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[dboeyr12007]

Finally pulled off a Gold League title. After having 116 wins and losing in 5 in the division series last week, we came back this season with 126 wins and a title with all 5 starters winning at least 19 games.

[bailey]

Originally Posted by daves

What are the %'s you are referring to?

Wow you were in the playoffs, but lost the last 5 games. Very competitive league. At least you had a winning record.

I see Orcin snuck in as a wildcard in the other conference. And waittillnextyear froggy team is in the playoffs.

The % was batter fatigue. Had I managed my lineups day-to-day I might have been able to squeeze out 3 extra wins to make the playoffs, by avoiding playing extremely tired players. Losing 12 out of the last 13--move over Huntley Red Raiders!

[JasonC23]

Originally Posted by bailey

The % was batter fatigue. Had I managed my lineups day-to-day I might have been able to squeeze out 3 extra wins to make the playoffs, by avoiding playing extremely tired players. Losing 12 out of the last 13--move over Huntley Red Raiders!

Ah, a challenger to the throne!

[tbonetim]

Well last week was a good one for the Justice.

Regular Season Record 102-60 (Division Winner)
Led the National Conference in overall ERA 3.88 with both the SP and Bullpen staff finish number 2 respectively and 2nd overall in WAR 27.6.

Defense Efficiency and Zone Rating were ranked number one (Thanks to the addition of The Kid (FOTF) in CF. Majority of team offensive categories ranked between 3 and 5 overall.

Ended up just 5 wins shy of getting to the Perfect League after getting bounced in Game 7 of the NLCS in a 2-1 pitching duel against the best team in the NC. I'm in a much tougher division this week with two other top tier teams in it so we will see how it goes.

In terms of all those packs I pulled, I ended up pulling the Wait Hoyt that was one of the new mission cards as well as that Mark Buerhle card too. I put the Hoyt card up for a straight bid last Friday starting at 50K and it sold for 170K. The Buerhle card I sold for a buy now price of about 55K. I've added FOTF Campenella and a 100 Lee Smith to add as a stopper. I should be able to add one more high end starter this week with my AH earnings.

[bailey]

I usually don't check on tourneys in progress, but must've been bored tonight. So, what I found was Vic Aldridge pitching a no-hitter!

[bailey]

Wow! No news, is bad news.

The Magpies have won 111 with 6 to play, but have not clinched the division because of the presence of the Budapest Red Devils. BDR is PL 2037 champs and overall they spent 8 seasons in Perfect including a stretch of 6 in a row, but once demoted have spent 10 seasons wandering in Diamond wilderness. By the All-Star break BDR had a 9.5 game lead over the Magpies, but they fought back to take the lead by 1 game as of this writing on the eve of a 3 game series with BDR.

[tbonetim]

Originally Posted by bailey

Wow! No news, is bad news.

The Magpies have won 111 with 6 to play, but have not clinched the division because of the presence of the Budapest Red Devils. BDR is PL 2037 champs and overall they spent 8 seasons in Perfect including a stretch of 6 in a row, but once demoted have spent 10 seasons wandering in Diamond wilderness. By the All-Star break BDR had a 9.5 game lead over the Magpies, but they fought back to take the lead by 1 game as of this writing on the eve of a 3 game series with BDR.

How did things turn out this morning? On my end the Justice finished with 93 wins but ended up 4 games out of the wild card hunt. While disappointed we actually put up a really good fight all year despite being in the most competitive division & conference in the league as the Bluffton Humidity and Woodland Antibodies finished with 112 and 97 wins respectively in the AC East and the other wild card (Scottsdale Tigers)came from another division and had 102 wins. At this point the internal debate I am having is to possibly add one more hitter in either at 1B or 3B. Currently I have FOTF Ernie Banks at 1B and am platooning Appling & Biggio at 3B. The platoon between Biggio & Appling turned in a 3.6 combined WAR this year and a 6.7 WAR the year before this. I'm also toying with the idea of saving up and landing one really high end starter that will probably cost between 250K-340k (depending on the market) but I will probably see how things turn out after one more season so I can get a read of what really needs a boost more...the lineup or the pitching staff.

Currently the Justice look like so...

C: FOTF Campenella
1B: FOTF Banks
2B: Peak Jackie Robinson (not the KC Monarch one)
3B: SE Appling (RH) FOTF Biggio (LH)
SS:FOTF Yount
LF: FOTF DiMaggio
CF: FOTF Griffey
RF: FOTF Kaline
DH: FOTF Aaron

SP: FOTF Seaver
SP: FOTF Price
SP:SE Bumgarner (100 rated)
SP: 99 Maddux
SP: Peak Koufax (100 rated)

RP: FOTF Jose Fernandez
RP: Peak Bob Gibson
RP: FOTF Plank
RP: 100 Lee Smith
RP: Peak Kershaw
RP: Snapshot Lefty Grove (100 rated)
RP: 96 rated Steve Carlton (going to remove him from active roster since I have plenty of lefties in the pen now)

[bailey]

For once the Magpies did not fold in the final week. They won the first 2 games of the series against BRD and I had Pedro Martinez up for the 3rd game which, if won, would clinch the division. But both the team and Pedro were on 11 game winning streaks and the Game could not resist dealing me a crushing loss, 10-0. Both teams swept the final 3 game series, so I ended up winning the division by 2 games with a team record 116 wins. Sadly, for the BRD, they blew a 5 run lead and lost the wild card game. Walter Johnson gave up 2 in the 8th and Bob Feller came on board to add fuel to the raging fire and gave up 3 more runs to make it 5-5. Satchel Paige blew the save in the 9th after BRD scored 1 in the bottom of the 8th.

So, I am pleased to come from 9.5 games behind to win the division against a strong team. Going forward, I am saving all my PP as I believe prices have further to fall for most likely additions. The AH is dying right on schedule! Because of this slow death spiral, it is difficult to flip cards for profit and even the value of packs won in tournaments and twitch drops is declining. Not only that, but it is getting really hard to win iron and bronze quick tournaments as less committed players move on.

[tbonetim]

Originally Posted by bailey

For once the Magpies did not fold in the final week. They won the first 2 games of the series against BRD and I had Pedro Martinez up for the 3rd game which, if won, would clinch the division. But both the team and Pedro were on 11 game winning streaks and the Game could not resist dealing me a crushing loss, 10-0. Both teams swept the final 3 game series, so I ended up winning the division by 2 games with a team record 116 wins. Sadly, for the BRD, they blew a 5 run lead and lost the wild card game. Walter Johnson gave up 2 in the 8th and Bob Feller came on board to add fuel to the raging fire and gave up 3 more runs to make it 5-5. Satchel Paige blew the save in the 9th after BRD scored 1 in the bottom of the 8th.

So, I am pleased to come from 9.5 games behind to win the division against a strong team. Going forward, I am saving all my PP as I believe prices have further to fall for most likely additions. The AH is dying right on schedule! Because of this slow death spiral, it is difficult to flip cards for profit and even the value of packs won in tournaments and twitch drops is declining. Not only that, but it is getting really hard to win iron and bronze quick tournaments as less committed players move on.

Yes, the Iron and Bronze tournaments have become VERY hard to win now with nearly only the hardcore PT players in them. A few weeks ago I averaged around 40 packs or more a week, but now that is down to maybe 10 or 15 this week. I might be able to scrounge together 300K in perfect points from AH sales and once that is spent, I think that will probably be it for using points to purchase players and just switch to using points on gold packs after that until OOTP 22.

[bailey]

So much for feeling smug about BRD being upset in the wild card game by Rocket! If this was Do-Or-Die I would already be out of it. Instead, a late rally equals the series at 2 games apiece. Let's see if the best pitcher in the game can win one or else it's lights out in Collingwood.

[bailey]

Originally Posted by tbonetim

Yes, the Iron and Bronze tournaments have become VERY hard to win now with nearly only the hardcore PT players in them. A few weeks ago I averaged around 40 packs or more a week, but now that is down to maybe 10 or 15 this week. I might be able to scrounge together 300K in perfect points from AH sales and once that is spent, I think that will probably be it for using points to purchase players and just switch to using points on gold packs after that until OOTP 22.

I'm not planning to give up just because 22 comes out. This is a 2 year game and you can win 100 packs a week in the 2nd year because tournament sizes were cut in half when 21 came out and cut in half AGAIN a few weeks ago. Not giving up is especially true if there isn't much difference between 22 and 21. What kind of WOW factor could they add? 5 different Perfect Babe Ruth's instead of the mere 4 in PT21?

[bailey]

Well, Pedro was not sharp. Not sharp at all. Blowing a 4 run lead, tagged for 6 runs, and knocked out in the 5th inning! Fortunately, the hitters and bullpen showed up. The next opponent is the Austin Express who won their division by 30 games with 101 wins and are looking for their first diamond league title.

[tbonetim]

Originally Posted by bailey

I'm not planning to give up just because 22 comes out. This is a 2 year game and you can win 100 packs a week in the 2nd year because tournament sizes were cut in half when 21 came out and cut in half AGAIN a few weeks ago. Not giving up is especially true if there isn't much difference between 22 and 21. What kind of WOW factor could they add? 5 different Perfect Babe Ruth's instead of the mere 4 in PT21?

I was literally thinking the same thing. Not to mention I think FTP'ers will have a more difficult time next year now that 2 full years of PT has been played through and more people will start collecting historical cards early, thus driving up their value (I made a lot of points from buying historical silvers for 140-200 points early on and then selling them on the mission release nights from anywhere between 750-2000 points). I'm sure they will probably come up with a few new bells and whistles but I still play OOTP 20 PT as well. I do enjoy the quick 8 team tourneys for packs.

[FuzzyDarkness]

It took 11 seasons (and I thought I passed the window to even achieve this) but the Croatia Clouds WON the championship.

100 wins in the season. Won the first playoff round 3-0. Won the second round 4-0. Won the finals 4-1. (Almost the sweep, led 3-0 in the finals!)

[tbonetim]

The growing number of FOTF Martinez, Spahn and Walter Johnson cards at the Diamond level is really beginning to take a toll on my lineups (not complaining, just noticing the statistical trend over the past two weeks). They picked up a little bit of steam overnight but for the most part the first month and a half of the 2052 season was making my nearly all my batters jealous of Mendoza. The division I am in is strong but not as strong as last season and I am only at .500 because of my pitching staff. However, June, July and August can easily make that advantage a non-factor if history is my guide.

[bailey]

Originally Posted by tbonetim

The growing number of FOTF Martinez, Spahn and Walter Johnson cards at the Diamond level is really beginning to take a toll on my lineups (not complaining, just noticing the statistical trend over the past two weeks). They picked up a little bit of steam overnight but for the most part the first month and a half of the 2052 season was making my nearly all my batters jealous of Mendoza. The division I am in is strong but not as strong as last season and I am only at .500 because of my pitching staff. However, June, July and August can easily make that advantage a non-factor if history is my guide.

I count 9 of 14 conference mates as Perfect League veterans in my Diamond League this week. Oddly, none of them are in my division, but that doesn't mean I have it easy. I started out slowly (15-14), but losing only 3 games in May have vaulted the Magpies into 1st place by just a hair. Keeping up with the Jones' is expensive and spent my last bit of PP savings to acquire Ty Cobb. I probably overpaid for this one, too, but I don't know when the next one will show up. I have to hope I pull the rest of the cards I need from twitch drop packs.

[tbonetim]

Originally Posted by bailey

I count 9 of 14 conference mates as Perfect League veterans in my Diamond League this week. Oddly, none of them are in my division, but that doesn't mean I have it easy. I started out slowly (15-14), but losing only 3 games in May have vaulted the Magpies into 1st place by just a hair. Keeping up with the Jones' is expensive and spent my last bit of PP savings to acquire Ty Cobb. I probably overpaid for this one, too, but I don't know when the next one will show up. I have to hope I pull the rest of the cards I need from twitch drop packs.

Well the market is now drifting towards OOTP 20 now with cards becoming a bit more expensive and people generally holding to their high asking prices (so far). I've got a couple hundred thousand PP's left in the tank, but man did I have a terrible pack opening session today. 19 Packs with only bronze and iron cards. Not one silver! Hell, I normally would at least pull one gold Live card out of 19 packs. Not much more I can do to make much of a competitive difference now. It's just up to luck of the pack draws.

Oh and my team just keeps playing awful this year and is below .500 on a Wednesday for the first time in weeks. So many underperforming players at once is the cause. Just cannot score enough runs this season when we should be in the wildcard hunt at least.

[dboeyr12007]

Originally Posted by tbonetim

Well the market is now drifting towards OOTP 20 now with cards becoming a bit more expensive and people generally holding to their high asking prices (so far). I've got a couple hundred thousand PP's left in the tank, but man did I have a terrible pack opening session today. 19 Packs with only bronze and iron cards. Not one silver! Hell, I normally would at least pull one gold Live card out of 19 packs. Not much more I can do to make much of a competitive difference now. It's just up to luck of the pack draws.

Oh and my team just keeps playing awful this year and is below .500 on a Wednesday for the first time in weeks. So many underperforming players at once is the cause. Just cannot score enough runs this season when we should be in the wildcard hunt at least.

I feel you on the packs. It know it probably is not the case but it has felt like live cards are so much more prevalent lately. Last 450 packs I have opened I have had 80% live gold, only 2 historic diamond out of 16 and both perfect were live as well. Also I have not opened a single card from the postseason missions. Must keep pushing onward however.

[Quinta]

I am a low volume packs guy on all 3 of my teams and I do not generate a lot of PP but recently I got Perfect Stan Musial in a regular pack. It was for my team in which I generally was getting unlucky packs (notable I once opened 5 packs and the highest card was a Live 63). That lucky draw has renewed my enthusiasm.

[ianmleavitt]

I've come to realize that a reasonable goal for my top two teams is to stay in Diamond for more than one week at a time. The Trojans are currently 2 games clear of relegation, so perhaps this is the week!