Best Record you've seen at All Star Break?

UtahGamecockFan · 04-24-2005, 10:27 PM

What is the best record you have seen around the all star break. There are five days left before the All Star break in our league and my Anaheim Angels are 71-10 so far and Carlos Beltran has 29 HR, 75 RBI, 88 Runs, and 53 SB. The top 5 in HR's in the AL are on my team. The top 4 in RBI are on my team. Grady Sizemore is a rookie for me and is batting .340 with 27 HR, 110 Hits, 69 RBI, 74 Runs, 32 SB, and 53 extra base hits. My team is 1st in every category except for avg, and they are 2nd in that. How does this all stack up against the best you guys have seen approaching the all star break.

UngratefulDead · 04-24-2005, 10:36 PM

Interestingly, while I don't mind helming a losing team I actually get annoyed when my team becomes inhumanly good.

Khan · 04-25-2005, 02:13 AM

WOW, that's an .880 winning pct. I thought my team was dominating.

My solo league Jays are hovering around .800 right now with approx 30 or so games left in the season (not at home at the moment).

I think we might have been as high as around .840 at one point ,but can't remember.

As far as individual players, my team is very balanced throughout the lineup
so while no one has numbers quite like Beltran there, I'll probably end up with at least 5 guys over 100 RBI's and 3 more 80+ .

sebastian0622 · 04-25-2005, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by UngratefulDead

Interestingly, while I don't mind helming a losing team I actually get annoyed when my team becomes inhumanly good.

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If I was doing that well, I'd have to restart the league and take a closer look at the house rules I put in place to prevent that kind of unrealistic dominance.

SandMan · 04-25-2005, 09:07 AM

My Cardinals team started 18-1, at ASB was 77-10, but over he last 75 finished 39-36 (I did rest starters at the end a bit though). I was amazed at the 116-46 finish, but I was defeated by the Dodgers (85-77) in the first round..... I have never had a MLB roster team win more than 106 games before so I will take this as my best team ever....

Malleus Dei · 04-25-2005, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by UngratefulDead

Interestingly, while I don't mind helming a losing team I actually get annoyed when my team becomes inhumanly good.

I am the same way about inhumanly good teams in a solo league, but in an online league it's a whole different story.

UngratefulDead · 04-25-2005, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

I am the same way about inhumanly good teams in a solo league, but in an online league it's a whole different story.

Yeah. I won't mind that a bit, when, I uh, start, you know, dominating in my online leagues.

Malleus Dei · 04-25-2005, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by UngratefulDead

Yeah. I won't mind that a bit, when, I uh, start, you know, dominating in my online leagues.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do .

TotalEnd98 · 04-25-2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by UngratefulDead

Interestingly, while I don't mind helming a losing team I actually get annoyed when my team becomes inhumanly good.

As I'm notoriously lax in my single-player, for-fun BS leagues (boosting prospect ratings if they take a hit, carrying out "unfair" trades if the game allows), I enjoy having an inhumanly good team. What I hate, however, is having to trade away majors-ready prospects for practically nothing because they're not as good as any of my starting nine and most of what I could get in return isn't, either.

Smoothie7745 · 04-25-2005, 04:30 PM

My best team ever went 161-1 on the season (stupid damn cardinals), but that was me f*cking around and editing people, obviously. My best for real start up to the All Star Break is 73-9 on a team that included Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman, Vernon Wells, Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt (the Roy Boys...lol), Brad Lidge, David Wright, Juan Pierre, Bret Boone, etc. Did it with killer pitching (Cardinals type, good GB pitchers with two dominant starters) and very good, if not superb, defense with a pretty damn good, aggressive, balanced offense. All this moneyball stuff is overrated

IatricSB · 04-25-2005, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SandMan

My Cardinals team started 18-1, at ASB was 77-10, but over he last 75 finished 39-36 (I did rest starters at the end a bit though). I was amazed at the 116-46 finish, but I was defeated by the Dodgers (85-77) in the first round..... I have never had a MLB roster team win more than 106 games before so I will take this as my best team ever....

I had a team finish 119-43 for a .735 win %. It was in an online league.

Vris · 04-25-2005, 06:24 PM

I take the pleasure of building up the bad teams into something good. I took an expansion team and in 10 years we won the division. That's the pace I like things at.

Malleus Dei · 04-25-2005, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Vris

I take the pleasure of building up the bad teams into something good. I took an expansion team and in 10 years we won the division. That's the pace I like things at.

I prefer taking an average team to excellence. If you actually *like* starting with a really bad team, then my hat's off to you.

DamnYankees · 04-25-2005, 08:31 PM

Best team I ever put together was the 1947 Cubs in a historical replay, with totally accurate league totals. I import real rookies in these leagues, but accidentally hit "no" in 1932, so that year fictional players were created. My Cubs in 1947 had Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Johnny Mize, Joe Gordon, Lou Bodreau, Bob Feller and Harry Breechen. I also had two 'fictional' players created in that 1932 draft.

Gabriel Poe - 10 contact, 4 power, 10 eye, 10 range. Amazing player, had 48 win shares in 1947. And he's a catcher.

Marshall Brown - 7 stuff, 9 control, 10 movement. Went 39-3 in 1947, then 37-1 in 1948. Obviously the wins come from insane offensive support, but he was the 4th greatest pitcher ever (Win Share-wise, behind Walter Johnson, smokey Joe Wood, and Walt Masterson, one of those scrubs who has a great career in these replays).

I couldn't lose. Went 127-27 in 1947, then 115-39 the next year.

Was fun.

IatricSB · 04-25-2005, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

I prefer taking an average team to excellence. If you actually *like* starting with a really bad team, then my hat's off to you.

From the leagues I've been in, it seems to me that taking an average team and turning them around is much harder than taking a bad team and turning them around. With a bad team you get some nice draft picks for a year or two. With average teams you hope for good players or hope for talent bumps, otherwise it stays average many times so to me they seem more of a challenge.

IatricSB · 04-25-2005, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do .

Which online leagues did you dominate? Any still going?

streetballer67 · 04-25-2005, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by IatricSB

From the leagues I've been in, it seems to me that taking an average team and turning them around is much harder than taking a bad team and turning them around. With a bad team you get some nice draft picks for a year or two. With average teams you hope for good players or hope for talent bumps, otherwise it stays average many times so to me they seem more of a challenge.

Seems the same way for me, I took the Rangers by the helm and couldn't get anywhere so I switched to the D-Rays and within three years I had them in the playoffs.

Malleus Dei · 04-25-2005, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by IatricSB

Which online leagues did you dominate? Any still going?

We have a nineties league going on - we're in 1993 at the moment and I'm thumping them good. We just did the fifties, and we'll probably do the seventies next. Then maybe the sixties again.

streetballer67 · 04-25-2005, 11:49 PM

My D-Rays were once 64-17 at the break. The next closest team in the league had about 50 wins. It was an excellent year for Brad Wilkerson, smashing 32 HRs at the break with an excellent .312 average. He also piled on 47 BBs! He was just on fire. We finished the season 110-52, Wilkerson cooled as did the rest of the gang. Won the WS in 5 games, my second ever in solo leagues.

IatricSB · 04-26-2005, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

We have a nineties league going on - we're in 1993 at the moment and I'm thumping them good. We just did the fifties, and we'll probably do the seventies next. Then maybe the sixties again.

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04-24-2005, 10:27 PM	#1
UtahGamecockFan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 79	Best Record you've seen at All Star Break? What is the best record you have seen around the all star break. There are five days left before the All Star break in our league and my Anaheim Angels are 71-10 so far and Carlos Beltran has 29 HR, 75 RBI, 88 Runs, and 53 SB. The top 5 in HR's in the AL are on my team. The top 4 in RBI are on my team. Grady Sizemore is a rookie for me and is batting .340 with 27 HR, 110 Hits, 69 RBI, 74 Runs, 32 SB, and 53 extra base hits. My team is 1st in every category except for avg, and they are 2nd in that. How does this all stack up against the best you guys have seen approaching the all star break.

04-25-2005, 02:13 AM	#3
Khan All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 827	WOW, that's an .880 winning pct. I thought my team was dominating. My solo league Jays are hovering around .800 right now with approx 30 or so games left in the season (not at home at the moment). I think we might have been as high as around .840 at one point ,but can't remember. As far as individual players, my team is very balanced throughout the lineup so while no one has numbers quite like Beltran there, I'll probably end up with at least 5 guys over 100 RBI's and 3 more 80+ . __________________ CBL quickstart thread My Logo & Uni thread OOTP Google drive

04-25-2005, 04:30 PM	#10
Smoothie7745 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 142	My best team ever went 161-1 on the season (stupid damn cardinals), but that was me f*cking around and editing people, obviously. My best for real start up to the All Star Break is 73-9 on a team that included Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman, Vernon Wells, Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt (the Roy Boys...lol), Brad Lidge, David Wright, Juan Pierre, Bret Boone, etc. Did it with killer pitching (Cardinals type, good GB pitchers with two dominant starters) and very good, if not superb, defense with a pretty damn good, aggressive, balanced offense. All this moneyball stuff is overrated __________________ MLSB Astros (original and current Houston Astros GM) FBBL Retro (original and current Astros GM) RIP, ISBL (Houston Astros) RIP, VSL (Houston Astros) RIP, FBBL (original Oakland A's GM) Please visit my website: JasonMarbach.com And the myspace: http://www.myspace.com/jasonmarbach R.I.P. D. K. #57

04-25-2005, 06:24 PM	#12
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	I take the pleasure of building up the bad teams into something good. I took an expansion team and in 10 years we won the division. That's the pace I like things at. __________________ None Blog it.

04-25-2005, 08:31 PM	#14
DamnYankees All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,644	Best team I ever put together was the 1947 Cubs in a historical replay, with totally accurate league totals. I import real rookies in these leagues, but accidentally hit "no" in 1932, so that year fictional players were created. My Cubs in 1947 had Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Johnny Mize, Joe Gordon, Lou Bodreau, Bob Feller and Harry Breechen. I also had two 'fictional' players created in that 1932 draft. Gabriel Poe - 10 contact, 4 power, 10 eye, 10 range. Amazing player, had 48 win shares in 1947. And he's a catcher. Marshall Brown - 7 stuff, 9 control, 10 movement. Went 39-3 in 1947, then 37-1 in 1948. Obviously the wins come from insane offensive support, but he was the 4th greatest pitcher ever (Win Share-wise, behind Walter Johnson, smokey Joe Wood, and Walt Masterson, one of those scrubs who has a great career in these replays). I couldn't lose. Went 127-27 in 1947, then 115-39 the next year. Was fun. Last edited by DamnYankees; 04-25-2005 at 08:48 PM.

04-24-2005, 10:36 PM	#2
UngratefulDead Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,415	Interestingly, while I don't mind helming a losing team I actually get annoyed when my team becomes inhumanly good.

04-25-2005, 09:07 AM	#5
SandMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,946	My Cardinals team started 18-1, at ASB was 77-10, but over he last 75 finished 39-36 (I did rest starters at the end a bit though). I was amazed at the 116-46 finish, but I was defeated by the Dodgers (85-77) in the first round..... I have never had a MLB roster team win more than 106 games before so I will take this as my best team ever....

04-25-2005, 11:49 PM	#19
streetballer67 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 2,004	My D-Rays were once 64-17 at the break. The next closest team in the league had about 50 wins. It was an excellent year for Brad Wilkerson, smashing 32 HRs at the break with an excellent .312 average. He also piled on 47 BBs! He was just on fire. We finished the season 110-52, Wilkerson cooled as did the rest of the gang. Won the WS in 5 games, my second ever in solo leagues. __________________ Visit Here!!!