Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: JENNY LEWIS HITMEN WIN!

[Lament]

DAY FOUR MATCHUPS

Jenny Lewis Hitmen @ Sabo's Goggles
Perez (R) vs. Key (L), Garrelts (R) vs. Hudson (R)

The Chudville Nine @ Phil City Pritchards
Peavy (R) vs. Prior (R), Schilling (R) vs. Mussina (R)

Say No To Drugs @ Chud Loves Schill
Carpenter (R) vs. Welch (R) , Millwood (R) vs. Glavine (L)

Argonauts @ SkitchP
Saberhagen (R) vs. Willis (L), Valenzuela (L) vs. Gubicza (R)

[Norah]

What's more impressive is it's the wrong Pedro. 1999 was the more dominant option between the franchise tournaments.

It's still crazy to think that this is almost certainly the only reason you guys didn't repeat.

It's infuriating because it shouldn't have made a god damned difference.

[Lament]

What's more impressive is it's the wrong Pedro. 1999 was the more dominant option between the franchise tournaments.

It's still crazy to think that this is almost certainly the only reason you guys didn't repeat.

It's infuriating because it shouldn't have made a god damned difference.

It's too bad we don't still have access to the box score from Game 6 of the White Sox-Red Sox series. It went into extra innings and neither starter got a decision, but I vaguely remember 2000 Pedro having a "good, but not great" outing. I'm probably wrong though.

[Lament]

Jenny Lewis Hitmen @ Sabo's Goggles

Game 1: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Sabo’s Goggles 9, Jenny Lewis Hitmen 8
W: Key, L: Perez, S: Righetti
HR: Bonds 2, Thomas, Bichette, Bagwell, Posada

Jenny Lewis Hitmen 3, Sabo’s Goggles 1
W: Garrelts, L: Hudson, S: Gagne
HR: Thomas

The Chudville Nine @ Phil City Pritchards

Game 1: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

The Chudville Nine 7, Phil City Pritchards 0
W: Peavy, L: Prior
HR: Griffey, Guerrero

Phil City Pritchards 9, The Chudville Nine 5
W: Mussina, L: Schilling
HR: Griffey, Guerrero

Say No To Drugs @ Chud Loves Schill

Game 1: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Chud Loves Schill 5, Say No To Drugs 4
W: Welch, L: Carpenter, S: Foulke
HR: Giambi

Say No To Drugs 3, Chud Loves Schill 1
W: Millwood, L: Glavine, S: Lidge
HR: Biggio, Helton

Argonauts @ SkitchP

Game 1: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Argonauts 23, SkitchP 11
W: Saberhagen, L: Willis
HR: Lopez 2, Anderson, Whitaker 2, Wood, McGwire

SkitchP 6, Argonauts 5
W: Wood, L: Rhodes
HR: Kent, Ripken, Thome

STANDINGS

Spoiler: show

Say No To Drugs 6-2
SkitchP 5-3
Sabo’s Goggles 5-3
Jenny Lewis Hitmen 4-4
The Chudville Nine 3-5
Phil City Pritchards 3-5
Chud Loves Schill 3-5
Argonauts 3-5

[@SkitchP]

This Coors field thing is fantastic.

[numbers]

Man, my team blows.

[philpritchard]

I've been shutout twice in four games since my 29-run game against Skitch.

[TBAMTS]

That bullpen strategy surely worked out for you in Game 2 Lament. Sheesh.

Also, three times already I've had a starting pitcher give up 8 ER and get the win. Classic Whatif.

[philpritchard]

Also, three times already I've had a starting pitcher give up 8 ER and get the win. Classic Whatif.

Nice. Meanwhile, Randy Johnson is 0-2 with a 2.65 ERA.

[@SkitchP]

Fun Skitch Stats

In a game that my pitchers struck out 16 men, they allowed 23 runs.
My Bullpen has a 10.86 ERA and a 2.15 WHIP... and it is 4-0.
OPS (excluding pitchers) is .955

[Lament]

That bullpen strategy surely worked out for you in Game 2 Lament. Sheesh.

When I saw that, part of me was psyched, but part of me thought "Now it's gonna be a letdown when WhatIf goes back to not knowing how to use my bullpen after seeing them prove they're capable of using it right." But man, for one game it was perfect.

Also, three times already I've had a starting pitcher give up 8 ER and get the win. Classic Whatif.

Nice. Meanwhile, Randy Johnson is 0-2 with a 2.65 ERA.

Clearly Johnson is a bust. You should probably waive him at the All-Star break.

[Lament]

For the record, I have my stats, and they're up to date. Photobucket seems to have been broken for the past few days though, so I have nowhere to upload them.

[Lament]

There is no in between with my hitters. Five guys over .300 (including three over .400), five guys under .200.

[@SkitchP]

For the record, I have my stats, and they're up to date. Photobucket seems to have been broken for the past few days though, so I have nowhere to upload them.

Just put it on twitter

[@SkitchP]

[Lament]

[Lament]

DAY FIVE MATCHUPS

Chud Loves Schill @ Jenny Lewis Hitmen
Appier (R) vs. Lowe (R), Zito (L) vs. Buehrle (L)

SkitchP @ Say No To Drugs
Clemens (R) vs. Maddux (R), Rijo (R) vs. Santana (L)

Sabo's Goggles @ The Chudville Nine
Martinez (R) vs. Higuera (L), Hershiser (R) vs. Halladay (R)

Phil City Pritchards @ Argonauts
Johnson (L) vs. Nomo (R), Perez (L) vs. Brown (R)

[Lament]

Three of my starters (Hoiles, Salmon, Aurilia) have OPSs that are lower than the top three batting averages (Schmidt, Thomas, Bonds) on my team. I probably should replace them, but for some reason I want to ride this out for a bit...

[Norah]

Lament email me your sheet and I'll add totals.

[Norah]

Lament, please remove Schilling from my rotation and replace him with Bartolo Colon.