FRBI Arcade Playoffs Thread

[Darky]

WildCard round proves to be wild with 2 thrillers, Sides of Beef advance to League Divisional series with 2 straight play-in victories.

In the first game of the WildCard play-in round, BeefMaster's Sides of Beef got a huge night by Dickie Thon (30C/810P) who hit two homeruns, 2 doubles, crossed the plate 3 times, and registered 7 RBI.

Holding on to a 18-17 lead and with a last inning frantic rally by the Spiders, Don Gullet barely picked up the save when he got Leon "Bull" Durham to pop out with George Foster at second base. With the win, the Sides of Beef barely had time to go to the bathroom and recharge as they immediately faced the Swinging Dicks in the second game of the WildCard play-in playoff.

As for the Cinderella Spiders, true to second half season form, they once again arose from the dead. Down 18-13 in the bottom of the 9th, the Spiders frantically rallied for 4 runs to come within 1 run of tying the game, but unfortunately for Fighton, there was no more magic left to summon.

In the second game of the evening, Steve Garvey and Dickie Thon led the offense with a 9/12 combined effort at the plate which resulted in 8 RBI and 8 runs - Garvey blasted a pair of shots while Thon continued his hot hitting with 3 doubles. But it was the top of the 8th that pivoted the game in the Sides of Beef's favor. Down  16-9 in the top of the 8th, the Sides of Beef rocked Don Sutton for 8 runs to go up 17-16. The Swinging Dicks answered in the bottom half of the 8th with a pinch hit HR by Curt Flood to go up 18-17.

In the top of the 9th with 1 out, Dickie Thon singled of Lee Smith and Steve Garvey stepped up. Garvey jumped on the first pitch he saw and deposited the ball into the LF cheap seats for the go-ahead HR. Gullet, who had the top ERA for RP (minimum 10 innings), wasn't flawless, but tough in the clutch as he picked up the win and second save of the evening.

The Swinging Dicks had runners on the corners with one out. Sandberg was up and hit a flyball deep enough to score DwEvans from 3rd base. Everyone in the stadium was expecting a tie game after the tag-up, but DwEvans mysteriously didn't tag as he looked clearly confused at third base. Curt Flood then took the plate with 2 outs in the pressure situation. He popped up to LF to end the Swinging Dicks season. GM Ryno filed a protest due to an error in the RP pitching order, but Arcade Commissioner Darth Vader quickly dismissed the protest, reasoning that LSmith had the lead in the 9th and that anyone who runs the bases like that should be immediately put to death.

The Sides of Beef will face U7 this evening in the Divisional playoffs which is a best of 5.

[BeefMaster]

Top three batters in my order went 12-37
6-8 batters went 24-35 (including 3-4 from the subs in the 8 hole)

[nomaaa]

lineup for games 1&2:

Ted Williams
Frank Robinson
Johnny Bench
Duke Snider
Ozzie Smith
Orlando Cepeda
Ron Santo
Tito Fuentes

Bench the same

Marichal
Blue
Fernando
Dizzy Dean

[Darky]

lineup for games 1&2:

Ted Williams
Frank Robinson
Johnny Bench
Duke Snider
Ozzie Smith
Orlando Cepeda
Ron Santo
Tito Fuentes

Bench the same

Marichal
Blue
Fernando
Dizzy Dean

Done.

And Lord Vader has instructed me to restart a game where the Fernando Consecutive Walk glitch happens. It's happened twice now with him, in this league and in week 2 or 3 of the SuperNes league. So the game will restart once I see the glitch and a few walks go by - it's easy to notice because it comes after a hitter sub and on the first pitch when Fernando is subbed in to pitch. Plus, every pitch is in the same location at the same speed.

Gametime approaching gentlemen - 3:30 pm live via Twitch - the schedule is on the previous page, along with the Twitch link.

[nomaaa]

that glitch is wild. let's hope we don't see any of that

[BeefMaster]

I've got a 3:30 work call and will be unable to run a Zoom meeting today, so y'all will have to make alternate arrangements if you want to do another watch party.

[Shooty]

So to be clear if that glitch happens, the game is restarted regardless of score?

[nomaaa]

it's not going to happen

[nomaaa]

also, i put up a link to a zoom in the after dark thread:

https://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=31996.msg1213688#msg1213688

[nomaaa]

oh shit, 3:30 deenee time. i'll be ready then

[Shooty]

So to be clear if that glitch happens, the game is restarted regardless of score?

[Darky]

So to be clear if that glitch happens, the game is restarted regardless of score?

Good question. 10 straight walks or more can certainly alter the game. If it's only 2 batters, the game will proceed. Otherwise, the game will restart regardless of score in the 8th or 9th inning. If there is a scenario I need to think of where I don't need to restart the game, tell me quickly because it's almost gametime.

[Shooty]

I just want to know the parameters up front. 

[Darky]

We'll just say the game immediately restarts no matter the score.

[nomaaa]

heres hoping it doesn't come to that

[nomaaa]

in the zoom now

[nomaaa]

holy moly

[Shooty]

fuck me

[Darky]

Games 1 and 2 of the FRBI Arcade Divisional Playoffs

[Darky]

Boxscores coming later.

Here's today's schedule:

Game 3, Friday Aug. 14, 5:05 PM Dee Nee Time
#5 Blue Foot Boobies at #4 Montreal Exposé
#3 U7 at #7 Sides of Beef

Game 4, Friday Aug. 14, 5:30 PM Dee Nee Time
#5 Blue Foot Boobies at #4 Montreal Exposé
#3 U7 at #7 Sides of Beef

Game 5 (if necessary) Saturday, Aug. 15, 5 PM Dee Nee Time
#4 Montreal Exposé at #5 Blue Foot Boobies
#7 Sides of Beef at #3 U7