reshuffling line-ups to make Hou/STL more competative.

[TbT]

Ive long thought about a rom that lets you set up a definitive line-up for each team.  add in the bench right away, and move guys around to any spot you want to make the teams better.  with this said, is it possible to make HOU a semi legit team.  If your doing this for all the teams, then id say no, as they would be a bit better as well.  also i dont take defensive positions into account here.

Hou starting line-up.
Lopes
Cruz
Garner
Davis
Reynolds
Bass
Puhl/Thon
Hatcher

Ok this gives you great speed at the top then the HOU power in Garner and Davis.  Reynolds and Bass follow up with thier bats and reynolds offers a little protection for Gdavis.  Then maybe insert the Thon/Puhl batter of choice.  Hatcher at 8 gives you some solid speed, to get a single maybe swipe a base, then get bunted to third by the pitcher.

I didnt put a ton of thought into this though, maybe more analysois after werk.  As for St louis...

Coleman
Smith
Mcgee
Lindeman
Clark(or vice versa for those 2)
Morris
Pena
Pendleton

top 3 should cause some fits to defense with all that speed.  with 2 capable of swiping a base, and mcgee possibly bveating out a force, they should be able to get on and move around a bit.  Possibky Clark at 4 and Lindeman for protection sounds better now that i think about it.  The rest of the line-up is basically the best power guys they have all in a row.

like i said id also do this for all the teams so then it might not matter a s a few of them would be better. 

Boston quickly.....
Armas
Burks
Boggs
Rice
Baylor
Henderson
Evans
Gedman
Ive always like Henderson right in there with Rice, baylor but i cant bring myself to sub for boggs anymore.

have at er kids.

[fknmclane]

I like this idea...

I think SL looks pretty good there.  The speed is balanced very well with the power.

SAN FRANCISCO GIGANTES

Spilman
Leonard
Will Clark
Candy
Cat Fancy
Aldrete
Chili
Speier

I thought for a sec about batting Chili leadoff but I can't take him out of his natural 7-spot.  Spilman of course goes #1, mostly for Gantry.  I like Leonard's speed batting second.  I was always taught that the best hitter bats third, and that is of course Will Clark (an argument could also be made for Chili.)  The CandyMan stays where he's at.  Cat Fancy has plenty of power to bat fifth.  I've always liked Aldrete off the bench, think he has good power and I like another lefty up before Chili. Chili speaks for himself. And Speier is what's left of the slop that is the rest of the Giants.

[ultimate7]

Leaving Chili 7th would be dumb:

Spillman
Leonard
Clark
Candy
Chili
Mitchell
Speier
Brenly

Save Aldrete for the bench where he is clutch, I think an argument could be made for flipping Speier and Spillman

[Stock]

Leaving Chili 7th would be dumb:

Spillman
Leonard
Clark
Candy
Chili
Mitchell
Speier
Brenly

Save Aldrete for the bench where he is clutch, I think an argument could be made for flipping Speier and Spillman

I would lead off with Chili.  He is the fastest on the Giants and also one of the best hitters.  I would use this line-up.

Chili
Candy
Thrill
Mitchel
Leo
spilman
brenly
blood

[TbT]

i cant say they agree with mclane on Chili batting so low in the order.  hes one of the biggest bats they got, and id would want to get him as many at bats as possible a game.  Plus the bigger bats around him might mean more guys on abse for him also.

overall SF could really be improved by making a different offensive line-up.  they have a lot of power for a semi over looked team as is, but a few tweaks and they could be a monster.

[ultimate7]

Detroit:

Trammell
Gibson
Evans
Brookens
Sheridan
Madlock
Whitaker
Nokes

[TbT]

Detroit:
Trammell
Gibson
Evans
Brookens
Sheridan
Madlock
Whitaker
Nokes

That might make for the best bench in the game after the new line-up is put in......Gives you Lemon(882 pw) and Heath(819 pw) to pinch hit somewhere in the mix.

[Stock]

Detroit:

Trammell
Gibson
Evans
Brookens
Sheridan Lemon
Madlock Whitaker
Whitaker Nokes
Nokes Madlock

Sheridan never does well for me, except for once off the bench.  IMHO, his only good quality is that he's a lefty, but Dt has enough lefties.

Another option would be to leave herndn/bergmn in the 3/4 hole so you could get 1 ab with a supercharged DaEvns/Brooken.  You would still have Sheridan and Heath on the bench.

[ultimate7]

Oops, Lemon needs to be in that lineup

[ultimate7]

Try again

Trammell
Gibson
Brookens
Evans
Lemon
Madlock
Sheridan or Whitaker
Nokes or Heath

[JoeDirt]

I think a lot of you guys aren't considering that if you put a PH in, he loses his PH power boost...so Youngblood, for example, never gets the +64 and instead, in ult's example, at least, it now goes to somebody like Robby Thompson.  Dare I say, in that case, people would probably love ol'Robby T.

[Stock]

I think a lot of you guys aren't considering that if you put a PH in, he loses his PH power boost...so Youngblood, for example, never gets the +64 and instead, in ult's example, at least, it now goes to somebody like Robby Thompson.  Dare I say, in that case, people would probably love ol'Robby T.

Exactly.  That is why I would bat madlock 8th and leave sheridan out completely on dt.  They are just not that good w/o the 1ab steroid injection.

[BeeJay]

They are just not that good w/o the 1ab steroid injection.

This reminds me of games like Duke Nukem where you can drink some magic concoction and become super fast.

My description sucked but what I'm trying to say is that the mental image was funny and made me laugh, and that Stock's way funnier than BDawk.

[BDawk]

Impossible

[fknmclane]

Leaving Chili 7th would be dumb:

You're dumb.

And I thought long and hard about batting Chili leadoff like Stock mentioned because he's fast as hell but he can't knock in a lot of runs leading off.  So there.

Dummies.

[TbT]

I think a lot of you guys aren't considering that if you put a PH in, he loses his PH power boost...so Youngblood, for example, never gets the +64 and instead, in ult's example, at least, it now goes to somebody like Robby Thompson.  Dare I say, in that case, people would probably love ol'Robby T.

yeah id considerd this, and i think that it would make the late game PHs much more exciting as there would be some guys with some good power numbers in the PH situations......barrett pH'ing as opposed to stinky sullivan late would be nice.  much more power.

id planed to just have the best guys in, instead of as someone mentioned putting darrel Evans in as a PH for the power up.  good idea, but not along the lines of my thinking.

[OctoFranco]

barrett pH'ing as opposed to stinky sullivan late would be nice.  much more power.

No, I'm pretty sure Barret is a smoldering turd any way you slice it.

And doing the math, yes, the loser would still be sub-800 power even WITH the PH-bonus.

[BeeJay]

Wouldn't it make sense to start Sullivan and Barrett, and then ph them in their fist ab with guys like Baylor/Rice/Evans?  That way you get some ph bonus for the big hitters.  It's not like you ever want Marty and Stinky batting anyway.

[fknmclane]

The plot thickens...

[TbT]

Wouldn't it make sense to start Sullivan and Barrett, and then ph them in their fist ab with guys like Baylor/Rice/Evans?  That way you get some ph bonus for the big hitters.  It's not like you ever want Marty and Stinky batting anyway.

this is my thread and i get to decide how the line-ups are made...so there.....