FOOL 2101 Regular Season

[ekcut]

Doh! Jeez! I thought we'd be respectable this year....it started off well but then the wheels fell of the bus!

[Tasan]

Lovely...I hate losing...

[Alan T]

Noblesville clinches homefield advantage in the CLCS!

Chico clinches homefield advantage in the RLCS!



Kind of a new feel to this year's playoff. Halifax makes the playoffs for the first time in 15 seasons. Brunswick makes it for only their second time in 14 seasons. Chico makes it for their third time in 14 seasons.

Although Noblesville has made the playoffs a handful of times in the last 15 seasons, they haven't actually won the title since 2063, almost 40 years ago!


It might be an end of an era as this is the first time since 2087 that won't have at least one of Apex, Hartford or Hammersmith in the postseason!

[Alan T]

Final 2101 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Noblesville Millers 100 62 .617 - 100-62 0 42-39 58-23 10-5 26-13 Clinched W2 7-3 Halifax Winter Wolves 94 68 .580 6.0 88-74 6 44-37 50-31 4-7 21-19 L4 3-7 Napa Valley Winemakers 84 78 .519 16.0 89-73 -5 44-37 40-41 9-9 23-26 W3 7-3 Apex Assassins 83 79 .512 17.0 83-79 0 40-41 43-38 11-8 28-26 W2 4-6 Tokyo Cyclones 77 85 .475 23.0 73-89 4 38-43 39-42 7-11 25-27 W1 6-4 Baltimore Charm 68 94 .420 32.0 69-93 -1 33-48 35-46 6-4 18-22 L2 5-5 Georgia Devils 61 101 .377 39.0 65-97 -4 31-50 30-51 5-8 20-28 L2 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 88 74 .543 - 92-70 -4 43-38 45-36 9-8 19-29 Clinched W5 8-2 Brunswick Barons 87 75 .537 1.0 75-87 12 46-35 41-40 7-3 23-12 L1 5-5 Hammersmith Hooligans 80 82 .494 8.0 85-77 -5 43-38 37-44 5-9 20-18 L5 3-7 Hartford Harpooners 80 82 .494 8.0 75-87 5 41-40 39-42 5-4 27-21 W3 6-4 Toronto Marlboros 80 82 .494 8.0 85-77 -5 42-39 38-43 5-7 20-24 W1 4-6 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 79 83 .488 9.0 81-81 -2 42-39 37-44 12-5 20-27 L3 6-4 Colorado Rancheros 73 89 .451 15.0 74-88 -1 38-43 35-46 4-11 27-25 L1 3-7

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG J. Salinas - HAL .371 2 R. Laughren NOB .363 3 J. Canseco TOK .353 4 M. Gibson CHI .341 5 V. Luna NOB .335	League Leaders HR T. Spivey - BRU 38 2 E. Shimizu NOB 34 3 A. Smith TOR 33 4 J. Denton COL 32 5 L. Sánchez HAM 31	League Leaders RBI E. Shimizu - NOB 140 2 J. Price CHI 133 3 M. Cheriton NOB 132 4 N. Aoki HAL 124 5 3 tied with 118
League Leaders W A. Villa - HAL 24 2 M. Vázquez HAL 22 3 C. Blanchard NOB 19 4 P. Santvario APX 18 5 J. Ortíz BRU 17	League Leaders ERA C. Blanchard - NOB 2.17 2 A. Villa HAL 2.35 3 P. Santvario APX 2.76 4 O. Díaz APX 3.05 5 S. Rúbio APX 3.15	League Leaders K W. Rawlings - BAL 218 2 P. Santvario APX 207 3 C. Fielding COL 204 4 J. López CHI 186 5 G. Adams CHI 183

[cgould43]

wow...really want to see what happened with my team...just barely over .500. Congrats to the playoff teams and go CL. Villa looks like a best will have to check him out in game

[Alan T]

Fun fact... Halifax had the second best record in all of baseball and their 4th starter went 4-16 this season

[Alan T]

Another fun fact. Noblesville had the best record in all of FOOL. They had 3 starting pitchers without winning records

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by cgould43

wow...really want to see what happened with my team...just barely over .500. Congrats to the playoff teams and go CL. Villa looks like a best will have to check him out in game

#1 in every pitching category imaginable (except Strikeouts which you were #2).

Tells you a little bit about your hitting

[cgould43]

i noticed my recent acquisition, smith, in the outfield didn't make the all star team

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by cgould43

i noticed my recent acquisition, smith, in the outfield didn't make the all star team

Avg of .236, slugging pct of .381

[Alan T]

The new file is up!

Playoffs run tomorrow night.

I'll get the FOOL awards ready in a little bit

[Alan T]

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (Hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Víctor Luna NOB 64.0216 100000 64.02

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Batters) (Veteran hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Bill Broomhead NVY 35.7311 100000 35.73

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (Pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Harrison Joseph NOB 41.8258 100000 41.83

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Pitchers) (Veteran pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Harrison Joseph NOB 41.8258 100000 41.83

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (For the most overpaid hitter in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Christian James COL -16.6724 5000000 -8336200000000.00

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (For the most overpaid pitcher in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Michael Arnold BRU -25.9866 2000000 -5197320000000.00

Home Run or Nothing Award (For the hitter that hit home runs and not much else.)
Name Team HR RC Score Ted Spivey BRU 38 91.592267 0.3740

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 José Torres COL 14 11 137 90 180.0 10549.0000

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 Julián López CHI 10 15 186 70 217.0 843.04687561

Running on Empty Award (For the baserunner that keeps attempting to steal and fails.)
Name Team SB CS SB % Score Aaron Morgan ANN 12 12 0.5000 4.80

Can't hit his weight Award (For the hitter that can't even hit his weight.)
Name Team Weight Batting Avg. Score José Marino CHI 255 lbs 0.235 0.92108017

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 Will Reilly GEO 0.187 15 38 -26.9163

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 Hsin-ping Ping HAR 6 19 7.93 -50.6886

Stone Statue Award (For the Shortstop that had so little range that he resembled a statue.)
Name Team Total Chances Assists Put Outs Range Natsume Aoki HAL 517 330 177 4.3129

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 Bill Broomhead NVY 103 48 0.4660 55.9

Early Checkout Award (For the Starting pitcher that left games the earliest.)
Name Team W L ERA GS IP Score Mal Curry BAL 9 14 5.62 40 165.0 0.2424

Never met a pitch he didn't like award (For the Hitter that never liked to watch a pitch go by without hitting it.)
Name Team Batting Avg. H BB Score Matt Wolfe HAM 0.319 212 18 194

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 Ryan Nadeau TOK 6300000 0.251 25 91 41.0844

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 Manuel Chihuahua COL 7815000 6 18 5.70 30.7977

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

Name Team W L IP Hit Batters Manuel Chihuahua COL 6 18 188.0 50

[spot]

Lopez played for the winner of the RL regular season! How can he be on a better team?

Congrats all. I am glad I don't have to play Chief again...

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by spot

Lopez played for the winner of the RL regular season! How can he be on a better team?

Congrats all. I am glad I don't have to play Chief again...

Maybe I should think of a better name for that award

Something like the "This pitcher was in the top 10 for ERA in his league and still lost 15 games because his team only scored 3 runs per game in support for him" award

[Mike_BaronsGM]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Brunswick and Chico have both clinched playoff spots!



Homefield advantage is still up for grabs in both leagues

Sweet! Now what do you need from me?

[EddieK]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Noblesville clinches homefield advantage in the CLCS!



Although Noblesville has made the playoffs a handful of times in the last 15 seasons, they haven't actually won the title since 2063, almost 40 years ago!

!

Thanks for that! I've had such high hopes for this team in the past 20 years and they always fall flat on their face in the playoffs.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by EddieK

Thanks for that! I've had such high hopes for this team in the past 20 years and they always fall flat on their face in the playoffs.

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Don't worry. It's always better to beat your team down before they go into the playoffs. It motivates them to prove you wrong.

[hyde4us11]

Just a quick vent OFF TOPIC


Wife gets a good job and its her second day and I have 2 sick kids. My 12 year old has a 102.4 temp and my 3 year old a 100.2 temp. Can I punt and get a new set of downs?

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Just a quick vent OFF TOPIC


Wife gets a good job and its her second day and I have 2 sick kids. My 12 year old has a 102.4 temp and my 3 year old a 100.2 temp. Can I punt and get a new set of downs?

I have lots of reasons to vent too today! That's not good news at all. I'll be hoping that the kids start feeling better ASAP!

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Just a quick vent OFF TOPIC


Wife gets a good job and its her second day and I have 2 sick kids. My 12 year old has a 102.4 temp and my 3 year old a 100.2 temp. Can I punt and get a new set of downs?

If it makes you feel any better, my 3 year old has not been in daycare 1 day in the past 2 weeks. She was out sick with a fever for 3 days, then we got 2 days of snow days and school cancellations. Then the weekend came, MLK day and now once again a new snow fall and school cancellations today.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Alan T

If it makes you feel any better, my 3 year old has not been in daycare 1 day in the past 2 weeks. She was out sick with a fever for 3 days, then we got 2 days of snow days and school cancellations. Then the weekend came, MLK day and now once again a new snow fall and school cancellations today.

If it makes you feel any better, our school doesn't believe in snow days...like ever. We own our buses and so apparently that's good enough reason to endanger the lives of our children on a regular basis.

[hyde4us11]

That sucks also Alan. Teach at least you don't have snow days to make up come summer time.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

That sucks also Alan. Teach at least you don't have snow days to make up come summer time.

No, my venting is a little more serious than that. I just found out yesterday that my bf is getting deployed to South America for 8 months after we just planned on me visiting him in Italy which would have been the first time I could see him in 14 months. Now apparently it will be a total of two years before I see him again. Right after that happened my computer ate my sub plans for tomorrow and I've been spending all morning trying to get new ones written which means I don't actually have anything prepared for my students for TODAY.

[hyde4us11]

You need to punt and get a new set of downs also Teach.

Sorry about the Italy trip. Look for something positive and all will be better. My trouble in all this is going to be worth it because my wife has a job that she will have insurance in 90 days. She so needs to get to a doctor and will be able to do that soon. Plus all of our money issues will be gone soon. This is a job that she may be able to retire in 30 years. Its that good of a job for us. See I have been searching for positives all morning.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

You need to punt and get a new set of downs also Teach.

Sorry about the Italy trip. Look for something positive and all will be better. My trouble in all this is going to be worth it because my wife has a job that she will have insurance in 90 days. She so needs to get to a doctor and will be able to do that soon. Plus all of our money issues will be gone soon. This is a job that she may be able to retire in 30 years. Its that good of a job for us. See I have been searching for positives all morning.

That's a great way of looking at it for sure! The positive for us is that we chose to take this deployment now to keep him out of Afghanistan. It should be relatively safe and he'll get deployment pay which should actually help bring us closer faster once this crap is done with.

Yay for looking on the bright side!

[EddieK]

This could be a short lived stay in the playoffs. While I have 2 studs at the top of the rotation it QUICKLY falls off after that.


Going with a 3 man rotation and know that it's my only chance here.

[ekcut]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

You need to punt and get a new set of downs also Teach.

Sorry about the Italy trip. Look for something positive and all will be better. My trouble in all this is going to be worth it because my wife has a job that she will have insurance in 90 days. She so needs to get to a doctor and will be able to do that soon. Plus all of our money issues will be gone soon. This is a job that she may be able to retire in 30 years. Its that good of a job for us. See I have been searching for positives all morning.

That's great news! But will she still be able to have dinner ready on time?

(I'm kidding!!)

My fiance (yes, i am getting married for a 3rd time) just started her new job yesturday after quiting her last one on principal and being out of work for the past month, which made Christmas a little difficult this year. BUT, her new job is very promising so my point, like Hyde's, is the whole dark cloud/silver lining relationship... Teach has a pretty dark cloud right now, so she is due for a pretty bright silver lining.

Today's inspiration message is brought to you by the letter "C" for "Cliche"...and "Cheesey"...but it's still true.

Oh...and to stay on the topic of fake baseball...The Baltimore Charm suck, and everyone is available...that is all...

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by ekcut

That's great news! But will she still be able to have dinner ready on time?

(I'm kidding!!)

My fiance (yes, i am getting married for a 3rd time) just started her new job yesturday after quiting her last one on principal and being out of work for the past month, which made Christmas a little difficult this year. BUT, her new job is very promising so my point, like Hyde's, is the whole dark cloud/silver lining relationship... Teach has a pretty dark cloud right now, so she is due for a pretty bright silver lining.

Today's inspiration message is brought to you by the letter "C" for "Cliche"...and "Cheesey"...but it's still true.

Oh...and to stay on the topic of fake baseball...The Baltimore Charm suck, and everyone is available...that is all...

Aww, congrats Eric! 3rd time has got to be the charm (that's your silver lining)!!! I'll take cheesy because it makes me smile. Thanks for the encouragement!

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by ekcut

That's great news! But will she still be able to have dinner ready on time?

(I'm kidding!!)

Crippled people can turn the oven on for Pizza or TV dinners. She works 4 10 hour days so I do have more work to do. The plus to that though is I also have more time by myself.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Crippled people can turn the oven on for Pizza or TV dinners. She works 4 10 hour days so I do have more work to do. The plus to that though is I also have more time by myself.

Which, translated, just means more time for FOOL!

[hyde4us11]

My exports have gotten done earlier last couple days.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

My exports have gotten done earlier last couple days.

LOL, maybe you should handle mine. I have barely had enough energy to put anything together the past couple of months. I'd blame that as the reason for tanking but then I'd have to admit to Tasan that exports actually deserve more that 5 minutes of attention every night.