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FancySkunk · 02-17-2020, 05:41 AM

My No Money squad took their second Diamond championship this week!

They were scuffling hard in the early going, barely above .500 at the all-star break (48-47) and hovering near the bottom of their division. But, I decided to take rather drastic measures. By selling off the 99 Snider that I had in LF, I opened things up to make some absolutely major changes across the board:

* 3 new starting pitchers (98 Hubbell, 92 Morris, 94 Reuschel)
* 3 new relief pitchers (96 D. Jones, 93 Gossage, 92 C. Green)
* 2 new catchers (Smoky Burgess and SE Lo Duca)
* A new DH (Sherry Magee)
* A new RF platoon bat (100 Tris Speaker)
* A new LF (Hugh Duffy)
* And a platoon bat at SS/backup IF (Dick Groat)

All these changes took a little time to get going (they were mostly added before the break), but the team absolutely came together. We went 48-19 after the break to take the best record in the league by one game over a divisional opponent.

Every single playoff series went the distance for us, but we prevailed in the end. Ultimately, we took game 7 of the World Series 9-6 thanks in large part to Hugh Duffy nearly hitting for the cycle (3-4, 2B, 3B, HR, 2RBI, 4R). Duffy took MVP honors for the series.

I'm hoping this team now has what it takes to stick around at the perfect level, even if it's likely still not ready to fully contend there (could definitely use more pitching help).

02-17-2020, 05:41 AM	#101
FancySkunk All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 514	My No Money squad took their second Diamond championship this week! They were scuffling hard in the early going, barely above .500 at the all-star break (48-47) and hovering near the bottom of their division. But, I decided to take rather drastic measures. By selling off the 99 Snider that I had in LF, I opened things up to make some absolutely major changes across the board: * 3 new starting pitchers (98 Hubbell, 92 Morris, 94 Reuschel) * 3 new relief pitchers (96 D. Jones, 93 Gossage, 92 C. Green) * 2 new catchers (Smoky Burgess and SE Lo Duca) * A new DH (Sherry Magee) * A new RF platoon bat (100 Tris Speaker) * A new LF (Hugh Duffy) * And a platoon bat at SS/backup IF (Dick Groat) All these changes took a little time to get going (they were mostly added before the break), but the team absolutely came together. We went 48-19 after the break to take the best record in the league by one game over a divisional opponent. Every single playoff series went the distance for us, but we prevailed in the end. Ultimately, we took game 7 of the World Series 9-6 thanks in large part to Hugh Duffy nearly hitting for the cycle (3-4, 2B, 3B, HR, 2RBI, 4R). Duffy took MVP honors for the series. I'm hoping this team now has what it takes to stick around at the perfect level, even if it's likely still not ready to fully contend there (could definitely use more pitching help). Last edited by FancySkunk; 02-17-2020 at 05:45 AM.