Playing Along With 2006 - The Orioles

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 09:15 PM

Using Diamond Mind Baseball V9.0 and their annual projection disk (released 4/18/06), I will be playing the 2006 season as Sam Perlozzo reincarnate. I will be guiding the Baltimore Orioles to near certain mediocrity in a land (the AL East) where mediocrity just isn't going to cut it.

Follow along as I agonize over my lack of relief pitching, my less than stellar outfield, and my lack of anyone approaching major league quality at first base. This is...the 2006 Orioles.

I will allow the computer manager to play all other teams, and I will allow the maximum number of players on my roster (DMB allows 80), so I won't need to get into the minutae of sending players up and down on the Ottawa express. I will play my best players, but only rely on how their performing for me (I won't be taking their "projected stats" into account) to make my lineup decisions. Basically, I'll be going with the Orioles opening day roster and see how things pan out from there.

Join me as I introduce the 2006 Orioles from a first person point of view.

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 09:28 PM

"I know most of you guys have been here for a while. Some of you longer than others. What I'm going to talk about is the Oriole way. It's solid defense, good pitching and timely hitting. It's doing the little things. It's practicing throwing to the cut-off man. It's going over run-down plays in spring training. It's all about doing things right the first time and wanting it more than the next guy. It's taking pride in putting on a uniform that symbolizes a winning attittude. It's the Oriole way."

And with that, we broke camp and headed to Baltimore for our opening day game against thw Tampa Bay Devil Rays. So yeah, the pundits, as usual, predicted a Yankee-Red Sox race in October. The Blue Jays signed our best reliever in the offseason. But this year, I have "the man" - Leo Mazzone is going to teach my guys to throw low and away, throw quickly, and throw strikes.

My starting rotation:
Rodrigo Lopez
Erik Bedard
Kris Benson
Daniel Cabrera
Bruce Chen

Bullpen
Todd Williams
Chris Ray
Tim Byrdak
La Troy Hawkins
Sendy Rleal
John Halama
Jim Brower

Catchers
Roberto Hernandez

Infield
Javy Lopez
Brian Roberts
Miguel Tejada
Melvin Mora
Chris Gomez
Kevin Millar

Outfielders
Jay Gibbons
Nick Markakis
Luis Matos
Jeff Conine
David Newhan

Let's get ready for opening day!

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 09:32 PM

I write down my opening day lineup -

Roberts, 2b
Mora, 3b
Tejada, SS
J. Lopez, DH
Gibbons, RF
Conine, LF
Millar, 1B
Hernandez, C
Matos, CF

R. Lopez, P

vs.

Scott Kazmir (0-0), LP

I realize that's going to strike fear in very few ballclubs, but I figure, "what the heck?" Let's go out there and surprise some people.

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 09:43 PM

April 3rd, 2006

Sam Perlozzo checked the scoreboard. 6th inning, down 3-0. "Ok, not too bad," he thought. Sure, the offense was struggling, as predicted. But surely...even in the worst-case scenario his team would have a hit already, wouldn't they?! "Let's see....0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error. This is not good."

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 09:53 PM

Orioles Opening Day Downer

Code:

4/3/2006, Tam06-Bal06, Camden Yard
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Tampa Bay         0  2  1  0  0  2  0  0  1     6 11  0     7  1
2006 Baltimore         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  0     3  6  1     4  1
 
Tampa Bay            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Crawford          lf  4  0  2  0  .500    Roberts,B         2b  4  0  0  1  .000       
Lugo              ss  4  0  1  0  .250    Mora              3b  4  0  0  0  .000       
Huff              rf  5  0  1  1  .200    Tejada            ss  4  0  2  0  .500       
Gomes             dh  5  1  1  1  .200    Lopez,Javy        dh  4  0  0  0  .000       
Lee               1b  4  1  1  0  .250    Gibbons           rf  4  1  1  0  .250       
Baldelli          cf  3  1  0  0  .000    Conine            lf  3  1  1  0  .333       
Cantu             2b  3  1  1  0  .333    Millar            1b  3  1  1  0  .333       
Burroughs         3b  4  1  3  2  .750    Hernandez,Ra      c   3  0  1  1  .333       
Hall,T            c   3  1  1  1  .333    Matos             cf  1  0  0  0  .000       
                     35  6 11  5           Newhan           ph  1  0  0  1  .000       
                                                               31  3  6  3             
 
Tampa Bay                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Kazmir           W 1-0           7.0  5  3  3  2  3 102  59  3.86
Meadows,B        H 1             1.0  0  0  0  0  0   7   5  0.00
Miceli           S 1             1.0  1  0  0  1  1  25  15  0.00
                                 9.0  6  3  3  3  4 134  79 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Lopez,R          L 0-1           7.1  9  5  4  2  2  88  55  4.91
Byrdak                           1.1  2  1  1  0  1  17   9  6.75
Rleal                            0.1  0  0  0  0  0   5   4  0.00
                                 9.0 11  6  5  2  3 110  68 
 
Bal: Newhan batted for Matos in the 8th
     Newhan moved to cf in the 9th
 
E-Tejada. 2B-Burroughs. HR-Gomes(1). SB-Crawford(1), Lugo(1). CS-Lugo. 
K-Lugo, Baldelli, Hall,T, Mora, Lopez,Javy, Gibbons, Millar. BB-Lugo, 
Baldelli, Conine, Millar, Matos. SH-Crawford. SF-Hall,T. HBP-Cantu. 
HB-Lopez,R. 
GWRBI: Burroughs
Temperature: 62, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 7 MPH.

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 09:58 PM

April 5th New and Notes:

Kris Benson makes his Oriole debut, getting the nod as the starting pitcher today. Casey Fossum will start for the Devil Rays. A lefty on the mound probably means that Corey Patterson will sit, as will fan-favorite Nick Markakis. Look for Markakis to play a little outfield today in his major league debut. No major shuffling of the lineup yet, it's way too early, though I will be watching Javy and his move to DH.

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 10:15 PM

Down 1-0, in the bottom of the 7th, it took 16 innings, but Kevin Millar became the first Baltimore Oriole of 2006 to get an extra-base hit. Kris Benson has been outstanding, holding the Rays to 5 hits and 1 run through 7 in his Orioles debut. Kevin Millar is on 2nd as the tying run with nobody out...

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 10:28 PM

Orioles Rally Comes Up Short Again

For whatever reason, the Oriole formula in 2006 is to allow the opponent to get out to a lead and hope for a late-inning comeback. For the second day in a row this formula failed. It certainly wasn't Kris Benson's fault. In his Oriole debut he managed to allow only 1 run in 7 innings. No, we can look to two factors in the 4-1 loss - an anemic offense, and a defense that has a tendency to implode at the most inopportune times. Witness today's 9th inning. The O's allow the first two Devil Rays onbase via consecutive errors in the field (Brower and Mora were the culprits here), providing all the Rays would need to pad their precarious 1-0 lead. The O's would stage a meager comeback in the 9th, but again it's all for naught as the O's fail yet again, 4-1.

Code:

4/5/2006, Tam06-Bal06, Camden Yard
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Tampa Bay         0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  3     4  9  1     6  0
2006 Baltimore         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1     1  6  2    10  1
 
Tampa Bay            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Crawford          lf  5  0  3  1  .556    Roberts,B         2b  4  0  1  0  .125       
Lugo              ss  4  0  1  0  .250    Mora              3b  5  0  0  0  .000       
Huff              rf  3  1  0  0  .125    Tejada            ss  4  0  0  0  .250       
Gomes             dh  4  0  1  0  .222    Lopez,Javy        dh  4  0  0  0  .000       
Lee               1b  3  1  0  1  .143    Conine            lf  3  0  0  0  .167       
Baldelli          cf  4  1  1  0  .143    Millar            1b  3  1  2  0  .500       
Cantu             2b  4  1  2  1  .429    Gibbons           rf  4  0  1  0  .250       
Burroughs         3b  4  0  1  1  .500    Hernandez,Ra      c   2  0  0  0  .200       
Hall,T            c   4  0  0  0  .143     Newhan           ph  1  0  1  1  .500       
                     35  4  9  4          Matos             cf  3  0  1  0  .250       
                                           Patterson,C      ph  1  0  0  0  .000       
                                                               34  1  6  1             
 
Tampa Bay                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Fossum           W 1-0           8.1  5  1  1  2  7 130  81  1.08
Meadows,B                        0.0  1  0  0  0  0   1   1  0.00
Miceli           S 2             0.2  0  0  0  1  0  14   7  0.00
                                 9.0  6  1  1  3  7 145  89 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Benson           L 0-1           7.0  5  1  1  0  4  92  63  1.29
Brower                           1.0  1  2  0  0  2  20  15  0.00
Williams,T                       1.0  3  1  1  0  0   9   7  9.00
                                 9.0  9  4  2  0  6 121  85 
 
Bal: Newhan batted for Hernandez,Ra in the 9th
     Patterson,C batted for Matos in the 9th
 
E-Lugo, Mora, Brower. 2B-Gomes, Millar. SB-Crawford(2), Lugo(2), 
Roberts,B(1). CS-Crawford. K-Lugo, Huff 2, Gomes, Lee, Baldelli, Mora 3, 
Lopez,Javy 2, Gibbons, Matos. BB-Roberts,B, Conine, Millar. SF-Lee. HBP-Huff, 
Hernandez,Ra. HB-Fossum, Benson. WP-Miceli. 
GWRBI: Lee
Temperature: 73, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 5 MPH.

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 10:37 PM

News and Notes - April 6, 2006

The O's meet the Rays in the final game of their 3 games series today. Erik Bedard will get the start for the Orioles, he will face lefty Mark Hendrickson. Another lefty means yet another day for rookie Nick Markakis to sit on the bench. Melvin Mora and Javy Lopez are a combined 0 for 17 with 7 strikeouts in 2006. Despite facing a lefty, Corey Patterson will make his first start tonight batting in the 9th position.

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 11:01 PM

Oriole Bats Finally Awaken

It took 3 games, but the Oriole bats finally broke through the Devil Rays pitching staff, tallying 7 runs in a 7-5 victory at Camden Yards. The Orioles doubled their hit output for the season, stroking 13 hits, including four for extra bases. Jeff Conine was 3 for 4 with a double, triple and 2 RBIs, while Ramon Hernandez chipped in 3 hits of his own. Erik Bedard became the Orioles' first winning pitcher of the year, pitching 7 strong innings, allowing 4 runs, but only 2 earned. Nick Markakis makde his major league debut in leftfield in the 9th inning as a defensive replacement, while Chris Ray earned his first save as a major leaguer pitching a 1-2-3 ninth. "It felt good to get one in the win column. Now we just have to continue to do the little things to expand upon this one win," said manager Sam Perlozzo.

Code:

4/6/2006, Tam06-Bal06, Camden Yard
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Tampa Bay         0  2  1  0  0  0  1  1  0     5  7  1     4  2
2006 Baltimore         4  0  2  0  0  1  0  0  x     7 13  1     6  2
 
Tampa Bay            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Crawford          lf  4  0  1  0  .462    Roberts,B         2b  4  1  0  0  .083       
Lugo              ss  3  1  0  0  .182    Mora              3b  3  1  0  1  .000       
Baldelli          cf  4  0  1  1  .182    Tejada            ss  4  1  1  1  .250       
Gomes             dh  3  1  1  1  .250    Conine            lf  4  2  3  2  .400       
Wigginton         1b  3  0  0  0  .000     Markakis         lf  0  0  0  0  .000       
 Lee              ph  0  0  0  0  .143    Gibbons           rf  4  0  2  1  .333       
Cantu             2b  4  1  1  0  .364    Millar            1b  4  1  1  1  .400       
Huff              rf  4  1  1  2  .167    Lopez,Javy        dh  4  0  2  0  .167       
Green,N           3b  4  1  0  0  .000    Hernandez,Ra      c   4  1  3  1  .444       
Hall,T            c   4  0  2  1  .273     Chavez,R         c   0  0  0  0  .000       
                     33  5  7  5          Patterson,C       cf  4  0  1  0  .200       
                                           Matos            cf  0  0  0  0  .250       
                                                               35  7 13  7             
 
Tampa Bay                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hendrickson,M    L 0-1           2.2  8  6  5  1  1  44  30 16.88
Harper,T                         3.1  3  1  1  0  0  36  25  2.70
Childers,J                       2.0  2  0  0  0  1  19  12  0.00
                                 8.0 13  7  6  1  2  99  67 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Bedard           W 1-0           7.0  6  4  2  2  2  98  63  2.57
Hawkins          H 1             1.0  1  1  1  1  1  23  12  9.00
Ray              S 1             1.0  0  0  0  0  1  11   7  0.00
                                 9.0  7  5  3  3  4 132  82 
 
Tam: Lee batted for Wigginton in the 8th
     Lee moved to 1b in the 8th
Bal: Markakis inserted at lf in the 9th
     Matos inserted at cf in the 9th
     Chavez,R inserted at c in the 9th
 
E-Green,N, Bedard. 2B-Hall,T, Conine, Gibbons, Hernandez,Ra. 3B-Conine. 
HR-Gomes(2), Huff(1). K-Baldelli, Gomes, Wigginton, Green,N, Patterson,C 2. 
BB-Lugo, Gomes, Lee, Roberts,B. SF-Mora. PB-Hernandez,Ra. 
GWRBI: Tejada
Temperature: 59, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: in from right at 14 MPH.

The Orioles welcome the 2-1 Boston Red Sox in town for a three game series this weekend.

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 11:09 PM

News and Notes

Daniel Cabrera faces Matt Clement in the first game of the series with the Red Sox. Look for Nick Markakis to come off the bench, as both Jay Gibbons and Jeff Conine have been hitting for the O's. Mora scored a run and had an RBI, despite going hitless in his 3rd consecutive game. The possibility of Chris Gomez spot starting for him increases as each game goes by. Melvin says his contract situation isn't effecting him, but an 0 for 12 start in the 2006 season speaks volumes. Perlozzo was impressed with Patterson's first start as an Oriole, "He only had the one hit, but he hit the ball hard a number of times." The Red Sox come to town with a 2-1 record, but only a .243 team batting average. Of course, the Orioles are only hitting .250, with 0 homeruns.

CraigSca · 04-18-2006, 11:43 PM

Bosox Rock Orioles, 13-1

Red Sox Nation was joyous yesterday, as they came to town and witnessed a 13-1 drubbing at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Matt Clement was masterful, pitching 7 innings of shutout ball to get his first win of the year. Daniel Cabrera struggled the entire day, allowing 8 hits and 6 runs in only 2 and 2/3rds innings of work. Jason Varitek and Coco Crisp slugged homeruns for the visitors, while the home team played another game without hitting one of their own. "I'm not worried," said Sam Perlozzo when asked about the power outtage. "We have a lot of things that we need to improve upon other than just hitting homeruns." They they do. The top 3 batters in the lineup (Roberts, Mora and Tejada) struggled again, going a combined 1 for 10. Melvin Mora is really pressing, as he has 0 hits in 16 atbats with 7 strikeouts. "I've been in slumps before. All I need is a few more atbats to work out of it," said Mora. "We're doing a lot of things wrong. The good thing about baseball is you're never as good or as bad as you look, and you always have the next day to make up for today's shortcomings."

The Orioles have scored an American League low 12 runs in their first 4 games.

Code:

4/7/2006, Bos06-Bal06, Camden Yard
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Boston            1  2  3  3  2  0  2  0  0    13 17  0    10  4
2006 Baltimore         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0     1 10  1     7  0
 
Boston               AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Crisp             cf  6  2  4  2  .412    Roberts,B         2b  3  1  1  0  .133       
Loretta           2b  5  2  2  0  .474    Mora              3b  4  0  0  0  .000       
Ortiz,D           dh  4  1  1  0  .235    Tejada            ss  3  0  0  0  .200       
 Bard             ph  1  0  0  0  .000     Gomez,C          ss  1  0  1  1 1.000       
Ramirez,M         lf  4  1  2  3  .400    Gibbons           rf  2  0  2  0  .429       
 Pena,W           ph  0  0  0  0  .250     Markakis         rf  1  0  0  0  .000       
Nixon             rf  4  2  2  0  .385    Millar            1b  4  0  2  0  .429       
 Kapler           ph  1  0  0  0  .000    Conine            lf  3  0  0  0  .308       
Varitek           c   5  2  2  3  .286     Newhan           lf  1  0  1  0  .667       
Lowell            3b  4  2  2  1  .133    Lopez,Javy        dh  4  0  1  0  .188       
Snow              1b  5  0  0  1  .231    Hernandez,Ra      c   2  0  0  0  .364       
Gonzalez,Al       ss  5  1  2  2  .250     Chavez,R         c   2  0  0  0  .000       
                     44 13 17 12          Patterson,C       cf  3  0  2  0  .375       
                                                               33  1 10  1             
 
Boston                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Clement          W 1-0           7.0  7  0  0  1  3  93  56  0.00
Tavarez                          2.0  3  1  1  0  1  36  25  4.50
                                 9.0 10  1  1  1  4 129  81 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Cabrera,D        L 0-1           2.2  8  6  6  2  0  75  42 20.25
DuBose                           2.0  6  5  5  1  2  56  32 22.50
Halama                           4.1  3  2  1  1  2  49  31  2.08
                                 9.0 17 13 12  4  4 180 105 
 
Bos: Bard batted for Ortiz,D in the 9th
     Pena,W batted for Ramirez,M in the 9th
     Kapler batted for Nixon in the 9th
     Pena,W moved to rf in the 9th
     Kapler moved to lf in the 9th
Bal: Gomez,C inserted at ss in the 7th
     Markakis inserted at rf in the 7th
     Newhan inserted at lf in the 7th
     Chavez,R inserted at c in the 7th
 
E-Gomez,C. 2B-Crisp 2, Ortiz,D, Lowell, Gonzalez,Al, Roberts,B, 
Patterson,C 2, Gomez,C. HR-Crisp(1), Varitek(1). K-Crisp, Varitek, Snow 2, 
Mora 3, Patterson,C. BB-Loretta, Ortiz,D, Lowell, Pena,W, Roberts,B. 
SF-Ramirez,M. HBP-Nixon, Gibbons. HB-Clement, DuBose. WP-Cabrera,D 2, DuBose. 
GWRBI: Ramirez,M
Temperature: 51, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 7 MPH, 
Rain Delays: 45 minutes.

CraigSca · 04-19-2006, 12:05 AM

Baltimore Sun Article - Outfielders Struggle For Atbats

As predicted before the season began, Sam Perlozzo's outfield has too many players and too few atbats to spread between them. It's only a matter of time before someone on the roster becomes impatient with a lack of playing time. A 1-3 start to the season may exacerbate the situation. "Certainly, we've struggled at times," said Perlozzo. "But the guys need to be patient and know that I'm going to go with the hot bat. Everyone's going to get their chance."

Their chances may be few and far between. David Newhan, Luis Matos and Nick Markakis seem to be the odd men out in this situation. Of the 43 atbats by Orioles outfielders this year, 35 have been taken by Conine, Gibbons and Patterson. "We all need our atbats in order to stay fresh. So far it hasn't been a problem. I'm hoping we all have the opportunity to stay at the top of our game," said Newhan.

Notes:

The Orioles are currently 12th in the AL in ERA at 5.50 and 11th in fielding with a .970 fielding percentage. The Oakland A's and LA Angels are the only undefeated American League teams with records of 5-0 and 4-0, respectively.

CraigSca · 04-19-2006, 08:41 AM

Manager's Notes

Game 2 of the three game series against the Red Sox will start in about half an hour. David Wells makes his first start of the year for the Sox while the Orioles send Bruce Chen to the mound. I thought about calling on Rodrigo Lopez as he's well rested, but I thought I let Chen get the shot today. We're going to need all 5 starters all year, it's best to make everyone feel just as important as the next guy.

Definite starters today are Gibbons, Conine, Lopez and Patterson. Patterson has 3 hits in his two starts, and he's definitely earned it - I'll probably move him up from the #9 spot as well. I'm also thinking about giving Melvin Mora the day off.

It would be nice to score some runs today.

CraigSca · 04-19-2006, 09:33 AM

We take a 1-0 lead into the third. Chen had a shaky 1st, but a better 2nd. We scored in the first after Tejada doubled Chris Gomez (starting in place of Mora) to third. The next batter, Jay Gibbons, hit a weak grounder to first for the RBI. In the second inning, Jeff Conine pulled a muscle running to first - he's listed as day-to-day. David Newhan will replace him in LF.

CraigSca · 04-19-2006, 09:55 AM

Orioles Win a Tight One, 2-1

Bruce Chen, LaTroy Hawkins and Chris Ray combined to shutdown the potent Red Sox offense, and Brian Roberts hit an RBI triple in the bottom of the 8th to key Baltimore's 2-1 victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox.

Code:

4/8/2006, Bos06-Bal06, Camden Yard
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Boston            0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0     1  5  0     6  1
2006 Baltimore         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  x     2  8  0     3  0
 
Boston               AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Crisp             cf  4  0  1  0  .381    Roberts,B         2b  4  0  2  1  .211       
Loretta           2b  4  0  1  0  .435    Gomez,C           3b  3  1  1  0  .500       
Ortiz,D           dh  4  1  2  0  .286    Tejada            ss  3  0  1  0  .222       
Ramirez,M         lf  3  0  0  0  .308    Gibbons           rf  3  0  0  1  .353       
Pena,W            rf  2  0  0  0  .200     Markakis         rf  0  0  0  0  .000       
 Nixon            ph  1  0  1  0  .429    Millar            1b  3  0  0  0  .353       
 Harris,W         pr  0  0  0  0  .000    Lopez,Javy        dh  3  0  1  0  .211       
Varitek           c   4  0  0  1  .222    Conine            lf  1  0  0  0  .286       
Youkilis          1b  4  0  0  0  .000     Newhan           lf  2  0  0  0  .400       
Lowell            3b  3  0  0  0  .111    Patterson,C       cf  3  0  1  0  .364       
Gonzalez,Al       ss  3  0  0  0  .200    Hernandez,Ra      c   3  1  2  0  .429       
                     32  1  5  1                               28  2  8  2             
 
Boston                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Wells,D          L 0-1           8.0  8  2  2  0  4  99  70  2.25
                                 8.0  8  2  2  0  4  99  70 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Chen,B                           7.0  3  1  1  2  4  94  62  1.29
Hawkins          W 1-0           1.0  1  0  0  0  2  19  11  4.50
Ray              S 2             1.0  1  0  0  0  2  19  12  0.00
                                 9.0  5  1  1  2  8 132  85 
 
Bos: Nixon batted for Pena,W in the 9th
     Harris,W ran for Nixon in the 9th
Bal: Newhan inserted at lf in the 3rd
     Markakis inserted at rf in the 9th
 
2B-Ortiz,D, Tejada. 3B-Roberts,B. SB-Varitek(1), Harris,W(1). K-Ortiz,D, 
Ramirez,M 2, Varitek 2, Lowell, Gonzalez,Al 2, Gibbons 2, Millar, Newhan. 
BB-Ramirez,M, Pena,W. SH-Gomez,C. 
GWRBI: Roberts,B
Jeff Conine was injured for this game and 3 more days
Temperature: 47, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 2 MPH.

CraigSca · 04-19-2006, 10:22 AM

Author's Aside:

Man, what a great game! A game like this really brings out what makes Diamond Mind Baseball such an awesome simulation. The ability, in key situations, to go into pitch-by-pitch mode really brings out the tension of a great baseball game.

Some keys from the game:

In the top of the 4th, we're leading 1-0. Men on first and third with one out. Varitek hits a groundball to Gomez who attempts the double play, but Varitek JUST beats it out, scoring Ortiz from third. Game tied 1-1.

Bottom of the 6th, tied 1-1. Hernandez and Roberts lead off with cheap singles, making it first and second with nobody out. I abhor the sacrifice, but with Chris Gomez at the plate, I take the chance. On a 2-1 pitch (he whiffed on the last pitch), he bunts to Youkilis and is successful. 2nd and 3rd, one out with Tejada and Gibbons coming up. Tejada takes the first two pitches for balls, fouls off the next two and then POPS up to third. ARGH. Gibbons follows up with a CALLED third strike on a 3-2 pitch. Take the BAT off your shoulder, jerk!

After 7 strong innings, I bring in LaTroy Hawkins. He K's Gonzalez to start the 8th. Next up is Coco Crisp - he has been destroying me in the series (3 for 8 at that point). Of COURSE Crisp lines a single to center. Mark Loretta comes up, and I know Crisp is going to attempt to steal. For some reason, Loretta swings on the first pitch and pops out to left - phew! Two outs, but up comes David Ortiz, who has two hits already. I know Crisp is dancing off of second...so i begin the atbat by throwing over to first. He's back in time. First pitch from Hawkins - a ball. Second pitch from Hawkins - a ball. Sigh. I throw to first to keep Crisp honest. Next pitch - a ball. Son of a...can you get the ball OVER, Hawkins!? 3-0 count, they're probably not going to run Crisp now as Ortiz is setting himself up for a walk. Knowing that Ortiz can kill me with one swing of the bat, I think about pitching around him. Ah, who cares...I tell Hawkins to throw strikes - the 3-0 pitch is fouled off. 3-1 the count. The 3-1 pitch - CALLED strike on the outside black of the plate! Nice placement! I throw to 1st since I know Crisp will be trying to get a good jump on the 3-2 pitch with two outs - Crisp gets back in time. The 3-2 pitch.....fouled off into the stands. Again I throw to first. The 3-2 pitch again....SWING and a MISS! A K for Hawkins after being down 3-0 in the count!

Bottom of the 8th: Corey Patterson leads off and lines one right down the right field line. I'm thinking, "Hey! That's his third consecutive game with a hit!" However, Corey wants to show his manager how aggressive he is by stretching the hit into a double - OUT at second! Super, Corey. Great job. Hernandez follows with a ground ball through the hole on the left side, and I'm thinking, "Way to go, Patterson, you moron!". Instead of first and second, nobody out, we have man on first and one out. Brian Roberts is next, and he just hasn't hit the ball hard at all thus far. Roberts hits a ball deep to center the falls beyond Crisp's glove, Hernandez SCORES from first, and Roberts tries for the inside-the-park homerun (!) but he's out at the plate! Geez, both outs this inning have been on the bases! However, we're FINALLY getting to David Wells, who was looking like Cy Young through seven innings. Chris Gomez lines out to Gonzalez for the final out of the inning.

Top of the 9th - I bring in Chris Ray to hopefully close the game against Manny, Willy Mo Pena and Jason Varitek. Ray gets Ramirez to K on a check-swing 3-2 pitch - phew. Trot Nixon pinch hits for Pena and singles, just out of the reach of Brian Roberts' glove. Uh oh. Harris pinch runs for Nixon and steals second, despite my incessant pick off attempts. By this time, Ray has thrown 16 pitches, along with two pickoff attempts. I'm wondering how many pitches he has left, 10? On a 2-2 pitch, Ray gets Varitek to swing and miss for the second out. Still, Kevin Youkilis is up with the tying run at second. On a 1-0 pitch, Youkilis pops out to center, Ray has his second save in as many chances, and I have a thoroughly satisfying 2-1 victory.

CraigSca · 04-19-2006, 10:25 AM

Standings to Date:

Divisional
Year	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Strk	Recent	RF	RA	Mgn	Mgc
East
2006	Boston	3	2	.600	-	3-2	L1	lwlww	27	13	14	158
2006	Tampa Bay	3	2	.600	-	3-2	W1	wllww	28	22	6	158
2006	Baltimore	2	3	.400	1	2-3	W1	wlwll	14	29	-15	159
2006	Toronto	2	3	.400	1	2-3	L1	lwlwl	19	27	-8	159
2006	New York (A)	1	4	.200	2	1-4	W1	wllll	24	33	-9	160

Central
2006	Detroit	4	1	.800	-	4-1	W1	wlwww	26	15	11	157
2006	Chicago (A)	3	2	.600	1	3-2	W1	wllww	26	26	0	159
2006	Cleveland	3	2	.600	1	3-2	W3	wwwll	21	18	3	159
2006	Minnesota	2	3	.400	2	2-3	L2	llwlw	19	17	2	160
2006	Kansas City	1	3	.250	2 1/2	1-3	L1	lwll	22	27	-5	161

West
2006	Oakland	5	1	.833	-	5-1	L1	lwwwww	44	23	21	157
2006	Los Angeles (A)	4	1	.800	1/2	4-1	L1	lwwww	28	20	8	158
2006	Texas	2	4	.333	3	2-4	L1	lwlwll	17	25	-8	160
2006	Seattle	1	5	.167	4	1-5	W1	wlllll	19	39	-20	161

CraigSca · 04-19-2006, 01:41 PM

Manager's Notes:

Last game of the series vs. the Red Sox today. Curt Schilling (0-0, 2.16) vs. Rodrigo Lopez (0-1, 4.91). Nick Markakis will start in leftfield for us in Jeff Conine's absence. I'll have Melvin Mora back in the lineup as well. I want to give Javy Lopez a shot at firstbase today (oh, that should be fun) and maybe call on Newhan to DH. After this, we head to Tampa for a 4 game set against the Devil Rays.

CraigSca · 04-19-2006, 01:42 PM

Son of a bitch - the Red Sox surprised us by pitching lefthander Lenny DiNardo instead of Schilling...I'll have to see how that effects our lineup.

CraigSca · 04-19-2006, 02:08 PM

Well, we made the kid look good, while R. Lopez had another solidly mediocre outing. Melvin Mora got his first hit of the year (yay), but also struck out in the bottom of the 9th with the bases loaded (boo). Nick Markakis got his first major league hit, a blooper in the 9th inning. The Red Sox hit 3 homeruns against us while we still have yet to hit ANY in 2006. Very disappointing loss - hopefully we can right the ship down in Tampa Bay.

Code:

4/9/2006, Bos06-Bal06, Camden Yard
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Boston            0  2  1  1  1  0  0  3  0     8 10  1     5  0
2006 Baltimore         0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  2     3  6  1     8  1
 
Boston               AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Crisp             cf  4  2  1  0  .360    Roberts,B         2b  5  0  1  0  .208       
Loretta           2b  5  0  2  1  .429    Mora              3b  4  1  1  0  .050       
Ortiz,D           dh  4  1  1  1  .280    Tejada            ss  2  0  0  0  .200       
Ramirez,M         lf  5  1  1  1  .278    Gibbons           rf  3  0  0  0  .300       
Nixon             rf  4  2  2  0  .444    Lopez,Javy        1b  2  0  0  1  .190       
Varitek           c   3  2  2  2  .286     Markakis         ph  1  1  1  0  .500       
Youkilis          1b  3  0  0  0  .000    Newhan            lf  4  0  0  0  .222       
 Snow             1b  0  0  0  0  .231    Patterson,C       dh  4  1  1  0  .333       
Lowell            3b  3  0  1  2  .143    Hernandez,Ra      c   4  0  1  1  .389       
Gonzalez,Al       ss  4  0  0  0  .158    Matos             cf  3  0  1  0  .286       
                     35  8 10  7           Fiorentino       ph  1  0  0  1  .000       
                                                               33  3  6  3             
 
Boston                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
DiNardo          W 1-0           6.0  2  1  0  5  3 105  62  0.00
Timlin           H 1             2.2  4  2  2  0  1  43  30  6.75
Tavarez                          0.1  0  0  0  0  1  11   8  3.86
                                 9.0  6  3  2  5  5 159 100 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Lopez,R          L 0-2           7.0  7  5  4  2  3 106  65  5.02
Brower                           0.2  2  3  3  2  1  19   8 16.20
Williams,T                       1.1  1  0  0  1  0  19  10  3.86
                                 9.0 10  8  7  5  4 144  83 
 
Bos: Snow inserted at 1b in the 8th
Bal: Markakis batted for Lopez,Javy in the 9th
     Fiorentino batted for Matos in the 9th
 
E-DiNardo, Gibbons. 2B-Nixon, Varitek. HR-Ortiz,D(1), Ramirez,M(1), 
Varitek(2). SB-Crisp(3). CS-Lowell, Matos. K-Ortiz,D, Ramirez,M 2, Nixon, 
Mora, Tejada, Lopez,Javy, Newhan, Hernandez,Ra. BB-Crisp, Ortiz,D, Varitek, 
Youkilis, Lowell, Mora, Tejada 2, Gibbons, Lopez,Javy. 
GWRBI: Ramirez,M
Temperature: 61, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 12 MPH.

CraigSca · 04-19-2006, 02:15 PM

DMB team batting -- 2006 Baltimore
Regular season -- as of 4/9/2006

Primary
S	Name	P	AVG	OBP	SPC	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	K	HBP	IW	SB	CS
	Gomez,C	2b	.500	.500	.750	2	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Markakis*	lf	.500	.500	.500	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Hernandez,Ra	c	.389	.421	.444	6	18	7	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
	Millar	1b	.353	.421	.412	5	17	6	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
	Patterson,C*	cf	.333	.333	.467	5	15	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
	Gibbons*	rf	.300	.364	.350	6	20	6	1	0	0	1	2	1	4	1	0	0	0
	Matos	cf	.286	.375	.286	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
	Conine	lf	.286	.375	.500	5	14	4	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Newhan*	3b	.222	.222	.222	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
	Roberts,B#	2b	.208	.296	.333	6	24	5	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
	Tejada	ss	.200	.273	.250	6	20	4	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	Lopez,Javy	dh	.190	.227	.190	6	21	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
	Mora	3b	.050	.091	.050	5	20	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
	Chavez,R	c	.000	.000	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Fiorentino*	cf	.000	.000	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Pitchers		.000	.000	.000	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		.253	.305	.320	6	194	49	9	2	0	17	17	13	26	2	0	1	1

DMB team pitching -- 2006 Baltimore
Regular season -- as of 4/9/2006

Primary
S	Name	P	ERA	W	L	S	G	GS	CG	SHO	INN	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	GDP	BF
	Ray	cl	0.00	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	7
	Rleal	mr	0.00	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Benson	sp	1.29	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	27
	Chen,B*	sp	1.29	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	26
	Halama*	mr	2.08	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	2	1	1	2	1	0	18
	Bedard*	sp	2.57	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.0	6	4	2	2	2	1	2	28
	Williams,T	mr	3.86	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	10
	Hawkins	mr	4.50	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	9
	Lopez,R	sp	5.02	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	14.1	16	10	8	4	5	3	1	62
	Byrdak*	mr	6.75	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	5
	Brower	mr	16.20	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	3	5	3	2	3	1	0	12
	Cabrera,D	sp	20.25	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.2	8	6	6	2	0	0	0	18
	DuBose*	mr	22.50	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	5	5	1	2	1	0	14
	Total		5.00	2	4	2	6	6	0	0	54.0	59	37	30	16	29	8	5	237

League Standings
DMB league standings -- Inter-league
Regular season

Divisional
Year	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Strk	Recent	RF	RA	Mgn	Mgc
A
East
2006	Boston	4	2	.667	-	4-2	W1	wlwlww	35	16	19	156
2006	Tampa Bay	3	3	.500	1	3-3	L1	lwllww	30	27	3	158
2006	Toronto	3	3	.500	1	3-3	W1	wlwlwl	24	29	-5	158
2006	Baltimore	2	4	.333	2	2-4	L1	lwlwll	17	37	-20	159
2006	New York (A)	2	4	.333	2	2-4	W2	wwllll	33	34	-1	159

Central
2006	Detroit	5	1	.833	-	5-1	W2	wwlwww	36	20	16	156
2006	Cleveland	4	2	.667	1	4-2	W4	wwwwll	30	26	4	158
2006	Chicago (A)	3	3	.500	2	3-3	L1	lwllww	28	34	-6	159
2006	Kansas City	2	3	.400	2 1/2	2-3	W1	wlwll	30	29	1	160
2006	Minnesota	2	4	.333	3	2-4	L3	lllwlw	27	26	1	160

West
2006	Oakland	6	1	.857	-	6-1	W1	wlwwwww	46	24	22	155
2006	Los Angeles (A)	4	2	.667	1 1/2	4-2	L2	llwwww	29	29	0	158
2006	Texas	2	5	.286	4	2-5	L2	llwlwll	22	35	-13	160
2006	Seattle	1	6	.143	5	1-6	L1	lwlllll	20	41	-21	161

N
East
2006	Atlanta	6	1	.857	-	6-1	W6	wwwwwwl	46	17	29	155
2006	New York (N)	4	2	.667	1 1/2	4-2	W1	wlwwwl	22	23	-1	158
2006	Washington	4	2	.667	1 1/2	4-2	W3	wwwllw	27	15	12	158
2006	Philadelphia	2	4	.333	3 1/2	2-4	W2	wwllll	24	32	-8	160
2006	Florida	1	5	.167	4 1/2	1-5	L1	lwllll	17	34	-17	161

Central
2006	Cincinnati	5	1	.833	-	5-1	W5	wwwwwl	40	24	16	156
2006	St. Louis	4	2	.667	1	4-2	W1	wllwww	41	30	11	158
2006	Chicago (N)	3	2	.600	1 1/2	3-2	L1	lwwlw	19	29	-10	159
2006	Houston	3	3	.500	2	3-3	L3	lllwww	27	21	6	159
2006	Pittsburgh	3	4	.429	2 1/2	3-4	L4	llllwww	42	48	-6	159
2006	Milwaukee	2	4	.333	3	2-4	W1	wlwlll	32	29	3	160

West
2006	San Diego	4	2	.667	-	4-2	W3	wwwlwl	23	12	11	156
2006	Arizona	3	3	.500	1	3-3	L1	lwllww	29	29	0	158
2006	Los Angeles (N)	2	4	.333	2	2-4	L2	llwllw	22	24	-2	159
2006	San Francisco	2	5	.286	2 1/2	2-5	L4	llllwlw	14	37	-23	159
2006	Colorado	1	5	.167	3	1-5	L3	lllwll	18	39	-21	160

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 08:34 AM

Baltimore (2-4) at Tampa Bay (3-3)

Benson (0-1, 1.29) vs. Fossum (1-0, 1.09)

Good grief, another lefty! Hopefully Mora got off the schneid yesterday with his first hit of the year. I gave Newhan a shot in the OF, but he pulled an 0-fer, so I'll probably give Markakis a shot to see what he can do. I want to give Roberts some rest, but I don't feel this is a good game to do so after he broke out yesterday. Gibbons is 0 for his last 6, I'll give him a rest today against the lefty. On the pitching front, I want to get Sendy Rleal out there as he may be moving up into one of my "set-up with the lead or tied" type of roles. Currently, Todd Williams resides in that role, but has been less than impressive his two times out there (although not as bad his last time out).

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 08:46 AM

Nothing-Nothing in the bottom of the third, and that's when Kris Benson implodes - sigh. Burroughs leads off with a single up the middle (that hits off Tejada's glove). Toby Hall is the next batter, and he hits a blazing ground ball down to third. Mora dives for it, stops it and throws to second, but Burroughs beats it out. Sometimes rallies start with lame beginnings, just like this. Benson loses it - double - double - ground out - double, and we're down by 4. 4-0 at the end of three. Argh.

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 08:50 AM

Ok, we're down 4-0 at the end of 4 and a half, but that's ok, I'm fairly confident our offense can comeback since we've already put up exactly ONE INFIELD HIT thus far. Man, this offense stinks.

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 09:00 AM

Orioles Go Meekly Into That Good Night

Yet another poor game. Benson has the one bad inning, and that's more than enough against this offense. 7th game in a row with 0 homeruns. I think we need more protein in our diet.

Code:

4/10/2006, Bal06-Tam06, Tropicana Field
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Baltimore         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0     1  5  0     6  0
2006 Tampa Bay         0  0  4  0  0  0  0  0  x     4  9  1     6  2
 
Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Tampa Bay            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Roberts,B         2b  4  0  0  0  .179    Crawford          lf  4  1  2  1  .407       
Mora              3b  3  0  1  1  .087    Lugo              ss  4  1  2  2  .269       
Tejada            ss  4  0  1  0  .208    Huff              rf  3  0  0  0  .148       
Lopez,Javy        dh  3  0  0  0  .167    Gomes             dh  4  0  1  1  .269       
Millar            1b  3  0  0  0  .300    Lee               1b  4  0  1  0  .211       
 Newhan           ph  1  0  0  0  .200    Baldelli          cf  4  0  0  0  .174       
Hernandez,Ra      c   4  0  0  0  .318    Cantu             2b  4  0  0  0  .240       
Patterson,C       cf  4  0  2  0  .368    Burroughs         3b  3  1  2  0  .333       
Matos             lf  3  1  1  0  .300    Hall,T            c   3  1  1  0  .318       
Markakis          rf  2  0  0  0  .250                         33  4  9  4             
                     31  1  5  1                                                    
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Benson           L 0-2           6.1  8  4  4  0  7  98  67  3.38
Byrdak                           0.1  1  0  0  1  1  12   5  5.40
Rleal                            1.1  0  0  0  0  1  16   9  0.00
                                 8.0  9  4  4  1  9 126  81 
 
Tampa Bay                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Fossum           W 2-0           7.2  4  1  1  2  5 109  67  1.13
Harper,T                         0.0  1  0  0  0  0   4   3  2.45
Miceli           S 3             1.1  0  0  0  0  2  17  14  0.00
                                 9.0  5  1  1  2  7 130  84 
 
Bal: Newhan batted for Millar in the 9th
 
E-Cantu. 2B-Crawford, Lugo 2, Gomes, Lee, Burroughs. K-Roberts,B, Mora, 
Lopez,Javy, Millar, Hernandez,Ra, Patterson,C 2, Lugo, Huff, Gomes 3, Lee, 
Baldelli, Cantu 2. BB-Mora, Markakis, Huff. HBP-Lopez,Javy. HB-Fossum. 
WP-Fossum. 
GWRBI: Crawford
Temperature: 70, Wind: none.

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 09:05 AM

American League Leaders thru April 10th

DMB batting leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 4/10/2006

Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Guillen,C	Det	.464	Sanders,R	KC	.545	Rodriguez,A	NYA	1.292
Payton	Oak	.462	Guillen,C	Det	.531	Thomas,F	Oak	.957
Grudzielanek	KC	.458	Nixon	Bos	.500	Sanders,R	KC	.889
Nixon	Bos	.444	Grudzielanek	KC	.480	Hafner	Cle	.815
Sanders,R	KC	.444	Uribe	ChA	.480	Gomes	Tam	.808
Loretta	Bos	.429	Ordonez	Det	.471	Payton	Oak	.731
Rodriguez,A	NYA	.417	Ibanez	Sea	.467	Uribe	ChA	.714
Crawford	Tam	.407	Michaels	Cle	.462	Granderson	Det	.679
Ordonez	Det	.400	Rodriguez,A	NYA	.462	Nixon	Bos	.667
Uribe	ChA	.381	Loretta	Bos	.448	Guillen,C	Det	.643


Hits			Runs			Runs batted in

Guillen,C	Det	13	Rodriguez,A	NYA	9	Rodriguez,A	NYA	16
Payton	Oak	12	Konerko	ChA	8	Thomas,F	Oak	12
Loretta	Bos	12	Young,Dm	Det	8	Sanders,R	KC	11
Ordonez	Det	12	Kotsay	Oak	7	Hafner	Cle	10
Grudzielanek	KC	11	Crisp	Bos	7	Gomes	Tam	9
Crawford	Tam	11	Johnson,D	Oak	6	Payton	Oak	9
Young,M	Tex	11	Nixon	Bos	6	Konerko	ChA	7
Rodriguez,A	NYA	10	Thomas,F	Oak	6	Johnson,D	Oak	6
Erstad	LAA	10	Damon	NYA	6	Uribe	ChA	6
Hafner	Cle	10	Erstad	LAA	6	Varitek	Bos	6


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Stewart,S	Min	5	Granderson	Det	3	Rodriguez,A	NYA	7
Damon	NYA	4	Adams,R	Tor	1	Johnson,D	Oak	4
White,Ro	Min	4	Izturis,M	LAA	1	Thomas,F	Oak	4
Cano	NYA	3	Snow	Bos	1	Gomes	Tam	4
Polanco	Det	3	Conine	Bal	1	Hafner	Cle	4
Erstad	LAA	3	Batista,T	Min	1	Konerko	ChA	3
Guillen,C	Det	3	Wells,V	Tor	1	Nevin	Tex	3
Beltre,A	Sea	3	Monroe	Det	1	Hinske	Tor	2
Guerrero	LAA	3	Guillen,C	Det	1	Johnson,Re	Tor	2
Teixeira	Tex	3	Roberts,B	Bal	1	Mathis	LAA	2


Extra base hits			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Rodriguez,A	NYA	7	Lugo	Tam	4-1	Crisp	Bos	1.000
Thomas,F	Oak	6	Crisp	Bos	3-0	Castillo,L	Min	1.000
Gomes	Tam	6	Castillo,L	Min	2-0	Kennedy,A	LAA	1.000
White,Ro	Min	6	Kennedy,A	LAA	2-0	Podsednik	ChA	1.000
Stewart,S	Min	5	Podsednik	ChA	2-0	Rodriguez,A	NYA	1.000
Teixeira	Tex	5	Rodriguez,A	NYA	2-0	Bartlett	Min	1.000
Young,M	Tex	5	Crawford	Tam	2-1	Batista,T	Min	1.000
Johnson,D	Oak	4	Bartlett	Min	1-0	Betancourt,Y	Sea	1.000
Sanders,R	KC	4	Batista,T	Min	1-0	Cabrera,O	LAA	1.000
Konerko	ChA	4	Betancourt,Y	Sea	1-0	Damon	NYA	1.000


Walks			Intentional walks			Strikeouts

Ibanez	Sea	8	Guillen,C	Det	1	Shelton	Det	11
Reed,J	Sea	8	Nevin	Tex	1	Bradley	Oak	10
Wilkerson	Tex	6				Blalock	Tex	10
Posada	NYA	5				Mora	Bal	9
Michaels	Cle	5				Thomas,F	Oak	8
Bartlett	Min	4				Hafner	Cle	8
Sanders,R	KC	4				Sexson	Sea	8
Sweeney,Mi	KC	4				Wilkerson	Tex	8
Overbay	Tor	4				Posada	NYA	7
Uribe	ChA	4				Baldelli	Tam	7

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 03:17 PM

Baltimore (2-5) at Tampa Bay (4-3)
Bedard 1-0, 2.57 vs. Hendrickson 0-1, 16.88

Hendrickson is a guy we actually scored a few runs off of earlier in the year. At this point, I'm not looking to give guys rest because they need it - I'm looking for offense, wherever I can get it.

Gomez will be starting as my DH, instead of Javy Lopez, who gets to rest his .167 batting average. I put Patterson in the 2nd spot because he's gotten a hit in every game I started him. I drop Melvin Mora to 7th to hopefully take some pressure off.

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 03:23 PM

In the top of the 3rd, Corey Patterson hits Baltimore's FIRST homerun of the year to spot us a 1-0 lead. Hurray, THAT drought is over!

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 03:40 PM

Wow. Yet another awful game. Bedard pitches a beauty, the bullpen implodes and Aubrey Huff takes us deep twice - his third homerun against us. HRs in Oriole Games this Year: Huff 3, the Orioles 1. Sigh. Hey, at least we put together 12 hits this game and only 11 men LOB! woohoo!

Code:

4/11/2006, Bal06-Tam06, Tropicana Field
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Baltimore         0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0     1 12  1    11  2
2006 Tampa Bay         0  0  1  0  0  0  4  3  x     8 10  0     6  1
 
Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Tampa Bay            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Roberts,B         2b  5  0  0  0  .152    Huff              rf  3  2  2  4  .200       
Patterson,C       cf  5  1  2  1  .375    Lugo              ss  5  0  1  0  .258       
Tejada            ss  5  0  3  0  .276    Baldelli          cf  4  0  1  0  .185       
Millar            1b  4  0  1  0  .292    Gomes             dh  3  0  0  0  .241       
Gibbons           rf  4  0  1  0  .292    Wigginton         1b  4  0  0  0  .000       
Hernandez,Ra      c   3  0  1  0  .320    Cantu             2b  4  1  2  0  .276       
Mora              3b  4  0  2  0  .148    Hollins           lf  3  2  2  0  .500       
Matos             lf  4  0  1  0  .286    Green,N           3b  2  0  0  0  .000       
Gomez,C           dh  2  0  0  0  .333     Branyan          ph  1  2  1  3  .500       
 Markakis         ph  1  0  1  0  .400    Hall,T            c   4  1  1  1  .308       
                     37  1 12  1                               33  8 10  8             
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Bedard                           6.0  3  1  1  3  5 104  62  2.08
Williams,T       L 0-1           0.1  2  3  3  1  0  12   6 13.50
Byrdak                           1.0  5  4  4  0  1  30  19 16.88
Rleal                            0.2  0  0  0  1  1  13   7  0.00
                                 8.0 10  8  8  5  7 159  94 
 
Tampa Bay                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hendrickson,M                    6.0  7  1  1  1  3 105  67  6.23
Franklin,W       W 1-0           1.2  2  0  0  0  2  23  16  0.00
Miceli                           1.1  3  0  0  0  0  22  14  0.00
                                 9.0 12  1  1  1  5 150  97 
 
Bal: Markakis batted for Gomez,C in the 9th
Tam: Branyan batted for Green,N in the 7th
     Branyan moved to 3b in the 8th
 
E-Tejada. 2B-Tejada, Mora. HR-Patterson,C(1), Huff 2(3), Branyan(1). 
CS-Tejada. K-Roberts,B, Patterson,C 2, Gibbons, Mora, Lugo, Baldelli, 
Gomes 2, Wigginton 3. BB-Hernandez,Ra, Huff 2, Gomes, Hollins, Branyan. 
HBP-Gomez,C. HB-Hendrickson,M. 
GWRBI: Hall,T
Temperature: 70, Wind: none.

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 03:46 PM

Other Games of the Day:

Code:

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Toronto           0  0  0  3  0  0  0  0  0     3  6  1     7  3
2006 Boston            0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2     2  7  1     6  0
 
W. Downs 1-0, L. Papelbon 0-1, S. Ryan (4)
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Kansas City       1  2  1  0  0  1  0  0  0     5 11  0     5  1
2006 New York (A)      0  0  3  2  4  2  0  3  x    14 20  0     8  1
 
HR-Grudzielanek(1), Teahen(1), Giambi(1), 
Sheffield 2(2), Matsui,H(1), Posada(2), Escalona(1)
W. Mussina 1-1, L. Hudson 0-1
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 New York (N)      0  0  0  1  0  2  0  0  0     3  9  1     5  0
2006 Washington        1  0  2  0  0  1  3  0  x     7 13  0     9  2
 
HR-Delgado,C(1)
W. Drese 1-0, L. Trachsel 1-1

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 09:46 PM

Game 3 of the 4 game series against Tampa Bay

Cabrera 0-1, 20.25 vs. McClung 0-0, 23.14

Cabrera gets an opportunity to show his first game was a fluke. He, along with Bedard, are my two favorite pitchers on the team. We finally get to face a right-handed pitcher, so I can fatten up with my left-laden lineup. Of course, Conine is back from his injury, but I think I'll let him rest an extra day and start Newhan, Markakis and Gibbons in the outfield. After yet another 0-fer, I'll rest Roberts and replace him with Gomez.

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 09:49 PM

At the last moment, I decide to start Patterson at center again (how can I keep him out of the lineup), and put Conine in at first base. Markakis will have to sit today, with Patterson hitting the ball so well.

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 10:10 PM

Orioles Bats Awaken to Thrash Devil Rays, 15-1

To score runs, we struggle, struggle, struggle....and then, WHAM! Patterson continues hit hot ways (2 HRs), Gibbons hits his first, as does Tejada. Go figure.

Code:

4/12/2006, Bal06-Tam06, Tropicana Field
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Baltimore         3  0  1  3  0  3  0  5  0    15 20  1     7  2
2006 Tampa Bay         0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0     1 10  0    10  0
 
Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Tampa Bay            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Gomez,C           2b  5  2  1  0  .273    Crawford          lf  5  0  2  0  .406       
Patterson,C       cf  4  3  3  4  .429    Lugo              ss  4  0  1  0  .257       
 Matos            cf  2  1  2  0  .375    Huff              rf  4  0  0  0  .176       
Tejada            ss  4  2  2  3  .303    Gomes             dh  4  0  2  0  .273       
 Rogers,E         ss  2  0  1  0  .500    Lee               1b  4  0  2  0  .261       
Gibbons           rf  4  2  3  1  .357    Baldelli          cf  3  1  2  0  .233       
 Markakis         rf  2  1  1  1  .429    Cantu             2b  4  0  1  1  .273       
Conine            1b  5  1  2  2  .316    Burroughs         3b  4  0  0  0  .273       
Newhan            lf  5  1  1  1  .200    Hall,T            c   3  0  0  0  .276       
Mora              3b  5  1  2  3  .188                         35  1 10  1             
Lopez,Javy        c   4  0  0  0  .143                                              
 Chavez,R         c   1  0  0  0  .000                                              
Millar            dh  4  1  2  0  .321                                              
                     47 15 20 15                                                    
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Cabrera,D        W 1-1           7.0  8  1  1  1  4 109  66  6.52
Brower                           2.0  2  0  0  1  0  31  18  7.36
                                 9.0 10  1  1  2  4 140  84 
 
Tampa Bay                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
McClung          L 0-1           3.0  9  7  7  0  2  70  42 21.94
Camp                             4.2  6  5  5  0  2  73  48  9.64
Childers,J                       1.1  5  3  3  0  0  34  22  9.53
                                 9.0 20 15 15  0  4 177 112 
 
Bal: Matos inserted at cf in the 7th
     Rogers,E inserted at ss in the 7th
     Markakis inserted at rf in the 7th
     Chavez,R inserted at c in the 7th
 
E-Mora. 2B-Gibbons, Markakis, Crawford, Baldelli. HR-Patterson,C 2(3), 
Tejada(1), Gibbons(1), Mora(1). K-Patterson,C, Mora 2, Rogers,E, Crawford, 
Huff, Gomes, Burroughs. BB-Lugo, Baldelli. HBP-Gomez,C, Millar, Hall,T. 
HB-Cabrera,D, McClung 2. WP-Cabrera,D. 
GWRBI: Patterson,C
Temperature: 70, Wind: none.

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 10:15 PM

Other Scores of Interest

Code:

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Kansas City       1  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0     3  5  0     5  0
2006 New York (A)      0  2  0  3  0  1  0  0  x     6  7  1     9  0
 
HR-Stairs(1), Sheffield(3)
W. Wang 1-1, L. Bautista 0-2, S. Rivera 2
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Toronto           0  0  0  0  1  5  0  1  1     8 13  0     9  1
2006 Boston            0  0  2  0  0  1  0  0  1     4  8  1     7  2
 
HR-Glaus(1), Hinske(3), Crisp(2), Ramirez,M(2)
W. Chacin 1-0, L. Wakefield 0-2, S. Speier 1
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 New York (N)      0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0     2  5  0     4  0
2006 Washington        3  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  x     4  9  0     8  1
 
W. Rauch 2-0, L. Zambrano 1-1, S. Cordero 3

With the Red Sox loss, the Blue Jays are now in 1st place at 5-3.

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 10:20 PM

Game 4: Baltimore (3-6) at Tampa Bay (5-4)

Chen 0-0, 1.29 vs. Waechter 1-0, 1.29

After yesterday, we're feeling pretty good for ourselves. Despite scoring 15 runs, we're looking to go back to a more normal looking lineup. Patterson will remain in the 2-spot for me until he falters. He still strikes out too much, but the guy has been red-hot (7-game hitting streak) and has certainly earned the starting job. Brian Roberts will be back at leadoff. I really like Gibbons in the 4-hole against righties - he will remain there. Markakis continues to hit well in very limited duty. I might push him about Newhan as far as preferences.

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 10:46 PM

Again, the bats are in overdrive, and we pick up our second win in a row!

Code:

4/13/2006, Bal06-Tam06, Tropicana Field
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Baltimore         1  0  7  0  1  0  0  1  0    10 14  1     9  3
2006 Tampa Bay         1  0  2  0  0  1  0  2  0     6 15  1     7  0
 
Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Tampa Bay            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Roberts,B         2b  6  1  1  1  .154    Crawford          lf  5  2  3  0  .432       
Patterson,C       cf  4  1  1  0  .406    Lugo              ss  4  1  3  0  .308       
Tejada            ss  5  2  2  1  .316    Baldelli          cf  5  0  2  2  .257       
Gibbons           rf  4  1  1  3  .344    Gomes             dh  5  0  0  0  .237       
Conine            1b  5  1  3  2  .375    Wigginton         1b  4  1  1  0  .071       
Millar            dh  3  1  1  0  .323    Huff              rf  4  1  2  0  .211       
Mora              3b  5  1  2  0  .216    Burroughs         3b  3  0  1  0  .280       
Markakis          lf  5  1  0  0  .250     Upton            ph  1  1  1  0  .500       
Hernandez,Ra      c   5  1  3  2  .367    Ordaz             2b  3  0  1  2  .250       
                     42 10 14  9          Paul              c   2  0  0  0  .000       
                                           Cantu            ph  1  0  0  0  .265       
                                           Hall,T           c   1  0  1  1  .300       
                                                               38  6 15  5             
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Chen,B           W 1-0           7.0 11  4  4  0  3  99  72  3.21
DuBose                           2.0  4  2  2  0  2  27  18 15.75
                                 9.0 15  6  6  0  5 126  90 
 
Tampa Bay                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Waechter         L 1-1           2.1  6  6  6  1  1  51  32  6.75
Harper,T                         2.1  6  3  2  0  0  39  29  4.50
Lugo,R                           2.1  0  0  0  2  2  43  24  0.00
Franklin,W                       1.0  2  1  1  1  1  20  10  3.38
Meadows,B                        1.0  0  0  0  0  0   6   4  1.35
                                 9.0 14 10  9  4  4 159  99 
 
Tam: Cantu batted for Paul in the 6th
     Hall,T inserted at c in the 7th
     Upton batted for Burroughs in the 8th
     Upton moved to 3b in the 9th
 
E-Mora, Wigginton. 2B-Tejada, Hernandez,Ra 3, Lugo. 3B-Lugo. HR-Tejada(2), 
Gibbons(2), Conine(1). SB-Roberts,B(2). K-Roberts,B, Patterson,C, Tejada, 
Conine, Baldelli, Gomes 2, Huff, Cantu. BB-Patterson,C, Gibbons, Millar 2. 
SH-Lugo. SF-Ordaz. WP-DuBose 2. 
GWRBI: Roberts,B
Temperature: 70, Wind: none.
 
Other Games:
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2006 Toronto 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 1 11 14 0 9 1
2006 Boston 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 11 2 10 1
 
HR-McDonald(1), Ramirez,M(3)
W. Chulk 2-0, L. Clement 1-1, S. Tallet 1
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2006 Kansas City 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 9 0 6 1
2006 New York (A) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 2 1
 
W. Hernandez 2-0, L. Pavano 0-2, S. MacDougal 2
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2006 New York (N) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 5 0
2006 Washington 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 x 3 5 0 6 1
 
HR-Vidro(2), Fick(1)
W. Astacio 1-0, L. Ring 0-1, S. Cordero 4
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2006 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 7 8 2 8 0
2006 Atlanta 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 10 0
 
W. Madson 1-1, L. Sosa 1-1

CraigSca · 04-20-2006, 10:50 PM

DMB league standings -- A
Regular season

Divisional
Year	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Strk	Recent	RF	RA	Mgn	Mgc
East
2006	Toronto	6	3	.667	-	6-3	W4	wwwwlwlwl	46	42	4	152
2006	Tampa Bay	5	5	.500	1 1/2	5-5	L2	llwwlwllww	49	54	-5	155
2006	Boston	4	5	.444	2	4-5	L3	lllwlwlww	48	38	10	156
2006	New York (A)	4	5	.444	2	4-5	L1	lwwwwllll	56	47	9	156
2006	Baltimore	4	6	.400	2 1/2	4-6	W2	wwlllwlwll	44	56	-12	156

Central
2006	Cleveland	6	3	.667	-	6-3	W2	wwlwwwwll	43	37	6	154
2006	Detroit	6	3	.667	-	6-3	L1	lwlwwlwww	44	39	5	154
2006	Chicago (A)	5	4	.556	1	5-4	W1	wlwlwllww	47	42	5	155
2006	Kansas City	3	5	.375	2 1/2	3-5	W1	wllwlwll	43	52	-9	157
2006	Minnesota	3	6	.333	3	3-6	W1	wlllllwlw	42	40	2	157

West
2006	Oakland	8	2	.800	-	8-2	L1	lwwwlwwwww	60	39	21	150
2006	Texas	5	5	.500	3	5-5	W3	wwwllwlwll	39	49	-10	156
2006	Los Angeles (A)	4	5	.444	3 1/2	4-5	L5	lllllwwww	43	46	-3	157
2006	Seattle	2	8	.200	6	2-8	L2	llwlwlllll	31	54	-23	159

bulletsponge · 04-21-2006, 12:00 PM

nice read

CraigSca · 04-21-2006, 10:17 PM

Thank you! I was beginning to think this dynasty was destined to have the worst view to post ratio of all time!

CraigSca · 04-21-2006, 10:24 PM

We're back home to face the Los Angelese Angels of Anaheim (whatever). They're currently 4-5 and losers of 5 in a row, so you're know they're destined to bust it wide open on us.

The king of mediocrity (thus far) Rodrigo Lopez will get the first start for us. We'll be going against Jeff Weaver. I like when we face righthanders - I think our offense is a lot more potent from the left-hand side of the plate. Perhaps that's why we struggled offensively so far this season - because of the lefties we face? Hmm....never thought about it that way.

Everyone who started last game plays again, except I'll rotate Markakis out and Newhan in. That will probably miff Javy Lopez, who was "resting" last game. Melvin Mora is 7 for his last 17 - after thinking about moving him up, I think I rather like him in the 6-7 hole. Besides, Patterson still has a hit in every game for me. He still strikes out a lot, but until he goes hitless a day, he'll remain in the #2 spot.

Los Angeles Angels (4-5) at Baltimore (4-6)
Weaver (0-1, 23.14) vs. R, Lopez (0-2, 5.02)

CraigSca · 04-21-2006, 10:50 PM

Let's see....Patterson gets a hit for the 9th game in a row. Darrin Erstad gets a hit for his own nifty little 10 game hit streak.

Rodrigo Lopez was cruising along with a 3-1 lead in the top of the 7th. He retires the first two batters, then begins to tire and walks two in a row. I bring in the lefty, Tim Byrdak, to go against Erstad. Of course, the computer outmanages me and brings in Molina who lines a double to deep left field (where I have David Newhan and his weak arm playing). That clears the bases and ties the game, 3-3. I have enough of Byrdak, and Sendy Rleal comes in to stop the damage. In the bottom of the 7th, Newhan makes up for his weak arm and hits his first homerun of the year to give us a 4-3 lead. Rleal pitches the 8th (I contemplated bringing Hawkins in, but thought Rleal was pitching well), and Ray pitches another 1-2-3 9th inning for his 3rd save. Our 3rd victory in a row!

Code:

4/14/2006, LAA06-Bal06, Camden Yard
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Los Angeles (A)   0  0  0  0  1  0  2  0  0     3  7  1     6  1
2006 Baltimore         1  1  0  0  1  0  1  0  x     4  9  1     5  1
 
Los Angeles (A)      AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Figgins           3b  2  1  0  1  .250    Roberts,B         2b  3  1  0  0  .143       
Erstad            cf  3  0  2  0  .368    Patterson,C       cf  3  1  2  1  .429       
 Molina,J         ph  1  0  1  2  .333    Tejada            ss  4  0  0  1  .286       
 Rivera,J         cf  0  0  0  0  .320    Gibbons           rf  4  0  1  0  .333       
Guerrero          rf  4  0  1  0  .302    Conine            1b  4  1  2  0  .393       
Anderson,G        lf  4  0  1  0  .278    Millar            dh  4  0  1  0  .314       
McPherson         dh  3  0  0  0  .125    Mora              3b  3  0  1  0  .225       
Kotchman          1b  4  0  0  0  .263    Newhan            lf  2  1  1  2  .235       
Kennedy,A         2b  3  0  1  0  .227     Markakis         lf  0  0  0  0  .250       
Cabrera,O         ss  4  0  0  0  .172    Hernandez,Ra      c   3  0  1  0  .364       
Mathis            c   3  2  1  0  .231                         30  4  9  4             
                     31  3  7  3                                                    
 
Los Angeles (A)                  INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Weaver,Jef       L 0-2           8.0  9  4  3  1  0 104  66  7.84
                                 8.0  9  4  3  1  0 104  66 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Lopez,R                          6.2  6  3  3  4  1  99  60  4.71
Byrdak           BS 1            0.0  1  0  0  0  0   3   2 16.88
Rleal            W 1-0           1.1  0  0  0  0  0   5   5  0.00
Ray              S 3             1.0  0  0  0  0  0  12   8  0.00
                                 9.0  7  3  3  4  1 119  75 
 
LAA: Molina,J batted for Erstad in the 7th
     Rivera,J inserted at cf in the 7th
Bal: Markakis inserted at lf in the 9th
 
E-Mathis, Gibbons. 2B-Mathis, Molina,J, Patterson,C. 3B-Patterson,C. 
HR-Newhan(1). SB-Roberts,B(3). CS-Erstad. K-Mathis. BB-Figgins, McPherson, 
Kennedy,A, Mathis, Roberts,B. SF-Figgins, Patterson,C, Newhan. 
GWRBI: Newhan
Temperature: 74, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 7 MPH.

Other Games of Note:

Code:

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Seattle           0  1  0  0  0  2  0  0  0     3  8  0     6  0
2006 Boston            0  0  1  3  1  0  0  0  x     5 11  0     8  2
 
HR-Sexson(2), Ortiz,D(2), Gonzalez,Al(1)
W. Wells 1-1, L. Moyer 1-2, S. Foulke 2
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 New York (A)      0  0  3  0  0  0  0  0  0     3  5  2     5  0
2006 Minnesota         2  0  3  1  0  0  1  0  x     7 10  1     9  2
 
HR-Hunter(2)
W. Baker 1-0, L. Chacon 1-1
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Milwaukee         3  0  0  0  2  0  2  0  0     7 11  1     9  1
2006 New York (N)      0  0  3  0  1  0  0  2  0     6 10  3     4  0
 
HR-Nady(1), Castro,R(1)
W. Helling 1-0, L. Bannister 0-2

CraigSca · 04-22-2006, 10:16 PM

Back for game 2 of the 4 game series against that team from California.

Angels (4-6) at Baltimore (5-6, 4th place, 2.5 games behind Toronto)

Colon (1-1, 4.38) vs. Benson (0-2, 3.38)

Benson hasn't been bad at all, it's too bad our offense has failed for him. I pretty much will be going with the same lineup as yesterday, except I'll sit Millar down and replace him with Javy Lopez. I just can't justify Lopez not being in the lineup for the 3rd day in a row - he'd probably sic his agent on me

. Patterson, obviously, has won the centerfield starting job and carries a 9 game batting streak. So far, Joe DiMaggio seems unfazed.

CraigSca · 04-22-2006, 10:55 PM

Orioles Lose in Extra Innings to Angels, 6-4

This was definitely a war of attrition. Too many little mistakes here and there. I've noticed that Corey Patterson has a tendency to drop catches in the outfield. They're not errors, per se, but I think they are balls he should catch. Chone Figgins led off the game with one of these. Patterson is definitely a liability in the field. We just made a lot of bonehead plays today - two guys get picked off, 3 errors. Tejada hit a homerun in the bottom of the 8th to tie it - that was a bright spot. The relievers pitched great, except for Halama. Oh, and Javy Lopez hit a two-run shot for his first homer of the year - he earned himself some playing time with that one. Corey Patterson's hitting streak ends, while Darin Erstad's is extended to 11 games.

Code:

4/15/2006, LAA06-Bal06, Camden Yard
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12
2006 Los Angeles (A)   1  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0
2006 Baltimore         0  0  0  2  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0
 
                      13 14     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Los Angeles (A)   0  3     6  9  0    10  2
2006 Baltimore         0  1     4 13  3     8  0
 
Los Angeles (A)      AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Figgins           3b  6  3  4  1  .316    Roberts,B         2b  6  0  1  0  .146       
Erstad            cf  2  0  1  1  .375    Patterson,C       cf  4  0  0  0  .385       
 Napoli           ph  4  0  0  0  .000    Tejada            ss  6  1  2  1  .292       
Guerrero          rf  4  0  1  1  .298    Gibbons           rf  6  2  3  0  .357       
Kennedy,A         2b  3  0  0  0  .200    Lopez,Javy        dh  4  1  2  2  .188       
 Molina,J         ph  1  0  0  0  .286     Matos            pr  1  0  0  0  .353       
 Gorneault        cf  3  0  0  0  .000     Fiorentino       ph  1  0  1  0  .500       
McPherson         dh  5  0  0  0  .108    Conine            1b  5  0  1  0  .364       
Kotchman          1b  6  1  2  0  .280    Mora              3b  4  0  1  1  .227       
Rivera,J          lf  6  1  0  0  .258    Newhan            lf  4  0  1  0  .238       
Cabrera,O         ss  6  0  0  0  .143     Markakis         lf  2  0  0  0  .214       
Mathis            c   2  0  0  0  .214    Hernandez,Ra      c   5  0  1  0  .342       
 Izturis,M        ph  4  1  1  2  .176     Chavez,R         c   0  0  0  0  .000       
                     52  6  9  5           Garabito         ph  1  0  0  0  .000       
                                                               49  4 13  4             
 
Los Angeles (A)                  INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Colon,B                          9.0  9  3  3  2  8 109  73  3.80
Rodriguez,Fr     W 1-0           4.0  1  0  0  2  3  51  29  0.00
Shields,S        S 2             1.0  3  1  1  0  0  20  13  2.45
                                14.0 13  4  4  4 11 180 115 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Benson                           7.1  6  3  2  0  5  93  63  3.05
Byrdak                           0.1  0  0  0  1  1   8   3 15.00
Williams,T                       1.1  0  0  0  1  2  25  13  9.00
Hawkins                          2.0  0  0  0  1  0  29  18  2.25
Rleal                            2.0  0  0  0  0  3  26  19  0.00
Halama           L 0-1           1.0  3  3  2  1  0  32  18  5.06
                                14.0  9  6  4  4 11 213 134 
 
LAA: Izturis,M batted for Mathis in the 8th
     Napoli batted for Erstad in the 8th
     Molina,J batted for Kennedy,A in the 8th
     Gorneault inserted at cf in the 8th
     Izturis,M moved to 2b in the 8th
     Napoli moved to c in the 8th
Bal: Matos ran for Lopez,Javy in the 9th
     Markakis inserted at lf in the 12th
     Chavez,R inserted at c in the 13th
     Fiorentino batted for Matos in the 14th
     Garabito batted for Chavez,R in the 14th
 
E-Gibbons, Rleal, Chavez,R. 2B-Figgins. 3B-Izturis,M. HR-Tejada(3), 
Lopez,Javy(1). SB-Figgins 2(3), Guerrero(1). CS-Kennedy,A, Roberts,B, 
Patterson,C, Tejada. K-Guerrero, Kennedy,A, McPherson 2, Kotchman, Rivera,J, 
Mathis, Izturis,M, Napoli 2, Gorneault, Roberts,B 2, Patterson,C, Gibbons 2, 
Lopez,Javy, Conine, Mora 2, Hernandez,Ra 2. BB-Figgins, Guerrero 2, 
McPherson, Patterson,C 2, Mora 2. SH-Erstad, Conine. HBP-Guerrero. HB-Benson. 
GWRBI: Izturis,M
Temperature: 72, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 9 MPH.

CraigSca · 04-22-2006, 11:01 PM

Other Games in the AL East

Code:

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Seattle           0  0  0  1  0  1  1  0  0     3 10  0     7  1
2006 Boston            1  5  0  0  0  1  0  0  x     7 13  1    12  2
 
HR-Johjima(2)
W. Schilling 1-0, L. F. Hernandez 0-2
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Toronto           3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     3  5  0     3  0
2006 Chicago (A)       1  4  0  0  0  0  0  2  x     7  9  0     4  1
 
HR-Crede(2), Anderson,BN(1)
W. Contreras 2-1, L. Halladay 1-2 
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 New York (A)      2  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  0     4  9  1     9  0
2006 Minnesota         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1     2  6  2     6  1
 
HR-Rodriguez,A(8), Matsui,H(2)
W. R. Johnson 2-1, L. Santana 1-1, S. Rivera 3
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Milwaukee         0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0  1     3 11  1    10  2
2006 New York (N)      0  0  1  1  0  0  4  3  x     9 15  1     5  0
 
HR-Floyd,C(2)
W. Glavine 2-1, L. Sheets 1-2
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 San Diego         0  0  0  1  2  1  0  2  0     6  6  0     4  1
2006 Atlanta           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     0  4  1     6  1
 
HR-Johnson,B(1)
W. Peavy 2-1, L. Smoltz 2-1

CraigSca · 04-22-2006, 11:02 PM

DMB league standings -- A
Regular season

Divisional
Year	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Strk	Recent	RF	RA	Mgn	Mgc
East
2006	Toronto	7	4	.636	-	7-3	L1	lwwwwwlwlw	56	50	6	151
2006	Boston	6	5	.545	1	5-5	W2	wwlllwlwlw	60	44	16	153
2006	Tampa Bay	6	6	.500	1 1/2	4-6	L1	lwllwwlwll	55	60	-5	153
2006	New York (A)	5	6	.455	2	5-5	W1	wllwwwwlll	63	56	7	154
2006	Baltimore	5	7	.417	2 1/2	5-5	L1	lwwwlllwlw	52	65	-13	154

CraigSca · 04-22-2006, 11:09 PM

Game 3 of 4

Anaheim (5-6) at Baltimore (5-7, 2.5 GB Toronto)

Lackey (0-0, 8.31) vs. Bedard (1-0, 2.08)

Pretty much the same lineup again for us. Brian Roberts is in a killer slump right now, but there's not much I can do to get him out of it. Lopez gets another start after his first homer of the year. It's a toss-up between Newhan and Markakis in LF. I might give Hernandez a day off at catcher.

CraigSca · 04-22-2006, 11:37 PM

Orioles Trounce Angels, 7-1

Another great game by Bedard, and an offense that has completely come alive. Mora has raised his average to .250 with a 7-game hitting streak. I may have to move him up further in the lineup, but I love him in that 6-7 slot. Roberts had two hits....hopefully he's breaking out of his 7 for 50 slump. This game was so good, even Jim Brower was effective in picking up his first save of the year.

Code:

4/16/2006, LAA06-Bal06, Camden Yard
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Los Angeles (A)   0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0     1  5  2     4  1
2006 Baltimore         0  2  0  0  0  1  1  3  x     7 15  0     9  2
 
Los Angeles (A)      AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Figgins           2b  4  0  1  0  .310    Roberts,B         2b  5  1  2  2  .170       
Alfonzo,Ed        3b  4  0  0  0  .056    Patterson,C       dh  5  0  1  0  .364       
Guerrero          rf  3  0  1  0  .300    Tejada            ss  5  0  2  1  .302       
Rivera,J          lf  4  0  1  0  .257    Gibbons           rf  5  2  2  0  .362       
McPherson         dh  4  1  1  0  .122    Lopez,Javy        c   4  1  2  1  .222       
Quinlan           1b  3  0  0  1  .211    Conine            1b  3  1  1  1  .361       
Mathis            c   2  0  0  0  .200    Mora              3b  4  2  2  0  .250       
Cabrera,O         ss  2  0  0  0  .135    Markakis          lf  3  0  1  1  .235       
Erstad            cf  3  0  1  0  .372    Matos             cf  4  0  2  1  .381       
                     29  1  5  1                               38  7 15  7             
 
Los Angeles (A)                  INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Lackey           L 0-1           6.2 10  4  3  0  6 118  76  6.46
Carrasco,H                       0.1  3  3  3  1  0  15   7  9.53
Gregg                            1.0  2  0  0  0  1  15   9  4.00
                                 8.0 15  7  6  1  7 148  92 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Bedard           W 2-0           7.0  4  1  1  2  6 101  59  1.80
Brower           S 1             2.0  1  0  0  1  2  28  15  4.76
                                 9.0  5  1  1  3  8 129  74 
 
E-Rivera,J, Lackey. 2B-Tejada, Gibbons, Lopez,Javy, Mora. 3B-McPherson. 
HR-Lopez,Javy(2). SB-Roberts,B(4). K-Figgins, Alfonzo,Ed, Guerrero, 
McPherson 3, Mathis, Cabrera,O, Roberts,B, Patterson,C 2, Tejada 3, Mora. 
BB-Guerrero, Mathis, Cabrera,O, Markakis. SF-Conine. PB-Mathis. 
GWRBI: Markakis
Temperature: 56, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 7 MPH.
 
Other Games
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Seattle           2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1     4 10  0     6  0
2006 Boston            1  0  1  2  2  0  1  0  x     7 13  0    11  1
 
HR-Beltre,A(2), Crisp(3), Ramirez,M(4), Pena,W(2), Lowell(1)
W. Beckett 2-0, L. Washburn 1-2
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Toronto           2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     2  4  2     4  0
2006 Chicago (A)       0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0     1  5  3     7  0
 
HR-Glaus(3), Iguchi(2)
W. Downs 3-0, L. Buehrle 1-1, S. BJ Ryan 5
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 New York (A)      0  4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     4  7  0    10  0
2006 Minnesota         0  0  0  1  1  0  0  1  0     3  7  3     9  0
 
HR-Damon(1), Giambi(2), Morneau(2)
W. Rivera 1-0, L. Radke 0-3
 
Note: Mussina was the starter but was injured.  He is expected to be out 3-4 weeks.
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2006 Milwaukee         0  3  0  0  0  0  3  0  0     6  8  0     7  0
2006 New York (N)      1  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  0     5  9  1     7  0
 
HR-Fielder(4), Hardy(2), Beltran,C(1), Floyd,C(3)
W. D. Davis 2-1, L. Trachsel 1-2, S. Turnbow 2

CraigSca · 04-22-2006, 11:39 PM

Standings Through Sunday, April 16th

DMB league standings -- Inter-league
Regular season

Divisional
Year	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Strk	Recent	RF	RA	Mgn	Mgc
A
East
2006	Toronto	8	4	.667	-	7-3	W1	wlwwwwwlwl	58	51	7	150
2006	Boston	7	5	.583	1	5-5	W3	wwwlllwlwl	67	48	19	152
2006	New York (A)	6	6	.500	2	6-4	W2	wwllwwwwll	67	59	8	153
2006	Baltimore	6	7	.462	2 1/2	5-5	W1	wlwwwlllwl	59	66	-7	153
2006	Tampa Bay	6	7	.462	2 1/2	4-6	L2	llwllwwlwl	56	68	-12	153

Central
2006	Cleveland	8	4	.667	-	8-2	W2	wwlwwlwwww	56	50	6	150
2006	Detroit	7	5	.583	1	5-5	L2	llwlwlwwlw	57	52	5	152
2006	Chicago (A)	6	6	.500	2	4-6	L1	lwlwlwlwll	56	54	2	153
2006	Kansas City	5	6	.455	2 1/2	5-5	W2	wwlwllwlwl	57	59	-2	154
2006	Minnesota	4	8	.333	4	3-7	L2	llwwlllllw	54	51	3	155

West
2006	Oakland	10	3	.769	-	7-3	W1	wlwlwwwlww	76	51	25	146
2006	Texas	6	7	.462	4	5-5	L1	lwlwwwllwl	51	65	-14	154
2006	Los Angeles (A)	5	7	.417	4 1/2	3-7	L1	lwllllllww	53	61	-8	155
2006	Seattle	2	11	.154	8	2-8	L5	lllllwlwll	41	73	-32	158

N
East
2006	Washington	9	4	.692	-	8-2	W1	wllwwwwwww	63	41	22	149
2006	Atlanta	8	5	.615	1	6-4	L2	llwlwlwwww	77	61	16	151
2006	Florida	5	7	.417	3 1/2	5-5	L1	lwwlwwlwll	45	60	-15	154
2006	New York (N)	5	7	.417	3 1/2	4-6	L1	lwllllwlww	49	53	-4	154
2006	Philadelphia	4	8	.333	4 1/2	4-6	L3	lllwlwwwll	68	82	-14	155

Central
2006	Chicago (N)	8	3	.727	-	7-3	W2	wwlwwwlwwl	47	42	5	151
2006	St. Louis	8	4	.667	1/2	6-4	L1	lwwwwlwllw	65	54	11	152
2006	Pittsburgh	8	6	.571	1 1/2	5-5	L2	llwwwwwlll	81	80	1	152
2006	Cincinnati	6	6	.500	2 1/2	5-5	W1	wlllllwwww	53	44	9	154
2006	Milwaukee	5	7	.417	3 1/2	5-5	W1	wlwllwwlwl	63	63	0	155
2006	Houston	4	9	.308	5	1-9	L3	lllwllllll	53	62	-9	156

West
2006	Arizona	7	5	.583	-	5-5	W3	wwwlwllwll	59	54	5	151
2006	San Diego	7	5	.583	-	6-4	W2	wwlwllwwwl	57	39	18	151
2006	Colorado	6	6	.500	1	6-4	W4	wwwwlwlllw	65	72	-7	152
2006	San Francisco	6	7	.462	1 1/2	4-6	W2	wwllwwllll	44	63	-19	152
2006	Los Angeles (N)	3	10	.231	4 1/2	2-8	L2	llwllllllw	51	70	-19	155

CraigSca · 04-22-2006, 11:41 PM

DMB team batting -- 2006 Baltimore
Regular season -- as of 4/16/2006

Primary
S	Name	P	AVG	OBP	SPC	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	K	HBP	IW	SB	CS
	Fiorentino*	cf	.500	.500	.500	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Rogers,E	ss	.500	.500	.500	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Matos	cf	.381	.409	.381	9	21	8	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
	Patterson,C*	cf	.364	.396	.682	12	44	16	3	1	3	7	6	3	12	0	0	0	1
	Gibbons*	rf	.362	.400	.553	12	47	17	3	0	2	8	6	2	7	1	0	0	0
	Conine	lf	.361	.385	.528	10	36	13	1	1	1	7	7	2	2	0	0	0	0
	Hernandez,Ra	c	.342	.375	.447	11	38	13	4	0	0	3	5	1	4	1	0	0	0
	Millar	1b	.314	.400	.343	10	35	11	1	0	0	5	1	4	3	1	0	0	0
	Tejada	ss	.302	.327	.547	13	53	16	4	0	3	6	8	2	5	0	0	0	2
	Gomez,C	2b	.273	.385	.364	4	11	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
	Mora	3b	.250	.302	.354	12	48	12	2	0	1	6	6	4	15	0	1	0	0
	Newhan*	3b	.238	.227	.381	9	21	5	0	0	1	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	0
	Markakis*	lf	.235	.316	.294	11	17	4	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Lopez,Javy	dh	.222	.263	.417	10	36	8	1	0	2	2	4	1	6	1	0	0	0
	Roberts,B#	2b	.170	.228	.226	12	53	9	1	1	0	5	5	4	6	0	0	4	1
	Chavez,R	c	.000	.000	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Garabito#	2b	.000	.000	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Pitchers		.000	.000	.000	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		.293	.335	.436	13	468	137	22	3	13	59	58	26	64	6	1	4	5

DMB team pitching -- 2006 Baltimore
Regular season -- as of 4/16/2006

Primary
S	Name	P	ERA	W	L	S	G	GS	CG	SHO	INN	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	GDP	BF
	Ray	cl	0.00	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	10
	Rleal	mr	0.00	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	5.2	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	19
	Bedard*	sp	1.80	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	20.0	13	6	4	7	13	2	5	76
	Hawkins	mr	2.25	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	2	3	1	0	16
	Benson	sp	3.05	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	20.2	19	8	7	0	16	0	0	82
	Chen,B*	sp	3.21	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	14.0	14	5	5	2	7	0	2	57
	Lopez,R	sp	4.71	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	21.0	22	13	11	8	6	3	2	90
	Brower	mr	4.76	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	5.2	6	5	3	4	5	1	1	28
	Halama*	mr	5.06	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	6	5	3	2	2	1	0	26
	Cabrera,D	sp	6.52	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	9.2	16	7	7	3	4	0	2	47
	Williams,T	mr	9.00	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	3	2	0	1	20
	Byrdak*	mr	15.00	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	3.0	9	5	5	2	4	2	1	19
	DuBose*	mr	15.75	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	10	7	7	1	4	1	1	23
	Total		4.28	6	7	4	13	13	0	0	120.0	124	66	57	35	74	11	15	513

04-18-2006, 09:32 PM	#3
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	I write down my opening day lineup - Roberts, 2b Mora, 3b Tejada, SS J. Lopez, DH Gibbons, RF Conine, LF Millar, 1B Hernandez, C Matos, CF R. Lopez, P vs. Scott Kazmir (0-0), LP I realize that's going to strike fear in very few ballclubs, but I figure, "what the heck?" Let's go out there and surprise some people. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know? Last edited by CraigSca : 04-18-2006 at 09:34 PM.

04-18-2006, 09:43 PM	#4
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	April 3rd, 2006 Sam Perlozzo checked the scoreboard. 6th inning, down 3-0. "Ok, not too bad," he thought. Sure, the offense was struggling, as predicted. But surely...even in the worst-case scenario his team would have a hit already, wouldn't they?! "Let's see....0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error. This is not good." __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-18-2006, 09:58 PM	#6
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	April 5th New and Notes: Kris Benson makes his Oriole debut, getting the nod as the starting pitcher today. Casey Fossum will start for the Devil Rays. A lefty on the mound probably means that Corey Patterson will sit, as will fan-favorite Nick Markakis. Look for Markakis to play a little outfield today in his major league debut. No major shuffling of the lineup yet, it's way too early, though I will be watching Javy and his move to DH. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-18-2006, 10:15 PM	#7
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Down 1-0, in the bottom of the 7th, it took 16 innings, but Kevin Millar became the first Baltimore Oriole of 2006 to get an extra-base hit. Kris Benson has been outstanding, holding the Rays to 5 hits and 1 run through 7 in his Orioles debut. Kevin Millar is on 2nd as the tying run with nobody out... __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-18-2006, 11:09 PM	#11
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	News and Notes Daniel Cabrera faces Matt Clement in the first game of the series with the Red Sox. Look for Nick Markakis to come off the bench, as both Jay Gibbons and Jeff Conine have been hitting for the O's. Mora scored a run and had an RBI, despite going hitless in his 3rd consecutive game. The possibility of Chris Gomez spot starting for him increases as each game goes by. Melvin says his contract situation isn't effecting him, but an 0 for 12 start in the 2006 season speaks volumes. Perlozzo was impressed with Patterson's first start as an Oriole, "He only had the one hit, but he hit the ball hard a number of times." The Red Sox come to town with a 2-1 record, but only a .243 team batting average. Of course, the Orioles are only hitting .250, with 0 homeruns. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-18-2006, 09:28 PM	#2
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	"I know most of you guys have been here for a while. Some of you longer than others. What I'm going to talk about is the Oriole way. It's solid defense, good pitching and timely hitting. It's doing the little things. It's practicing throwing to the cut-off man. It's going over run-down plays in spring training. It's all about doing things right the first time and wanting it more than the next guy. It's taking pride in putting on a uniform that symbolizes a winning attittude. It's the Oriole way." And with that, we broke camp and headed to Baltimore for our opening day game against thw Tampa Bay Devil Rays. So yeah, the pundits, as usual, predicted a Yankee-Red Sox race in October. The Blue Jays signed our best reliever in the offseason. But this year, I have "the man" - Leo Mazzone is going to teach my guys to throw low and away, throw quickly, and throw strikes. My starting rotation: Rodrigo Lopez Erik Bedard Kris Benson Daniel Cabrera Bruce Chen Bullpen Todd Williams Chris Ray Tim Byrdak La Troy Hawkins Sendy Rleal John Halama Jim Brower Catchers Roberto Hernandez Infield Javy Lopez Brian Roberts Miguel Tejada Melvin Mora Chris Gomez Kevin Millar Outfielders Jay Gibbons Nick Markakis Luis Matos Jeff Conine David Newhan Let's get ready for opening day! __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-18-2006, 10:37 PM	#9
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	News and Notes - April 6, 2006 The O's meet the Rays in the final game of their 3 games series today. Erik Bedard will get the start for the Orioles, he will face lefty Mark Hendrickson. Another lefty means yet another day for rookie Nick Markakis to sit on the bench. Melvin Mora and Javy Lopez are a combined 0 for 17 with 7 strikeouts in 2006. Despite facing a lefty, Corey Patterson will make his first start tonight batting in the 9th position. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-19-2006, 12:05 AM	#13
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Baltimore Sun Article - Outfielders Struggle For Atbats As predicted before the season began, Sam Perlozzo's outfield has too many players and too few atbats to spread between them. It's only a matter of time before someone on the roster becomes impatient with a lack of playing time. A 1-3 start to the season may exacerbate the situation. "Certainly, we've struggled at times," said Perlozzo. "But the guys need to be patient and know that I'm going to go with the hot bat. Everyone's going to get their chance." Their chances may be few and far between. David Newhan, Luis Matos and Nick Markakis seem to be the odd men out in this situation. Of the 43 atbats by Orioles outfielders this year, 35 have been taken by Conine, Gibbons and Patterson. "We all need our atbats in order to stay fresh. So far it hasn't been a problem. I'm hoping we all have the opportunity to stay at the top of our game," said Newhan. Notes: The Orioles are currently 12th in the AL in ERA at 5.50 and 11th in fielding with a .970 fielding percentage. The Oakland A's and LA Angels are the only undefeated American League teams with records of 5-0 and 4-0, respectively. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-19-2006, 08:41 AM	#14
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Manager's Notes Game 2 of the three game series against the Red Sox will start in about half an hour. David Wells makes his first start of the year for the Sox while the Orioles send Bruce Chen to the mound. I thought about calling on Rodrigo Lopez as he's well rested, but I thought I let Chen get the shot today. We're going to need all 5 starters all year, it's best to make everyone feel just as important as the next guy. Definite starters today are Gibbons, Conine, Lopez and Patterson. Patterson has 3 hits in his two starts, and he's definitely earned it - I'll probably move him up from the #9 spot as well. I'm also thinking about giving Melvin Mora the day off. It would be nice to score some runs today. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-19-2006, 09:33 AM	#15
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	We take a 1-0 lead into the third. Chen had a shaky 1st, but a better 2nd. We scored in the first after Tejada doubled Chris Gomez (starting in place of Mora) to third. The next batter, Jay Gibbons, hit a weak grounder to first for the RBI. In the second inning, Jeff Conine pulled a muscle running to first - he's listed as day-to-day. David Newhan will replace him in LF. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-19-2006, 10:22 AM	#17
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Author's Aside: Man, what a great game! A game like this really brings out what makes Diamond Mind Baseball such an awesome simulation. The ability, in key situations, to go into pitch-by-pitch mode really brings out the tension of a great baseball game. Some keys from the game: In the top of the 4th, we're leading 1-0. Men on first and third with one out. Varitek hits a groundball to Gomez who attempts the double play, but Varitek JUST beats it out, scoring Ortiz from third. Game tied 1-1. Bottom of the 6th, tied 1-1. Hernandez and Roberts lead off with cheap singles, making it first and second with nobody out. I abhor the sacrifice, but with Chris Gomez at the plate, I take the chance. On a 2-1 pitch (he whiffed on the last pitch), he bunts to Youkilis and is successful. 2nd and 3rd, one out with Tejada and Gibbons coming up. Tejada takes the first two pitches for balls, fouls off the next two and then POPS up to third. ARGH. Gibbons follows up with a CALLED third strike on a 3-2 pitch. Take the BAT off your shoulder, jerk! After 7 strong innings, I bring in LaTroy Hawkins. He K's Gonzalez to start the 8th. Next up is Coco Crisp - he has been destroying me in the series (3 for 8 at that point). Of COURSE Crisp lines a single to center. Mark Loretta comes up, and I know Crisp is going to attempt to steal. For some reason, Loretta swings on the first pitch and pops out to left - phew! Two outs, but up comes David Ortiz, who has two hits already. I know Crisp is dancing off of second...so i begin the atbat by throwing over to first. He's back in time. First pitch from Hawkins - a ball. Second pitch from Hawkins - a ball. Sigh. I throw to first to keep Crisp honest. Next pitch - a ball. Son of a...can you get the ball OVER, Hawkins!? 3-0 count, they're probably not going to run Crisp now as Ortiz is setting himself up for a walk. Knowing that Ortiz can kill me with one swing of the bat, I think about pitching around him. Ah, who cares...I tell Hawkins to throw strikes - the 3-0 pitch is fouled off. 3-1 the count. The 3-1 pitch - CALLED strike on the outside black of the plate! Nice placement! I throw to 1st since I know Crisp will be trying to get a good jump on the 3-2 pitch with two outs - Crisp gets back in time. The 3-2 pitch.....fouled off into the stands. Again I throw to first. The 3-2 pitch again....SWING and a MISS! A K for Hawkins after being down 3-0 in the count! Bottom of the 8th: Corey Patterson leads off and lines one right down the right field line. I'm thinking, "Hey! That's his third consecutive game with a hit!" However, Corey wants to show his manager how aggressive he is by stretching the hit into a double - OUT at second! Super, Corey. Great job. Hernandez follows with a ground ball through the hole on the left side, and I'm thinking, "Way to go, Patterson, you moron!". Instead of first and second, nobody out, we have man on first and one out. Brian Roberts is next, and he just hasn't hit the ball hard at all thus far. Roberts hits a ball deep to center the falls beyond Crisp's glove, Hernandez SCORES from first, and Roberts tries for the inside-the-park homerun (!) but he's out at the plate! Geez, both outs this inning have been on the bases! However, we're FINALLY getting to David Wells, who was looking like Cy Young through seven innings. Chris Gomez lines out to Gonzalez for the final out of the inning. Top of the 9th - I bring in Chris Ray to hopefully close the game against Manny, Willy Mo Pena and Jason Varitek. Ray gets Ramirez to K on a check-swing 3-2 pitch - phew. Trot Nixon pinch hits for Pena and singles, just out of the reach of Brian Roberts' glove. Uh oh. Harris pinch runs for Nixon and steals second, despite my incessant pick off attempts. By this time, Ray has thrown 16 pitches, along with two pickoff attempts. I'm wondering how many pitches he has left, 10? On a 2-2 pitch, Ray gets Varitek to swing and miss for the second out. Still, Kevin Youkilis is up with the tying run at second. On a 1-0 pitch, Youkilis pops out to center, Ray has his second save in as many chances, and I have a thoroughly satisfying 2-1 victory. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-19-2006, 01:41 PM	#19
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Manager's Notes: Last game of the series vs. the Red Sox today. Curt Schilling (0-0, 2.16) vs. Rodrigo Lopez (0-1, 4.91). Nick Markakis will start in leftfield for us in Jeff Conine's absence. I'll have Melvin Mora back in the lineup as well. I want to give Javy Lopez a shot at firstbase today (oh, that should be fun) and maybe call on Newhan to DH. After this, we head to Tampa for a 4 game set against the Devil Rays. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-19-2006, 01:42 PM	#20
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Son of a bitch - the Red Sox surprised us by pitching lefthander Lenny DiNardo instead of Schilling...I'll have to see how that effects our lineup. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-20-2006, 08:34 AM	#23
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Baltimore (2-4) at Tampa Bay (3-3) Benson (0-1, 1.29) vs. Fossum (1-0, 1.09) Good grief, another lefty! Hopefully Mora got off the schneid yesterday with his first hit of the year. I gave Newhan a shot in the OF, but he pulled an 0-fer, so I'll probably give Markakis a shot to see what he can do. I want to give Roberts some rest, but I don't feel this is a good game to do so after he broke out yesterday. Gibbons is 0 for his last 6, I'll give him a rest today against the lefty. On the pitching front, I want to get Sendy Rleal out there as he may be moving up into one of my "set-up with the lead or tied" type of roles. Currently, Todd Williams resides in that role, but has been less than impressive his two times out there (although not as bad his last time out). __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know? Last edited by CraigSca : 04-20-2006 at 08:37 AM.

04-20-2006, 08:46 AM	#24
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Nothing-Nothing in the bottom of the third, and that's when Kris Benson implodes - sigh. Burroughs leads off with a single up the middle (that hits off Tejada's glove). Toby Hall is the next batter, and he hits a blazing ground ball down to third. Mora dives for it, stops it and throws to second, but Burroughs beats it out. Sometimes rallies start with lame beginnings, just like this. Benson loses it - double - double - ground out - double, and we're down by 4. 4-0 at the end of three. Argh. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-20-2006, 08:50 AM	#25
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Ok, we're down 4-0 at the end of 4 and a half, but that's ok, I'm fairly confident our offense can comeback since we've already put up exactly ONE INFIELD HIT thus far. Man, this offense stinks. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-20-2006, 03:17 PM	#28
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Baltimore (2-5) at Tampa Bay (4-3) Bedard 1-0, 2.57 vs. Hendrickson 0-1, 16.88 Hendrickson is a guy we actually scored a few runs off of earlier in the year. At this point, I'm not looking to give guys rest because they need it - I'm looking for offense, wherever I can get it. Gomez will be starting as my DH, instead of Javy Lopez, who gets to rest his .167 batting average. I put Patterson in the 2nd spot because he's gotten a hit in every game I started him. I drop Melvin Mora to 7th to hopefully take some pressure off. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-20-2006, 03:23 PM	#29
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	In the top of the 3rd, Corey Patterson hits Baltimore's FIRST homerun of the year to spot us a 1-0 lead. Hurray, THAT drought is over! __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-20-2006, 09:46 PM	#32
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Game 3 of the 4 game series against Tampa Bay Cabrera 0-1, 20.25 vs. McClung 0-0, 23.14 Cabrera gets an opportunity to show his first game was a fluke. He, along with Bedard, are my two favorite pitchers on the team. We finally get to face a right-handed pitcher, so I can fatten up with my left-laden lineup. Of course, Conine is back from his injury, but I think I'll let him rest an extra day and start Newhan, Markakis and Gibbons in the outfield. After yet another 0-fer, I'll rest Roberts and replace him with Gomez. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-20-2006, 09:49 PM	#33
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	At the last moment, I decide to start Patterson at center again (how can I keep him out of the lineup), and put Conine in at first base. Markakis will have to sit today, with Patterson hitting the ball so well. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-20-2006, 10:20 PM	#36
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Game 4: Baltimore (3-6) at Tampa Bay (5-4) Chen 0-0, 1.29 vs. Waechter 1-0, 1.29 After yesterday, we're feeling pretty good for ourselves. Despite scoring 15 runs, we're looking to go back to a more normal looking lineup. Patterson will remain in the 2-spot for me until he falters. He still strikes out too much, but the guy has been red-hot (7-game hitting streak) and has certainly earned the starting job. Brian Roberts will be back at leadoff. I really like Gibbons in the 4-hole against righties - he will remain there. Markakis continues to hit well in very limited duty. I might push him about Newhan as far as preferences. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know? Last edited by CraigSca : 04-20-2006 at 10:22 PM.

04-21-2006, 12:00 PM	#39
bulletsponge Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX	nice read

04-21-2006, 10:17 PM	#40
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Thank you! I was beginning to think this dynasty was destined to have the worst view to post ratio of all time! __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-21-2006, 10:24 PM	#41
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	We're back home to face the Los Angelese Angels of Anaheim (whatever). They're currently 4-5 and losers of 5 in a row, so you're know they're destined to bust it wide open on us. The king of mediocrity (thus far) Rodrigo Lopez will get the first start for us. We'll be going against Jeff Weaver. I like when we face righthanders - I think our offense is a lot more potent from the left-hand side of the plate. Perhaps that's why we struggled offensively so far this season - because of the lefties we face? Hmm....never thought about it that way. Everyone who started last game plays again, except I'll rotate Markakis out and Newhan in. That will probably miff Javy Lopez, who was "resting" last game. Melvin Mora is 7 for his last 17 - after thinking about moving him up, I think I rather like him in the 6-7 hole. Besides, Patterson still has a hit in every game for me. He still strikes out a lot, but until he goes hitless a day, he'll remain in the #2 spot. Los Angeles Angels (4-5) at Baltimore (4-6) Weaver (0-1, 23.14) vs. R, Lopez (0-2, 5.02) __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-22-2006, 10:16 PM	#43
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Back for game 2 of the 4 game series against that team from California. Angels (4-6) at Baltimore (5-6, 4th place, 2.5 games behind Toronto) Colon (1-1, 4.38) vs. Benson (0-2, 3.38) Benson hasn't been bad at all, it's too bad our offense has failed for him. I pretty much will be going with the same lineup as yesterday, except I'll sit Millar down and replace him with Javy Lopez. I just can't justify Lopez not being in the lineup for the 3rd day in a row - he'd probably sic his agent on me . Patterson, obviously, has won the centerfield starting job and carries a 9 game batting streak. So far, Joe DiMaggio seems unfazed. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

04-22-2006, 11:09 PM	#47
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Game 3 of 4 Anaheim (5-6) at Baltimore (5-7, 2.5 GB Toronto) Lackey (0-0, 8.31) vs. Bedard (1-0, 2.08) Pretty much the same lineup again for us. Brian Roberts is in a killer slump right now, but there's not much I can do to get him out of it. Lopez gets another start after his first homer of the year. It's a toss-up between Newhan and Markakis in LF. I might give Hernandez a day off at catcher. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

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