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 SLIX Playoff Roster LINEUPS vs RHP CF Speaker LF O'Doul 3B Youkilis 1B Thomas C Torre SS Cronin RF Robinson 2B Alomar P Pitcher vs LHP CF Speaker SS Cronin RF Robinson 1B Thomas C Torre 3B Youkilis LF O'Doul 2B Kent P Pitcher Bench C Martinez -- No personal catcher orders SS Tejada IF Frisch LF Raines RF Oliva PITCHING SP1 Paige SP2 Drysdale SP3 Seaver SP4 Koosman CL Smoltz SU Bedrosian SR Wetteland SR Myers MR Rhodes LR Sabathia MU Fernandez
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Dynamo League Division Series Preview: Cleveland Unicorns vs. Burma Imperialists Vital Statistics Owner: IceMole Location: Cleveland, OH Home Grounds: Progressive Field Founded: (v1) Super-League I, (v2) Super-League III Record: 88-74, Sic Transit Vir Division Champions Runs Scored: 733 (4.52 per game) Runs Allowed: 641 (3.95 per game) All-Time Playoff Record: 8-8, 1 Series Win The Unicorns are tenacity personified. This is a team that is not only the last surviving team from its Expansion Cup Class, it's the last surviving team from any of the first three Expansion Cup classes. That's right, out of the forty or so teams that entered the Super-League in those three seasons, only the Unicorns are still standing. Is that because they're a particularly good team? Well, not really. If we're being honest, they've usually been competent, sometimes even fringe contenders, but they've never really been great. Part of that is because they've had the pleasure of spending the first six seasons of their existence locked in the same division as the Fukuoka Finger-Bangers, who just might be the greatest Super-League team in history. For obvious reasons, that's held them back quite a bit. While they made the playoffs in each of their first seasons (SL III and SL IV), they haven't been back since then, and while being the only team to ever defeat the Boston Skyhawks in a postseason series is a nice accomplishment, it does not do much to mask the grim reality that it's been over a year in real-life since they've made it this far. A win here would make all of that suffering seem somewhat more purposeful, as if they years of watching Marauder smack around the Unicorns was somehow leading to this moment. A loss would just mean that IceMole would shake his head, open up another beer, and wait for next season. After all, he's from Cleveland, he's used to this sort of poo poo. In terms of roster construction, the Unicorns have been running out essentially the same roster since Super-League III. A bunch of deadball pitchers led by Deacon Phillippe leads their rotation, which has usually been relatively decent, even if it has lost some of its luster over the past few seasons as teams have gotten a bit more sophisticated in handling deadball pitchers in general. On the offensive side of the ball, they're almost two different teams. On the one hand, you have the Bonds/McGwire/Evans section of the lineup, which is essentially the three true outcomes personified. On the other, you have the Wagner/Billy Herman/Clarke/Youngs side of the equation, which is all about contact hitting. It's still an open question about how well those two different approaches meld together although, as of late, IceMole has appeared to be favoring the sabermetric side of the lineup, as Dwight Evans will be starting in RF over Ross Youngs in this series.  Vital Statistics Owner: Viscount Slim Location: Mandalay, Burma Home Grounds: Old Moulmein Pagoda Founded: Super-League V Record: 95-67, Memento Mori Champions Runs Scored: 770 (4.75 per game) Runs Allowed: 691 (4.26 per game) All-Time Playoff Record: 1-6, 0 Series Wins The Imperialists are always just a half-step away. Let's start with the positives. After last season, where the Imperialists slumped to a 75-87 record and had to survive essentially the entire Gauntlet in order to make it into Super-League IX, this season was a piece of cake. The Imperialists rather easily won their division this time around, with a rash of injuries striking the other teams in their division, and their pitching finally coming together in the most explosive way possible. That said, the Imperialists don't exactly have a great history of playoff success. The problem appears to be that while their pitching, for the most part, has been good, it usually has not been great, and its depth, which has been helpful in regular seasons past, does not mean as much when three starters are making almost all of the starts. This season, Joe Wood was dominant, but he also got to face a lot of bad lineups, and the Unicorns will not be as accommodating. As for the offense, the Imperialists have bunched a lot of good players (Bagwell, Mathews/Williams, Yount), a couple of great ones (Henderson, Collins), and some dregs (the disastrous catcher platoon), and hoped for the best. Obviously, this has not be a particularly good strategy, though it has served them well so far. Having so many holes on offense has led the Imperialists to heavily utilize platoons in their lineups, which has had mixed results, because there's just no way in heaven or earth that Danny Tartabull is going to be impressive under any circumstances ever. Not even when he was on Seinfield POSITIONAL BREAKDOWN! Catcher '10 Brian McCann (L) (CLU) (.270/.320/.424, 12 HR, 25 2B) '07 Russell Martin (R) (CLU) (.252/.352/.388, 2 HR, 6 2B) vs. '61 Johnny Roseboro (L) (BUR) (.230/.298/.337, 4 HR, 7 2B) '95 Sandy Alomar (R) (BUR) (.250/.293/.336, 1 HR, 5 2B) Two platoons, but only one of them has been even mildly productive. Granted, Johnny Roseboro hasn't had that much playing time, but he was never much of a bat anyway. EDGE: Unicorns First Baseman '90 Mark McGwire (R) (CLU) (.244/.350/.549, 48 HR, 25 2B) vs. '94 Jeff Bagwell (R) (BUR) (.263/.349/.441, 26 HR, 25 2B, 11 SB) Both have had roughly similar seasons except that McGwire hit 22 more home runs. Now, I'll be the first to admit that Jeff Bagwell is the better baserunner and fielder, but he'd have to be the Flash to make up the difference here. Given the way DC Comics is heading, there's a pretty good chance that in one of these reboots, they will make Jeff Bagwell the Flash, but until that happens, it's pretty clear who the winner is. Of course, if they did make Bagwell the Flash, they probably kill him off six months later and bring back Barry Allen. EDGE: Unicorns Second Baseman '34 Billy Herman (R) (CLU) (.295/.355/.447, 4 HR, 18 2B, 3 3B, 3 SB in 237 AB) vs. '11 Eddie Collins (L) (BUR) (.328/.380/.431, 2 HR, 29 2B, 10 3B, 23 SB) Billy Herman, who was an original member of the Skyhawks for those keeping track, has been very good in limited action. But those numbers are products of a small sample size and, even then, he's still only about as good as Collins, and given that Collins was better historically and in the Super-League, this is another obvious choice. EDGE: Imperialists Third Baseman '73 Darrell Evans (L) (CLU) (.254/.347/.455, 29 HR, 23 2B) vs. '54 Eddie Mathews (L) (BUR) (.232/.304/.398, 13 HR, 13 2B) '91 Matt Williams (R) (BUR) (.269/.298/.438, 12 HR, 14 2B) The Imperialists are trying to make the best of a bad situation by platooning Mathews and Williams, but it hasn't being going well. Mathews just hasn't been able to find a rhythm and Williams still can't draw a walk to save his life. Admittedly, Mathews should be performing better, but he hasn't been, and Evans has been solid all season. EDGE: Unicorns Shortstop '03 Honus Wagner (R) (CLU) (.298/.352/.385, 2 HR, 31 2B, 10 3B, 35 SB) vs. '75 Robin Yount (R) (BUR) (.320/.377/.464, 2 HR, 3 3B, 6 2B in 125 ABs) It's not clear who Viscount Slim is actually going to play in SS during the series. Yount is currently slotted in, but Alomar played there for most of the season. For the purposes of this preview, it's an academic post, as Wagner is better than either by a comfortable margin. To the extent that Yount is doing better at the moment, it's a statistical illusion as any owner who has used Yount will be able to tell you. EDGE: Unicorns Left Fielder '86 Barry Bonds (L) (CLU) (.239/.356/.420, 12 HR, 12 2B in 276 ABs) vs. '89 Rickey Henderson (R) (BUR) (.308/.398/.484, 19 HR, 36 2B, 61 SB) Now this is interesting. Bonds would eventually become the better player, but in 1986, Bonds was just a sprightly outfielder who was still over a decade away from chemically enhancing himself to a baseball demi-god. Even at this point, though, Bonds is a walk-drawing machine with mid-range power, and that's not nothing. On the other hand, Henderson had a fantastic season and is probably the better fielder than Bonds, who never did have much of an arm. EDGE: Imperialists Center Fielder '06 Ken Griffey, Jr. (L) (CLU) (.238/.296/.383, 10 HR, 2 2B) '24 Hack Wilson (R) (CLU) (.218/.282/.346, 9 HR, 19 2B) vs. '00 Jim Edmonds (L) (BUR) (.248/.320/.422, 13 HR, 19 2B) '80 Cesar Cedeno (R) (BUR) (.296/.356/.453, 9 HR, 27 2B, 17 SB) Battle of the platoons! Center field has been a week point for the Unicorns forever, and IceMole has...never done anything about that. Old Griffey and Young Hack just aren't really good enough to be much help for their team, as they aren't much defensively. The 19 home runs combined is nice, but it's still the least productive position for the Unicorns offense. The Edmoncs/Cedeno platoon hasn't been dominant, but it's been better. EDGE: Imperialists Right Fielder '75 Dwight Evans (R) (CLU) (.351/.520/.514, 1 HR, 3 2B in 37 ABs) vs. '08 Carlos Beltran (S) (BUR) (.251/.320/.462, 19 HR, 23 2B) '89 Danny Tartabull (R) (BUR) (.263/.337/.363, 1 HR, 5 2B) I don't really like either option here. Granted, since the Unicorns aren't going to start any lefties, Tartabull won't start any of these games, but I don't even like the theory of him being a starter under any circumstance. EDGE: Unicorns Bench '24 Frankie Frisch (S) (CLU) (.241/.278/.312, 4 HR, 23 2B, 17 SB) '07 Rafael Furcal (S) (CLU) (.221/.275/.305, 1 HR, 5 2B, 4 SB) '24 Ross Youngs (L) (CLU) (.260/.317/.345, 2 HR, 18 2B, 7 3B, 11 SB) '03 Fred Clarke (L) (CLU) (.312/.365/.412, 6 HR, 11 2B, 4 3B, 13 SB) vs. '97 Roberto Alomar (S) (BUR) (.261/.317/.388, 8 HR, 19 2B, 7 3B, 12 SB) '00 Placido Polanco (R) (BUR) (.195/.209/.235, 6 2B) All terrible, but Fred Clarke might be helpful as a defensive substitute, whereas Polanco is completely useless and Alomar will either be starting, and therefore moving Yount to this spot, or else be completely useless on the bench. EDGE: Unicorns SP1 '03 Deacon Phillippe (R) (CLU) (16-15, 3.54 ERA, 246.2 IP, 81 Ks) vs. '?? Hilton Smith (R) (BUR) (14-5, 2.32 ERA, 213.0 IP, 122 Ks) Combined, these two teams are going to send exactly one power pitcher to the mound in this series. That's really something. Anyway, these are the two nominal aces of each team, and both have been on these teams basically forever. Phillippe has probably been a bit better in the Super-League in past seasons, but Smith was a lot better this season. EDGE: Imperialists SP2 '03 Sam Leever (R) (CLU) (14-13, 3.28 ERA, 250.0 IP, 77 Ks) vs. '?? Martin Dihigo (R) (BUR) (20-5, 2.87 ERA, 210.0 IP, 100 Ks) On the plus side, the Unicorns have gotten their money's worth out of Sam Leever. 250 innings pitched? That's pretty impressive. Unfortunately, there's only nine innings in a playoff game, so marginally more endurance doesn't really make much of a difference, and Dihigo has been better in just about every other way. EDGE: Imperialists SP3 '71 Catfish Hunter (R) (CLU) (17-9, 3.27 ERA, 247.2 IP, 123 Ks) vs. '15 Joe Wood (R) (BUR) (21-6, 2.84 ERA, 228.1 IP, 210 Ks) Again, great job by the Unicorns getting the most out of Catfish. It's just that Wood had the best season of any pitcher in the Super-League this season. EDGE: Imperialists SP4 '10 Cy Young (R) (CLU) (7-7, 3.00 ERA, 129.0 IP, 44 Ks) vs. '37 Bob Feller (R) (BUR) (1-3, 3.20 ERA, 50.2 IP, 31 Ks) It's not clear that Feller will make a Game 4 start. First, because there might not be a Game 4, and second, because Viscount Slim might prefer Don Sutton for this spot. Oddly enough, the exact same thing is true for the Unicorns, who similarly have a Sutton waiting in the wings. As things stands though, I'll go with the old man over the teenager. EDGE: Unicorns Bullpen '07 Takashi Saito (R) (CLU) (2-6, 4.70 ERA, 51.2 IP, 32 Ks, 32 Svs) '07 Jonathan Broxton (R) (CLU) (4-1, 4.48 ERA, 70.1 IP, 69 Ks, 1 Sv) '07 Hong-Chih Kuo (L) (CLU) (4-6, 2.95 ERA, 73.1 IP, 59 Ks, 1 Sv) '01 Keith Foulke (R) (CLU) (4-3, 2.08 ERA, 39.0 IP, 40 Ks, 2 Svs) '24 Virgil Barnes (R) (CLU) (3-2, 3.81 ERA, 59.0 IP, 20 Ks, 2 Svs) '24 Art Nehf (L) (CLU) (3-3, 2.65 ERA, 68.0 IP, 19 Ks, 2 Svs) vs. '07 Jonathan Papelbon (R) (BUR) (8-5, 3.45 ERA, 70.1 IP, 71 Ks, 38 Svs) '77 Dennis Eckersley (R) (BUR) (4-6, 5.22 ERA, 60.1 IP, 33 Ks, 1 Sv) '00 Mike Timlin (R) (BUR) (1-4, 3.34 ERA, 62.0 IP, 27 Ks, 2 Svs) '75 Rawly Eastwick (R) (BUR) (0-0, 2.30 ERA, 31.1 IP, 13 Ks, 2 Svs) '66 Sam McDowell (L) (BUR) (3-2, 6.92 ERA, 67.2 IP, 72 Ks, 2 Svs) '19 Lefty Williams (L) (BUR) (1-1, 10.32 ERA, 11.1 IP, 7 Ks, 0 Svs) '70 Andy Messersmith (R) (BUR) (8-14, 4.34 ERA, 199.0 IP, 136 Ks) I hate both of these bullpens. EDGE: Whoever gets to face the winner in the next round In conclusion, who the hell knows who's going to win. The Imperialists have a better top of the rotation, the Unicorns' offense makes me want to die less. Also, if I told you who I thought was going to win, it would gently caress with the pick 'em. Tomorrow! I may or may not do this for the Mercuries/Cultists series. Unless someone does it for me, or I don't feel like doing it.
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/\ I always like the previews! And you hate every bullpen. It's great.theacox posted:Gauntlet changes: Based on my substantial Gauntlet experience, it uses a DH. Meusel had a strong arm - and you have two Babes Ruth in the field. Just saying. Speaking of which, Smasher, is Sadaharu Oh or the Babe the best bet in right field?
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Archie Goodwin posted:/\ I always like the previews! And you hate every bullpen. It's great. How old is your Ruth?
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 We're gonna be wished well on our future endeavors, but let's make lineups and rotations and junk. vs. lefties - no DH 1. LF Rickey Henderson 2. 2B Rod Carew 3. 3B David Wright 4. RF Gary Sheffield 5. SS Cal Ripken Jr. 6. 1B Harmon Killebrew 7. CF Ken Griffey Jr. 8. C Chris Hoiles 9. Pitcher vs. righties - no DH 1. LF Rickey Henderson 2. 2B Rod Carew 3. RF Gary Sheffield 4. 1B Bill White 5. SS Cal Ripken Jr. 6. CF Ken Griffey Jr. 7. 3B David Wright 8. C Darrell Porter 9. Pitcher vs. lefties w/ DH 1. LF Rickey Henderson 2. 2B Rod Carew 3. 3B David Wright 4. RF Gary Sheffield 5. SS Cal Ripken Jr. 6. 1B Harmon Killebrew 7. DH Frank Howard 8. CF Ken Griffey Jr. 9. C Chris Hoiles vs. righties w/ DH 1. LF Rickey Henderson 2. 2B Rod Carew 3. RF Gary Sheffield 4. 1B Harmon Killebrew 5. DH Tony Oliva 6. SS Cal Ripken Jr. 7. CF Ken Griffey Jr. 8. 3B David Wright 9. C Darrell Porter Bench: 1B Carlos Delgado 2B Ray Durham OF Chet Lemon Rotation: 1. Mike Mussina 2. Jim Bunning 3. Tommy John 4. Kevin Brown Mopup: Jim Kaat Closer: Billy Wagner Setup: Dennis Eckersley Short Relief: Trevor Hoffman Short Relief: Bob Locker Middle Relief: Robb Nen Long Relief: Josh Johnson Minors: RP Pedro Feliciano 1B Bill White SP Togie Pittinger SP Bill Dinneen SP Wilbur Wood C Ramon Martinez 2B Snuffy Stirnweiss If we somehow get through the guantlet, we still want 1965 Pete Richert on our roster! I spelled his name right! Sliders! Hit and Run: +1 Sacrifice Bunt: -3 Squeeze Play: -2 Trying for extra bases: +3 Stealing Bases: +3 Aggressively Tagging Up: +1 Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): 0 Giving Intentional Walks: +1 Pitching Around Good Hitters: +1 Bringing the Infield In: 0 Guarding the Lines: 0 Making Cutoff Throws: +2 Bringing in Pinch Hitters: +1 Bringing in Pinch Runners: 0 Bringing in Defensive Replacements: +1 Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: 0 Letting pitchers pitch through trouble: 0 Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: +1
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Smasher Dynamo posted:How old is your Ruth? Quite young, from the 1910s, I believe. Drafted him as "the one the Losers don't pick." Still, question answered. Thanks. Gauntlet roster tomorrow morning.
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 Gauntlet Lineup Vs LHP 1. Walker - RF 2. Gehringer - 2B 3. Williams - LF 4. Aaron - CF 5. Greenberg - 1B 6. Cepeda - DH 7. Hart - 3B 8. York - C 9. Fletcher - SS New Lineup Vs RHP 1. Walker - RF 2. Gehringer - 2B 3. Williams - LF 4. Cepeda - DH 5. Greenberg - 1B 6. Aaron - CF 7. Haller - C 8. Hart - 3B 9. Rogell - SS Pitching Rotation/Bullpen 1. Carl Hubbell 2. Christy Mathewson 3. Gaylord Perry 4. Dan Haren 5/Mopup. Rube Marquard Short Relief #1. Jonny Venters Short Relief #2. JJ Putz Middle Relief. Bobby Bolin Long Relief. Jake Peavy Setup. Craig Kimbrel Closer. Goose Gossage
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Super-League Wrestling Worker Creation Form FILL THIS poo poo OUT! Name: Jeff Jocks Age: 28 Gender: Male Nationality: American Style: Entertainer Size: Middleweight Wears a Mask?: No Gimmick: Webcartoonist. Obsessed with obscure metal bands, perverted robots and Adam Dunn. Finisher: Apocryphal Material Name: J.K. Mulholland Age: 32 Gender: Male Nationality: American Style: Technician Size: Middleweight Wears a Mask?: No, but has a beard that could swallow the Republic of Georgia whole Gimmick: Webcartoonist, has a fondness for alcohol, beating the hell out of plushie fetishists, and theater. Finisher: Something Negative These two are the tag-team known as "The Wacom-edy Duo." You don't like the name, they'll bitch about you in their comic's blog page.
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 Unspecifieds Gauntlet Roster Lineup vs. R 1. 1915 Tris Speaker, CF 2. 1951 Yogi Berra, C 3. 1929 Paul Waner, RF 4. 2011 Miguel Cabrera, 1B 5. 1989 George Brett, DH 6. 1997 Derek Jeter, SS 7. 1911 Home Run Baker, 3B 8. 1918 Rogers Hornsby, 2B 9. 1910 Joe Jackson, LF Lineup vs. L 1. Speaker, CF 2. Jeter, SS 3. Waner, RF 4. Cabrera, 1B 5. 1984 Lance Parrish, C 6. 1929 Pie Traynor, 3B 7. Hornsby, 2B 8. Brett, DH 9. Jackson, LF Bench: 1910 Sam Crawford, LF 1970 Jim Fregosi, SS 1965 Tony Oliva, OF Rotation 1965 Jim Kaat 1918 Dazzy Vance 1958 Whitey Ford 2011 Doug Fister 2012 Jered Weaver Bullpen: CL 1989 Dennis Eckersley 1994 John Wetteland 1997 Rick Aguilera 1997 Eddie Guardado 2009 Cliff Lee 1931 Tommy Bridges Minors: 1965 Al Worthington 2003 Jose Valverde 1965 Jim Perry 1918 Red Ames 1968 Bill Freehan 1965 Don Mincher 1965 Bill Pleis 1993 Mark Wohlers 1978 Dave Parker 1965 Jimmie Hall 1929 Burleigh Grimes 1950 Nellie Fox blackmongoose fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Apr 28, 2013 |
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If anyone wants to do the Divisional Series Post, or if SmasherDynamo doesn't mind me doing some of the legwork, you can get a populated post without commentary here: http://pastebin.com/vFejz35y
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 Barons Gauntlet Roster I really could've written that screed on Farscape, you know. That was a hell of a show. One of the best things about it was that the aliens weren't all just humans with forehead bumps, and the fact that one species was very physically similar to humanity caused huge problems for John. The aliens in that show really were alien, and they did a hell of a job with it considering the budget that show had to work with. It should've gotten one more season to finish things up. Lineup: SS Wagner DH Rice 1B Fielder LF Musial 3B Bell CF Lynn RF Slaughter C Fisk 2B Schoendienst Bench: C Rice IF Hemus 3B Robinson OF Yastrzemski OF Maris Rotation: SP Clarkson SP Maddux SP Adams SP Camnitz SP Hendrix CL Eck SU Drago SR Marshall SR Rodriguez MR Hassler LR Cooper Minors: OF Carey OF Slaughter P Oswalt P Leifield P Stanley P Johnson P O'Toole P Torrez P Campbell
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If anyone has seen Monathin anywhere, please ask him to report to the Super-League Thread ASAP. He has roster files that are needed to finish up the EC post-haste. Thanks!
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Smasher Dynamo posted:
If I've done anything stupid because I'm an expansion owner who has no idea what the gently caress, please correct/ridicule as necessary
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 GAUNTLET STADIUM Panda's Last Refuge, Wenquan (China), elevation 16,467 feet ASL Domed Stadium (to ensure oxygen can be supplied) Artificial Turf (grass doesn't grow this high) Left Field: 367 / Left Center Field: 399 / Center Field: 415 / Right Center Field: 343 / Right Field: 323 Infield Quality: Excellent Infield Grass: High Visibility: Good Foul Ground: Large Let's hit some dingers into space! GAUNTLET LINEUP Vs RHP 1. RF: Stan Musial 2. 1B: Albert Pujols 3. CF: Mickey Mantle 4. C: Yogi Berra 5. LF: Enos Slaughter ('42) 6. DH: Nick Johnson 7. 3B: Robin Ventura 8. SS: Gil McDougald 9. 2B: Nellie Fox Vs LHP 1. RF: Stan Musial 2. CF: Mickey Mantle 3. 1B: Albert Pujols 4. DH: Ryan Braun 5. C: Yogi Berra 6. 3B: Gil McDougald 7. LF: Enos Slaughter ('42) 8. 2B: Jose Vidro 9. SS: Marty Marion Bench (players not in either lineup) C Walker Cooper LF Enos Slaughter ('54) PITCHERS SP1 Walter Johnson SP2 Roy Halladay SP3 Mort Cooper SP4 Kevin Brown SP5 Whitey Ford CL Jim Johnson SU Chad Bradford SR Bob Feller SR Howie Pollet MR Lon Warneke LR Ben Sheets SLIDERS Strategy (Rate on a scale from -5 to +5) Hit and Run: +1 Sacrifice Bunt: 0 Squeeze Play: -1 Trying for extra bases: +1 Stealing Bases: 0 Aggressively Tagging Up: +1 Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): 0 Giving Intentional Walks: -2 Pitching Around Good Hitters: -1 Bringing the Infield In: +1 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: +1 Letting pitchers pitch through trouble: +3 Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: +3
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Phenomenally Low-Effort Smasher League Division Series Preview: R'yleh Cultists vs. Queens Mecuries Vital Statistics Owner: CthulhuDreams Location: Dunwich, MA Home Grounds: Sunken R'lyeh Founded: Super-League VII Record: 98-64 Runs Scored: 920 (5.68 per game) Runs Allowed: 651 (4.02 per game) All-Time Playoff Record: 1-3, 1 Appearance, 0 Series Wins  Vital Statistics Owner: Senerio Location: Queens, NY Home Grounds: Shea Park Founded: (v1) Super-League II, (v2) Super-League IX Record: 98-64 Runs Scored: 879 (5.53 per game) Runs Allowed: 714 (4.41 per game) All-Time Playoff Record: Is something. The Parks Cultists transferred to Neutral Field after playing in a slight pitchers park for balance of the season. Mecuries are in Shea Park, 113 HR factor, 103 R factor. Positional Breakdown! Catcher '30 Gabby Hartnett (R) (RYL) .255 / .324 / .388 with 9 HRs and 1 SB vs. '28 Mickey Cochrane (L) (QUE) .323 / .373 / .459 with 7 HRs and 2 Stolen Bases '69 Carlton Fisk (R) (QUE) .279 / .313 / .412 with 5 HRs Three hall of famers here, and all of them are generally considered to be among the ten best catchers to ever play. That said, this is a pretty easy choice. Hartnett had a good season, but Cochrane and Fisk had better ones, and while one could argue that is because they were platooned with each other, the fact is that they are still going to be platooned in this series, making that a non-issue. EDGE: Mercuries First Base '09 Albert Pujols (R) .289 / .364 / .490 with 25 HRs and 6 SBs vs. '88 Mike Greenwell (L) .289 / .332 / .416 with 10 HRs and 3 SB This isn't even a real discussion. Next season, when Yaz is healthy again and manning the spot for the Mercuries, it might be a more interesting question, though I'd probably lean the same way. Now, though? It's Pujols, the greatest hitter of this era, against Greenwell, who isn't even a real first baseman. EDGE: Cultists Second Base '30 Rogers Hornsby (R) .300 / .353 / .492 with 19 HRs and 7 SBs. vs. '49 Bobby Doerr (R) .246 / .289 / .365 with 12 HR and 0 SB Doerr definitely should have hit better. Of course, even if he had, Hornsby would have still been the superior hitter in all likelihood, but it would at least be closer. The case for Doerr involves him being a better fielder, but given the gap in offensive production, I can't see how that would work. EDGE: Cultists Third Base '64 Ron Santo .264 / .342 / .391 with 14 HRs and 1 SB vs. '88 Wade Boggs .293 / .356 / .396 with 4 HR and 1 SB Now this is a tough one. Boggs is a better hitter, but only marginally so, and Santo is the better fielder. Also, Santo has more power, and probably a bit more speed. More importantly, though, Santo was a Cub. EDGE: Cultists Shortstop '39 Arky Vaughan .296 / .353 / .417 with 7 HRs and 3 SBs vs. '49 Vern Stephens .254 / .293 / .366 with 10 HRs Not really much of a contest, really. EDGE: Cultists Left Field '64 Billy Williams .287 / .321 / .464 with 9 HRs and '35 Bob Johnson .254 / .318 / .435 with 8 HRs vs. '49 Ted Williams .319 / .416 / .554 with 34 HRs Gee, I wonder who is going to win this one? It's a real thinker... EDGE: Mercuries Center Field '11 Tris Speaker .312 / .366 / .432 with 5 HRs, 51 2Bs and 17 SBs vs. '49 Dom DiMaggio .283 / .336 / .376 with 4 HRs and 4 SBs Dom DiMaggio was a great fielder, probably the best fielding outfielder of his time. Of course, Speaker was one of the best fielders of his era too, and was a much, much better hitter, to the point where he still holds the career record for doubles. EDGE: Cultists Right Field '59 Stan Musial .280 / .336 / .440 with 11 HRs and '08 Carlos Beltran .258 / .315 / .386 with 2 HRs and 3SBs (  Beltran has a small sample size there)vs. '26 Kiki Cuyler .305 / .341 / .419 with 5 HRs and 5 SBs or '88 Dwight Evans .245 / .283 / .436 with 4 homers in a small sample size More platoons! Neither of them are exactly good platoons, of course, as apparently neither team felt any pressure at any point to actually find a good right fielder, figuring that they could just slot whatever spare outfielders they had lying around and hope for the best. I'll admit that this strategy has gotten them this far, but a team like the Landers or Rockford Losers could eat them alive. At any rate, I like the Cultists marginally better here. EDGE: Cultists Designated Hitter '99 Mike Pizza (R) .296 / .344 / .451 with 20 HRs vs. '69 Reggie Smith (S) .257 / .313 / .414 with 18 HRs and 3 SBs '88 Jim Rice (R) .246 / .292 / .408 with 7 HRs Reggie Smith was better than people remember, although no one remembers him, so I'm not sure how helpful a comment that is. The ghost of Jim Rice probably isn't going to be much help to anyone, though he did flash some power during the regular season. Even still, I'll go with the greatest hitting catcher in Major League history. EDGE: Cultists Pitching SP 1 '01 Christy Mathewson (R) (22-7, ERA 2.72 with 225.1 IP and 93Ks) vs. '88 Roger Clemens (R) (20-10, ERA 3.98, 244 IP, 207Ks) Control vs. Power! My usually inclination is to go with power, but, looking at the peripherals, Mathewson did have a better season, and also I don't want to deal with CthulhuDream's complaining if I picked Clemens here. EDGE: Cultists SP 2 '22 Walter Johnson (R) (14-6 with a 3.68 ERA, 220 IP and 117Ks) vs. '27 Lefty Grove (L) (15-9, ERA 3.59, 248.1 IP, 117 Ks) Two of the best pitchers. But Grove is a lot younger, and was a bit better during the regular season, and the Cultists seem a bit less threatening against a left-hander, if only because Johnson and Beltran aren't quite as good as Williams and Musial. EDGE: Mercuries SP 3 '11 Ray Collins (R) (20-7 ERA 3.24 225 IP 76 Ks) vs. '06 Justin Verlander (R) (6-3 ERA 4.37, 127.2 IP, 88Ks) I don't believe in Ray Collins EDGE: Mercuries SP 4 '78 Steve Carlton (L) (11-13 4.53 ERA, 224.1 IP, 134Ks) vs. '18 Joe Bush (R) (6-4, ERA 2.55 IP 74.0, 38Ks) I still think Carlton is a bit better than his stats, and don't like Bullet Joe's lack of power. It's a close one, probably closer than it should be, but... EDGE: Cultists Bullpen In collecting all of the stats for me, CthulhuDreams wrote about the bullpens that: "I cannot be bothered to assemble all the stats, but in short the Mercuries have a terrible bullpen, and the Cultists have one that is even worse" Well put. In summary, these teams aren't really that even. The Cultists are the definite favorites here, but the Mercuries have a decent chance of an upset.
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For Expansion Owners Only! Pick 'em: Gauntlet Round 1 Pick TWO to survive! Harvard Elites Lombard St. Gumshoes Lovable Losers Million Dollar Men Smasher Dynamo fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Apr 28, 2013 |
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e: It was worth a shot.
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Queens Mercuries Franchise Playoff record Super League II: Smasher League Wild Card: Beat the Chicago Blood Sox in 5 (3-6, 0-1, 6-2, 5-3, 8-5) Beat the Framingham Fillies in 6 (3-4, 3-4, 6-2, 8-3, 4-3, 8-6) This series brought to you by the numbers 4 and 3 Lost to Boston Skyhawks in 6 (5-7, 0-7, 2-3, 7-2, 6-5, 3-4) Super League III:  Mark Bellhorn Division Champions Lost to Lava Flows in 5 (1-11, 5-6, 9-3, 9-4, 1-2) Super League IX: Mark Bellhorn Division Champions My other teams' postseason records:  I self destructed the Rangers. It seemed thematic.  Couldn't even retire the goddamn Bulldogs. Senerio fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Apr 28, 2013 |
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For Expansion Owners Only! Pick 'em: Gauntlet Round 1 Pick TWO to survive! Harvard Elites Lovable Losers
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 Pick 'em: Gauntlet Round 1 Pick TWO to survive! Lombard St. Gumshoes Million Dollar Men
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Gumshoes and Men survive to gauntlet another day.
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 Initial Gauntlet Roster for the Señor Goodtimes Champion Lineup LF 1985 Rickey Henderson DH NPB Sadaharu Oh RF 1918 Babe Ruth 3B 1978 Bobby Grich CF 1954 Willie Mays 1B 1987 Eddie Murray SS 1995 Barry Larkin 2B 2011 Chase Utley C 1978 Brian Downing Bench C 1991 Don Slaught (Personal catcher of Reuschel) IF 1954 Alvin Dark IF 1954 Hank Thompson OF 1989 Lenny Dykstra UT 1978 Don Baylor Minors AAA UT 1989 Von Hayes AAA UT 1989 John Kruk AAA RF 1987 Dwight Evans AAA RF 1984 Harold Baines AAA IF 1984 Julio Franco AAA CI 1989 Mike Schmidt AAA 2B 1995 Bret Boone AAA 3B 1995 Chipper Jones AAA UT 1983 Ken Griffey Sr. Pitching SP 1978 Nolan Ryan SP 1911 Eddie Plank SP 1977 Rick Reuschel SP 1978 Frank Tanana SP 1995 Jose Rijo CL 1954 Hoyt Wilhelm SU 1996 Robb Nen SR 1995 Mike Jackson SR 1995 Jeff Brantley MR 1989 Terry Mulholland LR 1942 THE Thornton Lee Minors AAA SP 1995 David Wells AAA SP 2006 Jered Weaver AAA SP 1995 Jack McDowell AAA SP 1995 John Smiley AAA SP 1954 Sal "the Barber" Maglie AAA SW 1997 Andy Pettitte AAA RP 1989 Steve Bedrosian AAA SP ???? Carlos Zambrano Dimensions of Bourbon Field: Home Stadium: Bourbon Field (Open, natural grass, Fair visibility, 327/365/415/395/363)
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I'm going to have to go with the veterans here, $1MM Men and the Gumshoes.
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Two Things! 1. Monathin appears to have vanished off the face of the Earth, and so I'm probably going to have someone else do the EC. It'll probably be CthulhuDreams or someone else in IRC, but if you want to throw your hat in the ring, pop in the channel, and we'll talk about it. 2. I'm going to need some help writing obits for teams. I know that mrnoun has volunteered to take some of the load, but if anyone else wants to help, I'd appreciate it.
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For Expansion Owners Only! Pick 'em: Gauntlet Round 1 Pick TWO to survive! Lovable Losers Million Dollar Men
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Yo I'm here, expect EC May in the next few hours or so.
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Gonna be real boring and safe because i care way too much about my fantasy fantasy baseball teamSmasher Dynamo posted:For Expansion Owners Only!
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