2020 Fantasy RBI Super League Game Thread (reboot)

[Shooty]

Davey Johnson kind of sucks.

DJ for Joe Morgan straight up

who says no?

Throw in your first round pick in the next sandwich draft and you have a deal.

[Darky]

Fernandomania: Pabst Blue Ribbon nation falls in love with Fernando Valenzuela after another scoreless inning in the clutch for thrilling win against Tropicana Staircases.

Fernando Valenzuela has started the PBR season with perfection through the first 3 games. Down 27-26 in the bottom of the 9th  with Foster, Hack Wilson, and D.Strawberry coming up, Tropicana felt good about their chances. Foster led off with a single off the fence in left-center and things looked promising. The most feared hitter in the league, Hack Wilson, hit into a double play and then Strawberry grounded out to second base to end the game. Fernando won his second game of the year while also picking up the save. In week 1, Fernando pitched three scoreless innings, 2 of those into extra innings against the top hitting team in the league, UHF Ch.62. 4 innings pitched, only three hits surrendered, and zero earned runs reads the line for Fernando's first two appearances ... and of course 2 wins and a save. Fernando was greeted at the airport by thousands of fanatic supporters over in the capital of the Pabst Blue Ribbon Republic.

The Blue Ribbons are one of two teams left undefeated and have raised eyebrows with their brilliant start. Mantle now has 6 homeruns and is just about back on his record homerun pace from the Arcade season.

[BeefMaster]

Fernando won his second game of the year while also picking up the save.

Gotta pick one...

A relief pitcher is awarded a save when he meets all three of the following conditions:

He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his club; and
He is not the winning pitcher; and
He qualifies under one of the following conditions:
He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning; or
He enters the game, regardless of the score, with the potential tying run either on base, at bat, or on deck; or
He pitches for at least three innings.

You can give Fernando the win on the grounds that Ryan (who would ordinarily be the pitcher of record) was ineffective in his appearance and should not be credited with the win, but in that case Fernando doesn't also get the save.

[nomaaa]

getting the win and the save in the same game is like eating your cake while still having it

[Darky]

Vader has altered the rules. The save stands!    I'll run it by Lord Vader once again, but he's a tough cookie to mend anything. If I can talk him into it, I'll fix that. Also, saves will be awarded to any relief pitchers who preserve the lead, no matter how big of a lead one has - FRBI league, this isn't the MLB. My bad though, I got mixed up with the win-save thing - I was an OF and never really paid attention to the save thing.

[Shooty]

Can you ever just admit when you are wrong?

[Darky]

I thought I just did amigo! I was clearly wrong and it is embarrassing, but oh well. haha, kinda funny how I wasn't sure on the save rules.

Last boxscore coming soon, then I'll post the standings and schedule. Tomorrow's games will be between 2 to 2:30pm dee nee time. Then count on Thursday and Saturday - same time Thursday and about 2 hours later on Saturday.

[Darky]

BB Kings rock Tudor for 26 runs, cruise to 30-22 win - Juan Marichal pitches CG.

After the 4th inning, the BB Kings led 26-12 and the carnage was just too devastating for the winless High Fives to recover from. Candy Maldando has a surprising 7 homeruns, tied for first in the league with 3 other players.

[Gantry]

22 run complete game, impressive

[Darky]

[nomaaa]

damn matt nokes really went 7 for 7

[fightonusc]

Worthy of at least a second-round pick.

[Darky]

Week 4 done!

[Gantry]

CHANNEL FUCKING 62

[ryno]

Get on board mother fuckers

[Darky]

Ultimate Chicago Ch.62 (UHF Ch. 62) hangs on for victory over Empire. Ozzie Smith over achieving through four games with a .619 clip.

UHF CH.62 got the big outs every time the Empire threatened to take the lead throughout the game. With Ultimate Chicago leading 20-18 in the bottom of the 9th and the Empire frantically rallying, Jody Davis was thrown out at home plate from an errant CF throw which was picked up at the backstop by the quick thinking Bid Daddy for the second out. Hubbel hit an infield single and Chet Lemon came up having already hit 2 homeruns for the day. Rick Reuschel got Lemon to groundout to the SS to end the game and earn the save.

For the #1 hitting team in the league and being on a record pace for almost every offensive category in the history of the FRBI League, UHF Ch.62 only scored 20 runs - 11 fewer runs than their average.

As for the Empire, their offensive woes continue in situations where there is the opportunity to take the lead or put the game away over the last two games. 

[Darky]

Gedman blasts 4 HR, Ruth hits 3 HR, "The Thrill" and HoJo each drill a pair of shots to spearhead the Pabst Blue Ribbons hitting - Mike Scott does the rest to finish the game.

The Pabst Blue Ribbons woke up in a big way in the 4th inning. Down 15-7 to the winless High Fives, the Blue Ribbons erupted for 12 runs to take a 19-15 lead. The High Fives reduced the deficit to 19-17 after the bottom half of the 4th, but they would only score 2 more runs the rest of the way because of Mike Scott's mastery.

The Pabst Blue Ribbons have now opened the Super League at 4-0 and are now the lone undefeated team in the league. SS Bobby Doerr, who was signed by Ryno the day before, had a 3-6 debut with a RBI triple. Maury Wills was released. Ryno explained that he favored more pop over speed and that Doerr (18/765/124) has shown to overachieve - he hit .521 with 9HR during the Arcade season.

[Darky]

Hollywood hitters finds another gear down the stretch, Soto finishes strong and Hollywood improves to 2-2.

*The boxscore got screwed up due to a mistake I made, so the season totals are were doubled on to the original boxscore. Can't fix the boxscore without the database being corrupted again, but the database is fixed to reflect the players true stats.

[Gantry]

THIS IS WHY YOU INVEST HEAVILY IN MOTO FUCKING SOTO

[Darky]

Ye Old Stylers get go-ahead HR from Hank Aarron in the 7th and use lights-out pitching from the bullpen to win it down the stretch to capture first win.

When Doc Gooden took the mound in the top of the 7th with a 11-10 lead, Canada liked their chances. However, Hank Aarron hit the go-ahead 3-run shot which was followed by a Foxx solo homerun. Canada added a run in the bottom half of the 7th and there would be no more scoring as the score stood still at 14-12 in favor of the Old Stylers.

The Canada Shootys threatened in the bottom of the 9th and had runners at second and third with two outs and Carter at the plate. Don Sutton got Carter to fly out to end the game and pick up the save.

Phil Niekro was brilliant in his long relief role with only 1 run and 2 hits allowed in three innings and out-dueled Gooden.