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Originally Posted by waittilnextyear
The Frogs are off to a 19-8 (+61) beginning in P466 (a.k.a. OL Happy Fun Time Mashup) this week. This is good for a 3.5 game lead over the Virginia Freeloaders. Pitching hasn't been very good as Ruffing, Seaver, and Scherzer all have ERAs above 4. Hopefully that doesn't last.
It's too early to tell how the exclusively RHB thing is going to work out. I mean, we are on pace for 1014 runs scored, which would be a franchise record by a healthy margin. But, again, whether that's due to the RHB strategy or F2P opponents not having the correct amount of 100 Cy Youngs on their teams is hard to tease out. It should also be noted that 2 teams in my division (Virginia Freeloaders and Pablo Pandas) have ballpark factors/teams modded for low offense and the other 2 teams (Cigar City Lagers and Shasta Black Bears) are employing the max-lefty strategy. My Frogs could have a severely pronounced home/road split for these reasons. I could see struggling on the road and mopping fools up at home. We'll see.
99 SE Rickey Henderson is having an interesting season so far. He's on pace for 10.7 WAR to go with 30 2B, 30 HR, and...30 3B! A 30/30/30 XBH bonanza would be truly noteworthy. Especially considering his very modest 62 GAP POWER rating. But, Rickey is a hot dog.
100 SE Mike Schmidt has embarked on a training regimen at 2B. He should max out around 92 at the keystone. He's attained a 53 rating there already. One of the reasons I like using this Mike Schmidt card this week is because he's pretty neutral on his splits, and actually gets on base better against RHP. Important that a team of all RHBs aren't dead meat against RHPs.
The 98 SE Dick Allen card I was worried about sucking is actually off to a strong start: .337/.450/.609 with 6 HR/20 RBI. And neutral defensive grades at both 1B (defensive sub) and 3B (where he starts).
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You know, one thing I really like is how you aren't afraid to experiment. Your team consistently performs very well even though you keep trying so many different things. It also makes your team more interesting. My management style is so conservative and boring by comparison. Now that things are winding down in PT 20, I should start some experimenting myself.