RBI tourney results

[BeefMaster]

JoeDirt needs to update his website... I was going to send a link to Deadspin and see if they want to publicize his status as the Jim Kelly of RBI Baseball Tournaments.

[fknmclane]

TBT, you're still a champion in my heart.

[broiler]

at lunchtime i smoked a doobie and won 3 of my last 4.  should have thought of that earlier

[Gantry]

My most nervous moment was when a REALLY drunk Attezz and myself went with a hardfought SF vs NYM game.  Atezz announces during the pitcher selection that he's pitching Robinson the whole game.  So I gave Gooden one pitch (a strike) and put in McDowell for the rest of the game.  I needed 7 runs in the last two innings to win by one.

I was VERY tempted to take out McDowell in the 8th when I was down 5, but I stuck to my guns and rallied back.  Had I lost that game I would have been in a one-game playoff with Ronnie for the semifinals.  And considering how many beers I had consumed by the time we went to Larrys, that would have been terrible...

I think GoReds needs to talk about my slaughter against him, which at the time was the first one of the tournament.  Big Bruce Hurst fan, that GoReds...

[Gantry]

Ultimate - I think my payout for 4th was $120, which considering that I only ponied up $25 for the qualifier, I'll take it. 

Bainesby - I don't think I got your $25 yet, might have to work out some paypal love for that.

[GDavis]

In my mind, the top known ATG players in the world (in no particular order):

Dirt
Riley
Beales
Foster
Silverblatt
McCormick (Rory)
Bridges

Although I do wish to stipulate that a few of the above names have played in only one tourney...not really enough to go on, but they did very well in it...

You sonofabitch.

Bridges must've been all kinds of nasty.  Where the fuck did he come from?

[broiler]

church

[fightonusc]

You sonofabitch.

Bridges must've been all kinds of nasty.  Where the fuck did he come from?

Madison County

[Gantry]

With no disrespect to anyone, Bridges was the best pitcher that I've ever seen...

[Big Hath]

what technique/strategy does he use?

[JoeDirt]

With no disrespect to anyone, Bridges was the best pitcher that I've ever seen...

Piss off!  I beat Bridges 11-4 in our round robin game! 

I think Bridges is good...really good.  I don't think he's better than me/Riley/Silverblatt/Beales/Foster, etc.  At this level, it really comes down to two things, 1) who's hot and 2) who gets the breaks.

Bridges said that he got the breaks vs Riley, and he was pretty hot when we played in day 2.

But to answer your question, BH, he doesn't use any particular strategy.  He doesn't cock or retreat or anything like that.  He doesn't even know how to pull back a home run, but he's just a solid fundamental player.

[JoeDirt]

JoeDirt needs to update his website... I was going to send a link to Deadspin and see if they want to publicize his status as the Jim Kelly of RBI Baseball Tournaments.

I know.  I'm at the point where I need to add a page to have 2007 results separated from 2005 results, but I don't know how to add a page...just edit the existing pages. 

[JoeDirt]

What were the payouts?

600
300
180
120

[defen]

JoeDirt needs to update his website... I was going to send a link to Deadspin and see if they want to publicize his status as the Jim Kelly of RBI Baseball Tournaments.

I know.  I'm at the point where I need to add a page to have 2007 results separated from 2005 results, but I don't know how to add a page...just edit the existing pages. 

send me a PM with the info you want and I'll do it.

[Big Hath]

But to answer your question, BH, he doesn't use any particular strategy.  He doesn't cock or retreat or anything like that.  He doesn't even know how to pull back a home run, but he's just a solid fundamental player.

I guess I was asking mainly about pitching strategy

[JoeDirt]

normal ATG style...hit the corners often, try not to fuck up...bust inside often even to keep it in the back of the batter's mind, but no more than that.

[Gerlost]

I greatly enjoyed Riley's Coked-Out-Quin-Snyder batting stance.

[Gantry]

If Riley were ever in a band, it would be called The Wiggling Tettletons

[Reds]

Hey if you are counting the dorian luca forfiet, I won thrice.  I beat ronnie, and attez also.  I'm just saying.

[Attezz]

Whatever, you only beat me by like 17.