What If Sports: General Discussion, Questions and Comments

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Zamboni Jesus: Jul 3, 2007; We don't really care about what that bug-eyed fat walrus has to say

ArtVandelay posted:

MARIANO RIVERA. THERE IS NO OTHER ANSWER.

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AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Ron Guidry is another answer and an awesome answer.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 04:37

Devo: Jul 9, 2001; Caught Cubs Posting

Mariano made the all star game nearly every year of his career so I used him for that category instead.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 04:54

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Devo posted:

If you're not using 1981 Mike Schmidt you're doing it wrong.

You're even a Philly fan for chrissakes!

gently caress you im a Boggs man

# ? Feb 1, 2013 05:18

Devo: Jul 9, 2001; Caught Cubs Posting

Mike Schmidt is a superior slugger with a superior mustache

# ? Feb 1, 2013 05:23

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Mike Schmidt could only pound down 30 cans of beer on a cross country flight.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 05:30

Power of Pecota: Aug 4, 2007; Goodness no, now that wouldn't do at all!

Groucho Marxist posted:

Mike Schmidt could only pound down 30 cans of beer on a cross country flight.

So you're saying he's a little less than half of a Wade Boggs?

# ? Feb 1, 2013 05:39

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

What are the odds this is actually Nick Piecoro? http://www.whatifsports.com/user/profile/Games/SimLeagueBaseball/?user=nickpiecoro

# ? Feb 1, 2013 07:25

Nerokerubina: Jun 7, 2007; I think swords are neat. Do you think swords are neat?!

this is theoretically a stan team

it's not very good

# ? Feb 1, 2013 07:38

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

I thought about Bob, actually as an OFer and not as a pitcher, but wasn't sure he really fit the converted pitcher criteria since he, y'know, never stopped pitching.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 07:42

oldfan: Jul 22, 2007; "Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball."

AlleyViper posted:

I thought about Bob, actually as an OFer and not as a pitcher, but wasn't sure he really fit the converted pitcher criteria since he, y'know, never stopped pitching.

Bob blew out his arm in early 1892 and converted to an outfielder full-time for a season and change before drinking his way out of the league. Not only does he qualify but I was wondering if anyone would realize it.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 07:45

Nerokerubina: Jun 7, 2007; I think swords are neat. Do you think swords are neat?!

AlleyViper posted:

I thought about Bob, actually as an OFer and not as a pitcher, but wasn't sure he really fit the converted pitcher criteria since he, y'know, never stopped pitching.

his final season was at OF only but yes I checked with Jeff before using it.

I only know this because I tried to build the 1893 Reds in twist league with a rotation of Silver King/Bob fullstop

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AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Here I didn't even realize he played after '92, how 'bout that.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 08:24

Operaterp: Apr 6, 2008; FEAR THE TURTLE.

So, what ever happened with the whole Wad526 thing? Did they discover all his fake identities? Does he get in any trouble for all of this? And did he own multiple teams in Dimaggio all those years?

# ? Feb 1, 2013 16:27

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Power of Pecota posted:

So you're saying he's a little less than half of a Wade Boggs?

42.9% of Wade Boggs, to be exact.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 18:08

Scrotos: Sep 8, 2003

Operaterp posted:

So, what ever happened with the whole Wad526 thing? Did they discover all his fake identities? Does he get in any trouble for all of this? And did he own multiple teams in Dimaggio all those years?

I mean his decline started right with us becoming private and controlling who joins the world.

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ArtVandelay: Jul 13, 2004

Looks like we've got our Zodiac league number. Time to be depressed once Harper sucks

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ArtVandelay: Jul 13, 2004

So here is my Zodiac team. We're Talkin Hornsby, Ozzie, and the Harp! (bonus points to anyone who gets this reference)

# ? Feb 2, 2013 00:40

uublog: Jul 19, 2012; "World Champions. WORLD FUCKING CHAMPIONS." - Chase Utley, October 31, 2008; Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

ArtVandelay posted:

So here is my Zodiac team. We're Talkin Hornsby, Ozzie, and the Harp! (bonus points to anyone who gets this reference)

We're talkin' sim leagues... Dazzy and The Kid

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ArtVandelay: Jul 13, 2004

uublog posted:

We're talkin' sim leagues... Dazzy and The Kid

Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw

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AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Please tell me you don't only know that as a Simpsons reference.

# ? Feb 2, 2013 01:32

uublog: Jul 19, 2012; "World Champions. WORLD FUCKING CHAMPIONS." - Chase Utley, October 31, 2008; Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

ArtVandelay posted:

Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw

I just realized how much I want to make a team of only guys from that episode, would there be a better team name than that?

# ? Feb 2, 2013 01:34

ArtVandelay: Jul 13, 2004

AlleyViper posted:

Please tell me you don't only know that as a Simpsons reference.

If you're talking about the Natural, i've never actually seen it, but I know all the references.

I have no idea how i've never actually seen The Natural. I'm pretty ashamed of this.

# ? Feb 2, 2013 01:39

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

ArtVandelay posted:

If you're talking about the Natural,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWKA9Zi5-_Y

# ? Feb 2, 2013 01:40

ArtVandelay: Jul 13, 2004

AlleyViper posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWKA9Zi5-_Y

Ah yes, I do know this one, I just forgot about it. I'm just enough of a Simpsons freak that when I hear this, I always just think about that episode.

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saffi faildotter: Mar 2, 2007

ALSnake Presents: Mariano & the Diamonds, until I can think of a better name that doesn't get owned by character limits

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AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

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Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

ummm how is 2003 gagne so bad?

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BrooklynBruiser: Aug 20, 2006

How did 15 K/9 2003 Eric Gagne strike out 17 over 88 innings?

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saffi faildotter: Mar 2, 2007

Severe overuse, if I had to guess

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AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Male. Bi. Unix. posted:

Severe overuse, if I had to guess

Hasn't pitched at 100% since before Christmas

http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/playerprofile.asp?ID=35313644&pl=0&type=1

That team is 26-101, btw

e: I just realized that's not the worst team in this league. There is a 25-102 team with league average pitching but:

AlleyViper fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Feb 2, 2013

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foolish_fool: Jul 22, 2010

That sure is a thing. The "game of the week" is a DOMINICAN BOGGS OR X team getting flogged.

# ? Feb 3, 2013 02:01

ArtVandelay: Jul 13, 2004

There are a lot of terrible parks in this 2 man band league. Bonds outside of Coors may not be too hot.

# ? Feb 3, 2013 05:54

gardenald: Jul 23, 2007; In the end, it comes down to throwing one pitch after another, and seeing what happens. With each new consequence, the game begins to take shape.

I still haven't decided if devoting 1/6th of my zodiac league budget to Babe Ruth is brilliant or terrible

# ? Feb 3, 2013 20:45

saffi faildotter: Mar 2, 2007

Unless I'm very much mistaken, you can't have Ruth and Aaron/Maddux/Kent/Schmidt on account of Ruth being AL and the rest of those guys being NL, so I hope that solves the problem for you

# ? Feb 3, 2013 21:31

gardenald: Jul 23, 2007; In the end, it comes down to throwing one pitch after another, and seeing what happens. With each new consequence, the game begins to take shape.

Male. Bi. Unix. posted:

Unless I'm very much mistaken, you can't have Ruth and Aaron/Maddux/Kent/Schmidt on account of Ruth being AL and the rest of those guys being NL, so I hope that solves the problem for you

Yeah, it pretty much does, doesn't it.

# ? Feb 4, 2013 07:01

Bob Shabazz: Oct 21, 2008; At 12:17 a.m. MU police spotted Mauk, 19, run a stop sign while driving his scooter east on Kentucky Boulevard - with two female passengers on board.

My three captains in RC:

Tom Seaver: 1-8 with a 6.85 ERA
Willie Montanez: .220/.295/.430
Kenny Lofton: nearly 10M for an OPS below .800

And I'm 34-16 :what:

# ? Feb 4, 2013 22:03

oldfan: Jul 22, 2007; "Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball."

1994 captain Edgar Martinez is worse than most of the bad horses

# ? Feb 4, 2013 22:06

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Good players: '85 McGee, '72 Dick Allen, '85 Tudor
Bad players: basically everybody else

It's especially hard to win when not only is your bullpen this bad, but sparky mismanages it so poorly in game that Dennis Bennett regularly gets called into the game because I run out of relievers

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Devo: Jul 9, 2001; Caught Cubs Posting

C'mon someone come take over TBB's prog team. You've got a good shot at the first pick.

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