Arena The Sixth Baseball Draft - The FODEUSS Awakens (HEELS HAS WON)

I'm sure you heard me quip, "Of course Ron Santo".

I'm going to amend my special strategies to IBB him each and every plate appearance when we play.

 

I'm thinking the only way I'd come back at this point is if heels actually wins it all, with my reverse jinx in place.

 

You can check out any time you like…

 

Yeah, it seemed to really negatively effect Bruce Sutters performance when tried it with him last year.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

The first snow out in FODEUSS history has occurred on April 2nd, 1957. The scheduled game between the Northern Shores Gales of November and Game of Throws has been postponed, and will be played as part of a traditional doubleheader on April 3rd, weather permitting.

 

IntyCenter 1957



Note: I'll get the rest of the weekly recap stuff posted later today. Mostly because I'm doing this in between meetings. Partially because there's one particular dangling issue mentioned in IntyCenter and it's fun to make that GM sweat about it.

 

Was disappointed this wasn't done in more a 1950's accent...

..until "John Montgomery Ward"

 

man, that last game was intense. gg wang.

 

I'm sure this post will age well, but...

 

Note: For this season, all Logs and Box Scores will be added to this folder on Google Drive. Can a mod add this to the OP?

Standings



Injury Report

Nagging and Day-to-Day Injuries

Fred Carroll - A Shaq of Their Own - knee contusion - D2D for 3 days (10 days remaining on the IL)
Nap Lajoie - Sithi of Osten Ard - sprained elbow - D2D for 4 Weeks (not on the IL)

Players out

Warren Spahn - Amazings - torn rotator cuff - OUT for 3 months (29 days remaining on the IL)
Frank Bates - Amazings - elbow inflammation - OUT for 1 day (54 days remaining on the IL)
Norm Cash - A Shaq of Their Own - OUT for 4 days (10 days remaining on the iL)
Deacon White - A Shaq of Their Own - OUT for 6 Weeks (on the IL, eligible to return)
Tom Candiotti - Zodiac Guardians - torn rotator cuff - OUT for 5 months (36 days remaining on the IL)

Upcoming Games and Probable Starters

April 4-6

San Francisco Six Demonbags of Chinatown at Every City Bandwagoners
Jones vs. Driscoll
Arrieta vs. Schilling
Koufax vs. Ramsey

A Shaq of Their Own at The Family Madrigal
Blanton vs. Hubbell (Replica M-Shaped Wall Magnet Giveaway Night)
Brecheen vs. Johnson (Hail to the Victors Night)
Chandler vs. Foster (Bobble-Spencer Report Giveaway Night)

Sithi of Osten Ard at Amazings
Smith vs. Dean
Leonard vs. Partlow
Wood vs. Seaver

Northern Shores Gales of November vs. Performance Enhancers
Bieber vs. Blue (Both teams to wear a Vida Blue patch alongside their Gordon Lightfoot Patch)
Walsh vs. Santana
Rogan vs. Radbourn (!!!)

Game of Throws at Let's Play Two
Waddell vs. Carlton
Cueto vs. Scherzer
Newhouser vs. Maddux

Zodiac Guardians vs. stone temple seattle pilots

Sabathia vs. Johnson
Morris vs. Lincecum
Ryan vs. Martinez

April 7-9

Every City Bandwagoners at Zodiac Guardians
Rusie vs. Bumgarner
Richard vs. Young
TBD vs. TBD

Performance Enhancers at Game of Throws
deGrom vs. Rijo
Hecker vs. Day
TBD vs. TBD

San Francisco Six Demonbags of Chinatown at A Shaq of Their Own
Paige vs. Phillippe (Fred Carroll Appreciation Night)
Whitney vs. Tannehill (Stuffed Ghost Monkey Giveaway Night)
TBD vs. TBD (Fred Carroll Look-alike contest night)

Amazings at Let's Play Two
Feller vs. Overall
Gooden vs. Clemens
TBD vs. TBD

stone temple seattle pilots at Northern Shores Gales of November
Brown vs. Gibson
Bender . Brown
TBD vs. TBD

The Family Madrigal at Sithi of Osten Ard
Wright vs. Alexander
Hubbell vs. Ruth
TBD vs. TBD

 

wow after only three games everyone has lost at least once and won at least once.

 

@DarthIntegral -- is that last series two games (correct) or three games (typo)?

 

Holy Balls that series I had with Cubbie! Not one pitch thrown from a guy from the bullpen! Has that happened in a series post-1920? Sheesh!

 

Early (way too early) Season "Trends" That Amuse Me:

Homers hit:
A Shaq of Their Own and Every City Bandwagoners: 0
Performance Enhancers + Zodiac Guardians: 12
The Rest of the League Combined: 12

And on a Division Level

SANDLOT Homers Hit:
A Shaq of Their Own: 0
Zodiac Guardians: 6
The Rest of the Division Combined: 6

Piss Off Homers Hit:
Every City Bandwagoners: 0
Performance Enhancers: 6
The Rest of the Division Combined: 6

Four pitchers have served up multiple homers - Ron Guidry (2), Roger Clemens (2), Guy Hecker (3), and Cy Young (4)

The team with the highest batting average (Game of Throws - .320) and the lowest batting average (Let's Play Two - .160) are both 1-2.

Four teams have an ERA under 2, and they are all in SANDLOT (Sithi of Osten Ard - 1.00, A Shaq of Their Own - 1.33, The Family Madrigal - 1.67, and San Francisco Six Demonbags of Chinatown - 1.93). SANDLOT also has the team with the highest ERA in the League (Zodiac Guardians - 6.00)

Eleven of Twelve teams have struck out at least ten batters already this season, but the team that hasn't (Let's Play Two - 6) has only half the punchouts of the 2nd lowest team (Every City Bandwagoners - 12)

1957 FODEUSS has already registered 16 complete games. All of Major League Baseball had 36 in 2022
Three Teams - Every City Bandwagoners, Let's Play Two, and Sithi of Osten Ard - are yet to use the bullpen

Teams with multiple stolen bases: Amazings (5), The Family Madrigal (2), Zodiac Guardians (2),
Teams with zero stolen bases: A Shaq of Their Own, San Francisco Six Demonbags of Chinatown, Game of Throws, Northern Shores Gales of November, Every City Bandwagoners, Let's Play Two

Three teams are yet to make an error in the field this season - Sithi of Osten Ard, Northern Shores Gales of November, and Every City Bandwagoners.
Three teams are averaging at least one error per game - A Shaq of Their Own (1.00), Zodiac Guardians (1.00), and Amazings (1.33)

Two players have committed multiple errors already this season - Jose Altuve (2) and Roy Partnell (2)

The team that turned the most double plays (Let's Play Two - 5) played against of the two teams who are yet to turn one (Sithi of Osten Ard and San Francisco Six Demonbags of Chinatown)
San Francisco Six Demonbags of Chinatown, though, are the only team to throw out multiple would-be base sealers this season, though no individual catcher has more than one caught stealing to their record.

Derek Jeter has a 1.782 OPS and is already worth 0.5 WAR
Charles Johnson has already been worth .5 framing runs this season
Arky Vaughan is the only player with at least one RBI in every game so far this season
Dave Brown holds the current season record for most consecutive batters retired at 17

 

And let Tito decide how to play Nap and his "DTD for 4 weeks" bum elbow.

 

@DarthIntegral -- I am having an issue with the Google Drive in that I can download the whole folder, but I can't open it to look at individual box scores/logs. Not sure if anyone else is having a similar issue...

 

i had to double click to get in. there was an issue where the 4/3 pilots/bags boxscore was the same as the 4/1 one however.

 

Yea, I just had to double-click each one.

 

Correct, that's just how Google Drive's web interface is designed. One click selects the file or folder, double clicking opens it. Similar to the default behavior of Windows File Explorer.

 

Thank you. It's a webpage, it should function like a webpage!