March Madness Bracket 3

[rookssa1958]

[code:1:251b4c31be]EAST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA
Bracket Busters 26 16 .619 - 12-9 14-7 192 181
Cadwaleda Fastbreak 24 18 .571 2.0 16-8 8-10 252 229
Psycho Killers 23 19 .548 3.0 16-8 7-11 197 176
Biloxi Blues 15 27 .357 11.0 6-15 9-12 181 223

CENTRAL W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA
Bali Bracket Busters 24 18 .571 - 14-10 10-8 210 190
Cleveland Devil Dogs 24 18 .571 - 10-8 14-10 199 160
Philly Jablowmis 42 21 21 .500 3.0 13-5 8-16 211 201
OldTown Grumps 20 22 .476 4.0 13-8 7-14 187 204

WEST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA
Driftwood Pigheads 24 18 .571 - 12-9 12-9 257 261
Red Sox Reunion 19 23 .452 5.0 8-7 11-16 215 219
Go Badgers 18 24 .429 6.0 11-13 7-11 186 207
Buckeye Roadkill 14 28 .333 10.0 6-15 8-13 193 229
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[rookssa1958]

[code:1:ee18ac9fe3]AWARDS VOTING

MVP AWARD CY YOUNG AWARD
G.Carter(FAS) 382 D.Eckersley(BRA) 112
P.Guerrero(FAS) 377 D.Gooden(BRA) 95
D.Murphy(FAS) 215 R.Guidry(KIL) 51
R.Yount(PIG) 128 J.Reuss(DEV) 20
D.Strawberry(BRA) 96 S.Howe(BUS) 9

ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C G.Carter(FAS) 1,170,622 J.Davis(BUS) 415,482
1B D.Mattingly(BLU) 725,789 D.Evans(FAS) 548,194
2B R.Sandberg(PIG) 551,766 W.Randolph(BRA) 483,626
3B W.Boggs(REU) 582,293 M.Schmidt(GRU) 513,461
SS C.Ripken(BUS) 674,179 T.Fernandez(DEV) 459,536
LF P.Guerrero(FAS) 1,126,263 R.Henderson(JAB) 574,195
CF D.Murphy(FAS) 975,908 R.Yount(PIG) 750,135
RF D.Strawberry(BRA) 745,487 K.Singleton(PIG) 669,432
Pi D.Eckersley(BRA) 1,123,797 D.Gooden(BRA) 997,549
R.Guidry(KIL) 979,648 J.Reuss(DEV) 958,560
T.Henke(JAB) 891,225 S.Howe(BUS) 835,780
D.Schatzeder(JAB) 820,494 F.Valenzuela(DEV) 702,270
J.Andujar(ROA) 611,984 S.Carlton(GRU) 560,380
G.Gossage(FAS) 529,108 J.Deshaies(BLU) 508,542

GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER RUNNER UP
P J.Key(BLU) P.Assenmacher(KIL)
C C.Fisk(BLU) G.Carter(FAS)
1B M.McGwire(KIL) C.Cooper(BUS)
2B R.Sandberg(PIG) B.Doran(DEV)
3B D.Decinces(DEV) W.Boggs(REU)
SS A.Trammell(BRA) T.Fernandez(DEV)
OF D.White(KIL) E.Davis(BLU)
OF A.Van Slyke(GRU) D.Murphy(FAS)
OF B.Butler(BRA) F.Lynn(BAD)

SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER RUNNER UP
C G.Carter(FAS) J.Davis(BUS)
1B D.Mattingly(BLU) D.Evans(FAS)
2B R.Sandberg(PIG) W.Randolph(BRA)
3B M.Schmidt(GRU) W.Boggs(REU)
SS C.Ripken(BUS) T.Fernandez(DEV)
LF P.Guerrero(FAS) S.Kemp(GRU)
CF D.Murphy(FAS) E.Davis(BLU)
RF D.Strawberry(BRA) K.Singleton(PIG)

ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD
S.Howe(BUS) 39
D.Eckersley(BRA) 38
T.Henke(JAB) 34
W.Hernandez(DEV) 25
G.Gossage(FAS) 22[/code:1:ee18ac9fe3]

[Semper Gumby]

I'd love to know how TSN's game engine decides gold glove leaders as Decinces (3B golden glove leader) leads the league in errors with 9. :roll:

[hechojazz]

My anticipated big sticks (McGwire .231/.488/.333 and Winfield .258/.467/.297) have been languishing, but the upper tier of free agents has been picked over and rejected, sometimes multiple times. So despite the prohibitive price tags, there appears to be little to gain in turning them in...at least they've got good D. And at least some other players are turning in unexpectedly impressive performances so far (LaValliere, Pasqua, Wallach, White, Herr...). But sometimes you've just gotta roll with some cards that are less than ideal, or at least hope they'll turn out to be better cards in the long run.

8)

[Semper Gumby]

I'd say picked over and sniffed but not licked. Some players have stayed on a team's roster for two complete series at best.

Surprisingly, the leading veterans have add / drop faster than Paris Hilton has changed boyfriends. :shock:

Of course, you'll always hear the conventional wisdom - keep them for at least 100 ABs and 6 or 7 starts.

I contemplated keeping Kirby's card for the season but keeping him for over 150 ABs and seeing little output from him didn't seem prudent. Considering his lopside split, zero power, and HAL's treatment of him in clutch situations, I see Year-1 all over his card.

Otherwise, I stuck with Fat Fernando through his early season struggles and his card has come up huge as of late.

Still pissed at HAL for pulling my starters too early and believe TSN needs to review HAL's logic so we have consistent treatment of players and managerial decisions. Otherwise, you might as well not check anything and be happy that HAL doesn't force Pete Rose to pitch.

[hechojazz]

So what's the conventional wisdom on minimum number of IP before one tries to decide whether to dump relievers or not? Seems to be a wide range of opinion on that question, if you look at what's happened in this league so far.

[Semper Gumby]

I know and it is surprising.

In the financial services industry, churning is discouraged :wink:

In looking over my completed teams, I'm mindful to discount the hot start more so than the cold start especially when it comes to the cheap players.

I had a few stiffs that I swore I nailed the Bando HoF type year only to see the overperforming Year-TURD card revealed. Otherwise, I had and probably would have dropped a blue chip player only to see him earn his HoF ticket from it.

Heck, I dropped Pedro G's best year card after 21 games b/c he had zero HRs in Wrigley. :oops:

Of course, I kept a bad D Evans card because he had a few hot streaks only to see his turd year show up. :roll:

[Semper Gumby]

I see the transaction list churn seemed to slow this weekend.

There are still a few never-been-dropped free agents looking to make a squad.

Come on and sign them up.


We even had a trade this past week.

Swapped Eddie Murray's severly underperforming :cry: Year-2 card (3L season) for a multi-owned underperforming Jack Clark's Year-1 card.

While Eddie's Y2Y card is a keeper, playing him for 50 games with a sub .245 BA and .290 OBP output seemed criminal. Either he had just bad dice or hated the ball park, I didn't see another 50 games coming to him where he'd go En FUEGO at Dodger.

So far, Eddie and Jack are enjoying their new ball parks.

In all the reorganization, I may have landed Armas' 5R card though which would be sweet in Dodgers as Griffey's card is clearly a singles season :wink:

[Panzer ace]

[code:1:0d57c857a6]EAST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA Trade
Cadwaleda Fastbreak 46 35 .568 - 30-12 16-23 461 411 View Team
Biloxi Blues 45 36 .556 1.0 23-19 22-17 440 413 Offer Trade
Bracket Busters 41 40 .506 5.0 21-21 20-19 372 379 Offer Trade
Psycho Killers 36 45 .444 10.0 22-20 14-25 350 354 Offer Trade

CENTRAL W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA Trade
Philly Jablowmis 42 43 38 .531 - 25-14 18-24 441 424 Offer Trade
Bali Bracket Busters 43 38 .531 - 20-16 23-22 389 381 Offer Trade
OldTown Grumps 43 38 .531 - 25-14 18-24 396 374 Offer Trade
Cleveland Devil Dogs 40 41 .494 3.0 20-22 20-19 366 339 Offer Trade

WEST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA Trade
Driftwood Pigheads 49 32 .605 - 27-12 22-20 457 455 Offer Trade
Red Sox Reunion 47 34 .580 2.0 26-16 21-18 446 389 Offer Trade
Go Badgers 31 50 .383 18.0 17-25 14-25 348 407 Offer Trade
Buckeye Roadkill 22 59 .272 27.0 11-28 11-31 346 486 Offer Trade
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How are the other brackets going? Any 'upsets' brewing?

[roofinghorse]

congrats to the blues on turning it around against such competition.30-9 since the first post, outstanding...just goes to show that a BAD start can be overcome. i hope to be seeing some of you in our next league...
this game is great and so are most of the people playing it...
carry on,carry on....