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Box Score   Hardcore Title Defenses: The Bangers Kill Everyone  : Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a very special contest. This three-game series will decide the fate of all four secondary titles in the Dynamo League, and should either team sweep, they will become the first Tetra-Champion in Super-League history! This series will be between the Intercontinental Champion San Juan Elephants and the European, United States and Hardcore Champion, they are the winners of the Super-League III, and the most villainous team that ever was...the Fukuoka Finger-Bangers!  : And the Bangers are the heavy favorites here, but the Elephants do have some things going for them. They will only lose the Intercontinental Title on a sweep, and if they can win two out of three games, they can win the Hardcore belt. If the Bangers are going to add another title to their collection, they'll need to win all three games. : And the Bangers will lead things off with a dominating 7-1 victory.: That's disappointing for the Elephants, because they'll have to go up against Addie Joss and Nolan Ryan in the next two games.  : Bangers win again, 6-1, and if they can win the next game, they'll have all the titles!: And the Elephants are just having an impossible time trying to cope with the talent of the Bangers. But, right now, they don't need to worry about who has the better team. All that matters now is one more game. If the Elephants can win just this one game, they'll be able to retain the Intercontinental Title.  : Bangers win! Bangers win! Another 6-1 blowout, and they have the Intercontinental Title, they have the European Title, they have the United States Title, they have the Hardcore Title! They've got all of the gold, and one has to wonder if anyone can stop them now.: It's hard to say. It really is. : But there's one team who isn't ready to accept this Bangers' triumph, and it's their oldest rivals, the Cleveland Unicorns!: And Deacon Phillippe will take Game 1, and the Bangers are in for a fight. : Bangers edge Unicorns in Game 2.: And that means that the Bangers will keep hold of those three titles that can only change hands on a sweep, but the Unicorns can still do some damage by winning the series and taking the Hardcore Title back home with them. : Or maybe not, as the Bangers win again and will be keeping the Hardcore Title as well.: The Unicorns aren't losing by much, but they're losing all the same. : And the Bangers are just too much for the Unicorns, and they'll win this series outright 3 games to 1. Can anyone stop the Finger-Bangers now?: Well, there are a few contenders. The Losers were able to beat them last year in the playoffs and neither team has changed all that much sense them. The Coburns would be underdogs, but they would have a chance. And it's possible that a team like the Tornados, which is so different from the teams the Bangers usually face, could get by them. Still, the Bangers have to be considered the prohibitive favorites to win the Dynamo League right now. : Well, we'll find out just how well the Tornados stack up against the Bangers very soon, as that will be the next Hardcore Title defense leading off next week. After that, we'll have either the Bangers-Imperialists or Tornados-Unicorns.Team Statistics      Analysis Low OBP kills.      Analysis I'm going to put Waner back in the lineup because watching Oliva struggle and kill your team hurts my eyes.      Analysis We all know this is ending in an epic Gauntlet run. Show me your true Imperialist spirit, Viscount Slim! Take up the Gauntlet man's burden!      Analysis Okay, it's time to see just how loving good your team really is, because the Bangers look pretty unbeatable right now.      Analysis Frustrating, but the Unicorns still have the inside track on a wildcard spot, which would be their first playoff appearance in what seems like forever.      Analysis Getting the wildcard? Yeah, that would be nice, but winning the division? Now that is what you want.      Analysis Things have nearly gotten out of hand, but Earl Averill is back to set things right...hopefully.      Analysis Tough division, but that's not going to save you from the Gauntlet.      Analysis Pedro is just a bit too young to be reliable, hence the 2-13 record.      Analysis Rex Mundi.      Analysis This team always seems to be better than it should be. Then again, there's nothing wrong with being more than the sum of one's parts.      Analysis The offense is just a bit too anemic. Still, you've got some time to move up the standings.      Analysis This about sums up the Generics season.      Analysis If only the Coburns would die, I'd imagine you'd feel a bit more comfortable.      Analysis Okay, that was a depressing sweep against the Bangers, but at least you came back against the Bloggers.      Analysis It feels like every season, some owner thinks they can out-think the Super-League. Occasionally, they can. But when your cunning plan involves putting Milt Pappas in a four-man rotation, then I think you've made a grave error in judgment. Standings and Leaders     Playoff/Gauntlet Seedings    A. Demand Marauder produce a gyros right now! - 4 votes B. Punch Marauder in the face, dude has it coming! - 2 votes C. Grudgingly agree to help...but there better not be a loving Anti-Marauder involved... - 6 votes "You have made the right decision, Mark Grace." Marauder seemed pleased, "Now, meet the rest of the team I have assembled for this mission to save the universe! Marauder gestured towards his cross-dimensional squad of Super-League All-Stars. "You are likely familiar with the Eri Yoshida of Earth-1", Marauder gestured towards Yoshida, who owns the world's slowest fastball, "And quite likely you've met the Mark Bellhorn of Earth-C, that would be the world where the original 2003 Cubs playthrough took place in." Mark Bellhorn stood there silently, as he was wont to do, his Cubs uniform covering the suit of chainmail he typically wore under his shirt. The Bell-Sword, a magical weapon that was half-baseball bat, half-mace, and all-confusingly named, hung by his side. "Wait, wait, is there really going to be continuity?" Mark Grace said with more than a hint of frustration, "I mean, holy gently caress, who cares which Earth is which! This is the sort of poo poo that made the last 20 years of DC Comics suck!" Marauder responded back with some annoyance of his own, "Hey, continuity is important! For example, it's important to recognize that this is the Mark Bellhorn that hung around with Smasher and the Cubs, and not the one who's on the Eazy W's. They're two different people!" Amazingly, this did little to make Grace happier with the situation, "Wait a loving minute, didn't Mark Bellhorn die at the end of the Cubs playthrough? I'm pretty sure that he got killed off, so how the hell is he here now?" Marauder furrowed his brow, he hadn't expected Grace to ask him that question, "Well, it's very complicated. Time and space aren't absolute, you see, so..." DECISION TIME Will Mark Grace... A. Demand Marauder reconcile continuity out of spite! B. Try and see if there is an Earth-Gyros! C. Meet the rest of Marauder's Cross-Dimensional Team of Heroes!
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Smasher Dynamo posted:For the record, the Spooners-Failures trade was approved, so no, the Cultists can't bid. All right, was about to ask! #RoadTo500 #RoadToGauntlet
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I'm betting on Radbourn being in the line up. He's got to be. C! Who cares about the detailsexcept for the crazy cool lore-tying bits, we have a team to meet and a multiverse to save! Monathin fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Jan 23, 2013 |
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C Maybe Marauder knows where to find a Reggie Jackson that does not suck.
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I feel good about a Gauntlet run, but I worry about bad rolls. Some of my guys are pretty drat inconsistent. And besides, even an 80% chance nine times in a row isn't something you want to hang your hat on. C I should probably rest Eddie Collins with Polanco - send down Michael Young. My (starting) pitching's never been better, I just can't enough of an offense.
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C, I'm enjoying this. Make Brooks Robinson the strong side of the 3B platoon (i.e. vs. RHP). Congratulations to the Bangers, I am looking forward to many brief occasions wearing the Triple Crown (or reigns as its component champions, assuming the likely outcome).
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C, also go Yoshida and Saint!
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Do that thing you said you would do in my team analysis (Waner back in for Oliva). Also, C
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A vs. Righties 3B Mcgraw LF Hamilton CF Speaker RF Snider SS Banks C Campanella 1B Kelley 2B Stephenson
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 : Excellent. Upon this coronation, permit me to caution my opponents, thusly: "Come not between the Marauder and his wrath." I ride to that destiny finally spun by giddy Fortune's furious fickle wheel.Haha, that is an inspiring banner filename. Rest Napoleon with Pop Lloyd, please. Yogi should have two days off in the Tornadoes series. B, one cannot adventure on an empty stomach. Perhaps we should have drunk the rocket fuel. UltimoDragonQuest posted:2B Stephenson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNIXBd-kgU
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Smasher, could you tell me who started my games this week, and in what order? In fact, looking at it, could you confirm that we somehow used a 3-man rotation this week? Is my Start On Short Rest slider at -5 as it should be? Did some kind of freak occurrence prevent Hendrix, Glavine, and Lolich from pitching a single inning combined? Actually, I think it's a pretty commendable job by Pappas to give up just 6 ER over 12.2 IP in such a situation. Even more amazing, Old Hoss allowed just 2 ER in 14 IP (though we somehow managed to lose those games a combined 10-1, great job guys). Too bad about Bender allowing 12 runs in 11 innings.  Anyway, the really important thing is, of course...  The Al McBean Watch This week, Elite Reliever Al McBean pitched two scoreless innings, with strikeouts accounting for 4 of his 6 outs. That brings his seasonal total to 10.1 IP, 18 K, 0.00 ERA, 1 S! It's an Al McBean life!
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Alright, apparently Bentancourt is no good for me this year. Let's recall Roberto Hernandez and send down Bentancourt to bridge this last week of Bedrosian's injury stint. Second matter of business is resting Thomas and Cronin before next week's series against the Bangers and Unicorns. Also, we're going to end Robinson's benching to see if he sucks less now and reset the vs LHP lineup because I have no idea what it is at this point. New lineups: vs RHP 3B Frisch LF Speaker C Torre/Martinez CF Charleston RF Robinson 1B Youkilis 2B Alomar SS Tejada P Pitcher vs LHP 2B Frisch LF Speaker RF Robinson 1B Thomas CF Charleston C Torre/Martinez 3B Youkilis SS Cronin P Pitcher Voting for C!
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This is no good. Two seasons of fringe contention and now I can't even get back to .500. poo poo. I'm going to give Kerry Billingsley at least one more week to figure it out, because it's not like I have any legitimately better options. With the return of Averill, I am going to shake up the lineup, however, in hopes I can get something, anything going. vs. LHP 1. 3B Willie Kamm 2. LF Stan Musial 3. 2B Joe Morgan 4. 1B Buck Leonard 5. RF Vladimir Guerrero 6. CF Earl Averill 7. SS Cal Ripken 8. C Johnny Bench vs. RHP 1. 3B Willie Kamm 2. LF Stan Musial 3. 2B Joe Morgan 4. 1B Buck Leonard 5. CF Earl Averill 6. RF Brian Giles 7. SS Cal Ripken 8. C Johnny Bench To make room for Giles on the roster, just send Hoyt Wilhelm down to AAA, reducing bullpen size.
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While I wait for the cold, inevitable hand of relegation, voting C.
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It's not that complicated, you just used trans-dimensional chrono-melding to grab Belhorn from before his death, as initiated by the Bartman paradox, whereas when something wholly regrettable happens to you personally, an alternate universe is spawned where you have a 50/50 chance of continuing life, based on Grit and Heart, of course, as all things are. Roll for gyros OBP Also, have any teams been abandoned? I'd like to do a lineup change for them if so. Just one. I'm not exactly sure how baseball works. That's the one with the wicket right? Some kind of sticks or something? And incredibly fashionable hats. Oh well, I watch pro wrestling a fair amount, I'm sure it's kinda the same thing.
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 Retuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn the Slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab Or Suffer my cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurse... This night, you will be visited by three plagues... Each worse than the laaaaast... Retuuuuuurn the slaaaaaaaab...
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An interdimensional team of superhero baseball players !?!? I vote C
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Back to a 5-man rotation this week due to last week's regrettable...whatever it was. gently caress the heck. Old Hoss Radbourn Chief Bender Tom Glavine Mickey Lolich Claude Hendrix Lolich should be set as the next starter. Please double-check that my Start On Short Rest slider is all the way down. Starters this week should go Lolich -> Hendrix -> Hoss -> Bender -> Glavine -> Lolich; any deviation will be most unfortunate. Whichever of my catchers has the better splits vs LHP catches for Hoss and Lolich. The other guy catches for the other three starters. We badly need to quit losing to bad teams and go at least 4-2 this week. We must stay in striking distance of the playoffs. One more week.
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Change to strategy. Updated values are bolded. Strategy (Rate on a scale from -5 to +5) Hit and Run: -2 Sacrifice Bunt: -5 Squeeze Play: -3 Trying for extra bases: +1 Stealing Bases: -1 Aggressively Tagging Up: 0 Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): -1 Giving Intentional Walks: -2 Pitching Around Good Hitters: +1 Bringing the Infield In: 0 Guarding the Lines: +1 Making Cutoff Throws: +1 Bringing in Pinch Hitters: +1 Bringing in Pinch Runners: +1 Bringing in Defensive Replacements: -1 Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: 0 Letting pitchers pitch through trouble: 0 Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: 0
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Oh, right, I have only away games this week, so I should change sliders too. Hit & Run: -2 Sac Bunt: -3 Squeeze: -4 Extra Bases: 0 Steal: -2 Tag Up: 2 IBB: -2 Pitch Around: -1 Guard Lines: 0
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Dynamo League Week 20 Injury Report Coburns Cliff Lee (SP) (Humungus did promise revenge!) - 29 days Tom Henke (RP) (And he is a man of his word) - 16 days Rockford Losers Al Alburquerque (RP) (Name just too loving hard to spell) - 16 days San Juan Elephants Wade Boggs (3B) (When pre-game chicken goes terribly wrong!) - 33 days
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Voting for C.
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I have the update ready, and it will be up tomorrow as a replacement for a normal SL update, but I first want to apologize for two things: 1) The last two days have SUCKED for me which is why I was gone. 2) Any order to "put X back in the lineup when they are healthy" was missed by me this month. I'd resim but I already had the entire update written and screenshotted before I found out, and to be honest I can't think of a case where it SEVERELY affected a team's chances. That being said, here's the: Expansion Cup VIII Injury Report - July Atlantis Aquamen SP Josh Johnson (anybody out there?) - 9 days LR Arthur Rhodes (Seriously) - 19 days SP Phil Niekro (you have some injury issues to address) - 22 days Canton Catastrophes 1B Jim Thome (wrote "hoot hoot hoot" down arm in Sharpie... and by "in Sharpie" I mean "with a box cutter") - 41 days Harvard Elites C Ted Simmons (Cram time!) - 4 days Idaho Potatoes 2B Rogers Hornsby (...) - 18 days Jacksonville Jobbers DH Frank Howard (botch) - 2 days 2B Rod Carew (bigger botch) - 29 days SP Johan Santana (well that settles that) - 67 days SR Bob Locker (Found Guilty in Wrestler's Court) - 112 days Lovable Losers OF Peanuts Lowrey (little too much heckling from the gallery) - 67 days Miami Manatees 3B Robin Ventura (I got nothin') - 2 days Omaha Forgettables SS Derek Jeter (Fractured wrist) - 22 days Patagonian Postmodernists SP Freddy Garcia (Ritual gone wrong) - 14 days CL Tippy Martinez (Ritual gone wrong) - 14 days SP Jhoulys Chacin (Scorekeeper pissed about having to write "Jhoulys") - 27 days 1B John Olerud (Trip to Antartica) - 79 days RVA Beard Leaguers SU Francisco Rodriguez (beard not to team specifications) - 8 days Sad Pandas SR Howie Pollet (Pollet's Pallets didn't do so well) - 7 days Tijuana Mules SP Fernando Valenzuela (Hiding from AZ Border Patrol) - 12 days Walney Rakers LF Burt Shotton (Shot at) - 10 days
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Grinnblade posted:Canton Catastrophes  gently caress me running. Paul Sorrento in for Thome for the duration of his injury. Let's hope he can cover Thome's major spot in the batting lineup. You've got one chance, Paul, don't let me down next month!
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All right, bunch of things to do following that trade: Lineup Send Gallaraga down, replace him with Gonzalez. Do the same with Biggio, and put Del Pratt on the bench. Same for Willie Wilson and Lankford. RF Harry Heilmann CF Ty Cobb 1B Adrian Gonzalez SS Joe Cronin 3B Scott Rolen LF Ray Lankford C Darrell Porter 2B Frank White P -- Pitching Send Pedro down and replace him with Oswalt. SP1 Ed Walsh (R) SP2 Johan Santana (L) SP3 Frank Smith (R) SP4 Doc White (L) SP5 Roy Oswalt (R)
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 Super-League VIII, Smasher League 19: The Amazing Adventures of El Greco Hombre Games of the Week Don May posted:
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Box Score   Better than the TVIV : If I can get through this update, I finally get a day off! So, let's get through this fast! Arguments are defending the TV Title against the Gumshoes, and the Gumshoes will win Game 1, as one bad inning from Butch Henry costs the Arguments the game. : Eddie Plank throws a shutout, and that Gumshoes will win their second TV Title to go along with their Heavyweight Title. : And the Gumshoes win once again, and they'll sweep the Arguments. How tragic. : Well, the Commies are up next, and they'll at least avoid the sweep by winning Game 1. : But the Commies lose big in Game 2, though they still have a chance to win the Television Title in the third game of this series. : Unless Eddie Plank shuts them out. Once again, the dream of a world where labor owns the means of production has been crushed by Eddie Murray. : That's it. Next week will be the Gumshoes-Smokers and then either the Gumshoes-Air Raids or Smokers-Maths. It's...probably not going to be the most exciting week.Team Statistics      Analysis Okay, that went as badly as it could have. Maybe put Cooper back in the rotation.      Analysis If you had this lineup from the beginning of the year, you'd probably be doing better. I don't know that you'd be leading the division or anything, but probably better.      Analysis Hernandez or McGriff would both be better at 1B...if you were still around, which you aren't.      Analysis Well, that about wraps up the division.      Analysis You still might survive the Gauntlet.      Analysis The case is never going to be closed!      Analysis Yeah, the Landers are going to make the playoffs by a lot.      Analysis Your next six games are against the Eazy W's and the Cultists. So, well, building a team is tough. Your next team will be better.      Analysis Not a great week, but the Cultists did worse, so the Mashers hold on to their playoff spot.      Analysis I don't know what exactly, but you have to do something.      Analysis If only you had just a little more luck.      Analysis Mike Pizza has failed you!      Analysis Good month, bad month, good month, bad month.      Analysis Okay, this isn't going to work.      Analysis Even your meddling can't blow this one.      Analysis Your team ERA is over 5. I'm willing to wager that just might have something to do with your struggles. Standings and Leaders     A. Demand Marauder reconcile continuity out of spite! - 1 vote B. Try and see if there is an Earth-Gyros! - 3 votes C. Meet the rest of Marauder's Cross-Dimensional Team of Heroes! - 12 votes Mark Grace wasn't happy to have to meet the rest of these losers, but what choice did he have. "Moving on," Marauder said with his typical confidence, "Here is Johnny Hopp from Earth-4', an planet where animals learned to talk. "That's right!" Grace was startled as the tiny white rabbit on the floor started talking to him, "And I can sort of play center field too!" "Does the rabbit have any other powers, like laser eyes...or telekinesis?" Grace was getting frustrated. Marauder, on the other hand, was starting to feel like things just might work out after all, "Well, no, but he's a rabbit who can talk! That has...uses, my friend." "What uses!" Mark Grace was on the verge of losing it, "What possible uses could a talking rabbit have when you're trying to prevent the universe from being destroyed?" Marauder sighed, "When the time is right, Mark, you will know. Oh, yes, you will know. Anyway, the last two members of the team are Rance Mullinix from Earth-78, where cyborgs evolved from men, and El Greco Hombre, who is from Earth-&, where pro wrestling and baseball are one and the same!" Marauder pointed out the last two members of the team, one a mechanized utility infielder, and the other one who was clearly Jack McDowell wearing a luchador mask. Now Mark Grace had seen enough... DECISION TIME Will Mark Grace... A. Accept this unlikely, ragtag band of heroes and save all of the universes! B. Demand a better team! C. Obligatory Gyros option!
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C. There will be gyros!
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Well, that was a splendid week. For the parity record, this team is only in its third season. DL Rickey, and it is time for the annual 'is Tommy Henrich any drat good this year' adventure in left fielding. Happily, I have already prepared an obligatory gyro-themed team member:  Though I suppose El Greco Hombre could whip you up some mean sliced lamb bits in the style of his erstwhile homeland.
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New Orleans Mashers Tell Dick Allen to go back to the bench and bring up Matt Williams in his spot. And Gyros.
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B for the off chance RANCE is part of the better team!
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Voting C. God drat it Mark Grace is getting a gyros. Clearly David Ortiz, starting first baseman, is not going to work well at all. Put him back on the bench for the week and start Youkilis at first in Ortiz's spot in the lineup. Also, send down Worrell since he's injured for the next four days, and call up Lee Smith. Slot him into Worrell's short relief spot. e: Assuming I can't use Hamilton for the next four weeks, I'd only be able to use him the last three of the season, right?
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mentholmoose posted:
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So, uh, what's the story with "Maybe Bernard Gilkey?" Is he confused and unsure due to being struck on the head by a fly ball whilst watching a UFO?
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