Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress

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Have you simmed alot of these games or playing all of them? also what difficulty are you on sir

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End of August - 2014
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Ryan Howard benched. Hamels and Rollins traded. ATL trying its best to choke the East away.
After the All-Star break i had to decide between putting Howard backa t 1st vs RHP. Or let Darin Ruf be the full time starter. Decided to go with Ruf due to him having a higher AVG and almost the same power numbers.
With the team 14.5 games behind ATL in the east and 5 game back of the wildcard. Cole Hamels and Jimmy Rollins were traded to Minnesota for Alex Myer, Eddie Rosario and Jose Berrios. Minnesota was leading the central by 3 and their best SS was on the DL.
Miguel Gonzalez was called up to replace Hamels nad has went 2-3 with a 2.95 ERA in 7 games. Freddy Galvis replaced Rollins and has done terrible i guess. But its about what i was expecting and i expected us to fall apart.
And fall apart we did not. We are now 71-66, 7.5 games out of 1st with 6 games to play vs ATL. We are 0.5 games behind the Mets for the 2nd wildcard spot. We do not play the Mets again this season.
Cliff Lee has been great. He is 16-8 with a 2.74 ERA. If the Dodgers knew how to lose when Greinke pitches, Lee would be leading the CY Young award race. Jonathan Pettibone has been very good as well. He is 4-4 with a 3.13 ERA since taking over for Hernandez and becoming the 4th starter.
Ben Revere continues to hit over .290 and his OBP keeps climbing currently sitting at .340. He has stolen 52 bases abd been caught 8 times. Carlos Ruiz has been just as good with a .293 AVG and .362 OBP with 12 HR and 50 RBI. He only has 1 error on the year for .999 fielding %. Dominic Brown has continued to improve as well. Now hitting.264 with 26 HR and 67 RBI.
Jesse Biddle will replace A.J. Burnett in the rotation and we will move to a full time 5 man rotation again.
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="425"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0F4871" colspan="6"><span style="color:#FFF">MLB Standings - Updated: Sep 1, 2014</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">AL EAST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rays</td><td align="right">77</td><td align="right">61</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">604</td><td align="right">503</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Orioles</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right">62</td><td align="right" class="active">1.5</td><td align="right">554</td><td align="right">524</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Yankees</td><td align="right">73</td><td align="right">63</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">581</td><td align="right">530</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Red Sox</td><td align="right">73</td><td align="right">64</td><td align="right" class="active">3.5</td><td align="right">585</td><td align="right">538</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Blue Jays</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right">65</td><td align="right" class="active">5</td><td align="right">601</td><td align="right">541</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">AL CENTRAL</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Twins</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right">68</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">532</td><td align="right">566</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Royals</td><td align="right">66</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">534</td><td align="right">563</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Indians</td><td align="right">63</td><td align="right">74</td><td align="right" class="active">6</td><td align="right">517</td><td align="right">577</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tigers</td><td align="right">57</td><td align="right">80</td><td align="right" class="active">12</td><td align="right">496</td><td align="right">576</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>White Sox</td><td align="right">56</td><td align="right">81</td><td align="right" class="active">13</td><td align="right">484</td><td align="right">591</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">AL WEST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rangers</td><td align="right">85</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">653</td><td align="right">507</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Mariners</td><td align="right">77</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right" class="active">7.5</td><td align="right">568</td><td align="right">511</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Angels</td><td align="right">64</td><td align="right">73</td><td align="right" class="active">21</td><td align="right">577</td><td align="right">502</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>A's</td><td align="right">63</td><td align="right">74</td><td align="right" class="active">22</td><td align="right">561</td><td align="right">591</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Astros</td><td align="right">56</td><td align="right">82</td><td align="right" class="active">29.5</td><td align="right">550</td><td align="right">664</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">NL EAST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Braves</td><td align="right">79</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">540</td><td align="right">457</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Mets</td><td align="right">72</td><td align="right">66</td><td align="right" class="active">7</td><td align="right">537</td><td align="right">504</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Phillies</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right">66</td><td align="right" class="active">7.5</td><td align="right">532</td><td align="right">498</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Nationals</td><td align="right">67</td><td align="right">70</td><td align="right" class="active">11.5</td><td align="right">541</td><td align="right">501</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Marlins</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right">78</td><td align="right" class="active">19.5</td><td align="right">529</td><td align="right">622</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">NL CENTRAL</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Reds</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right">66</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">477</td><td align="right">534</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brewers</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right">68</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">558</td><td align="right">512</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cardinals</td><td align="right">67</td><td align="right">70</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">561</td><td align="right">542</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pirates</td><td align="right">62</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right" class="active">9</td><td align="right">580</td><td align="right">596</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cubs</td><td align="right">51</td><td align="right">87</td><td align="right" class="active">20.5</td><td align="right">492</td><td align="right">644</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">NL WEST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Dodgers</td><td align="right">93</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">584</td><td align="right">456</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Padres</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right">61</td><td align="right" class="active">17</td><td align="right">528</td><td align="right">505</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Giants</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right" class="active">24</td><td align="right">543</td><td align="right">559</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Diamondbacks</td><td align="right">68</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right" class="active">24.5</td><td align="right">568</td><td align="right">585</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rockies</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right">79</td><td align="right" class="active">34</td><td align="right">577</td><td align="right">645</td></tr></table></body></html>
After the All-Star break i had to decide between putting Howard backa t 1st vs RHP. Or let Darin Ruf be the full time starter. Decided to go with Ruf due to him having a higher AVG and almost the same power numbers.
With the team 14.5 games behind ATL in the east and 5 game back of the wildcard. Cole Hamels and Jimmy Rollins were traded to Minnesota for Alex Myer, Eddie Rosario and Jose Berrios. Minnesota was leading the central by 3 and their best SS was on the DL.
Miguel Gonzalez was called up to replace Hamels nad has went 2-3 with a 2.95 ERA in 7 games. Freddy Galvis replaced Rollins and has done terrible i guess. But its about what i was expecting and i expected us to fall apart.
And fall apart we did not. We are now 71-66, 7.5 games out of 1st with 6 games to play vs ATL. We are 0.5 games behind the Mets for the 2nd wildcard spot. We do not play the Mets again this season.
Cliff Lee has been great. He is 16-8 with a 2.74 ERA. If the Dodgers knew how to lose when Greinke pitches, Lee would be leading the CY Young award race. Jonathan Pettibone has been very good as well. He is 4-4 with a 3.13 ERA since taking over for Hernandez and becoming the 4th starter.
Ben Revere continues to hit over .290 and his OBP keeps climbing currently sitting at .340. He has stolen 52 bases abd been caught 8 times. Carlos Ruiz has been just as good with a .293 AVG and .362 OBP with 12 HR and 50 RBI. He only has 1 error on the year for .999 fielding %. Dominic Brown has continued to improve as well. Now hitting.264 with 26 HR and 67 RBI.
Jesse Biddle will replace A.J. Burnett in the rotation and we will move to a full time 5 man rotation again.
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="425"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0F4871" colspan="6"><span style="color:#FFF">MLB Standings - Updated: Sep 1, 2014</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">AL EAST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rays</td><td align="right">77</td><td align="right">61</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">604</td><td align="right">503</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Orioles</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right">62</td><td align="right" class="active">1.5</td><td align="right">554</td><td align="right">524</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Yankees</td><td align="right">73</td><td align="right">63</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">581</td><td align="right">530</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Red Sox</td><td align="right">73</td><td align="right">64</td><td align="right" class="active">3.5</td><td align="right">585</td><td align="right">538</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Blue Jays</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right">65</td><td align="right" class="active">5</td><td align="right">601</td><td align="right">541</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">AL CENTRAL</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Twins</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right">68</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">532</td><td align="right">566</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Royals</td><td align="right">66</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">534</td><td align="right">563</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Indians</td><td align="right">63</td><td align="right">74</td><td align="right" class="active">6</td><td align="right">517</td><td align="right">577</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tigers</td><td align="right">57</td><td align="right">80</td><td align="right" class="active">12</td><td align="right">496</td><td align="right">576</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>White Sox</td><td align="right">56</td><td align="right">81</td><td align="right" class="active">13</td><td align="right">484</td><td align="right">591</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">AL WEST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rangers</td><td align="right">85</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">653</td><td align="right">507</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Mariners</td><td align="right">77</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right" class="active">7.5</td><td align="right">568</td><td align="right">511</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Angels</td><td align="right">64</td><td align="right">73</td><td align="right" class="active">21</td><td align="right">577</td><td align="right">502</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>A's</td><td align="right">63</td><td align="right">74</td><td align="right" class="active">22</td><td align="right">561</td><td align="right">591</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Astros</td><td align="right">56</td><td align="right">82</td><td align="right" class="active">29.5</td><td align="right">550</td><td align="right">664</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">NL EAST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Braves</td><td align="right">79</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">540</td><td align="right">457</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Mets</td><td align="right">72</td><td align="right">66</td><td align="right" class="active">7</td><td align="right">537</td><td align="right">504</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Phillies</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right">66</td><td align="right" class="active">7.5</td><td align="right">532</td><td align="right">498</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Nationals</td><td align="right">67</td><td align="right">70</td><td align="right" class="active">11.5</td><td align="right">541</td><td align="right">501</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Marlins</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right">78</td><td align="right" class="active">19.5</td><td align="right">529</td><td align="right">622</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">NL CENTRAL</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Reds</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right">66</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">477</td><td align="right">534</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brewers</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right">68</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">558</td><td align="right">512</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cardinals</td><td align="right">67</td><td align="right">70</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">561</td><td align="right">542</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pirates</td><td align="right">62</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right" class="active">9</td><td align="right">580</td><td align="right">596</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cubs</td><td align="right">51</td><td align="right">87</td><td align="right" class="active">20.5</td><td align="right">492</td><td align="right">644</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">NL WEST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Dodgers</td><td align="right">93</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right">584</td><td align="right">456</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Padres</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right">61</td><td align="right" class="active">17</td><td align="right">528</td><td align="right">505</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Giants</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right" class="active">24</td><td align="right">543</td><td align="right">559</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Diamondbacks</td><td align="right">68</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right" class="active">24.5</td><td align="right">568</td><td align="right">585</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rockies</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right">79</td><td align="right" class="active">34</td><td align="right">577</td><td align="right">645</td></tr></table></body></html>
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