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dbacks · 10-12-2003, 09:38 PM

4) Felons

Though the Felons are ranked last this year, that does not mean they are a bad team. It doesn't mean that at all.

In my opinion, the Felons have a bunch of young talent, but last year, they just couldn't seem to put it together. I'm thinking it'll be that way for at least one more year, which is why I ranked them last. If you look closely, they have much more talent than the Juveniles, but the Juves are putting up better numbers, so I thought they had a good chance of making it to the Finals again. Now, if I'm wrong, and the Felons start living up to their talents, scouting reports, and expectations, then move them up two spots in the standings.

This team has very, very few weaknesses, with the only one really being the lack of depth in the bullpen. They have an outstanding reliever in maninthebox (4.5 star prospect), and mwabaseballkid is one of the league's best closers, but a couple more average relievers would greatly improve their bullpen. According to the team's head scout, Christian Roden, the pitching staff is "by far the best in the league, talentwise. Maybe their not tearing up the league yet, but in a couple more years, these guys will be competing among themselves for pitcher of the year."

GM/manager Shub will also have a difficult time coming up with a lineup that will satisfy everyone, as most of their hitters can be placed either 3, 4, or 5 in the lineup. The guy to look out for this year, though, is SS sportkrazy. Sportkrazy is one of the best in the league, and emerging from a sensational rookie year, he is the guy teams will be pitching around all year long.

This year will be an exciting one, and though all 4 teams are almost equally competitive, only two of them can advance to the Finals. We will just have to wait and see who they will be.

Big Willis 16 · 10-12-2003, 09:52 PM

Great write-ups DBacks!!

grindz601 · 10-12-2003, 10:14 PM

Yes very nice work.

dbacks · 10-12-2003, 10:23 PM

Thanks. And Gabe, sorry about the misunderstanding regarding Tim Johnson.

I also redid the Felons article, to add TheProdigy to it. I rewrote the paragraph about the pitchers, but left everything else the same. Here it is:

4) Felons

Though the Felons are ranked last this year, that does not mean they are a bad team. It doesn't mean that at all.

In my opinion, the Felons have a bunch of young talent, but last year, they just couldn't seem to put it together. I'm thinking it'll be that way for at least one more year, which is why I ranked them last. If you look closely, they have much more talent than the Juveniles, but the Juves are putting up better numbers, so I thought they had a good chance of making it to the Finals again. Now, if I'm wrong, and the Felons start living up to their talents, scouting reports, and expectations, then move them up two spots in the standings.

The Felons have very, very few weaknesses, with the only one being their lack of depth in the bullpen. Unfortunately, that is a pretty large weakness. They have an outstanding reliever in maninthebox (4.5 star prospect), and a great closer in mwabaseball, but not much past that. A couple guys, notably TheProdigy and PhantomJedi, struggled a bit last year, each with losing records, and rather high ERA's. But, with the help of pitching coach Kurt Morant, both pitchers look to have a much better 2004 season. He says, that though both pitchers have made substantial progress this spring training, he is overwhelmed with the progress TheProdigy has made. The junkballer has put emphasis on improving his control over his knuckler and scroogie, and has even added a changeup to his repetoire. But even with these 4 guys, a couple more relievers could vastly improve their bullpen, and really make the Felons a contender. According to the team's head scout, Christian Roden, the pitching staff is "by far the best in the league, talentwise. Maybe their not tearing up the league yet, but in a couple more years, these guys will be competing among themselves for pitcher of the year."

GM/manager Shub will also have a difficult time coming up with a lineup that will satisfy everyone, as most of their hitters can be placed either 3, 4, or 5 in the lineup. The guy to look out for this year, though, is SS sportkrazy. Sportkrazy is one of the best in the league, and emerging from a sensational rookie year, he is the guy teams will be pitching around all year long.

This year will be an exciting one, and though all 4 teams are almost equally competitive, only two of them can advance to the Finals. We will wait and see who they will be.

grindz601 · 10-12-2003, 10:27 PM

It looks good again I can't wait to get the season started.

dbacks · 10-12-2003, 10:31 PM

Me too.

Unfortunately, I won't be here for the first sim.

Cuss16 · 10-12-2003, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dbacks
Me too.

Unfortunately, I won't be here for the first sim.

well it's only preseason, you will be here when it counts.

dbacks · 10-12-2003, 11:08 PM

I don't think so. I'm gone from this coming Wednesday afternoon until late Sunday evening.

Cuss16 · 10-12-2003, 11:14 PM

well it's only the regular season.

dbacks · 10-12-2003, 11:20 PM

Yeah - and I'm going to finish third place, so I might as well be looking ahead to the 2005 season anyway.

Cuss16 · 10-12-2003, 11:22 PM

Well with so many uncertain factors in this game, injuries, off year etc....who knows, maybe the 'blazers can make second place after the mighty Storm of course.

dbacks · 10-12-2003, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cuss16
mighty Storm

Oh, nonsense.

grindz601 · 10-13-2003, 06:31 AM

Yeah dbacks look for next year to be better for you.

dbacks · 10-13-2003, 10:30 AM

I hope so. I'm really trying to do better than last year (of course). But I've signed a bunch of really talented guys this offseason, and a couple towards the end of last year, and hopefully they can perform as expected this year. If so, we stand a really good chance of making it past the Juves, and into the Finals. But, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Cuss16 · 10-13-2003, 04:33 PM

remember the bigwillis-metskid situtation? well we mighht have another one in our hands:

Quote:

author=ey215:

Pitcher of the Year award winner and ace of the Juveniles - making $300,000

Rookie, done nothing, - 3 + mil.

Am I the only one seeing something wrong here?

I'm thinking hold out!

http://cuss.proboards20.com/index.cg...num=1066077005

enjoy.

grindz601 · 10-13-2003, 08:17 PM

Well if they would just sign with GNA there would be no hold out problem just big contract.

Cuss16 · 10-14-2003, 01:18 AM

some ideas for the league concerning points system: http://cuss.proboards20.com/index.cg...108101&start=0

check it out and feel free to add any thoughts.

Karen Lutz · 10-14-2003, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cuss16
check it out and feel free to add any thoughts.

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earlier today I was thinking about what kind of salad dressing I was going to use on my salad, then I remembered that steak is better than salad, of course steak AND salad is even better, so i did that. The kind of dressing I chose you may wonder?

How's that for adding thoughts?

Cuss16 · 10-14-2003, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Karen Lutz
earlier today I was thinking about what kind of salad dressing I was going to use on my salad, then I remembered that steak is better than salad, of course steak AND salad is even better, so i did that. The kind of dressing I chose you may wonder?

How's that for adding thoughts?

I like it, it's simple and easy to understand unlike the point system...so what dressing did you use?

ey215 · 10-14-2003, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by grindz601
Well if they would just sign with GNA there would be no hold out problem just big contract.

GNA fell apart didn't it?

10-12-2003, 09:52 PM	#182
Big Willis 16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,616	Great write-ups DBacks!! __________________ A wise man once said "shutup and drink your beer!"

10-12-2003, 10:14 PM	#183
grindz601 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 142	Yes very nice work. __________________ There's NO crying in Baseball!

10-12-2003, 10:27 PM	#185
grindz601 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 142	It looks good again I can't wait to get the season started. __________________ There's NO crying in Baseball!

10-12-2003, 11:14 PM	#189
Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994	well it's only the regular season. __________________

10-12-2003, 11:22 PM	#191
Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994	Well with so many uncertain factors in this game, injuries, off year etc....who knows, maybe the 'blazers can make second place after the mighty Storm of course. __________________

10-12-2003, 09:38 PM	#181
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	4) Felons Though the Felons are ranked last this year, that does not mean they are a bad team. It doesn't mean that at all. In my opinion, the Felons have a bunch of young talent, but last year, they just couldn't seem to put it together. I'm thinking it'll be that way for at least one more year, which is why I ranked them last. If you look closely, they have much more talent than the Juveniles, but the Juves are putting up better numbers, so I thought they had a good chance of making it to the Finals again. Now, if I'm wrong, and the Felons start living up to their talents, scouting reports, and expectations, then move them up two spots in the standings. This team has very, very few weaknesses, with the only one really being the lack of depth in the bullpen. They have an outstanding reliever in maninthebox (4.5 star prospect), and mwabaseballkid is one of the league's best closers, but a couple more average relievers would greatly improve their bullpen. According to the team's head scout, Christian Roden, the pitching staff is "by far the best in the league, talentwise. Maybe their not tearing up the league yet, but in a couple more years, these guys will be competing among themselves for pitcher of the year." GM/manager Shub will also have a difficult time coming up with a lineup that will satisfy everyone, as most of their hitters can be placed either 3, 4, or 5 in the lineup. The guy to look out for this year, though, is SS sportkrazy. Sportkrazy is one of the best in the league, and emerging from a sensational rookie year, he is the guy teams will be pitching around all year long. This year will be an exciting one, and though all 4 teams are almost equally competitive, only two of them can advance to the Finals. We will just have to wait and see who they will be.

10-12-2003, 10:23 PM	#184
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	Thanks. And Gabe, sorry about the misunderstanding regarding Tim Johnson. I also redid the Felons article, to add TheProdigy to it. I rewrote the paragraph about the pitchers, but left everything else the same. Here it is: 4) Felons Though the Felons are ranked last this year, that does not mean they are a bad team. It doesn't mean that at all. In my opinion, the Felons have a bunch of young talent, but last year, they just couldn't seem to put it together. I'm thinking it'll be that way for at least one more year, which is why I ranked them last. If you look closely, they have much more talent than the Juveniles, but the Juves are putting up better numbers, so I thought they had a good chance of making it to the Finals again. Now, if I'm wrong, and the Felons start living up to their talents, scouting reports, and expectations, then move them up two spots in the standings. The Felons have very, very few weaknesses, with the only one being their lack of depth in the bullpen. Unfortunately, that is a pretty large weakness. They have an outstanding reliever in maninthebox (4.5 star prospect), and a great closer in mwabaseball, but not much past that. A couple guys, notably TheProdigy and PhantomJedi, struggled a bit last year, each with losing records, and rather high ERA's. But, with the help of pitching coach Kurt Morant, both pitchers look to have a much better 2004 season. He says, that though both pitchers have made substantial progress this spring training, he is overwhelmed with the progress TheProdigy has made. The junkballer has put emphasis on improving his control over his knuckler and scroogie, and has even added a changeup to his repetoire. But even with these 4 guys, a couple more relievers could vastly improve their bullpen, and really make the Felons a contender. According to the team's head scout, Christian Roden, the pitching staff is "by far the best in the league, talentwise. Maybe their not tearing up the league yet, but in a couple more years, these guys will be competing among themselves for pitcher of the year." GM/manager Shub will also have a difficult time coming up with a lineup that will satisfy everyone, as most of their hitters can be placed either 3, 4, or 5 in the lineup. The guy to look out for this year, though, is SS sportkrazy. Sportkrazy is one of the best in the league, and emerging from a sensational rookie year, he is the guy teams will be pitching around all year long. This year will be an exciting one, and though all 4 teams are almost equally competitive, only two of them can advance to the Finals. We will wait and see who they will be.

10-12-2003, 10:31 PM	#186
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	Me too. Unfortunately, I won't be here for the first sim.

10-12-2003, 11:08 PM	#188
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	I don't think so. I'm gone from this coming Wednesday afternoon until late Sunday evening.

10-12-2003, 11:20 PM	#190
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	Yeah - and I'm going to finish third place, so I might as well be looking ahead to the 2005 season anyway.

10-13-2003, 06:31 AM	#193
grindz601 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 142	Yeah dbacks look for next year to be better for you. __________________ There's NO crying in Baseball!

10-13-2003, 10:30 AM	#194
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	I hope so. I'm really trying to do better than last year (of course). But I've signed a bunch of really talented guys this offseason, and a couple towards the end of last year, and hopefully they can perform as expected this year. If so, we stand a really good chance of making it past the Juves, and into the Finals. But, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

10-13-2003, 08:17 PM	#196
grindz601 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 142	Well if they would just sign with GNA there would be no hold out problem just big contract. __________________ There's NO crying in Baseball!

10-14-2003, 01:18 AM	#197
Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994	some ideas for the league concerning points system: http://cuss.proboards20.com/index.cg...108101&start=0 check it out and feel free to add any thoughts. __________________