Broken Bat - League Forum: IV.6

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#7637	05/12/2014 10:07:14 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Hello IV.6. We're new the league, and still fairly new to Brokenbat. Not sure what to expect this coming season. Probably a relegation battle. We're looking for infielder Felix Paredes to support an offense that will probably lose ground elsewhere. Hoping Ivan Ortiz can show flashes of his Cy Young season a couple back. And that minor league pitcher Eric Hardy will join the big club and some point and make a contribution. We're keeping an eye on the free-agent market. Best case scenario we'd a both a pitcher and a position player to help the big club. Also looking to restock a rather thin minor league syste. Looking forward to a fun season in 2018. Best of luck all.

#7716	05/17/2014 5:53:59 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Waiver-polooza winding down. Managed to address the most pressing needs. Of note, won the Ron Sloan sweepstakes (were ~60 claims on him). Got a 4th outfielder. Restocked the youth system a bit. Team still has some issues, but we're happy with how the off-season went. Looking forward to the season ahead.

#7761	05/19/2014 5:57:52 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	As stated, kinda new. Wondered where I stood salary-wise. Did a little snooping. I recognize this is imperfect, and that rosters can still change. Still thought it may provide some context / insight. Overall League Avg: 37.0 +- 4.4 CNE (E) 45.07 EGBJ (W) 42.25 Edison (E) 41.11 NewNews (E) 40.7 OO (W) 36.85 PP (W) 36.3 Clark (E) 36.45 GND (E) 35.45 FMP (W) 33 WCRC (W) 33 BB (E) 31.7 WTBM (W) 31.25 Position Players League Avg: 18.4 +- 3.4 EGBJ (W) 22.45 PP (W) 21.7 Edison (E) 21.51 CNE (E) 21.35 Newport (E) 22.05 OO (W) 19.9 WCRC (W) 18.2 GND (E) 16.3 FMP (W) 15.2 Clark (E) 14.9 BB (E) 14.4 WTBM (W) 13.1 Pitching League Avg. 18.5 +- 2.5 CNE (E) 23.7 Clark (E) 21.55 EGBJ (W) 19.8 Edison (E) 19.6 GND (E) 19.15 Newport (E) 18.65 WTBM (W) 18.15 FMP (W) 17.6 BB (E) 17.3 OO (W) 16.95 WCRC (W) 14.8 PP (W) 14.6

#7771	05/20/2014 5:38:21 am
Peekay Joined: 03/26/2014 Posts: 146 Inactive	Hi Seca, I was wondering how you knew how many claims were in for Sloan. Is there a screen I haven't previously noticed? Cheers!

#7772	05/20/2014 5:47:50 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	Hover your mouse over the "Remove Waiver Claim" box at the bottom of the player profile screen.

#7916	05/29/2014 5:56:48 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	NewNews off to a great start, belting 9 dingers and a team era under a buck & a half through the first 2 series. We're starting slow. Pitching has been ok, but team average is hovering around the Mendoza line, and we've only gone yard once. Think we'll be ok once the bats warm up a bit. We thought SS Kim was a great acquisition for us. 13 hit 15 BC 16 PD made us think he was an ideal #2. But the 4 power means he can't hit it past the pitcher's mound, and 6 speed means he has to stop twice to catch his breath on the way to first. Got a hit last game, so at least he's not 0 for 2018 anymore.

#8034	06/03/2014 9:41:54 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Hehe. Surrendered 5 HRs in the 3rd game against Clarksville today. To put that in perspective, we've hit 8 all season (1 during the first 10 games I believe). My first season. I don't really know what to expect. We likely to get hot at some point? Do players have on/off switches? I have some guys performing WAY below their history. They just cold? Or this a lost season?

#8103	06/07/2014 6:39:38 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Little update. Paredes got his first home run of the season. Took him 28 games, but he got it. Maybe just a slow starter. We're feeling a lot better now that he's on the board. We've been making a lot of transactions, but that should slow down. Much happier with the assembled group. Still going to be tough sledding, but that's ok.

#8321	06/17/2014 4:43:20 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Might be hard to tell given that we were a soft touch to begin with, but we've raised the white flag. Amazing how fast it turns. We gave 1st place Bennington a real good series, then split with Newport where we easily could have done better. Sitting in 4th, looking up. But then the wheels came off. One particular reliever completely forgot how to pitch and lost us 5 games in quick succession I think. In the span of 3 series our attendance has been cut in half from 26k to 13k. A series against last place from the west seemed to be what the doctor ordered, but we got completely thrashed in the first 3 games. Not even close. So we've blown off the salary we can. Will continue to do so in the coming days as we get some stiffs in to take the roster spots. Best wishes all. We'll go down to 5 ... maybe 6 ... and hopefully figure things out and come back some day.

#8909	07/20/2014 5:26:06 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Interesting finish in the East. Bennington 1 GB with a head-to-head against Clarksville. Clarksville with RD, so it will take quite an effort from the Bears to pull it off. Our young team is getting stronger every week. Got our first sweep of the season this round, and won a series against Newport which has absolutely pounded us all season. Bullpen was in rough shape for the final game, so I gave Carraro (17 ST) a 150 pitch limit. He responded with a 4 hitter. Leo Cain, needing a single for the cycle in the 8th, hit ... a 2nd homer. Oh well. Updated Sunday, July 20 2014 @ 5:27:13 pm PDT

#8950	07/21/2014 5:11:16 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	We got all excited when our little hot streak took us into the last series of the season needing one win to avoid 100 losses. Fitting we were swept. Grats to Clarksville and West Thunder Bay. Thanks all for the season.

#9100	07/28/2014 8:04:13 am
alu123 Joined: 07/24/2014 Posts: 2 Inactive	Just picked up the Flower Mound Crossing team...anyone still in the league from last year

#10814	10/14/2014 5:21:33 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals VI.9	Good luck to everyone in IV.6 this year. Updated Tuesday, October 14 2014 @ 5:22:41 pm PDT

#10863	10/16/2014 6:30:18 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	We're back. When we left we had a line-up full of kids after a major mid-season rebuild. A season later we've got the very same line-up; a little older, wiser, and better paid. Committed to giving some of the guys in AAA a try. Picked up a couple utility players to bridge the gap while waiting for De Fazio (2nd/SS) and Acosta (OF) to be ready. Would like to find an arm to eat a few innings until Dawson or Bradley come up, but if we can't that's no big deal. Big part of our success last season was lead-off hitter Baldwin. Really questionable how good he will be this season. Hopefully Acosta will be ready if he falters.

#11422	11/02/2014 5:38:02 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Wow. Grats on the sweep Stillwater. I would have bet my house we were going to win that series, and we got thrashed. Could be a long season in Dino-ville.

#11825	11/14/2014 7:15:10 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	We didn't really expect to stick with State College. Happy to be hanging in there, especially since our pitching has not been as good as we expected (Hardy, Carraro and Lloyd all struggling - bullpen has been very good). Couple call-ups today. One is going into the starting rotation, which will probably set us back. Dawson is a control guy, so maybe he will do a little better. Usually my rookie pitchers are downright dreadful.

#11922	11/16/2014 12:35:14 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals VI.9	Seca, good luck against my team. We play on Tuesday.

#11973	11/18/2014 1:46:16 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	We've been looking forward to playing your squad. Hoping for some entertaining games.

#11990	11/19/2014 8:33:03 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Thanks for the series. Were some good games. We consider it a split. Dawson is just up from AAA and is, for the foreseeable future, an automatic loss every game he starts (game 3). I was expecting great pitching from your team. I wasn't expecting all that power. Think you hit 10% of your HRs this season in our 5 game series. V.11 rematch tonight with Spokane. I see we luck out and won't face Strickland in game 1. Updated Wednesday, November 19 2014 @ 8:35:46 am PST

#12034	11/20/2014 3:03:14 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals VI.9	Yeah, those were some good games.

#12169	11/25/2014 10:54:09 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Big signing by State College. Fernandez adds some spice to an offense that was already really dangerous. Salaries of Hurst + Fernandez close to the total of all my position players. Dinos board of directors a little too tight with the cash maybe.

#12173	11/25/2014 3:09:23 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals VI.9	My team has lost a game against Athens. That ends Avondale's 8 game winning streak.

#12209	11/27/2014 11:37:39 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals VI.9	Seca, you ready for our series today in Avondale?

#12211	11/27/2014 3:04:45 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Heh. Doesn't look like it. Lloyd continues his streak off 4-5 runs surrendered in his first two innings of work. Got the auto-loss with Dawson coming up. Accepted the series as lost by the end of inning 2 of game 1. We really struggled heading into the all-star break. Really only pretending to put pressure on College State now. Keep thinking that my starting pitching is underperforming, and we may be able to turn it up a notch. Will eventually come to accept they just aren't as good as I think they are.

#12215	11/27/2014 7:59:36 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals VI.9	This time around, your team got payback against us.

#12252	11/28/2014 11:21:25 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Enjoyed our first meeting b/f the all-star break. Didn't really like this series. Big leads early in games, one team scratching all game long trying to get back in it. Game 4 looked like it was going to be really good. Then we had 3 errors in a row. Sunk that ship. Dawson really had no business out-dueling Blankenship in the last game. Somehow stranded 2-3 runners every inning. Lucky lucky. Best of luck the rest of the way. You've built a good team. Think it will be a decent race in the west. Edit: in related news, after making 3 errors in game 4 (2 on back-to-back plays) Wesley De Fazio has changed uniform number from 13 to 18. Updated Friday, November 28 2014 @ 12:41:35 pm PST

#12316	11/30/2014 4:55:50 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals VI.9	We finally beat State College once in the past two seasons.

#12348	12/02/2014 12:32:57 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Heh. Congratulations! Noticed the release of Russo. Curious why he was cut. Salary? Performance? Up & coming replacement?

#12350	12/02/2014 3:06:48 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals VI.9	I released him because he was performing poorly at closer and set-up. I thought that if we advance to III, he wouldn't perform well. Updated Tuesday, December 2 2014 @ 3:07:02 pm PST

#12500	12/06/2014 11:33:26 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Bermúdez got the call up for us. Seems kinda young (21) and could use a little more SI, but he thinks he's ready. We're used to a pitching staff of 10. Feels a little crowded with 11. Should mention Dawson might be through his I'm a rookie I'm terrible stage. Not a free win anymore. He's probably been my best starter the past week or so.

#12501	12/06/2014 3:24:31 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Guess we're a pitching dominated league? My team leader for BA is at.278 which is good for 10th in the league. We've sunk to .253 for the team, but that's good for 3rd overall. Really been struggling with the bats lately. Bad combination as my starters have been getting clowned in the 1st a lot recently.

#12534	12/08/2014 11:58:55 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	1-8 in our last 9. Team did the same thing last season. Don't understand it. Get into the final 3rd of the season and just free fall. Cut some veterans. Others getting sat down. Hopefully the 25 cushion on relegation from the first 2/3 of the season is enough to keep us up.

#12535	12/08/2014 12:17:27 pm
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	My team just choked away a series against the worst team in my league. Ug.

#12537	12/08/2014 1:37:54 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	Had that happen the last couple of days of inter-division play. Then my team took 3 of 4 from the team leading my division... seems like a baseball sim to me, combining the frustrations with the euphoria.

#12539	12/08/2014 3:26:57 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Thanks for the encouragement. Probably jumping the gun predicting another stagger-to-the-finish like last season. Hopefully just a little cold stretch. Nothing on the line this season anyway. Think I may switch to a 6 man rotation for a bit and work some of the rookies through the 6th spot. Maybe shut Garcia down for a while. Updated Monday, December 8 2014 @ 3:34:04 pm PST

#12610	12/12/2014 9:10:28 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Pitcher Bradley was called up today. Kind of a big deal - he's the first youth I drafted to make it to the big club. Lost every series that loop through the division. Think the Dinos are Brokenbat's equivalent of the Romo Cowboys. Edit: Bleh. Forgot about Dawson - he was actually the first. I pulled Bradley a lot earlier than Dawson. Messing me up. Bradley was the 2nd youth that I kept; Golden was the first. Not a fantastic prospect, but he's still in the system and will get a chance b/c of nostalgia. Updated Friday, December 12 2014 @ 10:33:14 am PST

#12787	12/19/2014 12:41:43 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Often feel like anytime my team makes an error in a game, we get hammered for it. I tell myself its just in my head, I'm not noticing when it happens to the other guy. Finally looked at the statistics. First number you see is the number of unearned runs. Number in brackets is the number of errors. Third number is the ratio (ie., unearned runs allowed per error). Third number gives an idea of how well your pitchers / defense do at recovering after an error. The lower the better. Avondale 70 (91) 0.77 Elk Grove 84 (129) 0.65 West Castle 60 (91) 0.66 Round Rock 57 (83) 0.67 Spokane 76 (85) 0.89 Battle Creek 83 (103) 0.80 State 44 (77) 0.57 Waterloo 105 (116) 0.91 Athens 78 (96) 0.81 Central Northshire 82 (108) 0.76 Scranton 65 (82) 0.79 Stillwater 114 (128) 0.89 So its not all in my head. Only Stillwater gave up more unearned runs then my Dinos. Dinos gave up twice as many unearned runs compared to the top defensive teams. Dinos were the worst at runs given up per error. Only position where I feel weak defensively is shortstop. Someday I'll find someone who can play there. Other than that, maybe hope for better luck? Roster note: had 2 call-ups from AAA today (Hebert, Mata). My line-up for the rest of the season looks a lot like my spring training line-up. Could be a rough final week.

#12833	12/21/2014 8:51:24 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals VI.9	Things are getting interesting in IV.6 West. Avondale is 4.5 games ahead of West Castle Rock. Avondale's last 6 games are on the road.

#12873	12/23/2014 6:30:35 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals VI.9	Avondale does it again. We promote to III.3 next year. Good season, everyone!

#12971	12/25/2014 7:50:03 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Congratulations to Avondale and State College. Looks like they had a decent series. Good luck in III. Well fought to those dropping down. Hope to see you again soon. The two coming up to the East are teams I have familiarity with - Edison and Montgomery. Looking forward to renewing acquaintances. My team is in a weird spot. Been in control 3 seasons now, and starting to get overrun by players coming through the minors. May end up sending a few back down b/c there just isn't playing time for them. As usual, looking for a decent left-handed bat this off-season. Hoping to improve upon the .270 BA by my top batter this past season. Also really wondering if Lloyd and Carraro have what it takes. They were both great at V, but really pedestrian at IV in their 2 seasons.

#13142	01/03/2015 6:29:07 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Struggling tonight. Been hovering over the release button for Paredes. He's been an all-star the past 6 seasons. Team captain. Offensive leader. Gold glove winner. On the decline tho. Has he got more good season?

#13357	01/09/2015 9:29:01 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Welcome again to the new teams in IV.6! Looking forward to the upcoming season. I think the East could be really interesting this season. Last season we had an 800 lb gorilla, and the division title was never really in doubt. This season looks more wide open. My Dinos finished 2nd, Athens in 3rd, but Athens actually had superior statistics in every facet (offense, pitching, defense). Should be close between our squads, and I suspect several of the new teams can play with us. We tried hard to land a left-handed bat for our overwhelmingly right-handed line-up, but failed. So our roster is essentially unchanged. I felt all my starting pitchers except Salazar missed expectations last season. Hoping they will play better this season. Especially Dawson (entering sophomore season) and Lloyd (1.1 WHIP, but an ERA of almost 4 and a .500 record). Bullpen was magnificent last season. If Garcia and Q can do anything close to that this season, we will be thrilled. Line-up is divided in half. Top half has some experience, bottom half is really green. The bottom half hit .200 last season - if they don't improve, the Dinos aren't going anywhere even if everything else goes right. For the top half - only De Luca exceeded expectations last season. Looking from more from Mosley in particular (who missed a lot of games due to injury last season). I think our defense should be good. But I always think that, and the Dino defense is always amoung the league worst. The only position I really feel is weak is SS. Hoping De Fazio comes into his own this season (gave up on Rivas and cut him - also have Almeida if need be). Have a good spring training!

#13640	01/19/2015 11:37:39 am
garfscores Joined: 10/13/2014 Posts: 491 Battle Creek Sting III.4	Hopefully I'll be back in IV.6 in a few seasons! most of you will probably be in III.3, but whatevs. I'm going to make a V.12 thread in the meantime.

#13665	01/19/2015 3:32:03 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	You are making astute moves with your team. I am sure you will return - probably sooner than State College will stick in III. Was impressed Bennington did as well as they did last season. Think there is a fair bit of accordion tho. Updated Monday, January 19 2015 @ 3:34:11 pm PST

#13754	01/21/2015 8:15:51 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Cooperstown brought the lumber to Iowa in the opening series of the season. As an example, they pinned 5ER on my relief ace Garcia in 2IP. Garcia gave up 16ER total last season. Feel fortunate to get the split. Lloyd went down to injury. 4 days into the season and Dinos have already racked up ~40 days of injuries to starters. Unfortunately that means all we have to throw at Central Norshire in series 2 is our #5 starter and 2 projects.

#13785	01/22/2015 6:37:57 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Pitching was sketchy against Central Northshire, but was more the bullpen then my emergency starters. Quezada & Garica with 3 blown saves in the first 5 games; they had 6 blown saves combined all of last season. Fortunate to get a couple of Ws. Pitching is still in disarray was we welcome Athens. Holy LH line-up Batman. Trying to decide if Bradley (LH) would be better used as an emergency starter or out of the pen. (PS - not going to analyze every series - making a some notes on the first few so I can reflect back at the end of the season). Updated Thursday, January 22 2015 @ 6:38:38 am PST

#13845	01/23/2015 6:41:41 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	After 3 series we have assumed our rightful place ... as league leader in unearned runs. Our earned runs are as bad as any elses total runs in the East. Not surprising with almost half the starting rotation out. What is surprising is that it isn't the replacement starters, but the bullpen. Garcia isn't getting blown saves anymore because the leads he's torching now are bigger than 3 runs. If he hadn't got injured last series he would have surpassed last season's ER total in just 3 series. Given the pitching injuries and Garcia turning into the worst reliever in BrokenBat - very fortunate to be over .500 at this point.

#13917	01/24/2015 10:37:04 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Rosters have settled down a bit. With the current interest in tweaking the finances of the game, I got curious about payrolls in the East. Took a look. The numbers are definitely grain-of-salt. Factors like player age, league level you've been at, how long you've had the team, how desolate the minors were when you got it, etc., etc., are all in play. Still interesting to look at. Position Players Total (number of players) Average Salary Player Salary (average player age) Cooperstown 31.9 (17) 1.88 (33) Edison 23.7 (17) 1.39 (31.9) Waterloo 21.05 (15) 1.40 (27.1) Montgomery 21 (17) 1.23 (28.0) Central Northshire 17.2 (17) 1.01 (29.8) Athens 13 (13) 1.00 (28.5) Pitchers Total (number of players) Team Average Salary (average pitcher age) Cooperstown 25.9 (13) 1.99 (32) Central Northshire 21.35 (13) 1.64 (30.3) Athens 19.2 (13) 1.47 (28.8) Waterloo 18.25 (12) 1.52 (25.9) Edison 16.65 (13) 1,28 (30.3) Montgomery 14.05 (13) 1.08 (29.8) Total - Average per player Cooperstown 57.8 - 1.92 Edison 39.95 - 1.33 Waterloo 39.3 - 1.45 Central Northshire 38.55 - 1.28 Montgomery 35.05 - 1.17 Athens 32.2 - 1.23 League average: 40.5 +- 8.2 League average: Figure skating rules* 38.2 +- 1.9 Most expensive pitcher: Martin (Cooperstown) 3.90 Most expensive position: Mueller (Cooperstown) 4.75 Interesting note: 4 of 6 teams running at full capacity (30 ML players) * Figure skating rules: eliminating highest and lowest results as outliers. Updated Monday, January 26 2015 @ 11:28:34 am PST

#13938	01/25/2015 6:45:06 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Wee follow up to my above post on economics (maybe more of interest to new IV managers). I'm estimating a decent IV team will generate ~65 million in revenue. Fixed* costs are ~16-17 million. Before Franchise Fees, that puts a break even payroll ~48 million. 43 million with franchise fees. Above that number, and you'll probably be burning reserves (which isn't a big deal for most IV teams I imagine). * I included minor league salaries in fixed costs. These aren't really fixed. Updated Sunday, January 25 2015 @ 11:06:33 am PST

#13995	01/26/2015 10:51:48 am
garfscores Joined: 10/13/2014 Posts: 491 Battle Creek Sting III.4	Well, Seca, I don't want to jinx myself, but it looks like I might be ready to go back to IV.6 after only one season down in V. Looking forward to getting there, even if you probably won't be around. I'll catch up to you eventually. See you in Legends!

#13996	01/26/2015 11:18:00 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Rogers is a very nice acquisition for your club. Salaries like that used to make me really nervous, but with a little more certainty about income there is less risk. I took on 4.25 million in Wood that I would not have done in previous seasons. I'm not planning on going anywhere at the moment. The East is tightly contested. Dinos do feel good - we've had some bad luck with injuries (3 starting pitchers, 2 key relievers). Plus Garcia - the cornerstone of the pitching staff - continues to be absolutely dreadful. Happy to be hanging in there. Have had some good luck too. We missed facing Aquirre and Russell (both beasts) in the Montgomery series. Had no business winning the first game of the Edison series. Sometimes luck balances out.

#14412	02/05/2015 12:37:51 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Coming off a really tough series against Central Northshire. Every game a nail biter. Athens tonight. Wood misses the series injured. Oddly, he missed the first series against Athens due to injury. Quezada also out - his 3rd or 4th injury this season. He might be more important. Leaves only 1 LH (Bradley) in the pen to counter all that LH Athens batting. Garcia will get his first start in a while. Fed up with him wrecking games in the 7th or 8th. May as well wreck them in the first. Salazar got cut. I had been planning on moving out 1 of Salazar, Carraro or Goodwin to give more space for youngsters. There are all similar enough skill-wise I was waiting for 1 to stand-out performance-wise. When Sal gave up 7 hits and 6 runs in 1.3 innings against Cooperstown, his bags were packed and outside the clubhouse before the manager got to the mound. Norris might be next. Thought he was a nice waivers get - was nervous when no one opposed me. I can be patient with young hitters. But 34 year olds making 3.5 million better hit the ball.

#14589	02/08/2015 5:23:00 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	There's the first 3rd. Very discouraging final series against Montgomery. 2 extra inning losses. Lloyd left a game after 7 shut out innings with a 4 - nil lead, only to watch the bullpen cough up 7. Old Segua even shut us down in the final game - gave him a win to go with his 9 losses. Guess I should have cut Carraro rather than Salazar. We are in first, but its been a disappointing first 3rd. Most of that was Garcia's fall from grace. That's had a cascade effect in the bullpen. I've always taken pride in building a strong pen. Among the East's worst this season. Teams chasing should be encouraged. Dinos always struggle horribly in the final 3rd of the season. We didn't build the lead we needed to cover for that.

#14601	02/09/2015 7:50:02 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Oh, and that last Montgomery game was a disaster for my Cup aspirations. Cararro was so bad my entire bullpen got blown out in that game. Plus Mosley got injured. A steep hill got steeper. Rough night to be a Dino fan.

#14705	02/12/2015 5:49:52 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Got rolled by injuries against West Castle. Both catchers. 2B and then back-up 2nd base. We finally made decision to make De Fazio SS and Almeida 3B (and end the Mosley 3B experiment). But with all the injuries, not much choice to go back to Almeida SS and Mosley 3B. Of course both make errors when back in those positions. Any gold glove aspirations Acosta had vanished in game 3 vs. West Castle. His 2 errors dropped him from 3rd in field % at his position to dead last. Two error games bug me. Seem to happen more often then I think they should. Anyway, for a short spell there Dinos were threatening to not be the worst defensive team in IV.6. Pretty sure the West Castle series has fixed that wagon.

#14862	02/16/2015 8:00:10 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Hendricks doing a "Paredes-push" (former player Paredes always started slow, but would manage enough of a hot-streak before the all-star break to get selected). Hard to make all-star predictions. Dinos were arguably the top offence in the East in the first half, but have no one on any noteworthy offensive tables. Those lists dominated by the West. Somehow over the course of the first half I ended up with all of Bradley, Dawson and Bermudez in the starting rotation. Combined they have 1 season of experience and ~350 IP. So much green in the rotation isn't a recipe for success. It was alright when Dawson was pitching well, but he's been a dog through inter-division play. Might send Bermudez back to AAA after the break. He's just 22, so a little more time down there shouldn't hurt (even tho he's got major rec.). Not sure I'm sold on him. His lack of a breaking pitch is a little troubling. Updated Monday, February 16 2015 @ 8:01:44 am PST

#14922	02/18/2015 7:44:51 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Have a bit of a lead heading into the break, but its pretty fragile. One bad series and its tight again. Dinos usually struggle in the final 1/3 of the season. Leading the East in errors. Hoping that is different at the end of the season. Don't have anyone playing out of position. "Amazing" fielders at 2B, SS, 3B. "Solid" at 1B and CF. Cheating a little on the corners. Those 4 error games by an individual don't help the tally. My best guess at the East All-Star team. Not sure what the voters will do with Simpson. If they stick him in the OF (Manning may not get in due to low AB) then there is a spot for Wood (Wat) or Daniels (Edi) at 1B. 3B too close to call. Poggi (Mont) CF Burgos (Mont) LF Manning (CenNor) RF Clarke (Ed) SS Morales (Mont) / Almeida (Wat) 3B Cook (Mont) 2B Simpson (Athens) 1B Montgomery (Coop) C Doyle (Coop) DH Hardy (Wat) Callahan (CenNor) Kouda (Athens) Cordova (Athens) Russell (Mont) Lloyd (Wat) *Yoo (Ed) honourable mention

#15301	02/25/2015 5:26:42 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Dino's second half swoon under-way. Like clock-work. Had stretched our lead out to 9 games at the start of the West Castle series. 2.5 series later it's down to 3. Game engine changes seem to be bad for my team. Almost always the league leader in sac flies. With more ground balls, we're having a real tough time getting runners in from 3rd. Maybe just in my head. Edit: hehe. Never did this before. Went to un-assign an injured pitcher and accidentally hit "restore to default" - just as the sim fired. Oops. Didn't matter- was another magnificent pitching performance from Round Rock. 4 gems and a butchered 9th by my bull-pen makes for a well deserved sweep. Updated Wednesday, February 25 2015 @ 6:11:06 pm PST

#15334	02/26/2015 12:25:47 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Couple interesting signings in the East. Think Rangel is a savvy addition for Athens. Useful player. Actually has a fairly limited number of ABs, so despite his age, I wouldn't be surprised if he improved a little. Dinos signed Humphreys. A player we coveted earlier in his career. Made a couple failed waiver claims for him previously. He's mostly rode the bench the past couple seasons so at 28, there's a decent chance he'll miss his potential. So a project with a high chance of failure. Best part? His 3 million salary. 2nd highest position player on my team, 4th highest overall. Athens' move looks calculated. Mine ... a little desperate.

#15336	02/26/2015 1:35:09 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	At least you are making moves. The few players who would have been upgrades useful to my team, were also useful to many others, so I'm going to finish out this season probably with zero upgrades made. Guess we'll see if staying the course pays off or if essentially equivalent claims/signings actually are worth it (not really since it could just be random chance, but fun to speculate nonetheless).

#15343	02/26/2015 2:58:39 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Hehe. Ya, shake things up if nothing else. There were some nice players out there this week. We didn't waiver Humphreys just in case everything else came through. He had a decent first game. No hits, but a walk, sac fly. Little things done right. He has quite a bit of work to do on his hitting and power (if his scouting is accurate). Had better show improvement in those skills shortly or the upper management may pull the plug on the expensive experiment.

#15356	02/26/2015 6:16:51 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Ok. This isn't cool. Athens signed Felix Paredes as a free agent. (Just kidding) Barely got a series win against Wichita. 2-11 Sam Glass got win #3 against my all-star Lloyd in the final game. That's how it goes for Dinos in the final third. The past 2 seasons we lost every series in the intra-division round following cross-over (the up-coming round). See if we do it again. Might try firing the manager. Not sure what else to do.

#15455	02/28/2015 8:25:04 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Little reflection on the cross-over. Perfectly balanced 330-330 East vs. West. My own team went 31-29 19-11 before the All-Star break 12-18 after the All-Star break Won the season series against Folsom, Elk Grove, Fairbanks & Wichita. Got taken to the woodshed by both Rocks (West Castle and Round).

#15485	03/01/2015 6:07:41 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Players must like their manager. Threaten his head, and they play well. Lost Wells, Humphrey and Hendricks to injury versus Central Northshire. Wells and Humphrey back next series. Hendricks - aka, my offence - out for both the upcoming Athens and Edison series.

#15534	03/03/2015 9:25:23 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Looks like the General Manager can close the office and book some tee time. Upper management is fairly happy. The Terrell Wood signing at the start of the season was big. He's played very well and given a LH presence to the line-up. So far so good on the Humphrey deadline FA signing. Playing way over his head at the moment. Hoping his SI bar still has a little upswing in it. The other deadline free agent signing was Norris. He played a dozen games with the Dinos earlier in the season. Bit of insurance in case the entire OF gets injured again. Other than that, added a few minor leaguers over the season. No superstars, but guys I think will be solid players and fit into the lines of succession some where.

#15653	03/05/2015 4:58:34 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Quite relieved to win some series last loop. Good to kmow the team isn't trapped in some sort of Ground Hog day nightmare in that part of the schedule. Got Hendricks back from his injury and got 3 games out of him before he reaggravated whatever is ailing him. Glad I picked up Norris. Benched one of my catchers. Last I checked Byrd had as many catcher throwing errors as the rest of the East combined. Not sure if he can't find 2B anymore due to his lower case c, or if he just needs new contacts.

#15943	03/13/2015 7:16:11 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	That was a tough last round. Seemed like pitchers (all pitchers) really had the upper hand and every run was precious. Dinos were fortunate to win more than our fair share of close games. Up 5 (6 considering run differential) with 13 left. Gives a magic number of 7. A Dino collapse is still entirely possible (maybe even probable). But we kind of like our chances.

#15948	03/13/2015 9:00:31 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Long post. Don’t bother if long posts aren’t your thing. I'll put a TL:DR at the bottom for those interested in the conclusion without wading through my rambling. I have really admired Athens' pitching the past few seasons. I have felt (and maybe this is incorrect) that I have more talent at the position, and yet I get out-pitched by the Wolverines every season. This isn't intended as criticism or whining - if anything its veneration. So if my premise is right (Athens gets more out of pitching talent than Waterloo), the question is ... why? I figure it’s any or all of the following factors: - ballpark - defense - left / right split - "intangibles" (hidden skills) Ballpark Our ballparks are very similar in dimensions. There is a key difference. Most Dino-power is RH, so Waterloo has a shorter left field. Most Athens power is LH so they have a shorter right field. That might be a big difference. Aside from Athens, IV.6 East is a little lean on LH batting. Their ballpark suits them. My ballpark suits everyone but Athens. Then again, I have never tracked what % of HRs are pulled; there was a thread in Discussions recently that suggested there wasn't a strong "pull" factor with HRs. I'm inclined to consider the difference in ballparks is a minor factor. May be worth noting both teams have better road records than home records. Defense All the tracked defensive stats are similar. (Dinos +3 OA, -3 E, -10 DP, +4% CS). I consider these stats "wombo-combo" stuff - all big momentum swings, but lower frequency events. Seems pretty even between teams. Arm and fielding are rolled into these stats. Takes us to range. Interior range (SS, 2B, CF) is more effective than outside range (1B, 3B, LF, RF). Looking at our most common line-ups: Inside Dinos: 15+15+16 = 46 Wolverines: 17+18+17 = 52 Outside Dinos: 7+13+15+12 = 47 Wolverines: 15+12+13+11 = 51 ( - player with LH throw penalty. Just on FA% or also reduces range?) Might look close, but the +6 inside represents 13% more range. +4 outside 9%. Left-Right Split 81% of Dinos IP this season has been by RHP. 96% of Athens IP this season has been by RHP. 54% of batters faced by Dinos pitchers were RH. 56% of batters faced by Athens pitchers were RH. LHP predominantly face RHB (~90% for my guys). This suggests to me that Athens is “winning” the match-up battle. This is likely a significant factor. Intangibles We've been told there are some unseen traits that affect performance. There is some of that at play here. Lloyd (Dino) and Cordova (Wolverine) have similar SI (103 vs. 104). They have point totals in the 4 non-stam pitching skills (Lloyd 50, Cordova 51). Their distribution of pitching skills is a little different, but not night&day. (Both are breaking ball pitchers; Lloyd better control, Cordova better change up). Lloyd has an era close to 4.00. Gives up a HR every 7 innings. Cordova has an era of 2.36, gives up a HR every 17 innings. Despite having very similar SI, there is clearly something different about Cordova (distribution of skills, or a hidden trait). If these 2 guys were on the same team, Cordova would still be a noticeably better pitcher. More than Cordova? Kouda has 88 SI, 45 points in non-stam pitching skills. He murders RHB. 0.175. That’s better than Hardy. Heck, Athens staff has .207 vs. RHB to Hardy’s .188. It’s hard to quantify intangibles. But it seems clear Athens has found some guys that “have it”, whatever “it” is. TL:DR / Conclusion I think all of these factors likely contribute. I suspect the 2 most important are left-right splits and range on defense. Pitching and defense has been the standard formula for success for a while. Trying to win with offense is more difficult. Then again, good offensive players with a defensive liability (often 12s) are generally more accessible than decent offensive players that are good defensively (13s & 14s). It is natural evolution for new teams to start with an offensive mindset, and gradually shift to a defensive one as they acquire better assets. For my team this means moving away from my beloved “good 12s” like Hendricks and Mosley, and trying to find more guys like Anderson.

#16376	03/21/2015 5:20:09 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5229 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Grats to award winners! Dinos are happy to see Hardy get his first Cy Yoiung - he's been 2nd in voting the past 2 seasons. It's pretty satisfying to see De Luca get a gold glove. As a position conversion project I still have lots of not- fond memories of him bumbling every other ball hit to 2B. Cheers to Elk Grove! I wasn't cheering against Folsom, but it was a little painful watching your lead slip away. The playoff win is my first after losing 2. Both losses my opponent had a hitter get super hot. This time round it was me with the crazy hot batter (Hendicks). Looking back over the season, the biggest surprise for my team was the bullpen. Garcia and Quezada both played well below their recent levels. I consider Greene the guy who saved the season. Really stepped up and played well. Have fun next season. Dino goal in III is just survival. Could be a big ask.

#22577	08/18/2015 8:47:01 am
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	2023 Season has Twin Falls vs. Athens in the Championship Having been 25-1 odds to win the division at start of season, oddsmakers have made Athens 7-5 favorite to win over Twin Falls

#22579	08/18/2015 9:11:44 am
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	I think you looked at the odds wrong. If they're the favorite, their odds are 3 to 5. (With only two teams, they have to be less than even odds.)

#22582	08/18/2015 9:21:00 am
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	A true gambler Guess I had my glasses on backwards

#33315	04/13/2016 10:32:34 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	We are back and not gonna mess around this season Be ready to put up with lots of Gull crap

#33663	04/25/2016 5:41:20 am
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	PLAY BALL

#33697	04/26/2016 8:07:33 am
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 337 Bay City Lions III.3	I'm back. Sorry Gizmo, only thing between me and promo is my hitting staff.

#44385	01/27/2017 8:52:28 am
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Though the East division lost the AllStar game to the West, the Eastern teams put up an overall 216-144 record against the West led by the Edison Bombers who went an amazing 44-16 In interdivisional play Will be interesting to see how both divisions finish the year with potentially a 4 team race to the playoffs in each

#44570	02/02/2017 7:49:54 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	The East has the top four teams separated by only 3 1/2 games heading into the final 6 weeks of play

#44572	02/02/2017 9:26:19 pm
g10rsh Joined: 02/05/2016 Posts: 170 Champaign Suzumebachi IV.1	It's crazy close. with only 33 games left I wouldn't be surprised if it came down to run difference.

#45121	02/13/2017 3:30:46 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	It's official Edison Bombers against Elk Grove Blue Jays in league final as both teams just clinched during seasons last series Best of luck to both teams!

#45139	02/13/2017 5:54:25 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Interesting stats Top 4 teams in East were all 52-48 against divisional rivals and and all were at least games 6 better than the West champion The West top record was 58-42 but only went 20-40 against the East and finished in 3rd place

#45510	02/17/2017 11:42:15 pm
g10rsh Joined: 02/05/2016 Posts: 170 Champaign Suzumebachi IV.1	The east is looking like it's going to be another meat grinder this year. Lots of very highly rated teams. Good luck to everyone!

#46001	02/24/2017 9:04:22 am
Ace Joined: 03/30/2015 Posts: 40 Inactive	Good Luck to everyone. I would love to win 3 pennants in a row, but I will take just not bouncing back down!

#46006	02/24/2017 2:03:05 pm
g10rsh Joined: 02/05/2016 Posts: 170 Champaign Suzumebachi IV.1	Welcome welcome. Congratulations on your climb. Looking forward to the competition. Updated Friday, February 24 2017 @ 2:04:09 pm PST

#46090	02/26/2017 8:00:24 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Best to everyone this season Hope to end that streak for you and start my climb up again

#47104	03/21/2017 8:16:07 pm
Ace Joined: 03/30/2015 Posts: 40 Inactive	Wow Gizmo! Thanks for the "behind the woodshed butt kickin"! I had a cozy lead of 4 1/2 games going into our 3 game series. After losing all 3 games by a total score of 34-4 I am wondering how I am at the top of the division at all!

#47134	03/22/2017 7:14:30 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Was pretty impressed myself, it has been awhile since I seen my hitters and pitchers gel at same time. Lead off hitter Roach with 9 RBIs in game one and 15 in series says the bottom of order is getting on too Should be a fun season

#47543	04/02/2017 10:06:57 am
Ace Joined: 03/30/2015 Posts: 40 Inactive	Hey Gizmo, pull back on the throttle a bit!! I am trying to sneak in a couple of rookies to get them ready for the future and still keep in the pennant race! Your team really seems to be picking it up. Congratulations. Hope I can keep pace.

#48184	04/20/2017 12:25:35 pm
Ace Joined: 03/30/2015 Posts: 40 Inactive	Great race for promotion in the East!! I wish there was a better race for promotion in the West, if only that second place team could make a move and sustain it! Play some rookies Vero Beach.

#48265	04/22/2017 4:19:24 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	There you go sweeping me with your rookies

#48281	04/23/2017 12:57:05 am
Brewnoe Joined: 03/25/2014 Posts: 829 Fall River Naughty Dawgs III.3	Glad to see you're still here

#48525	04/29/2017 7:08:59 pm
g10rsh Joined: 02/05/2016 Posts: 170 Champaign Suzumebachi IV.1	Hey guys, it's been a fun year but after today's series against Brooke island I'll be Demoting at the end of th season (6 games back with 7 to go). But I hope to be back here next year. My team has plenty of runs, but the rookies just weren't up to the task of fielding. Also going 11-25 in 1 run games didn't help. The good news is the team is very young and has a lot of developing. Good luck to everyone and I hope to be back soon.

#48598	05/01/2017 3:34:46 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Congrats to Ace and Allenton for their third pennant in a row

#48607	05/01/2017 5:11:06 pm
Ace Joined: 03/30/2015 Posts: 40 Inactive	Thanks Gizmo! Good Luck to All in the off season and next year.

#48713	05/03/2017 7:03:47 pm
Ace Joined: 03/30/2015 Posts: 40 Inactive	Great playoff series so far! 5 1-run games with two of them going extras. Game 5 was a 1-0 thriller. Good Luck tomorrow Mig

#51822	08/02/2017 6:08:38 pm
Coolhand Joined: 03/27/2017 Posts: 73 Inactive	Good luck everyone. I'm looking forward to how my pitching staff stacks up at this new level of competition.

#52045	08/08/2017 7:30:21 pm
g10rsh Joined: 02/05/2016 Posts: 170 Champaign Suzumebachi IV.1	We're back! I see a lot of familiar faces and I'm looking forward to completing with all of you again. Best of luck to everyone.

#60950	09/27/2018 4:50:57 pm	Oct 7th, 2037
nemesis Joined: 07/06/2016 Posts: 136 Brooklyn Dodgers II.2	Getting swept in three games by a bot when in this close a race was not what I expected tonight. Been on a good run getting closer and closer to the top, and had hoped the top two - Montgomery and Presque Isle - would knock some lumps out of each other tonight and make it even closer. Instead I'm now 5.5 games off the lead with just 13 to play, not looking good.

#61039	10/02/2018 7:05:30 am	Oct 24th, 2037
nemesis Joined: 07/06/2016 Posts: 136 Brooklyn Dodgers II.2	89-71 and still just 3rd place. That series (above) cost me dear, as we finished 3 games behind Montgomery and 2 behind Presque Isle with the best RD in the division. Went 12-8 against the Mountaineers and 11-9 against the Vikings, so obviously fared worse against everyone else. Still, managed that without the two pitching studs that got me this far (Vargas, Segura) and may have to move on a couple more older guys too. Can hit no problem, but pitching staff will need some work in the offseason.

#61095	10/04/2018 4:20:51 pm	Nov 4th, 2037
Mesh77 Joined: 10/25/2016 Posts: 145 Palo Alto Invaders V.15	It may have taken seven games to get there, but we finally won our first playoffs at the fourth attempt. It feels AWESOME. What really stands out though is that we've won at least 100 games in six of the last seven seasons, and at least 91 games in seven of eight, with a lowest RD of +149 in that time. The one season we didn't? We went 70-90 in the reboot of 2035 (we were in second in the original run), and absolutely nothing went right - lineup and pitching changes, even a manager change, nothing could arrest our calamitous run. And yet I've essentially put out the same team for most of that time. Just an anomaly I guess. LLIII here we come!

#63478	03/04/2019 5:04:42 pm	Oct 23rd, 2039
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	After we were narrowly promoted to LLIV with a mediocre record, we narrowly manage to avoid relegation this season. It's not the outcome I expected, and I honestly think it says more about the weakness of the west divisions than it does anything positive about my team. Is it possible to change to a west division by changing cities? I honestly think a competitive east division team struggling with promotion might have an easier path by switching to the west if they could.

#64777	04/16/2019 6:50:12 pm	Jun 15th, 2040
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	I'm not sure what is happening with my team right now. I think we're being powered by unsustainable pitching and hitting performances. (Our team ERA is half a run lower than our FIP.) I'm not sure when we'll start playing poorly again, but inter-division play is as good a time as any. It seems like the Turtles have struggled against the east divisions in recent seasons. I'm not sure what our record will look like at the end of the season, but I'm pretty sure we won't be in first.

#64780	04/17/2019 6:26:26 am	Jun 15th, 2040
theonlyroberts Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 6 Inactive	We started our fall yesterday after a really strong run through cup games. This has been a fun battle with you over the past couple seasons.

#64911	04/23/2019 7:41:38 pm	Jul 14th, 2040
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	It's the All Star game, which means it's the middle of the season and the middle of inter-division play. The East has a slight advantage over the West with 93 wins to 87 losses. True to my earlier predictions, the Turtles have played quite poorly in inter-division games. In fact, at 12-18 they're tied with three teams for the second worst ID record. Only Gilbert has fewer wins with a 10-20 record. Lorain is the big winner so far with 21 wins to 9 losses and Montgomery is right behind them with 20 wins to 10 losses. Code: T Win Loss WPct MC 18 12 0.600 Lor 21 9 0.700 SLO 12 18 0.400 PD 13 17 0.433 King 13 17 0.433 Gil 10 20 0.333 W 87 93 0.483 MG 20 10 0.667 Bro 17 13 0.567 Sun 16 14 0.533 DP 16 14 0.533 GI 12 18 0.400 MP 12 18 0.400 E 93 87 0.517 Updated Tuesday, April 23 2019 @ 7:43:52 pm PDT

#65246	05/04/2019 2:44:12 pm	Aug 22nd, 2040
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	And here are the final inter-division numbers. The East still won, but with slightly narrower winning percentage of .511 vs .489. Mongtomery had the best overall performance of 41-19. The second place team was a tie between Midwest city and Des Plaines at 37-23. The Turtles finished at 26-34, which is a modest improvement in winning percentage compared to the first half performance. Code: Teams Win Loss WPct MC 37 23 0.617 Lor 36 24 0.600 SLO 26 34 0.433 PD 30 30 0.500 King 25 35 0.417 Gil 22 38 0.367 WT 176 184 0.489 MG 41 19 0.683 Bro 28 32 0.467 Sun 28 32 0.467 DP 37 23 0.617 GI 27 33 0.450 MP 23 37 0.383 ET 184 176 0.511

#65614	05/21/2019 5:36:58 pm	Oct 28th, 2040
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	Interesting season for the Turtles. It was a lot more successful than I expected, and I at least feel like we belong in league four now. The posted their highest team rating in history, and this is their highest single season win total outside of level 6.

#66255	06/10/2019 2:17:10 pm	Mar 20th, 2041
Eric83 Joined: 02/06/2018 Posts: 56 Brentwood Bearcats V.2	Not sure how often these forums are used, but I'll say hello. This is the first time I've promoted to League 4, so please go easy on me all.

#66277	06/11/2019 5:31:38 pm	Mar 30th, 2041
theonlyroberts Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 6 Inactive	Welcome! Sorry about today.

#67037	07/18/2019 7:21:19 pm	Aug 19th, 2041
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	I'm not going to lie, this has been a disappointing season so far for the Turtles. I didn't expect to repeat last year, but I also didn't expect to fall so far. At least I have good odds of avoiding relegation at this point. Enough of my whining, though, we've completed inter-division play and I've got standings! The East was shockingly and uniformly effective in 2041. No East team had a losing record against the West and, as that might suggest, no West team had a winning record against the East! It's a big change from the reasonably close results of the past, but it seems to fit with what I've observed. The big winner was Macon, but even the worst-performing East teams weren't far behind. Overall, the East posted a .583 winning percentage. I thought the Turtles were doing horribly, but we ended up being middle of the pack by the low West standards. That still manages to be somewhat comforting. Code: Teams W L WPct PA 29 31 0.483 MC 29 31 0.483 SLO 26 34 0.433 BW 27 33 0.450 PD 21 39 0.350 MV 18 42 0.300 WT 150 210 0.417 MA 37 23 0.617 PP 35 25 0.583 DP 35 25 0.583 GI 34 26 0.567 BV 35 25 0.583 DH 34 26 0.567 ET 210 150 0.583

#67487	08/08/2019 8:01:06 pm	Nov 4th, 2041
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	Congrats to Mesh77 for his first postseason series win with Palo Alto! Those boys brought a little bit of redemption to the west. And congratulations to Macon for promoting in a very tight division race. Here's hoping the Turtles can bounce back next season and get some better results.

#67976	08/29/2019 10:21:34 pm	Apr 7th, 2042
Eric83 Joined: 02/06/2018 Posts: 56 Brentwood Bearcats V.2	Rough start for my Bearcats this year, losing first 9 games of the season! I probably have one of the higher team salaries in the league too. Need to figure this out...

#68005	08/30/2019 5:11:28 pm	Apr 9th, 2042
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	That's a rough start for sure, but I would be a bit cautious not to overreact to a bad sequence. Sometimes baseball does that to you and you bounce back.

#68031	09/02/2019 1:42:07 pm	Apr 18th, 2042
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	I saw that Kenosha picked up Biddle as a free agent. I think that's a pretty savvy signing. Biddle strikes me as the sort of player who could blossom very quickly with full playing time. His defensive build is a bit awkward, but I like his offensive profile, especially from a switch hitter. He could be a solid LF/DH/1B type. Updated Monday, September 2 2019 @ 1:42:35 pm PDT

#68334	09/18/2019 6:23:08 pm	Jun 19th, 2042
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	We open inter-division play by dropping four out of five to the lowest-ranked team in the other division, only to follow it up by winning four out of five against the highest-ranked team in that division. Baseball gonna baseball. Updated Wednesday, September 18 2019 @ 6:23:31 pm PDT

#68664	10/04/2019 6:31:16 pm	Aug 21st, 2042
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	Inter-division play has come to a conclusion, which means it's time for stats! Huzzah! The story for the 2042 season is very similar to last season. The East won inter-division games at an astonishing .586 winning percentage, and no West team managed to play .500 baseball against them. There was one East team that managed to play below .500, and that was Ames. Overall, the best team in the league was Durham, with a .683 percentage. Des Plaines and Sunrise were tied for second with .617. The Turtles have a recent history of playing poorly against the East division relative to their overall performance. I think this is a combination of the talent gap between the divisions in this league, but also a bit of luck. Well, this season actually reversed the trend! The Turtles played .467 ball in inter-division, good for second in the West and a clear improvement on their .440 winning percentage against their own division so far this season. I don't know that actually says much about the talent on my team, but at least it's at least a hint in a positive direction. Full stats below: Code: TMS IDW IDL WPct HU 29 31 0.483 MW 24 36 0.400 SL 28 32 0.467 BR 25 35 0.417 KI 21 39 0.350 LO 22 38 0.367 WT 149 211 0.414 DP 37 23 0.617 SU 37 23 0.617 DH 41 19 0.683 PP 34 26 0.567 KE 36 24 0.600 AM 26 34 0.433 ET 211 149 0.586 Updated Friday, October 4 2019 @ 6:34:52 pm PDT

#68744	10/08/2019 8:16:46 pm	Sep 4th, 2042
Eric83 Joined: 02/06/2018 Posts: 56 Brentwood Bearcats V.2	120 games into the season and the entire East division is within 2 games of one another. I find that astonishing. Meanwhile there is an 11.5 game difference between the 1st and 2nd place team in the West.

#68757	10/09/2019 6:24:13 pm	Sep 8th, 2042
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	Yep, I was just coming to post that exact thought. I don't think I've ever seen a tighter division race.

#69024	10/23/2019 6:27:14 pm	Nov 1st, 2042
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	The East division race opened up a fair amount by the end of 2042, but first place was still decided by the last game of the season! Ames came in second, but still had a good record in a tough league. Congratulations to Kenosha for promoting, and congratulations to Huntington for representing the West successfully in the playoffs!

#69102	10/26/2019 9:04:47 am	Jan 15th, 2043
Longviewess Joined: 09/23/2018 Posts: 111 Inactive	Welcome all! Looking forward to my team's first foray into Level IV. Not sure my team is ready for it though. Guess we will see.

#69914	12/02/2019 6:54:22 pm	Jun 10th, 2043
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	Back in 2040 the Turtles were in or near first heading into inter-division play. At the time I expressed a lot of skepticism about our play. This year we're tied for first heading into inter-division play, but I feel a lot better about our underlying talent. I think our hitting will regress quite a bit as the year moves along, but I expect us to be able to maintain a pretty good record overall.

#70079	12/10/2019 7:04:13 pm	Jul 14th, 2043
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	Well, we've reached the All Star break, so we're halfway through inter-division play. The past two seasons, the East has dominated the West in ID play. For the at least first half, the West has turned the tables in 2043 by posting an overall .533 winning percentage. The top individual team was the Santa Clemente Foxes with a .633 winning percentage. The Turtles were right in the middle of the road in the West with a .533 PCT. Well done, West! Let's keep up the pressure. Code: TM IW IL WPct BW 17 13 0.567 SL 16 14 0.533 SC 19 11 0.633 KC 16 14 0.533 MW 14 16 0.467 LN 14 16 0.467 WT 96 84 0.533 SN 16 14 0.533 GF 16 14 0.533 AM 16 14 0.533 KV 14 16 0.467 DP 10 20 0.333 FR 12 18 0.400 ET 84 96 0.467 Updated Tuesday, December 10 2019 @ 7:05:53 pm PST

#70080	12/10/2019 8:20:07 pm	Jul 14th, 2043
Eric83 Joined: 02/06/2018 Posts: 56 Brentwood Bearcats V.2	Let's go West! Geech - I'm probably feeling like you did in 2040. I'm right with you at the top of the standings but a bit skeptical that'll it last. My offense has been quite a bit better this year without much change to personnel, so not sure if that'll last all year. And at 12 games over .500, my +26 run differential makes me think we're just squeaking by with some close wins and this pace isn't sustainable. Either way, should be a fun 2nd half of the year! This division is quite competitive.

#70269	12/21/2019 3:04:19 pm	Aug 22nd, 2043
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	Well, inter-division play is complete for 2043, and I'm sorry to say that East more than made up the difference in the second half. They beat the West with a .508 winning percentage, but at least we kept it close. Santa Clemente is tied with Brentwood for the best overall performer in ID play, each with a .550 winning percentage. The Turtles maintained their .533 play, which actually matches the best record among East times. Their strong performance in the second half seems to be driven by a broad selection of teams, rather than just one or two. Here are the complete results: Code: TM IW IL WPct BW 33 27 0.550 SL 32 28 0.533 SC 33 27 0.550 KC 24 36 0.400 MW 31 29 0.517 LN 24 36 0.400 177 183 0.492 SN 31 29 0.517 GF 30 30 0.500 AM 32 28 0.533 KV 31 29 0.517 DP 28 32 0.467 FR 31 29 0.517 ET 183 177 0.508

#70524	01/07/2020 5:36:44 pm	Oct 28th, 2043
Longviewess Joined: 09/23/2018 Posts: 111 Inactive	Congrats to San Luis Obispo and Knoxville on winning the Divisions this season. I enjoyed my one year foray into the League IV level. My pitching and defense held up (5th in Runs Allowed) but my offense was missing (dead last in Runs Scored). The bottom of my lineup was the problem. Hopefully I'll be back in 2045.

#70534	01/08/2020 5:34:02 pm	Nov 1st, 2043
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	Thank you! This is a big milestone for our team, whatever the outcome of the playoff series. We've never won a division in level 4 or higher in franchise history, including before I owned them.

#70548	01/09/2020 4:21:42 pm	Nov 4th, 2043
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	Congratulations to DodgerBlue42! I'm glad the Turtles managed to make it a competitive series.

#70803	01/18/2020 5:37:52 pm	Mar 4th, 2044
DodgerBlue42 Joined: 10/20/2015 Posts: 42 Inactive	Thanks everyone! What a great season!!! Thanks for making this game so much fun!

#72367	03/29/2020 7:03:33 am	Jan 15th, 2045
ESac Joined: 09/05/2016 Posts: 380 San Antonio Defenders IV.7	Excited to be here.

#77249	09/10/2020 9:57:47 am	Mar 12th, 2047
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Just want to say I'm happy to be in IV.6 this year, and looking forward to seeing what the competition is like around here. It's been my quietest offseason ever with the Falcons, although I'm hoping I found something in Tejada. There are some guys I like out there, but it's getting harder and harder to make roster space. Good problem to have I guess, but it IS a problem! Good luck to everyone this season!

#77300	09/11/2020 8:55:49 am	Mar 14th, 2047
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Also Eric, nice update about your 2046 escapades with Brentwood last year! I was too busy with the “3 dog fight” going down in the East to notice your mid season managerial corrections.

#77484	09/20/2020 7:53:49 pm	Apr 18th, 2047
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Looks like IV.6 is going to be another tough division assignment this season. I've gone 8-8 so far with a +26 RD, and right not I'm in a demotion slot. Message received, LL.IV doesn't mess around!

#77503	09/22/2020 8:10:20 pm	Apr 25th, 2047
Eric83 Joined: 02/06/2018 Posts: 56 Brentwood Bearcats V.2	Thanks Johnny! Looks like you're off to another strong start. Highest PD in the whole league. I had another slow start at 4-9, but hoping things are starting to pick up now. Agreed that this league is looking pretty tight early on. Best of luck all!

#78476	11/08/2020 2:15:28 pm	Oct 16th, 2047
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Falcons clinch the East for the third time in three years! Currently swapping roster spots for the last 6 games. Heck of an effort by Muncie, they pushed us all year. Also Atlantic City really had my number until our last 4 game series. I didn't look up our matchup record, but I dreaded every time the Broadwalkers showed up on our schedule. Currently watching the LA/Brentwood race very closely in the West right now! Edit: I looked it up and Falcons went 11-9 against Muncie and an even 10-10 against Atlantic City, although I didn't look into how aggressive of a lineup the Broadwalkers rolled out against us in the last 4 game series where I managed to even up the season matchup. I did really well in interleague play. I never got a sweep but I won every series while posting a 44-16 record there. Updated Sunday, November 8 2020 @ 2:44:30 pm PST

#79084	12/02/2020 7:37:06 am	Mar 30th, 2048
Cactusguy21 Joined: 07/25/2017 Posts: 815 Presque Isle Vikings V.15	Anyone in this league active here?

#82102	05/30/2021 3:12:44 pm	Jul 4th, 2050
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 421 Charleston Hawks II.2	the 2050 east division is the craziest race...at 75 games played we have 5 teams within 1 game and a tie for first and the last place team only 5 back--a blanket could cover the whole group...totally nuts! Updated Sunday, May 30 2021 @ 7:52:27 pm PDT

#83618	08/03/2021 8:31:05 pm	May 21st, 2051
Cactusguy21 Joined: 07/25/2017 Posts: 815 Presque Isle Vikings V.15	Frustrating start to the season here in PI, we are not living up to the run differential for sure, lots of 1-run losses and blown saves.

#84321	09/14/2021 2:10:26 pm	Oct 28th, 2051
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 421 Charleston Hawks II.2	2051 season wrapped up, so how lifelike was run scoring for the season compared to MLB? Pretty close to 2019, when the MLB average for runs per game for each team was 4.83 runs; for BB IV6 it came to 4.95 https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2019.shtml BB IV.6 9506 total scored divided by (160 x 12) equals 4.95 MLB 2020 was a shortened season so i don't think comparison is meaningful. As for MLB 2021, the MLB average per team is down to 4.53 per game (baseball fixed to carry less far?) looks like our league gave some true to life results !

#88743	07/20/2022 2:52:18 pm	Nov 1st, 2055
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 421 Charleston Hawks II.2	Oh my gosh! We've won the league! The Novi Doubledays absolutely crushed us during the regular season, winning 8 of the 10 games we played. But somehow things went our way in the playoffs. Thank you to all the teams in league IV-6 for season 2055...you played good ball all season long and showed fighting spirit throughout. Good luck in the coming seasons.

#88748	07/20/2022 9:06:33 pm	Nov 2nd, 2055
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	Congratulations, Ken! Good run. We were feeling pretty good about our prospects when we stole home field, but coughed it right back the next day. I tried to make some adjustments, but my options for pitching were pretty limited with Vázquez out for the whole series. Good luck next season and I hope you keep on movin' up.

#88755	07/21/2022 7:05:16 am	Nov 2nd, 2055
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 421 Charleston Hawks II.2	Thank you, Haselrig. You've built a fine team and it was a tough break to lose one of your top pitchers for the series. I didn't like my chances going in and would have been happy to win 2 given how you dominated in the regular season. Good luck to you also next season!

#93721	02/15/2024 11:46:07 am	May 25th, 2063
motko Joined: 09/06/2014 Posts: 358 Nauvoo The Great Horned Owl III.3	Season 2063... time flies.