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#41328	10/29/2016 2:03:37 pm
GrizzlyDan Joined: 06/30/2016 Posts: 199 Atlanta Braves VI.5	I figured we needed this as a counterpoint to The Venting Thread. This has perhaps a little to do with pulling a 50-claim pitcher off the waiver wire.

#41330	10/29/2016 2:58:23 pm
Garnet Joined: 02/13/2016 Posts: 147 Inactive	Nice.... I was one of the 50 so I'm a bit jealous, but congrats anyway.

#41427	11/02/2016 5:29:17 pm
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	Six players in the All-Star Game, four starters going a combined 7 for 16 and accounting for six of the East All-Stars’ RBIs, plus POTG honors for my catcher. Not a bad showing! ^.^

#41440	11/03/2016 4:10:59 am
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2257 New York Lancers V.4	We had seven players make the ASG, against all expectations. That makes 28 players we've had up there in the four seasons (3.5 technically) since I took over. Which is nice. Didn't win the 70+ waiver claim on the 15 POT pitcher last night, but it happens.

#41844	11/15/2016 12:31:50 pm
Champion Joined: 11/08/2016 Posts: 4 Inactive	Rodrigo Falcón yes 65 claims what luck first ever over 5 claims

#41847	11/15/2016 2:34:12 pm
Crazy Li Joined: 01/25/2015 Posts: 879 Inactive	I went from 5th place to 2nd place during the cross-division play. And... I totally expect to go on a losing streak now that I announced that. This might need to becoming the Jinxing Thread xP

#41859	11/15/2016 7:31:59 pm
Deuce Joined: 06/07/2016 Posts: 279 New London Rippers III.1	Middletown Mustangs on the a surge, winning 8 straight and closing the gap from 12 behind down to 4 back! All this had been done while the team has gone to youth, starting no less than 7 new young players.

#41945	11/18/2016 3:10:14 pm
GrizzlyDan Joined: 06/30/2016 Posts: 199 Atlanta Braves VI.5	I have a magic number, and that number is 20!

#42129	11/24/2016 7:09:31 pm
GrizzlyDan Joined: 06/30/2016 Posts: 199 Atlanta Braves VI.5	Clinch!

#42179	11/25/2016 3:03:16 pm
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	This game. “Iron Man” Brent Melton and Josué Bueno combining to throw a one-hitter, with Player of the Game going to Russell “The Hatchet” Jonsson on the strength of a 4-5 night including three runs scored, five RBIs, and hitting for the cycle. Now that is a game worthy of me writing up a press release. ^.^ Updated Friday, November 25 2016 @ 3:04:15 pm PST

#42471	12/02/2016 8:41:28 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	I think its neat that Baez followed up a Gold Glove season at SS with a Gold Glove season at 2B.

#42479	12/03/2016 7:33:27 am
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2257 New York Lancers V.4	I think its neat that Rafael Ortiz followed up his All-Star, All-League, MVP season with... ...an All-Star, All-League, MVP season.

#42715	12/07/2016 2:44:02 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	I won the lotto for the first time ever!!!! Never won a player even remotely this talented on waivers, unfortunately he is 32, but still should lock up any uncertainty over whether I would promote. Raleigh would like to introduce Andrian Sexton.

#42719	12/07/2016 5:32:44 pm
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	Hmm, dissing the league. You just made me a Jacksonville and Minneapolis supporter. I wish I had the arms to fight, but I don't. I've had lots of guys with great skills who simply suck and there's nothing I can do about it. Go Jackapolis! (Careful. That almost comes out as a curse word.)

#42726	12/08/2016 2:14:19 am
Mesh77 Joined: 10/25/2016 Posts: 144 Palo Alto Invaders V.15	What in the actual... I aced waivers last night, get this:- P Okajima - 154 claims (14 POT) P Farmer - 15 claims (13 POT) P Brake - 11 claims (13 POT) P Kadlec - 76 claims (14 POT) Wowzers. If you hadn't guessed already pitching was a huge weakness for me. Not any more!

#42729	12/08/2016 5:04:26 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	Not really trying to diss the league, just a bit excited. Never had a 16 potential player on my roster before, even one in decline.

#42812	12/10/2016 6:09:40 pm
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	One time through the six-man spring rotation and we've given up just eleven runs. My major league pitching is not very good at all. The youngsters might be teasing me with hope, but I'll take it.

#42814	12/10/2016 7:15:24 pm
Squiddcatt Joined: 02/25/2016 Posts: 375 Inactive	I have an outfielder with 3-5 3runs 4Rbi's 2hr 1triple small sample size and a pitcher who retired 25 to start spring training with 5k's gave up the perfect game in the ninth then loses a 1-0 unearned run game win 2hits 1walk and 10k's What a beast.

#42857	12/12/2016 5:13:23 am
garfscores Joined: 10/13/2014 Posts: 491 Battle Creek Sting III.4	@newt- Sexton might be the worst 16 POT possible. Lots of defense, lefthanded thrower and lower hit and power skills. But good for you for grabbing him.

#42858	12/12/2016 5:30:39 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	@garf, yeah, the more I look at him, the less enthusiastic I have become. I still think he represents a defensive upgrade at SS over my current options, even with the left handed penalty, and I just hope he can continue to get on base against righties. He will exclusively platoon at SS against righties since my SS last season batted ~.210 against them, so he should be better than that... still trying to figure out what to do versus lefties since my SS last season was even worse against them. In other words, even if he is the worst 16 imaginable, he still represents both an offensive and a defensive upgrade over my current SS, so I'll take him.

#42861	12/12/2016 11:06:46 am
garfscores Joined: 10/13/2014 Posts: 491 Battle Creek Sting III.4	Meh. Izquierdo looks to be the better defender (no lefthanded penalty and better range). I'd feel comfortable playing him against lefties. Sexton is definitely by far the better hitter. I actually think you may be surprised by Izquierdo's production in the future. His terrible bat control certainly limits him, but I could see him OPSing .700+ in the future, which would be fine considering he has a gold glove defensive build.

#42898	12/13/2016 3:08:10 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	I do love range, but the 14 fielding which I believe has maxed out precludes him from ever being a gold glove build at LL II or Legends. I was more bullish on Izquierdo before last season's black hole offensive performance (note: around the all-star break he was actually batting around .100 so his final numbers actually reflect a decent second half). A lot is batted around about which would be better, but I intend to find out...

#42935	12/14/2016 2:58:24 pm
nemesis Joined: 07/06/2016 Posts: 136 Brooklyn Dodgers II.2	I know its preseason but I'm always surprised (and delighted) to see a CG no-hitter. Just one walk issued in the 6th, otherwise perfect.

#43931	01/14/2017 2:53:06 pm
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	…So Justin Robinson’s scouting report says he’ll be able to throw all day. Boy, they weren’t kiddin’. Updated Saturday, January 14 2017 @ 2:53:41 pm PST

#43995	01/17/2017 2:45:19 am
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	…And then I won a 70-claim pitcher off of waivers.

#44301	01/24/2017 4:31:10 pm
Noodle Joined: 02/15/2016 Posts: 172 Inactive	Since my last post in the venting thread complaining about the futility of my team they have gone 15 and 3 since the all star break. Fully expecting that I just jinxed myself

#44405	01/27/2017 9:09:29 pm
Mcdoogle Joined: 05/21/2015 Posts: 243 Inactive	Medina continues to prove the scouts wrong, hoping he can keep it up

#44413	01/28/2017 10:17:44 am
5L1NK Joined: 06/10/2015 Posts: 296 Farmington Hills Cardinals Legends	Medina is absolutely terrifying. Just another reason why playing your team is a tough match up.

#44414	01/28/2017 10:39:12 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Wow. Medina is really impressive. I've been wondering lately if I am wasting resources on Markham. Medina gives me some hope.

#44663	02/05/2017 9:42:11 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	Luis Rosa is going to be good. All my 26 and 27 year old rookies are turning the corner at this point, but Rosa is already looking flat out good whereas Murillo, Quintanilla, and Schubert are looking good enough to stave off being cut.

#44670	02/06/2017 6:14:33 am
Dan6176 Joined: 04/30/2016 Posts: 254 Inactive	Before I played the Friars, I went 8 series without losing. Things are looking up.

#46094	02/27/2017 12:41:51 am
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	I had one roster spot open going into last night's claims and had three guys I wanted. The top SI guys were desperate attempts to help my horrible pitching staff right now. Both had low claim numbers, including one with just 3. My third claim was on a high schooler with 39 claims that just got rejected by his drafting team. I liked him quite a bit, so was considering making another cut to ensure I had space for him. In the end, I talked myself out of it figuring there wasn't much chance of me hitting him or the others. I watched the claims live. Caputo with 13 to Pomono. Watch, I'm going to land the silly expensive Marini. He only has 3 claims. Here we go! Nope. El Monte's shelling out the serious dough. Dang, I really need a pitcher. Tick tock tick tock. What the heck?! Boom! I land the super slow Villanueva with 39 claims! He projects to be the best bat by far for me from my minor leaguers. I sure wish I could actually see him play. I'd love to see him hit a liner in the gap and pathetically try to get to second. 6 speed, 4 range. What's his primary position? Shortstop. Ha! Right. You're moving over to the hot corner, Emiliano.

#46104	02/27/2017 6:45:31 am
occham Joined: 11/07/2011 Posts: 258 Inactive	Congrats I know the waiver wire has been unkind.

#46137	02/27/2017 3:49:33 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Ya. That's a great story, and a really nice addition. Good luck with Villaneuva!

#46139	02/27/2017 4:50:06 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9742 Haverhill Halflings II.1	Villanueva was the only guy I had a claim on last night.

#46472	03/08/2017 2:20:43 pm
buffmckagan Joined: 12/22/2013 Posts: 658 Scranton Bears Legends	This might not be a huge deal, but I had Francisco Lemus take a perfect game into the 8th inning of a 9-1 win today and I wanted to give him some props. Hoping this is a start to a great season.

#47583	04/02/2017 8:16:28 pm
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	Coming into play today with a 45-25 record, I was going up against a team with a terrifying 54-16 record. When the dust settled, my record was sitting at 50-25. ^.^

#47734	04/06/2017 9:33:19 pm
wil_m Joined: 01/08/2016 Posts: 248 Inactive	Hey my team threw out 2 base runners at the plate in the ninth inning in a game today. That was neat! They were both infield force outs with the bases loaded, but it was still neat none the less! EDIT: Both fielders who threw out the runners at the plate are rated "outstanding in the field." It is nice to see that outstanding defense show up so dramatically. Updated Friday, April 7 2017 @ 12:34:47 am PDT

#47738	04/07/2017 4:00:59 am
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	Jung Hwan “The Beast” Lee decided Beast Mode Engage this morning and punched through the 14 POT ceiling into 15 POT territory. Yoshio Sakai, this year’s second round pick, might decide to follow his example by the end of the year and charge forward into 14 POT territory. He only needs one point for it. Updated Friday, April 7 2017 @ 4:02:41 am PDT

#47805	04/08/2017 5:38:40 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Rookie SP Dustin GIles had a 4 hit, 10 K, 0 BB shut-out vs the league best Edmond Bulldogs. I'm very excited for the future of this team.

#48039	04/15/2017 10:23:25 pm
jreynoldson913 Joined: 08/18/2015 Posts: 293 Inactive	http://brokenbat.org/game/2426362 Somehow managed to win despite only having 2 hits

#48105	04/17/2017 10:00:40 pm
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	I managed to get this guy on waivers last night. Frankly, I'm surprised he had as many claims as he did (34). He looks like a LHP that's going to send balls over the wall far too often, like almost every lefty I've ever had. However, I'm hoping for some good karma. He was released by Everett, which is a line drive from my home. And even better, his birthplace is Mililani Town, Hawaii. Surely claiming a guy from the Cup's victory town the same day they win it all has to bring him good luck, right?

#48147	04/18/2017 7:05:30 pm
dsz071 Joined: 09/12/2015 Posts: 334 Inactive	Just saw this post and figured I'd chime in. I hit the BB Lottery with this guy http://brokenbat.org/player/111581 (166 claims) in the offseason. Wanted him to be my closer. He's worked out pretty OK. Updated Tuesday, April 18 2017 @ 7:05:52 pm PDT

#48148	04/19/2017 12:04:06 am
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	Wow. That's a nice season. He might eclipse 70 saves! I wonder what the BB record is.

#48155	04/19/2017 6:32:41 am
GullyFoyle Joined: 02/16/2016 Posts: 130 Spokane Wolves IV.5	The BB record is 68.

#48160	04/19/2017 12:27:51 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Sanchez makes me happy. Yesterday he registered what must be close to the ultimate save. After weaving that bit of magic he finally succumbed and surrendered his first earned runs of the season (a blown save almost as spectacular as the save the game before). Its ok Danny. 0.46 ERA is fine.

#48163	04/19/2017 3:34:57 pm
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	It must be rough having THREE relievers who average a combined 16.75 SI per pitching category (stamina excluded). Sheesh. I'd take one, thanks. Updated Wednesday, April 19 2017 @ 3:40:07 pm PDT

#48166	04/19/2017 5:21:48 pm
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	And while dsz071 is aiming for Broken Bat history over there in VI.7 West, I’ll settle for “Wheels” taking over the VI.7 all time lead in runs scored. He’s got plenty of time to take the VI.7 all time lead in doubles before the end of the season, too; he only needs eight. Updated Wednesday, April 19 2017 @ 5:22:38 pm PDT

#48168	04/19/2017 5:34:44 pm
Yankee1219 Joined: 12/03/2016 Posts: 114 West Allis Devil Dogs V.4	Nice to see that magic number of 15 pop up for the Aces with 36 games left in the season. Looks like the youngsters will get some quality time in the bigs to close out the year.

#48173	04/19/2017 8:51:40 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	It must be rough having THREE relievers who average a combined 16.75 SI per pitching category (stamina excluded). Sheesh. I'd take one, thanks. Hehe. 2 of those 3 are 12 pots. (More crowing ). And no, you can't have one. Updated Wednesday, April 19 2017 @ 8:52:11 pm PDT

#48177	04/20/2017 5:06:53 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	Di Carlo went from 14 potential to 15 last Friday. This is my first player to exceed expectations.

#48187	04/20/2017 1:08:09 pm
jreynoldson913 Joined: 08/18/2015 Posts: 293 Inactive	Newman how do u see if they went up in POT. Is it on the training page or do u have to keep track of every player

#48188	04/20/2017 2:06:02 pm
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	You pretty much have to know what your players’ POTs are, yeah. You can also math it out after a training update if you’re not sure; the POT on a player translates to a maximum SI of POT8 to POT8+7.

#48189	04/20/2017 3:03:10 pm
jreynoldson913 Joined: 08/18/2015 Posts: 293 Inactive	@Assumed Well I know how the POT translates but y don't we just put it on the training page and stuff

#48213	04/21/2017 2:53:23 am
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	Jung Hwan “The Beast” Lee decided Beast Mode Engage this morning and punched through the 14 POT ceiling into 15 POT territory. Yoshio Sakai, this year’s second round pick, might decide to follow his example by the end of the year and charge forward into 14 POT territory. He only needs one point for it. …That happened. ^.^

#48221	04/21/2017 7:54:12 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	So, I actually pulled a halfway decent player in round #9 today. Not expecting much from him, but he actually doesn't have a terrible build in my opinion.

#48292	04/23/2017 9:53:46 am
gosupepper Joined: 01/29/2016 Posts: 14 Inactive	my 16 pot finally popped ready for the majors, time to unleash the beast http://brokenbat.org/player/118967

#48472	04/28/2017 1:29:43 pm
HoHoTDoG Joined: 07/19/2015 Posts: 43 Inactive	Lloyd decided 12 POT wasnt enough so he decided to ascend to 13 POT territory

#48488	04/28/2017 10:01:19 pm
dsz071 Joined: 09/12/2015 Posts: 334 Inactive	Kendall Shelton needs 4 saves in the final 10 games to set the Broken Bat All Time Single Season Saves record. http://brokenbat.org/records/22

#48528	04/29/2017 8:30:38 pm
Dan6176 Joined: 04/30/2016 Posts: 254 Inactive	Clinched the lvl VI 15 East Division today and will play the Conroe Tigers, which will be a rematch of the '28 VI 16 playoffs. They took the title that year, but this year its mine.

#48539	04/30/2017 7:29:25 am
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	Another example of Robinson being Robinson again. If you don’t feel like clicking, he literally pitched a complete game-and-a-half — fourteen innings worth of refusing to give up the ball. It’s hard to get this kind of game from guys still in a pennant race, let alone after clinching the division. And then Rodriguez followed that up with a four-hit complete game shutout. The bullpen might be getting bored, but at least they should be nice and fresh for the last two series.

#48742	05/04/2017 2:26:52 pm
GrizzlyDan Joined: 06/30/2016 Posts: 199 Atlanta Braves VI.5	The Warriors win the pennant! The Warriors win the pennant! An impromptu street party would be breaking out on Tarboro St. at Stadium Ave right now. Hail the Warriors!

#57595	03/08/2018 8:33:29 pm	Apr 7th, 2035
12twelve Joined: 02/05/2017 Posts: 131 Inactive	It has been quite a while since this thread was broken out...thought I would post that Troy Rosen has hit Grand Slams in each of the last two games! The first was a walk-off in the bottom of the 11th!! Going for three tomorrow! http://brokenbat.org/game/2740679 http://brokenbat.org/game/2740691

#57596	03/08/2018 8:45:46 pm	Apr 7th, 2035
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Nice bump. Very minor crow. Lost a 13 pot starting pitcher prospect with the restart. Picked up Wilcox off waivers. Very pleased to see him pitch his first 14 innings with no HR against.

#57642	03/10/2018 9:30:03 am	Apr 10th, 2035
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2257 New York Lancers V.4	A 15-2 start! 8-1 in League play and 7-1 Cup (I think we were 3-6 and 2-6 last time around). Team rank up to a franchise best #65 overall! What to do next? How about firing your manager?!? Was tough to let Leo go, but I've really noticed some of my young pitchers either struggling in their development or hitting the very bottom of their POT range. Don't like negatives in reports, but he was one of the best (and youngest) managers around (and quickly found a new team). But from Leo to Lloyd we go. Was quite a shock to see a manager of that caliber available this morning so jumped all over it. Can only go wrong from here!

#57646	03/10/2018 2:31:18 pm	Apr 11th, 2035
Deuce Joined: 06/07/2016 Posts: 279 New London Rippers III.1	Wow! 28-0 win today! http://brokenbat.org/game/2736851 Wasn't expecting anything like that. Guess the boys were happy to return home after starting with 10 straight on the road. Updated Saturday, March 10 2018 @ 2:33:56 pm PST

#57685	03/12/2018 4:55:08 pm	Apr 20th, 2035
dsz071 Joined: 09/12/2015 Posts: 334 Inactive	Not crowing about a draft pick but about what happened in my cup game today. Top 3rd: Lake Oswego Iwamura takes the mound to pitch. Rush strikes out. Chiang flies out to left field. Davenport hits a single to right field. Vernon hits a single to center field. Davenport advances to second base. Walker hits a home run to right field of 348 feet. Davenport comes in to score. Vernon comes in to score. *MacDonald is hit by the pitch.* Takata strikes out. Lake Oswego 3, Independence 0 That's right, Ralph. That's what I like to see! You show him! Now everybody knows what's going to happen when you give up two singles and a dinger after two outs!

#57686	03/12/2018 5:40:09 pm	Apr 20th, 2035
Alyksandur Joined: 07/19/2017 Posts: 229 Boca Raton Gryphons II.2	That's some good old-fashioned hardball, right there. ^.^

#66839	07/06/2019 9:40:43 am	Jun 27th, 2041
Midas Mulligan Joined: 12/21/2018 Posts: 25 Goldsboro Goldbugs IV.1	We have two prospects in the overall top 40. The future looks bright for the 'Jackets, and a name change is coming when we are eligible. Daniel Peck and Juan Nieves. Yeah, reviving an old thread, call me a necroposter.

#66901	07/10/2019 12:22:25 pm	Jul 14th, 2041
spenaat Joined: 02/13/2019 Posts: 38 Inactive	Not hypin up my former-Italians, but my league. Y'all won't find a more tightly contested competition at this point in the season than our beloved (and somewhat bot filled) VI.13 East with a 3-way tie heading to the All-Star break! Updated Wednesday, July 10 2019 @ 12:22:47 pm PDT

#66902	07/10/2019 12:52:30 pm	Jul 14th, 2041
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	Green job, spenaat. I certainly left the team in shambles;) Updated Wednesday, July 10 2019 @ 12:52:49 pm PDT

#66924	07/11/2019 6:15:19 pm	Jul 20th, 2041
Jwrose Joined: 07/07/2016 Posts: 97 Parma Dodgers V.10	I don't know, my division is right there for tightness. I'm in 5th,7 games under .500, but only 4 games out because 1st is only 1 game over .500. Last place is only 2 games behind me. Of anyone manages to get hot they'll run away

#66927	07/11/2019 11:00:24 pm	Jul 21st, 2041
buffmckagan Joined: 12/22/2013 Posts: 658 Scranton Bears Legends	http://brokenbat.org/game/3345239 Richard Curran perfect through eight innings, blows it in the top of the ninth!!!!!!! Still not bad for a no-hitter, third in franchise history

#66957	07/13/2019 7:51:30 pm	Jul 28th, 2041
spenaat Joined: 02/13/2019 Posts: 38 Inactive	http://brokenbat.org/game/3382816 Kim with 3 HRs, two of which Smacketh Grandes

#67398	08/05/2019 3:56:16 pm	Oct 22nd, 2041
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	Here's a news tribute to my first ever career Raven, who may very well retire in the offseason. Stay tuned for a separate post in the next week or so giving a visual tribute to his stats.

#68059	09/04/2019 5:36:19 pm	Apr 29th, 2042
Shoeless Joe Joined: 10/07/2017 Posts: 17 Inactive	Hope I'm not jinxing the season but off to a 20-4 start and a +112 RD so far in league play. Might finally promote out of LLVI.

#68370	09/20/2019 9:40:22 am	Jun 25th, 2042
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Falcons Ace Chris Hopper has been unstoppable recently, so he's getting a plug here: http://brokenbat.org/player/139624 Hopper's last 3 starts have resulted in: 25 2/3 IP, 6R (0 ER), 3 BB, 8 K, a .154 BAA, and a .662 WHIP One of those wins came against the BB great Thunder Bay Red Raiders in cup play, where hopper was pulled in the 9th one out shy of a shutout when he tripped his pitch count. Hopper didn't hit it off with Falcons management during last year's acquisition and he saw some time in the bullpen in 2041. Reevaluating the roster before 2042, his talent stood out and the two parties were able to make amends. It's been a glorious ride for Chris in 2042! Updated Friday, September 20 2019 @ 9:40:55 am PDT

#68473	09/24/2019 9:55:11 pm	Jul 14th, 2042
Shoeless Joe Joined: 10/07/2017 Posts: 17 Inactive	Our pace fell off a bit since the last update, but for the first half we're at 62-18 with a +258 RD and a 20 game lead. The team BA is .307 and a .914 OPS. ERA is 3.67. I know it's just LLVI but still worth crowing about. We'll see what LLV will have in store for us, and hopefully it isn't relegation.

#68740	10/08/2019 2:12:34 pm	Aug 31st, 2042
Bridger Joined: 08/04/2016 Posts: 266 Muncie Fruit Jars IV.7	September 1st, 2042 I had a hard time figuring out why Benito Martinez was the player of the game after he went 1-4 with a solo HR...so I did a little digging. Lo and behold, I noticed he threw out all four of the opponents' attempted base stealers in the game. On further inspection, the speed of those four runners was 18, 18, 17, and 15. Not a bad day behind the plate!

#69033	10/24/2019 5:39:49 am	Nov 1st, 2042
Midas Mulligan Joined: 12/21/2018 Posts: 25 Goldsboro Goldbugs IV.1	Huron was on the verge of sweeping us in four ignominious games when Galvez said Nah: Huron 5, Goldsboro 3 Bottom 9th: Goldsboro Wagner comes in to pitch. Arteaga strikes out. Alonzo draws a walk. Edmondson grounds to third base. Alonzo is thrown out at second by Nolen. Edmondson reaches first on a fielder's choice. Triplet hits a single to center field. Edmondson advances to second base. Maya hits a ground ball single to short stop. Edmondson advances to third base. Triplet advances to second base. Galvez hits a home run to center field of 401 feet. Edmondson comes in to score. Triplet comes in to score. Maya comes in to score. Huron 5, Goldsboro 7 Then we pull out a nail-biter in Game 5 to send it back to Huron for a must-win Game 6.

#69069	10/25/2019 9:39:33 am	Nov 4th, 2042
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	A big shoutout to the newly dubbed "Rookie Pitcher of the Year" in VI.24, Quincy Hale! http://brokenbat.org/player/177713/L Quincy joined the Falcons after they won the 61 claim pool on him just before the official start of the 2042 season. While being sought over like that can get to some young talent, Quincy got right to work in AAA, making 7 solid starts there before getting his call up. What happened next was nothing short of sensational: 9-5 record, 151.2 IP, 3.92 ERA, 1.457 WHIP, and 94:68 K:BB ratio. And he's shown a tendency to get the much coveted ground ball, which will help with the occasional walk he'll give up with that small "control" blemish on his otherwise glowing scouting report. What's more, all of those numbers were trending in the right direction the second half of the year. What started as a "Let's see if we can get this guy a few spot starts" approach turned into "My my my, what do we have here?!?". Mr. Hale packed on no less than 22 SI in his rookie season, and we look forward to seeing what this RPOTY can do in his Sophomore season! After all of this hoopla, the word around VI.24 heading into 2043 is that Mr. Hale is going to be randomly selected to be part of Broken Bat's new PED Testing Program! Updated Friday, October 25 2019 @ 9:43:37 am PDT

#71435	02/13/2020 4:31:17 pm	May 28th, 2044
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Shoutout to Falcon phenom Wendell Stewart on his 7 for 7 day against Leesburg. Not too often you see a hockey stick in the hit category! http://brokenbat.org/game/3643254 Needless to say he was POTG

#71442	02/13/2020 9:02:59 pm	May 29th, 2044
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 655 Denver Broncos IV.4	Stewart how lazy, you didn’t even steal a base. That was three touchdowns and a field goal score right there.

#71465	02/14/2020 9:15:34 am	May 29th, 2044
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Good point Ced. Maybe he's already eyeing free agency and wants to prevent lower body injuries! I've had him set on "++" steal the whole time and his success rate is good, but it's up to Wendell to get his timing down and start pulling the trigger a bit more. I pulled up all NP's including those under contract and ranked them by SI. I knew he was good but didn't realize he's like top 30 all active players good. It's going to be one heck of a payday whenever he starts making salary demands so I'm saving my nickels now. I want him to be a lifetime Falcon but you know how baseball is today. If he comes in with Scott Boras as his agent I'll know he's got one foot out the door.

#71579	02/20/2020 7:23:24 pm	Jun 25th, 2044
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	I’m going to single handedly keep this thread going I guess, just like my league forum! I guess it’s because I like to crow more than I like to vent, but I’ll sidestep the Falcons recent plunge after being eliminated from cup play and prop up our Ace chris hopper for his 2nd complete game performance. They both occurred in his last 3 starts too. He’s sitting at 9-3 on the season and he’s clearly trying to lock down his 4th overall all star appearance, which would also be his 3rd in a row. Not bad for a 32 year old!

#71583	02/20/2020 11:39:04 pm	Jun 25th, 2044
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	Sometimes there are players that make you reconsider everything you know about this game. Such is the case with Espinoza for me. Granted, it's only minor league data that continues to blow my mind, but he's an enigma to me. He's now had a full year in the minors, including AAA now. His pitching skills are 8-6-9-3 for a 56 SI total. That's low for the average AA player and, as I stated, he's been throwing AAA this season. Despite his 3 control, he has only walked 49 batters in 127 innings. That's not good, obviously, but it's fantastic for 3 control. That's about the only bad thing about him. ERA 2.33, BAA .194, 1.136 WHIP. I have no idea what I'm supposed to think about the guy. He's only an 11 potential, but he is destroying down on the farm.

#71588	02/21/2020 5:04:51 am	Jun 25th, 2044
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Maybe he's a Grasso. Grasso was great at the top level for more than a decade despite pitching his whole career in the 11 pot band of the SI spectrum. Whether it's due to under/over scouting, hidden variables, or just statistical anolomy - it's the guys like that, rather than the 120 SI monsters, that really make this game interesting.

#71589	02/21/2020 5:28:48 am	Jun 25th, 2044
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	Maybe he's a Grasso. Yes, please. And thank you. Updated Friday, February 21 2020 @ 5:30:31 am PST

#71677	02/24/2020 8:18:07 am	Jul 7th, 2044
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Hopper goes the distance again for his 3rd complete game in 5 starts. This guy’s a tank! He must be sensing that he’s moving in on 100 career wins. http://brokenbat.org/player/139624

#71738	02/26/2020 2:41:06 pm	Jul 16th, 2044
Cactusguy21 Joined: 07/25/2017 Posts: 815 Presque Isle Vikings V.15	Grand Forks Frogs, Plantation MOSH, and Deerfield Beach Rats, would you like this guy back? http://brokenbat.org/player/162499 Updated Wednesday, February 26 2020 @ 2:43:21 pm PST

#71851	03/04/2020 7:43:49 am	Aug 9th, 2044
Bridger Joined: 08/04/2016 Posts: 266 Muncie Fruit Jars IV.7	John Carlisle!

#71856	03/04/2020 2:56:54 pm	Aug 11th, 2044
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	That's an incredible display of power from Carlisle!

#71974	03/11/2020 10:36:46 am	Sep 4th, 2044
allen54chevy Joined: 11/22/2015 Posts: 475 Inactive	Cup finals and HW National championship game in the same week. I am in disbelief. Updated Wednesday, March 11 2020 @ 10:38:00 am PDT

#72006	03/13/2020 10:01:21 am	Sep 12th, 2044
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 655 Denver Broncos IV.4	Maybe you have a fever and it isn't real?!

#72012	03/13/2020 9:57:13 pm	Sep 14th, 2044
allen54chevy Joined: 11/22/2015 Posts: 475 Inactive	I checked my temp No fever here.

#72311	03/27/2020 12:17:29 pm	Nov 4th, 2044
atomic Joined: 12/05/2012 Posts: 86 Sunnyvale Rebels III.3	2 seasons ago at this time I was thinking about cutting this guy: http://brokenbat.org/player/140777 He was about to turn 31, his skills started to decline, I wasn't actually happy about his preformance in the last 6 seasons at that time. Especially ERA >4, BAA around .280, WHIP of around >1.4. I had a bad gut feeling and only kept him around because I had to wait for my young pitchers to arrive... Boy, am I happy I didn't... Now he actually exploded in the last 2 seasons. 2 x all star & all league, got even Cy Young in the last season, won 19 games in both seasons, ERA slightly under 3, WHIP about 1.175 Pure luck or have there been such cases in real life?

#72596	04/06/2020 12:50:37 am	Mar 6th, 2045
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Nice turnaround atomic. Charlie Morton is a pretty good RL example of someone turning it on in their mid 30’s

#72604	04/06/2020 12:14:36 pm	Mar 6th, 2045
rlawrence Joined: 02/03/2020 Posts: 102 Lewiston Long Horns V.16	first big FA hit! http://brokenbat.org/player/176315 98 bids, baby

#72617	04/06/2020 5:20:20 pm	Mar 8th, 2045
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9742 Haverhill Halflings II.1	I really can't understand why anyone would drop a player like that...

#72619	04/06/2020 5:41:31 pm	Mar 8th, 2045
Gunnar Joined: 01/05/2020 Posts: 170 Inactive	My only guess would be money. I know I let some go I would like to have kept for a few more years but trying to stay on the positive cash side for this year. Took a 10 Million lost last season so trying to improve that.

#72621	04/06/2020 6:16:51 pm	Mar 8th, 2045
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9742 Haverhill Halflings II.1	That might be it. But I don't think its ever a good time to drop a fully developed 26 year old. If you are going for gold he is valuable, and if you are rebuilding he is valuable. With the hometown discount, 2.5 M is really not that much for an ACE... You aren't going to get a better deal, just a worse pitcher to replace him with...

#72625	04/06/2020 10:00:43 pm	Mar 8th, 2045
FreddyTheEye Joined: 11/11/2014 Posts: 625 Inactive	He was dropped because the owner doesn't like pitchers with fast ball under 10-12. Look at his roster of pitchers.

#72632	04/07/2020 8:13:33 am	Mar 8th, 2045
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9742 Haverhill Halflings II.1	LOL. I hope not.

#72729	04/10/2020 1:02:00 pm	Mar 14th, 2045
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Theo had a big week on the training side (a fiver in all of the pitching categories). Between that and the 3 out of 4 quality starts in spring ball, and him being my next blue chipper after Stewart and Doug Ward, I'm thinking he's ready for a shot at the big league rotation: http://brokenbat.org/player/217746 Just curious but did i screw up his shot at 2045 RPOTY by bringing him up for 3 starts last season? I'd do it again in a heartbeat, I want to get this guy as many reps as possible, I'm just curious if he's still in the running or not.

#74476	06/15/2020 5:08:20 am	Jan 15th, 2046
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	More a special-interest story than a crowing, but seemed like the best place for it. Calvin Ellis comes back home for likely his final season in Broken Bat: https://brokenbat.org/player/161784/L Underdeveloped at age 24 in 2036, Corvallis moved on from Oregon-native Ellis. But he was given a chance by a couple of owners (technically same team since age 25 but ownership has changed often) and carved out a respectable career. We picked him up as a two-claimer. May not get much leash, but would be fun for him to have a decent season in relief and end his career back where it started more than 10 years later.

#74484	06/15/2020 6:52:45 am	Jan 15th, 2046
tamale Joined: 02/19/2018 Posts: 358 Inactive	Nice!! Ellis looks handy enough too.

#75499	07/12/2020 2:18:40 pm	May 10th, 2046
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	Russian 3B Arseniy Morozov had an amazing day at the plate today. He managed to go 5 for 5, with two runs scored, two doubles, one home run, and eight RBI. The only blemish on an otherwise great day was an error by Morozov in the top of the eighth. Hat tip ...

#76836	08/24/2020 5:40:38 pm	Oct 24th, 2046
Splinter_9 Joined: 08/30/2019 Posts: 69 Inactive	After 3 years of strong teams ultimately being bitterly disappointed, 2046 belonged to Sacramento. The Solons led the league in runs scored, and fewest runs allowed, set a franchise record for wins, and finally, finally got promoted.

#76845	08/24/2020 6:16:16 pm	Oct 24th, 2046
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Congrats Splinter_9! the first promotion is a special moment! 35 YO Prince Henry, AKA “Mr .800” finished this season one a hot streak and ended up hitting that sucker right on the nose 😎 http://brokenbat.org/player/141316 Updated Monday, August 24 2020 @ 7:41:11 pm PDT

#76854	08/24/2020 9:36:25 pm	Oct 24th, 2046
g10rsh Joined: 02/05/2016 Posts: 170 Champaign Suzumebachi IV.1	Had 3 rookies put in excellent seasons, all hitting over 791 OPS! Stijn Martens Robin Novak Ramon Lemus Hoping one of them can take rookie of the year and maybe Stijn could get an All League nod if im lucky.

#76859	08/25/2020 1:20:10 am	Oct 24th, 2046
Jimmy W Joined: 05/01/2020 Posts: 243 Inactive	Wow - 3 rookies watch out league! I'm stoked for you. The team I picked up middle of last season turned it around big time and had a 90-70 year! Over the moon!!! Next season goal challenge for the league, a year sooner then my target Jim (PS my team OPS .807) Updated Tuesday, August 25 2020 @ 1:20:34 am PDT

#76883	08/25/2020 4:50:32 pm	Oct 28th, 2046
Hayseed Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 296 Hood River Hawks Legends	I am grateful that Fern got the Triple Crown and tied the team's home run record. He is now 16th in all time home runs for the team in a career, pretty good when you consider he is only 24 years old. And yet the fact that he has averaged well over 1 rbi/game the last couple of seasons might be more impressive. Updated Tuesday, August 25 2020 @ 4:56:14 pm PDT

#76893	08/26/2020 3:52:53 pm	Oct 31st, 2046
Brewnoe Joined: 03/25/2014 Posts: 826 Fall River Naughty Dawgs IV.5	TWIB-note Midseason pickups of the week ... "Flying Pasgetti" Rossetti

#77932	10/13/2020 3:23:52 pm	Jul 11th, 2047
wuggla Joined: 05/10/2013 Posts: 1059 Colorado Springs Vultures VI.28	Top 9th: Harrisonburg Sung takes the mound to pitch. Kim hits a home run to left field. Bellan hits a ground ball single through to right field. Clemens grounds to third base. Bellan is thrown out at second by Millan. Clemens reaches first on a fielder's choice. Clarke comes in to pinch run for Clemens. Kim flies out to center field. Clay flies out to center field. Harrisonburg 5, Colorado Springs 6 3B "flashes glove" helped save game http://brokenbat.org/player/208948 good waiver win

#77938	10/13/2020 7:22:29 pm	Jul 14th, 2047
timothy Joined: 03/18/2020 Posts: 205 West Fargo Turtles IV.2	After losing the first three today against the Eastern division leader, my right fielder Tim Henriksson hit walk-off home runs in back-to-back games (the second one in the 12th inning) and we salvaged two.

#78246	10/25/2020 8:35:52 pm	Aug 29th, 2047
Cactusguy21 Joined: 07/25/2017 Posts: 815 Presque Isle Vikings V.15	At long last, we are promoting to division IV. Our offense has a great young core with several more years. I worry about the age of our pitchers but we have a lot of pitching prospects so I'm okay with that. We're still the highest ranked division V team. #57 overall.

#78284	10/28/2020 7:25:54 am	Sep 4th, 2047
Kinthin Joined: 04/04/2020 Posts: 153 Inactive	grata cactus!! promotion isn’t easy, good luck to you next year in IV

#78304	10/28/2020 8:36:36 pm	Sep 8th, 2047
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	I don’t know how but The Falcons just keep grinding out wins. The competition is definitely stiff in LL.IV this year. We are a strong team and have some star players, but it’s definitely a team wide effort too, especially pitching. I hope we can keep it up down the stretch! Kelvin Clifton is probably my savviest pick up this season. An old falcon draft pick from darn near the Paleolithic era, I noticed he was available this year as a 34 YO and decided to fork up the money for him. He’s been pretty serviceable at the round robbin position I like to call 2B.

#78374	11/02/2020 4:56:22 pm	Sep 25th, 2047
Kinthin Joined: 04/04/2020 Posts: 153 Inactive	so I’d heard that managers can make a difference.. i’d moderately believed it.. been through 4 in three seasons, including one that got me promoted from VI to V.. but like a newbie owner.. I wanted to see if the grass was greener.. thought I was smart.. made bad decision after bad decision.. Started this season, had a great RD, in the neighborhood of +50; but I was 15-20 games under .500.. And then, I found this guy.. http://brokenbat.org/manager/3622 He has been fantastic for me.. Making the right pitching moves, getting my defensive alignments in better shape, and just.. kicking ass for me over the second half of the season.. I have high hopes this guy can help me move up some levels over the next 4-5 seasons.. Anyway, just wanted to put this in The Crowing Thread, I. thought it was an appropriate place. good luck to all!!

#78375	11/02/2020 5:51:12 pm	Sep 26th, 2047
Alyksandur Joined: 07/19/2017 Posts: 229 Boca Raton Gryphons II.2	Alexander “Dag” D’Agostino just hit one hundred stolen bases on the year. And he’s not done yet.

#78425	11/06/2020 4:51:40 am	Oct 8th, 2047
Brewnoe Joined: 03/25/2014 Posts: 826 Fall River Naughty Dawgs IV.5	Last season's pickup .. Twice as nice with a full season "Flying Pasgetti" Rossetti

#78468	11/08/2020 8:33:45 am	Oct 16th, 2047
Cactusguy21 Joined: 07/25/2017 Posts: 815 Presque Isle Vikings V.15	Clinched the division at 100-53.

#78470	11/08/2020 10:04:46 am	Oct 16th, 2047
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Congrats Cactusguy. Looks like you put together another great season. Falcons magic number is 1!

#78499	11/09/2020 11:35:21 am	Oct 20th, 2047
Cactusguy21 Joined: 07/25/2017 Posts: 815 Presque Isle Vikings V.15	Awesome! You were a tough opponent last year, the 2046 Vikings were still the best team I've ever fielded and I lost the division handedly to you guys.

#78520	11/09/2020 6:18:13 pm	Oct 24th, 2047
Jason2327 Joined: 09/02/2014 Posts: 737 Abilene Patriots IV.4	Took 4 seasons but finally will be moving up to Div III next season

#78639	11/13/2020 7:37:07 pm	Jan 15th, 2048
Cactusguy21 Joined: 07/25/2017 Posts: 815 Presque Isle Vikings V.15	Former 3rd round pick Louie Evans scores his third consecutive MVP! We also add a pennant to his repotoire. In addition, a player who entered the Vikings farm system on a waiver claim (with just one other team submitting a claim) just got named all-league at 2B! Caudill had three bad seasons, but finally put it together at age 28. Two other all-leagues in Bouchard and Zelaya, for Bouchard that's his first and for Zelaya that's his 2nd, despite having a down year.

#78644	11/13/2020 10:39:28 pm	Jan 15th, 2048
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9742 Haverhill Halflings II.1	Nice Two players increased in POT and none declined

#78646	11/14/2020 1:26:47 am	Jan 15th, 2048
Ouija7 Joined: 08/06/2019 Posts: 88 Inactive	Same here 😁 but I did have 2 guys lose 1 speed unexpectedly 🤔

#78665	11/14/2020 4:28:17 pm	Jan 15th, 2048
rlawrence Joined: 02/03/2020 Posts: 102 Lewiston Long Horns V.16	Sad day for Mexican National Team. After 10 straight seasons of Ace pitching, "Chico"Escobar is left off the roster. http://brokenbat.org/player/155383/W His career state line for Mexico? 27G, w/l 15-2, ERA: 2.69 IP 150 K 147 WHIP: 1.14 This includes 2 championships. I'll keep him playing at Bath until he turns to dust, lol. Sure he's got another few seasons in him! Updated Saturday, November 14 2020 @ 4:32:14 pm PST

#79481	12/24/2020 9:56:40 am	Jun 20th, 2048
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 655 Denver Broncos IV.4	Lil Ced Hustla Very proud of ya. 16 consecutive saves converted in 16 opportunities. I think this pitcher proves POT fuzziness as well. 9 waiver claim pick-up. Thank you Steve so much for the Game Log. I would never have compiled this on my own. Thanks. Updated Thursday, December 24 2020 @ 9:57:20 am PST

#79621	01/05/2021 5:24:52 pm	Aug 8th, 2048
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 655 Denver Broncos IV.4	http://brokenbat.org/player/197683 19 HIT, 19 PD, 18 SPD .404 OBP vs LHP this season He is also on the BLANK setting for Steal What more could you ask for in a leadoff man? Well, he can't play 3B, so you could ask for that.

#79622	01/05/2021 5:44:04 pm	Aug 8th, 2048
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9742 Haverhill Halflings II.1	"Baby Face" Bearden (1 claim POT 12) has been great for us in the closer role. He went most of last season without blowing a save. Ended up with 45 S and 4 BS. This year he has 31 S and 1 BS so far.

#79623	01/05/2021 5:52:22 pm	Aug 8th, 2048
JV-Tosshin Joined: 11/11/2020 Posts: 303 Biloxi Thresher Sharks IV.8	It ain't much, but I've now matched the win total of last season, and I'm happy with that turnaround. Now to hold on and get a first winning season and first positive run differential season since 2042. (And those barely count, because the RD was +2 and the wins were in the low 80's)

#79625	01/05/2021 7:33:40 pm	Aug 9th, 2048
5L1NK Joined: 06/10/2015 Posts: 296 Farmington Hills Cardinals Legends	My waiver wire darling finally showcased what I believed he was capable of. 8 1/3 hitless innings against the top team across the league

#79681	01/09/2021 2:33:35 pm	Aug 21st, 2048
NoahKnox19 Joined: 10/26/2020 Posts: 3 Inactive	First stadium sellout this season, attendance moving up steadily !!! Edit, just noticed it's probably because game opponent brought most of the fans...damn Roanoke is really good this season Updated Saturday, January 9 2021 @ 2:36:55 pm PST

#79685	01/11/2021 9:46:25 am	Aug 29th, 2048
NotGood88 Joined: 08/28/2020 Posts: 516 Prattville Black Cats Legends	My ace DeSmet went 10.1 innings in a 3-2 (13) game against Boca Ration, the game after, Solis went 9 in a 10-inning 1-0 game!

#79704	01/12/2021 8:22:07 am	Aug 31st, 2048
Valmion Joined: 10/16/2015 Posts: 71 Port Arthur Pirates III.2	After back to back seasons with 103 and 97 wins and finishing second in my division, looks like this year the Pirates finally break through. Will be a good challenge with Roanoke to see who wins it all.

#79880	01/24/2021 11:10:25 pm	Oct 20th, 2048
Ouija7 Joined: 08/06/2019 Posts: 88 Inactive	last season we threw it away in the last 13 games, this season we finished on fire and finally start the climb back up the ladder

#79921	01/25/2021 5:14:33 pm	Oct 23rd, 2048
NotGood88 Joined: 08/28/2020 Posts: 516 Prattville Black Cats Legends	My 2nd year, we knew was going to be better than my debut (49-111), but I didn’t want 100 losses again. However, going into the final weekend, we were 58-99. However, a new manager who has 4 OFF but 19 FLD, 11 PIT, 17 DEV, 10 PITDEV, 10 FLDEV, led us to a sweep of Charlottesville to close out 61-99! Woo hoo!

#80013	01/30/2021 3:28:52 pm	Jan 15th, 2049
Hayseed Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 296 Hood River Hawks Legends	Got the MVP for the 4th year in a row. Yet the oddity is that it has been 4 different players: (Impy, Fern, The Walrus and now Prath) Unfortunately only 2 of those players remain. None of it matters tho b/c my pitching is still horrendous (5.8 runs/game last season) and I fell from LLIII.1

#81091	04/16/2021 12:24:57 pm	Nov 2nd, 2049
Mesh77 Joined: 10/25/2016 Posts: 144 Palo Alto Invaders V.15	One of the more unlikely Cy Young awards - Cerda was 4th in league ERA and IP, and tied for 6th in Wins. Without looking too close I guess he just had a better all-round season. Makes up for our latest second half collapse.

#81096	04/16/2021 3:40:44 pm	Jan 13th, 2050
JV-Tosshin Joined: 11/11/2020 Posts: 303 Biloxi Thresher Sharks IV.8	For all the complaining I did all last season, I'll say this: I only did that 'cause I knew the team had potential. I still feel like I underperformed, but I'll take this: Best W/L record since 2025 (Tied with 2027), and first 90+ win season since 2027. Best RF since 2033, best RA since 2027. Best run differential since 2025. Highest team ranking since records began (Ranked 422nd, yay!) Highest team rating since 2021 (0.57 below that). This is the highest the team has ever been ranked with an owner. I just need to not regress now and I know I can do this!

#81119	04/17/2021 4:30:01 am	Jan 13th, 2050
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	Before anybody gets cut, just wanted to highlight the moment when all three MVPs in DDay team history are all on the same roster.

#82627	06/25/2021 6:55:16 am	Oct 10th, 2050
wickersty Joined: 05/11/2017 Posts: 1006 Deadwood Perambulators IV.1	Nice unexpected pop today from POT13 to POT14 for Miles "Middle" Fingers. This guy is shaping up to be one of my better draft pulls.

#82629	06/25/2021 7:42:33 am	Oct 10th, 2050
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Nice! Looks like a stud. Too bad about the stone hands. Dinos had a player reach 2000 hits yesterday. First one! He's also only 1 of 2 Dinos to reach the 200 HR. And the goldiest glove in the Dino history. Been quite a career!

#82697	06/27/2021 9:51:54 pm	Oct 22nd, 2050
JV-Tosshin Joined: 11/11/2020 Posts: 303 Biloxi Thresher Sharks IV.8	Just took 1st place for the first time since 2025. First 100-win season since 2025. best season for the team since 2007. Man, what a ride. Did that with scoring only the 4th most runs of my division. I just allowed, like, 200 runs fewer than anyone else. Finally the defense have come through!

#82698	06/27/2021 10:52:41 pm	Oct 22nd, 2050
tamale Joined: 02/19/2018 Posts: 358 Inactive	Jets star McNeely swats 2 HRs in the final game to join the Legends 40-40 club! 40-40-40 if you include doubles, too - wonder how many other players have achieved that feat (I believe Soriano is the only one to have done it in MLB?)

#82771	07/02/2021 5:38:21 am	Nov 2nd, 2050
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	Turned a tidy profit of $380,243 and feeling pretty good about not losing 4 million like last season

#82772	07/02/2021 6:22:42 am	Nov 2nd, 2050
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1515 Irvine Infernos II.2	I made 5.2M Big money! Big money! lol

#82773	07/02/2021 6:28:47 am	Nov 2nd, 2050
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	Nice! Hoard that cash

#82775	07/02/2021 8:38:15 am	Nov 2nd, 2050
NotGood88 Joined: 08/28/2020 Posts: 516 Prattville Black Cats Legends	Joseph wins Rookie of the Year and Bailey gets All League LF A 3 mil profit was nice, and going from 45-115 to 71-89 in encouraging.

#82776	07/02/2021 8:42:19 am	Nov 2nd, 2050
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	As long as the arrow's pointing up

#82777	07/02/2021 8:52:43 am	Nov 2nd, 2050
JV-Tosshin Joined: 11/11/2020 Posts: 303 Biloxi Thresher Sharks IV.8	Happy with a promotion while continuing the profitability. Profit of about 30 Million over the 3 season I had them, going from last to first. I really benefitted from inheriting a really good developing group of pitchers, but hey, that I still ran a plus and can now up the income in LL5 is flipping great! Considering I got a team which at the start of 2047 was at -10 Million, getting to + 34 Mil now is fantastic. Just hope I don't run out of steam too quick.

#82784	07/02/2021 2:29:46 pm	Nov 2nd, 2050
Chicken Fillet Joined: 04/01/2020 Posts: 167 Inactive	A nice 4.3M profit over here and 65.2M in the bank. That's what you get when you play a lot of young players for a few years in a row! Also, Carson Sprague made his 3rd straight All-League team! 4 All-Star and 3 All-League in 4 years since we've made him a closer, not bad! Updated Friday, July 2 2021 @ 2:33:56 pm PDT

#82793	07/02/2021 5:17:54 pm	Nov 2nd, 2050
crazediamond Joined: 05/14/2016 Posts: 13 Inactive	had a pitcher win the Cy Young, the gold glove, was voted to the all star team, named all pro, and also pitched for the Colombian national team. http://brokenbat.org/player/207262 also the rest of my team was awful.

#88559	07/01/2022 6:33:22 am	Aug 19th, 2055
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	When I drafted Kelly Wilcox back in ’49, he was a 12 POT. Today? He decided that not even 13 was good enough. ^.^

#89778	10/05/2022 6:28:16 pm	Nov 2nd, 2056
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	THE absolute best closer season the Ravens have ever had. Ever. If Bonds doesn't get an award this season, I will shake my fist angrily at the BB gods.

#89780	10/05/2022 7:00:34 pm	Nov 2nd, 2056
Jerbeetwo Joined: 06/30/2019 Posts: 337 Tyler Goldendoodles IV.3	M-I-Z Z-O-U

#89789	10/06/2022 1:38:18 pm	Nov 2nd, 2056
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2257 New York Lancers V.4	lostraven - I don't know what Bonds has been taking (LOL relevant joke), but I'll have some of it! I've seen guys with great minors numbers absolutely fall apart when they hit the bigs, but Bonds has kept it up despite having no report worthy of the name, he's an absolute outlier - congrats!

#89797	10/06/2022 9:23:44 pm	Nov 2nd, 2056
Jimmy W Joined: 05/01/2020 Posts: 243 Inactive	Ortega a young Pitcher who I thought will make a good replacement for my hall of fame Closer Rocha had 57 saves in his first season - over the moon! Jim

#89798	10/06/2022 9:23:44 pm	Nov 2nd, 2056
Jimmy W Joined: 05/01/2020 Posts: 243 Inactive	Duplicate Updated Thursday, October 6 2022 @ 9:24:31 pm PDT

#89804	10/07/2022 5:43:02 am	Nov 2nd, 2056
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	@Jimmy Grats on Ortega! Looks like a keeper.

#89806	10/07/2022 5:49:44 am	Nov 2nd, 2056
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	@amalric Bonds has indeed been the oddball, and in some ways he has me second-guessing my pitching strategy (but only a tiny bit). As is currently, if I draft this, I'm like "yeah, not messing with that" and drop him. Strangely enough, Arlington gave him multiple shots, however, and I saw this and said, "eh, ok, I'll roll the dice, I occasionally see these stamina-only guys work out." And then he proceeded to continue to do well in MR. I dunno'. Would he get squashed in II or Legends? Probably, but he's been a true oddity. My belief there's a back-end modifier (no strong evidence to support it, however) every season that positively or negatively modifies performance leads me to believe this season he rolled high on the random seasonal modifier. EDIT: WoOt! Bonds won an All-League! Also, props to Vargas and Hernandez this season! Let's go, Ravens! Updated Friday, October 7 2022 @ 7:07:40 am PDT

#90076	11/06/2022 6:04:38 am	May 10th, 2057
crash_davis Joined: 06/04/2021 Posts: 30 Williston Pioneers II.1	My team suffered a disappointing 1-0 loss yesterday, which brought an end to our 18 game winning streak. And as a bonus, during victory number 17, https://brokenbat.org/player/193433 Toledo hit his 400th career home run

#90423	12/23/2022 6:33:26 am	Nov 2nd, 2057
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	Alfonso Perez ended the year with a perfect fielding percentage and a Gold Glove. Go get 'em, Fonzie! Updated Friday, December 23 2022 @ 6:34:47 am PST

#90652	01/18/2023 6:48:21 am	Apr 25th, 2058
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	Having a team-best 13-game (edit: ended at 15) winning streak (in the years playing this game, I don't thing the Ravens have ever done that). Of course, that means the Ravens will cataclysmically fail the last month of the season, but we're taking our victories where we can get them. Updated Thursday, January 19 2023 @ 6:02:03 am PST

#90689	01/23/2023 11:21:34 pm	May 17th, 2058
JV-Tosshin Joined: 11/11/2020 Posts: 303 Biloxi Thresher Sharks IV.8	For all the blunders I make playing this game, I want to at least crow when I pull a fast one and get away with it. 8-8 before last cup series. Facing 12-4 team. Go 1-1 in first two games. Okay, they're 13-5, they're safe. Check cup rank. I am 9-9, 1 game behind, but up by 5 in run differential. Okay, let's go for it. Set in strongest lineup instead of the cup youngsters. Get two shutouts two end the series. Make it into the knockout of the cup by a margin of 8 in RD. Oh yeah, it's all coming together.

#91507	05/16/2023 6:47:25 pm	Oct 2nd, 2059
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	If I end up cutting Hathawayafter the season, he'd stand as the only Doubleday to hit over .300 for his career here. That's kinda wild as he's always been a bit of an afterthought in my plans for the team.

#91524	05/19/2023 7:10:33 am	Oct 10th, 2059
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2257 New York Lancers V.4	Haselrig - I thought that was a crazy stat, given all the success Novi have had over many seasons. Then I checked my history - I have exactly TWO guys who have hit over .300 for their careers (under me), and another who hit .299! I figured it would be more, for both of us. All three had a Hit tool of at least 19.

#91525	05/19/2023 7:26:58 am	Oct 10th, 2059
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Ya. Harder than it looks. Dinos have 3. One is a "legacy" player (circa 2001). The other 2 are currently on the roster (Lovato, Wallace).

#91534	05/19/2023 4:41:41 pm	Oct 13th, 2059
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9742 Haverhill Halflings II.1	How can you even tell that info? Looking at my teams Alltime stats Career Average board, I have two guys over 300. One is listed 3rd and the other is listed 18th... So it doesn't seem like this board is working, LOL.

#91543	05/20/2023 5:15:07 am	Oct 14th, 2059
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	Yeah, I was surprised, too. I think in Hathaway's case he got lower usage against the top league pitching and feasted in the lower leagues. Still strange that even legacy players didn't do it here in pre-historic times.

#91545	05/20/2023 7:14:28 am	Oct 14th, 2059
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9742 Haverhill Halflings II.1	I'm not sure the info is available for legacy players. But even if it was, there is no way to see it. BTW, you know that Feliciano has a career .314 AVE for Doubleday right? he is #12 on your all time records, and an active member of the team. Updated Saturday, May 20 2023 @ 7:20:55 am PDT

#91548	05/20/2023 9:34:05 am	Oct 14th, 2059
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9742 Haverhill Halflings II.1	At least one of my guys with a career .310 only had 13 Hitting. But he retired in 2004, so one of those legacy players whose stats are suspect. Updated Saturday, May 20 2023 @ 9:34:21 am PDT

#91549	05/20/2023 9:35:50 am	Oct 14th, 2059
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	No,I'd missed that. Wonder why they aren't ranked properly?

#91550	05/20/2023 9:43:09 am	Oct 14th, 2059
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9742 Haverhill Halflings II.1	I don't think its even the top 20. I have a few guys with REALLY low averages on the board. Also noticed some guys are just straight out wrong. Zhang (11686 ABs) was listed as .311, but he was actually only hit .280. At least in league games. I doubt it changes that much for all official games. So that stat board just seems to be completely bugged.

#91786	06/09/2023 3:18:47 pm	Mar 15th, 2060
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	I just want to take a minute to give one final salute for my closer Mateo Solis's effort in 2059. https://brokenbat.org/player/202442 Not only did he dominate cup play leading to a cup win, but his last Save of the regular season was his 638th which makes him #2 on the all time Save list! He needs another 127 to make it to #1 overall, which is very doubtful at 39 years old and the wheels clearly falling off. However, to paraphrase world renowned racecar driver Ricky Bobby: "With the advancements in modern medicine and my high level of income, who knows?!?"

#91791	06/10/2023 8:33:23 am	Mar 16th, 2060
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Zhang was listed as .311 Those stats will only reflect what was accomplished with your club. .311 looks correct for what Zhang did in Haverhill. His work for Homestead doesn't count. I'm not sure he made it to 3000 ABs with Haverhill tho. I think the AB requirement is what causes the most noise. Eg., on Waterloo's list: #9 Tate, .277 (3300 ABs) #10 Huffman, .292 (2900 ABs) #11 Hall, .320 (2600 ABs) #12 Pennington, .274 (4100 ABs). Why the algorithm decided to slot Huffman and Hall in between these 2 is mysterious. I get earlier in BB history it was hard finding guys with 3000 ABs. Not so now. Maybe the algorithm should be changed to make 3000 a hard minimum now. Edit: I missed Hall initially. Updated Saturday, June 10 2023 @ 8:44:44 am PDT

#91794	06/11/2023 6:11:06 am	Mar 18th, 2060
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9742 Haverhill Halflings II.1	If .311 is correct, then he should be on the top of the board. It makes no sense for these players to be listed not in order. Really the .311 probably shouldn't be the number listed. What if the player hit a career .380 AVG, but after you picked him up as a 34 year old he had two seasons of .270 ball? Does he even show on the list? The list is quite disjointed right now. Does it want to be a list of player career numbers? Or team performance numbers? Needs to choose one and stay with it.

#91811	06/12/2023 12:16:02 pm	Mar 20th, 2060
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	If .311 is correct, then he should be on the top of the board. It makes no sense for these players to be listed not in order. It's the AB problem I mentioned. Zhang has 2757 ABs with Haverhill - below the 3000 minimum for the list. So he got slotted between 2 guys who had 3000+ ABs that are in numerical order. I don't quite follow your example. Is this what you are saying? Team A: 15 seasons, .380 Team B: 2 seasons, .270 If so, he should be on Team A's list, but not Team B's list. I think it works the way it should. BA shouldn't function differently from the counting stats like hits and HRs. And it wouldn't make sense to use counting stats accumulated with a different team for your team totals.

#92049	07/08/2023 4:17:21 pm	Jun 30th, 2060
JV-Tosshin Joined: 11/11/2020 Posts: 303 Biloxi Thresher Sharks IV.8	In different news: I would just like to congratulate my team for getting nearly half-way through the season, with a new manager who ain't hood at pitchers, and still sit with a team ERA of 3,01 and a BAA of .211. Nice work gang. Shame that we're still the second-lowest scoring team in the league, but hey, who needs offense, I guess.

#93313	12/18/2023 9:57:04 am	Aug 2nd, 2062
SanKaloon Joined: 06/24/2023 Posts: 61 Lincoln Park Wolves IV.3	Anibal Ortiz struck out the first four batters of the game on 12 pitches last night. That was fun! https://brokenbat.org/game_action/5130697

#93318	12/19/2023 4:21:12 am	Aug 4th, 2062
Fireballer34 Joined: 05/31/2023 Posts: 109 Hollywood Velociraptors V.6	Was looking through my old game logs from last season, before I really got into the game and found this absolute massacre: http://brokenbat.org/game/5048770 Check out BJ Jones stat line!

#93971	04/03/2024 4:34:29 am	Jan 22nd, 2064
Fireballer34 Joined: 05/31/2023 Posts: 109 Hollywood Velociraptors V.6	Found this guy for one claim on waivers 2 years ago. Thought he could be a solid backup 1B before later realizing he could fill my need at 3b. Went up to 13 potential the year after I picked him up and Bowie looks to become a solid 3b in our system. http://brokenbat.org/player/325732/M What a steal!

#93979	04/03/2024 6:18:50 pm	Feb 5th, 2064
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1515 Irvine Infernos II.2	Left handed throwing 3B? Bold

#94910	09/29/2024 2:28:58 pm	May 10th, 2066
Fireballer34 Joined: 05/31/2023 Posts: 109 Hollywood Velociraptors V.6	Needed to mention this before the streak gets broken, because although we are 19-12 and in first place, our RD is only +14. We’ve had some tight ball games, and thankfully we’ve had a great closer. http://brokenbat.org/player/337465 13 games, 13 innings, 13 saves. Oh, and 0 runs allowed. Wait, he’s now out for 11 days.

#94954	10/20/2024 10:26:11 am	Jul 28th, 2066
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1136 Deerfield Beach Rats VI.13	Kelly Wilcox recorded career strikeout number 2,500 in Game #1 on Saturday.

#94963	10/24/2024 6:07:42 am	Aug 14th, 2066
El jefe Joined: 04/21/2017 Posts: 237 Urbana Cubs Legends	Hidalgo throws Urbana's first complete game shutout since 2062, and first by someone not named Peralta since 2057 http://brokenbat.org/game/5427769 Updated Thursday, October 24 2024 @ 6:08:11 am PDT

#94998	11/05/2024 4:02:30 pm	Sep 30th, 2066
El jefe Joined: 04/21/2017 Posts: 237 Urbana Cubs Legends	Sims with 50+ saves for the 2nd consecutive season https://brokenbat.org/player/303895