The reported lineups and starting pitcher will be used for the first round. The SP#2 will rotate with the SP#1 each game unless you would like to use another SP or go with a 3 or 4-man rotation. RP may not start a game, but may relieve in any spot. If you would like to platoon a player, let me know before the start of the game.
Teams receiving byes are the teams who made the playoffs in the last completed FRBI league (Shooty/Tempo/Beef/Nacho) and the two finalists of the last preseason classic tourney (Darky/Fighton). Nomaaa got the bye over Beef since he is running the league and because Beef was part owner with GDavis in the last completed league.
Errors will be set at 9. As soon as Les Delaies Stu reports his lineup, team name, and colors, we will start.
2017 Classic finalists and winner: Shooty defeated GDavis 13-12. https://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=31022.msg1122231#msg1122231 (https://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=31022.msg1122231#msg1122231)
2018 Classic finalists and winners: Fighton defeated Darkside in the second game, 18-9. https://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=31412.msg1158382#msg1158382 (https://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=31412.msg1158382#msg1158382)
probably the least earned bye in the history of byes, but ill take it. looking forward to this
Beefy Masters vs High Fives
Game 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZqvDpFxwgw
Pabst Blue Ribbons at UHF
Game 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOZogS5-tDY
barnburner of a game there
Good game.
Ye Old Stylers at The Empire
Game 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A21qt_T3j48
Hollwood Star Whackers at Tropicana Staircases
Game 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsjevwVwpnc
High Fives at Blueberry Kings
Game 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2GClM2hMT0
Canada Shooties at UHF
Game 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLH-yFEh0lI
Christ almighty Nolan Ryan.
Quote from: ryno on 01/25/20, 08:02:42 PM
Christ almighty Nolan Ryan.
Your squad folded once ya'll fell behind! C'mon man!
Hubbel absolutely shut down the heart of Ye Old Stylers lineup - zero runs in two innings. Pleased with the offense and Lemon got the start over CDavis because some hot hitting in our scouting simulations. Chili will start more against lefties. Doran extended rallies with some big hits, not bad for the 8 spot. He will platoon with Rizzy depending on lefty or righty. Rizzy consistently hits bleeders for hits, not bad for a 730 power guy who hits above his weight, but that was what I saw in scouting simulations.
good show
The first round of the Winter Classic featured a lot of thrillers and one mercy rule game (mercy rule set at 15).
High scoring games dominated the first round of the winners bracket and surprisingly, bullpens and closers had success in preserving the leads they had.
The bracket is updated and it's 16:02 right now in Sweden. We now will move over to the losers bracket and get the tournament going shortly here.
Losers Bracket, Game 7
Pabst Blue Ribbons
at
High Fives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu9SpBl4_DQ
Losers Bracket, Game 8
Canada Shooties at Beefy Masters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OiEDJ_QPyE
Losers Bracket, Game 9
High Fives at Hollywood Star Whackers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ww2ZcouZQ
two very exciting games
Losers Bracket, Game 10
Ye Old Stylers at Beefy Masters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpEAhlSZy0
Quote from: nomaaa on 01/27/20, 12:13:49 PM
two very exciting games
The PBR-High Fives game came right down to the wire with unlikely heroes: Laudner and J.Clark! Those two outhit the Bash Brothers! Wilfong looks like the best 8-hole hitter right now. Then the Shooties and Beefy Masters went 12 with SPs taking the bump from the 9th inning on.
Unbelievable that Tudor pitched 4 innings of no-hit ball in this league! Stu's team is battling its way through the losers bracket. Nacho's team played determined in the face of elimination - Beef's team just couldn't hit off Cox.
There'll be a recess and then we'll proceed to the winners bracket.
Bracket updated:
Winners Bracket, Game 11
Tropicana Staircases at Blueberry Kings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7f7hG7sWw0
Winners Bracket, Game 12
Empire vs UHF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l0UNByoc_8
oof
Updated bracket. We'll get in 4 games today, maybe 5.
Losers Bracket, Game 13
UHF vs High Fives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=926tyBm5UO0
Losers Bracket, Game 14
Blueberry Kings vs Ye Old Stylers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzpv6INFi5Y
Pres-season games don't mean anything anyway. The important thing is to get some reps, take some cuts, and get in good shape for the regular season.
Winners Bracket, Game 15
Tropicana Staircases vs The Empire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gsiJGghx1I
Quote from: Nacho on 01/28/20, 10:43:30 AM
Pres-season games don't mean anything anyway. The important thing is to get some reps, take some cuts, and get in good shape for the regular season.
Also a good way to look at players who have jobs on the line. Right now, Lemon just about a lock to start over CDavis. Rizzuto and Doran are neck and neck right now, but the plan with those two will be for role playing. Rizzie hits better vs righties and Doran is better against lefties. Pitching will be mostly Drysdale and Tiant, and Spahn spot starting against heavy lefty hitting teams such as Ultimate's team and Ryno's. Drysdale and Tiant combined for a gem over Tempo's great hitting team. We got the lucky random draw there. In all honesty, all the teams can beat anyone and who wins will come down to the random factor and of course catching more breaks.
Nomaaa, will you be broadcasting games live? You mentioned Twitch and that would be awesome since the "observer effect" is real with these games. That is, if I can watch the league games live, then the better my chance since I am affecting the game with the observer effect!
Losers Bracket, Game 16
Blueberry Kings vs UHF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY2gZdt37pg
Quote from: Darky on 01/28/20, 11:18:24 AM
Nomaaa, will you be broadcasting games live? You mentioned Twitch and that would be awesome since the "observer effect" is real with these games. That is, if I can watch the league games live, then the better my chance since I am affecting the game with the observer effect!
i just upgraded my mobo & processor, so i actually need to trouble shoot a few things when i have some time this weekend, but my graphics card has a built in capture device, so simultaneously recording and broadcasting won't be a problem when it's fully operational.
i think having a scheduled game times could be fun for the league with in game chat etc. and could help focus on keeping up with everything. i'm pretty busy with school and film projects rn, but if anything, it's helping me keep a schedule and stick to it.
fwiw banks has 945 power (dunno if you have that in your rom or not), but i'm happy he got that 0-5 out of the way in the preseason ;)
Quote from: nomaaa on 01/28/20, 02:25:28 PM
fwiw banks has 945 power (dunno if you have that in your rom or not), but i'm happy he got that 0-5 out of the way in the preseason ;)
Sounds fuckin awesome with the live broadcasts! Damn, that's a whole new level of superbness! My bad, thought he was 975. Still odd he had such a bad day with that kind of power.
About to post the Losers Bracket Final as soon as it is uploaded shortly. The tournament championship will start at 2:55 pm dee nee time and 22:45 my time.
Losers Bracket Final, Game 15
Tropicana Staircases vs UHF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgw0PjpbDvo
Winter Classic Preseason Championship
The Empire vs Tropicana Staircases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt8s5V1-jl8
This is just going to hurt all the more when they struggle in the regular season.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 01/29/20, 07:33:05 AM
This is just going to hurt all the more when they struggle in the regular season.
Ha! Well, I doubt Tiant will only give up 2 runs in 6 innings again. That was surprising against Tempo's lineup.
I was surprised your team didn't do better. You did score 28 in your second game which showed the potential of your powerful lineup. The loss to Nacho's team was surprising since you only scored 5 runs. Fighton's team was also a bit shocking to see lose two straight. His team can score. Gooden got roughed up in his start for the Canadian Shooties. But yeah, it's all about the draw of the random factor.
As mentioned before, this league will be very competitive and the lucky breaks is what will determine the champion. If there is a team out there that looks like a legitimate contender, it would be Ultimate's team. His team has a knack for being really explosive and scoring runs consistently - his team did put up 30 which was the highest output of the tournament, and he hit 27 in another game. Reuschel was a surprise in the closer spot - he pitched brilliantly from that spot...weird.
I feel good about my team. I like the pitching and I feel I have one of the best SPs in Drysdale and Tiant is just a touch below upper tier. Spahn and Hubbel are both nasty in the bullpen. I believe there'll be two teams that may not be able to keep up in runs and just don't have good enough pitching. We'll see though.
If I got fired up enough, I may do some kind of vlog (without showing my face) where I'll do a preseason preview and recap the games. Huge maybe, but it would be fun and keep interest up with an entertainment value. Maybe I'll try and get guests on the show to talk about their team or the games or whatever.