Hit v Pitch--70s -the wrap up-10/10/20

I still have not received the invite code.
newcar13

Can someone send me the invite code/
newcar13

Thanks for the code.
Go Hitters!!!

My internet connection is unreliable right now. I will move owners to the correct division tomorrow AM when i have a reliable connection. We still need Big to join—-caveat , if he joined in the last hour , I havent been able to access email.

Joe

Hey commish,
looks like all we need is you to declare ready for the draft and we will be good to go! Best of luck everyone!

Games played: 33

The pitching centric and hitting centric teams have played 78 games...

The pitching centric teams have won 41 games (53%)
The hitting centric teams have won 37 games (47%)

Division leaders:

East--Hitting centric

Burley Norseman continues his bashing ways---his Beantown Brawl Coolbeans raced out to a 24-9 record---he leads by 6 games and has a +56 run differential.

Central--mixed

Franky35's Low Smoke --a pitching centric team----holds a 1 game lead---his club has a run differential of +23. Low Smoke has a record of 18-15.

West-Pitching centric

Drabb9529's Minimum Wagers hold a 3 game lead--they are on a 8 game winning streak. The Wagers have a record of 21-12 and a run differential of +27

Hitting:

Average: Ron Blomberg of Juiced JC's All Hit-Not Pitch is hitting .381

Home Runs: Roberto Clemente from the Beantown Brawl Coolbeans has blasted 14 home runs

RBI: Bigdinkent's Diamond Duds members Reggie Jackson and Harmon Killebrew each have driven in 44 runs.

Pitching:

Four pitchers have already won 6 games--

Tom Seaver Minimum Wagers
Mike Cuellar-Minimum Wagers
Jon Matlack-Oakdale Roadrunners (Sambruins)
Phil Niekro-Perseid Meteor Showers (The BC Manager)

A more surprising name is 5-0--that is Bill Bonham of the Beantown club

ERA: Wilbur Wood (Low Smoke) has an ERA of .79 after 7 starts/57 innings--he's 5-2

Nolan Ryan (Perseid Meteor Showers) leads the league with 61 strike outs

Biggest salaries released:
Carlton Fisk
Dave Parker
Joe Fegurson

Pitchers:
Gaylord Perry
Frank Tanana
Gary Nolan

Joe,

As always, thanks for the updates. I may not post regularly due to my 12 hour shifts, but I do check in and appreciate your narrative.

Very respectfully,
sogcomando

Games played: 54

The hitting teams had a good week--there have been 180 games between the pitching centric and hitting centric teams--the results are:

Hitting teams: 93 wins (52%)
Pitching teams: 87 wins (48%)

Division leaders----a change in the central and all 3 races have tightened

East (Hitting): The bashing Beantown Brawl Coolbeans run by BurleyNorseman continue to lead with a record of 33-21 (+71) but the lead is down to 2 games over Biginkent's Diamond Duds and 3 games over Newcar13's Be Kind to Others.

Central: (mixed): Sambruins' Oakdale Roadrunners (pitching; -18)seized the lead with a record of 28-26 and hold a 2 game lead over Franky35's Low Smoke (+12).

West (Pitching) Drabb9529' Minimum Wagers (+3) hold a slim 1 game lead over SPhillip8--the champ of the 90s league---RI Aces (+11).

OPS leaders:

Rod Carew (Beantown Brawl Coolbeans) .411/.481/.634----OPS is 1.115
Ron Bloomberg (Juiced JC's All Hit No Pitch .396/.443/.636----OPS is 1.079
Reggie Jackson (Diamond Duds) .307/.414..656----1.070

Best OPS from a pitching centric team

Curt Blefary (Low Smoke) .313/.374/.522 .895
Seven players have an OPS of 1.000 or more----Andre Dawson (Be Kind to Others) Sal Bando (Beantown), George Brett (Jose Rijo's Morningside Martinis and Willie Stargell (JJB92s' A Handful of Pain)

Pitching: WHIP leaders

Wilbur Wood (Low Smoke) .96
Fergie Jenkins (Low Smoke) 1.21
Ron Guidry (Minimum Wagers) 1.22

Pitcher from hitting team with lowest WHIP
Pete Vukovich 1.25 (All Hit No Pitch)

Errors:

George Brett (Morningside Martini's) 11
Toby Harrah (Beantown Brawl Coolbeans) 11

Home Runs
Reggie Jackson 18 (Diamond Duds)
Andre Dawson 18 (Be Kind to Others

ERA

Wilbur Wood (Low Smoke) 2.06
Catfish Hunter (RI Aces) 2.98

One interesting things are some high valued players being released by their original team but being picked up by another team.

Carlton Fisk---dropped by Be Kind to Others---picked up by Morningside Martinis

BEK: 57 ABs .263/.313./.404 2 HR-4 RBI
MOR: 49 AB .204/.328/.347 1 HR-9 RBI

JR Richard--dropped by Fench33's Beaver Pelts--picked up by The BC Manager's Preseid Meteor Showers

BEV: 4 games started: IPs: 31 W/L: 1-2---ERA 4.36 WHIP 1.48
PER: 3 games started: IPs: 23 W/L: 1-2--ERA 2.32 WHIP .99

Johnny Bench--dropped by Oakdale Roadrunners picked up by A Handful of Pain
OAK: 46 games: 169 ABs .201/.297/.396 9 HR 28 RBI
AHA: No games played yet--picked up this AM

Games played: 75 games

There have been 228 games played between the pitching and hitting centric teams. The pitching teams had a good week--the season series tightened up.

Hitting teams: 117 wins (51%)
Pitching teams: 111 wins (49%)

Division leaders----changes in all 3 divisions

East (Hitting): Newcar13's Be Kind to Others has tied the Beantown Brawl Coolbeans (BurleyNorseman) for the lead in the East--both are 45-30. Be Kind now have a +41 run differential--the Coolbeans still have the best run differential--+77

Central: (mixed): Franky35's Low Smoke (Pitching) reclaimed the lead with a record of 39-36 (+49) good for a 2 game lead over Sambruins' Oakdale Roadrunners (pitching; -15)

West (Pitching) SPhillip8-RI Aces (-6) took the lead in the West. The Aces are 39-36 good for a 1 game lead over Drabb9529's Minimum Wagers (-19).

Highest scoring hitting team: Bigdinkent's Diamond Duds have scored 528 runs--an average of 7.04 runs per game.
Fewest runs allowed--pitching teams: The RI Aces have only allowed 316 runs---an average of 4.21

Most impressive series: The BC Managers Perseid Meteor Showers tossed 3 consecutive shutouts against the Minimum Wagers----Luis Tiant, JR Richard and Pat Jarvis all threw shutouts---JR and Pat threw complete games while Louie needed an assist from Tom Hall.

Check in on the first round selections in the draft:
Juiced JC-Hitting - Reggie Smith---.287/.397/.616 20 HR/49 RBI
SPhillips-Pitching- Rich "Goose" Gossage: 4 saves/2 blown save; 22 IP/27 hits; ERA 3.18/whip 1.59/
Drabb9529 Pitching Tom Seaver: 8-9; 131/130; 4.58/1.24
BC Manager-Pitching - Phil Niekro: 6-6; 120/108; 4.21/1.34
Bigdinkent - Hitting - Reggie Jackson: .315/.427/.696---26 HR/92 RBI
Fench33-Pitching-Bob Gibson: Released: 2-6; 63/63; 4.74/1.36
Jose rijo Hitting George Brett: .355/.410/.649---18/72
JJB92-Hitting-Willie Stargell: .315/.387/.605--15/57
BurleyNorseman-Hiting-Roberto Clemente: .315/.332/.594 25/81
SamBruins-Pitching Jim Palmer: 5-6; 124/128; 4.27/1.45
franky35-Pitching - Bert Campaneris: .277/.330//450 15 SB; 8 HR/29 RBI
Newcar13-Hitting - George Foster: .325/.380/.598 9 HR/19 RBI

Award voting per SOM

MVP

Jim Rice--Be Kind to Others .342/.391/.652

Cy Young
Vincente Romo Be Kind to Others (I suspect you would have received long odds if you had predicted this)
70 IP/41 hits 1.92 ERA, 1.02 WHIP--20 saves-4 blown saves

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Games played: 96 games

There have been 306 games played between the pitching and hitting centric teams. The pitching teams had a good week--the season series tightened up and now only 4 games separate the two styles.

Hitting teams: 155 wins (50.6%)
Pitching teams: 151 wins (49.4%)

Division leaders---distancing going on the east, central and a change in the west....

East (Hitting): Newcar13's Be Kind to Others has taken a three game lead in the East with a record of 58-38 (+73)

Central: (mixed): Franky35's Low Smoke (Pitching) extended his lead to 7 games-the largest lead in the 3 divisions. Low Smoke now has the best run differential in the league--+96

West (Pitching) The BC Managers' Preseid Meteor Showers had a great week and seized control of the division with a record of 51-45 (-2). The Meteor Showers now have a 1 game lead.

Highest scoring hitting team: Bigdinkent's Diamond Duds have scored 647 runs--an average of 6.73 runs per game.
Fewest runs allowed--pitching teams: The RI Aces have only allowed 400 runs---an average of 4.16 runs per game

Leaders:
Batting average: Rod Carew (Burley Norseman's Beantown Brawl Coolbeans) .392
On Base Average: Rod Carew (.464)
Slugging Percentage: Reggie Jackson (Diamond Duds) .659
Home Runs: Jim Rice (Be Kind to Others) 33
Runs Batted In: Reggie Jackson 98

Pitchers:

Wins: Wilbur Wood (Low Smoke) 14
ERA: Wilbur Wood 2.24
WHIP: Wilbur Wood: 1.03
Strike Outs: JR Richard (Perseid Meteor Showers)-149 in 153 innings
Saves: Vincente Romo (Be Kind to Others)27 saves--6 blown saves---1.81 ERA

Best OPS from a pitching team:

Curt Blefary--Low Smoke---.928

Best average from a pitching team:

Ed Kranepool Sambruins' Oakdale Roadrunners: .320

Best ERA from a hitting centric team

Jackie Brown--Juiced JC's All Hit No Pitch 3.51

WHIP

Pete Vukovich---All Hit No Pitch 1.38

Three highest paid hitters who were released:

Dave Winfield (JoseRijo's Morningside Martini's) .275/.388/.432 273 At bats
Keith Hernandez (JJB92's A Handful of Pain) .259/.343/.393 170 AB's
Carlton Fisk: (Played for both Morningside Martini's and Be Kind to Others) .241/.317/.404 166 ABs

Three highest paid pitchers who were released:

Don Sutton (SPhillips8's RI Aces): 4-6--68 IP, 76 Hits 5.64 ERA 1.38 WHIP
Burt Hooton: Oakdale Roadrunners: 7-10 143 IP's--155 hits 5.14 ERA 1.39 WHIP
Nolan Ryan: Perseid Meteor Showers: 3-8 90.1 IPs-83 hits 4.58 ERA 1.54 WHIP