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[Edster007]

Iron 167 playoff update

Seattle is tied 1 game a piece with Kings Landing
Redmond leads Philadelphia 2-0 in the only OL head to head clash
Arkham is in a 2-0 hole to Winterfell
New Zealand is tied 1-1 with Pokemon

That long Pokemon name doesnt allow you to read a line score. I'm all for people having fun with their team name but this should be shortened

[stl jason]

Originally Posted by Edster007

Iron 167 playoff update

Seattle is tied 1 game a piece with Kings Landing
Redmond leads Philadelphia 2-0 in the only OL head to head clash
Arkham is in a 2-0 hole to Winterfell
New Zealand is tied 1-1 with Pokemon

That long Pokemon name doesnt allow you to read a line score. I'm all for people having fun with their team name but this should be shortened

agreed.... perhaps they can make it so the line scores/etc only display the first 25 or so characters of a team name for readability purposes

[Argonaut]

Originally Posted by OMGPuppies

I loved Hojo as a kid and was sad to see that the card completely sucked. Strikes out way too much and plays horrible defense.

Depends what you're trying to do. The PP he's generated for me is worth it alone. I let him play 3B cause I have no pitching staff yet anyway so it doesn't matter. Could DH him once my roster fills out. There's lots of cards that have different uses -- I like thinking of ways to find certain cards to fit a theme. My next project will involve a lot of cards that no one uses.

By the way, everyone report the Detective Pikachu name. I've done it once, if more people do it perhaps the devs will enforce something.

[allenciox]

So the Energizer Bunnies had a lousy September, going 11-16, but so did other Wild Card contenders, so we ended up hosting the wild card game against a very strong team. Surprisingly, we won the wild card game, 11-4, when Maddox pitched a complete game, allowing only 2 earned runs

Unfortunately, that gave us the dubious distinction of playing the whaliest of whales in the divisional series,the Colorado Rockies, a team which had a record of 137-25 in the regular season, and was #1 among all 30 teams in both runs scored and runs allowed. They also have three perfect league championships already on their belt.

In the first game, I started Steve Carlton (94), my newly acquired ace, but someone who would be far below the lowliest reliever on their staff. To my great surprise, in the hostile environs of a filled-to-capacity Wolfhound Fields, Steve pitched a complete-game 4-hitter, as we won 6-1, only giving up a solo homerun to a peak Babe Ruth.

In game 2, we sent Brent Saberhagen (93) into the gauntlet, and while he didn't do quite as well as Steve in game 1 (or Maddox in the Wild Card game), he did only allow two runs over seven innings. Going into the bottom of the ninth inning, we were ahead 5-2, and we sent out our closer, Pedro Borbon (80).

Unfortunately, Borbon did NOT look like the same pitcher who saved 36 out of 40 tries during the regular season while sporting a 2.94 ERA. Of course, he didn't often face a team with the fire power of the Rockies either. Peak Mickey Cochrane (C: 100) started things off with a "whoops-didn't mean to" nub by home plate, but beat the throw to first with an infield hit, and a peak Willie Mays (100) followed with a single to left. Then PEAK Jackie Robinson (100) followed with another single just over the head of our nimble shortstop, Joe Cronin. Thus the bases were loaded with nobody out, and I could see that we were in trouble.

Next to bat was peak Cal Ripken, Jr. (100). On a 2-1 pitch, he sent a rocket over to Gwynn at 3B. To my surprise, Gwynn stopped the ball, sent it to second, and then on to first, for a double play as the runner scored from third.

Next to bat was Mike Trout, but I knew that one solid hit from this power machine would send the game into extra innings. After spoiling some good 2 strike pitches from Borbon, he hit a hard grounder over to Cronin. Cronin, showing none of the excitement that I knew he felt, gathered it up and sent it on to first.

And just like that, we are ahead 2-0 in the best of five series as we head home for the next two games.

Against a team of this calibre, I still only give us a 50% chance of advancing to the next round, but we'll see!

[OMGPuppies]

Originally Posted by allenciox

So the Energizer Bunnies had a lousy September, going 11-16, but so did other Wild Card contenders, so we ended up hosting the wild card game against a very strong team. Surprisingly, we won the wild card game, 11-4, when Maddox pitched a complete game, allowing only 2 earned runs

Unfortunately, that gave us the dubious distinction of playing the whaliest of whales in the divisional series,the Colorado Rockies, a team which had a record of 137-25 in the regular season, and was #1 among all 30 teams in both runs scored and runs allowed. They also have three perfect league championships already on their belt.

In the first game, I started Steve Carlton (94), my newly acquired ace, but someone who would be far below the lowliest reliever on their staff. To my great surprise, in the hostile environs of a filled-to-capacity Wolfhound Fields, Steve pitched a complete-game 4-hitter, as we won 6-1, only giving up a solo homerun to a peak Babe Ruth.

In game 2, we sent Brent Saberhagen (93) into the gauntlet, and while he didn't do quite as well as Steve in game 1 (or Maddox in the Wild Card game), he did only allow two runs over seven innings. Going into the bottom of the ninth inning, we were ahead 5-2, and we sent out our closer, Pedro Borbon (80).

Unfortunately, Borbon did NOT look like the same pitcher who saved 36 out of 40 tries during the regular season while sporting a 2.94 ERA. Of course, he didn't often face a team with the fire power of the Rockies either. Peak Mickey Cochrane (C: 100) started things off with a "whoops-didn't mean to" nub by home plate, but beat the throw to first with an infield hit, and a peak Willie Mays (100) followed with a single to left. Then PEAK Jackie Robinson (100) followed with another single just over the head of our nimble shortstop, Joe Cronin. Thus the bases were loaded with nobody out, and I could see that we were in trouble.

Next to bat was peak Cal Ripken, Jr. (100). On a 2-1 pitch, he sent a rocket over to Gwynn at 3B. To my surprise, Gwynn stopped the ball, sent it to second, and then on to first, for a double play as the runner scored from third.

Next to bat was Mike Trout, but I knew that one solid hit from this power machine would send the game into extra innings. After spoiling some good 2 strike pitches from Borbon, he hit a hard grounder over to Cronin. Cronin, showing none of the excitement that I knew he felt, gathered it up and sent it on to first.

And just like that, we are ahead 2-0 in the best of five series as we head home for the next two games.

Against a team of this calibre, I still only give us a 50% chance of advancing to the next round, but we'll see!

Great thing about f2p you have nothing to lose!

[Edster007]

Originally Posted by allenciox

So the Energizer Bunnies had a lousy September, going 11-16, but so did other Wild Card contenders, so we ended up hosting the wild card game against a very strong team. Surprisingly, we won the wild card game, 11-4, when Maddox pitched a complete game, allowing only 2 earned runs



Unfortunately, that gave us the dubious distinction of playing the whaliest of whales in the divisional series,the Colorado Rockies, a team which had a record of 137-25 in the regular season, and was #1 among all 30 teams in both runs scored and runs allowed. They also have three perfect league championships already on their belt.



In the first game, I started Steve Carlton (94), my newly acquired ace, but someone who would be far below the lowliest reliever on their staff. To my great surprise, in the hostile environs of a filled-to-capacity Wolfhound Fields, Steve pitched a complete-game 4-hitter, as we won 6-1, only giving up a solo homerun to a peak Babe Ruth.



In game 2, we sent Brent Saberhagen (93) into the gauntlet, and while he didn't do quite as well as Steve in game 1 (or Maddox in the Wild Card game), he did only allow two runs over seven innings. Going into the bottom of the ninth inning, we were ahead 5-2, and we sent out our closer, Pedro Borbon (80).



Unfortunately, Borbon did NOT look like the same pitcher who saved 36 out of 40 tries during the regular season while sporting a 2.94 ERA. Of course, he didn't often face a team with the fire power of the Rockies either. Peak Mickey Cochrane (C: 100) started things off with a "whoops-didn't mean to" nub by home plate, but beat the throw to first with an infield hit, and a peak Willie Mays (100) followed with a single to left. Then PEAK Jackie Robinson (100) followed with another single just over the head of our nimble shortstop, Joe Cronin. Thus the bases were loaded with nobody out, and I could see that we were in trouble.



Next to bat was peak Cal Ripken, Jr. (100). On a 2-1 pitch, he sent a rocket over to Gwynn at 3B. To my surprise, Gwynn stopped the ball, sent it to second, and then on to first, for a double play as the runner scored from third.



Next to bat was Mike Trout, but I knew that one solid hit from this power machine would send the game into extra innings. After spoiling some good 2 strike pitches from Borbon, he hit a hard grounder over to Cronin. Cronin, showing none of the excitement that I knew he felt, gathered it up and sent it on to first.



And just like that, we are ahead 2-0 in the best of five series as we head home for the next two games.



Against a team of this calibre, I still only give us a 50% chance of advancing to the next round, but we'll see!

Don’t count yourself out. Last week in the perfect league I was in every 120+ game winning team went out. I came from 3 games down to beat a whale only to lose the WS in 7, blowing a 3 games to 2 lead.

I made it to the CS beating NY-we both keep winning I will meet you in the middle of the playoff bracket sometime tonight for all the marbles


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[Charlatan]

In I167 Arkham and New Zealand have both been eliminated in the NC, so the dream of an OL World Series is dead

Seattle is behind in their best-of-5 series, and Redmond leads Philadelphia in the AC.

[Argonaut]

Originally Posted by OMGPuppies

That whale needs to be put down.

Hey Puppies, good luck to your 'Keets against the St Louis whale. I had a 9-10 record against him this year, including a 15-0 drubbing from the 'Boys, so it's certainly possible.

[stl jason]

Gold playoff update:

Kaneohe and Luckenbach both take care of business in the LDS and move on to the LCS (and thus both will be moving up to Diamond next season)

edit: here's hoping some Silver teams move on up to Gold for next season... we're down to just Waffletown and CliffMarkle at Gold right now for next year.

[mcdog512]

Gutter Cats beat Annandale in 5 games after they were dominated by them during the regular season.

[OMGPuppies]

Cooper is moving up to Gold!
Luckenbach and Kaneohe are moving up to Diamond!
Aina Haina is joining Battery Point in Perfect!

Good luck to these teams the rest of the playoffs!

[OMGPuppies]

Originally Posted by Argonaut

Hey Puppies, good luck to your 'Keets against the St Louis whale. I had a 9-10 record against him this year, including a 15-0 drubbing from the 'Boys, so it's certainly possible.

Thank you. Nothing to lose!!!

[Charlatan]

As noted, Cooper's will be promoted to Gold next year. Congrats to them. I think this is the last playoff image you'll need for the team-vs-team records, since Cooper is the only OL team left here.

[Charlatan]

In I167, Seattle and Redmond will move up to Bronze next year.

[mcdog512]

Originally Posted by Charlatan

As noted, Cooper's will be promoted to Gold next year. Congrats to them. I think this is the last playoff image you'll need for the team-vs-team records, since Cooper is the only OL team left here.

Not sure they have the pitching for gold so that might not be the best thing.

[Magus978]

Originally Posted by Charlatan

In I167, Seattle and Redmond will move up to Bronze next year.

Hope one of those teams smashes the Pikachu long name team.

[stl jason]

Online list updated with promotions/relegations (if I missed anything, feel free to correct it as usual)

level breakdowns for next season:

-Iron = 10
-Bronze = 9
-Silver = 13
-Gold = 3
-Diamond = 6
-Perfect = 2

[Goliathus]

It's Ash's Pikachu, it's not supposed to be a champion! Look at Ash's 10+ years of tournament history!

[Magus978]

Originally Posted by Goliathus

It's Ash's Pikachu, it's not supposed to be a champion! Look at Ash's 10+ years of tournament history!

Ash has such a legacy of failure, I'm surprised UrinatingTree hasn't covered it yet in one of his YouTube videos

[mcdog512]

Gutter Cats up 2-1 in the ALCS.