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bailey · 10-10-2020, 12:10 AM

I've lost 9 of the last 11, but still hold a 12 game lead with a magic number of 13.

tbonetim · 10-10-2020, 07:39 AM

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I've lost 9 of the last 11, but still hold a 12 game lead with a magic number of 13.

Better luck than me this week. I started out pretty much in control of my division, but by Thursday another team in it had upgraded their roster and went on a 14 game winning streak and now I sit 7 1/2 games out of first. Doesn't help when they hit their winning streak I played a stretch of games against the top teams in the league.

bailey · 10-10-2020, 09:18 AM

I did something counter-intuitive yesterday, but it makes perfect sense. I tied up a tournament slot for 5 days for a 128 to 1 chance to win Schoolboy Rowe. The alternative is to win packs in quick tournaments. Let's say the opportunity cost is 20 packs (optimistic). What are my chances of pulling a card like that in 20 packs? Many thousands to 1.

tbonetim · 10-10-2020, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by bailey

I did something counter-intuitive yesterday, but it makes perfect sense. I tied up a tournament slot for 5 days for a 128 to 1 chance to win Schoolboy Rowe. The alternative is to win packs in quick tournaments. Let's say the opportunity cost is 20 packs (optimistic). What are my chances of pulling a card like that in 20 packs? Many thousands to 1.

By this time of the PT year it is a smart move since the rate of a return on a pack is pretty small (especially with the Live market season done with). Granted the return rate isn't great most of the time, but it can add up depending on how many packs you have gotten. I had been on a pretty good run for quick tourneys so far but I only play those because I have been home the majority of the time and am able to just enter into another one within minutes of losing another. Once I am back in a routine where I am out of the house most of the day, I will be entering daily and sometimes weekly tourneys instead.

bailey · 10-10-2020, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by tbonetim

By this time of the PT year it is a smart move since the rate of a return on a pack is pretty small (especially with the Live market season done with). Granted the return rate isn't great most of the time, but it can add up depending on how many packs you have gotten. I had been on a pretty good run for quick tourneys so far but I only play those because I have been home the majority of the time and am able to just enter into another one within minutes of losing another. Once I am back in a routine where I am out of the house most of the day, I will be entering daily and sometimes weekly tourneys instead.

I had to get it through my head that opening 20 packs and getting a live silver is the same as getting eliminated in the first round. Also, I had an extraordinary day on Monday where I won 33 packs when winning 10 is considered a great day. If I can have that kind of lucky streak again, Schoolboy Rowe will be wearing Magpie stripes.

daves · 10-10-2020, 04:13 PM

The Seawolves managed to win their division this season. The only major addition this week was to have a true closer and that closer is FOTF Feller. That overall Stuff rating 178 is just striking out players late in the game and is helping with the one run W-L.

This will be the 15th Diamond playoff appearance for the Seawolves. Hopefully they can improve from the last 14? Home field might help? We are currently holding a 2 1/2 game lead for the best record in the conference.

bailey · 10-10-2020, 11:27 PM

For the 3rd week in a row, the Magpies won over 100 games and also get swept in the final series. This time it is against our possible LCS opponent. Since there were only 10 teams in the conference, we played each one 18 times and the only 2 season series that I lost were against the two teams in the other division series. To improve my chances, I shelled out a record sum for a single player to sign FACE Walter Johnson. Meanwhile, our immediate division series opponent is a team we beat handily 14 times. My best pitcher was Tom Seaver 24-5, 3.58 ERA, so he gets the game 1 (and possible game 5) start.

tbonetim · 10-11-2020, 09:06 AM

What started out as a week in which the Justice were the favorites to win their division, ended with disappointing 83 wins and 5 games behind the division winner. Everything was going just fine as the Justice sat in first place until a very rough July in which the Justice went 7-17 during the same month the eventual division winner went 17-8. Hope rose for a possible comeback with 2 weeks left to go in September when the Justice trailed by just 3 1/2 games, but it was not to be. Consistent pitching still is an issue but by this time next week, most Diamond level league managers will be able to have a better grasp on lineup and pitching needs and strategy as more teams at that level fill out their rosters with the latest FOTF cards acquired via AH and Missions.

FuzzyDarkness · 10-11-2020, 09:55 AM

The Clouds did the virtually impossible and WON their division in the Bronze league.

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The Clouds also had a game, where they scored 17 (!) runs in the 11th inning. I mean, why not? Right?

Got me 4.000 PP.
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On to the next disappointing post-season. I am just curious, if another team will overtake me in the race for the promotion. It would be mind boggling to me, that the Clouds have a realistic chance of being promoted to the silver league,

JasonC23 · 10-11-2020, 01:57 PM

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And (small sample size alert) the Red Raiders lost their first 4 games in the new season.

I'm never posting anything about the relative competitive level of Gold versus Diamond in PT 21 ever again.

Since posting the commentary on the relative competitive level of Gold vs Diamond, the Huntley Red Raiders have done the following in Gold...

- As noted earlier, turned a #1 seed into a 3-1 Division Series loss.
- Hosted the Wild Card game, won it, and then got swept in the Division Series.
- Hosted the Wild Card game and lost.
- Hosted the Wild Card game and lost.
- Hosted the Wild Card game and lost.
- (This season) Finally won a division title again, and promptly turned the #1 seed and #1 offense in the league into a 2-0 deficit in the Division Series, scoring 1 lone run in each loss. To those keeping track at home, that translates to an 8-game playoff losing streak (and 2-11 overall when factoring in the original 3-1 Division Series loss).

On the bright (?) side, we did finally break that losing streak and avoid the sweep by winning game 3, but only because the Red Raiders managed to string together a 2-run 9th-inning comeback. Not optimistic about game 4.

So, to whichever OOTP deity I offended with my competitive level post many weeks back, I throw myself on your mercy. I have learned! I am humbled!

EDIT: And the Red Raiders promptly lost game 4 and are out of the playoffs again. So that's 3-12 in the playoffs since the infamous post. Contemplating changing my team name to the Huntley Minnesota Twins...

daves · 10-11-2020, 02:57 PM

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The Seawolves managed to win their division this season. The only major addition this week was to have a true closer and that closer is FOTF Feller. That overall Stuff rating 178 is just striking out players late in the game and is helping with the one run W-L.

This will be the 15th Diamond playoff appearance for the Seawolves. Hopefully they can improve from the last 14? Home field might help? We are currently holding a 2 1/2 game lead for the best record in the conference.

Won the 1st two games against the WC in the Division series, only to surprisingly lose the next 3 games for a 3-2 division series loss.

This was a hard series to lose. This is the type of series that make you want to quit.

bailey · 10-11-2020, 10:05 PM

The Magpies kicked off their postseason with this doozy of a loss

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But recovery was more or less swift as they won the series 3 games to 2.

Optimism reached fever pitch after sweeping their way into the finals 4 games to 0.

Then all hopes were cruelly dashed, 4 games to 0.

FuzzyDarkness · 10-12-2020, 08:15 AM

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On to the next disappointing post-season. I am just curious, if another team will overtake me in the race for the promotion. It would be mind boggling to me, that the Clouds have a realistic chance of being promoted to the silver league,

As expected. I lost the first round series 3-1 against the team that was 7 games behind me in the race for the promotion.

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This is the type of series that make you want to quit.

This!

tbonetim · 10-13-2020, 12:48 PM

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The Magpies kicked off their postseason with this doozy of a loss

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But recovery was more or less swift as they won the series 3 games to 2.

Optimism reached fever pitch after sweeping their way into the finals 4 games to 0.

Then all hopes were cruelly dashed, 4 games to 0.

Ha, I got a topper. Last week my team opened up the first week of play by getting no-hit by a sub-par Diamond level pitcher. I should have seen it as the omen it was. However, it had to have been a nice points bonus for the other team.

MaroonAlberich · 10-15-2020, 01:25 AM

Started three new teams last week to relieve the fun of early team-building, and ended up in R.257 this week (2049). What a joke. There are at least four teams actively tanking using crap SPs coupled with short bullpens. Three of those teams include two non-pitchers in the pen, and all of them are using extremely limited pitch counts for their "starters". And of course, the outfields are all stocked with diamond and perfect level players. I'd love to know the PP generated, and whether or not these teams are all friends with one another to help pass those sweet, sweet PPs around.

I have reported them all, but I've seen no change to any lineups. Not sure I really expect to, either, but it would be nice...

bailey · 10-16-2020, 11:31 AM

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I have reported them all, but I've seen no change to any lineups. Not sure I really expect to, either, but it would be nice...

I'd be surprised if you found change to any lineups on any other team, as most of them must be abandoned by now.

bailey · 10-16-2020, 12:11 PM

After the first day of 2049, I thought there would be 6 teams fighting for 5 spots, but the 6th team has dropped off and it wasn't me! Instead, I actually rolled into first place with a hot streak culminated by sweeping the early leader in a 3 game series late last night after being behind by 4-5 games all week. Then, blew my advantage by losing 3 in a row to the worst team in the league, although as of this moment I'm still 3.5 games on top.

tbonetim · 10-16-2020, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bailey

After the first day of 2049, I thought there would be 6 teams fighting for 5 spots, but the 6th team has dropped off and it wasn't me! Instead, I actually rolled into first place with a hot streak culminated by sweeping the early leader in a 3 game series late last night after being behind by 4-5 games all week. Then, blew my advantage by losing 3 in a row to the worst team in the league, although as of this moment I'm still 3.5 games on top.

Yeah, I'm 4 GB of the wildcard in mine. Was up by a couple yesterday. It would sure be nice if the other teams didn't go on 9 or 10 game win streaks every Thursday into Friday at the same time that I go just 2-8.

JasonC23 · 10-18-2020, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by JasonC23

Since posting the commentary on the relative competitive level of Gold vs Diamond, the Huntley Red Raiders have done the following in Gold...

- As noted earlier, turned a #1 seed into a 3-1 Division Series loss.
- Hosted the Wild Card game, won it, and then got swept in the Division Series.
- Hosted the Wild Card game and lost.
- Hosted the Wild Card game and lost.
- Hosted the Wild Card game and lost.
- (This season) Finally won a division title again, and promptly turned the #1 seed and #1 offense in the league into a 2-0 deficit in the Division Series, scoring 1 lone run in each loss. To those keeping track at home, that translates to an 8-game playoff losing streak (and 2-11 overall when factoring in the original 3-1 Division Series loss).

On the bright (?) side, we did finally break that losing streak and avoid the sweep by winning game 3, but only because the Red Raiders managed to string together a 2-run 9th-inning comeback. Not optimistic about game 4.

So, to whichever OOTP deity I offended with my competitive level post many weeks back, I throw myself on your mercy. I have learned! I am humbled!

EDIT: And the Red Raiders promptly lost game 4 and are out of the playoffs again. So that's 3-12 in the playoffs since the infamous post. Contemplating changing my team name to the Huntley Minnesota Twins...

And in the latest season, the Huntley Red Raiders lose 11 of their last 12 games to drop from a seemingly assured playoff spot to out of the playoffs entirely. <sigh>

tbonetim · 10-18-2020, 11:54 AM

The Justice finished with 91 wins and came painfully close to earning a wildcard birth at 1 game behind, but alas no dice. The Justice did end up posting winning records in every month this season but inconsistent starting pitching was a factor. I was able to grab a FOTF Tom Seaver but he went 1-5 in his first 8 starts before starting to right the ship. I sold off my non-FOTF Seaver and just picked up a FOTF Griffey this morning to solidify my OF defense and to provide a little more help against right handed pitchers. Don't get me wrong though, Griffey was added because of his defense so I can better baseline my pitching staff now that I have a solid core of defensive/offensive OF's in FOTF DiMaggio in LF, FOTF Griffey CF and FOTF Kaline in RF. I have some infield tinkering to do now that I have some additional seasons of post release of all FOTF card data to review, but as an FTP guy, any points I have for improvement will only be able to come from selling off the couple of cards that will get little playing time and from my 200 packs I will be opening up in the next couple of weeks (100 this Tuesday and the other 100 the week after). I would like to grab at least 1 dominant stopper and another high quality starting pitcher if I could.

10-10-2020, 12:10 AM	#121
bailey Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,315	A Dry Spell I've lost 9 of the last 11, but still hold a 12 game lead with a magic number of 13.

10-10-2020, 04:13 PM	#126
daves Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,810	The Seawolves managed to win their division this season. The only major addition this week was to have a true closer and that closer is FOTF Feller. That overall Stuff rating 178 is just striking out players late in the game and is helping with the one run W-L. This will be the 15th Diamond playoff appearance for the Seawolves. Hopefully they can improve from the last 14? Home field might help? We are currently holding a 2 1/2 game lead for the best record in the conference. Attached Images __________________ Last edited by daves; 10-10-2020 at 05:42 PM. Reason: grammar

10-11-2020, 09:06 AM	#128
tbonetim Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 172	What started out as a week in which the Justice were the favorites to win their division, ended with disappointing 83 wins and 5 games behind the division winner. Everything was going just fine as the Justice sat in first place until a very rough July in which the Justice went 7-17 during the same month the eventual division winner went 17-8. Hope rose for a possible comeback with 2 weeks left to go in September when the Justice trailed by just 3 1/2 games, but it was not to be. Consistent pitching still is an issue but by this time next week, most Diamond level league managers will be able to have a better grasp on lineup and pitching needs and strategy as more teams at that level fill out their rosters with the latest FOTF cards acquired via AH and Missions. __________________

10-11-2020, 09:55 AM	#129
FuzzyDarkness Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 69	The Clouds did the virtually impossible and WON their division in the Bronze league. The Clouds also had a game, where they scored 17 (!) runs in the 11th inning. I mean, why not? Right? Got me 4.000 PP. On to the next disappointing post-season. I am just curious, if another team will overtake me in the race for the promotion. It would be mind boggling to me, that the Clouds have a realistic chance of being promoted to the silver league, __________________

10-11-2020, 10:05 PM	#132
bailey Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,315	The Magpies kicked off their postseason with this doozy of a loss But recovery was more or less swift as they won the series 3 games to 2. Optimism reached fever pitch after sweeping their way into the finals 4 games to 0. Then all hopes were cruelly dashed, 4 games to 0.

10-10-2020, 09:18 AM	#123
bailey Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,315	I did something counter-intuitive yesterday, but it makes perfect sense. I tied up a tournament slot for 5 days for a 128 to 1 chance to win Schoolboy Rowe. The alternative is to win packs in quick tournaments. Let's say the opportunity cost is 20 packs (optimistic). What are my chances of pulling a card like that in 20 packs? Many thousands to 1.

10-10-2020, 11:27 PM	#127
bailey Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,315	For the 3rd week in a row, the Magpies won over 100 games and also get swept in the final series. This time it is against our possible LCS opponent. Since there were only 10 teams in the conference, we played each one 18 times and the only 2 season series that I lost were against the two teams in the other division series. To improve my chances, I shelled out a record sum for a single player to sign FACE Walter Johnson. Meanwhile, our immediate division series opponent is a team we beat handily 14 times. My best pitcher was Tom Seaver 24-5, 3.58 ERA, so he gets the game 1 (and possible game 5) start.

10-15-2020, 01:25 AM	#135
MaroonAlberich Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 59 Blog Entries: 1	Started three new teams last week to relieve the fun of early team-building, and ended up in R.257 this week (2049). What a joke. There are at least four teams actively tanking using crap SPs coupled with short bullpens. Three of those teams include two non-pitchers in the pen, and all of them are using extremely limited pitch counts for their "starters". And of course, the outfields are all stocked with diamond and perfect level players. I'd love to know the PP generated, and whether or not these teams are all friends with one another to help pass those sweet, sweet PPs around. I have reported them all, but I've seen no change to any lineups. Not sure I really expect to, either, but it would be nice...

10-16-2020, 12:11 PM	#137
bailey Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,315	After the first day of 2049, I thought there would be 6 teams fighting for 5 spots, but the 6th team has dropped off and it wasn't me! Instead, I actually rolled into first place with a hot streak culminated by sweeping the early leader in a 3 game series late last night after being behind by 4-5 games all week. Then, blew my advantage by losing 3 in a row to the worst team in the league, although as of this moment I'm still 3.5 games on top.

10-18-2020, 11:54 AM	#140
tbonetim Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 172	The Justice finished with 91 wins and came painfully close to earning a wildcard birth at 1 game behind, but alas no dice. The Justice did end up posting winning records in every month this season but inconsistent starting pitching was a factor. I was able to grab a FOTF Tom Seaver but he went 1-5 in his first 8 starts before starting to right the ship. I sold off my non-FOTF Seaver and just picked up a FOTF Griffey this morning to solidify my OF defense and to provide a little more help against right handed pitchers. Don't get me wrong though, Griffey was added because of his defense so I can better baseline my pitching staff now that I have a solid core of defensive/offensive OF's in FOTF DiMaggio in LF, FOTF Griffey CF and FOTF Kaline in RF. I have some infield tinkering to do now that I have some additional seasons of post release of all FOTF card data to review, but as an FTP guy, any points I have for improvement will only be able to come from selling off the couple of cards that will get little playing time and from my 200 packs I will be opening up in the next couple of weeks (100 this Tuesday and the other 100 the week after). I would like to grab at least 1 dominant stopper and another high quality starting pitcher if I could. __________________