Stream Sitehttps://www.twitch.tv/pinkswans/
StandingsPotsie Division
- The Empire 2-0 (2-0)
- Canada Shootys 1-0 (0-0)
- Pabst Blue Ribbons 1-1 (1-0)
- Hollywood Star Whackers 0-2 (0-2)
- Tropicana Staircases 0-2 (0-2)
Sperling Division
- Ye Old Styles 2-0 (1-0)
- High Fives 1-1 (1-0)
- Blueberry Kings 1-1 (1-1)
- UHF Ch. 62 1-1 (1-1)
- Beefy Masters 0-2 (0-2)
Week 1
High Fives @ Canada Shootys
Pabst Blue Ribbons @ Tropicana Staircases
Beefy Masters @ Ye Old Styles
Blueberry Kings @ UHF Ch. 62
Game of the Week:
Hollywood Star Whackers @ The Empire
https://youtu.be/lEpNSH71AbA
That was a close one.
That was an excellent and clean game where pitching played the leading role. I analysed the game a bit and the difference was that the High Fives had one more double play against them along with two strikeouts - both strikeouts came in the 8th when Sabes came in nasty working the outside black. X outs were both at 1 for both teams and the errors were of no impact. Oh, I forgot to mention that the High Fives left a lot more players stranded in scoring position - McGwire, Canseco, and Dawson were guilty of that and didn't earn their huge paychecks.
Gooden pitched superbly (5R,9H, 2HR) for his 4. Meanwhile Tudor was pitching admirably until he gave up 7 runs in the 4th - Donnie Baseball came off the bench for a pinch hit bomb to ignite the rally. The High Fives bullpen pretty much limited the Shooties: 3 runs and 4 hits in 4 relief innings. However, after Walters got chased out before recording an out in the 8th, Saberhagen and Vida Blue shut the door hard on the HF's comeback. McGwire up with one out and Canseco on first - double play and game over.
Laudner-JClark-Reynolds (5-6-7 in the order) combined for a 2/15! The curse of Jack Clark continues!
No multiple HRs by any player and nobody had a really huge day. D.Johnson did go 5-5, but had no rbi's or jacks.
As far as the stream, it was excellent! I really liked the music in the background.
Huge win for Shooty since every game is like a playoff game with only the divisional winners advancing to the final. The difference was the bottom of the lineup and Cardinals rule paid the price for drafting a weak half of the bottom of the order after he unloaded on OF's in his first three picks.
nomaaa posted the link in the opening post to his stream channel on Twitch. It's awesome because he streams the entire set of games uninterrupted. I subscribed and will get notifications when he goes live for week 2. So here is the spoiler for my game below...
The Empire and Hollywood Stars was a back-and-forth game with a few lead changes. Both bullpens were spectacular and the starting pitching didn't have their best days, but it could have been worse.
The difference in the game was Hollywood's inability to get the big hit with runners in scoring position down the stretch. Jorge Bell stranded runners on 2nd and 3rd with two outs in the top of the sixth with the game tied 18-18. In the top of the 8th, Hollywood (down 18-20) had a 2nd and 3rd situation with 1 out and Jim Rice up - FC that got the runner out at home. Then Jorge Bell hit a comebacker to end the inning - Drysdale BEARED DOWN! And then in the 9th, with the Empire up 21-19 and Hollywood runners at 2nd and 3rd, closer Hubbel got Hornsby to fly out at the wall to end the game. A hit in any of those situations could have altered the game dramatically. The Empire's bullpen showed up and dropped nasty stuff.
Thankfully my old hitting coach, Darrell Evans, was gentle with me. He was 4-6, but no homeruns or RBIs. Jim Rice went 4-6 with 3 HRs and 7 RBI's, but didn't come through in the crucial 8th. Another difference in the game was the pitching spot in the batting order - Fighton's guys went 0-3 while my pitchers went 2-3 which led to production in the runs category. Figthon's bench went 3-4 - limited impact - Leonard hit a 1-run bomb. The Empire's bench went 3-3 which led to two crucial runs.
Gaetti was my star at the plate - 4-6, 2 HR, 6 rbi. Murphy and Scholfield dropped 2 HR with 4 RBIs each. Drysdale was tough after a shaky 5th, Tiant slammed the door in the 8th, and Hubbel only gave up 1 run with a 3-run lead in the 9th to close out the game despite making it interesting. Bonds and Doran both struggled - combined 1-9, but Bonds did hit a bomb to capture the lead. In any case, The Empire showed grit in crunch time - great start!
Hojo is a goddamn gamer!
https://youtu.be/qURmUl71n8A
https://youtu.be/SXbIvP3wbqI
https://youtu.be/98UH7PgxDpI
https://youtu.be/2Gdha16mls0
Great game between the Old Stylers and the Beefmasters. Monster first inning and then going toe to tow for the rest of the game.
Marichal was dealing.
Marichal went 5 scoreless in his first 5 and only gave up 9 hits in 7 innings + 4 runs. His location was on the corner all game. Definitely one of the better gems in FRBI history.
I have noticed a pattern in the tons of simulated games and the games from week and the tournament and that is the majority of scoring happens in the first 4-5 innings and then things slow down hard.
And what's up with HoJo! Holy shit did he have a career day to lead the Blue Ribbons. Ryno has some tough outs in his lineup with players hitting above their ratings. Mantle, Ruth, arcade version of Will Clark, and Marris. Those guys will all hit over .700 or damn close to it. Mike Scott also came out and deal'd against Tropicana - no easy task. I was a bit surprised that the Blue Ribbons did that to Tempo's team. I think Ryno's team will be hot or cold this season - if Hojo and the non-lethal guys don't hit, and if one of his stars has an off day, the production can disappear.
Quote from: Shooty on 02/09/20, 03:04:32 PM
Great game between the Old Stylers and the Beefmasters. Monster first inning and then going toe to tow for the rest of the game.
Beef led 13-12 after 3 innings, and then Nacho outscored Beef 6-5 for the rest of the way. Beef's closer (Jenkins) blew a 2-run lead and had 2 outs with a one read lead before the Old Stylers strung together 4 straight hits. The game winning hit, by Campeners, came on a hit and run with Lopes at first and Foxx on 3rd.
Nacho's team and Beef's team was a show of contrasting styles: Speed vs pure power. The Old Stylers hit 3 triples and 2/3 times the runner scored before the inning was retired without further production. The fourth triple that showed up on the RBI scoresheet came on an error.
Both SP2's were solid in relief as well as both RP's. Both closers had so-so outings. Surprisingly, Phil Niekro had zero K's. Beef had one X out when Armas was hosed at 2B due to his 118 speed and GDavis hit into a DP - another X out. All those little differences mentioned helped propel Nacho's team. Both benches were miserable and even more miserable for Beef since he had GDavis and DwEvans coming in with about 950 pop after the power boost. Another big difference that I forgot to mention was that Niekro did have a RBI double and a run scored - that was the only production in the runs department by all pitchers.
Player of the game at the plate: F.Robinsion: 4/6 with 3 HR and 6 rbi.
Brooken went 6-6 but only had 1 rbi and zero HR - he did score 4 times. Torre left TONS of ducks on the pond.
Man... nine runs in the top of the first, and then they just quit scoring, then Nacho goes and wins the game on four well-placed dribblers.
i'll honor both frank robinson and gary gaetti as studs of the week
matt nokes and reynolds both came in at 0-5 with a K as duds of the week
juan coming in as pitcher of the week.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 02/10/20, 11:55:26 AM
Man... nine runs in the top of the first, and then they just quit scoring, then Nacho goes and wins the game on four well-placed dribblers.
plus the added excitement of not knowing where beefy's fielders are
Quote from: BeefMaster on 02/10/20, 11:55:26 AM
Man... nine runs in the top of the first, and then they just quit scoring, then Nacho goes and wins the game on four well-placed dribblers.
You can do that when you've got a bunch of guys with 140+ speed!
Great week running the games, nomaaa.
Time to start week 2. No rest!
Quote from: Shooty on 02/10/20, 12:14:55 PM
Great week running the games, nomaaa.
Time to start week 2. No rest!
i have another busy week, so i already did the stats yesterday
Quote from: Nacho on 02/10/20, 12:03:40 PM
Quote from: BeefMaster on 02/10/20, 11:55:26 AM
Man... nine runs in the top of the first, and then they just quit scoring, then Nacho goes and wins the game on four well-placed dribblers.
You can do that when you've got a bunch of guys with 140+ speed!
Well... yeah, but all those damn dribblers got through to the outfield, so they'd have been hits for Tony Armas, too.
yea but it takes five singles to score armas from first
Quote from: nomaaa on 02/10/20, 12:19:55 PM
Quote from: Shooty on 02/10/20, 12:14:55 PM
Great week running the games, nomaaa.
Time to start week 2. No rest!
i have another busy week, so i already did the stats yesterday
i may have overlooked some of the errors when calculating era, so just know that it's total runs/1 inning
Watching my first game right now. What a fucking travesty. We threw the ball past the 3rd baseman three times (so far), gave up another homer because the ball got stuck in the wall, and Hack Wilson is 0-4 thus far
Shoulda drafted better defenders imo.
Week 2
Tropicana Staircases 0-1 @ The Empire 1-0
Canada Shootys 1-0 @ Hollywood Star Whackers 0-1
Blueberry Kings 1-0 @ High Fives 0-1
UHF Ch. 62 0-1 @ Beefy Masters 0-1
Game of the Week:
Ye Old Styles 1-0 @ Pabst Blue Ribbons 1-0
might start in about an hour
Is there somewhere that lists who the owner is of each team? I have no idea who's playing who most games.
Quote from: Shooty on 02/14/20, 12:33:48 PM
Is there somewhere that lists who the owner is of each team? I have no idea who's playing who most games.
fine... see page one of the rules thread
half the teams include the poster's namesake anyway, but i work for the people
Thanks Commish.
Quote from: Shooty on 02/14/20, 01:16:55 PM
Thanks Commish.
you're welcome. t-minus about 2 minutes to stream
https://www.twitch.tv/pinkswans/
first game of the week is a rematch of the preseason tourney — easily coulda been game of the week, and it's a barnburner so far
watching it now before my next meeting
Great game!
srsly what a game
I missed the first five innings of my game. Looks like it was entertaining.
Geez. I could barely keep up with everything. Missed half the games. But a couple of barnburners there.
they go quick
The last game between Old Stylers and the Blue Ribbons involved a rare glitch that led to 8 straight walks!
Interesting round of games. Lots of hitting in the first half of games, then more pitching.
That 9th inning of the Old Stylers game...wow.
That glitch could have been a LOT worse if not for that ill-advised swing leading to the double play.
Yeah, what was with that. I've never seen that, but I don't watch alot of CPU vs CPU games either.
There was also a weird outfield error that I don't know if I've ever seen before. Someone (Sandberg?) hit a pop fly to the left fielder, he camped under it, and it basically went over his head. No bop, just missed a fly ball that he was camped under. Does that happen often?
Quote from: Nacho on 02/14/20, 04:08:45 PM
There was also a weird outfield error that I don't know if I've ever seen before. Someone (Sandberg?) hit a pop fly to the left fielder, he camped under it, and it basically went over his head. No bop, just missed a fly ball that he was camped under. Does that happen often?
It happens sometimes. For a FRBI season, it will happen 1 time. It's an odd glitch and it always happen in the LF corner area. I see it here and there in my simulation scout games, but it is very uncommon. I'd say I see it once every 50 games.
Let's drop a routine fly ball with two outs and give up nine runs in the bottom of the 8th.
I feel like a much less angry version of Baines
Quote from: Nacho on 02/14/20, 04:08:45 PM
There was also a weird outfield error that I don't know if I've ever seen before. Someone (Sandberg?) hit a pop fly to the left fielder, he camped under it, and it basically went over his head. No bop, just missed a fly ball that he was camped under. Does that happen often?
it happened once last week as well
the super league certainly hasn't had a lack of interesting plays
Davey Johnson has had a weird start for a 975 power guy. 1 HR, and like 8 singles.
I'm starting to think my pitching staff doesn't have The Look.
What the fuck Chuck? Ye Old Stylers are too much of a pussy for a do-over.
Hope to see you the WS
Nomaaa can you sim a game with vernando pitching? That was the first time he pitched in league or the tourney. If he is gonna do that every time there is something seriously wrong
Have we seen that glitch happen before?
Quote from: Nacho on 02/14/20, 08:36:30 PM
Have we seen that glitch happen before?
Gantry's face?
I think Gary Carter had 4 home runs that game.
we should probably just redo all of week 2 just to be sure
Quote from: Shooty on 02/15/20, 08:02:14 AM
I think Gary Carter had 4 home runs that game.
He had 3 and went 5/7 with 6 rbi. Dcincs(6/7 5rbi/5R) and EDavis (7/8 7rbi/7R) also had 3 bombs. EDavis hit for the cycle btw. Your team out-homered Hollywood 14-10! Obviously that was a huge difference. Errors favored you as well as the X outs - you had 3 and Fighton had 4 (two of which were DPs).
The score was 21-20 in the Shooties favor at the beginning of the top of the 8th. Shooty outscored Figthon 12-4 in the last two innings and that was where the game was won and lost - Hollywood's bullpen was miserable while Saberhgn finished up the game in his two relief innings by allowing 1 in the 8th and 3 in the 9th.
Fighton had Brnsky, J.Rice, and Horner each dropped two bombls. Horner was 6-6 with 6 RBI. DaEvans didn't impress with 3 hits in 7 at-bats and only 1 RBI coming off a solo shot. DaEvans continues to hit below his ratings from a historical perspective.
And lots of errors that led to unearned runs and longer innings. 6 total. Fighton had 4 of them. I'll be back throughout the day to recap the games.
damn if you wanna give me everybody's stat line that would be great too ;)
Old Stylers/Blue Ribbons
A good tight game that ended up with a rare glitch giving Nacho the edge in the 9th of all innings!
The Blue Ribbons were leading 12-10 entering the 8th before N.Ryan gave up 4 runs and 2HR (Aaron & Fox) which turned the lead 13-12 in Nacho's favor. Cy Young pitched a scoreless 8th out of the pen to preserve the lead.
And then the anomalous 9th.
RJones came in to ph for Heath and he hit a 2B. Puckett then came in to K for his ph at-bat. Meanwhile, with the consecutive substitutions, N.Ryan wasn't pulled which was weird since Ryno was down 1 in the ninth which usually means the closer comes in in that situation when behind. So after Pucket's K, in came Vlnzla with R.Jones at 2B ... and then came 8 straight BBs before Pucket was the one who finally swung at the way inside pitch and that resulted in a DP.
So Sutton came in to protect a 19-12 lead. After 2 quick outs (Joyner & Vlnza), the Blue Ribbons strung together 4 straight hits and 4 runs (including a Maris 2-run shot) to reduce the deficit 16-19. Sutton, unbothered by the late rally, got Gedman to line out to end the game. It's hard to say the what ifs and only ifs, because we don't know if Vlnza would have had a bad inning without those walks and instead giving up hit after hit. The FRBI gods punished Ryno for some reason and blessed Nacho! haha!
I thought Young's scoreless inning was crucial. A game like that was a good pitching game in this league ... for the most part. Aaron (2-5) had 4 RBI and Cey(4-5, 3RBI) both hit dingers. Heath was productive from the 8-hole (3-4, 2 RBI, 2R, 2HR). The only production from the 9-hole for both teams came from R.Jones - he had the only hit of all the combined pitchers/pinch hitters an the only RBI and Run - Ryno had zero for zero everywhere from the 9-hole.
For Ryno, HoJo continued his torrid hitting by going 5-6, with 2 2B, 1 3B, and 2RBI with 3 runs scored. Ruth went 5-6 with 6 RBI and 2HR. Mantle surprisingly struggled with only 2 hits in 6 at-bats. Wil
Both M.Scott and P.Niekro had superb outings in long relief.
i'm having trouble uploading the videos to youtube -- they won't let me bc each one is over 10 minutes
next week i'll go back to 250x speed and hopefully get them under 10 again
sry bout it, but you'll have to watch the stream on twitch.tv/pinkswans
The Empire vs Tropicana
Down 23-18 in the bottom of the 8th, a 9-run rally propelled the Empire to a nail-biting 27-26 win.
The Empire, losing 23-21, scored 6 runs with two outs to make it 27-23. In the 9th, Hubbel held off a furious push by Tropicana to seal the win. Down 26-27, Tropicana had runners on second and third with 2 out with ph hitter Teufel up to bat. Hubbel jammed him to get a lazy popup to the SS as Darth Vader was seen from the press box confidently clinching his fist.
Drysdale pitched the only scoreless inning of the game in the 8th when he retired the side in relief.
Gaetti went 6-7 with 2HR, 6RBI and 6 runs to lead the way for the Empire. Lemon, who didn't start in week 1, made a strong case for a starting job by going 5-7 with 5 runs from the leadoff spot - Vader commented and said C.Davis and Lemon will platoon. B.Bonds also swung a big bat with a 5-6 performance and 2 HRs with 4 RBI from the 7-hole.
For Tropicana, Trammel went 6-7 with 2 HR, 4RBI, and 5 runs. Foster, Wilson, and Stwbry all had 5 hits. An error in the 6th by Tropican's LF with two outs on a lazy fly ball led to 3 Empire runs! And in a cruel twist, the game came down to Tefuel, who came in to pinch hit with runners at second and third with two outs down by one. He hit a popup to the SS to end the game. Recall that Tempo bypassed quality pinch hitters with more power to strategically weaken the Empire's 2B pick during the latter rounds of the draft. Tempo didn't think there would be a consequence since pinch hitters don't come up too often. Well, the game came down to Tefuel and his 810 + boost power. Tempo could have had a player with 850+ power + boost instead at that spot! The Force was with the Empire.
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UHF vs Beefy Masters
A good game until UHF exploded for 9 runs in the 8th which turned out to be enough behind a masterful 1-2-3 9th by Gullet with a 6 run lead.
UHF jumped out to a 8-0 lead after the top half of the 3rd, and then the Beefies cut into the lead until their 7-run 5th, giving them a 15-10 lead. Ultimate then outscored Beef Master 15-4 between the 6th inning and the 9th. Leading 15-13 in the top of the 8th, Bruce Sutter came in and just didn't have it. Ultimate was boosted by his pinch hitters in DwMphy and B.Willms -they combined to go for 3-3, 1HR, 3R, and 3RBI in the top of the 8th. After the carnage, Ultimate led 23-15.
Beef's Beefy Masters showed some grit and scored 4 runns off RP Gullet to cut the led, 22-19, but UHF scored 3 insurance runs to make it 25-19 and that turned out to be more than enough as the Beefies went 1-2-3 in the ninth (Brookn/Torre/JRbnsn).
Beef's team had 4 X outs: Brnsky got nailed trying to stretch a single to a double, Armas was gunned out at home from the RF corner in foul territory, one DP, and a 1st to 3rd situation where Brookn got nailed going from first to third off a single against the LF wall.
Heroes for UHF: Grich! Grich had 2HR, 6RBI, and 4 hits in 6 at-bats. Snider and Reggie Jackson each had 2 bombs. Cmpnla went 5-6 with 4RBI and a HR. Gehrig, Mathws, and K.Gibson combined to go for 5-19! Mathews and 930 power had a dismal 1-6 showing.
For Beef, Armas led the way by going 4/6, blasting 3 shots, tallying 9RBI, and scoring 4 runs. Beef's bench went 3-4 producing 3 runs and 1RBI off a GDavis blast. His pitchers produced with 2 runs and one RBI and 1H. The big disappointment was Adcock (975 power) only going 2-6 with 1 RBI. J.Rbnsn went 1-6 and he is better than that. At some point, Beef's team will explode.
Blueberry Kings vs High Fives
Not much of a game since the High Fives were in control with a big lead the entire game which ended in the 8th via the 15-run mercy rule.
Both Viola and Key struggled in their outings. Viola surrendered 14 runs in his 4 innings and Key got touched up for 9 runs in his three innings. Stu's team had two 8-run innings and after the second 8-run inning in the 6th, the score was 23-9. Nomaaa's Blueberry Kings couldn't get the lumber going against Koufax - Koufax went the entire 9 and had his good stuff.
Heroes for the High Fives: Baylor went 4-6 with 2HR and 5RBI and 4 runs. Laudner went 5-6 and scored 4 runs. Reynolds led all hitters with 6RBI off 3 hits and 1HR. Wilfng had a big day from the 8-hole with 4 hits a bomb, 2RBI and 3 runs scored - lot of games are won and lost by how much production comes from the 8 and 9 hole spots.
The Blueberry Kings struggled at the plate. Schmidt went 1-4 and only McCovy and EBanks has 3 hits each to lead the way. Only 2HR was hit by nomaaa's team. MelOtt also struggled with a 2-5 performance and no runs or rbi - he is a 900+ power hitter. Nomaaa's team also had 3 X outs, two of which happened at home plate.
Quote from: nomaaa on 02/18/20, 04:10:54 PM
sry bout it, but you'll have to watch the stream on twitch.tv/pinkswans
The twitch worked fine for me last week
i figure the videos will be deleted after a while, so i like to post to youtube for posterity, but i hope the twitch gains more of an audience after while
Hey nomaaa, any idea when you are doing the live streaming? I'd like to block off the time to watch live (ideally not this afternoon).
it probably won't be til tonight or tomorrow afternoon. i haven't gone thru the stats at all yet, and that takes an hour or two, and then i have to update the rom
Quote from: Shooty on 02/21/20, 10:49:00 AM
Hey nomaaa, any idea when you are doing the live streaming? I'd like to block off the time to watch live (ideally not this afternoon).
i'll update with a close approximation when i finish the stats
Week 3
Canada Shootys (2-0) at Tropicana Staircases (0-2)
The Empire (2-0) at Pabst Blue Ribbons (1-1)
High Fives (1-1) at UHF Ch. 62 (1-1)
Ye Old Styles (2-0) at Blueberry Kings (1-1)
Game of the Week:
Beefy Masters (0-2) at Hollywood Star Whackers (0-2)
Will any team make it to 3-0?
week 3 rom - check it
i'll be back in about an hour to stream the games
Quote from: Shooty on 02/22/20, 06:41:35 AM
Will any team make it to 3-0?
Your Shooties and Tempo's Tropicana should be a high scoring game - low 20s or low 30s. There'll be lots of hitting and the high error setting will certainly give extra at-bats. Both of your teams don't have any really low power hitters in the 7 and 8 hole and that should keep the hits and crooked numbers going. Gooden vs Ojeda - gotta llike Gooden there to at least keep the score down. I think if the game comes down to the pen, your team has a good shot. J.Niekro can get lit up fast. If Hack Wilson explodes, then that may a difference if Tempo's pitchers come with good stuff and that your team gets more X outs do to your below average team speed. Should be a good game with high scoring. I wanna see how Vida Blue pitches for once! Also, it would be funny to see the game come down to Tempo's pinch hitters that he took to weaken the Empire!
As for the Empire, we have a strong chance to go 3-0. Our hitters matchup good with M.Scott and Byleven and I've seen Spahn somewhat limit Tempo's nasty lefties. If Ryno's 7-8 hole has a productive day, Sandberg/MWills, then we'll need to match that or else. Those two guys are the weakest in terms of power for those two spots and they aren't going to rack up hits on average, but they make up with speed to maximize the production they do produce - if they both have multiple hit games, then that means more chances for Ryno's murderous lefties. My pitching staff will have to hit spots and we need to avoid errors. The sims have shown that I win about 70 percent of the time, but anything can happen once the roulette wheel is in motion. The Force will be with the Empire! And Rizutto will be getting his first ever FRBI start today! We got a hunch about him for this game from the 8-hole.
If Nomaaa's Jimmy Key gets the ball with a lead against Nacho's Old Stylers, I like the Blueberry Kings chances. Nacho's team has the potential to go silent after J.Foxx who is the 4-hole since the rest of the hitters don't have the best contact to power ratio. We'll see though since Lopes and Cey have been pretty productive thus far. Now if D.Cox is handed the ball with a lead, then it may be tough for the Blueberry Kings if his 6-7-8 don't show up. Cox has shown why he's elite thus far in this league - he helped the Empire to a championship in season V. Hard to say about this game, it'll come down to errors in a low scoring game.
Beef is do to explode and I think the Beefy Masters will get their first win against Fighton's Hollywood - Hollywood has struggled pitching and now they face the raw power of the Beefy Masters who have a chip on their shoulder.
Ultimate's team should win unless Tudor comes out dealing while Wilfng and Reynolds are productive. I think Ultimate's team has the better hitting and putting up runs in a hurry and in bunches - plus W.Ford is showing he is elite. It's anyone game if it comes to the pen since we don't know enough about each bullpen. The Bash Brothers are right now shooting each other up in the bathroom stall from what I've heard!
live in 10
We live! I'm there commentating.
good week everyone (except my team, fuck those guys)
NICE GAETTI
Tempo's team was not good at the fundamentals for the first half of that game.
Sandberg and Wills— unsung heroes
Sanberg and MWills killed me! I think they didn't make any outs. Then we go ahead and make 4 errors - too much to overcome.
That last game was indeed the game of the week.
STYLIN'!
My team makes an untold number of mental mistakes. We get thrown out at home in the bottom of one inning, then throw the ball to a base with no one at it twice in the top of the next inning.
I'm disappointed I didn't get to watch in real time, but that was a hell of a game. Brunansky is a disaster so far and I'm considering dropping him in the lineup. Also that's the first game where I've really noticed someone get bailed out by the mercy rule (which I forgot about and thought it was over) and almost come back.
In the bottom of the 8th when Evans was up with the bases loaded, I said to myself out loud "we really need a strikeout here" and did a yell and fist-pump at my desk when it actually happened.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 02/24/20, 09:53:37 AM
In the bottom of the 8th when Evans was up with the bases loaded, I said to myself out loud "we really need a strikeout here" and did a yell and fist-pump at my desk when it actually happened.
That's funny! K's are huge in those situations since obviously it's a K, but then the ball is not put in play where all kinds of shit can go wrong.
Anyways, I'm gonna score the games and post the recaps of the games the next two days. I'll do it journalist style for entertainment value. Actually, it's funner for me that way.
Quote from: nomaaa on 02/07/20, 06:56:34 PM
Standings
Potsie Division
- The Empire 2-0 (2-0)
- Canada Shootys 1-0 (0-0)
- Pabst Blue Ribbons 1-1 (1-0)
- Hollywood Star Whackers 0-2 (0-2)
- Tropicana Staircases 0-2 (0-2)
Sperling Division
- Ye Old Styles 2-0 (1-0)
- High Fives 1-1 (1-0)
- Blueberry Kings 1-1 (1-1)
- UHF Ch. 62 1-1 (1-1)
- Beefy Masters 0-2 (0-2)
Need to update the first post with updated standings.
it seems like people are really keeping up with the games, so i shouldn't need to wait, huh.
i hate when i would see the results of my games before watching it - bc then it ruins watching it
Quote from: nomaaa on 02/24/20, 02:26:47 PM
it seems like people are really keeping up with the games, so i shouldn't need to wait, huh.
Yeah, go whenever you're ready.
This is good entertainment.
Any chance the waiver wire opens up for a day? (Darky quickly runs away to hide) I doubt anyone wants to make a change, so it shouldn't be much of a load in the rom if say one change is made!
it will open for 7 days after week 7 :D
i'll post the waiver rules in the sticky thread closer to the waiver date
Game of the Week:
Beefy Masters (0-3) at Hollywood Star Whackers (1-2)
In front of a half-filled stadium in Hollywood, the Star Whackers captured their first win when DaEvns singled in Catfish Hunter from third base in the bottom of the 9th.
Hollywood raced out to a 13-1 lead after three innings, but the Beefy Masters chipped away at the lead and eventually took a 15-14 lead heading in to the bottom of the 7th. Both teams traded punches as the score stood even at 19 going into the bottom half of the 7th. From there, Hollywood got a leadoff double from Catfish followed by a single to set up a 1st and 3rd situation with DaEvns at the plate. Bob Gibson of the Beefy Masters gave up the game winning hit to DaEvns on the first pitch that sent the half-filled stadium into a frenzy.
With the first win of the year at this early stage of the season, perhaps the fickle fans of LA will start to fill the stands now that a gleam of hope has surfaced.
Only 5 total homeruns were hit despite good weather conditions on a typical LA sunny day. The Beefy Masters hit into 3 double innings, all of which killed potential rallies and runs with runners left stranded at third twice. The Beefy Masters are still struggling to meet expectations as a high scoring team with so many hitters having a high power rating. The homeruns came from J.Torre and J.Rbnsn.
Leading Hollywood's offense, was Hrnsby (5-7), Horner (5-6), and TWilms (5-6). Also making a huge difference, was MSoto who went 2-3 with 4 RBI and an inside the park HR in the 1st inning. Hollwood pitchers combined to go 3-5 with 4 rbi and 2 runs while Beef's pitchers went 3-4 with 2 runs and 1 RBI. Beef's bench went 1-4 and only 1RBI. Armas went 0-6 and Brnsky went 2-6 as both disappointed from the 1-2 spot in the order. Both teams left a lot of runners on base and the Beefy Masters ended the 8th and 9th with runners on third base. Credit Hollywood's bullpen for not giving up a big inning.
Hollywood is now back in good position in their tough division while the Beefy Masters remain winless.
The Empire (2-1) at Pabst Blue Ribbons (2-1)
Mickie Mantle blasted 4 homeruns and tallied 7 RBI while Destroyer of Dreams Gedman and Will the Thrill both blasted a pair of shots to help overpower the Blue Ribbons to a 28-23 victory over the Empire. However, the arguably bigger story was the boost in production the Blue Ribbons had with two hitters having a power rating of 765 and 705. Sandbrg and MWills, hitting 7th and 8th respectively, combined to go 10 for 14 with 6 doubles, 5 runs, and 6 rbi. They both prolonged rallies to enable the top of the lineup with more hitting opportunities in which they exploited.
The Empire weren't at their best, but they never gave up when they could have considering all the setbacks such as errors leading to runs, disappointing production from key hitters, and turbulent pitching. The game was kept close by J.Bench and Gaetti - both combined to go 12 for 14 with 10 RBI from the cleanup spot and 5-hole. Gaetti added 3 more homeruns to place him in the league lead with 8 HR in three games. Also helping piggyback the Empire was DMurphy who drove in 7 runners on 2 HR and 5 hits.
Mike Scott and Nolan Ryan got crucial strikeouts in key situations to help earn the victory. A key moment in the game came in the top of the 8th with the Blue Ribbons leading 24-22. The Empire put together a 5-run inning and with Bonds at 3rd base and two outs, Doran stepped up as a pinch hitter and with the top of the lineup coming up. NRyan got Doran to hit a weak comebacker to end the inning and then the Blue Ribbons added 4 runs in the bottom half to extend their lead to 28-22 which was more than enough for N.Ryan to stay in and only surrender 1 run - Gaetti made his only out of the game for the last out of the game with runners on the corner.
The Blue Ribbons win place them in a tie for second place in the strong Potsie Division, right behind the undefeated Canada Shooties. The Blue Ribbons will host Hollywood while the Empire will visit Canada in week 4 setting up exciting and significant divisional games.
No errors from the Blue Ribbons. Just a better defensive team than the Empire it seems.
That's just good managing on the part of the Ribbons. That team showed up to the park ready to play in a big game.
ahh darky's suggestion making more sense now
I mentioned it before the season starting and pushed for errors to be set on 7. When I ran my 2 leagues, I had that set on 4 - clean league and professional!
All those moths and mosquitoes plus the high humidity in Arkansas affected us. With our next game in Canada, we'll be ready for the frigid conditions and will have my guys take grounders and do some fast catch drills in a dome with high winds blowing in and the temp set to 20F/-6C.
Yeah though, those errors killed us and determined the game since it only went one way - all BOP errors btw. Then Ryno's speed created at least 2 runs on the bases. He had a good game and we played horribly. Damn random generator - we beat Ryno's team about 70 percent of the time in the many sims I ran. So far, same with the Shooties. But all that goes to zero once it's for real and anything can happen, such as punch and judy hitters having huge days and pitchers sucking balls.
Next recap coming up
Ye Old Stylers (3-0) at Blueberry Kings (1-2)
RonCey (2/5 HR 5 RBI) continues to hit momentum changing homeruns down the stretch and Cy Young has run his scoreless inning streak in relief to 3 & 2/3 innings as the Ye Old Stylers remain undefeated and in first place in the (weaker?) Sperling Division.
In a SP's duel, both sets of SP's were outstanding in only surrendering 9 total runs each. The difference was the bullpen: the Blueberry Kings gave up 7 runs in two innings off 8 hits while the Old Styles Cy Young was perfect in his 1 & 2/3 of relief work - no hits, walks, and runs allowed.
The Blueberry Kings took the lead after the 4th, 5-4, but from there, the Old Stylers outscored the Kings 12-4 the rest of the way.
W.Mays hit 2 HR and scored 5 runs, J.Foxx went 4-6 and drove in 3 while crossing the plate 4 times, D.Lopes went 5-6, and RonCey delivered a demoralizing 3-run HR in the bottom of the 8th to help pave the way for the undefeated Old Stylers.
For the struggling Blueberry Kings who have now scored 12 and 9 runs in their past two games while only hitting 5 HR are left wondering how to break out of such a deep slump. The pitching was superb enough for a win, but scoring 12 and 9 runs in the last two games is not a winning formula. MelOtt, Schmdt, and Mldndo each went 1-5 and EBanks had only 2 hits with only 1 RBI for his production as a player with 945 power. The 3rd homer came from Guerro off the bench. Rumors circulating around the league is that nomaaa may take a trip to Mexico to visit Gantry so his hitters can change scenery and find their grove back ... and perhaps some Mexican slumpbusters.
The Ye Old Stylers (3-0) will host the High Fives (1-2) and look to stay unbeaten while the Blueberry Kings (1-2) will travel to South Dakota to play the winless Beefy Masters (0-3) in an interdivisional game.
great write ups darky
People, it's Old Stylers, not Old Styles.
Lots of words to say my team is better than Darky's imo
The only thing holding the Ribbons back is a bullshit glitch
Quote from: Nacho on 02/25/20, 01:03:01 PM
People, it's Old Stylers, not Old Styles.
Fixed. I thought it was, but nomaaaa had it as Styles.
Quote from: ryno on 02/25/20, 01:07:03 PM
Lots of words to say my team is better than Darky's imo
The only thing holding the Ribbons back is a bullshit glitch
You stole one from us because of errors and your little punch and judy hitters having career days - all the stars aligned just perfectly for you - anomaly. The Empire is still the superior team! We'll see you next time buddy!
Quote from: Darky on 02/25/20, 02:01:28 PM
Quote from: Nacho on 02/25/20, 01:03:01 PM
People, it's Old Stylers, not Old Styles.
Fixed. I thought it was, but nomaaaa had it as Styles.
That's because nomaaa is an ignoramus!
This drives me nuts in the video located in the link below! Plays like these do happen frequently and when it happens with two outs followed by 3-4 extra runs, it really makes a difference.
I'll dig up a clip where the AI refuses to ever turn a DP with runners on the corners, e.g., a ground ball to the 2b where he tosses it to the SS, but then the SS will always throw home rather than 1B for the DP ... damn Tengen programmers!
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0GTT39bsxn0B6lIShSJ-3D0fg#Nybro
Nothing worse than quick 8 and 9 hole outs followed by an onslaught of top of the order hits and bombs. Happens once a game at least
Quote from: Nacho on 02/25/20, 01:03:01 PM
People, it's Old Stylers, not Old Styles.
old stylers doesn't fit
it's old styles
Fine, from now on I'm go a call you nomaa instead of nomaaa and see how you like it.
Canada Shooties (3-0) at Tropicana Stairwcaises (0-3)
On a beautiful sunny day in Las Vegas at Tropicana Stadium, the visiting Canada Shooties used their bullpen to hold on for a 17-14 victory and thus remain undefeated and in first place in the Potsie Division.
DJhnsn led the Canadians by blasting a pair of towering shots and driving in 7 runners. E.Davis and E.Burks both went 5-6 and scored 5 runs. Hrbek chipped in with 4 RBI off 3 hits including a HR while Ripken had a HR and 2 RBI from the crucial 8-hole, but he was thrown out at home twice while trying to advance. The Shooties bullpen was solid under the bright Nevada sun as Sbrhgn and V.Blue only allowed 3 hits and 1 run to silence Tropicana. The Shooties win resembled a cat keeping a dying mouse alive just long enough to have hope before the final kill. Despite the close score, the Shooties were in control all game.
Tropicana did threaten in the bottom of the 4th inning down 8-6 with runners at 2nd and 3rd base and 1 out. DStrwby got a good hold of a Gooden fastball and launched it to the right-center gap off the wall, but Foster and Hack Wilson were caught looking into the Hooters section of the stands and mistakenly didn't advance. Simultaneously, DStrwby never looked in front of him on the base path and unexpectedly found himself unable to reach second base with Hack Wilson standing on 2B admiring attractive Hooter section. DStrwby frantically made a dash back to 1B, but he was ran down for the demoralizing out. Cepeda came up next and lined out to the LF and just like that, the Tropicana rally, threat, and momentum was extinguished.
For Tropicana, Hack Wilson finally showed his star power and hit a pair of homeruns while Mitchl, Foster, and Strwby each had 4 hits. However, the offense was stalled 4 different times in which three times resulted as putouts and home plate. Tropicana's lack of discipline and awareness on the basepaths combined with continued sloppy defense continues to be a problem and their winless record reflects that.
Tropicana (0-3) will visit Ultimate's UHF CH. 62 (2-1) in an interdivisional game while the Canada Shooties (3-0) will host the Empire (2-1) in a highly anticipate matchup and first place game in the Potsie Division. It has been reported that Canada's own Loverboy popular 80s band will perform the Canadian National Anthem and play snippets of "Turn Me Loose" every time a hitter comes up to plate.
High Fives (1-2) at UHF Ch. 62 (2-1)
The High Fives exploded out to a 12-4 lead after 4 innings, but UHF then went on a 14-4 run the rest of the way and won with a 2-run walkoff homer by Kirk Gibson who was nursing a hamstring injury.
The UHF win puts Ultimate's team in sole possession of second place in the Sperling Division, one game behind Ye Old Stylers.
UHF was led by outstanding bullpen pitching. W.Ford threw 3 strong innings in long relief and gave up only 1 run off 3 hits. Gullet then only gave up 1 hit, struck out J.Clark, and surrendered 0 runs. The closer, Big Daddy Reuschl, avoided a big inning as he gave up the lead on 3 runs off 3 hits and a HR to Canseco which gave the High Fives a slim 16-15 lead heading into the bottom of the 9th.
Rollie Fingers recorded only 1 out (RJacksn K) in his failed save attempt. Gehrig led off with a 2B, Reggie K'd, then Mathws knocked in Gehrig on a single before setting up Kirk Gibson's dramatic walkoff HR - shades of his GW HR off Eckersly in the 88 WS. Gibson hobbled up to the plate, took a pitch, then launched a majestic shot into the Chicago sunset as Frisbee Stadium went into a frenzy with Obama in attendance. On a tender hamstring, Gibson went 5-6 with 2 homeruns and knocked in 4 baserunners. Another game hero who has somewhat turned into a folk hero, is Grich. Grich smacked 4 hits, laced two doubles, and hit a 3-run shot in the bottom of the 8th inning to give UHF a 15-13 lead. Grich, who has a 819 power rating now has 3 homeruns on the year and pushed his average up to just over .600!
For the High Fives who pitched and hit just well enough for a win, they hit into 4 double plays and had 3 runs result from 2 errors. Those 6 events proved to be perhaps the deciding factor, especially considering how their bats went cold after the 3rd inning. Cardinals Rule was once again absent at the game in the press box and has yet to be seen anywhere at the stadium or in the FRBI media. Rumors of him having the Corona Virus cannot be confirmed.
For week 4, UHF (2-1) will travel to 0-3 Tropicana, and the High Fives will travel to Purple Rain Stadium to take on the undefeated Ye Old Stylers (3-0).
When are the next games? I'd like to watch live.
not sure. my computer just went down last night, and I've got midterms to finish this week. I'll be home all next week tho so I'll update soon
LET'S GO!
working on my computer today around 4. hopefully i figure out what's wrong. pretty sure it's bad ram
You know who was a bad Ram? Shaun Hill. In nine games in 2014, he had an 8-7 TD-to-INT ratio, gaining only 7.2 YPA. That doesn't cut it in the NFL.
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That sounds like a really good version of Mitch Trubisky :'(
Todd Gurely pic - a good working ram that turned bad and ineffective!
Yeah though, fingers crossed here that you get the ram fixed (not Gurely) so we can play some ball! I would offer for you to send me the rom so I can run week 4 if we are facing a long strike here, but then Twitch scared the shit out of me. Have no clue on how to run that.
Just say the word and my lineup will be in. The Empire has been practicing and running scrimmage games in Iceland to prepare for the frigid Canadian conditions.
Do not let Darky run this week's games!
so i need to rma my mobo and processor, so it'll be a couple weeks
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yea i'm not thrilled. my computer literally just randomly shut off while i was using it
i thought the power went out, but then realized none of the lights turned off
i can run the games on my laptop in the meantime, but i can't stream the games without a capture card at least i don't think so. but i can save the vids and post to youtube old school style
Quote from: nomaaa on 03/06/20, 11:03:51 PM
i can run the games on my laptop in the meantime, but i can't stream the games without a capture card at least i don't think so. but i can save the vids and post to youtube old school style
That will be fine.
i would have ran a week while i was home but didn't bring my laptop w me
Quote from: nomaaa on 03/07/20, 08:32:18 AM
i would have ran a week while i was home but didn't bring my laptop w me
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Quote from: nomaaa on 03/07/20, 08:32:18 AM
i would have ran a week while i was home but didn't bring my laptop w me
Should we expect week 4 to happen this week or weekend, old school style since Twitch aint happening yet?
keep your pants on
Maybe Darky should finish the Arcade RBI league he started then abandoned.
Quote from: Shooty on 03/10/20, 10:20:15 AM
Maybe Darky should finish the Arcade RBI league he started then abandoned.
That can happen after nomaaa's league! I just gotta figure out Twitch and then we'll jet through the league. Or maybe you can take over! I did have a look at the rom and ran some simulated games when I was bored. You have a very good team and I think one other team was real strong, so it won't be a very competitive league (my team sucks).
Does the Arcade RBI league have The Look?
league play will be postponed for another 2 weeks due to the corona virus scare.
i apologize for any inconveniences this may cause, but the league will not be responsible for reimbursing any fees accrued by teams for things like travel or lodging
That's some Grade A horseshit, Nomaaa.
my b. my life is about to become a shitshow. better i be forward about it than keep you hanging
my computer going down is making this difficult. i am having trouble finding an emulator to record video on mac, and now i don't really have time to go figure out another way. if you want it sooner, find me a mac friendly emulator that records to video
Who do I look like? Your IT Department?
Kind of, yeah.
Fighton can take over the league since he has more time on his hands. BTW fighton, really sorry to hear what happened to you - fuckin' sucks.
Do we really want to pack Tengen Stadium in the middle of a pandemic? What sort of message does that send to the broader sporting world?
Dee-Nee management has been analyzing all the options and we'll have a press release shortly regarding the Covid-19 situation.
Someone who is good at ROM editing please modify the graphics to remove the crowds.
HA!
Think of the marketing opportunities we have with televising these games. The only sporting events that will still be going.
How long until a real life RBIer contracts coronavirus?
Tom Hanks played a character who was based on Jimmie Foxx, who was in arcade RBI, so we're essentially already there!
Quote from: Nacho on 03/12/20, 02:08:23 PM
How long until a real life RBIer contracts coronavirus?
I got 5 bucks on Wade Boggs
Quote from: Gantry on 03/12/20, 12:30:11 PM
Dee-Nee management has been analyzing all the options and we'll have a press release shortly regarding the Covid-19 situation.
Quote from: Press Release
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Quote from: Nacho on 03/12/20, 02:08:23 PM
How long until a real life RBIer contracts coronavirus?
It is almost certain that one of them is already infected
Timeline?
Jesus Christ nomaaa. Let's get some games going. I'm dying without sports.
I should run a Corona League with the ROM. A real quick version or a Corona Tournament. Then again, that is too much time on my hands.
For a good challenge, try to play the CPU with Beef's team (no strikeouts) or if you have children it gives them a chance.
Darky, why don't you restart the Arcade RBI league games while we wait?
Quote from: Shooty on 03/30/20, 04:31:30 PM
Darky, why don't you restart the Arcade RBI league games while we wait?
Seconded
Quote from: ultimate7 on 03/30/20, 07:37:14 PM
Quote from: Shooty on 03/30/20, 04:31:30 PM
Darky, why don't you restart the Arcade RBI league games while we wait?
Seconded
I'll look into this. I would be more motivated if my team would have a chance! Really though, I just need to figure out Twitch. Can anyone help me get the basics down for my laptop? I Googled and only got confused.
Is nomaaa's league dead? I was really enjoying it.
How many consecutive leagues have we had that died only a game or two into the season?
At least three
my computer parts are being RMAed rn, so i have to wait for them to come back from the manufacturers
and now i realize this is exactly why my computer shit out for no reason whatsoever