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#13804	01/22/2015 3:44:24 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Right now, the National City Aces are having a bad start. This may mean National City may go to IV.5 or IV.6 for next season.

#13809	01/22/2015 4:08:06 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Season isn't even 1/15th over and you played top 2 teams Pharr will probably walk away with division

#13816	01/22/2015 6:00:41 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	True...

#13993	01/26/2015 10:20:58 am
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	This season gonna be a struggle in Lansing. Moved up alot of young guys this year, and chopped alot of the vets that helped to get up here. Hoping to just avoid relegation and come back ready to fight for promotion next year.

#13994	01/26/2015 10:23:20 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	A League Level lower, but similar situation in Norwalk. Thinking my range in my division is third to fifth. Staying out of the pink probably will count as a successful season for us.

#14689	02/12/2015 5:52:28 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	The key to staying in III.3 is winning a good amount of our games against the east. Right now, we have climbed from 5th place to 3rd place.

#14691	02/12/2015 7:18:48 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	The key to avoiding relegation is winning games? So that's what I've been doing wrong. Sorry, couldn't resist.

#14697	02/12/2015 3:11:09 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	I guess for my team.

#15816	03/09/2015 4:37:24 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	It's obvious who's going to win in the West right now. It's the Pharr Falcons. They are 33 games ahead of the Anaheim Ducks, which are in 2nd place.

#15873	03/11/2015 8:47:40 am
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Big battle between 3 teams in the East to avoid the 2nd regulation down. Don't miss the excitement

#15876	03/11/2015 9:52:34 am
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	Yea it's been tight between the three of us for awhile. I do have 7 games left against Frankfurt, so I'm hoping that will help keep me from relegation.

#16783	03/27/2015 8:52:40 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	You all probably sighed when you saw the #1 league forum spammer promote into III.3. My apologies. The Dinos are looking forward to the upcoming season. Pleased to renew acquaintances with Bennington, and to meet up with old friend National Ci ... err Yuma. Pleased to get to play against such venerable and prestigious franchises as Bay City, Las Vegas, and Anaheim. We’re also curious to see how some of Elk Groves’ big boppers do after terrorizing pitching in IV.6. Dinos have been active in the offseason. Wanted to improve outfield defense and add some left-handed batting – managed to do both first day of waivers. Since then have been trying to add a marquee player to change our look a little bit – without success. That’s ok. I have some young guys I should really be giving ABs to. Our goal is to avoid relegation. Think we have a decent shot at that. Got some good performances from a young starting staff last season. Couple in the bullpen struggled and are looking for bounce-back seasons. Infield defense improved significantly last season. Outfield defense, as mentioned, is a work in progress. Offensively we rely too much on Hendricks and Wood. Hoping a few others step up and shoulder a bit of the load. Happy spring training!

#16785	03/27/2015 10:19:29 am
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Should be a great season Trying to regroup after just avoiding being sent back to IV

#16843	03/28/2015 7:36:28 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Same with my team after avoiding relegation with a run difference of -136 to -138.

#16844	03/28/2015 7:37:52 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	@ Seca, I moved my team towards the west and I found out my team plays better in the southwest.

#16862	03/28/2015 4:20:24 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Hehe. Nice! I must admit longitude wasn't one of the factors I was considering heading into the new season. I see Lane made good progress last season. Happy with the Lane-train?

#16881	03/29/2015 7:18:47 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	I'm not happy with his ERA, but I'm happy with his development.

#16913	03/30/2015 6:59:59 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	I enjoyed Yuma's player summaries. Beck is a beast. Will have my pitchers and catchers watch some video before our mid-season meeting. I like the additions I've made, but my roster feels really bloated. I've always used the minimum position players. I'm currently at 16/17 and have 2 25 year olds in the minors I would like to bring up. Need to make some cuts. One of my old guys (Wells or Coleman, maybe even Cain) will probably have to go. One of my young guys (Mata, Logan, Gutierrez, Hebert) probably should too. Too hard to find playing time. Mata and Logan are almost the same player. Guess we'll see. Have never been good at cuts.

#16923	03/30/2015 4:02:34 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	@Seca, I'll make two or three more player preview, but I'll exclude the minor leaguers.

#17034	04/03/2015 8:06:18 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	I'm still struggling to make some cuts. I figure I need to cut Cain or Mata. I'm trying to reduce the number of "Hail Mary" guys in my line-up - Cain is one of those. He also has the most vicious L-R split of all my RHBs. And he's on the downside at 30. But he's my best defensive catcher, and there are some good running teams in the East. I also have 3 roster spots and nearly 9 million salary tied up in the DH position (Wood, Mosley, Coleman). There's a good chance none of those guys are around next season (Hendricks hopefully moving back to DH). Going to sharpen up the axe. Still not sure who I'm swinging it at though.

#17069	04/04/2015 11:13:28 am
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	Well seca it would probably come down to th is question if I were you: Would I want to keep Cain to improve my hitting perhaps? Or do I keep Mata in hopes he develops nicely? You seem to have a capable C to replace Cain and you have a lot of depth at OF. Fortunately you have time since you can only pull 1 youg blood a week. But if I were you I would definitely seek to that question. There's also a lot of other things you also gotta Dr use on your cut as well, I'm sure you can figure that out yourself. As for me, delighted to have a quadruple pop from Anderson. Cunningham also got a nice pop and is now going to be my starting OF. He should be able to bat at least .260 and I also got at least a decent hitting C in Nava. Looks like the Norris-Lopez pitching saga will continue in my 5th starter dilemma. Still trying to find a ace potential worthy P as I really don't think any of my guys are ace worthy at this point. My pitching staff is gonna rely a lot on Newman this year to help me stay up in this league. Don't think it s the best strategy and already expecting a last place finish but I'll be ok with it as long as my pitchers are popping like they are on steroids. lol

#17075	04/04/2015 1:55:16 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	I finally finished my player previews for Yuma.

#17085	04/05/2015 6:38:01 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Thanks for the input msigg6. Good points. Mata is part of my catcher picture (he doesn't have his c, but I think its imminent). So I have 4 guys (Cain, Byrd, Logan, Mata) for 3 catcher spots. Easy to be optimistic during spring training, and a little unsure in a new division. If I'm good enough to compete in the top half, I should be keeping 2 veterans and a kid. If I'm bottom half I should keep the 2 kids. At the moment I'm leaning towards cutting Byrd. He had a really good offensive year last season, but I think it was a blip and his defense is shaky. If I keep 2 vets the chances of the kid developing are pretty low.

#17094	04/05/2015 6:32:20 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Gonna try and make it interesting in the east We all got rid of Pharr Cut 5 pitchers an 3 starting position players Got 5 waiver claims and 2 FA signings Expanded seating and moved in outfield, added two large outfield scoreboards to keep all the cheap tourists from watching the games free. Got rid of all the crappy heathy food and back to typical baseball fare. Put in extra large seats in the bathrooms. Got more going on than Wrigley

#17224	04/07/2015 5:29:43 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Great 1st series for the Dinos. Games were close. Could have gone either way. Had 2 really good starts in the first 2 games. Dawson - my control expert - did not have his stuff in the 3rd. Walked 6 and torched his pitch count in 5 innings. Leaving so early meant the bullpen dregs came in for the 9th and incinerated a 3 run lead. Hendricks bailed the team out in extras. Tip of the cap to Greene. Unsung hero last season. Already 8ks in 3.67 IP. On a mission.

#17252	04/08/2015 6:12:29 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Couple big waiver signings for the Dinos last night. Think Gamez is the first heavily contested player I've won since Wells. Ironically, it looks like he will be taking Well's roster spot and position. Fischer wasn't heavily contested due to his gross salary. Think he will allow me to cut both of my DHs, which means I actually save some money (and free a roster spot to boot). His salary should come down next season - he won't be playing any middle infield for my club, and he won't be the second coming of Ted Williams offensively in III.3. I'd been hoping to be a top-half team rather than a bottom-half team. Adding these 2 guys should help.

#17253	04/08/2015 7:02:17 am
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	We're hoping to have something around a .500 season in Lansing. Just be competitive and avoid relegation with our cobbled together pitching staff. Hopefully we will have 3-4 pitchers move into the majors by the start of next season, which will dramatically improve our rotation and our salary situation.

#17257	04/08/2015 7:54:03 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	I think Coleman is a great pick-up for Lansing. I really liked him and wanted to keep him. But I felt he was best suited to DH and had a real log jam at that position.

#17263	04/08/2015 8:49:44 am
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	Yea, he was basically a cheaper/younger option to take the place of Eduardo Alfaro, who was a great player for me the last few years. He'll be my main bat off the bench, unless Jamie Brennan doesnt hit as well as he should and improve as the year goes on as a DH.

#17290	04/08/2015 3:51:07 pm
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	The long season begins.... Hoping by end of season my pitchers have learned what it's like to lose and start exploding in skill. On the good note, Ortiz is emerging, and Barajas/Grant getting their steal game on once again.

#17301	04/08/2015 5:05:46 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Games were all close. You had a couple good starts. You deserved better (first game of the series was especially unkind). Your Pagan is a player. My 2 additions actually allowed me to cut 4 players. It really pained me to cut Mosley. Hopefully he lands some place where he gets a chance to play. Nice to have a bit of roster room again. Was getting a little clastrophobic ithe clubhouse.

#17340	04/09/2015 3:59:40 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	I can't believe how badly Bay City is playing.

#17350	04/09/2015 6:28:41 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	At least we gave Casper their first loss of the season.

#17354	04/09/2015 7:36:11 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Heh. Someone isn't too worried about karma. Was really impressed with Lansing's pitching. 3 excellent starts against my squad. We struck out 30 times in the 3 game series. Dino offense looks bad right now. Most Ks. Fewest walks. Hopefully thry sort themselves out.

#17450	04/10/2015 12:24:23 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Welcome to Jack_Mane (Las Vegas new manager). I really like the Newman signing. Had my eye on him, but saw him as an OF, and mine is a little crowded at the moment.

#17523	04/11/2015 1:59:53 pm
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	Pig cola it's what happens when you have a whole new pitching staff The pitching from all my starters minus Cross has been horrendous. I think one of my measures to pt th em in their place is have my rookie pitchers start over them. It's really inexcusable to be playing this terribly. Newman has great pitching skills yet a terrible resume. It's ridiculous. About to put Norris in the line up. Can't do much worst

#17567	04/12/2015 3:03:17 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Hehe. Dino defense last in fielding. Just like old times. Hopefully just a blip as my lads settle into the new season. Would like to be a not-awful defensive team. Updated Sunday, April 12 2015 @ 3:47:52 pm PDT

#17599	04/13/2015 5:19:56 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Rough last series against Vero Beach. Felt a little out-classed. Gulls were scoring at will. We were a flukey 9th in game 2 away from being swept in 4. Other than that, it was a good first cycle. Think it will be a competitive season. Jury is still out on whether my big waiver acquisitions actually improved my team. Offence and defence are both struggling a bit atm.

#17604	04/13/2015 6:26:20 am
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	You should be fine Seca you got a good start to the season. I think your fielders will improve the team they just need a little bit of time to adjust. For me I'm playing catch up with the rest of the league. Winning 7 of last 8 helps. But my pitching still isn't where I want it to be, even if the stats say I don't have the worst pitching staff, I still think there is much room for improvement. I could use some more hitting as well as I'm still not a very good hitting team. Getting Sullivan in for DH should help me a lot. My fielding looks like the best in the league, which is great because it's hiding my mediocre pitching. I'm coming for that 4th seed, look out.

#17605	04/13/2015 6:41:24 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Looks like right now, I'm competing for first place. I going to give Casper problems this year.

#17635	04/13/2015 1:07:00 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Thanks for the encouragement msigg6. Part of my concern is that suddenly I've switched from a BC oriented offense to a PD oriented offense. So I'm not sure if the sputtering bats is just a cold spell, or philosophical error. Some nice additions last night. I already held Lansing's pitching in high esteem - Friedman makes it better. And Yuma's Garza signing looks like a "We're going for it!" kind of move. Dinos ended our Humphrey experiment. Brought him on last season hoping his salary would drop and he could eek out a couple more skill points to close the gaps between his current and his potential. His salary did drop by nearly 1/2. But 4 (5?) training updates later and not a point better. Time to move on.

#17639	04/13/2015 3:55:54 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Also signed Omar Gallaraga for power. Yuma needs power. We have only 3 sluggers on our roster.

#17692	04/14/2015 3:37:34 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	This hitting slump is getting rough. Only had more than 6 hits in a game once in the past 11. 6 hit 6 bc 7 pd 8 power DeLeon was supposed to be the dead spot in the line-up. But he's an offensive superstar compared to most of the Dino's hitters. Edit. Hehe. 1 hit by Weber. Guess complaining didn't help. Updated Tuesday, April 14 2015 @ 4:16:59 pm PDT

#17700	04/14/2015 4:16:38 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	My team is in every category of the 2022 league leaders. That's a nice feeling.

#17721	04/15/2015 7:34:32 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Nice. When I checked the league stats after game 3 last night, Dinos were last in every single offensive category (didn't check doubles or triples). Had a bit of a bust out in game 4. Might look a little better now. Would be nice if we could even it out a little. Going a dozen games at a time where it seems like the offence's only goal is to avoid being no-hit is no fun for fans or management. Think I have some decent offensive players, but could be delusional. Believe that the biggest problem is that half my line-up is on pace to strike out 150 times this season. Dan Patrick is going to run out of whiffs. Probably puts Cain's neck back on the chopping block. He's the easiest Balboni to replace in the line-up.

#17738	04/15/2015 4:11:25 pm
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	5 runs in 2/3 of a inning? F* no gtfo with that bull yanez Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Utter embarrassment this series. 22-4 is unacceptable and if this keeps occurring, lots more bay city pitchers will see the hammer being thrown down HARD** Take this as a example pitching staff. Back to the drawing board. Bet a 85 si free agent can out pitch this bunch of trash. At least I don't have to waive hitters anymore got plenty of them. Bay City pitching is about to turn into Hell's Kitchen

#17757	04/16/2015 6:53:16 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	It was a strange inning. 5 runs off of 1 hit (a single). Yanez was Ebby LaLoosh wild. I was looking for the dynamite after Serna + pen 3 hit the Dinos in game 1. But Fischer seems to be turning it around. Alarmingly Hendricks has fallen off the map. He's been a 1-man show in most of the Dino's wins this season.

#17783	04/16/2015 7:17:47 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Apologies Lansing. Bermudez, who has been 51 flavours of awful against everyone else, pitched his little heart out in game 1. Gamez, who has been 51 flavours of awful against everyone else, played his behind off in game 3. Got the short end of the stick in that series,

#17840	04/17/2015 12:45:21 pm
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	Haha, no apologies necessary. I feel like we've been due for an ass-kicking for awhile the way we've been playing. Hopefully my bats will pick up soon though. Our pitching, which has been helped with some nice claims, has been carrying us so far.

#18017	04/20/2015 7:41:01 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	There is something to be said for lucking out. Like what pitchers you face, who is out injured. Over 160 it should balance out. Dinos lucked out against Vero Beach last series. Both Zuniga and Cueto injured was a major boon, and we were able to take advantage. All in all, a good first 2 cycles for my squad. Weathered a team wide hitting slump, not much worse for wear. The expanded standings are kind of funny. Losing record at home, 12 games over .500 on the road. I have never been able to get my home stadium to be friendly confines.

#18022	04/20/2015 8:15:30 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	That sweep hurt but still long way to go and race should be exciting Still got lots of questions with my pitching staff and finally gave up on O'Brien who never came close to his potential in my eyes Maybe he will fair better elsewhere

#18085	04/22/2015 12:55:33 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	I raised a Spockian eyebrow when I saw the O'Brien cut, but I get where you are coming from. I wish I knew the secret you all know about Bennington. Bears play my team very tough.

#18090	04/22/2015 3:18:06 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Yuma is leading the league in Fielding Percentage.

#18144	04/23/2015 7:40:58 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	We swept Casper for our 2nd series sweep. What I mean by sweep is not letting the other team win in a 3 game or 4 game series.

#18145	04/23/2015 7:56:39 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	I just can't wait to play some home games

#18164	04/24/2015 6:46:49 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	I was all "going to be a good defensive team this season". When I was last defensively after the 1st round of games I shrugged my shoulders and shifted a bunch of guys. Since then I have usually had 3 guys out of position. And team defense has ... steadily improved. A big part of the problem is 2B De Luca, now 2 errors off last season's total (granted, he probably over-achieved last season). That has been made up by my SS De Fazio who is having a marvelous season with the glove. We've been thumping along with Hardy and the first and second string catchers injured. Hendricks joined them last night. Not in our best competitive shape for the cup tonight. Should have most hands back on deck after this series though.

#18235	04/25/2015 7:09:32 am
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	Time for experiment Rookie Pitcher Serna and Newman are my best Ps but have a 2-9 record. Might as well have the rooks start, can't get much worse from here.... Maybe them 2 will learned their lesson after a few games and start pitching how they're supposed to again.

#18236	04/25/2015 7:43:53 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Worth a shot. Does give you 4 lefties in the starting rotation. My lefty starter has been struggling. There is a team or 2 lefties can do well against, but I feel like most of the "thump" in the East is RH. Not sure about the West. (PS. - I know you are playing the cards in your hand as best you can. Above isn't meant as criticism.) I really like Rubio that Lansing signed last night. Looked at him, but wanted to put him at 2B, and didn't think a lad in AAA would pick it up fast enough.

#18237	04/25/2015 9:29:15 am
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	Yea I'm going to bring him up as a 2B. Already have a couple guys on the big team that will have second covered for a few years, so I doubt Ill bring him up before he gets his 2B designation, even if he is suggested to be. Its getting real hard to make cuts every time I bring anybody on now though. I came close to sending him back to waivers, he was in my top 3 considerations to cut. Updated Saturday, April 25 2015 @ 9:31:27 am PDT

#18238	04/25/2015 9:43:16 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	I've only got 1 middle infielder prospect in the minors atm, so that may skew my sense of his value. Took a quick peek at your minors. Couple really intriquing guys at AAA.

#18258	04/26/2015 10:38:01 am
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	1/4 of way into season and Waterloo walking away with it in the East and the rest of us will be battling to avoid regulation back to IV Yuma may give Casper a challenge in the West

#18260	04/26/2015 1:49:21 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Dinos don't feel like we're running away. Long way to go. Little stumble against #2 Gulls today and things look quite a bit different. Oh my goodness Pig_Cola - where did you dig up Sloan? That's a name from the past.

#18261	04/26/2015 1:54:53 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	I was looking for a LR with decent control, so I thought Sloan would be a decent player. Why do some players with very high control give up a lot of walks?

#18293	04/27/2015 5:29:39 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Pure speculation on my part. I feel like there are 2 kinds of BBs in the ME. The first type has the batter's PD overcoming the pitcher's control. The second type the pitcher has just lost it, and the batter's PD is almost irrelevant. These walks often occur bunches, sometimes 2 or 3 in a row, before the pitcher regains his command. High control pitchers are not immune to either type; but the frequency is reduced. Where a poor control pitcher may "lose it" a couple of times a game, a good control pitcher may only "lose it" every 2 or 3 games. We're ~1/3 of the way through, so stats may still be misrepresenting the truth a bit. The type of batters faced may also influence results. I feel there is a type of batter that does well against high control pitchers. If there are a lot of those guys in your division, your pitcher may struggle. My high control guy (Dawson) had a good season just past. Had near the lowest BB/9 and HR/9 on my team. This season those 2 numbers are way up relative to his teammates. So, either he's having a bad start, or he's in a division this season where he will not be as successful due to the opponents. Time will tell.

#18432	04/30/2015 1:54:00 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Dinos welcome Casper in the upcoming round. First game matches Ottonello up against Hardy. About as marquee as pitching match-ups get in III.3. Over-under sitting at 1.5.

#18502	05/02/2015 6:15:34 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Wow. I take that comment about marquee pitching match-up back. Wheeling has some nice arms. Murray-Hamilton-Melton is quite the trio. All-star game looming. Last season it looked like Hendricks would miss, but he got hot the last couple of series b/f the game and kept his selection streak going. Going to need some similar magic this season. ATM, only Hardy and Fischer look like Dino All-stars.

#18511	05/02/2015 6:14:04 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Tip of the cap to Barker. Dino base stealers had only been caught once all season. We saw a 14 arm with a 27% and thought we would do ok. Barker got every single one of our attempts. Nicely done. Cheers to Bay City. Didn't expect that against Yuma. Karma maybe,

#18529	05/03/2015 7:20:54 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Congrats Bay City, your catcher shut down my base stealing game in that series. Solid bullpen for Bay City made the difference except in Game 4.

#18547	05/03/2015 4:15:05 pm
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	Wasn't expecting that neither. Remember my pen is basically all rookies. Well I just took Newman and Serna out of time out. let's see how they respond

#18548	05/03/2015 4:24:08 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Heh. Offense doing its 4-hits-1-run-is-lots thing again. Been out-hit in 9 of our last 10 games.

#18571	05/04/2015 6:20:47 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	My team has taken a huge tumble now to fall back 12 games behind Casper and let Elk Grove into second at one time.

#18587	05/04/2015 11:56:56 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Casper has been lights out. Complaining worked. Bats came to life the final 2 games against Elk Grove. Dinos were fortunate Wilson had a quiet series. Dinos get a couple days to rest up and heal wounds while Yuma fights a Cup battle. Bit of an advantage which we will happily accept.

#18609	05/04/2015 4:12:03 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Seca, your recent slump of poor hitting and my teams league best defense maybe a slight advantage for us, but it'll come down to the starting pitching and bullpen. Good luck to you, Seca.

#18616	05/04/2015 6:48:50 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Have been looking forward to the series. . Can't wish you luck tho. Would be disingenuous, Think you are right . Could be some tight games. Meant to mention. Been trying to recruit a R/A middle infielder for ages. No luck in waivers or youth pulls. Signed a lad last night - borderline prospect I guess. No one contested the waiver claim. He is the first player tho to take the number I wore when I played ball. Been available since I've had the team. Take that as a curiously promising sign.

#18672	05/05/2015 6:45:44 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	That was a good series, Seca. That 9-0 win was solid, but Yuma pulled out close games. Yuma goes into the All-Star Break winning four straight.

#18698	05/06/2015 5:20:14 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Hehe. Imagine you found it more entertaining than me. When you struggle to score runs, playing from from behind for 36 straight innings gets kind of dull. Was really impressed with Holloway. He had more hits in the series than my 1-2-3 slots combined. In first at the break, which I didn't expect when the season started. 10th out of 12 in hitting, 0.03 points out of last. Not sure if that means I should expect good things in the 2nd half as dregs come to life. Or maybe that my smoke & mirrors show is nearing an end.

#18804	05/08/2015 9:22:15 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Bit of a depressing training update in Dino land. After years in my system, the coaching staff decided today my starting SS doesn't have the range we thought he did. 1 point of range isn't a big deal, but it drops him below the threshold I consider acceptable at the position. Its changed how I look at him, and maybe our plans. (Also resulted in a knee-jerk FA signing. Taveras probably won't stick around long.) Contributes to me being a little jealous of Yuma's youth Matsuda signed today. Well done.

#18833	05/10/2015 7:19:14 am
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	Still waiting for Bay City's pitching savior to arrive......... On a good note looks like putting players in 'timeouts' is working because we won 4 of 5 now. My best hitter hitting below 2 is just unacceptable....he's gonna be in timeout at least until interleague play is almost over. Get it together Cunningham. Could also use another veteran P for some leadership experience. Oh yea in the best defensive team in the league yuma I am leading in every defensive category except fielding % (2nd) Sure you could say my pitching enhances those stats but numbers never lie

#18836	05/10/2015 7:43:45 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Yuma has a bad medical staff. Seung Yeoul Hwang has been injured so many times I can't even remember. Hwang is one of the center pieces of this team.

#18841	05/10/2015 11:25:46 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Dinos working through one of our worst stretches of injuries this season. Both 1B and both C out as we make the trip to Wyoming. There was a brief shining moment there where Dinos the fewest errors in the East. After noticing the team went on to bobble 5 in 2 games. Should probably stay away from that table.

#18911	05/12/2015 6:48:37 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Msigg, this was a good season series. Split evenly at 5-5.

#18921	05/13/2015 5:40:24 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Be interesting to see the split when we're done. Have a feeling its been fairly even. Dinos were pretty banged up as we welcomed Wheeling, and the Mountaineers took full advantage. Blew off 30 RD in the series. A little healthier for Elk Grove, but still missing a lot of offense with Gamez and Almeida out.

#18936	05/13/2015 2:30:01 pm
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	Hmm Looks like it's safe to say that my team has th thrown in da towel and decided they don't want to be in 3. Time to go down to 4, time to start axing the poor performers. Serna first on th e list

#18981	05/14/2015 6:16:56 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Looks like Yuma split the season series with Waterloo.

#18983	05/14/2015 6:58:01 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	I've given up too Time to cut and save money

#18993	05/15/2015 5:41:49 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Apologies Pig_Cola. There were some games there where I would have been banging my head against the table if I were in your shoes. You deserved better from the series. Very pleased with new addition McCoy. His RISP batting has been phenomenal in his Dino start. Overall split was 187 wins for the East, 173 wins for the West. Fairly even.

#19116	05/18/2015 12:37:31 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Didn't see anyone on waivers tonight I was interested in. So signed a minor league pitcher that has bounced around a bit to hold down roster spot #49. Closed up the front office till next season. Made a decent number of transactions this season. All in all, I felt the team got a little better, a little younger, and a little cheaper. Will call that progress. Wasn't happy with my OF last season, so most of my efforts were in reshaping that part of the team. Quick summary: DeLeon (1 / 2 waiver claim) CF - bust. Played decent CF, offense as bad as expected. Made little skill progress. Currently benched. Not likely to get playing time next season as Anderson will probably join the big club and play CF. Valdez (1 / 2 waiver claim) OF/1B - bust. Played 2 games, made a lewd comment about a teammate's girlfriend, got sent packing. Quinones (1 / 3 waiver claim) LF - bust. Head-scratcher. Thought he would be a productive addition. Currently benched. Probably get another shot next season. Fischer (1 / 7 waiver claim) LF/1B/DH - boom. Magnificent offensive player. At least against RHP. Gamez (1 / 70 waiver claim) RF - boom. Started slow, but warmed up. Carries the dregs vs. LHP. McCoy (1 / 3 waiver claim) CF - boom. Hasn't been around long, but has made an impact. Also added 5 players to the minors: Blanco (DH), Perry (LF), Schneider (C), Mathews (2B), Hutchison (RP). 3 were FA, 2 were unopposed waiver claims. Only 1 of the 5 is a "13". Still, happy with all them (well, Hutch may just be keeping the jump seat warm). Updated Monday, May 18 2015 @ 1:06:19 pm PDT

#19129	05/18/2015 6:47:49 pm
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	Making some ballsy minor league acquisitions. Cut arguably my two most seasoned fielders for very big gambles. I'm going down to 4 anyways , why not? Shout out for Valentin and Ventura to keeping waterloo to 1-0. Showing great strides of growth. About to give them more pitching duties, but won't let them go above 80-85 pitch count. Want to give all my youngsters time.

#19162	05/19/2015 1:42:37 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	3 very good starts from your staff. Inherited runners scoring in game 3 took a little shine off Guevara's outing. Some interesting pick-ups. I really like Allen. I offered at him a couple times b/f when he moved. Think he will be a nice asset. Medina too should be good. Coronado is a bit of a gamble. He's got a fair bit of improving to do. But he's fairly young. Worth a shot. Will take Johnny Sutton off my watch list seeing as he's landed in Yuma.

#19163	05/19/2015 2:37:29 pm
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	Well Coronado did have the wrong setting for development. Since I have enough time in the fielding regimen might as well give him a shot. 3 seasons to gain at least 25 si. I've seen pitchers go pop crazy before... Right now I'm pretty much going after anyone with prolific slugging comment and those nice positive report pitchers with low field points

#19325	05/22/2015 5:48:03 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	I misread Coronado's placement. He's better than I thought. Apologies. Was a rough week for the Dinos. Final 1/3 of the season always seems a struggle. Lost Hardy to a 37 game injury. Seems he tore his leg off and it had to be reattached. He's our best pitcher. Ok, he's our best player. Alright, alright, without him we'd be in VI. We're slipping without him, but hopefully have enough slack to hold our position. Felt Hardy was the Cy Young favourite. Think that contest is wide open now.

#19354	05/23/2015 10:08:55 pm
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	Pirates are tryin to make that late season charge for ya. In all reality I don't see us catching up with you with like 30 games left. Also I think my team would get murdered in II next year, so please don't lose that lead lol.

#19359	05/24/2015 6:28:26 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Hehe. Definitely glad we don't play Bottington more than once every five series. Since taking the first three games of the season from them, Dinos have gone 3-13 against the Bears.

#19375	05/25/2015 9:02:15 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Starting to wonder about the quality of grounds crews in the East. Rookie pitcher Esparza suffered the same hip injury as Hardy. Also out 37 games. You guys booby-trapping mounds or something? Losing the attrition battle atm. Down to 8 healthy arms, and many of those are tapped after a rough stretch without an off-day.

#19385	05/25/2015 1:35:56 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	We face Casper again in Wyoming. This will be a hard series for us. I hope we will contend for 1st place next year.

#19391	05/25/2015 4:54:18 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Looks like that Wilson guy from Casper is gonna get the Triple a Crown and all the other batting categories. Least he isn't a real thoroughbred and get the SB title too

#19407	05/26/2015 9:38:03 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Least he isn't a real thoroughbred and get the SB title too Hehe. He'll probably get 40 steals. Be interesting to see what a .360 40HR 40SB guy manages to negotiate in salary. Good thing he's an OF. He's leading the batting race by 50 points. That's like a 1970s Rod Carew kind of margin. This from a guy that hit .231 last season and .228 the season before. I'm not disparaging Casper. They have an excellent team. And random is good and necessary to keep things interesting. But I think this is the whackiest statistical season I've seen from a player in my league.

#19412	05/26/2015 11:16:59 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	If I was in the East, I'd be fighting for 1st place.

#19428	05/26/2015 5:35:33 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Lost another starting pitcher. Bradley out for 9. At least he didn't catch the torn labral that seems to be contagious among my pitchers. Down to 2 healthy starters for the next couple series. :/

#19447	05/27/2015 5:21:25 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Call me crazy, but I'm starting a 25 yo that has a 68 SI. He might get torn apart tomorrow, but it will pay off later. Plus, I'm not fighting for 1st place right now.

#19464	05/28/2015 6:21:39 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	I'm a little jealous. The pitcher on my roster that most needs experience is DL'd until next season. Apologies to Vero Beach. Got some good starts and the Gull line-up did lots of damage. Bullpen seems so green they had trouble holding any kind of lead. Last round of games. Lansing finally had a bit of a stumble yesterday after playing great ball throughout the final 3rd. Drops the Dino magic number to 8 with 17 to go.

#19465	05/28/2015 6:23:36 am
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Yup Glad we could help reduce your magic number

#19469	05/28/2015 6:55:15 am
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	Yea that last series really put away any chance of us catching you guys. Putting my 2 recent pitching call-ups, who had been getting innings from the pen, into the rotation for the last few weeks, so I'm hoping they will start popping like crazy to get ready for next year.

#19472	05/28/2015 10:50:48 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Not trying to discourage. Bennington will likely give me another beat down today, and we still have 4 games head to head. Could still be pretty close. Dinos do like our chances - especially with Hardy returning from injury for the final 3 series. By my math, Casper clinched the West yesterday. Congrats!

#19473	05/28/2015 12:54:38 pm
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	I think you'll be moving up, unless Bennington and us somehow sweep you in both of our series. I'm excited about next year though. It will be my 4th full season with the team, and the first where a lot of my hand picked guys will be coming up from the minors. If I can manage to get a stud pitcher in the off-season free agent frenzy then the Pirates could be real scary next year.

#19520	05/29/2015 12:46:57 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Agreed. Daniel flourished this season. Brennan and Kang are coming into their own. Yanez is wonderful and still just 29. Minoso looks like a future staff anchor. He might promote next season. He'll do well in front of your defense. Had a pitcher promote today, so looks like Dinos have some fresh meat to throw the Lions ... and the rest of you ... in the final week.

#19523	05/29/2015 12:57:26 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	Had a pitcher promote today, so looks like Dinos have some fresh meat to throw the Lions ... and the rest of you ... in the final week. Same boat as you Seca, I too will be throwing a freshly promoted pitcher at my league in the final week. My crop of 7 AAA and 24 yo pitchers have officially started to arrive. Updated Friday, May 29 2015 @ 12:58:09 pm PDT

#19524	05/29/2015 1:58:35 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	I'll have 3 24 yo's coming up next year.

#19528	05/29/2015 3:22:36 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Hehe. Looks like Hill had a better debut than Gallindo. At least Gallindo got 1 out.

#19539	05/30/2015 6:39:19 am
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	Looks like Jennings is ballin right now. He's also had 14 SI jump from last season, great improvement. Likely will have a spot in th e rotation next season.

#19546	05/30/2015 10:14:02 am
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Been fun guys Looks like The Gulls are most likely going south after this season

#19550	05/30/2015 2:39:30 pm
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	I'm hoping that you can hang on and stick here giz. I feel like our teams have developed a decent little rivalry the last couple years.

#19551	05/30/2015 2:53:30 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Pitching woes continue...

#19556	05/30/2015 4:07:34 pm
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	Congrats to Seca and Waterloo on clinching earlier today. Hopefully the Pirates will be up in DII to face off with you next season.

#19579	05/31/2015 10:22:16 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Thanks. Guess I jumped the gun a bit with when I made the press release. I've been counting run differential into my magic number calculations, so I was one ahead of the official count. Was very impressed with Saunders.

#19602	06/01/2015 5:26:15 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Ugh. Don't think I rolled over for Brookview. Definitely got rolled. Some marvelous Beaver pitching. 6 runs allowed in 4 games. 1 run in 16IP by the bullpen. By contrast, my relief ace Greene gave up 10H and 6R in 4IP. He's had a weird season. Was lights-out in the first half. Had his problems in the second. Finishes with RHB batting .276 against him. To put that in perspective, I only had 1 batter on my team (R or L) hit better than .260 against RHP this season.

#19616	06/01/2015 10:28:53 am
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	Was a great season . But Lions are going to go to IV.6 with their rookie pitching staff. At least there improvement all around it and it's only aging, so maybe Norris and Jennings can muster up all star caliber pitching in 4. Still trying to get my ace...and will also need a SS to fill in while Acevedo is developing

#19637	06/01/2015 5:56:04 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Been a fun season Hope no M. Wilsons to deal with next season in IV Best to everyone

#19639	06/01/2015 6:01:05 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	True, hope to promote next season. We'll have Folsom in III.3 West next season.

#19748	06/05/2015 7:21:24 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Congrats to Seca and the Waterloo Dinosaurs. They beat Casper in 7 games. Now Seca, I noticed you released Derrick Carraro. What prompted his release?

#19759	06/05/2015 9:06:30 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	Thanks. It was a wild series. Had some bad luck (5 injuries). Had some good luck too (3 DPs in game 7, big one to end the game). I don't have any faith in Carraro. Haven't for seasons. He's a very average pitcher despite his high SI (lots of stamina and defense). He was a nice security blanket as last man in the bullpen, but he's turning 31. A little tough cutting him, since he was with the team when I took over, but its time to give his spot to a kid. He might be a little greedy with his new contract demands. Was making 2.3 with the Dinos. He only had 50IP this past season, so his number may come down with the season flip.

#19784	06/06/2015 11:09:46 am
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	Saunders wins RPOY? I'm done. Only 36 innings pitched. RPOY my butt. Even though my staff pitched below average I know at least one of them deserve it more than him. At least I can go down with the pride of Jennings improving 14 SI. He's getting a spot along with Norris in the rotation next year. Let's see how that works out...

#19785	06/06/2015 12:06:22 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5222 Waterloo Dinosaurs II.2	When did Jennings come up last season? I'm guessing he wasn't eligible.

#20272	06/20/2015 1:36:12 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Welcome to all the new teams in III.3. Let's have a great and competitive season.

#20406	06/25/2015 7:45:04 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Looks like Wheeling has started out strong. Brookview Island has started the season out perfect. Yuma has started out horribly. Poor pitching, road games may have lead to this downfall.

#20707	07/05/2015 7:40:05 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	In these 30 games, Yuma has had their ups and downs. They've won 8 games straight before Eugene broke the streak. Yuma has a horrible road record that I can't even remember. Yuma might have the best home record in III.3 by going 10-3 in 13 home games.

#21105	07/16/2015 2:18:35 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Top 4 teams having winning streaks, while Elk Grove and Yuma have losing streaks.

#21243	07/20/2015 3:22:36 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	All of the East is below .500.

#21349	07/23/2015 6:30:35 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Finally, we're above .500. Let's see if we can stay in III.3.

#21540	07/27/2015 8:07:11 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Need to put aside that crappy series against Lansing.

#21541	07/27/2015 8:24:04 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	That's crazy domination of the West but the East won the All Star game with that crazy 9th

#21543	07/27/2015 8:26:32 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Tell me about.

#21679	07/31/2015 5:33:53 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Well, interleague is now over and the Long Horns finished interleague with a record of 37-23. Also got my ace in form and I'm above .500.

#21965	08/07/2015 9:20:53 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Only three games back of Wheeling. Yuma needs to win all 3 games so we can maybe pass Wheeling to stay in III.3.

#22399	08/15/2015 7:21:16 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	The race for 4th place in the West is very interesting now since Yuma is only 1/2 a game ahead.

#22534	08/17/2015 5:59:18 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Wow, the 2nd half of the season was amazing. After being under .500 for the first half of the season, Yuma rebounded to play above .500 ball. Wheeling lost one game to Elk Grove and Yuma swept Denton to stay in III.3. It was a good season for everyone and good luck to everyone for next season.

#22629	08/19/2015 6:05:31 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Wow, underdog Lansing swept Eugene in four games. Congrats to both teams for making the playoffs.

#22633	08/19/2015 6:54:36 pm
jdick1990 Joined: 05/30/2014 Posts: 65 East Lansing Raccoons VI.7	Thanks Pig. Had to rep the East after the down year the whole division had. Pitching and hitting were both clicking for the series, which didn't happen too often this season. We're going to need a lot more performances like that next year up in II, or else we're gonna be making a real quick return to III.3. Good luck to everyone next season! I'll definitely be checking in periodically to scout my future competition .

#22662	08/20/2015 3:36:40 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	If you stay in II.2 after next season, don't be surprised if I'm there. Or maybe not... We'll see after the 2024 season.

#23240	08/28/2015 6:07:44 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Welcome all new members to III.3. I see Central Dogwood has some waiver luck this offseason.

#23972	09/13/2015 5:36:50 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Good start to the season, but we have tailed off since we have so many road games right now.

#24272	09/20/2015 1:39:17 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Up and down season so far for Yuma.

#24884	10/04/2015 6:37:57 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Pretty disappointing series against West Orange. Team only managed 1 win against them.

#25278	10/15/2015 7:41:51 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	1st place lead is dwindling down because Dearborn is winning and we're losing key games.

#25443	10/18/2015 12:30:06 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	As Yuma swept Dearborn, the lead has now grown to six games.

#25802	10/26/2015 6:04:02 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	There are two winning streaks and two losing streaks in III.3 currently.

#27866	12/10/2015 5:59:49 pm
TheBaller00 Joined: 09/29/2015 Posts: 27 Inactive	We have been leading the West from the start till now. This has been a good season.

#28183	12/20/2015 12:52:19 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9741 Haverhill Halflings II.1	With the recent surge by the Mustangs it's shaping up to be a heated battle in the east.

#29393	01/23/2016 6:52:17 am
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	III.3 The legend is back! Bay City Lions intend to stay up this season, as we are still assembling our comeback squad. Let's do this!

#33186	04/10/2016 2:10:51 pm
Toon Squad Joined: 07/21/2015 Posts: 255 Inactive	The Yakima Falcons join League III.3 after promoting 3 seasons straight. 2B and pitching are the main weaknesses of my squad, but we shall see how well we perform!

#39519	09/17/2016 1:33:36 am
Favuz Joined: 02/26/2014 Posts: 660 Oxnard Sunsets IV.3	Hi all, i'm a new entry in this league, good luck to all for the season!

#39701	09/19/2016 5:25:43 am
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Checkin in too Hoping for great season Best to all Especially the Gulls

#48975	05/08/2017 1:46:23 pm
Garnash1970 Joined: 08/07/2014 Posts: 199 Inactive	Welcome to III.3 Good luck to all the managers. Hopefully, we can be a chatty league. I really enjoy when we all talk up our teams ... all the best in 2032!

#49008	05/09/2017 3:13:42 am
Favuz Joined: 02/26/2014 Posts: 660 Oxnard Sunsets IV.3	Unfortunately this is by far the least chatty tier III League, but it's good that someone other than me is willing to write in this forum .

#49049	05/09/2017 8:08:36 pm
Ace Joined: 03/30/2015 Posts: 40 Inactive	I'm in for some chatter!! Good Luck to everyone! I'm hoping for a 4th pennant in a row, but would be happy just to avoid relegation.

#49051	05/09/2017 11:29:43 pm
Garnash1970 Joined: 08/07/2014 Posts: 199 Inactive	I took a quick look at the rosters for you guys in the East ... Roanoke has to favorite based solely on hitting skill. They can field a starting nine with hitting attributes of 16+. Grand Blanc has the most sluggers. All of you guys have great teams. I'm sure this will be a tight fought season for all. I think my squad is probably one slugging outfielder (lefty, please, oh please let him be a left-handed slugger!!) away. I'm hoping for a big season out of my starting 1B, Velarde, in his second full season. I'm also hoping my young catcher will be a consistent stroke (not likely, I know). I'm also hoping Carlton has a huge bounce-back from what can only be described as a very disappointing 2031. We'll see ... Tomorrow ... pitchers Fri ... the west Saturday ... defenses End of spring training ... I'll throw out some bold, senseless predictions. Note that last season's cup runner up is the West with me ... fun times ahead for sure!!!

#49052	05/10/2017 1:16:26 am
Favuz Joined: 02/26/2014 Posts: 660 Oxnard Sunsets IV.3	I had no time to check other teaas, i'll do it in the weekend. As for my team, last year we were very good with the lineup. I'll move Robbins to SS once Jenkins is ready for a full Jacksonville Middle infield. I'll Cur Pratt and bench Palacios who is aging fast. However, last year fielding (a Roanoke trading mark for the last seasons) was only average. As for the pitching, i have 2 and half reliable starters, but the bullpen is full of youngsters who have to adapt to major League. If pitching (especially Grace in his first season as starter and the whole bullpen) perform better than last year, we can fight for promotion. Otherwise i don't think so. Updated Wednesday, May 10 2017 @ 1:20:23 am PDT

#49060	05/10/2017 5:58:52 am
BadgerBoy Joined: 09/06/2015 Posts: 77 Inactive	Hey Fellas, Valdosta is one of the new kids on the block for 2031. We have been steadily improving and to be honest can't believe I'm in league 3!! We have really struggled with drafting in the past 3 seasons and I'm starting to stress as my depth in the minors is dwindling. I have been lucky on the waiver wire though, picking up a few studs over the past couple seasons. Guess that is how I'm here...lol Our pitching has been our road to success over the last few seasons, I have been at the top as far as stats go. I do have a feeling that it's about to change for the worse, lots of great hitting here. On offense we are lackluster and have been since I took control of this dilapidated team, we have turned into a long ball team that seems to strike out a lot...so its feast or famine. Looking forward to this season and getting to play with some of the Big Boys. If things go south early we may look at bringing up some young talent (the little I got) to get some playing time. Good luck to all this season, and take it easy on me!! GO DUCKS!!

#49471	05/23/2017 1:13:15 am
Favuz Joined: 02/26/2014 Posts: 660 Oxnard Sunsets IV.3	Play ball guys, good luck to all with this season!

#49496	05/23/2017 11:11:29 am
Ace Joined: 03/30/2015 Posts: 40 Inactive	Good Luck to all of you this year! Nothing like opening the season on the road against the favorites to win the division! I guess to be the best you have to play the best. Let's get it on Orioles!!! Updated Tuesday, May 23 2017 @ 11:11:50 am PDT

#49523	05/24/2017 5:39:56 am
Favuz Joined: 02/26/2014 Posts: 660 Oxnard Sunsets IV.3	Close series between our teams Ace, could have been easily 1-3 instead of 3-1. Considering that last year i began with a 7-20 record, seems promising. I hope the trend is not the same, messy bullpen and unstable rotation while lineup could not always fix things.

#49527	05/24/2017 6:25:03 am
Ace Joined: 03/30/2015 Posts: 40 Inactive	Gratz Favuz! Two extra inning games to open season was exciting, even though I was on the wrong side of Both! I've promoted the last three seasons, so I think it is asking for a miracle to continue the trend. I'm hoping to be competitive and avoid relegation. (But I still got an eye on the prize)

#49545	05/24/2017 4:57:37 pm
BadgerBoy Joined: 09/06/2015 Posts: 77 Inactive	Wow, what a pitchers series. Roanoke 5 runs the Ducks 4...yes 3 game series. FYI, I adjusted my rotation before the season started so Favuz would face my best pitching. I am definitely happy with their performance. Still scared to death about this season.

#49569	05/25/2017 7:04:04 am
wieditor Joined: 07/22/2013 Posts: 48 Sunrise Octopuses VI.29	My squad is on a rapid descent from Legends play just two years removed. To change course, we moved from Cambridge, MA to sunny Sunrise, FL. This team should hit for power and has an old but fairly talented pitching staff. I have focused on upgrading defense; however early returns are poor. Good luck!

#49664	05/29/2017 2:22:16 am
Favuz Joined: 02/26/2014 Posts: 660 Oxnard Sunsets IV.3	first round of intraleague matches, seems that our teams are all balanced, i like that, should be an interesting season. As for Roanoke, biggest concern is bullpen, i'll promote Carlson between training update #5 and #6 (so june or july), with the hope that he'll make bullpen more stable.

#50022	06/09/2017 11:42:36 am
Ace Joined: 03/30/2015 Posts: 40 Inactive	I know my team is struggling, but seriously?? I give up 3 runs on 13 hits in a three game series and lose the series 1-2?? Come on Sunrise, cut me some slack!!

#50196	06/15/2017 12:00:37 am
Garnash1970 Joined: 08/07/2014 Posts: 199 Inactive	My pitching staff, which has been unbelievably awesome, has cooled off a little bit, with the start of inter-divisional play. The injury bug has been a real downer for me this season. I grabbed OF Ulrich and C Galvez to add some pop to my batting order. So far, Ulrich was hit once for 11 games and Galvez once for 11 and once for 9, and this isn't counting the usual fatigue injuries a C normally suffers. But the big hurting so far ... I picked up Jerry Wood just as the season started to patch up my starting rotation. He's been almost perfect. 7-1 in league action with a leading 1.50 ERA. He got hurt for 22 games. Comes back and pitches an 8 inning, five hit, one earned run gem, and ends up hurt for 22 MORE games!!! Sigh ... I do love this game and the challenges it presents!

#50197	06/15/2017 12:17:40 am
Garnash1970 Joined: 08/07/2014 Posts: 199 Inactive	Ten games into inter-divisional play, it looks like the east is two games better than the west.

#50923	07/10/2017 8:27:34 pm
Garnash1970 Joined: 08/07/2014 Posts: 199 Inactive	Well, we clinched today. Thanks to all the fantastic owners in III.3, you guys are great. Thanks to Bismark and Folsom for pushing me all season. I'd also like to point out Valdosta as a team to watch. They had the best inter-divisional record. A couple more sticks and they'll be moving up in a big way. Good luck to all in 2033!!! EDIT: I just noticed there's a good chance that one of the teams in the east will get demoted with a winning record! Crazy good teams in the East this year and totally dominated the West in inter-divisional play. Updated Monday, July 10 2017 @ 10:43:09 pm PDT

#50962	07/12/2017 2:38:02 am
Favuz Joined: 02/26/2014 Posts: 660 Oxnard Sunsets IV.3	Race for promotion in East is damn close, 3 games difference from 1st to 4th.

#50964	07/12/2017 5:57:51 am
BadgerBoy Joined: 09/06/2015 Posts: 77 Inactive	Congratz to Monterey, they dominated the West. Its been an exciting season here in the East as Favuz pointed out. Goal for me here in the last week is to stay ahead of Grand Blanc to avoid rele, and who knows if we get hot we could win the Division...that sounds crazy!! Ok, back to reality...lol

#51023	07/13/2017 11:38:58 pm
Garnash1970 Joined: 08/07/2014 Posts: 199 Inactive	@BadgerBoy - thank you! The race in the East has gotten crazier, I think. Four teams separated by four games for first, and three of them within a game and a half and the top two tied!! Wow!! As a huge fan of pitching, I might say that Valdosta could have the edge even though they sit in third 1 1/2 back. Can they get enough offense? Considering the pretty awesome run they've been on beginning with inter-league, I'd say they have a great chance! Looks like Grand Blanc and Allentown have secured relegation in the East and in the West Renton, Elk Grove and Montebello are vying for the honor of LLIV. Regarding playoffs, Valdosta and I split the regular season 5-5. Good luck to all the guys in the East!!!

#51031	07/14/2017 6:48:15 am
BadgerBoy Joined: 09/06/2015 Posts: 77 Inactive	Critical series tonight against Roanoke. If the Ducks can squeak out 2/3 I would be ecstatic, on the other hand if Favuz takes the series it could end the Ducks hopes of a Championship...too exciting!!

#51186	07/17/2017 5:42:24 pm
Garnash1970 Joined: 08/07/2014 Posts: 199 Inactive	ROANOKE WINS EAST!!!! Congrats to Favuz and his Roanoke Orioles. Holding off a furious finish by Lansing and Valdosta, the Orioles finished one game up on the Lansing Pirates, clinching on the second to last day of the season! Good luck in the Playoffs and in II.2 next season!! Thanks to all the owners for a GREAT 2032!!

#51205	07/18/2017 12:57:53 am
Favuz Joined: 02/26/2014 Posts: 660 Oxnard Sunsets IV.3	Whew, what a race!! Needed 2 wins to secure the pennant, and we did it on the second to last match. It has been a very exciting season, all teams in our division were close in strength (Grand Blanc got relegated with 83 wins). The key for Roanoke has been steadiness, home record and intraleague play (we did worse than expected on interleague instead). Now playoff with Monterey; we got 2-8 in the interleague, so hopes ar low, but you never know Congrats to all!

#51206	07/18/2017 2:24:45 am
Garnash1970 Joined: 08/07/2014 Posts: 199 Inactive	@Favuz - don't sign off on the finals too soon, the injury bug has struck again. With three series to go, I lost SP2 Toby Jacob for the rest of the regular season (he's back for the playoffs, though). In the next series, I lose SP1 Luis Guardado for 36 games. In the final series, I call up AAA prospect Glenn Hyatt to fill in. He starts game #161, pitches a 5 inning gem, giving up 5 hits and one run while striking out 6. And is hurt for 36 games. FA signee and SP3 Jerry Wood has missed 44 games so far this season. My catcher Galvez has missed 33 games, just to show the BB Gods don't just pick on my pitchers. So, Good Luck, I may not have a staff at all after game 2!!

#59902	07/16/2018 7:16:16 am	Oct 20th, 2036
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	It's been about a year since anyone posted in this thread. Now seems like a good time to rez it from the depths and maybe stir the pot a little bit. I should be making my way to this league next season (most everyone else has risen to III.3 from IV.5 in the past) for the first time, and I'm super pumped. Don't know if I'll have what it takes to stick, but I think I have a shot! Looks like Twin Falls, Moore, and Huntington will be here next season. Looking forward to the challenge.

#60933	09/26/2018 9:07:10 am	Sep 30th, 2037
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	We have 20 games left to play, and somehow I'm still hanging in second place. It'd take practically a miracle to snag first, but I'd be quite content to hold on to second. At the start of the season I had little reason to think I'd stick around, let alone make it to third or second. For my team, the biggest storyline all season long has been a team underperforming with RISP. There have been a few times where my RISP has been as much as 30 points below my team batting average. As of this writing it's a little better at RISP .243 and AVE .257. I have had the worst RISP in the division all season, and the worst in the league for nearly the whole season. It's been a massive head scratcher why this team has underperformed offensively all season long with RISP. The only thing I can think of is my team has lead the entire league most of the season with BB by my batters. Maybe my batters are walking at a really strong clip, but hitters with low AVE aren't knocking them in? The bats--particularly vs. RHP--will have to improve next season if I want to stand a chance at first. But then again, AVE vs RHP has ALWAYS been a challenge for this team.

#62026	12/16/2018 2:26:04 pm	Oct 16th, 2038
Mesh77 Joined: 10/25/2016 Posts: 144 Palo Alto Invaders V.15	Ten days ago we were 76-50, with something like a 10 game lead in the division. Since then we've gone 11-17 and have pretty much blown our shot to win. I have no idea how, absolutely none. Apart from the 2035 rerun where absolutely nothing worked, all we do is win games - and for 2/3 of this season we did that again, smooth as you like. Since then the hitting has been cold and the pitching awful, nearly a whole run worse than last year. We need to win out and hope the Ravens slip, but even if we come back and take the next two off Corvallis tonight I doubt we'll manage it. Congrats lostraven.

#62034	12/16/2018 7:15:58 pm	Oct 20th, 2038
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	@Mesh: You've put up a hell of a run, but indeed, the wheels have fallen off a bit over the last quarter of games. Something I noticed, however, was at the best of times your RISP was anywhere between 10 to 15 points above your team BA, and I was, to start the season, in sort of the opposite; my RISP was off compared to my batting average. Though now I'm getting a bit more lucky on the offensive side; RISP is 11 points above BA. I think there was a small correction, and your SP also fell off the wagon a bit. (Your bullpen, though, has pretty much been nails all year.) Not saying anything else for fear of a jinx. You have four more to play, me three. Magic number is two. Bet your ass I'm going to fight Dayton tooth and nail. Let's see what the last games bring. Updated Sunday, December 16 2018 @ 7:18:39 pm PST

#62041	12/17/2018 2:22:24 pm	Oct 20th, 2038
Mesh77 Joined: 10/25/2016 Posts: 144 Palo Alto Invaders V.15	A small correction was probably due, but it seemed to have been a large correction - those sort of things happen, but even then I might have expected to go .500 down the stretch as opposed to this. My starting pitching has been a shambles really - how Jenkins went from a Cy Young to an ERA exactly two runs worse is a mystery, especially when (as you rightly said) my bullpen has been solid. I know too well that really bad seasons can follow really good ones, and vice versa, and that the real pitcher/player is somewhere in between, but I expected a lot more from him (and the rest). Whenever I did try to correct the slide by reducing the hook on my starters my bullpen then seemed to blow up, so it felt like I couldn't win. But I guess the step up in competition plays a role in that too. And anyways you're safe now, 3 games ahead of me and I need to win all 3 of mine while you lose both of yours, with a 35 RD in my favour to boot. Unlikely! Another contributing factor was going 1-9 against East champs Vineland, with 6 of those losses by one run. Getting swept by them away in the second series was where it all began to go wrong, and they're not that great really. One of the few leagues where the West is considerably stronger. Updated Monday, December 17 2018 @ 2:23:43 pm PST

#62047	12/17/2018 4:21:25 pm	Oct 22nd, 2038
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1288 Corvallis Ravens II.1	@Mesh: It was great going to toe-to-toe with you. You put up a good fight, and Napa REALLY turned it on the second half, putting on some pressure as well. Hope you get the SP sorted out for next season. If you can keep Napa at bay, as well as any strong incoming team, you've got a solid shot again next season!

#62075	12/19/2018 2:17:17 pm	Oct 30th, 2038
Mesh77 Joined: 10/25/2016 Posts: 144 Palo Alto Invaders V.15	Yes, Napa gave us some fits, went 10-10 against them this season. Its not like 89-71 was a poor season, far from it, but a 13-21 finish certainly was poor. Made some cuts already from guys who will clearly be past it next year. And speaking of next year, good luck up against the big teams!

#63341	02/25/2019 12:55:36 pm	Sep 22nd, 2039
nemesis Joined: 07/06/2016 Posts: 136 Brooklyn Dodgers II.2	Venom are throwing in the towel for 2039. Ames have been way too good right from the start, and after getting swept by second-bottom Jeffersonville to then lose 3-of-4 to the Cubs last night was the final nail in the coffin. Here's to 2040!

#69068	10/25/2019 9:22:43 am	Nov 4th, 2042
Mesh77 Joined: 10/25/2016 Posts: 144 Palo Alto Invaders V.15	For the second time in three seasons we had an ugly end to an ugly season, though this time we finished 2nd as opposed to 5th. That's a little consolation but losing three straight at the end when one win would have given us the division leaves a sour taste. Had what looks like a decent season statistically but felt like a struggle from start to finish, no standouts (reflected in the complete no-show in the end of season awards) and no real reason to change anything looking at the roster. Biggest bigbear was Davidson, the league MVP two seasons ago, who hit just .226 this season, some 40-50 off his career numbers. Even a career average year would have taken us to the title. Always next season...

#70541	01/09/2020 6:59:19 am	Nov 1st, 2043
Mesh77 Joined: 10/25/2016 Posts: 144 Palo Alto Invaders V.15	...And next season turned out pretty well! Led pretty much from start to finish. Davidson pumped his average back up nearly 50 points, to around where it should have been. Offseason addition Abernathy gave us the regular CF we badly needed, pitching returned back to normal (ie. dominant) levels and Bunn got back on track to superstardom. Sometimes its not your year, and sometimes it is.

#71744	02/26/2020 5:35:19 pm	Jul 16th, 2044
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 579 San Luis Obispo Turtles IV.8	It's the All Star game, which means we're halfway through inter-division play and it's time for stats! The East is winning ID play so far with 96 wins to 84 losses, good for a .533 winning percentage. The top individual team is the Vineland Wolves (!) with a .633. Three teams are tied for second at .600: Twin Falls, Atlantic City and Athens. The Turtles have played at .467 pace so far, which actually puts us in a three way tie for second in the West. So far we're holding on to our first place in the division by our fingernails, but Twin Falls will pass us if they keep up their torrid inter-division pace! Here are the complete numbers: Code: TM IW IL WPct SL 14 16 0.467 TF 18 12 0.600 YF 11 19 0.367 MM 14 16 0.467 GF 13 17 0.433 LA 14 16 0.467 84 96 0.467 AC 18 12 0.600 TT 14 16 0.467 AG 18 12 0.600 VW 19 11 0.633 KB 16 14 0.533 MF 11 19 0.367 ET 96 84 0.533

#71875	03/05/2020 6:14:13 pm	Aug 18th, 2044
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 579 San Luis Obispo Turtles IV.8	Inter-division play is complete for the year! The West managed to narrow the League III.3 gap, but couldn't close it entirely. The East won with 187 wins to 173 losses, for a .519 winning percentage. The top performing team was a tie between two East teams: Atlantic City and the Vineland Wolves with a .583 winning percentage. In the West, the Turtles improved their play substantially in the second half and finished with a .533 winning percentage overall. This means we tied with Yuma as the best performing West team in inter-division play. Here are are the full stats for inter-division: Code: TM IW IL WPct SL 32 28 0.533 TF 31 29 0.517 YF 32 28 0.533 MM 29 31 0.483 GF 26 34 0.433 LA 23 37 0.383 WT 173 187 0.481 AC 35 25 0.583 TT 30 30 0.500 AG 32 28 0.533 VW 35 25 0.583 KB 33 27 0.550 MF 22 38 0.367 ET 187 173 0.519

#72400	03/30/2020 10:33:43 am	Jan 15th, 2045
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 579 San Luis Obispo Turtles IV.8	Congratulations to Yuma for winning league III.3, and congrats to Atlantic City for winning a very close race in the East! The Turtles had a mostly successful season that I feel pretty pleased with. We ended with a franchise record team rating, and I feel pretty confident that we at least have the talent to hang around in the league for a while.

#73534	05/12/2020 7:32:02 pm	Jul 14th, 2045
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 579 San Luis Obispo Turtles IV.8	So, we've reached the All Star break once again. This means we're halfway through the season and therefore halfway through inter-division play. It's time for stats! In many respects it's a familiar story so far this season. The East is leading ID play by a healthy margin: 94-86, for a .522 winning percentage. The only east team with a losing record is the Augusta Trojans. Everyone else in the East is at least .500. Sure enough, it's a very tight division race there, with Athens Gold only 5 games ahead of last place Albany Venom. There is one respect in which inter-division play this season has been very unusual, though. The top performing team is none other than the San Luis Obispo Turtles! We won every series in the first half of ID play for a 20-10 record and a .667 winning percentage. This is an incredibly unusual situation for me. Usually we do worse against the East than our own division, so I don't expect this to continue! Enough bragging; it's time for the complete stats: Code: TM IW IL WPct SL 20 10 0.667 WI 16 14 0.533 HC 16 14 0.533 MM 14 16 0.467 NL 9 21 0.300 TF 11 19 0.367 WT 86 94 0.478 AG 17 13 0.567 AC 16 14 0.533 AT 12 18 0.400 TT 17 13 0.567 VL 15 15 0.500 AV 17 13 0.567 ET 94 86 0.522

#73543	05/13/2020 12:33:01 pm	Jul 14th, 2045
Kirito_Whale Joined: 02/16/2016 Posts: 89 Waipahu Indians IV.7	@Geech - I just found this thread and absolutely love the work you put in for ID stats. We've got a tight race going here. Lots of ball left to be played! I want to promote just as bad as you do haha Good Luck to ya!

#73556	05/13/2020 4:56:35 pm	Jul 16th, 2045
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 579 San Luis Obispo Turtles IV.8	Thanks! It has been a very tight race. To be honest, though, I don't think my team's first half performance has surprised anyone more than me. I think it will be very tough for us to hold off Waipahu for the rest of the season.

#73759	05/21/2020 8:10:28 pm	Aug 19th, 2045
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 579 San Luis Obispo Turtles IV.8	Well, we've reached the end of inter-division play for 2045, and the picture has changed considerably. The West has made up the difference in a big way, and actually pulled ahead very slightly with 183 wins to 177 losses! That's a .508 winning percentage. Go west! This is the first time in six seasons of closely tracking these stats the west has actually finished ahead. The Turtles struggled a lot in second half play. At one point we dropped all five games of a series, with four of them by one run. Yeouch. The overall individual leader is now the Tulsa Tigers, with a .567 winning percentage. Congratulations, Tulsa! Second place is a three way tie between Athens Gold, Moscow Moose and the SLO Turtles all at a .550 winning percentage. Here are complete stats: Code: TM IW IL WPct SL 33 27 0.550 WI 32 28 0.533 HC 30 30 0.500 MM 33 27 0.550 NL 27 33 0.450 TF 28 32 0.467 WT 183 177 0.508 AG 33 27 0.550 AC 27 33 0.450 AT 25 35 0.417 TT 34 26 0.567 VL 26 34 0.433 AV 32 28 0.533 ET 177 183 0.492

#74343	06/11/2020 3:52:46 pm	Nov 4th, 2045
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 579 San Luis Obispo Turtles IV.8	Well, that's the season. It feels kind of surreal to win the league, but it seems like my Turtles are peaking about now. I may be back at LL3 in 2047, but for at least one season we're making it to level 2! Congratulations to Athens for winning the East this season after a heart-breaking ending to 2044. Congratulations are also in order to Waipahu for being so competitive your first year in league level 3. You kept it super close all season, and it wouldn't surprise me at all to you promote next season.

#75342	07/07/2020 5:44:41 am	Apr 21st, 2046
robinsmd Joined: 05/25/2014 Posts: 86 Loveland Tigers V.10	Hey all -- anyone else in this league active on the forums?

#75351	07/07/2020 4:15:44 pm	Apr 23rd, 2046
Deuce Joined: 06/07/2016 Posts: 279 New London Rippers III.1	Hey robinsmd, looks like we've got a hell of a close battle going on in the West. good luck!

#75761	07/19/2020 2:27:30 pm	Jun 5th, 2046
Kirito_Whale Joined: 02/16/2016 Posts: 89 Waipahu Indians IV.7	Sometimes active - going to be a tight race this season in the west. Good luck to you all, but I'm gonna take the title

#76807	08/24/2020 2:14:05 pm	Oct 20th, 2046
robinsmd Joined: 05/25/2014 Posts: 86 Loveland Tigers V.10	Coming down to the wire here with a few games to play! Naturally we just suffered an injury to our best player who will miss 2 of the final 3 games. Just our luck!

#78821	11/23/2020 8:34:30 am	Mar 6th, 2048
robinsmd Joined: 05/25/2014 Posts: 86 Loveland Tigers V.10	Well Im back after winning the league two seasons ago. Couldnt quite avoid relegation in league two. Is anyone else in here active?

#78832	11/23/2020 6:50:07 pm	Mar 8th, 2048
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	I’m fairly active Loveland! Looking forward to the competition up in LL III this year. Good luck!

#79153	12/05/2020 2:53:52 pm	Apr 11th, 2048
Eric83 Joined: 02/06/2018 Posts: 56 Brentwood Bearcats V.2	I'm pretty active too. but right now actively falling into last place :-\|

#79579	12/30/2020 5:24:25 pm	Jul 16th, 2048
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Fun year so far in III.3! In the West it's all pretty much still up for grabs. New London, Morgan Hill, Brentwood, and Warsaw are pretty much neck and neck. Loveland and Bountiful are trailing, but they are still working will a very manageable deficit. In the East, Augusta absolutely streaked through the first half of the season. Florissant and Athens are having good years, but need to find another gear if they want to make things interesting. Frederick and Daytona are going to have to do something quick here if they want to avoid demotion.

#79717	01/13/2021 5:32:01 pm	Sep 8th, 2048
Longviewess Joined: 09/23/2018 Posts: 111 Inactive	I was just spending the first half of the season breaking in some rookies. I've streamlined the lineups since the All-star break to the tune of a .659 winning % (29-15) and a +78 run differential since then. Augusta and Florissant might be too far ahead but I wouldn't get toooo comfortable up there just yet.

#79797	01/20/2021 4:16:58 pm	Oct 2nd, 2048
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	@Longviewess, I can assure "comfortable" is far from any adjective I'd use to describe my position! Props to the Keys on their mid season turnaround. Falcons are 3.5 up with 16 to play. Augusta is heating up, so every game counts. Over on the West, I see my multi year, multi league "nemesis" Brentwood is also turning on the afterburners as we hit the final stretch here. New London better be wary, the Bearcats know how to close out a season!

#81010	04/13/2021 5:33:41 pm	Oct 30th, 2049
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Congrats to Brentwood and Sunrise in 2049! Falcons finally regressed to mean this season after 7 consecutive 90+ win seasons. I will say I was breaking in some rookies, but it was only a so-so experiment. Probably should have cut payroll more than I did, but I didn't want to relegate and wanted the depth down the stretch. We'll see how the off-season goes. Haven't made up our minds yet if Manager Ortiz gets another season or if he needs to mosey on into retirement. In all fairness the GM was asleep at the wheel for a good part of 2049, so a good chunk of the 80-80 showing rests on his shoulders for that!

#81033	04/14/2021 10:15:40 pm	Nov 2nd, 2049
Eric83 Joined: 02/06/2018 Posts: 56 Brentwood Bearcats V.2	Thanks Johnny! That's quite the impressive streak you've had, best of luck next season. And congrats to Sunrise on knocking me out in the playoffs.

#81083	04/16/2021 6:41:31 am	Nov 2nd, 2049
wuggla Joined: 05/10/2013 Posts: 1059 Colorado Springs Vultures VI.28	Hello I hope I get this league for 2050!?

#82716	06/28/2021 3:04:10 pm	Oct 25th, 2050
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Not much to wrap up this year, but I'll do a short one! Very little intrigue in the divisional races as Dayton and Brockton breezed their way through league play and are now facing off for the league championship. Congrats to both clubs! The West sported both the best records and the worst records. Overall interleague records looks like they were fairly well balanced. There was a healthier battle against relegation in the East, as all 5 teams below Brockton were in contention to relegate until the last few series played out, whereas Davis and Redford drifted from the pack earlier in the season. The Falcons made do with a second consecutive 80-80 season. It seemed like we ended the season on a hot streak, but who's to say if that will carry over into next season?!? Unabashed old timer manager Marcos Ortiz kept his job because the front office has a soft spot for him, he's 42 wins shy of 1000, and we dipped our toes in the new manager pool and remembered how much we hate the process of picking a new manager. So it looks like he'll carry the team into 2051 at least

#82870	07/06/2021 10:18:02 pm	Jan 22nd, 2051
Kirito_Whale Joined: 02/16/2016 Posts: 89 Waipahu Indians IV.7	Alright, not happy to be here lol, first time demoting in 18 seasons.... I blame it on my decision to remove my older SUPERSTAR coach. New coach's first season led to a demotion, albeit a good cup run... A couple of vets on the season this year. Yet, the plan is to stay relatively young and earn some more money for future financing. Unless we surprise everyone and do well, but I don't expect that. Can't wait to get the season started, looking forward to it!

#82908	07/08/2021 3:29:50 pm	Feb 16th, 2051
motko Joined: 09/06/2014 Posts: 358 Nauvoo The Great Horned Owl III.3	Cant also wait

#86875	02/19/2022 6:20:27 am	Jan 13th, 2054
Jerbeetwo Joined: 06/30/2019 Posts: 337 Tyler Goldendoodles IV.3	Looking forward to being in a league that hopefully does a little chatting amongst ourselves.

#86952	02/23/2022 1:46:40 pm	Jan 29th, 2054
robinsmd Joined: 05/25/2014 Posts: 86 Loveland Tigers V.10	Welcome Jerbee!! Hopefully we can keep up some lively conversation this season.

#87104	03/04/2022 8:43:07 pm	Mar 16th, 2054
Jerbeetwo Joined: 06/30/2019 Posts: 337 Tyler Goldendoodles IV.3	Thanks Robinsmd. I’m sure not liking my schedule this year. Home games are front loaded in the first half of the intra division games. 13 of my final 17 games of the season will be on the road. It’s a setup for a second half collapse. Wish it was more balanced.

#87266	03/14/2022 7:53:54 pm	Apr 21st, 2054
Jerbeetwo Joined: 06/30/2019 Posts: 337 Tyler Goldendoodles IV.3	Happy with the way the first leg of the season went but it was a home heavy grouping. This next leg will tell how the doodle pack will fair in level 3. If we can get our lefty bats on track we might be ok but they better hurry. Really need our young starters to speed their development along too.

#87353	03/21/2022 7:11:48 pm	May 17th, 2054
Jerbeetwo Joined: 06/30/2019 Posts: 337 Tyler Goldendoodles IV.3	Glad to see the first round of the cup games come to an end. I just seem to only get my good players injured during the cup hurting my chances to win regular season games. Now I can take the next 4 Friday’s and Monday’s off resting my guys.

#89473	09/01/2022 4:57:15 pm	Jun 24th, 2056
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 417 Charleston Hawks Legends	I just noticed the franchise fees for Level 3 (it's my first time in this classification) Wow! Quite a jump from $250,000 per update in Level 4 to $850,000 per update at Level 3! And the TV & Radio revenues to not increase anywhere near enough to counteract the increase. It makes me fearful of what the guys in Level 2 & 1 are paying in fees,,,must be on heck of a burden to overcome!

#89691	09/28/2022 4:13:02 pm	Oct 4th, 2056
JohnnyBoi62 Joined: 06/21/2019 Posts: 356 Inactive	Falcons are officially in late spring training mode. Congrats to Wellington or Charleston, whoever pulls it off this year. Charleston had my number something fierce this year. It was a pretty good year, we were within a handful of games from 1st up until a few series ago. We made some FA splashes before the season kicked off, and they mostly worked, but no big overachievers like Cedillo in 2055. The most notable event was that our closer Solis is now up to 540 career saves. At a 32:5 S:BS ratio, he has earned the right to stick around and see how this aging update looks for 2057.

#89698	09/28/2022 8:21:12 pm	Oct 6th, 2056
Eric83 Joined: 02/06/2018 Posts: 56 Brentwood Bearcats V.2	Really tight races for promotion down the stretch! Charleston and Wellington tied for 1st in the East. And in the West there are 4 teams within 1.5 games. A 6 game losing streak from Novi and a 7 game winning streak from Wylie tightening things up lately, while my Bearcats had a huge lead earlier in the year but really struggling down the stretch to let everyone else back into the race.

#89751	10/02/2022 5:11:41 pm	Oct 21st, 2056
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 417 Charleston Hawks Legends	Wellington - you deserved to win the division...good going!! But wow, what a race it was!!!

#89761	10/03/2022 2:39:27 am	Oct 22nd, 2056
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	Congrats to Wellington. Good luck in the series. Condolences, Eric83. I think you had the better team all season, but the Broken Bat Gods seemed to smile on the Doubledays a bit down the stretch even with Cooke going down there to spice it up a bit.

#90370	12/20/2022 4:27:22 pm	Oct 30th, 2057
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 417 Charleston Hawks Legends	Wow, another season of excitement! All the teams were competitive with fortune deciding the outcome. Thanks to all teams for the games and Good Luck for next season.

#90435	12/23/2022 2:57:45 pm	Jan 13th, 2058
jclemen2 Joined: 11/22/2016 Posts: 189 Mount Prospect Skeletons II.1	Congrats to Charleston!

#91067	03/13/2023 7:37:44 am	Jan 13th, 2059
FreddyThe2nd Joined: 06/08/2020 Posts: 182 Tombstone Pistoleros Legends	Last season was a tough one for the Pistoleros but after taking our lumps in legends and II.2 we are hoping to turn it around in III.3. The rebuilding continues but I think we are starting to turn the corner. I see a few familiar teams here and we are excited to finally have the Inferno to kick around! Hehe. Good luck to all teams.

#91644	05/27/2023 4:37:53 am	Jan 13th, 2060
jezzat Joined: 01/27/2019 Posts: 118 Rockford Rhinos V.9	Hello III.3 Our first time here - we've always been a III.4 team before - so lots of new names for us. Best of luck to everyone for the new season.

#91648	05/27/2023 8:04:14 am	Jan 13th, 2060
Nimbrel Joined: 10/17/2015 Posts: 9 Midland Outlaws V.12	This should be a fun season, seeing some names that we have looked forward to competing against. Best to luck to everyone in the upcoming season.

#91668	05/29/2023 7:07:30 am	Jan 13th, 2060
FreddyThe2nd Joined: 06/08/2020 Posts: 182 Tombstone Pistoleros Legends	Welcome to the division guys. Good luck to all teams.

#91724	06/04/2023 7:34:03 am	Mar 4th, 2060
FreddyThe2nd Joined: 06/08/2020 Posts: 182 Tombstone Pistoleros Legends	We are clearly looking to compete for the pennant this season and would be quite surprised to find ourselves in the relegation race but after last season (the last 3 seasons to be fair) we will have to change the losing culture around here. It's no secret where the Pistolero's strengths and weaknesses lie. We were number one in the league last year in pitching categories except for blown saves where we were dead last with 26!! We must do better.. Speaking of doing better.. Our hitting was horrific. Dead last in HR's, batting average, slugging and tenth of 12 in hitting with RISP. We are quite young and still managed to finish second in the west just 3 games back of first (although the first place team clinched and played rookies for the last week) so there are some bright spots. Would absolutely kill for a proper DH. We have picked up a couple journeymen off of waivers so you never know if one will respond with a big year. We will also need a return to form for our 3B Dawson who had a career worst year last year. Short leash for home grown career underachievers Pinto and Tubbs as we have all but given up on them and will send them packing if either have a (another) bad start. Optimistic.

#92079	07/12/2023 4:57:46 am	Jul 14th, 2060
jezzat Joined: 01/27/2019 Posts: 118 Rockford Rhinos V.9	We've reached the midway point of the season and it doesn't look like there's going to be much dramatic tension in the promotion races this year. In the East, Muncie have a 6 game lead over Wellington, with Salisbury 1 further game back. However, that is dwarfed in comparison by the mighty 18 game lead mustered by Tombstone in the West - surely some sort of record for this stage in the season? All of which means that the other 10 teams will almost certainly be concentrating purely on avoiding relegation for the rest of the season. Best of luck to all teams for the 2nd half.

#92165	07/20/2023 2:28:34 am	Aug 14th, 2060
jezzat Joined: 01/27/2019 Posts: 118 Rockford Rhinos V.9	Is it just me or have there been an unusual number of 1-run games this season? We've had 41 out of 105 games so far including a run of 8 in a row across the recent series with Frederick and Wellington. Sadly, not doing us much good as we lost 6 of the 8 and have a 17-24 record overall.

#92168	07/20/2023 4:52:08 pm	Aug 18th, 2060
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 417 Charleston Hawks Legends	re: 1 run games per some web google searching, about 27% of MLB games are decided by 1 run...but that was data from mlb seasons 2005 thru 2009...still, your results of 41 out of 100 games seems high...more data collection is needed to see if the difference you noted is just an isolated variance from mlb average or a continuing difference

#92252	08/01/2023 8:43:54 am	Sep 28th, 2060
jezzat Joined: 01/27/2019 Posts: 118 Rockford Rhinos V.9	Many congratulations to Tombstone on the title in the West. To have everything wrapped up before the end of September is some achievement. Over here in Rockford, we're on a 6 game losing streak at the worst possible time and look doomed to relegation unless we can turn things around pretty quickly.

#92305	08/06/2023 7:13:49 am	Oct 18th, 2060
jezzat Joined: 01/27/2019 Posts: 118 Rockford Rhinos V.9	Still a lot to play for with 1 day to go in the regular season. Not for Tombstone of course who clinched the West title what seems like an eon ago and sadly not for Midland who will be playing League IV baseball next season. However, any of the remaining 4 teams in the West could still be relegated, although they each have their fate in their own hands. At Rockford, we have the toughest task, needing to sweep Rocket City to be sure of safety. If we could take 2 out of 3, that would be enough if Montebello take all 3 off Parma or could just about do if that take 2, when it would come down to run difference. Parma themselves need 2 wins out of 3 to be sure of survival, Rocket City need 1, as do Montebello. Over in the East, it's the opposite with the relegation issues settled, with Brooklyn and Pinnelas Park going down, but promotion still up for grabs. If Muncie can take all 3 against Salisbury, they will almost certainly go up, save for Wellington making up a 27 run deficit in run difference. Wellington themselves end with a 4 game series with Frederick and will pip Muncie for promotion if they win 2 more games than they do.

#92317	08/07/2023 2:26:24 am	Oct 22nd, 2060
jezzat Joined: 01/27/2019 Posts: 118 Rockford Rhinos V.9	In the end there wasn't much drama on the final day in the West, as we lost all 3 games to stay resolutely in 5th and assure ourselves of League IV baseball next season. However, the opposite was the case in the East. Muncie ended their season at 94-66 and a RD of +134 and could only watch as Wellington (at the time 94-65, RD +120) played their final game, knowing a win would take them up. To make matters even more tense, the game was tied at 6-6 going into the ninth. With Wellington unable to score in their inning, a walk-off home run from Fredrick's 2B Jarrod Staley was enough to end Wellington's hopes and ensure Muncie were promoted due to their superior RD. Congratulations to them and to Tombstone and best of luck to both teams in the playoffs.

#93484	01/21/2024 1:40:49 am	Mar 4th, 2063
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	First post in 2024 in this chat. First time in this division for me. Any regulars in the forum?

#93489	01/22/2024 2:33:47 am	Mar 6th, 2063
Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 823 Pierre Jacobins Legends	Hallo, Good to see you JJ. How goes it? I'm here, I think. Currently on my third stint with my team. And I can't say how long it'll last this time. Real life keeps saying otherwise. But had an exciting finish to the last season and an unexpected promotion keeps me motivated. The team is manageable despite being very rough and incomplete. Not expecting anything fancy this season. If the Bulldogs snag a few good draft picks it'll be a success. The bulldogs are currently riding on the foundation I built a decade of seasons ago in VI. It's really a shame to think how much farther the team could have gone if I would have stuck with it instead of disappearing again. There's a core of players that are good but the team is incomplete. And the minors foretell of a regression in the not so distant future. I have a knack for leaving when good things start happening e.g. letting the team go bot while competing for a legends championship in 2044. Updated Monday, January 22 2024 @ 2:39:19 am PST

#93492	01/22/2024 11:28:17 pm	Mar 8th, 2063
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	Hi there! Nice to see familiar faces around here. As for the Mules, it's been interesting after moving to Alaska from Hawai'i: starting pitching is deep, relievers are solid, and there's a clog of OF's to go together with an old but reliable middle.of the infield. We tied for 1st place last season and look for more this time around. Good luck to everyone

#93498	01/24/2024 1:19:47 am	Mar 10th, 2063
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	Phillies, great to see you back! And good to match up v Frank again too, has been a few seasons huh? Picked up absolutely nothing in the off season, lets hope the draft is kinder. Not sure how my team will go, two straight demotions and not much to be excited about otherwise.

#93694	02/09/2024 4:11:20 pm	May 4th, 2063
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	Kodiak is looking a level above everyone else in the West so far. My pitchers are really struggling so far, couple of key future guys are getting close in AAA so likely that Lujan and Jensen will be in the rotation this season. Updated Friday, February 9 2024 @ 4:12:34 pm PST

#93695	02/09/2024 4:11:21 pm	May 4th, 2063
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	Double post Updated Friday, February 9 2024 @ 4:12:14 pm PST

#93802	03/07/2024 6:50:09 pm	Aug 18th, 2063
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	39-21 is damn good in interleague, especially given how bad we've been in recent years. Hopefully we can continue to build on that the rest of the way. The biggest question is when Lujan gets called up, he's the future of our rotation. Couple of veteran bats doing very well, they'll need replacing next season, but there's always 34 year Olds wanting a home....

#93808	03/09/2024 6:32:53 pm	Aug 25th, 2063
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	"Gyro" Turner, not the best hitter of 'em all, went on a 13/13 hit streak. Most likely a team record.

#93838	03/17/2024 7:50:35 pm	Sep 24th, 2063
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	Seems like most of the Kodiak team is happy to be back on the west, plenty of action to happen there till the end of the season. The east looks relatively stable at this point though

#93856	03/20/2024 9:32:12 pm	Oct 6th, 2063
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	And then, all of a sudden, Paradise Valley took off and is close to clinching the pennant....

#93877	03/24/2024 12:31:04 am	Oct 18th, 2063
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	Indeed, incredible finish by PV. Rematch next year Frank?!

#93878	03/24/2024 6:16:31 am	Oct 18th, 2063
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	Most definitely, the Mules will be back: the team is young, and other than the starting SS, all other positions are set. Looking forward to League Awards, now

#93880	03/24/2024 9:35:10 am	Oct 18th, 2063
Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 823 Pierre Jacobins Legends	Cheers to the division winners! Blacksburg entered intra league play leading the east. But terrible play throughout intra league let Salisbury take a commanding lead they never relinquished. Blacksburg offense will very similar next season the biggest departure being veteran 1b Hank Crist leaving. SS Garcia is, and will be the central focus for seasons to come. Castro will be promoted at some point next season as well. The pitching department received a big makeover throughout the season and will continue so through the off-season and into next season. Hopes are centered on Pratt and Carrasco, and a handful of hooefuls contributing to the team soon, being the major part of quality portion of Blacksburg's pitching is coming from the wrong side of 30 years old. Blacksburg's future doesn't look terrible, but it also doesn't look that exciting either. Next season will be the third season I'll be back with the team so a long road ahead getting the farm into shipshape is still to be expected. (Sorry to lazy to hyperlink) Updated Sunday, March 24 2024 @ 9:37:15 am PDT

#93884	03/24/2024 10:53:43 pm	Oct 22nd, 2063
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	Life has got in the way to be too interactive in the forum recently, I'll endeavour to post most next season...... Not sure whether we have much to do offer in the end of season awards other than Ishige being an outside MVP shot.

#93918	03/27/2024 5:51:56 pm	Nov 2nd, 2063
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	Congratulations to Paradise Valley for the pennant: an exciting series for sure. Coming from behind to stay alive in game6 is fhat baseball is all about!

#94110	04/30/2024 12:18:47 am	May 17th, 2064
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	At one point I was 7-3. Since then I've gone 6-17. Pitchers have struggled, somewhat expected with a few rookies but the whole theory with moving to Yakima was that it should be more prefer friendly. Maybe we go back to Boulder next season!

#94144	05/05/2024 11:06:14 pm	Jun 8th, 2064
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	Interleague games are about to begin, and the Mules will first face the Pierre Jacobin. The two franchises put together eerily similar stats: Kodiak Mules 28W 22L BA.270 OPS.771 ERA 4.03 Pierre Jacobins 29W 21L BA.274 OPS.772 ERA 4.03 Best of luck to all of my new opponents

#94150	05/06/2024 6:01:58 pm	Jun 10th, 2064
Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 823 Pierre Jacobins Legends	Good luck! @frankebasta The stats are very similar, except for HR differential. Kodiak with a solid +22, and Pierre with a poor, but much improved in the last several series -17. Not sure what happened but some of the usual sluggers stopped hitting home runs. And pitching department while one of better in the league has a bad knack for allowing the big ones.

#94151	05/06/2024 7:26:10 pm	Jun 10th, 2064
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	The stats are very similar, except for HR differential. Kodiak with a solid +22, and Pierre with a poor, but much improved in the last several series -17. Not sure what happened but some of the usual sluggers stopped hitting home runs. The Revolution's 20ft-high walls may have something to do with it!

#94153	05/07/2024 9:45:09 am	Jun 10th, 2064
Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 823 Pierre Jacobins Legends	Sure, makes sense to why the slowdown in hitting home runs. But I wish it would slow down the allowing home runs facepalm or so was the reasoning behind the decision to raise the walls last season. But the abysmal home record versus a good road record seems to indicate the changes were contrary to the teams benefit.

#94157	05/07/2024 10:11:29 pm	Jun 15th, 2064
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	Well, it looks like your home field is not working for your Pitchers. Here's the totals for this 5 game series: Hits Mules 63 Jacobins 36 HRs Mules 8 Jacobins 2 Pitchers used Mules 12 Jacobins 24 Complete Games Mules 2

#94159	05/08/2024 6:46:31 am	Jun 15th, 2064
Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 823 Pierre Jacobins Legends	@ frank; An accurate assessment to say the least. Embarrassing..... Kodiak ran the revolution through a guillotine. In fact it was a miracle that it wasn't a sweep.

#94237	05/25/2024 12:32:48 am	Aug 21st, 2064
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	Irvine made an incredible run through the end of the interleague games. Amazingly we haven't been completed drowned yet either, should be an interesting run through the final 50

#94268	06/02/2024 11:50:18 pm	Sep 24th, 2064
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	Enjoyable series between league leader Redding Raiders and second place Kodiak Mules. The Raiders stole one in the opener coming from behind for a 5-3 win. In the second game, BigBoy Martin reminded everybody why he's the Mules's ace going all the way for a CGSO (a league leading 4th of the season). In the rubber match, Kodiak's best ERA (Cedillo) faced Redding best starter (Capasso). Mules manager "Boiled" Epps tried a sleigh of hand, filling the lineup with 9 LHH. Cedillo took a perfect game into the 7th, only to blow it all and take the loss. At the end of the series, the Mules are 2 games behind, but there's full confidence in our rotation, and in the young hitters who are earning their at-bats in high leverage games. At the same time, we're looking forward for the old expensive hitters momentarily riding the pine to provide the team with an extra push to the promotion. Congrats to Rebuilder, waiting for our next match up Updated Sunday, June 2 2024 @ 11:55:28 pm PDT

#94281	06/04/2024 6:35:22 pm	Oct 2nd, 2064
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	Shout out to electriceel883 and Irvine Infernos for coming back from the Nether Realm to a comfortable 3th place in the West. On their way up, Irvine obliged to be swept by Kodiak, but swept first place Redding today, for a grand total of 3½ games swing at the top. Now, Mules areup by 2, magic number: 16. It'll be fun! Updated Thursday, June 6 2024 @ 6:10:29 pm PDT

#94291	06/08/2024 3:42:51 am	Oct 14th, 2064
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	Redding and Kodiak split the 4game series 2 each, and a re now tied at 93 wins. The Mules hold a +7 run differential with 7 games to go. In the East, Pierre clinched the Pennant already. Congrats Philliesworld

#94292	06/08/2024 7:28:54 am	Oct 14th, 2064
Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 823 Pierre Jacobins Legends	Thanks Frankebasta, Benefits of playing in the weaker division. Considered the team a dark horse at the beginning of the season. So pleasantly surprised how well they have played. Good luck the rest of the way!

#94304	06/09/2024 11:31:29 pm	Oct 22nd, 2064
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	Being on top, even though slightly so, after the Head-to-Head series Kodiak needed to win out its remaining 7 games and so did they reaching 100 wins for only the third time in franchise history. The Mules go back to League 2, and will play Pierre for the Pennant. Thanks to Redding for providing competition in a tight race: it's been one of the most enjoyable seasons I've had in this game. Wish you all the best in the next season.

#94313	06/11/2024 4:25:36 pm	Oct 30th, 2064
Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 823 Pierre Jacobins Legends	Congrats @frankebasta on the Championship dub! Felt inevitable with the way Kodiak manhandled Pierre in the regular season. See you next season in II.2 Cheers! Updated Tuesday, June 11 2024 @ 4:26:05 pm PDT

#94318	06/11/2024 6:36:26 pm	Oct 30th, 2064
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	Congrats to you both, and thanks to everyone for the season. Hoping to be back up here shortly...

#94329	06/12/2024 8:21:09 am	Oct 30th, 2064
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 905 Kodiak Mules III.3	After achieving the 14th promotion in franchise history, the Mules also take home Pennant #7. It's been quite a season. Grateful to everyone in III.3 for the competition

#94803	08/30/2024 2:26:43 pm	Nov 2nd, 2065
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	With a whole season of no comments..... Hi guys, I'm back!

#94962	10/23/2024 8:28:57 pm	Aug 14th, 2066
Samson_knight Joined: 05/17/2016 Posts: 13 Elyria Eagles II.2	Making easy work of III.3 this year

#95033	11/13/2024 10:01:36 pm	Nov 2nd, 2066
Samson_knight Joined: 05/17/2016 Posts: 13 Elyria Eagles II.2	Congrats @Vols on the Playoff sweep! Definitely wasn't expecting that to play out like that lol. Good luck next year everyone! Hope to see you up in II.2!