Re: MLB 09 "Road To The Show" thread
Had nothing to do this week so I've been playing the crap out of The Show. Got through my sophomore year in the bigs, fourth year overall.
SS Walter Reed, Mariners
21 years old, L/R
Almost had a "Cinderella story" of a season here.
Team record by month:
Apr: 12-14
May: 10-18
Jun: 15-12
Jul: 13-13
Aug: 19-9
Sep: 13-14
First half: 38-50, last place
Second half: 44-30, first place, won the division by 2 games
Total: 82-80
Started off terrible and the Mariners were as much as 8 games back of first place in the division at one point. However, the AL West is absolutely terrible and we came back with a strong second half to win it being only 2 games over .500. At one point in the middle of September we had lost 6 in a row and it looked like we were going to choke, but the final stretch had us playing 13 division games in a row and we were able to take advantage of it.
ALDS vs Yankees
Game 1 @ Yankee Stadium
Erik Bedard vs. CC Sabathia
L 8-1
Game 2 @ Yankee Stadium
Ryan Rowland-Smith vs. Joba Chamberlain
W 5-1
Game 3 @ Safeco Field
Jorge Campillo vs Chien-Ming Wang
L 3-2
Game 4 @ Safeco Field
Tom Gorzelanny vs Phil Huges
W 7-6
[Hit a 3 run go ahead home run in this one in the bottom of the 7th. Only HR of the postseason.]
Game 5 @ Yankee Stadium
Jarrod Washburn vs A.J. Burnett
W 8-1
[They really captured Manny (yes, he plays for the Yankees) in The Show. In the first inning I hit a ball that he misread and it ended up landing by him and rolling to the wall for an RBI triple. (see video at bottom)]
So this series was basically a huge upset for us that ended with a game 5 blowout. I think the Yankees here were a 97 win team and they are STACKED. I expected to get swept but we were somehow able to hang in and eventually shock the Yanks.
ALCS vs White Sox
Game 1 @ U.S. Cellular Field
Erik Bedard vs Johnny Cueto
L 3-2
Game 2 @ U.S. Cellular Field
Ryan Rowland-Smith vs Mark Buehrle
L 9-8
Game 3 @ Safeco Field
Jorge Campillo vs John Danks
W 5-4
[I was 1-11 at this point in the series (and I was often reminded by the announcers of this) and 0-4 in the game, but with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th I hit a game winning single up the middle to bring Ichiro in from second.]
Game 4 @ Safeco Field
Tom Gorzelanny vs Greg Smith
W 9-5
Game 5 @ Safeco Field
Jarrod Washburn vs Gavin Floyd
L 8-4
Game 6 @ U.S. Cellular Field
Erik Bedard vs Johnny Cueto
W 2-1
Game 7 @ U.S. Cellular Field
Ryan Rowland-Smith vs Mark Buehrle
L 4-1
[Buehrle was shutting us down until the top of the 9th with 1 out when I hit a triple to right center and scored on a wild pitch. Unfortunately it proved to be the only run in the game and Buehrle went 9 innings with 6 hits, 1 run, and 9 Ks. At least it wasn't a perfect game...]
I also expected that the White Sox would hand our asses to us but we once again dragged it out to the last game. Unfortunately we fell just shy of going to the World Series. Still, pretty good considering at the all-star break we were one of the worst teams in baseball.
The White Sox went on to defeat the Giants 4-1 to win the Series.<object width="425" height="344">
(Yes I know this was a lot of words.)
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Had nothing to do this week so I've been playing the crap out of The Show. Got through my sophomore year in the bigs, fourth year overall.
SS Walter Reed, Mariners
21 years old, L/R
Code:
Regular season:
G AB AVG OBP SLG OPS H R 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB CS SB% BB K DP A PO E FLD INN HBP SF SH IBB HOME AWAY vRHP vLHP RISP HRR HRL HRH HRA ITP GS WOH WOHR SBH
2012/MLB 146 537 .307 .409 .480 .890 165 120 26 8 17 88 258 [B]116[/B] 13 .899 88 58 14 452 218 14 .980 1256.0 8 4 1 1 .319 .296 .306 .311 .280 12 5 11 6 1 - 3 2 -
2011/MLB 145 480 .313 .381 .469 .850 150 79 26 5 13 67 225 [B]76[/B] 11 .874 53 53 4 384 195 12 .980 1168.0 4 3 3 - .322 .304 .311 .316 .311 11 2 12 1 1 1 - - -
-ALL/MLB 291 1017 .310 .397 .475 .872 315 199 52 13 30 155 483 192 24 .889 141 111 18 836 413 26 .980 2424.0 12 7 4 1 .321 .301 .309 .314 .295 23 7 23 7 2 1 3 2 -
Postseason:
G AB AVG OBP SLG OPS H R 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB CS SB% BB K DP A PO E FLD INN HBP SF SH IBB HOME AWAY vRHP vLHP RISP HRR HRL HRH HRA ITP GS WOH WOHR SBH
2012/MLB 12 47 .319 .407 .489 .897 15 11 1 2 1 7 23 5 1 .833 6 6 1 33 17 3 .943 105.1 1 0 0 - .368 .286 .346 .286 .333 1 - 1 - - - 1 - -
Minors:
G AB AVG OBP SLG OPS H R 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB CS SB% BB K DP A PO E FLD INN HBP SF SH IBB HOME AWAY vRHP vLHP RISP HRR HRL HRH HRA ITP GS WOH WOHR SBH
2010/AAA 115 432 .299 .387 .362 .749 129 76 18 4 4 50 167 [B]93[/B] 10 .903 41 37 5 313 149 10 .979 935.1 9 7 5 - .283 .314 .286 .344 .274 4 0 1 3 - 1 - - -
2009/AA 82 278 .302 .337 .396 .732 84 23 11 3 3 43 110 [B]44[/B] 8 .846 17 25 11 187 95 14 .953 538.2 1 4 3 - .318 .288 .318 .267 . 347 2 1 2 1 - 1 - - 1
Almost had a "Cinderella story" of a season here.
Team record by month:
Apr: 12-14
May: 10-18
Jun: 15-12
Jul: 13-13
Aug: 19-9
Sep: 13-14
First half: 38-50, last place
Second half: 44-30, first place, won the division by 2 games
Total: 82-80
Started off terrible and the Mariners were as much as 8 games back of first place in the division at one point. However, the AL West is absolutely terrible and we came back with a strong second half to win it being only 2 games over .500. At one point in the middle of September we had lost 6 in a row and it looked like we were going to choke, but the final stretch had us playing 13 division games in a row and we were able to take advantage of it.
ALDS vs Yankees
Game 1 @ Yankee Stadium
Erik Bedard vs. CC Sabathia
L 8-1
Game 2 @ Yankee Stadium
Ryan Rowland-Smith vs. Joba Chamberlain
W 5-1
Game 3 @ Safeco Field
Jorge Campillo vs Chien-Ming Wang
L 3-2
Game 4 @ Safeco Field
Tom Gorzelanny vs Phil Huges
W 7-6
[Hit a 3 run go ahead home run in this one in the bottom of the 7th. Only HR of the postseason.]
Game 5 @ Yankee Stadium
Jarrod Washburn vs A.J. Burnett
W 8-1
[They really captured Manny (yes, he plays for the Yankees) in The Show. In the first inning I hit a ball that he misread and it ended up landing by him and rolling to the wall for an RBI triple. (see video at bottom)]
So this series was basically a huge upset for us that ended with a game 5 blowout. I think the Yankees here were a 97 win team and they are STACKED. I expected to get swept but we were somehow able to hang in and eventually shock the Yanks.
ALCS vs White Sox
Game 1 @ U.S. Cellular Field
Erik Bedard vs Johnny Cueto
L 3-2
Game 2 @ U.S. Cellular Field
Ryan Rowland-Smith vs Mark Buehrle
L 9-8
Game 3 @ Safeco Field
Jorge Campillo vs John Danks
W 5-4
[I was 1-11 at this point in the series (and I was often reminded by the announcers of this) and 0-4 in the game, but with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th I hit a game winning single up the middle to bring Ichiro in from second.]
Game 4 @ Safeco Field
Tom Gorzelanny vs Greg Smith
W 9-5
Game 5 @ Safeco Field
Jarrod Washburn vs Gavin Floyd
L 8-4
Game 6 @ U.S. Cellular Field
Erik Bedard vs Johnny Cueto
W 2-1
Game 7 @ U.S. Cellular Field
Ryan Rowland-Smith vs Mark Buehrle
L 4-1
[Buehrle was shutting us down until the top of the 9th with 1 out when I hit a triple to right center and scored on a wild pitch. Unfortunately it proved to be the only run in the game and Buehrle went 9 innings with 6 hits, 1 run, and 9 Ks. At least it wasn't a perfect game...]
I also expected that the White Sox would hand our asses to us but we once again dragged it out to the last game. Unfortunately we fell just shy of going to the World Series. Still, pretty good considering at the all-star break we were one of the worst teams in baseball.
The White Sox went on to defeat the Giants 4-1 to win the Series.<object width="425" height="344">
(Yes I know this was a lot of words.)
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