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

Only nine games but I’ve seen enough out of Duke to know I wasted my first round pick.

Depth Chart Changes

CF (vs LHP and RHP)
Ray Brown (Starter), Cool Papa Bell (4th game)

1B (vs LHP)
HOF Rod Carew (Starter), Bullet Rohan (Tired)

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Tito is on a mission to not allow what happened to The Sithi of Osten Ard last year, happen again.

9 Games Played
8 Complete Games (only 12 by my staff last season)

And if it weren't for Hilton Smith imploding in the 7th inning of his first start, I'm sure it would've been 9/9.

Incredible.

Now, I need DiMaggio and McCovey (.172 combined, although McCovey deposited a ball in the seats last game) to start hitting and I think I'll be all good.

 

Jeff Bag-and-a-half hitting a tie-game grand slam in the 13th using a Baja Blast bottle while Fred Carroll sits injured, you just have to tip your cap


TRANSACTIONS

Norm Cash off the IL, "Hemorrhoids" Clements & Carroll & Ghost Monkey to AAA Rockford


Depth Chart adjustments...

C: Mickey C | Ned the Head Williamson (If Starter Tired)
1B: Norm Cash | ShaqTip O'Neill (If Starter Tired) | Pete Browning (If Starter Tired)
2B: Roscoe | Pete (If Starter Tired) | Denny's™ Lyons (If Starter Tired)
LF: Cy Seymour | Charley "Barkley" Jones (If Starter Tired) | ShaqTip (If Starter Tired)


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Hey injuries and mediocrity! That's the Amazing Way!

Place Artie Wilson on the IL, call up Martin Dihigo and put him in the lineup in Wilson's place.

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Amazing.

 

a few bats need to wake up, but we'll let it ride for now.

definitely a lot more complete games all around it seems, which i guess makes sense in 1957.

 

As tempting as it is to tinker with the roster and add some speed to the bench (by sending out someone from my unused pen), we're gonna let it roll the way it is once Intycation ends.

 

should be getting to sims a little later on today. Pray to whatever deity you fancy

 

Sorry for the double-post. @DarthIntegral ...

Frankie Frisch to the 60-Day IL.
Sign Hardy Richardson (2B/OF), 1886.

C: King Kelly, DEF: Buddy Rosar
1B: Sam Crawford, U1: Paul Waner, DEF: DJ Lemahieu
2B: Hardy Richardson, U1: DJ Lemahieu
SS: Lou Boudreau, U1: Oyster Burns
3B: George Brett, U1: Oyster Burns
LF: Billy Hamilton, U1: Lefty O'Doul
CF: Tris Speaker, U1: Hugh Duffy, NEVER: Bob Caruthers
RF: Tommy Holmes, U1: Hugh Duffy, NEVER: Bob Caruthers

 

dp when he's given a week to scour the history books and input guys into OOTP

 

FODEUSS GAME OF THE WEEK
Brought to you by: The Muffins at Mindy's Bakery
Zodiac Guardians at Sithi of Osten Ard

Monday, April 15th, 1957
Yankee Stadium; Honolulu, Hawaii
1:05 PM Local Time
7523 in attendance
Partly Cloudy, 79 degrees, win blowing right to left at 10 mph

Nap Lajoie got the home team off to a great start in this one.

First, he turned a pivotal double play in the top of the first inning, erasing a leadoff walk drawn by Rickey Henderson, and helping Hilton Smith get out of the inning after facing the minimum. Then, in the bottom of the inning, he got a one-out double, and scored the opening run of the game, after a two-out single from Al Simmons. Simmons would threaten to score, moving to second on a wild pitch, but Zodiac Guardians starter C C Sabathia would strike out Joe DiMaggio to end the inning at just 1-0.

From there, Sabathia and Smith would put up a lot of zeroes on the scoreboard. In fact, the next team either team even had a baserunner was a two-out single from Lajoie in the third. Albert Pujols would get a two-out single in the top of the fourth off Smith, and Ed Rile - back form personal leave - would get a two-out single in the fifth. Jose Altuve would add a little variety, getting a one-out single in the top of the sixth, but he, too, would be stranded on base, and in the bottom of the sixth the Sithi would get two hits - a leadoff, infield single from Lajoie, and a two-out single from DiMaggio, but a fly out from Roy Campanella would leave the game at 1-0.

Two pitches later, though, the score would change, as Smith would miss on a pitch, but Albert Pujols would not miss on the swing, and the ball would end up travelling 404 feet for a leadoff homer and a game now tied at one. The Guardians would look for a big inning, as Aaron judge singled and Adrian Beltre drew a one-out walk, but Mark McGwire would hit into an inning-ending double play, leaving us still knotted up at one.

Roberto Clemente would get a one-out single in the seventh, but move no further, and neither team would get a baserunner in the eighth, sending us to the ninth still tied at one.

Smith would retire Derek Jeter and Pujols to open the inning, but Judge would punish him for just missing on his first pitch of the at-bat, sending the ball 386 and out of here for a go-ahead homer. Smith would retire Sammy Sosa to end the inning, but Sithi were now down 2-1 and down to their final three outs.

Bobby Cox would elect to stick with Sabathia for the ninth, though he did send out Brooks Robinson to play third in a defensive sub. First up for the Sithi of Osten Ard was DiMaggio, who got a lot of a 1-2 offering, but not quite enough, as he flew out to Sosa just ahead of the warning track for the first out of the inning. Roy Campanella would step up next, and he would send Judge to the warning track, but no further, for the second out of the inning. The last hope for Sithi would be in the form of Jose Ramirez, and he would ... hit a weak grounder to short, which Jeter would field cleanly, and fire to first for the final out of the game.

Sabathia would get the win, giving up one run on seven hits, with seven strikeouts and no walks. Smith would take the hard-luck loss, giving up two runs on five hits, while walking a pair and striking out five.

Final Score: Zodiac Guardians 2, Sithi of Osten Ard 1
Win: Sabathia (2-0)
Loss: Smith (1-2)

 

IntyCenter



Note: I should be able to get the rest of the weekly recap posted later tonight.

 

Been a crazy couple of weeks for me, but at least this last fake baseball week seemed to go well for us. Needed a good one to get over the underwhelming previous week, Bag-and-a-Slam notwithstanding (Slam-and-a-Half?).

Hopefully the box scores are gonna show Big Sam and Willie Wells heating up a bit. I need to see something from them here pretty soon, because those platooned positions could easily become... uh, not platooned.

 

Standings



Power Rankings



Injury Report

Day-to-Day and Nagging Injuries

Artie Wilson of Amazings - sprained knee - D2D for 1 week, on the IL (8 days remaining)
Shane Bieber of Northern Shores Gales of November - sore shoulder - D2D for 4 weeks
Nap Lajoie of Sithi of Osten Ard - sprained elbow - D2D for 2 weeks
Tris Speaker of The Family Madrigal - sprained wrist - D2D for 3 weeks
Harry Lochhead of Adequates - bruised knee - D2D for 1 Day
Alvaro Espinosa of All Dolas are Bastards - thumb contusion - D2D for 1 Day
Josh Johnson of Cartagena Romancing Stoners - mild abdominal strain - D2D for 3 Days

OUT

Warren Spahn of Amazings - torn rotator cuff - OUT for 3 months, on the IL (16 days remaining)
Joe Kelley of stone temple seattle pilots - elbow strain - OUT for 4-5 weeks, not on the IL
Deacon White of A Shaq of Their Own - hamstring strain - OUT for 4 weeks, on the IL (eligible to return)
Mel Ott of Sithi of Osten Ard - bone spur (elbow) - OUT for 4 weeks, not on the IL
Frankie Frisch of The Family Madrigal - partially torn labrum - OUT for 2-3 months, on the IL (51 days remaining)
Tom Candiotti of Zodiac Guardians - torn rotator cuff - OUT for 4-5 months, on the IL (23 days remaining)
Edgar Wesley of stone temple milwaukee breweres - hamstring tendinitis - OUT for 1 Day

Upcoming Games and Probable Starters

April 17-19

stone temple seattle pilots at Every City Bandwagoners
Martinez vs. Schilling
Brown vs. Ramsey
Bender vs. Rusie

Performance Enhancers at A Shaq of Their Own
Radbourn vs. Blanton (KoToR II Disc-o Demolition Night)
deGrom vs. Brecheen
Hecker vs. Chandler

Game of Throws at The Family Madrigal
Newhouser vs. Hubbell
Rijo vs. Johnson
Day vs. Foster

Let's Play Two at Zodiac Guardians
Scherzer vs. Young
Overall vs. Ryan
Clemens vs. Bumgarner

Amazings at San Francisco Six Demonbags of Chinatown
Seaver vs. Koufax (!!)
Feller vs. Paige (!!)
Gooden vs. Whitney

Northern Shores Gales of November at Sithi of Osten Ard
Rogan vs. Wood (Ron Santo Voodoo Doll giveaway night)
Gibson vs. Alexander (!!)
Brown vs. Ruth

April 20-22

San Francisco Six Demonbags of Chinatown at The Family Madrigal
Jones vs. Wright
Arrieta vs. Hubbell
TBD vs. TBD

Zodiac Guardians at Amazings
Sabathia vs. Dean
Morris vs. Partlow
TBD vs. TBD

Lets Play Two at Northern Shores Gales of November
Carlton vs. TBD (Bieber)
Maddux vs. Walsh
TBD vs. TBD

A Shaq of Their Own at stone temple seattle pilots
Phillippe vs. Johnson
Tannehill vs. Lincecum
TBD vs. TBD

Every City Bandwagoners at Game of Throws
Richard vs. Waddell
Driscoll vs. Cueto
TBD vs. TBD

Sithi of Osten Ard at Performance Enhancers
Smith vs. Blue
Leonard vs. Santana
TBD vs. TBD

Note: Logs and Boxes are now uploaded

 

Probably going to tweak the lineups a bit, but we'll give Big Sam and Willie some more time to heat up. One thing that's pretty clear now, though, is that Slim just doesn't have it. I wanted to give him a chance, but yeah, this is what I was worried about. His base ratings were solid, but all of his individual pitch ratings were pretty awful. That spot in the rotation is going to someone else. Just need to figure out who.

 

With 10% of the season gone, 10 random stats

13 - the longest hitting streak so far this season

Tris Speaker (Active)

other notable early season streaks:
Hitting: Ross Barnes (11, active), John McGraw (11, active)
Hitless Innings: Tim Lincecum (10.2)
Scoreless Innings: Tim Lincecum (21)

8 - the number of pitchers with an ERA over 10

Bert Blyleven - 12.79
Jack Morris - 13.15
Frank Tanana - 13.50
Chris Sale - 15.43
Lee Smith - 16.88
Cy Young 17.55
Corbin Burnes - 27.00
Stan Coveleski - 108.00

7 - the number of players with more than 30 total bases

Ty Cobb (39)
Troy Tulowitzki (36)
Sammy Sosa (35)
Willie Mays (34)
Buck Leonard (32)
Ken Griffey Jr and Hack Wilson (31 each)

6 - the league "leader" in home runs allowed

Guy Hecker - 1-1 in three appearances with a 7.20 ERA in 20 innings pitched, a .317 BAA and 2.7 BB/9

5 - The number of players with a strikeout rate of 25% or greater

Roberto Clemente (25%)
Roberto Alomar (26.2%)
Babe Ruth (26.5%)
Aaron Judge (28.1%)
Mike Schmidt (31.4%)

4 - the number of players with an OPS+ greater than 200 and at least 10 at-bats

Ned Williamson (260)
Buck Leonard (222)
Hack Wilson (214)
Dave Parker (202)

3 - the number of position players already worth at least 1.0 WAR

Ross Barnes - 1.1
Ty Cobb - 1.1
Hack Wilson - 1.0

2 - The number of pitchers with Multiple Meltdowns

Bret Saberhagen - 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA over 3 innings in 3 appearances
Dazzy Vance - 0-2 with 3 saves and a 5.79 ERA over 9.1 innings in 7 appearances

1 - The number of players with more triples than doubles, and at least one of each

Willie Mays - 1 double, 3 triples. He also has 4 homers, and owns a .278 / .322 / .630 slash line

Negative 41 - the worst OPS+ in the league for a player with at least 20 at-bats

Rickey Henderson who owns a .042 / .164 / .042 slash line

 

Trying really hard not to panic

 

Welp, that was a terrible week. Smoky Joe went 10 innings and 150+ pitches only to have Bret Saberhagen give up a walk-off homer to the first batter he faced in the 11th. Great job, pal. That gets you a one-way ticket to Vancouver.

The Sithi of Osten Ard places Mel Ott (one of just three hitters doing anything on this team!) on the 10-day IL and recalls Jim Thorpe
The Sithi of Osten Ard options Bret Saberhagen to the fiery pits of hell and recalls Bo Jackson (because I still have 3 pitchers that haven't made a single appearance yet)

Following changes will be made to depth charts:

• Roberto Clemente moves into the starting RF spot (Stan Musial every 8th v RHP, Jim Thorpe NEVER v RHP; Stan Musial every 9th v LHP, Jim Thorpe NEVER) and please remove him from any backup roles he had previously.
• Bo Jackson moves into the backup LF spot (when tired)
• PH Priority: v RHP Rile, Gehringer, Jones, Ruth; v LHP Jones, Bo Knows Pinch Hitting, Davis, Rile
• PR Priority: v RHP Davis, Thorpe, Bo Knows Baserunning; v LHP Davis, Thorpe, Bo Knows Baserunning

 

kelley to the 30 day dl. call up julio rodriguez.

against rhp

1. lange , lf (julio if tired)
2. parnell, 2b (wright if tired)
3. bonds, dh (terry if tired)
4. heavy, 3b (wright if tired)
5. mookie, rf (julio if tired)
6. edgar martinez, 1b (terry if tired)
7. mays, cf (julio if tired)
8. dickey, c (milligan if tired)
9. dahlen, ss (ward if tired)

pinch hitter priority: terry / milligan / julio

against lhp:

1. lange, lf (julio if tired)
2. parnell, 2b (wright if tired)
3. bonds, dh (terry if tired)
4. heavy, 3b (wright if tired)
5. mookie, rf (julio if tired)
6. edgar martinez, 1b (terry if tired)
7. mays, cf (julio if tired)
8. milligan, c (dickey if tired)
9. dahlen, ss (ward if tired)

pinch hitting priority: terry / dickey / julio

pinch running: ward / lange

 

Transactions

Demoted: Bert Blyleven
Called Up: Jhoan Duran

Pitching Changes

Johan Duran: MR
Shane Bieber: SU ( was 5th starter)
Phil Niekro: 5th Starter

Depth Chart Changes vs LHP and RHP

DH: Cool Papa Bell (Starter), Bullet Rogan (Tired)
2B: Rod Carew (Starter), Robinson Cano (6th game)
1B: Luis Arraez (Starter), Bullet Rogan (Tired)

Linup

1. Bell
2. Carew
3. Brown
4. Gibson
5. Yelich
6. Arraez
7. Santo
8. Flick
9. Shortstop

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Gotta get all my hot bats into the lineup, because there aren’t many of them.

 

Ol' Johnny Shortstop. Believe he was a key player on the Akron Groomsmen.

Amazing.

 

Im technically platooning them even though neither of them can hit!