2011 Playoff Thread - (FOOL Classic Completed! Draft Wednesday morning 7am ET)

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:14 AM

Sim time. getting exports now.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:16 AM

No exports from Boston,Edmonton, Hartford and Napa Valley

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:19 AM

CLCS Game 1:

Baltimore 5, Apex 0

Weighill pitches 7 innings of 1 hit ball, and the Assassins are only able to get two hits for the entire game. Baltimore meanwhile get homers from Estrada, O'Neill and Bates.

RLCS Game 1:

New York 10, Chico 4

Jared Quinn goes 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and 2 Runs scored to lead a 15 hit parade for the Heroes. Luis Marquez (Chico) hit the only home run in the game.

Commo_Soldier · 03-24-2009, 06:20 AM

Figured I'd stop in quick before I have to go. GL to you Muns and the rest of the playoff teams.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:21 AM

CLCS Game 2:

Baltimore 6, Apex 4

Kirby Bates is on fire as he hits his second and third home runs of the series, along with 4 RBI to help push the Charm to a commanding 2 games to 0 lead.

Chico 3, New York 2

Chico scores 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th to come back and tie the series up at 1 game a piece.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:25 AM

CLCS Game 3:

Apex 3, Baltimore 2

Home cooking did well for Apex as they win their first game of the series. Baltimore got both of their runs and 3 of their 5 hits in the first inning but could not do much the remainder of the game.

RLCS Game 3:

Chico 3, New York 1

Luis Marrero pitches a complete game in a losing effort to the visiting Chico Rebels. Dave Davis pitched 7 1/3 innings, giving up only an unearned run, while Luis Marquez hits his second home run of the series for the Rebels. Chico leads the series 2 games to 1.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:29 AM

CLCS Game 4:

Apex 8, Baltimore 6

In an uncharacteristically high scoring game for Assasins Ballpark, both teams record 11 hits. Baltimore had a home run from Kelly, while Apex had homers from Lockyer and the star of the game, Mike Harte, who went 3 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBI. The series is all tied up at 2 games each.

RLCS Game 4:

New York 4, Chico 1

Miyamoto wins his second game of the series, going 8 1/3 innings, and giving up his only run of the game in the top of the 9th. New York had four solo shots to win this one. This series is all tied up at 2 games each.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:37 AM

CLCS Game 5:

Baltimore 5, Apex 2

Weighill wins his second game of the series as the Charm win their first road game. Baltimore leads the series 3 games to 2 with the final two games at home.

RLCS Game 5:

New York 8, Chico 7

Chico score 4 in the top of the ninth but still wind up one run short. The Heroes had home runs from Espinoza and Taylor along with 15 hits in the winning effort. New York leads the series 3 games to 2.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:41 AM

CLCS Game 6:

Apex 9, Baltimore 5

It was the Joel Treloar show as the Catcher went 3 for 3 with 2 walks, a double, a homer and 6 runs batted in for the Assassins. Eddie McCarthy also chipped in with a home run and 2 RBI. Bates was the sole bright spot for Baltimore as he hit his fourth home run of the series. The CLCS is all tied up at 3 games a piece, going into a final game 7 tommorrow night in Baltimore!

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:42 AM

RLCS Game 6:

Chico 9, New York 2

Chico returns home and their bats wake up once again as well. They get home runs from Yamada, Tylor and Drolet along with 12 hits in the dismanteling of New York. The RLCS is also tied up at 3 games a piece, heading into a game 7 in Chico, California tommorrow evening.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:46 AM

CLCS Game 7:

Apex 5, Baltimore 4

Baltimore score 2 in the bottom of the 9th, with no outs and a runner on first. Tristan Lowe is added as the pinch runner and then proceeds to get thrown out attempting to steal second base. Julio Garza then strikes out swinging to end the season for Baltimore.

Apex wins the 2011 CLCS!

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:48 AM

RLCS Game 7:

New York 3, Chico 1

Trailing 1-0 entering the top of the ninth, New York gets a three run home run from Hyeong-ro Yi off of Chico closer Tom Hart to go ahead in the game for good. Chico manages 10 hits this game, but are only able to get one across home for a score.

New York wins the 2011 RLCS!

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:49 AM

The FOOL Classic is set, with both of the underdogs winning the Championship series, neither regular season league champions made it to the FOOL Classic this season. The FOOL Classic matchup will be:

Apex Assassins (87-75)

vs

New York Heroes (94-68)

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:53 AM

FOOL Classic Game 1:

New York 5, Apex 1

The Home team Heroes start off the Classic on the right foot behind a strong performance from Murdock 'Old Blue' Kendall. Kendall went 7 innings and only gave up 1 earned run while striking out 7. Jared Quinn went 2 for 4 for New York while hitting his second home run of the post season.

New York leads 1 game to 0.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:55 AM

FOOL Classic Game 2:

Apex 6, New York 2

Apex strikes back behind Tomas Gallegos, who picks up his second win of the postseason. Colin Lockyer goes 2 for 5 with a home run and 3 RBI for the Assassins.

The FOOL Classic is tied up a 1

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:57 AM

FOOL Classic Game 3:

New York 5, Apex 4

Lawrence Carroll goes 4 for 5 for New York as the Heroes score 4 in the 8th inning. Mike Harte hits his fourth home run of the postseason for Apex in a losing effort at home.

New York leads the FOOL Classic 2 games to 1

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 06:58 AM

FOOL Classic Game 4:

New York 6, Apex 2

Murdock Kendall wins his third game of the postseason for New York as they score 5 in the 5th inning to take a commanding lead. Eddie McCarthy scored the only runs for Apex in the first on a 2-run homer, which was his third home run of the postseason).

New York leads the series 3 games to 1

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 07:01 AM

FOOL Classic Game 5:

Apex 6, New York 2

Apex manages to avoid being swept at home as Blanco and Treloar both have 2 for 4 days with a double. Tomas Gallegos is shaky for the Assassins, only pitching 5 2/3 innings, but manages to get his third win of the post season despite giving up three walks and only one strikeout.

New York leads the series 3 games to 2

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 07:03 AM

FOOL Classic Game 6:

Apex 8, New York 4

Apex tags New York pitcher Shoji 'Big Time' Miyamoto for 7 runs in only 5 2/3 innings for his first lost of the post season. Eddie McCarthy of the Assassins goes 2 for 4 with a double and 4 RBI. New York's Matt Taylor hits his third homer of the postseason in a losing effort.

The FOOL Classic is tied up at 3 games each.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 07:06 AM

FOOL Classic Game 7:

Apex 3, New York 2 (13 innings)

Carlos Flores pitches 8 innings of 2 hit ball for Apex, but the Assassins closer Enrico Serrano blows the lead in the 9th, by giving up 2 runs and forcing the game to extra innings. Apex relief pitcher Craig Cameron picks up his third win of the postseason in extra frames. New York left fielder Jared Quinn hits his third home run of the postseason in the losing effort.

Apex leads the series 4 games to 3, heading home with a chance to win it all.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 07:08 AM

FOOL Classic Game 8:

Luis Marrero (0-4 10.02 ERA this postseason) pitches for New York

vs

Tomas Gallegos (3-0 2.84 ERA this postseason) for Apex

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 07:10 AM

New York 3, Apex 0

Marrero, had a 5.14 ERA this season, but turns it on when the team needs it the most. He pitches 8 innings, giving up 7 hits and 3 walks, but manages to hold Apex scoreless. Gallegos pitched well in the loss, going 8 innings and only giving up 5 hits. both of the runs scored on him were unearned runs.

The FOOL Classic is tied at 4 games each, heading to a final game 9 in New York!

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 07:11 AM

FOOL Classic game 9:

Bryan Lamb (2-2 4.50 ERA this postseason) for Apex

vs

Shoji Miyamoto (2-1 3.63 ERA this postseason) for New York

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 07:14 AM

New York scores three in the bottom of the first on walks to Yi and Taylor followed by a single to Quinn and a double to de Meza.

Apex scores one back in the top of the 5th on a Manuel Ramirez triple, but New York scores 2 more in the bottom of the 7th on a Taheiji Okada 2-run Home Run.

Apex is simply unable to solve Miyamoto this time, as he appears to be out for blood. Miyamoto pitches a complete game 4 hitter, walking only 1 and striking out 12!

New York 5, Apex 1

New York Heroes are the 2011 FOOL Champions!

drakeviii · 03-24-2009, 07:16 AM

WHOOO HOOO!!!! My last time around my team really stunk but it's nice to be handed a championship team. Congrats to all the Playoff teams and I'm sure I'll get my clock cleaned next season.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 07:26 AM

New file is up (6.8MB) , HTML reports will take a few hours to be up. Probably some point after 10am ET.

The Draft is tommorrow morning, and everyone's reactions to the draft pool likely will be how little talent there is. Trust me, this actually was one of the better talent pools out of the many season tests I ran.

muns · 03-24-2009, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

Figured I'd stop in quick before I have to go. GL to you Muns and the rest of the playoff teams.

Congrats Commo, that was a nice series we had

muns · 03-24-2009, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drakeviii

WHOOO HOOO!!!! My last time around my team really stunk but it's nice to be handed a championship team. Congrats to all the Playoff teams and I'm sure I'll get my clock cleaned next season.

And another big congrats to you Drake. NY is title town once again!!!

gstelmack · 03-24-2009, 08:13 AM

The thread title should say Draft is on Wednesday, correct?

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gstelmack

The thread title should say Draft is on Wednesday, correct?

Just keeping everyone on their toes!

TeachEnEspanol · 03-24-2009, 08:46 AM

Congrats to Drake! Nice work to Commo as well.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 09:48 AM

HTML reports and development reports are uploaded. I found a new/faster way to do this to only take maybe an extra hour every day instead. let me know if any reports are missing or any problems are noticed.

Montreal_GM · 03-24-2009, 11:06 AM

Wow, 3 series that went the distance. Nice job, New York.

Montreal_GM · 03-24-2009, 11:15 AM

I'm sure this is just something that got overlooked, but all the players in the draft pool were created as 17 year olds. It would be nice to have a wider age range in future seasons, say 17 to 22. Thanks.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Montreal_GM

I'm sure this is just something that got overlooked, but all the players in the draft pool were created as 17 year olds. It would be nice to have a wider age range in future seasons, say 17 to 22. Thanks.

Weird.. I'll take a look at it when I get back to that computer today. It should have been 17-22 in the configuration. I might have made a typo there, but it definitely was intended to be that range.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 12:09 PM

It wasn't what I thought. I do have the setting correct, it should generate players between 17 - 22 years of age. Looking in the draft pool, there are 18 year olds also, but the 17 year olds make up 89% of the draft. I was expecting a little more age difference. I'll look to try to figure out why there aren't more college age players there.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Montreal_GM

I'm sure this is just something that got overlooked, but all the players in the draft pool were created as 17 year olds. It would be nice to have a wider age range in future seasons, say 17 to 22. Thanks.

Ok, I figured out what the issue is. Thanks for bringing this up. I'll simulate a test league on the side to try to see if I can resolve it.

All of the 18 year olds in our draft pool were actually created as 17 year olds but had their 18th birthday in the 19 days since the draft pool was created.

There is a bug when you specify minimum and maximum age for player creation, that the draft pool is all created to match the minimum age. (in our case age 17). Dark Cloud must have manually been adding extra talent to our previous draft pools, and that does not seem to have the same bug. So we used to see a good selection of 17-22 year olds in those drafts.

The only "fix" to this is to un-set the creation age, so I'll try that in a test league and run it for a bit to see if that resolves our issue for next season. The only downside off the top of my head is that it might give us some 15 year olds as well as some 24-25 year olds. I don't think that is too horrible though if it creates a random set of ages.

Anyways, thanks for pointing this out. Looks like another bug to document for fixing

Montreal_GM · 03-24-2009, 12:34 PM

Yes, it's definitely the creation min/max settings. Keeping the setting at the default of zero will yield players 17-23 years old. The 23 year olds will be the ones that have birthdays right after creation date.

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Montreal_GM

Yes, it's definitely the creation min/max settings. Keeping the setting at the default of zero will yield players 17-23 years old. The 23 year olds will be the ones that have birthdays right after creation date.

Thanks again, that appears to be exactly what it is doing. So this should be an easy enough fix for next season. I've reported this issue to Markus as well.

buckinbranco · 03-24-2009, 03:36 PM

Banner for New York:

I will be working on one for Apex later! Congratulations to New York for winning the inaugural FOOL2 title!

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 03:39 PM

Thanks Buckinbranco! That looks great! Banners was one of my favorite parts of FOOL, and something that Dark Cloud is amazing at, but I lack any and all ability at all. I'm glad to see someone step up!

drakeviii · 03-24-2009, 03:58 PM

Thanks, it looks great!

buckinbranco · 03-24-2009, 08:27 PM

I'm glad you guys like it. I was planning on making everybody's banner in a similar style to this one, since it looks kinda like a real banner and it will be easy to add on additional years. My idea was to do special banners for things like repeats, three-peats, etc. but otherwise stick to this basic design.

However, I do think it was kind of cool the way DC made all the banners their own unique size/shape/design so I would be willing to do that as well. Any thoughts? Suggestions? Does anybody care?

p.s. I gave you plenty of room on the banner for additional championships, so you'd better live up to the hype Drakevii!

Alan T · 03-24-2009, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buckinbranco

I'm glad you guys like it. I was planning on making everybody's banner in a similar style to this one, since it looks kinda like a real banner and it will be easy to add on additional years. My idea was to do special banners for things like repeats, three-peats, etc. but otherwise stick to this basic design.

However, I do think it was kind of cool the way DC made all the banners their own unique size/shape/design so I would be willing to do that as well. Any thoughts? Suggestions? Does anybody care?

p.s. I gave you plenty of room on the banner for additional championships, so you'd better live up to the hype Drakevii!

I think the best is just do them the way you want to. (whether they are similar or each one is different). Also each owner has the option to do their own banner if they want to just like the old days. (most people are as un-artistic as me though, so I'm sure people appreciate all the banner help they can get)

buckinbranco · 03-24-2009, 09:19 PM

Ok here is the Apex banner, and I tweaked the New York one a bit:

enjoy!

Chief Rum · 03-25-2009, 12:43 AM

Congrats to all participants in just an amazing first playoff for our re-started league. Wow, max games in all series. That's just incredible.

In particular, congrats to drakevii on becoming the first FOOL2 champion.

03-24-2009, 06:16 AM	#2
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	No exports from Boston,Edmonton, Hartford and Napa Valley __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:19 AM	#3
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	CLCS Game 1: Baltimore 5, Apex 0 Weighill pitches 7 innings of 1 hit ball, and the Assassins are only able to get two hits for the entire game. Baltimore meanwhile get homers from Estrada, O'Neill and Bates. RLCS Game 1: New York 10, Chico 4 Jared Quinn goes 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and 2 Runs scored to lead a 15 hit parade for the Heroes. Luis Marquez (Chico) hit the only home run in the game. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:20 AM	#4
Commo_Soldier College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: JBLM, WA	Figured I'd stop in quick before I have to go. GL to you Muns and the rest of the playoff teams. __________________ I killed a wolf and I liked it.

03-24-2009, 06:21 AM	#5
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	CLCS Game 2: Baltimore 6, Apex 4 Kirby Bates is on fire as he hits his second and third home runs of the series, along with 4 RBI to help push the Charm to a commanding 2 games to 0 lead. Chico 3, New York 2 Chico scores 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th to come back and tie the series up at 1 game a piece. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:25 AM	#6
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	CLCS Game 3: Apex 3, Baltimore 2 Home cooking did well for Apex as they win their first game of the series. Baltimore got both of their runs and 3 of their 5 hits in the first inning but could not do much the remainder of the game. RLCS Game 3: Chico 3, New York 1 Luis Marrero pitches a complete game in a losing effort to the visiting Chico Rebels. Dave Davis pitched 7 1/3 innings, giving up only an unearned run, while Luis Marquez hits his second home run of the series for the Rebels. Chico leads the series 2 games to 1. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months. Last edited by Alan T : 03-24-2009 at 06:25 AM.

03-24-2009, 06:29 AM	#7
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	CLCS Game 4: Apex 8, Baltimore 6 In an uncharacteristically high scoring game for Assasins Ballpark, both teams record 11 hits. Baltimore had a home run from Kelly, while Apex had homers from Lockyer and the star of the game, Mike Harte, who went 3 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBI. The series is all tied up at 2 games each. RLCS Game 4: New York 4, Chico 1 Miyamoto wins his second game of the series, going 8 1/3 innings, and giving up his only run of the game in the top of the 9th. New York had four solo shots to win this one. This series is all tied up at 2 games each. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:37 AM	#8
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	CLCS Game 5: Baltimore 5, Apex 2 Weighill wins his second game of the series as the Charm win their first road game. Baltimore leads the series 3 games to 2 with the final two games at home. RLCS Game 5: New York 8, Chico 7 Chico score 4 in the top of the ninth but still wind up one run short. The Heroes had home runs from Espinoza and Taylor along with 15 hits in the winning effort. New York leads the series 3 games to 2. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:41 AM	#9
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	CLCS Game 6: Apex 9, Baltimore 5 It was the Joel Treloar show as the Catcher went 3 for 3 with 2 walks, a double, a homer and 6 runs batted in for the Assassins. Eddie McCarthy also chipped in with a home run and 2 RBI. Bates was the sole bright spot for Baltimore as he hit his fourth home run of the series. The CLCS is all tied up at 3 games a piece, going into a final game 7 tommorrow night in Baltimore! __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:42 AM	#10
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	RLCS Game 6: Chico 9, New York 2 Chico returns home and their bats wake up once again as well. They get home runs from Yamada, Tylor and Drolet along with 12 hits in the dismanteling of New York. The RLCS is also tied up at 3 games a piece, heading into a game 7 in Chico, California tommorrow evening. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:46 AM	#11
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	CLCS Game 7: Apex 5, Baltimore 4 Baltimore score 2 in the bottom of the 9th, with no outs and a runner on first. Tristan Lowe is added as the pinch runner and then proceeds to get thrown out attempting to steal second base. Julio Garza then strikes out swinging to end the season for Baltimore. Apex wins the 2011 CLCS! __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:48 AM	#12
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	RLCS Game 7: New York 3, Chico 1 Trailing 1-0 entering the top of the ninth, New York gets a three run home run from Hyeong-ro Yi off of Chico closer Tom Hart to go ahead in the game for good. Chico manages 10 hits this game, but are only able to get one across home for a score. New York wins the 2011 RLCS! __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:49 AM	#13
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	The FOOL Classic is set, with both of the underdogs winning the Championship series, neither regular season league champions made it to the FOOL Classic this season. The FOOL Classic matchup will be: Apex Assassins (87-75) vs New York Heroes (94-68) __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:53 AM	#14
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	FOOL Classic Game 1: New York 5, Apex 1 The Home team Heroes start off the Classic on the right foot behind a strong performance from Murdock 'Old Blue' Kendall. Kendall went 7 innings and only gave up 1 earned run while striking out 7. Jared Quinn went 2 for 4 for New York while hitting his second home run of the post season. New York leads 1 game to 0. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:55 AM	#15
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	FOOL Classic Game 2: Apex 6, New York 2 Apex strikes back behind Tomas Gallegos, who picks up his second win of the postseason. Colin Lockyer goes 2 for 5 with a home run and 3 RBI for the Assassins. The FOOL Classic is tied up a 1 __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:57 AM	#16
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	FOOL Classic Game 3: New York 5, Apex 4 Lawrence Carroll goes 4 for 5 for New York as the Heroes score 4 in the 8th inning. Mike Harte hits his fourth home run of the postseason for Apex in a losing effort at home. New York leads the FOOL Classic 2 games to 1 __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 06:58 AM	#17
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	FOOL Classic Game 4: New York 6, Apex 2 Murdock Kendall wins his third game of the postseason for New York as they score 5 in the 5th inning to take a commanding lead. Eddie McCarthy scored the only runs for Apex in the first on a 2-run homer, which was his third home run of the postseason). New York leads the series 3 games to 1 __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 07:01 AM	#18
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	FOOL Classic Game 5: Apex 6, New York 2 Apex manages to avoid being swept at home as Blanco and Treloar both have 2 for 4 days with a double. Tomas Gallegos is shaky for the Assassins, only pitching 5 2/3 innings, but manages to get his third win of the post season despite giving up three walks and only one strikeout. New York leads the series 3 games to 2 __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 07:03 AM	#19
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	FOOL Classic Game 6: Apex 8, New York 4 Apex tags New York pitcher Shoji 'Big Time' Miyamoto for 7 runs in only 5 2/3 innings for his first lost of the post season. Eddie McCarthy of the Assassins goes 2 for 4 with a double and 4 RBI. New York's Matt Taylor hits his third homer of the postseason in a losing effort. The FOOL Classic is tied up at 3 games each. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 07:06 AM	#20
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	FOOL Classic Game 7: Apex 3, New York 2 (13 innings) Carlos Flores pitches 8 innings of 2 hit ball for Apex, but the Assassins closer Enrico Serrano blows the lead in the 9th, by giving up 2 runs and forcing the game to extra innings. Apex relief pitcher Craig Cameron picks up his third win of the postseason in extra frames. New York left fielder Jared Quinn hits his third home run of the postseason in the losing effort. Apex leads the series 4 games to 3, heading home with a chance to win it all. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 07:08 AM	#21
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	FOOL Classic Game 8: Luis Marrero (0-4 10.02 ERA this postseason) pitches for New York vs Tomas Gallegos (3-0 2.84 ERA this postseason) for Apex __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 07:10 AM	#22
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	New York 3, Apex 0 Marrero, had a 5.14 ERA this season, but turns it on when the team needs it the most. He pitches 8 innings, giving up 7 hits and 3 walks, but manages to hold Apex scoreless. Gallegos pitched well in the loss, going 8 innings and only giving up 5 hits. both of the runs scored on him were unearned runs. The FOOL Classic is tied at 4 games each, heading to a final game 9 in New York! __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 07:11 AM	#23
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	FOOL Classic game 9: Bryan Lamb (2-2 4.50 ERA this postseason) for Apex vs Shoji Miyamoto (2-1 3.63 ERA this postseason) for New York __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 07:14 AM	#24
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	New York scores three in the bottom of the first on walks to Yi and Taylor followed by a single to Quinn and a double to de Meza. Apex scores one back in the top of the 5th on a Manuel Ramirez triple, but New York scores 2 more in the bottom of the 7th on a Taheiji Okada 2-run Home Run. Apex is simply unable to solve Miyamoto this time, as he appears to be out for blood. Miyamoto pitches a complete game 4 hitter, walking only 1 and striking out 12! New York 5, Apex 1 New York Heroes are the 2011 FOOL Champions! __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 07:16 AM	#25
drakeviii n00b Join Date: Feb 2009	WHOOO HOOO!!!! My last time around my team really stunk but it's nice to be handed a championship team. Congrats to all the Playoff teams and I'm sure I'll get my clock cleaned next season.

03-24-2009, 07:26 AM	#26
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	New file is up (6.8MB) , HTML reports will take a few hours to be up. Probably some point after 10am ET. The Draft is tommorrow morning, and everyone's reactions to the draft pool likely will be how little talent there is. Trust me, this actually was one of the better talent pools out of the many season tests I ran. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 08:13 AM	#29
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	The thread title should say Draft is on Wednesday, correct? __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

03-24-2009, 08:46 AM	#31
TeachEnEspanol College Starter Join Date: Aug 2008	Congrats to Drake! Nice work to Commo as well.

03-24-2009, 09:48 AM	#32
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	HTML reports and development reports are uploaded. I found a new/faster way to do this to only take maybe an extra hour every day instead. let me know if any reports are missing or any problems are noticed. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 11:06 AM	#33
Montreal_GM College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2009	Wow, 3 series that went the distance. Nice job, New York.

03-24-2009, 11:15 AM	#34
Montreal_GM College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2009	I'm sure this is just something that got overlooked, but all the players in the draft pool were created as 17 year olds. It would be nice to have a wider age range in future seasons, say 17 to 22. Thanks.

03-24-2009, 12:09 PM	#36
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	It wasn't what I thought. I do have the setting correct, it should generate players between 17 - 22 years of age. Looking in the draft pool, there are 18 year olds also, but the 17 year olds make up 89% of the draft. I was expecting a little more age difference. I'll look to try to figure out why there aren't more college age players there. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 12:34 PM	#38
Montreal_GM College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2009	Yes, it's definitely the creation min/max settings. Keeping the setting at the default of zero will yield players 17-23 years old. The 23 year olds will be the ones that have birthdays right after creation date.

03-24-2009, 03:36 PM	#40
buckinbranco High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chico, CA	Banner for New York: I will be working on one for Apex later! Congratulations to New York for winning the inaugural FOOL2 title! __________________ FOOL Graphics They Might Be Giants Blog

03-24-2009, 03:39 PM	#41
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Thanks Buckinbranco! That looks great! Banners was one of my favorite parts of FOOL, and something that Dark Cloud is amazing at, but I lack any and all ability at all. I'm glad to see someone step up! __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

03-24-2009, 03:58 PM	#42
drakeviii n00b Join Date: Feb 2009	Thanks, it looks great!