Postseason sim - LCS Games 1

Here we go, folks! It's time for the 2023 postseason, featuring everybody's favorite commissioner, Zev Steinhardt, in the postseason again. That's why I'm running the sims for the first round, so Zev can concentrate on his tall task: defeating the defending Cecil Cup champion Maui Mashers in the League Championship Series.

It was a breezy, cloudy day in Brooklyn as Kevin Kepner took the mound for the hometown Wolves. Kyle Fike opposed him for the boys from Hawai'i. Not much happened in the first few innings, as Brooklyn had runners on the corners with one outs in the bottom of the second, but Fike got out of that jam with a strikeout and a ground out.

In the top of the third, Brooklyn lost its centerfielder, Kevin Works, as he injured his ankle making an amazing catch. He'll miss the rest of the postseason, but, on the plus side, ends with a perfect 1.000 batting average after tripling in the second.

Maui finally opened the scoring in the top of the fourth, scraping two singles together around a walk to take a 1-0 lead. But, the Wolves finally feasted on Fike in the bottom of the fifth, as their second time through the lineup allowed them to score twice, taking a 2-1 lead. A solo home run by Jeff Wardlaw in the 7th extended the lead to 3-1, and a two-run shot by Kathuhiko Jouda in the 8th gave the Wolves a 5-1 lead.

Timothy Mendiola tried to spark a rally by leading off the ninth with a triple off Kepner, and scored on a sacrifice fly two batters later, but Pino Pontoni relieved Kepner and got the final batter to ground out to preserve the 5-2 win for Brooklyn on its owner's birthday. Happy birthday, Zev!

Kevin Kepner got the #2 performance of the day with his 8 and 2/3rds innings of 7 hits, 2 walks, 2 earned runs, and 8 strikeouts in the win. Kyle Fike was the loser.

If Kepner was the #2 performer, who possibly was better than him tonight? Well, if you have been following OOTP baseball the past 15 seasons or so, you probably would have answered "Whoever was pitching for Seattle" and have been absolutely correct. Enrico Hernandez pitched a dazzler, a complete game 2-hitter the Seattle Monarchs cruised to a 9-1 thrashing of the feel-good story, Hickory Huskers. Welcome to reality, Frank.

So, both home teams held serve in the first game of their series. Game 2 for both series will be tomorrow night!

Regular Season's In The Books -- Welcome To The Postseason

Game Date:  9/24/2023

Who Uploaded: 
Antelope Valley
Brick
Hickory
Maui
Seattle
Shackamaxon

Final Standings:
Adams:  Brooklyn wins the division by four games.
Zotti:  Seattle's ended up winning the division by 162 thirty seven games.
Signorino:  Maui ends up fourteen games over New York.
Wild Card:  Hickory earns the wild card by finishing eight games ahead of Brick.

Awards & Accomplishments:
Hickory's Hidekazu Iwasaki named Player of the Week (9/18)

Injuries:
Seattle RF Maximo Rodriguez will miss about a week with a quadraceps strain.

Playoff Schedule:
Michael is going to be taking over the sims for the playoffs.  The preliminary schedule is as follows:

Wed 10/30 - Game 1
Thur 10/31 - Game 2
Sat 11/2 - Game 3
Sun 11/3 - Game 4
Mon 11/4 - Game 5 (if necessary)
Tue 11/5 - Game 6 (if necessary)
Wed 11/6 - Game 7 (if necessary)

All four playoff teams should please make sure that their Playoff rosters are set before Wednesday evening.



Zev

No Sim Last Night

To All,

I didn't get a chance to run the sim last night.  We'll finish off the season tonight.

Zev

Sep I Sim Done

Game Date:  9/15/2023

Who Uploaded?: 
Antelope Valley
Brick
Hickory
Houston
Maui
Seattle
Shackamaxon

Standings:
Adams:  Brooklyn has taken a three game lead over Hickory.
Zotti:  Seattle clinched the division.
Signorino:  Maui has clinched the division.
Wild Card:  The loser of the Adams division race between Brooklyn and Hickory will be the Wild Card team.

Awards & Accomplishments:
SS Rick Bryant of Antelope Valley named Player of the Week (9/4)
Houston 1B Nigel Bryant named Player of the Week (9/11).  This is Bryant's fifth award this year (in addition to the two Batter of the Month awards).

 Significant Injuries:
Dario Lopez, New York.  Herniated disc, done for the year.
Dennis Durand, Brooklyn, elbow inflammation, done for the year.
Juan Villatoro, Maui, nerve compression, done for the year.
Pedro Ramos, Ohio, torn rotator cuff, done for the year.
Raul Ortega, London, foot contusion, done for the year.
Ignacio Lopez, Brick, strained groin muscle, done for the year.
Antonio Cerda, Brooklyn, elbow inflammation, done for the year.
 
Milestones: 
Brick LF Rufus Murray recorded his 2000th hit.

Next sim:  Next Sunday, to finish the regular season.

For Your Reading Pleasure...

I completed the sim, but I won't have a chance to write up a summary tonight.

However, I found an interesting article which asks the question ... if you put superheroes into OOTP, what would the result be?

http://extramustard.si.com/2013/10/17/which-superhero-would-be-best-at-baseball-a-scientific-study-part-1/

Enjoy!

Zev

Aug II Sim Done

Game Date:  9/1/2023 -- time to expand those rosters.

Who Uploaded:
Antelope Valley
Brick
Hickory
Houston
Maui
Seattle
Shackamaxon


Standings:
Adams:  Hickory has taken a one game lead over Brooklyn.
Zotti:  Seattle has locked up the division.
Signorino:  Maui has an eleven game lead over New York
Wild Card:  Brooklyn leads Shacakamaxon, Brick and New York by fourteen games.

Awards and Accomplishments:
New York 2B Gene Reynolds named Player of the Week (8/21)
Atlanta 1B Paul Ellis named Player of the Week (8/28)
Seattle 2B Norman Kuhn named Batter of the Month.
Ohio starter Alonso Chlula named Pitcher of the Month
Ohio 1B Luis Rodriguez named Rookie of the Month.

Significant Injuries:
New York's William Connolly has a herniated disk and is done for the year.
London's Tomas Kalakay is out for five weeks with a fractured finger.
Houston's Kyung-hwan Pak strained a hamstring and will miss 4-5 weeks.

Milestones:
Brooklyn's Dennis Durand recorded his 2000th strikeout, making him the 16th pitcher to reach that plateau.

Next sim:  Next Sunday.

Aug I Sim Done

Game Date:  8/15/2023

Who Uploaded:
Antelope Valley
Brick
Hickory
Houston
Maui
Seattle
Shackamaxon

Standings

Adams:  Brooklyn & Hickory are tied for the division lead.

Zotti:  Seattle by twenty six.

Signorino:  Maui is five games ahead of New York

Wild Card:  Brooklyn/Hickory are ten games ahead of New York and Brick.

Awards and Accomplishments:

Seattle SS John Hukill named Player of the Week (7/31)
Ohio's Bruno Carmona goes 5-5 and hits for the cycle (7/31)

Seattle C Steve Jones named Batter of the Month

Maui SP Juan Villatoro named Pitcher of the Month

New York LF Howard Rogers named Rookie of the Month

Brooklyn 1B Andy Robertson hits for the cycle (8/5)

Ohio 1B Luis Rodriguez named Player of the Week (8/7)

Antelope Valley 1B Carlos Fernandez named Player of the Week (8/15)

Significant Injuries:

Brooklyn RF Kevin Works will miss 3-4 weeks with a torn thumb ligament.

Ohio's Jesus Vela fractured his wrist and will miss 5-6 weeks.

London's Jeffrey Brunton tore his rotator cuff and will miss 2 months.

Next sim:  Sunday night.

Sim Tomorrow

I'm not going to get to the sim tonight, so we'll run it tomorrow night.

Zev

Update (Monday night):  I'm sorry, but life got in the way again.  Let's try again for tomorrow night.

Zev

Hi guys - am really enjoying this game. I'm obviously in full rebuild mode (now I know why the previous owner decided to bail...) and am spending this season basically learning the ins and outs of the game, but I can see why you guys love it!

Just a heads-up, I will be traveling on business for the next week or two, which means I probably won't be able to do much baseball stuff until mid-October or so.

-S
London Dragons GM

Hi still looking to trade Igancio Lopez RF...always looking for pitching