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Hello, new thread! I hope this Expansion is full of lots of new blood and crazy ideas. We're doing well so far! I'm rejoining and hoping for a less snakebit team this time - new owners, or people considering joining, my first team was totally awful for no apparent reason for a full season, narrowly escaped out of the elimination Gauntlet, and proceeded to be awful for another season. And here I come, back for more! Point being, you should try it! 1954 Giants (4) 1978 Angels (3) 1995 Reds (2) 1989 Phillies (1)
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Team Name: Lombard Street Gumshoes Team Logo:  Teams Selected: 1954 New York Giants (4) 1978 California Angels (3) 1995 Cincinnati Reds (2) 1989 Philadelphia Phillies (1) Home City: San Francisco, California Home Stadium: Bourbon Field (Open, natural grass, Fair visibility, 347/380/415/395/360) DH Preference: No, thanks. Position Players: C 1978 Brian Downing C 1989 Darren Daulton 1B 1989 John Kruk 1B 1954 Monte Irvin 2B 1978 Bobby Grich SS 1995 Barry Larkin 3B 1989 Zombie Mike Schmidt 3B 1954 Hank Thompson IF 1954 Al Dark LF 1995 Ron Gant CF 1954 Willie Mays CF 1989 Lenny Dykstra RF 1995 Reggie Sanders UT 1978 Don Baylor AAA UT 1989 Von Hayes AAA 2B 1995 Bret Boone Pitching Rotation: SP 1978 Nolan Ryan SP 1978 Frank Tanana SP 1954 Sal Maglie SP 1954 Johnny Antonelli SP 1995 Jose Rijo CL 1954 Hoyt Wilhelm SU 1995 Michael Jackson SR 1989 Steve Bedrosian SR 1995 Jeff Brantley MR 1989 Terry Mulholland LR 1995 John Smiley AAA 1995 David Wells Lineups: SS Barry Larkin 2B Bobby Grich CF Willie Mays 1B John Kruk/Monte Irvin RF Reggie Sanders C Brian Downing (Daulton catches for Antonelli) LF Ron Gant 3B Mike Schmidt Strategy (Rate on a scale from -5 to +5) Hit and Run: -4 Sacrifice Bunt: -4 Squeeze Play: -4 Trying for extra bases: +1 Stealing Bases: -1 Aggressively Tagging Up: -1 Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): -2 Giving Intentional Walks: -4 Pitching Around Good Hitters: -3 Bringing the Infield In: +1 Guarding the Lines: +2 Making Cutoff Throws: +1 Bringing in Pinch Hitters: -1 Bringing in Pinch Runners: -2 Bringing in Defensive Replacements: +1 Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: +2 Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: 0 Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: +1 I am offering for trade a number of good bullpen arms not shown on my roster, such as; from the World Champion Giants, Marv Grissom (1954 OPS+ 174/career 116) and Al Worthington (119/110); as well as '78 Dave LaRoche, as seen on the Skyhawks (129/106); and '89 Roger "Roddy" McDowell (177/115). For obvious reasons, I would welcome Don Slaught from South Bolton on my team.
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Aug 7, 2012 18:10
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Ordius posted:Trade Bait Archie Goodwin posted:I am offering for trade a number of good bullpen arms not shown on my roster, such as; from the World Champion Giants, Marv Grissom (1954 OPS+ 174/career 116) and Al Worthington (119/110); as well as '78 Dave LaRoche, as seen on the Skyhawks (129/106); and '89 Roger "Roddy" McDowell (177/115). Seems like a fortuitous overlap. I'm interested in most of those guys, honestly, so let's do a few swaps? e: I think I'd prioritize Evans/Rice/Votto, because Big Donkey Dunn isn't quite a fit for my team, sadly, and I'm not using a DH. 2003 Gar Martinez in the field might be optimistic. Archie Goodwin fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Aug 7, 2012 |
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Aug 7, 2012 18:17
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:I am keen - I have my trade bait listed on my roster on the first page. On my phone so will update later I'd roll the dice on Lon Warneke for any of those listed but LaRoche. Ordius posted:I'm interested in LaRoche. The availability of Evans and Votto are currently tied up in an auction bid, but I still have Rice available. Fine with LaRoche for Evans. ForeverBWFC posted:The Legacy Daulton for Slaught?
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Aug 8, 2012 00:29
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ForeverBWFC posted:Also note in the future, that his full title is "Detective Don Slaught, P.I.". We don't stand on ceremony here on the Mean Streets of Frisco. A Gumshoe is a gumshoe, a man who walks down those streets who is not himself mean, etc etc
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Aug 8, 2012 00:51
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Ordius posted:The Splinter Cells jettison the services of Mr. Dwight Evans and approve the contract buyout of Mr. LaRoche. Agreed!
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Aug 8, 2012 05:46
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tatankatonk posted:Expansion Cup Injury Report - May 1st Mean streets, indeed. However, I, uh, don't have Darrell Porter on my team? '78 Downing and '87? '91? Don Slaught (from the Ws) should be my only catchers.
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Aug 15, 2012 06:49
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You like Faulkner but find noir boring, tatankatonk? My goodness. Keep Mays starting, but call up Dykstra and send down Bret Boone. Hopefully Lenny will sub in for Willie until he heals. Keep Irvin in left and Grich should be starting at 2B.
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Aug 17, 2012 00:55
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Trade Offer While conventional wisdom dictates that I snap up this offer instantly, Mogul seems to give Ol' Nolan a lot more credit than the sabermetric community. Also, Phil Coke is a current player, and has been extremely hittable for the Tigers this year. No idea why the sim likes him so much. I am not in the inner circle of the thread, so to speak, but I suspect the "deadball limit" was meant to restrict abuse of the average pitcher of the time, not the Mattys, Deacon Phillippes, and Three-Finger Browns of the world. Big Train wasn't a typical deadballer by any means, obviously. No, thanks, in short.
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Aug 28, 2012 18:20
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 Ah, Italo Calvino. I read Invisible Cities for undergrad work. I still have no idea why. DL Maglie, and use Wells in the rotation and Mulholland as long man. Platoon Thompson and Dark at 3B in lieu of Old Man Schmidtty. Bench Ron Gant and try a Dykstra/Baylor platoon in left. Thanks.
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Sep 7, 2012 17:29
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Smasher Dynamo posted:If you have any questions about roster construction or how to fix your team, ask them now. I know about old Schmidt (though I expect I'll keep him on as a pinch-hitter) and Ron Gant. Can either Reggie Sanders in his career year or old Dwight Evans (who I have, but didn't make it into the Expansion) hold up in right? I have a lot of platooning pieces in Kruk/Dykstra and Irvin/Baylor - can their powers combined make something useful, or should I look for value at 1B/LF in the draft? Does Sal the Barber's age sink him for Mogul? I'm prepared to go in with Ryan/Tanana/Rijo/Antonelli, and draft another starter. Did Mike Jackson just roll badly, or is he doomed to suck?
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Sep 10, 2012 19:58
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Congratulations to Armitage! Long and Confused List of Draft Preferences 3B Mike Schmidt SP Whitey Ford or better LF Rickey Henderson 1B Jimmie Foxx SP Jim Kaat 1B Eddie Murray LF Joe Medwick CF Kirby Puckett RF Al Kaline "3B" George Brett 3B Brooks Robinson SP Mickey Lolich SP Cakes Palmer SP Lefty Gomez SP David Cone 3B Al Rosen LF Matt Holliday SP Max Scherzer SP ('19) Cicotte SP Vida Blue SP Lefty Grove SP Frank Viola SP Billy Pierce SP Derek Lowe IF Red Schoendienst IF Joe Cronin IF Tony Lazzeri BPA Sorry, Smasher.
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Sep 14, 2012 19:03
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Aaaaand it begins. I need pitching and am not going to take crafty lefty Jim Kaat in the first round, considering he came from my first team, which was cursed. I wish to offer my third round pick to the Radbourns in exchange for '77 Rick Reuschel and '97 Andy Pettitte. They're not world-beaters, but you could use another pick to shore up your
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Sep 17, 2012 22:47
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The eight division arrangement seems best, if unfortunate for some. Super-League VII Roster Lineup LF 1985 Rickey Henderson 1B 1987 Eddie Murray 2B 1978 Bobby Grich CF 1954 Willie Mays SS 1995 Barry Larkin RF 1987 Dwight Evans C 1978 Brian Downing 3B 1989 Mike Schmidt Bench C 1991 Don Slaught (Personal catcher of Rijo) IF 1954 Hank Thompson OF 1989 Lenny Dykstra OF 1995 Reggie Sanders UT 1989 John Kruk UT 1989 Von Hayes Pitching SP 1978 Nolan Ryan SP 1978 Frank Tanana SP 1977 Rick Reuschel SP 1995 Jose Rijo SP 1954 Johnny Antonelli CL 1954 Hoyt Wilhelm SU 1989 Steve Bedrosian SR 1995 Mike Jackson SR 1995 Jeff Brantley MR 1995 David Wells LR 1997 Andy Pettitte Minors AAA UT 1978 Don Baylor AAA IF 1954 Alvin Dark AAA SP 1954 Sal "the Barber" Maglie Adjusted Dimensions of Bourbon Field: Home Stadium: Bourbon Field (Open, natural grass, Fair visibility, 327/365/415/395/363) Adjusted Strategy (Rate on a scale from -5 to +5) Hit and Run: -1 Sacrifice Bunt: -4 Squeeze Play: -4 Trying for extra bases: +1 Stealing Bases: +2 Aggressively Tagging Up: -1 Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): -2 Giving Intentional Walks: -4 Pitching Around Good Hitters: -3 Bringing the Infield In: +1 Guarding the Lines: +2 Making Cutoff Throws: -1 Bringing in Pinch Hitters: -2 Bringing in Pinch Runners: -2 Bringing in Defensive Replacements: +1 Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: +2 Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: 0 Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: +1 Archie Goodwin fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Sep 20, 2012 |
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Sep 20, 2012 06:53
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It's completely irrational, but I actually have a hard time keeping track of which day to look at the thread for updates, what with there being one every day, you poor man. Loved the Don Slaught patter. And he's still hitting above .500; obviously, it's destiny. Would '95 Reggie Sanders and '54 Sal Maglie serve as collateral for '37 Red Rolfe*? I could add '78 Don Baylor as well, I suppose?
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Sep 28, 2012 21:14
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/\ Rodgers seems to have it well in hand. And hasn't New Orleans had enough done to it, Commissar?Smasher Dynamo posted:Dubai Dervishes Haha, nice one. Smasher Dynamo posted:Lombard St. Gumshoes It was inevitable, wasn't it?
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Oct 1, 2012 00:18
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 I guess try Sal Maglie for Antonelli. I'd like to propose a trade with the Imperialists - in exchange for offering my second round pick, which should be pretty high, sadly, I'd like some of your spare parts, since I have a number of holes. Would you really miss very young Chipper, Harold Baines, and, say, Mel Harder?
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Oct 5, 2012 18:51
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Young Chipper replaces old Schmidtty immediately at 3B, rest him in the minors, and also send down Von Hayes and Hank Thompson. Platoon Harold Baines and Dwight Evans in right; call up Dykstra for 4OF duty. No, Lenny, that's not a felony code. I expect I'll be slotting Mel Harder in for Maglie, but let's see if he exploded this week first.
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Oct 6, 2012 15:46
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quote:VOTE OR ELSE! Have to go SP with my one pick. It would be fate if I got '67 Tom Seaver, given that he saved the Orchids in their first Gauntlet run and sunk them in the second.
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Oct 10, 2012 23:55
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I am fine with my one pick. Never despair. This won't be a second Greenbrier. right? Let's try to rest Tanana's arm, Mel Harder in the rotation for Frank Tanana. Probably just for the one start, then I can replace him with Eddie Plank.
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Oct 13, 2012 16:03
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Let's slip Eddie Plank in for Reuschel, please. Reuschel to long man, Pettitte to the minors.
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Oct 15, 2012 17:47
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quote:Analysis I'm afraid so. Bring Reuschel in from swingman to replace him, call up Tanana to replace Reuschel. Rest Larkin with Alvin Dark, as well. Thanks.
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Oct 17, 2012 16:20
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I like that new format. I don't like where I am in it, but so it goes.
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Oct 18, 2012 04:18
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Please put Barry Larkin back in at short. It's obviously SSS, but Rickey's tired, and Don Baylor's hitting .625, so put him in left for the week.
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Oct 19, 2012 16:29
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One day, Det. Don Slaught will get to the bottom of these titles. There's a backstory there somewhere, and he's just the man to find it. Right after some hair of the dog that bit him.... Dwight Evans appears to be totally broken down, which is a shame, since he had two good seasons after this one, where he was fourth in MVP voting. Anyway, send Evans down, call Hank Thompson up, rest Bobby Grich with Thompson.
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Oct 22, 2012 15:29
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We swept the week! Hooray! Our closer's broken and we have no replacement! Boo! I guess Jeff Brantley moves to closer, Wilhelm to the DL, and Andy Pettitte bumps Boomer Wells into Brantley's spot in SR. How would Don Baylor's defense be in right? I should really be using Rickey.
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Oct 24, 2012 18:34
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Go ahead and move Baylor to right and put Rickey back in left, thanks. It is nice to see Mays hit well across the board. And Schmidt for the Radbourns, mind you.
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Oct 26, 2012 17:41
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I keep forgetting to put Grich back in at 2B. I'd also like Don Baylor in right, if his defense isn't any worse there than I expect (bad, but not awful, and no worse than Baines).
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Oct 29, 2012 21:40
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quote:Analysis He deserves a reward for his lonely, hard work in finding the answers in those sordid, dark corners of Add Slaught as personal catcher for Sal "The Barber" Maglie, because that seems thematically appropriate.
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Oct 30, 2012 01:53
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Tim Teufel living in the dank tunnels under Rochester seems very true to life. Nil desperandum, Don. DL The Barber and The Rickey - Don Baylor back to left, Baines back to right. Call up, um, Von Hayes. Stick Tanana back in the fifth rotation slot, bump Boomer to long man, call up Pettitte to middle relief.
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Nov 3, 2012 03:05
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theacox posted:Why are people using 4 or 3 (?!) man rotations for the gauntlet? Is this a viable strategy? For whatever reason, probably because of all the travel days, the fifth starter almost never gets used in the Gauntlet. 3, well, I don't know about that. And thanks, Smasher, I've survived the Gauntlet with a scrubbier team, I'll try not to disappoint.
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Nov 15, 2012 04:23
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You know, I actually like the Orchids in the Thornton Lee Division up there. At least, if everyone else's Babe Ruth exploded.
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Nov 20, 2012 18:20
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I really don't want to let Smasher down, but my team is not going to be the most consistent save-to-save. Maybe that's a good thing. Gumshoe Gauntlet Roster "I came to San Francisco for the baseball weather. I was misinformed." LF Rickey Henderson CF Willie Mays 1B Eddie Murray RF Don Baylor 2B Bobby Grich DH Harold Baines C Brian Downing 3B Chipper Jones SS Barry Larkin C Det. Don Slaught (catches for Rijo) OF Lenny Dykstra IF Alvin Dark IF Hank Thompson UT John Kruk SP Nolan Ryan SP Eddie Plank SP Jose Rijo SP Rick Reuschel MU Andy Pettitte CL Hoyt Wilhelm SU Steve Bedrosian SR Mike Jackson SR Jeff Brantley MR David Wells LR Frank Tanana I read the obits, but I feel like kind of a kiss-rear end if I tell you I enjoyed each one. You do good work, and I hope you'll keep doing this as long as you
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Nov 30, 2012 09:12
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Goddammit. MY Pete Alexander didn't save the Orchids...
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Dec 3, 2012 23:43
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Smasher Dynamo posted:Archie Goodwin! Smasher Dynamo posted:Okay, so, for those of you who weren't in the channel, this happened: Wait, what? Haha, I'll take it! 
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Dec 9, 2012 20:52
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Smasher Dynamo posted:First, in honor of the Gumshoes defeating the Woodchucks, I hereby award them Sadaharu Oh to handle their DH hole and THE Thornton Lee because he is THE Thornton Lee. Well, that is just awesome. And excellent news, though a rotating door of Old Evans/Older Schmidt/Kruk/Baines would have been funny, if tragic. And now I have a fifth rotation arm that won't make me drink like a down-on-his-luck shamus! Smasher Dynamo posted:I also award them the Larkin-Downing Award of Excellence, which they shall hold until another team mounts a 4-run comeback against them in the ninth. Given my
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Dec 10, 2012 20:52
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Anyone want to trade up? Not up, but if you want to trade out entirely, I'll offer you '84 Harold Baines, who hit .304/.361/.541 that year. A young right fielder who played a bit of center as well.
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Dec 11, 2012 06:39
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Bernie Williams is still on the board. Which I imagine you already know. Anyway I've got larry walker AND carlos beltran, so that doesn't really help. Open to offers though. A relief ace would be good, and I think a relief ace for Bernie Williams or Mickey Lolich is a good trade for someone. Bernie Williams can't play right field, or hit reliably enough to be a DH, but OK. Not sure why you'd imply I'd be drafting him to apparently replace Willie Mays, either. No one's going to trade you a "relief ace" for what's on the board, brother. Face it.
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Dec 11, 2012 06:48
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The Gumshoes will be rolling the dice on rookie Jered Weaver. Nobody ever made a buck betting on a three-time bum to straighten up and fly right, but sometimes a kid, unstained by these mean streets, can rise above all of it.... Mayor Humungus is up.
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Dec 11, 2012 18:45
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Super-League VIII Roster for your Larkin-Downing Award-holding Gumshoes: Lineup LF 1985 Rickey Henderson DH NPB Sadaharu Oh CF 1954 Willie Mays 1B 1987 Eddie Murray 2B 1978 Bobby Grich RF 1978 Don Baylor SS 1995 Barry Larkin C 1978 Brian Downing 3B 1995 Chipper Jones Bench C 1991 Don Slaught (Personal catcher of Rijo) IF 1954 Hank Thompson OF 1989 Lenny Dykstra UT 1989 John Kruk RF 1984 Harold Baines Minors AAA UT 1989 Von Hayes AAA RF 1987 Dwight Evans AAA IF 1954 Alvin Dark AAA CI 1989 Mike Schmidt AAA 2B 1995 Bret Boone Pitching SP 1978 Nolan Ryan SP 1911 Eddie Plank SP 1995 Jose Rijo SP 1942 (?) THE Thornton Lee SP 1977 Rick Reuschel CL 1954 Hoyt Wilhelm SU 1989 Steve Bedrosian SR 1995 Mike Jackson SR 1995 Jeff Brantley MR 1997 Andy Pettitte LR 1995 David Wells Minors AAA SP 2006 Jered Weaver AAA SP 1978 Frank Tanana AAA SP 1995 John Smiley AAA SP 1954 Sal "the Barber" Maglie AAA SW 1989 Terry Mulholland We've exchanged 1937 Mel Harder and his extreme hittability for 1995 John Smiley, who might conceivably be less so; and 1954 Johnny Antonelli, who Mogul hates, for 1995 Bret Boone, who might be useful to someone. e: and also 1995 Reggie Sanders, who disappeared from my roster without me noticing, for 1989 Terry Mulholland, because my plan for the back of the bullpen is "lots of disposable lefties." Dimensions of Bourbon Field: Home Stadium: Bourbon Field (Open, natural grass, Fair visibility, 327/365/415/395/363) Strategy Hit and Run: +1 Sacrifice Bunt: -4 Squeeze Play: -4 Trying for extra bases: +1 Stealing Bases: +2 Aggressively Tagging Up: +1 Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): -2 Giving Intentional Walks: -4 Pitching Around Good Hitters: -3 Bringing the Infield In: +1 Guarding the Lines: +2 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 throw trouble: +2 Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: +1 Archie Goodwin fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Dec 12, 2012 |
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Dec 12, 2012 00:27
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