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ayaghmour2 · 03-07-2024, 09:23 PM

Weekly Record: 3-4
Seasonal Record: 6-7 (6th, 4 GB)
Stars of the Week
Leo Mitchell : 20 AB, 9 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .450 AVG, 1.122 OPS
David Molina : 1 Win, 2 Saves, 4.1 IP, 2 BB, 2 K, 2.08 ERA
Eddie Howard : 20 AB, 8 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .400 AVG, .955 OPS

Schedule
4-24: Loss at Kings (3-5)
4-25: Loss at Kings (2-8)
4-26: Loss vs Stars (2-1)
4-27: Win vs Stars (2-3)
4-28: Win at Saints (7-4): 11 innings
4-29: Loss at Saints (6-8)
4-30: Win at Saints (4-1)

Recap
Yes, it's already "that" time of the year where the team with crazy expectations decides that the games don't matter, and they just tread in place as the rest of the teams start padding their leads. Add another one run loss to the tally, already three (all against the Stars...) in just seven tries, and just one of those seven losses was by more then two runs. No matter what I do, it seems this team can't win close games, but I just have to keep reminding myself: its still early. You can't win every game.
Luckily, there's just guy called Leo Mitchell, and he always makes Cougars baseball exciting. Despite being the second oldest player on the roster (happy 37th birthday!), Mitchell has a hit in all of his 10 starts, coming off a 9-for-20 week with 3 runs, 3 walks, 2 RBIs, and a homer. Yeah, small sample and all that, but the surprise anchor of the offense has slashed .512/.556/.683 (237 OPS+) with a pair homers and equal walks (4) and strikeouts. The kid is a stud, plain and simple, and I can't believe I bought into two back-to-back average seasons as his downfall. I should know better, there are some guys who just show up and hit, and "Mitch the Metronome" is certainly that guy.

Another guy who's always much-see TV, is good ol' Donnie Jones, who lasted 50.2 innings before his first (two) unearned runs. That's because Maurice Carter (.146, 3, 4) managed to elevate one of his pitches, taking Donnie deep for two in the 6th innings of his start. Now as good as he is, up 4-2 in the ninth, that was the perfect time to use David Molina, but instead, Max Wilder decided to bring our ace back for the ninth. It backfired, as there was the dreaded leadoff walk, and we could have lost had the most clutch defensive replacement ever in Don Lee was able to catch Sam Clay trying to reach third on a throw to the plate, as his throw was on line, Red Bond could cut it (not sure what a 1B is doing cutting throws from left, but that's baseball for you!), and find Otto Christian for the tag at third. Now the 10th would be a perfect time for Molina, but no, there's Donnie again! Again, he put runners on, but managed to escape, and finally after George Sutterfield gave us two in the tenth, Molina came out for the 11th. He was as advertised, striking out one in a perfect 11th, to secure his first save on the year. He pitched in the next two games too, though in the finale he threw seven pitches to finish Duke Bybee's start with a ground out, and picked up his second save. The middle outing was the first of his now five appearances where he ran into any troubles, with 3 hits, a run, and 2 walks in 2 innings. I'm not sure how, but I need to get Max Wilder using Molina more, as he's too valuable to sit around in clutch moments.

Not too much else exciting, as most of the offense was non-existent for the second week in a row. One guy who made impact despite limited time was Chubby Hall, who was 3-for-9 with 2 doubles, 2 RBIs, and 3 runs. Eddie Howard had 2 doubles too, 8-for-20 with 2 walks, 2 RBIs, and 4 runs. George Sutterfield was 6-for-19 with a triple, 2 walks, and 6 RBIs. George Oddo was back to losing games he should have won, just 6 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts in a complete game, though with one run of support he was charged with the loss. Duke Bybee had an awful start, which I'll ignore, but in the game Molina finished off, he allowed 9 hits, a single run, and 2 walks with 8 strikeouts. Pap lost both his starts, and was hit uncharacteristically hard (16 H, 12 R, 11 ER), but in both starts he had three Ks and no walks. Johnnie Jones pitched well enough to win, 8 innings, 6 hits, 2 runs, 4 walks, and 4 strikeouts, as despite 13 hits, it took until the last batter, a Leo Mitchell walk-off blast, to emerge victorious.

I'll never quite understand this team, but man wouldn't it be nice to just start the season on the right foot for once???

Is that really too much to ask!?!?!?!

--

Best part is I got a scare today as when I went to look at my writeup from earlier as in everything above this part, I could not find it where it was supposed to be. I'm partially scared I accidentally sent this to someone and gave them the most confusion in their life, as I sometimes DM myself writeups if I don't save them as notepad files, but for my sake I'm just going to say I got too distracted by Jesse Santoro

Luckily, I always type my dynasty report in the actual forum text editor. Not on word or anything like that, just straight into the webpage. Because there's this little saying I like to tell myself, when in doubt "Ctrl-T"

Well what does that mean?

You see, even though my computer wasn't on for hours, all I had to do was open up Chrome. And use the command. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T.

And like magic, there it was! (And two extra tabs after) My forums.ootpdevelopments.com/newreply/etc./etc.! With all my words just as I left them!

That's the beauty of this handy little keyboard function, as it will open up any closed browsers it has in memory. Sometimes you can even use the back button! It's a true life saver! It's the only reason I continued with this!

Losing my writing makes me sad...Ctrl + T can make it all better!

Now if only it could make the Cougars win some games!

Maybe, Ctrl + W? I'll try anything!

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Looking Ahead
Back to your regularly scheduled program, we look forward to our first actual trip of any time, as we go from Montreal to Toronto. For hopefully the last time this season, they have a better record then us, 7-5 and the closest team to the first place Kings (11-4). The reason for that is the pitching, as Joe Hancock (3-0, 0.86, 10) has turned back the clock, George Garrison (2-1, 2.11, 8) is George Garrison, and with off days they haven't had to use much more then Jim Morrison (1-1, 3.21, 5). He's scheduled to start the series, followed by Jerry York (0-2, 6.55, 6) and the ace Garrison. Even if that trio keeps us in check, the lineup hasn't done much, scoring less then every CA team except the Cannons, who have played two less games. Fred McCormick (.233, 7) is still getting on base, but Hal Wood (.395, 5) is doing all the heavy lifting. Even at 35, the former Cougar first rounder is a force at the plate, as 1950 seems to be the eight consecutive above average offensive season for him. I should be confident for this, but I just can't be, though on paper this seems to be the start of our turn around.

That's partly because the Cannons follow, as despite being half a game ahead of us in the standings (5th, 5-5), we should have no trouble with them. I'm not sure why Rufus Barrell (0-2, 4.80, 8) is disguising himself as Jim Anderson (1-0, 0.50, 9) and Charlie Griffith (2-0, 0.53, 6), and if we're lucky, two of them will pitch in New York. That leaves likely Griffith the #3, potential future ace Tony Britten (1-1, 2.12, 7), and 28-year-old Mickey Mills (1-1, 3.31, 4), who entered the season with just 51.2 FABL innings. All I care about is no Barrell, as with how little they've hit, I don't know what to do if we lose. Mike T. Taylor (.294, 2, 1) is the only guy hitting near .300, while Chuck Adams (.267, 1, 1) is the only other guy in the lineup hitting above .230. It's obviously a small sample, but I'm sure Cannons fans are nervous, and slow starts like this can diminish the value of the assets they may want to ship off.

We'll finish the week in Philly for the first of a three game series. I'll cover them more tomorrow, but right now they're 6-6 and even with the Cannons. The pitching has struggled, 7th in runs and 8th in starter's ERA, though Al Duster (2-0, 2.40, 8), Slick Wesolowski (0-0, 1.76, 5), and reliver John Thomas Johnson (1-0, 1.42, 7) have stoodout early. Luckily they've hit, leading all CA teams in average and OBP, and they're tied for third in runs. 1950 is going to be an interesting season for the Sailors, and I'm hoping we can start our series with them on the right foot.

03-07-2024, 09:23 PM	#1361
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,138	Week 2: April 24th-April 30th Weekly Record: 3-4 Seasonal Record: 6-7 (6th, 4 GB) Stars of the Week Leo Mitchell : 20 AB, 9 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .450 AVG, 1.122 OPS David Molina : 1 Win, 2 Saves, 4.1 IP, 2 BB, 2 K, 2.08 ERA Eddie Howard : 20 AB, 8 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .400 AVG, .955 OPS Schedule 4-24: Loss at Kings (3-5) 4-25: Loss at Kings (2-8) 4-26: Loss vs Stars (2-1) 4-27: Win vs Stars (2-3) 4-28: Win at Saints (7-4): 11 innings 4-29: Loss at Saints (6-8) 4-30: Win at Saints (4-1) Recap Yes, it's already "that" time of the year where the team with crazy expectations decides that the games don't matter, and they just tread in place as the rest of the teams start padding their leads. Add another one run loss to the tally, already three (all against the Stars...) in just seven tries, and just one of those seven losses was by more then two runs. No matter what I do, it seems this team can't win close games, but I just have to keep reminding myself: its still early. You can't win every game. Luckily, there's just guy called Leo Mitchell, and he always makes Cougars baseball exciting. Despite being the second oldest player on the roster (happy 37th birthday!), Mitchell has a hit in all of his 10 starts, coming off a 9-for-20 week with 3 runs, 3 walks, 2 RBIs, and a homer. Yeah, small sample and all that, but the surprise anchor of the offense has slashed .512/.556/.683 (237 OPS+) with a pair homers and equal walks (4) and strikeouts. The kid is a stud, plain and simple, and I can't believe I bought into two back-to-back average seasons as his downfall. I should know better, there are some guys who just show up and hit, and "Mitch the Metronome" is certainly that guy. Another guy who's always much-see TV, is good ol' Donnie Jones, who lasted 50.2 innings before his first (two) unearned runs. That's because Maurice Carter (.146, 3, 4) managed to elevate one of his pitches, taking Donnie deep for two in the 6th innings of his start. Now as good as he is, up 4-2 in the ninth, that was the perfect time to use David Molina, but instead, Max Wilder decided to bring our ace back for the ninth. It backfired, as there was the dreaded leadoff walk, and we could have lost had the most clutch defensive replacement ever in Don Lee was able to catch Sam Clay trying to reach third on a throw to the plate, as his throw was on line, Red Bond could cut it (not sure what a 1B is doing cutting throws from left, but that's baseball for you!), and find Otto Christian for the tag at third. Now the 10th would be a perfect time for Molina, but no, there's Donnie again! Again, he put runners on, but managed to escape, and finally after George Sutterfield gave us two in the tenth, Molina came out for the 11th. He was as advertised, striking out one in a perfect 11th, to secure his first save on the year. He pitched in the next two games too, though in the finale he threw seven pitches to finish Duke Bybee's start with a ground out, and picked up his second save. The middle outing was the first of his now five appearances where he ran into any troubles, with 3 hits, a run, and 2 walks in 2 innings. I'm not sure how, but I need to get Max Wilder using Molina more, as he's too valuable to sit around in clutch moments. Not too much else exciting, as most of the offense was non-existent for the second week in a row. One guy who made impact despite limited time was Chubby Hall, who was 3-for-9 with 2 doubles, 2 RBIs, and 3 runs. Eddie Howard had 2 doubles too, 8-for-20 with 2 walks, 2 RBIs, and 4 runs. George Sutterfield was 6-for-19 with a triple, 2 walks, and 6 RBIs. George Oddo was back to losing games he should have won, just 6 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts in a complete game, though with one run of support he was charged with the loss. Duke Bybee had an awful start, which I'll ignore, but in the game Molina finished off, he allowed 9 hits, a single run, and 2 walks with 8 strikeouts. Pap lost both his starts, and was hit uncharacteristically hard (16 H, 12 R, 11 ER), but in both starts he had three Ks and no walks. Johnnie Jones pitched well enough to win, 8 innings, 6 hits, 2 runs, 4 walks, and 4 strikeouts, as despite 13 hits, it took until the last batter, a Leo Mitchell walk-off blast, to emerge victorious. I'll never quite understand this team, but man wouldn't it be nice to just start the season on the right foot for once??? Is that really too much to ask!?!?!?! -- Best part is I got a scare today as when I went to look at my writeup from earlier as in everything above this part, I could not find it where it was supposed to be. I'm partially scared I accidentally sent this to someone and gave them the most confusion in their life, as I sometimes DM myself writeups if I don't save them as notepad files, but for my sake I'm just going to say I got too distracted by Jesse Santoro Luckily, I always type my dynasty report in the actual forum text editor. Not on word or anything like that, just straight into the webpage. Because there's this little saying I like to tell myself, when in doubt "Ctrl-T" Well what does that mean? You see, even though my computer wasn't on for hours, all I had to do was open up Chrome. And use the command. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T. Ctrl + T. And like magic, there it was! (And two extra tabs after) My forums.ootpdevelopments.com/newreply/etc./etc.! With all my words just as I left them! That's the beauty of this handy little keyboard function, as it will open up any closed browsers it has in memory. Sometimes you can even use the back button! It's a true life saver! It's the only reason I continued with this! Losing my writing makes me sad...Ctrl + T can make it all better! Now if only it could make the Cougars win some games! Maybe, Ctrl + W? I'll try anything! -- Looking Ahead Back to your regularly scheduled program, we look forward to our first actual trip of any time, as we go from Montreal to Toronto. For hopefully the last time this season, they have a better record then us, 7-5 and the closest team to the first place Kings (11-4). The reason for that is the pitching, as Joe Hancock (3-0, 0.86, 10) has turned back the clock, George Garrison (2-1, 2.11, 8) is George Garrison, and with off days they haven't had to use much more then Jim Morrison (1-1, 3.21, 5). He's scheduled to start the series, followed by Jerry York (0-2, 6.55, 6) and the ace Garrison. Even if that trio keeps us in check, the lineup hasn't done much, scoring less then every CA team except the Cannons, who have played two less games. Fred McCormick (.233, 7) is still getting on base, but Hal Wood (.395, 5) is doing all the heavy lifting. Even at 35, the former Cougar first rounder is a force at the plate, as 1950 seems to be the eight consecutive above average offensive season for him. I should be confident for this, but I just can't be, though on paper this seems to be the start of our turn around. That's partly because the Cannons follow, as despite being half a game ahead of us in the standings (5th, 5-5), we should have no trouble with them. I'm not sure why Rufus Barrell (0-2, 4.80, 8) is disguising himself as Jim Anderson (1-0, 0.50, 9) and Charlie Griffith (2-0, 0.53, 6), and if we're lucky, two of them will pitch in New York. That leaves likely Griffith the #3, potential future ace Tony Britten (1-1, 2.12, 7), and 28-year-old Mickey Mills (1-1, 3.31, 4), who entered the season with just 51.2 FABL innings. All I care about is no Barrell, as with how little they've hit, I don't know what to do if we lose. Mike T. Taylor (.294, 2, 1) is the only guy hitting near .300, while Chuck Adams (.267, 1, 1) is the only other guy in the lineup hitting above .230. It's obviously a small sample, but I'm sure Cannons fans are nervous, and slow starts like this can diminish the value of the assets they may want to ship off. We'll finish the week in Philly for the first of a three game series. I'll cover them more tomorrow, but right now they're 6-6 and even with the Cannons. The pitching has struggled, 7th in runs and 8th in starter's ERA, though Al Duster (2-0, 2.40, 8), Slick Wesolowski (0-0, 1.76, 5), and reliver John Thomas Johnson (1-0, 1.42, 7) have stoodout early. Luckily they've hit, leading all CA teams in average and OBP, and they're tied for third in runs. 1950 is going to be an interesting season for the Sailors, and I'm hoping we can start our series with them on the right foot.