JAMESA: it hit the left field wall, richocheted off the LF's head and bounced straight in the air, illuminating the Citgo sign (thank you companero presidente !) and landed in the parking lot ! 

Now if the perfect game in game 7 of that series had been the one that bounced over the Green Monster, you would have Cookie Lavagetto beat ! 

I'm playing in a division where 4 teams in the same division (20 team league so divisons of 5) have the highest winning percentage of all teams in the league.

Sorry - no wild card in a 20 team league...believe it or don't.
 

Texas Armadillos	107-53	0.669	-	x	5-5	W2	49-30	58-23	0-0
Pittsburgh Burghers	104-56	0.650	3	-	3-7	L1	51-30	53-26	0-0
Pittsburgh Owls	99-61	0.619	8	-	4-6	W1	49-32	50-29	0-0
KC Bushwhackers	96-64	0.600	11	-	8-2	W1	48-33	48-31	0-0
Shibe Tribe	72-88	0.450	35	-	4-6	L1	32-47	40-41	0-0

Fritz Peterson takes a no-hitter into the 9th against my Detroit team, and with two outs a walk-off home run by Carlos May beats him 1-0 !

Believe it or don't: http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=19943678&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=9.95

Posted by italyprof on 4/23/2013 9:28:00 AM (view original):
JAMESA: it hit the left field wall, richocheted off the LF's head and bounced straight in the air, illuminating the Citgo sign (thank you companero presidente !) and landed in the parking lot ! 

1976 was a bit too early for Canseco

Posted by frazzman80 on 4/23/2013 9:36:00 AM (view original):

I'm playing in a division where 4 teams in the same division (20 team league so divisons of 5) have the highest winning percentage of all teams in the league.

Sorry - no wild card in a 20 team league...believe it or don't.
 

Texas Armadillos	107-53	0.669	-	x	5-5	W2	49-30	58-23	0-0
Pittsburgh Burghers	104-56	0.650	3	-	3-7	L1	51-30	53-26	0-0
Pittsburgh Owls	99-61	0.619	8	-	4-6	W1	49-32	50-29	0-0
KC Bushwhackers	96-64	0.600	11	-	8-2	W1	48-33	48-31	0-0
Shibe Tribe	72-88	0.450	35	-	4-6	L1	32-47	40-41	0-0

from Super Secret Franchise Progressive - also top 4, but a more balanced league

 

East	W-L	PCT	GB	MagN	Home	Away	Live	Owner	LIVE
2004 St. Louis Cardinals	101-61	0.623	-	x	51-30	50-31	0-0	dn3524
86 NY Mets	99-63	0.611	2	-	49-32	50-31	0-0	JGreene
Montreal Expos 1994	98-64	0.605	3	-	48-33	50-31	0-0	ljemd
2005 Cleveland Indians	95-67	0.586	6	-	48-33	47-34	0-0	mountainjack

I currently have a team (123 games in) winning at a .626% (77-46)-  the odd part is I don't have a single hitter with more than 64RBI.  I know that pitching wins - and that we use a lot of deadballers in the league -but with it being a dual season progressive I thought I'd get "a little" more offensive production.


believe it or don't

(possibilities for my success includes the fact that my starting pitchers salaries are 15.88m, 12.25m and 8.91m.  All 3 of my starters have ERA's under 2.60, OAV's under .227, and whip's under 1.18 - there recors are 24-11, 20-10 and 20-15)

Streaks and Slumps Edition!

In an 80M theme that recently kicked off, my 1905 Ed Reulbach threw a shutout in his first start.  He followed that up with a shutout in his next start, and in the one after that, too.  10 games into the season, he's pitched more shutouts than the rest of the league's pitchers combined (3-2).  Big Ed's numbers so far:

27 innings, .063 WHIP, .114 OAV, 0.00 ERA.

Believe It or Don't!

In an OL, a rookie hitter of mine shed 41 points from his batting average in just 15 games.  Slump!  But also streak -- he hit safely in every one of those 15 games, including 4 multi-hit games, one of them a 4-hit effort.  How do you lose 41 points off your average while getting hits in 15 straight games?  Well, his batting average prior to the streak was a very robust .473 (26-for-55).  During the 15-game streak, he hit .393 (22-for-56) -- bringing his average all the way down to .432. 

Believe It or Dont'!

In that same OL, I had another rookie hitter get off to a horrible start after acquiring him in a trade: 3-for-32 (.094).  At that point I figured I'd boost the young lad's confidence (or kill him off for good!) by batting him leadoff against the great 1908 Addie Joss.  He went 3-for-4 against Addie, which started a 22-for-65 (.339) spree that raised his season average to a respectable .269.

Believe It or Don't!

In $120/m theme league I am in, my 4 lowest paid hitters have much better averages than my top hitters (all over $7/m salary) that include: Gwynn, Lajoie, g. Davis, Mcgee and Raines

20 games left in season

Believe it or not

in a 1919/1979 progressive Gavvy Craveth has 11 HR (12HR in 254 AB in RL) in 80 AB 

believe it or not

Update from a previous post about 1905 Ed Reulbach in an 80M theme:

I don't think I've ever had a pitcher get off to a start like this before.

Date	Opponent	%	IP	BFP	PC	W	L	SV	R	ER	H	HR	SO	BB	WP	ERA	OAV	WHIP	Box
7/9 pm2	@67 Cincy Reds 67	100	9.0	31	102	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	3	0	0.00	.143	0.78	view
7/10 pm2	Bros Before Pale Hose	100	9.0	34	117	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	0	0.00	.103	0.72	view
7/12 am	2005 Twinkies	100	9.0	30	93	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0.00	.114	0.63	view
7/13 am	@1992 A's Party	100	8.0	29	88	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	3	2	0	0.26	.122	0.66	view
7/14 pm	2012 Angels	100	9.0	33	108	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	1	0	0.20	.129	0.66	view
7/15 am	2012 Angels	100	9.0	33	105	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	4	1	0	0.34	.134	0.66	view
7/17 pm	@3 Dicks and Mossi Wood	100	8.0	34	122	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	5	4	0	0.30	.148	0.75	view
7/18 am	@3 Dicks and Mossi Wood	100	9.0	37	127	1	0	0	1	1	8	0	5	2	0	0.39	.160	0.80	view
7/20 am	@2012 Orioles	100	9.0	33	121	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	3	0	0.34	.153	0.78	view
Season Totals		--	79.0	294	983	8	0	0	3	3	42	0	41	20	0	0.34	.153	0.78	--

The no-decision wound up being a win, so we're 9-0 in Big Ed's starts, and have outscored our opponents in those games by a combined score of 58-3!

Believe It or Don't!

Tough Division Dept.

This is from an OL, 103 games in:

Colorado Rookies	68-35	0.660	-	-	7-3	W2	38-15	30-20	0-0	crazystengel
3	68-35	0.660	-	-	7-3	W3	33-19	35-16	0-0	jjbbg
warthogs	67-36	0.650	1	-	9-1	W5	31-21	36-15	0-0	ndrobb
ALWAYS LAST	51-52	0.495	17	-	5-5	W1	30-23	21-29	0-0	charles19

The 3rd place team is not only 3rd overall in the entire league, but is on pace for 105+ wins!

Believe It or Don't!

Ted Sizemore 1979 RL stats - 467PA

.251

.315

.330

Ted Sizemore 1979 No Whining Prog stats - 567PA

.331

.383

.445

he also finished the year with a .988 fielding % - an improvement from his RL .973%


believe it or DON'T!

The last team I played was like a year ago.  I posted in this thread then.  Now I just put in another team after that long a layaway and this thread is still on the top page!  Believe it or don't!

through 3 games, 1952 Eddie Joost is 0-8 with an OBP% of .429 (6BB)

believe it or don't! 

small sample size I know - but fun to see things like your leadoff hitter batting .000 but with an OBP over .400!