Fantasy RBI Baseball playoffs

[Gantry]

Doc gooden is simply the man... 

[GreatScott]

ok gonna have to shake up the lineup ...
1 BRENLEY
2 JOYNER
3 CANSECO
4 HRBEK
5 CLARK
6 DOWNING
7 MORRIS
8 SPEIRS
LETS GO STIFFS!

[fightonusc]

Wow, that's a bold move by The Stiffs' GM. We'll have to see if this shakes them out of the doldrums, or causes friction within the clubhouse.

[fknmclane]

Shut up you bitter drunk!

[Gantry]

Brenley at leadoff eh?  Now I've seen everything...  but he's got heart, if anyone can pull that off it's Brenley

[fightonusc]

Video of Game 2 of the BeefMaster/Nimrods series is up at the Web site. Box score and recap to follow.

[Nails]

Brenley at leadoff eh? Now I've seen everything... but he's got heart, if anyone can pull that off it's Brenley

I was surprised at this as well.  Also, i was amazed to see Spilman on the bench while Speier was in the starting lineup.

[fightonusc]

Speier's actually been starting for a while for The Stiffs, and producing pretty well. He and Blank Morris have been a decent set of 7-8 hitters.

[ultimate7]

For final 3 games of the series please change my lineup to

Gaetti
Dawson
Clark
Brunansky
Madlock
Leonard
Laudner
Garner


Thanks

[fightonusc]

Game Summary:

Maybe BeefMaster really does have The Nimrods' number. After taking a one-run victory in Game 1 of their Fantasy RBI Baseball League playoff series, BeefMaster left little to chance in thumping the regular season champs 22-12 in a seven-inning rout at Nimrods Field on Thursday. The victory brings BeefMaster one game away from taking the best-of-five series and securing a place in the Fantasy World Series.

BeefMaster received offense from a variety of players. Don Baylor and Dick Schofield each hit two home runs, while Glenn Davis added a home run while driving in five. BeefMaster had more extra base hits (20) than the Nimrods had total hits (19) for the game.

Nimrods GM Ultimate7 said after the game that he will shake up the lineup in an attempt to get the team out of its offensive doldrums. Gary Gaetti and Will Clark each drove in three in the losing effort, while Andre Dawson added a solo home run - his only RBI despite a 4-for-5 day.

[BeefMaster]

Two down, one to go...

I'm impressed that my team scored 22 runs despite only 5 homers.  The 4-double game by Carter is especially impressive.

[fightonusc]

You can't have the guy hitting ahead of Andre Dawson go 1-for-5. The Hawk needs runners on base! Your defense was spectacular again, BeefMaster - several shots hit at the first and third basemen where they had to make acrobatic catches. That, and the fact that you scored seven runs in the seventh after the first two batters were retired, was a huge factor. Two out hitting is so key.

[Nails]

Glenn Davis almost hit for the cycle.  Has any player accomplished that in this season?

[Gantry]

My Beefmasters prediction is cloes to coming true, I'm so fucking smart...

You stop Dawson, you stop the Nimrods...

[fightonusc]

The thing is, Dawson still went 4-for-5 with a home run today. But if he's coming up with no one on base, it limits how much he can impact the game.

[fightonusc]

Glenn Davis almost hit for the cycle. Has any player accomplished that in this season?

I know Will Clark had a game where he had two home runs, two doubles, two singles and a triple.

Glenn Davis almost hit for the cycle. Has any player accomplished that in this season?

Two players have:

John Morris, Week 2: 5-5, 2 HR, 3B, 2B, 4 R, 5 RBI
Will Clark, Week 7: 7-8, 2 HR, 2 3B, 2 2B, 5 R, 6 RBI

[BeefMaster]

Wow - Clark was a single away from a double cycle.

[TβG]

it might be too late to start a rivalry, but let's just say my team (The OC) doesn't like the stiffs. 

it all starts at the top with the GM/Owner not being around enough for the draft, then fielding one of the top teams in the league.  and now where do you see him on the boards?  primarily in the RBI fantasy baseball thread.  so here's a guy who just came onto the board and immediately gets to draft a team, and i think got skipped a few times, then gets players that are left and still has success.  nobody likes that.

so anyway, that's about the best smack talk you can do for a fantasy league where everything's decided by numbers, i guess, unless you asked doc gooden what he thinks of the stiffs, and he would say, "we will add to our wins, and subtract the stiffs from the playoffs"

[fightonusc]

Video of Game 2 of The OC/The Stiffs series is up at the site. Box score and recap to follow.

[fightonusc]

Game Summary:

Heading into the bottom of the seventh of Game 2 of their Fantasy RBI Baseball Playoff series against The OC on Thirsday, The Stiffs were in serious trouble. They were down 12-7 and in danger of falling behind 2-0 in the best-of-five series, with two games at The OC to follow. But the bats of Jose Canseco and John Morris changed all of that in one stunning inning.

Canseco homered twice in the bottom of the seventh and Morris added a three-run shot as part of a 10 run outburst, which propelled The Stiffs to a 17-14 victory to tie the series at 1-1. Canseco ended the game with four home runs and seven RBI as part of a 4-for-5 day. The 10 runs came off of losing pitcher Doyle Alexander, who was shelled for 11 earned runs total in relief of Dwight Gooden. Gooden had a solid but not spectacular start, giving up five earned runs over 4 1/3 innings pitched.

The OC had jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the second inning thanks to two-run homers by Kirby Puckett and Don Mattingly. They then scored three more times in the fourth to push their lead to 9-2 before The Stiffs began to mount a comeback. Danny Cox picked up the win in relief by allowing three earned runs over three innings, while Willie Hernandez pitched a perfect ninth for the save.