Rebuilding A Champion II: Turning the Corner - Page 7

Chappy · 09-22-2004, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chappy

Skip Burns will earn his first win next sim; I can feel it. He's been unlucky more than anything else. He's allowed only 40 baserunners in 42 innings and is second in the league in K/9 IP (behing the immortal James Yim).

Divide 40 by 42, Mathmagicman.

Now if I could only get this message board to play an Mmm-Bop midi while you browse this thread...

jaxmagicman · 09-22-2004, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chappy

Divide 40 by 42, Mathmagicman.

Now if I could only get this message board to play an Mmm-Bop midi while you browse this thread...

Dude that is like too much like work. (When did you find out you were gay?)

cknox0723 · 09-22-2004, 05:58 PM

Curcio - 28.2 IP, 6 strikeouts. Talk about letting your defense do the work for you.

How do you have the pinch-hitters ordered? I ask only because Maxwell Pearson, who hits like a little girl, has 32 at-bats, while my boy Galyon only has 11. I think you should teach Galyon left field and send Tracey down for AAA seasoning. He's fallen prey to the, um...Mike Caruso Disease.

You're going to be over .500 after the next sim...30 plus games into the season. How's that gonna feel?

Chappy · 09-22-2004, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaxmagicman

When did you find out you were gay?

[lisp]The first time I laid eyes on you, beautiful[/lisp]

Chappy · 09-22-2004, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cknox0723

Curcio - 28.2 IP, 6 strikeouts. Talk about letting your defense do the work for you.

How do you have the pinch-hitters ordered? I ask only because Maxwell Pearson, who hits like a little girl, has 32 at-bats, while my boy Galyon only has 11. I think you should teach Galyon left field and send Tracey down for AAA seasoning. He's fallen prey to the, um...Mike Caruso Disease.

You're going to be over .500 after the next sim...30 plus games into the season. How's that gonna feel?

Pearson is the backup at 2nd, SS and 3rd, while Galyon is only backing up 1B. So, that's why he has more at bats. I don't have anyone actually penciled in on the pinch hitter lists, because who I want the manager to turn to depends on the situation. I've thought many times about teaching Galyon the OF, but I'm pretty sure if I do he'll just have a 1 in range, like M-Rod and Sedgwick did. I still have confidence in Tracey; he hasn't done a badly as Claus did the season I sent Claus back to AAA. Heck, he's doing better than Claus now!

Chappy · 09-22-2004, 06:18 PM

Oh, and regarding Curcio, he is a good groundball pitcher with excellent control. With two solid defenders up the middle (3 if you count Thom in CF) I think he'll have a good enough stuff to keep a sub-4.00 ERA. Check out Moreno; similar ratings, similar stats (4 K's in 20 innings).

Chappy · 09-26-2004, 03:42 PM

Sim Report #4

5/7 - 3-2 WIN vs Florida - Skip Burns earned his first win of the season with 8 solid innings, allowing 2 ER on 6 hits. He also hit an RBI triple in the 6th inning. Carlos Martinez drove in the other 2 runs.
5/8 - 4-3 WIN vs Florida (11 innings) - Chris Curcio left with no decision despite pitching well. He allowed 2 ER on 8 hits in 8 innings, allowing no walks and picking up no strikeouts. Moreno blew a save, but Charlie Clowers pitched a scoreless 10th and 11th to pick up his first win of the season. Lust led the offense with 3 hits; Horizon, Rodriguez and Talamantez each added 2 hits.
5/9 - 4-0 WIN @ Connecticut - Bick Horizon hit a solo HR (10) and M-Rod added a double to power the offense. Chris Kearns pitched a shutout to move to 4-1 on the season.
5/10 - 9-3 loss @ Connecticut - Thom, Lust and Tally each had 2 hits, but we didn't generate nearly enough offense to overcome a shaky start by Alphonse Nietz. Nietz allowed 7 ER in 4 innings to fall to 1-4.
5/11 - 9-2 loss @ Connecticut - Once again we were manhandled, and this time Lowell Stang took the brunt of the damage. Stang coughed up 5 ER in 5 innings to fall to 3-3.
5/12 - 8-7 loss vs Tennessee (19 innings) - In a marathon of a game, Frank Scull allowed a 19th inning HR that would prove to be the final blow. Scull was pitching his 5th inning that night, and it was only the second hit he had allowed. M-Rod led the team offensively, going 3-for-7 with 2 walks.
5/13 - 4-2 WIN vs Tennessee (11 innings) - Curcio tried his best to pitch a complete game, but left after allowing 2 ER on 6 hits in 10 innings. Welch pitched a scoreless 11th and earned the win. Pinch hitter Pat Galyon hit a 2-run homer (1) in the 11th to win the game.
5/14 - 7-0 WIN vs Tennessee - For the second start in a row, Chris Kearns pitches a shutout. This time it was a 2-hitter, and he fanned 9 batters. Kieth Tracey hit an 8th inning grand slam (3) to power the offense, which scored 7 runs on just 6 hits.
5/15 - Off Day
5/16 - 8-0 loss vs New York - Nietz was roughed up again, allowing 6 ER in 7.1 innings. His ERA has soared to 5.74. Tally led the offense with 2 hits.

Standings

Code:

team	         w       l	 pct	 gb	L10
Massachusetts	25	11	.694	-	9-1
New York	22	14	.611	3.0	6-4
Pennsylvania	18	19	.486	7.5	6-4
Connecticut	17	19	.472	8.0	7-3

I really underestimated the Patriots. We're about where I expected, at 1 game under .500

Pitching

Code:

   Name         G GS W L SV   ERA   IP HA  R ER BB  K 
s1 L. Stang     7  7 3 3  0  2.35 46.0 41 15 12  9 32 
s2 S. Burns     8  8 1 3  0  4.18 56.0 44 32 26 13 59 
s3 C. Kearns    8  8 5 1  0  1.91 61.1 36 14 13 20 37 
s4 C. Curcio    7  7 2 1  0  4.24 46.2 52 23 22  6  6 
s5 A. Nietz     7  7 1 5  0  5.74 47.0 49 35 30 11 27 

mr J. Salguero  2  0 0 0  0 12.00  3.0  6  4  4  1  1 
mr F. Scull     9  0 1 1  0  3.38 10.2 11  4  4  2  9 
mr M. Welch    12  0 1 1  0  3.86 14.0 16  8  6  1  4 
su A. Guerrero 14  0 1 1  0  2.25 16.0 11  6  4  7 17 
su C. Clowers  17  0 1 0  1  4.87 20.1 23 11 11  5  6 
cl H. Moreno   15  0 1 0  9  2.01 22.1 17  7  5  8  4

Batting

Code:

     Name           G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG 
1 3B M. Rodriguez  34 142 37 10  1  0  16 19 18  7 .261 .342 .345 
2 CF F. Thom       36 139 32  9  0  1   9 13  8 12 .230 .272 .317 
3 2B L. Claus      35 125 27  9  0  4  17 20 25 17 .216 .347 .384 
4 1B B. Horizon    36 136 36  5  0 10  29 15 11  6 .265 .318 .522 
5 RF B. Lust       35 123 31  9  1  2  12 12 12 17 .252 .319 .390 
6 LF K. Tracey     35 129 29  4  0  3  17 14 10 21 .225 .286 .326
7 C  C. Martinez   34 114 26  5  0  3  12  7  8  5 .228 .290 .351
8 SS M. Talamantez 36 138 32  8  1  1  11 10  6 13 .232 .269 .326 

     A. Pooler     13  36 13  4  0  0   5  3  0  5 .361 .368 .472 
     W. Chipman     8   7  2  1  0  0   0  2  1  0 .286 .375 .429 
     B. Handel     24  44 11  2  1  0   5  7  3  0 .250 .313 .341 
     P. Galyon     15  21  5  1  0  1   3  3  1  6 .238 .292 .429 
     A. Stafford   25  48  8  1  0  0   1  6  2  7 .167 .200 .188 
     M. Pearson    20  40  5  2  0  1   2 13  4  4 .125 .280 .250

Team Rankings

Batting AVG: .228 (17th)
Homeruns: 26 (17th)
Walks: 114 (T-2nd)
Stolen Bases: 23 (17th)
Runs Scored: 149 (8th)

Pitching ERA: 3.72 (16th)
Opponents AVG: .237 (13th)
HRs Allowed: 42 (22nd)
Walks Allowed: 86 (11th)
Runs Allowed: 169 (20th)

Ugh.

- edit -

I forgot to mention the Upcoming Games

We play the last two games of our current series with New York (22-14, #4) before taking an off day.

Then we travel to Tennessee (22-14, #6) for a 3-game series before playing 3 games in New York. Then we begin a 4-game series at home against D.C. (9-27, #22), but only the first of those games will be played next sim.

This will be a real test; 8 games against great teams before hosting one of the cellar dwellers. As bad as DC has been, they always seem to have our number. Last year, they won just 48 games, but went 6-4 against us.

Chappy · 09-29-2004, 10:28 AM

Sim Report #5

5/17 - 2-1 loss vs New York - Lowell Stang had to leave after 4.1 thanks in part to an hour long rain delay. He allowed just one ER in those 4.1 innings. The bullpen pitched well, but couldn't overcome a Carlos Martinez error. Frank Scull took the loss despite not allowing an earned run. Offensively, we were held to 5 singles, two of which were hit by Martinez.
5/18 - 5-1 loss vs New York - Well, we were swept for the first time this season. Once again, the offense was ho-hum. Skip Burns allowed 4 ER in 8 innings, a decent outing against he Barons and their remarkable offense. Thom led is with 2 hits; a single and a double.
5/19 - Off Day
5/20 - 3-1 loss @ Tennessee - We had 8 hits today, including Tally's 2nd home run of the season. Kearns took the loss despite an excellent outing, allowing 2 ER in 7 innings.
5/21 - 4-0 WIN @ Tennessee - We end our slide despite another bland offensive outing. M-Rod was 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored, and Horizon drove in 2, but we went 7-for-32 as a team. Chris Curcio pitched a shutout, allowing 7 hits and walking nobody.
5/22 - 2-1 loss @ Tennesee - 5 hits, all singles. This is getting rediculous. Lowell Stang falls to 3-4 with a 2.15 ERA after allowing 2 ER in 8 innings. He struck out a career-high 11 Hounds.
5/23 - 8-7 loss @ New York - We finally score some runs, but now the pitching is gone. We hit 5 home runs; Horizon hit his 11th, Keith Tracey hit #4, Skip Burns his first, and Tally went deep twice to give him 4 on the season. Skip Burns allowed 6 ER on 7.1 innings.
5/24 - 2-1 loss @ New York (11 innings) - We lose by one for the umpteenth time this sim. Alphonse Nietz pitched 7 innings, allowing 1 ER on 7 hits. Adam Guerrero allowed a home run to the second batter he faced to take the loss.
5/25 - 5-1 WIN @ New York - Thom (2) and Claus (5) hit back-to-back 9th inning home runs to seal the victory, as Chris Kearns pitches a gem, allowing 1 unearned run in 8 innings of work.
5/26 - 6-1 WIN vs D.C. - Bick Horizon was 4-for-4 with a home run (12) and 4 RBI, and Franklyn Thom went 3-for-4 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI as the Freedom goes out with a win. Chirs Curcio allowed 1 ER on 4 hits in his second straight complete game and third straight start in which he pitched at least 9 innings.

Standings

Code:

north
team	         w	 l	 pct	 gb	L10
Massachusetts	29	16	.644	-	5-5
New York	28	17	.622	1.0	7-3
Connecticut	22	23	.489	7.0	5-5
Pennsylvania	21	25	.457	8.5	3-7

It was a rough sim, and it's frustrating that the offense has been iffy. But I knew it would be tough with so many games against good teams; NY and Ten are both 28-17 now. I'd like to get a little run going and get back to .500 next sim.

Pitching

Code:

   Name         G GS W L SV  ERA   IP HA  R ER BB  K 
s1 L. Stang     9  9 3 4  0 2.15 58.2 51 18 14 10 44
s2 S. Burns    10 10 1 4  0 4.54 71.1 61 42 36 19 69 
s3 C. Kearns   10 10 6 2  0 1.77 76.1 50 17 15 24 42 
s4 C. Curcio    9  9 4 1  0 3.20 64.2 63 24 23  6 10 
s5 A. Nietz     8  8 1 5  0 5.17 54.0 56 36 31 14 29 

mr M. Welch    15  0 1 1  0 4.02 15.2 20  9  7  1  5 
mr J. Salguero  3  0 0 0  0 8.31  4.1  9  4  4  1  1 
mr F. Scull    11  0 1 2  0 2.92 12.1 12  5  4  3  9 
su A. Guerrero 15  0 1 2  0 2.76 16.1 12  7  5  7 17 
su C. Clowers  21  0 1 1  1 4.68 25.0 27 14 13  5  7 
cl H. Moreno   16  0 1 0  9 1.88 24.0 17  7  5  8  5

Burns wasn't sharp last sim, but I still have faith in him. If his ERA isn't down below 4.00 by the all-star break, I'll replace him with Clowers or even Moreno.

Batting

Code:

     Name           G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG 
1 3B M. Rodriguez  43 175 44 10  1  0  16 24 22 10 .251 .333 .320 
2 CF F. Thom       45 175 43 12  0  2  15 19  8 17 .246 .281 .349 
3 2B L. Claus      44 157 34 12  0  5  21 23 30 26 .217 .346 .389 
4 1B B. Horizon    45 172 46  6  0 12  38 17 12  6 .267 .312 .512 
5 RF B. Lust       44 158 39  9  1  2  12 13 13 25 .247 .308 .354 
6 LF K. Tracey     44 161 32  4  0  4  19 15 10 30 .199 .254 .298
7 C  C. Martinez   41 141 32  5  0  3  12  9  8  7 .227 .278 .326 
8 SS M. Talamantez 45 169 38  9  1  4  15 13  8 20 .225 .264 .361 

     B. Handel     29  47 14  2  2  0   6  7  3  0 .298 .353 .426 
     A. Pooler     15  44 13  4  0  0   5  3  0  8 .295 .304 .386 
     W. Chipman     9   7  2  1  0  0   0  2  1  0 .286 .375 .429 
     P. Galyon     17  22  5  1  0  1   3  3  1  6 .227 .280 .409 
     A. Stafford   31  56 10  1  0  0   1  7  2  7 .179 .207 .196 
     M. Pearson    24  43  5  2  0  1   2 13  6  5 .116 .291 .233

Pathetic. Horizon is on a hot streak, but besides that nobody is hitting. Tracey has one sim to get above .200 or he's heading to Allentown. I don't really understand this; everyone in my lineup except for Claus is rated 6 or better in hitting. M-Rod and Horizon are 8, Thom and Lust are 7, C-Mart, Tally, Tracey are 6. So, these guys are good enough to all hit in the .270's. I guess we've just been facing ferocious pitching all year. Sheesh.

Upcoming Games
We start with the final 3 games of our 4 games series vs DC (11-34, #24) before going to Connecticut (22-23, #16) for 3 games. Then we host New York (28-17, #4) for 3 more games before taking an off day. DC is 23rd in opponents average, Con is 17th and New York is 9th. Maybe we can get some hits this sim.

RayofHope · 09-29-2004, 10:43 PM

Awwww come on Chappy, how about some love for the Hounds pitching?!?!?!

Pitching ERA: 2.68 (2nd)
Opponents AVG: .215 (3rd)
HRs Allowed: 26 (3rd)
Walks Allowed: 118 (15th)
Runs Allowed: 140 (3rd)

Plus, I had to get the team fired up to knock off former Hound stud prospect Stang!!

For some reason though, your bats seem to have the wood on my arms. Definetly appears at first glance that your guys are the best at hitting my staff.

Chappy · 09-30-2004, 08:57 AM

I certainly DO NOT love the Hounds pitchers.

I had 20 hits in 3 games against you last sim, well below my target average of .250. Fortunately, we won't face you again for a while.

jaxmagicman · 09-30-2004, 09:29 AM

Well, you are looking better, still not quite there yet. Almost though. Almost.

RayofHope · 10-01-2004, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chappy

I certainly DO NOT love the Hounds pitchers.

I had 20 hits in 3 games against you last sim, well below my target average of .250. Fortunately, we won't face you again for a while.

Huh . . . whaddya know.

Guess I should have done my math before posting that . . . your right.

At least in that 3 game series you're talking about you're right, that series you hit .206 off my staff, but still, given the .215 average they're holding people to, I don't think that's too bad.

Chappy · 10-04-2004, 10:48 AM

Sim Report #6, 2010

When we last saw the beloved Freedom, they were struggling to score runs. I'm afraid things haven't gotten much better.

5/27 - 5-2 loss vs D.C. - The team with the worst opponent's BA in the league comes to town, and we notch just 6 hits. Lowell Stang also gives his worst effort of the year, allowing 5 ER on 10 hits in 8 innings. Claus (6) and Horizon (13) each hit solo homers.
5/28 - 6-5 loss vs D.C. - Our offense exploded for 10 hits today, including Bernard Lust's 3rd home run and Bick Horizon's league-leading 14th home run of the season. But Skip Burns continues to be the bearer of bad luck, falling to 1-5 despite not allowing an earned run in 7 innings. He also fanned 12 batters. Errors by Tally and Tracey cost us big time.
5/29 - 2-1 WIN vs D.C. - We manage to salvage a split in the 4-game set with the cellar-dwelling Senators, thanks to great pitching by Nietz and a late home run by Ludwig Claus (7). Charlie Clowers pitched a scoreless 8th inning to earn the win, and Adam Guerrero pitched a scoreless 9th to earn his first save. (Moreno is out with the flu.)
5/30 - 4-2 loss @ Connecticut - Chris Kearns allows 4 ER in 7.2 innings to fall to 6-3. Lust led our offense with a 2-for-3 day. We had 7 hits as a team.
5/31 - 5-3 WIN @ Connecticut - Maxwell Pearson's 3-run shot coupled with a fine outing by Chris Curcio (5-1) lead us to victory. Tally went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Michael Welch pitched a scoreless 9th for his 1st save of the year.
6/1 - 2-1 loss @ Connecticut - Lowell Stang pitched a CG, allowed no ER, and took a loss. He's 3-6 with a 2.29 ERA this year. In a way, he deserved the loss, as it was his error that led to the 2 unearned runs. But, come on, let's get the guy some run support for crying out loud.
6/2 - 2-0 loss vs New York - We continue our excellent hitting by crushing 4 hits against the Barons. Skip Burns allowed 1 ER in 8 innings to fall to 1-6 with a 3.86 ERA. What an offense!
6/3 - 4-2 loss vs New York - Today we exploded for 5 whole hits. We need an off-day to rest, with all of that running around the bases. C-Mart is especially winded, as he had to go completely around when he hit his 4th home run of the season. Alphonse Nietz joins Skip Burns in the 1-6 club by allowing 4 ER in 6 innings.
6/4 - 2-1 WIN vs New York - Chris Kearns improves to 7-3 by pitching 7 strong innings, walking none and allowing 1 ER on 6 hits. Brenton Handel was 3-for-4 in a rare start, driving in both Pennsylvania runs. Hector Moreno returned from the flu to notch his 10th save. We really need an off day after pounding out 8 hits. That's almost one per inning.
6/5 - Off Day - Let's rest those legs!!!

Code:

team           w  l  pct   gb L10 
New York      34 21 .618    - 6-4 
Massachusetts 33 21 .611  0.5 5-5 
Connecticut   28 25 .528  5.0 6-4 
Pennsylvania  24 31 .436 10.0 4-6

I don't really know how to explain how frustrated I am right now. We've been improving offensively every season, and to hit this road block is very frustrating, especially when I'm getting such good pitching. We've been hanging around, and now suddenly we're 7 games below .500. Bick Horizon leads the FFL in HR, and is second in RBI, but everyone else is sucking. There will be some changes made for the next sim.

Pitching

Code:

   Name         G GS W L SV  ERA   IP HA  R ER BB  K 
s1 L. Stang    11 11 3 6  0 2.29 74.2 70 25 19 13 52 
s2 C. Kearns   12 12 7 3  0 1.98 91.0 65 22 20 26 47 
s3 S. Burns    12 12 1 6  0 3.86 86.1 76 48 37 23 88 
s4 C. Curcio   10 10 5 1  0 3.27 71.2 68 27 26  7 11 
s5 A. Nietz    10 10 1 6  0 4.81 67.1 69 41 36 16 37

mr M. Welch    20  0 1 1  1 3.05 20.2 23  9  7  2  6 
mr F. Scull    11  0 1 2  0 2.92 12.1 12  5  4  3  9 
su C. Clowers  25  0 2 1  1 4.82 28.0 33 16 15  5  8  
su A. Guerrero 17  0 1 2  1 2.45 18.1 13  7  5  7 19 
cl H. Moreno   17  0 1 0 10 1.80 25.0 18  7  5  8  5

I'm really impressed with these guys; especially the bullpen. The only real eyesore is Clowers' ERA, and he's been great over the past two weeks.

Batting

Code:

     Name           G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG 
1 SS M. Talamantez 52 191 45 12  1  4  17 14  9 23 .236 .277 .372 
2 3B M. Rodriguez  51 207 50 11  1  0  17 26 25 10 .242 .322 .304 
3 1B B. Horizon    54 201 54  6  0 14  40 20 15  6 .269 .317 .507 
4 2B L. Claus      52 183 36 12  0  7  23 25 30 31 .197 .313 .377
5 CF F. Thom       53 197 46 12  0  2  15 20 14 18 .234 .290 .325 
6 RF B. Lust       52 183 47 11  1  3  15 17 15 29 .257 .320 .377 
7 C  C. Martinez   48 165 37  6  0  4  13 11  9  8 .224 .273 .333 
8 LF M. Antunez     0   0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0 .--- .--- .---

     W. Chipman    11   8  3  1  0  0   0  2  1  0 .375 .444 .500 
     B. Handel     37  66 20  2  2  0   8  8  3  1 .303 .343 .394 
     A. Pooler     17  52 14  4  0  0   6  3  0  9 .269 .278 .346 
     P. Galyon     20  26  5  1  0  1   3  3  1  7 .192 .241 .346 
     A. Stafford   36  65 12  2  0  0   1  7  4  8 .185 .232 .215 
     M. Pearson    33  63  9  3  0  2   7 16  7  7 .143 .276 .286 
     J. Leto        0   0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0 .--- .--- .---

Tracey to AAA, Antunez and Leto to the bigs...

As much as I wanted to send Claus to AAA also, I couldn't. Who would I put in for him? The .143 batting Maxwell Pearson? The lineup has been shuffled all around, with the 34-year-old Marcellus Antunez taking over for Tracey in LF. Hopefully Tracey's exile will be short; we need his bat. But something had to be done.

Upcoming Games
We missed a good chance to reach .500 last sim, and now have a tough road. We travel to Massachusetts (33-21, #6) for a 3-game set, then travel to NC (33-24, #4) for 3 games, before coming home for 3 more games against Massachusetts. 9 Games against top 6 teams. We're gonna need to start scoring some runs.

jaxmagicman · 10-05-2004, 10:46 AM

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jaxmagicman · 10-05-2004, 10:47 AM

Dola,

But it might just be our MP3 Download of Mmm...Bop.

cknox0723 · 10-05-2004, 10:57 AM

I think it's Galyon time, for M-Rod just hasn't gotten it done. Horizon to third, Galyon to first, and a return to the glory days.

Well, I don't know about "return", exactly, but it's an idea, if not a particularly good one.

Chappy · 10-05-2004, 01:13 PM

Tempting, but M-Rod has the highes OBP on my team. So if he hasn't been getting it done, it doesn't say much for the rest of the guys...

Chappy · 10-07-2004, 11:52 AM

Sim Report #7, 2010

6/6 - 7-3 WIN @ Massachusetts (11 innings) - Don't be fooled by the 7 runs; the offense is still struggling. We managed 9 hits in 11 innings. Bick Horizon had a successful day, going 3-for-5 with a double and a game-tying 9th inning homer (15). Thom (3) and Antunez (1) each added solo home runs. Lowell Stang didn't have his best stuff - he allowed 10 hits in 7 innings - but he allowed just 2 homers. Moreno blew the save but earned a win after allowing a 10th inning run.
6/7 - 4-3 WIN @ Massachusetts (10 innings) - Tally, M-Rod and Antunez each had two hits, and Maxwell Pearson added his 3rd home run of the season, as the Freedom pound out 10 hits in 10 innings. Skip Burns allowed 3 ER in 8 innings while striking out 11 batters, but left with a no decision. Michael Welch pitched a perfect 9th inning for the win (2-1), and Moreno pitched a perfect 10th for his 11th save.
6/8 - 4-0 loss @ Massachusetts - Well, we were 2-hit today. Singles by Horizon and C-Mart were all we could muster. Chirs Curcio allowed 4 ER in a CG effort and falls to 5-2.
6/9 - Off Day
6/10 - 8-7 WIN @ North Carolina - M-Rod had 3 hits including a pair of doubles, and Bick Horizon added 2 RBI to lead the Freedom to a come-from-behind victory. The Freedom put up 4 runs in the 9th to take an 8-7 lead, and Hector Moreno pitched a perfect 9th for his 12th save. It had been a shaky day for Chris Kearns, who allowed 6 ER in just 5.2 innings of work.
6/11 - 5-3 WIN @ North Carolina - Bernard Lust (4) and Marcellus Antunez (2) each homered to power Pen past NC. Lowell Stang allowed 3 ER in 8 innings to post his 4th win of the year, and Moreno nails down save #13.
6/12 - 4-3 loss @ North Carolina - Just when you think the offense is starting to roll, we get held to 5 hits. Skip Burns pitched a complete game and allowed 3 ER, but fell to 1-7 despite his fairly decent 3.78 ERA.
6/13 - 5-1 loss vs Massachusetts - Curcio brought his B-game, and allowed 5 ER on 10 hits in 8 innings. Manny Talamantez hit his 5th homer of the year, but we were held to 6 hits.
6/14 - 1-0 WIN vs Massachusetts - Bick Horizon drove in Jason Leto for the lone run of the game, and Alphonse Nietz pitched 8.2 brilliant innings to move to 2-6 on the year. Once again, Hector Moreno picks up a save, giving him 14 on the year.
6/15 - 9-0 WIN vs Massachusetts - Chris Kearns rebounded nicely from a terrible start last week to throw a 4-hit shutout. Allen Stafford hit his first home run of the year, and C-Mart added 3 RBI as we pounded out 11 hits.

Standings

Code:

team           w  l  pct  gb L10 
New York      39 25 .609   - 5-5 
Connecticut   36 27 .571 2.5 8-2 
Massachusetts 36 27 .571 2.5 3-7 
Pennsylvania  30 34 .469 9.0 7-3

Easily our best sim of the year. We won all 3 series', and we were facing some tough teams. We lost ground on Connecticut, who is extremely hot, but we knocked both Mass and NC out of first place.

Pitching

Code:

   Name         G GS W L SV  ERA    IP HA  R ER BB   K 
s1 L. Stang    13 13 4 6  0 2.41  89.2 84 30 24 18  57
s2 C. Kearns   14 14 8 3  0 2.21 105.2 78 28 26 31  52 
s3 S. Burns    14 14 1 7  0 3.78 102.1 89 55 43 29 105
s4 C. Curcio   12 12 5 3  0 3.59  87.2 88 36 35  8  12 
s5 A. Nietz    11 11 2 6  0 4.26  76.0 75 41 36 17  40

mr F. Scull    13  0 2 2  0 2.51  14.1 12  5  4  3   9 
mr M. Welch    22  0 2 1  1 3.13  23.0 26 10  8  2   7 
su C. Clowers  26  0 2 1  1 4.50  30.0 35 16 15  5   8 
su A. Guerrero 18  0 1 2  1 2.33  19.1 14  7  5  7  19 
cl H. Moreno   22  0 2 0 14 1.84  29.1 19  8  6  9   7

I'm still happy with the pitching. Skip Burns has taken Chirstopher Kearns's title as the unluckiest pitcher on the staff. I'm particularly impressed with how Moreno has setteled into the closer role; even with a long battle with the flu he is one of the top closers in the league this year.

Hitting

Code:

     Name           G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG 
1 SS M. Talamantez 60 218 54 14  1  5  19 19 14 25 .248 .305 .390 
2 3B M. Rodriguez  60 242 60 14  1  0  23 30 28 11 .248 .324 .314 
3 1B B. Horizon    62 233 64  8  0 15  45 22 18  7 .275 .324 .502
4 2B L. Claus      61 215 41 13  0  7  23 29 37 38 .191 .312 .349 
5 CF F. Thom       61 228 53 13  0  3  17 23 17 25 .232 .290 .329 
6 RF B. Lust       61 213 55 12  1  4  21 20 19 36 .258 .328 .380 
7 LF K. Tracey     52 188 40  4  0  4  20 17 10 33 .213 .260 .298 
8 C  C. Martinez   56 193 43  7  0  4  17 14 10 10 .223 .272 .321 

     M. Antunez     6  19  8  0  0  2   6  5  2  1 .421 .476 .737 
     W. Chipman    12   9  3  1  0  0   1  2  1  0 .333 .400 .444 
     B. Handel     43  79 22  2  2  0   8  9  3  3 .278 .313 .354 
     A. Pooler     21  60 16  4  0  0   6  4  0 10 .267 .274 .333 
     P. Galyon     20  26  5  1  0  1   3  3  1  7 .192 .241 .346 
     M. Pearson    39  69 11  3  0  3   8 21  7  8 .159 .280 .333

The lineup change worked; sort of. We didn't really get that many more hits, but we seemed to score more runs. Tracey tore up AAA, so he's been recalled. Antunez, who hit .421 in his place, staus on the roster while Stafford goes down to Allentown. Still waiting on Claus to come around!!!

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .226 (18th)
Homeruns: 50 (17th)
Walks: 183 (7th)
Stolen Bases: 44 (T-14th)
Runs Scored: 235 (15th)

Pitching ERA: 3.26 (11th)
Opponents AVG: .240 (14th)
HRs Allowed: 55 (15th)
Walks Allowed: 134 (6th)
Runs Allowed: 250 (13th)

Upcoming Games
Three vs Connecticut (36-27, #2), three games @ Virginia (25-39, #20), then three games vs Massachusetts (36-27, #13). Connecticut and Massachusetts are tied for 2nd in my division, but look at the power ranking difference. Guess which team is hotter right now...

jaxmagicman · 10-07-2004, 12:05 PM

Your pitching is really coming around, which has always been the hardest thing for me to get. So as of now, I am satisfied with the job you are doing.

PS: When is my next lunch?

Chappy · 10-07-2004, 05:45 PM

So you haven't visited firechappy.com today? That's good. Maybe that ol' has-been Viktor Tay can take you out for lunch next week. The Allentown Army won't miss his .160 average, that's for sure.

09-22-2004, 06:18 PM	#126
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	Oh, and regarding Curcio, he is a good groundball pitcher with excellent control. With two solid defenders up the middle (3 if you count Thom in CF) I think he'll have a good enough stuff to keep a sub-4.00 ERA. Check out Moreno; similar ratings, similar stats (4 K's in 20 innings). __________________ NPBL - Pennsylvania Freedom AFBL - North Carolina Aviators MLB-Pro - Kansas City Royals

09-26-2004, 03:42 PM	#127
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	Sim Report #4 5/7 - 3-2 WIN vs Florida - Skip Burns earned his first win of the season with 8 solid innings, allowing 2 ER on 6 hits. He also hit an RBI triple in the 6th inning. Carlos Martinez drove in the other 2 runs. 5/8 - 4-3 WIN vs Florida (11 innings) - Chris Curcio left with no decision despite pitching well. He allowed 2 ER on 8 hits in 8 innings, allowing no walks and picking up no strikeouts. Moreno blew a save, but Charlie Clowers pitched a scoreless 10th and 11th to pick up his first win of the season. Lust led the offense with 3 hits; Horizon, Rodriguez and Talamantez each added 2 hits. 5/9 - 4-0 WIN @ Connecticut - Bick Horizon hit a solo HR (10) and M-Rod added a double to power the offense. Chris Kearns pitched a shutout to move to 4-1 on the season. 5/10 - 9-3 loss @ Connecticut - Thom, Lust and Tally each had 2 hits, but we didn't generate nearly enough offense to overcome a shaky start by Alphonse Nietz. Nietz allowed 7 ER in 4 innings to fall to 1-4. 5/11 - 9-2 loss @ Connecticut - Once again we were manhandled, and this time Lowell Stang took the brunt of the damage. Stang coughed up 5 ER in 5 innings to fall to 3-3. 5/12 - 8-7 loss vs Tennessee (19 innings) - In a marathon of a game, Frank Scull allowed a 19th inning HR that would prove to be the final blow. Scull was pitching his 5th inning that night, and it was only the second hit he had allowed. M-Rod led the team offensively, going 3-for-7 with 2 walks. 5/13 - 4-2 WIN vs Tennessee (11 innings) - Curcio tried his best to pitch a complete game, but left after allowing 2 ER on 6 hits in 10 innings. Welch pitched a scoreless 11th and earned the win. Pinch hitter Pat Galyon hit a 2-run homer (1) in the 11th to win the game. 5/14 - 7-0 WIN vs Tennessee - For the second start in a row, Chris Kearns pitches a shutout. This time it was a 2-hitter, and he fanned 9 batters. Kieth Tracey hit an 8th inning grand slam (3) to power the offense, which scored 7 runs on just 6 hits. 5/15 - Off Day 5/16 - 8-0 loss vs New York - Nietz was roughed up again, allowing 6 ER in 7.1 innings. His ERA has soared to 5.74. Tally led the offense with 2 hits. Standings Code: team w l pct gb L10 Massachusetts 25 11 .694 - 9-1 New York 22 14 .611 3.0 6-4 Pennsylvania 18 19 .486 7.5 6-4 Connecticut 17 19 .472 8.0 7-3 I really underestimated the Patriots. We're about where I expected, at 1 game under .500 Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K s1 L. Stang 7 7 3 3 0 2.35 46.0 41 15 12 9 32 s2 S. Burns 8 8 1 3 0 4.18 56.0 44 32 26 13 59 s3 C. Kearns 8 8 5 1 0 1.91 61.1 36 14 13 20 37 s4 C. Curcio 7 7 2 1 0 4.24 46.2 52 23 22 6 6 s5 A. Nietz 7 7 1 5 0 5.74 47.0 49 35 30 11 27 mr J. Salguero 2 0 0 0 0 12.00 3.0 6 4 4 1 1 mr F. Scull 9 0 1 1 0 3.38 10.2 11 4 4 2 9 mr M. Welch 12 0 1 1 0 3.86 14.0 16 8 6 1 4 su A. Guerrero 14 0 1 1 0 2.25 16.0 11 6 4 7 17 su C. Clowers 17 0 1 0 1 4.87 20.1 23 11 11 5 6 cl H. Moreno 15 0 1 0 9 2.01 22.1 17 7 5 8 4 Batting Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1 3B M. Rodriguez 34 142 37 10 1 0 16 19 18 7 .261 .342 .345 2 CF F. Thom 36 139 32 9 0 1 9 13 8 12 .230 .272 .317 3 2B L. Claus 35 125 27 9 0 4 17 20 25 17 .216 .347 .384 4 1B B. Horizon 36 136 36 5 0 10 29 15 11 6 .265 .318 .522 5 RF B. Lust 35 123 31 9 1 2 12 12 12 17 .252 .319 .390 6 LF K. Tracey 35 129 29 4 0 3 17 14 10 21 .225 .286 .326 7 C C. Martinez 34 114 26 5 0 3 12 7 8 5 .228 .290 .351 8 SS M. Talamantez 36 138 32 8 1 1 11 10 6 13 .232 .269 .326 A. Pooler 13 36 13 4 0 0 5 3 0 5 .361 .368 .472 W. Chipman 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .286 .375 .429 B. Handel 24 44 11 2 1 0 5 7 3 0 .250 .313 .341 P. Galyon 15 21 5 1 0 1 3 3 1 6 .238 .292 .429 A. Stafford 25 48 8 1 0 0 1 6 2 7 .167 .200 .188 M. Pearson 20 40 5 2 0 1 2 13 4 4 .125 .280 .250 Team Rankings Batting AVG: .228 (17th) Homeruns: 26 (17th) Walks: 114 (T-2nd) Stolen Bases: 23 (17th) Runs Scored: 149 (8th) Pitching ERA: 3.72 (16th) Opponents AVG: .237 (13th) HRs Allowed: 42 (22nd) Walks Allowed: 86 (11th) Runs Allowed: 169 (20th) Ugh. - edit - I forgot to mention the Upcoming Games We play the last two games of our current series with New York (22-14, #4) before taking an off day. Then we travel to Tennessee (22-14, #6) for a 3-game series before playing 3 games in New York. Then we begin a 4-game series at home against D.C. (9-27, #22), but only the first of those games will be played next sim. This will be a real test; 8 games against great teams before hosting one of the cellar dwellers. As bad as DC has been, they always seem to have our number. Last year, they won just 48 games, but went 6-4 against us. __________________ NPBL - Pennsylvania Freedom AFBL - North Carolina Aviators MLB-Pro - Kansas City Royals Last edited by Chappy; 09-26-2004 at 09:37 PM.

09-29-2004, 10:28 AM	#128
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	Sim Report #5 5/17 - 2-1 loss vs New York - Lowell Stang had to leave after 4.1 thanks in part to an hour long rain delay. He allowed just one ER in those 4.1 innings. The bullpen pitched well, but couldn't overcome a Carlos Martinez error. Frank Scull took the loss despite not allowing an earned run. Offensively, we were held to 5 singles, two of which were hit by Martinez. 5/18 - 5-1 loss vs New York - Well, we were swept for the first time this season. Once again, the offense was ho-hum. Skip Burns allowed 4 ER in 8 innings, a decent outing against he Barons and their remarkable offense. Thom led is with 2 hits; a single and a double. 5/19 - Off Day 5/20 - 3-1 loss @ Tennessee - We had 8 hits today, including Tally's 2nd home run of the season. Kearns took the loss despite an excellent outing, allowing 2 ER in 7 innings. 5/21 - 4-0 WIN @ Tennessee - We end our slide despite another bland offensive outing. M-Rod was 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored, and Horizon drove in 2, but we went 7-for-32 as a team. Chris Curcio pitched a shutout, allowing 7 hits and walking nobody. 5/22 - 2-1 loss @ Tennesee - 5 hits, all singles. This is getting rediculous. Lowell Stang falls to 3-4 with a 2.15 ERA after allowing 2 ER in 8 innings. He struck out a career-high 11 Hounds. 5/23 - 8-7 loss @ New York - We finally score some runs, but now the pitching is gone. We hit 5 home runs; Horizon hit his 11th, Keith Tracey hit #4, Skip Burns his first, and Tally went deep twice to give him 4 on the season. Skip Burns allowed 6 ER on 7.1 innings. 5/24 - 2-1 loss @ New York (11 innings) - We lose by one for the umpteenth time this sim. Alphonse Nietz pitched 7 innings, allowing 1 ER on 7 hits. Adam Guerrero allowed a home run to the second batter he faced to take the loss. 5/25 - 5-1 WIN @ New York - Thom (2) and Claus (5) hit back-to-back 9th inning home runs to seal the victory, as Chris Kearns pitches a gem, allowing 1 unearned run in 8 innings of work. 5/26 - 6-1 WIN vs D.C. - Bick Horizon was 4-for-4 with a home run (12) and 4 RBI, and Franklyn Thom went 3-for-4 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI as the Freedom goes out with a win. Chirs Curcio allowed 1 ER on 4 hits in his second straight complete game and third straight start in which he pitched at least 9 innings. Standings Code: north team w l pct gb L10 Massachusetts 29 16 .644 - 5-5 New York 28 17 .622 1.0 7-3 Connecticut 22 23 .489 7.0 5-5 Pennsylvania 21 25 .457 8.5 3-7 It was a rough sim, and it's frustrating that the offense has been iffy. But I knew it would be tough with so many games against good teams; NY and Ten are both 28-17 now. I'd like to get a little run going and get back to .500 next sim. Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K s1 L. Stang 9 9 3 4 0 2.15 58.2 51 18 14 10 44 s2 S. Burns 10 10 1 4 0 4.54 71.1 61 42 36 19 69 s3 C. Kearns 10 10 6 2 0 1.77 76.1 50 17 15 24 42 s4 C. Curcio 9 9 4 1 0 3.20 64.2 63 24 23 6 10 s5 A. Nietz 8 8 1 5 0 5.17 54.0 56 36 31 14 29 mr M. Welch 15 0 1 1 0 4.02 15.2 20 9 7 1 5 mr J. Salguero 3 0 0 0 0 8.31 4.1 9 4 4 1 1 mr F. Scull 11 0 1 2 0 2.92 12.1 12 5 4 3 9 su A. Guerrero 15 0 1 2 0 2.76 16.1 12 7 5 7 17 su C. Clowers 21 0 1 1 1 4.68 25.0 27 14 13 5 7 cl H. Moreno 16 0 1 0 9 1.88 24.0 17 7 5 8 5 Burns wasn't sharp last sim, but I still have faith in him. If his ERA isn't down below 4.00 by the all-star break, I'll replace him with Clowers or even Moreno. Batting Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1 3B M. Rodriguez 43 175 44 10 1 0 16 24 22 10 .251 .333 .320 2 CF F. Thom 45 175 43 12 0 2 15 19 8 17 .246 .281 .349 3 2B L. Claus 44 157 34 12 0 5 21 23 30 26 .217 .346 .389 4 1B B. Horizon 45 172 46 6 0 12 38 17 12 6 .267 .312 .512 5 RF B. Lust 44 158 39 9 1 2 12 13 13 25 .247 .308 .354 6 LF K. Tracey 44 161 32 4 0 4 19 15 10 30 .199 .254 .298 7 C C. Martinez 41 141 32 5 0 3 12 9 8 7 .227 .278 .326 8 SS M. Talamantez 45 169 38 9 1 4 15 13 8 20 .225 .264 .361 B. Handel 29 47 14 2 2 0 6 7 3 0 .298 .353 .426 A. Pooler 15 44 13 4 0 0 5 3 0 8 .295 .304 .386 W. Chipman 9 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .286 .375 .429 P. Galyon 17 22 5 1 0 1 3 3 1 6 .227 .280 .409 A. Stafford 31 56 10 1 0 0 1 7 2 7 .179 .207 .196 M. Pearson 24 43 5 2 0 1 2 13 6 5 .116 .291 .233 Pathetic. Horizon is on a hot streak, but besides that nobody is hitting. Tracey has one sim to get above .200 or he's heading to Allentown. I don't really understand this; everyone in my lineup except for Claus is rated 6 or better in hitting. M-Rod and Horizon are 8, Thom and Lust are 7, C-Mart, Tally, Tracey are 6. So, these guys are good enough to all hit in the .270's. I guess we've just been facing ferocious pitching all year. Sheesh. Upcoming Games We start with the final 3 games of our 4 games series vs DC (11-34, #24) before going to Connecticut (22-23, #16) for 3 games. Then we host New York (28-17, #4) for 3 more games before taking an off day. DC is 23rd in opponents average, Con is 17th and New York is 9th. Maybe we can get some hits this sim. __________________ NPBL - Pennsylvania Freedom AFBL - North Carolina Aviators MLB-Pro - Kansas City Royals

09-30-2004, 08:57 AM	#130
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	I certainly DO NOT love the Hounds pitchers. I had 20 hits in 3 games against you last sim, well below my target average of .250. Fortunately, we won't face you again for a while. __________________ NPBL - Pennsylvania Freedom AFBL - North Carolina Aviators MLB-Pro - Kansas City Royals

09-30-2004, 09:29 AM	#131
jaxmagicman Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Retired defloration-maker living in Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 7,801	Well, you are looking better, still not quite there yet. Almost though. Almost. __________________ See ID Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with the permission of Minor League Baseball. All rights reserved.

09-29-2004, 10:43 PM	#129
RayofHope Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Centreville, VA Posts: 275	Awwww come on Chappy, how about some love for the Hounds pitching?!?!?! Pitching ERA: 2.68 (2nd) Opponents AVG: .215 (3rd) HRs Allowed: 26 (3rd) Walks Allowed: 118 (15th) Runs Allowed: 140 (3rd) Plus, I had to get the team fired up to knock off former Hound stud prospect Stang!! For some reason though, your bats seem to have the wood on my arms. Definetly appears at first glance that your guys are the best at hitting my staff.

10-04-2004, 10:48 AM	#133
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	Sim Report #6, 2010 When we last saw the beloved Freedom, they were struggling to score runs. I'm afraid things haven't gotten much better. 5/27 - 5-2 loss vs D.C. - The team with the worst opponent's BA in the league comes to town, and we notch just 6 hits. Lowell Stang also gives his worst effort of the year, allowing 5 ER on 10 hits in 8 innings. Claus (6) and Horizon (13) each hit solo homers. 5/28 - 6-5 loss vs D.C. - Our offense exploded for 10 hits today, including Bernard Lust's 3rd home run and Bick Horizon's league-leading 14th home run of the season. But Skip Burns continues to be the bearer of bad luck, falling to 1-5 despite not allowing an earned run in 7 innings. He also fanned 12 batters. Errors by Tally and Tracey cost us big time. 5/29 - 2-1 WIN vs D.C. - We manage to salvage a split in the 4-game set with the cellar-dwelling Senators, thanks to great pitching by Nietz and a late home run by Ludwig Claus (7). Charlie Clowers pitched a scoreless 8th inning to earn the win, and Adam Guerrero pitched a scoreless 9th to earn his first save. (Moreno is out with the flu.) 5/30 - 4-2 loss @ Connecticut - Chris Kearns allows 4 ER in 7.2 innings to fall to 6-3. Lust led our offense with a 2-for-3 day. We had 7 hits as a team. 5/31 - 5-3 WIN @ Connecticut - Maxwell Pearson's 3-run shot coupled with a fine outing by Chris Curcio (5-1) lead us to victory. Tally went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Michael Welch pitched a scoreless 9th for his 1st save of the year. 6/1 - 2-1 loss @ Connecticut - Lowell Stang pitched a CG, allowed no ER, and took a loss. He's 3-6 with a 2.29 ERA this year. In a way, he deserved the loss, as it was his error that led to the 2 unearned runs. But, come on, let's get the guy some run support for crying out loud. 6/2 - 2-0 loss vs New York - We continue our excellent hitting by crushing 4 hits against the Barons. Skip Burns allowed 1 ER in 8 innings to fall to 1-6 with a 3.86 ERA. What an offense! 6/3 - 4-2 loss vs New York - Today we exploded for 5 whole hits. We need an off-day to rest, with all of that running around the bases. C-Mart is especially winded, as he had to go completely around when he hit his 4th home run of the season. Alphonse Nietz joins Skip Burns in the 1-6 club by allowing 4 ER in 6 innings. 6/4 - 2-1 WIN vs New York - Chris Kearns improves to 7-3 by pitching 7 strong innings, walking none and allowing 1 ER on 6 hits. Brenton Handel was 3-for-4 in a rare start, driving in both Pennsylvania runs. Hector Moreno returned from the flu to notch his 10th save. We really need an off day after pounding out 8 hits. That's almost one per inning. 6/5 - Off Day - Let's rest those legs!!! Code: team w l pct gb L10 New York 34 21 .618 - 6-4 Massachusetts 33 21 .611 0.5 5-5 Connecticut 28 25 .528 5.0 6-4 Pennsylvania 24 31 .436 10.0 4-6 I don't really know how to explain how frustrated I am right now. We've been improving offensively every season, and to hit this road block is very frustrating, especially when I'm getting such good pitching. We've been hanging around, and now suddenly we're 7 games below .500. Bick Horizon leads the FFL in HR, and is second in RBI, but everyone else is sucking. There will be some changes made for the next sim. Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K s1 L. Stang 11 11 3 6 0 2.29 74.2 70 25 19 13 52 s2 C. Kearns 12 12 7 3 0 1.98 91.0 65 22 20 26 47 s3 S. Burns 12 12 1 6 0 3.86 86.1 76 48 37 23 88 s4 C. Curcio 10 10 5 1 0 3.27 71.2 68 27 26 7 11 s5 A. Nietz 10 10 1 6 0 4.81 67.1 69 41 36 16 37 mr M. Welch 20 0 1 1 1 3.05 20.2 23 9 7 2 6 mr F. Scull 11 0 1 2 0 2.92 12.1 12 5 4 3 9 su C. Clowers 25 0 2 1 1 4.82 28.0 33 16 15 5 8 su A. Guerrero 17 0 1 2 1 2.45 18.1 13 7 5 7 19 cl H. Moreno 17 0 1 0 10 1.80 25.0 18 7 5 8 5 I'm really impressed with these guys; especially the bullpen. The only real eyesore is Clowers' ERA, and he's been great over the past two weeks. Batting Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1 SS M. Talamantez 52 191 45 12 1 4 17 14 9 23 .236 .277 .372 2 3B M. Rodriguez 51 207 50 11 1 0 17 26 25 10 .242 .322 .304 3 1B B. Horizon 54 201 54 6 0 14 40 20 15 6 .269 .317 .507 4 2B L. Claus 52 183 36 12 0 7 23 25 30 31 .197 .313 .377 5 CF F. Thom 53 197 46 12 0 2 15 20 14 18 .234 .290 .325 6 RF B. Lust 52 183 47 11 1 3 15 17 15 29 .257 .320 .377 7 C C. Martinez 48 165 37 6 0 4 13 11 9 8 .224 .273 .333 8 LF M. Antunez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- .--- .--- W. Chipman 11 8 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .375 .444 .500 B. Handel 37 66 20 2 2 0 8 8 3 1 .303 .343 .394 A. Pooler 17 52 14 4 0 0 6 3 0 9 .269 .278 .346 P. Galyon 20 26 5 1 0 1 3 3 1 7 .192 .241 .346 A. Stafford 36 65 12 2 0 0 1 7 4 8 .185 .232 .215 M. Pearson 33 63 9 3 0 2 7 16 7 7 .143 .276 .286 J. Leto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- .--- .--- Tracey to AAA, Antunez and Leto to the bigs... As much as I wanted to send Claus to AAA also, I couldn't. Who would I put in for him? The .143 batting Maxwell Pearson? The lineup has been shuffled all around, with the 34-year-old Marcellus Antunez taking over for Tracey in LF. Hopefully Tracey's exile will be short; we need his bat. But something had to be done. Upcoming Games We missed a good chance to reach .500 last sim, and now have a tough road. We travel to Massachusetts (33-21, #6) for a 3-game set, then travel to NC (33-24, #4) for 3 games, before coming home for 3 more games against Massachusetts. 9 Games against top 6 teams. We're gonna need to start scoring some runs. __________________ NPBL - Pennsylvania Freedom AFBL - North Carolina Aviators MLB-Pro - Kansas City Royals

10-05-2004, 10:46 AM	#134
jaxmagicman Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Retired defloration-maker living in Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 7,801	www.firechappy.com is getting a lot of hits. __________________ See ID Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with the permission of Minor League Baseball. All rights reserved.

10-05-2004, 10:47 AM	#135
jaxmagicman Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Retired defloration-maker living in Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 7,801	Dola, But it might just be our MP3 Download of Mmm...Bop. __________________ See ID Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with the permission of Minor League Baseball. All rights reserved.

10-05-2004, 01:13 PM	#137
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	Tempting, but M-Rod has the highes OBP on my team. So if he hasn't been getting it done, it doesn't say much for the rest of the guys... __________________ NPBL - Pennsylvania Freedom AFBL - North Carolina Aviators MLB-Pro - Kansas City Royals

10-07-2004, 11:52 AM	#138
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	Sim Report #7, 2010 6/6 - 7-3 WIN @ Massachusetts (11 innings) - Don't be fooled by the 7 runs; the offense is still struggling. We managed 9 hits in 11 innings. Bick Horizon had a successful day, going 3-for-5 with a double and a game-tying 9th inning homer (15). Thom (3) and Antunez (1) each added solo home runs. Lowell Stang didn't have his best stuff - he allowed 10 hits in 7 innings - but he allowed just 2 homers. Moreno blew the save but earned a win after allowing a 10th inning run. 6/7 - 4-3 WIN @ Massachusetts (10 innings) - Tally, M-Rod and Antunez each had two hits, and Maxwell Pearson added his 3rd home run of the season, as the Freedom pound out 10 hits in 10 innings. Skip Burns allowed 3 ER in 8 innings while striking out 11 batters, but left with a no decision. Michael Welch pitched a perfect 9th inning for the win (2-1), and Moreno pitched a perfect 10th for his 11th save. 6/8 - 4-0 loss @ Massachusetts - Well, we were 2-hit today. Singles by Horizon and C-Mart were all we could muster. Chirs Curcio allowed 4 ER in a CG effort and falls to 5-2. 6/9 - Off Day 6/10 - 8-7 WIN @ North Carolina - M-Rod had 3 hits including a pair of doubles, and Bick Horizon added 2 RBI to lead the Freedom to a come-from-behind victory. The Freedom put up 4 runs in the 9th to take an 8-7 lead, and Hector Moreno pitched a perfect 9th for his 12th save. It had been a shaky day for Chris Kearns, who allowed 6 ER in just 5.2 innings of work. 6/11 - 5-3 WIN @ North Carolina - Bernard Lust (4) and Marcellus Antunez (2) each homered to power Pen past NC. Lowell Stang allowed 3 ER in 8 innings to post his 4th win of the year, and Moreno nails down save #13. 6/12 - 4-3 loss @ North Carolina - Just when you think the offense is starting to roll, we get held to 5 hits. Skip Burns pitched a complete game and allowed 3 ER, but fell to 1-7 despite his fairly decent 3.78 ERA. 6/13 - 5-1 loss vs Massachusetts - Curcio brought his B-game, and allowed 5 ER on 10 hits in 8 innings. Manny Talamantez hit his 5th homer of the year, but we were held to 6 hits. 6/14 - 1-0 WIN vs Massachusetts - Bick Horizon drove in Jason Leto for the lone run of the game, and Alphonse Nietz pitched 8.2 brilliant innings to move to 2-6 on the year. Once again, Hector Moreno picks up a save, giving him 14 on the year. 6/15 - 9-0 WIN vs Massachusetts - Chris Kearns rebounded nicely from a terrible start last week to throw a 4-hit shutout. Allen Stafford hit his first home run of the year, and C-Mart added 3 RBI as we pounded out 11 hits. Standings Code: team w l pct gb L10 New York 39 25 .609 - 5-5 Connecticut 36 27 .571 2.5 8-2 Massachusetts 36 27 .571 2.5 3-7 Pennsylvania 30 34 .469 9.0 7-3 Easily our best sim of the year. We won all 3 series', and we were facing some tough teams. We lost ground on Connecticut, who is extremely hot, but we knocked both Mass and NC out of first place. Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K s1 L. Stang 13 13 4 6 0 2.41 89.2 84 30 24 18 57 s2 C. Kearns 14 14 8 3 0 2.21 105.2 78 28 26 31 52 s3 S. Burns 14 14 1 7 0 3.78 102.1 89 55 43 29 105 s4 C. Curcio 12 12 5 3 0 3.59 87.2 88 36 35 8 12 s5 A. Nietz 11 11 2 6 0 4.26 76.0 75 41 36 17 40 mr F. Scull 13 0 2 2 0 2.51 14.1 12 5 4 3 9 mr M. Welch 22 0 2 1 1 3.13 23.0 26 10 8 2 7 su C. Clowers 26 0 2 1 1 4.50 30.0 35 16 15 5 8 su A. Guerrero 18 0 1 2 1 2.33 19.1 14 7 5 7 19 cl H. Moreno 22 0 2 0 14 1.84 29.1 19 8 6 9 7 I'm still happy with the pitching. Skip Burns has taken Chirstopher Kearns's title as the unluckiest pitcher on the staff. I'm particularly impressed with how Moreno has setteled into the closer role; even with a long battle with the flu he is one of the top closers in the league this year. Hitting Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1 SS M. Talamantez 60 218 54 14 1 5 19 19 14 25 .248 .305 .390 2 3B M. Rodriguez 60 242 60 14 1 0 23 30 28 11 .248 .324 .314 3 1B B. Horizon 62 233 64 8 0 15 45 22 18 7 .275 .324 .502 4 2B L. Claus 61 215 41 13 0 7 23 29 37 38 .191 .312 .349 5 CF F. Thom 61 228 53 13 0 3 17 23 17 25 .232 .290 .329 6 RF B. Lust 61 213 55 12 1 4 21 20 19 36 .258 .328 .380 7 LF K. Tracey 52 188 40 4 0 4 20 17 10 33 .213 .260 .298 8 C C. Martinez 56 193 43 7 0 4 17 14 10 10 .223 .272 .321 M. Antunez 6 19 8 0 0 2 6 5 2 1 .421 .476 .737 W. Chipman 12 9 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .333 .400 .444 B. Handel 43 79 22 2 2 0 8 9 3 3 .278 .313 .354 A. Pooler 21 60 16 4 0 0 6 4 0 10 .267 .274 .333 P. Galyon 20 26 5 1 0 1 3 3 1 7 .192 .241 .346 M. Pearson 39 69 11 3 0 3 8 21 7 8 .159 .280 .333 The lineup change worked; sort of. We didn't really get that many more hits, but we seemed to score more runs. Tracey tore up AAA, so he's been recalled. Antunez, who hit .421 in his place, staus on the roster while Stafford goes down to Allentown. Still waiting on Claus to come around!!! Team Rankings Batting AVG: .226 (18th) Homeruns: 50 (17th) Walks: 183 (7th) Stolen Bases: 44 (T-14th) Runs Scored: 235 (15th) Pitching ERA: 3.26 (11th) Opponents AVG: .240 (14th) HRs Allowed: 55 (15th) Walks Allowed: 134 (6th) Runs Allowed: 250 (13th) Upcoming Games Three vs Connecticut (36-27, #2), three games @ Virginia (25-39, #20), then three games vs Massachusetts (36-27, #13). Connecticut and Massachusetts are tied for 2nd in my division, but look at the power ranking difference. Guess which team is hotter right now... __________________ NPBL - Pennsylvania Freedom AFBL - North Carolina Aviators MLB-Pro - Kansas City Royals Last edited by Chappy; 10-07-2004 at 12:33 PM.

10-07-2004, 12:05 PM	#139
jaxmagicman Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Retired defloration-maker living in Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 7,801	Your pitching is really coming around, which has always been the hardest thing for me to get. So as of now, I am satisfied with the job you are doing. PS: When is my next lunch? __________________ See ID Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with the permission of Minor League Baseball. All rights reserved.

10-07-2004, 05:45 PM	#140
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	So you haven't visited firechappy.com today? That's good. Maybe that ol' has-been Viktor Tay can take you out for lunch next week. The Allentown Army won't miss his .160 average, that's for sure. __________________ NPBL - Pennsylvania Freedom AFBL - North Carolina Aviators MLB-Pro - Kansas City Royals