FOOL 2131 Regular Season Thread

[CleBrownsfan]

And he only pitched 7.1 innings - wow!!

[Alan T]

Colorado Starter Wins September's Pitcher Award
Monday, October 1st, 2131: Despite the number of years he's been in the league, Chin Kim still gets excited when he puts together a quality stretch like he had in September. The 31-year-old starter for Colorado was named Republic League Pitcher of the Month earlier today.

He collected 4 wins and 1 loss with 34 strikeouts in his 5 starts, putting up a fine 2.59 ERA in 31.1 innings of work.

Kim has posted a 18-8 record for the year with a 3.77 ERA. Teams are hitting .246 against him and he has rung up 213 strikeouts in 217 innings.


Otani Stands Out, Choice for Best Pitcher
Monday, October 1st, 2131: September's elite pitcher was Sotatsu Otani of Halifax. He silenced Continental League hitters the entire month and claimed the Pitcher of the Month award with 3 wins and 1 loss in 5 starts.

Otani restricted opposing hitters to a .234 batting average. He rang up 22 strikeouts in 37.1 innings of work, surrendered 14 walks and crafted a 1.93 ERA.

To this point in the season Otani has 12 wins and 10 losses and a 3.91 ERA.

[Alan T]

Dittrich Wins RL's Best Bat Award
Monday, October 1st, 2131: September's Batter of the Month has been chosen by the Republic League. This month's trophy was awarded to the Toronto left fielder, Joss Dittrich.

He starred by hitting .360 with a .429 on-base percentage, totaled 31 hits in 86 at-bats, 9 home runs, 24 RBIs and 19 runs scored.

For the season Dittrich is hitting .311, batted in 120 runs with 25 home runs and 100 runs scored.


Brooklyn's de Klerk Bags CL Batting Award
Monday, October 1st, 2131: Prospective free agents love to have hot streaks and Juriaan de Klerk is no exception. The Brooklyn catcher capped off a fine month by hauling in Batter of the Month honors in the Continental League.

In September de Klerk hit .372 with 7 home runs, 25 RBIs and 20 runs scored.

Thus far this year de Klerk has hit .312 with 23 home runs and 90 RBIs.

[Alan T]

Nathan Hutchinson Triumphs in RL Rookie Vote
Monday, October 1st, 2131: Nathan Hutchinson wreaked havoc on Republic League pitching last month and led the charge for the Rookie of the Month Award.

In September he batted .352 for the Hooligans, lashing 37 hits and 4 home runs. The Hammersmith right fielder also drove in 16 runs and scored 17 times to round out a most impressive month.

This year Hutchinson is batting .349 with 201 hits, 13 home runs, 70 RBIs, 56 walks, .420 OBP and has scored 100 runs.


Fajardo Voted September's Rookie Award
Monday, October 1st, 2131: When all the votes were counted for the Rookie of the Month in September, Miguel Fajardo of the Baltimore Gothams was on top of the pile. The standout shortstop rifled hits here, there, and everywhere in Continental League ballparks the entire month to win the honor.

The 26-year-old shortstop took the trophy by putting up a .338 average and .489 on-base percentage, 24 hits, no home runs, 8 RBIs and 16 runs scored.

On the year Fajardo has hit .280 with 3 home runs, 62 RBIs and scored 79 runs.

[Alan T]

October 1st, 2131:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Baltimore Gothams 95 58 .621 - 96-57 -1 54-25 41-33 6-9 30-23 Clinched W8 9-1 Apex Assassins 83 70 .542 12 80-73 3 43-34 40-36 7-7 28-19 W1 5-5 Tokyo Cyclones 80 72 .526 14½ 75-77 5 45-30 35-42 7-8 27-20 L1 4-6 Brooklyn Brownstones 72 80 .474 22½ 68-84 4 42-36 30-44 6-5 25-21 L1 8-2 Noblesville Millers 69 84 .451 26 71-82 -2 33-42 36-42 9-4 21-32 L6 1-9 Halifax Winter Wolves 67 83 .447 26½ 63-87 4 34-39 33-44 5-4 20-19 L5 1-9 Napa Valley Winemakers 66 85 .437 28 78-73 -12 31-44 35-41 4-7 12-29 W2 6-4

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Colorado Rancheros 89 63 .586 - 89-63 0 45-33 44-30 2-4 16-13 10 L1 6-4 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 89 64 .582 ½ 91-62 -2 48-31 41-33 8-6 21-21 W1 5-5 Hammersmith Hooligans 86 67 .562 3½ 86-67 0 46-31 40-36 8-8 17-23 L1 7-3 Hartford Harpooners 76 75 .503 12½ 82-69 -6 41-34 35-41 6-7 18-16 W2 4-6 Chico Rebels 75 77 .493 14 68-84 7 41-34 34-43 5-4 24-15 W1 7-3 Toronto Marlboros 75 78 .490 14½ 81-72 -6 33-42 42-36 1-2 13-19 L1 2-8 Los Angeles Bruins 42 108 .280 46 39-111 3 26-47 16-61 8-7 18-20 L4 2-8

[Alan T]

Baltimore has clinched a playoff spot and homefield advantage in the CLCS!

Apex has a magic number of 8

Colorado has a magic number of 7
Ann Arbor has a magic number of 7

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG B. Pittman - BAL .357 2 N. Hutchinson HAM .349 3 T. Jouda BAL .347 4 T. López BAL .342 5 G. Kishita TOR .337	League Leaders HR A. Jackson - CHI 52 2 J. Rivera HAR 41 3 R. Betacourt COL 38 4 C. Rijo CHI 34 5 2 tied with 33	League Leaders RBI A. Jackson - CHI 136 2 R. Betacourt COL 121 3 J. Dittrich TOR 120 4 G. Kishita TOR 115 5 2 tied with 112
League Leaders W L. Hernández - BAL 19 2 K. Inoue APX 18 2 C. Kim COL 18 4 J. Cross TOR 17 5 M. Gosse CHI 16	League Leaders ERA S. Lowery - HAL 2.91 2 N. Scott COL 2.93 3 K. Inoue APX 2.94 4 L. Hernández BAL 3.04 5 S. Wheeler BAL 3.29	League Leaders K R. Bennett - ANN 224 2 C. Kim COL 213 3 M. Gosse CHI 203 4 N. Scott COL 196 5 J. Cross TOR 179

[Alan T]

Jackson has fallen off the pace a bit. He only has 10 games remaining for the season and is on pace for 55 HR which would be good for 11th all time.

[Alan T]

Madrigal Pitches Noblesville to Shutout Win
Saturday, October 6th, 2131: It was a quiet day for the Halifax Winter Wolves at Howler Meadow today. It was Héctor Madrigal, the Noblesville starting pitcher, who made all the noise. He shut them out 2-0, allowing 2 hits while walking 0 and fanning 12.

This year Madrigal has compiled a 11-13 record with a 3.50 ERA in 31 starts.

[Alan T]

October 8th, 2131:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Baltimore Gothams 97 59 .622 - 98-58 -1 55-26 42-33 6-9 30-23 Clinched W1 9-1 Tokyo Cyclones 84 74 .532 14 79-79 5 46-32 38-42 8-8 28-20 W2 7-3 Apex Assassins 85 75 .531 14 83-77 2 44-37 41-38 7-7 29-20 L1 4-6 Brooklyn Brownstones 76 83 .478 22½ 72-87 4 43-38 33-45 6-5 26-21 W1 5-5 Noblesville Millers 71 86 .452 26½ 72-85 -1 34-42 37-44 9-4 22-33 L1 2-8 Napa Valley Winemakers 70 88 .443 28 81-77 -11 31-46 39-42 4-8 13-31 L2 6-4 Halifax Winter Wolves 69 87 .442 28 66-90 3 36-42 33-45 5-4 21-21 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 91 65 .583 - 93-63 -2 49-32 42-33 8-6 21-21 5 W2 7-3 Colorado Rancheros 92 67 .579 ½ 92-67 0 46-35 46-32 2-4 17-13 L1 4-6 Hammersmith Hooligans 91 69 .569 2 91-69 0 49-32 42-37 8-8 17-23 W1 7-3 Hartford Harpooners 80 78 .506 12 86-72 -6 43-34 37-44 6-7 19-16 W2 6-4 Chico Rebels 77 81 .487 15 70-88 7 42-36 35-45 5-4 24-16 L3 5-5 Toronto Marlboros 76 81 .484 15½ 83-74 -7 33-43 43-38 1-3 13-21 L2 3-7 Los Angeles Bruins 45 111 .288 46 41-115 4 28-50 17-61 9-7 20-21 W2 3-7

[Alan T]

Ann Arbor has a magic number of 3
Colorado has a magic number of 2

Tokyo and Apex are tied but Tokyo with the better winning % has a magic number of 4

[Alan T]

With 4 games left, Jackson sits at 54 Home RUns for the season

[Alan T]

Prieto Stops Chico Cold
Monday, October 8th, 2131: José Prieto of the Hartford Harpooners blanked Chico 9-0 on 2 hits. He rang up 5 strikeouts, keeping batters off balance all day long.

This year Prieto has fashioned a 9-15 mark, 5.54 ERA and pitched 180.1 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .292 against him and he has logged 138 strikeouts.

[ShoelessJ03]

Wow.

I knew we were gonna be bad, but I didn't expect to be BAAAAD!

[Alan T]

Pedro Lugo Reaches 200 Wins
Tuesday, October 9th, 2131: Pedro Lugo of the Toronto Marlboros will go down as one of the league's legendary pitchers after his 8-4 win today against the Hammersmith Hooligans.

"It felt like it was a postseason game, one out at a time," said his manager. "It was something special to see."

The 37-year-old Lugo picked up his 200th career victory at Ballpark of Toronto. He hurled 6.1 innings, gave up 7 hits and registered 4 strikeouts along with 1 walk.

"I've worked a long time for this," Lugo said. "I can't believe it's really here. It feels great!"

Lifetime Lugo has 200 victories and 155 defeats with a 3.37 ERA.

[Alan T]

Final weekend of the season:

Baltimore has already clinched a playoff spot and homefield advantage in the CLCS

Baltimore 97-62 (clinched)
Apex 87-75
Tokyo 84-75

Apex has finished their season and has a magic number of 1. Tokyo must sweep a series vs Halifax to force a tie

Ann Arbor 94-65
Colorado 92-68
Hammersmith 92-70

Ann Arbor has clinched a playoff spot
Colorado has a magic number of 1

[Alan T]

10/11:

Tokyo 6, Halifax 4

Apex still has a magic number of 1

Hartford 14, Ann Arbor 1
Toronto 5, Colorado 2

Despite their loss, Ann Arbor clinches homefield advantage in the RLCS!
Colorado still has a magic number of 1 for the final playoff spot

[Alan T]

10/12:

Halifax 4, Tokyo 3

Colorado 8, Toronto 3

Apex and Colorado clinch the final two playoff spots!

[Alan T]

Final 2131 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Baltimore Gothams 100 62 .617 - 101-61 -1 55-26 45-36 6-9 31-24 Clinched W3 6-4 Apex Assassins 87 75 .537 13 84-78 3 44-37 43-38 7-7 29-20 W2 5-5 Tokyo Cyclones 86 76 .531 14 80-82 6 48-33 38-43 9-8 29-21 W1 6-4 Brooklyn Brownstones 78 84 .481 22 74-88 4 43-38 35-46 6-5 26-21 W1 6-4 Halifax Winter Wolves 73 89 .451 27 70-92 3 39-42 34-47 5-5 23-22 L1 6-4 Noblesville Millers 72 90 .444 28 73-89 -1 35-46 37-44 9-4 22-33 L1 3-7 Napa Valley Winemakers 71 91 .438 29 83-79 -12 32-49 39-42 4-8 13-32 L3 4-6

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 94 68 .580 - 96-66 -2 49-32 45-36 8-6 21-23 Clinched L3 6-4 Colorado Rancheros 93 69 .574 1 94-68 -1 46-35 47-34 2-4 17-14 W1 4-6 Hammersmith Hooligans 92 70 .568 2 92-70 0 49-32 43-38 8-8 17-23 L1 6-4 Hartford Harpooners 84 78 .519 10 90-72 -6 47-34 37-44 6-7 21-16 W6 7-3 Toronto Marlboros 79 83 .488 15 85-77 -6 36-45 43-38 1-3 14-21 L1 4-6 Chico Rebels 78 84 .481 16 71-91 7 43-38 35-46 5-4 24-16 L1 3-7 Los Angeles Bruins 47 115 .290 47 44-118 3 28-53 19-62 9-7 20-21 W1 5-5

[CleBrownsfan]

Dang - one game out from making it to the postseason...

Grats Apex (on beating me out ) and Balt.

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG B. Pittman - BAL .360 2 N. Hutchinson HAM .354 3 T. Jouda BAL .342 3 T. López BAL .342 5 D. Powell COL .333	League Leaders HR A. Jackson - CHI 55 2 J. Rivera HAR 48 3 R. Betacourt COL 39 4 S. Pépin HAR 38 5 C. Mathis HAR 37	League Leaders RBI A. Jackson - CHI 141 2 G. Kishita TOR 130 3 J. Dittrich TOR 127 4 R. Betacourt COL 124 5 R. Gómez HAR 121
League Leaders W L. Hernández - BAL 21 2 K. Inoue APX 20 3 C. Kim COL 19 4 J. Cross TOR 17 4 2 more tied with 17	League Leaders ERA K. Inoue - APX 2.85 2 L. Hernández BAL 2.86 3 S. Lowery HAL 3.06 4 N. Scott COL 3.18 5 S. Wheeler BAL 3.39	League Leaders K R. Bennett - ANN 234 2 C. Kim COL 227 3 M. Gosse CHI 221 4 N. Scott COL 201 5 J. Cross TOR 195

[Alan T]

The new file is up. I apologize again for the download issues we currently are experiencing. I am hoping once Andreas gets back we can have some kind of fix in the next ten days or so.

For now, the new file can be manually downloaded from:

http://www.fool-x.net/fool/FOOL.lg.zip


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 Doug Powell COL 68.8486 100000 68.85

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Batters) (Veteran hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Sylvain Pépin HAR 45.5898 600000 7.60

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (Pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Scott Osborn NVY 44.5611 100000 44.56

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Pitchers) (Veteran pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Pat Hull LAN 17.0849 150000 11.39

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (For the most overpaid hitter in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Elliot Kline LAN -18.1786 6927500 -12593225150000.00

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (For the most overpaid pitcher in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Coy Miller TOR -24.0861 3077500 -7412497275000.00

Home Run or Nothing Award (For the hitter that hit home runs and not much else.)
Name Team HR RC Score Alfred Jackson CHI 55 136.694072 0.3749

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 Arthur Rickward COL 15 12 160 95 177.0 15457.6271

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 Shane Fitter HAL 7 17 176 74 194.0 1165.71428873

Running on Empty Award (For the baserunner that keeps attempting to steal and fails.)
Name Team SB CS SB % Score José Castaneda ANN 5 9 0.3571 4.80

Can't hit his weight Award (For the hitter that can't even hit his weight.)
Name Team Weight Batting Avg. Score Randy Starks APX 210 lbs 0.184 0.87483845

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 Cristo Ortega HAL 0.212 10 50 -31.3252

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 Eric Hopkins CHI 1 19 9.06 -56.195

Stone Statue Award (For the Shortstop that had so little range that he resembled a statue.)
Name Team Total Chances Assists Put Outs Range Vicente Lópes TOK 484 282 187 3.8234

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 Ichiyo Omori ANN 24 14 0.5833 52.2

Early Checkout Award (For the Starting pitcher that left games the earliest.)
Name Team W L ERA GS IP Score Ramón Peña NVY 5 17 5.21 41 178.0 0.2303

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 Rick Duke NOB 0.287 186 15 171

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 Pablo Rodríguez ANN 8250000 0.237 27 105 51.2721

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 Ramón Peña NVY 10322500 5 17 5.21 37.4837

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

Name Team W L IP Hit Batters Raúl Espinosa HAR 7 14 168.0 44

[Tasan]

All of my lineups and staff are cleared after loading this file.

[CrimsonFox]

Okay I'm confused actually. Where are we? What should I be doing? Arbitration? Free agents? SItting on my thumbs? LOL