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  • coolguy124
    Banned
    • Aug 2011
    • 588

    #1876
    Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

    Originally posted by Mo
    I have 8 games left in the season, I have a 4.5 game lead over the Cardinals. I have 2 games left with the Brewers before I go to STL for a 3 game series.

    Intense.
    what team ru..
    cubs?
    reds?

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    • Marino
      Moderator
      • Jan 2008
      • 18113

      #1877
      Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

      Originally posted by coolguy124
      what team ru..
      cubs?
      reds?
      He is the Cubs.

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      • coolguy124
        Banned
        • Aug 2011
        • 588

        #1878
        Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

        Originally posted by Marino
        He is the Cubs.

        oh good luck then mo

        with madden coming out in a couple weeks i started a franchise with the cubbies

        ill probably just play a few games a week through october while im still in the baseball mood b4 i focus STRICTLY on a madden franchise

        1st game aramis (A-Ram) walkoff grand salami down in the 9th with 2 outs

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        • DJ
          Hall Of Fame
          • Apr 2003
          • 17756

          #1879
          Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

          Just got swept by the Angels in Anaheim. I'm now in 3rd place in the AL West, 6.5 games back of Oakland, with the Angels now just 2.5 games out of first. I'm holding on for dear life as we enter the last month-and-a-half of the season. I'm Seattle, btw.
          Last edited by DJ; 08-20-2011, 11:00 AM.
          Currently Playing:
          MLB The Show 25 (PS5)

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          • mlblover15
            3X MLBTS Champion
            • Dec 2004
            • 4144

            #1880
            Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

            started my season out 0-3 at home vs Seattle but then starting a 9-game road trip in Toronto have taken the first two games there. the last game was ****, tragic and **** again...

            took a 2-0 lead into the ninth inning, so i get Bailey in and he gives up 2 hanging slider home runs to tie the game. but even before that happened back in the eighth inning something amazingly cool happened.

            I'm sitting here With my shortstop Chad Pennnington up and i said aloud... "ok give me a fastball down in the zone so that i can see it flash, and make it ..BOOM!! ill hit a home run... "

            Next pitch, what do you know.. a home run over the right field wall...

            first batter for me up in the top of the 10th inning. i say again... "ill take a lead off double... " well i get better a lead off triple... which lead to me scoring the go ahead/winning run.

            it may have not been as sweet as a walk off home run or hit or whatever but it was still cool as... well you know!!
            "Baseball is life, without Baseball life itself ceases to exist." - Ken Sprague

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            • mlblover15
              3X MLBTS Champion
              • Dec 2004
              • 4144

              #1881
              Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

              Originally posted by philliesfan136
              Chad Pennington?

              It's Cliff Pennington.
              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Pennington_(baseball)
              lol ooops must have been thinking about my upcoming nfl fantasy draft...
              "Baseball is life, without Baseball life itself ceases to exist." - Ken Sprague

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              • philliesfan136
                MVP
                • Feb 2011
                • 4263

                #1882
                Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

                Originally posted by mlblover15
                lol ooops must have been thinking about my upcoming nfl fantasy draft...
                Haha ok. (But why think about Chad? He sucks nowadays. )
                Last edited by philliesfan136; 08-20-2011, 02:17 PM.
                Things Wrong With Madden Doc

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                • coolguy124
                  Banned
                  • Aug 2011
                  • 588

                  #1883
                  Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

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                  • Mo
                    SSN
                    • May 2003
                    • 11425

                    #1884
                    Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

                    I lose my first 2 to the Brewers, Cardinals win their first 2 vs the Mets. Lead down to 3.5. I win my last game vs Brewers, Cardinals lose their next 2. Lead is up to 5 games. Magic Number is now 1.

                    I have 20 game winner Andrew Cashner going for me in the possible clincher
                    Don't you EVER read my blog? It's gotten a lot better.

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                    • Mo
                      SSN
                      • May 2003
                      • 11425

                      #1885
                      Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

                      We'll I blow I my 1st chance to clinch the division, mustering only 2 hits in a loss.

                      Game 2 of the series though.

                      Spoiler
                      Don't you EVER read my blog? It's gotten a lot better.

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                      • Mercury53
                        Pro
                        • Sep 2009
                        • 616

                        #1886
                        Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

                        Congrats on the clinch. Get the Cubbies a title now!!!!

                        Mariners are two away from 90 wins and we are approaching some need statistical marks. David Aardsma has 51 saves, 12 more to break the record. Adam Lind has 42 homeruns and 97 RBIs, by far his best year. Felix Hernandez has 189 strikeouts and he should easily pass 200 before the year is out. Michael Pineda's ERA is at 2.25 with 12 wins, one of the rookie performances of all time. Jason Kubel is batting a .311, one of the best years in his career. Not a bad 2011 season.
                        EPL - Arsenal
                        MLB - Seattle Mariners
                        NBA - Cleveland Cavaliers
                        NFL - Philadelphia Eagles
                        MLS - Seattle Sounders


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                        • h2oPr00f
                          Rookie
                          • Dec 2007
                          • 221

                          #1887
                          Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

                          Mets 2012 update: frustrating! after 20 games I sit at 10-10, unsurprisingly the youngins have been inconsistent. My Beltran blockbuster trade has net mixed results. Humber has been solid and Flowers has been decent as well behind the plate. However, i did not scout Viciendo properly enough and is definitley going to be flipped. He is not built for Citifield at all, he is a slugger who needs to be at 1st or DH. Whoops.

                          Duda is hurt, out 1-2 months, going to make some early season moves. If no one in the farm can do it, I will look to other teams for another starter/outfielder.

                          unrealted franchise note: took advantage of a BestBuy sale and picked up a LG 47" 3D TV. playing the Show is 3D was pretty cool, but not something ill do everyime

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                          • korndogg8323
                            Rookie
                            • May 2011
                            • 20

                            #1888
                            Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

                            I'm playing with the Cleveland Indians (my hometown team). Suffice to say this season has been extremely messed up and inconsistent due to the fact that I started with the sliders on default settings, then spending the majority of the season tweaking, toying, and messing with said sliders as well as the difficulty levels trying to get my game play back to the way it was when I played the game for PS2.

                            I found it impossible to duplicate such a time. It got to be so frustrating hitting with this team that I started trying too hard, leading to a double digit losing streak. During that stretch I'm pretty sure I didn't even hit .200 as a team. It was so terrible that I stopped playing for over two weeks.

                            I finally decided to start playing again last week using the settings from the TNK & PsychoBulk thread. Though I'm still not hitting consistenly with anyone on the team (I even ended up running real life all-star Asdrubal Cabrera into the ground, hitting .220ish right now with him), I'm currently on an 11-game win streak in which I'm averaging a little over 5.5 runs per game. My greatest accomplishment so far is beating Justin Verlander twice during that streak, even beating him up for 4 runs in only 4 2/3 innings, striking out only four times against him and walking three the last time out.

                            I'm currently 62-65, third place in the AL Central (on today's date in real life), and only three games out of first. This is mainly because my pitching has been so amazing. I have a team ERA of 3.32. This helps big time as I'm only hitting .232 as a team. I can only wonder how it would be if I played the game from the beginning of the season the way I have the last 11 games.

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                            • Marino
                              Moderator
                              • Jan 2008
                              • 18113

                              #1889
                              Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

                              My 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers Franchise thru 5/16/12

                              NL West Division
                              Colorado 24-12
                              Los Angeles 21-14 2.5 GB
                              San Francisco 16-18 7 GB
                              Arizona 16-19 7.5 GB
                              San Diego 12-22 11 GB

                              Lineup/Stats
                              1B Kevin Rogers (my created guy) .307 7 HR 19 RBI
                              2B Neil Walker .279 1 HR 9 RBI
                              LF Jose Bautista .352 16 HR 32 RBI
                              RF Andre Ethier .324 6 HR 26 RBI
                              CF Matt Kemp .282 4 HR 12 RBI
                              C JP Arencibia .268 5 HR 13 RBI
                              SS JJ Hardy .250 5 HR 14 RBI
                              3B Michael Young .268 3 HR 15 RBI

                              UT Willie Bloomquist .556 0 HR 5 RBI
                              C Dioneer Navarro .267 2 HR 10 RBI
                              IF Jamey Carroll .245 0 HR 1 RBI
                              OF Corey Patterson .250 0 HR 3 RBI
                              1B Russell Branyan .292 2 HR 5 RBI

                              Pitching Stats

                              1. Clayton Kershaw 2-1 3.92 ERA 35 K 7 BB
                              2. Chad Billingsley 1-3 4.20 ERA 30 K 8 BB
                              3. Carlos Zambrano 3-1 3.56 ERA 38 K 13 BB
                              4. Jonathan Sanchez 1-3 4.58 ERA 35 K 11 BB
                              5. Hiroki Kuroda 5-1 2.74 ERA 33 K 7 BB

                              Derek Holland 1-2 3.66 ERA 12 K 7 BB
                              Matt Guerrier 1-0 1.02 ERA 10 K 3 BB
                              Tony Sipp 0-0 4.09 ERA 14 K 3 BB
                              Travis Daniels 4-0 2.00 ERA 19 K 6 BB
                              Hong-Chih Kuo 1-2 5.40 ERA 7 K 4 BB 2 SV
                              Ronald Belisario 1-0 3.60 ERA 13 K 4 BB

                              Kenley Jansen 0-1 0.93 ERA 6 K 2 BB 7 K

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                              • BlueNGold
                                Hall Of Fame
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 21817

                                #1890
                                Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

                                Almost at the end of June (2012) in my Jays franchise and so far the team is a lot better than I expected.

                                In April we were 13-9 and held down 1st in the AL East for most of the month, Carlos Villaneuva and Kyle Drabek both started out 3-0, we swept the Red Sox at Fenway and won the first 5 series of the month finishing the month out splitting a 4 game series with the Royals and getting swept by the Red Sox at home. Also at the end of the month, I made a trade to acquire a good power hitting DH because Eric Thames was struggling badly, so seeing Arizona with Russell Branyan on the block, I offered them 21 year old SP prospect Griffin Murphy (C POT) and they accepted.

                                May wasn't as strong, only going 14-15. There were some tough losing streaks, losing 5 straight the first week of May and 4 straight in the middle of the month. We were still near the top of the AL East with the Yankees and Rays (who traded BJ Upton & Desmond Jennings to the Nationals for CP Cole Kimball and C Andreas Parr at the start of June) struggling though and the team was near the top of most stat categories.

                                Now in June, things started out with a 7 game win streak, sweeping the Angels, A's and winning the first game of a 3 game series against Tampa. As of June 26th, we're 40-33 (3rd in the AL East) with a team ERA of 3.49 and team BA of .273.

                                AL East standings look like this:

                                Orioles - 43-31
                                Red Sox - 41-33 (2 GB)
                                Blue Jays - 40-33 (2.5 GB)
                                Rays - 38-36 (5 GB)
                                Yankees - 38-36 (5 GB)

                                AL Wild Card:

                                Red Sox - 41-33
                                Blue Jays - 40-33 (0.5 GB)
                                Athletics - 40-34 (1 GB)
                                Royals - 38-35 (2.5 GB)
                                Rays - 38-36 (3 GB)
                                Yankees - 38-36 (3 GB)
                                Mariners - 35-40 (6.5 GB)
                                Angels - 34-40 (7 GB)
                                Tigers - 35-40 (7.5 GB)
                                Indians - 24-51 (17.5 GB)
                                White Sox - 23-51 (18 GB)

                                Also, stats from my players:

                                SS Yunel Escobar - .291, 2 HRs, 21 RBI
                                2B Emilio Bonifacio - .323 (mostly a result of simmed games), 2 HRs, 22 RBI, 15 SBs
                                3B/RF Jose Bautista - .282, 12 HRs, 43 RBI
                                1B Adam Lind - .271, 17 HRs, 39 RBI
                                CF Colby Rasmus - .265, 19 HRs, 49 RBI, 5 SBs, and quickly overtaking Bautista as face of the franchise
                                LF Dexter Fowler - .265, 6 HRs, 22 RBI, 9 SBs
                                DH Russell Branyan - .259, 12 HRs, 37 RBI
                                C J.P. Arencibia - .225, 11 HRs, 30 RBI
                                RF Rajai Davis - .253, 2 HRs, 13 RBI, 9 SBs

                                3B Brett Lawrie - .320, 10 HRs, 33 RBI, 4 SB (out 1 week with a sprained knee ligament)
                                C Michael McKenry - .239, 4 HRs, 9 RBI
                                LF Eric Thames - .250, 7 HRs, 20 RBI

                                1) Jon Lester - 6-5, 102 SO, 19 BB, 2.42 ERA
                                2) Brandon Morrow - 5-3, 94 SO, 27 BB, 3.30 ERA
                                3) Ricky Romero - 5-4, 80 SO, 42 BB, 3.84 ERA
                                4) Carlos Villanueva - 6-1, 59 SO, 23 BB, 3.41 ERA (out 3-4 weeks with a shoulder tear, so I just called up Asher Wojchowski whose been ridiculous in AA)
                                5) Kyle Drabek - 7-3, 57 SO, 25 BB, 5.23 ERA

                                LRP Marc Rzepczynski - 3-2,19 SO, 9 BB, 4.12 ERA, 1 BS
                                MRP Ryota Igarashi - 0-1, 20 SO, 7 BB, 2.14 ERA, 2 holds
                                MRP Josh Roenicke - 2-3, 38 SO, 13 BB, 3.31 ERA, 1 BS, 5 holds
                                MRP Henry Rodriguez - 1-3, 12 SO, 6 BB, 1.55 ERA, 6 holds
                                SU Matt Lindstrom - 1-1, 25 SO, 9 BB, 1.67 ERA, 3 saves, 3 BS, 3 holds
                                SU Santiago Casilla - 2-2, 17 SO, 9 BB, 7.18 ERA, 1 save, 2 BS, 8 holds
                                CP Fernando Rodney - 0-2, 5 SO, 5 BB, 3.21 ERA, 13 saves, 3 BS, 1 hold

                                In the draft I didn't do as well as I was hoping. My farm system of starting pitchers is pretty much loaded, so I needed some good and young position players, and a guy or two that has good power because I'm lacking that in the minors. Well, basically none of that turned out at all.

                                My 1st round pick (2nd overall) was 22 year old RF Mike Fournier who is an A POT and already a C OVR but he's lacking power and there doesn't seem to be anything he does really well. Hopefully he can turn out though. The rest of my draft was 4 young pitchers (1 starter) with really good velocity but not even 1 C POT and 3 late round position players with terrible potential that won't amount to anything and I don't think I'm even going to bother signing them. I'm really thin at 2B and RF so I might have to try to find a good trade that doesn't kill my team for a decent prospect or two at those positions.

                                Speaking of trades, after the Branyan trade I haven't done anything else and I'm not sure if I will do anything big by the time the trade deadline comes around. For the most part I'm happy with the team I have and there's a lot of young players I don't feel like giving up on just yet. I don't think this team is close to contending yet but at the same time it looks like they're closer than I thought before the season started. I think I'm just going to see what happens with this team and if we can actually steal a playoff spot or maybe even win the division by some miracle.
                                Last edited by BlueNGold; 08-22-2011, 06:16 PM. Reason: forgot a couple small details...
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