LCS Era Baseball Tournament: AUBREY PLAZAS ARE CHAMPS!

[Norah]

[Kaius]

I have 24 games to overtake kaius.

I wish all the best in your endeavor.

[Lament]

The Garainals are a damn machine.

I'm getting sick of these splits.

I wish you would've saved some of them for when you played me.

[Lament]

SkitchP @ 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 4, SkitchP 0
W - Maddux, L - Niekro

Aubrey Plazas 3, SkitchP 0
W - Hunter, L - Higuera, S - Eckersley

Chudville Nine @ LCS Argonauts

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 3, Chudville Nine 2
W - Valenzuela, L - Seaver, S - Fingers
HR - Alomar

Chudville Nine 7, LCS Argonauts 2
W - Dierker, L - Scott
HR - Fregosi

RMSim @ Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo

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

RMSim 5, Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 2
W - Messersmith, L - Hershiser, S - Jones
HR - Lofton, Clark

Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 6, RMSim 5 (12 innings)
W - Burke, L - Monge
HR - Tettleton, Davis, Bench

Mike Paul & Friends @ 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

Mike Paul & Friends 5, Too Big a Harmon To Say 4
W - McDowell, L - McLain, S - Wetteland
HR - Piazza 2, Aaron

Too Big a Harmon To Say 8, Mike Paul & Friends 1
W - Viola, L - Nagy
HR - Aaron

Kaius' Garainals @ 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

Kaius' Garainals 4, Winning By Numbers 3
W - Tudor, L - Gibson, S - Harvey
HR - Stargell, Mitchell

Winning By Numbers 4, Kaius' Garainals 3
W - Saberhagen, L - Bedrosian
HR - Mitchell, Pendleton

Standings

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Kaius' Garainals 23-9
Winning By Numbers 20-12
Chudville Nine 19-13
LCS Argonauts 18-14
Aubrey Plazas 16-16
Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 15-17
RMSim 14-18
Too Big a Harmon To Say 14-18
SkitchP 12-20
Mike Paul & Friends 9-23

[Lament]

There will be a day off in between days eighteen and nineteen. On day nineteen, all rotations will be considered fully rested. Unless you tell me otherwise, I will go back to the first starter in your rotation on day nineteen. Also, from day nineteen on, each day is a home-and-home, and not two games at the same ballpark.

[philpritchard]

Nice... today's split sets me up perfectly to finish the season. Seven straight sweeps gets me back to .500 and then I have four days left to chase down a playoff spot.

Watch your backs!

[philpritchard]

Everyone send me your updated stats after Day 18. We'll use the day off to get an updated leaderboard out.

I just updated my stats for the first time in 5-6 days and Piazza and Boggs continued to dominate despite my team continuing to be a disaster.

Boggs had a game where we was a single away from the cycle. That would have been fun.

[Norah]

I've been keeping my stat sheet in my drop Dropbox folder so that link I sent you before is continuously up to date.

[philpritchard]

I've been keeping my stat sheet in my drop Dropbox folder so that link I sent you before is continuously up to date.

Oh. Well... good then.

[Norah]

[Lament]

Righetti & Franco combined: 7.66 ERA, 0 for 2 in save opportunities, 2-4 record

Eckersley, Lyle, Quisenberry, & Smith combined: 0.37 ERA, 7 for 7 in save opportunities, 2-0 record


Also, I meant to mention this the other day, but I had a game where Barry Larkin got tossed in the first inning for arguing with an umpire. I know we've had games where managers got ejected, but have we had players get ejected before?

[Norah]

I think I've seen that happen. I wish I could be more certain.

[Lament]

Luckily Ozzie Guillen stepped in and went 2-4 with 2 RBIs.

Surprisingly, Larkin has been my best offensive player so far (.319/.400/.588, 8 HRs, 8 doubles, 29 RBIs, 26 runs). Rose, Molitor and Bonds have also been excellent. The shitty performances have all come from spots you'd expect me to get production from. Canseco and Rice have both been super disappointing in their turns as the third outfielder. Mattingly and Clark were both bad enough at first that I moved Molitor there to give Matt Williams a shot at third, but he's been bad too. I guess I either give Ventura a shot at third, or move Molitor back there and see if either Mattingly or Clark can do better in another go-around.

[Lament]

[philpritchard]

Dave Winfield got tossed on day two for arguing balls and strikes.

[Lament]

Aubrey Plazas @ 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 8, Aubrey Plazas 4
W - Wood, L - Carlton
HR - Thomas, Mitchell

Kaius' Garainals 4, Aubrey Plazas 2
W - Blue, L - Perry, S - Harvey
HR - Rose, Brooks, Torre, Stargell, Mitchell

Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo @ 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

Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 4, SkitchP 2
W - Palmer, L - Gooden, S - Hiller
HR - Bench

SkitchP 22, Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 8
W - Caldwell, L - Guidry, S - Lamp
HR - Trammell, Tenace 2, Harrah

LCS Argonauts @ RMSim

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 2, RMSim 1 (14 innings)
W - Reed, L - Hoffman, S - Fingers
HR - Tettleton

LCS Argonauts 8, RMSim 2
W - Sutton, L - Stieb
HR - Schmidt, Murcer, Barfield

Winning By Numbers @ Mike Paul & Friends

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

Mike Paul & Friends 5, Winning By Numbers 0
W - Blyleven, L - Rijo
HR - Olerud

Winning By Numbers 10, Mike Paul & Friends 6
W - Johnson, L - Richard
HR - Dykstra, Mays, Winfield

Too Big a Harmon To Say @ Chudville Nine

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

Too Big a Harmon To Say 6, Chudville Nine 4
W - Marichal, L - Martinez, S - Davis
HR - McCovey, Aaron, Carter, Brett 2

Chudville Nine 5, Too Big a Harmon To Say 2
W - Howell, L - Tekulve
HR - Gwynn

Standings

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Kaius' Garainals 25-9
Winning By Numbers 21-13
LCS Argonauts 20-14
Chudville Nine 20-14
Aubrey Plazas 16-18
Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 16-18
Too Big a Harmon To Say 15-19
RMSim 14-20
SkitchP 13-21
Mike Paul & Friends 10-24

[Lament]

Nothing like a trip to play the Garainals to bring my winning streak/momentum to a crashing halt.

Gaylord Perry with a 14 strike out, 5 hit performance in game two. Unfortunately four of those five hits were home runs.




Going with Steve Carlton instead of Dwight Gooden with the #3 overall pick may be the single move that most keeps me out of the playoffs. Carlton has been very disappointing (3-3, 4.71 ERA, 1.59 WHIP). Statistically speaking, he's my worst starter.

[TBAMTS]

Another split , but at least both games were exciting.

[philpritchard]

Carlton has been very disappointing (3-3, 4.71 ERA, 1.59 WHIP). Statistically speaking, he's my worst starter.

My best starter's ERA is 4.68.

I wonder what kind of inputs WhatIf uses for pitchers. I waited until relatively late to start picking pitchers, but I still thought I would be OK because I picked some guys who had spectacular seasons. Blyleven has the second highest single season fWAR of any pitcher of the era (behind only Carlton) and he's been a disaster with an ERA over 9.

[Norah]

Another split , but at least both games were exciting.

I really thought I could easily sweep you.