FOOL 2130 Regular Season Thread

[Alan T]

Republic League Announces September's Best Batter
Sunday, October 1st, 2130: Fans, friends and family were cheering today when Roberto Betacourt received September's Republic League Batter of the Month Award.

Betacourt stung the ball all month, posting a .462 batting average with 10 home runs, 38 RBIs and 23 runs scored.

Betacourt on the season is hitting .319 with 33 home runs. His stats include 138 RBIs and 95 runs scored.


CL's Top Hitter Selected
Sunday, October 1st, 2130: It's official. BNN writers have voted Brock Kesterton of the Apex Assassins the Continental League Batter of the Month award for September.

During the month he recorded a .405 average with 7 home runs, 19 RBIs and 14 runs scored.

This year Kesterton has 30 home runs and a .285 batting average.

[Alan T]

Betacourt in a Class by Himself
Sunday, October 1st, 2130: Roberto Betacourt wreaked havoc on Republic League pitching last month and led the charge for the Rookie of the Month Award.

In September he batted .462 for the Rancheros, lashing 43 hits and 10 home runs. The Colorado first baseman also drove in 38 runs and scored 23 times to round out a most impressive month.

Betacourt is presently batting .319 with 33 home runs, 95 runs scored and 138 RBIs. His OBP is .430.


Top CL Rookie of the Month Named
Sunday, October 1st, 2130: Daryl Cornock of the Tokyo Cyclones went on a month-long hitting streak against Continental League pitching and hauled in the Rookie of the Month award for September.

He batted .381 and collected 37 hits, 4 home runs, 21 RBIs and scored 19 runs.

Cornock has a .285 average and a .369 on-base percentage for the year. He has picked up 164 hits, 28 home runs and driven in 122 runs.

[Alan T]

October 1st, 2130:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Apex Assassins 90 62 .592 - 90-62 0 52-23 38-39 15-6 30-22 3 W4 7-3 Baltimore Gothams 83 70 .542 7½ 88-65 -5 46-33 37-37 8-9 23-19 W1 5-5 Tokyo Cyclones 81 70 .536 8½ 80-71 1 40-35 41-35 8-4 22-20 W3 6-4 Napa Valley Winemakers 74 78 .487 16 70-82 4 37-41 37-37 8-13 25-31 L1 6-4 Noblesville Millers 68 82 .453 21 67-83 1 32-41 36-41 8-15 19-21 L4 2-8 Brooklyn Brownstones 69 84 .451 21½ 74-79 -5 29-48 40-36 7-6 16-26 L2 1-9 Halifax Winter Wolves 67 86 .438 23½ 63-90 4 33-42 34-44 7-8 23-19 L1 7-3

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 97 55 .638 - 96-56 1 48-27 49-28 11-8 24-14 4 L3 3-7 Toronto Marlboros 91 62 .595 6½ 99-54 -8 48-31 43-31 8-7 22-16 L1 6-4 Colorado Rancheros 88 64 .579 9 85-67 3 48-30 40-34 2-5 22-13 W2 8-2 Hammersmith Hooligans 88 65 .575 9½ 93-60 -5 45-30 43-35 13-7 20-15 W1 6-4 Hartford Harpooners 73 78 .483 23½ 85-66 -12 33-42 40-36 6-6 15-19 W1 2-8 Los Angeles Bruins 60 93 .392 37½ 64-89 -4 32-45 28-48 8-13 15-23 W2 4-6 Chico Rebels 35 115 .233 61 29-121 6 14-59 21-56 5-7 7-25 L1 5-5

[Chief Rum]

Come oooooooooon, Hooligans!

Alan, it will be interesting to me if I end up making the playoffs, even though the AI "vacation-rejected" my lineups, to see what they did different from what I was going to do.

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG G. Joyce - HAM .346 2 R. Lizaraga ANN .342 3 C. Green HAR .337 4 A. Vásquez NOB .332 5 2 tied with .330	League Leaders HR J. Dittrich - TOR 37 2 J. Stein ANN 36 3 R. Betacourt COL 33 3 G. Kishita TOR 33 5 4 tied with 32	League Leaders RBI R. Betacourt - COL 138 2 J. Dittrich TOR 132 3 P. Rodríguez ANN 131 4 J. Stein ANN 126 5 2 tied with 122
League Leaders W H. Madrigal - NOB 17 2 J. Cross TOR 16 2 D. Davis ANN 16 2 L. Hernández BAL 16 2 5 more tied with 16	League Leaders ERA V. Torres - APX 2.64 2 H. Madrigal NOB 2.65 3 T. Abbott APX 2.70 4 K. Inoue APX 2.96 5 T. Boniface APX 2.97	League Leaders K R. Bennett - ANN 212 2 C. Kim COL 203 3 J. Cross TOR 192 4 M. Gosse CHI 189 5 H. Madrigal NOB 187

[Chief Rum]

Okay, looks like I shoulda said nothing.

[Alan T]

October 9th, 2130:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Apex Assassins 93 66 .585 - 95-64 -2 53-25 40-41 15-7 30-26 Clinched W1 6-4 Tokyo Cyclones 87 72 .547 6 85-74 2 42-36 45-36 10-4 24-20 L1 8-2 Baltimore Gothams 85 72 .541 7 91-66 -6 47-34 38-38 9-9 24-21 L1 4-6 Napa Valley Winemakers 78 81 .491 15 73-86 5 38-43 40-38 8-14 29-32 L1 6-4 Noblesville Millers 71 86 .452 21 69-88 2 35-44 36-42 8-15 20-22 W2 3-7 Halifax Winter Wolves 71 87 .449 21½ 67-91 4 35-42 36-45 7-8 24-19 W1 8-2 Brooklyn Brownstones 70 91 .435 24 74-87 -4 29-52 41-39 7-7 16-27 L1 1-9

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 101 58 .635 - 100-59 1 50-28 51-30 12-8 24-14 Clinched W2 4-6 Toronto Marlboros 93 64 .592 7 102-55 -9 48-33 45-31 8-8 22-17 W2 6-4 Hammersmith Hooligans 93 65 .589 7½ 97-61 -4 47-30 46-35 13-7 21-15 W6 7-3 Colorado Rancheros 91 68 .572 10 89-70 2 48-33 43-35 3-6 23-13 L3 5-5 Hartford Harpooners 78 81 .491 23 90-69 -12 34-44 44-37 6-6 16-19 L2 6-4 Los Angeles Bruins 64 97 .398 38 68-93 -4 34-47 30-50 8-13 15-24 L1 6-4 Chico Rebels 35 122 .223 65 30-127 5 14-65 21-57 5-7 7-26 L8 2-8

[Alan T]

Apex and Ann Arbor have both clinched playoff spots and homefield advantage in the championship series!


Tokyo has a magic number of 4

Toronto has a magic number of 5

[Alan T]

10/9:

Noblesville 4, Baltimore 3

Apex 93-66 (clinched)
Tokyo 87-72 (m# 3)
Baltimore 85-73

Toronto 25, Chico 11
Hammersmith 8, Los Angeles 3

Ann Arbor 101-58 (clinched)
Toronto 94-64 (m# 4)
Hammersmith 94-65

[Alan T]

10/10:


Noblesville 4, Baltimore 3

Tokyo has a magic number of 2

Hammersmith 8, Colorado 2
Toronto 18, Chico 3

Toronto has a magic number of 3

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Toronto 25, Chico 11
Hammersmith 8, Los Angeles 3

Holy frijoles, Batman!

[ekcut]

The Gothams are bums!

[Alan T]

Final weekend of the season!

Baltimore plays three @ Tokyo

Toronto plays three @ Hartford
Hammersmith has two games left at home vs Colorado

[Chief Rum]

Not fair, I have to play Colorado while Johnny plays Chico!

[Alan T]

And when I say weekend, I meant wednesday - Thursday - Friday ending of the season.

[Alan T]

10/11:

Baltimore 8, Tokyo 1

Tokyo has a magic number of 2


Hartford 13, Toronto 8
Colorado 5, Hammersmith 3

Toronto has a magic number of 2

[Alan T]

10/12:

Tokyo 13, Baltimore 1

Tokyo clinches a playoff spot!


Hartford 7, Toronto 4
Hammersmith 1, Colorado 0 (11 innings)

Hammersmith has a magic number of 1

Hammersmith has 0 games left this season, Toronto plays one more @ Hartford.

Hammersmith 96-66
Toronto 95-66

[Alan T]

10/13:

Hartford 5, Toronto 3

Hammersmith clinches the final playoff spot!

[Alan T]

Final 2130 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Apex Assassins 95 67 .586 - 97-65 -2 55-26 40-41 16-8 32-26 Clinched W1 5-5 Tokyo Cyclones 88 74 .543 7 87-75 1 43-38 45-36 10-4 24-20 L1 7-3 Baltimore Gothams 87 75 .537 8 94-68 -7 47-34 40-41 9-9 24-23 W1 5-5 Napa Valley Winemakers 78 84 .481 17 73-89 5 38-43 40-41 8-15 29-33 L4 4-6 Noblesville Millers 74 88 .457 21 72-90 2 37-44 37-44 9-16 22-24 L1 5-5 Halifax Winter Wolves 74 88 .457 21 69-93 5 38-43 36-45 8-8 25-19 W3 7-3 Brooklyn Brownstones 71 91 .438 24 76-86 -5 29-52 42-39 7-7 16-27 W1 2-8

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 104 58 .642 - 105-57 -1 53-28 51-30 12-8 24-14 Clinched W5 7-3 Hammersmith Hooligans 96 66 .593 8 100-62 -4 50-31 46-35 14-7 22-15 W1 9-1 Toronto Marlboros 95 67 .586 9 105-57 -10 48-33 47-34 8-8 22-17 L3 4-6 Colorado Rancheros 92 70 .568 12 90-72 2 48-33 44-37 3-7 23-14 L1 4-6 Hartford Harpooners 81 81 .500 23 93-69 -12 37-44 44-37 6-6 16-19 W3 7-3 Los Angeles Bruins 64 98 .395 40 68-94 -4 34-47 30-51 8-13 15-24 L2 5-5 Chico Rebels 35 127 .216 69 29-133 6 14-67 21-60 5-7 7-26 L13 0-10

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG R. Lizaraga - ANN .345 2 G. Joyce HAM .344 3 C. Green HAR .332 4 A. Vásquez NOB .325 5 3 tied with .324	League Leaders HR J. Stein - ANN 39 2 J. Dittrich TOR 38 3 A. Kemper HAM 37 4 G. Kishita TOR 36 4 P. Rodríguez ANN 36	League Leaders RBI J. Dittrich - TOR 142 2 R. Betacourt COL 140 2 P. Rodríguez ANN 140 4 J. Stein ANN 138 5 I. Omori ANN 137
League Leaders W H. Madrigal - NOB 19 2 R. Bennett ANN 17 2 J. Cross TOR 17 2 D. Davis ANN 17 2 2 more tied with 17	League Leaders ERA V. Torres - APX 2.53 2 H. Madrigal NOB 2.54 3 T. Abbott APX 2.75 4 K. Inoue APX 2.84 5 T. Boniface APX 2.94	League Leaders K R. Bennett - ANN 236 2 C. Kim COL 214 3 H. Madrigal NOB 211 4 J. Cross TOR 204 5 L. Hernández BAL 199

[Chief Rum]

Woot! Since I actually submitted an export this time (even if the AI screwed it up), I'll gladly take ownership of this one. Short-lived though this playoff visit may be, thanks to the powerhouse that is Ann Arbor.

Thanks for a great pennant race, Johnny and Tasan. That was a lot of fun (more for me than you guys, I know...).

[hyde4us11]

Spoiler at the least.

[Chief Rum]

Man, and looking at the Pyth records, Johnny's squad totally deserved it more than my Hooligans did.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Spoiler at the least.

Yeah, thanks, hyde!

[Alan T]

The new file is up! Due to the late start today, I'll move back the start time a few hours. Exports due tomorrow at 10am ET!

Playoffs run tomorrow!

[hyde4us11]

Something in 12 that I like others may not know about. Check out your all-stars baseball cards.

[Tasan]

8 Million bucks for a AAA player. I hate it when I forget to send Alan a PM...

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Tasan

8 Million bucks for a AAA player. I hate it when I forget to send Alan a PM...

I didn't send him to AAA. I sent down a different backup for you. But didn't know where you wanted him starting, so he was just bench probably

[Alan T]

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (Hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Roberto Betacourt COL 64.8155 100000 64.82

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Batters) (Veteran hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score José Chávez APX 62.5533 1700000 3.68

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (Pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Chris Hughes TOK 41.7448 100000 41.74

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Pitchers) (Veteran pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Félix Figueroa TOK 18.7477 200000 9.37

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (For the most overpaid hitter in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Vincente Meléndez LAN -23.7499 7502500 -17818362475000.00

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (For the most overpaid pitcher in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score José Prieto CHI -95.5789 2023500 -19340390415000.00

Home Run or Nothing Award (For the hitter that hit home runs and not much else.)
Name Team HR RC Score Manny García LAN 19 46.347463 0.3372

Selfish Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that has all of the headlines but none of the wins.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score Sotatsu Otani HAL 11 18 167 136 172.0 26145.2093

Unluckiest Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that would likely win an award if on a better team.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score Eldon Hiscock LAN 8 16 135 40 195.0 964.36363762

Running on Empty Award (For the baserunner that keeps attempting to steal and fails.)
Name Team SB CS SB % Score Lawrence Anderson TOR 11 12 0.4783 5.10

Can't hit his weight Award (For the hitter that can't even hit his weight.)
Name Team Weight Batting Avg. Score Carlos Gabriel BRK 199 lbs 0.176 0.88424957

Should have stayed home Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team Batting Avg. HR RBI VORP Benton MacFadden NVY 0.159 10 42 -48.4244

Should have stayed home Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team W L ERA VORP Tommy Cook CHI 2 15 15.36 -150.9013

Stone Statue Award (For the Shortstop that had so little range that he resembled a statue.)
Name Team Total Chances Assists Put Outs Range Takiji Miyamoto TOR 341 214 121 3.7877

Cannon-Arm Award (For the Catcher that showed off the best cannon-arm in games.)
Name Team SB attempts against Runners Thrown Out RTO% Score Javier Pagán HAL 64 31 0.4844 59.2

Early Checkout Award (For the Starting pitcher that left games the earliest.)
Name Team W L ERA GS IP Score Milton Gosse CHI 5 33 6.08 86 228.0 0.3772

Never met a pitch he didn't like award (For the Hitter that never liked to watch a pitch go by without hitting it.)
Name Team Batting Avg. H BB Score José Reyes TOR 0.324 200 59 141

Take the Money and Run Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Batting Avg. HR RBI Score Kinnojo Kawaguchi TOK 8800000 0.309 8 23 44.7168

Take the Money and Run Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Wins Losses ERA Score Martin Warren NOB 6047500 8 15 5.55 10.4153

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

Name Team W L IP Hit Batters Javier Esponda BRK 12 13 197.0 49

[Johnny93g]

Originally Posted by Alan T

González Socks it to Rebels, Cracks 6 Hits
Saturday, June 10th, 2130: At Rebels Ballpark António González was the King of Swing today in the 37-3 win over the Rebels. The Colorado left fielder stepped into the batter's box 7 times against the Chico and delivered 6 hits.

It was a sensational game for him. He told the press, "Unbelievable feeling. It felt good. 6 for 7! It does wonders for your batting average, too."

António González tripled in the 1st, grounded out in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, doubled in the 6th, hit an RBI single in the 7th, singled in the 8th, singled in the 9th and walked in the 9th.

Hitting .284 to date, González has 5 home runs and 27 RBIs. He has played in 49 games.

WOW

[Johnny93g]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Man, and looking at the Pyth records, Johnny's squad totally deserved it more than my Hooligans did.

Nonsense. You guys won when you needed to, we lost when we needed to. We blew the lead. Simple as that. You guys deserve that spot. Good luck in the playoffs, oh, and enjoy it, I plan on being back next season!

Good luck to Tokyo, Apex and Ann Arbor as well

[ekcut]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

WOW

Chico had a number of 40 run games against.
It looks like the 1 man rotation wasn't a big success
I tried that once before with the same result. My 'logic' was because I had one great starter, and a very good bullpen, that I'd have my starter throw 3-4 innings ever game and then let my stellar bullpen take over. But it was WAY too taxing on the pen and they couldn't handle the IP's.

[cgould43]

I should let the AI run my team more often. I hope to be up and running tonight. I'm not sure if it'll work though. I am no longer running XP as for some reason my father in law can't get it running on my netbook. I now have Unbutu and hope to use my windows copy of 12 running using WINE a windows emmulator. I'll give it a try b/c my next choice is buying a linux copy of the game or a windows laptop.
By the way I am far from a computer "geek" and if anyone has any pointers on this new OS feel free to let me know.

[CleBrownsfan]

See - I take over the Cyclones for the 1st time in over a month abd we make the playoffs. I'm just a killer GM - I guess....

JK, of course!

[ShoelessJ03]

Well, we didn't lose 100 games!

[cgould43]

I believe I got the Linux version working. I'll just need to buy a Linux license now unfortunately. This will probably happen at some time this week.

[Afino]

Just curious (again, as an observer...I like reading the FOOL threads too! )

Looks like Prieto somehow "broke" the game. I've never seen a VORP like that ANYWHERE. Sure, he wasn't good the last two years, but for him to jump to 129 BB??

Did Chico not have enough pitchers? He was run out there for a couple of stretches 9, 10 days in a row.

Okay, looks like they had enough pitchers...but they had one guy start 86 games? They had three guys WORSE than Prieto.

Chico Rebels History - 2130 Summary - StatsLab for OOTP12

Crazy.

[Afino]

By the way, Win Shares are pretty broken