Posted by ozomatli on 7/8/2025 8:16:00 PM (view original):
Kicking myself for not even looking at a Lajoie team for the $140M. That offense is just too good. Seems likely to end up as the right/best pick.

Curious to see a breakdown on what pick turns out to be best. There’s so much variety. I’m loving my Kershaw team. They’re my best team by far at this point. Speaker teams are all over the place but seem to have a lot of mixed results

The 6 Nap teams sure do have crazily varying results. At 41-11, the best team in any of the 140M leagues, by far, is a Nap team. On the other hand, so is the worst-performing one (13-39).

my nap team is 2-8 in its last 10, the 2 wins? over the 41-11 nap team lol. ah this game.

I got scared off by the pitching for the Nap and Speaker teams. Not that the options sucked, but I could see some of them getting shelled when facing a ton of deadball hitters. I'd imagine the best Nap and Speaker teams are sharing divisions/leagues with a higher percentage of modern teams.

Here is League 6-A. There are ten Speaker teams in the league and 7 are in the N,L. I'd say they are doing o.k.
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East	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
SPEAK LIFE	34-19	0.642	-	5-7	7-3	1-1	352	313	0.560	Relkcirts
Quardrophonic Speakers	33-20	0.623	1	6-6	8-5	3-1	327	253	0.624	DarthDurron
W140: So Tired. Need 4 Naps	33-20	0.623	1	8-4	5-2	2-0	355	302	0.582	hebdomad
Reggie, Reggie, Reggie	25-28	0.472	9	5-7	3-6	1-1	247	263	0.470	ff09
Central	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
TRISt and Shout	34-19	0.642	-	9-3	8-10	3-2	374	258	0.680	jbohrman
$140M — Speaker of the WIS	27-26	0.509	7	4-8	8-7	3-3	379	349	0.543	MJDSupporter
Speaker's Corner	24-29	0.453	10	7-5	6-8	1-2	323	336	0.480	tridentric
Painting the Corners with Mad-Dog	21-32	0.396	13	4-8	5-11	1-5	230	254	0.454	AAartist3
West	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
Hey, that's Smoky Joe Wood	30-23	0.566	-	10-2	7-5	2-2	366	332	0.551	_JJP_
4 Speakers + Cy and Dutch	24-29	0.453	6	5-7	5-6	2-2	307	290	0.528	mensu1954
Yaz-Impossible Dreams & Gold Dust Twins	20-33	0.377	10	5-7	5-4	1-1	271	374	0.341	SAKABAKBRG
Wynn,Early's Tribe	17-36	0.321	13	4-8	8-3	3-3	199	331	0.273	franklynne

American League Standings
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East	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
I Looked at One Guy: The Grey Eagle	36-17	0.679	-	8-4	9-5	1-2	360	248	0.679	contrarian23
6A: Give Me the Lefty! - Kershaw	33-20	0.623	3	7-5	9-7	9-4	302	231	0.627	chargingryno
$140M 17 Years of Pete	25-28	0.472	11	6-6	4-5	2-2	227	270	0.419	toddcommish
Quatre Napoleon et leur Grande Armee	23-30	0.434	13	3-9	6-9	3-2	256	287	0.445	ronthegenius
Central	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
Speaker of the House	27-26	0.509	-	9-3	6-7	4-3	314	328	0.478	bullet6464
Ruth's Rampage	25-28	0.472	2	5-7	9-5	7-4	332	351	0.471	duhbigcat
Pedro el Grande	25-28	0.472	2	6-6	5-7	2-2	278	314	0.440	RebJebb
Friends of Kershaw	25-28	0.472	2	4-8	7-9	1-4	250	250	0.500	CarrDoor
West	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
The Four-Speaker Circuit Smashers	26-27	0.491	-	7-5	7-7	3-2	354	301	0.582	schwarze
20 Dudes, 4 Babes and an Iron Horse	25-28	0.472	1	3-9	4-3	1-3	273	325	0.414	gworear
140M: The Big Unit	22-31	0.415	4	5-7	2-7	0-3	243	317	0.373	DCNats4000
Pedro's Pals	22-31	0.415	4	9-3	5-7	2-4	213	255	0.417	wstevens07

This was my first 0-6 session..... I have 13 teams running in total 2-11 in the am session.... I call BS

Posted by schwarze on 7/16/2025 2:21:00 PM (view original):
Here is League 6-A. There are ten Speaker teams in the league and 7 are in the N,L. I'd say they are doing o.k.
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East	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
SPEAK LIFE	34-19	0.642	-	5-7	7-3	1-1	352	313	0.560	Relkcirts
Quardrophonic Speakers	33-20	0.623	1	6-6	8-5	3-1	327	253	0.624	DarthDurron
W140: So Tired. Need 4 Naps	33-20	0.623	1	8-4	5-2	2-0	355	302	0.582	hebdomad
Reggie, Reggie, Reggie	25-28	0.472	9	5-7	3-6	1-1	247	263	0.470	ff09
Central	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
TRISt and Shout	34-19	0.642	-	9-3	8-10	3-2	374	258	0.680	jbohrman
$140M — Speaker of the WIS	27-26	0.509	7	4-8	8-7	3-3	379	349	0.543	MJDSupporter
Speaker's Corner	24-29	0.453	10	7-5	6-8	1-2	323	336	0.480	tridentric
Painting the Corners with Mad-Dog	21-32	0.396	13	4-8	5-11	1-5	230	254	0.454	AAartist3
West	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
Hey, that's Smoky Joe Wood	30-23	0.566	-	10-2	7-5	2-2	366	332	0.551	_JJP_
4 Speakers + Cy and Dutch	24-29	0.453	6	5-7	5-6	2-2	307	290	0.528	mensu1954
Yaz-Impossible Dreams & Gold Dust Twins	20-33	0.377	10	5-7	5-4	1-1	271	374	0.341	SAKABAKBRG
Wynn,Early's Tribe	17-36	0.321	13	4-8	8-3	3-3	199	331	0.273	franklynne

American League Standings
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East	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
I Looked at One Guy: The Grey Eagle	36-17	0.679	-	8-4	9-5	1-2	360	248	0.679	contrarian23
6A: Give Me the Lefty! - Kershaw	33-20	0.623	3	7-5	9-7	9-4	302	231	0.627	chargingryno
$140M 17 Years of Pete	25-28	0.472	11	6-6	4-5	2-2	227	270	0.419	toddcommish
Quatre Napoleon et leur Grande Armee	23-30	0.434	13	3-9	6-9	3-2	256	287	0.445	ronthegenius
Central	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
Speaker of the House	27-26	0.509	-	9-3	6-7	4-3	314	328	0.478	bullet6464
Ruth's Rampage	25-28	0.472	2	5-7	9-5	7-4	332	351	0.471	duhbigcat
Pedro el Grande	25-28	0.472	2	6-6	5-7	2-2	278	314	0.440	RebJebb
Friends of Kershaw	25-28	0.472	2	4-8	7-9	1-4	250	250	0.500	CarrDoor
West	W-L	PCT	GB	Div	1-R	Ext	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
The Four-Speaker Circuit Smashers	26-27	0.491	-	7-5	7-7	3-2	354	301	0.582	schwarze
20 Dudes, 4 Babes and an Iron Horse	25-28	0.472	1	3-9	4-3	1-3	273	325	0.414	gworear
140M: The Big Unit	22-31	0.415	4	5-7	2-7	0-3	243	317	0.373	DCNats4000
Pedro's Pals	22-31	0.415	4	9-3	5-7	2-4	213	255	0.417	wstevens07

There are only 3 Speaker teams in 6-C, and not faring as well: 30-25, 29-26, and 24-31.

The Kershaws are ruling the roost.

Got my first schwarze of the tournament today. Needed four 1-run wins to do it.

Not to outdo you. But I also just got my first schwarze of the tourney. And did it with six 1-run wins.

Posted by ronthegenius on 7/17/2025 1:48:00 PM (view original):
Not to outdo you. But I also just got my first schwarze of the tourney. And did it with six 1-run wins.

That’s overachieving right there. Should be a term for that.

The Curse of the Big First Inning

Is it just me, or is it the kiss of death to put up 3+ runs in the first inning? I swear my record is sub-.500 when scoring 3 or more in the first (unless the other team also puts up a crooked number in the 1st). It's like the sim places a governor on the offense of the team that goes up 3/4-0 and you're not allowed to score any more runs the rest of the game. Makes ZERO sense.

Currently hebdomad, discodemo, and I are all tied for 2nd place and each of us has 5 playoff teams.

All 3 of our total non-playoff teams are because we're beating each other in divisions more than one of us are in.

I designed a Speaker team that was almost identical to one of the first place Speaker teams in my league. I ran that team and my Randy Johnson team through head-to-head matchups using the Dream Team function and the Johnson team came out with a .532 win %.

My Big Unit team is getting destroyed by everyone, including the Speaker teams. That was my first and last time trying the dream team function.

33-36, 29-40, 25-44, 21-48, 29-40, 32-37.... Added up, the overal W-L records of my opponents this morning was 169-245 (.408). This is essentially like playing against a 66-96 team in all six leagues. I proceded to go 1-5, including blowing two 9th inning (or later) leads...

Posted by schwarze on 7/22/2025 10:32:00 AM (view original):
33-36, 29-40, 25-44, 21-48, 29-40, 32-37.... Added up, the overal W-L records of my opponents this morning was 169-245 (.408). This is essentially like playing against a 66-96 team in all six leagues. I proceded to go 1-5, including blowing two 9th inning (or later) leads...

As the great poet Joaquin Andujar once said, "You never know."