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Beet: Aug 24, 2003

Pick 'em: The Super-League is like life. Life is Pointless

Who ends up with the Intercontinental Championship?
[ ] Walney Rakers (1 Point)
[x] New World Symphony (3 Points)
[ ] Lombard St. Gumshoes (3 Points)
[ ] Fukuoka Finger-Bangers (9 Points)

Who ends up with the Television Championship?
[x] New World Symphony (1 Point)
[ ] Walney Rakers (3 Points)
[ ] Fukuoka Finger-Bangers (3 Points)
[ ] Lombard St. Gumshoes (9 Points)

Who ends up with the Canadian Championship?
[ ] Coburns (1 Point)
[X] Burma Imperialists (3 Points)
[ ] Oklahoma City Bombers (3 Points)
[ ] Philadelphia Premodernists (9 Points)

Who ends up with the Hardcore and Triple Crown Titles?
[ ] Oklahoma City Bombers (1 Point)
[ ] Tudor Misers (3 Points)
[ ] Coburns (3 Points)
[X] Florida Oranges (9 Points)

Who ends up with the Heavyweight Championship?
[ ] Burma Imperialists (1 Point)
[x] Coburns (3 Points)
[ ] Philadelphia Premodernists (3 Points)
[ ] Oklahoma City Bombers (9 Points)

# ? Oct 19, 2013 18:39

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# ? May 25, 2024 20:31

Monathin: Sep 1, 2011; ?????????
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Pick 'em: The Super-League is like life. Life is Pointless

Because it's too complicated to do it any other way:

Who ends up with the Intercontinental Championship?
[ ] Walney Rakers (1 Point)
[ ] New World Symphony (3 Points)
[ ] Lombard St. Gumshoes (3 Points)
[X] Fukuoka Finger-Bangers (9 Points)

Who ends up with the Television Championship?
[ ] New World Symphony (1 Point)
[ ] Walney Rakers (3 Points)
[ ] Fukuoka Finger-Bangers (3 Points)
[X] Lombard St. Gumshoes (9 Points)

Who ends up with the Canadian Championship?
[ ] Coburns (1 Point)
[ ] Burma Imperialists (3 Points)
[ ] Oklahoma City Bombers (3 Points)
[X] Philadelphia Premodernists (9 Points)

Who ends up with the Hardcore and Triple Crown Titles?
[ ] Oklahoma City Bombers (1 Point)
[ ] Tudor Misers (3 Points)
[ ] Coburns (3 Points)
[X] Florida Oranges (9 Points)

Who ends up with the Heavyweight Championship?
[ ] Burma Imperialists (1 Point)
[ ] Coburns (3 Points)
[ ] Philadelphia Premodernists (3 Points)
[X] Oklahoma City Bombers (9 Points)

# ? Oct 19, 2013 19:01

kw0134: Apr 19, 2003; I buy feet pics🍆

Eh, I'll pick all the one pointers to win.

# ? Oct 19, 2013 21:51

kensei: Dec 27, 2007; He has come home, where he belongs. The Ancient Mariner returns to lead his first team to glory, forever and ever. Amen!

Do I get points for picking any of these winners? I'm still not clear on that.

# ? Oct 19, 2013 22:00

Ice To Meet You: Mar 5, 2007

You can pick if you want, but you'd be about 100 points behind at this point.

# ? Oct 19, 2013 22:13

CVE: Jan 27, 2012

kensei posted:

Do I get points for picking any of these winners? I'm still not clear on that.

the Pick 'em runs the entire season and the winner of gets a sandwich pick in the dispersal draft. As far as I know it is open to everyone in the current class and everyone applying for the next EC (or once it started in the currently running EC like right now) so you could pick. However if you haven't picked since the beginning you have literally no chance to win at this point. There will be another pick 'em for the gauntlet/playoffs with another prize on the line which you can obviously participate in and have a chance at winning if you're good at gauging teams/have a bit of luck.

# ? Oct 19, 2013 22:13

kensei: Dec 27, 2007; He has come home, where he belongs. The Ancient Mariner returns to lead his first team to glory, forever and ever. Amen!

Ah, okay. I sincerely appreciate all the answers you guys (girls? I dunno).

I am still waiting for my special bonus prize as a new owner, perhaps I should ask Santa for a C or a SS for my Secret Santa Signing Surprise!

# ? Oct 19, 2013 22:21

Smasher Dynamo: Oct 16, 2008; ~~Eternal~~ Commissioner of the Super League. A new avatar. A new age, of the same old embittered Smasher that failed to escape the bonds of the SL, FM3, Johnny Hopp and Eri Yoshida "The Knuckle Princess". "The flames of Smasher's ire scorch the skies... Igniting St. Bellhorn's funeral pyre."

Super-League XI, Week 21: Hopeless

Don May posted:

MARAUDER'S PLAN FAILS SPECTACULARLY, BEAT MUGGERS 13-12 OUT OF SPITE

Louisville- Marauder planned the greatest heist in Super-League history, and all he got was this lousy sweep of the Louisville Muggers.

Yes, despite Marauder creating a situation where his teams had the chance to take all of the championships for himself, the Syndicate, as a group, managed to win none of those titles. The Rakers held off the Gumshoes, the Symphony won their series against the Bangers, and the Coburns could not sweep the Bombers.

No, it turned out to be a complete bust for the Syndicate, even though they managed to, collectively, hold on to the Canadian and Heavyweight Titles. But at least the Bangers did something right.

The Muggers are an odd beast but, despite the lack of any blue-chip players on their club, they are solid contenders who appear almost certain to make another trip to the postseason. Still, against the Bangers, they were decided underdogs. So, when Mark McGwire led off the bottom of the eighth to tie the game at 10-10, it was a great moment for Monicro's team, which has generally been seen as almost contenders by default rather than a real threat to win the Super-League Championship.

The Bangers, having suffered too many losses recently for Marauder's taste, would not let that stand, and came out in the top of the ninth with guns blazing. Ty Cobb, Edgar Martinez, and Gabby Hartnett all hit singles, followed by a Lou Boudreau double, the net result of was scoring two runs, and giving the Bangers a 12-10 lead. Nap Lajoie then hit a sacrifice fly, giving the Bangers a 13-10 edge. The Bangers couldn't add on past that point, but the Muggers were not an elite offensive team, and barring some sort of inexplicable, yet oddly repetitive, catastrophe, the Bangers would win this game.

And that catastrophe's name was Rollie Fingers. The Bangers' closer, who is not so much prone to failure as unfamiliar with success, did retire two of the first three batters in the inning, which gave him a three-run lead with just one more out to go. But then Fingers' worse nature asserted himself, as Luke Appling reach first on an error by Boudreau, and then Mark McGwire hit a double to score two runs, bringing the Muggers within one run of tying the game, with said tying run already in scoring position. Fingers, facing disaster, then walked Joe Torre to increase the pressure on himself. Zack Wheat now came up with a chance to tie, or even win the game and struck a Fingers' fastball into deep left field, where Eric Davis, in the game as a defensive replacement, snared the ball for the final out of the game, marking the first time in Super-League history that Rollie Fingers has successfully saved a Game of the Week.

"Well, I'd like to thank the fans, Marauder, Lord Zoltan the Unforgiving, true heir to the Stratospheric Empire that will one day rule all mankind," Fingers began, "And also to Senator Gilibrand, definitely the most attractive senator in Congress today. Who else? Let's see, my robot daughter that I built just to prove that I was better than Data, which I am. I'd also like to thank Nick Clegg for reasons I'd prefer not to get into, and, of course, the ghost of John Entwhistle, who cannot ascend to heaven until he teaches 100 play to learn how to play bass guitar."

As for Mark McGwire who almost, but not quite, saved his Muggers from defeat, he blamed the loss on, "Not enough steroids and HGH, and blood doping, we definitely need to get some of that blood doping going on. Also, have we figured out how to turn gene therapy into some sort of competitive edge? I mean, it's time we use technology to turns us into physical gods, who will rule this world much like the heroes of Greek legend! Who here is ready to be HGHector? Or Synthetic Testostorestes? Join me, brothers! Let us become the chemical warriors the Super-League needs!"

GAME NOTES

-The Muggers drew 12 walks. And still lost. If that isn't Monicrotastic, I don't know what is.

-Mark McGwire's view on PEDs does not reflect those of the Super-League who, admittedly, do not test players, nor ask players any questions regarding their use of PEDs but, for liability purposes, mildly discourages the use of these drugs that make baseball way more exciting.

Box Score

Don May posted:

HIGH ROLLERS FILIBUSTER GOES NOWHERE, W'S WIN BIG, 11-0

South Bolton- CraigK's team may have been beaten, but that didn't mean the W's had to humiliate him.

At least, that's how Craig felt when, in the top of the eighth, ForeverBWFC put Eri Yoshida into the game to finish out the 11-0 rout. To Craig, this was the biggest insult he could imagine. That ForeverBWFC thought so little of the High Rollers that they were willing to put Eri Yoshida, the 5'1'' knuckleball princess of Japan, into the game.

CraigK, in retaliation, decided to filibuster even though, by rule, that wouldn't actually affect the outcome of this game. But that wasn't what CraigK wanted, he didn't want to win the game, he wanted to punish the other team. Marching out to the mound with the famed thick tome of material that contains literally hours of the DC Comics-related material compiled from the Super-League Archives. "The success of the early JLA/JSA crossovers had emboldened DC to try and take advantage of other intellectual property they held, but had not found a way to use. Over its history, DC had acquired several other comic companies, along with their associated trademarks and copyrights, but had, to that point, been unable to satisfactorily exploit. As the '70s began, however. DC decided the multiverse concept was an ideal way to begin to reintroduce these characters to a new audience.

"In the '40s, Quality Comics had been DC's competitor in the superhero comic marketplace, though hardly a threat. Their best-known character, or at least best-known to modern audiences, was Plastic Man, but they had few other enduring creations of their own. Nonetheless, DC Comics purchased them in 1956, and even continued to publish a few of their non-superhero books, most notably Blackhawk, a title about a multinational group of aviators who originally banded together to fight the Nazis and then stayed together because of inertia, that most potent of creative forces.

"Despite a few abortive attempts to publish a Plastic Man ongoing, however, DC had, as of the early 1970s, been unable to find a way to use these characters. Seeing as how the creation of Earth-2, where their characters from the '40s had become viable, the DC creative team decided to try and replicate the process, creating another new world where the Quality Comics characters would reside, and would therefore be able to interact with their mainline characters and perhaps, if all went well, even star in an ongoing comic of their own.

"To that effect, DC commissioned a story where, during the annual JLA/JSA team up, heroes from both teams are summoned to Earth-X, a parallel world where the Quality Comics heroes had managed to somehow botch World War II, leaving the Nazi in control of America in 1973, and the heroes of that world reduced to guerrilla fighters in a hopeless fight. The heroes of Earth-1 and Earth-2 managed to save the day and defeat the Nazis, and they all decide to keep in touch before going back home. Obviously, this was not a strong start for the Quality Characters, as they are introduced as utter failures whose suckiness has doomed the world to Nazi rule, and are only saved by heroes from another dimension. For that matter, because DC decided to keep Plastic Man and the Blackhawks, the two best-known properties of the Quality Line, ensconced in their main Earth-1 continuity, the only heroes on Earth-X were B-list heroes who hadn't been in a new comic in over twenty years. For rather obvious reasons, the attempt to wring value out of the Quality Characters failed, and, while their were given an ongoing of their own for a brief time in the late '70s, it was quickly canceled and there were mostly forgotten for the next two years.

"As for the other property, in the early '40s, a case can be made that Captain Marvel was the most popular comic book hero in the world. And that, it must be said, is what ultimately destroyed him. Fawcett Publications, another DC rival from the Golden Age of comics, saw the success of Superman, and created their own flagship hero. Given incredible power by a wizard, boy reporter Billy Batson could change into the mighty Captain Marvel whenever he said aloud his benefactor's name "Shazam". It was an adolescent fantasy at its finest, and it sold. DC, seeing that Captain Marvel money, decided to sue, claiming that Captain Marvel was a knockoff of Superman. Whether or not the case had merit, DC knew that it could likely bleed the smaller Fawcett Publications dry if it kept up the litigation long enough and, by the early '50s, with 2nd Circuit Judge (and occasional supervillain) Learned Hand ruling against them, Fawcett decided to settle, ultimately agreeing never again to publish any Captain Marvel adventures.¹

"By the early '70s, though, DC saw value in the old Captain Marvel character, especially after Marvel Comics had exploited Fawcett's inactivity by grabbing the Captain Marvel trademark for their own use. To that end, DC launched a new series starring Captain Marvel², which sold okay but, because the characters were only licensed, and DC had to pay Fawcett each time a Fawcett character appeared, did not receive much support from DC.³. To facilitate crossovers, however, the Fawcett characters were put on Earth-S.⁴ But, after a brief spurt of activity in the early '70s, the Fawcett characters were generally ignored due to the cost of use.

"The early '80s is what changed everything. First, a new type of writer was becoming more prominent. The writers in the '60s and, to an extent, the '70s, were professionals, many of whom had no great passion for the art form. They came in, they wrote their stories, and then went home to their families in the suburbs. But, starting in the early 70s, a new type of writer, the Marv Wolfman generation, came into power. They saw that comics were their own distinct genre, and that their stories did not need to be shallow 'done-in-one' stories with no lasting character development, but could feature long-term stories with evolving characters who could be more complex than simply a do-gooder in spandex. But to tell those types of stories, continuity would need to matter. A character could not develop in a vacuum, after all. And therein lay the problem because, up that point, DC Comics had not been concerned with continuity in the slightest, and, as a result, it was a mess.

"To give an example of the problem, consider the ongoing title All-Star Squadron that ran from 1981 to 1987. It was a book starring characters from Earth-2, but taking place in the '40s. That, in and of itself, was slightly complicated, especially since it featured versions of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman that were virtually identical to their mainline counterparts. In fact, the only way to distinguish the Earth-2 Superman featured in All-Star Squadron from the main Superman was a very slightly difference in their crest. The writer of that book, Roy Thomas, in a well-intentioned, but ultimately disastrous, attempt to rationalize the DC universe, then wrote a story where it was established that the Quality Characters were originally from Earth-2, and only later moved to Earth-X, as well as a story where Captain Marvel fought the All-Star Squadron due to the manipulations of Hitler, which opened up certain questions of just what year it was supposed to be in Earth-S.

"Granted, these were extreme examples of the sort of continuity issues that DC had at the time, but the general sense was that teaming up two different characters owned by the company shouldn't involve dimensional/time-travel, and, even that where acceptable in certain cases, and that requiring readers to remember four different universes each with different characters was too much.⁵

"That said, this feeling was not universally held. Some, Roy Thomas most notably, realized that attempting to make any major simplifications to the DC Cosmology would likely require major revisions to continuity, and that would, in a sense, either require the continuity to start over, which would defeat the whole purpose of the exercise, not to mention erase decades of continuity, or else create so many continuity problems that would cause everything to get even more complicated than it already was. These trepidations would end up proving crushingly prescient...⁶" CraigK, then having talked forever, collapsed into unconsciousness, and the game quickly proceeded to its conclusion.

END NOTES

¹ Another reason Fawcett decided to settle was because, by the early '50s, superhero comics had lost most of their popularity, making it no longer worth it to continue the legal battle.

² For trademark reasons, the book had to be titled "Shazam", which, coupled with the fact that there was a comic book with the title of "Captain Marvel" already on the market, couldn't have helped the book's sales.

³ DC had purchased the characters outright by the early '80s, which was probably a background consideration in Crisis.

⁴ It must be said that one problem with the Fawcett Characters is that they had, in a sense, a very '40s sensibility. A simplistic art style, simplistic stories, and basically simplistic characters. Which, in and of itself, was not a huge problem for a book that was aimed at kids anyway. The bigger problem is that the book already seemed a bit quaint in the early '70s, and DC had no intention of doing much modernization of the characters, leaving them with a universe that would only appeal to those who had read the original Captain Marvel stories back in the '40s.

⁵ Four at the time, and soon to be five as DC had just acquired Charlton Comics and their characters, and was planning on either giving them to Alan Moore to use in Watchmen, or just stick them in yet another parallel universe. Either way, it was an entire other continuity that DC would have to deal with.

⁶ It was worth noting that Marv Wolfman, who ended up writing Crisis, was aware of these issues, and has admitted that his intention was that the DC Universe would restart after Crisis, with a clean slate for all of the characters. Obviously, that did not happen.

Box Score

Don May posted:

PIRATES KEEP STV RACE CLOSE WITH DRAMATIC 6-3 WIN

Moncton- The war between the Colliders and Pirates continues. Perhaps it will never end.

The Colliders came into this series with a one game lead and, by virtue of winning the first two games of the series, where guaranteed to exit this series still in the Sic Transit Vir lead. That said, if they could finish off the sweep, give themselves an even bigger lead in the division race which, with just five weeks left in the season, could potentially be a game-changed.

And, with their surprisingly potent starting pitching holding serve, the Colliders were able to take a 3-2 lead all the way into the top of the ninth inning. But the Pirates did not win the Dynamo League last season by letting their rival walk all over them, and entered the inning ready to make one last charge. Lou Whitaker, patient as ever, took a walk to bring up Joe Sewell with no outs. And that's where things took an odd turn. Sewell, a slap hitter, albeit quite good at the style of play, was not much of a power threat and Beet, planning to capitalize on his shortstop's contact ability, ordered the hit and run, hoping to score Whitaker on a single. Instead, Sewell launched a Robb Nen fastball into the bleachers for a shock home run that gave the Pirates the lead in one swing. The Colliders, reeling from Sewell's shot, then collapsed, allowing the Pirates to score two more runs in the top half of the inning, and then going down in order in the bottom of the inning, handing their rivals a 6-4 win that gave the Pirates new life in the division race.

For obvious reasons, the Colliders downplayed their failure. CERN Commander theacox warned reporters that, "By Wisconsin state law, I am not allowed to criticize a fellow Packers fans during the NFL season. But once that ends, rest assured, I will let all of you know exactly what I think of that Beet and his...methods. Alas, I am not free to do so at this time, though I understand the need for such a law, as it is important to show solidarity in these trying times, when those accursed Chicago Bears preen upon the national stage and proclaim themselves contenders. I'd love to know in what universe that Jay Cutler is a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, so that I can use my particle accelerator to destroy that universe so that its inhabitants can be freed from their lives of misery living under such conditions. So, to sum it up: I probably don't like Beet, but I'm not allowed to say, and I hate Jay Cutler."

Beet, bound by the same Wisconsin law, was similarly forbidden from saying much about his opponent, "I am glad that our team was able to overcome the Colliders, who are led by a certain man that I am legally prohibited from discussing any further. I wish I could say what I was thinking know, and also whether or not I would like to use my machete to carve up theacox much like a wild boar, but I cannot because that would be a violation of the law of the Packers, and to do so would not only bring shame upon myself and my family, but also subject me to a very long prison sentence, and I do not want to return to prison at this time."

GAME NOTES

-One may wonder how a law that restricts free speech would be constitutional, and sadly, that too was criminalized by the Wisconsin State legislature, who wisely deciphered that if they could make it illegal to ponder this legal snarl, that they would be able to prevent anyone from successfully challenging the law in court. Of course, that required hiring an entire team of psychic detectives to police the populace, which in and of itself ran into certain difficulties, but that is another story.

-The Babe Ruths failed to get a single hit in the game for the Colliders, which probably contributed greatly to their team's loss.

Box Score

Don May posted:

BOMBERS BEAT COBURNS ON FLUKE HR, EVERYONE IRRITATED AND CONFUSED

Oklahoma City- Granted, Bombers had already won a game in this series, preventing the Coburns from taking their titles.

And granted, after years of incompetence, mentholmoose appears to have figured something out, even if his two last trades were trading for a second Ron Santo, and then, a few weeks later, trading said second Ron Santo when he realized how pointless it was to have two of the same player who can only really play one position.

But even still, you would expect the Coburns to be able to protect a two-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, especially with two outs, and the bases empty. That's not a difficult task, not even for a terrible team. All it takes is getting one out with letting two or more runs score. That's not hard. In the real world, even perennial failures like Kevin Gregg and Joe Borowski are able to routinely accomplish such an unimpressive feat. But Tom Henke, for whatever reason, could not get it done. Yogi Berra singled to keep the inning alive, and then took second on defensive interference. Harry Heilmann, a recent mentholmoose acquisition, singled to score Berra, and cut the Coburns lead in half. Ron Santo then walked on four pitches to put the tying run in scoring position, and put the go-ahead run on base. Arky Vaughan was up next, and Henke retired him on a grounded to third, except the George Brett botched the throw, as it sailed past Jimmie Foxx at first base, allowing Santo to reach third, Vaughan to take secod, and Heilmann to tie the game.

At this point, things had not gone well. The Bombers had tied the game, and the Coburns were much like the protagonist of Jack London's To Build a Fire in the latter stages of that story. What? You didn't read that story in high school English class? Okay, well, there's this guy, and he's hiking through the Yukon territory or maybe Alaska to meet his friends at a claim they staked out. This would be during the Yukon Gold Rush, of course. Anyway, it's really loving cold, because it's way up north, and it's the winter. In fact, before the man set out for the hike, which was going to take the better part of the day, an old man warned him to wait for better conditions. But the man was eager to get up to the claim, and so packed up his stuff, got himself a traveling dog, and headed up the trail. Anyway, he was not well prepared for the conditions, and accidentally broke though a frozen river, soaking himself in the freezing water. Slowly succumbing the hypothermia, he knew that the only way he had any chance of survival was building a fire, but he was unable to, and slowly froze to death, his last thoughts imagining himself miraculously surviving and going back to see that old man again, to chuckle with him about how right the old-timer had been about the conditions. The dog lived, though.

The analogy got a bit muddled, but I suppose the comparison I was trying to make was between slowly freezing to death in a harsh and barren wasteland and seeing your team getting beaten by a pinch-hit home run by Jack Fournier. Probably. It's complicated.

mentholmoose, who will improbably hold onto the Hardcore and Triple Crown Titles for another week, accused his newfound dominance of, "Being some sort of conspiracy direct at me, to soften me up so that they can finally imprison me in one of their secret relocation camps. Think about, who was the biggest winner of the federal shutdown? That's right, it's Ted Cruz, from Texas. Except he's not really from Texas, his father was from Cuba, and he was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada! So, what is his real scheme. Well, what do Canada and Cuba have in common? That's right, they're the most common pipeline for bringing Cuban cigars into America. And we both know that both of the Castro brothers down in Cuba know that the only way they can survive is to bring some more money down into Cuba via cigar sales. And why Ted Cruz? Because you would never expect a Tea Party guy like him to be a secret Communist. But they've gone too far, because Cruz is clearly trying too hard. After all, could any person really be as cartoonishly evil as he is? Who would threaten to default on America's debts just to deny poor people health care coverage? I mean, he's like the villain of a Dickens novel. Clearly, he's a double agent, trying to bring America down so that they'll have no choice but to lift the embargo. Clearly, his next move will be to rail against all those regulations against the advertisement of tobacco products so that the flow of Cuban cigars can begin in earnest. I haven't figured out where I fit in this conspiracy, so they're probably just moving against me because they know that I'm the only guy who can stop them. The truth will out, Ted Cruz! The truth will out!"

GAME NOTES

-Jeff Reardon starting today's game because Stephen Strasburg was injured, and Warm Sarsaparilla's only response was to carefully consider the ramifications of said injury, and then do jackshit to fix the problem. Outstanding management skills, there, no wonder everyone is so afraid of the Marauder Syndicate.

-Did you know that Oklahoma City is not named after the state it's located in, but instead is a portmanteau composed of the names of its founders, John O. Klay and Homer Schmidt. They, as you might guess, were both ghost detectives, by which I mean they were detectives who dealt mainly with ghosts although, after their deaths in the early 20th century, both continued their vocation as ghosts themselves.

Box Score

Team Statistics

Analysis

I guess hope for some better luck in the Gauntlet.

Analysis

The Oxen are doing well this month. I'm not entirely sure why that is, though.

Analysis

The clockwork pitching rotation.

Analysis

I think, going forward, the bottom part of your lineup needs to be addressed if the Colliders are going to become a truly elite team.

Analysis

The Imperialists just ruin everything, don't they?

Analysis

At least you'll get your middle infield back in the Gauntlet.

Analysis

Failure!

Analysis

The knives are coming out, Comrade!

Analysis

I don't know if this is a great team, but I do know the Outfield of Doom is fun, and that's probably more important.

Analysis

I'm not sure the Oranges are going to make the playoffs this season, but they'll get another chance next year.

Analysis

Nothing can stop the glacier.

Analysis

What went wrong with this team? In short, sometimes things just don't work, maybe it's luck or fate, or who knows, but there are no guarantees in the Super-League.

Analysis

No bats!

Analysis

It is hard to build a rotation in real life, and it is exponentially harder in the Super-League.

Analysis

WRONG!

Analysis

The Bangers happened. Also, not a great week from Zack Wheat.

Analysis

Okay!

Analysis

A lot of pop in this lineup. Not enough patience, though.

Analysis

What is it going to take to keep the Symphony down for good?

Analysis

Clemens appears to be maimed for the rest of the season, which is only going to exacerbate your pitching situation.

Analysis

The miracle continues.

Analysis

Not exactly the best time for internecine warfare.

Analysis

On the plus side, the Plunder Corp. should be able to win 5 games next week.

Analysis

The Generics are what they always are. Not great, but drat hard to kill.

Analysis

Frustrating, but it's time to look ahead to the playoffs.

Analysis

Very frustrating. I'm pretty sure that the most exciting part of the league right now is looking at the injury report and just praying that the CERN Colliders have an injury to one of their Babe Ruths, because when that happens...

Analysis

Solid, not spectacular. Such is life.

Analysis

It never gets any easier, does it? I really, really, really hope you win the Gauntlet.

Analysis

Kind of a nice comeback, even if I'm not sure it's enough.

Analysis

Always just one elite talent away.

Analysis

Well, it's not like the Tudor dynasty ended well in real life. It just kind of petered out.

Analysis

All doubles power, all the time.

Standings

Pick 'em Results

Champs retain! Again!

# ? Oct 20, 2013 00:43

CraigK: Nov 4, 2008; by exmarx

High Rollers

Start Goslin at RF, move him up to second in the lineup. also blyleven to fourth starter

CraigK fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Oct 20, 2013

# ? Oct 20, 2013 00:51

Monicro: Oct 21, 2010; And you could feel his features in the air
A wide smile and perfect hair
He had complete control of the rising tides
And a medicine bag hanging at his side

In the flowing blue world of the death-dealing physician

Make Winfield the everyday RF again. Stumble on toward that finish line, Muggers.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 01:02

mentholmoose: Nov 5, 2009; YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET

Granted, the Coburns and Misers don't have great pitching staffs, but my hitters really turned it on this week.

On the pitching front, Timeline in for Wakefield.

New lineup to rest Heilmann/Bonds for the week:

CF - Henderson
2B - Collins
SS - Vaughan
LF - Ramirez
C - Berra
1B - Torre
3B - Santo
RF - Waner
P

# ? Oct 20, 2013 01:11

DannoMack: Aug 1, 2003; i love it when you call me big poppa

Please call up Bobby Grich, put him in at SS, make Miguel Tejada the 3B and send down Davey Johnson.

If you get a minute to scan my pitchers peripherals do you think there's a reason for their troubles other than BEING BAD? Was it my defence (OF defence specifically)? My ballpark? Altitude? I definitely plan on coming back next cycle, just trying to understand if there's something I could have done better other than picking better pitchers?

# ? Oct 20, 2013 01:22

kw0134: Apr 19, 2003; I buy feet pics🍆

Oh yeah, Medwick's healthy again. Medwick to LF full time, platoon Musial and Foxx at 1B.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 01:27

Smasher Dynamo: Oct 16, 2008; ~~Eternal~~ Commissioner of the Super League. A new avatar. A new age, of the same old embittered Smasher that failed to escape the bonds of the SL, FM3, Johnny Hopp and Eri Yoshida "The Knuckle Princess". "The flames of Smasher's ire scorch the skies... Igniting St. Bellhorn's funeral pyre."

DannoMack posted:

Please call up Bobby Grich, put him in at SS, make Miguel Tejada the 3B and send down Davey Johnson.

If you get a minute to scan my pitchers peripherals do you think there's a reason for their troubles other than BEING BAD? Was it my defence (OF defence specifically)? My ballpark? Altitude? I definitely plan on coming back next cycle, just trying to understand if there's something I could have done better other than picking better pitchers?

I think it's just that they're finesse pitchers who didn't get great rolls for their ratings.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 01:29

Pander: Oct 9, 2007; Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear is power.

And at the end of fear, oblivion.

Send down Ruppert Jones, call up A-Gon.

:sigh:

I think I'd have been better off in a no-DH league. I built this team with pitching and defense in mind, and my god I got about 1/4 of that.

Also: Jesus I didn't realize there was comics in the pre-60s beyond superman and batman. This is insanely informative.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 01:36

theacox: Jun 8, 2010; You can't be serious.

Look what I had to do just to keep myself from jail time:

Beet is a [redacted]. I [redacted] him so much that I want to [redacted] his [redacted]. [redacted] you Beet! :argh:

Having you in my division is like constantly battling against the [redacted][redacted][redacted]!

In a fit of rage, I really want to challenge the Pirates to a post-season [redacted] match. Let me calm down a bit first.

Also, Ted Cruz, backdoor Commie? Didn't see that one coming.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 02:31

mrnoun: Jul 24, 2007

Whoops! Looks like I forgot to put in a shortstop who wasn't, you know, dead. Luckily, you're all so bad you not only couldn't take advantage of it, my division lead actually increased.

-Jim Fregosi to the DL.
-Ron Cey to 3B, batting in Fregosi's spot.
-Vern Stephens moves to SS.
-Davey Lopes up from the minors to fill the empty bench spot.

I had a fancy plan in mind to fix things without having to rely on Cey and Lopes, but frankly, I don't think I need to put in that kind of effort.

Monathin: Thanks for taking the trade offer seriously, even if you eventually turned it down. Lots of folks seem unwilling to go even that far these days. Best of luck in the Gauntlet.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 03:13

ToiletofSadness: Mar 27, 2010

More bullpen shuffling:

Re-call Randy Myers from the DL and return him to his SR role.
Send Roberto Hernandez to AAA.
Place Arthur Rhodes back in the MR role.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 03:57

CFBalla: Sep 16, 2009; Yeah, I just made that shot.

Welp.

Replace Bobby Avila with Alan Trammell, Ben Oglivie with Alfonso Soriano, and pray for continuous losing until the draft I guess. Hot drat.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 04:41

GVOLTT: Dec 27, 2012; Honestly, I don't know what I want to put here, so I'm going with this.

Yeah, a bad month once again ruins everything. And 5 players dealing with soreness. Ouch. This might be the only time I post completely new lineups to deal with this, rather than simple substitutions.

Lineup vs. RHP:
1. Hanley Ramirez (DH)
2. Sadaharu Oh (LF)
3. Bobby Bonilla (3B)
4. Hector Espino (1B)
5. Moises Alou (RF)
6. Robin Yount (SS)
7. Mike Sweeney (C)
8. Carlos Beltran (CF)
9. Joe Morgan (2B)

Lineup vs. LHP:
1. Paul Molitor (3B)
2. Hanley Ramirez (SS)
3. Roberto Clemente (RF)
4. Hector Espino (DH)
5. Sadaharu Oh (1B)
6. Mike Sweeney (C)
7. Moises Alou (LF)
8. Carlos Beltran (CF)
9. Joe Morgan (2B)

No pitching changes. Ugh.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 04:45

Monathin: Sep 1, 2011; ?????????
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Billy back in at LF, bump him up to #6 and push everyone else down one.

And now that that's out of the way, it's time for:

GAUNTLET STANDINGS: WEEK 22 :frogsiren:

I will be putting in parenthesis how far you have dropped/climbed up the ladder based on the Week 19 standings, available here for your viewing pleasure.

Round 1:
Brainerd Oxen (.344)
The Cosmobats (.352)
Lake Louise Longshots (.383) (literally zero change from your W-L percentage three updates ago!)
Lombard Street Gumshoes v2 (.417) (Down .5)

Round 2:
Revenge Of The Ted Sox (.433) (Up .5)
Hawk City TWTWs (.445)

Round 3:
Tudor Misers (.446) (Down 2)
Haukness Madknights (.450)

Round 4:
Mercury METSSSSSS (.453) (Up 2 :unsmith:

)
Plunder Corp. LLC (.461)

Round 5:
Alma Purifiers (.465) (Down 2)
New Vegas High Rollers (.465) (Up 2)

Round 6:
Canton Calamities (.480) (Up 1)
Strickland Propane (.488)

Round 7:
Nurnberg Gravediggers (.492)
Connecticut Thunderstorms (.492) (Down 2)

Round 8:
Philadelphia Premodernists (.496)
Rochester Generics (.504)

TEAMS THAT HAVE CATAPULTED THEMSELVES OUT OF THE GAUNTLET SINCE LAST UPDATE:
Oklahoma City Bombers (Were .474, Round 5, Currently .508)
Everett Trues (Were .513, Round 7, Currently .531)
Florida Oranges (Were .513, Round 8, Currently .516)

TEAMS THAT DROPPED INTO THE GAUNTLET SINCE LAST UPDATE:
Philadelphia Premodernists
Rochester Generics

The most change comes from Rounds 5 and up, as the midcard teams try to jockey for Gauntlet positioning. The Plunder Corp are probably not going to be able to avoid the Gauntlet altogether and will be forced to cash in the Mystery Box in order to save themselves. Everyone else is going to fly or die based on what they do in this final upcoming month or so. Expect Round 8 to change on an update-by-update basis. Good luck everyone!

Monathin fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Oct 20, 2013

# ? Oct 20, 2013 08:27

The Goog: Aug 6, 2007; It's a Goog Day, yes it is!

Oh. So apparently the greatest Mooglies are, in fact, the worst Mooglies. Well that's just super.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 09:09

Ginge: Sep 8, 2011; Well, Chippy is already my favourite character!

Play Crawford in CF for the week.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 11:10

Armitage: Aug 16, 2005; "Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."

No rest. None whatsoever.

Call up Jim Delahanty and Doug Bird. DL Rogers Hornsby and Tom Hughes. Snuffy Stirnweiss goes in at 2B and moves down to 8th in the lineup. Doug Bird goes in middle relief/long relief, whichever slot is available. Go with a Four Man Rotation, everyone moves up a slot.

Plan B? B stands for Bullets, and man do I want to use some to kill these fuckers dead.

Armitage fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Oct 20, 2013

# ? Oct 20, 2013 14:33

Smasher Dynamo: Oct 16, 2008; ~~Eternal~~ Commissioner of the Super League. A new avatar. A new age, of the same old embittered Smasher that failed to escape the bonds of the SL, FM3, Johnny Hopp and Eri Yoshida "The Knuckle Princess". "The flames of Smasher's ire scorch the skies... Igniting St. Bellhorn's funeral pyre."

Hey, guys, Cheer Up!

Pick 'em: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life!

Intercontinental Title
Walney Rakers (c) @ Fukuoka Finger-Bangers (4-Game Series)

Television Title
New World Symphony (c) @ South Bolton Eazy W's (4-Game Series)

Canadian Title
Coburns (c) @ CERN Colliders

Unified Hardcore and Triple Crown Titles
Philadelphia Premodernists @ Oklahoma City Bombers (c)

Heavyweight Title
Florida Oranges @ Burma Imperialists (c)

Injury Report

Burma Imperialists
Roberto Alomar (2B) (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) - Out for season

Cosmobats
Gaylord Perry (SP) (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) - Out for season

Everett Trues
Gaylord Perry (SP) (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) - 13 days

Louisville Muggers
Steve Carlton (SP) (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) - 30 days

New Vegas High Rollers
Rogers Hornsby (NOT a 3B!) (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) - Out for season

Nurnberg Gravediggers
Frank Viola (SP) (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) - 14 days

Oklahoma City Bombers
Roger Clemens (SP) (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) - 14 days

Rochester Generics
Nap Lajoie (2B) (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) - Out for Season

Rockford Losers
John Smoltz (RP) (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) - Out for Season

Tudor Misers
Bobby Doerr (2B) (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) - 11 days

# ? Oct 20, 2013 18:08

Monicro: Oct 21, 2010; And you could feel his features in the air
A wide smile and perfect hair
He had complete control of the rising tides
And a medicine bag hanging at his side

In the flowing blue world of the death-dealing physician

Pick 'em: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life!

All champs retain

DL Carlton, Matlack to the rotation, Bill Hands to the bullpen.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 18:13

kw0134: Apr 19, 2003; I buy feet pics🍆

Oh FFS. All champs retain.

Robinson to 2B and I guess we'll find out how well baby Rolen does at 3B.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 19:35

DannoMack: Aug 1, 2003; i love it when you call me big poppa

Pick 'em: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life!

Intercontinental Title
Walney Rakers (c)

Television Title
New World Symphony (c)

Canadian Title
Coburns (c)

Unified Hardcore and Triple Crown Titles
@ Oklahoma City Bombers (c)

Heavyweight Title
Florida Oranges

# ? Oct 20, 2013 19:38

CVE: Jan 27, 2012

And another pitching injury... how charming. Gibson in for Viola and McGraw to long relief for all the good it does. Simmons gets another rest in favor of Posada.

One day I will create a successful team or at least a team that isn't unpredictable as all hell.

Pick 'em

All champs retain.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 20:03

Pash: Sep 10, 2009; The First of the Adorable Dead

Pick'em
Champs retain

# ? Oct 20, 2013 20:19

mrnoun: Jul 24, 2007

Today is a bad day to be Gaylord Perry!

# ? Oct 20, 2013 20:43

CraigK: Nov 4, 2008; by exmarx

New Vegas High Rollers

Sisler in for Hornsby, at least I'm getting him back for the Gauntlet

Intercontinental Title
Walney Rakers (c) @ Fukuoka Finger-Bangers (4-Game Series)

Television Title
New World Symphony (c) @ South Bolton Eazy W's (4-Game Series)

Canadian Title
Coburns (c) @ CERN Colliders

Unified Hardcore and Triple Crown Titles
Philadelphia Premodernists @ Oklahoma City Bombers (c)

Heavyweight Title
Florida Oranges @ Burma Imperialists (c)

CraigK fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Oct 20, 2013

# ? Oct 20, 2013 21:48

Pander: Oct 9, 2007; Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear is power.

And at the end of fear, oblivion.

All underdogs win rest of the season. I have no chance to win.

Bad day to be a 2B too...Alomar, Doerr, Horsnby, and Lajoie all bit it.

# ? Oct 20, 2013 22:00

Beet: Aug 24, 2003

Expansion Cup XI August: Getting Tense...

I'm just going to preface this update for Taggart League (no-DH owners). Interleague is over, and the script only pulls DH lineups. Don't worry if it looks all crazy, your no-DH lineup is correct, trust me. Also in some cases I declined to let some owners sub in generated rookies for real players, but that's not really a bad thing.

Analysis

30 games and you lose half a game. Shame. Still, everything seems to be working right and you've got six games against the Dragons next month. Good luck?

Analysis
I really have no explanation for Atlee Hammaker. Just beware.

Analysis
Holy poo poo, literally all of your position players are sore. At least you're just competing for draft position at this point.

Analysis
Managing to keep things interesting. I just don't know if your rotation has it in them, though...

Analysis
I don't loving know. I guess it's like Super League II all over again.

Analysis
Looks like this team may be the real deal. Or at least, it'll be the closest thing to successful new blood in the Dynamo League since my Somali Pirates took SLX by storm.

Analysis
At least some of your biggest problems are in easy-to-fill postions.

Analysis
I'm sorry about Rickey, I really am. But check out dat fukken Frisch.

Analysis
Cesar Cedeno cleaned up, at least. Ichiro didn't actually play, seeing as interleague is over.

Analysis
Honestly dude, your team isn't that bad on paper. Unfortunately, the Super League doesn't care about such things.

Analysis
Stan Musial is loving amazing but he can't do everything himself.

Analysis
Despite all reason, your team still occupies its unsustainable position atop the McQueen League. You just need to hold Cthulhu off for another six games this month...

Analysis
You're basically guaranteed the first overall pick at this point. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to you.

Analysis
Aside from you wanting to put a fictional player into your rotation this month, there weren't any issues. You're still tied for the 2nd overall pick.

Analysis
Welp, looks like you're definitely a longshot in the Taggart League. But, honestly, I like your team a lot, even if the Dynamo League is basically impossible to break into at this point.

Analysis
I'd make some remark about how you're under your pythag by 7 games, but gently caress, it's the EC, that's a good thing.

Analysis
Turns out when you've got two Bonds it's hard to be the worst. Orval Overall doesn't think he'll have trouble helping you with that come the Super League, though.

Analysis
No offense, but I was pretty dubious about you keeping up with Detroit.

Beet fucked around with this message at 07:38 on Oct 23, 2013

# ? Oct 21, 2013 05:51

TheFlyingLlama: Jan 2, 2013; You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and be a llama?

Send down Canseco and call up Uggla. Uggla takes over at 2B, and English takes over at SS. Lineups don't change.

# ? Oct 21, 2013 05:59

Edward Mass: Sep 14, 2011; 𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen𝅘𝅥𝅮

gently caress IT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6jCJZEFIto

Cesar Cedeno in for Ichiro Suzuki, Ichiro takes over DH duties

Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 06:26 on Oct 21, 2013

# ? Oct 21, 2013 06:19

Mr. Locke: Jul 28, 2010

Really Bolin? Worse then Lyle? Drat it all.

Also, looks like it's time to go into MORE POWER mode. If I got one, anyways.

First off, let's put Sparky Lyle back on Closer duty. Looks like first priority in the draft is going to be a real Closer, even with an ailing offense. If I have a closer who's NOT dropping 4 runs every game I might actually be able to get by with the offence I got.

Second off, let's rearrange some of the fielding to get some power on the field.

Jack Clark goes from DH to RF. I need this man's bat every game. Make Rusty Staub the DH. He's not the man for the job but I need every real bat swinging every game.

Put George Foster in at CF Time to see what you can do, Foster. Smith, you're just not doing that hot at the plate, although last month was a step up.

Morgan needs some time off because he's one of my star bats and that last month he looked like Luis Aparicio out there due to that Sore that's not going to just go away. I don't want to give him a whole MONTH of it... but doesn't seem like I got a choice. Move Petrocelli to SS, move Concepcion to 2nd, put Evans on 3rd. If possible reslot Morgan and reset the lineup as SOON as he's better but if that's asking too much I guess just leave it like this for a month

Batting Lineup this month-

vs non-DH

1. Petrocelli
2. Foster
3. Yastrzmski
4. Clark
5. Bench
6. Rose
7. Concepcion
8. Evans
9. Pitcher

vs DH

1. Concepcion
2. Foster
3. Staub
4. Clark
5. Bench
6. Rose
7. Yastrzmski
8. Evans
9. Petrocelli

If Morgan can come back mid-month just slide him into Evans spot in both lineups.

Slider changes

Stealing Bases: +1
Sacrifice Bunt: +1
Letting Pitchers Rack up high pitch counts: +4
Letting Pitchers throw through Trouble: +3
Start Pitchers on Short Rest: -5

Got to get some offense going somehow, let's see if this team has some legs. Also gotta keep my relief pitchers off the field until I have, y'know, actual relief pitchers. That means starters staying in for a long time, pitching through tight spots, and NO STARTING TIRED EVER. Might gotta go back to the farms and hope there's some diamond in the rough I missed...

Mr. Locke fucked around with this message at 07:46 on Oct 21, 2013

# ? Oct 21, 2013 07:14

Robert Deadford: Mar 1, 2008; Ultra Carp

Now that everyone is feeling all healthy and happy, let's put out our best line-up, hmm?

with DH, versus both

1. DH Jeter
2. RF Kaline
3. 3B Jones
4. SS Rodriguez
5. CF Griffey
6. 1B Lee
7. LF Wheat
8. C Freehan
9. 2B Young

Without DH, omit Jeter and Young leads off.

# ? Oct 21, 2013 10:08

Revenant Threshold: Jan 1, 2008

Kent in for Doerr, please.

# ? Oct 21, 2013 10:18

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# ? May 25, 2024 20:31

ForeverBWFC: Oct 19, 2011; Oh, the lads! You should've seen 'em running!
Ask 'em why and they reply the Bolton Boys are coming! All the lads and lasses, smiles upon their faces,

WALKING DOWN THE MANNY ROAD, TO SEE THE BURNDEN ACES!

Pick 'Em
W's win, all other champs retain.

Al Simmons back in at LF, Duke Snider back in at CF. The Saint goes to 3B, Cabrera to SS.

# ? Oct 21, 2013 10:45

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