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

[@SkitchP]

I'll post updated stats tomorrow morning and say that virtually anyone could be available for the right price. Pitching pitching pitching is what I need.

[Lament]

DAY FOURTEEN MATCHUPS

Say No To Drugs @ Sabo's Goggles
Sheets (R) vs. Key (L), Millwood (R) vs. Hudson (R)

Jenny Lewis Hitmen @ Phil City Pritchards
Garrelts (R) vs. Prior (R), Perez (R) vs. Cone (R)

Argonauts @ Chud Loves Schill
Saberhagen (R) vs. Pettitte (R), Valenzuela (R) vs. Scott (R)

The Chudville Nine @ SkitchP
Peavy (R) vs. Rijo (R), Colon (R) vs. Clemens (R)

[Lament]

Remember guys, starting with day fifteen, it's a three game series everyday. No more splits. A new era is upon us...

[@SkitchP]

Remember guys, starting with day fifteen, it's a three game series everyday. No more splits. A new era is upon us...

Let's just do four each day the rest of the way

[Lament]

Remember guys, starting with day fifteen, it's a three game series everyday. No more splits. A new era is upon us...

Let's just do four each day the rest of the way

Why stop at an 84 game season? At that point it'd be silly not to go all the way to 100...

[Lament]

From now until the break, I'm changing my five man rotation to a four man, with Schmidt & Garrelts pitching every fourth day while Perez, Lowe, and Buehrle rotate throughout the other two slots. Garrelts (5-0, 1.93) is my clear #1 so far, and Schmidt (2-3, 3.00) has been a solid #2. The other three are still pretty much interchangeable (3-2, 5.52 for Perez, 2-2, 5.23 for Lowe, 1-2, 5.29 for Buehrle). Hopefully by the break I'll have a clear 1-2-3-4.

I'm heavily weighing rolling the dice with a four man bullpen after the break. Eckersley, Rivera, Gagne, and Wagner are a combined 2-0 with a 2.59 ERA and 7 saves in 8 opportunities, while Myers is 0-2 with a 15.89 ERA. I may drop him for a sixth starter I'll never use. For what it's worth, I've only got one loss that you can consider being WhatIf'd (when they let Derek Lowe take a 3-2 lead into the ninth and didn't pull him for Eckersley until he gave up the lead). So far they've been pretty good about going Eckersley-Rivera-Gagne in games where my starter exits with a lead. It may still prove to be a bad decision in the long run, but so far I'm ok with my draft strategy.

[Lament]

DAY FOURTEEN

Say No To Drugs @ 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

Say No To Drugs 9, Sabo’s Goggles 0
W: Sheets, L: Key
HR: Giambi, Biggio

Sabo’s Goggles 2. Say No To Drugs 1
W: Hudson, L: Millwood
HR: Henderson, Posada

Jenny Lewis Hitmen @ 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

Phil City Pritchards 9, Jenny Lewis Hitmen 1
W: Prior, L: Garrelts
HR: Gonzalez, Berkman

Jenny Lewis Hitmen 13, Phil City Pritchards 6
W: Wagner, L: Cone
HR: Hoiles 2, Schmidt

Argonauts @ 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, Argonauts 3
W: Pettitte, L: Saberhagen, S: Foulke
HR: Lopez, Helton

Chud Loves Schill 11, Argonauts 0
W: Scott, L: Valenzuela
HR: Boggs, Ramirez, Belle

The Chudville Nine @ 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

SkitchP 7, The Chudville Nine 5
W: Eichhorn, L: Schooler, S: Montgomery
HR: Walker, Anderson, Wilkins, Whitaker, Ripken, Sosa

SkitchP 7, The Chudville Nine 4
W: Clemens, L: Colon
HR: Clark, Rodriguez, Thome, McGwire, Ripken

STANDINGS

Spoiler: show

SkitchP 17-11
Say No To Drugs 17-11
Sabo’s Goggles 16-12
Jenny Lewis Hitmen 16-12
The Chudville Nine 13-15
Chud Loves Schill 12-16
Phil City Pritchards 12-16
Argonauts 9-19

[Norah]

I don't even like fake baseball.

[@SkitchP]

[Lament]

I don't even like fake baseball.

That's a lie and you know it.

[Norah]

I don't even like fake baseball.

That's a lie and you know it.

[Lament]

You're only 3 games out of a playoff spot with 42 left to go. You've got plenty of time to catch fire.

[Norah]

Yeah but right now I want to sulk.

[Lament]

[Lament]

Yeah but right now I want to sulk.

If you sweep CopperTom tomorrow you'll be above .500 and within a game of him.

[Lament]

Skitch's team with 83 home runs in 28 games. Mine with 42. Yeesh.

[philpritchard]

Classic Phil.

[CopperTom]

Skitch's team with 83 home runs in 28 games. Mine with 42. Yeesh.

I only have 33 HR and 85 XBH.

[philpritchard]

The three game per day schedule is going to be awesome until I inevitably get swept.

[@SkitchP]

The three four game per day schedule is going to be awesome until I inevitably get swept.

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