep back to back, then Dusty added a 2 run shot in the 9
th. Kittle came up next and flied out to deep left. No word yet on Marshall's injury. Also, news is out that Sax injured a finger during his rehab stint. He's back on the DL and done until the playoffs, again.
9/23 9-1W over Atlanta
The team goes on a hit parade early. Kittle hits a 3 run shot in the first. Guerrerro hits his 36
th in the 9
th. Pedro's 40
th error at third keeps Fernando from getting the shutout, but he throws his 12
th CG of the year. He is in the race for Cy Young again, but Atlee Hammaker is lights out this year.
The Dodgers released the medical on Hooton. He's done for the rest of this year and most of next with a ruptured UCL. That's bad news for sure, but the playoffs are looming and Hooton wouldn't have been a starter there. At the press conference today, Lasorda said that he would expect Pena to move up and Doc Medich to take over in the rotation for the rest of the short year. Still no news on Mike Marshall. Dusty Baker has been playing RF in his absence.
9/24 9-2 W over Atlanta
Kittle goes deep for the third straight game and Ron Cey hits his 3
rd, a PH homer off the bench. Jerry Reuss goes 7 for his 14
th win.
The medical report on Mike Marshall is out now and if you had bad thoughts, they came true. A torn labrum in his shoulder will keep him down for the rest of the season, but he'll be fine for opening day. Sucks to lose the second best offensive weapon on the team heading into the playoffs. Dusty better get his act together. The team has called up Tony Brewer (.299/22/111) from AAA to take Marshall's roster spot. This is Brewer's first shot at the big leagues, but he's a 2-time PCL All-Star. Scouts aren't high on him however. He could be the standard 4A player and he's nearly 26.