Playing Along With 2005 - a DMB Projection Disk Dynasty

CraigSca · 03-11-2005, 08:23 PM

This one will be a little bit different. Unlike most of the career-oriented dynasties, this will strictly be a replay. However, here's the twist - it will be a "replay" of the 2005 MLB season using Diamond Mind Baseball and their projection disk.

Over the years the people at Diamond Mind have developed a reputation as the leader in the replay industry because of their thorough statistical approach to the game of baseball. Along with their season replay disks, they recently began selling projection disks (the last few years) utilizing their own projection system. This includes current rosters utilized projected statistics (via their own proprietary system) as well as top prospects that are expected to make an impact this year.

How will Randy Johnson, Carl Pavano and Jared Wright pitch for the Yankees? How will Edgar Renteria fit in at short for the Red Sox? Will Sosa have a rebirth as an Oriole? Will Pedro pitch well under the bright lights of the Big Apple? Will Beltran be able to shoulder the burden of carrying the Mets? Can Barry Bonds break Aaron's record without lintseed oil?! Will Giambi make a comeback?

So...I'm an Orioles fan (unfortunately) - but I always have a problem doing replays where the O's stink (which is pretty much every year now). So...as a switch, I've decided to manage the Phillies. I live in Delaware, so I listen to the Philadelphia sports radio station, WIP, and I'm fully aware of the team and their issues. There are high hopes for the Mets this year, despite problems with the bullpen. Can they take the NL East from the Braves, who may be poised for a fall? Is Delgado just what the Marlins needed? Is the lack of Larry Bowa just what the Phillies needed? Will the young Philadelphia farm system come through for me? Will Pat Burrell realize he can hit for average as well as power?

I will be autoplaying the rest of the schedule and provide updates throughout the year on all the interesting races. Obviously, there will a lot of coverage regarding the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.

Follow along, and watch the 2005 season play out...slightly before the real one does

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CraigSca · 03-11-2005, 11:08 PM

April 4, 2005 - Washington at Philadelphia

Opening night here in Philadelphia, and it’s a warm 73 degrees with clear skies. If this is any indication, it’s going to be a warm summer here. Hopefully we can give the fans a hot pennant race as well J.

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So as not to put too much pressure on new Phillie Jon Lieber, I decide to start Vicente Padilla. My lineup is as everyone expects, Kenny Lofton leading off, followed by Jimmy Rollins, Bobby Abreu, Jim Thome, Pat Burrell, Mike Lieberthal, (a healthy) Derek Bell, Chase Utley and the pitcher Padilla.

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The Nationals go down 1-2-3 in the first, and I begin to think this job is easy. Maybe Bowa just screamed too much after all J.

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Livan Hernandez gets the call for the Nationals, and Kenny Lofton flies out to right field in his first atbat as a Phillie, and I carefully remind him that we’ll be looking for him to keep it on the ground in 2005. Kenny rolls his eyes and walks away from me. I think we may have our first personality conflict. Rollins strikes out, but Abreu launches one over the right field wall and gives us a 1-0 lead. Man, this IS easy. I congratulate myself for batting Abreu third. Thome launches one of his own to left, but it dies at the warning track. No bother, we’re winning and there’s only 8 more innings to go!

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In the top of the 2^nd, Vinny Castilla scores the first run, knocks in the first RBI and hits the first homerun for the Washington Nationals. We’re tied, 1-1.

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Washington picks up another run in the 3^rd when Livan Hernandez singles, Brad Wilkerson doubles and Jose Vidro hits an RBI single. Fortunately, Vicente coaxes Nick Johnson into an inning-ending DP. Washington, 2-1 heading to the bottom of the 3^rd.

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In the bottom of the third Kenny Lofton launches one to the gap in right, but he’s robbed of an extra-base hit by Jose Guillen. I think about telling him again about our need for him to hit it on the ground, but think better of it

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In the bottom of the 4^th, we retake the lead - Burrell will single and Lieberthal doubles. Derek Bell singles Burrell in, and then Chase Utley hits a HORRIBLE grounder with one out that can’t score Lieberthal. This will go in my “little mistake” column. Fortunately for us, with 2 out, Vicente Padilla hits a ground ball up the middle that scores Lieberthal and we have a 3-2 lead heading into the 5^th.

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In the top of the 6^th, Kenny Lofton makes a diving catch off a Jose Vidro liner. I yell out, “Atta boy, Kenny!” Kenny smiles…maybe I just won him back. Still 3-2, entering the 7^th.

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1-2-3 for Padilla in the top of the 7^th. Since he’s due up first in the bottom of the inning, I tell him thanks much for a great performance, but the bullpen will take it from here. The line on Padilla – 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K. Can’t ask for much better than that!

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With one out in the 7^th, Lofton lofts a HIGH fly ball to the gap in left and it falls in there. 3 bases later, Lofton has a triple and we make eye contact. He winks. Maybe I should just shut up. Rollins and Abreu then each strike out to end the inning – now I know why Bowa screamed so much last year. Rheal Cormier will start the 8^th for us.

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Of COURSE it can’t be easy. Ground out, single, strike out, walk and infield single. Bases loaded…Nick Johnson up. Do I go to Billy Wagner in the 8^th? Damn right!

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Here’s the pitch…checked swing strike.

0-1 count…swung on and missed.

0-2 Count – the crowd is standing and clapping for the strike out…Wagner fires…it’s in there for called strike three! PHEW!

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We muster nothing in the 8^th. It’s up to Billy.

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Leading off the 9^th, Jose Guillen grounds one to Thome and it’s a foot race to the bag. Guillen dives and beats it out. Sigh – here we go again. Pinch runner for Guillen and a pinch hitter for Termell Sledge. The pinch runner, Godwin is trying to steal, but he can’t get a good jump on the first pitch – a strike. I try to pick him off, but he JUST gets back. Ok…should I pitchout? Hmmm…I do so, but Godwin isn’t going. Of course. 1-1 the count. He’ll probably be stealing here, but I decide to pitch to Jamey Carroll. Wagner is really on today as he picks up strike two – Godwin wasn’t moving. Hmmm…time for another pitch out? Naaahhh…ground ball to the left side…Rollins backhands it and throws to Utley for the first out. Carroll beats the throw – no DP. Vinny Castilla at the plate now – he’s homered once already. I challenge him – swing and a miss, but Carroll is going and he beats Lieberthal’s throw. They tying run is now at 2^nd – grr! The pitch to Castilla – he’s taking and it’s a called strike on the corner. Wagner has thrown 13 pitches, 11 for strikes J. 0-2 pitch…ball one – tried to get him to chase one – good idea. 1-2 pitch is popped up to short left field, but Burrell is there for the 2^nd out. Ok…one out away from an opening day victory! Will Cordero is the pinch hitter – Cristian Guzman is on the on-deck circle. I decide to pitch to Cordero – Wagner is a monster, right? First pitch is a strike on the inside corner. Second pitch….soft grounder to Derek Bell – he comes in, picks it up and throws it to Thome for the final out! Woohoo!

Code:

4/4/2005, Was05-Phi05, Citizens Bank Park
 
					   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9	 R  H  E   LOB DP
2005 Washington		0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0	 2  7  0	 5  1
2005 Philadelphia	  1  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  x	 3  8  0	 6  1
 
Washington		   AB  R  H BI   AVG	Philadelphia		 AB  R  H BI   AVG
Wilkerson		 lf  3  0  1  0  .333	Lofton			cf  4  0  1  0  .250	   
Vidro			 2b  4  0  2  1  .500	Rollins		   ss  3  0  0  0  .000	   
Johnson		   1b  4  0  0  0  .000	Abreu			 rf  4  1  2  1  .500	   
 Eischen		  p   0  0  0  0  .000	Thome			 1b  3  0  0  0  .000	   
Guillen		   rf  4  0  1  0  .250	Burrell		   lf  4  1  1  0  .250	   
 Godwin		   pr  0  0  0  0  .000	Lieberthal		c   4  1  2  0  .500	   
Sledge			cf  3  0  0  0  .000	Bell			  3b  3  0  1  1  .333	   
 Carroll		  ph  1  0  0  0  .000	Utley			 2b  3  0  0  0  .000	   
Castilla		  3b  4  1  1  1  .250	Padilla,V		 p   2  0  1  1  .500	   
Schneider		 c   2  0  0  0  .000	 Bourn			ph  1  0  0  0  .000	   
 Chavez		   ph  1  0  0  0  .000	 Cormier		  p   0  0  0  0  .000	   
 Cordero,W		1b  1  0  0  0  .000	 Wagner		   p   0  0  0  0  .000	   
Guzman			ss  3  0  1  0  .333						 31  3  8  3			 
Hernandez		 p   2  1  1  0  .500											  
 Blanco		   ph  1  0  0  0  .000											  
 Bennett		  c   0  0  0  0  .000											  
					 33  2  7  2													
 
Washington					   INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hernandez		L 0-1		   7.0  8  3  3  1  7 116  75  3.86
Eischen						  1.0  0  0  0  1  1  12   6  0.00
								 8.0  8  3  3  2  8 128  81 
 
Philadelphia					 INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Padilla,V		W 1-0		   7.0  4  2  2  0  2  72  50  2.57
Cormier		  H 1			 0.2  2  0  0  1  1  20  10  0.00
Wagner		   S 1			 1.1  1  0  0  0  1  17  14  0.00
								 9.0  7  2  2  1  4 109  74 
 
Was: Chavez batted for Schneider in the 8th
	 Blanco batted for Hernandez in the 8th
	 Cordero,W inserted at 1b in the 8th
	 Bennett inserted at c in the 8th
	 Carroll batted for Sledge in the 9th
	 Godwin ran for Guillen in the 9th
Phi: Bourn batted for Padilla,V in the 7th
 
2B-Wilkerson, Lieberthal. 3B-Lofton. HR-Castilla(1), Abreu(1). SB-Carroll(1). 
K-Johnson 2, Sledge, Blanco, Rollins 2, Abreu, Thome, Burrell 2, Utley 2. 
BB-Wilkerson, Rollins, Thome. 
GWRBI: Padilla,V
Temperature: 73, Sky: clear, Wind: none.

CraigSca · 03-11-2005, 11:09 PM

Wow - so much for the copy/paste from Microsoft Word idea. Hmm...hopefully I can get this working better as we move along.

CraigSca · 03-11-2005, 11:20 PM

Other Games of April 4th

Oakland 4, Baltimore 2
Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 5 (10)
Cleveland 8, Chicago 3
Kansas City 11, Detroit 8
Seattle 10, Minnesota 3
Cincinnati 6, New York (N) 5
Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 6
Chicago (N) 10, Arizona 2
San Diego 7, Colorado 3

Interesting Performances:

Carlos Beltran went 0-3 with a run scored in his Met debut. Pedro lasted only into the 4th inning against the Reds, giving up 6 earned runs on 6 hits. Kerry Wood struck out 12 Diamondbacks in 7.2 IP, picking up hist first victory of 2005.

Oh yes - The Yankees destroyed the Red Sox on April 3rd, 13-3. Randy Johnson got the victory, going 8 innings, striking out 7. Schilling gave up 6 runs in 1.2 innings.

condors · 03-12-2005, 05:34 AM

good luck i will be following

CraigSca · 03-12-2005, 09:31 PM

Ok - so i learned this the hard way...as I'm updating April 5th's games online, I hit the unique
key sequence that takes me to the FOFC thread list and deletes everything I was working on.
Disgusted, I move onto April 6th.

Washington (0-1) at Philadelphia (1-0)

We enter the day tied for first with Atlanta at 1-0. Temperature at Citizen's Bank Park is 59,
with rain in the forecast. Tonight we'll go with Randy Wolf on the mound, Zach Day will be starting
for the Nationals. Our lineup remains pretty much the same, but I give Bell the day off to rest his
back and start Placido Polanco in his absence.

We pick up two runs in the first, behind Lofton's double, Abreu's triple and a Zach Day wild pitch.
Kenny seems to really be driving the ball, so I again I refrain from the ground ball speech.

In the bottom of the 5th we score 3 more runs, behind a leadoff walk by Lofton, an Abreu single, a Thome RBI single,
Burrell walk, a Lieberthal RBI walk and then a Chase Utley RBI single.

A couple of rain delays in the game, so Randy Wolf's pitching arm stiffens up after the 5th inning. We bring in Terry
Adams as a reliever.

We give up a run in the 8th to make it 5-2. Since we had the day off yesterday, I decide to
bring in Billy Wagner in the 9th, and he pitches a 1-2-3 inning to pick up his 2nd save in as
many games.

Philadelphia 5, Washington 2.

Player of the game was Bobby Abreu, who went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI.

4/6/2005, Was05-Phi05, Citizens Bank Park

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2005 Washington 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 4 1
2005 Philadelphia 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 x 5 9 1 9 0

Washington AB R H BI AVG Philadelphia AB R H BI AVG
Wilkerson cf 3 0 1 1 .333 Lofton cf 4 2 1 0 .250
Guzman ss 3 0 0 1 .167 Rollins ss 5 0 0 0 .000
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0 .125 Abreu rf 4 2 3 1 .625
Blanco 1b 4 0 0 0 .000 Thome 1b 2 1 1 1 .200
Vidro 2b 4 0 0 0 .250 Howard 1b 0 0 0 0 .000
Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0 .143 Burrell lf 3 0 1 0 .286
Cordero,W lf 3 0 0 0 .000 Victorino lf 0 0 0 0 .000
Bennett c 2 1 1 0 .500 Lieberthal c 3 0 1 1 .429
Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Polanco 3b 3 0 1 0 .333
Schneider c 0 0 0 0 .000 Utley 2b 4 0 1 1 .143
Day p 1 0 0 0 .000 Wolf p 2 0 0 0 .000
Corcoran p 0 0 0 0 .000 Michaels ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Sledge ph 1 1 1 0 .250 Adams p 0 0 0 0 .000
Tucker p 0 0 0 0 .000 Telemaco p 0 0 0 0 .000
29 2 3 2 Byrd ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Wagner p 0 0 0 0 .000
32 5 9 4

Washington INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Day L 0-1 4.1 7 5 5 3 1 92 48 10.38
Corcoran 2.2 2 0 0 3 2 56 30 0.00
Tucker 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0.00
8.0 9 5 5 6 3 157 82

Philadelphia INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Wolf W 1-0 5.0 1 1 1 1 3 67 42 1.80
Adams H 1 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 29 16 0.00
Telemaco 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 19 13 9.00
Wagner S 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 9 0.00
9.0 3 2 2 2 5 128 80

Was: Johnson batted for Bennett in the 8th
Sledge batted for Corcoran in the 8th
Schneider inserted at c in the 8th
Phi: Michaels batted for Wolf in the 5th
Victorino inserted at lf in the 8th
Byrd batted for Telemaco in the 8th
Howard inserted at 1b in the 9th

E-Utley. 2B-Wilkerson, Bennett, Sledge, Lofton. 3B-Abreu. K-Wilkerson,
Guillen, Blanco, Castilla 2, Abreu, Lieberthal, Wolf. BB-Wilkerson, Castilla,
Lofton, Thome 2, Burrell, Lieberthal, Polanco. SH-Day. SF-Guzman.
PB-Lieberthal. WP-Day.
GWRBI: Abreu
Zach Day was removed after a rain delay
Randy Wolf was removed after a rain delay
Temperature: 59, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 2 MPH,
Rain Delays: 17 and 59 minutes.

CraigSca · 03-12-2005, 09:58 PM

Games of April 6th

Oakland 3, Baltimore 1

Rich Harden gets the win, Octavio Dotel gets his 2nd save and Sammy Sosa is 0-for-the-year thus far.

New York 5, Boston 4

Clement gives up 5 runs in 5 innings in his Red Sox debut, while Carl Pavano gets into the 7th inning for the Yankees. HRs by Matsui and Giambi (their first).

Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 5

Kazmir gets the win and Baez gets his second save. The D-Rays bang out 12 hits and 8 runs off of Toronto pitching. Don't look now, but the Devil Rays are 3-0.

Cleveland 7, Chicago 4

Westbrook goes the distance in getting the victory. Gerut, Boone (his 2nd of the year), Belliard, Thomas and Crede hit the long ball. Garcia gets the loss for Chicago.

Kansas City 9, Detroit 7

Thames and White homer for Detroit, but it wasn't enough. Affedlt gets his first save of the year.

Texas 4, Los Angeles (A) 2

Dave Delluci hits a run-scoring triple in the top of the 9th to take the lead and the Rangers hold on for the 4-2 victory over the Angels. Cordero gets the save for the Rangers.

Minnesota 4, Seattle 2

With the scored tied at 2 after 8, the Twins take advantage of a walk, two Mariner errors, a
sacrifice and a sacrifice fly to take a two-run lead. Silva goes the distance for the Twins,
allowing only 2 runs on 2 hits. Eddie Guardado is the tough-luck loser. Beltre homers for the
Mariners.

Florida 9, Atlanta 2

Al Leiter pitches 7 strong innings in his Florida debut while John Smoltz runs into trouble in a 7-run seventh inning to give the Marlins the victory.

Cincinnati 4, New York 3 (10)

The Reds score 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie, and then score the game-winner in the bottom of the 10th off of Mike DeJean. Tom Glavine gets a no decision after pitching 7.2 innings of 5-hit ball. Homeruns by Floyd (2) and Cruz.

St. Louis 7, Houston 5

The cardinals score 5 runs in the top of the 8th to erase a three-run deficit and score a victory over the Astros. Carpenter gets the win while Brad Lidge is the loser. Homeruns by Pujols, Sanders and Burke.

Pittsburgh 10, Milwaukee 4

Jason hit his 2nd homerun of the year and contributed 4 RBIs, leading the Pirates to a 10-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Wells gets the victory for the Pirates while Jose Mesa picks up his first save of the year.

Arizona 12, Chicago (N) 2

The Diamondbacks hit 5 homeruns and took advantage of Brandon Webb's 7 innings of 2-hit baseball to annihilate the Chicago Cubs. Zambrano and Dempster were the shelled Cubs pitchers.

San Diego 10, Colorado 8 (11)

Colorado scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 9th (and scored 5 of those runs wih 2 outs), only to eventually fall to the Padres in extra innings. Trevor Hoffman (1-0) got the win, Otsuka the save.

San Francisco 9, Los Angeles 4

Barry Bonds went 0 for 3, but the rest of the Giants lineup banged out 14 hits and 9 runs to lead the Giants to a 9-4 victory. Williams gets the win for the Giants while Perez was the loser for the Dodgers. The sole homerun for the day was Milton Bradley's 3rd inning blast.

oykib · 03-13-2005, 12:25 AM

Isn't it David Bell?

Derek is Mr. "Operation Shutdown."

CraigSca · 03-13-2005, 09:50 AM

Correct, it's David Bell. It's one of the really "cute" things about this dynasty. We'll have a number of players misnamed by myself due to laziness. How fun is that?

CraigSca · 03-13-2005, 09:58 AM

dola...I've got some train time today...so there's likely to be a large update later tonight.

Let me know if anyone wants write-ups on particular teams and players.

Here's an attempt at showing the standings thus far:

Code:

DMB league standings -- Inter-league					   
								   Regular season								  
  Year Team							W	L   Pct	  GB	L10  Strk Recent	   
  A
  East
  2005 Tampa Bay					   3	0 1.000	   -	3-0   W3  www		  
  2005 New York (A)					2	1  .667	   1	2-1   W1  wlw		  
  2005 Boston						  1	2  .333	   2	1-2   L1  lwl		  
  2005 Baltimore					   0	2  .000   2 1/2	0-2   L2  ll		   
  2005 Toronto						 0	3  .000	   3	0-3   L3  lll		  
																					  
  Central
  2005 Cleveland					   2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Kansas City					 2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Minnesota					   2	1  .667	 1/2	2-1   W2  wwl		  
  2005 Chicago (A)					 0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
  2005 Detroit						 0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
																					  
  West
  2005 Oakland						 2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Texas						   2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Seattle						 1	2  .333   1 1/2	1-2   L2  llw		  
  2005 Los Angeles (A)				 0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
																					  
  N
  East
  2005 Philadelphia					2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Atlanta						 1	1  .500	   1	1-1   L1  lw		   
  2005 Florida						 1	1  .500	   1	1-1   W1  wl		   
  2005 New York (N)					0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
  2005 Washington					  0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
																					  
  Central
  2005 Cincinnati					  2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Chicago (N)					 2	1  .667	 1/2	2-1   L1  lww		  
  2005 Houston						 1	1  .500	   1	1-1   L1  lw		   
  2005 Milwaukee					   1	1  .500	   1	1-1   L1  lw		   
  2005 Pittsburgh					  1	1  .500	   1	1-1   W1  wl		   
  2005 St. Louis					   1	1  .500	   1	1-1   W1  wl		   
																					  
  West
  2005 San Diego					   2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 San Francisco				   2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Arizona						 1	2  .333   1 1/2	1-2   W1  wll		  
  2005 Colorado						0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
  2005 Los Angeles (N)				 0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
						DMB league standings -- Inter-league					   
								   Regular season								  
  Year Team							W	L   Pct	  GB	L10  Strk Recent	   
  A
  2005 Tampa Bay					   3	0 1.000	  na	3-0   W3  www		  
  2005 Cleveland					   2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Kansas City					 2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Oakland						 2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Texas						   2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 New York (A)					2	1  .667	 1/2	2-1   W1  wlw		  
  2005 Minnesota					   2	1  .667	 1/2	2-1   W2  wwl		  
  2005 Boston						  1	2  .333   1 1/2	1-2   L1  lwl		  
  2005 Seattle						 1	2  .333   1 1/2	1-2   L2  llw		  
  2005 Baltimore					   0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
  2005 Chicago (A)					 0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
  2005 Detroit						 0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
  2005 Los Angeles (A)				 0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
  2005 Toronto						 0	3  .000   2 1/2	0-3   L3  lll		  
																					  
  N
  2005 Philadelphia					2	0 1.000	  na	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Cincinnati					  2	0 1.000	  na	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 San Diego					   2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 San Francisco				   2	0 1.000	   -	2-0   W2  ww		   
  2005 Chicago (N)					 2	1  .667	 1/2	2-1   L1  lww		  
  2005 Atlanta						 1	1  .500	   1	1-1   L1  lw		   
  2005 Florida						 1	1  .500	   1	1-1   W1  wl		   
  2005 Houston						 1	1  .500	   1	1-1   L1  lw		   
  2005 Milwaukee					   1	1  .500	   1	1-1   L1  lw		   
  2005 Pittsburgh					  1	1  .500	   1	1-1   W1  wl		   
  2005 St. Louis					   1	1  .500	   1	1-1   W1  wl		   
  2005 Arizona						 1	2  .333   1 1/2	1-2   W1  wll		  
  2005 New York (N)					0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
  2005 Washington					  0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
  2005 Colorado						0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll		   
  2005 Los Angeles (N)				 0	2  .000	   2	0-2   L2  ll

CraigSca · 03-13-2005, 09:59 AM

dola. ugh, I just threw up in my mouth looking at that.

CraigSca · 03-13-2005, 09:40 PM

April 7th, 2005

I decide to give Jon Lieber his first start in a Phillie uniform. He'll be matched up against Esteban Loaiza, who is looking to escape from New York himself.

My lineup is pretty much the same as before. I give David Bell the start again at third. I'll be watching Jimmy Rollins as he has started the year slowly (0 for 8 with a walk and two Ks). On the hot list for us is Bobby Abreu, who is 5 for 8 with a triple, a homerun and 2 RBIs.

Well, here we go. Lieber throws two pitches and then a 50 minute rain delay hits. Both he and Loaiza's arms have stiffened up, so we immediately have to go to the bullpen. So much for seeing the Lieber vs. Loaiza matchup. I summon Gavin Floyd from the bullpen to see what he can do. Frank Robinson decides to counter with 26 year old T.J. Tucker.

After a scoreless half of the first inning, Lofton bats and draws his 2nd walk of the year. One thing Kenny has been bringing to the team thus far is patience. Jimmy Rollins follows with a single on a 1-2 pitch, and we're in business with Abreu, Thome and Burrell coming up. A grounder to Nick Johnson on the 1-2 pitch and he bobbles it, loading the bases for Thome

. The 3-2 pitch is lined into center for a single, and we grab a quick 2-0 lead with no one out. After Burrell strikes out looking, Lieberthal lines a single into left for another run. Tucker is already up to 32 pitches. Chase Utley hits a high pop-up down the right field line that no one can get to - another run and a 4-0 lead. That's enough for Tucker and Frank Robinson brings in Claudio Vargas. Vargas promptly hits David Bell in the leg, loading the bases once again. Gavin Floyd grounds one in the hall into left, Lieberthal scores, and the throw home to try and get Utley misses the cutoff man. Utley scores and Wilkerson is charged with the throwing error. Lofton follows that up with a single, scoring Bell and Floyd - 8-0 now. Rollins singles to center, his second single of the inning. Abreu steps up to the plate and lines one into the left field corner for a double. Our man, Claudio Vargas has thrown 11 pitches and given up 4 hits. The score is now 9 to 0, and there's still only one out. Good Lord. Mercifully, Thome flies out to right field, but of course Jimmy Rollins scores on the play, making it a sac fly. Pat Burrell, who made the first out in the inning, launches one into right center for a double - 11 to 0. Finally, Liberthal pops out to left and the inning is over. For the Phillies, 11 runs, 9 hits, and one man left on base.

The horrors continue in the 2nd. Chase Utley grounds to Vinny Castilla to lead off. Vinny bobbles it, and then throws it into the first row of the seats, so Utley is on. David Bells follows with a shot over the fence in right center for his first homerun of the year. Gavin Floyd, the pitcher, is next and he grounds it to the pitcher Vargas. Vargas flips the ball to Nick Johnson, but it's in the dirt and he can't handle it. Floyd ends up at 2nd and that's it for Vargas. Joe Horgan enters the game as a reliever. Through 1+ innings, the Nationals have given up 10 hits, 13 runs and have made 4 errors. Seemingly, Horgan has found the secret to getting the Phillies out. He gets Lofton and Rollins, but Abreu gets on via an infield single. Thome follows with a line single that scores Floyd. Pat Burrell comes up and launches a pitch over the left field wall for a 3-run homerun. It's now the Phillies 17, Nationals 0. Holy moley. Lieberthal lines out to end the inning.

In the 4th, Abreu leads off with a home to center, Thome grounds a single up the middle and Burrell knocks him in with his 2nd homerun of the day. Phillies 20, Nationals 0. Roy Corcoran now on to pitch for Washington. He lasts through two batters as gives up 2 single to Lieberthal and Utley (good grief, quick hook on that one, Frank!). Bell singles to center to load the bases. The new pitcher is Luis Ayala, btw. Gavin Floyd lines out to Cristian Guzman to end the inning. 20 to 0 through 4. Whoops...that was the 1st out. Man, easy to lose track in this game. Lofton then launches one deep to left field that Wilkerson pulls down at the track. Lieberthal scores the 21st run of the game on the sac fly. Rollins grounds to first to end the inning.

The rest of the game plays out innocently enough, and the Phillies take home a 23-1 victory.

Gavin Floyd gets the win, he's 1-0. T.J. Tucker gets the loss, he's 0-1.

Interestingly, the Phillies turned 6 (!) double plays against the Nationals.

Other Games of the Day:

Oakland 9, Baltimore 8 (11)

The Orioles took an 8-2 lead heading into the 8th, but 40 year old Steve Reed gave up 3 hits and a walk on 10 pitches to start the comeback. B.J. Ryan was then summoned to put out the fire, but was unable to do so. 3 innings later, Nick Swisher knocked in Bobby Crosby for the go ahead run. Octavio Dotel struck out Luis Matos and Larry Bigbie, then forced Brian Roberts to pop-up the first pitch to pick up his 3rd save in 3 games.

Cleveland 13, Chicago (A) 4

14 hits, 4 of them homeruns, led the Cleveland Indians to an easy 13-4 victory over the White Sox. Millwood pitched 7 strong innings for the Indians and was the big benefactor of the offensive output. Orlando Hernandez gave up 6 hits and 7 runs in 3.1 innings to pick up his first loss.

Detroit 5, Kansas City 2

Nate Robertson scattered 8 hits over 6 scoreless innings, Magglio Ordonez hit his first homerun of the year, and Troy Percival picked up his first save in a Tiger uniform keying the 5-2 victory for Detroit.

Texas 2, Los Angeles (A) 1 (13)

Alfonso Soriano's homerun in the 13th (his first of the year), was just enough to give the Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Angels. Ron Mahay got the victory, pitching the last 1.1 innings in relief. The loser was Francisco Rodriguez. Vladimir Guerrero homered for the lone Angel run.

Atlanta 6, Florida 5

Ryan Langerhans collected 3 hits, including his first two homeruns of the year, and 4 RBIs to lead Mike Hampton and the Braves to a 6-5 victory over the Marlins. Dan Kolb picked up his 2nd save of the year, while Josh Beckett picked up his first loss.

New York (N) 4, Cincinnati 2 (12)

Kerry Robinson lined a two-out 2-run single in the top of the 12th inning to give the visiting Mets a 4-2 victory over the Reds. Mike DeJean got the victory for the Mets, and his record stands at 1-1. Notable: Kaz Matsui went 3 for 6, raising his average to .364. Carlos Beltran went 2 for 5 with 2 doubles to raise his average to .385.

San Diego 5, Pittsburgh 3

Jason Bay hit his league-leading 3rd homerun, but it wasn't enough as the Padres rode the pitching of Jake Peavy and Akinori Otsuka (who combined to give up 3 runs, walk 1 and strikeout 11) for the victory.

Los Angeles (N) 4, San Francisco 3

Jeff Kent hit a 3-run homer for the Dodgers, his first, to lead Los Angeles to a 4-0 victory over the Giants. Brad Penny pitched 6.2 innings of 3-hit ball for the victory and Eric Gagne struck out 4 in 1.2 innings of hitless relief.

Injuries: P Chris YOung of the Rangers will miss the next 12 days.

CraigSca · 03-13-2005, 09:44 PM

After sweeping 3 from the Nationals, we head to Busch for a 3-game series...

...and we end up getting swept. I tell ya, the Cardinals lineup is unreal. How the heck are you supposed to pitch to Walker, Edmonds, Pujols, Rolen and then Reggis Sanders (who has 4 homeruns already?). Fact is, you can't and my pitching staff found out the hard way.

Now...let's see if THIS works...

DMB league standings -- Inter-league
Regular season

Divisional
Year	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Strk	Recent	RF	RA	Mgn	Mgc
A
East
2005	New York (A)	3	3	.500	-	3-3	L1	lwlwlw	38	30	8	157
2005	Tampa Bay	3	3	.500	-	3-3	L3	lllwww	25	26	-1	157
2005	Toronto	3	3	.500	-	3-3	W3	wwwlll	33	29	4	157
2005	Baltimore	2	4	.333	1	2-4	W1	wlwlll	29	32	-3	158
2005	Boston	1	5	.167	2	1-5	L4	llllwl	26	45	-19	159

Central
2005	Minnesota	5	1	.833	-	5-1	W5	wwwwwl	27	15	12	156
2005	Cleveland	4	2	.667	1	4-2	L1	lwlwww	47	29	18	158
2005	Detroit	3	3	.500	2	3-3	W1	wlwwll	38	41	-3	159
2005	Kansas City	3	3	.500	2	3-3	W1	wlllww	26	30	-4	159
2005	Chicago (A)	0	6	.000	5	0-6	L6	llllll	12	45	-33	162

West
2005	Oakland	6	0	1.000	-	6-0	W6	wwwwww	32	21	11	156
2005	Texas	5	1	.833	1	5-1	W1	wlwwww	32	22	10	158
2005	Los Angeles (A)	2	4	.333	4	2-4	L1	lwwlll	16	21	-5	161
2005	Seattle	2	4	.333	4	2-4	L1	lwlllw	30	25	5	161

N
East
2005	Atlanta	4	2	.667	-	4-2	L1	lwwwlw	30	32	-2	156
2005	Florida	3	3	.500	1	3-3	W2	wwllwl	38	32	6	158
2005	Philadelphia	3	3	.500	1	3-3	L3	lllwww	45	34	11	158
2005	New York (N)	2	4	.333	2	2-4	W1	wllwll	27	29	-2	159
2005	Washington	1	5	.167	3	1-5	L2	llwlll	24	52	-28	160

Central
2005	Cincinnati	5	1	.833	-	5-1	W3	wwwlww	36	24	12	157
2005	St. Louis	4	1	.800	1/2	4-1	W4	wwwwl	40	25	15	158
2005	Chicago (N)	4	2	.667	1	4-2	W2	wwllww	38	32	6	158
2005	Milwaukee	2	3	.400	2 1/2	2-3	L2	llwlw	23	34	-11	160
2005	Houston	1	4	.200	3 1/2	1-4	L4	llllw	23	35	-12	161
2005	Pittsburgh	1	5	.167	4	1-5	L4	llllwl	29	34	-5	161

West
2005	San Diego	6	0	1.000	-	6-0	W6	wwwwww	39	24	15	154
2005	Arizona	3	3	.500	3	3-3	L1	lwwwll	40	36	4	160
2005	San Francisco	3	3	.500	3	3-3	L2	llwlww	34	33	1	160
2005	Colorado	2	3	.400	3 1/2	2-3	W2	wwlll	34	36	-2	161
2005	Los Angeles (N)	2	4	.333	4	2-4	W1	wllwll	26	34	-8	161

CraigSca · 03-13-2005, 09:47 PM

OMG! It worked! Here's the Phillies stats through the first 6 games...

DMB team batting -- 2005 Philadelphia
Regular season -- as of 4/10/2005

Primary
S	Name	P	AVG	OBP	SPC	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	K	HBP	IW	SB	CS
	Thome*	1b	.474	.560	.947	6	19	9	0	0	3	8	9	5	3	0	0	0	0
	Abreu*	rf	.474	.545	.947	5	19	9	1	1	2	8	5	3	4	0	1	0	0
	Pratt	c	.429	.500	.857	3	7	3	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Polanco	2b	.400	.500	.600	3	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Bell	3b	.368	.429	.579	5	19	7	1	0	1	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0
	Burrell	lf	.304	.346	.652	6	23	7	2	0	2	5	8	2	6	0	0	0	0
	Lieberthal	c	.294	.316	.353	5	17	5	1	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0
	Lofton*	cf	.273	.346	.409	6	22	6	1	1	0	6	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
	Howard*	1b	.250	.250	.500	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Michaels	lf	.250	.250	.250	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Rollins#	ss	.222	.241	.259	6	27	6	1	0	0	4	1	1	5	0	0	1	0
	Utley*	2b	.200	.200	.200	6	25	5	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0
	Bourn*	cf	.000	.000	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Byrd	cf	.000	.286	.000	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
	Victorino#	lf	.000	.500	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Pitchers		.200	.200	.200	6	15	3	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0
	Total		.299	.357	.486	6	214	64	9	2	9	45	43	21	30	1	1	1	0

And our pitching...

DMB team pitching -- 2005 Philadelphia
Regular season -- as of 4/10/2005

Primary
S	Name	P	ERA	W	L	S	G	GS	CG	SHO	INN	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	GDP	BF
	Adams	mr	0.00	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	14
	Fultz*	mr	0.00	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Lieber	sp	0.00	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Myette	mr	0.00	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
	Floyd	mr	1.29	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	7	1	1	3	2	0	3	26
	Wolf*	sp	1.80	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	18
	Wagner*	cl	3.38	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	10
	Padilla,V	sp	5.54	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	13.0	11	8	8	1	4	3	1	50
	Myers	sp	7.50	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	6.0	7	5	5	3	6	2	2	26
	Cormier*	mr	9.00	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	4	1	1	1	14
	Madson	mr	9.00	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	3.0	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	13
	Telemaco	mr	9.00	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	10
	Lidle	sp	9.82	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.2	7	4	4	3	1	1	0	21
	Worrell	mr	31.50	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.0	7	7	7	2	2	1	0	14
	Total		5.81	3	3	2	6	6	0	0	52.2	53	34	34	21	27	9	7	223

CraigSca · 03-13-2005, 09:58 PM

Analysis:

Offensively I am pretty happy. Thome and Abreu continue to be quite a force and Pat Burrell is off to a decent start, something he desperately needed. I've been moving some of the guys around the order a bit, so I can I maximize my left-righty-lefty lineup, and it forced Burrell into the 4th spot. I noticed he struggled there with men on base, so I'm going to keep Thome their. A couple of games ago Abreu pulled a muscle during a swing, so he's going to be out the next 4 days. During his absence I decided to put Marlon Byrd in center and move Lofton to right. Well...Marlon has shown absolutely no range (and a weak bat) and Lofton has a HORRIBLE arm. Big mistake on my part. So, I'm going to move Lofton back to center and probably platoon rightfielders. Jimmy Rollins is off to a slow start, but I'm not worried about him. Chase Utley has yet to show the power I'm expecting. My concern is that he may dig himself a hole that he'll find it hard to dig out of. Also, Placido Polanco is waiting in the wings, just waiting for Chase to fail.

On the pitching side, I think the series with the Nationals gave me false hope. Against the Cardinals the starters looked hittable and my relief corps was downright horrible. Even Billy Wagner gave up a game-winning pinch hit grand slam. Gavin Floyd piched well in his long relief appearance, so I can perhaps use him as a spot starter if needed. Obviously I know very little about Lieber since his long start lasted a third of an inning. Cormier and Worrell have absolutely sucked.

CraigSca · 03-13-2005, 10:16 PM

April 11th...

We head to Florida (3-3) for 3 games. In other notable series, the Yankees head to Boston, Toronto heads to undefeated Oakland and the 6-0 Padres head to the 4-2 Cubs.

CraigSca · 03-13-2005, 11:01 PM

Philadelphia (Wolf 1-0, 1.80) at Florida (Leiter 1-0, 2.57)

Randy Wolf pitched 7 strong innings, and the Phillies banged out 13 hits to lead Philadelphia to a 10-2 victory over the Marlins. Jim Thome goes 2 for 4 with a homerun and Chase Utley hits his first (yay). Wolf was awesome, and for the first time in a while the relievers didn't embarass themselves.

Unforuntately for us, Atlanta beats the Nationals, 7-3, and we remain one game back of the 5-2 Braves.

Other games:

Boston 5, New York (A) 2

Wells gets his first win and Manny Ramirez hits his 4th homerun. Mussina gets the loss (0-1).

Oakland 7, Toronto 6

Oakland wins their 7th straight game to start the season. Down 5-1 in the 6th, the A's score in 4 consecutive innings (including 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th). Eric Chavez goes 3 for 5 and hits the game-winning 2 RBI single with one out in the 9th. Duchsherer gets the win, he's 1-0. Frasor gets the blown save and loss for Toronto.

New York (N) 7, Houston 6

Carlos Beltran plays his first game in Houston since signing with the Mets as a free agent and hits his first homerun of the year. In the 9th inning, David Wright walks, steals second and goes to third on an error. Reyes singles him in for the victory. DeJean gets the blown save and the victory to up his record to 2-1. Harville (1-2) gets the loss.

San Diego 6, Chicago (N) 3

San Diego gets their 7th straight victory. Klesko homers for the first time of the year, and Dave Roberts picks up his 7th stolen base. Otsuka (2-0) gets the win, Hammond picks up his 2nd save. Mike Remlinger (1-1) gets the loss.

4/11/2005, Phi05-Flo05, Dolphins Stadium

Code:

				  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R  H  E LOB DP
2005 Philadelphia 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 10 13 0  7   0
2005 Florida	  0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2  7  1  6   1

Philadelphia AB R H BI AVG Florida AB R H BI AVG
Lofton cf 4 0 1 0 .269 Pierre cf 4 0 0 0 .296 
Rollins ss 5 2 2 0 .250 Castillo,L 2b 4 0 0 0 .250 
Utley 2b 5 1 1 2 .200 Cabrera rf 4 0 3 0 .452 
Thome 1b 4 2 2 1 .478 Lowell 3b 4 1 1 1 .400 
Burrell lf 4 2 2 1 .333 Delgado,C 1b 3 1 0 0 .227 
Lieberthal c 3 1 3 2 .400 Conine lf 4 0 1 0 .360 
Pratt c 0 0 0 0 .429 Lo Duca c 4 0 1 0 .286 
Bell 3b 4 1 1 1 .348 Gonzalez ss 2 0 0 0 .095 
Bourn rf 5 1 1 1 .143 Jones p 0 0 0 0 .000 
Wolf p 3 0 0 1 .000 Reed ph 0 0 0 1 .429 
Howard ph 1 0 0 0 .200 Riedling p 0 0 0 0 .000 
Cormier p 0 0 0 0 .000 Encarnacion ph 1 0 0 0 .000 
Telemaco p 0 0 0 0 .000 Leiter p 1 0 0 0 .000 
38 10 13 9 Easley ss 2 0 1 0 .333 
33 2 7 2 

Philadelphia INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Wolf W 2-0 7.0 5 2 2 1 1 105 66 2.25
Cormier 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 24 17 5.40
Telemaco 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 6.75
9.0 7 2 2 1 2 135 88 

Florida INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Leiter L 1-1 5.2 8 7 6 4 3 92 50 5.68
Jones 1.1 2 1 1 0 3 22 17 6.75
Riedling 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 31 19 9.00
9.0 13 10 9 5 7 145 86 

Phi: Pratt inserted at c in the 7th
Howard batted for Wolf in the 8th
Flo: Easley inserted at ss in the 6th
Reed batted for Jones in the 7th
Encarnacion batted for Riedling in the 9th

E-Lo Duca. 2B-Rollins 2, Burrell 2, Lieberthal, Cabrera. HR-Utley(1), Thome(4), Lowell(3). K-Rollins, Utley 2, Thome, Bell, Bourn, Wolf, Castillo,L, Gonzalez. BB-Thome, Burrell, Lieberthal, Bell, Pratt, Delgado,C. 
SF-Reed. HBP-Lofton. PB-Lo Duca. HB-Leiter. 
GWRBI: Lieberthal
Juan Encarnacion was injured for this game and 16 more days
Temperature: 90, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 4 MPH.

CraigSca · 03-14-2005, 08:04 PM

Gonna shoot myself for never learning this. I just did a big LONG post in the quick reply area, click on "Post Quick Reply" and the network was gone. Post LOST.

Our game against Florida was awful - we lost, 8-1.

In other news, Oakland wins their 8th straight, Minnesota wins their 6th straight and the Padres lose their first.

Grid Iron · 03-14-2005, 10:53 PM

Very cool idea. I'm following along!

Go Padres!

CraigSca · 03-23-2005, 07:36 PM

Philadelphia (Lidle 0-0) at Florida (Willis 0-0)

In Bobby Abreu's continued absence, I start Jorge Padilla in RF and bat him 8th.

We manufacture a run in the first off a Jimmy Rollins walk and stolen base, followed by a Jim Thome RBI single. Unfortunately, Florida ties it up in the bottom of the inning via a Juan Pierre double and Miguel Cabrera single. At this point, Lidle begins to lose his concentration and frames a wild pitch and a passed ball (ty, Lieberthal) between two walks. With the bases loaded and two out, Lidle K's Jeff Conine to end the inning.

In the bottom of the 2nd, Luis Castillo hits a key run-scoring single but pulls a hammy and will be out for the next 13 days. Through 2, Lidle has given up 4 hits and 3 walks - ugh - looks like a long year for him.

Eventually, Lidle calms down and gives up 2 runs over 6 innings. Our relief corps (consisting of Worrell, Cormier, Telemaco and Wagner) combine to give up 4 walks, 3 hits and 2 runs over 2 innings. The horrible pitching continues. Willis, Perisho and Spooneybarger combine for the 4-1 victory.

Phila. 1 7 0
Flor. 4 10 0

W. Willis 1-0 L. Lidle 0-1 S. Spooneybarger 1

We were fortunate to give up only 4 runs while allowing 17 baserunners.

Other games:

Boston 3, New York (A) 1

W. Clement 1-1 L. Pavano 1-1 S. Foulke 2

HR - Ortiz (2)

Baltimore 8, Tampa Bay 3
W. Bedard 1-0 L. Colome 0-2

HR - Tejada (3)

Chicago (A) 6, Cleveland 2

W. Hernandez 1-1 L. Millwood 1-1 S. Takatsu 1

HR - Thomas (2)

Seattle 9, Kansas City 4
W. Nelson 1-1 L. Greinke 0-2

HR - Ibanez (1), Olivo (3), Gotay (1), Pickering (1)

Minnesota 7, Detroit 3

W. Silva 2-0 L. Robertson 1-1

HR - Inge (1), Rivas (2)

Toronto 10, Oakland 3

W. Bush 2-0 L. Blanton 0-1

HR - Catalanotto (1), Wells (1), Crosby (1)

Los Angeles (A) 6, Texas 4 (12)

W. Yan 1-0 L. Mahay 2-1 S. Rodriguez 1

HR - Merloni (1), Nix (2)

Washington 8, Atlanta 3

W. Ohka 2-0 L. Thomson 1-1

HR - Sledge (3), Giles (1)

New York (N) 5, Houston 0

W. Benson 1-0 L. Oswalt 0-1

HR - Mientkiewicz (2)

Chicago (N) 12, San Diego 9

W. Borowski 1-0 L. Hammond 0-1 S. Hawkins 2

HR - Giles (3), Garciaparra (1), Ramirez (4), Dubois (1), Hollandsworth (2)

Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 6 (10)

W. Mallette 1-0 L. Botallico 0-1 S. Mesa 2

HR - Bay (5), C. Wilson (2)

St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 2

W. Carpenter 2-0 L. Ortiz 0-1 S. Myers 1

HR - Pujols (4), Edmonds (1), Rolen (2)

Colorado 5, Arizona 3

W. Lopez 2-1 L. Valverde 0-3

HR - Gonzalez (1), Green (1)

San Francisco 5, Los Angeles 4

W. Aardsma 2-0 L. Penny 1-1 S. Benitez 2

HR - Alou (2), Matheny (1)

CraigSca · 03-23-2005, 07:37 PM

DMB league standings -- Inter-league
Regular season

Divisional
Year	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Strk	Recent	RF	RA	Mgn	Mgc
A
East
2005	Tampa Bay	4	4	.500	-	4-4	L1	lwlllwww	40	40	0	154
2005	Toronto	4	5	.444	1/2	4-5	W1	wllwwwlll	51	42	9	155
2005	Baltimore	3	5	.375	1	3-5	W1	wlwlwlll	43	47	-4	156
2005	Boston	3	5	.375	1	3-5	W2	wwllllwl	34	48	-14	156
2005	New York (A)	3	5	.375	1	3-5	L3	lllwlwlw	41	38	3	156

Central
2005	Minnesota	7	1	.875	-	7-1	W7	wwwwwwwl	45	24	21	153
2005	Cleveland	5	3	.625	2	5-3	L1	lwlwlwww	55	40	15	157
2005	Detroit	3	5	.375	4	3-5	L2	llwlwwll	47	59	-12	159
2005	Kansas City	3	5	.375	4	3-5	L2	llwlllww	35	48	-13	159
2005	Chicago (A)	1	7	.125	6	1-7	W1	wlllllll	23	53	-30	161

West
2005	Oakland	8	1	.889	-	8-1	L1	lwwwwwwww	45	39	6	152
2005	Texas	6	3	.667	2	6-3	L2	llwwlwwww	53	43	10	156
2005	Seattle	4	4	.500	3 1/2	4-4	W2	wwlwlllw	48	34	14	158
2005	Los Angeles (A)	4	5	.444	4	4-5	W2	wwllwwlll	37	42	-5	158

N
East
2005	Atlanta	6	3	.667	-	6-3	L1	lwwlwwwlw	48	45	3	153
2005	Florida	5	4	.556	1	5-4	W2	wwlwwllwl	52	44	8	155
2005	New York (N)	4	4	.500	1 1/2	4-4	W3	wwwllwll	39	35	4	156
2005	Philadelphia	4	5	.444	2	4-5	L2	llwlllwww	57	48	9	156
2005	Washington	2	7	.222	4	2-7	W1	wllllwlll	37	70	-33	158

Central
2005	St. Louis	6	1	.857	-	6-1	W6	wwwwwwl	49	30	19	154
2005	Chicago (N)	6	3	.667	1	6-3	W2	wwlwwllww	65	58	7	156
2005	Cincinnati	5	3	.625	1 1/2	5-3	L2	llwwwlww	41	33	8	157
2005	Milwaukee	4	4	.500	2 1/2	4-4	L1	lwwllwlw	39	44	-5	158
2005	Pittsburgh	2	7	.222	5	2-7	W1	wllllllwl	39	50	-11	160
2005	Houston	1	6	.143	5	1-6	L6	llllllw	29	47	-18	161

West
2005	San Diego	7	2	.778	-	7-2	L2	llwwwwwww	65	51	14	153
2005	San Francisco	5	3	.625	1 1/2	5-3	W2	wwllwlww	45	38	7	156
2005	Colorado	4	4	.500	2 1/2	4-4	W1	wlwwwlll	52	49	3	157
2005	Arizona	4	5	.444	3	4-5	L1	lwllwwwll	53	54	-1	157
2005	Los Angeles (N)	2	6	.250	4 1/2	2-6	L2	llwllwll	31	45	-14	159

03-11-2005, 11:08 PM	#2
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	April 4, 2005 - Washington at Philadelphia Opening night here in Philadelphia, and it’s a warm 73 degrees with clear skies. If this is any indication, it’s going to be a warm summer here. Hopefully we can give the fans a hot pennant race as well J. >> So as not to put too much pressure on new Phillie Jon Lieber, I decide to start Vicente Padilla. My lineup is as everyone expects, Kenny Lofton leading off, followed by Jimmy Rollins, Bobby Abreu, Jim Thome, Pat Burrell, Mike Lieberthal, (a healthy) Derek Bell, Chase Utley and the pitcher Padilla. >> The Nationals go down 1-2-3 in the first, and I begin to think this job is easy. Maybe Bowa just screamed too much after all J. >> Livan Hernandez gets the call for the Nationals, and Kenny Lofton flies out to right field in his first atbat as a Phillie, and I carefully remind him that we’ll be looking for him to keep it on the ground in 2005. Kenny rolls his eyes and walks away from me. I think we may have our first personality conflict. Rollins strikes out, but Abreu launches one over the right field wall and gives us a 1-0 lead. Man, this IS easy. I congratulate myself for batting Abreu third. Thome launches one of his own to left, but it dies at the warning track. No bother, we’re winning and there’s only 8 more innings to go! >> In the top of the 2^nd, Vinny Castilla scores the first run, knocks in the first RBI and hits the first homerun for the Washington Nationals. We’re tied, 1-1. >> Washington picks up another run in the 3^rd when Livan Hernandez singles, Brad Wilkerson doubles and Jose Vidro hits an RBI single. Fortunately, Vicente coaxes Nick Johnson into an inning-ending DP. Washington, 2-1 heading to the bottom of the 3^rd. >> In the bottom of the third Kenny Lofton launches one to the gap in right, but he’s robbed of an extra-base hit by Jose Guillen. I think about telling him again about our need for him to hit it on the ground, but think better of it . >> In the bottom of the 4^th, we retake the lead - Burrell will single and Lieberthal doubles. Derek Bell singles Burrell in, and then Chase Utley hits a HORRIBLE grounder with one out that can’t score Lieberthal. This will go in my “little mistake” column. Fortunately for us, with 2 out, Vicente Padilla hits a ground ball up the middle that scores Lieberthal and we have a 3-2 lead heading into the 5^th. >> In the top of the 6^th, Kenny Lofton makes a diving catch off a Jose Vidro liner. I yell out, “Atta boy, Kenny!” Kenny smiles…maybe I just won him back. Still 3-2, entering the 7^th. >> 1-2-3 for Padilla in the top of the 7^th. Since he’s due up first in the bottom of the inning, I tell him thanks much for a great performance, but the bullpen will take it from here. The line on Padilla – 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K. Can’t ask for much better than that! >> With one out in the 7^th, Lofton lofts a HIGH fly ball to the gap in left and it falls in there. 3 bases later, Lofton has a triple and we make eye contact. He winks. Maybe I should just shut up. Rollins and Abreu then each strike out to end the inning – now I know why Bowa screamed so much last year. Rheal Cormier will start the 8^th for us. >> Of COURSE it can’t be easy. Ground out, single, strike out, walk and infield single. Bases loaded…Nick Johnson up. Do I go to Billy Wagner in the 8^th? Damn right! >> Here’s the pitch…checked swing strike. 0-1 count…swung on and missed. 0-2 Count – the crowd is standing and clapping for the strike out…Wagner fires…it’s in there for called strike three! PHEW! >> We muster nothing in the 8^th. It’s up to Billy. >> Leading off the 9^th, Jose Guillen grounds one to Thome and it’s a foot race to the bag. Guillen dives and beats it out. Sigh – here we go again. Pinch runner for Guillen and a pinch hitter for Termell Sledge. The pinch runner, Godwin is trying to steal, but he can’t get a good jump on the first pitch – a strike. I try to pick him off, but he JUST gets back. Ok…should I pitchout? Hmmm…I do so, but Godwin isn’t going. Of course. 1-1 the count. He’ll probably be stealing here, but I decide to pitch to Jamey Carroll. Wagner is really on today as he picks up strike two – Godwin wasn’t moving. Hmmm…time for another pitch out? Naaahhh…ground ball to the left side…Rollins backhands it and throws to Utley for the first out. Carroll beats the throw – no DP. Vinny Castilla at the plate now – he’s homered once already. I challenge him – swing and a miss, but Carroll is going and he beats Lieberthal’s throw. They tying run is now at 2^nd – grr! The pitch to Castilla – he’s taking and it’s a called strike on the corner. Wagner has thrown 13 pitches, 11 for strikes J. 0-2 pitch…ball one – tried to get him to chase one – good idea. 1-2 pitch is popped up to short left field, but Burrell is there for the 2^nd out. Ok…one out away from an opening day victory! Will Cordero is the pinch hitter – Cristian Guzman is on the on-deck circle. I decide to pitch to Cordero – Wagner is a monster, right? First pitch is a strike on the inside corner. Second pitch….soft grounder to Derek Bell – he comes in, picks it up and throws it to Thome for the final out! Woohoo! Code: 4/4/2005, Was05-Phi05, Citizens Bank Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2005 Washington 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 5 1 2005 Philadelphia 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x 3 8 0 6 1 Washington AB R H BI AVG Philadelphia AB R H BI AVG Wilkerson lf 3 0 1 0 .333 Lofton cf 4 0 1 0 .250 Vidro 2b 4 0 2 1 .500 Rollins ss 3 0 0 0 .000 Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 .000 Abreu rf 4 1 2 1 .500 Eischen p 0 0 0 0 .000 Thome 1b 3 0 0 0 .000 Guillen rf 4 0 1 0 .250 Burrell lf 4 1 1 0 .250 Godwin pr 0 0 0 0 .000 Lieberthal c 4 1 2 0 .500 Sledge cf 3 0 0 0 .000 Bell 3b 3 0 1 1 .333 Carroll ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Utley 2b 3 0 0 0 .000 Castilla 3b 4 1 1 1 .250 Padilla,V p 2 0 1 1 .500 Schneider c 2 0 0 0 .000 Bourn ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Chavez ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Cormier p 0 0 0 0 .000 Cordero,W 1b 1 0 0 0 .000 Wagner p 0 0 0 0 .000 Guzman ss 3 0 1 0 .333 31 3 8 3 Hernandez p 2 1 1 0 .500 Blanco ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Bennett c 0 0 0 0 .000 33 2 7 2 Washington INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hernandez L 0-1 7.0 8 3 3 1 7 116 75 3.86 Eischen 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 12 6 0.00 8.0 8 3 3 2 8 128 81 Philadelphia INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Padilla,V W 1-0 7.0 4 2 2 0 2 72 50 2.57 Cormier H 1 0.2 2 0 0 1 1 20 10 0.00 Wagner S 1 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 17 14 0.00 9.0 7 2 2 1 4 109 74 Was: Chavez batted for Schneider in the 8th Blanco batted for Hernandez in the 8th Cordero,W inserted at 1b in the 8th Bennett inserted at c in the 8th Carroll batted for Sledge in the 9th Godwin ran for Guillen in the 9th Phi: Bourn batted for Padilla,V in the 7th 2B-Wilkerson, Lieberthal. 3B-Lofton. HR-Castilla(1), Abreu(1). SB-Carroll(1). K-Johnson 2, Sledge, Blanco, Rollins 2, Abreu, Thome, Burrell 2, Utley 2. BB-Wilkerson, Rollins, Thome. GWRBI: Padilla,V Temperature: 73, Sky: clear, Wind: none. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

03-11-2005, 11:09 PM	#3
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Wow - so much for the copy/paste from Microsoft Word idea. Hmm...hopefully I can get this working better as we move along. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

03-11-2005, 11:20 PM	#4
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Other Games of April 4th Oakland 4, Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 5 (10) Cleveland 8, Chicago 3 Kansas City 11, Detroit 8 Seattle 10, Minnesota 3 Cincinnati 6, New York (N) 5 Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 6 Chicago (N) 10, Arizona 2 San Diego 7, Colorado 3 Interesting Performances: Carlos Beltran went 0-3 with a run scored in his Met debut. Pedro lasted only into the 4th inning against the Reds, giving up 6 earned runs on 6 hits. Kerry Wood struck out 12 Diamondbacks in 7.2 IP, picking up hist first victory of 2005. Oh yes - The Yankees destroyed the Red Sox on April 3rd, 13-3. Randy Johnson got the victory, going 8 innings, striking out 7. Schilling gave up 6 runs in 1.2 innings. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

03-12-2005, 09:31 PM	#6
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Ok - so i learned this the hard way...as I'm updating April 5th's games online, I hit the unique key sequence that takes me to the FOFC thread list and deletes everything I was working on. Disgusted, I move onto April 6th. Washington (0-1) at Philadelphia (1-0) We enter the day tied for first with Atlanta at 1-0. Temperature at Citizen's Bank Park is 59, with rain in the forecast. Tonight we'll go with Randy Wolf on the mound, Zach Day will be starting for the Nationals. Our lineup remains pretty much the same, but I give Bell the day off to rest his back and start Placido Polanco in his absence. We pick up two runs in the first, behind Lofton's double, Abreu's triple and a Zach Day wild pitch. Kenny seems to really be driving the ball, so I again I refrain from the ground ball speech. In the bottom of the 5th we score 3 more runs, behind a leadoff walk by Lofton, an Abreu single, a Thome RBI single, Burrell walk, a Lieberthal RBI walk and then a Chase Utley RBI single. A couple of rain delays in the game, so Randy Wolf's pitching arm stiffens up after the 5th inning. We bring in Terry Adams as a reliever. We give up a run in the 8th to make it 5-2. Since we had the day off yesterday, I decide to bring in Billy Wagner in the 9th, and he pitches a 1-2-3 inning to pick up his 2nd save in as many games. Philadelphia 5, Washington 2. Player of the game was Bobby Abreu, who went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI. 4/6/2005, Was05-Phi05, Citizens Bank Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2005 Washington 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 4 1 2005 Philadelphia 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 x 5 9 1 9 0 Washington AB R H BI AVG Philadelphia AB R H BI AVG Wilkerson cf 3 0 1 1 .333 Lofton cf 4 2 1 0 .250 Guzman ss 3 0 0 1 .167 Rollins ss 5 0 0 0 .000 Guillen rf 4 0 0 0 .125 Abreu rf 4 2 3 1 .625 Blanco 1b 4 0 0 0 .000 Thome 1b 2 1 1 1 .200 Vidro 2b 4 0 0 0 .250 Howard 1b 0 0 0 0 .000 Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0 .143 Burrell lf 3 0 1 0 .286 Cordero,W lf 3 0 0 0 .000 Victorino lf 0 0 0 0 .000 Bennett c 2 1 1 0 .500 Lieberthal c 3 0 1 1 .429 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Polanco 3b 3 0 1 0 .333 Schneider c 0 0 0 0 .000 Utley 2b 4 0 1 1 .143 Day p 1 0 0 0 .000 Wolf p 2 0 0 0 .000 Corcoran p 0 0 0 0 .000 Michaels ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Sledge ph 1 1 1 0 .250 Adams p 0 0 0 0 .000 Tucker p 0 0 0 0 .000 Telemaco p 0 0 0 0 .000 29 2 3 2 Byrd ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Wagner p 0 0 0 0 .000 32 5 9 4 Washington INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Day L 0-1 4.1 7 5 5 3 1 92 48 10.38 Corcoran 2.2 2 0 0 3 2 56 30 0.00 Tucker 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0.00 8.0 9 5 5 6 3 157 82 Philadelphia INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Wolf W 1-0 5.0 1 1 1 1 3 67 42 1.80 Adams H 1 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 29 16 0.00 Telemaco 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 19 13 9.00 Wagner S 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 9 0.00 9.0 3 2 2 2 5 128 80 Was: Johnson batted for Bennett in the 8th Sledge batted for Corcoran in the 8th Schneider inserted at c in the 8th Phi: Michaels batted for Wolf in the 5th Victorino inserted at lf in the 8th Byrd batted for Telemaco in the 8th Howard inserted at 1b in the 9th E-Utley. 2B-Wilkerson, Bennett, Sledge, Lofton. 3B-Abreu. K-Wilkerson, Guillen, Blanco, Castilla 2, Abreu, Lieberthal, Wolf. BB-Wilkerson, Castilla, Lofton, Thome 2, Burrell, Lieberthal, Polanco. SH-Day. SF-Guzman. PB-Lieberthal. WP-Day. GWRBI: Abreu Zach Day was removed after a rain delay Randy Wolf was removed after a rain delay Temperature: 59, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 2 MPH, Rain Delays: 17 and 59 minutes. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

03-12-2005, 09:58 PM	#7
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Games of April 6th Oakland 3, Baltimore 1 Rich Harden gets the win, Octavio Dotel gets his 2nd save and Sammy Sosa is 0-for-the-year thus far. New York 5, Boston 4 Clement gives up 5 runs in 5 innings in his Red Sox debut, while Carl Pavano gets into the 7th inning for the Yankees. HRs by Matsui and Giambi (their first). Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 5 Kazmir gets the win and Baez gets his second save. The D-Rays bang out 12 hits and 8 runs off of Toronto pitching. Don't look now, but the Devil Rays are 3-0. Cleveland 7, Chicago 4 Westbrook goes the distance in getting the victory. Gerut, Boone (his 2nd of the year), Belliard, Thomas and Crede hit the long ball. Garcia gets the loss for Chicago. Kansas City 9, Detroit 7 Thames and White homer for Detroit, but it wasn't enough. Affedlt gets his first save of the year. Texas 4, Los Angeles (A) 2 Dave Delluci hits a run-scoring triple in the top of the 9th to take the lead and the Rangers hold on for the 4-2 victory over the Angels. Cordero gets the save for the Rangers. Minnesota 4, Seattle 2 With the scored tied at 2 after 8, the Twins take advantage of a walk, two Mariner errors, a sacrifice and a sacrifice fly to take a two-run lead. Silva goes the distance for the Twins, allowing only 2 runs on 2 hits. Eddie Guardado is the tough-luck loser. Beltre homers for the Mariners. Florida 9, Atlanta 2 Al Leiter pitches 7 strong innings in his Florida debut while John Smoltz runs into trouble in a 7-run seventh inning to give the Marlins the victory. Cincinnati 4, New York 3 (10) The Reds score 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie, and then score the game-winner in the bottom of the 10th off of Mike DeJean. Tom Glavine gets a no decision after pitching 7.2 innings of 5-hit ball. Homeruns by Floyd (2) and Cruz. St. Louis 7, Houston 5 The cardinals score 5 runs in the top of the 8th to erase a three-run deficit and score a victory over the Astros. Carpenter gets the win while Brad Lidge is the loser. Homeruns by Pujols, Sanders and Burke. Pittsburgh 10, Milwaukee 4 Jason hit his 2nd homerun of the year and contributed 4 RBIs, leading the Pirates to a 10-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Wells gets the victory for the Pirates while Jose Mesa picks up his first save of the year. Arizona 12, Chicago (N) 2 The Diamondbacks hit 5 homeruns and took advantage of Brandon Webb's 7 innings of 2-hit baseball to annihilate the Chicago Cubs. Zambrano and Dempster were the shelled Cubs pitchers. San Diego 10, Colorado 8 (11) Colorado scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 9th (and scored 5 of those runs wih 2 outs), only to eventually fall to the Padres in extra innings. Trevor Hoffman (1-0) got the win, Otsuka the save. San Francisco 9, Los Angeles 4 Barry Bonds went 0 for 3, but the rest of the Giants lineup banged out 14 hits and 9 runs to lead the Giants to a 9-4 victory. Williams gets the win for the Giants while Perez was the loser for the Dodgers. The sole homerun for the day was Milton Bradley's 3rd inning blast. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

03-12-2005, 05:34 AM	#5
condors College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	good luck i will be following

03-13-2005, 12:25 AM	#8
oykib College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Isn't it David Bell? Derek is Mr. "Operation Shutdown."

03-13-2005, 09:50 AM	#9
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Correct, it's David Bell. It's one of the really "cute" things about this dynasty. We'll have a number of players misnamed by myself due to laziness. How fun is that? __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

03-13-2005, 09:59 AM	#11
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	dola. ugh, I just threw up in my mouth looking at that. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

03-13-2005, 09:40 PM	#12
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	April 7th, 2005 I decide to give Jon Lieber his first start in a Phillie uniform. He'll be matched up against Esteban Loaiza, who is looking to escape from New York himself. My lineup is pretty much the same as before. I give David Bell the start again at third. I'll be watching Jimmy Rollins as he has started the year slowly (0 for 8 with a walk and two Ks). On the hot list for us is Bobby Abreu, who is 5 for 8 with a triple, a homerun and 2 RBIs. Well, here we go. Lieber throws two pitches and then a 50 minute rain delay hits. Both he and Loaiza's arms have stiffened up, so we immediately have to go to the bullpen. So much for seeing the Lieber vs. Loaiza matchup. I summon Gavin Floyd from the bullpen to see what he can do. Frank Robinson decides to counter with 26 year old T.J. Tucker. After a scoreless half of the first inning, Lofton bats and draws his 2nd walk of the year. One thing Kenny has been bringing to the team thus far is patience. Jimmy Rollins follows with a single on a 1-2 pitch, and we're in business with Abreu, Thome and Burrell coming up. A grounder to Nick Johnson on the 1-2 pitch and he bobbles it, loading the bases for Thome . The 3-2 pitch is lined into center for a single, and we grab a quick 2-0 lead with no one out. After Burrell strikes out looking, Lieberthal lines a single into left for another run. Tucker is already up to 32 pitches. Chase Utley hits a high pop-up down the right field line that no one can get to - another run and a 4-0 lead. That's enough for Tucker and Frank Robinson brings in Claudio Vargas. Vargas promptly hits David Bell in the leg, loading the bases once again. Gavin Floyd grounds one in the hall into left, Lieberthal scores, and the throw home to try and get Utley misses the cutoff man. Utley scores and Wilkerson is charged with the throwing error. Lofton follows that up with a single, scoring Bell and Floyd - 8-0 now. Rollins singles to center, his second single of the inning. Abreu steps up to the plate and lines one into the left field corner for a double. Our man, Claudio Vargas has thrown 11 pitches and given up 4 hits. The score is now 9 to 0, and there's still only one out. Good Lord. Mercifully, Thome flies out to right field, but of course Jimmy Rollins scores on the play, making it a sac fly. Pat Burrell, who made the first out in the inning, launches one into right center for a double - 11 to 0. Finally, Liberthal pops out to left and the inning is over. For the Phillies, 11 runs, 9 hits, and one man left on base. The horrors continue in the 2nd. Chase Utley grounds to Vinny Castilla to lead off. Vinny bobbles it, and then throws it into the first row of the seats, so Utley is on. David Bells follows with a shot over the fence in right center for his first homerun of the year. Gavin Floyd, the pitcher, is next and he grounds it to the pitcher Vargas. Vargas flips the ball to Nick Johnson, but it's in the dirt and he can't handle it. Floyd ends up at 2nd and that's it for Vargas. Joe Horgan enters the game as a reliever. Through 1+ innings, the Nationals have given up 10 hits, 13 runs and have made 4 errors. Seemingly, Horgan has found the secret to getting the Phillies out. He gets Lofton and Rollins, but Abreu gets on via an infield single. Thome follows with a line single that scores Floyd. Pat Burrell comes up and launches a pitch over the left field wall for a 3-run homerun. It's now the Phillies 17, Nationals 0. Holy moley. Lieberthal lines out to end the inning. In the 4th, Abreu leads off with a home to center, Thome grounds a single up the middle and Burrell knocks him in with his 2nd homerun of the day. Phillies 20, Nationals 0. Roy Corcoran now on to pitch for Washington. He lasts through two batters as gives up 2 single to Lieberthal and Utley (good grief, quick hook on that one, Frank!). Bell singles to center to load the bases. The new pitcher is Luis Ayala, btw. Gavin Floyd lines out to Cristian Guzman to end the inning. 20 to 0 through 4. Whoops...that was the 1st out. Man, easy to lose track in this game. Lofton then launches one deep to left field that Wilkerson pulls down at the track. Lieberthal scores the 21st run of the game on the sac fly. Rollins grounds to first to end the inning. The rest of the game plays out innocently enough, and the Phillies take home a 23-1 victory. Gavin Floyd gets the win, he's 1-0. T.J. Tucker gets the loss, he's 0-1. Interestingly, the Phillies turned 6 (!) double plays against the Nationals. Other Games of the Day: Oakland 9, Baltimore 8 (11) The Orioles took an 8-2 lead heading into the 8th, but 40 year old Steve Reed gave up 3 hits and a walk on 10 pitches to start the comeback. B.J. Ryan was then summoned to put out the fire, but was unable to do so. 3 innings later, Nick Swisher knocked in Bobby Crosby for the go ahead run. Octavio Dotel struck out Luis Matos and Larry Bigbie, then forced Brian Roberts to pop-up the first pitch to pick up his 3rd save in 3 games. Cleveland 13, Chicago (A) 4 14 hits, 4 of them homeruns, led the Cleveland Indians to an easy 13-4 victory over the White Sox. Millwood pitched 7 strong innings for the Indians and was the big benefactor of the offensive output. Orlando Hernandez gave up 6 hits and 7 runs in 3.1 innings to pick up his first loss. Detroit 5, Kansas City 2 Nate Robertson scattered 8 hits over 6 scoreless innings, Magglio Ordonez hit his first homerun of the year, and Troy Percival picked up his first save in a Tiger uniform keying the 5-2 victory for Detroit. Texas 2, Los Angeles (A) 1 (13) Alfonso Soriano's homerun in the 13th (his first of the year), was just enough to give the Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Angels. Ron Mahay got the victory, pitching the last 1.1 innings in relief. The loser was Francisco Rodriguez. Vladimir Guerrero homered for the lone Angel run. Atlanta 6, Florida 5 Ryan Langerhans collected 3 hits, including his first two homeruns of the year, and 4 RBIs to lead Mike Hampton and the Braves to a 6-5 victory over the Marlins. Dan Kolb picked up his 2nd save of the year, while Josh Beckett picked up his first loss. New York (N) 4, Cincinnati 2 (12) Kerry Robinson lined a two-out 2-run single in the top of the 12th inning to give the visiting Mets a 4-2 victory over the Reds. Mike DeJean got the victory for the Mets, and his record stands at 1-1. Notable: Kaz Matsui went 3 for 6, raising his average to .364. Carlos Beltran went 2 for 5 with 2 doubles to raise his average to .385. San Diego 5, Pittsburgh 3 Jason Bay hit his league-leading 3rd homerun, but it wasn't enough as the Padres rode the pitching of Jake Peavy and Akinori Otsuka (who combined to give up 3 runs, walk 1 and strikeout 11) for the victory. Los Angeles (N) 4, San Francisco 3 Jeff Kent hit a 3-run homer for the Dodgers, his first, to lead Los Angeles to a 4-0 victory over the Giants. Brad Penny pitched 6.2 innings of 3-hit ball for the victory and Eric Gagne struck out 4 in 1.2 innings of hitless relief. Injuries: P Chris YOung of the Rangers will miss the next 12 days. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

03-13-2005, 09:58 PM	#15
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Analysis: Offensively I am pretty happy. Thome and Abreu continue to be quite a force and Pat Burrell is off to a decent start, something he desperately needed. I've been moving some of the guys around the order a bit, so I can I maximize my left-righty-lefty lineup, and it forced Burrell into the 4th spot. I noticed he struggled there with men on base, so I'm going to keep Thome their. A couple of games ago Abreu pulled a muscle during a swing, so he's going to be out the next 4 days. During his absence I decided to put Marlon Byrd in center and move Lofton to right. Well...Marlon has shown absolutely no range (and a weak bat) and Lofton has a HORRIBLE arm. Big mistake on my part. So, I'm going to move Lofton back to center and probably platoon rightfielders. Jimmy Rollins is off to a slow start, but I'm not worried about him. Chase Utley has yet to show the power I'm expecting. My concern is that he may dig himself a hole that he'll find it hard to dig out of. Also, Placido Polanco is waiting in the wings, just waiting for Chase to fail. On the pitching side, I think the series with the Nationals gave me false hope. Against the Cardinals the starters looked hittable and my relief corps was downright horrible. Even Billy Wagner gave up a game-winning pinch hit grand slam. Gavin Floyd piched well in his long relief appearance, so I can perhaps use him as a spot starter if needed. Obviously I know very little about Lieber since his long start lasted a third of an inning. Cormier and Worrell have absolutely sucked. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

03-13-2005, 10:16 PM	#16
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	April 11th... We head to Florida (3-3) for 3 games. In other notable series, the Yankees head to Boston, Toronto heads to undefeated Oakland and the 6-0 Padres head to the 4-2 Cubs. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

03-13-2005, 11:01 PM	#17
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Philadelphia (Wolf 1-0, 1.80) at Florida (Leiter 1-0, 2.57) Randy Wolf pitched 7 strong innings, and the Phillies banged out 13 hits to lead Philadelphia to a 10-2 victory over the Marlins. Jim Thome goes 2 for 4 with a homerun and Chase Utley hits his first (yay). Wolf was awesome, and for the first time in a while the relievers didn't embarass themselves. Unforuntately for us, Atlanta beats the Nationals, 7-3, and we remain one game back of the 5-2 Braves. Other games: Boston 5, New York (A) 2 Wells gets his first win and Manny Ramirez hits his 4th homerun. Mussina gets the loss (0-1). Oakland 7, Toronto 6 Oakland wins their 7th straight game to start the season. Down 5-1 in the 6th, the A's score in 4 consecutive innings (including 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th). Eric Chavez goes 3 for 5 and hits the game-winning 2 RBI single with one out in the 9th. Duchsherer gets the win, he's 1-0. Frasor gets the blown save and loss for Toronto. New York (N) 7, Houston 6 Carlos Beltran plays his first game in Houston since signing with the Mets as a free agent and hits his first homerun of the year. In the 9th inning, David Wright walks, steals second and goes to third on an error. Reyes singles him in for the victory. DeJean gets the blown save and the victory to up his record to 2-1. Harville (1-2) gets the loss. San Diego 6, Chicago (N) 3 San Diego gets their 7th straight victory. Klesko homers for the first time of the year, and Dave Roberts picks up his 7th stolen base. Otsuka (2-0) gets the win, Hammond picks up his 2nd save. Mike Remlinger (1-1) gets the loss. 4/11/2005, Phi05-Flo05, Dolphins Stadium Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2005 Philadelphia 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 10 13 0 7 0 2005 Florida 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 1 6 1 Philadelphia AB R H BI AVG Florida AB R H BI AVG Lofton cf 4 0 1 0 .269 Pierre cf 4 0 0 0 .296 Rollins ss 5 2 2 0 .250 Castillo,L 2b 4 0 0 0 .250 Utley 2b 5 1 1 2 .200 Cabrera rf 4 0 3 0 .452 Thome 1b 4 2 2 1 .478 Lowell 3b 4 1 1 1 .400 Burrell lf 4 2 2 1 .333 Delgado,C 1b 3 1 0 0 .227 Lieberthal c 3 1 3 2 .400 Conine lf 4 0 1 0 .360 Pratt c 0 0 0 0 .429 Lo Duca c 4 0 1 0 .286 Bell 3b 4 1 1 1 .348 Gonzalez ss 2 0 0 0 .095 Bourn rf 5 1 1 1 .143 Jones p 0 0 0 0 .000 Wolf p 3 0 0 1 .000 Reed ph 0 0 0 1 .429 Howard ph 1 0 0 0 .200 Riedling p 0 0 0 0 .000 Cormier p 0 0 0 0 .000 Encarnacion ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Telemaco p 0 0 0 0 .000 Leiter p 1 0 0 0 .000 38 10 13 9 Easley ss 2 0 1 0 .333 33 2 7 2 Philadelphia INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Wolf W 2-0 7.0 5 2 2 1 1 105 66 2.25 Cormier 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 24 17 5.40 Telemaco 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 6.75 9.0 7 2 2 1 2 135 88 Florida INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Leiter L 1-1 5.2 8 7 6 4 3 92 50 5.68 Jones 1.1 2 1 1 0 3 22 17 6.75 Riedling 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 31 19 9.00 9.0 13 10 9 5 7 145 86 Phi: Pratt inserted at c in the 7th Howard batted for Wolf in the 8th Flo: Easley inserted at ss in the 6th Reed batted for Jones in the 7th Encarnacion batted for Riedling in the 9th E-Lo Duca. 2B-Rollins 2, Burrell 2, Lieberthal, Cabrera. HR-Utley(1), Thome(4), Lowell(3). K-Rollins, Utley 2, Thome, Bell, Bourn, Wolf, Castillo,L, Gonzalez. BB-Thome, Burrell, Lieberthal, Bell, Pratt, Delgado,C. SF-Reed. HBP-Lofton. PB-Lo Duca. HB-Leiter. GWRBI: Lieberthal Juan Encarnacion was injured for this game and 16 more days Temperature: 90, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 4 MPH. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know? Last edited by CraigSca : 03-13-2005 at 11:09 PM.

03-14-2005, 08:04 PM	#18
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Gonna shoot myself for never learning this. I just did a big LONG post in the quick reply area, click on "Post Quick Reply" and the network was gone. Post LOST. Our game against Florida was awful - we lost, 8-1. In other news, Oakland wins their 8th straight, Minnesota wins their 6th straight and the Padres lose their first. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

03-14-2005, 10:53 PM	#19
Grid Iron Ice Cream Man Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Bay Area	Very cool idea. I'm following along! Go Padres! __________________ Follow the story of the Oregon Ice of the Continental Football League.

03-23-2005, 07:36 PM	#20
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Games of April 13th Philadelphia (Lidle 0-0) at Florida (Willis 0-0) In Bobby Abreu's continued absence, I start Jorge Padilla in RF and bat him 8th. We manufacture a run in the first off a Jimmy Rollins walk and stolen base, followed by a Jim Thome RBI single. Unfortunately, Florida ties it up in the bottom of the inning via a Juan Pierre double and Miguel Cabrera single. At this point, Lidle begins to lose his concentration and frames a wild pitch and a passed ball (ty, Lieberthal) between two walks. With the bases loaded and two out, Lidle K's Jeff Conine to end the inning. In the bottom of the 2nd, Luis Castillo hits a key run-scoring single but pulls a hammy and will be out for the next 13 days. Through 2, Lidle has given up 4 hits and 3 walks - ugh - looks like a long year for him. Eventually, Lidle calms down and gives up 2 runs over 6 innings. Our relief corps (consisting of Worrell, Cormier, Telemaco and Wagner) combine to give up 4 walks, 3 hits and 2 runs over 2 innings. The horrible pitching continues. Willis, Perisho and Spooneybarger combine for the 4-1 victory. Phila. 1 7 0 Flor. 4 10 0 W. Willis 1-0 L. Lidle 0-1 S. Spooneybarger 1 We were fortunate to give up only 4 runs while allowing 17 baserunners. Other games: Boston 3, New York (A) 1 W. Clement 1-1 L. Pavano 1-1 S. Foulke 2 HR - Ortiz (2) Baltimore 8, Tampa Bay 3 W. Bedard 1-0 L. Colome 0-2 HR - Tejada (3) Chicago (A) 6, Cleveland 2 W. Hernandez 1-1 L. Millwood 1-1 S. Takatsu 1 HR - Thomas (2) Seattle 9, Kansas City 4 W. Nelson 1-1 L. Greinke 0-2 HR - Ibanez (1), Olivo (3), Gotay (1), Pickering (1) Minnesota 7, Detroit 3 W. Silva 2-0 L. Robertson 1-1 HR - Inge (1), Rivas (2) Toronto 10, Oakland 3 W. Bush 2-0 L. Blanton 0-1 HR - Catalanotto (1), Wells (1), Crosby (1) Los Angeles (A) 6, Texas 4 (12) W. Yan 1-0 L. Mahay 2-1 S. Rodriguez 1 HR - Merloni (1), Nix (2) Washington 8, Atlanta 3 W. Ohka 2-0 L. Thomson 1-1 HR - Sledge (3), Giles (1) New York (N) 5, Houston 0 W. Benson 1-0 L. Oswalt 0-1 HR - Mientkiewicz (2) Chicago (N) 12, San Diego 9 W. Borowski 1-0 L. Hammond 0-1 S. Hawkins 2 HR - Giles (3), Garciaparra (1), Ramirez (4), Dubois (1), Hollandsworth (2) Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 6 (10) W. Mallette 1-0 L. Botallico 0-1 S. Mesa 2 HR - Bay (5), C. Wilson (2) St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 2 W. Carpenter 2-0 L. Ortiz 0-1 S. Myers 1 HR - Pujols (4), Edmonds (1), Rolen (2) Colorado 5, Arizona 3 W. Lopez 2-1 L. Valverde 0-3 HR - Gonzalez (1), Green (1) San Francisco 5, Los Angeles 4 W. Aardsma 2-0 L. Penny 1-1 S. Benitez 2 HR - Alou (2), Matheny (1) __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

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