WIS XVII - The Cartereaganbush League: Scoobus beats Sammy in the Wis Series (2 Viewers)

[Doug B]

16.03: Tippy Martinez, RP (79, 83, 82)

@the moops

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

16.03: Tippy Martinez, RP (79, 83, 82)

@the moops

*Not Dennis

 

[Eephus]

Lineup complete

C    1986 Tony Pena       --    0.288    /    0.356    /    0.406     --    C/A
1B    1989 Glenn Davis     --    0.269    /    0.35    /    0.492     --    B-/C+
2B    1982 Phil Garner     --    0.274    /    0.32    /    0.423     --    B/B-
3B    1992 Terry Pendleton     --    0.311    /    0.345    /    0.473     --    B/A
SS    1984 Alan Trammell     --    0.314    /    0.382    /    0.468     --    A/C
OF    1986 Jesse Barfield     --    0.289    /    0.368    /    0.559     --    A/B
OF    1991 Ron Gant        --    0.251    /    0.338    /    0.496     --    B/B+
OF    1980 Ken Griffey Sr.     --    0.294    /    0.364    /    0.454     --    C+/C-

It's a bit AVG challenged but at least I have lots of PAs so I won't have to mess with my lineup much.

 

[scoobus]

we're due

 

[Kraft...]

1d3, rolled once.

Roll set 1
Die rolls: 3
Roll subtotal: 3
Roll total: 3

 88 McReynolds I'll take it

Batting Order(I think I got the best offensive season out of just one of these 8 guys, Oliver):

2B    Julio Franco(R)    .296/.383/.402 C/B+    
SS    Bip Roberts(S)    .309/.375/.433 C-/D+    
C    Ted Simmons(S)    .287/.377/.512 B/B+/A-            
1B    Al Oliver(L)   .331/.392/.514 D+/D    
3B    Bill Madlock(R)    .319/.368/.488 C+/D    
RF    George Hendrick(R)    .302/.342/.498 A/C+    
LF    Kevin McReynolds(R)    .288/.336/.496 B/D+    
CF    Steve Kemp(L)    .277/.389/.419 B/B

Infield defense will be an adventure 

 

[the moops]

out and about. 

give me spike owen, ss

@jfranco77

 

[Sammy3469]

*Not Dennis

Quite possibly at Koya’s bar!

 

[jfranco77]

Correctly guessed that X would take a catcher. Missed that Sammy might. Not going to let this one slide any more. Not going to let the bad Paciorek roll get me down either.

16.04 Don Slaught, C 92/91/90

@Eephus

 

[Doug B]

Had I gotten one of Wally Joyner's top two seasons with more slugging, I could've hit him fourth ahead of Gaetti. Might still end up doing that, but for now, I'm looking at this lineup:

LF Lenny Dykstra (L) .300/.381/.447 A-/C+
2B Lou Whitaker (L) .319/.381/.448 B/C+
RF George Foster (R) .299/.378/.529 A/C
3B Gary Gaetti (R) .303/.356/.547 A/D+
1B Wally Joyner (L) .291/.348/.444 C/C
CF Ruppert Jones (L) .263/.353/.430 A-/A
CA Bob Boone (R) .287/.351/.431 B+/B/A-
SS Jay Bell (R) .257/.333/.362 B/B


Seems fair-to-middling for a league like this. Could've used a few best-season rolls -- especially for Foster, Dykstra, and Joyner ... but, of course, we can all say that.

I do like that everyone except for Bell and Dykstra have at least a little pop in their bat (though Dykstra picks up a lot of doubles & triples). My squad's power is kind of distributed among six guys. Comiskey II is neutral to left and +1 to right field -- given normalization for 1981's at-bats, George Foster should still be a 30-35 HR hitter in this thing.

 

[Koya]

Which bar?

Bowen House in Uptown.

 

[Koya]

The 80s didn't look like this

The outfit Im wearing is LITERALLY from the 1980's.  As in, I owned it from a competition I was in, 1988 I think?

 

[Koya]

out and about. 

give me spike owen, ss

@jfranco77

There's the last SS I know is playable.

 

[Koya]

1d3, rolled once.

Roll set 1
Die rolls: 3
Roll subtotal: 3
Roll total: 3

Had an inking this might be the round for a 3.  Just like I knew the first round would be a 2, but Gramps wouldn't let us choose the order of our years.

 

[Eephus]

16.05  Greg "Moon Man" Minton  RP   79/80/88

@Kraft...

 

[Sammy3469]

The outfit Im wearing is LITERALLY from the 1980's.  As in, I owned it from a competition I was in, 1988 I think?

That’s not the 80s

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

3 brought a nice closer-y year for  Declan Tank with Thigpen, but it brought me a 1.12 HRs Bedrosian...still may be usable. 

 

[Spartans Rule]

Ugh. Only 300 PA for Hassey, plus Slaught and all the lefty relievers I wanted gone. On the bright side if I had taken an RP instead of Hassey the 3 would’ve rendered him unusable, so at least I got something.

 

[Kraft...]

16.7 Tom Burgmeier, RP 80-83-82

Three unspectacular but all usablish seasons, Lefty's are getting thiiiiiin 

@HellToupee

 

[the moops]

out and about. 

give me spike owen, ss

@jfranco77

There's the last SS I know is playable.

yay?

 

[Northern Voice]

The 3 gives me the best power (HR/PA and SLG) for Mulliniks which is what I drafted him for but also the fewest PA and most butchery at 3B, so...

 

[Koya]

Finally got the lineup with that roll: Total Slash for these guys: .284avg .379obp .471slg

1 C 1977 Gene Tenace R 0.233 0.415 0.41 29.1 C/A-/A+
2 OF 1981 Chet Lemon R 0.302 0.384 0.491 36.4 B/A-
3 OF 1978 Reggie Smith S 0.295 0.382 0.559 15.4 D/D+
4 OF 1977 Oscar Gamble L 0.297 0.386 0.588 13.2 B+-/D-
5 1B 1978 Willie Stargell L 0.295 0.382 0.567 13.9 B/D-
6 3B 1988 Bobby Bonilla S 0.274 0.366 0.476 24.3 C-/A+
7 2B 1992 Robby Thompson R 0.26 0.333 0.415 31.6 C+/A+
8 SS 1988 Scott Fletcher R 0.276 0.364 0.328 0 A/B

2 OF 1984 Dan Gladden R 0.351 0.41 0.447 85.5 B+/A-




Ok, Lineup is in.  Looking middling, but as usual I tried to build according to batting order (not a believer in the order doesn't matter philosophy )

Gladden might be the only best season offensively, though Fletcher's season is tops including defense.  Got Thompsons weaker defensive season, but one of the best ranges from any second baseman, so I'll take that and the C+.

Gladden will be #2 hitter (maybe #1) against Lefties in addition to coming in for Gamble for defense and taking center for Lemon's 50-100 needed PAs.   -2 HR park so other than the three thumpers in the middle, wasn't looking for HR punch, but it's there if needed.

Considering I started with 3 pitchers, not terrible.

ETA: Slash line isn't as ugly as I'd have thought. Not sure how its over .470 slugging considering some of the lightweights I have in there (either great D or really good OBP).

 

[Doug B]

16.7 Tom Burgmeier, RP 80-83-82

Nice nab this late.

 

[FishTacoTuesday]

out and about. 

give me spike owen, ss

@jfranco77

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[FishTacoTuesday]

1d3, rolled once.

Roll set 1
Die rolls: 3
Roll subtotal: 3
Roll total: 3

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[FishTacoTuesday]

Confirmed

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[Notorious T.R.E.]

 

[Kraft...]

@HellToupee says to skip

@Dungeon Master OTC

 

[Eephus]

Roll total: 3

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Ron Davis went 14-2 in 1979.  That's good right?

 

[Dungeon Master]

rp Jeff Russell, 1989-1992-1983

@Notorious T.R.E.

 

[Dungeon Master]

starting lineup: .295/.373/.490 with B/C+ defense

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Consulting the boy via messenger.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

16.10[370]-D-Tank/Tre 2-Elias Sosa-RP-79-78-77

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

@Spartans Rule

 

[Koya]

That’s not the 80s

It’s LITERALLY from the 80s.

the jump suit at least 

 

[Kraft...]

It’s LITERALLY from the 80s.

the jump suit at least 

Tough to tell from the angle if there are shoulder pads involved. If they were that would change EVERYTHING 

 

[HellToupee]

Ellis Valentine OF 78-77-80!

 

[Spartans Rule]

16.11 Luis Deleon, RP, 83-82-85

82 and 83 have 100+ IP and would be my best RP. 85 is 39 beyond unusable innings. Let's roll the dice!

 

[Spartans Rule]

@Dudley Do-Right

 

[Greco]

16.7 Tom Burgmeier, RP 80-83-82

Three unspectacular but all usablish seasons, Lefty's are getting thiiiiiin 

@HellToupee

Fudge

 

[Dudley Do-Right]

16.12 - Andy Benes, SP  - 91, 92, 90

@Northern Voice

 

[Chemical X]

RP in this era were brutal.  struck out no one and never had back to back usable seasons.  too many innings?

 

[Eephus]

RP in this era were brutal.  struck out no one and never had back to back usable seasons.  too many innings?

77-92 was the period where modern bullpen usage began.  There were guys in the mid-70s who were throwing 140 IP in multi-inning stints.  Most of the firemen were failed starters.  Late in the decade came the emergence of relief specialist, some of whom had been developed in the minors as relief pitchers.  The role of the closer became codified in the 80s, culminating in guys like Eckersley who would never appear except for SV situations.  In the 27 seasons since 1992, there hasn't been nearly as much change in the way RPs are used.

I wasn't crazy about the rule change but was interested to see how the 3 batter minimum rule would affect bullpens this season.

 

[Kraft...]

@Northern Voice Says OK to skip him if next is around, he's in the middle of a bubble hockey tournament(NHL 20 style)

@FishTacoTuesday up

 

[Dungeon Master]

wtf is a bubble hockey tournament?

lol dumb southern hick

 

[Kraft...]

wtf is a bubble hockey tournament?

This is bubble hockey, he's actually playing NHL 20 though

 

[Dungeon Master]

Well that's rude. 

 

[Dungeon Master]

That's why I deleted it.  I felt bad.

I don't want your pity. 

 

[Dungeon Master]

well, i'm not giving you money.

nudes?

 

[HellToupee]

This is bubble hockey, he's actually playing NHL 20 though

Where does the bubble hockey come in?

 

[Eephus]

Where does the bubble hockey come in?

Canada?