Horace Mann Invitational 6
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:24 pmFour years of high school back then... Six years and counting of online Strat now!
In Strat 2001, HM alumnus Woods’ wild card Yinkees won the inaugural
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2001/playoffs/standings_regseason.html?user_id=6029]Horace Mann Invitational[/url].
In Strat 2002, Bob711 took the title away from HM alumni and won [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2002/playoffs/standings_regseason.html?user_id=853] Horace Mann Invitational II[/url]. Equally shocking in this league was the fact that manager Charlie M came within 1-run of giving the title to true-life Horace Mann rival Fieldston, and HMI 1 defending champ Woods lost 100 games in HMI-2. Like Joe Namath and the Jets winning Super Bowl III, this stunning turn of events launched HMI into an evenly balanced annual competition.
In Strat 2003, Glenn F (aka The Biomechanical Man) returned the [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2003/playoffs/standings_regseason.html?user_id=987]HMI title[/url] to a HM alumni. It is worth noting that although the HM alumni could be proud to win the title back, there is some shame in that they couldn’t even spell “Invitational” correctly in naming the league this year.
In Strat 2005 (remember, TSN started naming the games at this point based upon the year of the online release instead of the year of the statistics), bigmahon stunned the world by beating HM alum wockenfuss in [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2005/playoffs/standings_regseason.html?user_id=1523]HMI 4[/url] finals and taking the title overseas to the U.K.
Then things almost went from bad to worse. ;) In Strat 2006 cminton [i:cf0c3dd003]almost[/i:cf0c3dd003] brought the Horace Mann championship to his cross-town alma mater, but the Horace Mann Lions held off the Fieldston Eagles in a 7-game championship of [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/home_good.html?user_id=792]HMI 5[/url].
Strat 2007 will be online in a few weeks(?). [b:cf0c3dd003]IT IS TIME TO PREPARE FOR HORACE MANN INVITATIONAL 6[/b:cf0c3dd003]
Please indicate whether you are returning or not:
The Biomechanical Man (HMI 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) – YES
F.O.X. (HMI 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) –
Wockenfuss (HMI 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) –
Woods (HMI 1, 2, 3, 4) –
Bob711 (HMI 2, 3, 4, 5) -
Cminton (HMI 2, 3, 4, 5) –
He’s Meat – (HMI 2, 3, 4, 5) -
Uncle NY – (HMI 2, 3, 4, 5) -
RangerJoe (HMI 2, 3, 4, 5) -
Bigmahon (HMI 4, 5) –
Errormagnate (HMI 4, 5) -
Sneezedoc (HMI 4, 5) –
First alternate: Peter Karol (a Riverdale grad) -
In Strat 2001, HM alumnus Woods’ wild card Yinkees won the inaugural
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2001/playoffs/standings_regseason.html?user_id=6029]Horace Mann Invitational[/url].
In Strat 2002, Bob711 took the title away from HM alumni and won [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2002/playoffs/standings_regseason.html?user_id=853] Horace Mann Invitational II[/url]. Equally shocking in this league was the fact that manager Charlie M came within 1-run of giving the title to true-life Horace Mann rival Fieldston, and HMI 1 defending champ Woods lost 100 games in HMI-2. Like Joe Namath and the Jets winning Super Bowl III, this stunning turn of events launched HMI into an evenly balanced annual competition.
In Strat 2003, Glenn F (aka The Biomechanical Man) returned the [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2003/playoffs/standings_regseason.html?user_id=987]HMI title[/url] to a HM alumni. It is worth noting that although the HM alumni could be proud to win the title back, there is some shame in that they couldn’t even spell “Invitational” correctly in naming the league this year.
In Strat 2005 (remember, TSN started naming the games at this point based upon the year of the online release instead of the year of the statistics), bigmahon stunned the world by beating HM alum wockenfuss in [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2005/playoffs/standings_regseason.html?user_id=1523]HMI 4[/url] finals and taking the title overseas to the U.K.
Then things almost went from bad to worse. ;) In Strat 2006 cminton [i:cf0c3dd003]almost[/i:cf0c3dd003] brought the Horace Mann championship to his cross-town alma mater, but the Horace Mann Lions held off the Fieldston Eagles in a 7-game championship of [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/home_good.html?user_id=792]HMI 5[/url].
Strat 2007 will be online in a few weeks(?). [b:cf0c3dd003]IT IS TIME TO PREPARE FOR HORACE MANN INVITATIONAL 6[/b:cf0c3dd003]
Please indicate whether you are returning or not:
The Biomechanical Man (HMI 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) – YES
F.O.X. (HMI 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) –
Wockenfuss (HMI 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) –
Woods (HMI 1, 2, 3, 4) –
Bob711 (HMI 2, 3, 4, 5) -
Cminton (HMI 2, 3, 4, 5) –
He’s Meat – (HMI 2, 3, 4, 5) -
Uncle NY – (HMI 2, 3, 4, 5) -
RangerJoe (HMI 2, 3, 4, 5) -
Bigmahon (HMI 4, 5) –
Errormagnate (HMI 4, 5) -
Sneezedoc (HMI 4, 5) –
First alternate: Peter Karol (a Riverdale grad) -