Fantasy Week 8 - Finally...

[fightonusc]

Back from a hellish trade show and a mediocre trip to Reno. So Week 8 is back on. ROM and rosters attached, first games to follow. Sorry for the delay...

[fightonusc]

No video from this game, sorry. Codec issue caused a screwed up video output, yada yada yada...



Game Summary:

Ruppert Jones has delivered time and again for The Poopydicks this season. So, when they were looking to cap an incredible comeback against The Fighting Tony Danzas on Monday afternoon at Tengen Stadium, it only made sense that he would be the one delivering the final shot. Jones' solo home run in the bottom of the ninth lifted his team to a 14-13 victory after they had trailed by eight runs after six innings.

Jones finished the game 5-6 with three home runs, five runs and five RBI for The Poopydicks (4-4), who kept pace in a tight race for the last two playoff spots in the Fantasy RBI League. The victory, coupled with their 13-5 victory in Week 1, gives
The Poopydicks' the tiebreaker edge over The Fighting Tony Danzas (3-5) if they should tie in the league standings.

Chili Davis added two home runs for The Poopydicks. Keith Hernandez was the hitting star for The Fighting Tony Danzas with two home runs, including a second inning grand slam that gave his team an 8-2 lead.

The Fighting Tony Danzas (3-5)

Batting:

Raines: 1-6, R RBI
Trammell: 4-6, 3 R, RBI
Gibson: 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K
E. Davis: 1-5, R, RBI
Hernandez: 2-5, 2 R, 5 RBI
Reynolds: 3-5, R, RBI
Santiago: 1-5, R
Knight: 2-4, R, RBI
(t8) Guerrero: 1-1
Clemens: 3-4, R, RBI
(t8) Wilfong: 0-1

Pitching:

Clemens: 5 2/3 IP, 16 H, 9 R, 8 ER, K
Ja. Morris: 1 1/3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER
Stanley: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER
Reardon (L 0-1) 1/3 IP, H, R, ER

The Poopydicks (4-4)

Batting:

Buckner: 1-6, 2 R
Jones: 5-6, 3 HR, 5 R, 5 RBI
C. Davis: 2-5, 2 HR, 2 R, 4 RBI
Evans: 4-5, HR, 2B, 2 R, RBI, K
Nokes: 1-5, 2B
Lemon: 2-5, 2 2B, RBI
Bergman: 2-5, R
Mitchell: 4-4, HR, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
(b8) Bush: 1-1, 3B
Tudor: 0-1
(b4) Lindeman: 1-1
(t5) Blyleven: 1-2
(b8) Gagne: 0-1

Pitching:

Tudor: 4 IP, 12 H, 9 R, 9 ER, BB
Blyleven: 3 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, K
Franco: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER
Worrell (W 1-1): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER

Scoring:

The Fighting Tony Danzas – Top of the 1st

Raines hit home run. Trammell hit home run. Gibson hit home run. E. Davis flied out. Hernandez flied out. Reynolds hit home run. Santiago reached on error. Knight singled. Clemens fouled out.

4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error.

The Poopydicks – Bottom of the 1st

Buckner doubled. Jones hit two-run home run. C. Davis lined out. Evans singled. Nokes grounded into non-force double play.

2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors.

The Fighting Tony Danzas – Top of the 2nd

Raines lined out. Trammell doubled. Gibson walked. E. David singled. Hernandez hit grand slam. Reynolds grounded out. Santiago grounded out.

4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors.

The Poopydicks – Bottom of the 3rd

Jones singled. C. Davis hit two-run home run. Evans struck out. Nokes grounded out. Lemon doubled. Bergman popped out.

2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors.

The Fighting Tony Danzas – Top of the 4th

E. Davis flied out. Hernandez hit home run. Reynolds singled. Santiago lined out. Knight lined out.

1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors.

The Fighting Tony Danzas – Top of the 5th

Clemens singled. Raines popped out. Trammell singled. Gibson doubled, Clemens scored. E. Davis grounded out, Trammell scored. Hernandez popped out.

2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors.

The Poopydicks – Bottom of the 5th

Evans doubled. Nokes grounded out. Lemon grounded out, Evans scored. Bergman flied out.

1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors.

The Fighting Tony Danzas – Top of the 6th

Reynolds doubled, tagged out going to third. Santiago tripled. Knight singled, Santiago scored. Clemens doubled, Knight scored. Raines grounded out. Trammell popped out.

2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors.

The Poopydicks – Bottom of the 6th

Mitchell doubled. Blyleven singled, error on throw to third, Mitchell scored, Blyleven advanced to third. Buckner reached on fielder's choice, Blyleven tagged out at home. Jones hit two run home run. C. Davis grounded out. Evans hit solo home run. Nokes doubled. Lemon flied out.

4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error.

The Poopydicks – Bottom of the 7th

Bergman singled. Mitchell hit two-run home run. Blyleven lined out. Buckner grounded out. Jones singled. C. Davis hit two-run home run. Evans singled. Nokes grounded out.

4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors.

The Poopydicks – Bottom of the 9th

Buckner grounded out. Jones hit home run.

1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors.

[fknmclane]

Hooray for me!

[fightonusc]

Video is up at The Fantasy RBI Media Page of the game between The OC and The Creamy Pirates. A full breakdown to come later, but this gives people who want to not know the outcome a chance to watch it first...

[fightonusc]

Having to recopy all of the information frommy shareware baseball scorebook demo is the biggest time suck of doing all of this by far. Since it's shareware, I'd have to pay $60 to be able to export the files into a text version. But, I can take screen shots of the stats and post those, so you guys can get the box scores and play-by-play, and I can save a lot of time on my end.



Game Summary:

For one inning The Creamy Pirates' bats seemed to regain their early season potency. But after that, they reverted back to recent form, as they were constantly stiffled by The OC's pitching staff en route to a 19-9, seven-inning rout defeat in a Fantasy RBI League game played Wednesday at Tengen Stadium.

The OC (4-4) got off to a quick start, scoring six runs on seven hits and an error in the first inning off of loser Mike Krukow (0-3). Lou Whitaker hit two home runs for The OC, while Mike Schmidt added a home run and four RBI.

The Creamy Pirates (3-5) scored five runs in the second to draw close, but were held hitless after the fourth inning by OC reliver Doyle Alexander. Candy Maldanado led the Creamy Pirate hitting with a home run and three RBI.

[Gantry]

Rupperto  is unstoppable and it looks like Mike Schmidt is proving his All-Star status...

[fightonusc]

Rupperto is definitely making a strong case for league MVP. And I think that Mike Schmidt took it personally that his All-Star selection was so controversial. Maybe he just needed a change of scenery?

Meanwhile, DeCinces continues to suck, and my offensive is spiraling out of control. Seriously thinking about sitting Murphy at this point - he's been awful the last few games, and I'd love to get Hendrick some ABs...

[fightonusc]

I have to figure out a way to get the video capture to be more reliable. Half of the time, it crashes when I try to end the recording, and the video is unusable. Too bad, too, 'cause this game's a doozy. I think that the RBI Baseball Tonight crew might have something to say about this game later...

[ultimate7]

OK, so the software orders the Pitchers by IP rather then when they entered they game.

[fightonusc]

Yeah. You can see when they entered the game from the batting (the number in parenthesis)...

[ultimate7]

Also were Boone and Brunansky really Caught Stealing?  And how did Dawson hit an ISTP HR, was it a slow roller?

[fightonusc]

Boone and Burnansky were not caught stealing but were thrown out trying to advance (it's a weird quirk of the software).

Dawson hit a ball that rolled into the stands along third base -  about into the third or fourth row. Needless to say, the RF wasn't getting that one, and the Hawk could trot home...

[fightonusc]

Stiffs/BeefMaster video now available at the Fantasy RBI Media Page. Download that before you read the recap to follow if you don't want "spoilers".

[fightonusc]

Game Summary:

The Stiffs had a chance to reverse their recent slide and regain a share of first place in the Fantasy RBI League on Friday. But in the end, it was BeefMaster that continued to make a strong playoff push, sending The Stiffs to their third consecutive defeat, in this case a 17-7, five inning game.

The Stiffs (5-3) jumped out to a 5-0 first inning, keyed by a three-run home run by Jose Canseco. But BeefMaster (3-5) responded with four runs in the bottom of the first, and added three more in the second. After The Stiffs tied the game at 7-7 in the top of the fourth, BeefMaster roared back with 10 runs in the final two innings to close out the game.

Don Baylor had two runs and five RBI and Dave Henderson added six RBI for BeefMaster (3-5), who are now one of three teams that are one game out of a playoff spot.  Wally Joyner had two hits, including a home run, for The Stiffs (5-3).