The ongoing history of the Indiana Racers (2149-beyond)

darkcloud4579 · 10-12-2016, 11:18 PM

The Indiana Racers moved to Indianapolis from Philadelphia in 2161, the original franchise had moved all over the place before ending up in Indy. Despite their arrival, the team never won a pennant.

For the 350th season of my ongoing league, I'm diving back into the league as an actual player rather than existing only in god mode.

One of the things I never do is actually do game-by-game recaps or anything like that. I've always found playing that way a bit of a slog, but for this particular dynasty, I'm going to attempt to play out the season. I probably won't play out games specifically or manage much, I don't find that necessarily as much fun though I might eventually give that a whirl.

The idea here is to build a new history with the Racers. I actually recreated the franchise starting this year, mostly so that we could keep track of the franchise's statistics over time & give them a consistent history without having to mine through the previous iterations of the old club.

I think watching games in other leagues has made me more interested in the interplay and drama you get from watching seasons play out, but I reserve the right to do what I want. Mostly, I want to create an immersive story through gameplay with one team that I can consistently come back to.

So we'll see if I can manage it with these Racers and create a history and legacy that we'll remember over time. Come with me on this journey will ya?

darkcloud4579 · 10-13-2016, 02:36 AM

2149: 78-84 (4th Place, AL Central)

For the second straight year, the Chicago Rogues met the Chicago Blue Collars in the Kerouac Cup Series. But this time, the Blue Collars swept the Rogues in the North/South battle for citywide -- and baseball -- supremacy.

In the NL East, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia all tied for first place. Chicago -- the team that won the season series over both -- won a tiebreaker to claim the division crown en route to the whole title, their 9th in franchise history dating back to 1800.

darkcloud4579 · 10-13-2016, 10:59 AM

2150: In the 351st season of ABA baseball, the Racers finish 87-77 after playing two regular season tiebreakers to figure out the NL Wild Card spots after Worcester, New York Knights and the Indiana Racers tied with 2 spots. After dropping the first game at home to New York, the Racers went to Worcester and took on the Bravehearts where they lost again and will miss the post-season for the 5th consecutive year.

In the 351st Kerouac Cup Series, the upstart Hollywood Oscars -- a 3rd year expansion club -- knocked off the three-time defending NL champs and reigning champions Chicago Blue Collars in seven games to win their first-ever title.

The Oscars joined the NL when the former Hollywood Stars moved to Pittsburgh three years ago.

darkcloud4579 · 10-13-2016, 04:58 PM

2151 (pre-season): The Indiana Racers were realigned to the AL East for the 2151 season, swapping with the Detroit Pontiacs. The Minnesota Chiefs moved to Dallas and became the Dallas Submarines, giving Texas four teams (El Paso, Dallas, Houston & San Antonio)

The Worcester Bravehearts folded and were replaced by an expansion team, the St. Paul Loons.

darkcloud4579 · 10-14-2016, 10:17 AM

To help me immerse in the league faster, I'm going to do a simple fantasy league style setup.

It's a hybrid of Guy Ramsey's Langford League where you have a six-man roster of players who accumulate home runs and that's it and a "Wins" League, where you pick a roster of 5-6 teams in the majors and all you do is count their wins for whatever period of time we're measuring.

I realize I have no one to play against, but for this first year that probably doesn't matter since my main purpose is just to get more familiar with the teams, their rosters and to start caring about the individual games rather than just simming seasons.

darkcloud4579 · 10-14-2016, 10:39 AM

Here's the season preview for 2151 by team standings. The Racers are back in the NL where they played up until a few years ago. It appears the move might be just what the doctor ordered for a team that narrowly missed the playoffs last year.

Code:

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION
Team			W	L	PCT	GB	Runs	AVG	HR	SB	Runs against	ERA	K	BB
Indiana Racers		94	68	.580	-	953	.312	201	192	802	4.51	1265	467
Baltimore Atlantics	89	73	.549	5	802	.288	187	256	729	4.11	1200	447
Chicago Blue Collars	89	73	.549	5	795	.280	154	226	730	4.14	1147	412
New York Gothams	84	78	.519	10	906	.294	203	89	833	4.89	1134	410
Boston Yanks		79	83	.488	15	779	.289	132	106	767	4.39	1166	419
Philadelphia Quakers	79	83	.488	15	852	.293	160	204	857	4.91	1224	464

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS WESTERN DIVISION
Team			W	L	PCT	GB	Runs	AVG	HR	SB	RA	ERA	K	BB
Dallas Submarines	93	69	.574	-	834	.291	146	91	695	3.85	1084	405
Victoria Cougars	82	80	.506	11	797	.282	172	122	829	4.75	1148	429
San Francisco Peanuts	72	90	.444	21	799	.293	183	163	851	4.95	1155	494
Houston Cosmos		71	91	.438	22	752	.274	155	209	819	4.76	1104	571
Los Angeles Seraphs	71	91	.438	22	779	.279	214	190	939	5.40	1047	509
Boise Cutthroats	68	94	.420	25	764	.272	171	105	870	4.94	925	520

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS SOUTHERN DIVISION
Team				W	L	PCT	GB	Runs	AVG	HR	SB	RA	ERA	K	BB
West Virginia Alleghenies	90	72	.556	-	868	.287	216	145	783	4.45	1115	480
Jackson Cottons			90	72	.556	-	928	.291	215	150	834	4.80	1250	447
Virginia Mariners		84	78	.519	6	874	.277	260	166	866	4.89	1217	506
Florida Rockets			78	84	.481	12	790	.277	191	169	845	4.81	1156	472
Louisville Spires		77	85	.475	13	790	.283	155	132	876	4.97	1143	447
New Orleans Alligators		72	90	.444	18	726	.271	181	125	842	4.78	1074	531

ALLIED LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS WESTERN DIVISION
Team			W	L	PCT	GB	Runs	AVG	HR	SB	Runs against	ERA	K	BB
Hollywood Oscars	104	58	.642	-	823	.288	174	129	638	3.63	1224	397
California Grizzlies	79	83	.488	25	818	.291	120	250	843	4.76	999	547
Colorado Gold Sox	78	84	.481	26	791	.288	115	156	870	5.01	1028	539
Arizona Wrens		77	85	.475	27	888	.280	197	93	885	5.12	1079	485
Portland Beavers	75	87	.463	29	773	.274	160	101	815	4.66	937	552
Salt Lake City Alpines	75	87	.463	29	810	.268	218	57	851	4.99	1070	474

ALLIED LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION
Team			W	L	PCT	GB	Runs	AVG	HR	SB	Runs against	ERA	K	BB
Pittsburgh Stars	86	76	.531	-	826	.277	145	119	816	4.60	1126	573
Brooklyn Originals	86	76	.531	-	687	.255	107	103	619	3.51	1234	374
Washington Maroons	82	80	.506	4	807	.272	221	35	815	4.70	1084	532
New York Knights	80	82	.494	6	751	.259	172	116	774	4.43	1110	426
Montreal Players	73	89	.451	13	761	.279	156	232	859	4.87	985	472
St. Paul Loons		64	98	.395	22	657	.252	99	146	803	4.53	1017	481

ALLIED LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS CENTRAL DIVISION
Team			W	L	PCT	GB	Runs	AVG	HR	SB	Runs against	ERA	K	BB
Chicago Rogues		95	67	.586	-	879	.295	150	165	718	4.07	1219	432
Eau Claire Paws		93	69	.574	2	828	.284	166	184	697	3.90	1136	456
Detroit Pontiacs	90	72	.556	5	801	.287	171	93	707	3.98	1156	419
Great Plains Flycatchers88	74	.543	7	861	.275	209	50	815	4.67	1195	447
San Antonio Phantoms	78	84	.481	17	708	.261	142	160	750	4.29	1215	498
El Paso Sun Kings	59	103	.364	36	686	.269	135	173	901	5.20	1080	540

darkcloud4579 · 10-14-2016, 04:06 PM

The Indiana Racers have high hopes heading into the '51 season. Ownership spent a bushel of money and the Racers enter Opening Day somehow with the second highest payroll in baseball.

With quality players on both offense and defense, the Racers are expecting to return to the post-season for the first time in seven years and when they do, the idea is they'll be gunning for a title.

darkcloud4579 · 10-14-2016, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkcloud4579

To help me immerse in the league faster, I'm going to do a simple fantasy league style setup.

It's a hybrid of Guy Ramsey's Langford League where you have a six-man roster of players who accumulate home runs and that's it and a "Wins" League, where you pick a roster of 5-6 teams in the majors and all you do is count their wins for whatever period of time we're measuring.

I realize I have no one to play against, but for this first year that probably doesn't matter since my main purpose is just to get more familiar with the teams, their rosters and to start caring about the individual games rather than just simming seasons.

I'm going to setup my fantasy roster now.

Here's a link to the score spreadsheet.

There are two games happening at once:

- Langford League: Here the teams get 5 players for the whole season, so you have to choose carefully. You get 1 point for each home run they hit. Post-season home runs are worth 2 (LDS) 3 (LCS) and 4 (KCS) points each. Wild Card series HRs count like regular season ones.

- Wins League: In the Wins League, we pick 6 teams from the 36 teams in the bigs and try to construct the roster that scores the most points at the end of the year. The hitch is, at mid-season, I pick one team as my "flip" team meaning their losses become your win total for the year at the end of the year. This makes picking a bad team a strategic choice.

My competition? I'll create six different teams, but one team will be my designated team. We'll draft them much like real life and I won't get any substantial advantages.

The main house rule in Langford is teams can make changes once a week to their roster, but I will not be allowed to do that. My only change will be at mid-season and then I'm stuck with the same team until September 1st when everyone's roster locks for the rest of the year.

If nothing else, playing this way will make it a lot easier to get acquainted with the league which is the goal and it should make following games a bit more interesting.

I used random.org list randomizer to do the draft order. I'm going 3rd in the Wins league and 5th in Langford.

darkcloud4579 · 10-17-2016, 10:48 AM

Okay so my fantasy roster is comprised of six teams. At mid-season (so right now) one of those teams becomes my "flip" team and their losses get credited as wins, so basically you root for them to lose.

Quote:

Montreal Players
Hollywood Oscars
Philadelphia Quakers
Dallas Subs
New Orleans Alligators
Salt Lake City Alpines

I have a roster of 5 players for the HR scoring fantasy game. I can make changes at mid-season - since I simmed to mid-season with everyone else - we'll make changes in waiver order based on who is doing the worst through best.

Code:

1B Ernie Crabill, WVA
OF Ken Yanagi, IND
OF Carlos Encarnacion, CHR
3B Rodney Schwer, BAL
1B Dylan Clark, IND

I'm updating the scoresheet, then I'll report back with how everyone is doing, who the standouts are and a general review of the league thus far.

darkcloud4579 · 10-17-2016, 02:17 PM

At Mid-season, I'm in 3rd place in the standings. I have home runs & team wins worth the same amount ($5000)

I'll highlight my team and talk about players in a future post. At mid-season, the Racers are 2.5 games out of the NL East lead, but have a firm grip (+8) on one of the NL Wild Cards.

2151 MID-SEASON STANDINGS

Code:

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Quakers	55	32	.632	-
New York Gothams	53	34	.609	2.0
Indiana Racers		52	34	.605	2.5
Chicago Blue Collars	39	44	.470	14.0
Baltimore Atlantics	39	47	.453	15.5
Boston Yanks		35	48	.422	18.0

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
San Francisco Peanuts	42	41	.506	-
Dallas Submarines	42	42	.500	.5
Victoria Cougars	41	42	.494	1.0
Los Angeles Seraphs	39	45	.464	3.5
Houston Cosmos		37	47	.440	5.5
Boise Cutthroats	35	49	.417	7.5

Southern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Jackson Cottons		47	37	.560	-
West Virginia Alleghenies44	42	.512	4.0
Florida Rockets		42	42	.500	5.0
Virginia Mariners	42	44	.488	6.0
Louisville Spires	40	44	.476	7.0
New Orleans Alligators	33	51	.393	14.0

ALLIED LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
California Grizzlies	55	32	.632	-
Arizona Wrens		49	34	.590	4.0
Hollywood Oscars	47	36	.566	6.0
Colorado Gold Sox	46	41	.529	9.0
Portland Beavers	39	44	.470	14.0
Salt Lake City Alpines	36	47	.434	17.0

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
New York Knights	47	38	.553	-
Montreal Players	43	42	.506	4.0
Washington Maroons	39	46	.459	8.0
Brooklyn Originals	38	45	.458	8.0
St. Paul Loons		36	49	.424	11.0
Pittsburgh Stars	34	49	.410	12.0

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Great Plains Flycatchers48	38	.558	-
Chicago Rogues		45	39	.536	2.0
Eau Claire Paws		43	39	.524	3.0
Detroit Pontiacs	40	42	.488	6.0
San Antonio Phantoms	39	47	.453	9.0
El Paso Sun Kings	38	46	.452	9.0

darkcloud4579 · 10-17-2016, 09:04 PM

2151 PLAYOFFS

WILD CARD SERIES (Best-of-3)
NL: Philadelphia (91-71) v Indiana (96-66)
Virginia (90-72) v San Francisco (87-75)

AL: Eau Claire (89-73) v California (97-65)
Colorado (87-75) v New York Knights (89-73)

RECAPS

[b]NL WILD CARD (BEST-OF-THREE)
Philadelphia def. Indiana 2-0
In the battle of two $200m teams that didn't win their divisions, the Quakers returned to the post-season after a year away, advancing to the Division Series thanks to the bat of Tommy Arroyo who was named Series MVP.

GAME 1: Quakers def. Racers 11-3
GAME 2: Quakers def. Racers 4-2
QUAKERS WIN SERIES

San Francisco def. Virginia 2-0
This matchup was between two teams that haven't been the post-season in a few years. The Peanuts back in the post-season for the first time for 8 seasons knocked off the Mariners in short order.

GAME 1: Peanuts def. Mariners 10-6
GAME 2: Peanuts def. Mariners 10-0

AL WILD CARD
Eau Claire def. California 2-1

GAME 1: Grizzlies def. Paws 4-3
GAME 2: Paws def. Grizzlies 4-2
GAME 3: Paws def. Grizzlies 9-2

Colorado def. New York Knights 2-1

GAME 1: Gold Sox def. Knights 12-1
GAME 2: Knights def. Gold Sox 5-4
GAME 3: Gold Sox def. Knights 2-1

With the Racers out of the post-season, my plan is to assume control this off-season and gut the roster that's way too expensive for as underperforming as they've been this year. I mean, at least they made the playoffs but I would have expected better/more from them tbh.

In the 352nd Kerouac Cup Series, the Chicago Rogues make their 3rd appearance in 4 seasons and ensure a Chicago team is in the Final for the 4th straight year. In '48 and '49, Chicago's two teams - the Blue Collars and Rogues -- faced off and split titles in each year. In '50, Hollywood knocked off the Blue Collars.

Now, the Rogues get their turn. On the NL side, the New York Gothams return to the Fall Classic after eight years out of the post-season, seeking their first title in 46 years.

darkcloud4579 · 10-17-2016, 09:35 PM

352nd Kerouac Cup Series (BEST OF 9)

Chicago Rogues (91-71) v New York Gothams (99-63)

GAME 1: Chicago 12, New York 5
GAME 2: Chicago 5, New York 3
GAME 3: New York 7, Chicago 1
GAME 4: Chicago 3, New York 2
GAME 5: Chicago 6, New York 4
GAME 6: New York 3, Chicago 2
GAME 7: New York 6, Chicago 5
GAME 8: Chicago 5, New York 3

The Rogues win their 6th title in franchise history and their 2nd in 4 years.

darkcloud4579 · 10-18-2016, 11:41 AM

I came in 3rd in my fantasy league this year. I had the 3rd best team in wins, but was 5th in home runs.

Here's the final standings

darkcloud4579 · 10-19-2016, 11:16 PM

Off-season story is the Racers don't exactly have a ton of money with a Top 10 payroll already in tow. Rather than make huge moves to change things, we're just going to run the '52 season with minor moves and keep the team together for another year seeing if what we have can work and how far it takes us.

darkcloud4579 · 10-23-2016, 03:14 AM

INDIANA RACERS
DIVISION TITLES: 2137, 2139 (NL South)
WILD CARD: 2117, 2126, 2140, 2144 (NL)

2152 INDIANA RACERS

After an off-season of retooling, the Racers are hoping this is the year they get over the hump. Last year, they lost in the Wild Card Series. Offensively, the tea brings back its core starters in OFs Ken Yanagi, Jaylen Hudson and Anders Rosenkrantz to compose the best outfield in baseball. 18-game winner Dwayne Ryan returns as the team's staff ace.

AFTERMATH
Because I'm only playing off-seasons only, the regular season isn't on me. I can't make any moves, I just go into fan mode which is very difficult but makes for a more reward sim and I can play a lot faster that way.

Out of the chute, Dylan Clark and Huai-yi Ying were among the top hitters in baseball and by the end of April, the Racers sprinted to a 4 game lead in the NL East on the strength of their offensive powers.

The Racers ran away with the NL East, as predicted, we ended August with a 15 game lead in the division, leaving the battle there to determine who would play for a wild card. It's only the third division title in Racers franchise history dating back to 2117 when the team first moved to Indianapolis.

FINISH: 104-57, 1st place, NL East

PLAYOFFS: The top seed Racers swept the Chicago Blue Collars, two years removed from a title in the Division Series to setup a date with the West Virginia Alleghenies in the NLCS.

West Virgina has never won a title, dating back 36 seasons. But they were no match for the Racers and in the 353rd Kerouac Cup Series, the Eau Claire Paws, seeking their 10th title after a 58-year drought take on the Indiana Racers who won their first pennant in franchise history.

In a hard fought nine-game battle, the Racers knocked off the Paws and won their first title in club history.

10-12-2016, 11:18 PM	#1
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,308 Blog Entries: 32	The ongoing history of the Indiana Racers (2149-beyond) The Indiana Racers moved to Indianapolis from Philadelphia in 2161, the original franchise had moved all over the place before ending up in Indy. Despite their arrival, the team never won a pennant. For the 350th season of my ongoing league, I'm diving back into the league as an actual player rather than existing only in god mode. One of the things I never do is actually do game-by-game recaps or anything like that. I've always found playing that way a bit of a slog, but for this particular dynasty, I'm going to attempt to play out the season. I probably won't play out games specifically or manage much, I don't find that necessarily as much fun though I might eventually give that a whirl. The idea here is to build a new history with the Racers. I actually recreated the franchise starting this year, mostly so that we could keep track of the franchise's statistics over time & give them a consistent history without having to mine through the previous iterations of the old club. I think watching games in other leagues has made me more interested in the interplay and drama you get from watching seasons play out, but I reserve the right to do what I want. Mostly, I want to create an immersive story through gameplay with one team that I can consistently come back to. So we'll see if I can manage it with these Racers and create a history and legacy that we'll remember over time. Come with me on this journey will ya?

10-14-2016, 10:17 AM	#5
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,308 Blog Entries: 32	To help me immerse in the league faster, I'm going to do a simple fantasy league style setup. It's a hybrid of Guy Ramsey's Langford League where you have a six-man roster of players who accumulate home runs and that's it and a "Wins" League, where you pick a roster of 5-6 teams in the majors and all you do is count their wins for whatever period of time we're measuring. I realize I have no one to play against, but for this first year that probably doesn't matter since my main purpose is just to get more familiar with the teams, their rosters and to start caring about the individual games rather than just simming seasons. Last edited by darkcloud4579; 10-14-2016 at 04:08 PM.

10-19-2016, 11:16 PM	#14
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,308 Blog Entries: 32	2152 season Off-season story is the Racers don't exactly have a ton of money with a Top 10 payroll already in tow. Rather than make huge moves to change things, we're just going to run the '52 season with minor moves and keep the team together for another year seeing if what we have can work and how far it takes us.

10-13-2016, 02:36 AM	#2
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,308 Blog Entries: 32	2149: 78-84 (4th Place, AL Central) For the second straight year, the Chicago Rogues met the Chicago Blue Collars in the Kerouac Cup Series. But this time, the Blue Collars swept the Rogues in the North/South battle for citywide -- and baseball -- supremacy. In the NL East, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia all tied for first place. Chicago -- the team that won the season series over both -- won a tiebreaker to claim the division crown en route to the whole title, their 9th in franchise history dating back to 1800.

10-13-2016, 10:59 AM	#3
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,308 Blog Entries: 32	2150: In the 351st season of ABA baseball, the Racers finish 87-77 after playing two regular season tiebreakers to figure out the NL Wild Card spots after Worcester, New York Knights and the Indiana Racers tied with 2 spots. After dropping the first game at home to New York, the Racers went to Worcester and took on the Bravehearts where they lost again and will miss the post-season for the 5th consecutive year. In the 351st Kerouac Cup Series, the upstart Hollywood Oscars -- a 3rd year expansion club -- knocked off the three-time defending NL champs and reigning champions Chicago Blue Collars in seven games to win their first-ever title. The Oscars joined the NL when the former Hollywood Stars moved to Pittsburgh three years ago.

10-13-2016, 04:58 PM	#4
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,308 Blog Entries: 32	2151 (pre-season): The Indiana Racers were realigned to the AL East for the 2151 season, swapping with the Detroit Pontiacs. The Minnesota Chiefs moved to Dallas and became the Dallas Submarines, giving Texas four teams (El Paso, Dallas, Houston & San Antonio) The Worcester Bravehearts folded and were replaced by an expansion team, the St. Paul Loons.

10-14-2016, 04:06 PM	#7
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,308 Blog Entries: 32	The Indiana Racers have high hopes heading into the '51 season. Ownership spent a bushel of money and the Racers enter Opening Day somehow with the second highest payroll in baseball. With quality players on both offense and defense, the Racers are expecting to return to the post-season for the first time in seven years and when they do, the idea is they'll be gunning for a title.

10-17-2016, 09:04 PM	#11
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,308 Blog Entries: 32	2151 PLAYOFFS WILD CARD SERIES (Best-of-3) NL: Philadelphia (91-71) v Indiana (96-66) Virginia (90-72) v San Francisco (87-75) AL: Eau Claire (89-73) v California (97-65) Colorado (87-75) v New York Knights (89-73) RECAPS [b]NL WILD CARD (BEST-OF-THREE) Philadelphia def. Indiana 2-0 In the battle of two $200m teams that didn't win their divisions, the Quakers returned to the post-season after a year away, advancing to the Division Series thanks to the bat of Tommy Arroyo who was named Series MVP. GAME 1: Quakers def. Racers 11-3 GAME 2: Quakers def. Racers 4-2 QUAKERS WIN SERIES San Francisco def. Virginia 2-0 This matchup was between two teams that haven't been the post-season in a few years. The Peanuts back in the post-season for the first time for 8 seasons knocked off the Mariners in short order. GAME 1: Peanuts def. Mariners 10-6 GAME 2: Peanuts def. Mariners 10-0 AL WILD CARD Eau Claire def. California 2-1 GAME 1: Grizzlies def. Paws 4-3 GAME 2: Paws def. Grizzlies 4-2 GAME 3: Paws def. Grizzlies 9-2 Colorado def. New York Knights 2-1 GAME 1: Gold Sox def. Knights 12-1 GAME 2: Knights def. Gold Sox 5-4 GAME 3: Gold Sox def. Knights 2-1 With the Racers out of the post-season, my plan is to assume control this off-season and gut the roster that's way too expensive for as underperforming as they've been this year. I mean, at least they made the playoffs but I would have expected better/more from them tbh. In the 352nd Kerouac Cup Series, the Chicago Rogues make their 3rd appearance in 4 seasons and ensure a Chicago team is in the Final for the 4th straight year. In '48 and '49, Chicago's two teams - the Blue Collars and Rogues -- faced off and split titles in each year. In '50, Hollywood knocked off the Blue Collars. Now, the Rogues get their turn. On the NL side, the New York Gothams return to the Fall Classic after eight years out of the post-season, seeking their first title in 46 years.

10-17-2016, 09:35 PM	#12
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,308 Blog Entries: 32	352nd Kerouac Cup Series (BEST OF 9) Chicago Rogues (91-71) v New York Gothams (99-63) GAME 1: Chicago 12, New York 5 GAME 2: Chicago 5, New York 3 GAME 3: New York 7, Chicago 1 GAME 4: Chicago 3, New York 2 GAME 5: Chicago 6, New York 4 GAME 6: New York 3, Chicago 2 GAME 7: New York 6, Chicago 5 GAME 8: Chicago 5, New York 3 The Rogues win their 6th title in franchise history and their 2nd in 4 years.

10-18-2016, 11:41 AM	#13
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,308 Blog Entries: 32	I came in 3rd in my fantasy league this year. I had the 3rd best team in wins, but was 5th in home runs. Here's the final standings

10-23-2016, 03:14 AM	#15
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,308 Blog Entries: 32	INDIANA RACERS DIVISION TITLES: 2137, 2139 (NL South) WILD CARD: 2117, 2126, 2140, 2144 (NL) 2152 INDIANA RACERS After an off-season of retooling, the Racers are hoping this is the year they get over the hump. Last year, they lost in the Wild Card Series. Offensively, the tea brings back its core starters in OFs Ken Yanagi, Jaylen Hudson and Anders Rosenkrantz to compose the best outfield in baseball. 18-game winner Dwayne Ryan returns as the team's staff ace. AFTERMATH Because I'm only playing off-seasons only, the regular season isn't on me. I can't make any moves, I just go into fan mode which is very difficult but makes for a more reward sim and I can play a lot faster that way. Out of the chute, Dylan Clark and Huai-yi Ying were among the top hitters in baseball and by the end of April, the Racers sprinted to a 4 game lead in the NL East on the strength of their offensive powers. The Racers ran away with the NL East, as predicted, we ended August with a 15 game lead in the division, leaving the battle there to determine who would play for a wild card. It's only the third division title in Racers franchise history dating back to 2117 when the team first moved to Indianapolis. FINISH: 104-57, 1st place, NL East PLAYOFFS: The top seed Racers swept the Chicago Blue Collars, two years removed from a title in the Division Series to setup a date with the West Virginia Alleghenies in the NLCS. West Virgina has never won a title, dating back 36 seasons. But they were no match for the Racers and in the 353rd Kerouac Cup Series, the Eau Claire Paws, seeking their 10th title after a 58-year drought take on the Indiana Racers who won their first pennant in franchise history. In a hard fought nine-game battle, the Racers knocked off the Paws and won their first title in club history.