OOTP 20 Challenge - The Season

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Will post the updated site after a few. The universe seems to be against me tonight. The stomach issue mentioned in the GotW thread, my mom seems to be losing her mind a little more tonight and the teenage drama has resurfaced. My daughter's friend is apparently in the hospital in handcuffs. The only story I have heard so far is from her mother but I think she is a little insane to be honest so I don't know what to think. The last thing her mother said was something about having her church pray over her daughter because she is full of evil spirits. That kind lo loses credibility with me.

Sorry you're still dealing with all the stuff At least your head feels better? I hope?

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

Sorry you're still dealing with all the stuff At least your head feels better? I hope?

Thanks. The headaches tend to happen in clusters. Hopefully the last cluster is over. Next week starts my run of concerts I'll be going to so I hope they remain away for that.

I'll be honest with you. I am seriously wondering if there is anything that we could do to help her friend but I also don't want to overstep our bounds either.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

I'm still seeing the results from the first week; is there a different url?

I'll take a look. I thought that I uploaded what was created, let me make sure the local files were all updated correctly.

[EagleFan]

Not sure what happened. Taking the local links I see the same. Going to see if it will update if I run the files again. May take a few.

[EagleFan]

My bad. I grabbed the almanac instead of the online reports.

[EagleFan]

Okay, should be better now. Let me know if that worked for you.

[jbergey22]

Thanks EF very nicely run league. By chance are my park setting Yellowstone National Park? 0 home runs through 4 games despite one game having 19 runs.

[Vince, Pt. II]

All of the one-run games for my team! And New York resorting to small ball to beat us for our only defeat thus far: single, fielders choice, stolen base, score from 2nd on a single to LF with a play at the plate.

Loving this league!

[EagleFan]

Week 3 Results
Willow City 4 (3-2)
Indianapolis 9 (1-4)

New York 4 (4-1)
Otisburg 7 (1-4)

Tallahassee 8 (2-3)
Stamford 7 (3-2)

Baltimore 5 (4-1)
Big Inning 6 (3-2)

Canton 6 (3-2)
San Fernando 4 (1-4)


Stamford 7 (4-2)
New York 4 (4-2)

Big Inning 7 (3-3)
Canton 8 (4-2)
5 runs in the last 2 innings to come back from 7-3 down

Indianapolis 7 (1-5)
Tallahassee 8 (3-3)
10 innings

Willow City 14 (4-2)
Baltimore 9 (4-2)
Willow City with 8 runs in the 8th

Otisburg 2 (1-5)
San Fernando 3 (2-4)

[EagleFan]

Standings
Baltimore 4-2
New York 4-2
Willow City 4-2
Stamford 4-2
Canton 4-2
Big Inning 3-3
Tallahassee 3-3
San Fernando 2-4
Otisburg 1-5
Indianapolis 1-5

[tarcone]

I should have picked up another pitcher. 2 of my losses fall squarely on my bullpen.

[EagleFan]

Posted to the site.

[EagleFan]

Week 4 will be Friday or Saturday (have to see what family scheduled look like). Week 5 will most likely be the following Tuesday. Next week marks the start of an insane 3 week stretch where I will be attending 7 (still could be 9) concerts in 21 days. I'll work the scheduling into that and family schedule.

What are the odds I will have hearing after that?

It's my "mid life crisis" I guess; my last full month before turning 50 so I wanted to send off the 1st half century with one hell of a party.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Week 4 will be Friday or Saturday (have to see what family scheduled look like). Week 5 will most likely be the following Tuesday. Next week marks the start of an insane 3 week stretch where I will be attending 7 (still could be 9) concerts in 21 days. I'll work the scheduling into that and family schedule.

What are the odds I will have hearing after that?

It's my "mid life crisis" I guess; my last full month before turning 50 so I wanted to send off the 1st half century with one hell of a party.

I love it. What's the lineup of concerts?

[Vince, Pt. II]

I know it's only 6 games, but man some of these stats:

Seaver with a 7.04 ERA
Alexander with a 5.57 ERA
Carlton Fisk is 2-23 for an .087 average.
Mr. Padre (your player of the week) is hitting .481.
Helton, whom I thought I drafted too early, is hitting .400 and leading the team in RBIs.

Everyone on my infield (including Fisk) has exactly 1 home run.
Everyone in my outfield (including Mays and Aaron) has exactly 0 home runs.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

I love it. What's the lineup of concerts?

11th Battle Beast / Sonata Arctica / Kamelot (headliner)

13th Avatar / Babymetal (headliner)

19th Anneke Van Giersbergen / Amorphis / Delain (headliner)

21st Asking Alexandria / Papa Roach / Shinedown (headliner)

27th The HU

28th Journey

2nd Sumo Cyco / The Browning / Jinjer (headliner)

[EagleFan]

Week 4 sim tomorrow night.

Lineups due at 6:00 PM EST.

The Game of the Week will be at 9:00 PM EST with the results posted when that is complete.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Is The HU that Mongolian metal group?

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

Is The HU that Mongolian metal group?

Yeah. That is a double dose of awesome as they will be playing at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park which has a lot of music history for the state.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Yeah. That is a double dose of awesome as they will be playing at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park which has a lot of music history for the state.

That is fantastic.

[EagleFan]

Week 4 Results
San Fernando 6 (2-5)
Big Inning 10 (4-3)

New York 9 (5-2)
Indianapolis 4 (1-6)

Canton 0 (4-3)
Willow City 6 (5-2)

Samford 3 (4-3)
Otisburg 6 (2-5)

Tallahassee 11 (4-3)
Baltimore 6 (4-3)


Tallahassee 3 (4-4)
Canton 10 (5-3)

Indianapolis 6 (2-6)
Stamford 4 (4-4)

Baltimore 0 (4-4)
New York 9 (6-2)

Otisburg 6 (3-5)
Big Inning 4 (4-4)
Otisburg scores 3 in the 9th

Willow City 8 (6-2)
San Fernando 3 (2-6)

[EagleFan]

Standings
New York 6-2
Willow City 6-2
Canton 5-3
Baltimore 4-4
Stamford 4-4
Big Inning 4-4
Tallahassee 4-4
Otisburg 3-5
San Fernando 2-6
Indianapolis 2-6

[EagleFan]

The site should be updated.

[EagleFan]

Scheduled the next 2 weeks' games. Will be Tuesday and then Saturday.

[tarcone]

I switched Quisenberry into the closer role because Sutter was taking a beating and what happens? Quisenberry takes a beating.

Im frustrated with my bullpen. They have 3 of my 4 loses.

[yeah826]

Im starting to wonder if I should have focused on getting finessed base pitchers since they seem to be doing better in this league.

[EagleFan]

Week 5 Results
Indianapolis 10 (3-6)
Otisburg 4 (3-6)

San Fernando 5 (3-6)
Tallahassee 2 (4-5)
11 innings

New York 6 (6-3)
Canton 11 (6-3)

Stamford 0 (4-5)
Baltimore 2 (5-4)

Big Inning 9 (5-4)
Willow City 0 (6-3)



Baltimore 14 (6-4)
Indianapolis 4 (3-7)

Canton 9 (7-3)
Stamford 6 (4-6)

Tallahassee 12 (5-5)
Big Inning 3 (5-5)

Otisburg 4 (3-7)
Willow City 5 (7-3)
10 innings

New York 6 (7-3)
San Fernando 5 (3-7)

[EagleFan]

Standings
New York 7-3
Willow City 7-3
Canton 7-3
Baltimore 6-4
Big Inning 5-5
Tallahassee 5-5
Stamford 4-6
Otisburg 3-7
San Fernando 3-7
Indianapolis 3-7

[EagleFan]

The site should be updated. We're turning down the home stretch. All teams are still alive.

[EagleFan]

Week 6 Results
Baltimore 4 (7-4)
Otisburg 1 (3-8)

Stamford 1 (4-7)
San Fernando 6 (4-7)

Indianapolis 9 (4-7)
Canton 7 (7-4)
10 innings

Big Inning 7 (5-6)
New York 8 (8-3)
Big Inning scores 3 in the top of the 9th to take a 7-6 lead but New York scores 2 in the bottom of the 9th for the win

Willow City 3 (7-4)
Tallahassee 6 (6-5)
Jimmie Foxx with a 2 out grand slam in the bottom of the 9th for the win


New York 8 (9-3)
Willow City 5 (7-5)

Otisburg 5 (4-8)
Tallahassee 0 (6-6)
Koufax allows only 1 hit through 8 and a third

San Fernando 6 (5-7)
Indianapolis 5 (4-8)

Canton 16 (8-4)
Baltimore 2 (7-5)

Stamford 10 (4-8)
Big Inning 12 (6-6)

[EagleFan]

Standings
New York 9-3
Canton 8-4
Willow City 7-5
Baltimore 7-5
Big Inning 6-6
Tallahassee 6-6
San Fernando 5-7
Stamford 4-8
Otisburg 4-8
Indianapolis 4-8

[EagleFan]

site updated

[EagleFan]

Next sim is 9/17. Updated the schedule to reflect.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Oof, ninth inning come-from-behind grand slam is a bad time to be on the receiving end of.

[EagleFan]

Dealing with a bit of a headache. Will post a little later but without the GotW.

[EagleFan]

I apologize but I will have to put this off until tomorrow.

[Vince, Pt. II]

No worries buddy, take care of yourself first.

[EagleFan]

Week 7 Results
Baltimore 4 (7-6)
San Fernando 6 (6-7)

Willow City 5 (8-5)
Stamford 3 (4-9)
Stamford's losing streak is at 7

Tallahassee 5 (6-7)
New York 16 (10-3)

Indianapolis 4 (4-0)
Big Inning 15 (7-6)

Canton 13 (9-4)
Otisburg 6 (4-9)


Indianapolis 5 (4-10)
Willow City 8 (9-5)

Otisburg 9 (5-9)
New York 8 (10-4)
Willie McCovey with a 2 out, 3 run homerun in the top of the 9th to give Otisburg the 9-8 lead

San Fernando 6 (6-8)
Canton 19 (10-4)
Sale improves to 5-0

Stamford 2 (4-10)
Tallahassee 5 (7-7)

Big Inning 8 (8-6)
Baltimore 6 (7-7)
13 innings

[EagleFan]

Standings
New York 10-4
Canton 10-4
Willow City 9-5
Big Inning 8-6
Baltimore 7-7
Tallahassee 7-7
San Fernando 6-8
Otisburg 5-9
Stamford 4-10
Indianapolis 4-10

[EagleFan]

Site should be updated. Will do the next week on Sunday evening, the next 3 nights are spoken for.

[tarcone]

Finally broke the win one , lose one streak.

Not many teams left in the race

[Vince, Pt. II]

Sunday's sim is going to be make or break for the playoff:

10-4 New York:
@ 4-10 Stamford
vs. 4-10 Indianapolis
Overall Opp. Winning %: .446

Although New York has gotten most of the heavy lifting out of the way in their schedule, they still have Big Inning and Canton lurking in the last week of the season. If they blink against either of the cellar-dwellers, their prime position could quickly change.

10-4 Canton:
@ 8-6 Big Inning
vs. 9-5 Willow City
Overall Opp. Winning %: .607

Despite sitting in the driver's seat, Canton has what is easily the toughest schedule from here on out: in order they face t4th, 3rd, t4th, and t1st. Any slip could open the door...

9-5 Willow City:
vs. 7-7 Baltimore
@ 10-4 Canton
Overall Opp. Winning %: .554

Willow City didn't do themselves any favors by losing both games to New York this season, and they have a pretty tough row to hoe the rest of the way; that being said they control their own destiny with regard to at least getting into a tie for 2nd.

8-6 Big Inning:
vs. 10-4 Canton
@ 6-8 San Fernando
Overall Opp. Winning %: .536

Big Inning may be in the best position of the contenders: they have games against two of the three teams ahead of them, which bookend games against "weaker" competition in Otisburg and San Fernando. Making up two games with four to play is going to be no easy task however you slice it, though.

7-7 Tallahassee:
@ 4-10 Indianapolis
vs. 7-7 Baltimore
Overall Opp. Winning %: .482

7-7 Baltimore:
@ 9-5 Willow City
@ 7-7 Tallahassee
Overall Opp. Winning %: .536

Technically the 7-7 teams aren't eliminated yet; that being said it would take a friggin' miracle for either of them to get there being down three games with four to play and having FOUR teams ahead of each of them in the standings. They face off against one another this week, and the loser is almost assuredly eliminated.

6-8 San Fernando:
@ 5-9 Otisburg
vs. 8-6 Big Inning
Overall Opp. Winning %: .518

See below for the crazy path San Fernando needs to take to get into the conversation for the postseason.

[Vince, Pt. II]

It turns out San Fernando at 6-8 can actually make it into a tiebreaker situation if they win all four of their games and every one of the following things goes exactly this way:

• Canton goes at least 3-1, and their only loss can be to Tallahassee.
• New York goes 0-4.
• Willow City goes 0-4.
• Big Inning goes 1-3 (beating Willow City).
• Tallahassee beats Baltimore and loses to either Indianapolis or Canton.
• Baltimore beats Willow City & New York, but loses to both Stamford and Tallahassee.

If that all goes down, we have the following records:

• 14-4: Canton (or 13-5)
• 10-8: New York, San Fernando
• 9-9: Willow City, Big Inning, Tallahassee, Baltimore

Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

[Vince, Pt. II]

For Baltimore or Tallahassee, I'm going to ignore tiebreakers at 10-8 or 11-7 because there are a ton of combinations and I have no idea what the tiebreakers are. Getting in outright comes down to this:

• They must win out, going 4-0.
• New York or Canton has to go 0-4.
• Neither Willow City (2 wins) nor Big Inning (3 wins) can get to 11 wins.

Since Canton plays every single one of those teams listed above and Willow City and Big Inning play each other, this gets convoluted. The linchpin game here is actually Willow City @ Big Inning; if Willow City wins:

• Canton must beat Willow City, so New York has to be the team that goes 0-4.
• Willow City can't win another game, and must go 0-3.
• Big Inning has to lose one additional game.

If Big Inning wins:

• Big Inning needs to pick up two losses among Canton, San Fernando, and Otisburg.
• Willow City needs to pick up two losses among Baltimore, Canton, and San Fernando.
• One of Canton or New York has to go 0-4 still.

Unfortunately, both games with huge implications (Canton @ New York and Willow City @ Big Inning) happen in week 18. How does this upcoming sim shake out in terms of playoff implications?

San Fernando is eliminated with any of the following:

• Any loss.
• Any New York win.
• Any Willow City win.
• Any Big Inning win.
• Baltimore beating Tallahassee.

Baltimore or Tallahassee are eliminated with any of the following:

• The loser of their head-to-head matchup is eliminated.
• New York and Canton going 2-0.
• A loss in their non-head-to-head game and any two of the following:
• New York winning at least one game.
• Canton winning at least one game.
• Willow City winning both games.

Big Inning is eliminated with:

• Any loss and New York and Canton going 2-0.
• Two losses and either one of the following:
• New York winning at least 1 game.
• Willow City winning both games.

Willow City is eliminated with:

• Two losses and New York and Canton going 2-0.

[EagleFan]

Sorry, it's been a little crazy. Forgot that I said Sunday. I'll sim and post shortly.

[EagleFan]

Week 8 Results
Canton 18 (11-4)
Big Inning 10 (8-7)

Tallahassee 7 (7-8)
Indianapolis 8 (5-10)
Indianapolis with 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th for the win

New York 4 (11-4)
Stamford 2 (4-11)

Baltimore 3 (7-8)
Willow City 4 (10-5)
Willow City with a solo homerun by Willie Mays in the bottom of the 8th to tie it and a 1 out RBI double by Ernie Banks for the win in the bottom of the 9th

San Fernando 2 (6-9)
Otisburg 5 (6-9)


Willow City 4 (10-6)
Canton 5 (12-4)
10 innings

Otisburg 3 (6-10)
Stamford 12 (5-11)

Indianapolis 3 (5-11)
New York 9 (12-4)

Baltimore 2 (7-9)
Tallahassee 6 (8-8)

Big Inning 2 (8-8)
San Fernando 11 (7-9)

[EagleFan]

Standings
New York 12-4
Canton 12-4
Willow City 10-6
Big Inning 8-8
Tallahassee 8-8
Baltimore 7-9
San Fernando 7-9
Otisburg 6-10
Stamford 5-11
Indianapolis 5-11

[EagleFan]

Site is updated.

[EagleFan]

Final week will be simmed Wednesday.

If a one game playoff is required for the wild card that will be Thursday live posted.

[Vince, Pt. II]

I am way more disappointed than I expected to be with that extra innings loss.