FOOL-X 2023 Regular Season Thread

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

I wouldn't be surprised if you win. Your pitching is better. I can't develop control for the life of me.

I think Dan's great, but I wouldn't be surprised either. I think Alan made a very valid point.

[Alan T]

Stafford has a magic number of 5
Washington has a magic number of 11

Chicago and St. Louis are still mathematically alive.


Waikiki has a magic number of 8
Spring has a magic number of 11

New York, Maricopa, Ann Arbor, portland and Las vegas are still mathematically alive.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by ShoelessJ03

-11 on your Pyth. Record.

It seems your team really shouldn't have been as bad as you thought and are playing right now.

I seriously thought we were going to spend another year right in the middle of the pack...but hey, everything's fair game during rebuild time. Luckily none of my guys are on long contracts so I can just let them all go and go fishing!

[Alan T]

September 25th, 2023:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Stafford Terriers 94 62 .603 - 88-68 6 43-35 51-27 8-7 33-22 2 L1 2-8 Washington Freedom 89 67 .571 5 93-63 -4 45-36 44-31 6-7 27-21 L4 5-5 Chicago Southpaws 87 69 .558 7 86-70 1 41-34 46-35 13-6 30-26 W3 4-6 St Louis Hops 83 72 .535 10½ 80-75 3 48-33 35-39 7-6 22-21 W1 8-2 Havana Banana Sluggers 72 84 .462 22 73-83 -1 40-41 32-43 4-5 22-20 L1 6-4 St Cloud Raindrops 70 86 .449 24 80-76 -10 31-44 39-42 6-8 21-29 W8 9-1 Oshawa Mullets 66 90 .423 28 65-91 1 34-44 32-46 7-8 19-33 L3 2-8 Plantana Pirates 62 93 .400 31½ 59-96 3 28-46 34-47 5-9 20-22 W1 5-5

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Waikiki Beach Boys 88 68 .564 - 90-66 -2 50-31 38-37 2-6 25-24 3 W1 8-2 Spring Lions 84 72 .538 4 79-77 5 43-38 41-34 8-11 31-22 W1 6-4 New York Legends 82 74 .526 6 76-80 6 45-30 37-44 9-5 23-18 L1 6-4 Ann Arbor Wolverines 81 75 .519 7 81-75 0 43-35 38-40 7-5 26-25 W3 7-3 Maricopa Rattlers 77 79 .494 11 80-76 -3 40-35 37-44 6-11 28-28 L4 2-8 Las Vegas Wildcats 74 82 .474 14 78-78 -4 35-43 39-39 12-11 20-30 W3 5-5 Portland Axemen 72 83 .465 15½ 75-80 -3 38-36 34-47 11-7 19-25 L1 4-6 Cleveland Naps 65 90 .419 22½ 66-89 -1 35-46 30-44 6-5 21-21 L7 1-9

[ShoelessJ03]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

I wouldn't be surprised if you win. Your pitching is better. I can't develop control for the life of me.

Going 4-6 during a 10 game stretch in the middle of September is a sure fire way to keep yourself out of the playoffs.

I knew I couldn't count on my team down the stretch.

My lineup is very young and can't seem to produce the run support for my pitching.

[Alan T]

Stafford has clinched a playoff spot!!

Washington has a magic number of 5

Chicago and St. Louis are both still mathematically alive.


Waikiki has a magic number of 1
Spring has a magic number of 5

New York and Ann Arbor are both still mathematically alive.

[CleBrownsfan]

Nice losing stretch at the end to secure a top 3 pick in the draft... good job Naps

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by ShoelessJ03

Going 4-6 during a 10 game stretch in the middle of September is a sure fire way to keep yourself out of the playoffs.

I knew I couldn't count on my team down the stretch.

My lineup is very young and can't seem to produce the run support for my pitching.

That's a valid point if I didn't have the same kind of stretch.

[Alan T]

9/25:

Plantana 3, Washington 2
St. Louis 3, Chicago 1 (12 innings)

Stafford 94-62 (m# 1 for homefield)
Washington 89-68 (m# 4)
Chicago 87-70
St. Louis 84-72

New York 4, Waikiki 3
Portland 7, Spring 5 (10 innings)

Waikiki 88-69 (m# 1)
Spring 84-73 (m# 5)
New York 83-74
Ann Arbor 81-75

[Alan T]

9/26:

Stafford 3, Oshawa 1
Plantana 5, Washington 1
Chicago 3, St. Louis 2

Stafford has clinched homefield advantage in the CLCS!

Stafford 95-62 (clinched)
Washington 89-69 (m# 4)
Chicago 88-70

St. Louis is eliminated from the postseason


New York 10, Waikiki 5
Ann Arbor 6, Las vegas 1
Spring 4, Portland 1

Waikiki 88-70 (m# 1)
Spring 85-73 (m# 4)
New York 84-74
Ann Arbor 82-75

[Alan T]

9/27:

Plantana 5, Washington 3
Chicago 3, St. Louis 0

Stafford 95-63 (clinched)
Washington 89-70
Chicago 89-70


Waikiki 8, New York 2
Ann Arbor 8, Las vegas 1
Portland 1, Spring 0

Waikiki clinches a playoff spot and homefield advantage in the RLCS!

Waikiki 89-70 (clinched)
Spring 85-74 (m# 3)
New York 84-75
Ann Arbor 83-75

[Alan T]

Ann Arbor has a tough road ahead with 1 more game @ Las Vegas and then a three game home series with the RL regular season champ Waikiki

new York finishes the season with three home games vs Las Vegas

Spring has to finish up with three games on the road against last year's champion Maricopa!


Over in the CL....

Washington and Chicago finish up with a three game series @ Chicago for all of the marbles!

[ShoelessJ03]

NICE!! All tied up!

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by ShoelessJ03

NICE!! All tied up!

Fun!

[Alan T]

9/28:

Ann Arbor 5, Las Vegas 4


Waikiki 89-70 (clinched)
Spring 85-74 (m# 3)
New York 84-75
Ann Arbor 84-75

[Alan T]

Zero Hour: Bradford Blanks Terriers
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023: Kelly Bradford was stingy with runs in his latest outing against the Terriers. He shut them out 1-0 on 1 hit with 7 strikeouts and 1 walk.

The Oshawa manager said, "Kelly was very aggressive tonight. He threw everything he had with a lot of confidence."

The losing manager had praise, too. "He was throwing strikes with all his pitches and mixing it up well. Bradford has a sneaky fastball, and whatever that off-speed pitch was, it was keeping our timing off."

In 31 starts this season Bradford has rung up a 6-12 record and a 3.76 ERA.

[Alan T]

Chávez Belts Number 300
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023: At Rattlers Ballpark Jorge Chávez smashed his 300th career home run in a game against Maricopa today. The 29-year-old right fielder had a hand in the Cleveland Naps 9-3 victory with 1 home run and 1 RBI. For the day he went 3 hits-5 at-bats.

At the press conference after the game, Chávez downplayed his achievement.

"Obviously, I've hit 300 home runs so I belong in that 300 club. But when you talk about the other guys that have done it, I'm not as good as they were. Those guys were the greatest of all time. I've just been able to scrape together some good years and stayed healthy and gotten there."

During his career Chávez has notched 1610 hits and a .300 average with 300 home runs and 1145 RBIs.

[CleBrownsfan]

What a race to get into the playoffs!

[Alan T]

9/29:

Washington 17, Chicago 7


Stafford 96-64 (clinched)
Washington 90-70 (m# 2)
Chicago 89-71


new York 4, Las Vegas 3
Waikiki 5, Ann Arbor 0
Spring 12, Maricopa 3


Waikiki 90-70 (clinched)
Spring 86-74 (m# 2)
New York 85-75
Ann Arbor 84-76

[ShoelessJ03]

I'm hoping Landon Jones and Jorge Estrada come up big against Washington!

We need some runs on the board!

[ShoelessJ03]

L

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[Alan T]

9/30:

Chicago 1, Washington 0

Stafford 97-64 (clinched)
Washington 90-71
Chicago 90-71


New York 4, Las Vegas 0
Waikiki 5, Ann Arbor 1
Maricopa 6, Spring 5 (12 innings)


Waikiki 91-70 (clinched)
Spring 86-75
New York 86-75


Ann Arbor is eliminated from the postseason

[ShoelessJ03]

1-0 win

That's my kind of win!!

[Alan T]

Final game of the season! playoff spots in both leagues are up for grabs!

There will be no tie in the CL, whoever wins this game gets the playoff spot!

In the RL, if both Spring and New York win or both lose then there will be a best of three playoff between the two teams to determine which one heads to the promised lands.

[hyde4us11]

Good luck Jarrod

[spleen1015]

Nice. Both WC spots come down to the last day of the season.

[Alan T]

Washington may not have the overall starting pitching that Chicago does, but a great matchup to end the season between the two:

Belzile for Washington (13-6 2.96 ERA) vs Wheaton for Chicago (16-6 3.26 ERA)


over in the RL:

Arredondo (13-8 5.36 ERA) pitches for New York vs Las Vegas
Sloan (11-8 5.19 ERA) pitches for Spring vs Maricopa

[ShoelessJ03]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Good luck Jarrod

same to you

[TeachEnEspanol]

I was gone for a while and Alan is still drawing this thing out?

[ShoelessJ03]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

I was gone for a while and Alan is still drawing this thing out?

Two great races to claim the final playoff ticket.

It's well worth it!

[Alan T]

10/1:

Washington 9, Chicago 5

Washington wins the playoff spot on the final day of the season!


New York 6, Las Vegas 5
Spring 4, Maricopa 3

Both teams remain tied after the end of the season!

Since Spring led the regular season series between the two teams, they will host the best of three playoff with new York to determine which team makes the postseason.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by ShoelessJ03

Two great races to claim the final playoff ticket.

It's well worth it!

Yeah this is really entertaining today!

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

I was gone for a while and Alan is still drawing this thing out?

I'm kind of on a conference call in an argument while doing this

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Alan T

I'm kind of on a conference call in an argument while doing this

Ahaha, are you winning at least?

[ShoelessJ03]

Congrats Dan.

Wheaton was the guy I would have chosen to have on the mound on the final day in a mini playoff to get to the big dance.

You beat us with our best on the mound.

You better win it all or I'm coming after you next year!

Actually, win or not, I'm still hunting you down next year!

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Ahaha, are you winning at least?

Alan by a field goal. Darn wrong sport. LOL

[spleen1015]

I tried to help you Shoe. We swept Washington to help you get back in it.

Garts playoff teams.

[hyde4us11]

Thanks Jarrod, was a nice season for you still. Next year should be very kind to you.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Ahaha, are you winning at least?

I'm the engineer, they are support guys. of course I'm winning

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Alan T

I'm the engineer, they are support guys. of course I'm winning

I knew it. Goooo Alan!

[Alan T]

10/2:

Spring 5, new York 4

[Alan T]

10/3:

New York 6, Spring 4



And we go down to the wire, whoever wins the next game between Spring and new York wins it all!

[Alan T]

Ooops. UPS coming to the door. brb!

[Alan T]

Vizier pitches for new York (11-11 5.19 ERA)
vs
Jimenez for Spring (11-10 5.85 ERA)

[Alan T]

10/4:

Spring 6, New York 2


Spring clinches the final playoff spot!

[TeachEnEspanol]

Great job this year guys. Congrats Hyde!!!

Jarrod: You put up a very good fight!

[Alan T]

Final 2023 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Stafford Terriers 97 65 .599 - 92-70 5 45-36 52-29 8-7 33-25 Clinched L1 4-6 Washington Freedom 91 71 .562 6 97-65 -6 45-36 46-35 6-7 27-23 W1 2-8 Chicago Southpaws 90 72 .556 7 88-74 2 44-37 46-35 13-7 32-26 L1 6-4 St Louis Hops 85 77 .525 12 83-79 2 48-33 37-44 8-6 22-22 L2 4-6 Havana Banana Sluggers 74 88 .457 23 74-88 0 40-41 34-47 4-5 24-20 W1 3-7 St Cloud Raindrops 73 89 .451 24 83-79 -10 34-47 39-42 6-8 22-30 W1 7-3 Oshawa Mullets 70 92 .432 27 68-94 2 36-45 34-47 7-8 21-34 L1 5-5 Plantana Pirates 68 94 .420 29 63-99 5 34-47 34-47 5-9 21-22 W2 8-2

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Waikiki Beach Boys 92 70 .568 - 94-68 -2 50-31 42-39 2-6 25-25 Clinched W4 7-3 Spring Lions 89 76 .539 4½ 85-80 4 45-38 44-38 8-13 33-24 W1 6-4 New York Legends 88 77 .533 5½ 81-84 7 51-31 37-46 9-5 26-19 L1 6-4 Ann Arbor Wolverines 84 78 .519 8 84-78 0 43-38 41-40 7-5 27-25 L3 6-4 Maricopa Rattlers 79 83 .488 13 81-81 -2 42-39 37-44 7-11 29-29 L1 2-8 Portland Axemen 75 87 .463 17 78-84 -3 41-40 34-47 13-7 20-26 L3 4-6 Las Vegas Wildcats 74 88 .457 18 79-83 -5 35-46 39-42 12-11 20-33 L6 3-7 Cleveland Naps 70 92 .432 22 71-91 -1 35-46 35-46 6-6 22-21 W3 5-5

[Chief Rum]

Man, I did my whole stereotypical long California commuter drive while the season was being run. Y'all need to wrap this up!

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Man, I did my whole stereotypical long California commuter drive while the season was being run. Y'all need to wrap this up!

That's what I said!

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG C. Li - SPG .362 2 M. Sakurai WAS .354 3 E. Cunningham MAR .349 4 C. Carmelo WAI .338 5 H. King SPG .331	League Leaders HR S. Martínez - NY 47 2 M. Parrish WAS 45 3 R. Vargas STC 42 4 S. Suzuki LVS 41 5 H. Pak STC 40	League Leaders RBI R. Salas - STL 141 2 R. Antar CLE 137 2 L. Velásquez STL 137 4 C. Li SPG 136 5 H. Pak STC 133
League Leaders W R. Castro - STC 17 2 F. Chiasson NY 16 2 C. Gutiérrez STL 16 2 P. Ortíz WAI 16 2 M. Wheaton CHI 16	League Leaders ERA P. Ortíz - WAI 2.49 2 A. Durán STA 2.95 3 O. Belzile WAS 3.12 4 R. Castro STC 3.17 5 M. Wheaton CHI 3.24	League Leaders K D. McDonah - OSH 218 2 N. Muller PLN 211 3 F. Gutiérrez CLE 193 3 J. Samuels CHI 193 5 C. Fox MAR 192