LCS Era Baseball Tournament: AUBREY PLAZAS ARE CHAMPS!

[Lament]

Mattingly and Canseco may be getting benched for a few games. Maybe Johnson too.

[Norah]

Talkin' softball...

[@SkitchP]

ugh

[Lament]

Day nine has been run. That's a third of the season in the books (well, for now). I'll post the results sometime in the general vicinity of noon.

[philpritchard]

We're up to 4 teams on the stat sheet now.

[Lament]

Mike Paul & Friends @ Kaius' Garainals

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

Kaius' Garainals 7, Mike Paul & Friends 5
W - Wood, L - Blyleven, S - Harvey
HR - Thomas, Mitchell, Foster

Kaius' Garainals 7, Mike Paul & Friends 2
W - Blue, L - Richard

Chudville Nine @ Aubrey Plazas

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

Aubrey Plazas 5, Chudville Nine 4
W - Franco, L - Hernandez, S - Eckersley

Chudville Nine 6, Aubrey Plazas 4
W - Martinez, L - Perry, S- Myers
HR - Rice, Larkin

RMSim @ SkitchP

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

SkitchP 4, RMSim 2
W - Gooden, L - Cuellar
HR - Tettleton, Murphy, Gonzalez

RMSim 11, SkitchP 10
W - Andersen, L - Corbett, S - Jones
HR - DeCinces 2, Jackson 2, Johnson

LCS Argonauts @ Too Big a Harmon To Say

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

LCS Argonauts 5, Too Big a Harmon To Say 3
W - Valenzuela, L - Marichal, S - Fingers
HR - Murcer, Evans

LCS Argonauts 11, Too Big a Harmon To Say 9
W - Orosco, L - Henke, S - Fingers
HR - Belle, Aaron 2

Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo @ Winning By Numbers

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

Winning By Numbers 4, Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 2
W - Saberhagen, L - Palmer, S - Sutter
HR - Ripken

Winning By Numbers 4, Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 2
W - Rijo, L - Guidry, S - Sutter

Standings

Spoiler: show

Kaius' Garainals 12-6
Winning By Numbers 12-6
Chudville Nine 11-7
LCS Argonauts 10-8
Aubrey Plazas 9-9
Too Big a Harmon To Say 9-9
RMSim 8-10
Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo
Mike Paul & Friends 6-12
SkitchP 6-12

[Norah]

Why the fuck did they take out Dierker after 5 innings?

[Lament]

He was up to bat with the bases loaded and nobody out and they pulled him for a pinch hitter.

[Lament]

Sorry, bases loaded and one out.

[philpritchard]

He was up to bat with the bases loaded and nobody out and they pulled him for a pinch hitter.

I was just about to complain that I had runners on 1st and 2nd with one out in the 6th and Richard came up and put down a sacrifice bunt. To that point, he had allowed 6 runs in 5 innings.

I'm not saying in-game management is causing me to lose because it's obvious I've made some picks that really aren't working out, but decisions like that sure don't help my chances.

[philpritchard]

Also: Blyleven allows 6 runs without retiring a batter and the bullpen proceeds to throw 8 innings, allowing a run on 3 hits and striking out 13.

My bullpen has been crazy good... it's a shame the lineup and rotation have both sucked so much.

Edit: the bullpen ERA sits at 2.72 in 46 innings. Excluding Montgomery, the other five have an ERA under 2 in 41 innings.

[philpritchard]

I'm tossing up a Hail Mary here and plugging in Dietz and Devo for Olerud and Griffey tomorrow. Both lineups are updated.

I'm not sure if I confirmed this before, but Nagy will continue to start until further notice.

[TBAMTS]

It took 18 games for my bullpen to log its first decision. Looks like Dwight Evans should have been in the starting lineup from the beginning.

[Lament]

I have a sinking feeling that the Aubrey Plazas are about to implode.

[Lament]

Day ten starters...

Kaius' Garainals @ LCS Argonauts (use "Yankees" for game two)
Tudor (L) vs. Ryan (R), Clemens (R) vs. Lolich (L)

Chudville Nine @ SkitchP
Matlack (L) vs. Niekro (R), Roberts (L) vs. Reuschel (R)

Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo @ Too Big a Harmon To Say
Hershiser (R) vs. McLain (R), Key (L) vs. Viola (L)

RMSim @ Mike Paul & Friends
Stieb (R) vs. McDowell (L), Morris (R) vs. Nagy (R)

Aubrey Plazas @ Winning By Numbers
Maddux (R) vs. Johnson (L), Hunter (R) vs. Fidrych (R)

[EJ]

Mattingly and Canseco may be getting benched for a few games. Maybe Johnson too.

Not Mattingly.

[Lament]

Not Mattingly.

He was sooooo good in the "preseason" for me, but he's off to a pretty poor start (.246/.301/.354). I had to give Jack Clark a shot.

[Norah]

George Brett still hasn't struck out and Randy Myers is lights out in the 9th.

[Lament]

Yaz's OPS is just stupid.

[Norah]

It was a lot better a few days ago.