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Honolulu Blue · 03-14-2004, 11:22 AM

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 · 03-16-2004, 03:47 AM

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.

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                               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
Schedule by team
Complete hitting stats, by team
Complete pitching stats, by team
Complete fielding stats, by team
Game results by date
Game results by team (through 6/20)
Game results by team (6/21 to 8/29)
Game results by team (8/30 to present)
August 30-September 12 boxscores

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 · 03-16-2004, 01:41 PM

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 · 03-17-2004, 08:30 AM

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
------------------------------------------------------
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 · 03-18-2004, 05:31 AM

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:

Code:

                               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
Schedule by team
Complete hitting stats, by team
Complete pitching stats, by team
Complete fielding stats, by team
Game results by date
Game results by team (through 6/20)
Game results by team (6/21 to 8/29)
Game results by team (8/30 to present)
September 13-26 boxscores

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 · 03-19-2004, 09:24 AM

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 · 03-20-2004, 05:25 AM

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:

Code:

                               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
Schedule by team
Complete hitting stats, by team
Complete pitching stats, by team
Complete fielding stats, by team
Game results by date
Game results by team (through 6/20)
Game results by team (6/21 to 8/29)
Game results by team (8/30 to present)
September 27-Octoberr 3 boxscores

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 · 03-21-2004, 11:37 AM

Nishinomiya Nine

Rotation
skip

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 · 03-21-2004, 05:35 PM

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
------------------------------------------------------
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 · 03-22-2004, 02:33 AM

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 03-22-2004, 02:34 AM

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 03-22-2004, 02:36 AM

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 03-22-2004, 02:37 AM

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 03-22-2004, 02:40 AM

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 · 03-22-2004, 07:40 AM

Was Raines injured? Why the heck was Doby starting (4 Ks-- unghhh...)?

Dumbass computer putting a .205 hitter in the #2 hole.

Honolulu Blue · 03-22-2004, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oykib

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 · 03-22-2004, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honolulu Blue

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 · 03-22-2004, 10:04 AM

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 · 03-24-2004, 02:43 AM

PLAYOFFS, ROUND 1

Maple Leafs finishes off the sweep with a 9-5 victory at home. Their next opponent has yet to be determined.

Code:

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 · 03-24-2004, 02:46 AM

Two close wins at home does the job for the Bishop and the team advances to the second round.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 03-24-2004, 02:47 AM

One pitchers' duel, one slugfest, but two victories for the Nine as they finish off Bearcat in four.

Code:

 
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.

Code:

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 · 03-24-2004, 02:49 AM

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

                       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.

Code:

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 · 03-24-2004, 02:55 AM

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 · 03-24-2004, 10:21 AM

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 · 03-25-2004, 10:23 PM

Please add Dazy Vance to the Long relief and middle relief areas of my team.

Honolulu Blue · 03-26-2004, 05:30 AM

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 03-26-2004, 05:53 AM

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 03-26-2004, 05:56 AM

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 · 03-27-2004, 11:21 PM

We'll be running Grove, Perry, and Blyleven out to the mound for the next three games.

Honolulu Blue · 03-28-2004, 08:20 AM

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

Code:

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 03-28-2004, 08:23 AM

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 03-28-2004, 08:25 AM

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 · 03-30-2004, 03:42 AM

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.

Code:

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 · 03-30-2004, 03:44 AM

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 03-30-2004, 03:45 AM

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 · 03-30-2004, 03:49 AM

It was rigged!

JK, good series and thanks a lot for running this. Good luck against Oykib.

Honolulu Blue · 03-30-2004, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

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 · 04-01-2004, 04:20 AM

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 04-01-2004, 04:21 AM

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 · 04-01-2004, 09:47 AM

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 · 04-03-2004, 02:00 AM

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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.

Code:

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 · 04-03-2004, 02:03 AM

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 · 04-04-2004, 01:29 AM

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 · 04-04-2004, 03:52 AM

Thanks for your kind words, oykib. I too think relief pitchers have been overrated both among our group and in real life.

Quote:

Originally Posted by oykib

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 · 04-04-2004, 04:20 AM

Quote:

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

.

oykib · 04-04-2004, 04:54 AM

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 · 04-04-2004, 03:22 PM

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 · 04-05-2004, 04:22 PM

Wow... my team has started a DMB controversy!

*gets popcorn*

03-14-2004, 11:22 AM	#101
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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. Last edited by Honolulu Blue : 03-14-2004 at 11:23 AM.

03-17-2004, 08:30 AM	#104
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	Lineup changes 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 ------------------------------------------------------ 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.

03-22-2004, 02:40 AM	#114
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	Playoff summary 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.

03-24-2004, 02:55 AM	#123
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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: (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.

03-30-2004, 03:45 AM	#135
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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. Last edited by Honolulu Blue : 03-30-2004 at 03:45 AM.

03-16-2004, 01:41 PM	#103
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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-

03-19-2004, 09:24 AM	#106
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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.

03-21-2004, 11:37 AM	#108
oykib College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Nishinomiya Nine Rotation skip 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.

03-21-2004, 05:35 PM	#109
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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 ------------------------------------------------------ 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

03-22-2004, 07:40 AM	#115
oykib College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Was Raines injured? Why the heck was Doby starting (4 Ks-- unghhh...)? Dumbass computer putting a .205 hitter in the #2 hole.

03-22-2004, 10:04 AM	#118
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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. -30-

03-24-2004, 10:21 AM	#124
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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.

03-25-2004, 10:23 PM	#125
oykib College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Please add Dazy Vance to the Long relief and middle relief areas of my team.

03-26-2004, 05:56 AM	#128
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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.

03-27-2004, 11:21 PM	#129
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	We'll be running Grove, Perry, and Blyleven out to the mound for the next three games.

03-28-2004, 08:25 AM	#132
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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.

03-30-2004, 03:49 AM	#136
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	It was rigged! JK, good series and thanks a lot for running this. Good luck against Oykib.

04-01-2004, 04:21 AM	#139
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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. Last edited by Honolulu Blue : 04-01-2004 at 04:22 AM.

04-01-2004, 09:47 AM	#140
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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-

04-03-2004, 02:03 AM	#142
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	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.

04-04-2004, 01:29 AM	#143
oykib College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	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.

04-04-2004, 04:54 AM	#146
oykib College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	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.

04-04-2004, 03:22 PM	#147
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	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! __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

04-05-2004, 04:22 PM	#148
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Wow... my team has started a DMB controversy! gets popcorn __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

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