tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34478262405308356242024-03-13T01:30:34.980-04:00Gehrig WorldWiS Hardball Dynasty Gehrig WorldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-37325791214349882382022-09-12T13:14:00.002-04:002022-09-12T13:26:04.345-04:00<p> Unicameral Gehrig World governing:</p><p>This would function like the House of Representatives, with every franchise/owner receiving the number of votes equal to their years in the world.</p><p>Right now the total adds up to 370, meaning that a rule change would need 186 'votes' to change.</p><p>Does this favor long-time owners, especially me? Hell yeah. But I've also found those are the types of owners who typically chime in. As with every 1 season owner, hopefully they enjoy their time and can stick around to grow their votes and thusly their influence.</p><p>I made a map to show the votes by franchise (as of 9/12/2022):</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxlOZiFyryVIkoaVlUsCEQFDNl_vfDsxEJ0-Maer_DoCEuXdXX4f4phR4LcxUNWkKQeB3ZLIeYZ5MPxpT53NKkCi5Yv2OUhZapQt5YFuf352I81v0LkslAdPOrbDclMgiZ-8gLmxXtWrVW_EapPzDf2dwxjofohbIWjLDjtyb-gjSlX4d01zsZX10Cg/s746/gerown2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="746" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxlOZiFyryVIkoaVlUsCEQFDNl_vfDsxEJ0-Maer_DoCEuXdXX4f4phR4LcxUNWkKQeB3ZLIeYZ5MPxpT53NKkCi5Yv2OUhZapQt5YFuf352I81v0LkslAdPOrbDclMgiZ-8gLmxXtWrVW_EapPzDf2dwxjofohbIWjLDjtyb-gjSlX4d01zsZX10Cg/w640-h290/gerown2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCzVZQdgrh1K-r0BkyoQPWvpkPMXPWoWwgFDF5vjB1EeGIRw33tdBBIi1XzYiduFMlF6VyVVDhFEC2muzuXeSIi5svXDjMKf7FHFd8HaR8N1SB7ZN2hUucHN7DVOUwBbHOfvRtZYSWGukMZF4e_YGnS1bWg3XHkrH_cF9wFLDu82EnuFV_tPCWoL0LQ/s537/gerown_tab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="213" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCzVZQdgrh1K-r0BkyoQPWvpkPMXPWoWwgFDF5vjB1EeGIRw33tdBBIi1XzYiduFMlF6VyVVDhFEC2muzuXeSIi5svXDjMKf7FHFd8HaR8N1SB7ZN2hUucHN7DVOUwBbHOfvRtZYSWGukMZF4e_YGnS1bWg3XHkrH_cF9wFLDu82EnuFV_tPCWoL0LQ/w254-h640/gerown_tab.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-31137288666480578772019-02-09T06:40:00.003-05:002019-02-09T06:40:49.286-05:00We're back...<div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-71802338421009672762019-01-31T14:01:00.003-05:002019-01-31T19:49:52.219-05:00The Gehrig Story<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-8723bd47-7fff-e661-f7e5-cc6cd9572cb2" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Gehrig World started out as a public one. Like many public leagues, it converted </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">25 seasons as a very stable, competent private league. We didn’t have any</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">remember there being exactly one instance of asking an owner to withdraw </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">This is where things get dark.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Nearing the end of season 42 (in early 2017), I had a routine colonoscopy as</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I had recently turned 50. Turns out the large polyp they removed was cancerous</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and I would need surgery to determine if the cancer had spread. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">[</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Spoiler Alert: </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">However, the surgery did have complications and as a result I spent about a</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">month in the hospital, another month at home in very bad shape and another </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I managed to win the season 42 World Series while in such bad shape in the </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">hospital that I didn’t even make any managerial moves. That was bittersweet. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">work that every private league needs to get to the next season.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">It soon became apparent that I couldn’t continue as commish. Unfortunately,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">no other league members were willing to make the commitment to be the next</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">commish, so it went public. After that watershed event, many owners left -</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">they enjoyed the private league, and didn’t want to play in a public one without </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">things like minimum win requirements and owner screenings. I was astounded </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">to see that ultimately almost 30 owners left.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">There are a few die hards who have stayed almost the entire time. There are </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">It was a long recovery and I not only managed to get back to work but also back</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">into the world of WiS, including HBD by the late Spring/Summer of 2017. It was </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">at that point that I checked back into Gehrig and grabbed my old team. If nothing </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">else I get to look at my WS trophy every time I visit the office page.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">But the once thriving league hasn’t been that in almost 2 years now. A league </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">where I ‘met’ many good fantasy baseball owners, and still follow on twitter. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">A league that had the coveted “Hypno’s Hootenanny” award that rewarded the</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">league’s best defense with a gift certificate. A league where I and others </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">enjoyed season after season. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-26168956461248594282016-09-05T15:13:00.001-04:002016-09-05T15:13:38.001-04:00Season 40 SummaryA repeat in the WS as San Diego (thedream) beats Philly (alogman)in 7.<br />
Philly prevailed over a heartbroken Rochester squad 4-3 in the ALCS, and San Diego took all 7 games as well to dispatch of New York in the NLCS.<br />
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jsturgis won the coveted Hootenanny. <br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-43472859601363346492016-05-27T18:46:00.002-04:002016-05-27T18:46:45.684-04:00Season 39 summaryI'm an idiot and didn't do season 38, sorry.<br />
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San Diego (thedream) won its 3rd title by besting a resurgent Philly squad and its prodigal owner alogman 4 games to 2. The Magic beat Tacoma and Florida to reach the World Series.<br />
The Phanatics dethroned New Britain, got past Atlanta and then defeated Santa Cruz to win the AL pennant.<br />
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The Hootenanny was won by Charlotte and cwc134.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-24387644741722071292015-11-23T16:26:00.000-05:002015-11-23T16:26:26.462-05:00Season 37 wrap upNew Britain (jverrier85) in a repeat, but he actually lost some post-season games this time around, beating San Diego (thedream42) in 7 games.<br />
New Britain got by Rochester in 5 games, and then swept Toronto to complete its AL North tour and AL pennant.<br />
San Diego swept Toledo before needing 7 games to get past Florida for the NLCS.<br />
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As for the Hootenanny, jsturgis and Salt Lake City took it this season.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-15324877401369887552015-08-18T16:21:00.001-04:002015-08-18T16:21:33.201-04:00Season 36 wrap upThis won't be as good as mainou's write-ups; he did a great job, but I did want to get something on here.<br />
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jverrier85 and his New Britain team won the AL and World Series over poboy's Mexico City team.<br />
New Britian not only swept the series, but the entire post season. That has not happened before, marking this team as certainly the most dominating of all time for the post season. Who woulda thunk it after all of those great Santa Fe teams.<br />
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This was jverrier85's first world championship.<br />
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Also of note, ray2kool's Washington D.C. team won the Leather Hootenanny, his first as well.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-36648341170485859172015-05-09T18:07:00.001-04:002015-05-09T18:07:14.797-04:00Season 35 Wrap UpSeason 35 in Gehrig will go down as a season of first. In the AL, the No. 2 seeded <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=165">New Britain Hard Hitters</a> (98-64) won the franchise's first playoff series and knocked out the powerhouse <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (100-62) to win the AL pennant. In the Old Circuit, the No. 2 seeded <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=182">Florida Spring Breakers</a> (103-59) won the pennant for the third time in the last five seasons, but for the first time in franchise history, they came out as the ultimate victors.<br />
<br />New Britain reached the World Series by sweeping the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Pittsburgh Pushovers </a>(88-74) in the ALDS and then defeating the Tigers in 7 games after having been down 0-2 and 2-3 in the ALCS. Florida reached the Series by defeating <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=184">Mexico City La Raza</a> (88-74) in four games in the NLDS before taking down <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=186">Washington D.C. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels</a> (95-67) in six games in the NLCS.<br />
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In the World Series, the Spring Breakers got off to a fast start and never looked back. After easily winning the first two games by outscoring New Britain by a combined 16-4, they dropped a one-run Game 3. Florida removed any doubt that they meant business by scoring 4 runs in the top of the 1st inning of Game 4, which they ultimately won, before running away with Game 5 by 10-3. Overall, Florida outscored New Britain 34-13. The Spring Breakers also got an amazing showing from top starting pitcher Eric Hairston, who ended the playoffs with 4 Wins in 6 starts and an impressive 1.75 ERA and 1.25 WHIP.<br />
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Congratulations to the Florida Spring Breakers and <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=777597">antidrew</a> on a great Championship run.<br />
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<b>Notes:</b><br />
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This marks antidrew's first Hardball Dynasty World Series title.<br />
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This is the first time since season's 22-23 (both wins by the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a>) that the NL has won consecutive World Series titles.<br />
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Florida has made the playoffs in 5 of the last 6 seasons, and made the World Series in 3 of the last 5 seasons. The World Series runs were made by Florida teams that won 100+ games.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 25. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL <br />
Season 26. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL<br />
Season 27. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 28. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164">Ottawa Dragons</a> (selvendar) - AL<br />
Season 29. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic</a> (thedream42) - NL<br />
Season 30. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL <br />
Season 31. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 32. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 33. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 34. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic</a> (thedream42) - NL<br />
Season 35. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=182">Florida Spring Breakers</a> (antidrew) - NL <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:</span><br />
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AL - 23 World Series<br />
NL- 12 World Series</span> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-89723320062591152572015-04-26T12:21:00.000-04:002015-04-26T12:21:02.828-04:00Mainou, we hardly knew you<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-e67e3ea0-f687-ffa1-36b9-59049a67002e" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After 35 seasons, Gehrig World says a reluctant goodbye and good luck to owner mainou. An original owner as well as a charter member of the Vets Committee, mainou has been an extremely valued member of our small community. He has helped to nurture new owners, provide counsel, prop up the AL West, and curate the blog.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Long a mainstay in the arid desert of the American southwest, he won 6 division titles and over 2750 ball games, including a season high 104 wins in season 22..</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I only know mainou through this website, and can only speculate as to his true form, but I feel very sure that he is a fine, upstanding human being. He has shown more compassion and empathy in HBD than any other owner I have dealt with.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He will be missed.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-51748706135905797862015-02-01T15:50:00.000-05:002015-02-01T15:50:12.063-05:00Season 34 Wrap-UpAfter another amazing regular season by the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a>
(122-40), it sure looked like the Tigers were poised for their fifth title in a row. And things looked good for the Tigers until they ran into the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic </a>(111-51), who took down the Tigers for their second title over the last six seasons.<br />
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The Magic rolled into the World Series, their third over the last six seasons, as the National League top seed. After sweeping the fourth-seeded <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=189">Burlington Tree Huggers </a>(84-78) in the NLDS they easily dispatched the sixth-seeded <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=182">Florida Spring Breakers</a> (98-64) in five games in the NLCS.<br />
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Despite having won a franchise-best 122 games during the regular season, the Tigers struggled mightily in the playoffs. The fifth-seeded <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (94-68) took the Tigers to the maximum five games in the ALDS, with the deciding Game 5 coming down to a game-winning base hit by <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=3497917">Kenshin Suzuki</a> in the bottom half of the tenth inning. The Tigers were then able to easily defeat the second seeded <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=170">Scranton Buccos</a> (93-69) in five games in the ALCS to claim their fifth straight AL pennant and their seventh AL crown over the last eleven seasons.<br />
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In the World Series, the Magic got off to a fast start, winning Game 1 with a masterful 4-hit effort by <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=4480949">Billy Torres</a>, followed by a dramatic Game 2 win thanks to a 3-run home run in the top half of the ninth inning by <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=4898880">Calvin Daley</a>, and a 10-3 Game 3 shellacking where Daley again contributed big by driving in four runs. The Tigers pushed back , winning Games 4 and 5 and getting off to a 4-0 lead in Game 6 before it all came crashing down in the top half of the 8th inning. The Magic tied the game with a 4-runing 8th inning and then finished off the Tigers with a dramatic 3-run home run by <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=3889632">Marc Bennett</a> in the top half of the 11th inning. With that San Diego clinched their second World Series title in Gehrig.<br /><br />
Congratulations to the San Diego Magic and <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=601029">thedream42</a> on a great Championship run.<br />
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<b>Notes:</b><br />
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Santa Fe and San Diego have won the last six World Series titles.<br />
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San Diego has a 2-1 record in the World Series.<br />
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The Magic have now 7 consecutive 100+ win seasons.<br />
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Santa Fe have a 6-1 record in the World Series<br />
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Santa Fe has now had 12 consecutive 100+ win seasons, dating back to season 23, and has won 6 titles during this time span.<b> </b> <br />
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This is thedream42's third World Series championship in Hardball Dynasty, and second in Gehrig. <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 25. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL <br />
Season 26. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL<br />
Season 27. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 28. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164">Ottawa Dragons</a> (selvendar) - AL<br />
Season 29. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic</a> (thedream42) - NL<br />
Season 30. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL <br />
Season 31. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 32. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 33. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 34. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic</a> (thedream42) - NL <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:</span><br />
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AL - 23 World Series<br />
NL- 11 World Series</span> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-58928863064213976582014-10-27T17:49:00.001-04:002014-10-27T17:50:00.572-04:00Season 33 Wrap-UpFor the fourth season in a row the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a>
(106-56) won the World Series in Gehrig. This time the Tigers claimed the title after defeating the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=182">Florida Spring Breakers</a> (101-51) in six games. You could easily argue that the Tigers dominance of Gehrig the last 10 seasons, when they have won six World Series titles, has been the most impressive run by one franchise in the thirty-three season history of the world.<br />
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The Tigers, the AL top seed for the fourth season in a row, got to the World Series after beating the five seed <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (105-57) in four games in the ALDS before clinching the AL pennant by defeating the two-seed <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=170">Scranton Buccos</a> (99-63) in a seven game <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=66509449">extra innings thriller</a> that saw Scranton blow two one-run leads in extra innings.<br />
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The NL representative, the second seeded Florida, started their playoff run by defeating six seed <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=184">Mexico City La Raza</a> (89-73) in four games in the NLDS. The Spring Breakers then needed the full seven games to defeat the four seed <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=189">Burlington Tree Huggers</a> (86-76). The <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=66515804">seventh game</a> of the affair was shaping up like a win for the visiting Burlington team until the Florida bats broke out in the bottom of the 8th inning with five runs and 7 hits.<br />
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In the Series, Florida got off to a great start, winning the opening game before getting blown out in Game 2 by a 13-2 score. Florida countered by winning Game 3 but the Tigers roared back by winning the next three to claim their sixth World Series title. This is the second time Florida has fallen short of the title at the hands of the Tigers, with the last time taking place in Season 31.<br />
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Congratulations to the Santa Fe Tigers on another great run.<br />
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<b>Notes:</b><br />
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Of the Tigers six World Series titles, four went to 7 games. The other two went to 6 games.<br />
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This was <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=182">antidrew</a> second World Series appearance since he took over the Florida franchise in Season 28.<br />
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Santa Fe has now had 11 consecutive 100+ win seasons, dating back to season 23, and has won 6 titles during this time span.<b> </b> <br />
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This is <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=498876">kevinbigham</a>'s sixth World Series championship in Gehrig and in Hardball Dynasty. <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 25. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL <br />
Season 26. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL<br />
Season 27. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 28. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164">Ottawa Dragons</a> (selvendar) - AL<br />
Season 29. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic</a> (thedream42) - NL<br />
Season 30. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL <br />
Season 31. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 32. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 33. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:</span><br />
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AL - 23 World Series<br />
NL- 10 World Series</span> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-8147610169222058372014-07-20T13:55:00.002-04:002014-07-20T13:55:47.989-04:00Season 32 Wrap-UpFor the third season in a row the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a>
(121-41) won the World Series in Gehrig. For the third year in a row the Tigers required all seven games of the Series to take home the hardware. For the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic</a> (113-49), a glorious season fell just one win short of a magical one.<br />
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The Tigers, the AL top seed, got to the World Series after dispatching the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (98-64) in three games in the AL Division Championship Series, followed by an easy 4-1 series win over the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=170">Scranton Buccos</a> (99-63) in the AL Championship Series. The Magic, the NL top seed, defeated the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=179">Pawtucket Rainbows</a> (90-72) 3-1 in the NL DCS before needing 6 games to defeat the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Cinncinnati Redlegs</a> (100-62) to reach their 2nd World Series in the last four seasons.<br />
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The World Series was an intense, pitching be damned, affair from the get-go. Santa Fe scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to take <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=64414276">Game 1</a> 11-7. The Magic shellacked the Tigers with 12 runs in <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=64421645">Game 2</a> to even up the series before a closely contested <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=64435589">Game 3</a> that saw the only semblance of decent pitching until the Tigers Bullpen blew a 1 run lead in the bottom of the 9th inning. The Tigers evened-up the series with a 12-run fest in <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=64443186">Game 4</a>. The Magic quickly countered with an 8-run effort in <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=64450095">Game 5</a>, thanks to a 6 run 7th inning.<br />
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In retrospect, the Magic lost the Series in <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=64464461">Game 6</a>. The Magic, needing one more win to clinch their second Series title in franchise history, jumped to a 7-1 lead before a furious 7th inning 7-run rally - 4 of the runs came with 2 out - by the Tigers put them ahead. In the deciding <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=64471461">Game 7</a>, the Tigers scored 5 runs in the bottom of the third inning and never looked back.<br />
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Congratulations to the Santa Fe Tigers on another great run.<br />
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<b>Notes:</b><br />
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This was <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=601029">thedream42</a> second World Series appearance running the San Diego franchise.<b></b><br />
<b><br /></b>San Diego has now had 5 consecutive 100+ win seasons, all of them taking place under thedream42.<br />
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Santa Fe has now had 10 consecutive 100+ win seasons, dating back to season 23, and has won 5 titles during this time span.<b> </b> <br />
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This is <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=498876">kevinbigham</a>'s fifth World Series championship in Gehrig and in Hardball Dynasty. <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 25. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL <br />
Season 26. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL<br />
Season 27. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 28. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164">Ottawa Dragons</a> (selvendar) - AL<br />
Season 29. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic</a> (thedream42) - NL<br />
Season 30. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL <br />
Season 31. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 32. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:<br />
AL - 22 World Series<br />
NL- 10 World Series<br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-46500970809223758942014-04-10T18:42:00.000-04:002014-04-10T18:42:48.276-04:00Season 31 Wrap-UpFor the second season in a row the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (108-54) won the World Series title in Gehrig requiring the maximum number of games in the Series. But unlike last season, when Santa Fe required extra innings in the deciding game to beat <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=184">Mexico City</a>, the Tigers scored 6 runs in the bottom of the third inning on the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=182">Florida Spring Breakers</a> (106-56) and never looked back.<br />
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Both Florida and Santa Fe entered the World series as the top seeds from the NL and AL, respectively. Not only did they have a strong regular season, but both teams entered the World Series having won all their games in the Division and League Championships. Both squads were so evenly matched that neither team was able to win two games in a row during the Series. In the end, the Spring Breakers best chance of taking control of the Series fell through when they blew a 5-3 lead in Game 5 with <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=5323734">Herman Magee</a> giving up the deciding 3 runs on the top of the 9th inning.<br />
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For <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=777597">antidrew</a>, a fantastic run ended on a sour note, but he will be happy with the prospects of a team that he was able to turn around in only his fourth season in Gehrig. For <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=498876">kevinbigham</a>, another great season ended up with another World Series championship. <br />
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<b>Notes:</b><br />
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Santa Fe has now had 9 consecutive 100+ win seasons, dating back to season 23, and has won 4 titles during this time span.<b> </b> <br />
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This is kevinbigham's fourth World Series championship in Gehrig and in Hardball Dynasty. <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 25. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL <br />
Season 26. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL<br />
Season 27. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 28. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164">Ottawa Dragons</a> (selvendar) - AL<br />
Season 29. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic</a> (thedream42) - NL<br />
Season 30. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL <br />
Season 31. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:<br />
AL - 21 World Series<br />
NL- 10 World Series<br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-41574884452965532512014-03-08T09:32:00.000-05:002014-03-08T09:36:26.902-05:00Rule ChangesWe've been at this for a while with an admittedly weak MWR (Minimum Rule Requirement). This may suit the majority just fine, but I wanted to gauge interest in other options. These options all include toughening up the MWR.<br />
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The rule currently states that a team must win 120 games over 2 consecutive seasons or risk being voted out by the rules committee. There are 2 directions to go - a higher Win Level and/or to make it Automatic (no vote by the committee).<br />
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I'm going to outlay 4 options and would appreciate it if you can let me know your thoughts via trade chat or site mail. If any changes would occur they would only start with season 32 being the 2nd year of a new MWR - no new MWR would apply to season 31 nor would any change in committee vote/automatic ejection.<br />
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<b>Option A)</b> Increase the MWR to <b>130</b> from 120, with a failure to reach it still subject to committee vote.<br />
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<b>Option B)</b> Keep the MWR at <b>120</b> but make a failure to reach it an<b> automatic ejection</b><br />
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<b>Option C) </b>Increase the MWR to <b>130</b> AND make a failure to reach it an <b>automatic ejection</b>. <br />
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<b>Option D)</b> Stay with the current rule<br />
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Thanks<br />
HypnoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-70392579990047490542014-01-03T14:09:00.002-05:002014-01-03T14:10:10.205-05:00Season 30 Wrap-UpIt took some extra innings drama, but after having blown a 3-1 game World Series lead, the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> won their third World Series title in Gehrig with a base hit by <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=3654564">Alejandro Ortiz</a> in the bottom of the 12th inning.<br />
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When the dust settled you had to feel the disappointment coming from the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=184">Mexico City</a> squad and GM <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=762491">poboyheimer</a>. Mexico City, back in the World Series for the 1st time since season 3, had all the momentum on their side after a crazy comeback victory in Game 6. Alas, it was not meant to be for poboyheimer's boys.<br />
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Santa Fe, 121-41 in the regular season, entered the playoffs as the number 1 seed in the AL. After easily defeating the Vancouver Thunderbirds (93-69) in the ALDS, they needed 6 games to defeat the number 6 seeded Atlanta Swabbies (94-68) in the ALCS. Meanwhile, Mexico City entered the playoffs as the NL number 2 seed after having gone 97-65 in the regular season. They needed the full 5 games to defeat the 3 seed Cincinnati Redlegs (95-67) before going head-to-toe with the number 1 seeded, and defending World Series champions, San Diego Magic (103-59). Surprisingly, Mexico City dominated the Magic and claimed the NL pennant after only 5 games.<br />
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In what ended up being a World Series mostly decided by poor Bullpen performances, the La Raza's took a 1-0 game lead after scoring 4 runs on the top of the 9th inning of Game 1. The Tigers countered by scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning on Game 2 to even out the series. Following convincing Game 3 and Game 4 wins by the Tigers in Mexico City, the La Raza scored 9 runs in Game 5 to send the series back to Santa Fe. Down 10-8 on the top of the 9th inning, <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=2931790">Hugh Magnusson</a> hit a Grand Slam to put La Raza ahead and send the Series to a deciding Game 7 where the Tigers managed to break through in the bottom of the 12th inning to clinch the title.<br />
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Congratulations to kevinbigham on the World Series championship and another great season!<br />
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<b>Notes:</b><br />
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Santa Fe has now had 8 consecutive 100+ win seasons, dating back to season 23, and has won 3 titles during this time span.<b> </b> <br />
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This is kevinbigham's third World Series championship in Gehrig in Hardball Dynasty. <br />
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The AL now has a 2:1 lead on the NL on World Series titles, with the AL having won 20 times and the NL only 10. <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 25. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL <br />
Season 26. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL<br />
Season 27. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 28. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164">Ottawa Dragons</a> (selvendar) - AL<br />
Season 29. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic</a> (thedream42) - NL<br />
Season 30. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:<br />
AL - 20 World Series<br />
NL- 10 World Series<br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-30393636230919981762013-10-02T14:15:00.001-04:002013-10-02T14:15:36.072-04:00Season 29 Wrap-UpAfter only four seasons at the helm of a franchise that had been long stuck in mediocrity, <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=601029">thedream42</a> took the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic</a> to the second World Series in franchise history, this time defeating the upstart <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=175">San Jose Chinchillas</a> in five games.<br />
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Few would have predicted the number five seeded Magic to meet the number four seeded Chinchillas in the World Series. Although the Chinchillas (79-83) came in as the higher seed, they came into the playoffs with a losing record in the regular season. The Magic (104-58) grabbed a Wild Card slot despite having the second best regular season record in the competitive NL. Nonetheless, the Chinchillas got hot just in time, first sweeping the number 5 seeded <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164">Ottawa Dragons</a>, before shocking the 120-win <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171">Trenton Troubadours </a>in 4 games and the 109-win <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> in the ALCS. The Magic were really only pushed once during their playoff run. They took out the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187">New York Skyscrapers</a> in four games before needing all five games of the NLCS to defeat the top-seeded <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> and then defeating the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Cincinnati Redlegs</a> in six games to claim the NL pennant. <br />
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The Magic started the World Series with a Game 1 win after scoring the game winning runs on the top of the ninth inning. After dropping Game 2 in the late innings to the Chinchillas, the Magic ran the tables to claim their first Gehrig World Series title. In the end, the Chinchillas were done in by late inning scoring by the Magic. Indeed, three of the four Magic wins came off San Diego scoring the winning runs in the seventh inning or later.<br />
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Congratulations to thedream42 on the World Series championship and a great franchise turnaround!<br />
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<b>Notes:</b> <br />
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This is thedream42 first World Series championship in Gehrig and second overall in Hardball Dynasty. <br />
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This marks the first time the World Series went to the NL since season 23.<br />
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The AL now leads the NL nineteen World Series titles to ten.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 25. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL <br />
Season 26. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL<br />
Season 27. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 28. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164">Ottawa Dragons</a> (selvendar) - AL<br />
Season 29. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=193">San Diego Magic</a> (thedream42) - NL <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:<br />
AL - 19 World Series<br />
NL- 10 World Series<br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-58671658110710751772013-06-25T22:23:00.001-04:002013-06-25T22:24:08.475-04:00Season 28 Wrap-UpIn one of the most surprising playoff runs in Gehrig history, the<a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164"> Ottawa Dragons</a> defeated the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> in the World Series to clinch the franchise's third title, but first since Season 7, in Gehrig.<br />
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The World Series saw the first match-up between two Wild Card teams since Season 7. While the Mendozas are accustomed to playing late in the season (this was the Gehrig-leading 9th World Series appearance representing the NL), this was their first showing in the Series from the Wild Card slot. Ottawa, on the other hand, was making their first showing in the Series since Season 7. The Dragons got off to a fast start, easily winning the first two games behind solid hitting and pitching, outscoring the Mendozas 12-1. The Mendozas responded with two straight wins in Ottawa to even the series at two games a piece. Alas, it was not to be for the Mendozas. Ottawa regained their composure and shellacked Fresno over the last two games of the series, outscoring the Mendozas 17-3 in Games 5 and 6, to claim the Season 28 title.<br />
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The Dragons, in only their third season under <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=473799">selvendar</a>, made the playoffs as the top Wild Card in the American League with a solid 92-70 regular season record. The Dragons got off to a slow start in the playoffs, dropping their first two games to the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=177">Tucson Junkies</a> before winning the next three, clinching the pass to the ALDS thanks to an<a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=473799"> R.J. Torres</a> three-run blast on the top of the 11th inning.<br />
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The Dragons needed more RJ Torres magic, this time a game-winning HR in the 9th inning of Game 5, to defeat the AL top seed<a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168"> Santa Fe Tigers</a> to reach the ALCS. From there, it was all downhill for the Dragons. Riding strong pitching from <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=4625732">Harry Guerrero</a> and <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=4297356">Wilkin Owen</a> they dispatched the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester Red Royal North Stars</a> in five games to reach the World Series.<br />
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Ottawa personified the feeling that once you reach the playoffs anything is possible. Through clutch pitching and hitting they caught lightning in a bottle and ran away with the playoffs.<br />
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Congratulations to selvendar on his first World Series championship!<br />
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<b>Notes:</b> <br />
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This is selvendar first World Series championship in Gehrig and in Hardball Dynasty. <br />
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The current 5-season streak of World Series championships for the AL is the second longest in Gehrig. The AL won 6 World Series' in a row from Season 16 to Season 21. <br />
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The AL now leads the NL nineteen World Series titles to nine.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 25. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL <br />
Season 26. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL<br />
Season 27. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 28. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164">Ottawa Dragons</a> (selvendar) - AL <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:<br />
AL - 19 World Series<br />
NL- 9 World Series<br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-58682592377341148092013-03-30T16:09:00.000-04:002013-03-30T16:09:12.690-04:00Gehrig's 100 acre wood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-62335328275605987432013-03-24T11:51:00.000-04:002013-03-24T11:51:37.653-04:00Season 27 Wrap UpFor the third year in a row the World Series was decided in a Game 7, with the top-seeded AL <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (105-57) defeating the NL two seed <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=178"> St. Louis Jalowitzians</a> (102-60) to claim <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=498876">kevinbigham</a>'s second World Series championship in Gehrig.<br />
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Santa Fe got off to a quick 2-0 lead in the Series by winning both home games, but the Jalowitzians bounced back and won the next two games in St. Louis by outscoring the Tigers 17-5. Santa Fe bounced back and stole Game 5 to give them a 3-2 Series lead. Despite a three-run lead in Game 6 at home, the Tigers gave up four runs in the top of the 7th inning and that was enough for the Jalowitzians to even up the Series at three games a piece. Unfortunately for St. Louis, Santa Fe's bats came alive in Game 7, pummeling the Jalowitzians pitchers for 19 runs and 20 hits. World Series MVP <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=3889632">Marc Bennett</a> (0.290 with 7 R, 11 RBI, 4 HR, and 1 SB) continued to cement himself as one of Gehrig's elite players.<br />
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Despite having a great run in the playoffs that saw St. Louis defeat the NL top-seed <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> to claim their second NL pennant in a row, the Jalowitzians fell again one win short of a title. Tigers GM <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=643857">franco8305</a> has assembled a strong squad and will undoubtedly have the Tigers fighting for another shot at a World Series championship soon enough.<br />
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On the other side, kevinbigham's squad has now racked up five consecutive 100+ win seasons and has shown no signs of slowing down.<br />
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Congratulations to kevinbigham on his second Gehrig World Series championship!<br />
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<b>Notes:</b> <br />
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The last three World Series have gone to seven games.<br />
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This is kevinbigham second World Series championship in Gehrig and in Hardball Dynasty. <br />
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With his second title, kevinbigham joins cpkung (4 championships), doontristy (3 championships), threester (2 championships), armst24 (2 championships), infamy (2 championships), and cwiddoes (2 championships) the multiple World Series titles club in Gehrig.<br />
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Fifteen of the twenty-seven World Series have been won by the group listed above.<br />
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The AL now leads the NL eighteen World Series titles to nine.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 25. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL <br />
Season 26. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL<br />
Season 27. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:<br />
AL - 18 World Series<br />
NL- 9 World Series<br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-12099481700602367332012-12-23T11:12:00.002-05:002012-12-23T11:12:09.780-05:00Gehrig World infoPublic for 25 seasons, we have recently converted to private. Gehrig has been an outstanding public world.<br />
<br />
There is just one rule: <i><b>Win at least 120 games over 2 consecutive seasons.</b><br />
</i><br />
This is an effort to curtail 'tanking'. There is only this one rule in
order to keep things simple and attractive to new owners. While
public, Gehrig World was a welcome and friendly place for those new to
HBD and I intend to make sure it remains that way. <br />
<br />
New owners are welcome, as well as veterans, please contact me (hypnotoad).
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-26279728792331011502012-12-20T10:53:00.001-05:002012-12-20T10:53:27.209-05:00Season 26 WrapupIn dramatic fashion for the second season in a row, the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts (96-66)</a> are the Gehrig World Series champions. In a season where just about everyone expected the top seeds in both leagues (AL - <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> 113-49 and the NL <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> 114-48) neither team made it even to the League Championship Series. Instead, the number three seeded Betelnuts, managed by <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=448183">cpkung</a>, went 10-2 in the AL side of the playoffs to reach the World Series. The NL representative, the number two seeded <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=178">St. Louis Jalowitzians (98-64)</a>, managed by <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=643857">franco8305</a>, reached their first World Series in franchise history by only dropping one game in their two series on the NL side of the playoffs.<br />
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After splitting the first two games of the Series in St. Louis, the Betelnuts took a commanding 3-1 Series lead with back-to-back wins at home. Alas, St. Louis kept fighting and took the Series to a deciding Game 7 at home. In the deciding Game 7, The Jalowitzians went up 4-0 in the bottom of the third inning behind a <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=2763875">Fritz Hyzdu</a> Grand Slam. The Betelnuts started chipping away at the Jalowitzians lead in the top of the sixth inning and by the time the top of ninth inning was over the Betelnuts had a 9-6 lead that they would hold on to claim their second championship in a row.<br />
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Congratulations to cpkung on his fourth Gehrig World Series championship!<br />
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<b>Notes:</b> <br />
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As noted earlier <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=448183">cpkung</a> now has two back-to-back title runs in Gehrig. <br />
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This was cpkung's fourth World Series championship in Gehrig and in Hardball Dynasty. <br />
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The Kansas City Betelnuts franchise is 4-0 in the World Series.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 25. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL <br />
Season 26. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:<br />
AL - 17 World Series<br />
NL- 9 World Series<br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-12573317769390268452012-09-12T06:32:00.001-04:002012-09-13T09:11:15.667-04:00Gehrig World InfoPublic for 25 seasons, we have recently converted to private. Gehrig has been an outstanding public world.<br />
<br />
There is just one rule: <i><b>Win at least 120 games over 2 consecutive seasons.</b><br />
</i><br />
This is an effort to curtail 'tanking'. There is only this one rule in
order to keep things simple and attractive to new owners. While
public, Gehrig World was a welcome and friendly place for those new to
HBD and I intend to make sure it remains that way. <br />
<br />
New owners are welcome, as well as veterans, please contact me (hypnotoad).
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-82740319711383843722012-09-10T18:26:00.003-04:002012-09-10T18:27:06.543-04:00Season 25 Wrap-UpIn dramatic fashion, the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> are the Gehrig World Series champions. The Betelnuts, managed by <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=448183">cpkung</a>, went into the playoffs as the AL second seed needing the maximum number of games to win every one of their three playoff series.<br />
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The Betelnuts defeated the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162">Fargo Wood Chippers</a> in a close ALDS that was decided in a one-run game five before taking aim on the defending champions <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a>, a team that was coming off a 119-win regular season campaign that saw them tie the all time record for wins in Gehrig, in the ALCS. Despite the Tigers amazing talent and despite horrid pitching from <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Rodrigo Tavarez</a>, who was shelled on both Game 1 and Game 7, the Betelnuts just never gave up and pulled out a win in Game 7 to represent the AL in the World Series.<br />
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Their opponent in the World Series, representing the NL for the eight consecutive season the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a>. The Betelnuts and Mendozas should've known this would be an interesting World Series when the Betelnuts won the first two games in Fresno, followed by the Mendozas returning the favor and winning three in a row in Kansas City. Despite needing just one more win to claim their third World Series in Gehrig, the Betelnuts jumped off to a 7-0 lead in Game 6. In the deciding Game 7, the Mendozas got a run on the bottom of the first inning. The score stayed at 1-0 until the top of the 9th inning when the Betelnuts finally got on the board before unleashing four runs in the top of the 10th inning (three of which came with two-out). The Mendozas countered with three runs in the bottom of the inning, but with the tying run on first base, the Mendozas grounded into a 4-6-3 double-play that sealed the win for the Betelnuts.<br />
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Congratulations to cpkung on his third Gehrig World Series championship!<br />
<br />
<b>Notes:</b> <br />
<br />
This was the eigth World Series trip in a row for the Mendozas, and third for <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=448183">cpkung</a>. <br />
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This was cpkung's third World Series championship in Gehrig and in Hardball Dynasty. <br />
<br />
The Kansas City Betelnuts franchise is 3-0 in the World Series, having won their previous two trips in seasons four and 5.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL<br />
Season 25. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173">Kansas City Betelnuts</a> (cpkung) - AL <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:<br />
AL - 16 World Series<br />
NL- 9 World Series<br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-52247990103125381552012-08-06T13:56:00.002-04:002012-08-08T09:23:03.638-04:00Tracking the season 25 vote on Public/Private<u><b>REMAIN PUBLIC</b></u><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447826240530835624.post-69695326189818803452012-06-06T11:20:00.002-04:002012-06-06T13:03:19.451-04:00Season 24 Wrap-UpYou could say the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> have finished the turnaround of a moribund franchise with a resounding splash. The Tigers, who at one point amassed six straight seasons with 100+ losses, built what appears to be a dynasty around very good drafting. Despite all the losing early on, general manager <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=498876">kevinbigham</a> stuck to his master plan that culminated with a championship after only eight seasons at the helm.<br />
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Lost in the Tigers championship story are an unprecedented seventh straight World Series showing for the <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a>. The Mendozas' general manager <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">cwiddoes</a> refuses the claim that he has built a dynasty. However, taking a team to seven straight World Series is no easy feat, and despite having a 2-5 record in the championship series, it is an accomplishment to be celebrated.<br />
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The Tigers got to the World Series after an impressive 105-win season that saw them claim the top seed in the AL. They dispatched AL South rivals <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> in three straight while scoring an impressive 36 runs over those three games. The Tigers then clinched the AL pennant by defeating a <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162">Fargo Wood Chippers</a> squad that won 102 games in five games, before defeating the Mendozas in six. Even more impressive, the Tigers were able to win high-scoring and low-scoring games just the same.<br />
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Congratulations to kevinbigham on his first Gehrig World Series championship!<br />
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<b>Notes:</b> <br />
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This was the seventh World Series trip in a row for the Mendozas, and first for both the Tigers and <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/UserProfile.aspx?uid=498876">kevinbigham</a>.<br />
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This was the first World Series championship for the Santa Fe franchise.<br />
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This marked kevinbigham's first championship in Hardball Dynasty.<br />
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With the Tigers winning the championship, every franchise in the AL South has at least won one World Series title in Gehrig.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Season 1. </span><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=171" style="color: black;">San Juan Clementes</a><span style="color: black;"> (mazz993) - AL</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 2. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester) - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 3. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Shrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 4. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 5. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=173" style="color: black;">Jacksonville betelnut</a> (cpkung)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 6. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=187" style="color: black;">Wichita Wallabies</a> (jdbkaput)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 7. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=164" style="color: black;">Seattle Pilots</a> (threester)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 8. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 9. <a href="http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=181">Ottawa Sundragons</a> (sundragons) - NL<br />
Season 10. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 11. </span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">Monter</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=185" style="color: black;">rey Pepper Jacks</a> (tooly_mctool)</span><span style="color: black;"> - NL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;"> Season 12. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL<br />
Season 13. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Season 14. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=162" style="color: black;">Scranton Schrutes</a> (mookie79)</span><span style="color: black;"> - AL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 15. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=188" style="color: black;">San Juan Myrmidons</a> (doontristy) - NL</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Season 16. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=172">Durham Donkeyfish</a> (armst24) - AL</span><br />
Season 17. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=163">Rochester North Stars</a> (hypnotoad) - AL<br />
Season 18. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=167">Atlanta Swabbies</a> (graybeard) - AL<br />
Season 19. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=166">Richmond big tunas</a> (bigtuna5) - AL<br />
Season 20. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 21. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=169">Charlotte Driskills</a> (infamy) - AL<br />
Season 22. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 23. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=192">Fresno Mendozas</a> (cwiddoes) - NL<br />
Season 24. <a href="http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/FranchiseProfile.aspx?fid=168">Santa Fe Tigers</a> (kevinbigham) - AL <br />
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<span style="color: black;">Breakdown:<br />
AL - 15 World Series<br />
NL- 9 World Series<br />
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