A buddy and I started a RBI season a few weeks back. We each drafted 2 teams, and the remaining 6 will be rovers and will be controlled by both of us. Randomly split them into 5 teams divisions.
Follow along here and at the site... http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-league.html
East West
Boston N.L.
Minnesota San Francisco
Detroit California
St Louis A.L.
Houston New York
Schedule: 12 game season. Each team plays their division opponents twice, and then randomly plays 2 teams from the opposite division. Each team has 1 bye, and the inter-divisionsal games are in the 3rd and 5th set(In the black boxes w/ white lettering)
Top 3 make the playoffs from each division.
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Current standings after 2 sets have been played.
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Looking like a lock for Boston, Detroit, and Minnesota obtaining playoff slots in the East....just coming down to who can get the #1 seed and 1st round bye.
The West is up for grabs with everyone virtually tied up right now. It may come down to who gets the easier inter-division schedule. San Francisco avoids Boston, and Detroit from the East, which may help them get into the playoffs.
Team by team results
Minnesota 3-1 ---split W/ StL and swept Houston
Boston 2-0 ---swept Houston
Detroit 2-0 ---swept STL
St Louis 1-3 ---splt W/MIN and swept by DET
Houston 0-4 ---swept by BOS and swept by MIN
N.L. 2-2 ---split W/ Cal and SF
CAL 2-2 ---split W/ NL and NY
NY 2-2 ---split W/ AL and CAL
AL 1-1 --- split W/ NY
SF 1-1 ---split W/ NL
one or two sp?
Yeah, hopefully 1 SP. I believe this is the best way to play. Makes a world of difference...
1 starting pitcher as always
Got in some more games after work today. Its the 1st inter-division set, so every team is playing this week.
MIN & NY split 2 games. MIN won the opener 4-1, and Hernandez hit a walkoff in the 9th to give the Mets a 1-0 game 2 win. Mets and twins are now at the halfway point of their schedules
Then A.L. took the opener against Boston 4-3, and Boston held on 5-4 in the 2nd game. A.L. scored 4 in the 6th to tie things up, and Boston got 1 in the 7th.
East
MIN 4-2
Bos 3-1
DET 2-0
STL 1-3
HOU 0-4
Twins schedule gets tough to finish out BOS/SF/DET
WEST
NY 3-3
NL 2-2
CAL 2-2
AL 2-2
SF 1-1
Mets finish with SF/BOS/NL doesn't look like a lot of wins left on the table, but parity is strong here.
I wish I had someone near me to play RBI/Tecmo with like this. Everyone I know is all growns up.
You could always get the RBI Baseball board game to play with your wife...
Heh heh...if she asks for a board game to play, and approves a baseball-centric one, who am I to deny that? Cool wife, she is. Anyways, back to me sulking cause I have no cool friends in the area anymore.
Move to Chicago, we'll scam chicks and start fights
i"m in...
Got 4 games in today
HOU @ N.L.
Astros forge a comeback that falls just short losing to the N.L. 5-4 in game 1. Kevin Bass gets thrown out in the 9th trying to steal 2nd, and Garner then homers on the next pitch...which would have tied the game.
Stros win their 1st game of the season and knock off N.L. 4-3 in the 2nd game. The key play was Billy Hatcher beating out a double play attempt which allowed the tying run to score in the 7th.
DET @ CAL
Decinces' walk off homer in the 10 takes the win 5-4. Reggie homered in the 2nd and 4th inning.
In game 2, Madlock, Sheridan, and Heath all homer and Detroit wins 5-2. Cal did get the tying run to the plate in the 9th to make it interesting.
Standings
EAST
MIN 4-2
BOS 3-1
DET 3-1
STL 1-3
HOU 1-5
WEST
N.L. 3-3
CAL 3-3
NY 3-3
A.L. 2-2
SF 1-1
STL plays SF to finish out the 3rd set of games.
Stop making Turd cry, tbt.
Yeah, you're just pouring salt on the wound. :'(
Bad strategy stealing with Bass imo - not fast enough against a human catcher
Quote from: Gantry on 03/23/11, 09:18:42 AM
Bad strategy stealing with Bass imo - not fast enough against a human catcher
It was late in the game and he had Righetti(?) pitching who was pretty gassed by then. I thought it was a decent gamble.
I seem to remember nightwulf having some forumla that had to do with successful base stealing against tired pitchers. At a certain pitch speeds, a player with a speed rating of "X" should be able to steal 2nd.
Quote from: Turd on 03/23/11, 08:07:44 AM
Yeah, you're just pouring salt on the wound. :'(
The guy I play against lives only 3 blocks from my house. RBI is so convenient these days! Its the hour drive to Nate's for Tecmo that sucks.
More games today!!!! HI TURD!!!!
STL @ SF
Giants beat Tudor and the Redbirds 1-0. Game 2 sees San Fran win 2-1. A Vince Coleman triple led to the cards only run.
A.L. @ CAL
Game1. Jackson 3 run homer in the 1st puts CAL on top. Paul molitor's 3 run jack in the 4th gives AL the lead. George Brett hits his 2nd homer in the 9th and AL rolls 7-4.
Game 2. McGwire, mattingly, and Bell all homer in succession in then 3rd, and AL clobbers CAL 13-3(9 inns) AL cranks out 8 homers in the game and 13 in the 2 games. 26 hits in 2 games.
George Bell hits 4 in 2 games, and George Brett with 3.
Current standings
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Remaining schedules
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Playoff races
EAST
MIN's seed will depend largely on their games against BOS/DET coming up
BOS appears to have an easier road than DET. Should be a great race late.
WEST
SF looks to me to have the best shot right now to get the #1 seed...with a pretty favorable schedule, and having already taken care of business.
AL is going to need to split with NL/SF at minimum
N.L.'s needs division wins now, and at least a split with DET.
NY has brutal match-ups down the stretch
CAL needs to probably win 3 of 4 to get in the playoffs.
Predictions
BOS 9-3
DET 8-4
MIN 6-6
DET having NL left from inter-dvision play may be their undoing.
NL 8-4
SF 8-4
AL 7-5
NL looks like they could end up with a better division record and through tiebreakers take the #1 seed.
4 more games today
MIN @ BOS
Game 1: Jim Rice's 2nd homer comes in the bottom of the 10th to give the redsox a 3-2 win. Don Baylor tied things up in the 8th with a solo shot. Each team had only 3 hits.
Game 2: Kent Hrbek hits 3 home runs including a 2 run shot in the 9th, and the Twins pull out the win 5-3. Hrbek also had a solo HR in game 1.
DET @ HOU
Game 1: The Astros take a 3-2 lead into the 8th, but home runs by Trammel and Madlock help the Tigers pull away 5-3.
Game 2: Tigers lead 1-0 w/ 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, but Kevin Bass' solo shot keeps them alive. Game remains tied at 1 going into the 12th. Tigers get home runs by Trammel, Evans, and Lemon to pull ahead 5-1. Lopes adds a 2 run shot in the bottom of the 12th, but the Tigers win 5-3.
Standings:
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SF @ NY
Game 1: Mets get 1 hit(orosco single in the 6th) and Giants win 4-0
Gme 2: Clark, Maldonado, and Mitchell go yard and the Giants win 5-0
NY @ BOS
Game 1: A 2 out error in the 2nd inning by the Mets 2nd baseman leads to 4 Redsox runs, and Boston rolls 8-4. Sox were up 8-1 at one point
Game 2: Heep hits a 2 run pitch hit homer in the top of the 8th to give the Mets a 4-3 lead, and Hernandez adds a solo in the 9th. Mets win 5-4.
A.L. @ HOU
Game 1: Terry Puhl's 2 run home in the 5th, and Lopes Solo shot in the 6th puts Houston up for good. Astros win 3-1 as they were facing playoff elimination.
Game 2: Ripken and Bell homer providing the only offense of the day. A.L. wins 2-0. The loss eliminates Houston from playoff contention.
Cool, keep them coming, Bradwick.
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EAST:
DET is in the driver's seat for now, but has NL/BOS/MIN left.
Boston has shit the bed splitting with MIN/NY. They have DET/STL left. Winning 3 of 4 might get them the division title.
Hou is eliminated. Barring a crazy run by STL the East playoff teams are set.
MIN has SF/DET to finish. They still have a decent shot to win the division, but they have 2 div losses which are hurting them most of all.
WEST:
SF is also in the driver's seat, and has a decent shot to rack up wins with MIN/CAL/AL
AL blew it chance to sweep HOU, and goes against front runners NL/SF to finish. Should play the biggest role in deciding the race.
NL has DET/AL/NY
CAL and NY are both barely hanging on in the West race.
CAL has STL/SF left, and needs to sweep all 4 games to entertain playoff hopes.
Mets only have 2 games left(vs NL). Need to sweep and get some help.
CAL @ STL
Game 1: Tied at 1, this game goes into the 12 before Cal can plate a couple runs. Moore cleans up and the Angels get back on the winning track
Game 2: Lindeman's 3 home runs and 4 RBI along with Tudors solid performance go down the tubes in the 9th. Burleson's 3 run homer with 2 outs in the top of the 9th with 2 strikes puts Cal on top 5-4. Cards get swept despite a gritty effort.
Angels get a couple must win games. The Cardinals playoff hopes are hanging by a thread. Cards have to sweep HOU/BOS, coupled with MIN/BOS losing all their remaining games.
Current Standings
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Remaing match-ups in the 5th set.
N.L.(3-3) @ DET(5-1)
MIN(5-3) @ SF(5-1)
A couple sweeps here will really shake up the standings.
N.L. @ DET
Game 1: National pours it on with 4 in the 7th and rolls 6-1. Homers by Murphy, Guerrero, and Dawson.
Game 2: Homers by Dawson, and Guerrero give NL a 3-0 lead headed into the bottom the 9th. Gibson Jacks one out, but thats as close at the tigers can get. NL gets their shit together, and finally pulls off a sweep.
Big losses for the Tigers, but they hold the current edge in the East with a better division record.
DET 5-3
BOS 5-3
MIN 5-3
NL gets a needed boost with the sweep, and puts Cal/NY in a bad spot.
SF 5-1
A.L. 5-3
N.L. 5-3 (AL holds a better division record)
CAL 5-5
NY 4-6
MIN vs SF coming up in the next day or two.
SF @ MIN
Game 1: Gagne and Laudner homer early off Krukow, and Puckett and Bruno go yard in the 7th as the Twins roll 4-1.
Game 2: Giants get up early 6-2, and appear to be in for an easy win, but a spirited Twins rally gets them back in the game. Pucketts homer in the 6th ties things up at 6. In the 8th Leonard and Maldonado hit solos and the Giants hold on 8-6.
East
DET 5-3
BOS 5-3
MIN 6-4
West
SF 6-2
AL 5-3
NL 5-3
CAL 5-5
NY 4-6
STL @ HOU
Game 1: McGee pounds out two 2-run homers and the cards win 4-0.
Game 2: Astros plate 1 in the 1st and hold on 1-0
The loss eliminated the cardinals from playoff contention. Houston has played their final game of the year. Astros beat NL, AL, and STL. Came an eyelash away from splitting with Boston as well.
SF @ CAL
Game 1: Wally Joyners 2 out double ties things up in the bottom of the 10th, and Downing wins it in the 11th with a walk off homer
Game 2: Giants offense goes on a home run tear and they win 6-1. Maldonado hits 2 out and barely hit another foul.
Current standings
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Typos: Bos is NOT 1 GB, and NL is only 1 GB.
Giants are the 1st team in the West to have clinched a playoff spot.
California is done playing for the season and based on a bunch of tiebreakers is basically hanging by a thread. Consider them all but out of the playof race. Mets need NL to lose their remaining 4 games to get in. NL plays AL & NY.....or the Mets need AL to lose out, and NY sweeps NL. either way, its some very bad odds.
DET vs BOS this week will be a huge 2 game set. MIN is off. DET finishes with MIN. Lots of key division games for the Tigers. Boston finishes with the Cardinals.
N vs AL 2 game set this week will be big. SF will be rooting for a split there. SF/AL play in the final series.
AL is 1 win away from a playoff berth, NL needs 2 wins to clinch.
We put some football type tiebreakers in place to avoid a 1 game winner take all playoff at the end of the season to determine who gets in the playoffs.
NL @ AL
Game 1: Mattingly goes yard in the 1st inning. In the 8th Jimmy Key walks dawson to load the bases then walks Davis to tie the game up at 1 before getting Schmidt to ground out to end the inning. Bottom of the 9th Mcgwire hits the 1st pitch over the wall just foul, but homers a couple pitches later to give AL a 2-1 win.
Game 2: Murphy and Schmidt homer early and NL takes 2-0 lead. In the 8th Franco homers, but AL is unable to come back and loses 2-1.
Giants maintain their lead with the split.
SF 7-3
AL 6-4
NL 6-4
Hashing out the figures it looks like AL has clinched a playoff spot today. California has now been eliminated, and NY can still get in if they can sweep NL. NL just needs a split with the Mets to get in the playoffs.
SF, AL, and NL are all in a position to still get the #1 seed and 1st round bye. NY could at best only get the #2 seed.
BOS @ DET
Game 1: Boston gets up 3-1 and holds off Detroit 3-2.
Game 2: Tigers come out red hot and Madlocks home run gives Detroit a 3-0 lead in the 1st. Whittaker adds a solo in the 2nd and Detroit rolls 4-1.
Final week of the season......
MIN @ DET
Game 1: Tigers get up early and hold on 3-2. Bergman's home run gave the tigers a 3-1 lead in the 5th. Puckett added a solo shot in the 8th to make things interesting.
Game 2: With the divisions title on the line for the Tigers, they roll 9-1. Detroit pounds out a slew of timely hits and led 7-0 after 3.
Detroit gets a 1st round bye. Boston and Minnesota will face off in round 1(best of 3 series). Boston just needs to take 1 of 2 vs the cardinals to claim the #2 seed and be the home team.
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Tigers have already won the East with the best division record.
AL @ SF Sweep by either wins the division
Game 1: Spilman hits a 3 run shot on the 3rd to put SF up 3-0. AL pounds out 6 homers the rest of the way, and AL rolls 8-4.
Game 2: Mattingly hits a solo homer in the 4th, and Bell adds a 3 run shot in the 6th, as AL wins 4-1, and claims the division title with the sweep.
AL 8-4(won division)
SF 7-5 (clinched playoff spot)
NL 6-4
NY 4-6
NL/NY series will determine the last playoff team. NY needs to sweep NL to get in.
NY(4-6) @ NL(6-4)
What's at stake?: NY sweep knocks NL from playoff race, and NY gets the 3 seed.
NL sweep gives them the #2 seed, and home games vs SF in the playoffs opening round.
Game 1: Raines homers on the opening pitch for the NL. Carter hits a 2 run shot in the 3rd to give the Mets a 2-1 lead. Davis ties it up with a homer in the bottom half. Game goes into extra innings tied atb 2, where Dawson cranks out a walkoff in the bottom of the 13th to win 3-2. Mets are eliminated in a great game with major playoff implications on the line.
Game 2: Wild and crazy game early as the score is 5-5 through 6 innings, but the NL does some serious damage with 2 outs in the 7th and 8th and NL pounds the Mets 12-5.
Playoff series is set. SF @ NL in a best of 3 series next week. Winner then plays @ AL in best of 3.
The only regular season games left are in the East. Boston and St Louis have a 2 game set. Boston just needs to win 1 to ensure playing at home in the opening round against Minnesota.
Season finale
BOS @ STL. Sox need just 1 win to host playoff series vs Minnesota
Game 1: Boston cranks out 4 solo HRs and wins 4-2. Jack Clark hit a 2 run shot in the 4th to tie it up.
Game 2: Scoreless through 6 1/2 inning, the Cardinals offense erupts for 6 runs. Lindeman hits a 2 run shot to get ont he board, and Morris jacked out a grandslam to put the game out of reach. Cardinals roll 6-0.
Playoffs start next week.
MIN @ BOS (best of 3) Winner to face DET
SF @ N.L. (best of 3) Winner to face A.L.
Probably going to record the playoffs and create box scores.
Did chart home runs during the season. I'll have to gather all the game notes and come up with the home run leaders on the year.
Playoff results.
Boston sweeps Minnesota, and wins both games 3-1. Twins got out in front 1-0 in the 1st inning of both games.
Baylor had a couple HRs....don;t have the notes in front of me, but not much excitement in either game. Twins bats really went in the dumpster this series. Sox pitchers served up a shit ton of ground balls.
Boston moves on to play Detroit.
With any luck we can play SF @ N.L. tomorrow.
SF @ N.L.
Game 1:
Closely fought battle that goes into the bottom of the 9th tied at 3. Managerial error sees a tired Don Robinson serve the game winning homer to Eric Davis in the 9th, even though Garrelts was still in the pen.
N.L. also had a questionable strategy as Bedrosian got them a rock solid performance as the starter, but Sutcliffe is brought in mid-game instead of Valenzuela. Had the Giants been able to pul out game 1, they would only have had to face Fernando once in the 3 game series.
Game 2:
Bedrosian gives the N.L. another great start, and the bats are on fire as N.L. rolls in game 2 by a score of 9-0. Fernando enters the game with a huge lead and mows through the SF bats. N.L. leading 4-0 through 4, adds another 3 in the bottom of the 6th.
NL blasts out 7 homers. Eric davis hammers out 3 in 2 games, and the N.L. is off to face A.L.
Sad news today as the official RBI and Tecmo Bowl league VCR started smoking and ultimately ceased to function. The Orion brand VCR was purchased from Nozzys pawn shop in the spring of 2004 for the small sum of around $10-15.
The VCR came with a non-functioning tape eject door, and no remote. Modification to the unit saw the door ultimately removed and a remote was purchased on ebay just days later.
The VCR recorded an estimated 425 to 450 games of Tecmo Bowl during its career, along with multiple Buccaneers games, an NFL draft, and various college bowl games.
The VCR was a valued member of the team and will be missed. Multiple contingency plans for acquiring a replacement have been considered.
i won't believe the vcr is dead until i see some evidence with my own eyes.
Western League Championship Series
Best of 3.
National league @ American league
Game 1:
Bedrock and Jimmy Key took the hill respectively to start the game.
Dawson hammered out an inside pitch in the 2nd to stake NL to a 1-0 lead. Canseco and Ripken answered in the bottom of the 2nd with solo shots. Guerrero knocked out a solo in the 4th to tie things up. NL eventually went to Sutcliffe again in game 1 after Franco had tired. This time the move back fired as Harold Baines lined a single to right with 2 outs to score the winning run in the bottom of the 9th.
Not only would Valenzuela not be called on to close out the series in game 2, but the AL would only have to face him once in the 3 games.
Game 2:
Ripken and Baines go yard in the 2nd off Bedrosian and Canseco adds a solo in the 4th as AL gets on top 3-0. Valenzuela comes in mid-game hoping to pace the NL and give them a shot to come back late. Instead he hangs one to Canseco that gets destroyed into another galaxy in the 8th. The 2 run shot puts AL up 5-0 and all but signals the end of the NL's championship hopes. Saberhagen gets a ground out from Raines to end the game, as he gets through an uneventful 9th inning.
Righetti started off slow having trouble finding the strike zone, but Henke pitched admirably in the middle innings. Saberhagen only had a short amount of work to do down the stretch to end the threat.
Looking over the scores from the previous games, the AL only allowed 6 runs to the NL in 4 games this season.
The American League moves onto the world series and will face either Boston or Detroit in a best of 5 series.
Coming into the series the NL had won 7 of their last 8 and Bedrosian had been key as he allowed very few runs and continually racked up 4+ inning performances. The AL was able to get to him early in both games and ultimately knock out the NL.
Quote from: TβG on 05/03/11, 09:51:55 PM
i won't believe the vcr is dead until i see some evidence with my own eyes.
Damn this Dee-Nee all to hell!
I am not mailing its corpse to you. Eventualy I will release some photos of the corpse.
Eastern League Championship series
Boston @ Detroit
Game 1:
Tigers come out smoking hot and pound Clemens 6-2 behind 6 solo shots.
Trammel leads of the game with a home and Nokes hits one out in the 1st as well. Detroit took a 4-0 lead after 3 innings.
Game 2:
The game is scoreless until Chet Lemon homers in the 5th. Burks solo shot on the 8th puts Boston up 2-1. Bob Stanley comes in to save the game, but with the bases loaded just misses on a full count pitch to Gibson to walk in the tying run. Evans adds a single to right to put the Tigers ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the 8th.
In the 9th King gets Rice, Baylor, and Evans to either line or ground out to shortstop to preserve the win and send Detroit to the World Series.
The RBI World Series will pit the A.L. vs Detroit in a best of 5 series. Games 1 & 2 to be played at A.L.
Games 3 and if necessary game 4 will be played at Detroit. A game 5 would be played at A.L.
Stat of the playoffs: The home team went 8-0. During the regular season the home team was only 28-32.
Both Detroit and AL were 3-3 at home and 5-1 on the road during the season.
Realized this never got posted
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The teams line up about where we thought they would but the records weren't as good as we expected for some.
RBI world series-best of 5
Game 1: DET @ AL
Scoreless through 3 1/2 innings Ripken goes yard and AL gets up 1-0. Ripken's 2nd homer puts AL up 3-0. Brett and Bell add solo shots and the AL wins 5-1.
Game 2: DET @ AL
Mattingly's 2 run homer in the 1st is followed by Canseco's solo shot and AL takes a quick 3-0 lead. Mark Mcgwire's solo in the 2nd puts AL up 4-0. The Tigers start to chip away with 1 in the 3rd, and chase Righetti from the game. Saberhagen pitches well through the middle innings. Whittaker's solo shot in the 7th is followed in the 8th by an Evans home run and AL's leads shrinks to 4-3.
Henke is the last AL pitcher and starting to show signs of tiring in the 8th. George Bell knocks out a solo in the bottom of the 8th to put AL up 5-3.
Madlock leads off the 9th with a homer, and Detroit is within 1. Lemon hits a ball to the wall which is caught. Heath subs in but gets called out on strikes.
Brookens lines a double to right center, but Eric king pops out to end the game.
AL leads the series 2-0. Game 3 will be played at Detroit.
Game 3 @ DET. AL loads the bases in the 1st but comes up empty. Madlock in the bottom of the 1st jacks a 2 run shot out of the park....but its called foul by a freaking megapixel!
AL gets 3 in the 5th for a 3-0 lead on the heels of a Bell HR. Detroit answers with 4 in the 6th with base hits by Trammel and Gibson and a Darrel Evans 2 run HR puts them up. Mark McGwire's 2 run homer in the top of the 7th gives AL a 5-4 advantage.
Tigers are unable to score the rest of the way and AL wins 5-4, and takes the series 3 games to none to claim the championship.
The home team who went 28-32 in the regular season rattles off 10 straight playoff wins before the AL takes game 3 on the road. Pretty uncanny run for player 2(home) there.
I'll have to conjure up some sort of newspaper deal like we do for the Tecmo Champs.
Afterwards we talked about employing a stipulation in these best of 3 series that forces continuity in terms of who the starter is in game 1 of the next series. If the ace takes the hill to win game 3, then hes not available in game 1 of the next series. Of course every series was a sweep so that wasn't applicable, but going forward I think its a good idea. Especially with byes going to the Division winners.
We're talking about doing one of our big ass 10 team tourney/double elimination deals. That would have an onslaught of best of 3 series, and the whole pitcher rotation stipulation would come into play quite often. The caveat may be that if team A gets a sweep, and team B goes 3 games, then team A can reset the rotation any way they want for that series, because of the extra game off.
Sometimes that would help the underdog with rotation match-ups and sometimes it would further put them in a bind.