Fantasy League All-Star Game

[fightonusc]

OK, the complete video of the All-Star game is up at the Web site at http://fantasyrbi.rbicentral.com/Media/Media.html. It's a Quicktime video and is about 23 MB long, which isn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I'm going to wait to post box scores, etc., from the game, but suffice it to say that it's a real humdinger of a game that has all the drama you would expect from an RBI All-Star Game.

If someone downloads it, let me know how the download looks and if it works.

[ultimate7]

Finally downloaded QuickTime, playing it works, tough to read names on screen, but it is easy to follow the action so I happy, just watched the first few seconds so far, I'll watch it all later.

[ultimate7]

Holy cow, crazy game, I thought the MVP award was wrapped up until the end, now I'm not sure who should get it.

[BeefMaster]

I just watched it as well - that was awesome.

[fightonusc]

I've decided that I'm going to keep posting game results here like I had before - I realize that not everyone has 100 percent access to broadband, and therefore might not be able to download the full games.

By the way, is it easier if I break the games up into segments (a couple of innings each) rather than just post them as one big file?



Game Summary:

The inaugural edition of the Fantasy RBI Baseball League's Midwinter Classic turned out to be exactly that – a classic. The American League All-Stars rallied from nine runs down in the bottom of the ninth to take a thrilling 21-19 victory over the National League in a game played Wednesday at Tengen Stadium. Gary Gaetti earned All-Star Game MVP honors by hitting two home runs, including a two-run walk off shot to end the game.

"You really can't imagine what this means to win this award," said Gaetti upon receiving the All-Star Game MVP trophy. "It means so much to me. I mean, really, it means a lot of money. Thank God for those incentive clauses, baby!"

The National League lost despite a heroic performance by John Tudor, who threw an astonishing 87 pitches in going 8 2/3 innings before giving way to Danny Cox. The decision to leave Tudor in and not turning to a stocked bullpen was made by NL All-Star manager Dusty Baker. Some reporters questioned whether Baker might have been distracted by the fact that he named his son Darren as bullpen coach.

"You know, it's just one of those things that...Darren, don't put that in your mouth...that you pay real close attention to the game, and you think that...son, I said don't put that in your mouth," said Baker. "No, especially not if Darryl Strawberry gave it to you, don't eat it! Give me that...OK, what was I saying?"

Andre Dawson paced the NL hitting attack with a home run and five RBI. Eric Davis drove in four while Jack Clark and Gary Carter each had four hits.

AL All-Stars

Batting:

Burks: 6-6, HR, 3B, 3 R, RBI
Ripken: 3-6, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI
Bell: 3-6, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Hrbek: 3-6, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Jones: 4-6, HR, 2B, 4 R, 2 RBI
Da. Evans: 4-6, 3 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI
Gaetti: 4-6, 2 HR, 2 R, 4 RBI
Nokes: 1-3, RBI
(b9) Canseco: 1-1, HR, R, 2 RBI
Clemens: 0-1
(b4) Brookens: 1-1, R
(t5) Viola: 0-1, R
(b7) Gedman: 0-1
(t9) Saberhagen: 0-1

Pitching:

Clemens: 4 IP, 12 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 1 K
Viola: 3 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 1 K
Alexander: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER
Saberhagen (W): 1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER

NL All-Stars

Batting:

E. Davis: 3-6, HR, 2B, 3 R, 4 RBI
Dawson: 3-5, HR, 2B, 2 R, 5 RBI
Strawberry: 4-6, 3B, 3 2B, 3 R
J. Clark: 4-6, HR, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI
W. Clark: 2-6, 2 2B, R, 2 RBI, K
Carter: 4-6, HR, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Mitchell: 1-5, R
Garner: 3-5, 3B, 2B, 3 R
Tudor: 3-5, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, K

Pitching:

Tudor: 8 2/3 IP, 26 H, 17 R, 15 ER
Cox (L): 0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER

Scoring Summary:

NL All-Stars – Top of the 1st

Davis doubled. Dawson doubled, Davis scored. Strawberry flied out. J. Clark singled, Dawson tagged out going to third. W. Clark hit into fielder's choice, J. Clark out at second.

1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors.

AL All-Stars – Bottom of the 1st

Burks hit solo home run. Ripken flied out. Bell grounded out. Hrbek grounded out.

1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors.

NL All-Stars – Top of the 2nd

Carter singled. Mitchell flied out. Garner singled. Tudor struck out. Davis hit three-run home run. Dawson popped out.

3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors.

AL All-Stars – Bottom of the 2nd

Jones singled. Evans doubled, Jones scored. Gaetti popped out. Nokes popped out. Clemens popped out.

1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors.

NL All-Stars – Top of the 3rd

Strawberry tripled. J. Clark reached on fielding error, advanced to second on throwing error, Strawberry scored. W. Clark doubled, J. Clark scored. Carter hit two-run home run. Mitchell flied out. Garner tripled. Tudor singled, Garner scored. Davis grounded into double play.

5 runs, 5 hits, 2 errors.

AL All-Stars – Bottom of the 3rd

Burks tripled. Ripken reached on fielder's choice and advanced to second on error, Burks tagged out at home. Bell singled, Ripken scored. Hrbek singled. Jones grounded out. Evans popped out.

1 run, 3 hits, 1 error.

AL All-Stars – Bottom of the 4th

Gaetti singled. Nokes grounded into double play. Brookens singled. Burks singled. Ripken hit three-run home run. Bell doubled. Hrbek grounded out.

3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors.

NL All-Stars – Top of the 5th

Carter doubled. Mitchell singled, Carter tagged out going to third. Garner doubled. Tudor singled, Mitchell scored. Davis singled, Garner scored. Dawson hit three-run home run. Strawberry popped out. J. Clark hit solo home run. W. Clark grounded out.

6 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors.

AL All-Stars – Bottom of the 5th

Jones singled. Evans popped out. Gaetti hit two-run home run. Nokes singled. Viola reached on fielder's choice, Nokes out at second. Burks singled. Ripken singled, advanced to second on throwing error. Viola scored, Burks tagged out attempting to score.

3 runs, 5 hits, 1 error.

NL All-Stars – Top of the 7th

Tudor popped out. Davis grounded out. Dawson singled. Strawberry doubled. J. Clark doubled, Dawson and Strawberry scored. W. Clark struck out.

2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors.

AL All-Stars – Bottom of the 7th

Evans doubled. Gaetti singled. Nokes hit sacrifice fly, Evans scored. Gedman grounded into double play.

1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors.

NL All-Stars – Top of the 9th

Tudor doubled. Davis grounded out. Dawson hit sacrifice fly, Tudor scored. Strawberry doubled. J. Clark singled. W. Clark doubled, Strawberry scored. Carter flied out.

2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors.

AL All-Stars – Bottom of the 9th

Hrbek singled. Jones hit two-run home run. Evans doubled. Gaetti grounded out. Canseco hit two-run home run. Saberhagen grounded out. Burks singled. Ripken singled. Bell singled, Burks scored. Hrbek hit three-run home run. Jones doubled. Evans singled, Jones scored. Gaetti hit two-run home run.

11 runs, 11 hits, 0 errors.

[ultimate7]

Bumped for Mike D's lazy ass

[Mike D.]

Sweet.