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eauhomme · 02-23-2024, 05:09 PM

Remember the 2019 Mariners, 13-2 start, 55-92 finish. 68-94 season.

One of the things I love about baseball is that there are no guarantees, no easy games. All teams should win 54. All teams should lose 54. The difference between a good team and the bad team is the middle 54.

In my current sim, I had a 110 win team get swept in the first round of the playoffs. In a previous one, I had a team drop from over 100 wins to under .500 with essentially the same team, then rebound to 100 again the next year. Absolutely maddening. It happens.

I also had in this current sim a game that had 5 meltdowns in the bullpen. An easy win turned into a heartbreaking loss as I shuttled through pitcher after pitcher allowing something like 10 runs in the last three innings. Seems impossible, but the 116-win 2001 Mariners did the same thing against Cleveland (12 run blown lead after the 7th) on August 5, 2001.

02-23-2024, 05:09 PM	#3
eauhomme Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 113	Remember the 2019 Mariners, 13-2 start, 55-92 finish. 68-94 season. One of the things I love about baseball is that there are no guarantees, no easy games. All teams should win 54. All teams should lose 54. The difference between a good team and the bad team is the middle 54. In my current sim, I had a 110 win team get swept in the first round of the playoffs. In a previous one, I had a team drop from over 100 wins to under .500 with essentially the same team, then rebound to 100 again the next year. Absolutely maddening. It happens. I also had in this current sim a game that had 5 meltdowns in the bullpen. An easy win turned into a heartbreaking loss as I shuttled through pitcher after pitcher allowing something like 10 runs in the last three innings. Seems impossible, but the 116-win 2001 Mariners did the same thing against Cleveland (12 run blown lead after the 7th) on August 5, 2001. Last edited by eauhomme; 02-23-2024 at 05:11 PM.