2020 Fantasy RBI Super League Game Thread (reboot)

[Darky]

2020 FRBI Super League Wildcard Play-in playoffs

[nomaaa]

game 2 is a game 1 spoiler alert

[nomaaa]

also: during the attract mode game, raines should be batting 7th

[nomaaa]

hot damn game 2 was a butt clencher. GG

[nomaaa]

when is the next round of the playoffs?

[Darky]

when is the next round of the playoffs?

I just arrived in Encinitas (north San Diego), and I'm about to post the wildcard game boxscores. The next round will begin tomorrow and it'll be 1-game a day for each team. PBR vs Tropicana and UHF ch.62 vs Old Stylers in a 5 game series. Rules for the playoffs can be found in the opening post of this thread.

[Darky]

Ojeda and Niekro shutdown the Empire's hitters, only allow 4 runs in brilliant pitching performance. Hack Wilson is back in playoff form with 5 hits, 3 homeruns, and 6 RBI to lead the #8 Staircases to the next Wildcard playoff game.

[Darky]

#8 Tropicana barely holds on in thrilling victory over Hollywood to advance to the Divisional Playoffs. Will face the Pabst Blue Ribbons.

McDowell strikes out the last two batters with a runner on second to preserve the 1-run lead in the bottom of the 9th. Cedpeda blasts a pair of homeruns while Mr. Playoffs Hack Wilson had his second consecutive 5 hit game and now is over .700 all time in the playoffs (Wilson had a torching playoff run with the Empire in the Arcade season). Tropicana's pitching is peaking at the right time and has only allowed 16 runs in 18 innings over the past two game. 

[nomaaa]

damn enjoy the beach darky

[Darky]

Okay gentlemen! Game 1 of the FRBI Divisional Playoffs will begin tonight at 9pm PST from Camp Chill Stadium in Encinitas. The live broadcast can be found here:

Today's lineup of games:

UHF Ch.62 (9-9) (SP W.Ford 3-2, 20.3 ERA) at Ye Old Stylers (10-8) (SP Niekro 4-3, 17.6 ERA)

Tropicana Staircases (10-10) (SP JNiekro 3-0, 17.6 ERA) at Pabst Blue Ribbons (11-7) (SP MScott 1-1, 14.6 ERA)


Review of the playoff format and rules:

- The top two teams shall earn a bye and automatically advance to the semifinals.
- The rest of the numbered seeds will play a 5-game playoff to earn a birth for the semifinals.
- The semifinals will be a 7 game series.
- The FRBI Aracade World Series will be a 7-game series.
- All errors in the playoffs will be determined be at 5.
- Higher seeded team has the option to choose to play home or away for the series and play-in.
- Pitching order is anything goes, but a pitcher may not start consecutive games.

[nomaaa]

you gotta figure a vegas team like tropicana has the advantage in a twilight game

[TempoGL]

I've not been paying attention to this but got a message from TD about my team.  Will try to watch live tonight, good stuff

[Darky]

Divisional Playoffs: Game 1

[TempoGL]

'twas a treat to enjoy live

[Darky]

Ye Old Stylers erupt for 13-run rally in the bottom of the 9th to break game open and take game 1 with 29-19 huge win.

Down 19-16 and chasing UHF Ch.62 all game, the Old Stylers staged a furious rally by racking up 12 hits, 3 homeruns, and crossing home plate 13 times. Put simply, Don Gullet was shellacked.

Don Sutton pitched an undramatic 9th to secure the win, but it was the Old Styler bullpen and Cox's scoreless 7th that helped pave the way for a wild come from behind win for the Old Stylers. UHF failed to score down the stretch as their sticks disappeared.

Willie Mays homered three times, Hank Aarron blasted a pair and Ron Cey also blasted a pair to lead the Old Styler offense. For Ultimate, it was his organization's 5th straight loss in the FRBI playoffs - he was swept by Darkside's Empire in the Arcade Final Four series.

[Nacho]

STYLIN'!

[Gantry]

JESUS CHRIST DON GULLET

[ultimate7]

JESUS CHRIST DON GULLET

Defense didn't help him either, should Cy Young have gotten the W for that game?

[Darky]

The PBR-Tropicana boxscore will be coming shortly. Games 2 and 3 for the Divisional Series will go down tonight at 5 pm PST.

I've been in Encinitas/San Diego area and got back last night around 9pm. So there wasn't really time for the series, but hey, we got game 1 there!

[Darky]

Tropicana Staircases shocks Pabst Blue Ribbons by jumping out to 10-1 lead. PBR fought back to get in the game, but then Tropicana found another gear down the stretch to pull away for a game one 25-16 victory. Strawberry has best night of the season by delivering 3 homeruns and Tropicana's pitching in the playoffs remains outstanding.

PBR seemed nervous in the bright lights when they made the game close, but then fell apart when it mattered most and when production and pitching were needed most. Shots of Ryno being heartbroken go viral as meme on social media.