FOFC World Series

[WSUCougar]

Welcome to the 2004 FOFC World Series, a baseball championship series to be battled out between teams managed by Chief Rum and Sterlingice using the APBA Master Game (a board game) and coordinated by myself.

The pace of the Series will be necessarily slow. There are many managerial decisions required throughout the game (examples would be pinch-hitting, sacrifices, steals, take an extra base, etc.), and while there are times when we’re all online together I expect that most of the time we will be moving slowly from batter to batter. Hopefully this will allow for some good commentary and strategy discussions, as well as appropriate amounts of good-natured smack talk.

Here are the rosters:

Chief Rum’s "Elitists" team

C Defense strong-armed = Huckleberry
1B Power-heavy = kcchief19
2B Speedy, defensive specialist = Vince
3B Good hitting = Schmidty
SS Good contact-hitting, great defense player = Shorty3281
LF Good hitting = Swaggs
CF Speedy, defensive on-base type guy = MrBug708
RF Power-heavy = heybrad

Corner IF Power = larrymcg421
Middle IF Defensive-heavy = Maple Leafs
OF Hitting Corner OF = thealmighty
OF Defensive CF = Wolfpack
C Good defense a must = Bearcat729
PH specialist, any position (as long as he can make contact) = gstelmack

#1SP Power RHP = albionmoonlight
#2SP Control LHP = bsak16
#3SP Power LHP = Ragone
#4SP Junk RHP = EagleFan

MR RHP Long reliever = digamma
MR Power LHP = Raven
MR Dependable RHP control guy = Neuqua
MR Power RHP = Hell Atlantic
SU Junk LHP setup = SirFozzie
SU Power RHP setup = Philliesfan980
CL Dominating RHP closer = DeToxRox

Sterlingice’s "Hattrickers" team:

LH CF - great fielder, great speed, great contact, very little power = Katon
LH 2B - ok fielder, good speed, good contact, good bunter, not much pop = Raven Hawk
RH LF - above average fielder, good hitter for both contact and power, ok speed = ardent enthusiast
LH 1B - tremendous hitter with great contact and power, slow, ok fielder = Coffee Warlord
RH RF - ok fielder, good hitter for both contact and power, ok speed; above average arm = Masked
LH 3B - ok fielder, pretty good hitter, slow = JeeberD
RH SS - good fielder, decent hitter for both power and contact, ok speed = kingfc22
RH C - good defensively, slow, good bunter, good power hitter but weak contact = TargetPractice6

LH PH-SS - ok fielder, good hiter for both power and contact, ok speed = tucker rocky
LH PH-OF/1B - swing for the fences type best suited for DH, bad fielder, slow = bbor
RH PH-2B/3B - good defensively, fast, good contact but little power = YoSoySean
LH C - backup catcher with good defense, weak hitting, slow = hhiipp
RH DEF-OF - speedy, great defender at all 3 OF positions, can't hit worth a lick = Mr. Wednesday
DEF-2B/SS/3B - speedy, good defender, not very good hitter = mckerney

RH SP1 - power righty; ace type = duckman
LH SP2 - finesse lefty who has great command and control = blade6119
LH SP3 - power lefty who can get wild on occasion = Johnny93g
RH SP4 - finesse veteran righty = Suicane75

RH LR - was fifth starter during the year, good endurance but not particularly good = Breeze
RH MR - last guy in pen, no stamina, rarely used but ok for a batter or two = FrogMan
LH MR - good against lefties, can't get out a righty to save his life = Qwikshot
LH MR - good finesse lefty that can sometimes work 2 innings mrkilla22
RH MR - good finesse righty that can sometimes work 2 innings = terpkristin
LH SU - power lefty = daedalus
RH CL - power righty = vexroid

[korme]

woot woot elitists unite!

[MrBug708]

Yay!

Blue Team!

[Coffee Warlord]

Hattrickers will carry the day!

[sterlingice]

Ok, guys, in preparation for the series we've got some film to watch:



And, we'll be going over the signs...

Mr. Burns: "I will touch my belt buckle not once, not twice, but thrice..."
Homer: Oh oh, I don't understand a word he's saying. Why doesn't he just let me bat? I wish I was home with a big bag of potato chips. Mmmm...potato chips.
Mr. Burns: "...swing for the fences. Got that, Simpson?"
Homer: "Yes, sir!"

SI

[kingfc22]

I'm ready coach. Where I am I batting in the order?

[Travis]

I can't believe I missed out on this. Curse my non-soccer elitist status!

[sterlingice]

Ok, guys, here's the lineup card. Since they have fireballin' albionmoonlight out there and he's a righty, I've got a change to the lineup. Tucker Rocky gets to see the righty today in place of kingfc22. Other than that, we're set with the original plan. So, here's game one's starting lineup:

Hattrickers

CF Katon
2B Raven Hawk
LF ardent enthusiast
1B Coffee Warlord
RF Masked
3B JeeberD
C TargetPractice6
SS tucker rocky
P duckman

SI

[Vince]

Elitist power

[duckman]

It's on. Just bring it!

[Raven Hawk]

Just get on, Katon! I'll move ya around.

[Chief Rum]

Guys, I'll be away from the comnputer pretty much all day after this.

I will submit my lineups late tonight and am off tomorrow, so hopefully we can get this started good then.

Go Elitists! Down with HAT TRICK!!!

CR

[WSUCougar]

A flip of the ceremonial coin indicates that the Elitists have the home field advantage, so the first two will be at their field (2-3-2 rotation).

CR & SI, please name your fields.

[kingfc22]

How much did the elitists pay you to use a double-sided coin?

[sterlingice]

The Hattrickers field is affectionately referred to as "The Pitch".

SI

[Masked]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

The Hattrickers field is affectionately referred to as "The Pitch".

SI

And it includes 5 really comfortable seats.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

How much did the elitists pay you to use a double-sided coin?

Quiet! We're busy talking to the umpire.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Masked

And it includes 5 really comfortable seats.

Damn straight. So who gets to sit in them? Illinifan and four guests?

SI

[sterlingice]

Sharp Rocks Night!

Some teams have homer hankies and others have tomahawks, but, as every dedicated fan knows, we have our own famed promo. That's why, before Game 3, every fan wearing hattrick colors will get the famed "sharp rocks". So, if you attend Game Three at The Burning Pitch at Pinto Point (the official name of The Pitch; just guess who helped named it), you'll get this wonderful promotion which will help you show your support for the team.


This promotion is brought to you by the Jerome Bettis Foundation.

SI

[Vince]

Down with the Hattrickers! Rumor has it that Jerome Bettis isn't even his real name!

[Poli]

Originally Posted by Vince

Down with the Hattrickers! Rumor has it that Jerome Bettis isn't even his real name!

You know you're going to die for that.

[duckman]

Originally Posted by Vince

Down with the Hattrickers! Rumor has it that Jerome Bettis isn't even his real name!

I'm gunning for you! Tell me later after the game what a 100 mph fastball sounds like whizzing by your head.

[Vince]

Sorry ardent...if it was anything but Baseball, I'd never stoop to such behavior.

I wonder if we should run our wooden board with rusty nail promotion for game one...hmmm...

[finkenst]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

How much did the elitists pay you to use a double-sided coin?

aren't all coins double-sided?

[WSUCougar]

Just to update, we're still awaiting the Elitist lineup for Game 1.

[Poli]

They're scared. I don't blame them.

[Coffee Warlord]

Fucking elitists up to their tricks! We won't bite! Death to the elitists! Power to the hattrickers!

[MrBug708]

You still talking about us? Envy's a bitch.....

Everyone wants to be an elitist....

[Chief Rum]

Hey, sometimes doing it right takes time.

And, sometimes the manager is a West Coast guy who sleeps in.

Announcing the Elitist Lineup for Game One!

Elitists!

LF Swaggs
CF MrBug708
1B Kcchief19
RF Heybrad
3B Schmidty
SS Shorty3281
C Huckleberry
2B Vince
P albionmoonlight

Let's go get 'em, boys!

CR

[Chief Rum]

Our home park will be the jewel of the Chavez Ravine...

Dodgers Stadium...where elitists rub elbows with each other in the box seats, deep inside the ultimate elitist city, Los Angeles.

CR

[JeeberD]

So when does the Elitist's ass-kicking begin?

[SirFozzie]

Never. But the Hattrick's utter annihilation begins soon.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

So when does the Elitist's ass-kicking begin?

Next season, after we win the World Series and get broken up for salary purposes.

[WSUCougar]

Alrighty...here we go!

It's a lovely afternoon here at Dodger Stadium for this opening game of the FOFC World Series. On the hill for the Elitists is albionmoonlight, coming off an outstanding season as perhaps the top right-hander in the game.

Leading off for the Hattrickers is centerfielder Katon, who's batting .270. He can be a real pest on the bases, so we'll see what he can do against albionmoonlight to start things off...

[WSUCougar]

High fastball...popped in the air behind the plate...drifting back toward the screen is the catcher Huckleberry...and he's got it for out number one. Not an auspicious start for the Hattrickers.

In steps Raven Hawk, batting in the #2 slot and playing second. He's a .252 hitter but fares much better against righties...

[SirFozzie]

(tosses some sunflower seeds over the bullpen wall at the Hattrickers) Go albion!

[WSUCougar]

...hard two-hopper to the shortstop Shorty3281 and it handcuffs him...he juggles...but makes a strong throw and gets Raven Hawk by a step. Two down.

Up comes Ardent Enthusiast, hitting .303 with some decent pop...

[WSUCougar]

...he hits a come-backer to albionmoonlight, who snares it and lobs the ball to first. That's three up, three down, and we move to the bottom of the first.

[JeeberD]

The ump is blind! Thre's no way that Shorty's throw beat out RH!

Somebody get that guy a seeing eye dog!!!!!!!

[duckman]

I want the ump to check the pitcher! I think he is putting snot on the ball!

[WSUCougar]

Swaggs, the leftfielder hitting a healthy .313, leads off for the Elitists against duckman, another power right-hander with overpowering stuff.

Here's the pitch...defensive swing by Swaggs and he pops it into shallow left...coming in on the ball is Ardent...and he makes a routine catch. One out.

[Coffee Warlord]

Can't hit it any better than that, eh Nancy Boy?

[WSUCougar]

That'll bring up MrBug708, the centerfielder. He's hitting .264 but can handle the bat pretty well...

...hard rising fast ball, high and tight...AND IT NICKS MrBug! Duckman is offering a mild protest to the umpire, but it clearly got a piece of MrBug's upper arm, and he'll trot down to 1st as the game's first base-runner. He's not much of a threat to steal, and particularly with the power-hitting kcchief19 coming up, but we'll see what Chief Rum has in mind early on in this one...

[Chief, you could choose to attempt a steal, hit-and-run, or sacrifice if you wanted to. He'll go ahead and hit away if I don't hear otherwise relatively soon. SI, you're holding the runner of course.]

[Coffee Warlord]

Fucking elitists have paid off the ump!

[sterlingice]

Crap. That was not how I had planned to peg one of those damn Elitists. I called for a fastball in the back.

SI

[TargetPractice6]

Bah, I was right there and I didn't see the ball hit him!

[vex]

If we're losing late in the game, throw me in and I'll show em what it really means to get HBP.

[duckman]

Originally Posted by vexroid

If we're losing late in the game, throw me in and I'll show em what it really means to get HBP.

Keep talking smart ass. When you come out, I'll pop you in the head with a splitter.

[sterlingice]

Calm down, guys. Same team. Work on bustin' Elitists not each other.

SI

[JAG]

This is some funny stuff.