The Bounty

[Mennogreg]

Playing as the Mets. Disappointing first season (2012 record of 78-84), but several off-season moves - coupled with the owner's increase of budget - put me on sound footing for the 2013 season. Traded for Kershaw and Bryce Harper, the latter costing me my top pitching prospect (Zack Wheeler) and Zach Lutz (a 4-star potential 1B) and a throw-in sweetener of Cesar Puello (2-stars) to the Nationals. All-in-all the Mets had a decent starting staff, a good bullpen, and a team that could put some runs on the board. However, this came at the expense of my farm system, which is largely depleted of quality prospects.

No matter, as the Mets want to make their mark this year. We started out of the gate like gangbusters, at one point 18 games over .500. We lost Johan Santana for two months, but that didn't slow us down. Harper, Kershaw, along with Wright and Ike Davis, are destroying the league. Just as we're about to be crowned NL East champs ~50 games into the season, we play a little game against the Nationals. Another dominating performance. 6th inning comes along, no danger of losing, when a Nats player hits a shot into left, resulting in a dirty slide that took out my 2B Daniel Murphy (a good, solid hitter for my club) as the player stretched it out into a double. Lost him for the season. Injuries happen, right? Flash forward to the ninth, game in the bag. That same Nationals player up, hitting a shot deep into the gap, trying to make it a triple...hard slide into 3B takes out David Wright. Lost him for the season too.

Who was this marauding Nats player? Cesar Puello, the throw-in, the pity-thy-computer addition. The effect of that game sent a shockwave throughout the team, resulting in a collapse. From 18 games over .500 to a current record of 45-43, including two 6-game losing skids. As of right now we're barely in the wild card race, struggling to stay competitive.

What made this all the worse, and to show how dirty the Nats are, the player in question (Cesar Puello) has played in only one game for them...the game that ruined my team. Coincidence?

[phillupi]

Now that is sad. And a little funny.


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[magicspeedo]

Originally Posted by Mennogreg

Playing as the Mets. Disappointing first season (2012 record of 78-84), but several off-season moves - coupled with the owner's increase of budget - put me on sound footing for the 2013 season. Traded for Kershaw and Bryce Harper, the latter costing me my top pitching prospect (Zack Wheeler) and Zach Lutz (a 4-star potential 1B) and a throw-in sweetener of Cesar Puello (2-stars) to the Nationals. All-in-all the Mets had a decent starting staff, a good bullpen, and a team that could put some runs on the board. However, this came at the expense of my farm system, which is largely depleted of quality prospects.

No matter, as the Mets want to make their mark this year. We started out of the gate like gangbusters, at one point 18 games over .500. We lost Johan Santana for two months, but that didn't slow us down. Harper, Kershaw, along with Wright and Ike Davis, are destroying the league. Just as we're about to be crowned NL East champs ~50 games into the season, we play a little game against the Nationals. Another dominating performance. 6th inning comes along, no danger of losing, when a Nats player hits a shot into left, resulting in a dirty slide that took out my 2B Daniel Murphy (a good, solid hitter for my club) as the player stretched it out into a double. Lost him for the season. Injuries happen, right? Flash forward to the ninth, game in the bag. That same Nationals player up, hitting a shot deep into the gap, trying to make it a triple...hard slide into 3B takes out David Wright. Lost him for the season too.

Who was this marauding Nats player? Cesar Puello, the throw-in, the pity-thy-computer addition. The effect of that game sent a shockwave throughout the team, resulting in a collapse. From 18 games over .500 to a current record of 45-43, including two 6-game losing skids. As of right now we're barely in the wild card race, struggling to stay competitive.

What made this all the worse, and to show how dirty the Nats are, the player in question (Cesar Puello) has played in only one game for them...the game that ruined my team. Coincidence?

moral of the story? depth is required to be a champion.

[Mennogreg]

Quite true. My lineup is now just as bad on paper as it is on the field. But the story isn't quite over just yet...

Recently submitted a trade to the Nationals to get Puello back, with the intent of making the rest of his career a living hell. That was the last MLB game he ever played, as long as I'm calling the shots. And to paraphrase the line from the movie Creepshow, "I can play for long, looooong time!"

[Disco Dog 13]

Originally Posted by Mennogreg

Quite true. My lineup is now just as bad on paper as it is on the field. But the story isn't quite over just yet...

Recently submitted a trade to the Nationals to get Puello back, with the intent of making the rest of his career a living hell. That was the last MLB game he ever played, as long as I'm calling the shots. And to paraphrase the line from the movie Creepshow, "I can play for long, looooong time!"

Hah !!

That's amazing !

[Mennogreg]

I would like to go further than that, and ask all iOOTP players to trade for him and keep them in their minors system for the rest of his career, to ruin his life force on the metaphysical level by denying him all hope that - perhaps in some alternate reality - he achieved some success.

At least until they implement a Commissioner Mode, where I'd just keep altering his age in a Groundhog's Day from hell scenario.

[phillupi]

That's just mean. Remember he is someone's son.


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[Mennogreg]

Originally Posted by phillupi

That's just mean. Remember he is someone's son.


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Don't worry, I'll continue to cut the checks to his folks. They should only be so lucky. In Afghanistan, they used to get a sack of rice for compensation.