Hello, Dock Ellis!

McBruce · 07-05-2015, 04:57 AM

Just a note about a new fictional league I started to help me ignore the fact that my apartment is not air-conditioned and five fans just aren't getting the job done...

Set up a 30-team league with local cities and towns, ran the league for 25 years to establish benchmarks, then took over a rather bad team at the end of a season. Pitching was bad, so I hit the free agent market early and tried to get good for value rather than superb for more money than the owner has. This was a success and a few trades thrown in got the team back to .500 in the preseason rankings, 18-2 in spring training!

Now comes opening day, home game against the one team to beat in the division. Our four-star #1 starter takes the mound and pulls an Eddie Cicotte, hitting the first batter. Next batter grounds into a double play, then the starter hits a second guy.

Then a third!

Then a fourth...BRAWL!

Dock Ellis once threw at each Red he faced until being taken out. I bet the GIDP was a protection swing while getting out of the way...

Nine game suspension for both pitcher and batter. Starter #6 takes over and gets the next guy but we lose. Now leading the division by a few games in mid-August. Can't beat this game!

07-05-2015, 04:57 AM	#1
McBruce Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New Westminster BC Canada Posts: 137	Hello, Dock Ellis! Just a note about a new fictional league I started to help me ignore the fact that my apartment is not air-conditioned and five fans just aren't getting the job done... Set up a 30-team league with local cities and towns, ran the league for 25 years to establish benchmarks, then took over a rather bad team at the end of a season. Pitching was bad, so I hit the free agent market early and tried to get good for value rather than superb for more money than the owner has. This was a success and a few trades thrown in got the team back to .500 in the preseason rankings, 18-2 in spring training! Now comes opening day, home game against the one team to beat in the division. Our four-star #1 starter takes the mound and pulls an Eddie Cicotte, hitting the first batter. Next batter grounds into a double play, then the starter hits a second guy. Then a third! Then a fourth...BRAWL! Dock Ellis once threw at each Red he faced until being taken out. I bet the GIDP was a protection swing while getting out of the way... Nine game suspension for both pitcher and batter. Starter #6 takes over and gets the next guy but we lose. Now leading the division by a few games in mid-August. Can't beat this game! Last edited by McBruce; 07-05-2015 at 05:00 AM.