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tehsuigi · 10-04-2020, 06:59 PM

WASSHOI! We Win Stone Series!!

Amazing what one pitcher can add to a team - Hideo Nomo's 6.1 WAR season took us from missing a wild card to winning their division by 2.5 games, and then through three grueling series to capture their second championship.

Some key players took a step back, such as Hideki Matsui and Yoshi Tsutsugo, and Shogo Akiyama was a disaster at 3B (40 errors!!), but the pitching more than made up for it.

We swept the Ebensburg Jettas out in three games to open the postseason, with Hideo Nomo going 8 innings in Game 1 with 10 Ks, and Hiroki Kuroda and Takashi Saito combining for 10 innings of shutout ball to win Game 2. First baseman Tadahito Iguchi's 6 hits in 12 at-bats and .917 slugging earned him series MVP honours.

The Sub-league series was a hard-fought set against the Carrolton Stampede, the best offense in the subleague. We were shut out in game 1, before reeling off three straight wins. Shohei Ohtani picked up 5 RBIs on 2 HRs in Game 2, and it was Kazuo Matsui with a 2-run home run off Aroldis Chapman to send Game 3 to extras, where Shogo Akiyama won it with a sayonara single in the 13th (Takashi Saito pitched FOUR innings in relief to get the win). The Stampeders pushed back with a pair of wins to force a deciding Game 7, which we won by a 10-3 score. The Stampede got three solo home runs, but that's all. Center fielder Ichiro Suzuki got series MVP honours with his .394/.412/.576 slash line (I think Ohtani's 3 HRs and 11 RBIs got ripped off).

That set up a Stone Series against the Possum Spring Smelters, the best team and best offense in the entire league. The Smelters traded wins in the first four games of the series, but then the Possum Springs offense got stifled and quieted. The Smelters scored 17 runs over their two wins...and 3 over their four losses. Game 6 was a Hideo Nomo 12-strikeout masterpiece over 8 innings, finished off by Takashi Saito (a perfect 5-for-5 in saves and 0.00 ERA over 11+ IP). Series MVP was Tigers RF Shohei Ohtani, with another 3-HR series, this time with a .381/.458/.905 slash line.

Next week, the Iron League beckons, and the Akiyama-at-3rd experiment's end. These guys are hanging in there; question is, can they succeed there without foreign help?

10-04-2020, 06:59 PM	#10
tehsuigi All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 783	WASSHOI! We Win Stone Series!! Amazing what one pitcher can add to a team - Hideo Nomo's 6.1 WAR season took us from missing a wild card to winning their division by 2.5 games, and then through three grueling series to capture their second championship. Some key players took a step back, such as Hideki Matsui and Yoshi Tsutsugo, and Shogo Akiyama was a disaster at 3B (40 errors!!), but the pitching more than made up for it. We swept the Ebensburg Jettas out in three games to open the postseason, with Hideo Nomo going 8 innings in Game 1 with 10 Ks, and Hiroki Kuroda and Takashi Saito combining for 10 innings of shutout ball to win Game 2. First baseman Tadahito Iguchi's 6 hits in 12 at-bats and .917 slugging earned him series MVP honours. The Sub-league series was a hard-fought set against the Carrolton Stampede, the best offense in the subleague. We were shut out in game 1, before reeling off three straight wins. Shohei Ohtani picked up 5 RBIs on 2 HRs in Game 2, and it was Kazuo Matsui with a 2-run home run off Aroldis Chapman to send Game 3 to extras, where Shogo Akiyama won it with a sayonara single in the 13th (Takashi Saito pitched FOUR innings in relief to get the win). The Stampeders pushed back with a pair of wins to force a deciding Game 7, which we won by a 10-3 score. The Stampede got three solo home runs, but that's all. Center fielder Ichiro Suzuki got series MVP honours with his .394/.412/.576 slash line (I think Ohtani's 3 HRs and 11 RBIs got ripped off). That set up a Stone Series against the Possum Spring Smelters, the best team and best offense in the entire league. The Smelters traded wins in the first four games of the series, but then the Possum Springs offense got stifled and quieted. The Smelters scored 17 runs over their two wins...and 3 over their four losses. Game 6 was a Hideo Nomo 12-strikeout masterpiece over 8 innings, finished off by Takashi Saito (a perfect 5-for-5 in saves and 0.00 ERA over 11+ IP). Series MVP was Tigers RF Shohei Ohtani, with another 3-HR series, this time with a .381/.458/.905 slash line. Next week, the Iron League beckons, and the Akiyama-at-3rd experiment's end. These guys are hanging in there; question is, can they succeed there without foreign help? Attached Images __________________ OOTP Streamer Affiliate on Twitch - come get your drops! Last edited by tehsuigi; 12-18-2022 at 09:58 AM.