All-Time Franchise Baseball Tournament: RED SOX WIN IT ALL!

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Day nine results...

Tigers - Orioles

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

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Tigers 7, Orioles 6
W - Zumaya, L - Smith
HR - F. Robinson, Martinez 2

Tigers 5, Orioles5
W- Lolich, L - Mussina
HR - Cabrera, Kaline, Gentile

Rangers - Yankees

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

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Yankees 3, Rangers 0
W - Hunter, L - Ryan
HR - Dimaggio, Gehrig

Rangers 2, Yankees 0
W - Darvish, L - Guidry, S - Cordero

White Sox - Cubs

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

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Cubs 8, White Sox 1
W - Brown, L - Walsh
HR - Banks

White Sox 12, Cubs 9
W - Wilhelm, L - Myers, S - Fisher

Reds - Royals

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

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Royals 9, Reds 4
W - Saberhagen, L - Walters
HR - Gordon

Reds 4, Royals 3
W - Smith, L - Davis, S - Chapman

Blue Jays - Cardinals

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

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Cardinals 4, Blue Jays 2
W - Gibson, L - Henke, S - Sutter
HR - Hornsby, McGwire

Cardinals 9, Blue Jays 0
W - King, L - Stieb
HR - O'Neill, Musial 2, King

Expos - Astros

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

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Astros 4, Expos 3
W - Dierker, L - P. Martinez
HR - Bagwell

Expos 5, Astros 4
W - Burke, L - Wagner, S - Wetteland
HR - Dawson 2, Bagwell

Red Sox - Pirates

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

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Red Sox 5, Pirates 2
W - Ruth, L - Candelaria, S - Papelbon
HR - Ellsbury, Yastrzemski

Red Sox 6, Pirates 3
W - Young, L - Friend, S - Papelbon
HR - Boggs, Stargell

Mariners - Indians

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

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Indians 4, Mariners 2
W - Perry, L - Johnson
HR - Belle, Ramirez

Indians 8, Mariners 1
W - Feller, L - Moyer
HR - Rosen

Standings

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Tigers 13-5
Indians 13-5
Royals 12-6
Red Sox 11-7
Rangers 11-7
Yankees 10-8
White Sox 9-9
Cubs 9-9
Astros 9-9
Pirates 8-10
Reds 8-10
Cardinals 8-10
Orioles 7-11
Expos 6-12
Blue Jays 5-13
Mariners 5-13

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Are we definitely making it a 60 game regular season or are we sticking with 30?

Out of curiosity, is there anyone who wants to stick with 30?

[Lament]

Also, I give up on trying to understand the success of the Royals and Rangers.

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all the talk about alex avila in this thread has really thrown off my vanity searches

This is a great post.

I swear I'll eventually get around to posting all of my stats, but here are two things that are killing my team:

Roger Clemens has a 9.72 ERA. I really thought I would have a chance to contend because of Halladay and Clemens (considering I have his best season, too) at the top. Halladay has been decent. Clemens has been hammered pretty much every time out.

Jose Bautista has a .630 OPS. I knew I had some weaknesses in my lineup, but I thought the top 4-5 spots would be outstanding. I actually have two regulars who have been worse than that, but I didn't expect a ton out of Gruber and Whitt.

Clemens has been awful for the Astros as well.

Weird.

Are any modern pitchers besides Pedro performing at an above average level?

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Day ten matchups...

Tigers - Royals
at Detroit: Newhouser (L) vs. Appier (R), at Kansas City: Trout (R) vs. Cone (R)

Rangers - Orioles
at Texas: Jenkins (R) vs. Kilroy (L), at Baltimore: Perry (R) vs. Palmer (R)

White Sox - Yankees
at Chicago: Smith (R) vs. Gomez (L), at New York: Scott (R) vs. Chandler (R)

Reds - Cubs
at Cincinatti: Rhines (R) vs. Maddux (R), at Chicago: Luque (L) vs. Alexander (R)

Blue Jays - Indians
at Toronto: Hentgen (R) vs. Tiant (R), at Cleveland: Key (L) vs. Gregg (R)

Expos - Cardinals
at Montreal: D. Martinez (R) vs. Cooper (R), at St. Louis: Vazquez (R) vs. Tudor (L)

Red Sox - Astros
at Boston: Martinez (R) vs. Hampton (L), at Houston: Clemens (R) vs. Ryan (R)

Mariners - Pirates
at Seattle: Langston (L) vs. Veale (L), at Pittsburgh: Hernandez (R) vs. Law (R)

Let me know if these are wrong.

[BigRedLedbetter]

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, I give up on trying to understand the success of the Royals and Rangers.

[Norah]

Cy Young is starting to turn this thing around.

[BigRedLedbetter]

How great is Pedro? Holy shit.

[numbers]

Im thinking of giving some of the Astros bench players a try tomorrow. Bagwell could use a day off.

[Kaius]

Silver King tosses a 5-hit shutout and rips a HR.

[@SkitchP]

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How are you compiling BABIP against for pitchers? Are you going into the play by play log to see which pitcher gave up the SFs in each game?

nah, Basically started to do that, decided it was pretty insignificant and it wasnt worth the effort.

[@SkitchP]

Rocky Colavito has one more day to figure this out.

[@SkitchP]

Rocky Colavito has one more day to figure this out.

No he doesn't. Against LHP


1. RF... Kaline.
2. CF- Heilmann
3. LF Greenburg (pos switch)
4. 1B- Cabrera (pos switch)
5. C- Martinez
6. SS- Trammell
7. 2B- Gehringer
8. 3B- Guillen

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Noted.

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Silver King tosses a 5-hit shutout and rips a HR.

It's about damn time.

[numbers]

Damn, we missed the elusive Clemens v Clemens game by one spot in the rotation. I should have held him back a day.

[@SkitchP]

Holy shit, the Indians got 2 complete games.

[numbers]

Sometimes the managing of the pitching staffs by the simulator is absurd. They have guys who have given up 7 runs in 3 innings staying in the game up to 140 pitches.

[Lament]

I think tomorrow against the Yankees I'm going with...

Appling
Fox
Thomas
Jackson
Belle
Weaver
Mostil
Lollar

Weaver has been great at second, but Nellie Fox had a reputation as a Yankee-killer, so I'm hoping he can help me avoid a sweep. Thomas' average is super low (.254), but his OBP is still respectable (.390), plus Dick Allen has been awful. I could give Zeke Bonura a shot, but I need Big Hurt's power in there, especially with Minoso on the bench right now.

[Jorge]

Chud and Skitch are taking those spreadsheets way too far