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Vizquel goes down for a game. In his infinite wisdom, here's the lineup he put out for my team:


J.Cruz LF 5 0 2 0 .400
T.Helton 1B 5 0 1 0 .125
G.Matthews Jr RF 4 1 2 0 .429
J.McDonald SS 5 0 0 0 .000
M.Ordonez DH 4 3 2 0 .286
M.Cabrera 3B 5 2 2 1 .333
V.Wells CF 4 3 3 3 .556
B.Molina C 1 0 1 11.000
A-C.Coste PR,C 3 0 2 0 .286
L.Castillo 2B 4 1 1 4 .222
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McDonald batting 4th??? :shock: :shock:

Not complaining, cuz it happens to everyone. I found it quite amusing actually. Sometimes you gotta have fun with the game :)

Is Vizquel normally one of the top 2 in your batting order? If so, then that reinforces my guess at what's happening. Don't blame Hal, blame me on this one. I'm working on improving the situation. Thanks.

[quote:bd0ee9acd1="bernieh"]Is Vizquel normally one of the top 2 in your batting order? If so, then that reinforces my guess at what's happening. Don't blame Hal, blame me on this one. I'm working on improving the situation. Thanks.[/quote:bd0ee9acd1]

You mean like subbing in Alex Cora at DH (#2 batter) and batting him fourth? But who am I to argue, Cora went 2 for 5 and drove in 2 runs. :wink:

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2007/league/boxscore.html?group_id=502&g_id=723

I also had Cora come in as DH in the 4 hole replacing Vlad while Lopez sat on the bench!! He took a o-fer for me though. Maybe Cora is a secret weapon in this years set :?: :lol:

looks like I spoke too soon

I've had a similar thing happen to me (in two consecutive games). Tucker (leadoff guy was injured), for two games in a row HAL batted Schumaker 4th ... fortunately things worked out in our favor, but it is a liitle crazy to see that sort of thing.


Powerhouse AB R H RBI AVG Runnin' Rebels AB R H RBI AVG
L.Castillo 2B 5 3 3 2 .293 P.Ozuna DH 4 0 0 0 .246
D.Ortiz DH 5 3 4 5 .273 B.Clark LF 4 0 0 0 .276
A.Pujols 1B 5 1 1 2 .266 M.Tejada SS 4 0 1 0 .344
S.Schumaker LF 5 2 2 0 .208 V.Guerrero RF 3 1 1 0 .395
J.Dye RF 4 0 2 0 .304 D.Wright 3B 4 1 2 0 .343
A.Ramirez 3B 5 0 1 1 .246 V.Martinez 1B 4 0 2 0 .327
A.Jones CF 4 0 1 1 .240 P.Phillips C 4 0 1 2 .200
D.Ross C 4 1 1 0 .168 B.Roberts 2B 3 0 1 0 .243
J.Uribe SS 5 1 1 0 .196 M.Kotsay CF 3 0 0 0 .210
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Totals 42 11 16 11 Totals 33 2 8 2

Powerhouse AB R H RBI AVG Runnin' Rebels AB R H RBI AVG
L.Castillo 2B 5 1 1 0 .291 F.Lopez DH 3 0 1 0 .294
D.Ortiz DH 6 1 2 0 .275 B.Roberts 2B 4 0 0 0 .238
A.Pujols 1B 5 1 1 4 .264 M.Tejada SS 4 0 2 0 .347
S.Schumaker LF 4 2 1 0 .214 D.Wright 3B 3 1 0 0 .337
J.Dye RF 5 1 3 2 .313 V.Martinez 1B 4 1 1 0 .326
A.Ramirez 3B 4 1 1 0 .246 V.Guerrero RF 4 0 1 1 .392
A.Jones CF 2 1 0 1 .237 K.Johjima C 2 0 0 1 .223
D.Ross C 3 2 1 4 .171 M.Kotsay CF 2 0 0 0 .206
J.Uribe SS 1 0 0 0 .194 B.Clark LF 3 0 0 0 .271
A-C.Izturis PR,SS 2 1 2 0 .286
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Totals 37 11 12 11 Totals 29 2 5 2

I guess Dye, Ramirez, Jones & Ross don't fit the 'logic' of a possible clean up batters? :)