The Spilman Experiment

[edfan]

Tim Raines is freaking killing me.  2-2 with 2 home runs

[edfan]

Spilman, in his 2nd at bat, drives the ball deep to center, but Tim Freaking Raines is there again to poo in my Cheerios.  Spilman is 0-2 and the Giants can't do anything right.  Down 5-1 and I could actually lose to the computer.  I can't recall the last time that happened.  I was probably in middle school

[Shooty]

Maybe its not Sheridan that sucks after all?

[edfan]

Spilman comes up with a chance to tie the cane, but only manages a single.  Robbie Thompson drives him in to tie the game, though.  Giants finally get something going and lead 6-5 in the 6th.  Spilman is 1-3 vs NL and 23-37 overall with 4 home runs.  He will likely see 2 more at bats this season

[edfan]

Pulled out the win 7-6.  Due to poor hitting, Spilman only had 1 final at bat.  I'd love to report that something fantastic happened, but it ended with a fly out to left

[edfan]

Spilman goes 1-4 be NL and 23-38 overall hitting 4 home runs.

Here are my musings on SF

Uribe - no power with an amazing lack of speed for a leadoff man.  What  a piece of crap this guy is

Mitchell - I started mentally referring to Kevin Mitchell as 'Balls to the Wall.'  Nearly every at bat, he would hit the ball to the wall.  Sometimes, it would barely clear the wall.  Sometimes, it would hit the wall.  Sometimes, it would fall short and be caught

Leonard - he is one bad mother.  Don't mess with Jeffrey.  He hits the ball hard almost every time

Maldonado - surprisingly better than I remembered.  Decent power and consistent.  I used to sub him out when playing SF

Clark - the model for consistency.  Great power, great contact.

Spilman - the man of the hour. The guy who brought us together for the evening.  I think Spilman is worthy of a start.  He showed some power.  I was hoping for a bit more, but 23 hits and 4 home runs over 9 games is not too shabby

Davis - I am a huge Chili Davis fan in real life and on RBI.  He was a major disappointment tonight, though.  Mitchell through Spilman all had at least 4 homers each.  Not one single home run from Chili this season.  I expected more.  He hit okay and he is way faster than I remembered on this game

Thompson -  waste of space.  The pitchers hit more consistently than him.  No power, no speed, little contact.  Great combo for the guy hitting in front of the pitcher.  When it was Thompson, Pitcher, Uribe, I was better off trying to bunt for a hit every time

Krukow - I used to believe Krukow to be the best pitcher in the game.  What the heck was I thinking?  He was mediocre at best this season, although he provided some brief excitement when i thought a ball he hit was going to be the elusive pitcher home run

Reuschel - opposite of Krukow.  Dude was dealing every game.  Way better than I remembered

Garrelts and Robinson - like having clones coming in from the pen.  Basically, they're the same guy.  Solid for 2 innings.  If you can't get through 6 innings with Krukow or Reuschel, you may be in trouble

[ryno]

gm 2 goes to Shrdan

[edfan]

Maybe its not Sheridan that sucks after all?

Very possible. I sucked it up hitting and pitching in that game.  I was lucky to win.  All their runs came off of homers.  2 by Raines.  A 3 run shot by Schmidt and a 2 run shot by Eric Davis. 

[edfan]

Conclusion:

After playing 2 seasons with Sheridan and 1 with Spilman, I can say that they are fairly similar players.  Sheridan didn't seem to hit the ball as hard as often as Spilman. That was the major difference to me.  Most of PS' hits were dribblers that, in the absence of computer AI, would be outs.  Spilman, on the other hand, consistently hit the ball hard.  Unfortunately, sometimes it was hit right at a fielder

[ryno]

I got news for you. . .  .

[Flood]

This thread is the best. Very well done, edfan.

[nomaaa]

you should make a rom with an SF with all spilmans & a DET all sheridans

[Nacho]

Random Fact:

Harry Spilman played 12 seasons over which he played in nearly 563 total games and had 813 hits producing 192 hits.  By contrast, Ichiro played his 1st 12 seasons with the Mariners and averaged more hits per season than Spilman had for his career. 

What?

[nomaaa]

813 ABs

[edfan]

813 ABs

Thanks.  That is what I meant.  I was typing stuff on my phone and didn't proof before posting. 

[Shooty]

To be fair, only a complete moron wouldn't be able to figure out what you meant. 

[edfan]

True, but I still couldn't couldn't believe when I saw that I had actually posted it that way.  I chalk it up to the excitement of the Spilman Experiment.  Also, I'm now 43 and those kinds of things seem to be happening to me more and more.

[Shooty]

True, but I still couldn't couldn't believe when I saw that I had actually posted it that way.  I chalk it up to the excitement of the Spilman Experiment.  Also, I'm now 43 and those kinds of things seem to be happening to me more and more.

so you could believe it?

[nomaaa]

[edfan]

True, but I still couldn't couldn't believe when I saw that I had actually posted it that way.  I chalk it up to the excitement of the Spilman Experiment.  Also, I'm now 43 and those kinds of things seem to be happening to me more and more.

so you could believe it?

Hahahahaha...I'm not not laughing now.