FOOL-X 2028 Regular Season Thread

[Alan T]

September 1st, 2028:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Washington Freedom 81 52 .609 - 79-54 2 36-26 45-26 5-4 18-21 28 L1 6-4 Havana Banana Sluggers 80 54 .597 1½ 78-56 2 46-23 34-31 5-7 22-18 L1 5-5 St Cloud Raindrops 69 65 .515 12½ 71-63 -2 37-31 32-34 4-5 22-18 L3 4-6 Oshawa Mullets 63 70 .474 18 60-73 3 35-33 28-37 11-11 20-19 W1 3-7 Plantana Pirates 62 71 .466 19 60-73 2 28-34 34-37 5-2 19-19 L1 6-4 St Louis Hops 60 73 .451 21 67-66 -7 29-37 31-36 1-3 15-19 W5 9-1 Chicago Southpaws 60 73 .451 21 58-75 2 33-38 27-35 11-9 22-23 W1 3-7 Stafford Terriers 58 75 .436 23 60-73 -2 36-31 22-44 4-5 19-20 W1 5-5

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 New York Legends 80 53 .602 - 81-52 -1 39-23 41-30 7-6 25-20 24 W4 5-5 Waikiki Beach Boys 74 59 .556 6 69-64 5 34-33 40-26 2-3 21-18 L3 7-3 Ann Arbor Wolverines 72 61 .541 8 75-58 -3 37-29 35-32 3-10 19-21 L2 5-5 Spring Lions 67 67 .500 13½ 76-58 -9 33-35 34-32 9-6 17-25 W2 7-3 Portland Axemen 65 69 .485 15½ 58-76 7 29-40 36-29 7-3 18-15 W1 3-7 Maricopa Rattlers 64 69 .481 16 64-69 0 37-31 27-38 3-3 18-23 L1 5-5 Las Vegas Wildcats 62 71 .466 18 63-70 -1 28-34 34-37 6-8 22-21 W2 7-3 Cleveland Naps 49 84 .368 31 47-86 2 26-45 23-39 9-7 21-18 L2 1-9

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG S. Martínez - NY .355 2 C. Ding WAI .341 3 Á. Rangel MAR .338 4 C. Carmelo WAI .330 5 L. Velásquez STL .329	League Leaders HR B. Joly - SPG 40 2 J. Estrada WAS 36 3 B. Cheng NY 33 3 G. Field CHI 33 5 3 tied with 32	League Leaders RBI B. Joly - SPG 126 2 M. Okamoto SPG 109 3 J. Estrada WAS 106 3 D. Garza POR 106 5 2 tied with 105
League Leaders W J. Allen - STL 15 2 C. Fox MAR 14 2 H. Glass WAS 14 2 J. Vera CHI 14 5 3 tied with 13	League Leaders ERA E. Holt - SPG 2.01 2 J. Fernández POR 2.54 3 J. Carr OSH 2.61 4 D. McDonah SPG 2.68 5 D. Griffin PLN 2.76	League Leaders K D. McDonah - SPG 196 2 C. Fox MAR 188 3 K. Anum POR 187 4 R. Hartley STC 168 4 E. Holt SPG 168

[TeachEnEspanol]

Dear St. Cloud,
You stink and I don't like you! (but I didn't do much to fix you since I had no money, so I guess we both share some blame here.)
Love (not really), Teach

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Dear St. Cloud,
You stink and I don't like you! (but I didn't do much to fix you since I had no money, so I guess we both share some blame here.)
Love (not really), Teach

[Alan T]

Naps Lasseter Claims 200th Victory
Tuesday, September 5th, 2028: His goal at twenty was to win twenty games one year, pitch until he was thirty, win the league pennant and to make some money. Well, Henry Lasseter did something even better -- the 37-year-old Cleveland Naps star has now won 200 games in his career. That put him in a very select group of pitchers.

He joined that exclusive club today at Legends Stadium by whipping the New York Legends 6-5, holding them to 5 hits in 5.2 innings while chalking up no strikeouts and 2 walks.

In the postgame interview, the modest Lasseter said, "It's special to win 200 games. You don't do it by yourself. You do it with good stuff and a good bullpen. You are only as good as the guys behind you. Years from now I might look back on it and give myself a little pat on the back."

His career totals show Lasseter has a 200-180 won-lost record with a 4.27 ERA.

[Alan T]

Hit #2500 for Naps Chávez
Sunday, September 10th, 2028: Today at Ballpark of Cleveland Cleveland got a 7-4 victory over Spring and Jorge Chávez got his 2500th career hit. The Naps right fielder recorded 2 hits in 4 at-bats to reach that coveted milestone.

In his 2054-game career Chávez is batting .296 with 541 doubles, 96 triples, 470 home runs and 1739 RBIs. He has stolen 317 bases and scored 1471 times.

[Alan T]

September 18th, 2028:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Washington Freedom 89 60 .597 - 87-62 2 43-32 46-28 5-5 21-22 13 L2 5-5 Havana Banana Sluggers 88 61 .591 1 87-62 1 53-28 35-33 6-7 24-21 W1 4-6 St Cloud Raindrops 78 72 .520 11½ 80-70 -2 44-34 34-38 4-6 23-22 W2 6-4 Plantana Pirates 72 76 .486 16½ 69-79 3 34-37 38-39 5-2 23-21 L1 6-4 Oshawa Mullets 70 80 .467 19½ 66-84 4 39-36 31-44 11-11 24-21 W2 5-5 St Louis Hops 68 82 .453 21½ 74-76 -6 31-38 37-44 2-3 16-21 W2 5-5 Chicago Southpaws 67 82 .450 22 66-83 1 36-41 31-41 11-9 25-28 L2 5-5 Stafford Terriers 65 84 .436 24 67-82 -2 38-33 27-51 4-5 21-21 L2 4-6

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 New York Legends 87 62 .584 - 90-59 -3 45-30 42-32 7-7 27-24 11 W1 5-5 Waikiki Beach Boys 84 65 .564 3 79-70 5 36-35 48-30 3-3 24-21 W1 7-3 Ann Arbor Wolverines 77 73 .513 10½ 80-70 -3 38-31 39-42 3-11 23-24 L1 3-7 Portland Axemen 74 75 .497 13 65-84 9 36-45 38-30 8-3 20-16 W1 6-4 Spring Lions 74 76 .493 13½ 84-66 -10 37-41 37-35 9-6 18-28 L1 4-6 Maricopa Rattlers 74 76 .493 13½ 74-76 0 40-35 34-41 4-3 22-25 L1 4-6 Las Vegas Wildcats 69 79 .466 17½ 71-77 -2 33-38 36-41 6-8 24-24 L1 6-4 Cleveland Naps 58 91 .389 29 54-95 4 29-48 29-43 10-9 24-20 W1 5-5

[Alan T]

Washington has a magic number of 2
Havana has a magic number of 3

New York has a magic number of 3
Waikiki has a magic number of 6

[Alan T]

September 25th, 2028:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Washington Freedom 92 64 .590 - 89-67 3 43-35 49-29 5-5 21-22 7 L3 4-6 Havana Banana Sluggers 91 64 .587 ½ 90-65 1 53-28 38-36 6-7 26-22 W1 4-6 St Cloud Raindrops 81 75 .519 11 84-72 -3 45-36 36-39 4-6 23-24 W1 6-4 Oshawa Mullets 75 81 .481 17 72-84 3 39-36 36-45 11-11 24-21 W3 7-3 Plantana Pirates 74 81 .477 17½ 71-84 3 35-39 39-42 5-2 23-22 L1 4-6 St Louis Hops 71 85 .455 21 77-79 -6 34-41 37-44 2-3 17-22 W2 5-5 Stafford Terriers 70 86 .449 22 71-85 -1 43-35 27-51 4-5 23-21 L1 6-4 Chicago Southpaws 69 87 .442 23 68-88 1 37-44 32-43 11-9 26-29 L2 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 New York Legends 94 62 .603 - 95-61 -1 48-30 46-32 7-7 28-24 2 W8 8-2 Waikiki Beach Boys 89 67 .571 5 83-73 6 41-37 48-30 3-3 26-22 W1 7-3 Ann Arbor Wolverines 81 75 .519 13 84-72 -3 42-33 39-42 3-11 23-24 W1 7-3 Spring Lions 77 79 .494 17 87-69 -10 39-42 38-37 10-6 19-29 L2 5-5 Portland Axemen 76 79 .490 17½ 67-88 9 36-45 40-34 8-4 22-17 L1 4-6 Maricopa Rattlers 75 81 .481 19 76-80 -1 40-35 35-46 4-3 22-25 L5 2-8 Las Vegas Wildcats 72 83 .465 21½ 75-80 -3 35-39 37-44 6-8 24-26 W2 5-5 Cleveland Naps 59 97 .378 35 56-100 3 29-52 30-45 10-9 24-21 L1 3-7

[Alan T]

Washington, Havana, New York and Waikiki have all clinched playoff spots

[Alan T]

9/28:

New York has clinched homefield advantage in the RLCS!


Washington 93-65
Havana 93-65

[Alan T]

9/29:

Havana 4, Plantana 2
Stafford 6, Washington 4

Havana 94-65 (m# 3)
Washington 93-66

[Alan T]

Washington plays their last 3 games @ St. Louis
Havana plays their last 3 games @ Plantana

[Alan T]

9/29:

Washington 8, St. Louis 6
Havana 7, Plantana 2


Havana 95-65 (m# 2)
Washington 94-66

[Alan T]

9/30:


Washington 6, St. Louis 2
Havana 2, Plantana 1 (11 innings)

Havana 96-65 (m# 1)
Washington 95-66

[Alan T]

10/1:

Washington 5, St. Louis 4
Plantana 14, Havana 2


Washington and Havana wind up tied at the end of the regular season. They will play one game to determine who will have homefield advantage in the CLCS.

Washington led the regular season series between the two teams 16-8, so will host this one game playoff.

[Alan T]

10/2:


Havana 7, Washington 0


Havana clinches homefield advantage in the CLCS!

[Alan T]

Final 2028 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Havana Banana Sluggers 97 66 .595 - 94-69 3 53-28 44-38 8-7 29-22 Clinched W1 7-3 Washington Freedom 96 67 .589 1 92-71 4 44-38 52-29 6-5 22-22 L1 4-6 St Cloud Raindrops 83 79 .512 13½ 86-76 -3 45-36 38-43 5-6 25-26 L1 4-6 Oshawa Mullets 78 84 .481 18½ 75-87 3 42-39 36-45 11-12 24-23 L1 6-4 Plantana Pirates 77 85 .475 19½ 75-87 2 38-43 39-42 5-3 23-23 W1 4-6 Stafford Terriers 74 88 .457 22½ 76-86 -2 45-36 29-52 4-6 24-22 W1 7-3 St Louis Hops 73 89 .451 23½ 80-82 -7 36-45 37-44 2-4 18-24 L4 5-5 Chicago Southpaws 71 91 .438 25½ 71-91 0 37-44 34-47 11-9 26-29 W1 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 New York Legends 98 64 .605 - 98-64 0 50-31 48-33 7-7 31-25 Clinched W1 8-2 Waikiki Beach Boys 90 72 .556 8 85-77 5 41-40 49-32 3-3 26-24 L3 4-6 Ann Arbor Wolverines 83 79 .512 15 88-74 -5 44-37 39-42 3-11 24-27 L1 5-5 Spring Lions 82 80 .506 16 91-71 -9 39-42 43-38 10-6 21-29 W3 7-3 Portland Axemen 79 83 .488 19 69-93 10 36-45 43-38 9-5 24-17 W2 4-6 Maricopa Rattlers 78 84 .481 20 80-82 -2 43-38 35-46 5-5 22-28 L1 3-7 Las Vegas Wildcats 75 87 .463 23 78-84 -3 38-43 37-44 6-9 25-28 L2 5-5 Cleveland Naps 63 99 .389 35 59-103 4 29-52 34-47 12-9 27-22 W1 5-5

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG S. Martínez - NY .346 2 Á. Rangel MAR .344 3 M. Sakurai SPG .343 4 C. Ding WAI .341 5 C. Carmelo WAI .328	League Leaders HR B. Joly - SPG 44 2 B. Cheng NY 40 3 G. Field CHI 39 3 S. Martínez NY 39 3 M. Okamoto SPG 39	League Leaders RBI B. Joly - SPG 144 2 M. Okamoto SPG 133 2 J. Ou MAR 133 4 B. Cheng NY 132 5 E. Cunningham MAR 131
League Leaders W 2 tied with 18 1 J. Allen STL 18 1 C. Fox MAR 18 3 J. Vera CHI 17 4 5 tied with 16	League Leaders ERA E. Holt - SPG 2.38 2 J. Carr OSH 2.74 3 J. Fernández POR 2.88 4 W. Grant PLN 2.91 5 D. Griffin PLN 2.98	League Leaders K C. Fox - MAR 231 2 D. McDonah SPG 230 3 K. Anum POR 213 4 E. Holt SPG 206 5 2 tied with 200

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Playoffs run tomorrow.

Reminder: No sims next week as we take a week off for a Fall break while I travel for work.

[Alan T]

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (Hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Hyeon-san Chong ANN 47.9248 100000 47.92

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Batters) (Veteran hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Tommy Gates WAS 6.6827 100000 6.68

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (Pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score José Valle ANN 44.956 100000 44.96

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Pitchers) (Veteran pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score John Edwards CHI 23.8704 150000 15.91

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (For the most overpaid hitter in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Henry MacDonald STL -12.3119 100000 -12.31

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (For the most overpaid pitcher in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Vicente González WAI -43.0517 100000 -43.05

Home Run or Nothing Award (For the hitter that hit home runs and not much else.)
Name Team HR RC Score Jorge Estrada WAS 37 77.098048 0.4248

Selfish Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that has all of the headlines but none of the wins.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score Donald Ross PLN 11 10 181 150 171.0 17464.9123

Unluckiest Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that would likely win an award if on a better team.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score José Fernández POR 10 13 162 70 199.0 1131.60000192

Running on Empty Award (For the baserunner that keeps attempting to steal and fails.)
Name Team SB CS SB % Score William Proctor LVS 44 31 0.5867 8.50

Can't hit his weight Award (For the hitter that can't even hit his weight.)
Name Team Weight Batting Avg. Score Alberto Rodríguez POR 212 lbs 0.202 0.95125786

Should have stayed home Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team Batting Avg. HR RBI VORP José Chávez CLE 0.229 6 51 -32.4762

Should have stayed home Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team W L ERA VORP Dave O'Neal STA 5 19 8.51 -80.5387

Stone Statue Award (For the Shortstop that had so little range that he resembled a statue.)
Name Team Total Chances Assists Put Outs Range Eduardo González WAI 625 366 241 3.7964

Cannon-Arm Award (For the Catcher that showed off the best cannon-arm in games.)
Name Team SB attempts against Runners Thrown Out RTO% Score Nobuatsu Ine MAR 57 30 0.5263 69.1

Early Checkout Award (For the Starting pitcher that left games the earliest.)
Name Team W L ERA GS IP Score Jack Banks SPG 3 14 7.92 32 125.0 0.2560

Never met a pitch he didn't like award (For the Hitter that never liked to watch a pitch go by without hitting it.)
Name Team Batting Avg. H BB Score Eddie Cunningham MAR 0.306 213 31 182

Take the Money and Run Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Batting Avg. HR RBI Score Mark O'Reardan STL 7327000 0.229 22 99 57.3264

Take the Money and Run Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Wins Losses ERA Score Craig Johnson STL 5500000 9 14 5.54 17.5257

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

Name Team W L IP Hit Batters Clifton Clark STA 14 10 194.0 12

[TeachEnEspanol]

Wooooo! Nice job guys. (Chief, you're showin' us up all over the place!)

[Chief Rum]

Woohoo! Been a good week in Chief land, with respect to FOOL leagues at least. Quite happy to see this, although I am a little surprised, because I really felt I needed more power for this team to truly contend. I was expecting another third or fourth place finish.

That said, though, and even with home field advantage, it might be a short stay. Dude, we went 8-16 against Washington this year? Yikes!

Well, okay 9-16, counting the playoffs. Still, think about that--outside of playing Washington, we went 89-50.

Hyde, we meet again. I think this time, it's going to be you moving on. Good luck tomorrow!

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Wooooo! Nice job guys. (Chief, you're showin' us up all over the place!)

Heh...well, you know how things have been lately for my teams, so it's certainly not a regular thing. But I'll take it. Hopefully I can keep it going.

Thanks!

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Woohoo! Been a good week in Chief land, with respect to FOOL leagues at least. Quite happy to see this, although I am a little surprised, because I really felt I needed more power for this team to truly contend. I was expecting another third or fourth place finish.

That said, though, and even with home field advantage, it might be a short stay. Dude, we went 8-16 against Washington this year? Yikes!

Well, okay 9-16, counting the playoffs. Still, think about that--outside of playing Washington, we went 89-50.

Hyde, we meet again. I think this time, it's going to be you moving on. Good luck tomorrow!

Goodluck Chief and everyone else as well.

You will likely win this one as well. At some point this season my best SP dropped to a 4 control so I don't have the same SP I had at the early part of the season. I have had a nice run here the last couple months. I have made the playoffs 9 of the last 10 seasons. Only had 1 title in that span though so that likely will be my doom.

[kenjabroni]

My best season so far.

Just gotta keep the team headed the right way......Gotta get some hitters to come here somehow......Trying to draft some since some of my pitching is doing well. If I can get some runs then maybe I can keep moving upwards.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by kenjabroni

My best season so far.

Just gotta keep the team headed the right way......Gotta get some hitters to come here somehow......Trying to draft some since some of my pitching is doing well. If I can get some runs then maybe I can keep moving upwards.

Yayyy! Progress is a good thing.