FRBI Super League LCS and World Series thread

[Darky]

Channel for the livestream:

7-game series starting Sunday, January 31 at 4pm Dee Nee time. The LCS will take place everyday starting from Sunday the 31st at the same time - 4pm Dee Nee time. The YouTube videos will be released shortly after the live broadcast - boxscores and recaps to follow the next day.


BB Kings (#1) vs Tropicana Staircases (#8). Nomaaa has elected home field advantage.

Beefy Masters (#2) vs UHF Ch. 62 (#5). BeefMaster has elected home field advantage.


Look at week 18 boxscores or your team stats in the stat thread if you wish to make any changes to your lineup and pitching rotation. Otherwise, I'll go ahead and go with the lineup and pitching rotation that were in place in from Week 18.

[Gantry]

DEFINITELY rooting for the underdogs in these two. 

CHANNEL FUCKING 62

[ultimate7]

No changes

[Darky]

I'll post just before I air live and drop the Twitch link again. The broadcast will begin 30 minutes earlier (3:30pm dee nee time) for a little pregame action where I'll recap the season and playoffs.

[Darky]

Going live in five - 30 minutes of pregame before we get the FRBI Super League LCS going!

Here's the live broadcast:

[Darky]

Thrillers - down to the wire! The speed of the game for some reason slowed down when i uploaded to YouTube. I'll have to look into this. The game went live on Twitch with the normal faster speed that usually takes 10 minutes. The update on my emulator changed the recording format. Again, will try and fix.

*UPDATE* Okay, forgot about the Windows+G shortcut to record games from Windows. Problem fixed which means the rest of the YT videos will happen in the normal faster speed which usually takes 10 minutes. Also, you can set the playback speed higher in the settings menu on the in the YT video.

The Beefy Masters and Channel 62 game got cut off right after the 8th. So if you missed the action and can't bear the slow pace of the YT recordings, you can catch the speedier version here, but the dramatic 9th inning to the Beef-Ch.62 game is not in it: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/895977804

[nomaaa]

hell yea boys we are back

[Darky]

BB Kings get Winfield ph go-ahead HR and lights out pitching from Dizzy Dean in the 9th to capture game 1 of the LCS.


Dave Winfield came off the bench and finally shedded his "Mr. May" label by delivering the go-ahead homerun on a 0-2 count in the bottom of the 8th inning. In the top of the 9th,"Dizzy" Dean pitched a perfect inning by recording 3 outs on 3 pitches as nomaaa's BB Kings take game 1 of the LCS in an exciting thriller. Game 2 will broadcast live today at 3pm Dee Nee time via Twitch.

Winfield fouled-off 3 balls with 2 strikes on him before he finally measured up the Rocket's sizzling fastball. Mike Schmidt led all hitters with 5 hits and ole Bob Brenly led all hitters with two homeruns from the 8-hole. Surprisingly and unfortunately, Hack Wilson only managed two hits and zero homeruns for Tropicana. Hack, who was the Div. MVP, had 13 homeruns during the Divisional playoffs and has a HR average of 2 per game in the playoffs dating back to the Arcade League when he helped lead the Empire to a title with his hitting terror. If Hack Wilson doesn't get going soon, the series may be over fast because the BB Kings are deep in pitching and hitting.

[Darky]

BeefyMasters blow early lead, then stage comeback win capped by Brian Downing's Walk-Off HR to capture game 1 victory


The BeefyMasters raced out to a comfortable 11-1 lead after 5 innings and it appeared there wouldn't be much of a game. But Channel 62 woke up in the next two innings by scoring 15 runs which gave them a 16-12 going into the 8th. Bruce Sutter, who led the Super League in ERA, struckout 2 hitters and retired the side in the top of the 8th to keep the BeefyMasters within range. Then in the bottom of the 8th, the BeefyMasters rallied for 5 runs and retook the lead, 17-16. In the top of the 9th with Rick Sutcliffe in relief and Mr. October leading off, Reggie Jackson hit the first pitch he saw and blasted a laser seemingly going near lightspeed over the RF wall to even up the exciting game. A throwing error later in the inning gave UHF Ch.62 a 18-17 lead going into the bottom of the 9th.

Big Daddy Rick Reuschel took the bump to protect the lead, but then Tony Armas hit an opposite field HR on the first pitch to tie the game at 18. Brookens and Thon then hit back-to-back singles to set the stage for Brian Downing's pinch hit heroics. Downing got an inside fastball and drilled it into the LF cheap seats for the walk-off HR as the crowd at the Dakota Dome erupted into a frenzy.

Game two will follow today's BB Kings vs Tropicana Staircases game at 3pm Dee Nee time.

[Gantry]

Big Daddy really shit the bed, there

[nomaaa]

when winfield fouled off the second 0-2 pitch, i had a feeling lightning was about to strike

[Darky]

Another set of thrillers!

[nomaaa]

TOUCH EM ALL JOE!

[Gantry]

Brutal dead zone there for the Staircases after a nice start.

BIG DADDY REVENGE TOUR

[Darky]

Joe Morgan's walk-off homerun surges BB Kings into 2-0 LCS series lead


Game 2 of the FRBI Super League LCS was a story of big leads flip-flopping midgame and then a dramatic finish in the 9th.
Tropicana stormed out to a 15-7 lead after 4 innings before the BB Kings went on a 17-3 run in the 5th, 6th, and 7th innings to take a 24-18 lead. Tropicana surged down the stretch and evened up the contest 26-26 after the top of the 9th.

With the score even at 26, Roger McDowell took the ball in the bottom of the 9th and got Nokes to pop out in foul territory. The next batter, Joe Morgan, then showed his championship genes by drilling a McDowell fastball into the bleachers in right field for the walk-off homerun (his second of the game) and give nomaaa's BB Kings a crucial 2-0 series lead.

The game featured 12 hitter who had 4 homeruns or more, and both teams combined for 25 homeruns. Hack Wilson woke up for Tropicana and blasted 4 homeruns while Ernie Banks hit 3. Willie McCovey was a perfect 7-7 at the plate.

The series will resume today at 3pm Dee Nee time as the series shifts over to Las Vegas with Tropicana now hosting.

[Darky]

Big Daddy Reushel rebounds, holds off Beefy Masters 9th inning rally to register save, series now 1-1 with Channel 62 win


UHF Ch.62's heart of the lineup delivered a huge performance from the plate while Channel 62's bullpen was outstanding in shutting down the league's number one homerun team to even up the series.

Rick Reushel, who blew game 1, was given a 3-run lead going into the bottom of the 9th. After recording the first out, Dewey Evans blasted a PH HR. After a Bob Gibson out, Bruno and Bench exchanged doubles to come within 1 run of tying up the game. With Bench on second base and big bad Dave Kingman at the plate representing the game winning run, Reushel got Kingman to hit a weak popup to 2B Bobby Grich. Gantry was seen in jubilation from the press box as he is well known as Channel 62's biggest fan.

Game 3 will air live via Twitch today at 3pm Dee Nee time.

[BeefMaster]

Man, that sixth inning was some real "death by a thousand cuts" bullshit - six runs on ONE extra base hit (and even that was just a double).

When Lombardozzi came up in the 7th I actually said out loud "Why are they letting Lombo hit?!" and then the ball was on its way out of the park before I finished saying it.

[Gantry]

That Lambardozzi homer angered me a great deal

[Darky]

We got another pair of down to the wire thrillers!

[nomaaa]

try to remember to set the thumbnails to something that avoids spoilers