Rebuilding A Champion - Page 5

Chappy · 11-05-2003, 08:25 PM

Thanks for the remarks, guys. It's helpful for me to make these reports, so I'd do them even if nobody cared, but it's good to know people are reading them.

Quote:

Originally posted by chambertrain
Have you noticed since Tay's poor performance after the 1st sim of the year his average keeps going up after every sim. Sounds like he is ready for AA minor leagues.

I almost forgot; here's the Tay update:

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Team              G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
Valley Forge (A) 43 166 43  5  0  2  12 15  7 29  0  1 .259 .297 .325 .622

As you said, the average keeps climbing. He's gone right past .250 and almost reached .260. I think I'll let him stay in each level for a full season. Well, I'll still call him up September 1st, but no other promotions mid-season. He's only 19, so I've got time.

cknox0723 · 11-05-2003, 10:47 PM

Any promising trade talks (no specifics, I know)? Maybe an Ozzie Guillen-type who can give you an empty .300? Any of these guys available? I think that might really help that destitute lower half of the order, but who knows?
Craig

Chappy · 11-06-2003, 07:45 AM

I've looked around for good avg/obp guys and hadn't found any available or that I could get without giving up too much. Rebuilding can be hard when you don't have quality veterans to trade away. I tried all last year to move Mosqueda and Sedgwick, but found no takers. Sedgwick might be moved this year; he's more attractive to other owners now that he's hitting.

I haven't solicited any trades since Galyon and Leto were acquired. In addition to Sedgwick, I'll probably move Titsworth near the deadline, and he should command top dollar. I'll be looking for AA/AAA OF prospects and pitching prospects. Picks are nice, but I learned my lesson about trading with good teams last season. The #1 pick I got for Sauron Evil last year might as well have been a #2 pick, because the team I dealt him to went on to do so well. The 5 and 4 star prospects were all gone by pick #15, so pick #20 didn't help me that much. Besides, I'm shooting to be good in 2007 and developmentally I'll need players who will be ready then.

At this rate, my first round pick should be worth a lot, hopefully there'll be a good OF in the draft next year. The past two seasons, all the top guys have been infielders, which is one of the reasons my minor league teams are stacked at the infield positions.

Chappy · 11-06-2003, 09:45 AM

I've edited the above sim summary to reflect some new lineup changes.

Chappy · 11-08-2003, 11:35 PM

Team Record - 19-34, 15 GB
This Sim - 4-5

Game Log
5/26 - 4-0 WIN @ Connecticut; Titsworth pitches a 2-hit shutout and Anthony Pooler goes 3-for-4.
5/27 - 8-3 Loss @ Connecticut; Hollingshead; 3-3, HR, 1 R, 2 RBI. Jones gives up 7 ER in 5.1 IP.
5/28 - 4-3 WIN v. NY; Kearns injured while pitching in the 2nd, so the bullpen came up big. Cortes went 3-3 and Manning hit a pinch-hit HR (1).
5/29 - 5-1 Loss v. NY; Moreno falls to 1-4 as he allows 10 hits and 5 runs in 6 innings.
5/30 - 3-2 WIN v. NY; Another good start for Northrup as he allows 2 ER in 7 IP and also drives in a run.
5/31 - Off Day
6/1 - 3-2 WIN v. Connecticut; Titsworth allows 2 ER in 8 IP and moves to 7-3 on the year. He also set a career high with 11 k's.
6/2 - 4-0 Loss v. Connecticut; Jones falls to 1-6 as he allows 4 runs in 8.1 innings.
6/3 - 5-3 Loss v. Connecticut; Handel gets a hit in his 6th straight game. Moreno continues his woes despite pitching well as he falls to 1-5.

Who's Hot?
Blaine Titsworth; Last 3 starts: 3-0, 0.70, 25.2 IP
Tracey Northrup; Last 3 starts: 2-1, 2.45, 22.0 IP
Brandon Hollingshead; Last 5 games: 6-13, .462, 1 HR, 3 RBI

Who's Not?
Sidney Sedgwick; Last 8 games: 2-21, .095, 0 HR, 2 RBI
Matthew Finck; Last 5 games: 1-12, .083, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Robert Kidder; Last 6 games: 3-21, .143, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Anthony Pooler; Last 5 games: 3-18, .167, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Hector Moreno; Last 3 starts: 0-3, 8.22, 15.1 IP

Well Sedgwick fell as fast as he rose, but at least he's still getting on base thanks to the walks. Too many people on the NOT list.

Injuries
Soto is now healthy and will make his 1st career start next sim. However, we've lost Kearns, our #2 starter, for 2-3 weeks. AAA Starter James Pugh will miss a week with a sore arm as well.

Rotation

Code:

   Name        W  L  S  ERA   IP BB  K
SP Titsworth   7  3  0 2.01 98.2 10 59
SP Northrup    3  4  0 4.18 60.1  4 25
SP Jones       1  6  0 4.44 71.0 39 26
SP Moreno      1  5  0 5.20 45.0 18 28
SP Soto	       0  0  0 0.00  0.0  0  0

MR Garrard     2  0  0 3.42 26.1  9 18
MR Marguez     0  0  0 3.97 11.1  5  7
SU Harden      0  1  1 3.74 21.2  6 20
SU Meyerson    1  0  0 7.24 13.2  3 11
CL Scull       0  4 12 2.95 21.1  7 17

I'm disappointed with my entire pitching staff, with the exception of Titsworth and Scull. Northrup has been good lately, and luckily Meyerson hasn't cost us any games with his 7.24 ERA.

Lineup

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  Pos Name          AVG HR RBI  H 2B 3B  AB  R SB CS BB  K
1. 2B Manning      .268  1   7 22  2  0  82  5  0  2  3 17
2.  C Pooler       .237  0   6 33  6  0 139 10  0  0  3 32
3. LF Hollingshead .322  7  16 37  6  2 115 15  5  1  6 22
4. 3B Leto         .186  5  11 16  1  2  86 11  2  4  1 17
5. SS Kidder       .199  8  27 34  7  0 171 13  3  2  8 32
6. 1B Galyon       .208  1   2 10  2  0  48  3  0  0  2 12
7. RF Handel       .233  0   1 10  4  1  43  4  0  0  7  2
8. CF Clow         .260  6  17 39  4  0 150 12  6  2 10 39

It's Galyon time. Not only has Sedgwick been ice cold lately, but he's still a liability defensively. I have to go to Galyon to reduce the number of errors on this team. Kidder didn't make any errors last sim, so he stays in.

Team Leaders
AVG - Sedgwick - .248
HR - Kidder - 7
RBI - Kidder - 27
RUNS - Sedgwick - 20
SB - Sedgwick - 11
OPS - Sedgwick - .792

ERA - Titsworth - 2.01
WINS - Titsworth - 7
SAVES - Scull - 12
K's - Titsworth - 59

Team Ranking
Batting AVG: .221 (21st)
Homeruns: 44 (20th)
Walks: 120 (20th)
Stolen Bases: 36 (13th)
Runs Scored: 170 (22nd)

Pitching ERA: 4.23 (19th)
Opponents AVG: .258 (21st)
HRs Allowed: 50 (T-9th)
Walks Allowed: 131 (7th)
Runs Allowed: 258 (22nd)

satchel · 11-09-2003, 11:29 PM

The Locos bullpen has been solid in 2005. Three of its five hurlers have Locos Championship rings from the 2000 season: Harden, Marguez, and Scull.

Chappy · 11-11-2003, 08:54 AM

Okay, for some reason my lineup changes weren't reflected in the last sim, so ignore all the lineup changes from the last sim report

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Our league has been undergoing a host change so I'm sure the mix up had something to do with that rather than my own forgetfulness

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Team Record: 21-42, 21.5 GB
This Sim: 2-8
Okay, now I'm wishing my lineup changes had gone through

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Game Log
6/4 - 4-1 Loss @ NY; HR: Kidder (9). Northrup gives up 4 runs in 6.1 IP.
6/5 - 1-0 Loss @ NY; I hate 1-0 losses! Titsworth allows 3 hits in 7 IP but one of those 3 hits was a HR. Pooler had 3 hits for the locos, but a Clow 2B was the only other hit for the Locomotives.
6/6 - 6-4 Loss @ NY; HR: Kidder (10). Jones pitches fine allowing 3 runs in 7 IP, but Meyerson's bad pitching finally bites me. He allows 2 hits and a run without retiring a batter and takes the loss.

Monday 6/6/2005 :
Blaine Titsworth increases his talent in getting strikeouts!
Blaine Titsworth increases his talent in avoiding hits!
Blaine Titsworth increases his talent in getting strikeouts!

6/7 - 8-1 Loss v. Louisianna; HR: Kidder (11). He is on fire, but the rest of the Locos... 4 errors and 6 walks never add up to a good day. Moreno gets the loss and falls to 1-6.
6/8 - 2-0 Loss V. Louisianna; Northrup pitches a gem but the Locos only collect 4 hits. Oh well. At least we didn't make any errors.
6/9 - 7-5 WIN v. Louisianna; I can't believe we won a game. Leto hits a 3-run blast (6) and Hollingshead and Clow each collect 3 hits to power the offense. Titsworth allows 3 in 8 IP and moves to 8-4 on the year.
6/10 - 7-2 Loss v. Louisianna; Leto has a day he'd rather forget. 2 errors and an 0-4, 3 K line. Jones allows 6 runs in 7 IP, but only 2 are earned.
6/11 - 4-3 Loss @ Florida; Handel hits his first HR of the season, a 3-run shot, but errors cost the Locomotives another game. Moreno allows 2 earned runs in 6 innings for his best start in recent history.
6/12 - 2-1 Loss @ Florida; Cortes goes 3-3, but we have only 3 other hits. Clow hits a solo HR (7) and Northrup takes a tough loss allowing 2 runs in 7.2 IP.
6/13 - 3-1 WIN @ Florida; Well at least we end the sim with a win. Pat Galyon hits his second HR as a Loco and is now batting 20 points higher than Sedgwick. Titsworth accounts for both wins in this sim and has 3 good performances.

Who's Hot?
Blaine Titsworth - Last 6 starts: 5-1, 1.29 ERA, 48.2 IP
Jeffrey Clow - Last 5 games: 5-15, .333, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Brandon Hollingshead - Last 8 games: 10-26, .385, 0 HR, 2 RBI

Who's Not?
Jason Leto - Last 5 games: 1-17, .059, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Sidney Sedgwick - Last 11 games: 1-24, .042, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Robert Kidder - Last 6 games: 2-21, .095, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Hector Moreno - Last 5 starts: 0-4, 7.09 ERA, 26.2 IP

Injuries
Kearns is still out one week.
Everyone else = healthy

Rotation

Code:

   Name          G GS W L SV   ERA    IP HA  R ER BB  K  
SP B. Titsworth 15 15 9 4  0  2.00 121.2 84 29 27 11 67
SP T. Northrup  12 12 3 7  0  4.00  81.0 80 47 36  7 36
SP R. Jones     12 12 1 7  0  4.20  85.2 92 54 40 44 30
SP H. Moreno    10 10 1 6  0  5.27  56.1 62 39 33 25 33
SP F. Soto       0  0 0 0  0  0.00   0.0  0  0  0  0  0

MR M. Garrard   24  0 2 1  0  3.45  28.2 26 12 11 10 20
MR V. Marguez   12  0 0 0  0  4.02  15.2 14  9  7  8  7
SU R. Harden    25  0 0 1  2  3.91  25.1 18 11 11  8 22
SU A. Meyerson  19  0 1 1  0  6.50  18.0 28 14 13  6 15
CL F. Scull     20  0 0 4 13  2.86  22.0 16  9  7  7 18

Lineup

Code:

   Name             G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K   AVG   OBP   SLG 
1. A. Manning      40  87 23  2  0  1   7  5  4 18  .264  .309  .322
2. A. Pooler       46 159 43  8  0  0   7 12  3 34  .270  .297  .321
3. B. Hollingshead 50 144 47  8  4  7  18 16  6 28  .326  .382  .583 
4. J. Leto         35 116 19  2  2  6  15 12  3 26  .164  .189  .371 
5. R. Kidder       61 208 40  8  0 11  31 16 10 38  .192  .229  .389
6. P. Galyon       29  66 16  3  0  2   6  6  2 15  .242  .286  .379 
7. B. Handel       24  73 15  5  1  1   5  6  9  3  .205  .293  .342 
8. J. Clow         59 179 48 10  0  7  20 17 11 46  .268  .307  .441

Clow responded well to being returned to the bottom of the lineup. Kidder is ice cold over his last 6 games, but had 3 HR in the 4 games prior to that. The trio of Leto, Kidder and Galyon won't produce many hits but they should collect quite a few HR. Sedgwick is my #1 guy off the bench and will continue to start v lefties only.

Team Leaders
AVG - Sedgwick - .223
HR - Kidder - 11
RBI - Kidder - 31
RUNS - Sedgwick - 21
SB - Sedgwick - 11
OPS - Sedgwick - .729

ERA - Titsworth - 2.00
WINS - Titsworth - 9
SAVES - Scull - 13
K's - Titsworth - 67

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .220 (22nd)
Homeruns: 51 (21st)
Walks: 137 (20th)
Stolen Bases: 40 (14th)
Runs Scored: 192 (24th)

Pitching ERA: 4.10 (18th)
Opponents AVG: .259 (22nd)
HRs Allowed: 53 (T-6th)
Walks Allowed: 156 (7th)
Runs Allowed: 298 (22nd)

Wow. Our ERA went down.

Minor League Report

Top Prospects:

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Batters 
#  Name             Age Pos Hits      Homeruns  Walks     Speed Range Level  AVG HR RBI 
1  Carmelo Fons      21  3B Brilliant Average   Brilliant   C     B     AA  .339  1  12 
2  Ludwig Claus      19  2B Average   Brilliant Brilliant   D     C     AA  .305  8  34 
3  Bick Horizon      23  1B Average   Good      Average     D     E     AA  .296  7  35 
4  Manuel Talamantez 23  3B Average   Average   Average     D     C    AAA  .274  6  36 
5  Manuel Rodriguez  24  2B Average   Fair      Good        D     D      A  .267  1  38 
6  Franklyn Thom     20  CF Average   Average   Fair        C     B      A  .279  7  28 
8  Bernard Lust      23  RF Average   Fair      Average     D     C     AA  .294  4  25 
10  Michael Hanson   25  CF Average   Fair      Average     D     E     AA  .310  8  33 
 
Pitchers 
#  Name          Age Role Hits    Homers    Walks K's     Level Rec   ERA   IP HA BB  K 
7  Joel Salguero  21  MR  Average Brilliant Good  Average   AA  0-0 13.50 10.2 13 10  7 
9  Francisco Soto 24  SP  Average Average   Fair  Average  AAA  2-2  2.47 40.0 44 17 26

And TAY!

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TEAM              G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
Valley Forge (A) 62 241 60  9  0  3  23 22  9 50  0  1 .249 .285 .324 .608

cknox0723 · 11-11-2003, 01:33 PM

Told ya, Pat Galyon, leading ya to victory.

Viktor Tay is still a cool story, but he's Ozzie Guillen-like with his hacking ways. But in five years, every hit he has will be long gone. All 5 of 'em.

Good Luck next sim.

Craig

Chappy · 11-13-2003, 10:38 PM

Team Record: 24-49, 24 GB
This Sim: 3-7

Game Log
6/14 - 5-2 Loss v. Mississippi; Sauron Evil faced his old mates for the first time and beat us by allowing just 2 runs in 8 innings. Handel: 2-2, BB.
6/15 - 6-1 Loss v. Mississippi; Locos go a combined 3-30 with 1 walk. Clow hit a solo HR (8).
6/16 - 9-0 Loss v. Mississippi; Miss completes the sweep as the locos go 4-31 with a walk. 7-61 and 2 walks over the past two games...
6/17 - 3-2 Loss @ NC; Northrup pitches 7.1 strong innings, allowing just 1 run, but a ninth inning error by Pooler opens the floodgates. Scull takes yet another loss without allowing any earned runs.
6/18 - 3-2 WIN @ NC; Hollingshead hit a HR (8) and Scull rebounds with 2 scoreless innings for the win.
6/19 - 4-3 Loss @ NC; Kidder: 2-4, 2 HR (13), 2 R, 3 RBI.
6/20 - 13-0 Loss @ NC; Ouch. Soto allows 6 runs in 1.2 innings in his second career start.
6/21 - 3-2 Loss @ Tennessee; Leto HR (7) can't help Locomotives overcome the Express.
6/22 - 8-1 WIN @ Tennessee; Biggest win in a while. HR: Hollingshead (9), Knuth (1). Northrup: 8 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, K.
6/23 - 7-5 WIN @ Tennessee; Could this be the start of a streak? We'll have to wait until the next sim to see. Hollingshead hits HR #10 and Titsworth earns win #10. Kidder makes his first error in nearly 20 games.

Who's Hot?
Blaine Titsworth - Last 3 starts: 2-0, 2.35 ERA, 23.0 IP

Who's Not
Christopher Kearns - Last 4 starts: 0-3, 7.23 ERA, 18.2 IP
Jeffrey Clow - Last 7 games: 1-20, .050, 0 HR, 1 RBI
Anthony Pooler - Last 6 games: 1-18, .056, 0 HR, 0 RBI

Titsworth is doing exceptionally well, and Kearns 'cold' stats are old (he hasn't pitched since 5/27) since he just came off the DL. Clow and Pooler are in shockingly long droughts.

Pitching

Code:

   Name          G GS  W L SV   ERA  IP    HA  R ER BB  K 
1. B. Titsworth 17 17 10 4  0  2.11 136.2  96 36 32 12 79
2. C. Kearns    11 11  3 7  0  4.05  73.1  87 35 33 19 40 
3. T. Northrup  14 14  4 7  0  3.54  96.2  86 49 38 12 44 
4. R. Jones     14 14  1 8  0  4.14 100.0 101 60 46 54 40 
5. F. Soto       2  2  0 2  0 14.09   7.2  13 12 12  8  5

MR M. Garrard   30  0  2 1  0  4.41  34.2  35 18 17 10 23 
MR V. Marguez   17  0  0 1  0  3.86  21.0  17 11  9  8 11 
SU R. Harden    30  0  0 1  2  4.55  29.2  23 15 15 11 26 
SU A. Meyerson  22  0  1 1  0  6.14  22.0  31 16 15  7 20
CL F. Scull     24  0  1 5 14  2.39  26.1  18 11  7  7 23

No trade offers for Titsworth yet, but I've begun shopping him. Hopefully a team with a shot at the title will inquire soon. The ERA on the bullpen is still a little high, but these are talented guys who are settling down and should be effective IF I can get an early lead in a game. Soto will keep his spot as Moreno goes back down. His ERA is way over 5.00, and although Soto hasn't been effective, I'll give him more than 2 starts before I send the kid back to AAA.

Lineup

Code:

   Name             G  AB H  2B 3B HR RBI  R BB K    AVG  OBP  SLG
1. A. Manning      50 120 30  4  1  1   7  8  9 24  .250 .311 .325
2. A. Pooler       55 189 45  8  0  0   7 13  6 44  .238 .273 .280 
3. B. Hollingshead 60 175 56  9  5 10  24 20  8 34  .320 .380 .600
4. J. Leto         43 133 23  5  2  7  16 15  6 31  .173 .211 .398 
5. R. Kidder       68 223 44  9  0 13  34 18 12 41  .197 .238 .413 
6. P. Galyon       39  87 20  4  0  2   8  8  4 23  .230 .295 .345
7. B. Handel       33 103 23  6  2  1   7  9 12  4  .223 .304 .350 
8. J. Clow         69 211 53 11  0  8  24 18 12 52  .251 .288 .417

The same lineup as last sim. I know I only won 3 games, but I'm going to stick with this lineup for a while. It provides me with the most power and since my weak guys aren't gonna hit for much more of an average it only makes sense to stick with this group.

Team Leaders
AVG - Sedgwick - .216
HR - Kidder - 13
RBI - Kidder - 34
RUNS - Sedgwick - 22
SB - Sedgwick - 12
OPS - Sedgwick - .698

ERA - Titsworth - 2.11
WINS - Titsworth - 10
SAVES - Scull - 14
K's - Titsworth - 79

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .217 (23rd)
Homeruns: 59 (T-20th)
Walks: 169 (20th)
Stolen Bases: 42 (14th)
Runs Scored: 220 (23rd)

Pitching ERA: 4.20 (19th)
Opponents AVG: .256 (20th)
HRs Allowed: 67 (8th)
Walks Allowed: 188 (T-10th)
Runs Allowed: 349 (23rd)

Minor League Report

Code:

TOP TEN PROSPECTS
Batters 
#  Name             Age Pos     Hits  Homeruns     Walks Spd Rng Level  AVG HR RBI 
1  Carmelo Fons      21 3B Brilliant   Average Brilliant  C   B     AA .310  1 13 
2  Ludwig Claus      19 2B   Average Brilliant Brilliant  D   C     AA .302  8 38 
3  Bick Horizon      23 1B   Average      Good   Average  D   E     AA .296  7 37 
4  Manuel Talamantez 24 3B   Average   Average   Average  D   C    AAA .282  6 41 
5  Manuel Rodriguez  24 2B   Average      Fair      Good  D   D      A .275  3 45 
6  Franklyn Thom     20 CF   Average   Average      Fair  C   B      A .276  8 30 
8  Bernard Lust      23 RF   Average      Fair   Average  D   C    AAA .268  0  4 
10  Michael Hanson   25 CF   Average      Fair   Average  D   E    AAA .372  0 12

Pitchers 
#  Name          Age Role   Hits    Homers Walks     K's  Level Rec   ERA   IP HA BB K 
7  Joel Salguero  21  MR Average Brilliant  Good Average     AA 0-0  9.37 16.1 17 11 14 
9  Francisco Soto 24  SP Average   Average  Fair Average Majors 0-2 14.09  7.2 13  8  5

Viktor Tay Update

Code:

Year     G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
2005, A 72 275 68  9  0  3  28 25 12 52  0  1 .247 .291 .313 .604

HolyCow98 · 11-13-2003, 10:55 PM

I want to see Pat Galyon start to tear it up. As the GM who sent him you way...I feel obligated to be the President of the Official Pat Galyon Fan Club.

I'm glad you still do your updates...I enjoy them alot.

Chappy · 11-14-2003, 10:02 AM

Galyon might not be tearing it up offensively, but he's really helped out a lot at 1B. My only disappointment with Galyon is that I was hoping for 6-7 HR per 100 AB, and he's only got 2 HR in 87 AB.

Code:

Name         G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG GS  PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS  SB% 
S. Sedgwick 69 194 42 13  1  4  13 22 38 36 .216 .342 .356 50 234  0  4  0   7  0  2 69  18 12  2 85.7
P. Galyon   39  87 20  4  0  2   8  8  4 23 .230 .295 .345 23  97  4  0  0   2  2  0 30   6  0  0   .0
 

Fielding, First Base 
 
Name         G GS  PO  A DP  TC E   PCT   INN RANGE 
S. Sedgwick 66 50 540 36 33 585 9  .985 465.2 11.13 
P. Galyon   26 23 184 13  7 197 0 1.000 175.2 10.09

cknox0723 · 11-14-2003, 03:39 PM

Hey, I voted for Galyon in the 'Choose the 1B' poll. So I shotgun treasurer of the Galyon Fan Club.

Titsworth for Cy? Any chance? Hollingshead has been awesome, too.

Craig

Chappy · 11-15-2003, 10:48 PM

Good to see I'm not the only member of the Pat Galyon Fan Club!

The support has been good and he had a good sim (as you will soon see).

And if Titsworth finishes the season a Loco... Well, he's on pace to win 20 games for a last-place team. That in itself is pretty remarkable, but some voters prefer players on good teams so we'll see.

Chappy · 11-15-2003, 11:31 PM

Team Record - 28-52, last in FF North, 25 GB
This Sim - 4-3

Game Log
6/24 - OFF DAY
6/25 - 2-1 WIN v Florida; Kearns returns from the DL and pitches brilliantly: 8.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 K
6/26 - 5-4 Loss v Florida; Jones is pounded for 14 hits in 8.2 innings, but Scull takes the loss in the 11th.
6/27 - 9-3 WIN v Florida; Tracey Northrup moves to 5-7 with 7.2 strong innings. Knuth hits HR #2 on the season.
6/28 - OFF DAY
6/29 - 6-4 Loss v Massachusetts; Galyon: HR (3), Titsworth allowed 3 runs on 7 hits in 8 innings. Mass scored all 6 runs in the top half of the ninth. 3 off of Titsworth and 3 off of Scull.
6/30 - 3-2 Loss v Massachusets; Clow: 3-4, HR (9), 2 RBI. Kearns pitched a gem, 7 shutout innings. But our usually reliable bullpen continues to let us down as Harden allows 2 runs in 0.2 innings and Garrard allows a 9th inning HR.
7/1 - 3-1 WIN v Massachusetts; A career day for Robert Jones, who pitches 7 innings and allows no runs on 3 hits. He also K'd 5 batters. John Pucci was 2-2 with 2 BB and 2 RBI.
7/2 - 5-2 WIN @ Connecticut; Pucci goes 1-3, but his 1 is a 3-run HR and that's all the help red-hot Tracey Northrup needs. My starters are really coming around, and had it not been for my bullpen I easily could have gone 7-0 last sim.

Who's Hot?
Jason Leto - Last 6 games: 3-11, 0 HR, 2 RBI
Pat Galyon - Last 6 games: 4-13, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Matthew Finck - Last 7 games: 6-14, .429, 0 HR, 2 RBI
Jeffrey Clow - Last 6 games: 7-17, .412, 1 HR, 4 RBI
Tracey Northrup - Last 4 starts: 3-0, 2.01 ERA, 31.1 IP

Who's Not?
Robert Kidder - Last 7 games: 2-15, .133, 0 HR, 0 RBI

Pitching

Code:

   Name          G GS  W L SV   ERA    IP  HA  R ER BB  K
1. B. Titsworth 18 18 10 4  0  2.18 144.2 103 39 35 13 85
2. C. Kearns    13 13  4 7  0  3.44  89.0  97 36 34 26 47
3. T. Northrup  16 16  6 7  0  3.45 112.1  98 54 43 15 52 
4. R. Jones     16 16  2 8  0  3.89 115.2 118 64 50 62 47
5. F. Soto       2  2  0 2  0 14.09   7.2  13 12 12  8  5 

MR M. Garrard   32  0  2 2  0  4.46  36.1  36 19 18 11 24 
MR V. Marguez   18  0  0 1  0  3.80  21.1  17 11  9  8 12 
SU R. Harden    33  0  0 1  2  4.83  31.2  26 17 17 11 26
SU A. Meyerson  23  0  1 1  0  5.87  23.0  32 16 15  7 20
CL F. Scull     29  0  1 7 17  3.45  31.1  25 16 12 10 28

Nobody in the starting rotation with an ERA over 4, with the exception of Soto (who has just 2 starts).

Lineup

Code:

   Name             G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG 
1. A. Manning      57 147 41  7  2  1  10 14 11 28 .279 .335 .374
2. A. Pooler       62 211 51  8  0  0   8 16  8 48 .242 .279 .280 
3. B. Handel       40 128 28  6  3  1  11 11 13  7 .219 .291 .336
4. J. Leto         49 144 26  5  3  7  18 16  6 33 .181 .216 .403
5. P. Galyon       45 100 24  6  0  3  10 10  5 26 .240 .303 .390
6. J. Pucci        69 159 31  5  2  2  17 14 23 36 .195 .292 .289
7. J. Knuth        21  32  8  1  0  2   3  5  2  8 .250 .294 .469
8. J. Clow         76 232 60 12  0  9  28 22 15 55 .259 .303 .427

It is with a heavy heart that I send Kidder to the bench. He leads the team with 13 HR but also leads the league in errors. I'm not expecting much offense from Knuth, but he's a wizard defensively.
Hollingshead is hurt, and will miss the next 5 days, so that's why he's not in the lineup.

Team Leaders
AVG - Clow - .259
HR - Kidder - 13
RBI - Kidder - 34
RUNS - Sedgwick - 25
SB - Sedgwick - 14
OPS - Clow - .730

ERA - Titsworth - 2.18
WINS - Titsworth - 10
SAVES - Scull - 17
Ks - Titsworth - 85

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .221 (22nd)
Homeruns: 63 (20th)
Walks: 189 (T-18th)
Stolen Bases: 46 (14th)
Runs Scored: 249 (23rd)

Pitching ERA: 4.08 (19th)
Opponents AVG: .254 (20th)
HRs Allowed: 73 (T-7th)
Walks Allowed: 211 (12th)
Runs Allowed: 370 (22nd)

chambertrain · 11-16-2003, 04:30 PM

Big deal lots of teams in your league have starters with below 4.00 era. You need to shoot for below 3.58 era.

cknox0723 · 11-16-2003, 08:41 PM

Great job last sim, Chappy. It's all because of Pat Galyon's veteran leadership, I tell ya. Well, maybe not. Rotation is really on a roll, especially Northrup. Hopefully Clow will keep up the hot streak this time around.

Craig

Chappy · 11-17-2003, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by chambertrain
Big deal lots of teams in your league have starters with below 4.00 era. You need to shoot for below 3.58 era.

Baby steps, baby steps. You can't expect to go from 22nd in ERA to the league average overnight. But FWIW, 3 of my starters are below 3.58.

Chappy · 11-17-2003, 09:29 AM

Team Record - 30-59, 29 GB
This Sim - 2-7

Game Log
7/3 - 9-5 Loss @ Connecticut; Armand Manning has a hit in his 11th straight game, but the 3rd career start for Soto is as bad as the first two and the Locos get blown out.
7/4 - 3-1 Loss @ Connecticut; The Locos are held to two hits. Titsworth was sensational allowing 1 run on 3 hits in 7 IP, but Meyerson allowed 2 runs on 2 hits in 0.2 IP. My worst fear has happened... Titsworth was injured in the game, later diagnosed as bone chips. He will miss 5 weeks, but more importantly, it will be hard to trade him now.
7/5 - 5-3 WIN @ Massachusetts; Manning (2), Leto (8) and Sedgwick (5) all HR as the Locos rally behind Kearns who allows just 1 ER in 8 IP. He is now 5-7 after a slow start. Manning was 3-3 with a 2B, HR, BB, and 2 RBI.
7/6 - 4-3 Loss @ Massachusetts; Penn led 3-2 most of the game, but a late 2-run HR off of starter Robert Jones ruined an otherwise good pitching performance.
7/7 - 6-2 WIN @ Massachusetts; Clinton Lewis's 2-run 7th inning HR gave the Locos a 2-1 lead and the hits kept coming after that as the Locos take 2 out of 3 from Mass. Northrup is now 7-7 after allowing 2 runs in 8 innings.
7/8 - 8-7 Loss v NY (14 innings); HR: Handel (2). Soto finally has a good start, allowing 3 ER in 7 IP on 10 hits. Okay, not a good start, but MUCH BETTER start. Anyhow, as has become the pattern this year the bullpen fell apart. This time it was Marguez, allowing 4 runs in the top of the 14th. The Locos rally for 3 in the bottom of the inning but come away one run short, and fall to 2-6 in extra-inning games.
7/9 - 9-2 Loss v NY; The bad pitching carries over as NY puts up 4, 2 and 3 runs in the first 3 innings. And when it means nothing, the bullpen puts up 6 good innings. Starter Kearns has his worst outing of the season and doesn't make it out of the 2nd inning.
7/10 - 14-2 Loss v NY; It keeps getting worse. Maybe we wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have all these games against NY, they constantly throw up double digits against us. Anyhow, Robert Jones was the first to pitch badly for us today, but he wasn't the last. The bullpen allowed 6 runs in 4.2 innings to stay on my ****list.
7/11 - 11-5 Loss v NY; More of the same. Sedgwick hit his 6th HR of the season, but he also made his 12th error. Northrup allowed 4 runs in 6 IP and the bullpen allowed 6 in 3 innings. Grrrr.
7/12 - OFF DAY (ALL STAR BREAK)
7/13 - ALL STAR GAME - No Locos, only Titsworth deserved to go and he's on the DL.

Who's Hot?
John Pucci - Last 5 games: 6-19, .316, 0 HR, 4 RBI
Brenton Handel - Last 5 games: 6-19, .316, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Tracey Northrup - Last 7 starts: 4-2, 2.55, 53.0 IP
Armand Manning - Last 6 games: 12-24, .500, 1 HR, 4 RBI
Brandon Hollingshead - Last 5 games: 4-13, .308, 0 HR, 2 RBI

Who's Not?
Francisco Soto - Last 3 starts: 0-2, 12.27 ERA, 11.0 IP
Jason Leto - Last 5 games: 1-13, .077, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Pat Galyon - Last 10 games: 1-21, .048, 0 HR, 1 RBI
Robert Jones - Last 3 starts: 1-2, 5.19 ERA, 17.1 IP
Joseph Knuth - Last 6 games: 1-19, .053, 0 HR, 1 RBI

Wow. I think that's a record for guys on the hot list. Now that Hollingshead is back, Pucci's PT will go down, but it's nice to have him off the bench. Galyon's had a rough 10 game stretch, but there are enough believers in him to keep him in the lineup. Especially since he still hasn't made any errors.

Injuries
Blaine Titsworth has hit the DL for 5 weeks, which hurts our team in two ways. For one, we won't have our dominant pitcher in the rotation and secondly, his trade value is lowered immensely. He will be back the second week of August, 2 weeks after the deadline.
Hollinghead is 3-10 since returning from an injury. He doesn't seem to of missed a beat.

Pitching

Code:

   Name         G GS W  L SV   ERA    IP  HA  R ER BB  K 
1. C. Kearns   15 15 5  8  0  3.77  98.0 107 44 41 29 49
2. T. Northrup 18 18 7  8  0  3.49 126.1 108 60 49 20 59
3. R. Jones    18 18 2 10  0  4.29 126.0 132 76 60 69 51
4. H. Moreno   15 12 1  8  0  5.65  71.2  81 51 45 30 41 
5. F. Soto      4  4 0  3  0 11.12  17.0  32 21 21 12  6 

MR R. Harden   37  0 0  1  2  5.15  36.2  34 21 21 11 28
MR M. Hart      0  0 0  0  0  0.00   0.0   0  0  0  0  0
SU D. Aquilar  15  0 1  1  1 10.22  12.1  20 15 14  6 11 
SU M. Garrard  37  0 2  2  0  3.98  43.0  41 20 19 14 27
CL F. Scull    32  0 1  7 18  3.89  37.0  31 21 16 13 33

Perhaps it's just out of frustration, but I sent down 2 relievers and recalled Aquilar and Hart from Allentown. Aquilar struggled at the beginning of the year, but was 2-1 with a 3.15 ERA in AAA. Mark Hart is a 23-year-old rookie, and has been floating around our minor league system since 2001.

Lineup

Code:

   Name             G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG
1. A. Manning      65 177 55  9  3  2  16 21 14 34 .311 .366 .429 
2. B. Hollingshead 67 195 60  9  5 10  26 23  8 37 .308 .363 .559
3. J. Clow         84 252 65 13  0  9  29 22 15 59 .258 .298 .417 
4. B. Handel       49 163 38  8  3  2  13 15 15  9 .233 .298 .356
5. R. Kidder       83 248 48 11  0 13  35 21 16 46 .194 .245 .395
6. P. Galyon       52 115 25  6  0  3  11 10  5 30 .217 .280 .348 
7. J. Leto         57 163 28  5  3  8  20 19  7 35 .172 .213 .387 
8. A. Pooler       69 240 59  9  0  0  11 21 11 56 .246 .287 .283

I'm going to go against my gut and move Clow up. He seems to be struggling at the bottom of the lineup as much as he does at the top, so I might as well have him up top in case he gets hot. Manning and Hollingshead have both done well getting on base, so they'll be up there too. Keeping Kidder out of the lineup didn't help me win any games, so the old man is back and will hit 5th to keep the Kidder/Galyon/Leto power trio together. They've totalled 24 HR this season, And I was hoping to get 75 from them so it looks like I'll be disappointed in their efforts. It's not that big a deal though... I didn't give up much for them and they were all sitting in other teams' minor league systems this time last year. And they're really just fill ins until my minor leaguers develope.

Team Leaders
AVG - Sedgwick - .241
HR - Kidder - 13
RBI - Kidder - 35
RUNS - Sedgwick - 30
SB - Sedgwick - 15
OPS - Sedgwick - .750

ERA - Titsworth - 2.14
WINS - Titsworth - 10
SAVES - Scull - 18
Ks - Titsworth - 92

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .224 (22nd)
Homeruns: 69 (T-20th)
Walks: 213 (19th)
Stolen Bases: 49 (15th)
Runs Scored: 285 (23rd)

Pitching ERA: 4.32 (21st)
Opponents AVG: .258 (22nd)
HRs Allowed: 84 (10th)
Walks Allowed: 247 (14th)
Runs Allowed: 433 (24th)

Nothing spells success like being second to last in runs scored and dead last in runs allowed.

Minor League Report
Carmelo Fons is being called up to AAA this week. Could he be in Penn by the end of the year?

Somebody test Michael Hanson for steroids. The 25-year-old RF propect has come out of nowhere to be a 3 /12 star propect. My scouts are saying he's ready for the show and I'd never even heard of him until he reached #10 on the top prospects report several weeks ago. Now look where he is...

Code:

#  Name             Age Pos      Hits  Homeruns Walks     Spd Rng Level  AVG HR RBI 
1  Carmelo Fons      21  3B Brilliant   Average Brilliant   C   B    AA .319  3  26 
2  Ludwig Claus      19  2B   Average Brilliant Brilliant   D   C    AA .300 11  50 
3  Michael Hanson    25  CF      Good   Average   Average   D   E   AAA .330  4  26 
4  Bick Horizon      23  1B   Average      Good   Average   D   E    AA .307  8  43 
5  Manuel Talamantez 24  3B   Average   Average   Average   D   C   AAA .279  6  45 
6  Manuel Rodriguez  24  2B   Average      Fair      Good   D   D     A .286  4  53 
7  Franklyn Thom     20  CF   Average   Average      Fair   C   B     A .282  9  33 
9  Bernard Lust      23  RF   Average      Fair   Average   D   C   AAA .286  0   5 
 
Pitchers 
 
#  Name          Age Role    Hits    Homers Walks     K's  Level Rec  ERA    IP HA BB  K 
8  Joel Salguero  21   MR Average Brilliant  Good Average     AA 0-1  6.23 26.0 26 16 24 
10 Francisco Soto 24   SP Average  Average   Fair Average Majors 0-3 11.12 17.0 32 12  6

And Viktor Tay

Code:

Team              G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
Valley Forge (A) 88 336 86 10  0  5  35 30 12 66  0  1 .256 .294 .330 .624

Chappy · 11-17-2003, 09:42 AM

As I've mentioned before, I've grown really attatched to some of these scrubs that make up the Pennsylvania Locomotives. One player in particular I'd like to tell you about is Anthony Pooler, our starting catcher. From a glance, Anthony is not a great player. He's slow, has no power, and has a career .264 average. But here's what I like about Pooler:

Code:

Name       G GS  PO  A DP  TC E   PCT   INN RANGE PB RSTA RTO  RTO% 
A. Pooler 61 61 311 44  1 356 1  .997 522.1  6.12  0   70  39  55.7 
M. Finck  38 27 140 15  0 160 5  .969 258.0  5.41  0   42   8  19.0 
J. Espino  3  1   5  1  0   6 0 1.000  11.0  4.91  0    1   1 100.0

When it comes to throwing out runners, nobody on the Locos comes close. In fact, nobody in the NPBL comes close.

Anthony Pooler has thrown out more runners than any catcher in the league (39). Second most, DC's B. Ramos with 28. Pooler has nailed 55.7% of attempted base-stealers. Of cathcers with 15 or more RTO, the second highest pct is B. Hill of Mississippi's 39.7%.

That's why I love having Anthony Pooler behind the plate.

Code:

Anthony Pooler - #91 - C
HT - 6'0"       WT - 210
Bats - S      Throws - R
Born: 2/8/1976, USA

-Career Batting Stats-
Year Team   G   AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI   R BB   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS  
2000  PEN   5    4   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   1  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000  
2001  PEN  51   69  17  1  0  0   7   1  8  29  0  0 .246 .325 .261 .586  
2002  PEN  91  284  82 10  3  2  34  25 19  48  0  0 .289 .333 .366 .700  
2003  PEN 119  433 118 24  1  0  41  35 27  79  0  0 .273 .315 .333 .648  
2004  PEN 109  336  85 15  1  2  31  29 13  76  0  0 .253 .281 .321 .602  
2005  PEN  69  240  59  9  0  0  11  21 11  56  1  0 .246 .287 .283 .571  
Total     444 1366 361 59  5  4 124 111 78 289  1  0 .264 .304 .324 .628 

-Career Fielding Stats-
Year Team   G  GS   PO   A DP   TC  E   PCT    INN RANGE PB RSTA RTO  RTO%
2000  PEN   5   0   13   1  0   14  0 1.000   15.0  8.40  0    1   1 100.0 
2001  PEN  19  11  109   3  0  112  0 1.000  113.0  8.92  1    5   3  60.0 
2002  PEN  79  74  536  30  1  573  7  .988  651.1  7.92  0   57  19  33.3 
2003  PEN 115 115  730  69  2  808  9  .989  968.2  7.51  4  120  43  35.8 
2004  PEN  84  83  437  61  0  509 11  .978  663.0  6.91  1  108  43  39.8 
2005  PEN  61  61  311  44  1  356  1  .997  522.1  6.13  0   70  39  55.7
Total     363 344 2136 208  4 2372 28  .988 2933.1  ?.??  6  361 148  41.0

Vris · 11-17-2003, 04:31 PM

Keep up the good work Chappy. Just hang in there this season, as it seems you have a good base to build upon with some quality prospects. You should be a powerhouse in the next few seasons. Good luck!

and I got a question for you. You keep listing Sedgwick as your team leader in BA but both Clow (.258) and Pooler (.246) are hitting better with 240+ ABs. How many ABs does Sedgwick have, especially after he's sat for the past few sims?

11-06-2003, 07:45 AM	#83 (permalink)
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,642 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	I've looked around for good avg/obp guys and hadn't found any available or that I could get without giving up too much. Rebuilding can be hard when you don't have quality veterans to trade away. I tried all last year to move Mosqueda and Sedgwick, but found no takers. Sedgwick might be moved this year; he's more attractive to other owners now that he's hitting. I haven't solicited any trades since Galyon and Leto were acquired. In addition to Sedgwick, I'll probably move Titsworth near the deadline, and he should command top dollar. I'll be looking for AA/AAA OF prospects and pitching prospects. Picks are nice, but I learned my lesson about trading with good teams last season. The #1 pick I got for Sauron Evil last year might as well have been a #2 pick, because the team I dealt him to went on to do so well. The 5 and 4 star prospects were all gone by pick #15, so pick #20 didn't help me that much. Besides, I'm shooting to be good in 2007 and developmentally I'll need players who will be ready then. At this rate, my first round pick should be worth a lot, hopefully there'll be a good OF in the draft next year. The past two seasons, all the top guys have been infielders, which is one of the reasons my minor league teams are stacked at the infield positions. __________________ NPBL - Commissioner - Pennsylvania Freedom Last edited by Chappy; 11-06-2003 at 07:47 AM.

11-06-2003, 09:45 AM	#84 (permalink)
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,642 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	I've edited the above sim summary to reflect some new lineup changes. __________________ NPBL - Commissioner - Pennsylvania Freedom

11-08-2003, 11:35 PM	#85 (permalink)
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,642 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	Team Record - 19-34, 15 GB This Sim - 4-5 Game Log 5/26 - 4-0 WIN @ Connecticut; Titsworth pitches a 2-hit shutout and Anthony Pooler goes 3-for-4. 5/27 - 8-3 Loss @ Connecticut; Hollingshead; 3-3, HR, 1 R, 2 RBI. Jones gives up 7 ER in 5.1 IP. 5/28 - 4-3 WIN v. NY; Kearns injured while pitching in the 2nd, so the bullpen came up big. Cortes went 3-3 and Manning hit a pinch-hit HR (1). 5/29 - 5-1 Loss v. NY; Moreno falls to 1-4 as he allows 10 hits and 5 runs in 6 innings. 5/30 - 3-2 WIN v. NY; Another good start for Northrup as he allows 2 ER in 7 IP and also drives in a run. 5/31 - Off Day 6/1 - 3-2 WIN v. Connecticut; Titsworth allows 2 ER in 8 IP and moves to 7-3 on the year. He also set a career high with 11 k's. 6/2 - 4-0 Loss v. Connecticut; Jones falls to 1-6 as he allows 4 runs in 8.1 innings. 6/3 - 5-3 Loss v. Connecticut; Handel gets a hit in his 6th straight game. Moreno continues his woes despite pitching well as he falls to 1-5. Who's Hot? Blaine Titsworth; Last 3 starts: 3-0, 0.70, 25.2 IP Tracey Northrup; Last 3 starts: 2-1, 2.45, 22.0 IP Brandon Hollingshead; Last 5 games: 6-13, .462, 1 HR, 3 RBI Who's Not? Sidney Sedgwick; Last 8 games: 2-21, .095, 0 HR, 2 RBI Matthew Finck; Last 5 games: 1-12, .083, 0 HR, 0 RBI Robert Kidder; Last 6 games: 3-21, .143, 0 HR, 0 RBI Anthony Pooler; Last 5 games: 3-18, .167, 0 HR, 0 RBI Hector Moreno; Last 3 starts: 0-3, 8.22, 15.1 IP Well Sedgwick fell as fast as he rose, but at least he's still getting on base thanks to the walks. Too many people on the NOT list. Injuries Soto is now healthy and will make his 1st career start next sim. However, we've lost Kearns, our #2 starter, for 2-3 weeks. AAA Starter James Pugh will miss a week with a sore arm as well. Rotation Code: Name W L S ERA IP BB K SP Titsworth 7 3 0 2.01 98.2 10 59 SP Northrup 3 4 0 4.18 60.1 4 25 SP Jones 1 6 0 4.44 71.0 39 26 SP Moreno 1 5 0 5.20 45.0 18 28 SP Soto 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 MR Garrard 2 0 0 3.42 26.1 9 18 MR Marguez 0 0 0 3.97 11.1 5 7 SU Harden 0 1 1 3.74 21.2 6 20 SU Meyerson 1 0 0 7.24 13.2 3 11 CL Scull 0 4 12 2.95 21.1 7 17 I'm disappointed with my entire pitching staff, with the exception of Titsworth and Scull. Northrup has been good lately, and luckily Meyerson hasn't cost us any games with his 7.24 ERA. Lineup Code: Pos Name AVG HR RBI H 2B 3B AB R SB CS BB K 1. 2B Manning .268 1 7 22 2 0 82 5 0 2 3 17 2. C Pooler .237 0 6 33 6 0 139 10 0 0 3 32 3. LF Hollingshead .322 7 16 37 6 2 115 15 5 1 6 22 4. 3B Leto .186 5 11 16 1 2 86 11 2 4 1 17 5. SS Kidder .199 8 27 34 7 0 171 13 3 2 8 32 6. 1B Galyon .208 1 2 10 2 0 48 3 0 0 2 12 7. RF Handel .233 0 1 10 4 1 43 4 0 0 7 2 8. CF Clow .260 6 17 39 4 0 150 12 6 2 10 39 It's Galyon time. Not only has Sedgwick been ice cold lately, but he's still a liability defensively. I have to go to Galyon to reduce the number of errors on this team. Kidder didn't make any errors last sim, so he stays in. Team Leaders AVG - Sedgwick - .248 HR - Kidder - 7 RBI - Kidder - 27 RUNS - Sedgwick - 20 SB - Sedgwick - 11 OPS - Sedgwick - .792 ERA - Titsworth - 2.01 WINS - Titsworth - 7 SAVES - Scull - 12 K's - Titsworth - 59 Team Ranking Batting AVG: .221 (21st) Homeruns: 44 (20th) Walks: 120 (20th) Stolen Bases: 36 (13th) Runs Scored: 170 (22nd) Pitching ERA: 4.23 (19th) Opponents AVG: .258 (21st) HRs Allowed: 50 (T-9th) Walks Allowed: 131 (7th) Runs Allowed: 258 (22nd) __________________ NPBL - Commissioner - Pennsylvania Freedom Last edited by Chappy; 11-09-2003 at 09:40 PM.

11-09-2003, 11:29 PM	#86 (permalink)
satchel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft Smith AR Posts: 2,680 Thanks: 52 Thanked 48x in 26 posts	Pen. pen The Locos bullpen has been solid in 2005. Three of its five hurlers have Locos Championship rings from the 2000 season: Harden, Marguez, and Scull. __________________ JL Commish NPBL Rhode Island Reds ’33 ’34 ’35 TCBA San Francisco Railbornes ’74 ’76 ’77 ’78 FL New Orleans Black Sox ’56 ’57 ’58 ’59 IOLD

11-11-2003, 08:54 AM	#87 (permalink)
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,642 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	SIM REPORT 8, 2005 SEASON Okay, for some reason my lineup changes weren't reflected in the last sim, so ignore all the lineup changes from the last sim report . Our league has been undergoing a host change so I'm sure the mix up had something to do with that rather than my own forgetfulness . Team Record: 21-42, 21.5 GB This Sim: 2-8 Okay, now I'm wishing my lineup changes had gone through . Game Log 6/4 - 4-1 Loss @ NY; HR: Kidder (9). Northrup gives up 4 runs in 6.1 IP. 6/5 - 1-0 Loss @ NY; I hate 1-0 losses! Titsworth allows 3 hits in 7 IP but one of those 3 hits was a HR. Pooler had 3 hits for the locos, but a Clow 2B was the only other hit for the Locomotives. 6/6 - 6-4 Loss @ NY; HR: Kidder (10). Jones pitches fine allowing 3 runs in 7 IP, but Meyerson's bad pitching finally bites me. He allows 2 hits and a run without retiring a batter and takes the loss. Monday 6/6/2005 : Blaine Titsworth increases his talent in getting strikeouts! Blaine Titsworth increases his talent in avoiding hits! Blaine Titsworth increases his talent in getting strikeouts! 6/7 - 8-1 Loss v. Louisianna; HR: Kidder (11). He is on fire, but the rest of the Locos... 4 errors and 6 walks never add up to a good day. Moreno gets the loss and falls to 1-6. 6/8 - 2-0 Loss V. Louisianna; Northrup pitches a gem but the Locos only collect 4 hits. Oh well. At least we didn't make any errors. 6/9 - 7-5 WIN v. Louisianna; I can't believe we won a game. Leto hits a 3-run blast (6) and Hollingshead and Clow each collect 3 hits to power the offense. Titsworth allows 3 in 8 IP and moves to 8-4 on the year. 6/10 - 7-2 Loss v. Louisianna; Leto has a day he'd rather forget. 2 errors and an 0-4, 3 K line. Jones allows 6 runs in 7 IP, but only 2 are earned. 6/11 - 4-3 Loss @ Florida; Handel hits his first HR of the season, a 3-run shot, but errors cost the Locomotives another game. Moreno allows 2 earned runs in 6 innings for his best start in recent history. 6/12 - 2-1 Loss @ Florida; Cortes goes 3-3, but we have only 3 other hits. Clow hits a solo HR (7) and Northrup takes a tough loss allowing 2 runs in 7.2 IP. 6/13 - 3-1 WIN @ Florida; Well at least we end the sim with a win. Pat Galyon hits his second HR as a Loco and is now batting 20 points higher than Sedgwick. Titsworth accounts for both wins in this sim and has 3 good performances. Who's Hot? Blaine Titsworth - Last 6 starts: 5-1, 1.29 ERA, 48.2 IP Jeffrey Clow - Last 5 games: 5-15, .333, 1 HR, 3 RBI Brandon Hollingshead - Last 8 games: 10-26, .385, 0 HR, 2 RBI Who's Not? Jason Leto - Last 5 games: 1-17, .059, 1 HR, 3 RBI Sidney Sedgwick - Last 11 games: 1-24, .042, 0 HR, 0 RBI Robert Kidder - Last 6 games: 2-21, .095, 0 HR, 0 RBI Hector Moreno - Last 5 starts: 0-4, 7.09 ERA, 26.2 IP Injuries Kearns is still out one week. Everyone else = healthy Rotation Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K SP B. Titsworth 15 15 9 4 0 2.00 121.2 84 29 27 11 67 SP T. Northrup 12 12 3 7 0 4.00 81.0 80 47 36 7 36 SP R. Jones 12 12 1 7 0 4.20 85.2 92 54 40 44 30 SP H. Moreno 10 10 1 6 0 5.27 56.1 62 39 33 25 33 SP F. Soto 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 MR M. Garrard 24 0 2 1 0 3.45 28.2 26 12 11 10 20 MR V. Marguez 12 0 0 0 0 4.02 15.2 14 9 7 8 7 SU R. Harden 25 0 0 1 2 3.91 25.1 18 11 11 8 22 SU A. Meyerson 19 0 1 1 0 6.50 18.0 28 14 13 6 15 CL F. Scull 20 0 0 4 13 2.86 22.0 16 9 7 7 18 Lineup Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1. A. Manning 40 87 23 2 0 1 7 5 4 18 .264 .309 .322 2. A. Pooler 46 159 43 8 0 0 7 12 3 34 .270 .297 .321 3. B. Hollingshead 50 144 47 8 4 7 18 16 6 28 .326 .382 .583 4. J. Leto 35 116 19 2 2 6 15 12 3 26 .164 .189 .371 5. R. Kidder 61 208 40 8 0 11 31 16 10 38 .192 .229 .389 6. P. Galyon 29 66 16 3 0 2 6 6 2 15 .242 .286 .379 7. B. Handel 24 73 15 5 1 1 5 6 9 3 .205 .293 .342 8. J. Clow 59 179 48 10 0 7 20 17 11 46 .268 .307 .441 Clow responded well to being returned to the bottom of the lineup. Kidder is ice cold over his last 6 games, but had 3 HR in the 4 games prior to that. The trio of Leto, Kidder and Galyon won't produce many hits but they should collect quite a few HR. Sedgwick is my #1 guy off the bench and will continue to start v lefties only. Team Leaders AVG - Sedgwick - .223 HR - Kidder - 11 RBI - Kidder - 31 RUNS - Sedgwick - 21 SB - Sedgwick - 11 OPS - Sedgwick - .729 ERA - Titsworth - 2.00 WINS - Titsworth - 9 SAVES - Scull - 13 K's - Titsworth - 67 Team Rankings Batting AVG: .220 (22nd) Homeruns: 51 (21st) Walks: 137 (20th) Stolen Bases: 40 (14th) Runs Scored: 192 (24th) Pitching ERA: 4.10 (18th) Opponents AVG: .259 (22nd) HRs Allowed: 53 (T-6th) Walks Allowed: 156 (7th) Runs Allowed: 298 (22nd) Wow. Our ERA went down. Minor League Report Top Prospects: Code: Batters # Name Age Pos Hits Homeruns Walks Speed Range Level AVG HR RBI 1 Carmelo Fons 21 3B Brilliant Average Brilliant C B AA .339 1 12 2 Ludwig Claus 19 2B Average Brilliant Brilliant D C AA .305 8 34 3 Bick Horizon 23 1B Average Good Average D E AA .296 7 35 4 Manuel Talamantez 23 3B Average Average Average D C AAA .274 6 36 5 Manuel Rodriguez 24 2B Average Fair Good D D A .267 1 38 6 Franklyn Thom 20 CF Average Average Fair C B A .279 7 28 8 Bernard Lust 23 RF Average Fair Average D C AA .294 4 25 10 Michael Hanson 25 CF Average Fair Average D E AA .310 8 33 Pitchers # Name Age Role Hits Homers Walks K's Level Rec ERA IP HA BB K 7 Joel Salguero 21 MR Average Brilliant Good Average AA 0-0 13.50 10.2 13 10 7 9 Francisco Soto 24 SP Average Average Fair Average AAA 2-2 2.47 40.0 44 17 26 And TAY! Code: TEAM G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Valley Forge (A) 62 241 60 9 0 3 23 22 9 50 0 1 .249 .285 .324 .608 __________________ NPBL - Commissioner - Pennsylvania Freedom

11-05-2003, 10:47 PM	#82 (permalink)
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Any promising trade talks (no specifics, I know)? Maybe an Ozzie Guillen-type who can give you an empty .300? Any of these guys available? I think that might really help that destitute lower half of the order, but who knows? Craig

11-11-2003, 01:33 PM	#88 (permalink)
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Told ya, Pat Galyon, leading ya to victory. Viktor Tay is still a cool story, but he's Ozzie Guillen-like with his hacking ways. But in five years, every hit he has will be long gone. All 5 of 'em. Good Luck next sim. Craig

11-13-2003, 10:38 PM	#89 (permalink)
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,642 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	Team Record: 24-49, 24 GB This Sim: 3-7 Game Log 6/14 - 5-2 Loss v. Mississippi; Sauron Evil faced his old mates for the first time and beat us by allowing just 2 runs in 8 innings. Handel: 2-2, BB. 6/15 - 6-1 Loss v. Mississippi; Locos go a combined 3-30 with 1 walk. Clow hit a solo HR (8). 6/16 - 9-0 Loss v. Mississippi; Miss completes the sweep as the locos go 4-31 with a walk. 7-61 and 2 walks over the past two games... 6/17 - 3-2 Loss @ NC; Northrup pitches 7.1 strong innings, allowing just 1 run, but a ninth inning error by Pooler opens the floodgates. Scull takes yet another loss without allowing any earned runs. 6/18 - 3-2 WIN @ NC; Hollingshead hit a HR (8) and Scull rebounds with 2 scoreless innings for the win. 6/19 - 4-3 Loss @ NC; Kidder: 2-4, 2 HR (13), 2 R, 3 RBI. 6/20 - 13-0 Loss @ NC; Ouch. Soto allows 6 runs in 1.2 innings in his second career start. 6/21 - 3-2 Loss @ Tennessee; Leto HR (7) can't help Locomotives overcome the Express. 6/22 - 8-1 WIN @ Tennessee; Biggest win in a while. HR: Hollingshead (9), Knuth (1). Northrup: 8 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, K. 6/23 - 7-5 WIN @ Tennessee; Could this be the start of a streak? We'll have to wait until the next sim to see. Hollingshead hits HR #10 and Titsworth earns win #10. Kidder makes his first error in nearly 20 games. Who's Hot? Blaine Titsworth - Last 3 starts: 2-0, 2.35 ERA, 23.0 IP Who's Not Christopher Kearns - Last 4 starts: 0-3, 7.23 ERA, 18.2 IP Jeffrey Clow - Last 7 games: 1-20, .050, 0 HR, 1 RBI Anthony Pooler - Last 6 games: 1-18, .056, 0 HR, 0 RBI Titsworth is doing exceptionally well, and Kearns 'cold' stats are old (he hasn't pitched since 5/27) since he just came off the DL. Clow and Pooler are in shockingly long droughts. Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K 1. B. Titsworth 17 17 10 4 0 2.11 136.2 96 36 32 12 79 2. C. Kearns 11 11 3 7 0 4.05 73.1 87 35 33 19 40 3. T. Northrup 14 14 4 7 0 3.54 96.2 86 49 38 12 44 4. R. Jones 14 14 1 8 0 4.14 100.0 101 60 46 54 40 5. F. Soto 2 2 0 2 0 14.09 7.2 13 12 12 8 5 MR M. Garrard 30 0 2 1 0 4.41 34.2 35 18 17 10 23 MR V. Marguez 17 0 0 1 0 3.86 21.0 17 11 9 8 11 SU R. Harden 30 0 0 1 2 4.55 29.2 23 15 15 11 26 SU A. Meyerson 22 0 1 1 0 6.14 22.0 31 16 15 7 20 CL F. Scull 24 0 1 5 14 2.39 26.1 18 11 7 7 23 No trade offers for Titsworth yet, but I've begun shopping him. Hopefully a team with a shot at the title will inquire soon. The ERA on the bullpen is still a little high, but these are talented guys who are settling down and should be effective IF I can get an early lead in a game. Soto will keep his spot as Moreno goes back down. His ERA is way over 5.00, and although Soto hasn't been effective, I'll give him more than 2 starts before I send the kid back to AAA. Lineup Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1. A. Manning 50 120 30 4 1 1 7 8 9 24 .250 .311 .325 2. A. Pooler 55 189 45 8 0 0 7 13 6 44 .238 .273 .280 3. B. Hollingshead 60 175 56 9 5 10 24 20 8 34 .320 .380 .600 4. J. Leto 43 133 23 5 2 7 16 15 6 31 .173 .211 .398 5. R. Kidder 68 223 44 9 0 13 34 18 12 41 .197 .238 .413 6. P. Galyon 39 87 20 4 0 2 8 8 4 23 .230 .295 .345 7. B. Handel 33 103 23 6 2 1 7 9 12 4 .223 .304 .350 8. J. Clow 69 211 53 11 0 8 24 18 12 52 .251 .288 .417 The same lineup as last sim. I know I only won 3 games, but I'm going to stick with this lineup for a while. It provides me with the most power and since my weak guys aren't gonna hit for much more of an average it only makes sense to stick with this group. Team Leaders AVG - Sedgwick - .216 HR - Kidder - 13 RBI - Kidder - 34 RUNS - Sedgwick - 22 SB - Sedgwick - 12 OPS - Sedgwick - .698 ERA - Titsworth - 2.11 WINS - Titsworth - 10 SAVES - Scull - 14 K's - Titsworth - 79 Team Rankings Batting AVG: .217 (23rd) Homeruns: 59 (T-20th) Walks: 169 (20th) Stolen Bases: 42 (14th) Runs Scored: 220 (23rd) Pitching ERA: 4.20 (19th) Opponents AVG: .256 (20th) HRs Allowed: 67 (8th) Walks Allowed: 188 (T-10th) Runs Allowed: 349 (23rd) Minor League Report Code: TOP TEN PROSPECTS Batters # Name Age Pos Hits Homeruns Walks Spd Rng Level AVG HR RBI 1 Carmelo Fons 21 3B Brilliant Average Brilliant C B AA .310 1 13 2 Ludwig Claus 19 2B Average Brilliant Brilliant D C AA .302 8 38 3 Bick Horizon 23 1B Average Good Average D E AA .296 7 37 4 Manuel Talamantez 24 3B Average Average Average D C AAA .282 6 41 5 Manuel Rodriguez 24 2B Average Fair Good D D A .275 3 45 6 Franklyn Thom 20 CF Average Average Fair C B A .276 8 30 8 Bernard Lust 23 RF Average Fair Average D C AAA .268 0 4 10 Michael Hanson 25 CF Average Fair Average D E AAA .372 0 12 Pitchers # Name Age Role Hits Homers Walks K's Level Rec ERA IP HA BB K 7 Joel Salguero 21 MR Average Brilliant Good Average AA 0-0 9.37 16.1 17 11 14 9 Francisco Soto 24 SP Average Average Fair Average Majors 0-2 14.09 7.2 13 8 5 Viktor Tay Update Code: Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2005, A 72 275 68 9 0 3 28 25 12 52 0 1 .247 .291 .313 .604 __________________ NPBL - Commissioner - Pennsylvania Freedom Last edited by Chappy; 11-14-2003 at 09:55 AM.

11-13-2003, 10:55 PM	#90 (permalink)
HolyCow98 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Douglasville, GA Posts: 2,603 Thanks: 6 Thanked 1x in 1 post	I want to see Pat Galyon start to tear it up. As the GM who sent him you way...I feel obligated to be the President of the Official Pat Galyon Fan Club. I'm glad you still do your updates...I enjoy them alot.

11-14-2003, 10:02 AM	#91 (permalink)
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,642 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	Galyon might not be tearing it up offensively, but he's really helped out a lot at 1B. My only disappointment with Galyon is that I was hoping for 6-7 HR per 100 AB, and he's only got 2 HR in 87 AB. Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% S. Sedgwick 69 194 42 13 1 4 13 22 38 36 .216 .342 .356 50 234 0 4 0 7 0 2 69 18 12 2 85.7 P. Galyon 39 87 20 4 0 2 8 8 4 23 .230 .295 .345 23 97 4 0 0 2 2 0 30 6 0 0 .0 Fielding, First Base Name G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RANGE S. Sedgwick 66 50 540 36 33 585 9 .985 465.2 11.13 P. Galyon 26 23 184 13 7 197 0 1.000 175.2 10.09 __________________ NPBL - Commissioner - Pennsylvania Freedom Last edited by Chappy; 11-14-2003 at 10:05 AM.

11-14-2003, 03:39 PM	#92 (permalink)
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Hey, I voted for Galyon in the 'Choose the 1B' poll. So I shotgun treasurer of the Galyon Fan Club. Titsworth for Cy? Any chance? Hollingshead has been awesome, too. Craig

11-15-2003, 10:48 PM	#93 (permalink)
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,642 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	Good to see I'm not the only member of the Pat Galyon Fan Club! The support has been good and he had a good sim (as you will soon see). And if Titsworth finishes the season a Loco... Well, he's on pace to win 20 games for a last-place team. That in itself is pretty remarkable, but some voters prefer players on good teams so we'll see. __________________ NPBL - Commissioner - Pennsylvania Freedom

11-15-2003, 11:31 PM	#94 (permalink)
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,642 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	Team Record - 28-52, last in FF North, 25 GB This Sim - 4-3 Game Log 6/24 - OFF DAY 6/25 - 2-1 WIN v Florida; Kearns returns from the DL and pitches brilliantly: 8.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 K 6/26 - 5-4 Loss v Florida; Jones is pounded for 14 hits in 8.2 innings, but Scull takes the loss in the 11th. 6/27 - 9-3 WIN v Florida; Tracey Northrup moves to 5-7 with 7.2 strong innings. Knuth hits HR #2 on the season. 6/28 - OFF DAY 6/29 - 6-4 Loss v Massachusetts; Galyon: HR (3), Titsworth allowed 3 runs on 7 hits in 8 innings. Mass scored all 6 runs in the top half of the ninth. 3 off of Titsworth and 3 off of Scull. 6/30 - 3-2 Loss v Massachusets; Clow: 3-4, HR (9), 2 RBI. Kearns pitched a gem, 7 shutout innings. But our usually reliable bullpen continues to let us down as Harden allows 2 runs in 0.2 innings and Garrard allows a 9th inning HR. 7/1 - 3-1 WIN v Massachusetts; A career day for Robert Jones, who pitches 7 innings and allows no runs on 3 hits. He also K'd 5 batters. John Pucci was 2-2 with 2 BB and 2 RBI. 7/2 - 5-2 WIN @ Connecticut; Pucci goes 1-3, but his 1 is a 3-run HR and that's all the help red-hot Tracey Northrup needs. My starters are really coming around, and had it not been for my bullpen I easily could have gone 7-0 last sim. Who's Hot? Jason Leto - Last 6 games: 3-11, 0 HR, 2 RBI Pat Galyon - Last 6 games: 4-13, 1 HR, 2 RBI Matthew Finck - Last 7 games: 6-14, .429, 0 HR, 2 RBI Jeffrey Clow - Last 6 games: 7-17, .412, 1 HR, 4 RBI Tracey Northrup - Last 4 starts: 3-0, 2.01 ERA, 31.1 IP Who's Not? Robert Kidder - Last 7 games: 2-15, .133, 0 HR, 0 RBI Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K 1. B. Titsworth 18 18 10 4 0 2.18 144.2 103 39 35 13 85 2. C. Kearns 13 13 4 7 0 3.44 89.0 97 36 34 26 47 3. T. Northrup 16 16 6 7 0 3.45 112.1 98 54 43 15 52 4. R. Jones 16 16 2 8 0 3.89 115.2 118 64 50 62 47 5. F. Soto 2 2 0 2 0 14.09 7.2 13 12 12 8 5 MR M. Garrard 32 0 2 2 0 4.46 36.1 36 19 18 11 24 MR V. Marguez 18 0 0 1 0 3.80 21.1 17 11 9 8 12 SU R. Harden 33 0 0 1 2 4.83 31.2 26 17 17 11 26 SU A. Meyerson 23 0 1 1 0 5.87 23.0 32 16 15 7 20 CL F. Scull 29 0 1 7 17 3.45 31.1 25 16 12 10 28 Nobody in the starting rotation with an ERA over 4, with the exception of Soto (who has just 2 starts). Lineup Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1. A. Manning 57 147 41 7 2 1 10 14 11 28 .279 .335 .374 2. A. Pooler 62 211 51 8 0 0 8 16 8 48 .242 .279 .280 3. B. Handel 40 128 28 6 3 1 11 11 13 7 .219 .291 .336 4. J. Leto 49 144 26 5 3 7 18 16 6 33 .181 .216 .403 5. P. Galyon 45 100 24 6 0 3 10 10 5 26 .240 .303 .390 6. J. Pucci 69 159 31 5 2 2 17 14 23 36 .195 .292 .289 7. J. Knuth 21 32 8 1 0 2 3 5 2 8 .250 .294 .469 8. J. Clow 76 232 60 12 0 9 28 22 15 55 .259 .303 .427 It is with a heavy heart that I send Kidder to the bench. He leads the team with 13 HR but also leads the league in errors. I'm not expecting much offense from Knuth, but he's a wizard defensively. Hollingshead is hurt, and will miss the next 5 days, so that's why he's not in the lineup. Team Leaders AVG - Clow - .259 HR - Kidder - 13 RBI - Kidder - 34 RUNS - Sedgwick - 25 SB - Sedgwick - 14 OPS - Clow - .730 ERA - Titsworth - 2.18 WINS - Titsworth - 10 SAVES - Scull - 17 Ks - Titsworth - 85 Team Rankings Batting AVG: .221 (22nd) Homeruns: 63 (20th) Walks: 189 (T-18th) Stolen Bases: 46 (14th) Runs Scored: 249 (23rd) Pitching ERA: 4.08 (19th) Opponents AVG: .254 (20th) HRs Allowed: 73 (T-7th) Walks Allowed: 211 (12th) Runs Allowed: 370 (22nd) __________________ NPBL - Commissioner - Pennsylvania Freedom

11-16-2003, 04:30 PM	#95 (permalink)
chambertrain Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oswego, New York Posts: 278 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Big deal lots of teams in your league have starters with below 4.00 era. You need to shoot for below 3.58 era. Last edited by chambertrain; 11-16-2003 at 04:32 PM.

11-16-2003, 08:41 PM	#96 (permalink)
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Great job last sim, Chappy. It's all because of Pat Galyon's veteran leadership, I tell ya. Well, maybe not. Rotation is really on a roll, especially Northrup. Hopefully Clow will keep up the hot streak this time around. Craig

11-17-2003, 09:29 AM	#98 (permalink)
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,642 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	Team Record - 30-59, 29 GB This Sim - 2-7 Game Log 7/3 - 9-5 Loss @ Connecticut; Armand Manning has a hit in his 11th straight game, but the 3rd career start for Soto is as bad as the first two and the Locos get blown out. 7/4 - 3-1 Loss @ Connecticut; The Locos are held to two hits. Titsworth was sensational allowing 1 run on 3 hits in 7 IP, but Meyerson allowed 2 runs on 2 hits in 0.2 IP. My worst fear has happened... Titsworth was injured in the game, later diagnosed as bone chips. He will miss 5 weeks, but more importantly, it will be hard to trade him now. 7/5 - 5-3 WIN @ Massachusetts; Manning (2), Leto (8) and Sedgwick (5) all HR as the Locos rally behind Kearns who allows just 1 ER in 8 IP. He is now 5-7 after a slow start. Manning was 3-3 with a 2B, HR, BB, and 2 RBI. 7/6 - 4-3 Loss @ Massachusetts; Penn led 3-2 most of the game, but a late 2-run HR off of starter Robert Jones ruined an otherwise good pitching performance. 7/7 - 6-2 WIN @ Massachusetts; Clinton Lewis's 2-run 7th inning HR gave the Locos a 2-1 lead and the hits kept coming after that as the Locos take 2 out of 3 from Mass. Northrup is now 7-7 after allowing 2 runs in 8 innings. 7/8 - 8-7 Loss v NY (14 innings); HR: Handel (2). Soto finally has a good start, allowing 3 ER in 7 IP on 10 hits. Okay, not a good start, but MUCH BETTER start. Anyhow, as has become the pattern this year the bullpen fell apart. This time it was Marguez, allowing 4 runs in the top of the 14th. The Locos rally for 3 in the bottom of the inning but come away one run short, and fall to 2-6 in extra-inning games. 7/9 - 9-2 Loss v NY; The bad pitching carries over as NY puts up 4, 2 and 3 runs in the first 3 innings. And when it means nothing, the bullpen puts up 6 good innings. Starter Kearns has his worst outing of the season and doesn't make it out of the 2nd inning. 7/10 - 14-2 Loss v NY; It keeps getting worse. Maybe we wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have all these games against NY, they constantly throw up double digits against us. Anyhow, Robert Jones was the first to pitch badly for us today, but he wasn't the last. The bullpen allowed 6 runs in 4.2 innings to stay on my **list. 7/11 - 11-5 Loss v NY; More of the same. Sedgwick hit his 6th HR of the season, but he also made his 12th error. Northrup allowed 4 runs in 6 IP and the bullpen allowed 6 in 3 innings. Grrrr. 7/12 - OFF DAY (ALL STAR BREAK) 7/13 - ALL STAR GAME - No Locos, only Titsworth deserved to go and he's on the DL. Who's Hot? John Pucci - Last 5 games: 6-19, .316, 0 HR, 4 RBI Brenton Handel - Last 5 games: 6-19, .316, 1 HR, 2 RBI Tracey Northrup - Last 7 starts: 4-2, 2.55, 53.0 IP Armand Manning - Last 6 games: 12-24, .500, 1 HR, 4 RBI Brandon Hollingshead - Last 5 games: 4-13, .308, 0 HR, 2 RBI Who's Not? Francisco Soto - Last 3 starts: 0-2, 12.27 ERA, 11.0 IP Jason Leto - Last 5 games: 1-13, .077, 0 HR, 0 RBI Pat Galyon - Last 10 games: 1-21, .048, 0 HR, 1 RBI Robert Jones - Last 3 starts: 1-2, 5.19 ERA, 17.1 IP Joseph Knuth - Last 6 games: 1-19, .053, 0 HR, 1 RBI Wow. I think that's a record for guys on the hot list. Now that Hollingshead is back, Pucci's PT will go down, but it's nice to have him off the bench. Galyon's had a rough 10 game stretch, but there are enough believers in him to keep him in the lineup. Especially since he still hasn't made any errors. Injuries Blaine Titsworth has hit the DL for 5 weeks, which hurts our team in two ways. For one, we won't have our dominant pitcher in the rotation and secondly, his trade value is lowered immensely. He will be back the second week of August, 2 weeks after the deadline. Hollinghead is 3-10 since returning from an injury. He doesn't seem to of missed a beat. Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K 1. C. Kearns 15 15 5 8 0 3.77 98.0 107 44 41 29 49 2. T. Northrup 18 18 7 8 0 3.49 126.1 108 60 49 20 59 3. R. Jones 18 18 2 10 0 4.29 126.0 132 76 60 69 51 4. H. Moreno 15 12 1 8 0 5.65 71.2 81 51 45 30 41 5. F. Soto 4 4 0 3 0 11.12 17.0 32 21 21 12 6 MR R. Harden 37 0 0 1 2 5.15 36.2 34 21 21 11 28 MR M. Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 SU D. Aquilar 15 0 1 1 1 10.22 12.1 20 15 14 6 11 SU M. Garrard 37 0 2 2 0 3.98 43.0 41 20 19 14 27 CL F. Scull 32 0 1 7 18 3.89 37.0 31 21 16 13 33 Perhaps it's just out of frustration, but I sent down 2 relievers and recalled Aquilar and Hart from Allentown. Aquilar struggled at the beginning of the year, but was 2-1 with a 3.15 ERA in AAA. Mark Hart is a 23-year-old rookie, and has been floating around our minor league system since 2001. Lineup Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1. A. Manning 65 177 55 9 3 2 16 21 14 34 .311 .366 .429 2. B. Hollingshead 67 195 60 9 5 10 26 23 8 37 .308 .363 .559 3. J. Clow 84 252 65 13 0 9 29 22 15 59 .258 .298 .417 4. B. Handel 49 163 38 8 3 2 13 15 15 9 .233 .298 .356 5. R. Kidder 83 248 48 11 0 13 35 21 16 46 .194 .245 .395 6. P. Galyon 52 115 25 6 0 3 11 10 5 30 .217 .280 .348 7. J. Leto 57 163 28 5 3 8 20 19 7 35 .172 .213 .387 8. A. Pooler 69 240 59 9 0 0 11 21 11 56 .246 .287 .283 I'm going to go against my gut and move Clow up. He seems to be struggling at the bottom of the lineup as much as he does at the top, so I might as well have him up top in case he gets hot. Manning and Hollingshead have both done well getting on base, so they'll be up there too. Keeping Kidder out of the lineup didn't help me win any games, so the old man is back and will hit 5th to keep the Kidder/Galyon/Leto power trio together. They've totalled 24 HR this season, And I was hoping to get 75 from them so it looks like I'll be disappointed in their efforts. It's not that big a deal though... I didn't give up much for them and they were all sitting in other teams' minor league systems this time last year. And they're really just fill ins until my minor leaguers develope. Team Leaders AVG - Sedgwick - .241 HR - Kidder - 13 RBI - Kidder - 35 RUNS - Sedgwick - 30 SB - Sedgwick - 15 OPS - Sedgwick - .750 ERA - Titsworth - 2.14 WINS - Titsworth - 10 SAVES - Scull - 18 Ks - Titsworth - 92 Team Rankings Batting AVG: .224 (22nd) Homeruns: 69 (T-20th) Walks: 213 (19th) Stolen Bases: 49 (15th) Runs Scored: 285 (23rd) Pitching ERA: 4.32 (21st) Opponents AVG: .258 (22nd) HRs Allowed: 84 (10th) Walks Allowed: 247 (14th) Runs Allowed: 433 (24th) Nothing spells success like being second to last in runs scored and dead last in runs allowed. Minor League Report Carmelo Fons is being called up to AAA this week. Could he be in Penn by the end of the year? Somebody test Michael Hanson for steroids. The 25-year-old RF propect has come out of nowhere to be a 3 /12 star propect. My scouts are saying he's ready for the show and I'd never even heard of him until he reached #10 on the top prospects report several weeks ago. Now look where he is... Code: # Name Age Pos Hits Homeruns Walks Spd Rng Level AVG HR RBI 1 Carmelo Fons 21 3B Brilliant Average Brilliant C B AA .319 3 26 2 Ludwig Claus 19 2B Average Brilliant Brilliant D C AA .300 11 50 3 Michael Hanson 25 CF Good Average Average D E AAA .330 4 26 4 Bick Horizon 23 1B Average Good Average D E AA .307 8 43 5 Manuel Talamantez 24 3B Average Average Average D C AAA .279 6 45 6 Manuel Rodriguez 24 2B Average Fair Good D D A .286 4 53 7 Franklyn Thom 20 CF Average Average Fair C B A .282 9 33 9 Bernard Lust 23 RF Average Fair Average D C AAA .286 0 5 Pitchers # Name Age Role Hits Homers Walks K's Level Rec ERA IP HA BB K 8 Joel Salguero 21 MR Average Brilliant Good Average AA 0-1 6.23 26.0 26 16 24 10 Francisco Soto 24 SP Average Average Fair Average Majors 0-3 11.12 17.0 32 12 6 And Viktor Tay Code: Team G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Valley Forge (A) 88 336 86 10 0 5 35 30 12 66 0 1 .256 .294 .330 .624 __________________ NPBL** - Commissioner - Pennsylvania Freedom Last edited by Chappy; 11-17-2003 at 09:32 AM.

11-17-2003, 04:31 PM	#100 (permalink)
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1x in 1 post	Keep up the good work Chappy. Just hang in there this season, as it seems you have a good base to build upon with some quality prospects. You should be a powerhouse in the next few seasons. Good luck! and I got a question for you. You keep listing Sedgwick as your team leader in BA but both Clow (.258) and Pooler (.246) are hitting better with 240+ ABs. How many ABs does Sedgwick have, especially after he's sat for the past few sims?

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