goose Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Actually it's year 1, but Part II of the original owner mode.I was forced to shut it down after the conclusion of the first year because my game would always crash after the FA signings.I later found out it was becaus of the bad rosters I was using. Batting Order LF: Carl Crawford CF: Rocco Baldelli DH: Aubrey Huff 1B: Travis Lee RF: Alex Sanchez 2B: Jorge Cantu 3B: Alex S. Gonzalez C: Toby Hall SS: Julio Lugo Bench Nick Green Charles Johnson Josh Phelps Joey Gathright Rotation 1-Mark Hendrickson 2-Rob Bell 3-Cassey Fossum 4-Scott Kazmir 5-Dewon Brazelton Bullpen LRP:Doug Waechter LRP:Hideo Nomo MRP:Jesus Colome MRP:Trever Miller MRP:Lance Carter SU:Travis Harper Closer:Danny Baez Finances: Revenue-$700k Expenses-$5.13M Income-(-)$4.43M Bank-$569 k Payroll-$62.6 Million Level 1 Seating-20000 capacity: Level 2 Restaurant Ice Cream Pop Corn Pizza Peanut Soda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movietitan Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 are you going to trade kazmir for Victor again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 4, 2005 Author Share Posted June 4, 2005 I dont know.It depends on what kind of production I get out of Kazmir and the catcher position.I'll give it at least a month. I would of liked to have had around the same exact roster as what I had at the end of the first year, but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 5, 2005 Author Share Posted June 5, 2005 Opening Day When we last saw the Devil Rays they had lost game 7 of the ALCS to the Boston Red Sox.1 game away from the world series has made this team hungry for another chance to make it to the big show. The christening of the second year at The Olypmic Stadium started off on a sour note as the Devil Rays faced the Blue Jays.The game looked to be a pitchers dual as both starters had strong games.After 9 innings neither team had scored a run as the game went into extras.But a bad outing in relief by Doug Weachter and the Devil Rays were down 0-3.But Tampa Bay came back, loading the bases with 1 out and Carl Crawford coming up.Carl hit a fastball way out to left field in what intially looked to be a walkoff grand slam, but it was caught at the wall for just a measly sac fly and the second out.With the score now 1-3 Baldelli came up in hopes of at least tying it,but it was not to be as he grounded out to second to end the first game of the year. Notables: Hendrickson:8.0 IP/4 hits/0 er/6 k Waechter:1.0/4 hits/3 er/1 HR Koskie:1-5 HR 2 RBI Also once the savereader is able to fully read owner modes, I will be creating a website that will be updated every week. Minor updates and what not will still be typed out here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 7, 2005 Author Share Posted June 7, 2005 quick update: I'm 3-2 after 5 games and like I figured it's alot funner playing with the D-Rays again. Some bad news though, Rocco Baldelli suffered a sligh MCL strain while stretching out a triple.He is out 9 days and Gathright will be play CF until he returns. Also in a 15 inning game against Oakland I brung in Jesus Colome to pitch in the 15th.Last year he was my worst reliever and had a bad homerun problem.Well in the second pitche he threw he gave up what turned out to be the game winning homer.Well I wont put up with him this year so I sent him down. In his place I brung up my CAP who is a 3B.Last year he hit .307 with 13 homers and 48 rbis for the Bulls. And with Finals getting over tommorow I should be updating this alot more frequently. :mrgreen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 Well with Gathright in the 14 ABs he's had since taking over CF has only 1 hit for a .067 clip.So because of that I'm rearranging the lineup. I moved Sanchez up to the 2nd hole and moved Gathright down to the 9 hole, while everybody else moved up a spot.I'm gonna go with this lineup until Baldelli returns in 4 days. Also my CAP got his first career hit in his first AB on April 12th.A pinch hit RBI single up the middle in 8th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 Year 2- April 15th 6-3 2.0 GB of the Red Sox Batting Order(BA/HR/RBI/SB) LF: Carl Crawford-.286/1/3/4 CF: Rocco Baldelli-.353/2/5/1(9 day DL, minor PCL strain) DH: Aubrey Huff-.286/0/6 1B: Travis Lee-.229/0/6 (15 day DL, Minor ACL strain) RF: Alex Sanchez-.385/0/4/7 2B: Jorge Cantu-.389/0/4 3B: Alex S. Gonzalez-.270/0/3 C: Toby Hall-.351/0/4 SS: Julio Lugo -.265/1/3/1 Bench Nick Green-.000/0/0 (No abs) Charles Johnson-.000/0/0(No abs) Josh Phelps-.000/0/0(no abs) Joey Gathright-.095/0/0/2 Darren Gossler-.1.000/0/1 (1 ab) Rotation(W-L/ERA/K's/Saves) 1-Mark Hendrickson:1-0/1.20/9 2-Rob Bell:0-0/4.50/1 3-Cassey Fossum:1-0/3.75/6 4-Scott Kazmir:0-1/5.73/8 5-Dewon Brazelton:2-0/ 3.00/6 Bullpen LRP:Doug Waechter:0-1/9.00/3 LRP:Hideo Nomo:0-0/4.50/2 MRP:Trever Miller:0-0/0.00/4 MRP:Lance Carter:1-0/0.00/2 SU:Travis Harper:0-0/4.91/2 Closer:Danny Baez:0-0/0.00/1/4 Finances: Revenue-$5.14M Expenses-$9.85M Income-(-)$4.71M Bank-$291 k Payroll-$64.7 Million Level 1 Seating-20000 capacity:(11847 Average) Level 1 Lighting Banks Level 1 Scoreboard Level 1 Ads and Banners Level 2 Restaurant Level 2 HR Celebration Ice Cream Pop Corn Pizza Peanut Soda This team so far has played pretty good considering the injures to the Red hot Baldelli and to Travis Lee.The injury by Lee was suffered on the very last play of the last game I played, he strained his ACL diving for a ball. 8O Gossler and Phelps will platoon 1B until he returns. Gathright now has just 2 hits in 21 ABs.Baldelli will be back in 2 days meaning Gathright will get at least 8 ABs.If he doesnt get at least 3 hits in those 8 Abs he;s getting sent down.His speed is very valuable but it isnt worth anything if he doesnt get on base. Toby Hall has been very very suprising so far. I definitly did not expect him to hit this well.And Cantu has been impressive as well, that compact swing suits him well. Couple of Roster moves were made after Lee was put on the 15 day DL.B.J Upton was called up from AAA Durham, but will be maily used as a pinch runner.And to fill Upton's spot in Durham Bret Butler was called up to play SS until Upton is sent back down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 First game of the season against the Yankees was a memorable one for sure. Dewon Brazelton pitched well enough for his third straight win (8 IP, 2 run, 4 k, CG) but Mike Mussina pitched better, much better. In fact he pitched so good, that he threw his first career No hitter.(at least I think it was) Mussina's line:9.0 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 6 k's, 0 BB's. The only thing that kept if from being a perfect game was a Derek Jeter error that allowed Huff to reach first base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 Web Gems! Week 1! Bellhorn making a barehanded throw to nail Alex Sanchez. Julio Lugo robbing David Ortiz of a base hit. Rob Bell making Kevin Millar look bad on strike three Carl Crawford making a diving catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deacs Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Just curious, but why on earth would you have Sanchez in right? I'm sure both Baldelli and Crawford have better arms and would be much better defensively. I would probably play Sanchez in left or center, with Crawford in the other of the two and Baldelli in right. But that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 I don't know, I hadn't really thought about it.I'll take alook at the arm ratings when I get back home and will prolly switch them around. Quick update: Nick Green was given the start at 2B in the second game against the Yankees, giving Cantu a day off.But it didn't last long.After grounding out in his first AB of the season, Green strained his hip flexor on a diving play that robbed A-Rod of a base hit.So Cantu came back into the game and went 2-3 with a double and 2 rbi's.This kid is good, really good so far.The Devil Rays lost though after Beaz gave up a walkoff three run home run to Derek Jeter. It was his first blown save of the year, and the Yankees swept the 2 game series. Green was put on the 15 day DL joining Lee who still has a week left. A move to replace Green's spot on the roster will be forthcoming. Edit: Called up Chris Signelton from AAA Durham to take Green's spot. And per the suggestion I moved my outfielders around. RF:Baldelli CF:Crawford LF:Sanchez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 15, 2005 Author Share Posted June 15, 2005 Ever since being swept by the Yankees the Devil Rays have been on fire! They have won 5 in a row, including a 3 game sweep of the Red Sox. Since the humilating defeat to the Yankees the D-Rays have outscored their opponents 21-6 in the last 5 games and are now 11-3 at home.And have possesion of first place for the first time(albeit by a half game) And in the last game against the Red Sox, a packed house was on hand as Tampa Bay sold out it's first game of the season.The Devil Rays have saw attendance steadily rise over the past few weeks and now sit at 13309 on average. And also tommorow I shall begin construction of a web page for this dynasty.Stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 Year 2- May 2nd 19-6 4.0 Games ahead of the Red Sox Batting Order(BA/HR/RBI/SB) CF:Carl Crawford-.274/2/8/17 RF:Rocco Baldelli-.324/3/15/16 DH:Aubrey Huff-.343/3/30 LF:Alex Sanchez-.330/1/13/19 3B:Darren Gossler-.250/2/11 2B:Jorge Cantu-.355/1/14 1B:Travis Lee-.244/0/6 C:Toby Hall-.301/0/7 SS:Julio Lugo -.289/2/9/12 Bench Nick Green-.000/0/0 (1 ab)(15 day DL, strained hip flexor) Charles Johnson-.182/0/0 Josh Phelps-.250/0/1 Joey Gathright-.152/0/0/6 Alex S. Gonzalez-.197/0/3 B.J Upton-.000/0/0/0 Rotation(W-L/ERA/K's/Saves) 1-Mark Hendrickson:3-0/2.27/23 2-Rob Bell:3-0/3.18/15 3-Cassey Fossum:1-1/4.13/14 4-Scott Kazmir:2-1/4.18/17 5-Dewon Brazelton:4-1/ 1.77/18 Bullpen LRP:Doug Waechter:0-1/4.70/8 LRP:Hideo Nomo:2-0/1.72/4/1 MRP:Trever Miller:0-0/0.00/8/1 MRP:Lance Carter:2-0/0.93/4 SU:Travis Harper:0-0/2.57/3 Closer:Danny Baez:1-1/4.22/8/10 Finances: Revenue-$9.66M Expenses-$16.30M Income-(-)$6.61M Bank-$1.61M Payroll-$64.7 Million Level 1 Seating-20000 capacity:(13309 Average) Level 1 Lighting Banks Level 1 Scoreboard Level 1 Ads and Banners Level 2 Restaurant Level 2 HR Celebration Ice Cream Pop Corn Pizza Peanut Soda Well scrap the web page for now. I worked on it for a while, but couldnt figure out how to get it to work. For now its just easier to post stuff here. If anybody could post a step by step guide on how to do it, that would be great, if not then I'll just post stuff here. This team has just been absolutely unstoppable since losing to the Yankees. The winning streak now stands at a franchise high 11 games.Because if the streak the Devil Rays had a 18-6 April which was the best month they have ever had(although last April they went 17-7). They have won games in almost every way from blowouts to come from behinders, to extra inning walkoffs.During the streak they have outscored their opponents 63-24. Nick Green who got just one at bat before being injured will be sent back down to AAA Durham after he gets off the DL in three days.Also after Travis Lee came back, Darren Gossler(who at the time was hitting .288) was inserted as the everday third baseman.Alex Gonzalez may be sent down to try to work some kinks out, but we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 The last time the Devil Rays lost was to the Yankees by a score of 7-6. Since then they won 11 in a row. And the Yankees came into town and won again 9-8 ending the streak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 24, 2005 Author Share Posted June 24, 2005 Made just over 1 M by the time the last home stand was over so I bought the Level 2 Ads and Banners. Will post an update as soon as the road trip is over. Also contenplating moving Cantu to third and Gossler to 2nd.A left handed third basemen just isn't working. edit: Also Upton will be moved down the 9 hole and everybody behind him will be moved up a spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deacs Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Thanks for following my advice with your OF. I hope you noticed a defensive improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 Year 2- May 20th 29-13 5.5 Games ahead of the Red Sox Batting Order(BA/HR/RBI/SB) RF:Rocco Baldelli-.301/3/21/29(Leads MLB in SB,7th in 3B) 2B:Jorge Cantu-.320/2/23 DH:Aubrey Huff-.335/6/46(Leads MLB in RBI,3rd in hits) LF:Alex Sanchez-.310/1/19/28(2nd in SB,2nd in 3B) SS:Julio Lugo -.310/2/12/24(4th in SB) 3B:Darren Gossler-.268/2/20 1B:Travis Lee-.264/0/10 CF:Carl Crawford-.251/2/8/26(3rd in SB,Leads MLB in 3B) C:Toby Hall-.252/0/10 Bench Josh Phelps-.182/0/1 Alex S. Gonzalez-.192/0/3 Charles Johnson-.150/0/0 Joey Gathright-.228/0/5/12(10th in SB, 9th in 3B) B.J Upton-.167/0/0/3 Rotation(W-L/ERA/K's/Saves) 1-Mark Hendrickson:4-0/2.00/35(9th in AVG against,3rd in CG,4th in IP) 2-Rob Bell:4-1/3.41/24(10th in IP) 3-Cassey Fossum:3-2/3.07/26 4-Scott Kazmir:4-3/4.67/29 5-Dewon Brazelton:5-2/ 1.72/28(9th in ERA,10th in W,4th in CG,5th in IP) Bullpen(W-L/ERA/K's/Saves) LRP:Doug Waechter:0-1/3.94/15 LRP:Hideo Nomo:2-0/2.91/6/1 MRP:Trever Miller:1-2/2.04/11/1 MRP:Lance Carter:2-0/0.57/7(2nd in ERA) SU:Travis Harper:2-0/2.13/8 Closer:Danny Baez:1-1/3.77/11/14(2nd in Saves) Finances: Revenue-$16.90M Expenses-$24.10M Income-(-)$7.20M Bank-$2.20M Payroll-$64.7 Million Level 1 Seating-20000 capacity:(14049 Average) Level 1 Lighting Banks Level 1 Scoreboard Level 2 Ads and Banners Level 2 Restaurant Level 2 HR Celebration Ice Cream Pop Corn Pizza Peanut Soda I've had trouble scoring runs in my last 12 games (6-6 in that span) so I moved the lineup around.In the first game with the new lineup I beat the Tigers 11-6.Hopefully its a sign of things to come. Despite having the best record in the AL I am far behind the Padres who are an amazing 33-8 and are on a 10 game winning streak. All Star Voting has begun and so far 3 players represent the Devil Rays.Aubrey Huff is 2nd in OF voting(for RF, but if he goes I will probably have him play DH or 1B)Baldelli is 3rd in OF and Sanches in 4th in OF.It would be awsome if all three went.Although Manny is having another all star year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 I accomplished something today against the Marlins that I had not accomplished in the past 235 games that I have played. I picked someone off!!!! :wtg: I have been picked off about a dozen different times and I have not once caught someone napping. Well today with Brazelton on the mound and Juan Pierre at first I got him.I fired to first just to get him back and he didn't start to move till it was too late.It took me 236 games but I finally got a guy. Oh and the Padres 10 game streak is over.They are now 33-9 and tie the Red Sox and the Devil Rays with the longest win streaks of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 30, 2005 Author Share Posted June 30, 2005 Lost Julio Lugo for 22 days after he fractured his foot sliding into home against Oakland. :hmph: Which sucks because he was one of my better hitters and had good speed. So B.J Upton will fill at in SS.Although his speed is about the same as Lugo's he cant hit near as well as him (he's currently hitting .193). Nick Green will once again be called up from AA to take Lugo's spot on the roster and will sit on the bench.Hopefully this time he will last longer than one AB before injuring himself. :wall: Also Aubrey Huff hit the Devil Rays first walkoff homer of the year (his 8th on the season) in that same game. With one out the A's brought in Dotel to relieve Houston Street and the first pitch was a fastball dead center, which Huff was sitting on and he slammed it over the left-centerfield wall to give the D-Rays a 5-4 win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 Year 2- June 1st 36-17 1.5 Games ahead of the Red Sox Batting Order(BA/HR/RBI/SB) RF:Rocco Baldelli-.284/4/25/37(Leads MLB in SB,7th in 3B) 2B:Jorge Cantu-.303/2/28 DH:Aubrey Huff-.332/8/54(Leads MLB in RBI,5th in hits) LF:Alex Sanchez-.311/1/21/36(3rd in SB,T-1st in 3B) SS:Julio Lugo -.302/2/15/28(4th in SB)(22 day DL with fractured foot) 3B:Darren Gossler-.269/3/26 1B:Travis Lee-.269/1/14 CF:Carl Crawford-.255/2/12/36(2nd in SB,T-1st in 3B) C:Toby Hall-.255/0/14 Bench Josh Phelps-.174/0/1 Alex S. Gonzalez-.189/0/3 Charles Johnson-.148/0/0 Joey Gathright-.237/0/5/13(9th in SB) B.J Upton-.094/1/0/4 Rotation(W-L/ERA/K's/Saves) 1-Mark Hendrickson:6-0/1.70/44(9th in ERA,T-3rd in Wins,4th in AVG against,4th in CG,T-3rd in SO,5th in IP) 2-Rob Bell:5-2/3.15/31 3-Cassey Fossum:3-2/3.38/35 4-Scott Kazmir:5-4/4.85/34 5-Dewon Brazelton:6-3/ 2.06/40(T-3rd in Wins,6th in CG,7th in IP) Bullpen(W-L/ERA/K's/Saves) LRP:Doug Waechter:0-1/4.99/19 LRP:Hideo Nomo:2-1/4.25/10/1 MRP:Trever Miller:2-2/2.14/13/1 MRP:Lance Carter:3-0/0.43/9(Leads MLB in ERA,2nd in AVG against) SU:Travis Harper:2-0/2.08/11 Closer:Danny Baez:1-1/3.06/13/16(T-2nd in Saves) Finances: Revenue-$21.40M Expenses-$28.60M Income-(-)$7.18M Bank-$2.18M Payroll-$64.7 Million Level 1 Seating-20000 capacity:(14372 Average) Level 1 Lighting Banks Level 1 Scoreboard Level 2 Ads and Banners Level 2 Restaurant Level 2 HR Celebration Ice Cream Pop Corn Pizza Peanut Soda The Red Sox are making a run at the Devil Rays having won a league high 11 in a row.Carl Crawford continues to struggle as well as Kazmir. The D-Rays were 18-11 in May.Also Sanchez and Huff have switched places in the All Star voting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 4, 2005 Author Share Posted July 4, 2005 Cantu was lost for 12 days after he suffered a minor MCL strain while diving for a ball. :wall: :wall: :wall: So now the left side of my infield is on the DL with Lugo still out for over a week and Gonzalez will retake his job at 3rd. So thats two .300 hitters in my lineup that are replaced by hitters who are hitting .213 and .189 :wall: :wall: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickmarcusvick Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 I like your dynasty, and I will be following it in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 Thanks quick update: Lugo stint on the 15 day dl ended but he still has a week left of injury time before he can play. As a result Nick Green was sent back down to AA.He had 1 hit in 8 AB's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Well for the Devil Rays interleague play in the National League has ended.One thing I noticed is that my pitchers seemed to get a few hits, so I gathered their stats. Scott Kazmir:0-2, 1 R Mark Hendrickson:2-5 1 RBI 2 R Cassey Fossum:2-2 1 RBI Dewon Brazelton:2-5 1 RBI 1 R David Bell:0-4 Lance Carter:0-1 Total" 6-19 (.315) 3 RBI 4 Runs Pretty good for pitchers. :wtg: Also the Devil Rays are currently riding a 8 game win streak. :wtg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 7, 2005 Author Share Posted July 7, 2005 Toby Hall had a career day against the Brewers. After going all season without a home run he had two against the Brewers. Toby Hall: 4-4 2 HR 5 RBI Devil Rays won 7-2, extending their win streak to 9 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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