Posted by Qhadow123 on 7/30/2025 4:43:00 PM (view original):
My second schwarze of the season, this time the only one in the entire field in the PM slot! At the risk of jinxing it, I'm starting to feel like I have a real shot at the second round for the first time. 5 of 6 teams would make the playoffs at the moment. Keep it going, guys!

Welp, I knew better, but I did it anyway! Just had to brag. Followed up the schwarze with a 1-5, and then 3 straight 2-4s. Will I learn to keep my head down and my mouth shut this time? Time will tell.

Posted by schwarze on 7/30/2025 8:07:00 PM (view original):
This division is nuts. On a per 162 game basis, the final records of these four teams would be... 100-62, 96-66, 93-69 and 89-73
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East	W-L	PCT	GB	Division	1-Run G	Extra Inn	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
Buck Hugh, Lady!	59-37	0.615	-	13-8	16-16	4-3	606	444	0.649	emanes10
WISC Belle Epoque	57-39	0.594	2	13-8	12-10	4-1	676	595	0.566	barracuda3
Statton & Caruthers	55-41	0.573	4	9-12	14-9	5-4	568	498	0.565	schwarze
OLD GUYS	53-43	0.552	6	7-14	12-13	6-4	575	492	0.577	\Relkcirts

I'm in the West division of that same league and noticed this earlier today. You guys really have a battle on your hands, and your collective expected win % is higher even than your actual one! Glad I'm watching from a safe distance!

21 games up on the #25 team, now down to 3. This games lacks any kind of reason.

Currently on track to have the worst 162-game period of any owner in the Top 24 so far in the entire tournament...

...with the exception of Jtpsops's current period of course :)

So after being in 5th place in the entire tourney with 5 playoff teams after 75 games (21 wins up on the 25th place team), we are now out of the cage less than 30 games later. And people wonder why I complain.

If I don’t advance to Round 2, I won’t be entering another WIS Championship. So tired of dumping time and money into a game that is so clearly broken.

This WIS has largely been a disaster for me. Case in point, my best team has the 4th best record of 24 teams but happens to be in this division and will likely miss the playoffs:

East	W-L	PCT	GB	Division	1-Run G	Extra Inn	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
100M 68-70 Orioles	71-33	0.683	-	15-6	31-9	7-4	436	354	0.592	toysboys
Dodgers 18-21	60-44	0.577	11	10-11	17-11	7-6	447	408	0.542	sford
100M: 20-22 Dodgers	58-46	0.558	13	9-12	22-16	8-4	413	392	0.523	DCNats4000
Atlanta Braves 1992 - 1994	51-53	0.490	20	8-13	16-16	4-8	417	499	0.417	wstevens07

Since managing my teams clearly makes zero difference, I’ll only be checking in on my two potential playoff teams the rest of the way.

Jtpsops, you are in good company.... Here are the biggest dropoffs from the first half of the season vs the fourth 162-game period...
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Owner_______	First Half	4th 162	Diff
Jtpsops	89.0	64	25.0
ozomatli	93.3	70	23.3
markeking	87.7	65	22.7
d_rock97	90.0	69	21.0
Relkcirts	87.0	70	17.0

I had my best round in the 4th 162 game period. Still managed to drop 5 games in the standings over that stretch.

My four 162-game win totals:

76, 102, 75, 99.

What's next? 74? I don't have the time to investigate whether this is totally random or skewed by alternating strength/weakness of schedule. Either way it's weird.

I saw that... that is bizarre. Here's another outlier...

garmansouth's wins by 162-game period...

76

67

95

69

What did ledfoot change from period 3 to period 4?

86

88

78

107

I think sford is the only person who's increased his wins every period...

75

79

85

100

Here are the top five most consistent owners..
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SAKABAKBRG	66	64	64	66
contrarian23	92	93	91	94
cubbies84	90	91	87	88
justinlee_24	86	90	86	89
discodemo	97	94	99	99

Posted by schwarze on 8/4/2025 9:43:00 AM (view original):
I think sford is the only person who's increased his wins every period...

75

79

85

100

Not the only one. I've improved each time as well.

69

79

81

82

When you start so poorly, there's a lot of room to get better!