Post-Strike Baseball Tournament: WORLD CHAMPION SKITCHP!

[Lament]

Game ones are not kind to the Garainals, are they?

Also, Albert Belle is systematically annihilating pitchers in this tournament.

[Norah]

God I hate the Garainals so much.

[The Argonaut]

so far in this tourney, good hitting has defeated good pitching. we've had very few low-scoring games (though I was held to one run once...)

[numbers]

Numbers, I only have one thing to say to you. Strike this motherfucker out.

This was a good post.

[Lament]

so far in this tourney, good hitting has defeated good pitching. we've had very few low-scoring games (though I was held to one run once...)

It looks like a lot of the starters are getting knocked around in the first inning or two before settling down and pitching a handful of solid innings.

We've had a handful of really strong outings by starters though. I know Maddux embarrassed my team in the play-in round. Buehrle had a good start in there too. I think Pedro, Schilling, Scherzer, Carpenter, Loaiza, Glavine, and Clemens have all had stellar starts. But yeah, pitchers are having a rough go. These lineups are tough though. You've got great hitters in all eight spots for the most part.

[numbers]

Pedro had a hit and an RBI for me today.

[Lament]

Looks like

Verlander vs. Willis
Carpenter/Schilling/Scherzer/? vs. Santana

for game two. Santana is another pitcher who had a great outing last round.

[numbers]

Albert Belle is waiting, Kaius.

[Lament]

Albert Belle is waiting, Kaius.

[The Argonaut]

I feel like 1995 Albert Belle is a HR-hitting glitch that some Indians fan at whatifsports.com secretly sneaked into the code.
Side note, I was looking up Albert Belle and happened to notice that he lost the 1995 AL MVP Award to Mo Vaughn. More importantly: MO VAUGHN STOLE 11 BASES IN 1995! That blew my mind!

[Lament]

I was looking up Albert Belle and happened to notice that he lost the 1995 AL MVP Award to Mo Vaughn.

I think (and I could be completely wrong) that even most Red Sox fans at this point acknowledge that Vaughn winning the MVP award over Belle that year was an absolute joke.

[numbers]

It was ridiculous, Belle completely dominated that year.

[The Argonaut]

Oh, please. Mo Vaughn stole 11 bases in one season. AL MVP? That man was cheated out of the Nobel Peace Prize that year. Mo Vaughn!

[Kaius]

Carp is gonna have Albert's ass tomorrow afternoon.

[Norah]

It's adorable how you call him Carp.

[Lament]

The bad blood between the Garainals and The Chudville Nine is enough by itself to make me hope we have additional tournaments at some point after this one ends.

[Norah]

oh we're doing this again

[Kaius]

It's adorable how you call him Carp.

It's even more adorable watching you pout on the sidelines.

[Norah]

It's adorable how you call him Carp.

It's even more adorable watching you pout on the sidelines.

I hate you.

[Kaius]

It's adorable how you call him Carp.

It's even more adorable watching you pout on the sidelines.

I hate you.

Them's fightin' words.