The Season 2 (2020) Discussion Thread

[2002halos]

Originally Posted by Kushiel

I am Thorpe Springs We have a tough league across the top. Several of us including you and me have very good teams. I fully expected you to be in the World Series last year. Your team was way ahead during the season over both conferences. I had to make some changes during the last month last season to try to get ready. Walnut Creek was very good when the playoffs came and he beat you in the conference series and me in the WS This year I kept fine tuning and have had two win streaks over 14 games that helped me get ahead, The worry is cooling off when the playoffs start.

Well, dang it, WC got me again in the WC!
Now you get another crack at him.
It was a longshot for me this year, as he had the better roster this time, but I couldn't upset him, like he did me. Took him to the ninth tied, though.

I always hated the current baseball postseason system, but I hate it more now playing PT. You had the best record by far, and your reward was getting to face a 100 win team in the Division Series, while the second best team gets to face a team that didn't even win 90. Ridiculous! I'm one and out just due to the luck of the division draw getting Catalina Island instead of Montreal. When will baseball get a clue and implement a fair system? Oh yeah, never again. Silly me.

[Fyrestorm3]

Won my division handily, now I get to go up against the second-best team in the league, who had 11 more wins than I did. Game 1 pitching matchup is Severino vs Severino. This should be interesting.

[chazzycat]

Originally Posted by Fyrestorm3

Won my division handily, now I get to go up against the second-best team in the league, who had 11 more wins than I did. Game 1 pitching matchup is Severino vs Severino. This should be interesting.

It's not a good sign when the team literally chooses a whale for their logo...good luck!

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by Orcin

Both of my teams missed the playoffs (one of them by only one game) and will be promoted. Next week will be a long week. Westheim, if it weren’t so far to travel, I would buy you a beer and we could drown our sorrows.

Yeah, it was a long week for Raccoons teams already this week. But next week... hey, they gotta relegate *somebody*

Oh well, at least over here it's already late enough to dive into a box of cookies for comfort.

[Maddox]

Well, I lost game one of the playoffs. I am definitely facing a more talented team as they have 4 diamond starters that I will have to contend with.

That said I only lost game one to Pedro Martinez by a score of 3-2 and they scored the go ahead run on an error by my shortstop.
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And just lost game 2 even though his Altuve card committed 3 errors. Kluber kept my team in check for 7.0 innings

[Comte]

Just won game one of the playoffs in the bottom of the 10th Inning. Game was tied 2-2 then Lou Gehrig hit a home run getting us 2 runs scored and winning the game.

[Morug]

Originally Posted by 2002halos

Well, dang it, WC got me again in the WC!
Now you get another crack at him.
It was a longshot for me this year, as he had the better roster this time, but I couldn't upset him, like he did me. Took him to the ninth tied, though.

I always hated the current baseball postseason system, but I hate it more now playing PT. You had the best record by far, and your reward was getting to face a 100 win team in the Division Series, while the second best team gets to face a team that didn't even win 90. Ridiculous! I'm one and out just due to the luck of the division draw getting Catalina Island instead of Montreal. When will baseball get a clue and implement a fair system? Oh yeah, never again. Silly me.

Its little normal for now, bad and good teams are in the same package...imagine when you'll play against 90% of the best club in PT. At the end, better clubs win the champioship..if you can't beat the best in 1 game, you can't win the championship.

[Galeg]

Wow, what are the odds of this? Both of my teams finished with the exact same record of 66-96.

[Maddox]

And with an 11 inning loss in game 3 I got swept and once again make an early exit from the playoffs. I take a little comfort (very little) that two of the three games against diamond pitchers were decided by one run.

Next season could be rough. Moving up to Gold League after I barely made it above .500 with my team that has no players above a gold could definitely make for a long week.

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by Galeg

Wow, what are the odds of this? Both of my teams finished with the exact same record of 66-96.

Since teams' final records ultimately fall into a Bell curve …

Okay, I will make it short. Not that unlikely.

[ThatComona]

Chazzy, I can't believe we're actually gonna fight each other for a trip to the World Series!! Good luck, whoever wins the NC Pennant had better win it all! I hope we get to stick in the same league again after this because you're my favorite team to root for! <3

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Maddox

And with an 11 inning loss in game 3 I got swept and once again make an early exit from the playoffs. I take a little comfort (very little) that two of the three games against diamond pitchers were decided by one run.

Next season could be rough. Moving up to Gold League after I barely made it above .500 with my team that has no players above a gold could definitely make for a long week.

I feel your pain. The Bad News Bears had he best record in the league with winning 104 games and we got swept in the 1st round as well.

EDIT - One good thing that happened this season was one of my pitchers won the pitching triple crown.

[chazzycat]

Originally Posted by ThatComona

Chazzy, I can't believe we're actually gonna fight each other for a trip to the World Series!! Good luck, whoever wins the NC Pennant had better win it all! I hope we get to stick in the same league again after this because you're my favorite team to root for! <3

Good luck to you too! I was getting a little worried, game 3 of the division series was a nightmare 16 inning bullpen killer, but Mikolas pulled through and saved my butt in game 4, so my pen should be rested. Hopefully either one of us or Taunton will come out on top.

[Motorhead667]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Oh well, at least over here it's already late enough to dive into a box of cookies for comfort.

Amen to that 🍪

[Morug]

Lost game 5, 0-1 thats was a pretty tie game, And nearly a no hitter for my rival pitcher Scherzer.

Pretty proud of my club, they play well at home,and very bad on the road lol.

[DonkeyKongSr]

It's on. Taking my first crack at my league's superteam. The Condors, 0-7 vs. the Aggies this season, are probably getting crushed though.

[Fyrestorm3]

Originally Posted by chazzycat

Good luck to you too! I was getting a little worried, game 3 of the division series was a nightmare 16 inning bullpen killer, but Mikolas pulled through and saved my butt in game 4, so my pen should be rested. Hopefully either one of us or Taunton will come out on top.

Well, I'm one step closer! Shane Victorino with a 3-run bomb in the 9th and the Leviathans are down. What a game. Both Severinos pitched their butts off.

[mcdog512]

I beat Winder Wet Willies in 5 games during the divisional series with the Cooper Gutter Cats....gotta love my opponents name.

On to the league championship series.

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by Kushiel

Luck runs in streaks, just like PT streaks. I hope you get a change soon.

My 3rd team I'm using it to test the power of gold packs, but it might not be fair, since my opening gold was I-Rod which I sold for like 12k, and in one of those gold packs, ended up nabbing a Yogi Berra which I then sold for like 25k. So that team is already like 40k PP "ahead" of where they would otherwise have been had those 2 cards simply been a regular gold. I'm not even a week in, with no money invested to them, and already have 8 golds on the roster.

I mean, yeah, it's not like they're running all diamonds or perfects, but for a team that has spend less than 1k in the auction house on role players, and otherwise literally just opens a gold pack when I reach 5k in PP, I think they've done quite well for themselves.

[DonkeyKongSr]

Holy crap, Larry Dierker to the rescue. Shut down Trout and Yelich, while my offense wore down Kluber.

That's a nice start against the team that swept me during the regular season.