2008 Random Rumblings

[Providence A's]

woo hoo! 2 - 8 sim

[Slyder]

11-9 a few kinks to work out.
Batting AVG: .247 (23rd)
Homeruns: 16 (T-21st)
Walks: 66 (9th)
Stolen Bases: 10 (27th)
Runs Scored: 95 (15th)

Pitching ERA: 4.56 (21st)
Opponents AVG: .265 (19th)
HRs Allowed: 20 (17th)
Walks Allowed: 55 (T-7th)
Runs Allowed: 100 (21st

HRs are killing my pitching staff!!!

Santana is pitching like I thought he would, Bush is pitching above what I thought he would, Rest of them are blah.

Brandt comes back after getting some rest early on, hopefully he will settle the pen down.

I thought Platoons wouldnt work....
My RF:
vs RHP (Gibbons) 18-45 (.333), OBP .379, Slu .611, OPS .980
vs LHP (Cruz) 7-13 (.538), OBP .571, Slu .538, OPS 1.110

Thats some pretty nice production out of a duo making about a mil and a half total. My SS/3b suck with the bat right now. Luna will probably be inserted to try and mix it up.

[BrianDawkins]

utterly amazed that im the 2nd worst team in baseball... actually not really, this always happens to me in OOTP leagues when i go out and acquire some big bats and arms and brace myself for contention. it never happens. cause OOTP is a fickle beast.

.500 pyth record, 1-6 in onerun games, maybe the best overall offense in the game... just a head scratcher. i don't want to go into May being the worst team in baseball, so hopefully we turn it around next sim.

[Dam8610]

i don't want to go into May being the worst team in baseball, so hopefully we turn it around next sim.

With the Yankees around, you have no concerns of that happening.

[Porter]

5-5 sim, still remain in 1st place.

Batting AVG: .279 (6th)
Homeruns: 22 (T-9th)
Walks: 64 (T-11th)
Stolen Bases: 27 (T-10th)
Runs Scored: 98 (12th)

Pitching ERA: 4.55 (20th)
Opponents AVG: .278 (28th)
HRs Allowed: 21 (19th)
Walks Allowed: 60 (15th)
Runs Allowed: 101 (22nd)

I dont have to worry about having a sorry offense but that pitching needs to stop giving up too many hits.

[bjd2933]

Jason Windsor= STRIKEOUT MACHINE

[Witlon]

Holy crap, Teodoro Marmolejo turned himself into a spect...and just when I was about to cut him, too.

[Porter]

Batting AVG: .293 (1st)
Homeruns: 33 (T-12th)
Walks: 120 (3rd)
Stolen Bases: 48 (5th)
Runs Scored: 178 (4th)

Pitching ERA: 4.35 (19th)
Opponents AVG: .256 (15th)
HRs Allowed: 29 (14th)
Walks Allowed: 95 (12th)
Runs Allowed: 152 (18th)

7-3 sim, offense is rolling and the pitching is improving greatly. fell to 2nd place by a game. Zito, you think Im going to win less than 70 games now.

[redsfan28]

Santana is pitching like I thought he would, Bush is pitching above what I thought he would, Rest of them are blah.

You'd best re-sign him, because he's a FA after this season.

[Hammer]

feeling good in the neighborhood wiht the kansas city royals. alex gordon is george brett jr, aaron villegas is his own man, and my pitching staff is actually doing their best to replicate each of their seasons last year. yahtzee to all of them.

[Dam8610]

Is this underachieving time for my teams? I really don't get this. My pitching staff is 25th in the league?! Something is VERY wrong with that picture.

[bjd2933]

It took him 3 years, but Kelly Shoppach may have finally learned how to play baseball.

[Halladay_is_God]

7-5 sim
2-0 @ DET
1-2 @ BAL
2-1 vs CWS
2-1 @ CLE
0-1 vs SEA

Batting AVG: .288 (2nd)
Homeruns: 33 (12th)
Walks: 120 (T-3rd)
Stolen Bases: 17 (28th)
Runs Scored: 188 (1st)

Pitching ERA: 3.61 (4th)
Opponents AVG: .243 (3rd)
HRs Allowed: 22 (4th)
Walks Allowed: 77 (1st)
Runs Allowed: 123 (4th)

top 4 in every pitching stat is sweetness

Josh Beckett = Cy Young

prospects 1B Ian Bladergroen and SP Andrew Dobies are developing and soon to be ready for the majors

[Porter]

All four teams of the AL West are .500 or above. complete turnaround from last season.

[Kingdom]

Porter, your team isn't a concern. Especially when I traded away a good portion of my team, or cut them and I'm still four back of you.

Good news for me, even if I lost Marcus Sanders(heart/break); Guterriez gained more talent, so did Anderson Rosario and Carlos Hernandez has 9-7-9 talent now. Might be a great signing if he blooms late.