We just finished up the 1920 regular season of the No Whining Progressive Random Edition, and the final days of the regular season were incredible.

With 5 games to play, the standings looked like this:
National League Standings

East	Owner	Wins	Losses	Win %	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed
Boston Leopards	06gsp	100	57	0.637	971	674
STL Sprouts (1920)	The_Creeper	96	61	0.611	1014	800
Cincinnati Redlegs	stroh23	85	72	0.541	806	741
Ebbets Field Dodgers	Scott1967	84	73	0.535	857	798
1920 Philadelphia Federalists	chargingryno	67	90	0.427	893	1000
Homestead Blue Ribbons	just4me	48	109	0.306	642	955

American League Standings

East	Owner	Wins	Losses	Win %	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed
Chicago Wild Sox	coachgreat1	109	48	0.694	1075	779
Detroit Wheels	trumbull	104	53	0.662	1021	631
St. Louis Stickmen	Cheno5	81	76	0.516	869	825
Cleveland Buckeyes	fire13	61	96	0.389	831	1117
Haverford Goats XX	crazyamos	58	99	0.369	716	1004
Boston Americans	contrarian23	49	108	0.312	651	1022

Note Detroit's run differential of +390...rarefied air...in real MLB only the 1939 Yankees have ever exceeded that.

The schedule makers must have been prescient, because the final 5 game series in each league had the contenders going head to head...Boston visiting St. Louis and Detroit in Chicago.

Would you believe that after 3 games, both races we're still in play? The 2nd place teams each swept the first 3 (odd of this happening, assuming the teams were evenly matched: 1 in 64). The standings after G160 were:

National League Standings

East	Owner	Wins	Losses	Win %	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed
Boston Leopards	06gsp	100	60	0.625	981	696
STL Sprouts (1920)	The_Creeper	99	61	0.619	1036	810
Ebbets Field Dodgers	Scott1967	87	73	0.544	876	812
Cincinnati Redlegs	stroh23	86	74	0.538	816	751
1920 Philadelphia Federalists	chargingryno	69	91	0.431	903	1010
Homestead Blue Ribbons	just4me	48	112	0.300	656	974

American League Standings

East	Owner	Wins	Losses	Win %	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed
Chicago Wild Sox	coachgreat1	109	51	0.681	1084	807
Detroit Wheels	trumbull	107	53	0.669	1049	640
St. Louis Stickmen	Cheno5	84	76	0.525	892	835
Cleveland Buckeyes	fire13	63	97	0.394	850	1134
Haverford Goats XX	crazyamos	59	101	0.369	733	1023
Boston Americans	contrarian23	49	111	0.306	661	1045

Note that Detroit was now +409 in run differential.

In game 161, Chicago finally clinched with a nail-biting 1-0 victory, but St. Louis won AGAIN and the NL was in a flat-footed tie:

National League Standings

East	Owner	Wins	Losses	Win %	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed
STL Sprouts (1920)	The_Creeper	100	61	0.621	1040	812
Boston Leopards	06gsp	100	61	0.621	983	700
Ebbets Field Dodgers	Scott1967	88	73	0.547	881	814
Cincinnati Redlegs	stroh23	87	74	0.540	819	751
1920 Philadelphia Federalists	chargingryno	69	92	0.429	903	1013
Homestead Blue Ribbons	just4me	48	113	0.298	658	979

American League Standings

East	Owner	Wins	Losses	Win %	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed
Chicago Wild Sox	coachgreat1	110	51	0.683	1085	807
Detroit Wheels	trumbull	107	54	0.665	1049	641
St. Louis Stickmen	Cheno5	85	76	0.528	904	835
Cleveland Buckeyes	fire13	64	97	0.398	856	1136
Haverford Goats XX	crazyamos	59	102	0.366	735	1029
Boston Americans	contrarian23	49	112	0.304	661	1057

In game 162 in the NL, St. Louis led 2-1 in the 9th, but Boston tied it up and then finally won the game (and the pennant) in 12 innings. Baby Doll Jacobson's 3-run HR in the 12th was the big hit.

Final standings:
National League Standings
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East	W-L	PCT	GB	Division	1-Run G	Extra Inn	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
Boston Leopards	101-61	0.623	-	48-32	25-23	9-8	989	703	0.661	06gsp
STL Sprouts (1920)	100-62	0.617	1	50-30	20-12	4-5	1043	818	0.619	The_Creeper
Ebbets Field Dodgers	89-73	0.549	12	42-38	24-21	8-4	888	814	0.542	Scott1967
Cincinnati Redlegs	87-75	0.537	14	44-36	17-19	4-4	824	758	0.540	stroh23
1920 Philadelphia Federalists	70-92	0.432	31	34-46	14-19	9-8	910	1018	0.443	chargingryno
Homestead Blue Ribbons	48-114	0.296	53	22-58	13-27	1-8	658	986	0.314	just4me

American League Standings
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East	W-L	PCT	GB	Division	1-Run G	Extra Inn	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
Chicago Wild Sox	110-52	0.679	-	57-23	27-11	6-5	1085	817	0.639	coachgreat1
Detroit Wheels	108-54	0.667	2	51-29	20-27	5-5	1059	641	0.727	trumbull
St. Louis Stickmen	85-77	0.525	25	41-39	34-27	7-3	910	843	0.538	Cheno5
Cleveland Buckeyes	65-97	0.401	45	33-47	23-21	8-6	871	1143	0.364	fire13
Haverford Goats XX	59-103	0.364	51	29-51	18-23	6-7	742	1044	0.337	crazyamos
Boston Americans	50-112	0.309	60	29-51	16-21	8-12	669	1063	0.287	contrarian23

Detroit finished +418 in RD, with an Exp Pct of .727, but still will sit out the postseason. Believe it, or Don't!

In a 2023 progressive I added Josh Donaldson late as a defensive sub.

41 games into the season he is 9 for 46 and hitting .196 which seems about right.

However 7 of those 9 hits are Home Runs and he is slugging .674.

He has not feasted on tired pitching. Stadiums are all current and nothing major. Home ballpark is Houston where he has hit 4 and 3 on the road at Target Field, Petco and Wrigley.

so what yer sayin is, it's a good simulation

it coul happen

Hard Luck Commish Award?

Through 70 seasons of "Golden Age" and 25 of "Golden Age 2" I finally won a title in season 21 of GA2!!

1-94

Believe It or Don't

Posted by bagchucker3 on 3/22/2024 11:22:00 PM (view original):
so what yer sayin is, it's a good simulation

it coul happen

All that is missing is a blown out calf muscle.

From a 1968 prog:



Jim Hickman scores the winning run in the 25th inning after being drilled in the leg to get on base.

Prior to that HBP, he'd gone 0-10!

Believe It or Don't!

Lucky man. Even if he'll never walk again...

Posted by d_rock97 on 3/8/2024 2:52:00 PM (view original):
Not the most uncommon occurrence, but when’s the last time you’ve seen a DH lead the MVP race? (We’re only 8 games into the season)

In our 2023 league Juan Soto is 2nd in MVP voting at the All Star Break. He has played 408 innings at DH, 104 in LF, 7 in RF and 84 at 1B. So not quite a full time DH and only in 2nd but it is much later in the season.

A single-season progressive league game, 1987, my Seattle team holds off an 8-run 9th inning rally by Boston to win by a field goal, 16-13. Believe it, or Don't!

https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=43414201&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=10

Overperformers Dept.

In real life, RP Tyler Matzek threw 29 innings in the shortened 2020 season, going 4-3 with a 2.79 ERA.

Through 101 games of a single-season prog, these are his stats:

12-0, 0.87 ERA

He's not only #3 in Cy Young voting, he's the ROY leader, too—despite having a previous season in the sim way back in 2014!

Believe It or Don't!

Postscript: Matzek finished the regular season 17-2 with a 2.33 ERA.

I just drafted Greg Goossen for my 1969 prog team. He's a good PH'er that season, but the main reason I took him is because he's the second "fella" in this great Casey Stengel quote from 1966:

"See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he's 20 years old, too. In 10 years he's got a chance to be 30."

Goossen exceeded expectations and lived to be 65!

Believe It or Don't!

UPDATED TO ADD: The first game of this 1969 prog season just simmed. Goossen got player of the game for going 6-for-7 with a double, 3 HR, and 11 RBI!

My progessive league Seattle Whalers won a game 22-11 in the Kingdome in 1987...without hitting a home run! In the Kingdome! Believe it....or don't!

https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=43619353&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=10