FOOL-X 2073 Regular Season

[Alan T]

London has a magic number of 3
Stafford has a magic number of 5

Spring has a magic number of 5
New York has a magic number of 6

[Alan T]

Both league leaders having gone 3-7 in their last 10 games are looking to make the final 10 days of the season pretty exciting

[Afino]

Reese will get 3000 next year

[Alan T]

Raúl Ruíz Hits #500
Thursday, September 28th, 2073: "I wasn't trying to hit a homer. I just wanted to make contact."
That's what Raúl Ruíz told reporters after he made baseball history today at Constitution Plaza. The prolific slugger belted home run #500 in the St Louis Hops 8-6 victory over the Stafford Terriers.

The standout first baseman collected 2 hits in 4 at-bats with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored.

"I guess this puts me in baseball's elite," said Ruíz. "I don't feel any different. I probably should, but I don't. Still, it is a nice achievement. I did get a little excited, didn't I?"

Lifetime Ruíz has hit .311 with 2984 hits, 500 home runs, 1907 RBIs and scored 1672 runs.

[Alan T]

43 year old Raul Ruiz is the 40th player in league history with 500 Home Runs in his career!

[Alan T]

September 29th, 2073:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 London Bishops 90 69 .566 - 91-68 -1 47-31 43-38 5-7 27-20 3 L2 3-7 Stafford Terriers 89 70 .560 1 87-72 2 41-37 48-33 6-8 31-20 L1 5-5 Plantana Pirates 85 74 .535 5 88-71 -3 48-30 37-44 14-5 25-31 L3 5-5 St Louis Hops 82 77 .516 8 77-82 5 39-42 43-35 7-7 30-18 W8 9-1 Washington Freedom 80 79 .503 10 84-75 -4 44-37 36-42 10-9 21-25 W5 6-4 Havana Banana Sluggers 72 87 .453 18 69-90 3 36-45 36-42 5-7 25-20 W2 6-4 St Cloud Raindrops 70 89 .440 20 70-89 0 39-42 31-47 9-5 18-25 L2 3-7 Oshawa Mullets 68 91 .428 22 70-89 -2 34-44 34-47 5-13 20-38 L3 2-8

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Spring Lions 86 73 .541 - 95-64 -9 50-31 36-42 8-13 26-25 2 W2 4-6 New York Legends 84 75 .528 2 87-72 -3 41-37 43-38 8-8 24-26 L2 4-6 Waikiki Beach Boys 83 76 .522 3 75-84 8 40-38 43-38 9-11 29-23 W3 6-4 Las Vegas Wildcats 82 77 .516 4 82-77 0 43-38 39-39 10-6 29-27 L3 5-5 Ann Arbor Wolverines 81 78 .509 5 78-81 3 40-41 41-37 10-7 21-20 L3 3-7 Maricopa Rattlers 76 83 .478 10 75-84 1 40-38 36-45 14-15 28-27 L1 7-3 Cleveland Naps 76 83 .478 10 79-80 -3 37-44 39-39 10-8 24-33 W1 6-4 Portland Axemen 68 91 .428 18 65-94 3 37-41 31-50 6-7 23-23 W1 6-4

[Alan T]

London and Stafford have both clinched playoff spots!

Spring has a magic number of 1
New York has a magic number of 3

[kenjabroni]

Wow. I didnt think wed come close to the season we had. Wish Id have tried harder to get a 5th pitcher.......but maybe if I had Id have finished last. Hard to figure this game out some days.

Good luck to the playoff teams

[Alan T]

9/29:


London 10, Washington 6
Stafford 5, St. Louis 4

London 91-69
Stafford 90-70

London has a magic number of 2 for homefield advantage in the CLCS


Spring 4, Waikiki 3 (16 innings)
New York 8, Ann Arbor 4
Portland 4, Las vegas 2

Spring has clinched a playoff spot!

Spring 87-73
New York 85-75
Waikiki 83-77

Spring has a magic number of 1 for homefield advantage in the RLCS
New York has a magic number of 1 for a playoff spot

[Alan T]

9/30:

Washington 4, London 3 (14 innings)
Stafford 7, St. Louis 5

Stafford 91-70
London 91-70


Spring 7, Waikiki 4
Ann Arbor 2, New York 1 (12 innings)

Spring has clinched homefield advantage in the RLCS!
New York has clinched the final playoff spot!

[lynchy34]

Unbelievable second half in St. Louis. If only the first two months weren't so awful.

[Alan T]

10/1:

Washington 9, London 2
Stafford 4, St. Louis 2

Stafford clinches homefield advantage in the CLCS!
London finishes the season, going 2-8 in their final 10 games

[Afino]

Damnit. So sick of these close calls and non-protected 1st rounders.

[Alan T]

Final 2073 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Stafford Terriers 92 70 .568 - 89-73 3 44-37 48-33 6-8 32-20 Clinched W3 6-4 London Bishops 91 71 .562 1 92-70 -1 48-33 43-38 5-8 27-21 L2 2-8 Plantana Pirates 87 75 .537 5 91-71 -4 50-31 37-44 14-6 25-31 W1 6-4 Washington Freedom 82 80 .506 10 86-76 -4 44-37 38-43 11-9 22-25 W2 7-3 St Louis Hops 82 80 .506 10 78-84 4 39-42 43-38 7-7 30-19 L3 7-3 Havana Banana Sluggers 73 89 .451 19 69-93 4 36-45 37-44 6-7 25-20 L1 5-5 St Cloud Raindrops 71 91 .438 21 71-91 0 39-42 32-49 9-5 18-25 L2 3-7 Oshawa Mullets 70 92 .432 22 72-90 -2 36-45 34-47 5-13 20-38 W2 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Spring Lions 88 74 .543 - 96-66 -8 50-31 38-43 9-13 27-25 Clinched L1 5-5 New York Legends 86 76 .531 2 89-73 -3 43-38 43-38 9-9 25-27 W1 4-6 Waikiki Beach Boys 84 78 .519 4 77-85 7 41-40 43-38 9-12 29-24 W1 5-5 Las Vegas Wildcats 84 78 .519 4 85-77 -1 43-38 41-40 10-6 29-27 W2 5-5 Ann Arbor Wolverines 82 80 .506 6 79-83 3 40-41 42-39 11-8 22-21 L1 3-7 Maricopa Rattlers 78 84 .481 10 77-85 1 42-39 36-45 14-15 28-27 L1 7-3 Cleveland Naps 77 85 .475 11 79-83 -2 37-44 40-41 10-8 24-33 W1 5-5 Portland Axemen 69 93 .426 19 66-96 3 38-43 31-50 6-7 23-23 L2 5-5

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG R. Ríos - SPG .355 2 J. Keating STA .345 3 P. Vélez HBS .344 4 S. Jackson ANN .336 5 D. Burnett LON .333	League Leaders HR R. Brassard - WAS 41 2 T. Smith STC 36 3 P. Feliciauo WAS 35 3 S. Goyer LON 35 3 B. Joseph SPG 35	League Leaders RBI M. Faulkner - MAR 116 2 B. Joseph SPG 115 3 C. López STA 110 3 W. MacIntosh CLE 110 5 A. Ojeda ANN 107
League Leaders W T. Weeks - CLE 17 2 K. Girard WAI 16 2 B. Gregory ANN 16 2 K. Guppy PLN 16 2 2 more tied with 16	League Leaders ERA T. Bates - LVS 1.62 2 S. Rodríguez STA 2.58 3 S. Walker OSH 2.70 4 M. Jackson LVS 2.78 5 R. Espinoza PLN 2.86	League Leaders K C. Torres - NY 252 2 T. Weeks CLE 230 3 T. Bates LVS 218 4 C. Wiggins STC 205 5 B. Gregory ANN 201

[lynchy34]

Oooooooooh, tiebreaker for picks 7, 8 and 9!

[Alan T]

Las Vegas's Tom Bates has perhaps the best season that a starting pitcher has had in FOOL-X history.

Bates destroys the record for single season ERA with a 1.62, beating Kurt Rich's previous record of 1.71

Bates also sets new single season records for Opponent Slug pct and opponent OPS this season!

Unfortunately for Bates, Las Vegas averaged under 3 runs a game of support, and he finishes with a 13-9 record. It will be interesting to see if the award voters select him for the Morales award despite the low number of wins.

[hyde4us11]

Interesting facts for sure Alan. Will be watching the Morales award.

[spleen1015]

Grats playoff teams!

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Playoffs run tomorrow morning!

[Alan T]

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (Hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Rafael Uberuaga PLN 35.7339 100000 35.73

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Batters) (Veteran hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Tadao Konishi STA 23.1347 100000 23.13

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (Pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Edward Ferrell LVS 37.6623 100000 37.66

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Pitchers) (Veteran pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Joaquín Carranza HBS 19.5061 150000 13.00

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (For the most overpaid hitter in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Cordell Coates WAI -7.2157 13000000 -9380410000000.00

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (For the most overpaid pitcher in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Ned Woodward LON -8.1251 10000000 -8125100000000.00

Home Run or Nothing Award (For the hitter that hit home runs and not much else.)
Name Team HR RC Score Cale Stott OSH 33 66.309272 0.4325

Selfish Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that has all of the headlines but none of the wins.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score Luis Colón WAI 10 13 174 105 191.0 12435.0785

Unluckiest Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that would likely win an award if on a better team.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score Tom Bates LVS 13 9 218 42 232.0 1166.46154061

Running on Empty Award (For the baserunner that keeps attempting to steal and fails.)
Name Team SB CS SB % Score Matias Pilon ANN 38 29 0.5672 8.90

Can't hit his weight Award (For the hitter that can't even hit his weight.)
Name Team Weight Batting Avg. Score Francisco Martínez MAR 175 lbs 0.161 0.91971353

Should have stayed home Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team Batting Avg. HR RBI VORP António Pagán STC 0.146 14 56 -41.5306

Should have stayed home Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team W L ERA VORP Alejandro Cruz WAS 7 18 7.14 -39.3101

Stone Statue Award (For the Shortstop that had so little range that he resembled a statue.)
Name Team Total Chances Assists Put Outs Range T.J. Smith STC 230 126 81 3.4757

Cannon-Arm Award (For the Catcher that showed off the best cannon-arm in games.)
Name Team SB attempts against Runners Thrown Out RTO% Score Rafael Uberuaga PLN 146 61 0.4178 75.8

Early Checkout Award (For the Starting pitcher that left games the earliest.)
Name Team W L ERA GS IP Score Alejandro Martínez CLE 6 15 7.38 32 150.0 0.2133

Never met a pitch he didn't like award (For the Hitter that never liked to watch a pitch go by without hitting it.)
Name Team Batting Avg. H BB Score Scott Goyer LON 0.317 216 18 198

Take the Money and Run Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Batting Avg. HR RBI Score Cordell Coates WAI 13000000 0.254 11 65 34.7629

Take the Money and Run Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Wins Losses ERA Score Kurt Rich MAR 13767000 11 9 4.19 35.2546

Anger Management Award (For the pitcher that hit the most batters during the season.)

Name Team W L IP Hit Batters José Saldaña NY 8 17 213.0 13

[Alan T]

According to ERA+, Bates had the 9th best season of any pitcher in league history.

(note: ERA+ neutralizes league and ballpark stats, so compares pitchers vs other pitchers in the league with all things being equal. It strives to remove pitcher or hitter parks from the picture as well as remove dead ball or live ball eras as well.)

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by ekcut

Another interesting thing to note...The CL rules....the RL opposite of rules!

I find that interesting as well!