Believe It or Don't! Topic

more fun from the three true outcomes league:
Player % IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
Herb Score, L (12-7) 100 8.0 0 1 1 7 13 0 133 4.66
Game Totals 100 8.0 0 1 1 7 13 0 133 ---
9/17/2023 8:57 PM
Eat it, Billy Beane!

Salary:


Standings:


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9/18/2023 9:25 PM
Lo and behold, this army of decorated Gold Glovers blew a chance to clinch a playoff spot in game 161 vs. their wild card rivals in the bottom of the 11th with a 1-run lead:



4 errors!

But they bounced back to win game 162 and capture the wild card, so all's well that ends well!

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10/4/2023 1:15 AM (edited)
Posted by crazystengel on 10/4/2023 1:15:00 AM (view original):
Lo and behold, this army of decorated Gold Glovers blew a chance to clinch a playoff spot in game 161 vs. their wild card rivals in the bottom of the 11th with a 1-run lead:



4 errors!

But they bounced back to win game 162 and capture the wild card, so all's well that ends well!

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Admittedly, 3 of the 4 errors were made by non gold glovers (Connolly and Wilson x 2)
10/4/2023 2:57 PM
12/2 am 15 fish 4-3 w
12/2 pm 15 fish 2-46 l
12/2 pm2 15 fish 1-0 w

A three game series where you win by 1, lose by 44, and then win by 1: maybe I'm perverse but to me that's even better than a sweep!

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12/6/2023 3:29 PM (edited)
Hard Luck Start Dept.

Another team in my Random Captain theme has started out the season 0-4. Not that rare, but the losses have been unusually rough.

Game 1: Blew a 2-1 lead, lost 3-2 on a 10th inning HR.
Game 2: Blew a 6-3 lead, lost 7-6 in the 10th.
Game 3: Blew a 2-1 lead in the 8th, lost 3-2.

The team changed opponents for Game 4, and you figure after three straight one-run losses (two in extras) it couldn't get any worse. Alas...

Bottom of the 9th, leading 5-3, they give up 2 runs.
Bottom of the 10th, leading 6-5, they give up 1 run.
Bottom of the 11th, leading 10-6, they give up 4 runs.
Bottom of the 12th, leading 13-10, they give up 3 runs.
Bottom of the 13th, score tied 13-13, they give up the winning run.



Oh, and the five different relievers who coughed up those leads? Every one of them at 100%!

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1/12/2024 12:48 PM (edited)
I would have bet good money that the owner in question was schwarze...his late inning bullpen meltdowns in the WISC have become something of a legend.
1/12/2024 10:43 AM
I would have bet good money also.

Funny thing.... I rarely this forum, but for some reason, I was drawn to it.
1/12/2024 5:06 PM
Headhunter Redemption Dept.

2019 progressive, game 6 of the World Series, my team down 3 games to 2, but enters the bottom of the 9th with a 13-1 lead. RP Marcus Walden comes into the game with a runner on first, one out:



Gives up a HR to make it 13-3, then beans the next two batters! 5 earned runs given up, no outs recorded!

I give him hell after the game, tell him to check his ego, this is a team sport, etc.; to his credit, he seems contrite.

Game 7: Walden again gets the nod in the 9th, this time it's a 5-2 lead, and he nails down the save to close out the championship for us!

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1/23/2024 4:13 PM
Hark...is that a championship in the No Whining Progressive? Was the pitching coach Ernie McAnally, by any chance?
1/23/2024 5:25 PM
contrarian, it was indeed an NWP championship, and with this one I've finally passed you for most rings in this prog—but it took me 22 more seasons, so you're still the pound-for-pound champ!
1/23/2024 7:06 PM
There is no one more worthy of claiming that prize. Congrats!

Edit: For those unaware of the legend of ‘71 Ernie McAnally, he was mentioned in the very first post of this thread some 12 years ago…
1/23/2024 7:53 PM (edited)
Yeah, this prog's had a 59 season run (1961-2019) and Ernie McAnally still holds the single-season wins record with 33.

In real life in 1971 he went 11-12, and in fact won just 30 games in his entire career!

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1/23/2024 8:39 PM
MLB137838

Midnight Express 92-70 will face 94-68 NightHawks- Midnight Express went 12-0 in the regular season against NightHawks... Should be an easy sweep for them....Hawks..

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1/31/2024 2:04 AM
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