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Y0DA55 · 01-12-2007, 01:38 PM

Team Record: 10-12
Sim Record: 3-4

Games
4/21 - 8-4 WIN @ Texas - Amos Oberlin went 2 for 3 with a Homerun and a Double knocking in 3 while Chet McKie allowed 4 runs in 8 innings to get the win.
4/22 - Off Day
4/23 - 7-1 loss vs Minnesota - Paul Long picked the wrong day to come back as James Yim (the winningest pitcher ever) held us to 1 run over six innings. Long didn't pitch poorly (6.2 IP, 7 hits, 2 Runs, 0 walks, 2 K's), he was just outmatched and lost his 6th straight decision dating back to last year. Of course, our bullpen didn't help any, allowing 5 runs in the last 2 innings.
4/24 - 7-5 loss vs Minnesota - Crosswell lost again. Bah! James Walsh did go 2 for 4 with 3 RBI though.
4/25 - 3-2 loss vs Minnesota - Steelman pitched well, but David Echegaray won the 294th game of his career. A late Francisco Diaz pinch hit homerun couldn't save us.
4/26 - Off Day
4/27 - 2-1 WIN vs Wisconsin (10 Innings) - Vin Koenig won it with a solo shot in the bottom of the 10th. He was our entire offense today as he doubled in our first run in the bottom of the second.
4/28 - 8-3 WIN vs Wisconsin - Yay offense! Guys were hitting. Guys were scoring. Jake Kinchen hit a 2 run jack. But the real story is the 8.1 innings that Paul Long put in. He gave up 10 hits, but only allowed 3 runs. Good to see you back, bro.
4/29 - Off Day
4/30 - 7-0 loss vs Kansas - Walsh and Diaz combined for 2/3 of our hits. Steelman just gets rocked. We never had a chance in this one.

Standings

Code:

Great Explorers League
East
Team	    W  L  PCT  GB Stk L10
Minnesota  14  9 .609   -  L1 6-4
Wisconsin  13  9 .591  .5  L3 5-5
Kansas	   12 11 .522 2.0  W2 4-6
Texas	   12 12 .500 2.5  L1 4-6
Illinois    9 14 .391 5.0  W1 5-5
New Mexico  7 16 .304 7.0  L1 3-7

West
Team	    W  L  PCT  GB Stk L10
Washington 15  8 .652	-  W3 8-2
Idaho	   13 10 .565 2.0  W1 6-4
California 12 12 .500 3.5  W1 4-6
Nevada	   11 12 .478 4.0  W4 6-4
Colorado   10 12 .455 4.5  L1 4-6
Utah	   10 13 .435 5.0  L2 4-6

Not an auspicious end to our sim. We are right where I thought we would be (hovering near last place). We're still in it though.

Pitching

Code:

Name	         G GS W	L SV  ERA   IP	HA  R ER BB  K
s1 P. Long	 2  2 1	1  0 3.00 15.0	17  5  5  1  3
s2 C. McKie	 6  6 3	1  0 3.27 41.1	43 16 15  9 24
s3 C. Steelman	 5  5 1	3  0 3.42 26.1	27 11 10  6 18
s4 J. Crosswell	 5  5 1	4  0 9.13 22.2	35 23 23 15  8
s5 J. O'Parra	 4  4 1	2  0 7.88 16.0	20 14 14  5  4
 
mr L. Briscoe   10  0 0	0  0 3.38 13.1	13  5  5  4 10
mr B. Suggs	 1  0 0	0  0 0.00  1.0	 0  0  0  0  0
mr J. Langlois  11  0 0	0  0 3.14 14.1	12  5  5  2 10
mr D. MacKenzie	 9  0 0	0  0 3.48 10.1	12  5  4  7  3
su R. Souza     14  0 2	1  0 3.31 16.1	11  6  6  3 11
su A. Stier     10  0 1	0  0 3.12  8.2	 8  3  3  4  2
cl W. Chee	 5  0 0	0  4 1.59  5.2	 4  1  1  4  5

The back of our rotation is just ugly. The good news is that O'Parra didn't have to pitch this last sim. The bad news is that he will have to pitch this next sim. When I get my external hard drive back, I'm going to fiddle with my bullpen. Chee should NOT have pitched less than 6 innings this year. He's the best guy in my bullpen. I'll have to get him some more innings somehow.

Lineup

Code:

        Name	     G  AB  H 2B 3B HR	RBI  R	BB  K  AVG  OBP	 SLG
1 LF L. Mingo	    20	80 17  3  0  0	  1 13	 7 16 .212 .284	.250
2  C J. Walsh	    20	78 25  4  0  1	 11  8	 3  8 .321 .346	.410
3 RF O. Oakley	    21	82 16  3  1  1	 11  5	 9 19 .195 .275	.293
4 SS J. Kinchen	    22	81 19  4  0  3	 10 10	 4 12 .235 .295	.395
5 2B V. Koenig	    21	73 24  2  0  1	  8 12	 5  8 .329 .372	.397
6 3B R. Jerkins	    22	83 16  5  1  0	  4 10	 4  7 .193 .239	.277
7 1B S. McLaughlin  20	69 17  0  0  1	  7 11	 5 14 .246 .307	.290
8 CF F. Diaz	    21	73 23  2  2  3	 12  6	 2  9 .315 .329	.521

     A. Oberlin	    14	20 10  3  1  1	  7  3	 1  2 .500 .545	.900
     J. Carmona	     7	 6  2  0  0  0	  0  0	 0  0 .333 .333	.333
     N. Mutsuhito    7	18  4  0  0  0	  1  1	 0  3 .222 .222	.222
     K. Biel	    15	17  3  1  0  0	  4  0	 1  5 .176 .211	.235
     C. Baker	    12	20  1  0  0  1	  2  3	 2  6 .050 .136	.200

We don't have one guy in the GEL top 10 in any offensive category save for Diaz and his 2 triples. Somehow Mingo is leading the team in Runs scored, even with his atrocious OBP. Wow, we really need to take more walks, or hit better. What does it say that our #8 guy is probably the best hitter on the team right now?

Milestone Notes
Oscar Oakley is 5 stolen bases away from 800 (300 more than any active player) which is 7th on the all time list.

Summer Nelson, age 39, is 92 hits shy of 4,000. He already has 150 more hits than the 2nd place guy all time (Mr. Tyson Bacon, ex-Ram and future Hall of Famer). But there is a story behind this one. Nelson, who began his career with Colorado, was traded from his long time home in Mississippi to Minnesota with the provision that he be traded back at the end of his career to finish out his days in the uniform that he made famous. He announced his retirement earlier this year. However, if he did go back to Mississippi, there is no way he'd reach that 4,000 hit plateau. Will he end up back in Mississippi or will he continue his trek towards 4,000? And if he stays, will he make it there? His ratings are falling fast.

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .250 (16th)
Homeruns: 13 (T-15th)
Walks: 44 (24th)
Stolen Bases: 12 (T-17th)
Runs Scored: 84 (22nd)

Pitching ERA: 4.30 (18th)
Opponents AVG: .273 (19th)
HRs Allowed: 16 (14th)
Walks Allowed: 60 (8th)
Runs Allowed: 94 (12th)

Top Prospects Report

Code:

   Name                Age Pos Lvl  AVG HR RBI
2  Ross Lange           18   C   A .215  2   6
4  Bates Schatz         21  2B  AA .284  0   7
5  James Hennen         24  LF AAA .356  2  13
6  Earl Schuh           24  RF  AA .287  1  10
9  Nightmare Massengill 21  3B AAA .326  3  21
10 Eugene Grimes        24  LF  AA .333  7  21

  Name         Age Pos  Lvl Rec  ERA   IP HA BB  K
1 Paydirt James 18  SP    A 1-1 2.31 35.0 35 10 15
3 Paul Long     22  SP Bigs 1-1 3.00 15.0 17  1  3
7 Chip Herold   24  SP   AA 3-0 3.15 34.1 28 13 20
8 Armando Renez 18  SP    A 1-2 4.70 30.2 25 17 20

Hennen and Massengill are hitting quite nicely and Chip Herold is pitching really well down in AA. I'm also really excited about Paydirt James, as he seems to be adjusting well. Massengill can also play first, so if he keeps hitting, he'll absolutely be starting 1st basemen for us by years end.

The real story is Eugene Grimes though. I had to look back to see where I got him from. Originally drafted by Ontario, he came over in the trade for Jacob Perl. I know its early, but he's leading the GEL AA in SLG (.690), HR (7), and Runs (21). He's also 2nd in RBI (21) and Stolen Bases (7). I must say that I am slightly excited about this. If he gets his contact up, he'll see some time in the bigs.

01-12-2007, 01:38 PM	#15
Y0DA55 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the middle of the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry Posts: 1,771	Team Record: 10-12 Sim Record: 3-4 Games 4/21 - 8-4 WIN @ Texas - Amos Oberlin went 2 for 3 with a Homerun and a Double knocking in 3 while Chet McKie allowed 4 runs in 8 innings to get the win. 4/22 - Off Day 4/23 - 7-1 loss vs Minnesota - Paul Long picked the wrong day to come back as James Yim (the winningest pitcher ever) held us to 1 run over six innings. Long didn't pitch poorly (6.2 IP, 7 hits, 2 Runs, 0 walks, 2 K's), he was just outmatched and lost his 6th straight decision dating back to last year. Of course, our bullpen didn't help any, allowing 5 runs in the last 2 innings. 4/24 - 7-5 loss vs Minnesota - Crosswell lost again. Bah! James Walsh did go 2 for 4 with 3 RBI though. 4/25 - 3-2 loss vs Minnesota - Steelman pitched well, but David Echegaray won the 294th game of his career. A late Francisco Diaz pinch hit homerun couldn't save us. 4/26 - Off Day 4/27 - 2-1 WIN vs Wisconsin (10 Innings) - Vin Koenig won it with a solo shot in the bottom of the 10th. He was our entire offense today as he doubled in our first run in the bottom of the second. 4/28 - 8-3 WIN vs Wisconsin - Yay offense! Guys were hitting. Guys were scoring. Jake Kinchen hit a 2 run jack. But the real story is the 8.1 innings that Paul Long put in. He gave up 10 hits, but only allowed 3 runs. Good to see you back, bro. 4/29 - Off Day 4/30 - 7-0 loss vs Kansas - Walsh and Diaz combined for 2/3 of our hits. Steelman just gets rocked. We never had a chance in this one. Standings Code: Great Explorers League East Team W L PCT GB Stk L10 Minnesota 14 9 .609 - L1 6-4 Wisconsin 13 9 .591 .5 L3 5-5 Kansas 12 11 .522 2.0 W2 4-6 Texas 12 12 .500 2.5 L1 4-6 Illinois 9 14 .391 5.0 W1 5-5 New Mexico 7 16 .304 7.0 L1 3-7 West Team W L PCT GB Stk L10 Washington 15 8 .652 - W3 8-2 Idaho 13 10 .565 2.0 W1 6-4 California 12 12 .500 3.5 W1 4-6 Nevada 11 12 .478 4.0 W4 6-4 Colorado 10 12 .455 4.5 L1 4-6 Utah 10 13 .435 5.0 L2 4-6 Not an auspicious end to our sim. We are right where I thought we would be (hovering near last place). We're still in it though. Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K s1 P. Long 2 2 1 1 0 3.00 15.0 17 5 5 1 3 s2 C. McKie 6 6 3 1 0 3.27 41.1 43 16 15 9 24 s3 C. Steelman 5 5 1 3 0 3.42 26.1 27 11 10 6 18 s4 J. Crosswell 5 5 1 4 0 9.13 22.2 35 23 23 15 8 s5 J. O'Parra 4 4 1 2 0 7.88 16.0 20 14 14 5 4 mr L. Briscoe 10 0 0 0 0 3.38 13.1 13 5 5 4 10 mr B. Suggs 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 mr J. Langlois 11 0 0 0 0 3.14 14.1 12 5 5 2 10 mr D. MacKenzie 9 0 0 0 0 3.48 10.1 12 5 4 7 3 su R. Souza 14 0 2 1 0 3.31 16.1 11 6 6 3 11 su A. Stier 10 0 1 0 0 3.12 8.2 8 3 3 4 2 cl W. Chee 5 0 0 0 4 1.59 5.2 4 1 1 4 5 The back of our rotation is just ugly. The good news is that O'Parra didn't have to pitch this last sim. The bad news is that he will have to pitch this next sim. When I get my external hard drive back, I'm going to fiddle with my bullpen. Chee should NOT have pitched less than 6 innings this year. He's the best guy in my bullpen. I'll have to get him some more innings somehow. Lineup Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1 LF L. Mingo 20 80 17 3 0 0 1 13 7 16 .212 .284 .250 2 C J. Walsh 20 78 25 4 0 1 11 8 3 8 .321 .346 .410 3 RF O. Oakley 21 82 16 3 1 1 11 5 9 19 .195 .275 .293 4 SS J. Kinchen 22 81 19 4 0 3 10 10 4 12 .235 .295 .395 5 2B V. Koenig 21 73 24 2 0 1 8 12 5 8 .329 .372 .397 6 3B R. Jerkins 22 83 16 5 1 0 4 10 4 7 .193 .239 .277 7 1B S. McLaughlin 20 69 17 0 0 1 7 11 5 14 .246 .307 .290 8 CF F. Diaz 21 73 23 2 2 3 12 6 2 9 .315 .329 .521 A. Oberlin 14 20 10 3 1 1 7 3 1 2 .500 .545 .900 J. Carmona 7 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 N. Mutsuhito 7 18 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 .222 .222 .222 K. Biel 15 17 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 .176 .211 .235 C. Baker 12 20 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 6 .050 .136 .200 We don't have one guy in the GEL top 10 in any offensive category save for Diaz and his 2 triples. Somehow Mingo is leading the team in Runs scored, even with his atrocious OBP. Wow, we really need to take more walks, or hit better. What does it say that our #8 guy is probably the best hitter on the team right now? Milestone Notes Oscar Oakley is 5 stolen bases away from 800 (300 more than any active player) which is 7th on the all time list. Summer Nelson, age 39, is 92 hits shy of 4,000. He already has 150 more hits than the 2nd place guy all time (Mr. Tyson Bacon, ex-Ram and future Hall of Famer). But there is a story behind this one. Nelson, who began his career with Colorado, was traded from his long time home in Mississippi to Minnesota with the provision that he be traded back at the end of his career to finish out his days in the uniform that he made famous. He announced his retirement earlier this year. However, if he did go back to Mississippi, there is no way he'd reach that 4,000 hit plateau. Will he end up back in Mississippi or will he continue his trek towards 4,000? And if he stays, will he make it there? His ratings are falling fast. Team Rankings Batting AVG: .250 (16th) Homeruns: 13 (T-15th) Walks: 44 (24th) Stolen Bases: 12 (T-17th) Runs Scored: 84 (22nd) Pitching ERA: 4.30 (18th) Opponents AVG: .273 (19th) HRs Allowed: 16 (14th) Walks Allowed: 60 (8th) Runs Allowed: 94 (12th) Top Prospects Report Code: Name Age Pos Lvl AVG HR RBI 2 Ross Lange 18 C A .215 2 6 4 Bates Schatz 21 2B AA .284 0 7 5 James Hennen 24 LF AAA .356 2 13 6 Earl Schuh 24 RF AA .287 1 10 9 Nightmare Massengill 21 3B AAA .326 3 21 10 Eugene Grimes 24 LF AA .333 7 21 Name Age Pos Lvl Rec ERA IP HA BB K 1 Paydirt James 18 SP A 1-1 2.31 35.0 35 10 15 3 Paul Long 22 SP Bigs 1-1 3.00 15.0 17 1 3 7 Chip Herold 24 SP AA 3-0 3.15 34.1 28 13 20 8 Armando Renez 18 SP A 1-2 4.70 30.2 25 17 20 Hennen and Massengill are hitting quite nicely and Chip Herold is pitching really well down in AA. I'm also really excited about Paydirt James, as he seems to be adjusting well. Massengill can also play first, so if he keeps hitting, he'll absolutely be starting 1st basemen for us by years end. The real story is Eugene Grimes though. I had to look back to see where I got him from. Originally drafted by Ontario, he came over in the trade for Jacob Perl. I know its early, but he's leading the GEL AA in SLG (.690), HR (7), and Runs (21). He's also 2nd in RBI (21) and Stolen Bases (7). I must say that I am slightly excited about this. If he gets his contact up, he'll see some time in the bigs. __________________ Do, or do not, there is no try! Last edited by Y0DA55; 01-15-2007 at 02:32 PM.