FOOL 2108 Regular Season

[Alan T]

Brooklyn has a magic numebr of 9


Hartford has a magic number of 4
Toronto has a magic number of 3

[Commo_Soldier]

I was not high on this team for the course of the season, but think with my top 3 pitchers, I might be able to give Baltimore a run for their money in the playoffs, if we can pull it out.

[Alan T]

Un-four-gettable: Hall Hits for Cycle
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2108: "Ladies and gentlemen, Nathan Hall has just hit for the cycle!" That was the call from the PA announcer as Hall collected the last hit he needed to complete the cycle today against the Winter Wolves. He collected 5 hits in 7 at-bats, 2 RBI and 4 runs scored as Baltimore stopped Halifax 22-0 at Howler Meadow.

Hitting for the cycle is one of the most difficult feats in baseball at any level. The odds are really against a player hitting a single, double, triple and a home run in the same game.

"It's the last thing on my mind really. I'm out there trying to get a blooper or a walk or whatever might help the team. Hitting for the cycle is probably as much about luck as about skill," Hall told reporters after the game.

He may be right, but it's not every day that someone hits for the cycle. That's why his name will be placed in the record book.

N. Hall flied out in the 2nd, grounded out in the 3rd, tripled in the 5th, doubled in the 6th, hit an RBI single in the 7th, hit a solo-shot off K. Young in the 8th and singled in the 9th.

Hall has a .314 average and a .381 on-base percentage for the year. He has picked up 170 hits, 31 home runs and driven in 112 runs.

[Tasan]

Even a great staff can't withstand my horrible hitting.

[Alan T]

October 8th, 2108:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Baltimore Gothams 108 50 .684 - 109-49 -1 57-21 51-29 6-7 31-20 Clinched L2 4-6 Brooklyn Brownstones 80 79 .503 28.5 78-81 2 45-36 35-43 9-1 20-25 W2 7-3 Apex Assassins 78 79 .497 29.5 80-77 -2 40-36 38-43 11-5 24-24 W3 4-6 Napa Valley Winemakers 73 83 .468 34.0 74-82 -1 38-43 35-40 5-8 23-23 W1 5-5 Tokyo Cyclones 73 85 .462 35.0 67-91 6 37-40 36-45 4-7 18-17 W2 7-3 Halifax Winter Wolves 72 88 .450 37.0 74-86 -2 39-42 33-46 4-9 16-22 L2 3-7 Noblesville Millers 68 88 .436 39.0 68-88 0 33-45 35-43 5-7 23-24 L3 4-6

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Toronto Marlboros 91 65 .583 - 90-66 1 46-35 45-30 6-5 12-20 5 W1 6-4 Hartford Harpooners 91 67 .576 1.0 91-67 0 47-30 44-37 5-4 16-17 W1 3-7 Colorado Rancheros 84 72 .538 7.0 86-70 -2 39-39 45-33 4-6 31-25 W2 6-4 Hammersmith Hooligans 85 74 .535 7.5 82-77 3 41-40 44-34 11-9 22-14 W2 6-4 Los Angeles Bruins 76 84 .475 17.0 70-90 6 34-47 42-37 8-6 29-18 L2 6-4 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 71 87 .449 21.0 75-83 -4 33-45 38-42 7-9 13-25 L1 5-5 Chico Rebels 54 103 .344 37.5 57-100 -3 29-47 25-56 8-10 17-21 L2 2-8

[Alan T]

Brooklyn has a magic number of 4


Toronto and Hartford have clinched a playoff spot!

[Commo_Soldier]

fitting that the final three games for both Apex and myself are against each other, too bad it is at Apex, although both stadiums are the same.

[Alan T]

Entering the final series of the season, Brooklyn and Apex play each other.

10/10:

Apex 80-79
Brooklyn 80-79


I guess the good news is that we won't have a sub-.500 team in the playoffs this year

Whichever team takes 2 games of this series makes the playoffs.


Over in the Republic League, Toronto and Hartford are fighting for homefield advantage in the RLCS, and they will play their final three games vs each other as well.

[Alan T]

10/10:


Brooklyn 9, Apex 0

[Alan T]

10/11:

Apex 5, Brooklyn 1

Hartford 8, Toronto 5

[Alan T]

10/12:


Brooklyn 4, Apex 2



Brooklyn clinches a playoff spot as Apex is eliminated in their final game of the season.



Toronto 3, hartford 2


Toronto and Hartford have one more game to play and go into it tied. The winner of the last game has homefield advantage in the RLCS!

[Alan T]

10/13:


Toronto 9, Hartford 7


Toronto clinches homefield advantage in the RLCS!

[Alan T]

Final 2108 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Baltimore Gothams 110 52 .679 - 110-52 0 59-22 51-30 6-7 32-20 Clinched W1 4-6 Brooklyn Brownstones 82 80 .506 28.0 81-81 1 45-36 37-44 9-1 20-25 W1 6-4 Apex Assassins 81 81 .500 29.0 82-80 -1 43-38 38-43 11-5 25-24 L1 6-4 Napa Valley Winemakers 76 86 .469 34.0 78-84 -2 38-43 38-43 5-9 24-24 W1 6-4 Tokyo Cyclones 76 86 .469 34.0 69-93 7 40-41 36-45 5-7 19-17 L1 8-2 Halifax Winter Wolves 72 90 .444 38.0 74-88 -2 39-42 33-48 4-9 16-23 L4 3-7 Noblesville Millers 70 92 .432 40.0 71-91 -1 34-47 36-45 5-7 23-26 L1 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Toronto Marlboros 94 68 .580 - 93-69 1 46-35 48-33 6-5 13-22 Clinched W2 5-5 Hartford Harpooners 93 69 .574 1.0 94-68 -1 49-32 44-37 5-4 16-18 L2 4-6 Colorado Rancheros 89 73 .549 5.0 91-71 -2 41-40 48-33 4-6 33-25 W3 7-3 Hammersmith Hooligans 88 74 .543 6.0 85-77 3 41-40 47-34 11-9 23-14 W5 7-3 Los Angeles Bruins 76 86 .469 18.0 69-93 7 34-47 42-39 8-6 29-19 L4 4-6 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 71 91 .438 23.0 74-88 -3 33-48 38-43 7-9 13-25 L5 3-7 Chico Rebels 56 106 .346 38.0 59-103 -3 31-50 25-56 8-10 18-22 L3 4-6

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG E. Garland - BAL .341 2 K. Cole HAM .336 3 J. Luna BAL .333 4 L. Flores HAR .331 5 2 tied with .329	League Leaders HR T. Wilkins - COL 36 2 S. Swenson HAR 34 3 A. Morgan HAL 33 4 R. Rincón HAR 32 5 4 tied with 31	League Leaders RBI L. Flores - HAR 125 2 J. Pérez HAM 121 3 N. Hall BAL 117 4 B. Ross HAR 115 4 E. Shimizu BAL 115
League Leaders W Y. Huang - BAL 27 2 J. Portillo TOR 23 3 L. Harris TOK 22 4 C. Blanchard HAR 20 5 2 tied with 18	League Leaders ERA T. Shepperson - BRK 2.43 2 L. Harris TOK 2.49 3 Y. Huang BAL 2.57 4 P. Vézina BRK 2.70 5 C. Blanchard HAR 2.73	League Leaders K L. Harris - TOK 217 2 J. López CHI 202 3 T. Shepperson BRK 189 4 E. Alomar COL 188 4 C. Fielding COL 188

[Alan T]

Huang finishes the season with a 27-3 record for Baltimore and a 2.57 ERA.

The last pitcher to win at least 27 games in a season was John Rodgers who won 28 for Edmonton back in 2036!

Huang is only the 8th pitcher in FOOL history to win 27 games in a season!

[CrimsonFox]

Next year I'm going to Build a Bear workshop for a team.

[ekcut]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

I was not high on this team for the course of the season, but think with my top 3 pitchers, I might be able to give Baltimore a run for their money in the playoffs, if we can pull it out.

BAltimore hasn't played well the last 2 months...plus with the 100win curse, I am anything but confident about facing Brooklyn tomorrow.

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Playoffs are tomorrow night!

[ekcut]

ML- None

AAA-
Slugging%- Ron Phyllips, Tok, .731.
At Bats- Yoshida Asano, Bal, 605

AA-
Slugging%- Sean Dunn, Tok, .754
OPS- Sean Dunn, Tok, 1.214
Total bases- Sean Dunn, Tok, 346
Homeruns- Sean Dunn, Tok, 44

A-
Strikeouts (pitcher)- Kevin Brewer, LAN, 221

[Alan T]

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (Hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Steve Swenson HAR 72.1584 100000 72.16

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Batters) (Veteran hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Loïc Loria ANN 22.5319 100000 22.53

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (Pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score José Pérez ANN 32.8104 100000 32.81

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Pitchers) (Veteran pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Tokimasa Yamamoto ANN 18.7003 100000 18.70

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (For the most overpaid hitter in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Claudio Díaz CHI -32.9655 5127500 -16903060125000.00

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (For the most overpaid pitcher in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Wally Bentley LAN -27.3314 12000000 -32797680000000.00

Home Run or Nothing Award (For the hitter that hit home runs and not much else.)
Name Team HR RC Score Claudio Díaz CHI 26 57.072279 0.3876

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 Wally Bentley LAN 9 15 153 139 188.0 15271.5160

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 9 14 202 54 228.0 1216.44444738

Running on Empty Award (For the baserunner that keeps attempting to steal and fails.)
Name Team SB CS SB % Score Archie Pepin TOR 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 Pepe Canó APX 225 lbs 0.193 0.85794655

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 Claudio Díaz CHI 0.199 26 74 -32.9655

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 Omar Zitouna BRK 5 20 9.00 -90.8341

Stone Statue Award (For the Shortstop that had so little range that he resembled a statue.)
Name Team Total Chances Assists Put Outs Range Cédrik Couillard HAM 692 425 250 4.2129

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 Pedro Padilla NOB 40 21 0.5250 43.0

Early Checkout Award (For the Starting pitcher that left games the earliest.)
Name Team W L ERA GS IP Score Omar Zitouna BRK 5 20 9.00 36 128.0 0.2813

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 António Robles TOR 0.290 184 32 152

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 Edwin MacIntosh HAL 5712500 0.224 14 54 43.1671

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 Giancarlo Monti NOB 5570000 14 12 3.81 27.6872

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

Name Team W L IP Hit Batters Ethan Hofmann APX 11 13 183.0 45

[Chief Rum]

Congrats to the playoff teams! Good luck tomorrow!

I think Hammersmith is going to have to re-jigger some things. The offense still looks good and set for the near future, with stars in the lineup and stars on the way, and then pen is solid. But my rotation has been falling apart for a few years now and this is clearly the nadir. And hardly any help is coming from the farm.

[Johnny93g]

An unexpected trip to the playoffs for the Marlies. Looking at my team, I don't think we stand much of a chance. Good luck to the other teams tonight.

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

An unexpected trip to the playoffs for the Marlies. Looking at my team, I don't think we stand much of a chance. Good luck to the other teams tonight.

+1. I'm surprised to make it in as well with my lack of a #4 starter and downgraded hitting from last year. I thought I might have a chance in the season, but not so sure now, think I should be able to win 1 or 2 though.

On another note, it is really tough to determine if it is worth it to bring up AAA players and start their arbitration clock. Guess we will see how this goes, GL to the other playoff teams.