... well they're still at it. New York and River Cities are still tied with 100 wins each.
Of course, the Adams League title was already decided on April 1. However, an interesting race is shaping up for the Adams League wild card between the just-sub .500 teams of Brooklyn, Hickroy and Saskatoon, with the Wolves leading the pack by one game.
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It's too funny that New York and River Cities are tied again. We couldn't rig the game to get this outcome again if we tried.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, it's very sad how many serious injuries there were. I count five injuries that are seven months or more. That's long enough to imperil Opening Day next year.
Two of those five are Maui players. It's interesting that only my (few) good players seem to sustain serious injury; all my crappy players are just fine.
ReplyDelete... And I just lost Roger Painter for seven months. At least I got George Aguinaldo back.
ReplyDeleteTwo of my top prospects are also out for the offseason and most of next season. This ain't pretty.
Well, it was nice (being ahead) while it lasted.
ReplyDeleteHow specifically can we be tied at the end of the season, anyway?
Wooster continues to do well though he's clearly losing steam in the second half. I'll still take a rookie with 20 wins.
Has anyone but me looked at the head-to-head matchups? The only one New York is under .500 against is me and that's by more than 10 games. And we only have one game left against each other. This'll be a tight one.
12-0 against the rest of the Zotti league this sim, 1-2 against River Cities.
ReplyDeleteAs Nate said, I'm 11 games under .500 against him for the year, and I'm at least 14 games over against the others.
Doesn't bode well for the playoffs, does it?
I think this is the first time I've ranked #1 in team ERA - 3.78 vs 3.79 for Nate. Most of that's from my bullpen.
Woof, that was a discouraging sim. Mudge has come back to earth a bit but I can't exactly blame any particular thing. I think the Huskers have a malaise.
ReplyDeleteI've been hit with the injury bug all year... my starting rotation was decimated by it. I lost Midgett, Oleson and Coghlin to season-ending injuries early in the season. It's a miracle that I'm only 34 games back. :)
ReplyDeleteI have been lucky and only had one major injury to one of my catching prospects, but I have to say I am still in favor of the higher level of injuries. I do have to ask if there is a setting in-between this league and the other league that most of us are in?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I have to say even thought I am in second to last place (mainly because of my horrific bullpen) I am very pleased with this season. My prospects are coming along nicely, and Monte Goss is leading the league in batting...what are the chances of that.
OK here's an oddity I just noticed, on the extended standings page -
ReplyDeleteI have a 27-6 record in 1-run games. Nate, however, is 11-15! Yet despite what I would have thought, our pythagorean records are pretty close (I should have 97 wins, Nate should have 98).
So what does this mean? Am I lucky? Underperforming in blowouts? I seem to remember an article from one of the original Bill James Abstracts about what a skewed record in one-run games means.
Part of it, I bet, is my bullpen strength - let's call it the Junior Cuomo factor.
Paul: It's definitely the bullpen. All my years with the kick-ass pen (oh, where have they gone?) with Cuomo, Carrol, Hatch, Ertle, etc. gave me obscene 1-run game records. Bill James be damned, it's all about the bullpen, and, yes, it's sustainable -- well, until it stops.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, my bullpen is an epic fail, the primary reason I'm watching the playoffs slip away. This is what I get for thinking Dewall was expendable. I can't believe I'm paying Johnny Cowherd upwards of 2 million for this degree of awful.
ReplyDeleteAnd the thing is, when you're a Mets fan, watching a team gag away the playoffs thanks to a terrible bullpen is... unpleasant.
But why does my manager keep pulling effective starters after two or three innings? In my last four games, here are the lines for my starters:
Reuter (4.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 3 BB, 50 PI)
Lawrence (3 IP, 0 ER, 5 K, 1 BB, 58 PI)
Shipp (4.1 IP, 2 ER, 4 K, 2 BB, 77PI)
Carballo (3.2 IP, 3 ER, 2 K, 3 BB, 70 PI)
What in the world? Maybe we could be competitive here if we didn't pull Reuter after 4 shutout innings to throw Johnny "Aaron Heilman" Cowherd out there every conceivable chance we get, eh what?
Seriously, is something wrong? I realize some of this might be a function of endurance, but Shipp has decent endurance.
Frank: Your bullpen is stellar, compared to mine. As a Phillies fan (WFC!) I see the Mets when I look at the Sluggers.
ReplyDeleteLooks like, too, Cowherd went the Sherman Wheeler route in the OOTP9 upgrade. 'Tis a shame, he was a great reliever a few seasons ago.