LCS Era Baseball Tournament: AUBREY PLAZAS ARE CHAMPS!

[BigRedLedbetter]

Damn. I needed both of those.

[philpritchard]

I finally got two really solid starts and my team managed a combined three hits. Damn.

I think Argo gets a candidate for best play of the season:

T.Raines swipes 2B.
T.Raines steals third base.
T.Raines steals home. T.Raines scores.

[The Argonaut]

I finally got two really solid starts and my team managed a combined three hits. Damn.

I think Argo gets a candidate for best play of the season:

T.Raines swipes 2B.
T.Raines steals third base.
T.Raines steals home. T.Raines scores.

And he got on base by hitting a 2-RBI single! That was crazy. I think Tim Raines is getting sick of the slump going on in the middle of the order.

[The Argonaut]

Fernando Valenzuela pitched a one-hit shutout and Don Sutton pitched a two-hit shutout!

[The Argonaut]

lineup order changed going forward.

1 Tim Raines CF
2 Rod Carew 1B
3 Albert Belle RF
4 Mike Schmidt 3B
5 Bobby Murcer LF
6 Ted Simmons C
7 Ozzie Smith SS
8 Steve Sax 2B

[Lament]

Fernando Valenzuela pitched a one-hit shutout and Don Sutton pitched a two-hit shutout!

When I ran those sims, I was thinking that that's got to be the most dominant day's worth of pitching performances we've seen from one team so far.

[Norah]

Doug will be happy to know that Tommy Herr has made it into the lineup.


1 Tony Gwynn RF
2 Thurman Munson C
3 George Brett 3B
4 Andre Dawson CF
5 Carl Yastrzemski LF
6 Jim Fregosi SS
7 Keith Hernandez 1B
8 Tommy Herr 2B

[Norah]

[doug rr]

Doug will be happy to know that Tommy Herr has made it into the lineup.


1 Tony Gwynn RF
2 Thurman Munson C
3 George Brett 3B
4 Andre Dawson CF
5 Carl Yastrzemski LF
6 Jim Fregosi SS
7 Keith Hernandez 1B
8 Tommy Herr 2B

bout time...he's probably all stiff though

[Lament]

Day twenty results...

Kaius' Garainals vs. 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 2, Kaius' Garainals 1
W - Perry, L - Tudor, S - Eckersley
HR - Rose, Carty

Aubrey Plazas 8, Kaius' Garainals 1
W - Carlton, L - Clemens
HR - Mitchell

RMSim vs. 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

RMSim 2, LCS Arognauts 1
W - Andersen, L - Ryan

LCS Argonauts 6, RMSim 3
W - Scott, L - Stieb, S - Fingers
HR - Murcer

SkitchP vs. 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

SkitchP 7, Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 3
W - Higuera, L - Hershiser
HR - Bonds, Jackson, Gonzalez

Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 2, SkitchP 1
W - Beck, L - Gooden, S - Hiller

Chudville Nine vs. 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

Chudville Nine 13, Too Big a Harmon To Say 6
W - Dierker, L - Williams
HR - Yount, McCovey, Killebrew 2, Munson, Hernandez

Too Big a Harmon To Say 12, Chudville Nine 2
W - Viola, L - Roberts
HR - Fregosi, Viola

Mike Paul & Friends vs. 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 10, Mike Paul & Friends 3
W - Rijo, L - McDowell
HR - Pendleton

Winning By Numbers 3, Mike Paul & Friends 1
W - Johnson, L - Nagy
HR - Boggs

Standings

Spoiler: show

Kaius' Garainals 27-13
Winning By Numbers 26-14
LCS Argonauts 23-17
Chudville Nine 23-17
Aubrey Plazas 21-19
Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 19-21
RMSim 18-22
Too Big a Harmon To Say 18-22
SkitchP 15-25
Mike Paul & Friends 12-28

[Kaius]

Ouch. Nice job, Plazas.

[philpritchard]

What the hell just happened? I get some of my best pitching performances of the tournament and my team has managed a total of three runs on 12 hits over the last four games. Despite my record, my overall offense had been really solid up until now.

[Lament]

Ouch. Nice job, Plazas.

My rotation kicked off this stretch run by delivering four straight starts worthy of burning my top four picks on them. I was kinda banking on them doing that a lot earlier (and more frequently), but maybe they can keep it up a bit.

[Kaius]

The playoffs are right within your reach.

[Norah]

These fucking splits are getting annoying.

[Kaius]

Chin up, chud.

[Norah]

[Lament]

The playoffs are right within your reach.

I don't know. I think I may have dug myself into too deep of a hole. All four teams ahead of me also have outstanding pitching staffs. The difference is all of you have far superior offenses.

[Lament]

Day twenty-one results...

Winning By Numbers vs. 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

Winning By Numbers 4, Kaius' Garainals 0
W - Fidrych, L - Wood

Kaius' Garainals 7, Winning By Numbers 1
W - Blue, L - Gibson
HR - Mitchell

Aubrey Plazas vs. 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

Aubrey Plazas 8, SkitchP 1
W - Maddux, L - Niekro
HR - Carty, Clark

Aubrey Plazas 12, SkitchP 6
W - Hunter, L - Caldwell
HR - Bonds, Johnson, Carty, Gonzalez, Fielder

Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo vs. 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

Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 7, RMSim 6
W - Palmer, L - Morris, S - Hiller
HR - DeCinces, Tettleton

Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 8, RMSim 6
W - Guidry, L - Messersmith, S - Hiller
HR - Bonds, Trammell, Tartabull, Madlock, Oglivie

Too Big a Harmon To Say vs. 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

Too Big a Harmon To Say 8, Mike Paul & Friends 4
W - Marichal, L - Dibble
HR - Strawberry, Bell, Yount, Aaron

Mike Paul & Friends 1, Too Big a Harmon To Say 0
W - Dibble, L - Tekulve, S - Wetteland

LCS Argonauts vs. 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

Chudville Nine 7, LCS Argonauts 5
W - Seaver, L - Valenzuela, S - Myers
HR - Munson, Fregosi, Murcer

Chudville Nine 4, LCS Argonauts 0
W - Matlack, L - Sutton
HR - Brett

Standings

Spoiler: show

Kaius' Garainals 28-14
Winning By Numbers 27-15
Chudville Nine 25-17
LCS Argonauts 23-19
Aubrey Plazas 23-19
Snap Bracelets/Electric Boogaloo 21-21
RMSim 18-24
Too Big a Harmon To Say 19-23
SkitchP 15-27
Mike Paul & Friends 13-29

[Lament]

My rotation since the break: 6-0, 1.20 ERA, six quality starts...

This is what I was hoping for when I gambled on picking nothing but pitchers with my first four picks. My playoff chances are pretty much squarely on their shoulders at this point, cause outside of a few players, my offense is pretty terrible most of them time. There's probably a really good chance I have both the lowest team ERA and the lowest team batting average.