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MLB 09 Yankee Franchise

Posted on February 23, 2018 at 01:46 AM.

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I mentioned in another post that I was playing MLB 09 and I am currently at the end of April in my Yankees franchise. I wanted to replay the 2008 season and see if I could get the Yankees to the playoffs in the last year of the Old Yankee Stadium. It was also Joe Girardi's first year as manager and the 2009 Yankees would have a lot of new faces. This was the dark before the dawn so to speak.

So far I am 10-10 and 5 games out of 1st, 2 games out of the wildcard. I am having a blast playing this game. It has really stood the test of time.

On offense, it has been hit or miss. I hit 1 home run the first 6 games but have since gotten better and actually had a recent game against the A's where A-Rod hit 3 homers.

My pitching has been pretty bad and it should be because the Yankees pitching staff that year wasn't very good or young for that matter. Chien-Mien Wang started the year 0-3 with a 9.96 ERA so I placed him on waivers and he was claimed by the Nationals. I called up Carl Pavano from Double AA and he will take Wang's spot in the rotation. I never seemed to click with Wang and his pitches. Mike Mussina is 0-2 with a 7 ERA. Phil Hughes is good for me and Ian Kennedy is hit and miss but it was his 2nd year in the Majors and he was awful. My only good starter so far is Andy Pettitte, 3-0 with a 3.08 ERA.

My middle relief pitching is just dreadful so far. Brian Bruney can't throw strikes because his control sucks, so when I fall behind on batters I am screwed. Bruney has a high H/9 rating, 95, but his BB/9 rating is 24. Just last game, he came in to relieve Ian Kennedy, got behind 2-0 on Magglio Ordonez, and I tried to throw a fastball away and he crushed it for a homer. My long reliever, LaTroy Hawkins, has a 6 ERA like Bruney. I am thinking about calling up a reliever or 2 from Triple AAA just to see if they fair any better.

I think the reason I am enjoying my franchise so much is because the sliders I am playing with are really good. I found them in the Slider thread from MLB 09. I think they are from TNK. Anyway, I am hoping to play all 162 games and go from there.

If anyone is reading, I hope you enjoy. If you're not reading, I will post anyway... LOL...