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  • fnz
    Banned
    • Mar 2010
    • 28

    #1

    Franchise Surprises

    Just wondering if anybody has any things they've found surprising in their franchises.

    Here's some of mine (it's mid-June):
    • Reds 1B Joey Votto hitting around .280
    • Reds C Devin Mesoraco hitting .148 (a 4 for 4 day got that up to .170)
    • AL West has Oakland in second (about 5 games back), and LAA in third at 14 games back (8 games under .500).
    • Prince Fielder hitting .383 with 31 homers
    • New York Mets above .500. In fact, every team in the division but Atlanta is within 2 wins/losses of .500.
    • Orioles hanging around a tightly contested AL East (Toronto is the over 13 games out)
    • Giants are 8 games below .500, with the Rockies and Dbacks duking it out in the NL West


    What things have caught your eye in your franchise?
  • DJeterFan2
    Rookie
    • Jan 2011
    • 387

    #2
    Re: Franchise Surprises

    Originally posted by fnz
    Just wondering if anybody has any things they've found surprising in their franchises.

    Here's some of mine (it's mid-June):
    • Reds 1B Joey Votto hitting around .280
    • Reds C Devin Mesoraco hitting .148 (a 4 for 4 day got that up to .170)
    • AL West has Oakland in second (about 5 games back), and LAA in third at 14 games back (8 games under .500).
    • Prince Fielder hitting .383 with 31 homers
    • New York Mets above .500. In fact, every team in the division but Atlanta is within 2 wins/losses of .500.
    • Orioles hanging around a tightly contested AL East (Toronto is the over 13 games out)
    • Giants are 8 games below .500, with the Rockies and Dbacks duking it out in the NL West


    What things have caught your eye in your franchise?
    I remember in 2011 the show, I noticed that Miguel Cabrera was hitting .345 with 38 HR and 93 RBI's by the All-Star Break lol

    The biggest surprise of them all was when I faced the Cubs in the World Series in My 2011 Yankees Franchise Season, it just didn't feel right, you know? No offense to cubs fans out there.

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    • padsfan92
      Rookie
      • Jun 2010
      • 203

      #3
      Re: Franchise Surprises

      In my Padres franchise I have them in 2nd place in the NL West at 10 games over .500 in August even though I lose the majority of games I play so that is a major surprise. The Giants are in last place, and Logan Forsythe made the All Star team with a .260 batting average 0 HR and 3 RBI's

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      • CKW11
        MVP
        • Mar 2009
        • 1540

        #4
        Re: Franchise Surprises

        Originally posted by padsfan92
        In my Padres franchise I have them in 2nd place in the NL West at 10 games over .500 in August even though I lose the majority of games I play so that is a major surprise. The Giants are in last place, and Logan Forsythe made the All Star team with a .260 batting average 0 HR and 3 RBI's
        Well that's kinda disturbing...not that it should matter but how many games has he played? And how many steals/walks/errors does he have? Maybe he is having a record breaking season with steals and walks and a beast in the field lol.

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        • Mercury53
          Pro
          • Sep 2009
          • 616

          #5
          Re: Franchise Surprises

          The Rockies have the best record in the MLB and at one point were 13-0.
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          • Kalkano
            Rookie
            • Mar 2011
            • 207

            #6
            Re: Franchise Surprises

            Originally posted by Mercury53
            The Rockies have the best record in the MLB and at one point were 13-0.
            This thread is for surprises. lol! I kid...I kid...

            I can hear the 1-3 heckles starting now...

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            • DetroitStyle
              Meow
              • May 2011
              • 1047

              #7
              Re: Franchise Surprises

              Miguel Cabrera had 67 Home Runs in a franchise sim I did awhile back.

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              • padsfan92
                Rookie
                • Jun 2010
                • 203

                #8
                Re: Franchise Surprises

                Originally posted by CKW11
                Well that's kinda disturbing...not that it should matter but how many games has he played? And how many steals/walks/errors does he have? Maybe he is having a record breaking season with steals and walks and a beast in the field lol.
                I just called him up the game before the all star game, and he only played the first two weeks of the season so that is certainly not the case haha. I remember in past years this happened as well, there was always one player in the all star game that had minimal stats

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                • lumberjake
                  Rookie
                  • Mar 2012
                  • 57

                  #9
                  Re: Franchise Surprises

                  To the Logan Forsythe making the All Star game with little to know MLB experience, at the end of one of my seasons almost 3/4 of the gold glove winners were minor league players who didn't even play in the majors. Weird.

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                  • bdhill78
                    Rookie
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 106

                    #10
                    Re: Franchise Surprises

                    Hopefully the award thing can be patched. I give video games passes on things like a uniform being a shade darker or lighter or the stadium not being perfectly correct. However, things like that are...silly.
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                    • RobD4477
                      Rookie
                      • Aug 2011
                      • 103

                      #11
                      Franchise Surprises

                      At the All-Star break in my Tigers chise' Miggy had fifty some odd RBI's and Prince had 70 and at the end of the season Prince had 105 and Cabrera had 132
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                      • Gagnon39
                        Windy City Sports Fan
                        • Mar 2003
                        • 8544

                        #12
                        Re: Franchise Surprises

                        Originally posted by DJeterFan2
                        I remember in 2011 the show, I noticed that Miguel Cabrera was hitting .345 with 38 HR and 93 RBI's by the All-Star Break lol

                        The biggest surprise of them all was when I faced the Cubs in the World Series in My 2011 Yankees Franchise Season, it just didn't feel right, you know? No offense to cubs fans out there.
                        I'm sure it felt perfectly right as long as you beat the Cubs.
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                        • Heroesandvillains
                          MVP
                          • May 2009
                          • 5974

                          #13
                          Re: Franchise Surprises

                          Brett Gardner; 4th overall in the league in BA (.370 something) and the only player on MY team hitting over .300 (with the at bats to qualify), is out 1-2 months with a shoulder injury.

                          SUPRISE!!!

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                          • RobD4477
                            Rookie
                            • Aug 2011
                            • 103

                            #14
                            Re: Franchise Surprises

                            Prince Fielder is on pace to break the Record for most RBI's in a season and tie the Most HR's in a single season with 36 HR's and 96 RBI's at the all star break
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                            Have called Football games at Penn State and Clemson, Baseball games at Florida International and Basketball games at the Quicken Loans Arena, including the 2017 MAC Championship Game

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                            • b2th3m1th
                              Banned
                              • Jan 2012
                              • 485

                              #15
                              Re: Franchise Surprises

                              I have 5 HR's in 4 games with Seth Smith in my A's chise... I am crushing it with him.

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