Team Ranking thread..

[Sarc]

How would you rank the teams in order of best to worst? Here are my rankings, based on playing curve pitch that is.

Detroit
California
Boston
San Francisco
Minnesota
New York
St. Louis
Houston
 
*Not including AL/NL


Detroit is my favorite team to play with because you just can't beat the all around hitting 1-8. The pitching is a little suspect and DT doesn't have what you could classify a "dominant" pitcher, but Alexander is good enough to get by with. With Detroit you can score some major runs and should be able to trounce any team, including the AL/NL. Plus IMO Detroit has the best all around bench in RBI. Bergman is the only questionable PH as Heath, Sheridan, and Madlock are all potential of great games. If I ever basically want a "assured" win, I'll play with Detroit. The other teams in my top 3 California and Boston are pretty tough as well. Each of those teams [including SF] has what I would call a good mixture of hitting and pitching.

My basic breakdown with Detroit are as follows. From doing some browsing on the site here I can see I am not the only one who thinks Pat Sheridan is a PH God when it comes to RBI. Though as you'll see from the line-up I use I don't go the Sheridan route 100% of the time.

1. Tramell
2. Gibson
3. Evans
4. Nokes
5. Bill Madlock or Pat Sheridan [depending on if the pitcher is a righty or lefty and how sharp their curve is]
6. Lemon
7. Whitaker
8. Brookens [<-- Best #8 hitter in the entire game]
9. Alexander to start

Pitching

Morris
King
Hernandez

I almost never use Morris because I rarely use 2 starters in one game. For me it's a toss up between whether or not I need a left hander or right hander in the game at the time. I tend to use King more than Hernandez but it really depends on what the situation calls for.

Hitting

Sheridan
Madlock
Heath
Bergman

Well to me it's really a toss up between Madlock and Sheridan as who I put in for Larry Herndon. I know people are really big on Sheridan being a left handed bat, but Madlock does extremely well for me virtually every game. I'd say I use them both about 50/50 evenly. Also Heath is good for a gimme Home Run as well. The only weak spots on this Detroit team might be Herndon and Bergman as well as some quesionable pitchers to choose from. Bottom line is if you use Detroit and you're even only an average player you have a good chance of winning.

[Darky]

Det sucks. Offense may win you some games, but lights out pitching will shut anyone down. Det's staff is one of the worst in the game. Det will not shut people out, and they have to score at least 8-10 runs a game to win. Tough against some quality opponents. I love pitching against left hand hitters when I use the Giants, so Det would not score more than 2 runs against the Darkside, and thier bottom half is not all that. Det!? Get fuckin real. Game over.

[BDawk]

Sheridan
Madlock
Heath
Bergman

Eat that Edavis!!

[ericdavisfan]

Sheridan
Madlock
Heath
Bergman

Eat that Edavis!!

Obviously, the list is meant to list the worst hitter first, then the best, second best, and then the third

[broiler]

ranking boston third is ridiculous

[Big Hath]

ranking boston third is ridiculous

you think lower?

[TbT]

its all fairly subjective to other factors like if you play with only 1 starting pitcher or 2.  Lately Det has become my team.  Its all about comfort zones as to how one may rank teams.  Aparently Darkie is very comfortable with SF.  speaking of SF, they are not so hot in 1 sp games.  lets see darkie dominate with that stipulation.

many might argue with boston being 3rd on your list, but in a cotut scenario theres always a possibility that they can get selected as low as the 3rd team.

[Reds]

This new cat needs to settle down, and maybe start looing around other threads, rather than starting threads that we've all weighed in on at least thirty times.

[BDawk]

This new cat needs to settle down, and maybe start looing around other threads, rather than starting threads that we've all weighed in on at least thirty times.

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I like this new cat...even if he is Mr RBI, the new threads give's everyone something different to argue about, rather than the OPS+ of some shitty fourth outfielder on texas

[TbT]

this forum has been lacking much in the line of gameplay discussions anyways.  sure its all in the search if you look, but its ok.   plus i like a newb to get his feet wet here as oposed to the ATG forum.

[BDawk]

...oh and I hate other boards where if you post anything every motherfucker gives you shit and says nothing other than..."Use Search"... I hate those motherfuckers

[OctoFranco]

USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION NEXT TIME.

Just kidding, love the enthusiasm, if there's one thing I like to see around here it's RBI chatter of any sort.  You will probably be interested in the thoughts and opinions mentioned in this thread.  You might enjoy my breakdown in particular, as we both use the exact same style of play (anything goes [i.e. "curve"], one starter per game).

PS. I fucking hate Bdawk that fucking motherfucker.

[Stock]

...oh and I hate other boards where if you post anything every motherfucker gives you shit and says nothing other than..."Use Search"... I hate those motherfuckers

Why is your level "not funny"?

[JoeDirt]

I tend to use King more than Hernandez but it really depends on what the situation calls for.

To me, this is a huge red flag.  I can not see how anybody can abide by this logic and still be dominant in the game of RBI (Anything Goes--1 SP or 2 SP). 

Agreed, I love your enthusiasm, but I have to question your level of play (not that I am the foremost authority, but I just cannot get passed this statement of yours)...

[RedBarron]

...oh and I hate other boards where if you post anything every motherfucker gives you shit and says nothing other than..."Use Search"... I hate those motherfuckers

amen BrotherDawk

[Sarc]

To me, this is a huge red flag.  I can not see how anybody can abide by this logic and still be dominant in the game of RBI (Anything Goes--1 SP or 2 SP).

Agreed, I love your enthusiasm, but I have to question your level of play (not that I am the foremost authority, but I just cannot get passed this statement of yours)...

I don't see how that's a red flag. You're right, obviously you have no way of knowing whether or not I suck at this game, but as I like to play RBI with only using 1 of the two starting pitchers I am going to have to use King or Hernandez regardless. From playing the game for roughly 17 years I have to say that I would give the nod to Eric King over Hernandez. Besides it all depends on what the situation calls for anyways. Sometimes if might be wise to bring Hernandez in to pitch against a left handed batter or whatever. You can't just automatically say Hernandez if better than King or vice versa, especially when they are both mediocre at best. I'm not saying they are pitching gods.......

I just don't prefer to use both starters in games I play. If I did, well then yeah I'd use Morris as the next choice. So basically it's a toss up, depends on the situation I'd say.



Plus the reason I ranked Boston 3rd is because these rankings are my opinions from playing the game for so many years and my comfort level/how I've had success in beating other players. I've had far better success with California than Boston, but both Boston and California are very very close IMO. I've also had a lot of success with the Giants as well. Other people may have different rankings, and they should, but I've had the best success winning consistently with Detroit then CA, BO, SF. It all depends on how well you play with each particular team.

[JoeDirt]

You're right, obviously you have no way of knowing whether or not I suck at this game...

Wrong

[RedBarron]

I don't know shit, but I know King can't hold Willie's jock.

[Briznock]

After 24 hours of RBI, I think we came to the conclusion that Ny is the worst team on the game.  Ask GoReds his opinion.

[ericdavisfan]

I tend to use King more than Hernandez but it really depends on what the situation calls for.

To me, this is a huge red flag.  I can not see how anybody can abide by this logic and still be dominant in the game of RBI (Anything Goes--1 SP or 2 SP). 

Agreed, I love your enthusiasm, but I have to question your level of play (not that I am the foremost authority, but I just cannot get passed this statement of yours)...

I don't know shit, but I know King can't hold Willie's jock.

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I would agree with Sarc on this.  I keep Willie out of the game unless it's absolutely necessary.  I avoid Guillermo and Schiraldi even when I play against the computer.  I've just had bad experiences with these two guys.  If I ever use Willie, it's as a starter.  I try to get 2 - 3 innings out of him, then put in Morris or Doyle.  I know that I can immediately take him out if he gets in trouble, plus I have several innings to overcome any deficit.  I'm not saying that this is the best strategy, but I'm just chiming in to say that it's been done before.