All-Time Franchise Baseball Tournament: RED SOX WIN IT ALL!

[Lament]

Ed Walsh and Ed Cicotte are on the mound tomorrow. They're gonna be too busy trying to keep their numbers stellar to bean Jason Kendall.

[Lament]

Royals have been bulking up against the other expansion teams, but got swept by the only old school team they played. I can't help but think their 6-2 record is a mirage of sorts.

[philpritchard]

Game 1 - tying run to the plate in the 9th
Game 2 - tying run to third in the 9th (bases loaded)
Game 4 - tying run to first in the 9th (with none out)
Game 7 - tying run to second in the 9th
Game 8 - tying run to second in the 9th

And I thought real-life baseball was frustrating!

[Kaius]

Big Mac with the walk off in game 2! I think I need to move him further up in te lineup with all the walks he is getting.

[Lament]

Game 1 - tying run to the plate in the 9th
Game 2 - tying run to third in the 9th (bases loaded)
Game 4 - tying run to first in the 9th (with none out)
Game 7 - tying run to second in the 9th
Game 8 - tying run to second in the 9th

And I thought real-life baseball was frustrating!

Yeah, you really can't seem to get a break.

[Lament]

Day five matchups...

Tigers - Mariners
at Detroit: Newhouser (L) vs. Fleming (L), at Seattle: Trout (R) vs. Iwakuma (R)

Rangers - Indians
at Texas: Jenkins (R) vs. Perry (R), at Cleveland: Perry (R) vs. Feller (R)

White Sox - Pirates
at Chicago: Walsh (R) vs. Candelaria (L), at Pittsburgh: Cicotte (R) vs. Drabek (R)

Reds - Astros
at Cincinnati: Mullane (R) vs. Hampton (L), at Houston: Smith (L) vs. Ryan (R)

Royals - Cardinals
at Kansas City: Saberhagen (R) vs. Gibson (R), at St. Louis: Greinke (R) vs. King (R)

Cubs - Blue Jays
at Chicago: Maddux (R) vs. Hentgen (R), at Toronto: Prior (R) vs. Wells (L)

Yankees - Expos
at New York: Hunter (R) vs. Martinez (R), at Montreal: Guidry (L) vs. Rogers (R)

Orioles - Red Sox
at Baltimore: Cuellar (L) vs. Clemens (R), at Boston: McNally (L) vs. Grove (L)

Let me know if these are wrong or there are changes.

[Lament]

Also, we were sooooo close to Gaylord Perry vs. Gaylord Perry in the Rangers-Indians games.

[numbers]

Has Clemens pitched for someone every day so far?

[Lament]

Yeah, I believe he has.

[Lament]

Scratch that, he didn't pitch on day three.

[Lament]

Big Mac with the walk off in game 2! I think I need to move him further up in te lineup with all the walks he is getting.

Sweep the Royals tomorrow and you guys will have climbed back to .500.

[EJ]

Wagner and Bonds have been studs throughout. Stargell was a giant oaf prior to these last 2 games. Too bad I can't get Arky Vaughan in as a starter. No way I'm subbing him in for Wagner.

Now, if I could only remedy my pitching staff. Really should've looked for some long relievers. This sim just leaves my starting pitchers in there to get pounded.

Edit: thanks for the template, Chud. This thing's great!

[Lament]

I think Bonds might be leading the league in home runs right now.

[philpritchard]

Wagner and Bonds have been studs throughout. Stargell was a giant oaf prior to these last 2 games. Too bad I can't get Arky Vaughan in as a starter. No way I'm subbing him in for Wagner.

Now, if I could only remedy my pitching staff. Really should've looked for some long relievers. This sim just leaves my starting pitchers in there to get pounded.

Edit: thanks for the template, Chud. This thing's great!

I went with one of the best long-relief seasons of all times and he hasn't thrown an inning yet. I think they just try to get as much out of the starters as possible every game.

[Lament]

My updated stats...




Minoso, Jackson, Belle, & Appling are out of their minds right now. Thomas isn't too far behind

[EJ]

Very impressive, Lament. You weren't kidding about your pitchers either. Jeezus.

[Alex]

what is happening here?

[Lament]

I went with one of the best long-relief seasons of all times and he hasn't thrown an inning yet. I think they just try to get as much out of the starters as possible every game.

I can't even begin to understand the method by which they use the bullpens. I probably spent more time trying to build my pen then anything else though, just in case.

Very impressive, Lament. You weren't kidding about your pitchers either. Jeezus.

If they can keep it up, Walsh & Cicotte are gonna be a pretty daunting a 1-2 punch in a seven game series. They both face a huge test going up against McCutchen, Wagner, and Bonds tomorrow, though.

[philpritchard]

In a move that suggests the team has reached a point of desperation, the Toronto Blue Jays have announced that former catching prospect Carlos Delgado will be inserted into the lineup as the catcher for both games of Friday's doubleheader against the Cubs because why the hell not.

In a second move, the Jays have informed league commissioner Lament that Jimmy Key, not Dave Stieb, is scheduled to pitch in game two, but that David Wells will be inserted into that spot instead.

More details to follow.

[numbers]

I'll be eyeing some lineup changes for the Stros when I do up the spreadsheet this weekend.