The Fictional Major League Baseball

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 09:27 AM

Introducing the Fictional Major League Baseball.

The league concept:

The current 30 Major League Baseball plus the Montreal Expos, Brooklyn Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators.

The Milwaukee Brewers move back to the American League, the Houston Astros back to the National League, creating several NL/AL-rivalries within the city, state or country.

The division winners plus two Wild-Card teams will go to the play-offs - Wild-Card Series (best-of-three), Division Series (best-of-seven), League Championship Series (best-of-seven) and the World Series (best-of-seven).

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 09:30 AM

In the American League East the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators were re-born

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 09:32 AM

In the AL Central the St. Louis Browns are back while the Milwaukee Brewers moved back from the National League

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 09:33 AM

And the American League West:

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 09:34 AM

The National League East includes the Brooklyn Dodgers and Montreal Expos

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 09:35 AM

In the NL Central the Milwaukee Braves square off with the Atlanta Braves

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 09:36 AM

And the NL West

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 09:38 AM

This one escalated quickly:

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 09:46 AM

The early rivalry is between the Milwaukee Brewers and Detroit Tigers.

In a mad dash for the 1950 pennant, both the Brewers and Tigers just fell short, both having to settle for a Wild-Card spot ... the Tigers eventually swept the best-of-three Wild-Card Series.

The Tigers went on to sweep Cleveland in the Division Series and roll over the Mariners before falling to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 4 games in the World Series.

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 09:50 AM

Following the season with a lot of budget space to work with the Brewers made several big moves, signing both league MVP's as Free Agents plus trading for AL Pitcher of the Year, Chris Eckelberry.

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 09:53 AM

The Brewers dominated the league, finishing with 116 wins ... the team stumbled into September, losing 6 games in a row, but finished the regular season by winning their final six games, then sweeping the Tigers and Mariners. Wins in the first two games of the World Series ran the winning streak to a whopping 16 games and the team eventually won the World Series in six games.

Germaniac · 10-23-2018, 10:20 AM

After the season we again had to make decisions. 4 players entered the final year of arbitration and the front office decided to make some moves.

The decision was made to sign Chris Eckelberry and Jim di Giovanni to long-term deals while trading shortstop Caldwell and star outfielder Jason Porter and to hand the shortstop job to minor league phenom Brian Bischoff.

The trade brought some much needed budget space and starting pitcher Chris Wilson to Milwaukee, giving the team a fearsome pitching rotation.

The offense struggled over long stretches and was shut out 10 times and scoring one run in 20 other games (finishing with a 6-5 record in 1:0-games) - one year after scoring 927 runs and finishing with a run differential of 385.

On the other hand, the pitching staff pitched a ridiculous 29 shutouts and allowed a single run in 34 other games.

The Tigers quickly took advantage from the Brewers struggles (we were just 24-21 on May 31) and at one point led the division by 11 games.

From then on we tried to catch them, but the closest we came was on September 14 after the Brewers had just completed a three-game sweep at Milwaukee to move within half a game.

Back-to-back 2:1 losses at Cleveland dropped us back again, and entering the final regular-season series, a 4-game set at Detroit), we trailed the Tigers by 3 games before sweeping the final 4 games.

Since the Tigers have swept the previous two Wild-Card-Series we fully expect to meet them in the Divisional Series

stevem810 · 10-23-2018, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Germaniac

This one escalated quickly:

Let's go Tigers!

Germaniac · 01-07-2019, 05:48 AM

A good age to retire - and he definitely didn't kill his arm by pitching too many innings

But I don't think there are many guys in the club-house that could be his sons

Germaniac · 01-27-2019, 04:27 AM

Five 1:0 wins in 8 days ... and the April 10 game went 16 innings

Clovidequano Dovatha · 08-10-2019, 04:13 PM

Any progress on this? Just wondering, that's all. CD out.

10-23-2018, 09:27 AM	#1
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	The Fictional Major League Baseball Introducing the Fictional Major League Baseball. The league concept: The current 30 Major League Baseball plus the Montreal Expos, Brooklyn Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators. The Milwaukee Brewers move back to the American League, the Houston Astros back to the National League, creating several NL/AL-rivalries within the city, state or country. The division winners plus two Wild-Card teams will go to the play-offs - Wild-Card Series (best-of-three), Division Series (best-of-seven), League Championship Series (best-of-seven) and the World Series (best-of-seven). Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947 Last edited by Germaniac; 10-23-2018 at 09:31 AM.

10-23-2018, 09:30 AM	#2
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	In the American League East the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators were re-born Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

10-23-2018, 09:32 AM	#3
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	In the AL Central the St. Louis Browns are back while the Milwaukee Brewers moved back from the National League Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

10-23-2018, 09:33 AM	#4
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	And the American League West: Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

10-23-2018, 09:34 AM	#5
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	The National League East includes the Brooklyn Dodgers and Montreal Expos Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

10-23-2018, 09:35 AM	#6
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	In the NL Central the Milwaukee Braves square off with the Atlanta Braves Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

10-23-2018, 09:36 AM	#7
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	And the NL West Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

10-23-2018, 09:38 AM	#8
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	Some 4th of July fireworks This one escalated quickly: Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947 Last edited by Germaniac; 10-23-2018 at 02:58 PM.

10-23-2018, 09:46 AM	#9
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	The early rivalry is between the Milwaukee Brewers and Detroit Tigers. In a mad dash for the 1950 pennant, both the Brewers and Tigers just fell short, both having to settle for a Wild-Card spot ... the Tigers eventually swept the best-of-three Wild-Card Series. The Tigers went on to sweep Cleveland in the Division Series and roll over the Mariners before falling to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 4 games in the World Series. Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

10-23-2018, 09:50 AM	#10
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	Following the season with a lot of budget space to work with the Brewers made several big moves, signing both league MVP's as Free Agents plus trading for AL Pitcher of the Year, Chris Eckelberry. Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947 Last edited by Germaniac; 10-23-2018 at 02:59 PM.

10-23-2018, 09:53 AM	#11
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	The Brewers dominated the league, finishing with 116 wins ... the team stumbled into September, losing 6 games in a row, but finished the regular season by winning their final six games, then sweeping the Tigers and Mariners. Wins in the first two games of the World Series ran the winning streak to a whopping 16 games and the team eventually won the World Series in six games. Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947 Last edited by Germaniac; 10-23-2018 at 02:57 PM.

10-23-2018, 10:20 AM	#12
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	After the season we again had to make decisions. 4 players entered the final year of arbitration and the front office decided to make some moves. The decision was made to sign Chris Eckelberry and Jim di Giovanni to long-term deals while trading shortstop Caldwell and star outfielder Jason Porter and to hand the shortstop job to minor league phenom Brian Bischoff. The trade brought some much needed budget space and starting pitcher Chris Wilson to Milwaukee, giving the team a fearsome pitching rotation. The offense struggled over long stretches and was shut out 10 times and scoring one run in 20 other games (finishing with a 6-5 record in 1:0-games) - one year after scoring 927 runs and finishing with a run differential of 385. On the other hand, the pitching staff pitched a ridiculous 29 shutouts and allowed a single run in 34 other games. The Tigers quickly took advantage from the Brewers struggles (we were just 24-21 on May 31) and at one point led the division by 11 games. From then on we tried to catch them, but the closest we came was on September 14 after the Brewers had just completed a three-game sweep at Milwaukee to move within half a game. Back-to-back 2:1 losses at Cleveland dropped us back again, and entering the final regular-season series, a 4-game set at Detroit), we trailed the Tigers by 3 games before sweeping the final 4 games. Since the Tigers have swept the previous two Wild-Card-Series we fully expect to meet them in the Divisional Series Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

01-07-2019, 05:48 AM	#14
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	A good age to retire - and he definitely didn't kill his arm by pitching too many innings But I don't think there are many guys in the club-house that could be his sons Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947 Last edited by Germaniac; 01-07-2019 at 05:51 AM.

01-27-2019, 04:27 AM	#15
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 5,378 Thanked 1,452x in 830 posts	Five 1:0 wins in 8 days ... and the April 10 game went 16 innings Attached Images __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

08-10-2019, 04:13 PM	#16
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