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cknox0723 · 08-05-2006, 09:13 PM

Most dynasties in this forum end without ending, don't they? A day trickles by without a post, then it becomes two and four and even though time is passing at the same rate, the distance between author and dynasty and forum increases exponentially. Before you know it, there's a new edition of "The Top 75 Dynasties" (Y0DA willing) and the aforementioned dynasty that just ends is number fifty-six or thirty-nine or a footnote to a better, more complete body of work by the same poster.

The reasons behind a dynasty ending are of course more interesting than a simple discussion of the dynasty's end, because we would like to think we could make some greater, general point from figuring out why and create a list of tips for enterprising dynasty writers. But observation tells me that some dynasties end because its author comes up with a bigger and brighter idea, and others because the author finds greater interest in something else. You will have those that claim computer crash and others that said, "Busy now, just bumping to remind myself to update," but those are just excuses, you know? Call me a nerd or a sap or whatever, but I see a dynasty as just like a relationship -- you will meet a gal (or guy), and classify them very quickly based on first impressions. Then maybe you want to move beyond just being acquainted with them, or maybe you will see some hawt chiXXor and forget all about them. I won't even mention how the dancing banana plays into all this.

Anyway, I'm rambling, trying to wax philosophical about an internet baseball dynasty forum for any number of ill-conceived reasons. What I'm trying to say is this - dynasties end, same as the American television show from the eighties.

The recent lack of posts in this dynasty was simply because I had been brainstorming what I affectionately like to think of as "the greatest post ever." No lie. It involved the White Elephants of Oakland being led by right-hander Joe Blanton in numerous bloody battle scenes, with cameos by Akinori Otsuka as a kamikaze pilot and Joe Borchard as himself.

But, as you can imagine, the post fell flat at some point. I fail you fail he/she fails we fail you fail they fail. We are all failures. For whatever reason, probably because I am cknox0723, I couldn't reconcile that, even though I know it to be an eternal truth. It refused to sit well with me, punching in the normal rambling 500-word post describing our 7-6 loss...so one day without posts became two, two became four, and on and on. That is why I can't write a story dynasty, by the way - I can't separate myself from myself, let alone from something I do.

So that brings us to now...and, yet, most everyday the past three weeks I have pondered Scarborough for Podsednik or some variation thereof. And that brings us (or, at the very least, me) back to here. But how to get back on point?

The grand solution occured to me a day or two ago, something that would have been unfathomable to me circa 2005. But things change, people change, time passes by whether we want it to or not. And dynasties end.

The solution for me was to take a rags-to-riches team that had scraped for everything they had earned that season, a 67-51 ballclub, and...

...hit the simulate to end of season button.

I realized the cold, cold water that I was cannonballing into -- I have written how many posts about how many games, again? -- but the cknox0723 that writes the Pale Hose has the same imperfections as the cknox0723 that works 45 hours a week and busts his tail for almost no return and is painfully shy and likes taking classes but doesn't know what to do with them.

G-d grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

One of the things I could change was not posting about my fake internet baseball team because I didn't know what to say, same as I can crawl out from my own fake turtle shell by talking to hawt chiXXors and stuff. It sucks that it takes so much effort -- I am literally pounding my fingers on the keys as though it will help me articulate my message better...

And again I digress. Cut me a break, OK, I didn't pull 800-post threads out of my ***, you know!

My ultimate point is this:

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League Standings Report
Thursday, 9/28/2007 
American League Standings 
 
East 
 
Team 	W L PCT GB  Pyt.Rec Diff   Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 
Empire 	88 68 .564 - 89-67 -1   48-31 40-37 9-6 27-24 1 W1 5-5 
Boston 	82 74 .526 6.0 86-70 -4   38-40 44-34 5-11 26-25 - W2 7-3 
Orioles 79 78 .503 9.5 81-76 -2   41-40 38-38 5-9 26-26 - L1 6-4 
Toronto 69 87 .442 19.0 72-84 -3   39-36 30-51 8-13 24-30 - W1 4-6 
Bad Fish67 89 .429 21.0 65-91 2   41-36 26-53 8-9 30-25 - L3 4-6 
 
Central 
 
Team 	W L PCT GB  Pyt.Rec Diff   Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 
CLE 	91 65 .583 - 88-68 3   55-20 36-45 16-6 30-21 * W1 6-4 
HOSE 	83 73 .532 8.0 80-76 3   45-36 38-37 10-7 25-25 - L1 5-5 
MIN	79 78 .503 12.5 82-75 -3   43-36 36-42 9-9 26-29 - W6 7-3 
Detroit 70 86 .449 21.0 69-87 1   30-45 40-41 5-7 16-33 - W2 5-5 
K-City 	70 86 .449 21.0 71-85 -1   39-42 31-44 8-12 31-31 - L1 3-7 
 
West 
 
Team 	W L PCT GB  Pyt.Rec Diff   Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 
Seattle 90 66 .577 - 83-73 7   42-36 48-30 12-11 36-21 * W2 7-3 
Anaheim 78 78 .500 12.0 76-80 2   36-45 42-33 10-5 22-26 - L3 4-6 
Texas 	76 80 .487 14.0 79-77 -3   40-35 36-45 8-5 21-30 - L2 2-8 
Oakland 71 85 .455 19.0 73-83 -2   37-41 34-44 6-9 29-23 - L1 6-4

We faded, and Cleveland caught fire, just as you easily could have guessed. There was no one particularly close in the wild card in August, but Boston recently pulled off a CLUTCH three-game sweep of our boys in socks and then split a four-game set with Toronto to mostly holdfast while we took two of three from the awful Royals. The Other Sox also picked up quite a bit of ground when we went on a six-game skid in early September which happened to encompass a four-game sweep by the $#%&*)# Rangers, who won all four games by one run and three in extra innings.

We have played all of our home games, finishing 45-36 in the House that Julio Deconstructed. Boston has three more, against Baltimore to end the year. We will be playing Cleveland at the same time, which intimidates me almost as much as (you can guess how I'd finish that sentence). Fortunately Boston has three with them beforehand; we'll play terrible Detroit at the same time. We play one game better than Boston over the next six and we're in.

So here's your pennant race, and here once again are the Pale Hose we all know and love.

08-05-2006, 09:13 PM	#820
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	heart (things never shared) Most dynasties in this forum end without ending, don't they? A day trickles by without a post, then it becomes two and four and even though time is passing at the same rate, the distance between author and dynasty and forum increases exponentially. Before you know it, there's a new edition of "The Top 75 Dynasties" (Y0DA willing) and the aforementioned dynasty that just ends is number fifty-six or thirty-nine or a footnote to a better, more complete body of work by the same poster. The reasons behind a dynasty ending are of course more interesting than a simple discussion of the dynasty's end, because we would like to think we could make some greater, general point from figuring out why and create a list of tips for enterprising dynasty writers. But observation tells me that some dynasties end because its author comes up with a bigger and brighter idea, and others because the author finds greater interest in something else. You will have those that claim computer crash and others that said, "Busy now, just bumping to remind myself to update," but those are just excuses, you know? Call me a nerd or a sap or whatever, but I see a dynasty as just like a relationship -- you will meet a gal (or guy), and classify them very quickly based on first impressions. Then maybe you want to move beyond just being acquainted with them, or maybe you will see some hawt chiXXor and forget all about them. I won't even mention how the dancing banana plays into all this. Anyway, I'm rambling, trying to wax philosophical about an internet baseball dynasty forum for any number of ill-conceived reasons. What I'm trying to say is this - dynasties end, same as the American television show from the eighties. The recent lack of posts in this dynasty was simply because I had been brainstorming what I affectionately like to think of as "the greatest post ever." No lie. It involved the White Elephants of Oakland being led by right-hander Joe Blanton in numerous bloody battle scenes, with cameos by Akinori Otsuka as a kamikaze pilot and Joe Borchard as himself. But, as you can imagine, the post fell flat at some point. I fail you fail he/she fails we fail you fail they fail. We are all failures. For whatever reason, probably because I am cknox0723, I couldn't reconcile that, even though I know it to be an eternal truth. It refused to sit well with me, punching in the normal rambling 500-word post describing our 7-6 loss...so one day without posts became two, two became four, and on and on. That is why I can't write a story dynasty, by the way - I can't separate myself from myself, let alone from something I do. So that brings us to now...and, yet, most everyday the past three weeks I have pondered Scarborough for Podsednik or some variation thereof. And that brings us (or, at the very least, me) back to here. But how to get back on point? The grand solution occured to me a day or two ago, something that would have been unfathomable to me circa 2005. But things change, people change, time passes by whether we want it to or not. And dynasties end. The solution for me was to take a rags-to-riches team that had scraped for everything they had earned that season, a 67-51 ballclub, and... ...hit the simulate to end of season button. I realized the cold, cold water that I was cannonballing into -- I have written how many posts about how many games, again? -- but the cknox0723 that writes the Pale Hose has the same imperfections as the cknox0723 that works 45 hours a week and busts his tail for almost no return and is painfully shy and likes taking classes but doesn't know what to do with them. G-d grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. One of the things I could change was not posting about my fake internet baseball team because I didn't know what to say, same as I can crawl out from my own fake turtle shell by talking to hawt chiXXors and stuff. It sucks that it takes so much effort -- I am literally pounding my fingers on the keys as though it will help me articulate my message better... And again I digress. Cut me a break, OK, I didn't pull 800-post threads out of my **, you know! My ultimate point is this: Code: League Standings Report Thursday, 9/28/2007 American League Standings East Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Empire 88 68 .564 - 89-67 -1 48-31 40-37 9-6 27-24 1 W1 5-5 Boston 82 74 .526 6.0 86-70 -4 38-40 44-34 5-11 26-25 - W2 7-3 Orioles 79 78 .503 9.5 81-76 -2 41-40 38-38 5-9 26-26 - L1 6-4 Toronto 69 87 .442 19.0 72-84 -3 39-36 30-51 8-13 24-30 - W1 4-6 Bad Fish67 89 .429 21.0 65-91 2 41-36 26-53 8-9 30-25 - L3 4-6 Central Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 CLE 91 65 .583 - 88-68 3 55-20 36-45 16-6 30-21 W1 6-4 HOSE 83 73 .532 8.0 80-76 3 45-36 38-37 10-7 25-25 - L1 5-5 MIN 79 78 .503 12.5 82-75 -3 43-36 36-42 9-9 26-29 - W6 7-3 Detroit 70 86 .449 21.0 69-87 1 30-45 40-41 5-7 16-33 - W2 5-5 K-City 70 86 .449 21.0 71-85 -1 39-42 31-44 8-12 31-31 - L1 3-7 West Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Seattle 90 66 .577 - 83-73 7 42-36 48-30 12-11 36-21 * W2 7-3 Anaheim 78 78 .500 12.0 76-80 2 36-45 42-33 10-5 22-26 - L3 4-6 Texas 76 80 .487 14.0 79-77 -3 40-35 36-45 8-5 21-30 - L2 2-8 Oakland 71 85 .455 19.0 73-83 -2 37-41 34-44 6-9 29-23 - L1 6-4 We faded, and Cleveland caught fire, just as you easily could have guessed. There was no one particularly close in the wild card in August, but Boston recently pulled off a CLUTCH three-game sweep of our boys in socks and then split a four-game set with Toronto to mostly holdfast while we took two of three from the awful Royals. The Other Sox also picked up quite a bit of ground when we went on a six-game skid in early September which happened to encompass a four-game sweep by the $#%&)# Rangers, who won all four games by one run and three in extra innings. We have played all of our home games, finishing 45-36 in the House that Julio Deconstructed. Boston* has three more, against Baltimore to end the year. We will be playing Cleveland at the same time, which intimidates me almost as much as (you can guess how I'd finish that sentence). Fortunately Boston has three with them beforehand; we'll play terrible Detroit at the same time. We play one game better than Boston over the next six and we're in. So here's your pennant race, and here once again are the Pale Hose we all know and love.