MLB2K11 Franchise Progress

[jasonw2]

it took my a few months to get the sliders the way i wanted, so i just started my franchise. man, i'm loving it. i'm 13-14 with the padres. i play a game, sim a game.

[canes21]

Just avoided a 4 game sweep and won against the Brewers 9-2. I had 4 HR's, two by Uggla. After the game though, I checked the stats and only like 3-4 players per team have any stats on the season. Has anyone else seen this? Apparently the Dodgers and Giants have only played two players all season.

[jasonw2]

Someone needs to explain to 2K sports that if the CPU hitter is on a cold streak, he shouldn't hit as well. The cpu on a cold streak is hitting like .750 against me. It's getting rediculous.

[RogueHominid]

Quick update on my Phils franchise. So I made the playoffs and got home field with a record of 91-71, with me playing about 45 of those games. The regular season itself was lots of fun. The division and league leads came down to the last week of the season.

I just defeated the Dodgers in the NLDS in 5 games. I went up 2-0 but then dropped 2 in LA in heartbreaking fashion. In the 5th game I went up 4-0 in the 7th and then my game froze . So I redid it and took a 3-2 lead into the 9th, at which point I gave up a run and let the game go into extras. We scrapped through a couple of innings and in the bottom of the 10th Howard hit a walk-off bomb to right center. It was awesome.

That was actually the 2nd walk-off shot Howard hit in the series. In game 2 he finished off an incredible 5-run 9th to give me a 7-4 come from behind win.

These playoffs are tense! I now have to face off against MIL, who played me very well in the regular season . . . should be fun!

[ClevelandCaleb]

Loving franchise right now. In my second year with the Cleveland Indians and did terrible my first year. Made some major changes to the roster including getting Ryan Howard and looking pretty good right now. 4-2, one of my losses in walk off fashion. I tend to simulate pitching and if i go up by 4 or more runs a super sim. Well hopefully I can keep you guys updated on my progress. Praying for a playoff bid this year!

[jasonw2]

I was offered a trade for Ryan Howard too.

[JBH3]

Pirates Franchise Update: Got a couple more games in the other day. I'm now at July 20th in my Pirates Franchise. After losing 5 straight coming off the All-Star Break, I avoided a 3-game sweep by the Reds, and ending my 5 game skid.

Paul Maholm was dominant, allowing only 2 hits and striking out 10 over 7.1 innings before leaving the game w/ a left shoulder strain; he will only be affected by the injury for 8 days and will not require a DL stint.

Althouh Maholm was dominant, the Pirates could only manage 1 run, and took a 1-0 lead into the 8th. Catcher Chris Snyder provided some insurance with a solo blast, his 2nd homer in as many games, and Joel Hanrahan came on for the Save facing the 1,2,3 hitters in the Cincy order. He would retire all batters in order, and record his first Save since Late-April/Early-May -- Hanrahan had been on the D/L with a right wrist injury for about 45 days.

The Pirates will have a day off and then start a 3-game set w/ the visiting Cardinals.

[canes21]

I'm 8-6, two games behind the Mets who I am in a series against. I lost game one, but if I take two and three we'll be tied for the lead. I lost McCann in spring training to a fracture Ulna. So I called up a 3rd baseman named Aaron Phillips who's main position is 3rd base, but he has high ability at catcher.

I called him up to give David Ross a break and to also give Chipper some breaks and the kid is really good. He has 95 Arm Strength which is really nice. He threw out Hanley Ramirez and I think Carlos Beltran. At 3rd he is also faster than Jones and dives more than any player I've seen. He really goes after anything hit near him and if he catches it he has the arm strength to throw anyone out even from foul territory.

This kid sounds too good to be true for a call up, right? His downside is his hitting. He has power in the 60's off righties and lefties, but his contact is in the 40's and 50's. His first game he went 1-4, then 0-4, then this last game he was 2-5 with a double. He's a nice player to have on my roster right now and I am going to hate sending him down once McCann is back to health which is about 8-9 days now.