Franchise Progress Thread

[vernond]

How bout a thread to discuss things going on in your franchise. NBA 2k has one and i like reading it. Thought it'd be useful for people who don't want to put all the time into a dynasty page.

[jude89]

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Sounds like a good idea to me. Just started my Marlins franchise and will post in here from time to time. Lost the opener to the 'Nats 9-8. Cody Ross did have 2 HR's though.

[vernond]

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I'm 0-2 in my Royals franchise. Been very frustrating losses 5-3 and 5-4. The White Sox have hit me pretty well and i'm struggling to score.

[vernond]

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Make that 0-3. Pisses me off. Up 3-1 in the bottom of the 8th with 2 outs back to back Thome and Konerko hr's. Sox win in the 9th.

[emole123]

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New to these boards - so I figured this would be a good thread to join in. Just started a franchise with the Yankees, 1-1 currently. Playing on All-Star with with all aides off (strike zone, guess pitch, etc.)

Lost the first to the O's 2-1 - was tied 1-1 with two outs in bottom of the 9th and a runner on 3rd. Breaking ball gets too low and the game winning run scores on the passball.

Won the second game 2-1.

Pitching has been solid, still trying to get the offense going.

[jude89]

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Now 1-4 with my Marlins. Lost 11-1 and 7-0 in the 2 and 3 games of the opening series . The Marlins bullpen might be the worst thing I've ever seen in a baseball game. So I signed Will Ohman to a 2-year/ $6 mil contract and came out and won against the Mets 4-2. Dropped the second game 2-1 in 13 innings. So a 1-4 start for the fish.

Sidenote: There has only been a total of 7 home runs for both teams combined through the first 5 games. I love it!

[livinitup921]

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I am 1-2 in my dodgers franchise. I had a come from behind victory in the opener as i was down 3-1 going into the ninth. Ethier hit a 2 run home run to tie the game and then Martin hit a 3 run home run and then Broxton shut them down to get the save. However in the 3rd game I took the lead in the top of the 9th with a home run by casey blake. Except this time Broxton blew the save in the bottom half as Scott Hairston hit a walk off grand slam. Very depressing.

[Yanks22]

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I am 1-2 in my yankees franchise. none of my starters have gotten the win yet but the games have been very close. just won game 3 of the series in the 11th inning damon went deep 2 times. Hoping to pick it back up and turn around next series against the royals

[DallasRocks]

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6-6 with the Angels on Veteran, I don't have much power only 7 HRs so far. I got swept by Boston easily, then I went onto sweep the Twins which felt good. Abreu has been my best hitter hittin .367 1 HR and 10 RBi's, including a walk off three run HR in the 13th inning in the opener.

[DTX3]

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Good thread.

I'm 10-3 and lost 3 straight, my bullpen has been cold lately so I signed Pedro Martinez to a one year deal and signed Dennys Reyes and Joe Beimel to 2 year deals, I also brought in Ben Sheets before I started the regular season.

Jason Schmidt has been hot his frist two starts. 2-0 1.84 ERA. Cory Wade was money off the bullpen with a 1.18 ERA and 13 strikouts but in my last game he blew a 1 run lead and gave up 4 runs in the 8th to give the Astros a 3 run win to open up our 3 game series. Matt Kemp is BEASTING with .402 avg 5 HRs and 20 RBI's. I got a 4 game lead in the NL West.

[42]

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Good call getting one of these threads up and running!

I'll be posting up details on mine once I get it started...

[kehlis]

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There is an entire forum for this:

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/dynasty-hq/

Don't get me wrong, it doesn't bother me, but there are many that frequent that forum who religiously follow others franchises and dynasties.

[frago]

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Playing as the Dodgers on Default All Star.

Been a struggle the first three games I lost close games. Today I broke out though and slammed the White sox for 12 runs and beat them 12-4.

Been playing it like a real spring training. The starter goes 3 innings and then I change pitchers every inning after that. I take out starters after a few AB's and get a look at some younger guys. Trying to see who I will keep up and who will get sent down. I don't get too anal about keeping my roster exact through the season so I want to pick the guys that I can play well with.

I also signed Manny today to a 4 year offer , he wouldn't take 2 lol. So I have him now and it helps.

[bkrich83]

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2-0 so far in Manage Only Mode with the Brewers. (I randomly selected a team to control this year).

Game one I came from behind in the 9th off of Giants Closer Brian Wilson.

Game two, Giants starter Matt Cain dominated me for about 5 innings then lost control in the 6th and I ended up winning the game 4-1.

I put together a little dynasty site. It's kind of cluttered and a work in progress.

BK's Brewers Dynasty.

[DTX3]

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Hell of a rubber game @ Astros. Gave up a 2 run lead in the first like always, and 2 run lead turned into a 6 run lead going into the 4th. Manny starts off with a HR in the 5th, made a nice run to tie the game at 6-6, then Kemp came through with a 2 run HR to make it 8-6 in the 8th. From there I had to leave for work, I love the save in-game feature. It's 8-6 Dodgers bottom of the 8th.