J-Lo's MLB 09 The Show Thread

[bulldogs1159]

Game two against the Diamondbacks

Diamondbacks  1 5 1
Cardinals         6 12 0

Diamondbacks
2B- Drew (21)
HR- Reynolds (23)
RBI- Reynolds (66)
Error- Lopez (17)

Pitching
Scherzer  (L, 10-3)      5.1 IP, 10 Hits, 4 Runs, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Rauch                        0.2 IP, 2 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K;s
Pena                         1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Vasquez                     1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Wainwright (2), Pujols (11), Molina (5), K. Greene (4)
RBI- Wainwright (2), Rasmus (31), Ludwick (51), Molina (25), K. Greene (12), Iwamura (6)
HBP- Molina
SB- DeRosa (22)
CS- Ankiel (8 )

Pitching
Wainwright (W, 13-3)   9.0 IP, 5 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's

Two straight CG's for me. Yay.

[bulldogs1159]

Swept the Diamondbacks. Now a three game set in Houston.

Game One

Cardinals        19 23 0
Astros             8 16 0

Astros
2B- Berkman (18 )
HR- Lee (20), Keppinger (4)
RBI- Pence (48 ), Lee 2 (62), Rodriguez (40), Keppinger 4 (20)

Pitching
Hampton (L, 6-8 )   1.1 IP, 10 Hits, 8 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Ortiz                     4.2 IP, 7 Hits, 6 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Fulchino                 2.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
Sampson                1.0 IP, 5 Hits, 5 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- DeRosa 2 (8 ), Duncan (8 ), Ankiel (14)
HR- Rasmus 2 (13), Ludwick (19), Ankiel (14), T. Greene (4)
RBI- Rasmus 3 (34), DeRosa (50), Ludwick 3 (54), Ankiel 4 (59), Molina 2 (27), K. Greene 2 (15), T. Greene 4 (17)
SAC- Carpenter
SB- DeRosa (23), T. Greene (11)
CS- T. Greene (8 )

Pitching
Carpenter (W, 9-7)            5.0 IP, 7 Hits, 3 ER,

[msubulldogs21]

Game One

Cardinals        19 23 0
Astros             8 16 0

Holy crap. That game had to have taken you over an hour to play.

[bulldogs1159]

It was not quick, I don't know why it cut the other pitchers off but oh well lol.

[bulldogs1159]

I haven't posted an update so here are the recent results for me and updated standings as of August 25th.

7-21 @ Houston L 3-5
7-22 @ Houston L 8-9
7-24 @ Philly L 0-3
7-25 @ Philly L 2-9
7-26 @ Philly W  10-0
7-27-  Dodgers L 1-2
7-28 Dodgers W 6-5
7-29 Dodgers L 3-5
7-30 Dodgers L 1-2
7-31 Houston W 3-2
8-1 Houston L 3-6
8-2 Houston W 5-2
8-4 @ Mets W 3-2
8-5 @ Mets W 10-6
8-7 @ Pirates W 7-4
8-8 @ Pirates W 9-1
8-9 @ Pirates L 1-2
8-10 Reds W 1-0
8-11 Reds W 11-1
8-12 Reds L 4-9
8-14 Padres W 4-0
8-15 Padres W 3-2
8-16 Padres W 7-5
8-17 @ Dodgers L 0-3
8-18 @ Dodgers L 2-3
8-19 @ Dodgers W 7-3
8-20 @ Padres W 8-3
8-21 @ Padres W 6-1
8-22 @ Padres W 3-2
8-23 @ Padres W 2-1

As you can see I rather enjoy playing the Padres.

Standings

National League

East
Phillies      74-49
Mets        72-54   3.5
Braves      63-61  11.5
Nationals  59-88   16
Marlins     45-79   29.5

Central
Reds           74-50
Cardinals     75-51   1
Astros         65-59  9
Cubs          63-61  11
Brewers      60-64  14
Pirates        53-71  21

West
Dodgers           82-43
Rockies           67-58  15
Diamondbacks  63-62  19
Giants            55-70   27
Padres            44-82  38.5

National League Wild Card
Cardinals       75-51
Mets            72-54   3
Rockies         67-58  7.5
Astros          65-59  9
Cubs            63-61  11

American League

East
Yankees        80-46
Red Sox        73-51   6
Rays            67-58   12.5
Blue Jays      64-60   15
Orioles         48-77    31.5

Central
Twins       69-56
Indians     67-57  1.5
Tigers      66-58  2.5
White Sox  49-77  20.5
Royals       41-83  27.5

West
Athletics   66-59
Angels      65-50  1
Rangers    53-71  12.5
Mariners    48-77  18

American League Wild Card
Red Sox      73-51
Indians       67-57  6
Rays           67-58  6.5
Tigers        66-58  7
Angels        65-60  8.5

[msubulldogs21]

At least you're winning the WC. Only 1 back of the Reds too.

It's crazy how totally different the standings are from my franchise to yours.

[bulldogs1159]

Update

8-25  Astros W 6-4
8-26  Astros L 1-3
8-27  Astros W 6-3
8-28  Nationals L 0-8
8-29  Nationals W 7-4
8-30  Nationals W 7-5 (Paul Jones 3 run walk off HR)
9-1   Brewers L 2-6
9-2   Brewers L 3-7
9-3   Brewers W 18-3 (Scored a run in every inning)
9-4 @ Pirates W 3-2
9-5 @ Pirates W 3-2
9-6 @ Pirates W 2-1
9-7 @ Brewers W 1-0 F/11
9-8 @ Brewers L 1-4
9-9 @ Brewers W 5-4

Standings

National League
East
Phillies    83-56
Mets      80-61   4
Braves    71-69   12.5
Nationals 67-73   16.5
Marlins    50-90   33.5

Central
Cardinals    85-56
Reds         81-59   3.5
Astros       75-65   9.5
Cubs         71-68   13
Brewers     69-70   15
Pirates      57-82   27

West
Dodgers    92-49
Rockies     76-65  16
DBacks     71-70   21
Giants      60-80   31.5
Padres      50-91   42

National League Wild Card
Reds     81-59
Mets     80-61  1.5
Rockies  76-65  5.5
Astros   75-65   6

American League
East
Yankees     89-53 
Red Sox     84-55    3.5
Blue Jays     75-65  13
Rays          73-67   15
Orioles       53-86   34.5

Central
Indians   78-61
Twins     75-65   3.5
Tigers     73-66  5
White Sox 55-86  24
Royals     45-95   33.5

West
Athletics  79-60
Angels     72-68   7.5
Rangers   58-81   21
Mariners   53-88  27

American League Wild Card
Red Sox     84-55
Twins        75-65   9.5
Blue Jays   75-65   9.5
Tigers       73-66   11

[msubulldogs21]

Looks like we're going to start the playoffs almost at the same time, lol.

[bulldogs1159]

Update
9-11   Atlanta W 4-3
9-12   Atlanta W 4-1
9-13   Atlanta W 6-0
9-14   Marlins W 3-0 (Grienke and my prospect Gomez combined 1 Hitter)
9-15   Marlins L 7-9
9-16   Marlins W 5-4 (K. Greene walk off HR)
9-18   Cubs    W 3-1
9-19   Cubs    L 6-7
9-20   Cubs    L 0-6
9-21 @ Astros W 4-1
9-22 @ Astros L 2-6

I have ten games left and like Josh I will post the results of each game the the results of the Reds who are behind me.

Standings

National League
East
Phillies     90-60
Mets       87-65  4
Nationals 74-76  16
Braves    73-78  17.5
Marlins    52-100 39

Central
Cardinals   92-60
Reds        87-64  4.5
Astros      82-69  9.5
Brewers   77-74  14.5
Cubs        76-75  15.5
Pirates     60-90   31

West
X- Dodgers  99-52
Rockies       81-70  18
D-Backs      78-74  21.5
Giants        65-86  34
Padres        53-99  46.5

National League Wild Card
Reds    87-64
Mets    87-65  .5
Astros  82-69  5

American League
East
Z- Yankees  95-57
Red Sox       88-62  6
Blue Jays     81-70  13.5
Rays           79-72  15.5
Orioles        57-94   37.5

Central
Indians     86-64
Tigers       80-70  6
Twins       80-71  6.5
White Sox 60-92  27
Royals      50-101  36.5

West
Athletics  83-68
Angels     79-72  4
Rangers    63-87 19.5
Mariners   58-93  25

American League Wild Card
Red Sox    88-62
Blue Jays  81-70  7.5
Tigers      80-70  8

X- Clinched Division  Z- Clinched Playoff Birth

[bulldogs1159]

Game three against the Astros (10th game till the end of the season)
                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R   H  E
Cardinals     0  1  0  2  1  2  0  1  3  10 14 0
Astros        0  0  3  0  1  1  0  0  1   6  15 2

Astros
2B- Tejada 2 (31), Berkman (31), Matsui (28 )
RBI- Pence 2 (97), Lee (96), Berkman 2 (120), Kendall (12)
Error- Tejada 2 (19)

Pitching
Rodriguez (L, 8-15)    5.1 IP, 8 Hits, 6 Runs, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Geary                      1.2 IP, 3 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Paronto                   1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Sampson                  1.0 IP, 3 Hits, 3 Runs, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Rasmus (24), Freese (1)
HR- DeRosa (19), Ankiel 2 (22)
RBI- Pujols (103), DeRosa 2 (78 ), Molina (45), Ankiel 4 (81), Jones (23), Freese (1)
SB- Freese (2)
CS- Iwamura (10)

Pitching
Wainwright (W, 19-4)   5.0 IP, 9 Hits, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K's
Todd (H, 3)                1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Motte (H, 18)             1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
McClellan (H, 33)         1.2 IP, 4 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Franklin (S, 34)            0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

My pitching has been less than stellar lately but I did get a big win today. DeRosa hit a pinch hit 2 run shot to put us in the lead for good and Franklin got an easy 4 pitch save with the bases loaded in the 9th.

9-23
Reds      1 7 0
Pirates   3 10 0

Braves  8 11 1
Mets    4 11 1

I have a day off on 9-24 but here are the other results

9-24
Reds      4 12 0
Pirates   3 9  0  Final/10

Mets were off today as well

Updated standings as of 9-24

Central
Cardinals  93-60
Reds       88-85  5 GB

Wild Card
Reds   88-65
Mets   87-66 1 GB

[bulldogs1159]

Game One at the Rockies.
               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11  R  H  E
Cardinals   0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   2   3  10 0
Rockies     0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   0   1  8   0

Rockies
2B- Smith (8 )
HR- Helton (24)
RBI- Helton (71)

Pitching
Marquis             8.0 IP, 5 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's
Embree (L, 10-4) 2.0 IP, 3 Hits, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Morales             1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
RBI- Lohse (3), Rasmus (58 ), Pujols (104)
SB- Schumaker (27), K. Greene 2 (16)
CS- Ankiel (15), Iwamura (11)

Pitching
Lohse              8.0 IP, 6 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's
Motte (W, 8-2) 2.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Franklin (S, 35) 1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Other Results for 9-25
Reds     14 15 1
Astros    4  7  3

Mets     4 10 2
Marlins  8 11 0

Central
Cardinals 94-60
Reds       89-65 5 GB (8 games left)

Wild Card
Reds   89-65
Mets  87-67  2 GB (8 games left)

Reds seem to be pulling out of their nose dive just in time. I believe my magic number is 3.

[bulldogs1159]

Game two at Colorado
               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  R  H  E
Cardinals   0  0  0  3  0  0  1  0  0  0    4 10 0
Rockies     0  0  0  0  0  1  0  3  0  1    5 11 0

Rockies
2B- Barmes (24)
3B- Smith (1)
RBI- Atkins (88 ), Hawpe (93), Smith (23), Tulowitzki 2 (60)
SF- Hawpe

Pitching
Smith             6.0 IP, 6 Hits, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Rincon            1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Hammel          2.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Belisle (W, 1-0) 1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Ludwick (19), T. Greene (5)
HR- DeRosa (20), Ludwick (29)
RBI- Rasmus (59), DeRosa (79), Ludwick 2 (82)
SAC- Pineiro
CS- Ankiel (16)

Pitching
Pineiro              5.0 IP, 5 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K's
Miller (H, 8 )      0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Todd (H, 4)       0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Martinez (H, 1)  1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
McClellan (H, 34) 0.1 IP, 3 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Reyes (BS, 3)     0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Manning (L, 0-1) 1.2 IP, 3 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K's

Very frustrating loss. I was crusing right along until McClellan came in and was AWFUL and gave up 3 runs in the 8th. And I lost in the 10th on a ground ball to second where my second baseman slid on his but to catch the ball with two outs and a runner on 3rd and  booted it so the run scored. Frustrating indeed.

Other scores on 9-26
Reds     2 4 1
Astros   0 5 1

Mets    2 9 0
Marlins  3 9 0

Central
Cardinals   94-61
Reds        90-65   4 GB

Wild Card
Reds   90-65
Mets   87-68  3 GB

[bulldogs1159]

Game Three at Colorado
                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Cardinals    2  0  0  0  2  0  0  1  1  6  12 0
Rockies      0  1  0  1  3  0  0  0  0  5  11 1

Rockies
2B- Fowler (33), Atkins (38 )
RBI- Atkins (89), Smith (24), Iannetta 2 (73), Barmes (67)
Error- Barmes (21)
SB- Fowler (22)

Pitching
Cook           6.0 IP, 9 Hits, 4 Runs, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Hammel (H, 1) 1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Buchholz (L, 0-3) 2.0 IP, 3 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cardinals
2B- Schumaker (8 ), DeRosa (16)
HR- Rasmus (22) (Inside the Park HR), Ankiel (23)
RBI- Rasmus 2 (61), DeRosa (80), Ankiel 2 (83)
SB- Rasmus (22)

Pitching
Grienke           5.0 IP, 9 Hits, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K's
Gomez            2.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's
Motte             0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Reyes (W, 6-3) 0.2 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Franklin (S, 36) 1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Big win. Rasmus got a hit and stole second in the top of the 9th. He was them moved up to third on a Pujols fly ball and scored on a passed ball.

Other scores from 9-27
Reds   0 5 2
Astros 18 20 0 (Haha)

Mets   7 6 2
Marlins 1 6 0

Central
Z- Cardinals  95-61
Reds            90-66  5 GB

Wild Card
Reds    90-66
Mets    88-68  2 GB

Z- Clinched a playoff spot.

I clinched a spot in the playoffs with that win today! Now all I need is one more win or one more Reds loss to win the division.

[bulldogs1159]

Game One at Cincinnati
               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Cardinals   1  1  3  0  0  1  0  0  0  6  12 0
Reds         0  0  1  0  0  2  0  0  0  3  7  0

Reds
2B- Bruce (30)
RBI- Bruce 2 (83)

Pitching
Harang (L, 12-8)       5.0 IP, 7 Hits, 5 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Burton                     1.0 IP, 3 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Bray                       1.0 IP, 1 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Thompson                2.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Pujols (19)
HR- Pujols (44), DeRosa (21)
RBI- Pujols 3 (107), DeRosa (81), Ludwick (83), Ankiel (84)
HBP- Ludwick
CS- Rasmus (14)

Pitching
Carpenter (W, 14-9)  6.0 IP, 5 Hits, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's
Motte (H, 19)           1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
McClellan (H, 35)      1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Franklin (S, 37)         1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

And with this win you have:

2009 National League Central Division Champions the St. Louis Cardinals

[msubulldogs21]

Posting that pic really slayed me for some reason. Congrats.

[AB™]

I'm 11-0 in my dynasty in year 2.  I think I'll post a similar pic(with the Braves players of course)sometime in mid-June.

[dc24]

Division champs.  Nice work.

[bulldogs1159]

2009 Final Statistics and Standings

Starting Lineup
2B- Skip Schumaker  .235, 1 HR, 18 RBI, 8 2B, 27 SB
CF- Colby Rasmus    .313, 22 HR, 61 RBI, 24 2B, 5 3B, 22 SB
1B- Albert Pujols      .359, 44 HR, 107 RBI, 21 2B, 1 3B
RF- Ryan Ludwick     .320, 32 HR, 87 RBI, 19 2B, 3 3B, 1 SB
3B- Mark DeRosa      .303, 22 HR, 84 RBI, 16 2B, 1 3B, 30 SB
LF- Rick Ankiel         .338, 24 HR, 86 RBI, 21 2B, 1 3B, 13 SB
C- Yadier Molina      .229, 8 HR, 45 RBI, 6 2B
SS- Khalil Greene     .315, 13 HR, 49 RBI, 17 2B, 4 3B, 17 SB

Bench (Games Played)
LF- Chris Duncan (127)  .301, 16 HR, 41 RBI, 13 2B, 1 3B
SS- Tyler Greene (80)   .268, 7 HR, 24 RBI, 5 2B, 2 3B, 14 SB
LF- Paul Jones (75)       .358, 8 HR, 24 RBI, 11 2B, 4 SB
2B- Akinori Iwamura (68) .212, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 6 2B, 1 3B, 18 SB
SS- Brendan Ryan (55)   .234, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 2 SB
C- Jason LaRue (34)      .245, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 1 2B
3B- David Freese (5)      .636, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 2 2B
CF- Josue Prieto (4)      .250, 0 HR, 0 RBI
C- Jorge Silva (4)          .222, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 1 2B
RF- Nick Stavinoha (2)   No Stats
3B- Brian Barden (2)      .600, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 2B

Pitching
Starters
SP- Zack Greinke     7-9, 3.80 ERA, 120 K's, 2 CG, 23 Starts
SP- Chris Carpenter  15-9, 2.70 ERA, 153 K's, 6 CG, 4 SO, 33 Starts
SP- Adam Wainwright 19-5, 2.61 ERA, 151 K's, 7 CG, 2 SO, 33 Starts
SP- Kyle Lohse         12-4, 2.82 ERA, 121 K's, 3 CG, 2 SO, 31 Starts
SP- Joel Pineiro        14-8, 3.12 ERA, 114 K's, 2 CG, 2 SO, 31 Starts

Bullpen (App)
LRP- Mitchell Boggs (2)      0-0, 9.00 ERA, 0 K's, 2.0 IP
LRP- Zane Johns (2)         0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 K, 2.0 IP
LRP- Clayton Mortensen (1)  0-1, 18.00 ERA, 0 K's, 1 IP
LRP- PJ Walters (1)           0-0, 13.50 ERA, 0 K's, 2.0 IP
LRP- Brad Thompson (3)    0-1, 5.40 ERA, 10 K's, 2 Starts
LRP- Charlie Manning (3)   0-1, 2.45 ERA, 2 K's, 3-2 IP
LRP- Dion Gomez (6)        1-1, 3.95 ERA, 10 K's, 1 Hold, 16.0 IP
LRP- Pedro Martinez (13)  3-4, 3.18 ERA, 39 K's, 1 Hold, 56.2 IP, 8 Starts
MRP- Jess Todd (46)       7-3, 2.70 ERA, 29 K's, 4 Holds, 1 BSV, 50.0 IP
MRP- Trever Miller (54)    3-4, 4.57 ERA, 30 K's, 8 Holds, 1 Save, 41.1 IP
MRP- Jason Motte (79)   8-2, 1.96 ERA, 2 Saves, 21 Holds, 78 K's, 82.2 IP
MRP- Denys Reyes (56)  7-4, 2.70 ERA, 10 Holds, 33 K's, 46.2 IP
MRP- Royce Ring (21)    0-1, 3.05 ERA, 1 Hold, 7 K's, 20.2 IP
SU- Kyle McClellan (60)  1-3, 3.81 ERA, 1 Save, 35 Holds, 8 BSV, 40 K's, 56.2 IP
CP- Ryan Franklin (49)   2-1, 3.21 ERA, 38 Saves, 5 BSV, 29 K's, 47.2 IP

Standings

National League
East
X- Phillies   95-67
Mets         91-71  4
Braves       80-82  15
Nationals    77-85  18
Marlins       59-103 36

Central
X- Cardinals   98-64
Y- Reds        92-70  6
Astros          88-74  10
Brewers        83-79  15
Cubs            83-79  15
Pirates         66-96  32

West
X- Dodgers  108-54
Rockies        85-77  23
DBacks        84-78  24
Giants         67-95  41
Padres         57-105 51

National League Wild Card
Y- Reds  92-70
Mets      91-71  1

American League
East
X- Yankees   102-60
Y- Red Sox    92-70   10
Blue Jays       88-74   14
Rays             83-79   19
Orioles          64-98   38

Central
X- Indians   92-70
Twins         89-73  3
Tigers        84-78  8
White Sox   66-96  26
Royals        51-111 41

West
X-Athletics  90-72
Angels        86-76  4
Rangers      67-95  23
Mariners      63-99  27

American League Wild Card
Y- Red Sox   92-70
Twins          89-73  3

Awards

MVP
NL- Lance Berkman   .321, 52 HR, 131 RBI
AL- Justin Morneau   .327, 37 HR, 138 RBI

Cy Yound
NL- Adam Wainwright   19-5, 2.61 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 151 K's
AL- A.J. Burnett         20-3, 3.05 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 208 K's

Silver Slugger Award
NL- Albert Pujols   .359, 44 HR, 107 RBI, 108 Runs, .605 SLG%
AL- Matt Holiday   .337, 35 HR, 123 RBI, 116 Runs, .599 SLG %

Rolaids Relief Award
NL- Brad Lidge    57 Saves, 3.54 ERA, 55 K's
AL- Fernando Rodney  50 Saves, 3.90 ERA, 48 K's

Rookie of the Year
NL- Colby Rasmus  .313, 22 HR, 61 RBI, 79 Runs, .494 SLG%
AL- Matt Wieters   .272, 11 HR, 50 RBI, 49 Runs, .410 SLG%

Hank Aaron Award
NL- Chipper Jones  .345, 35 HR, 107 RBI, 104 Runs, .623 SLG%
AL- Matt Holiday

Gold Gloves

National League
P- Javier Vazquez (Braves)
C- Jesus Florez (Nationals)
1B- Casey Kotchman (Braves)
2B- Skip Schumaker (Cardinals)
3B- Ian Stewart (Rockies)
SS- Jimmy Rollins (Phillies)
OF- Jeff Francoeur (Braves)
OF- Colby Rasmus (Cardinals)
OF- Ryan Ludwick (Cardinals)

American League
P- David Hernandez (Orioles)
C- George Kottaras (Red Sox)
1B- David Ortiz (Red Sox)
2B- Dustin Pedroia (Red Sox)
3B- Evan Longoria (Rays)
SS- Adam Everett (Tigers)
OF- Jacoby Ellsbury (Red Sox)
OF- Nick Swisher (Yankees)
OF- Carl Crawford (Rays)

The way they select the gold gloves is a joke. Some guys won it while just playing 300 innings or less.

[msubulldogs21]

When are you going to start the playoffs? What are the matchups?

[bulldogs1159]

New York Yankees

VS

Oakland Athletics


Boston Red Sox

VS

Cleveland Indians




St. Louis Cardinals

VS

Philadelphia Phillies


Los Angeles Dodgers

VS

Cincinnati Reds

[AB™]

Berkman is juicin'.

And if you want to steal any more of my ideas on how to make your dynasty thread look better feel free! 

[msubulldogs21]

Make sure you post updates of the other series too along with your games.

[bulldogs1159]

Berkman is juicin'.

And if you want to steal any more of my ideas on how to make your dynasty thread look better feel free! 

Hey I thought it looked good. At least I thought of the celebration picture on my own lol

[bulldogs1159]

All three other series started a day ahead of mine.

Game One
Reds             6 12 1
Dodgers         7 11 1
W: Weaver (1-0) L: Masset (0-1) S: Broxton (1)
Dodgers lead the best of 5 series 1-0

Game One
Athletics   5 11 1
Yankees   11 17 0
W: Huges (1-0) L: Cahill (0-1) S: Bruney (1)
Yankess lead the best of 5 series 1-0

Game One
Red Sox    0 4 1
Indians     7 7 0
W: Lee (1-0) L: Beckett (0-1)

[bulldogs1159]

Game one of the NLDS
                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Phillies       0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  2  10 0
Cardinals    0  0  1  2  0  0  0  0  X  3  6  0

Phillies
2B- Coste (1)
HR- Feliz (1)
RBI- Feliz (1), Coste (1)

Pitching
Hamles (L, 0-1)     7.0 IP, 6 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's
Walker                 1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cardinals
HR- Molina (1)
RBI- Molina 2 (2), T. Greene (1)
SAC- Wainwright

Pitching
Wainwright (W, 1-0)    8.1 IP, 8 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K's
Franklin (S, 1)            0.2 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's

Thats what a Cy Young winner is supposed to do come playoff time. And Molina has the flair for the big playoff HR.

Other Scores:
Game Two
Athletics     7 14 2
Yankees     6  11 0
W: Baily (1-0)  L: Robertson (0-1) S: Springer (1)

Series tied at 1-1

Game Two
Red Sox     9 15 1
Indians      2 7  0
W: Ramirez (1-0)  L: Perez (0-1)

Series is tied at 1-1

[bulldogs1159]

Game Two
               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Phillies      2  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  10 0
Cardinals   1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  6  0

Phillies
2B- Ibanez (1), Werth (1), Stairs (1)
HR- Howard (1)
RBI- Ibanez (1), Howard 2 (2), Stairs (1)
SB- Werth (1)

Pitching
Happ (W, 1-0)           6.0 IP, 5 Hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's
Walker (H, 1)            1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K's
Madson (H, 1)            1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB 1 K
Lidge (S, 1)               1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cardinals
2B- Duncan (1), Ludwick (1)
HR- Rasmus (1), Pujols (1)
RBI- Rasmus (1), Pujols(1)

Pitching
Carpenter (L, 0-1)    3.1 IP, 9 Hits, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's
Martinez                 3.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Miller                      0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Todd                     1.2 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K's

Series tied 1-1

Other Scores
Reds      2 6 1
Dodgers  3 5 2
W: Kuroda (1-0)  L:Cueto (0-1)  S: Broxton (2)

Dodgers lead the best of 5 series 2-0

I also had a day off, here are the scores from that day.

Indians  14 16 1
Red Sox  3  8  0
W: Huff (1-0)  L: Lester (0-1)

Indians lead the best of 5 series 2-1

Yankees   8 15 0
Athletics  6  15 0
W: Chamberlain (1-0)  L: Mazzaro (0-1)  S: Rivera (1)

Yankees lead the best of 5 series 2-1

[bulldogs1159]

Game Three
               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Cardinals   0  3  0  1  2  0  1  0  2  9  18 0
Phillies      0  2  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  4  12 2

Phillies
2B- Rollins (1), Stairs 2 (3)
HR- Werth (1), Stairs (1)
RBI- Werth 2 (2), Stairs 2 (3)
Error- Traschner (1), Utley (1)
SB- Rollins (1)

Pitching
Blanton (L, 0-1)     4.1 IP, 10 Hits, 6 Runs, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K's
Park                    2.1 IP, 5 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Taschner              0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Romero                1.1 IP, 2 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Walker                 0.2 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Molina (1), Ankiel (1)
HR- DeRosa (1), Ludwick (1), K. Greene (1)
RBI- DeRosa 2 (2), Ludwick (1), K. Greene 3 (3), Ankiel 2 (2)
SB- DeRosa 2 (2), K. Greene (1)
CS- Rasmus (1), K. Greene (1)

Pitching
Lohse   (W, 1-0)      6.0 IP, 6 Hits, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Motte (H, 1)           1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Reyes (H, 1)            0.2 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
McClellan (H, 1)       0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Franklin                  1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Big win in Philly. One more to move on!

Other Scores:
Dodgers   3 7 0
Reds       2 7 0
W: Rhodes (1-0)  L: Troncoso (0-1)  S: Cordero (1)

Dodgers lead the best of 5 series 2-1

Indians   2 9 0
Red Sox  5 12 0
W: Penny (1-0)  L: Ohka (0-1)  S: Papelbon (1)

Series is tied at 2-2

Yankees  5 11 1
Athletics 1  5 0
W: Wang (1-0)  L: Gonzalez (0-1)

Yankees win the best of 5 series 3-1

[bulldogs1159]

Game Four
               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Cardinals   1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  2  11 0
Phillies      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   7  1

Phillies
SAC- Durbin
Error- Utley (2)

Pitching
Durbin (L, 0-1)         5.0 IP, 8 Hits, 2 Runs, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Walker                    2.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Madson                  2.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's

Cardinals
2B- Rasmus (1), Ludwick (2), Ankiel (2)
RBI- Ludwick 2 (3)
HBP- Rasmus
SB- Schumaker (1)
CS- Schumaker (1), Rasmus (2), Molina (1)

Pitching
Greinke (W, 1-0)   7.0 IP, 7 Hits, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 K's
Reyes (H, 2)        0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Motte (H, 2)        0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
Franklin (S, 2)      1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Greinke was AWESOME. His pitch count got high in the 8th and I brought Reyes in with two on and Howard up and he got him to ground out. Motte came in and struck out the new two with runners on 2nd and 3rd to keep the shutout going. Franklin had an easy 1-2-3 9th to send the Cardinals on to the NLCS!

Other scores:
Red Sox     3 8 0
Indians      2 4 0
W: Delcarmen (1-0)  L: Perez (0-1)  S: Papelbon (2)

Red Sox win the series 3-2

Dodgers  10 11 0
Reds        3  7  2
W: Wolf (1-0)  L: Owings (0-1)

Dodgers win the series 3-1

[bulldogs1159]

About to start the League Championship Series.

ALCS

New York Yankees

     VS
Boston Red Sox

NLCS

Los Angeles Dodgers

VS

St. Louis Cardinals

[bulldogs1159]

And great, for game one Rick Ankiel gets hurt during warmups.

[AB™]

How does that even happen on a video game?

[bulldogs1159]

Game one of the NLCS
                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Cardinals    0  4  0  1  0  0  0  1  4  10 14 0
Dodgers     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0  5  1

Dodgers
GIDP- Hudson, Furcal, Loretta
Error- Furcal (2)
SB- Kemp (3)

Pitching
Milton (L, 0-1)   5.0 IP, 6 Hits, 5 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Troncoso          2.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
Mota                1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Belisario            1.0 IP, 4 Hits, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
HR- Pujols (2), DeRosa (2), Molina 2 (3)
RBI- Pujols 3 (4), DeRosa 3 (5), Molina (5), T. Greene (2)
SAC- Wainwright (2)

Pitching
Wainwright (W, 2-0)       9.0 IP, 5 Hits, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K's

Wainwright pitched great around awful umpiring in which he couldn't get a called strike to save his life. Up until the 7th I had only 3 more strikes than balls. DeRosa and Molina each hit a 2 run HR in the 2nd to put the game away early. Molina added another in the 4th and Pujols hit a 3 run shot in the 9th. Great way to start off the series against a team I went 2-5 against in the regular season.

ALCS Scores
10-13
Red Sox     3 11 1
Yankees    1   7 0
W: Okajima (1-0)  L: Aceves (0-1)  S: Papelbon (4)

10-14
Red Sox    8 16 0
Yankees    5 12 0
W: Smoltz (1-0)  L: Sabathia (0-1)  S: Papelbon (5)

Red Sox lead the best of 7 series 2-0.

[msubulldogs21]

Way to lay the smack down in Game 1.

[bulldogs1159]

Game Two of the NLCS
                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Cardinals    0  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  0   4  5  1
Dodgers     0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0   2  7  0

Dodgers
2B- Ramirez (2), Blake (1)
3B- Hudson (1)
RBI- Hudson 2 (10)

Pitching
Billingsley (L, 0-1)     6.0 IP, 4 Hits, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K's
Mota                      1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Kuo                        2.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cardinals
2B- Ludwick (3)
HR- Jones (1)
RBI- Ludwick 2 (5), Jones (2)
Error- K. Greene (1)
SB- Schumaker (2), DeRosa (3)

Pitching
Carpenter (W, 1-1)        6.0 IP, 6 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's
Motte (H, 3)                 1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
McClellan (H, 2)             1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Franklin (S, 3)               1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Hudson hit a triple off the wall and a throwing error allowed him to score for there only two runs and Jones came back in the next half inning and crushed a 2 run shot to tie it up. In the 6th with a runner on 2nd they walked Pujols to bring up Ludwick and he smashed one off the wall to score two and to put us ahead for good. Going back to St. Louis with a two game lead!

ALCS Scores
Yankees    2 6 2
Red Sox    4 4 0
W: Lester (1-1)  L: Burnett (0-1)  S: Papelbon (5)

Red Sox lead the best of 7 series 3-0

[bulldogs1159]

Game Three of the NLCS
                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Dodgers     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   1  1  6  0
Cardinals    0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  X   2  9  0

Dodgers
2B- Ramirez (3)
RBI- Loney (3)

Pitching
Kuroda  (L, 1-1)    5.1 IP, 7 Hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K's
Troncoso             1.2 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Mota                   1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cardinals
2B- Schumaker (1) Ankiel (3)
RBI- DeRosa (6), Ankiel (3)
SB- Rasmus (1)
CS- Ankiel (1)

Pitching
Lohse  (W, 2-0)    8.1 IP, 6 Hits, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K's
Franklin (S, 4)       0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Yet another great outing from a starter as I take a commanding lead at 3-0.

ALCS Score
Yankees    6 13 1
Red Sox     4 9  1
W: Chamberlain (2-0)  L: Okajima (1-1)  S: Rivera (2)

Red Sox lead the best of 7 series 3-1.

[bulldogs1159]

Game Four of the NLCS
               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Dodgers    0  0  1  1  0  1  0  5  2  10 20 0
Cardinals   0  0  0  1  0  0 0  1  0    2   7  1

Dodgers
2B- Hudson 2 (3), Ramirez (4), Kemp (2)
HR- Ethier (1)
RBI- Kershaw (1), Ramirez 2 (5), Ethier 3 (3), Kemp (2), Blake 2 (3), Ausmus (1)
SF- Asmus

Pitching
Kershaw (W, 1-0)    7.0 IP, 5 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K's
Troncoso               1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Mota                      1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cardinals
2B- DeRosa (1), Ludwick (4), Molina (2)
3B- T. Greene (1)
RBI- Rasmus (2), DeRosa (7)
SAC- DeRosa
Error- K. Greene (2)
SB- Rasmus (2)

Pitching
Greinke (L, 1-1)   7.2 IP, 13 Hits, 7 ER, 2 BB, 2 K's
Todd                  0.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Miller                  0.1 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Reyes                 1.0 IP, 3 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

The Dodgers really didn't want to be swept.

ALCS Score
Yankees   4 9 2
Red Sox   3 10 0
W: Aceves (1-1)  L: Papelbon (0-1)  S: Rivera (3)

Red Sox lead the best of 7 series 3-2

[bulldogs1159]

Game Five of the NLCS
                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Dodgers     0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  1  6   0
Cardinals    0  0  1  0  2  1  1  1  X  6  12 1

Dodgers
2B- Blake (2)
RBI- Asmus (2)

Pitching
Wolf (L, 1-1)    5.0 IP, 8 Hits, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Troncoso         2.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Mota              1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Ankiel (4), Jones (1)
HR- K. Greene (2)
RBI- Pujols (5), Duncan (1), Ludwick 2 (7), K. Greene (4), Jones (3)
HBP- Wainwright
SF- Ludwick 2
SAC- Molina
Error- K. Greene (3)
SB- Rasmus (3)

Pitching
Wainwright (W, 3-0)     5.0 IP, 3 Hits, 1 Run, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's
Martinez (H, 1)            1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Reyes (H, 3)                0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Motte (H, 4)                0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
McClellan                    1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Franklin                      1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's


WORLD SERIES BOUND!

In two outings Wainwright threw 14 innings allowing only 1 run that was unearned. The bad news his Wolf hit Wainwright in the head with a pitch in the 5th and is now out for the World Series with a head contusion, thanks Wolf.........

ALCS Score
Red Sox   8 12 0
Yankees   1 5  1
W: Becket (1-1)  L: Pettitte (0-1)

Red Sox win the best of 7 series 4-2

[msubulldogs21]

Lets go Red Sox!

Lets go Red Sox!

Lets go Red Sox!

[bulldogs1159]

Game One of the World Series
                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Cardinals     0  1  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  9  0
Red Sox      1  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  3  9  2

Red Sox
2B- Drew, Varitek
HR- Ellsbury (Leadoff), Ortiz
RBI- Ellsbury, Ortiz, Varitek
SF- Varitek
Error- Lugo (Lol), Varitek

Pitching
Smoltz (L, 1-1)     5.0 IP, 8 Hits, 4 Runs, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
Delcarmen           3.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K's
Ramirez                1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
HR- Schumaker, Pujols
RBI- Schumaker 2, Pujols, Duncan
SB- Greene

Pitching
Carpenter (W, 2-1)      6.0 IP, 8 Hits, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's
Reyes (H, 4)               0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Motte (H, 5)               0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
McClellan (H, 3)           1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Franklin (S, 5)             1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

I played this game earlier today when the site was down so I don't have the batting overall totals cause they don't show up when you bring the box score back up. But after hitting all of 1 home run the entire season Skip Schumaker hit a huge 2 run shot to take the lead in this one. Nice to get one in Boston.

[msubulldogs21]

It's crazy how hot you've gotten. It's like you've actually been better with the game on All Star.

[dc24]

Looks like it was a great ball game.

[bulldogs1159]

It's crazy how hot you've gotten. It's like you've actually been better with the game on All Star.

Its the new batting approach that I had to switch to after I moved up thats working so well. I'm in the 4th inning of game two right now.

[msubulldogs21]

It's crazy how hot you've gotten. It's like you've actually been better with the game on All Star.

Its the new batting approach that I had to switch to after I moved up thats working so well. I'm in the 4th inning of game two right now.

And what approach is that?

[bulldogs1159]

It's crazy how hot you've gotten. It's like you've actually been better with the game on All Star.

Its the new batting approach that I had to switch to after I moved up thats working so well. I'm in the 4th inning of game two right now.

And what approach is that?

I used to look zone and pitch all the time for every batter. Now I only look zone and pitch for a few batters until I get a strike then I just look low in the zone becasue I've noticed a ton of pitches get thrown there. And then I don't guess what type of pitch is coming I just try and hit it.

[msubulldogs21]

It's crazy how hot you've gotten. It's like you've actually been better with the game on All Star.

Its the new batting approach that I had to switch to after I moved up thats working so well. I'm in the 4th inning of game two right now.

And what approach is that?

I used to look zone and pitch all the time for every batter. Now I only look zone and pitch for a few batters until I get a strike then I just look low in the zone becasue I've noticed a ton of pitches get thrown there. And then I don't guess what type of pitch is coming I just try and hit it.

That's interesting. They do throw a lot low, especially later in the count. I always guess zone and pitch though.

[bulldogs1159]

Game Two of the World Series
               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Cardinals   0  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  8  0
Red Sox    1  0  0  2  1  1  0  0  X  5  12 1

Red Sox
2B- Pedroia (4), Drew (3), Ellsbury (3)
HR- Youkilis (2), Bay (1), Baldelli (4)
RBI- Pedroia (9), Youkilis (9), Bay (3), Baldelli 2 (7)
Error- Youkilis (1)
CS- Pedroia (1)

Pitching
Lester            5.0 IP, 7 Hits, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Ramirez (W, 2-0) 2.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Saito (H, 4)     1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Papelbon (S, 6) 1.0 IP, 0 Hits 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
HR- Pujols (4), Molina (4)
RBI- Pujols 2 (8 ), Molina 2 (7)

Pitching
Greinke (L, 1-2)     5.0 IP, 9 Hits, 5 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's
Gomez                 1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Miller                   0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Todd                   0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Reyes                  0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Motte                  0.2 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Well at least I got a split in Boston. Also Molina has hit half his regular season HR total now in the playoffs.

[AB™]

It's crazy how hot you've gotten. It's like you've actually been better with the game on All Star.

Its the new batting approach that I had to switch to after I moved up thats working so well. I'm in the 4th inning of game two right now.

And what approach is that?

I used to look zone and pitch all the time for every batter. Now I only look zone and pitch for a few batters until I get a strike then I just look low in the zone becasue I've noticed a ton of pitches get thrown there. And then I don't guess what type of pitch is coming I just try and hit it.

That's interesting. They do throw a lot low, especially later in the count. I always guess zone and pitch though.

Maybe you should try his new way since it appears he's better than you and all. 

[msubulldogs21]

It's crazy how hot you've gotten. It's like you've actually been better with the game on All Star.

Its the new batting approach that I had to switch to after I moved up thats working so well. I'm in the 4th inning of game two right now.

And what approach is that?

I used to look zone and pitch all the time for every batter. Now I only look zone and pitch for a few batters until I get a strike then I just look low in the zone becasue I've noticed a ton of pitches get thrown there. And then I don't guess what type of pitch is coming I just try and hit it.

That's interesting. They do throw a lot low, especially later in the count. I always guess zone and pitch though.

Maybe you should try his new way since it appears he's better than you and all. 

Maybe you should get a PS3 and play MLB The Show and we will see how good you are.

[AB™]

It's crazy how hot you've gotten. It's like you've actually been better with the game on All Star.

Its the new batting approach that I had to switch to after I moved up thats working so well. I'm in the 4th inning of game two right now.

And what approach is that?

I used to look zone and pitch all the time for every batter. Now I only look zone and pitch for a few batters until I get a strike then I just look low in the zone becasue I've noticed a ton of pitches get thrown there. And then I don't guess what type of pitch is coming I just try and hit it.

That's interesting. They do throw a lot low, especially later in the count. I always guess zone and pitch though.

Maybe you should try his new way since it appears he's better than you and all. 

Maybe you should get a PS3 and play MLB The Show and we will see how good you are.

I know I wouldn't be any better than anyone else on here that has it.  But after I played it a while I think I'd be just as good. 

[bulldogs1159]

Game Three of the World Series
                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  R  H  E
Red Sox     0  1  0  1  0  0  2  0  0   2    0   0   6  13 2
Cardinals    2  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1   2    0   1   7  19 1

Red Sox
HR- Drew (1)
RBI- Drew 2 (4), Youkilis 2 (11), Lugo 2 (9)
Error- Papelbon (1), Varitek (2)
SB- Elisbury (8 )

Pitching
Penny                 6.0 IP, 8 Hits, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K's
Delcarmen (H, 1)  1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Okajima (H, 4)      1.0 IP, 3 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Papelbon (BS, 2)   1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 Run, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Saito (BS, 1)        1.0 IP, 3 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Masterson (L, 0-1) 1.0 IP, 3 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Rasmus (2), Ankiel 2 (6)
HR- Rasmus (2), Ludwick (2)
RBI- Rasmus (3), Pujols (9), Ludwick 3 (10), Ankiel (4)
Error- DeRosa (1)
SB- Rasmus 2 (5)

Pitching
Lohse         6.1 IP, 7 Hits, 4 Runs, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K's
Todd          0.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
Miller          0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Motte         1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Gomez        1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Reyes         1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
McClellan (W, 1-0) 2.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

WHAT. A. GAME. I got a double in the bottom of the 9th down one with no outs and tried to SAC him over but Paps threw the ball away allowing me to tie the game. Then in the top of the 10th I allowed a 2 run HR to Drew off the foul pole. It was as close to going foul as can be, it hit off the outside of the poll. Then in the bottom of the 10th Albert hits a one out single and Ludwick comes up and blasts a 2 run shot to tie the game. Insanity. Then in the bottom of the 12th Rasmus leads off with a single up the middle. On the next pitch he steals second and Varitek throws the ball into center allowing Rasmus to move up to 3rd with no outs. The Sox move their infield in and Albert hits a scorching ground ball up the middle that Lugo dives and snags and throws to home just a step to late as Rasmus slides in with the winning run. Wow.