2014 Random Ramblings

[Witlon]

Ah, burnt popcorn in the air, the smell of cow shit from outside the window...it must be offseason TSSL baseball.

[Halladay_is_God]

as expected Boston starts off slow

6-9 sim

[OrioleMagic]

The first time in years that Colorado has started off hot! It will be hard to compete with Florida and many others for the WC though since SF appears to be the class of the entire league right now.

[Hammer]

gary zeiger lost talent... im about 0% surprised at that. just waiting on herrero, hale and blaze to lose talent at this point. throw in rhoton and glick for good measure.

i got some good progression too surprisingly, but its always gotta be offset by a hit to my good guys. my team is full of lame o's like that.

[Providence A's]

It will be hard to compete with Florida and many others for the WC though since SF appears to be the class of the entire league right now.

Dude, it was one 15-game sim It's a long season. and it doesn't really matter what you do in the regular season. He can go 160 - 2 and still get bounced...

anyway...

9 - 6 sim for St. Louis, but quite a few guys are off to a slow start (Cabrera, Santos, Ramirez, and a few pitchers)...no worries.

oh, and Kuntz is on pace for 76 homers

[realmofotalk]

It's never good to drop the first three games of season, even though it was to the Providence Cardinals.

[Shadow29]

Yeah Not sure how I did so well. Outside of Morrow and Galaz, most of the individual stats are not that great. And Brownie lost contact talent. Was really looking forward to him being a staple in my OF in a year or so. Sorry Browntown, I couldnt keep ya at your awesome level.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Toronto with a beautiful 11-4 sim. 4-1 in 1-run games, and in the 15 games, I had 9 saves. Comin through in the close games. My pitching has been brilliant, with closer Vermilyea sporting a 1.08 ERA. The only blemishes? McCluney has 0 HR, Roberts is hitting .217, and Sammy Lemond has a 6.59 ERA. Otherwise? Beauty in the making.

[Kingdom]

Hey, another prospect falls off the map. Shocker


In other news, Manuel Acosta's so awesome, he doesn't even get a WHIP. Those 162 ERAs will do that for ya. World record. Or should be. Kevin Myers tripped out the rangers.. on two strikeouts. Ladies and gentlemen, Chien Mien Wang's illigitimate brother.

[browntown653]

Yeah Not sure how I did so well. Outside of Morrow and Galaz, most of the individual stats are not that great. And Brownie lost contact talent. Was really looking forward to him being a staple in my OF in a year or so. Sorry Browntown, I couldnt keep ya at your awesome level.

This is a sad day indeed...the Brownie man has died.

7-8 sim, my team always sucks in the first sim so I'm not surprised. At least Poulin remembered to hit for once.

[Providence A's]

Hey, another prospect falls off the map. Shocker

here we go again...you had 2 guys gain talent. It's not my fault that they aren't great players that gained talent. It's random, but dry those tears big guy because I lowered the development again just for you...it's at +50% now and that's where it's staying for the rest of this season. I'll look at the situation again at the end of this season.

[nick]

Dude, it was one 15-game sim It's a long season. and it doesn't really matter what you do in the regular season. He can go 160 - 2 and still get bounced...

Knowing my luck, I will get bounced in the first round again too... which would mark the 3rd time it's happened. Probably the 4th time if I didn't forget to send in lineups that one year sandwiched inbetween my two appearences where I came in 2nd by a game or two to Mofo I think in the final week of the season, because my team would've prolly choked then too.

However...

A lot to be happy about this sim..


Pitching ERA: 2.68 (1st)
Opponents AVG: .215 (2nd)
HRs Allowed: 6 (1st)
Walks Allowed: 49 (13th)
Runs Allowed: 45 (1st)

My starters are a combined 12-0, and if I remembered the equation to figure out their ERA without including the relievers, I'm sure it's nice too. Only allowed 6 home runs so far which is nuts to me. Lowered the walks, but I don't suspect we'll stay at 13 all season.

That's to compliment my offense which lead the league in a lot of categories last year, which will come around a bit more once Priest and Holliday start to mash... for now though, they're doing fine.

Batting AVG: .282 (9th)
Homeruns: 20 (1st)
Walks: 43 (T-24th)
Stolen Bases: 25 (8th)
Runs Scored: 90 (7th)

Happy with most of those numbers, especially home runs... as long as my team maintains average, and hopefully takes a few more walks, we'll score more.

[Dam8610]

I have one question: why did my pitching staff decide to not show up to start the season?

[Dry1313]

JJ 11 SBs, good hitting and pitching.

[Mackus]

I already know what type of season this is gonna be for me. 86 wins and a Western Division Crown. Beat the #1 seed. Lose in the ALCS.