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G311 World Series champions!
5/18 - 5/24, Week 8 2027 Season, Gold League G311
This week the team gelled and their efforts were rewarded. The division title was won and the Trojans not only reached the World Series, but swept it. SP Bob Gibson and CL Rob Dibble (or Gibby and Dibby as I refer to them) dominated regular season play and led the team to a 99 win season. A struggling 1B Bagwell was benched for 1B/OF Don Baylor. This move immediately paid off, as he hit two dingers in his Trojans debut. And in the playoffs, he led the team with 24 RBI's, including a 11-game RBI streak through the post-season! He was certainly a major reason for the WS win and it will be quite some time before I forget the mammoth effort he put in. The team is ecstatic to win their first title, but of course next week will be a bigger challenge with the advancement to Diamond level.
Tournament progress was pretty average this week. The big pull was CL Chapman, who will provide bullpen depth whether active or on the reserve level. Another major investment was made, as we used saved PP to acquire ace lefty SP Matt Kilroy for a reasonable 63K. The rotation for next week now appears to be Gibson-Gomez-Maddux-Kilroy-Harvey. We'll continue to invest in our pitching staff along with the occasional budget hitter.
Tournament earnings:
200 PP x 0
regular packs x 28
Gold packs x 0
Silver+ pulls:
73 C D’Arnaud
82 RP Dave Veres
76 2B Sol White (Negro league)
74 3B Matt Carpenter
97 CL Aroldis Chapman
77 SP Andrew Heaney
72 C Austin Barnes
86 CF Bader
73 LF Gurriel Jr
League Results:
Team record 99-63
Playoffs: won division, won Gold World Series 4 games to 0 sweep
promotion/relegation: promoted to Diamond level
Achievement PP - 14240PP
Top 3 achievements:
Save streak - 33-game save streak by Dibble - 1000PP
RBI streak - 11-game RBI streak by Don Baylor - 1000PP
Win streak - 10-game Win streak by Bob Gibson - 175PP
Awards:
Great Bat - none
Gold Glove - none
All-Star selections: SP Gibson, CL Dibble, 2B Cano, SS Tulowitzki, CF Suzuki
Featured Card of the Week:
78 Peak RF Sam Rice
This card has nice ratings for a 78 silver card. He has plenty of contact and speed
and the outfield defense isn't too bad. But what is much more profound is the story of the man
behind the card. The immense tragedy he overcame, his lucky break to get into the
majors and then to make the Hall of Fame, it's simply incredible. So today I went from not knowing
anything about this player to him now being one of my favorites. An incredible story -
read his wikipedia page to see for yourself.
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