Season 1. San Juan Clementes (mazz993) - AL
Season 2. Seattle Pilots (threester) - AL
Season 3. Scranton Shrutes (mookie79) - AL
Season 4. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung) - AL
Season 5. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung) - AL
Season 6. Wichita Wallabies (jdbkaput) - NL
Season 7. Seattle Pilots (threester) - AL
Season 8. Monterrey Pepper Jacks (tooly_mctool) - NL
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
World Series Champs
Saturday, May 10, 2008
2008 NL League Leader wrap-up
NL:
HR:
David Baez (Burlington) 60 - The highest total in either league, Baez made a lot of happy hippies in Burlington this season. Let's hope he wants to be paid in granola bars.
RBI:
Larry Butler (Ottawa) 159 - Butler has had (another) monster season, and has established himself as perhaps the best young hitter in the game.
SB:
Alex Pujols (Charleston) 145 - Caught just 9 times - he must make Vince Coleman look like Harmon Killebrew.
Batting Average:
Sherm Bradshaw (Santa Fe) .345 - Bradshaw bested teammate Kirk Winston by just 2 points. Any other ballpark - they hit around .280 (just kidding KP! I'll be expecting the trade offer shortly).
OPS:
Larry Butler (Ottawa) 1.056 - See his previous entry.
Wins:
Bob Stargell (Monterrey) 17 - A very good year from a very good young lefty. A Pepperjacks mainstay for a while, I'd wager.
Saves:
Miguel Rodriguez (Oklahoma City) 42 - Only blew 5 chances, and the Bombers (boo!) only won 68 games. I suspect a statue of him has been erected in OKC, albeit nowhere near the old Federal Building.
Strikeouts:
Felipe Feliz (Santa Fe) 224 - The enigmatic and well-traveled Feliz finally finds his comfort zone in Santa Fe, of all places.
ERA:
William Taft (Philadelphia) 3.01 - *No*, no *that* William Taft, this one is a veteran pitcher having a career year, not a morbidly obese President who introduced the bathtub to the White House.
HR:
David Baez (Burlington) 60 - The highest total in either league, Baez made a lot of happy hippies in Burlington this season. Let's hope he wants to be paid in granola bars.
RBI:
Larry Butler (Ottawa) 159 - Butler has had (another) monster season, and has established himself as perhaps the best young hitter in the game.
SB:
Alex Pujols (Charleston) 145 - Caught just 9 times - he must make Vince Coleman look like Harmon Killebrew.
Batting Average:
Sherm Bradshaw (Santa Fe) .345 - Bradshaw bested teammate Kirk Winston by just 2 points. Any other ballpark - they hit around .280 (just kidding KP! I'll be expecting the trade offer shortly).
OPS:
Larry Butler (Ottawa) 1.056 - See his previous entry.
Wins:
Bob Stargell (Monterrey) 17 - A very good year from a very good young lefty. A Pepperjacks mainstay for a while, I'd wager.
Saves:
Miguel Rodriguez (Oklahoma City) 42 - Only blew 5 chances, and the Bombers (boo!) only won 68 games. I suspect a statue of him has been erected in OKC, albeit nowhere near the old Federal Building.
Strikeouts:
Felipe Feliz (Santa Fe) 224 - The enigmatic and well-traveled Feliz finally finds his comfort zone in Santa Fe, of all places.
ERA:
William Taft (Philadelphia) 3.01 - *No*, no *that* William Taft, this one is a veteran pitcher having a career year, not a morbidly obese President who introduced the bathtub to the White House.
Season 8 AL League Leader Wrap-up
AL:
Homers:
Ryan Cannon (Rochester) 58 - Who? I know, a pretty one dimensional hitter, but that is a pretty good dimension. Edged out the much better known William Washington by 1 homer - both homered in the last game of the season.
RBI:
(tie) Javier Chavez (Buffalo) and William Washington (Seattle) 146 - These two will ultimately settle the tie via deathmatch, as their owners would like to in real life.
SB:
Dorian Alred (Little Rock) 105 - Got caught just 18 times, which, unfortunately, is a pretty high CS rate for HBD right now. Just edged out the amazing Fred Simms of Scranton who had 102.
Batting Average:
Andre Martin (Rochester) .355 Big Andre had a late surge to surpass Cesar Cortazar's .353 for Jacksonville.
OPS:
Andre Martin (Roc) 1.133 I included this to piss off William Washington.
Wins:
(tie) Cap DiSarcina (Pittsburgh), Eli Santana (Charlotte), and Piper Jackson (Jacksonville) 20 - All 3 quite obviously had exceptional seasons, although Jackson has trouble keeping up in the ERA department.
Saves:
Michael Choi (Jacksonville) 50 - Wow. A very impressive number, only blowing 8 of save opportunities. This is also a new single-season record for saves.
Strikeouts:
Eli Santana (Charlotte) 260 - 7 fewer than last year, although I doubt that infamy is complaining.
ERA:
Vic Cruz (Seattle) 2.25 - So much for switching leagues/ballparks. Cruz improved his performance from last year for his new Seattle team.
Homers:
Ryan Cannon (Rochester) 58 - Who? I know, a pretty one dimensional hitter, but that is a pretty good dimension. Edged out the much better known William Washington by 1 homer - both homered in the last game of the season.
RBI:
(tie) Javier Chavez (Buffalo) and William Washington (Seattle) 146 - These two will ultimately settle the tie via deathmatch, as their owners would like to in real life.
SB:
Dorian Alred (Little Rock) 105 - Got caught just 18 times, which, unfortunately, is a pretty high CS rate for HBD right now. Just edged out the amazing Fred Simms of Scranton who had 102.
Batting Average:
Andre Martin (Rochester) .355 Big Andre had a late surge to surpass Cesar Cortazar's .353 for Jacksonville.
OPS:
Andre Martin (Roc) 1.133 I included this to piss off William Washington.
Wins:
(tie) Cap DiSarcina (Pittsburgh), Eli Santana (Charlotte), and Piper Jackson (Jacksonville) 20 - All 3 quite obviously had exceptional seasons, although Jackson has trouble keeping up in the ERA department.
Saves:
Michael Choi (Jacksonville) 50 - Wow. A very impressive number, only blowing 8 of save opportunities. This is also a new single-season record for saves.
Strikeouts:
Eli Santana (Charlotte) 260 - 7 fewer than last year, although I doubt that infamy is complaining.
ERA:
Vic Cruz (Seattle) 2.25 - So much for switching leagues/ballparks. Cruz improved his performance from last year for his new Seattle team.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
My 7-year long dinner with Andre....
A similar thing here with high priced sluggers.
There are certainly other worthy batters in the league, but this only concerns the highest paid sluggers.
This does highlight Andre Martin's Ruthian presence, but take a look at the underrated Pedro Cruz of the Yankees. And pity poor Mike Bradley.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Not at all like that old Kinks song....
..."Low Budget".
You'll have to click the image to get a better look.
This list above has the higher priced/more effective Starting Pitchers of Gehrig's first 7 seasons.
I started with some obvious ones, and then also checked the prior Cy Young award winners and checked the career leaders in some key categories.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Someone broke a mirror in the state of New York
More chart *nerdiness* here. Above are the win totals, per year, for all the teams still run by their original owners.
New York has more wins than anyone in this 7-year span, with 671. They are followed closely by Rochester with 665.
However, all these wins have amounted to just 2 LCS championships, by NY all the way back in season 1 and by Rochester last year.
Budget Fun, part deux
Above is the payroll history of the entire AL for the past 8 seasons.
The highest average payroll for this period belongs to the Kansas City franchise - a little over $108 million. KC has a checkered past to be sure - 3 different teams in the Lone Star state, plus stops in Louisville and Tampa Bay. This high payroll has resulted in no post-season appearances.
Good luck eric!
The lowest average payroll belongs to the near-ubiquitous threester and his Seattle Pilot franchise (under $72 million). This cheapskate has produced 2 World Series championships.
But good news everyone - his payroll shot up this year so maybe we have a shot.
Hypnotoad out.
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