New_positions: 434 German,Es (3B 2.63); 616 Morse,Mi (1B 1.85); 629 LaPorta,Ma (1B 1.84);
563 Hairston,Je (2B 4.23); 773 Hinske,Er (3B 2.58); 4318 Ryal,Ru (1B 1.85).
Scoresheet Baseball October 5th, 2009
Hello again: Here are the final regular season games of the
season. I sincerely hope that playing Scoresheet made this a more
fun baseball season for you. And for all of you who made the post-
season I wish you the best of luck in the playoffs.
Scoresheet playoff results will be sent out next Monday
afternoon (Oct. 12th). The complete playoff results, including any
tiebreaker series, all wild card series, and the league championship
series, will all be included in next week's mailing. Even if you did
not make the playoffs we'll send you a full print-out of all of your
league's playoff series. And we will send all owners (even if your
league has no playoffs) a final complete league roster, along with a
copy of next week's newsletter, which will include final overall
leaders from throughout Scoresheet.
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TIES: As gone over in the notes that came with the games two
weeks ago, if 2 or more teams are tied at the end of the season, but
the tie only matters for playoff seeding, then we'll use head to
head records to break the tie, and if those are tied we'll go to overall
run differential. If two or more teams are tied and a playoff berth is
at stake then a 7 game playoff will be played to break the tie. That
tie-breaking series will use the same rules as our normal playoff
series, and will be played (and results included) with the normal
playoff results sent out next week.
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Once in a great while you might see a AAA player get a key
hit against your team, or a AAA pitcher pitch shutout innings
against you. And while most of the time when you face a AAA
player they will perform badly, it is those rare times when one
contributes to a win against your team that you remember the most –
it seems to be human nature to remember bad luck a lot more than
good luck!
But AAA players really are a detriment to any team who has to
use them very often. PitcherAAA has an ERA over 8, and AAA
batters have a horrid OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of
about .400. I believe that while drafting and/or trading a main goal
should be to make sure you have enough at-bats and innings that
you virtually never have to use a AAA player.
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One productive way to pass some time this winter is to look
over the rosters of the teams that did well in your league, and see if
there is something in the kind of team they put together that maybe
you overlooked. Things such as having strong middle relievers, or
solid defense, or good team speed, aren't as glamorous as hitting a
lot of HRs, but can help you win ballgames. For instance, these days
most starting pitchers are lucky to go 6 innings - you can't just have
a starter and closer and expect to hold a lead. After all, if you give
up too many runs in the 6th thru 8th innings you never get to your
closer! And having a slow team often leads to a lot of men left on
base. In Scoresheet, slow guys do not score from second base on a
single nearly as often as faster guys do. ('Speed' is measured by a
combination of a player's major league steals and runs scored.)
Having big name stars such as Pujols or ARod is a great thing, but
having lesser known players that fill vital roles also contributes to a
winning team. And best of all is to pick players who go on to have
career years (guys like Greinke, Adam Lind, Pablo Sandoval, Aaron
Hill (36 HRs!), Jair Jurrjens etc.) But unless you have a crystal ball,
making picks like those back in March is hard to do, eh?
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Player positions next year: During the season, a player qualifies at
a new position once he plays ten games there. But to automatically
qualify at a second position in the draft packet at the start of the
year, a player must have played at least twenty games in the majors
at that position during the previous year. If a player qualifies at
more than one position we do try and list him at what we feel is his
most 'valuable' position to a Scoresheet owner, even if he played less
games there.
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Information on the upcoming SCORESHEET BASEBALL WINTER GAME
is now ready. Every off-season we play a 144 game season lasting 12
weeks, using players from a 4 year period. This year team owners will
draft players from the 1977-1980 major league seasons. Drafts (web drafts
and 2 stage 'draft by list'), will begin November 1st, with the season
starting in mid-December and going until early March. $69 is the total
cost of this winter's game - there are no charges for trades or lineup
changes in the winter game. If you would like a printed brochure describing
the winter game more fully, please let us know.
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Here are updated leaders for wins from throughout Scoresheet.
Remember, the wins listed below are thru last week's games
(games thru 9/27/09 only.) We will be printing the final leaders in
all the various categories we track (including the final Scoresheet
win leaders) in next week's newsletter.
Have Fun, and Play Ball! - Jeff Barton
AL Team Wins: Downeast Beasts (Davis Whitesell) 109;
Pale Hosers (Gerry Rothrock) 109; Trading Post (Chad Stenerson / Leon Shahon) 108;
smithlocke (Greg Tavalire) 108; Los BoneYard (Paul Slone) 107.
NL Team Wins: Ground N Pound (Paul Miramonti) 113;
Al Asad Avengers (Eric Moyer) 109; Werewolves (Jeff Wong) 108;
Horseshoes (Herb Poole) 106; Young Guns (John Cannon) 106.
BL Tm Wins: Dirty Birds (Michael Turner / JD Wilks) 108;
Midwest Lumber Barons (Bobby Clarke) 106;DK Goes Yard (Ron Engel) 105;
Goers (Jim Elliott) 105; Team Hoss (Richard Little) 105.
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