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

[Lament]

Only Luke Appling, Shoeless Joe, Albert Belle, & Buck Weaver are guaranteed to return as starters for the 2015 squad. Ed Cicotte is the only pitcher guaranteed a spot in the rotation, and Dennis Lamp is the only reliever coming back for sure.



Doc White, Chris Sale, Billy Pierce, Wilbur Wood, Ted Lyons, Frank Lange, Goose Gossage, Joe Horlen, Thornton Lee, Tommy John, LaMarr Hoyt, Jack McDowell, Bobby Thigpen...start getting those arms ready.

[Lament]

"I knew you'd suck without me..."

[@SkitchP]

Only Luke Appling, Shoeless Joe, Albert Belle, & Buck Weaver are guaranteed to return as starters for the 2015 squad. Ed Cicotte is the only pitcher guaranteed a spot in the rotation, and Dennis Lamp is the only reliever coming back for sure.



Doc White, Chris Sale, Billy Pierce, Wilbur Wood, Ted Lyons, Frank Lange, Goose Gossage, Joe Horlen, Thornton Lee, Tommy John, LaMarr Hoyt, Jack McDowell, Bobby Thigpen...start getting those arms ready.

Those deadball era guys are pretty hit and miss. Luque Has been good, but guys like Mullane and Mullin have been awful for me.

[TBAMTS]

[EJ]

"I knew you'd suck without me..."

You need some of the players from the shorts experiment year.

[TBAMTS]

Either I've been adding in HRs incorrectly or the wind must be blowing out at Wrigley every game.

[philpritchard]

I would have a few bullpen changes and a new fourth starter for next year, but not much more. Maybe a couple different bench pieces, but it's not like 37 years of history gives me a ton of depth to work with.

[Lament]

Those deadball era guys are pretty hit and miss. Luque Has been good, but guys like Mullane and Mullin have been awful for me.

Yeah. Cicotte turned out to be a stud for me in the long run (9-4, 2.99), but Walsh and Smith were disappointing. I guess Walsh and Smith really weren't as bad as they seem. I feel like an ERA of 4.00 is the equivalent to an ERA of 3.00 when facing these line ups, so Smith & Walsh being at 4.57 & 4.58 isn't truly awful. I think next time I'm gonna carry three dead ball era guys (Cicotte with maybe Doc White and Walsh from the year he had a 1.27 ERA instead of the 40 win year) and three live ball era guys (probably Sale, Pierce, & Wood) to balance things off. I mean, I expected my offense to be one of the most anemic ones in the league, but I really thought my staff would be up there with the best of the best.

You need some of the players from the shorts experiment year.

Those 1976 White Sox were one of the absolute worst teams in their history (9th worst out of 114, to be exact). Goose Gossage was their ace at 9-17 with a 3.94 ERA and Jorge Orta led the team in batting average (.274), home runs (14), and RBI (72). So, so very terrible.

[Lament]

Either I've been adding in HRs incorrectly or the wind must be blowing out at Wrigley every game.

Haha. No, that sounds about right. I feel like for every Cubs home game the list of guys who went yard is like seven players long.

[Lament]

Day twenty-nine has been run.

[BigRedLedbetter]

So anyways, Royals through game 12. I have so tweaks to make on little bits. and in summary?

Its #DevilMagic

Ahhhh yeah!! Thanks for doing the stats for my lazy ass btw.

[@SkitchP]

So anyways, Royals through game 12. I have so tweaks to make on little bits. and in summary?

Its #DevilMagic

Ahhhh yeah!! Thanks for doing the stats for my lazy ass btw.

Im not really doing them. That was just to go through some (12 games until i got bored) to see if anyone had anything crazy going on. Not really anymore than any other team.

[Lament]

Tigers - Rangers

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 6, Rangers 4 (10 innings)
W - Hernandez, L - Lyle
HR - Guillen, Greenberg

Rangers 14, Tigers 10
W - Zimmerman, L - Hernandez
HR - Cobb 2, Greer 2, Franco

White Sox - Reds

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

Reds 8, White Sox 5
W - Luque, L - Smith, S - Chapman

White Sox 9, Reds 4
W - Cicotte, L - Smith

Blue Jays - 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

Blue Jays 6, Expos 5
W - Hentgen, L - D. Martinez, S - Ryan
HR - Bautista

Blue Jays 6, Expos 5 (13 innings)
W - Guzman, L - Fryman, S - Ryan
HR - Barfield, White, Guerrero

Red Sox - 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

Red Sox 4, Mariners 2
W - Clemens, L - Schooler, S - Papelbon
HR - Boone, Ramirez

Red Sox 7, Mariners 4
W - Uehara, L - Schooler, S - Papelbon
HR - Ellsbury, Yastrzemski, Ramirez, Garciaparra

Yankees - 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

Spoiler: show

Yankees 10, Cubs 2
W - Gomez, L - Vaughn
HR - Santo, Mantle, Howard, Nettles, Dimaggio

Yankees 6, Cubs 1
W - Chandler, L - Maddux
HR - Ruth

Royals - 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

Spoiler: show

Royals 8, Orioles 0
W - Appier, L - Cuellar
HR - Brett

Royals 10, Orioles 6
W - Affeldt, L - McNally
HR - Gordon, Ripken

Astros - 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

Pirates 7, Astros 3
W - Veale, L - Dierker

Astros 5, Pirates 0
W - Clemens, L - Friend

Indians - 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

Indians 7, Cardinals 4
W - Gregg, L - King, S - Mesa
HR - McGwire, Boudreau

Cardinals 4, Indians 1
W - Dean, L - Tiant, S - Sutter

Standings

Spoiler: show

Red Sox 36-22*
Indians 35-23*
Royals 34-24*
Cardinals 33-25*
Yankees 33-25*
Tigers 31-27
Blue Jays 30-28
Pirates 29-29
Cubs 29-29
White Sox 28-30
Reds 27-31
Expos 26-32
Rangers 26-32
Astros 25-33
Orioles 23-35
Mariners 17-41

[Lament]

Four teams playing for one last spot on day thirty...

[BigRedLedbetter]

[@SkitchP]

For the Reds Final Game Lineup:

1. SS Big Klu
2. 2B Votto
3. C Foster
4. CF: Bench
5. 1B Concepcion
6. LF Larkin
7. 3B Pinson
8. RF Groh
P: Mullane P

[philpritchard]

A pair of 6-5 wins and we're still in it! Also, in the 13th inning of game 58... because obviously:

D.White crushes a 2-run homer to LF.

Go White Sox!

[EJ]

Last day's lineup. Its updated in WhatIf.

1 Honus Wagner 3B
2 Arky Vaughan SS
3 Barry Bonds LF
4 Ralph Kiner 1B
5 Dave Parker RF
6 Brian Giles CF
7 Manny Sanguillen C
8 George Grantham 2B

[Norah]

Up by a game with 2 to play. I like this.

[Norah]

Fuck the Indians.