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#4788	09/27/2013 10:43:42 pm
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	well i figured id start up a topic for our new league, how you looking for this season mcgriff?

#4852	10/01/2013 9:23:30 pm
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	Well, after scouting out the teams I think I will beat the braves. I have a shot for fourth but that's about it. I dropped a bunch of players so that I could take advantage of the free agents. However, before I could sign any (I made 28 waiver claims and didn't get a single one) the season started going so my cup hopes are already out and I'm 4-5 and -26 to start the season. My fans are not happy obviously and my average attendance is down from 51 thousand last year to 25 thousand this year. I thought moving up a division would garner more fan support but it seems about the same as division 6. If I was a bad team in division 6 I feel my attendance would be about the same. However, I have for the first time some players coming up from the minors. They have some improving to do which won't help my team right now but in the future looks pretty good with a few of them. I drafted a solid pitcher but I won't have him for 4 more seasons. I finally got my first waiver claim player and I'm quite excited for him as he's probably my #1 pitcher right now. It looks like I'll be finishing either 4th or 5th and taking a big hit financially. I do like a challenge though so I'm excited for the season. Updated Tuesday, October 1 2013 @ 9:23:56 pm PDT

#5030	10/21/2013 3:48:14 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	Well I'm pleased the season started up again. You're team is killing it right now! Mine is keeping it's head above water. I've been blown out a lot already this season. I improved my pitching staff this year but my team era is 6. I'm hoping their stats will even out. I like div. 5 so far. It's much more competitive.

#5084	10/22/2013 2:30:40 pm
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	sorry ive been ral busy with rl stuff as of late, havent had much time to pay attention to bb, my team is doing alright, ive been running a cpl rookies that id like to see get better, they havent been doing too well, but the rest of my lineeups been picking it up for them. my stats vs LHP have been horrid, but we have been great against rightys this season. my pitching staff has been sub-par so far, id likee to see them tighten things up, losing alot of games i shouldnt be because of my BP, same as last year i suppose, but this year its worse i think. all in all i was hoping to land 3rd or 4th place but my offense has been pretty good so i might take 1st or 2nd. we have been pretty horrble in cup play so far too, dont see myself making it out of the pool stage on that. just hoping a cpl of my rookies are ready to play this season so i can start moving my 23-24 y/os into the lineup before i get rid of my 29-30 year olds next season. i need to find pitching help badly, ive got all great potetnial young pitchers but they all have horrible si and dont seem to improve much week to week even though i run all pitching training itll be interesting next season for me as most of my staff will be into there 30s and declining

#5216	10/29/2013 3:16:24 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	I just noticed the entire league is out of th cup. I'm surprised our league is out so early. Inter league play begins and I'll be playing you soon. Hopefully I fair better than the last time we faced each other.(in the playoffs)

#5218	10/29/2013 8:06:49 am
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	well im 2-13 over my last 15 games...apparantly my rookis are having trouble, and my pitching is getting lit up after a hot 22-4 start im 26-24 UGH

#5258	10/31/2013 7:32:53 pm
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	well apparantly were going to continue our losing streak, as i have now fallen under 500. 32-33. i dont know whats going on at this point, my fans are leaving in droves and calling for my head!

#5326	11/06/2013 3:39:09 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	Things are beginning to shape out how I expected in my division with the Spartans running away with it and Empire falls in second. The rest of my division is fairly close. In your division everyone are contending for first. You're only 5 games back so let's hope your cold streak ends. You're like me in that you're fielding quite a few rookies. I have one who can't hit at all but he has good potential so as long as I keep above demotion he'll see some playing time.

#5328	11/06/2013 8:16:01 am
Achates1 Joined: 09/09/2012 Posts: 11 Inactive	Most of my players are originals from when I took over. I have added a few free agent pitchers. They are all just peaking at the same time. Not sure what I will do in a couple game years.

#5341	11/07/2013 5:58:31 am
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	yeah i got a few rookies coking up, hopefully another cpl before the end of the season, im just trying to avoid relegation. but i will continue to play my rookies so they get better, but most of my rookies are having trouble hitting the ball, and my pitching isnt getting any younger. we will see! yeah arkham your running away with your divison at this point

#5383	11/11/2013 12:56:58 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	Achates1 I wouldn't be overly worried since you still have Wade. That guy could carry any team on his back. This year he is leading the league in Average, Slg, Obp, OPS, Home Runs, tied for first in runs, and second in RBI's. I know he's 31 but with an SI of 118 I think he has quite a few more productive years left. I'll be interested to see if he wins the triple crown. Aurora is tied with three other teams for second which is also interesting to watch. I'll take a little credit as I swept the team ahead of you in a five game series. My team is on a tear of late. I of course can't keep up that kind of production so I just hope my luck doesn't turn too much the other direction and I go into a slump.

#5411	11/15/2013 9:16:10 pm
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	ouch man 3-12 streak again, my pitching is getting lit up.

#5436	11/19/2013 3:49:01 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	You may be losing but you're still in second in your division. Inter league play was rough on your whole division.

#5445	11/22/2013 6:26:37 am
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	it is a tight race in my division thats for sure

#5498	11/29/2013 11:26:55 am
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	im just trying to avoid relegation... ill have 6 pitchers 30 or older next year, and they arent very good to begin with getting rocked this year. i have a few young guys, but nothing too amazing that i have seen yet im going to have to find myself some replacements. i have not had much luck with pitching. i have had my training on pitchers since they day i started and i have more weeks like this week 10+ hitters trained, 2 pitchers trained than i can count. so i hope theres a semi devent pitcher or 4 on the waiver wire next season or i might be crap next season.

#5518	12/02/2013 4:54:41 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	You'd have to Los York last three and the team below you would havetowin the last three games for you to demote. So I think you're safe. After sweeping the Spartans I'vetaken second. I 'm only a Half a game out of first. I've got a shot! Honestly I thought our roles would be reversed this year.I think you'll be able to find some pitching. My top two starters this year were free agent signings towards the beginning of the year. I had to make claims on a ton of guys though.

#5561	12/05/2013 11:22:09 pm
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	your team had a real good year !

#5779	12/22/2013 3:18:34 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	Excited for the new season to start. The offseason was not kind to my older players and I was unable to get any major free agent pick ups. I'll be on the lookout for pitching this year. Hopefully, Harvey will turn it around this year. I noticed The Rome team dropped some high quality pitchers. Probably going for youth but now I think the Spartans are my biggest competitors. Well, good luck this season. Lugo was able to beat Wade in rbi's and denied him the triple crown. I think he might do it this season.

#5781	12/22/2013 11:13:29 am
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	i am going young this season and it will probabley lead to the basement. but it needs to happen i am deffinatly targeting pitching, im hoping the new training will help my youngsters get over that hump to the big leagues! could be an interesting season if a couple of players step it up but i dont expect anything amazing from my team this year..

#5846	12/26/2013 12:30:48 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	Marrero from my team just hit for the cycle. The first I've seen in our league.

#5886	12/30/2013 12:46:58 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	Another amazing feat by one of my players. Last years rookie of the year Sun just had 6 errors in a single game............ Lost that game but can't complain. My team is performing well so far.

#6107	01/17/2014 12:03:06 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	Tetrahydroc good luck in the cup. You're the last one in from our division. Updated Friday, January 17 2014 @ 12:03:46 am PST

#6647	02/26/2014 8:45:30 pm
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	well another season down, i was alot busier this season than last didnt make it on much at all, how did you do fred?

#6869	03/17/2014 4:58:11 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	Well I had the best record and run differential in team history so I was pleased with the results despite coming in second. I had my first Cy Young award winner and the pitching rookie of the year. I'm excited for the season. I've come extremely close to promoting the past two seasons and I think my team could compete in div. IV.

#6884	03/18/2014 9:42:55 am
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	nice, my team is sub par so far, few of my young guys are seeming to struggle, and my pitching staff is still hurting pretty bad, real close to pulling up two youngsters though! replaced my long-term catcher with a rookie this season, hes having a rough go to start, but im just gonna let him keep taking his hacks, hopefully he figures out how to hit soon enough. i need my youngsters to really take a step this season if i want to compete it seems

#7209	04/13/2014 7:44:51 am
BeeanTVbean81 Joined: 04/04/2014 Posts: 4 Inactive	tetrahydroc,my team beat you in the season series 7-3.

#7217	04/14/2014 7:50:27 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	Yeah Aurora has been taking a beating of late as the Cubs swept the five game series. They were in first but an 11 game losing skid and now they're 7 games back. I'm sad to see it as I was hoping to get a rematch for the championship and promote together again. (Although obviously my spot in first isn't assured by any means) It's weird how div. VI.I has now taken over div. V.I as the top four teams were the top four teams in div.VI.I West at the end of the 2012 season. Hawks being first that year with an amazing 114 win season.

#7259	04/17/2014 7:43:58 pm
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	14 game skid.....3-23 over my last 26 games...i dont know what happened my team was chugging along and boom we imploded somehow....i was surprised at us doing as well as we were, but i didnt expect to lose 23 out of 26 my youngsters are coming along though, maybe we can pull out of it but i dont see us promoting together again fred, would have been cool though!

#7314	04/22/2014 8:34:20 am
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	well i called up my stud 2b, my future #1, #2 SP and a pitcher that may crack the rotation, or he may end up a bullpen guy i havent fully decided yet. ALong with a decent young OF, im gonna see how they do, im 10 games out of 1st and itll be a hard climb back up some bad points of my season ROTY last season Ramiro Barron, looked to improve on his rookie campaign that saw him hit .360 vs LHP. unfortunately Barron has had a sophmore slump with a slash line that looks like this .204 .248.374 .622 compared to his rookie slash line of .253 .300 .404 .704 lets see if he can turn it around the final month of the season the positives are, he has one more HR and 14 more RBI with 36 less GP then last season OF Charlie Morrow has been a real let down this season, after a solid 2015, Morrow looked to be a long term solution at CF for me His average was down in 2016, but his SLG, OPS,OBP,HR,BB were all up. SO while he didnt impress he didnt unimpress either. so enter 2017, and hes down from a .756 OPS to a .636 his average, obp and slugging are all down, luckily we have some young OF coming up through the system that were going to press him for his job anyways, but this makes it much easier to decide haha

#7398	04/30/2014 1:04:47 am
FMcgriff1b Joined: 11/23/2012 Posts: 103 Inactive	I checked out Morrow and he could be a decent player if he was still getting 45+ outfield assists every year. However, I think they fixed outfield assists and reduced the number of them so his 9 hitting makes him a big question mark. Also Barron has 10 hitting and PD at 26 so again it's hard to start him when you can get an older 32-25 16 hitting, 16 plate discipline guy as a free agent fairly easily. Myself, I've been really lucky with my young guys as Lane and Wall are good this year and still improving a little so they might make the roster. Giordano is an amazing 22 year old pitcher who should win rookie of the year IMO. Gonzalez has potential except for his defense but his speed is great. Mantle is in the same situation. Rosales is my only middle infielder with good defense. Luckily he's a gold gloving SS which really helps my pitching. Also no sophomore slump for Stark as he's unreal good after his rookie of the year last year. Harvey who did have a sophomore slump is not slumping this year. He is having, probably, the best season in my teams history. Overall, most of my team performed really well other than Lugo. I just swept the Spartans and now have a 12 game lead with 19 games to go. I'm going to try and get some of my younger players more experience as I think I've got the division.

#7407	04/30/2014 5:24:24 pm
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	yeah, morrow was always more of a means to an end while i wait to bring up some of the batters in my minors, but im going to have to choose between average hitting and elite field or great hitting and bad fielding it seems as thats kind of the way my players seem to be progressing. im only 5 1/2 games out, called up a couple young pitchers, my future ace of staff Zanetti has looked real sharp, and Strout who could push zanetti for #1 had two real good outings then got beat up a little in his last outing, but still has performed well. I also brough up my future 2B in Mariani, i drafted Mariani my first season and have been waiting for him to come up ever since, hes looking like he will be a beast though. i still have a small chance at the division, i dunno if we will make it though, im more focused on getting my young guys some expierence, hopefully go into next season with some new faces and a better outlook. im trying to build through my minors mainly, not too big on bringing in 29-32 y/o players for one or two years, id rather develop a nice core and ride them to the top, proving to take awhile though. i still am not a big fan of the training here but oh well.

#7474	05/04/2014 6:13:29 pm
BeeanTVbean81 Joined: 04/04/2014 Posts: 4 Inactive	My team lost to the former worst team in the division,the Hampton Eagles.This has been a great season for you FMcgriff1b. Updated Sunday, May 4 2014 @ 6:13:59 pm PDT

#7535	05/07/2014 9:57:44 pm
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	congrats to you on the title fred, good luck in the higher division, hopefully ill see ya next season

#8109	06/08/2014 2:54:06 pm
BeeanTVbean81 Joined: 04/04/2014 Posts: 4 Inactive	My team has lost 6 straight and they're at risk of losing 1st place to Cherry Hill.

#12576	12/10/2014 5:39:03 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	A four game split with last place Edmond. Sometimes this game gives me a headache. I'm winning series against the teams ahead of me, and stumbling against the last place team.

#22445	08/16/2015 4:44:38 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	Finally getting promoted after 4 seasons here in V.1. Only regret is that there were no other regular forum posters in the league to banter with during my time here. Hopefully IV.1 will have a few more talkative people.

#40663	10/12/2016 9:15:55 am
wiznoo Joined: 01/15/2015 Posts: 8 Inactive	Absolutely crazy how a whole team's form can turn 180 degrees. Couldn't pitch or hit for a few days at all, now suddenly it all clicks.

#41474	11/04/2016 10:10:22 am
wiznoo Joined: 01/15/2015 Posts: 8 Inactive	Funny how firing the manager suddenly reminds the pitchers how to pitch. Crazy!

#63646	03/09/2019 5:18:24 pm	Jan 15th, 2040
knoxvol Joined: 04/16/2018 Posts: 61 Inactive	Hello LL V Franchise's first ever season in V.1, first in LL V since 2027 season.