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Nero · 10-20-2019, 02:30 AM

The Austin Express finished 12 games back of the Dallas Renegades in the NC Central of P435 this year, and yes, the wife has gloated the whole way. The Express have really struggled out of the bullpen, Dutch Leonard had a 6.97 ERA before he was "sent down", Don Sutton had a 6.82 ERA before he was "sent down." Mariano Rivera has an ERA pushing 4.00 and is cold headed to the playoff's. It's like a Murphy's Law run of my entire bullpen going bad all at once, and it's been many a year since that happened.

Offensively the runs scored looked good, but the dynamic 1-2 punch last year of King Kelly and Ty Cobb were good, but they were not nearly as dominant this year. Josh Gibson led the league with a .352 average, and and 6.9 WAR. Lou Boudreau led the team with a 7.0 WAR and was quietly excellent. The Wild Card game is coming up against the Tijuana Toucans, who I went 15-4 against in the regular season. I opened my mouth last year, and lost when I beat someone in the regular season, so in a 50/50 game, it'll be a nail biter.

The Renegades led in quite a few offensive categories, and were just behind the 9-Time PL Champion Maine Gems in pitching. Ozzie Smith and Oscar Charleston tied with 6.1 to lead the way. Oscar has been a gem for the Renegades with his multifaceted offensive approach that just fills a stat sheet. Maddux, Rixey and Ed Walsh all won 20 games and are hot at just the right time.

The Renegades won 126 games, which is a number 2 seed behind the 140 game winning Maine Gems. In the AC, the Homestead Grey's are the clear favorites, and looking to add their 6th Championship.

My Tombstone Glory came away with their first division championship in Perfect, with a 96-66 record. (We've been a WC both prior years, but 82-80 and 84-78 are more fodder than a contender.) The big change this year was moving Mark Prior and Jake Arrietta to the BP and plugging them both in as stoppers, where they have been excellent, and turned my pen from a weakness to a strength. Mordecai Brown won 18 games, and put up a 7.0 WAR. The rest of the rotation is mediocre, but they gave me some innings before turning it to the pen.

Heine Zimmerman hit 38 HR's, and drove in 130 runs, Cap Anson had another 7.0 WAR season and was a rock in my line-up. King Kelly continued his dominance in the lead off spot, scoring 141 R and swiping 88 bases. The struggles in CF with Adolfo Phillips are real, this year he barely made it to the Mendoza line, however this year I brought up Phil Caverreta and Riggs Stephenson to play LF, and while sorely lacking defensively, the 100 games they combined to play they changed a weak spot to a fairly strong spot, both with contact, and drawing some walks.

Should make for an interesting playoff season, if I'm going to get some respect back against the wife, I need to go thru the Maine Gems, so I may be licking my wounds for a bit.

Good luck to everyone, may your playoffs bring some hardware!

10-20-2019, 02:30 AM	#51
Nero Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 206	The Austin Express finished 12 games back of the Dallas Renegades in the NC Central of P435 this year, and yes, the wife has gloated the whole way. The Express have really struggled out of the bullpen, Dutch Leonard had a 6.97 ERA before he was "sent down", Don Sutton had a 6.82 ERA before he was "sent down." Mariano Rivera has an ERA pushing 4.00 and is cold headed to the playoff's. It's like a Murphy's Law run of my entire bullpen going bad all at once, and it's been many a year since that happened. Offensively the runs scored looked good, but the dynamic 1-2 punch last year of King Kelly and Ty Cobb were good, but they were not nearly as dominant this year. Josh Gibson led the league with a .352 average, and and 6.9 WAR. Lou Boudreau led the team with a 7.0 WAR and was quietly excellent. The Wild Card game is coming up against the Tijuana Toucans, who I went 15-4 against in the regular season. I opened my mouth last year, and lost when I beat someone in the regular season, so in a 50/50 game, it'll be a nail biter. The Renegades led in quite a few offensive categories, and were just behind the 9-Time PL Champion Maine Gems in pitching. Ozzie Smith and Oscar Charleston tied with 6.1 to lead the way. Oscar has been a gem for the Renegades with his multifaceted offensive approach that just fills a stat sheet. Maddux, Rixey and Ed Walsh all won 20 games and are hot at just the right time. The Renegades won 126 games, which is a number 2 seed behind the 140 game winning Maine Gems. In the AC, the Homestead Grey's are the clear favorites, and looking to add their 6th Championship. My Tombstone Glory came away with their first division championship in Perfect, with a 96-66 record. (We've been a WC both prior years, but 82-80 and 84-78 are more fodder than a contender.) The big change this year was moving Mark Prior and Jake Arrietta to the BP and plugging them both in as stoppers, where they have been excellent, and turned my pen from a weakness to a strength. Mordecai Brown won 18 games, and put up a 7.0 WAR. The rest of the rotation is mediocre, but they gave me some innings before turning it to the pen. Heine Zimmerman hit 38 HR's, and drove in 130 runs, Cap Anson had another 7.0 WAR season and was a rock in my line-up. King Kelly continued his dominance in the lead off spot, scoring 141 R and swiping 88 bases. The struggles in CF with Adolfo Phillips are real, this year he barely made it to the Mendoza line, however this year I brought up Phil Caverreta and Riggs Stephenson to play LF, and while sorely lacking defensively, the 100 games they combined to play they changed a weak spot to a fairly strong spot, both with contact, and drawing some walks. Should make for an interesting playoff season, if I'm going to get some respect back against the wife, I need to go thru the Maine Gems, so I may be licking my wounds for a bit. Good luck to everyone, may your playoffs bring some hardware!