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

[Kaius]

[Kaius]

Since I'm about to take on the Kansas City Juggernauts, I thought it would be a good time to update the lineup.

Going forward (and ready to go on whatif):


1 Willie "fuckin'" McGee CF
2 Albert "the Machine" Pujols 3B
3 James Edward "Tip" O'Neill LF
4 Rogers "the Rajah" Hornsby 2B
5 Stan "the Man" Musial 1B
6 Joe "Ducky" Medwick RF
7 Joe "El Chino" Torre SS
8 Yadier Molina C

Game 1: Silver King
Game 2: "Parisian" Bob Caruthers

[Lament]

Rogers "the Rajah" Hornsby

Nice.

[Lament]

Day twenty matchups...

Tigers - Mariners
at Detroit: Newhouser (L) vs. Fleming (L), at Seattle: Trout (R) vs. Iwakuma (R)

Rangers - Indians
at Texas: Jenkins (R) vs. Perry (R), at Cleveland: Perry (R) vs. Feller (R)

White Sox - Pirates
at Chicago: Walsh (R) vs. Veale (L), at Pittsburgh: Cicotte (R) vs. Candelaria (L)

Reds - Astros
at Cincinatti: Walters (R) vs. Hampton (L), at Houston: Smith (L) vs. Ryan (R)

Royals - Cardinals
at Kansas City: Saberhagen (R) vs. King (R), at St. Louis: Greinke (R) vs. Caruthers (R)

Cubs - Blue Jays
at Chicago: Maddux (R) vs. Halladay (R), at Toronto: Alexander (R) vs. Clemens (R)

Yankees - Expos
at New York: Hunter (R) vs. P. Martinez (R), at Montreal: Guidry (L) vs. Rogers (R)

Orioles - Red Sox
at Baltimore: Cuellar (L) vs. Grove (L), at Boston: McNally (L) vs. P. Martinez (R)

If these are wrong, just let me know before I post the results in the afternoon.

[Lament]

Day twenty has been run.

[@SkitchP]

Someone go wake up Lament.

[Lament]

Tigers - Mariners

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

Spoiler: show

Tigers 11, Mariners 10
W - Hernandez, L - Putz, S - Hiller
HR - Greenber, Cabrera, Cash

Tigers 6, Mariners 1
W - Trout, L - Iwakuma
HR - Kaline, Gehringer

Rangers - 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

Spoiler: show

Indians 6, Rangers 3
W - Perry, L - Jenkins
HR - Rodriguez, Gonzalez

Indians 4, Rangers 1
W - Feller, L - Perry
HR - Speaker

White 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

Spoiler: show

White Sox 5, Pirates 4 (10 innings)
W - Wilhelm, L - Scurry

White Sox 16, Pirates 3
W - Cicotte, L - Candelaria
HR - Thomas, Lollar

Reds - 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

Spoiler: show

Astros 5, Reds 1
W - Hamptons, L - Walters, S - Valverde
HR - Foster

Reds 11, Astros 5
W - Smith, L - Ryan
HR - Herman

Royals - 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

Spoiler: show

Cardinals 5, Royals 3
W - King, L - Davis

Royals 11, Cardinals 8
W - Greinke, L - Caruthers, S - Quisenberry
HR - Pujols, O'Neill

Cubs - Blue Jays

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

Spoiler: show

Cubs 11, Blue Jays 0
W - Maddux, L - Halladay
HR - Sosa 2

Blue Jays 2, Cubs 1
W - Clemens, L - Alexander, S - Ryan
HR - Alexander

Yankees - Expos

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

Spoiler: show

Expos 3, Yankees 0
W - P. Martinez, L - Hunter, S - Wetteland
HR - Wallach

Yankees 9, Expos 3
W - Guidry, L - Rogers

Orioles - Red Sox

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

Spoiler: show

Red Sox 7, Orioles 4
W - Grove, L - Cuellar, S - Papelbon
HR - Yastrzemski 2, Davis

Red Sox 5, Orioles 3
W - Martinez, L - McNally, S - Papelbon
HR - Ripken, Lopez

Standings

Spoiler: show

Red Sox 27-13
Indians 26-14
Tigers 23-17
Royals 23-17
White Sox 21-19
Cardinals 21-19
Yankees 21-19
Cubs 21-19
Reds 19-21
Rangers 19-21
Pirates 18-22
Blue Jays 18-22
Astros 17-23
Expos 17-23
Orioles 16-24
Mariners 11-29

[Norah]

Yaz is now hitting an even .400.

[Norah]

Vlad's really starting to turn his season around.

[Lament]

Yaz has really put himself right in the middle of the Most Outstanding Player discussion, alongside Hornsby, Appling, Cleveland Shoeless Joe, Hack Wilson, & Sammy Sosa.

[Lament]

[Lament]

Man, my White Sox have a brutal stretch coming up. Indians, Mariners (yeah, they're the worst team by far, but I have to face Felix, who has been ridiculous and probably accounts for half of their wins), Red Sox, Cubs, & Yankees all in a row. They're tied for the last playoff spot right now, but they could be dead in the water by the end of the week.

Tigers-Red Sox looks like the marquee matchup tomorrow, followed by Cardinals-Cubs and then White Sox-Indians. All of those games will be big. Reds-Pirates is deceptively big too. Either one of those teams sweeping the games could give them a big boost back into middle of the race for a playoff spot.

[philpritchard]

I'm hanging on by avoiding the sweep and staying three games back, but I'm gonna need to start putting together more 2-0 days soon to stand a realistic chance. Still, can't complain about a 7-3 run out of the break.

[Lament]

Sweep the Yankees tomorrow and you're right there in the hunt.

[Lament]

Day twenty-one matchups...

Tigers - Red Sox
at Detroit: Verlander (R) vs. Clemens (R), at Boston: Lolich (L) vs. Young (R)

Rangers - Mariners
at Texas: Ryan (R) vs. Johnson (L), at Seattle: Darvish (R) vs. Moyer (L)

White Sox - Indians
at Chicago: Smith (R) vs. Gregg (R), at Cleveland: Faber (R) vs. Tiant (L)

Reds - Pirates
at Cincinnati: Rhines (R) vs. Blass (R), at Pittsburgh: Luque (R) vs. Law (R)

Royals - Astros
at Kansas City: Appier (R) vs. Scott (R), at Houston: Cone (R) vs. Dierker (R)

Cubs - Cardinals
at Chicago: Jenkins (R) vs. Gibson (R), at St. Louis: Brown (R) vs. Dean (R)

Yankees - Blue Jays
at New York: Gomez (L) vs. Stieb (R), at Toronto: Chandler (R) vs. Hentgen (R)

Orioles - Expos
at Baltimore: Barber (L) vs. D. Martinez (R), at Montreal: Mussina (R) vs. Vazquez (R)

Let me know if any of these are wrong.

[Kaius]

I'm going to start Dean in game 2, Lament. I'm feeling Dizzy.

[Lament]

Got it.

[Lament]

Now edit your post so that it says "I'm gonna start Dean in game 2, Lament. I'm feeling Dizzy."

[Kaius]

That's what it says!

[Lament]

So sexy.