CircleChange11 Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 ~ INDIANS, PHILLIES ADVANCE TO WORLD SERIES ~ *I will take control of Cleveland and begin playing (and posting) the Series next week.* Cleveland gets to face Cliff Lee. Oh, the irony. I predict Fausto Carmona is gonna have a big series. His pitches are electric and his ratings are still a little heavy from his big year in 07. I feel bad for this dude, he went from 4th in Cy voting in 07 to a 5.44 ERA in 08 and a 6.32 in 09. In 07 he was 19-8 and to date (4 seasons) his career w-l record is 33-37. He has to be wondering "what happened?". I'd imagine that facing the Phils lineup is about as "Suckish" as facing the Bronx Bombers. No Lee, No Martinez, and they still make the WS. Who is raking/pitching well for them? Somebody has to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APR Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I predict Fausto Carmona is gonna have a big series. His pitches are electric and his ratings are still a little heavy from his big year in 07. I feel bad for this dude, he went from 4th in Cy voting in 07 to a 5.44 ERA in 08 and a 6.32 in 09. In 07 he was 19-8 and to date (4 seasons) his career w-l record is 33-37. He has to be wondering "what happened?". I think Fausto's struggles can be explained by the fact that he is inhuman. This secret was exposed in the 2007 playoffs when an army of midges invaded Progressive Field and Fausto acted like they weren't there. Any normal human would have flipped out (see Joba Chamberlain). Now that his real identity has been uncovered, his daily struggles as a baseball playing space thing have carried onto the field, hindering his performance. His extraterrestrial-ness would also explain his poor teeth. (Off topic - but I'm sure Fausto originates from the same planet as basketball player Josh Childress, they both have poor oral hygiene). But seriously, I think it's his control and batters just laying off of the sinker (which isn't as fast as it used to be). There's a lot of material on Fausto over on FanGraphs and it's worth a read. Also, Go Tribe! Beat Philly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 PHILADELPHIA SURVIVES 14 INNING CLASSIC: WIN GAME 1, 6-5 CHASE UTLEY PROVIDED THE POWER FOR PHILADELPHIA, HOMERING OFF OF FAUSTO CARMONA IN THE 5th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 THE TRIBE PLAYED GREAT BASEBALL THROUGHOUT, NOT ENOUGH IN GAME 1 *VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS* (warning: some may want to turn down volume on video) http://www.youtube.c...h?v=D3n9QnkV04s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laroquece Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Joe I love this Cleveland-Phillies World Series...by the way this series smell like a 7 game series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Joe I love this Cleveland-Phillies World Series...by the way this series smell like a 7 game series This was a fun game. Because the game went 14 innings, the Boxscore Extracctor Play By Play was messed up, so I just didn't post it. Philadelphia went up early 4-0 until the 6th inning, I (Cleveland) stormed back to tie it in the top of the 7th, they immediately took the lead again in the bottom of the 7th, and I came back again to tie it in the 8th. After 6 full innings of back and forth baseball and some great defense, Philadelphia finally prevailed. Wow, what a first game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcrunner4623 Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Go Phillies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laroquece Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Joe great highlights, Victorino triple??? jeje he was out by a half step....LaPorta Homers leave the stadium...that kid got some power eh, hope you put some highlights for each game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleChange11 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 You had me at 'Steve Trachsel'. *grin* Trachs is 3-0 in the playoffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 You had me at 'Steve Trachsel'. *grin* Trachs is 3-0 in the playoffs? Yeah, guess I just realized this too. I haven't looked at (or posted) many end of season/post season stats. I guess since it's not been my own team, the motivation to do so isn't quite there. I'll have fun playing what's left of the games though, winter will be here all too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleChange11 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I don;t know if anyone other than you would understand this (since you played a dynasty with the A's), but I cannot figure out what is tougher to do consistently: [1] score runs with the 25th rated offense, or [2] hold opponents with the 29th rated pitching staff (My Pirates/Stallions) dynasty. It's like you just hope for walks and then a big hit (only multiple times in a game) on offense, and then on the mound you better not miss the meter by a millimeter or BYE-BYE, longball. The margin for error is minimal. I do find that stolen bases is/are a huge gamble b/c it could lead to a much needed run with just one hit or it could be the killer of perhaps you're only chance to put up more than 1 run. It's challenging, frustrating, and wonderful all wrapped into one. I'm finding, much like you did, even after 14 games that I am scrambling to find a call-up pitcher or hitter than can make a spark for a few games before I have to repeat the whole process over again ... especially with pitchers ('specially relievers). I'm also finding that even when you do use the left stick and hit a ball very wel, unless you've got a decent amount of power rating, it's just a long fly ball, or occassionally a solid double down the line. There's only so many singles up the middle a team can get and still score runs, y'know? The pitching is just unbelievably challenging. I have one pitcher that isn't garbage ... and may very be after some more games. It's ruckin' fediculous as I sometimes say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 It's challenging, frustrating, and wonderful all wrapped into one. Remember how excited I was when I was on the 7 game winning streak? I wasn't lying, I felt like I actually accomplished something. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 TRIBE LOOKS TO EVEN SERIES IN GAME 2 OF FALL CLASSIC STARTING PITCHERS STARTING LINEUPS GAME 1 RECAP: PHILLIES 6, INDIANS 5 (14 INNINGS) *PHILADELPHIA LEADS SERIES, 1-0* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 INDIANS/PHILLES GO TO EXTRAS AGAIN IN GAME 2, TRIBE WIN 9-6 IN 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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laroquece Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Damn you ANDREW CARPENTER !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 PEDRO ROCKED EARLY, TRIBE TAKE UPPER HAND IN FALL CLASSIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JoeRudi26 Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 GAME 4 STARTERS (@ CLEVELAND) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleChange11 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 FWIW, last night I simmed a season on Baseball Mogul ... CLE beat PHL in the WS 4-3.Hey JR, for a giggle, compare the pitch counts between the two teams in Game 3. WOW. Hey, we all know that CLE is facing their old CY Cliff Lee in your series, but PHL is also facing two of their top prospects (former) in Donald and Marson. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 compare the pitch counts between the two teams in Game 3. WOW. I know, it was apparent to me all game. Something I've noticed over the course of this season with these sliders: The lower the pitch count (mine) in my games (I'm usually around 120), the more I'm likely to win. In other words, for some reason in these types of games, the CPU swings earlier and more often in the count the whole game and they seem to find less holes. Like I said, I really started noticing this in this particular game, and I paid attention to "how" I was pitching. I didn't nibble, or pitch around anyone more or less than I had previously all year. For some reason the AI just didn't take many strikes. It's been rare, but it does happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleChange11 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I know, it was apparent to me all game. Something I've noticed over the course of this season with these sliders: The lower the pitch count (mine) in my games (I'm usually around 120), the more I'm likely to win. In other words, for some reason in these types of games, the CPU swings earlier and more often in the count the whole game and they seem to find less holes. Like I said, I really started noticing this in this particular game, and I paid attention to "how" I was pitching. I didn't nibble, or pitch around anyone more or less than I had previously all year. For some reason the AI just didn't take many strikes. It's been rare, but it does happen. Yeah, when batters are both [1] hitting the 1st or 2nd pitch and [2] hitting it right at the fielders, that's the only way my starters effectively pitch into the 7th and 8th innings. There's also the case of when I miss the meter target, I miss "early" which results in a ball aimed at the "left corner" ending up over the left half of the plate, instead of being far inside for a ball. That likely explains why I'm among the league leaders in HR allowed. If when you missed the meter, the automatic result was a ball, my pitch counts would be much higher ... but since I usually miss in the zone the results are "disaster". *grin* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 SLOPPY PLAY LANDS PHILLES IN 3-1 HOLE 3 ERRORS AND POOR BASE RUNNING PLAGUE PHILADELPHIA IN GAME 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 *VIDEO HIGHLIGHT* http://www.youtube.c...h?v=63s4PkYLoek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 TRIBE LOOKING TO WRAP UP CHAMPIONSHIP AT HOME GAME 5 STARTERS (@ CLEVELAND) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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