1987 Regular Season thread!

[TimGuru]

dola

Or contract

[Chief Rum]

I should be more of a believer in Napa Valley, I think. Every year I undervalue Teach's pitching and yet there they are. Still a realistic chance of reaching the playoffs.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

We need to get the AI teams owned. Sorry Ramz, we need ya to hang around longer. Its better to have a bored human than none at all.

I am up for any help or referrals that anyone may have. I generally post once every two weeks in several different places. Just seems like there are far more leagues out there then people interested in leagues.

[Alan T]

8/2: Charlie Wilson (NVY) has his 23 game hitting streak in a 3-1 loss to Atlanta
8/11: Jose Lopez (SD) has his 26 hame hitting streak snapped by Columbus
8/13: Ed Duffy (ATL) strikes out 5 and walks 1 while pitching a no-hitter vs Wyoming
8/16: Ogai Yamazaki (STL) gets his 2500th hit of his career

[Chief Rum]

Hey, way to go, Duffy!

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by Alan T

8/11: Jose Lopez (SD) has his 26 hame hitting streak snapped by Columbus

Someone keep me away from all ledges and open windows.

[Alan T]

September 1st, 1987:

Hartford and Colorado both have clinched playoff spots in the Republic League. Atlanta is close in the Continental League, I think by eyeballing it, they have a magic number of maybe one to clinch a playoff spot.

Continental League Standings

Atlanta Firecrackers	90	54	.625	-	
Brooklyn Brownstones	85	59	.590	5.0	
Baltimore Gothams	80	64	.556	10.0	
Napa Valley Winemakers	74	70	.514	16.0	
Toronto Osprey		72	72	.500	18.0	
Wyoming Buffalo Solider	64	80	.444	26.0	
New York Panthers	59	85	.410	31.0	
Rio Grande Roadrunners	52	92	.361	38.0	

Republic League Standings

Hartford Harpooners	103	41	.715	-	
Colorado Rancheros	95	49	.660	8.0	
San Diego Fathers	81	63	.563	22.0	
Ann Arbor Wolverines	75	69	.521	28.0	
St. Louis Terriers	71	73	.493	32.0	
Boston Settlers		68	76	.472	35.0	
Columbus Crusaders	43	101	.299	60.0	
Chicago Black Sox	40	104	.278	63.0	

[brittdad]

Go Wyoming, not .500 but much better.

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by Alan T

September 1st, 1987:

Republic League Standings

Hartford Harpooners    103    41    .715    -    
Colorado Rancheros    95    49    .660    8.0    
San Diego Fathers    81    63    .563    22.0    
Ann Arbor Wolverines    75    69    .521    28.0    
St. Louis Terriers    71    73    .493    32.0    
Boston Settlers        68    76    .472    35.0    
Columbus Crusaders    43    101    .299    60.0    
Chicago Black Sox    40    104    .278    63.0    

Sheesh. I'm prolly gonna win 100+ games and finish second. Ehem...I haven't said this in a while, but I HATE HARTFORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kaosfere]

Oooh. A winning season is tantalizingly close. Come on, kids. Hold it together!

[Alan T]

9/1:

New York 8, Brooklyn 7
Baltimore 6, Atlanta 3

Hartford 5, St. Louis 0
Colorado 8, Chicago 4

Atlanta 90-55 (Magic # 5)
Brooklyn 85-60 5 GB (CL Cup Magic# 6)
Baltimore 81-64 9 GB

Hartford 104-41 (magic #2)
Colorado 96-49 8 GB

[Chief Rum]

Wow, those two squads in the RL just seem to be phenomenal.

Not surprised Commo is right there, closing the gap. He has a very good team.

He's not out of it yet, but if ekcut does indeed fail to make the playoffs this year, we should take a moment to acknowledge what a truly incredible squad he has been running out there now for, like, a decade. I think he said last year it was 8 or 9 years in a row of second or better finish!

[Alan T]

9/3:

Brooklyn 5, Napa Valley 0
Wyoming 6, Atlanta 4
New York 4, Baltimore 2

Colorado 5, Ann Arbor 4
Hartford 7, Chicago 5

Atlanta 90-56 (Magic #5)
Brooklyn 86-60 4 GB (CL Cup Magic #4)
Baltimore 81-65 9 GB

Atlanta has clinched at least a playoff spot

Hartford 105-41 (magic #1)
Colorado 97-49 8 GB

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Alan T

9/1:

New York 8, Brooklyn 7
Baltimore 6, Atlanta 3

Hartford 5, St. Louis 0
Colorado 8, Chicago 4

Atlanta 90-55 (Magic # 5)
Brooklyn 85-60 5 GB (CL Cup Magic# 6)
Baltimore 81-64 9 GB

Hartford 104-41 (magic #2)
Colorado 96-49 8 GB

Just 63-50 since that 27-5 start. That's a bit more coming down to Earth. Hopefully I can sweat it out. It would be nice to be first. Haven't done that in a while.

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Wow, those two squads in the RL just seem to be phenomenal.

Not surprised Commo is right there, closing the gap. He has a very good team.

He's not out of it yet, but if ekcut does indeed fail to make the playoffs this year, we should take a moment to acknowledge what a truly incredible squad he has been running out there now for, like, a decade. I think he said last year it was 8 or 9 years in a row of second or better finish!

Wow, just looked, it is 11 right now. This would be his 12th if he can pull it off.

[Chief Rum]

Congrats again to muns and Tasan on getting back to their annual duel in the playoffs once more.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

Wow, just looked, it is 11 right now. This would be his 12th if he can pull it off.

Wow, even more amazing.

[Alan T]

9/4:

Atlanta 7, Wyoming 5
Napa Valley 7, Brooklyn 4
New York 6, Baltimore 1

Colorado 3, Ann Arbor 1
Hartford 8, Chicago 1

Atlanta 91-56 (Magic #3)
Brooklyn 86-61 5 GB (CL Cup Magic #3)
Baltimore 81-66 10 GB

Hartford 106-41
Colorado 98-49

Hartford is the 1987 Republic League Regular season champions
Colorado is the 1987 Republic Shield winner

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Congrats again to muns and Tasan on getting back to their annual duel in the playoffs once more.

I'm about ready for one side of it to go away. I have no clue how I'm gonna get past him.

[Alan T]

9/5:

Wyoming 1, Atlanta 0
Brooklyn 8, Napa Valley 0
Baltimore 6, New Y ork 5 (in 12 innings)

Atlanta 91-57 (Magic #3)
Brooklyn 87-61 4 GB (CL Cup Magic # 2)
Baltimore 82-66 9 GB

[TimGuru]

I wonder what happened to my team?

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

I wonder what happened to my team?

I didn't want to bring it up, Tim, but yeah, I am wondering that, too. Just a weird fall off from your club, and I know you have a lot more talent than that record is indicating.

[Alan T]

9/6:

Rio Grande 10, Atlanta 0
Brooklyn 11, Toronto 7
Baltimore 13, Napa Valley 2

Atlanta 91-58 (Magic #3)
Brooklyn 88-61 3 GB (CL Cup Magic #1)
Baltimore 83-66 5 GB

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Tasan

I'm about ready for one side of it to go away. I have no clue how I'm gonna get past him.

Everyone should stop themselves seriously before trading him a great pitcher, I think.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Alan T

9/6:

Rio Grande 10, Atlanta 0
Brooklyn 11, Toronto 7
Baltimore 13, Napa Valley 2

Atlanta 91-58 (Magic #3)
Brooklyn 88-61 3 GB (CL Cup Magic #1)
Baltimore 83-66 5 GB

Sheesh, am I just going into this thing ass backwards or what?

[Alan T]

9/7:

Rio Grande 6, Atlanta 3
Brooklyn 6, Toronto 5
Baltimore 5, Napa Valley 2

Despite Baltimore having gone 7-3 in their last 10 games, they have been eliminated from the post season. Brooklyn has clinched a playoff spot.

Atlanta 91-59 (magic #3)
Brooklyn 89-61 2 GB

[brittdad]

First you have to have a great pitcher.....

[Alan T]

9/8:

Brooklyn 9, Toronto 2
Atlanta 5, Rio Grande 4

Atlanta 92-59 (Magic #2)
Brooklyn 90-61 2 GB

[Chief Rum]

I am beginning to get really annoyed at my team's annual September swoon. They have been making a habit of it.

I want to end the season on top of the standings for once. Is that too much to ask? Grrr...

[Tasan]

The CL will be the playoffs to watch. I have a pretty good idea of what will happen in the RL

[Alan T]

9/9:

Brooklyn 8, Baltimore 3
Atlanta 10, Toronto 8

Atlanta 93-59 (Magic #1)
Brooklyn 91-61 2 GB

[Chief Rum]

BTW, Brooklyn wraps the season with a three game series @BAL. Almost a terrific end of season showdown.

Congrats on clinching, BTW, Commo!

[Alan T]

9/10:

Brooklyn 7, Baltimore 5
Atlanta 4, Toronto 2


Atlanta has clinched the 1987 Continental League regular season championship

Brooklyn is the 1987 Continental Cup winner

[Chief Rum]

Hey dacubz! Good to see you here. How're your kids there coming along? Are we going to have a Crusader Revolution soon?

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Alan T

9/10:

Brooklyn 7, Baltimore 5
Atlanta 4, Toronto 2


Atlanta has clinched the 1987 Continental League regular season championship

Brooklyn is the 1987 Continental Cup winner

Thanks, kaos!

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

BTW, Brooklyn wraps the season with a three game series @BAL. Almost a terrific end of season showdown.

Congrats on clinching, BTW, Commo!

Thanks, wish I would have made it in as the League Winner, but I guess I will have to settle for beating your squad as the Continental Cup winners

[Tasan]

Wow. Did Colorado break 100 wins?

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

Thanks, wish I would have made it in as the League Winner, but I guess I will have to settle for beating your squad as the Continental Cup winners

The way you came on, certainly wouldn't be surprised by that.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Tasan

Wow. Did Colorado break 100 wins?

I would guess you did. You had over a week of games to win two games.

[kaosfere]

Ugh. A lot of losses in a row there. There goes my shot at 500, most likely.

You're welcome! :P

[Alan T]

Final 1987 league standings:

Continental League Standings

Atlanta Firecrackers	95	59	.617	-	
Brooklyn Brownstones	92	62	.597	3.0	
Baltimore Gothams	86	68	.558	9.0	
Napa Valley Winemakers	78	76	.506	17.0	
Toronto Osprey		73	81	.474	22.0	
Wyoming Buffalo Solider	69	85	.448	26.0	
New York Panthers	67	87	.435	28.0	
Rio Grande Roadrunners	56	98	.364	39.0
	
Republic League Standings

Hartford Harpooners	109	45	.708	-	
Colorado Rancheros	105	49	.682	4.0	
San Diego Fathers	90	64	.584	19.0	
Ann Arbor Wolverines	77	77	.500	32.0	
Boston Settlers		72	82	.468	37.0	
St. Louis Terriers	72	82	.468	37.0	
Columbus Crusaders	46	108	.299	63.0	
Chicago Black Sox	45	109	.292	64.0	

My wife is encouraging me to get off the computer since we're in a hotel room and convinced the grandmother to watch our little one.. so I'll let someone else download the league file and post up any stats info they want.

Overall I am really happy with the offensive numbers this season at first glance. things feel very balanced to me. I'll dig further into the numbers this weekend to see if anything seems off to me.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Final 1987 league standings:

Continental League Standings

Atlanta Firecrackers	95	59	.617	-	
Brooklyn Brownstones	92	62	.597	3.0	
Baltimore Gothams	86	68	.558	9.0	
Napa Valley Winemakers	78	76	.506	17.0	
Toronto Osprey		73	81	.474	22.0	
Wyoming Buffalo Solider	69	85	.448	26.0	
New York Panthers	67	87	.435	28.0	
Rio Grande Roadrunners	56	98	.364	39.0
	
Republic League Standings

Hartford Harpooners	109	45	.708	-	
Colorado Rancheros	105	49	.682	4.0	
San Diego Fathers	90	64	.584	19.0	
Ann Arbor Wolverines	77	77	.500	32.0	
Boston Settlers		72	82	.468	37.0	
St. Louis Terriers	72	82	.468	37.0	
Columbus Crusaders	46	108	.299	63.0	
Chicago Black Sox	45	109	.292	64.0	

My wife is encouraging me to get off the computer since we're in a hotel room and convinced the grandmother to watch our little one.. so I'll let someone else download the league file and post up any stats info they want.

Overall I am really happy with the offensive numbers this season at first glance. things feel very balanced to me. I'll dig further into the numbers this weekend to see if anything seems off to me.

Does that mean the file is already up?

[Tasan]

Wow....105 wins......and second place.

muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!


*shakes fist angrily

[TimGuru]

Wahoo. Back to the 4th overall pick.

Is dacubz running Columbus? If so thats good, we're actually down to 1 AI team.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

Wahoo. Back to the 4th overall pick.

Is dacubz running Columbus? If so thats good, we're actually down to 1 AI team.

Yup, last I checked.

[Tasan]

He's going down. Right here, right now. I'm putting my foot down. NO MORE HARPOONERS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!!!!

[Alan T]

Upload says about 20 minutes left for it to be finished. so give it about 25-30 minutes and you should be good to go.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Tasan

He's going down. Right here, right now. I'm putting my foot down. NO MORE HARPOONERS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!!!!

We keep trying for this COL-ATL championship series and screwing it up. Can we do it this year? Commo's squad is top notch, I don't know I can make any promises just yet.

[ekcut]

Commo was over due...it was only a matter of time before Brooklyn claimed was was rightfully thiers!

Good job in the CL Chief and Commo, and of course to Muns as Tas....
It should be a great playoff!

[Tasan]

Way to go everyone. I know I can't wait to see all the stats for the season. I can't wait to see the Hartford/Colorado head to heads either. I'm guessing we beat up the rest of the RL pretty bad, and the majority of our losses will be against each other.