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[Magus978]

Originally Posted by Findest2001

Good luck bud. I've been keeping an eye on your Patriots.

You might be bad luck

Just kidding. I'm under zero illusions. We're not good enough to even think about promotion. Even with my all-gold rotation and some of the better silvers in my bullpen it's never going to completely work out until I get the ballpark factors absolutely 100% correct for this team, which isn't happening anytime soon. Get me 82 wins for the season and another 2,000+ points the rest of the way and I'll be able to keep adding and eventually be a threat to go up and begin my vicious cycle of being a yo-yo Silver/Gold team.

[STLRS95]

I got impatient again, bought 5 packs and pulled this!

[Magus978]

Originally Posted by STLRS95

I got impatient again, bought 5 packs and pulled this!

Great, another pitcher I'll not be able to beat.

Congrats though

[STLRS95]

Originally Posted by Magus978

Great, another pitcher I'll not be able to beat.

Congrats though

He is most likely going to find his way into the auction house.

[Magus978]

Originally Posted by STLRS95

He is most likely going to find his way into the auction house.

I can understand the logic though...that's potentially a lot of points to upgrade your team.

Now if only I could get that kind of luck

EDIT: Decided to pull a pack just to continue my misery...but this one's not so bad. Got 83 A-Rod. Just wish he wasn't a strikeout machine. Otherwise, decent DH for this level. Don't think he's gonna be able to help our league-worst OBP though.

EDIT 2: Pulled live Javier Baez on my Mets team. Hoping to sell quickly so I can replace the horrible Kevin McReynolds (.189 average, can't keep that in my lineup)

[joehart]

Another month has passed in S272. Here is our latest recap.

AC East:
The Salem Witches continue to be in the top spot in the division.
They further extended their lead (+1).
Harlem Hatchets are now 5 games behind and tied for the second wild card spot.


AC Central:
Asylum Keepers have been pushed further back. After being back 7 games last month, they are now 13 games behind the division leader.


AV West:
Janesville Onyx are still leading the division but lost some ground to the
non-OL Chi-Town Railers. Both the Bluffton Boomerangs and Port Ruppert Mundys fell further behind in the division
and wild card race. Hopefully the Boomerangs can fight for the second wild card spot (currently 4 games behind).


NC East:
The two top teams swapped positions.
The Palolo Puppies took the division lead and pushed the Sanguine Classics into the second spot (3 games behind).
Most of the losses for the Classics came in the middle of the month in a home series against the non-OL Stumptown Loggers.
Kiki Cuyler from the Loggers went 3 for 6, 3 for 4, and 3 for 6 in three games and brought home 7 players (RBI). Wow.
On a more positive note, the Classics continue to lead the league in Runs and Batting Average thanks to a very offense friendly ballpark.

The New York Patriots continue to be 4-5 games back but are only 2 games behind in the wild card race. Good luck tomorrow.



NC Central:
The Asheboro Road Dogs suffered a lot of losses this month and fell from 5 games back in the division to 13 games behind the division leader. This also took them out of the wild card race.


NC West:
Our own Seattle Endless Summer team continues to lead the division by 4-5 games and the entire league in ERA and Defense.
Most of the losses (3 of 4) came during the middle of the month in an away series against the Patriots.
Fortunately, the Endless Summer team was able to win all 3 games at home against the Patriots a few days later.
Both teams battled back and forth and 5 of the 7 games were decided by just 1-2 Runs.


Other news:
4 of the top5 AC Batters competing for the Batting title are OL teams.
On the pitching side, Perfect Walter Johnson (from the Harlem Hatchets) leads the league in most stats.

[Stanley Kuppchaser]

Originally Posted by STLRS95

I got impatient again, bought 5 packs and pulled this!

Nice pull! However, as much as I'm happy for you, it stirred up thoughts of, "Why not?" Thankfully, I still have points in PT 19 to pull a few packs and show me the folly of abandoning my so far patient approach. Seeing that however, makes me dream of a perfect Koufax, or Gibson, or Mays, or Ruth...


You still have a tough choice. A staff ace or a half-dozen (or more) new players. On second thought, I think you're right to put him up. Here's hoping you get a boatload for him.

[Stanley Kuppchaser]

The Endless Summer played .500 ball yesterday to tighten up the S272 race, as Bluffton made a move to challenge.

[Stanley Kuppchaser]

By not playing at all, Terra Incognita floated into first in G339. My main reason for re-posting, however, is to correct Annandale's record. I pasted over an old standings file, and forgot to replace their losses from a previous season.

[Charlatan]

Originally Posted by STLRS95

I got impatient again, bought 5 packs and pulled this!

Holy smokes, that's a great card.

I understand wanting to auction it off. But man, would it be tempting to use that card.

Did I mention I did my Challenge mode on Tuesday and the best thing I got was, uh, uh.... maybe a historical bronze? I think you stole my luck for the week!!

[Charlatan]

Originally Posted by Magus978

I can understand the logic though...that's potentially a lot of points to upgrade your team.

Now if only I could get that kind of luck

EDIT: Decided to pull a pack just to continue my misery...but this one's not so bad. Got 83 A-Rod. Just wish he wasn't a strikeout machine. Otherwise, decent DH for this level. Don't think he's gonna be able to help our league-worst OBP though.

EDIT 2: Pulled live Javier Baez on my Mets team. Hoping to sell quickly so I can replace the horrible Kevin McReynolds (.189 average, can't keep that in my lineup)

McReynolds is a "go-to" good defensive outfielder, so he actually gets used on a lot of teams. I'm sure you realize this but you could always platoon him against RHP and use him as a defensive sub.

[Charlatan]

As the weather heats up, Redmond hold on to slim lead over Frankenthal.

Our League Standings - B270 - July 1, 2030			
			 W	 L	 Pct
Redmond Defenders	16	11	.593
Frankenthal Retros	17	12	.586
Motown Stars		15	14	.517
Ozark Bobcats		15	14	.517
DB Pickleballers	18	18	.500
Chi-Town Towers		11	13	.458
Auckland Athletics	 9	11	.450
Philadelphia Patriots	11	14	.440
Little Rock Crayons	15	20	.429


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[Charlatan]

Originally Posted by Stanley Kuppchaser

By not playing at all, Terra Incognita floated into first in G339. My main reason for re-posting, however, is to correct Annandale's record. I pasted over an old standings file, and forgot to replace their losses from a previous season.

Can you find a way to replace my losses from THIS season (with wins)? We are having trouble beating our fellow OL teams!

[Findest2001]

Originally Posted by Charlatan

McReynolds is a "go-to" good defensive outfielder, so he actually gets used on a lot of teams. I'm sure you realize this but you could always platoon him against RHP and use him as a defensive sub.

Ive seen him everywhere and can't understand it. I've tried him on 4 of my 6 teams (none of which ever made it above gold) and he's downright terrible. Awful, horrendous. He has never hit higher than .179 for me. Never had a +WAR. He is okay defensively (his ratings suggest he should be amazing, but he doesn't play that way). I even held firm waiting for him to turn it around and even after 3 seasons he never broke .179 or positive WAR.
That's my experience. I vote "no" on Mcreynolds.

[Edster007]

In I243 the Melaka Armada had a 10-0 OL day yesterday. I was working on updating the standings based on yesterdays post but they are off by 2 games somewhere (141 wins, 139 loses) so I am going to recheck from the beginning a bit later this morning

[allenciox]

Most years, the bunnies offense just keeps goin' and goin'. Even our first year in perfect, we had a team ba of .306 (this is by getting players with the highest contact AND having a stadium with 1.1 factor on hits from left and right, and 1.5 on doubles and triples).

This year our battery seems to have run down. We have a .267 team BA (ninth in the league). Mighty Rod Carew (89) is hitting .242, while Sonny Burgess is hitting .218 Our record has tanked big time. Of course, this is with half the teams in the league being whales... but still!

[Goliathus]

Originally Posted by Edster007

In I243 the Melaka Armada had a 10-0 OL day yesterday. I was working on updating the standings based on yesterdays post but they are off by 2 games somewhere (141 wins, 139 loses) so I am going to recheck from the beginning a bit later this morning

Goddarn it, I was sort of sad a day ago because I had upgraded my SP lineup and the result did not improve early on. I did not check the team until right after I see your message and I fear I might have pulled a "Magus978" on my team.

[Magus978]

Originally Posted by Goliathus

Goddarn it, I was sort of sad a day ago because I had upgraded my SP lineup and the result did not improve early on. I did not check the team until right after I see your message and I fear I might have pulled a "Magus978" on my team.

Oh so THAT'S what it's called? I'm glad we're throwing my name around when it comes to futility!

...I hate being such a failure. *cries into a bucket*

[stl jason]

Originally Posted by Magus978

Oh so THAT'S what it's called? I'm glad we're throwing my name around when it comes to futility!

...I hate being such a failure.

after a 9-17 month of June, my boys appear to be on the express elevator to the basement, so I'm right there with ya

[Magus978]

Originally Posted by stl jason

after a 9-17 month of June, my boys appear to be on the express elevator to the basement, so I'm right there with ya

The worst feeling in the world is knowing there's nothing you can do to stem the tide. That's why I complain so much during losing streaks, because I feel absolutely powerless and it just feels like you're going through the motions for yet another wasted week of stagnance.

Seems like I'm wrong though, since we're apparently calling failure pulling a Magus.