FOOL 2119 Regular Season

[Alan T]

Rancheros Navarro Dominates Bruins
Friday, August 25th, 2119: It was a dazzling performance by Pablo Navarro of the Colorado Rancheros. He shut out the Los Angeles Bruins 5-0 on a well-pitched 2-hitter, ringing up 5 strikeouts and issuing 2 walks.

To date this year in 25 starts, Navarro has crafted a 8-11 mark with a 4.40 ERA.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

250 wins here is like the 300 wins in real life level to me. Nice career for Alomar.

Did you know that in the MLB, over 140 seasons there have been 46 250-game winners and only 24 300-game winners?

In the 159 seasons of FOOL baseball, there have been 16 300-game winners and 49 250-game winners?

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Did you know that in the MLB, over 140 seasons there have been 46 250-game winners and only 24 300-game winners?

In the 159 seasons of FOOL baseball, there have been 16 300-game winners and 49 250-game winners?

That's some interesting numbers. I think that's awesome they come close. Maybe my thoughts need adjusted some to account for this.

[Alan T]

August's Top Starter Named in RL
Friday, September 1st, 2119: In August Ann Arbor starter, Alexis Thibeault really put the strong arm on the other Republic League teams and hauled in the Pitcher of the Month trophy. He did it with an impressive 4 wins and 1 loss.

In 6 starts and 43.1 innings of work, Thibeault limited opposing batters to 29 base hits and a .187 batting average. He fanned 40, issued 10 walks and had a 2.70 ERA.

Thus far this season, Thibeault has worked 161.1 innings with 146 strikeouts en route to a 11-12 record and a 4.63 ERA.

Hooper Picks up CL Monthly Pitching Honor
Friday, September 1st, 2119: It doesn't happen often, but it did in August: A reliever, Alfred Hooper, has been named the top pitcher in the Continental League.

The Apex bullpen ace starred with no saves in no relief appearances, logging 45.1 innings, 28 strikeouts, 4 walks and a 1.99 ERA. Hooper finished the month with 5 wins and no losses -- and was the league's number one hurler.

So far this year Hooper has delivered no saves. In no relief appearances he has 119 strikeouts in 190.1 innings with a 2.22 ERA and a 16-6 won-lost mark.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

That's some interesting numbers. I think that's awesome they come close. Maybe my thoughts need adjusted some to account for this.

I think the thing to keep in mind is in MLB, you had pitchers like Don Sutton or Gaylord Perry or Tom Seaver pitch well past their prime in order to achieve that 300 win milestone. (I would include Phil Niekro also who pitched until age 48, but well he actually pitched quite well in his 40s).

There is only 1 pitcher with career wins of 290 - 300. Almost every pitcher that got close hung on a little longer to get that milestone.

In FOOl, you have three pitchers with wins in 290-300, and many others (such as Kieran Browne, Javier Zuniga, Bartolo Rodriguez ) that were within striking distance of 300 that retired instead. Sure Browne, Rodriguez and Zuniga were past their prime, but they could have held on another 2-3 seasons of 7 win seasons to get 300 if they had wanted.

So that is kind of one of the reasons the numbers are likely a little off there.

[Alan T]

RL Top Batter Trophy Won by Lópes
Friday, September 1st, 2119: The hard-hitting second baseman from Los Angeles, Vicente Lópes, wielded a big bat in August and was hailed as the Republic League Batter of the Month.

He hit a healthy .376 with 7 home runs, 21 RBIs and 22 runs scored.

This year Lópes has hit at a .297 clip with 152 hits, 15 home runs, 58 RBIs and 87 runs scored.


Cadman Claims CL Batter of the Month Award
Friday, September 1st, 2119: Tokyo center fielder Jacob Cadman took home the Continental League Batter of the Month Trophy for August.

He put up some solid numbers, including a .343 batting average and .460 on-base percentage with 35 hits, 8 home runs, 13 RBIs and 21 runs scored.

This year Cadman is batting .301 with 145 hits, 28 home runs, 76 RBIs, 89 walks, .428 OBP and has scored 95 runs.

[Alan T]

Ishii Grades Out as August's Top Rookie
Friday, September 1st, 2119: Manabu Ishii put up eye-catching numbers in August to earn himself the Republic League Rookie of the Month Award.

The first baseman for the Hartford Harpooners batted .298 with 7 home runs, 26 RBIs and 18 runs scored as he proved he does deserve to play in the Republic League.

Ishii on the season is batting .307 with 32 home runs. His totals include 107 RBIs and 72 runs scored. He has played in 124 games.


CL Names Stein Best Rookie
Friday, September 1st, 2119: In August, budding star John Stein had quite a month as he smashed up the Continental League and stashed away the Rookie of the Month award in his trophy case.

During the month he hit .238 with 5 doubles, 1 triple and 3 home runs. Stein also scored 11 times and drove in 10 runs.

To date this season Stein is hitting .246 with 8 home runs.

[Alan T]

September 1st, 2119:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Halifax Winter Wolves 72 53 .576 - 71-54 1 39-23 33-30 7-2 16-16 35 W1 6-4 Tokyo Cyclones 73 56 .566 1.0 72-57 1 39-25 34-31 5-5 18-17 L3 4-6 Apex Assassins 72 58 .554 2.5 67-63 5 39-28 33-30 7-5 29-16 L1 7-3 Baltimore Gothams 70 56 .556 2.5 70-56 0 39-21 31-35 6-5 23-16 L1 4-6 Napa Valley Winemakers 61 66 .480 12.0 65-62 -4 31-34 30-32 5-8 17-24 W3 6-4 Brooklyn Brownstones 53 73 .421 19.5 54-72 -1 31-35 22-38 1-6 15-13 W1 4-6 Noblesville Millers 44 83 .346 29.0 49-78 -5 24-37 20-46 5-5 8-24 L1 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 82 48 .631 - 70-60 12 37-30 45-18 10-3 29-8 28 L6 3-7 Hartford Harpooners 74 53 .583 6.5 74-53 0 38-27 36-26 9-6 18-19 L1 7-3 Toronto Marlboros 65 61 .516 15.0 68-58 -3 36-30 29-31 7-5 23-14 W1 6-4 Colorado Rancheros 64 63 .504 16.5 66-61 -2 29-32 35-31 4-6 13-20 W3 6-4 Hammersmith Hooligans 60 66 .476 20.0 69-57 -9 27-33 33-33 5-7 10-32 L1 4-6 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 56 73 .434 25.5 55-74 1 26-38 30-35 2-5 13-11 W1 3-7 Los Angeles Bruins 44 81 .352 35.5 45-80 -1 18-44 26-37 3-8 13-15 W3 5-5

[hyde4us11]

Yea they were close enough to get there. I think OOTP9 and 10 didn't do players justice in the sense that they would retire if they didn't get the money they wanted. 11 does the hang on contracts a lot better.

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG M. Callaghan - BAL .368 2 R. Mendoza TOR .333 3 J. Reyes BRK .329 4 M. Mizuno APX .328 5 3 tied with .322	League Leaders HR M. Ishii - HAR 32 2 J. González HAR 29 3 J. Cadman TOK 28 3 V. Meléndez NVY 28 3 2 more tied with 28	League Leaders RBI M. Martínez - TOK 110 2 M. Ishii HAR 107 3 E. Zambrano BRK 103 4 J. Franco TOR 100 5 3 tied with 96
League Leaders W 2 tied with 16 1 A. Hooper APX 16 1 M. King CHI 16 3 V. Aragón BAL 14 4 4 tied with 13	League Leaders ERA L. Lloyd - HAL 2.09 2 A. Hooper APX 2.22 3 D. Sentner NOB 2.90 4 M. King CHI 2.95 5 E. Lizaraga TOK 2.99	League Leaders K T. Fletcher - CHI 177 2 M. Gómez ANN 159 3 B. Clerke APX 157 4 D. Briggs HAM 155 5 P. Urbina NVY 149

[hyde4us11]

Chico is 12 better in Pyt.Rec that's a nice number.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Chico is 12 better in Pyt.Rec that's a nice number.

They have won a crazy amount of 1 run games. They have some really nice pitchers. If they make it into the playoffs, other teams should be afraid.

[Alan T]

García Smashes 300th Homer
Thursday, September 21st, 2119: Rebels third baseman António García reached a career milestone yesterday, blasting home run number 300.

He took the achievement in stride. "It's always good to get another home run and even better to get another win," García told reporters in the postgame interview.

He went 2-2 during the Chico 5-1 triumph over the Colorado Rancheros and scored 1 run with 1 run batted in.

In his 1583-game career García is hitting .245 with 1497 hits, 321 doubles, 15 triples and 300 home runs. He has scored 802 runs and driven in 996.

[Alan T]

Relief Star Wins RL Top Pitcher Honors
Sunday, October 1st, 2119: Bill Starr had an excellent September and has been rewarded with the Republic League Pitcher of the Month Award. The Los Angeles relief ace was one tough customer on the mound, constantly coming in and getting his club out of trouble or protecting a one-run or two-run lead.

During the month, the Bruins star had 2 saves in 3 save opportunities, a 1.90 ERA and 2 wins and no losses. In 23.2 innings Starr struck out 18 and gave up 17 hits and 3 walks.

This year his season stats show Starr has 4 saves in 75 relief appearances with a 6-3 record and 4.66 ERA.


Guiney Wins Best CL Pitcher
Sunday, October 1st, 2119: In September Halifax starter Roland Guiney mystified Continental League hitters and carried off the Pitcher of the Month honors by chalking up a 5-0 record in 6 starts.

The 32-year-old Guiney added 16 strikeouts in 41 innings and 11 walks to his season record and compiled a 1.76 ERA. Opposing batters hit .224 against him.

This year Guiney has 14 wins and 10 losses and a 3.06 ERA.

[Alan T]

Ishii Brings Home RL Batter of Month Honor
Sunday, October 1st, 2119: Today Hartford's Manabu Ishii was named Republic League Batter of the Month for September. He slammed opposing pitching hard all month long, bashing out 39 hits in 106 at-bats.

With a .368 batting average, 7 home runs, 24 RBIs and 16 runs scored, he was a solid choice.

Ishii is batting .317 with 39 home runs and 131 RBIs this season.


CL Announces Outstanding Batter Award
Sunday, October 1st, 2119: For the month of September, Mark Callaghan of the Baltimore Gothams has really worn out the sweet spot on his bat. He has assaulted, used and abused Continental League pitchers to the tune of a .351 batting average and was honored as the hottest hitter of the month today.

Callaghan went 34 for 97 last month with 8 walks. The first baseman tallied 6 home runs, 20 RBIs, 13 runs scored and compiled a .400 on-base percentage.

So far this year, Callaghan is batting .365 with 30 home runs and 113 RBIs.

[Alan T]

Ishii Honored by Republic League
Sunday, October 1st, 2119: None of the pitchers could figure him out last month. Manabu Ishii was pure poison to them, lashing out hits with in such abundance he was voted the latest Republic League Rookie of the Month.

In September he hit the ball at a .368 clip, popping off 39 hits and 7 home runs with 24 RBIs and scoring 16 runs.

Hartford opponents have to be thinking about pitching around this guy until he cools off a bit.

In 150 games this season Ishii has batted at a .317 pace with 193 hits and 39 home runs.



Rookie Reels In Continental League Award
Sunday, October 1st, 2119: The batter wants to "hit 'em where they ain't." And that is just what António Pinto did all month long to net the Continental League Rookie of the Month Award.

In September he slapped 29 hits in 84 at-bats for a .345 batting average. Pinto also racked up 2 home runs, 7 RBIs, and 17 runs scored.

Currently Pinto is batting .288 with 14 home runs and 61 RBIs.

[Alan T]

October 1st, 2119:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Baltimore Gothams 88 64 .579 - 87-65 1 52-26 36-38 9-5 30-18 9 L1 7-3 Halifax Winter Wolves 85 66 .563 2.5 82-69 3 46-29 39-37 10-3 21-19 W2 3-7 Apex Assassins 84 69 .549 4.5 78-75 6 44-31 40-38 7-5 34-18 W1 8-2 Tokyo Cyclones 82 71 .536 6.5 83-70 -1 47-32 35-39 6-7 20-22 L1 3-7 Napa Valley Winemakers 74 79 .484 14.5 78-75 -4 37-40 37-39 5-9 22-30 W1 6-4 Brooklyn Brownstones 63 87 .420 24.0 64-86 -1 35-38 28-49 1-8 17-17 L4 2-8 Noblesville Millers 56 96 .368 32.0 62-90 -6 32-43 24-53 5-6 9-29 L1 6-4

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 94 59 .614 - 83-70 11 42-33 52-26 10-3 33-8 Clinched L1 3-7 Hartford Harpooners 84 69 .549 10.0 86-67 -2 43-34 41-35 9-7 19-27 W2 3-7 Toronto Marlboros 79 71 .527 13.5 83-67 -4 39-34 40-37 7-7 27-19 L1 8-2 Colorado Rancheros 75 77 .493 18.5 78-74 -3 36-39 39-38 5-7 16-22 L2 3-7 Hammersmith Hooligans 75 77 .493 18.5 81-71 -6 38-40 37-37 6-7 12-34 W1 6-4 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 67 86 .438 27.0 64-89 3 34-45 33-41 4-6 17-14 W1 6-4 Los Angeles Bruins 58 93 .384 35.0 57-94 1 26-49 32-44 5-9 18-18 W1 6-4

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG M. Callaghan - BAL .365 2 R. Mendoza TOR .335 3 M. Mizuno APX .320 3 E. Zambrano BRK .320 5 M. Ishii HAR .317	League Leaders HR M. Ishii - HAR 39 2 J. González HAR 33 3 V. Meléndez NVY 32 3 M. Pérez ANN 32 3 J. Velázquez HAR 32	League Leaders RBI M. Martínez - TOK 133 2 M. Ishii HAR 131 3 J. Franco TOR 121 4 E. Zambrano BRK 117 5 B. Rainey CHI 114
League Leaders W A. Hooper - APX 20 2 M. King CHI 18 3 V. Aragón BAL 15 3 H. Hoshino APX 15 3 P. Lugo HAM 15	League Leaders ERA A. Hooper - APX 2.20 2 L. Lloyd HAL 2.62 3 D. Sentner NOB 2.74 4 S. Turpin NVY 2.85 5 M. King CHI 2.92	League Leaders K T. Fletcher - CHI 201 2 D. Briggs HAM 193 3 S. Turpin NVY 187 4 M. Gómez ANN 186 5 B. Clerke APX 181

[Alan T]

Chico has clinched a playoff spot and homefield advantage in the RLCS!

Baltimore has a magic number of 6
Halifax has a magic number of 9

Hartford has a magic number of 8

[hyde4us11]

The 2 guys leading the league in HR right now are both rookies.

[Alan T]

October 9th, 2119:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Baltimore Gothams 92 67 .579 - 90-69 2 54-27 38-40 9-6 32-19 1 W1 5-5 Halifax Winter Wolves 89 70 .560 3.0 86-73 3 47-31 42-39 10-3 22-21 W1 6-4 Apex Assassins 86 72 .544 5.5 80-78 6 45-32 41-40 7-6 35-19 L2 6-4 Tokyo Cyclones 85 72 .541 6.0 87-70 -2 49-32 36-40 6-7 21-23 W1 6-4 Napa Valley Winemakers 79 82 .491 14.0 83-78 -4 39-42 40-40 7-9 24-31 W1 6-4 Brooklyn Brownstones 65 92 .414 26.0 66-91 -1 37-42 28-50 1-8 17-19 L1 2-8 Noblesville Millers 59 100 .371 33.0 66-93 -7 32-46 27-54 5-6 10-29 L1 5-5

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 96 62 .608 - 84-74 12 42-35 54-27 10-4 35-8 Clinched L1 4-6 Hartford Harpooners 89 72 .553 8.5 91-70 -2 44-37 45-35 9-7 20-27 W3 7-3 Toronto Marlboros 83 74 .529 12.5 87-70 -4 42-37 41-37 8-7 27-21 L2 5-5 Colorado Rancheros 79 80 .497 17.5 82-77 -3 38-40 41-40 6-8 17-23 L1 5-5 Hammersmith Hooligans 76 83 .478 20.5 82-77 -6 38-43 38-40 7-8 13-36 L5 3-7 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 70 87 .446 25.5 67-90 3 35-46 35-41 4-7 18-15 W2 6-4 Los Angeles Bruins 62 97 .390 34.5 61-98 1 28-50 34-47 6-9 19-19 W1 5-5

[Alan T]

Baltimore and Hartford have clinched a playoff spot!

Halifax has a magic number of 2

Both Apex and Tokyo are still mathematically alive.

Tokyo plays two games @ Brooklyn and three games @ Halifax
Apex has 1 game left at home vs Napa Valley and then 3 at home vs Baltimore

[Alan T]

10/9:

Tokyo 8, Brooklyn 2
Apex 5, Napa Valley 4


Baltimore 92-67
Halifax 89-70
Apex 87-72
Tokyo 86-72

[Alan T]

10/10:

Baltimore 5, Apex 2 (13 innings)
Tokyo 7, Brooklyn 2

Baltimore has clinched homefield advantage in the CLCS!

Baltimore 93-67 (clinched)
Halifax 89-70 (M# 2)
Tokyo 87-72

Apex has been eliminated from the postseason

[Alan T]

10/11:

Tokyo 9, Halifax 2 (10 innings)

Halifax 89-71
Tokyo 88-72

[Alan T]

10/12:

Tokyo 3, Halifax 0


Halifax 89-72
Tokyo 89-72


1 game left in the season. Winner of Halifax vs Tokyo will claim the final playoff spot. Tokyo has won 5 in a row, including the last two vs Halifax.

[Alan T]

10/13:

Halifax 5, Tokyo 4

Halifax clinches the final playoff spot!

[Alan T]

Final 2119 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Baltimore Gothams 93 69 .574 - 91-71 2 54-27 39-42 10-6 32-19 Clinched L2 5-5 Halifax Winter Wolves 90 72 .556 3.0 86-76 4 48-33 42-39 10-4 23-21 W1 4-6 Apex Assassins 89 73 .549 4.0 83-79 6 48-33 41-40 7-7 36-19 W2 6-4 Tokyo Cyclones 89 73 .549 4.0 91-71 -2 49-32 40-41 7-7 21-24 L1 7-3 Napa Valley Winemakers 79 83 .488 14.0 83-79 -4 39-42 40-41 7-9 24-32 L1 6-4 Brooklyn Brownstones 66 96 .407 27.0 68-94 -2 37-44 29-52 2-8 17-19 W1 3-7 Noblesville Millers 61 101 .377 32.0 68-94 -7 34-47 27-54 5-7 10-29 L1 5-5

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 98 64 .605 - 86-76 12 44-37 54-27 10-5 36-8 Clinched W1 4-6 Hartford Harpooners 90 72 .556 8.0 92-70 -2 44-37 46-35 10-7 20-27 W4 7-3 Toronto Marlboros 86 76 .531 12.0 89-73 -3 43-38 43-38 8-7 28-22 W1 5-5 Colorado Rancheros 80 82 .494 18.0 83-79 -3 39-42 41-40 6-8 18-24 L1 5-5 Hammersmith Hooligans 77 85 .475 21.0 83-79 -6 38-43 39-42 7-8 13-37 L1 2-8 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 73 89 .451 25.0 72-90 1 35-46 38-43 4-7 18-16 L1 7-3 Los Angeles Bruins 63 99 .389 35.0 62-100 1 29-52 34-47 6-9 20-19 W1 5-5

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG M. Callaghan - BAL .355 2 R. Mendoza TOR .329 3 E. Zambrano BRK .326 4 M. Ishii HAR .322 5 L. Caldero TOR .320	League Leaders HR M. Ishii - HAR 44 2 J. González HAR 36 3 V. Meléndez NVY 35 4 R. Francis ANN 34 4 3 more tied with 34	League Leaders RBI M. Ishii - HAR 147 2 M. Martínez TOK 141 3 J. Franco TOR 129 4 E. Zambrano BRK 126 5 L. Caldero TOR 124
League Leaders W A. Hooper - APX 22 2 M. King CHI 18 3 T. Fletcher CHI 16 4 V. Aragón BAL 15 4 8 more tied with 15	League Leaders ERA A. Hooper - APX 2.28 2 S. Turpin NVY 2.71 3 L. Lloyd HAL 2.88 4 D. Sentner NOB 2.95 5 M. King CHI 3.00	League Leaders K T. Fletcher - CHI 209 2 D. Briggs HAM 204 3 S. Turpin NVY 194 4 B. Clerke APX 190 5 M. Gómez ANN 188

[Alan T]

So one of the big questions after the playoffs will be if Ishii will win both the Tanaka award and Benny Myers award in the same season. The last player to do so in the Republic League was Hartford's own Luis Flores 15 seasons ago.

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Playoffs run tomorrow morning!

[Alan T]

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (Hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Manabu Ishii HAR 76.0465 100000 76.05

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Batters) (Veteran hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Jiong Ju CHI 42.2718 100000 42.27

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (Pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Jorge Cerda CHI 28.8783 100000 28.88

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Pitchers) (Veteran pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Shane Noke TOK 20.267 239400 8.47

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (For the most overpaid hitter in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Kuniyoshi Shinoda APX -37.906 6097500 -23113183500000.00

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (For the most overpaid pitcher in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Philippe Vézina BRK -107.139 3357500 -35971919250000.00

Home Run or Nothing Award (For the hitter that hit home runs and not much else.)
Name Team HR RC Score Roy Mitchell NOB 19 41.201210 0.3711

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 Tetsuzan Kanda BRK 14 16 164 101 195.0 19027.3641

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 Virgil Hart LAN 5 11 186 84 203.0 1157.23636399

Running on Empty Award (For the baserunner that keeps attempting to steal and fails.)
Name Team SB CS SB % Score Luis López CHI 10 17 0.3704 8.90

Can't hit his weight Award (For the hitter that can't even hit his weight.)
Name Team Weight Batting Avg. Score Travis Patrick NVY 203 lbs 0.157 0.77389013

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 Kuniyoshi Shinoda APX 0.190 8 48 -37.906

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 Philippe Vézina BRK 8 18 8.39 -107.139

Stone Statue Award (For the Shortstop that had so little range that he resembled a statue.)
Name Team Total Chances Assists Put Outs Range Juan Suárez TOR 316 194 117 4.0331

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 Michael Kirkup HAL 53 30 0.5660 60.9

Early Checkout Award (For the Starting pitcher that left games the earliest.)
Name Team W L ERA GS IP Score Ángel Féliz NOB 5 15 6.89 32 132.0 0.2424

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 Matias Poisson COL 0.313 224 20 204

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 Kuniyoshi Shinoda APX 6097500 0.190 8 48 47.3511

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 Maxence Accornero HAL 6312500 9 12 4.89 25.0442

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

Name Team W L IP Hit Batters Júlio Medina ANN 5 20 189.0 42

[Johnny93g]

Our pitching really let us down this season. Still, Hartford and Chico look very good. Congrats to them and to Baltimore and Halifax over in the CL

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Alan T

May 1st, 2119:

Magic number is 138!
Go Wolves!

[CrimsonFox]

Heh. I don't know what it is about Sept-Oct that causes me to slide and tank so much. I need to figure out how to correct that...whatever "that" is.

Great job to Apex and Tokyo who almost beat me.

Good luck to the other playoffs teams!

Wow Chico/Hartford is definitely a new combination. Not seen that before.

[CrimsonFox]

I would like to add that I am EXTREMELY proud of my bullpen! The last game that I won, my starter went five innings giving up 4 runs and 5 hits. Then I went through SIX relievers in the next four innings and not a one of them gave up a hit or a run!

[CrimsonFox]

Heh. I like Baltimore's chances to kill me in the first round. Just like my last playoff appearance, my best two pitchers pitched the last two games and left me them with 7% and 0% respectively for the playoffs. And that with a 5 man rotation + spot at 20.

This seems like an odd question but is there any chance that, since you run the last 10 games a game at a time anyway, that we have the option of resting our best pitchers the last two games if we are a contender?

Granted I"m hoping swapping to version 12 will really help this issue.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Heh. I like Baltimore's chances to kill me in the first round. Just like my last playoff appearance, my best two pitchers pitched the last two games and left me them with 7% and 0% respectively for the playoffs. And that with a 5 man rotation + spot at 20.

This seems like an odd question but is there any chance that, since you run the last 10 games a game at a time anyway, that we have the option of resting our best pitchers the last two games if we are a contender?

Granted I"m hoping swapping to version 12 will really help this issue.

I don't always run the last 10 days a game at a time. I only do that if there is a possible chance of a tie at the end of the season (because I then have to manually edit the schedule to break the tie before the playoffs occur). Normally I just sim the final week all the way through at once if there is no chance of ties.

[CrimsonFox]

ahhhh I see...then you just post th results a little at a time for suspense. got it.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

ahhhh I see...then you just post th results a little at a time for suspense. got it.

Exactly I normally sim seasons one month at a time then go back through the news to pick out the important stuff.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

ahhhh I see...then you just post th results a little at a time for suspense. got it.

One little "trick" I always used when I used to run a team before being a commissioner like 100 seasons ago was a little pitching staff manipulation.

I -always- used strict rotation and -never- used spot starters. The main reason was so I could accurately predict when and how often a pitcher would pitch.

I know with a 4 man rotation on a 162 game schedule, you'll finish your rotation at game 160 and then have your #1 and #2 pitchers pitch the last two games.

With a 5 man rotation on a 162 game schedule, you'll also finish your rotation at game 160 and have your #1 and your #2 pitchers pitch the last two games.

So knowing that, you can then choose to go with a 3 man rotation or a 6 man rotation for the season and it will end exactly at 162 games, then allowing your #1 starter to be ready for playoffs. However I think there are significant drawbacks to using 3 or 6 man rotations in the regular season, so I never did so.

Instead, what I always did was simply put my #1 starter 3rd in the rotation, my #2 starter 4th in the rotation and #3 starter as 1st in the rotation and #4 starter as 2nd in the rotation. The risk you have here is that it ends up giving 1 extra game for your #3 or 4 starters, but I always felt if you didn't have a strong or at least competent #3 starter, you were in trouble for the playoffs anyways. Plus I found that it ended up giving me some really nice pitching matchups during the regular season at times. (Such as my #4 starter that went 20-1 one season Player Report for #11 Joel Garner )

Anyways, that is how I tackled this problem when I managed. I think I only one time lost the regular season by less than 2 games where this could have had any impact. Just a thought or suggestion at other ways to try to resolve this for you.

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Originally Posted by Alan T

One little "trick" I always used when I used to run a team before being a commissioner like 100 seasons ago was a little pitching staff manipulation.

I -always- used strict rotation and -never- used spot starters. The main reason was so I could accurately predict when and how often a pitcher would pitch.

I know with a 4 man rotation on a 162 game schedule, you'll finish your rotation at game 160 and then have your #1 and #2 pitchers pitch the last two games.

With a 5 man rotation on a 162 game schedule, you'll also finish your rotation at game 160 and have your #1 and your #2 pitchers pitch the last two games.

So knowing that, you can then choose to go with a 3 man rotation or a 6 man rotation for the season and it will end exactly at 162 games, then allowing your #1 starter to be ready for playoffs. However I think there are significant drawbacks to using 3 or 6 man rotations in the regular season, so I never did so.

Instead, what I always did was simply put my #1 starter 3rd in the rotation, my #2 starter 4th in the rotation and #3 starter as 1st in the rotation and #4 starter as 2nd in the rotation. The risk you have here is that it ends up giving 1 extra game for your #3 or 4 starters, but I always felt if you didn't have a strong or at least competent #3 starter, you were in trouble for the playoffs anyways. Plus I found that it ended up giving me some really nice pitching matchups during the regular season at times. (Such as my #4 starter that went 20-1 one season Player Report for #11 Joel Garner )

Anyways, that is how I tackled this problem when I managed. I think I only one time lost the regular season by less than 2 games where this could have had any impact. Just a thought or suggestion at other ways to try to resolve this for you.

I used to do something like this as well, way back in the day, but unlike Alan, I kept finding that I would miss the playoffs by game or two and would bemoan that I had gone with that rotation order. IIRC, my main experiments (and failures) with that was during my first years running the Firecrackers, back in the late 1970s and 80s. Very frustrating.

All that said, like Alan is saying, it probably works well, and I just had a bad experience in a small sample size.