FOOL-X 2053 Regular Season

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG S. Dorey - CLE .374 2 J. López ANN .357 3 W. Sagong WAS .338 3 A. Nardo WAI .338 5 D. Farley HBS .336	League Leaders HR J. Olvera - ANN 39 2 H. Palmeiro STL 29 3 L. Lee STA 27 4 Y. Gato WAS 25 4 A. Hunt CHI 25	League Leaders RBI J. Olvera - ANN 121 2 J. Burks CLE 110 3 J. Garrison LVS 90 4 Y. Gato WAS 88 5 T. Singleton PLN 85
League Leaders W E. Martínez - STL 13 2 E. Cox ANN 12 2 A. Gonzáles LVS 12 4 P. Kost WAS 11 4 F. Yánez ANN 11	League Leaders ERA E. Martínez - STL 2.25 2 A. Brown MAR 2.47 3 E. Cox ANN 2.53 4 R. Rea ANN 2.62 5 X. Li WAS 2.63	League Leaders K M. Ramírez - STL 155 2 Q. Yen CLE 146 3 R. Rea ANN 139 4 J. Núñez CHI 137 5 J. Gutiérrez CHI 132

[Alan T]

Number 3000 for García
Wednesday, August 6th, 2053: Oshawa catcher Héctor García finished the day with 1 hit in 4 at-bats and 3000 career hits. The Mullets also finished off the Raindrops, 2-1. The 38-year-old García added his name to the list of players in the 3000-hit club.

A check of his lifetime stats shows García has played in 2460 games with a .303 batting average. Among his 3000 hits are 216 home runs. He also has scored 1354 runs and driven in 1351 runs.

[Alan T]

Garcia is the 34th player in league history with 3000 hits in his career

[TeachEnEspanol]

Awww, it's cold and sad down here in last place.

Actually....my cold sad team could probably use the draft pick!

[Alan T]

Fournier No-Hits St Cloud
Wednesday, August 27th, 2053: Is it better to be good -- or lucky? After his 5-0 no-hitter over the St Cloud Raindrops he responded, "I don't know," said Plantana's Stephen Fournier with a grin. "To do what I did, I guess it takes both."

On his historic day at Pirates Park Fournier made good pitches the entire game, fanned 5 and had 4 walks. When the Raindrops hit the ball hard, they hit it right at someone for an out.

But that's how you get a no-hitter -- a lot of skill mixed with a little luck.

This year Fournier has gone 12-6 with an ERA of 3.59 and has 82 strikeouts in 155.1 innings.

[Alan T]

Fournier's no-hitter is the first in FOOL-X in two seasons and the first for a Plantana pitcher in 4 seasons.

[Alan T]

Lions Maldonado Named RL's Best Pitcher
Monday, September 1st, 2053: The Spring Lions owe Fernando Maldonado a lot for his performance this past month. One of the league's most dominant starters in August, Maldonado tore up the opposition with a fine 4-0 mark on his way to the Republic League Pitcher of the Month award.

"When you're pitching this well," analyzed Maldonado, "it's a lot easier to come to the park. I don't judge my performance by the stats, I judge it -- the team judges it -- by the score of the game. I could say I'm tossing electric stuff right now and that would go over big. But if I toss that same stuff -- exact same pitch selection and location -- and they bang me around tomorrow, I was awful. That's the way baseball is."

It was Maldonado who did the banging in August as he tossed up 34 strikeouts in 37.2 innings, holding opponents to a .229 average and posting a 2.87 ERA.

To date this season Maldonado sports a 12-8 mark with a 3.64 ERA in 26 starting assignments. He has held the opposition to a .274 batting average and has 125 strikeouts in 153.1 innings.


Mooney Tabbed as August's Starter of the Month
Monday, September 1st, 2053: There was nobody finer on the mound in August and Doug Mooney cruised to the Continental League Pitcher of the Month award today.

He was 3-0 with a 0.73 ERA while piling up 46 strikeouts in 37 innings and holding opposing hitters to a .169 batting average.

On the year Mooney has compiled a 11-11 mark with a 3.77 ERA.

[Alan T]

Steele Crowned Top RL Hitter in August
Monday, September 1st, 2053: Free agent-to-be Ben Steele has inflated his asking price over the past 30 days by winning the Republic League Batter of the Month.

In August, the 32-year-old Spring first baseman hit .382 with 6 home runs and 25 RBIs.

If he keeps putting numbers like that up, he could be hauling in a big wad of cash at this time next year.

This season Steele has 24 home runs and a .299 batting average.


CL Best Hitter Trophy Goes to Lee
Monday, September 1st, 2053: Fans, friends and family were cheering today when Leonard Lee received August's Continental League Batter of the Month Award.

Lee stung the ball all month, posting a .437 batting average with 6 home runs, 16 RBIs and 31 runs scored.

Lee has a .307 average and a .405 on-base percentage for the year. He has picked up 154 hits, 33 home runs and driven in 87 runs.

[Alan T]

August's Outstanding RL Rookie Announced
Monday, September 1st, 2053: Whenever Naps center fielder António Cuevas stepped into the batter's box last month, the 23-year-old meant business. With his .309 average he virtually ran away with the Republic League Rookie of the Month Award.

He collected 34 hits in August with 2 home runs, 13 RBIs and 27 runs scored.

Cuevas is currently hitting at a .282 pace with 6 home runs and 59 RBIs.


August's Top CL Rookie Named
Monday, September 1st, 2053: The premier first-year player in the Continental League last month was Juan Aquino. Chicago's center fielder put up some big-time numbers in August to haul in the Rookie of the Month Award.

Aquino hit at a .286 clip while collecting 1 home run, 12 RBIs and scoring 13 runs in 29 games.

In the current season, Aquino has put up a .248 batting average with 115 hits, 5 home runs, 57 RBI and scored 64 runs.

[Alan T]

September 1st, 2053:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chicago Southpaws 72 59 .550 - 71-60 1 40-25 32-34 6-6 20-26 32 W6 8-2 Washington Freedom 71 59 .546 ½ 71-59 0 37-31 34-28 4-7 19-16 W1 3-7 Oshawa Mullets 71 60 .542 1 66-65 5 34-32 37-28 10-5 23-16 L1 6-4 Plantana Pirates 69 61 .531 2½ 72-58 -3 38-24 31-37 4-5 19-22 L1 7-3 Stafford Terriers 63 67 .485 8½ 61-69 2 37-29 26-38 9-8 20-19 W1 5-5 St Louis Hops 59 71 .454 12½ 63-67 -4 35-33 24-38 7-5 15-19 L1 6-4 St Cloud Raindrops 58 72 .446 13½ 59-71 -1 34-28 24-44 4-9 23-22 L6 2-8 Havana Banana Sluggers 58 72 .446 13½ 58-72 0 28-36 30-36 5-4 18-17 W1 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Ann Arbor Wolverines 85 46 .649 - 84-47 1 45-21 40-25 5-7 20-11 31 W1 6-4 Las Vegas Wildcats 83 47 .638 1½ 80-50 3 45-23 38-24 2-6 21-13 L1 6-4 Cleveland Naps 72 58 .554 12½ 73-57 -1 40-28 32-30 7-5 22-18 L2 5-5 Waikiki Beach Boys 68 63 .519 17 70-61 -2 36-29 32-34 4-6 19-19 W1 7-3 Spring Lions 67 63 .515 17½ 69-61 -2 37-27 30-36 9-4 14-13 L1 5-5 New York Legends 62 68 .477 22½ 60-70 2 31-31 31-37 11-6 20-17 L1 6-4 Portland Axemen 49 81 .377 35½ 50-80 -1 24-38 25-43 7-7 16-24 W2 2-8 Maricopa Rattlers 35 95 .269 49½ 40-90 -5 20-46 15-49 1-5 11-28 W1 2-8

[kenjabroni]

Wow. I didnt know my team had a no hitter 4 years ago.......It seems like Ive had some thrown against me a few times however. Nice to see it happen for my team.

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG S. Dorey - CLE .365 2 J. López ANN .348 3 W. Byers CHI .342 4 J. Cantú CHI .333 5 2 tied with .332	League Leaders HR J. Olvera - ANN 41 2 H. Palmeiro STL 39 3 D. Ducklow OSH 33 3 L. Lee STA 33 5 G. Howard LVS 32	League Leaders RBI J. Olvera - ANN 131 2 J. Burks CLE 128 3 H. Palmeiro STL 110 4 Y. Gato WAS 109 5 M. Fortin OSH 106
League Leaders W A. Gonzáles - LVS 16 2 E. Cox ANN 15 3 E. Martínez STL 14 4 S. Andersen LVS 13 4 H. Morrison CLE 13	League Leaders ERA E. Cox - ANN 2.63 2 R. Rea ANN 2.71 3 E. Martínez STL 2.80 4 A. Brown MAR 2.87 5 J. Espinoza SPG 3.17	League Leaders K M. Ramírez - STL 185 2 J. Núñez CHI 181 3 R. Rea ANN 179 3 Q. Yen CLE 179 5 J. Gutiérrez CHI 165

[kenjabroni]

WOW.....CL is going to go down to the wire.........I need to at least play up to my pyt record.......Better would be good but as of right now it would suffice

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by kenjabroni

Wow. I didnt know my team had a no hitter 4 years ago.......It seems like Ive had some thrown against me a few times however. Nice to see it happen for my team.

Yep, the great Garrett Sweeney, the last pitcher in FOOL-X to get 250 wins in his career, and 9th all time in total career wins finished his great career in Plantana. His two seasons for the Pirates were less than stellar, with a combined 18-32 record, but one of those wins was 2049 when he No-hit Chicago

[kenjabroni]

I would love to no hit Chicago right about now a couple of times in fact haha.

[Alan T]

September 15th, 2053:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chicago Southpaws 79 64 .552 - 77-66 2 45-26 34-38 7-7 22-28 19 L2 6-4 Oshawa Mullets 78 65 .545 1 72-71 6 40-35 38-30 12-5 27-18 W1 6-4 Washington Freedom 76 67 .531 3 76-67 0 40-35 36-32 4-7 19-18 W1 4-6 Plantana Pirates 75 67 .528 3½ 77-65 -2 43-25 32-42 4-6 21-25 L1 5-5 Stafford Terriers 69 74 .483 10 68-75 1 39-30 30-44 10-8 22-21 L3 5-5 St Cloud Raindrops 66 76 .465 12½ 66-76 0 40-31 26-45 4-9 25-23 W3 6-4 Havana Banana Sluggers 64 78 .451 14½ 65-77 -1 30-37 34-41 5-5 20-19 L1 5-5 St Louis Hops 63 79 .444 15½ 68-74 -5 38-36 25-43 7-6 16-20 W2 4-6

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Ann Arbor Wolverines 93 50 .650 - 91-52 2 51-24 42-26 7-8 23-12 17 W2 6-4 Las Vegas Wildcats 89 53 .627 3½ 86-56 3 48-26 41-27 2-6 21-15 W5 6-4 Cleveland Naps 79 64 .552 14 80-63 -1 45-30 34-34 7-8 22-21 L1 7-3 Spring Lions 73 69 .514 19½ 74-68 -1 38-29 35-40 9-4 15-14 W1 5-5 Waikiki Beach Boys 72 71 .503 21 74-69 -2 38-33 34-38 6-6 21-20 L3 4-6 New York Legends 68 74 .479 24½ 65-77 3 34-37 34-37 12-7 23-20 W1 4-6 Portland Axemen 54 88 .380 38½ 57-85 -3 26-42 28-46 7-8 17-25 L2 4-6 Maricopa Rattlers 42 101 .294 51 47-96 -5 21-48 21-53 2-5 14-29 L1 4-6

[Alan T]

Quintana Cruises to Shutout
Friday, September 19th, 2053: Rafael Quintana of the Maricopa Rattlers fashioned a fine 6-0 victory over the Portland Axemen. He held them to 2 hits with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts in a strong outing.

In 29 starts this season Quintana has gathered 7 wins while suffering 10 losses. He has pitched 173.1 innings, allowed 171 hits, struck out 120 and has a 4.26 ERA.

[Alan T]

September 22, 2053:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chicago Southpaws 82 68 .547 - 81-69 1 48-30 34-38 8-9 23-29 11 L1 4-6 Washington Freedom 80 70 .533 2 80-70 0 40-35 40-35 6-8 20-19 W1 5-5 Oshawa Mullets 79 70 .530 2½ 74-75 5 41-40 38-30 12-6 27-19 L4 3-7 Plantana Pirates 78 71 .523 3½ 81-68 -3 46-29 32-42 4-7 22-27 L1 5-5 Stafford Terriers 73 77 .487 9 72-78 1 39-30 34-47 11-8 23-22 W1 4-6 St Cloud Raindrops 71 77 .480 10 70-78 1 40-31 31-46 5-9 27-23 W5 8-2 Havana Banana Sluggers 69 80 .463 12½ 69-80 0 33-38 36-42 6-5 21-20 W1 7-3 St Louis Hops 65 84 .436 16½ 70-79 -5 39-38 26-46 7-7 17-21 L1 4-6

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Ann Arbor Wolverines 98 51 .658 - 95-54 3 56-25 42-26 7-8 25-12 10 W3 7-3 Las Vegas Wildcats 94 55 .631 4 91-58 3 49-28 45-27 3-6 24-16 L2 8-2 Cleveland Naps 83 67 .553 15½ 84-66 -1 45-30 38-37 8-9 23-23 W2 6-4 Spring Lions 75 74 .503 23 76-73 -1 38-33 37-41 9-5 16-17 L1 3-7 Waikiki Beach Boys 75 75 .500 23½ 77-73 -2 41-37 34-38 7-7 23-21 W1 3-7 New York Legends 70 78 .473 27½ 66-82 4 34-37 36-41 12-7 24-21 L3 3-7 Portland Axemen 58 91 .389 40 60-89 -2 30-45 28-46 8-8 19-26 W2 5-5 Maricopa Rattlers 44 106 .293 54½ 50-100 -6 21-48 23-58 2-6 14-32 L2 4-6

[Alan T]

Ann Arbor has clinched a playoff spot!

[Alan T]

September 29th, 2053:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chicago Southpaws 86 70 .551 - 86-70 0 50-31 36-39 8-9 24-29 5 W1 5-5 Washington Freedom 84 72 .538 2 83-73 1 40-35 44-37 6-8 21-19 W1 7-3 Oshawa Mullets 82 73 .529 3½ 76-79 6 41-40 41-33 12-6 27-19 W1 3-7 Plantana Pirates 82 74 .526 4 86-70 -4 48-30 34-44 5-7 24-28 L1 6-4 Stafford Terriers 75 81 .481 11 74-82 1 41-34 34-47 11-8 23-23 L1 4-6 St Cloud Raindrops 73 82 .471 12½ 73-82 0 41-33 32-49 5-9 27-25 L1 5-5 Havana Banana Sluggers 73 83 .468 13 73-83 0 37-41 36-42 6-5 22-20 L1 6-4 St Louis Hops 68 88 .436 18 74-82 -6 41-40 27-48 7-8 18-23 W1 4-6

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Ann Arbor Wolverines 101 54 .652 - 99-56 2 56-25 45-29 8-10 26-14 5 L1 6-4 Las Vegas Wildcats 99 57 .635 2½ 97-59 2 51-30 48-27 3-6 24-17 W5 6-4 Cleveland Naps 89 67 .571 12½ 89-67 0 45-30 44-37 9-9 25-23 W8 9-1 Spring Lions 80 76 .513 21½ 80-76 0 43-35 37-41 10-6 18-18 W1 7-3 Waikiki Beach Boys 78 78 .500 23½ 80-76 -2 42-39 36-39 8-7 24-21 W2 4-6 New York Legends 72 83 .465 29 69-86 3 35-39 37-44 12-7 24-22 L2 2-8 Portland Axemen 60 96 .385 41½ 62-94 -2 30-48 30-48 8-9 20-28 L5 4-6 Maricopa Rattlers 44 112 .282 57½ 50-106 -6 21-54 23-58 2-6 14-32 L8 1-9

[Alan T]

Las Vegas has clinched a playoff spot!


Chicago has a magic number of 4
Washington has a magic number of 6

Oshawa and Plantana are both still mathematically alive in the playoff hunt as well.

[buckinbranco]

Please finish at .500 or better Waikiki!

[Alan T]

With two games left in the season, the standings are:

CL:

Chicago 89-71 (Clinched a playoff spot and homefield advantage in the CLCS)
Oshawa 86-74
Washington 84-76
Plantana 84-76

Oshawa has two games @ St. Cloud
Washington has two games at home vs St. Louis
Plantana has two games @ Stafford.

If Oshawa wins one game, or Washington AND Plantana both lose at least one game, then Oshawa clinches a playoff spot.
If Oshawa loses both games, and either Washington or Plantana win Both games, there will be a tie to determine which team makes the playoffs.


RL:

Las Vegas 102-58
Ann Arbor 102-58


Las Vegas has two games left at Cleveland
Ann Arbor has two games left at New York

[kenjabroni]

Im going to end up chewing my finger off......the nails are already gone...

[Alan T]

10/4:

St. Cloud 3, Oshawa 0
Stafford 4, Plantana 2
Washington 6, St. Louis 4

Plantana is eliminated from the playoffs.


New York 3, Ann Arbor 0
Cleveland 7, Las Vegas 4

[Alan T]

10/5:

Washington 1, St. Louis 0
Oshawa 4, St. Cloud 0

Oshawa clinches the final playoff spot!


Cleveland 8, Las Vegas 7
Ann Arbor 16, New York 4

Ann Arbor clinches homefield advantage in the RLCS!

[ekcut]

Wow...looks like I got here just in time for the suspense!

[Alan T]

Final 2053 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chicago Southpaws 91 71 .562 - 90-72 1 50-31 41-40 8-9 27-29 Clinched W5 8-2 Oshawa Mullets 87 75 .537 4 81-81 6 41-40 46-35 12-6 28-19 W1 7-3 Washington Freedom 86 76 .531 5 84-78 2 42-39 44-37 6-8 22-20 W2 4-6 Plantana Pirates 85 77 .525 6 89-73 -4 50-31 35-46 5-8 24-29 W1 6-4 Stafford Terriers 78 84 .481 13 77-85 1 44-37 34-47 11-8 23-24 L1 5-5 St Cloud Raindrops 77 85 .475 14 76-86 1 45-36 32-49 5-10 29-25 L1 5-5 Havana Banana Sluggers 74 88 .457 17 75-87 -1 37-44 37-44 7-5 23-22 L5 2-8 St Louis Hops 70 92 .432 21 77-85 -7 41-40 29-52 8-8 18-26 L2 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Ann Arbor Wolverines 103 59 .636 - 101-61 2 56-25 47-34 9-12 26-16 Clinched W1 3-7 Las Vegas Wildcats 102 60 .630 1 101-61 1 51-30 51-30 3-6 25-19 L2 7-3 Cleveland Naps 93 69 .574 10 92-70 1 49-32 44-37 11-10 28-23 W2 8-2 Spring Lions 83 79 .512 20 83-79 0 45-36 38-43 11-6 19-19 W2 6-4 Waikiki Beach Boys 81 81 .500 22 82-80 -1 42-39 39-42 9-8 25-22 L2 6-4 New York Legends 76 86 .469 27 73-89 3 39-42 37-44 12-7 25-23 L1 5-5 Portland Axemen 62 100 .383 41 64-98 -2 32-49 30-51 8-9 21-29 L3 2-8 Maricopa Rattlers 48 114 .296 55 54-108 -6 25-56 23-58 2-7 15-33 W3 4-6

[kenjabroni]

Oh well. Was a better year for us. Now to add a piece or two to the team for next year.

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG W. Byers - CHI .351 2 J. López ANN .348 3 S. Dorey CLE .342 4 J. Cantú CHI .334 5 D. Farley HBS .328	League Leaders HR J. Olvera - ANN 46 2 H. Palmeiro STL 45 3 D. Ducklow OSH 40 3 G. Howard LVS 40 5 K. Kneeland ANN 38	League Leaders RBI J. Burks - CLE 158 2 J. Olvera ANN 152 3 H. Palmeiro STL 132 4 Y. Gato WAS 130 5 J. Garrison LVS 126
League Leaders W E. Cox - ANN 18 2 A. Gonzáles LVS 17 3 E. Martínez STL 16 3 H. Morrison CLE 16 5 3 tied with 15	League Leaders ERA E. Cox - ANN 2.81 2 R. Rea ANN 2.85 3 F. García CHI 2.92 4 X. Li WAS 3.09 5 E. Martínez STL 3.16	League Leaders K J. Núñez - CHI 229 2 M. Ramírez STL 225 3 R. Rea ANN 222 4 Q. Yen CLE 221 5 D. Mooney PLN 210

[kenjabroni]

Grats Oshawa. That +6 Pyt record is very impressive. Great job.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Wow, way to go Oshawa, Chicago, Las Vegas, and Ann Arbor. Good luck to you all tomorrow!

[Alan T]

The new file is up!

Playoffs run tomorrow. Deadline for exports tomorrow will be moved back to 12 noon ET. That should give everyone 5 extra hours for uploads due to the late sim today.

[Alan T]

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (Hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Rafael Durán NY 37.5596 100000 37.56

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Batters) (Veteran hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Jesús Martínez LVS 28.989 182800 15.86

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (Pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Tim Berry LVS 49.0808 100000 49.08

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Pitchers) (Veteran pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Richard LaVergne STC 27.3096 153500 17.79

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (For the most overpaid hitter in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Carlos Zumaya MAR -25.1772 5000000 -12588600000000.00

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (For the most overpaid pitcher in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Derrek Barrett MAR -48.2533 4230000 -20411145900000.00

Home Run or Nothing Award (For the hitter that hit home runs and not much else.)
Name Team HR RC Score Arthur Williams STC 35 68.553565 0.4456

Selfish Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that has all of the headlines but none of the wins.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score Quan Yen CLE 10 15 221 127 181.0 23259.9448

Unluckiest Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that would likely win an award if on a better team.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score Jin-suk Kim STA 6 10 135 124 177.0 931.39393968

Running on Empty Award (For the baserunner that keeps attempting to steal and fails.)
Name Team SB CS SB % Score Donald Hamilton CHI 23 24 0.4894 9.90

Can't hit his weight Award (For the hitter that can't even hit his weight.)
Name Team Weight Batting Avg. Score Wally Davenport POR 229 lbs 0.182 0.79622787

Should have stayed home Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team Batting Avg. HR RBI VORP César Valdéz HBS 0.221 13 84 -29.5731

Should have stayed home Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team W L ERA VORP Raúl Alonso STA 5 15 7.87 -59.444

Stone Statue Award (For the Shortstop that had so little range that he resembled a statue.)
Name Team Total Chances Assists Put Outs Range Martin Ellis WAI 315 200 107 4.0102

Cannon-Arm Award (For the Catcher that showed off the best cannon-arm in games.)
Name Team SB attempts against Runners Thrown Out RTO% Score José De Los Ángeles CLE 138 55 0.3986 59.4

Early Checkout Award (For the Starting pitcher that left games the earliest.)
Name Team W L ERA GS IP Score Octávio Acevedo NY 3 16 7.06 40 139.0 0.2878

Never met a pitch he didn't like award (For the Hitter that never liked to watch a pitch go by without hitting it.)
Name Team Batting Avg. H BB Score Sean Dorey CLE 0.342 245 54 191

Take the Money and Run Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Batting Avg. HR RBI Score Jorge Díaz HBS 8102000 0.173 2 5 51.1396

Take the Money and Run Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Wins Losses ERA Score Daniel Cardoza NY 22000000 12 13 3.32 22.9164

Anger Management Award (For the pitcher that hit the most batters during the season.)

Name Team W L IP Hit Batters Fernando Vargas MAR 2 18 213.0 16

[Afino]

WOW I didn't expect to be that good this year.

Good luck Las Vegas! Glad I got the home field

[ekcut]

Goodluck to the other playoff teams!

Chicago's run is sadly on it's last legs. Salaries are getting too high, and each year I have more and more players leaving without any good draft picks or money to replace them. With ALOT of luck Chicago can win the unprecidented back to back to back to back titles before the wheels completely come off the bus!...I don't like my chances though as Oshawa, Vegas and especially Ann Arbor look too powerful.

Hopefully the playoffs are as intense as the regular season was!

[Afino]

A 3.32 ERA from Cardoza is "stopped showing effort"? Although at 22 million bucks, I suppose nothing but a 1.12 ERA would be worth it.

Tough crowd!

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Afino

A 3.32 ERA from Cardoza is "stopped showing effort"? Although at 22 million bucks, I suppose nothing but a 1.12 ERA would be worth it.

Tough crowd!

Yeah, I think you get the idea on this one. Nothing bad about a 3.32 ERA... unless its after a 2.61 ERA the year before and then signing a 22mil/year contract.

If you are going to be 1/3rd of a team's salary cap, you need to be good for at least 1/3rd of the wins they need. (well maybe not 30 wins all by themselves, but you need to be pretty dynamite). Cardoza was definitely an above average pitcher this year, but not dynamite.

[hbomb]

MULLET-POWER! boo-ya... I'm back in the playoffs

[Afino]

I'm sure you guys have had this discussion a million times...

But it's interesting to see if teams are going with a 4-man or 5-man rotation. Looks like three teams did it this year - us, NY, and Chicago. I would think that in a league where you don't have to worry about injuries, more teams would use it.

Then I see how my starters are only going 5-6 innings per start and realize that it might not be a good idea.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Afino

I'm sure you guys have had this discussion a million times...

But it's interesting to see if teams are going with a 4-man or 5-man rotation. Looks like three teams did it this year - us, NY, and Chicago. I would think that in a league where you don't have to worry about injuries, more teams would use it.

Then I see how my starters are only going 5-6 innings per start and realize that it might not be a good idea.

Yeah, I think the collective wisdom over the seasons has been something along the lines of:

2-3 really great starters, very bad #5 starter and alot of bullpen depth = go with shorter rotation. (Some teams have even tried 3-mans at times).

If you don't have a deep bullpen, or a huge drop off between starter #3 - 4 - 5, then just stick with a deeper rotation.


There have been some very successful dynasties that ran with 4 man rotations. When I used to run a team before I took on commish duties, I almost always used a 5- man rotation myself and had some pretty ok success with that.

[buckinbranco]

I think I will be trying a 4-man rotation in Waikiki next season. I should have a pretty deep bullpen, and a very thin rotation so going without a fifth starter might be my best option. The nice thing about this game is that there are many different ways to be successful, and I think this is another example of that

[CleBrownsfan]

Grats to the playoff teams! Can't complain about a 93 win season

[ekcut]

Originally Posted by Afino

I'm sure you guys have had this discussion a million times...

But it's interesting to see if teams are going with a 4-man or 5-man rotation. Looks like three teams did it this year - us, NY, and Chicago. I would think that in a league where you don't have to worry about injuries, more teams would use it.

Then I see how my starters are only going 5-6 innings per start and realize that it might not be a good idea.

I have had decent success and epic failure with both a 4 and 5 man rotation.
Like it's been said, it all depends on your team. If you have a very strong bullpen, then a 4 man rotation can work.
I once tried a two man rotation (two stud starters capped at 50 pitches) and a 10 men bullpen...That..Was...UGLY....i forget if it was FOOL or FOOLX though.

edit; my bad...that wasn't FOOL, that was in another league i was in back in OOTP9....point still stands though, it didn't work

[buckinbranco]

Originally Posted by ekcut

I have had decent success and epic failure with both a 4 and 5 man rotation.
Like it's been said, it all depends on your team. If you have a very strong bullpen, then a 4 man rotation can work.
I once tried a two man rotation (two stud starters capped at 50 pitches) and a 10 men bullpen...That..Was...UGLY....i forget if it was FOOL or FOOLX though.

edit; my bad...that wasn't FOOL, that was in another league i was in back in OOTP9....point still stands though, it didn't work

Haha, a two-man rotation!? Very progressive of you sir

[Alan T]

With a 2-man rotation, I would expect plenty of starts by your relievers.

No matter what type of order you set, OOTP will refuse to start a pitcher if they are beyond a certain point of exhaustion.