Best team I've ever seen: 103-38

1: I just looked up the record. It is 116 wins. Matt is now at 112-41, with nine games left. If he goes 5-4 he will break the record. Pretty exciting!!!


2: If they lose in the first round against the Wild Card that would be pretty much just like the actual MLB playoffs.

How exciting- I just discovered this post about my team! 114 wins with 6 to go, 4 of whice I get to use my aces in.

Obviously luck is factor #1, 2, and 3. My expected wins based on differential has lagged behind my real total all season but my pace has been remarkably consistent.

I've been trying to find a balance of a top ace or 2 and then scrub starters with a well-rested bullpen (thanks to the aces) to rescue the scrubs. Something that helped me in this league is the ballpark distribution is very friendly to my heredia- Reuter - hensely - Morton- back of the rotation. Also I landed pitcher's park value gods Lajoie - Wagner - Dahleen. Bradley has rocked his platoon, the Chompsky Smith/Mazzili lead off platoon has worked well, and I discovered the delightful Riggs at 3b. Fun when things work out- now let's see if I can close this!!

Indeed impressive! Too bad Hal will make him lose to the wild card team in the first round of the playoffs...

Ha ha ha! Truer words have never been written. - Matt

Down to the wire! He's 115-41. One win tonight and he ties the record. Two wins and he breaks it.

2: If they lose in the first round against the Wild Card that would be pretty much just like the actual MLB playoffs.

Exactly!

I'm rooting for Matt!

116 wins is a tremendous accomplishment, but the all-time record for wins appears to be 122 by a hallerose $200 mil team (but the record books apparently don't track $200 mil records). 116 wins is in the record books for most wins by an $80 mil team, but also note in the thread below that MARCPELLETIER said that he had 118 wins with an $80 mil team many years ago, probably prior to the establishment of the ATG record book.

See the discussion thread below for more regarding teams with high win seasons:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=642825

My team took two of of three from him last night We're in the same division. Great team design, a tip of the hat to Always Terrible.

It's funny how it comes down to the last series of the season. Tough record to beat, but I learned a lesson here -- fielding does not count that much in platoons. He had some bad ratings, like playing 6.55 Honus Wagner at RF and Lee Mazzilli at 1B against right-handers, etc. Fielding is over-rated when you have two stud starters.

It's funny how it comes down to the last series of the season. Tough record to beat, but I learned a lesson here -- fielding does not count that much in platoons. He had some bad ratings, like playing 6.55 Honus Wagner at RF and Lee Mazzilli at 1B against right-handers, etc. Fielding is over-rated when you have two stud starters.

Only at 80m and below, and not all the time!