I don’t think I’ve had a mauch or a schwarze yet, but geez it seems like every cycle is 1-5 or 5-1.

First schwarze of the entire tourney in the PM2 games. No schwarzes or mauchs in Round 1.

Very strange R2 for me in that my expected win percentages just don't match my actuals at all--actual is way under expected in 4 leagues, way over in 2. Average magnitude of difference is .077.

All my teams started off well. I was above 500 winning percentage for a long time and then they all took a dump about a week and a half ago and now I cant win any games. WTH

How often does your team's best hitter (based on real life stats) also ends up being your worst hitter in the sim? Seems to happen to my teams frequently...

1926 Rogers Hornsby
Real life stats: .317, .388, .463
Sim stats: .230, .299, .287 (Home park is Astrodome... he's hitting fine at home, but away --> .179, .251, .199 in 151 ABs)
Batting 4th, he's the main reason my $80M team is 34-39.

4 teams on ongoing 3+ game losing streaks. Fun times.

Just had my first Mauch of the season. It's a good time to take stock of where my teams are at. Two teams are carrying the load, and the rest hover around .500 ...

80m: 52-49. 4th place in a division where everyone has an Exp% of at least .531 and are separated by 5 games top to bottom. Two of us will be disappointed.
90m: 63-38. My best record, but stuck behind hebdomad's 66-win team (2nd best in the entire round thus far). We do have a 6-game lead on the WC, but everyone in this division is (once again) over .500 and dangerous.
100m: 49-52. Playing just a tad under Exp%. I take comfort that no one is running away with anything in our league and anyone can still emerge.
110m: 49-52. Underperforming consistently (our .541 Exp% is tops in the division) and getting hammered in extras (1-7) and 1-run games (15-23).
120m: 49-52. "Only" 5 games behind jbohrman's 2021 LAD, but it should be worse. He's underperforming in 1-run games (9-16) and has me by over 80 points in Exp%. It won't surprise me if he wins the division going away, and the WC is out of reach.
255m: 62-39. With a 12-game division lead and everyone else under .500 Exp%, this one feels safe. I drafted well, it appears.

So at this point, one definite playoff team and one that should get there. But the rest are anyone's guess. Maybe 1 of the 3 that's within reach will manage it, and I'd be grateful for that.

Posted by redcped on 11/23/2025 2:01:00 PM (view original):
Just had my first Mauch of the season. It's a good time to take stock of where my teams are at. Two teams are carrying the load, and the rest hover around .500 ...

80m: 52-49. 4th place in a division where everyone has an Exp% of at least .531 and are separated by 5 games top to bottom. Two of us will be disappointed.
90m: 63-38. My best record, but stuck behind hebdomad's 66-win team (2nd best in the entire round thus far). We do have a 6-game lead on the WC, but everyone in this division is (once again) over .500 and dangerous.
100m: 49-52. Playing just a tad under Exp%. I take comfort that no one is running away with anything in our league and anyone can still emerge.
110m: 49-52. Underperforming consistently (our .541 Exp% is tops in the division) and getting hammered in extras (1-7) and 1-run games (15-23).
120m: 49-52. "Only" 5 games behind jbohrman's 2021 LAD, but it should be worse. He's underperforming in 1-run games (9-16) and has me by over 80 points in Exp%. It won't surprise me if he wins the division going away, and the WC is out of reach.
255m: 62-39. With a 12-game division lead and everyone else under .500 Exp%, this one feels safe. I drafted well, it appears.

So at this point, one definite playoff team and one that should get there. But the rest are anyone's guess. Maybe 1 of the 3 that's within reach will manage it, and I'd be grateful for that.

After having no Mauchs or schwarzes all season, I followed up the Mauch with a schwarze. All is balanced.

And we picked up another schwarze in the am cycle at a much-needed time, as we were ranked 23rd in the current 5th 162 and dropped from 5th in the round to 10th. Across all my teams we went 13-1 in the am cycle, which is always a lovely thing to see on your screen.

Two of my teams are currently the best teams in their leagues. However, with two terrible teams, my chances are near zero. Screwed myself with the A's, apparently, and then my clone team has been the victim of some rotten luck.

Posted by redcped on 11/29/2025 1:28:00 AM (view original):
And we picked up another schwarze in the am cycle at a much-needed time, as we were ranked 23rd in the current 5th 162 and dropped from 5th in the round to 10th. Across all my teams we went 13-1 in the am cycle, which is always a lovely thing to see on your screen.

And now the corresponding Mauch arrives ... fun times, fun times.

And another schwarze in the pm2 cycle today. It’s a pinball machine here.

Didn't know if anyone else experienced something similar; for my most recent session (G132, pm2 for 12/3) it said 1-5 when I was actually 2-4 (still not good, wins in 100 & 140). First time this has happened when looking at the standings page...

It's possible I ran the spreadsheet before all the games were completed.

Yep, I just re-ran and it looks right now.