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cknox0723 · 08-29-2006, 07:31 PM

Figure I should make a note of the Pale Hose twenty-five man roster before getting the fireworks underway.

Pitchers - Buehrle, Loaiza, Garland, Nannini, Franklin, Miller, Calero, Otsuka, Bevis, Roa

Came close to leaving off Miller in favor of "Wild Thing" Ankiel. My heart really wants today, especially since "Wild Thing" looked great in four late-September innings (no walks, three strikeouts). However, Seattle doesn't really have that big left-hander to neutralize; first baseman Dunn, maybe, but the indication is that his kryptonite is a strikeout pitcher, not one who throws with the off wing. And would you really expect Ankiel to ever retire .350 hitter Ichiro! or even .300 hitting leadoff man Juan Pierre? So the enigmatic Miller it is.

Catchers - Olivo, Torrealba

Pessimist in me says that Yorvit! won't hit and so "Hackin' Miggy", with his stronger arm, should get more playing time.

Infielders - Catalanotto, Kennedy, Vazquez, Munson, Thomas, Cordero, E. Wilson, J. Wilson

Holy heck, that's an awful lot of infielders. Probably because the non-hitting Wilsons come two by two. At least Enrique plays multiple positions and Jack can pick it at short.

So much to talk about with our infield; interesting how it is the seemingly replaceable players, not the stars, who have the key to this ballgame buried somewhere in their mitts and bats. Will the streaky Munson jack some more pelotas OOTP in this series, or show why he spent three years knocking down AAA fences? Is Vazquez's .344 batting average going to matter one iota now that it's the PLAYOFFS? Will "Gumby" Kennedy get the opportunity to flash his sleek leather? Is Frank Catalanotto enough of a professional hitter that his steep drop-off over the last two months don't matter?

More important than all of that, at least for one guy who has written umpteen posts on a fictional text-sim ballclub, a guy who most certainly has heart -- however many games we have left are the last of Frank Thomas's career. "The Big Hurt" only batted .163/.237/.281 in 178 at-bats this season and .225/.325/.399 as a part-time player last year; followers of the trials and tribulations of a team known as the Pale Hose have not seen the guy that hit 513 home runs in this universe, not even anything resembling him. But Thomas has been privileged to finish his career the right way in this wonderful OOTP world -- still a part of the ballclub he's played his whole career for, and winning. Justice and fairness are concepts we are always striving for, and I don't know about you, but cknox0723 the person (not the fictional baseball manager) is always searching for that feeling where everything just seems right. It may only be a fictional moment but Frank Thomas has that and it's kind of neat.

So, in honor of that (and because I am rambling)...

Outfielders: Podsednik, Wells, Ordonez, Gonzalez, Diaz

Matt Diaz can hit lefties, supposedly and sort-of, so he is on and young Clinton King is off, despite a couple of September home runs. Those are your Pale Hose.

This is the Seattle lineup the Pale Hose will face in game one:

32 year-old switch-hitting 2B Castillo (.282/.351/.367, 42 SB)
30 y-o LH CF Pierre (.289/.342/.375, 66 SB)
27 y-o LH 1B Dunn (.249/.371/.448, 109 BB/165 K)
33 y-o LH LF Ichiro! (.344/.404/.479, 93 SB
36 y-o RH SS Aurilia (.271/.314/.430, 34 2B, 101 RBI)
30 y-o RH C Hammock (.236/.304/.418, 50 BB/146 K)
33 y-o LH 3B Mientkiewicz no, not some fictional guy -that Mientkieguy (.289/.389/.367, but a worse 3B than Eric Munson, who was once a catcher)
28 y-o LH RF N. Jackson (.262/.328/.340 in ~300 AB; .316 avg in limited time against LHP and very fast)
26 y-o RHP Nageotte (14-10, 4.66 ERA in 193 IP throwing lots of changeups, a two-seam fastball that reaches 92-94 on the radar gun, and a mediocre slider; a .500 pitcher the last three years in the minors whose stuff has translated better to the majors than one might have thought; .119/.145/.119 batting line)

Hoo boy, we're in the playoffs!

08-29-2006, 07:31 PM	#851
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	you or a ghost? Figure I should make a note of the Pale Hose twenty-five man roster before getting the fireworks underway. Pitchers - Buehrle, Loaiza, Garland, Nannini, Franklin, Miller, Calero, Otsuka, Bevis, Roa Came close to leaving off Miller in favor of "Wild Thing" Ankiel. My heart really wants today, especially since "Wild Thing" looked great in four late-September innings (no walks, three strikeouts). However, Seattle doesn't really have that big left-hander to neutralize; first baseman Dunn, maybe, but the indication is that his kryptonite is a strikeout pitcher, not one who throws with the off wing. And would you really expect Ankiel to ever retire .350 hitter Ichiro! or even .300 hitting leadoff man Juan Pierre? So the enigmatic Miller it is. Catchers - Olivo, Torrealba Pessimist in me says that Yorvit! won't hit and so "Hackin' Miggy", with his stronger arm, should get more playing time. Infielders - Catalanotto, Kennedy, Vazquez, Munson, Thomas, Cordero, E. Wilson, J. Wilson Holy heck, that's an awful lot of infielders. Probably because the non-hitting Wilsons come two by two. At least Enrique plays multiple positions and Jack can pick it at short. So much to talk about with our infield; interesting how it is the seemingly replaceable players, not the stars, who have the key to this ballgame buried somewhere in their mitts and bats. Will the streaky Munson jack some more pelotas OOTP in this series, or show why he spent three years knocking down AAA fences? Is Vazquez's .344 batting average going to matter one iota now that it's the PLAYOFFS? Will "Gumby" Kennedy get the opportunity to flash his sleek leather? Is Frank Catalanotto enough of a professional hitter that his steep drop-off over the last two months don't matter? More important than all of that, at least for one guy who has written umpteen posts on a fictional text-sim ballclub, a guy who most certainly has heart -- however many games we have left are the last of Frank Thomas's career. "The Big Hurt" only batted .163/.237/.281 in 178 at-bats this season and .225/.325/.399 as a part-time player last year; followers of the trials and tribulations of a team known as the Pale Hose have not seen the guy that hit 513 home runs in this universe, not even anything resembling him. But Thomas has been privileged to finish his career the right way in this wonderful OOTP world -- still a part of the ballclub he's played his whole career for, and winning. Justice and fairness are concepts we are always striving for, and I don't know about you, but cknox0723 the person (not the fictional baseball manager) is always searching for that feeling where everything just seems right. It may only be a fictional moment but Frank Thomas has that and it's kind of neat. So, in honor of that (and because I am rambling)... Outfielders: Podsednik, Wells, Ordonez, Gonzalez, Diaz Matt Diaz can hit lefties, supposedly and sort-of, so he is on and young Clinton King is off, despite a couple of September home runs. Those are your Pale Hose. This is the Seattle lineup the Pale Hose will face in game one: 32 year-old switch-hitting 2B Castillo (.282/.351/.367, 42 SB) 30 y-o LH CF Pierre (.289/.342/.375, 66 SB) 27 y-o LH 1B Dunn (.249/.371/.448, 109 BB/165 K) 33 y-o LH LF Ichiro! (.344/.404/.479, 93 SB 36 y-o RH SS Aurilia (.271/.314/.430, 34 2B, 101 RBI) 30 y-o RH C Hammock (.236/.304/.418, 50 BB/146 K) 33 y-o LH 3B Mientkiewicz no, not some fictional guy -that Mientkieguy (.289/.389/.367, but a worse 3B than Eric Munson, who was once a catcher) 28 y-o LH RF N. Jackson (.262/.328/.340 in ~300 AB; .316 avg in limited time against LHP and very fast) 26 y-o RHP Nageotte (14-10, 4.66 ERA in 193 IP throwing lots of changeups, a two-seam fastball that reaches 92-94 on the radar gun, and a mediocre slider; a .500 pitcher the last three years in the minors whose stuff has translated better to the majors than one might have thought; .119/.145/.119 batting line) Hoo boy, we're in the playoffs!