Great Games

[GPines]

This area should be where you can give everyone a wrap up of great games or classic comebacks.

 Last night we had a great game going, it was a death game, but the real story wasn't that my opponent went through 4 beers in the first game, it was my Detroit boys coming back in the 9th. Down 4-2, Chet Lemon hit a solo homer, then Sweet Lou Whittaker hit a solo hr into the right field bleachers. 4-4. Pitching change he brings in Shiraldy. Big mistake,  Eric King singles to left. Trammell pops out, 1 out.....  Then the greatest player in the game, you know who he is, Krik Gibson takes the first pitch and deposits it out of the park, I swear you could see that fat bastard running around second pumping his arm. Then watched my opponent finish off the rest of his beer.  He thought he finally had me beat, but just like that he was chugging his beer and making that bitter beer face.

[Gwynn3k]

two questions for you piner...  1.   what the hell did you have king bat for?   2.  why the hell was he even in the game...  that guy is a homerun waiting to happen...  oh well, you won the game.

[Gwynn3k]

again, no great games to report cause i have nobody to play besides my kid brother who is not up to the challenge... he nees lots of practice.  by the time piner returns to socal he may be good enough to compete for the belts... maybe!

[Gwynn3k]

holy shit...  jim rice level....  

MVP  in other words... cause the guy just gets the job done.  

[B]

jim rice was involved with two of the greater games that i can remember....

first off, about 4 months ago...t was the mets and i was the chowdas....he was up 2-0 in the series...and up by 2 runs in the 9th....jim rice steps up with one on and drills a shot to left to tie up the game and take it to extra frames...then...in the 11th or 12th....jimbo takes a 2-2 pitch out of the park and won the game...turning the series around and leading the chowdahs to a 4-2 series win...

then, quite recently, the chowdas were playing the twins....after t failed to turn a double playand threw to third instead of second....mr rice  took the ball deep to win the game and turn that series around.....the guy can hit....

the tigers have been in the middle of great great games...too many to count here....but i dont know any off hand....

[Gwynn3k]

truly, jim rice is an unheralded slugger who doesn't garner the respect he deserves.  his numbers might not look like much but time after time he steps up to the plate and does not disappoint.  jimmy is the heart of the chowd lineup.  

[GPines]

to answer your question Joe, we are playing now using only 1 starter per game, so Alexander only went like 4 innings, King came in in the top of the 9th. Boston has too many hitters that I have to be careful pitching to, so my pitchers wear faster.

Nice going on Jim Rice level.

[Gwynn3k]

that explains his appearance... i think the pitching rule will bring some offense back to the game.

[GPines]

Well for the first time in 2 months, me. Gwynn3k and Burnzky got to square off in some non-title matches,

Game 1
Greg (SL) 5
Joe  (SF) 4          3 unearned runs in the 8th on a BOP by Chili Davis

Game 2

Aaron (NY)  8
Joe  (Am)   7      12 innings, great game.

Game 3

Aaron (Dt)  11  
Greg  (Na)  7      Trammel,Gibson, Sheridan, you know the story


Aaron goes 2-0, taking down both All-Star teams.  Raises his power ranking to 62.

[Gantry]

It appears that Aaron has sealed the #1 seed out there.  Taking down both all-stars is a most impressive feat....

[GPines]

Aaron was very impressive last night, BUT... those were non-title matches, no pressure.

Only a couple days left in March, Aaron's Tengen and Atari belts are going to be played for.

And it is time for me to defend my RBI Title. I think this time we will put in the 1 starter rule, it makes a huge difference in the runs scored, instead of 3-2 games, were getting 9 or 10 runs each now.

[Gwynn3k]

funny we were talking about the importance of defense when it comes back to bite me in the ass...  chili davis drops a harmless fly ball in the rightfield corner leading to three unearned runs and my first loss.

then, in my second game, burnzky gets the win on a ball to the leftfield corner.  he send his runner(teufel) from second,  i have the ball cut off and fire it to the plate.  unfortunately, my third baseman was in the way of the throw and cut it off, allowing teufel to slide under the tag... this took place in the 12th inning of a seesaw affair in which my power rankings took a big dump once again.  

[Gwynn3k]

aaron does deserve some props for taking out the al stars... he did the deed with ny... impressive... however,  beating the nl with detroit is not earthshaking.    oh well, its better he wins now as opposed to the title match.

[Gantry]

The errant cutoff man sucks, it can defintiely bite you in the ass....

[B]

it can fuck you over, however, the cutoff man put to good use in a pickle can be the difference between vince coleman getting to third and t looking at me with disgust because the innning is over....

[Gantry]

The cutoff man certainly has more good uses than bad.  He is especially key when you are in a run-down situation that is going nowhere.  Bring in the cutoff man and he's end things right away...

[B]

i used to be the king of the rundown, and t's lack of patience used to give me extra bases or he'd toss one into left....but he has sharpened his game to razor like efficiency and now he usually gets me....and there is nothing worse than getting run down by t and having him do the richardson hook in celebration.....

[Gantry]

The rundown and double-steal were much more prominent back in college.  Now that our games have progressed, the runner is at a major disadvantage in both situations...

[Gwynn3k]

most definately... the runner is a dead duck unless he is one of the few fast "a" speed players, there is no chance of getting out of a run down now...  

[B]

t is very very adept at throwing out runners...the only way i ever get him is if he trys to gamble and toss me out going back to first...and i keep going...otherwise...im a dead duck...