2020 Fantasy RBI Super League Game Thread (reboot)

[Darky]

Beefy Masters keep winning with same formula: Great starting pitching, get a big inning rally to take the lead, and let Bruce Sutter finish the game with shutdown pitching.

Against the Tropicana Staircases, the Beef Masters overcame a 14-11 deficit in the bottom of the 7th inning with a 6-run rally to head into the 8th with a 17-14 lead. League ERA leader Bruce Sutter once again pitched a scoreless inning and third before handing the ball off to Fergie Jenkins. Jenkins surrendered a run, but got the last two outs to earn the save and give the Beefy Masters their 3rd straight win. The Beefy Masters overcame a double play and 2 OF assist outs at third base. They lead the league in both categories, but have managed to overcome their lack of team speed with great pitching and hitting. The win allows the Beefy Masters to remain in 1st place.

[nomaaa]

How did we both have Eric Davis on our team in the boxscores?

not sure, but i know the canada shooties had the new lineup vs the kings

[nomaaa]

also it looks like davis was batting third in the empire game

[BeefMaster]

The Beefy Masters overcame a double play and 2 OF assist outs at third base. They lead the league in both categories, but have managed to overcome their lack of team speed with great pitching and hitting.

I explicitly went for power over speed when drafting, then traded what little speed I had to get more power (Jackie Robinson for Johnny Bench), so while it is frustrating to see that kind of thing every damn game, I knew what I was getting into.

[Darky]

How did we both have Eric Davis on our team in the boxscores?

not sure, but i know the canada shooties had the new lineup vs the kings

The rom was fine as well as the new lineup - not a problem there. I guess when I scored the game, I wasn't paying close enough attention to notice something was off. It was my bad because although I traded Marris and Davis in the datbase ballstat program, I have to add the new player in the ballscore progame - that's the program where I click on the rosters and lineups or change lineups when I am going to score a game. It was early in the morning and I guess I wanted to rush through scoring the game which meant huge mistakes. Took me a while to fix that in the database since there's some stupid delicate order and balance of things, but all good now. Next boxscore coming in 5. Gametime at 2:15pm.

I explicitly went for power over speed when drafting, then traded what little speed I had to get more power (Jackie Robinson for Johnny Bench), so while it is frustrating to see that kind of thing every damn game, I knew what I was getting into.

I know! I was going to mention how that is usually your style - go for power first and if speed is there, then it's there. I remember you won it all in 2010 the last time I ran the league for FRBI VI - you and TBG ran the team and beat the Banana Hammocks (Turd's team) in a sweep with a team built on pure power and no speed - Armas was on your team.

[Darky]

Ye Old Stylers show resilience with thrilling win down the stretch against Hollywood.

Down 19-16 in the bottom of the 8th and trailing for the majority of the game, the Old Stylers had a 6-run determined rally to take a 22-19 lead in the 9th with a barrage of doubles and triples. Sutton took the ball and pitched a scoreless 9th to help the Old Stylers rebound from the trouncing they took from PBR. Danny Cox hit an inside-the-park HR - the first of the year by a pitcher and the third by a pitcher dating back to the Arcade season - GDavis had Scott and Ford both hit insider the parkers.

Jorge Bell and Darrel Evans were both thrown out at second base while trying to extend a single into a double - the drunken first base coach was immediately fired by Fightonusc after the game, via Facebook and Twitter.

[Darky]

Week 11

[Nacho]

That was just painful to watch. Another pathetic showing from the heart of my lineup.

[fightonusc]

Rough 9th inning all around for the Canadieans.

[Shooty]

Rough 9th inning all around for the Canadieans.

Poor third base coaching, imo. 

[nomaaa]

my boys!

[ryno]

my boys!

Helluva comeback dude

[Darky]

Rough 9th inning all around for the Canadieans.

Talk about bad luck and tough breaks. Two consecutive times a runner was hosed at third - killed any chance of a run and big inning. I believe Shooty's team was thrown out 4 times on the bases by outfielders. Crazy comeback by the PBR and the BB Kings had a nice comeback win as well.

The big shocker was the High Fives winning and a milder upset was my Empire finally showing up thanks to Drysdale who finally had a gem and it was a good gem. Ultimate's team continues to collapse and with Tropicana's loss, the 6,7, and 8 wildcard seeds are still open.

[Darky]

PBR show grit with 9th inning comeback rally and spectacular bullpen pitching which pushed the Pabst Blue Ribbons to 5th straight win and sole possession of first place with league's best record.

Leading 17-14 in the top of the 9th, Canada opted to allow Saberhagen to face PBR's pinch hitters. Joyner singled and Yaz followed with a ph HR to trim the Shooty lead to 1-run. Spahn came in to save the game, but Doer greeted him with a single. Mantle then flied out and Babe Ruth singled setting the stage for The Thrill. Will Clark blasted a Spahn fb deep over the CF fence and high above the scoreboard for the go-ahead lead. Destroyer of Dreams Gedman then added an insurance run to make it 20-17 heading into the bottom half of the 9th.

In the bottom of the 9th, Burks led off with single and things looked promising against Fernando Mania. The next batter, Davey Johnson, then smacked a line drive single to the LF fence, but Burks was thrown out trying to advance to third. The same exact thing happened with the next batter Marris. Johnson was gunned down trying to advance to third base off a hard single to the fence. So like that, it was 2 outs with Marris at first. DiMaggion then flied out at the fence to the LF Mantle - Mantle was involved in all three outs!

Fernando Mania dazzled in relief to earn the win, and team moral leader and consultant, Bedrock, pitched a perfect 1-2-3 8th inning to keep his team in the ball game when PBR were down 17-14.

Once again, the Blue Ribbons keeps finding ways to win and Canada continues to be creative with the consistent losses.

[Darky]

Drysdale pitches commanding complete game gem to end league's longest losing streak and remain alive for playoffs.

Drysdale had the Old Styler hitters playing pepper with the infielders as he only allowed 14 hits and 11 runs. Missing for most of the year with his normal good stuff as we witnessed in the Arcade league, Drysdale showed up when the Empire needed him most. For the Old Stylers, it was a painful loss when there was an opportunity to gain a game towards a semifinal birth and first round playoff bye, but  they remain in great position to capture the 3rd or 4th seed which means a bye during the Wildcard round. Again, the Old Styler hitting problems resurfaced and it is a concern for Nacho for the rest of the second half with inconsistent hitting.

[Darky]

High Fives get clutch hitting and lights out pitching down the stretch and in extra innings to earn upset win over Beefy Masters.

Canseco, McGwire, and Dawson combined for 17 hits and 5 HR from the 2-3-4 part of the order to help the High Fives in a big way for the upset win. Lefty Grove and Rollie Fingers surrendered 0 runs in 4 innings of relief from the 8th to the 11th. Another difference in a tight game were the two double plays and two OF assist outs the Beefy Masters committed, as well as the five errors committed in which 2 turned out to be unearned.

The Beefy Masters now share second place with the BB Kings and the High Fives avoided a step further away from the playoffs.

[Darky]

Tropicana blow 14-2 lead and come up short at the end against the BB Kings. BB Kings outscore Tropicana 16-3 after the 4th inning and show they have the grit to compete for nomaaa's first ever FRBI title. After a Marichal turbulent start, Key, Alexander, and Dizzy Dean took over with brilliant location and change of speeds as they combined to only surrender 3 runs after Tropicana registered 14 quick runs through the first four innings. BB Kings now in second place tie with Beefy Masters but hold the tiebreaker edge - BB Kings take a step towards a bye into the final four. Tropicana now not looking like a playoff lock with second straight loss.

[Darky]

Hollywood Star Whackers explode for 19 runs in 5 innings and Soto shuts down UHF Ch.62 for brief mercy rule annihilation. Both teams tied for 5th place, but going in different directions - Ultimate Chicago now on 5-game losing streak after 5-1 start.

[BeefMaster]

SO MANY BOPS

[Darky]

SO MANY BOPS

As I mentioned during the Twitter broadcast in the chat room and on the air, errors were set to 10 for week 11 and 12. The randomness is pretty cool and a nice changeup. I'll leave it there for weeks 13 and 14.