Viceman2004 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I agree... 55hr, 54hr, 43hr....damn. Great dynasty though. Keep it up! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronuconn Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Ya, Im still following. I ve just not posted in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckym Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 [align=center]Texas Rangers PostSeason report![/align] [align=center]Rangers Squeak Through to World Series[/align] After winning 106 games this season, The Rangers were the obvious favorite to win the World Series. And once again, the Rangers would have to face a familiar foe in the Minnesota Twins in the Divisional Round of the playoffs. This 5-game series went back and forth but saw the Rangers come out on top and winning the series three games to two. In the A.L.C.S., the Rangers again faced a familiar postseason opponent in the Chicago Whitesox. Texas struggled early losing the first two games of the series. But from that point on, they ran off four straight wins to make their second straight trip to the World Series... and yep you guessed it, against the New York Mets - the team the Rangers beat last season to win the World Series. With the American League winning the All-Star game, the Rangers would host 4 of the 7 games. The Rangers won the first game quite easily, 10 - 3, but the second game saw the tables turned and the Rangers never really recovered. The Rangers lost the second game 12 - 4 before they ventured out to face the Mets in New York for games 3 through 5. With the Series tied 1 - 1, the Mets won the next two games the put the Rangers on the brink of emilination. Game 5 saw the Rangers nip the Mets 4 - 3 (for Juan Rincon's ONLY post season appearance and save) to stay alive in the series. Game 6, back in Arlington, was not as exciting as one would hope. The Rangers bats fizzled as they lost game 6, and the series, 9 - 2. It was a sad ending to a promising season. We can't blame injuries either as the Rangers were completely healthy in the postseason. Inconstencies with pitching and hitting are what we can point at. Rangers' PostSeason standouts: (CF) J. Pierre - .432, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 4 SB, 20 R (2B) L. Gonzalez - .392, 5 HR, 22 RBI, 3 SB, 15 R (RF) B. Wilkerson - .318, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 5 SB, 10 R (SP) D. Williams - 2.91, 2-1, 18 Ks, 4 BBs (LF) A. Dunn - .276, 1 HR, 6 RBI *very disappointing, lol* We ended the season with... -$81.10 mil in Player Salaries -$26.43mil in the BANK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckym Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 [align=center]Texas Rangers OffSeason report![/align] [align=center]'07/'08 Offseason sees more than anticipated movement[/align] MLB Notable Retirements: (SP) Greg Maddux: 335 - 202, 3.19 ERA, 3225 Ks (SP) Tom Glavine: 292 - 198, 3.56 ERA *so sad, 8 wins shy of 300* (CL) Trevor Hoffman: 438 SVs, 880 IP, 954 Ks, 2.87 ERA (SP) Hideo Nomo: (RF) Moises Alou: .297, 321 HR, 1264 RBI, 100 SB (1B) Tino Martinez: .271, 377 HR, 1403 RBI DRAFT: 1st round - (RP) Juan Saenz -> 3yrs@700k sent to AAA-Okla. 2nd round - (RP) Nelson Wheeler -> 4yrs@500k sent to AA-Frisco all other rounds simmed (signed only one of the CPU picked players) RESIGNINGS: (SP) D. Williams allowed to hit Free Agent market *not resigned* (RP) F. Cabrera - 3yrs@$2.80mil (RP) D. Aardsma - 3yrs@$1.80mil (SP) J. Johnson - 3yrs@$1.70mil ... other lesser knowns re-signed as well FREE-AGENT SIGNINGS: © Yadier Molina - 4yrs@$1.10mil (25yrs old - cornerstone at CATCHER for some time ) (1B) Ben Thomas - 3yrs@$700k (SS) Luis O. Rodriguez - 2yrs@$400k (infield depth) (RP) Kole Strayhorn - 3yrs@$1.00mil ... other players signed as well - roster fillers, etc. TRADES: -Sent (RF/CF) B. Wilkerson, (SP) Claudio Vargas to DET for (SP) Jeremy Bonderman *had to have the TRUE ACE in roatation* -Sent (CL) Juan Rincon, © G. Laird, (RF) K. Mench to CIN for (RF) Austin Kearns *purging some salary/Cabrera will be closer* STADIUM IMPROVEMENTS: -added Level 4 Seating Capacity - $20.00mil (to 42,000 capacity) -added a 2nd Pizza stand -added a 2nd Soda stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APR Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Very good, very good indeed. I haven't seen, and no offense to the other dynasty guys out there, but I haven't seen anything so original since Lual started with his dual-picture format. Great stuff, keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckym Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 thanks.... been busy over last week or so (new dog, new job, etc.) but I will get back into this ASAP Thanks again to all who have hopefully been entertained thus far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckym Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 Yay!!! Finally got a chance to sit down and sim the first 80+ games of 2008.... here's the report [align=center]Texas' Strong first half start! Boast 9 All-Stars![/align] This Rangers dynasty continues to roll as they assume the roll the vaunted Yankees assumed in the 1990's: All-Star filled team with no apparent weaknesses. Once again, on the big bats, now assisted with very good starting pitching, the Rangers have once again reached the All-Star break with a league best 57 wins (30 losses) and show no signs of slowing down. Rangers' All-Stars: *=denotes starter SP - Bonderman, SP-Dominguez, RP-Cabrera, LF - Dunn*, 1B - Teixeira*, 3B - Blalock*, C - Molina, SS - Colon, CF - Pierre Fact and Figures: *thru July 7th* -Bank= $3.635 million in DEBT -Player Payroll= $87.1 million -28,272 average attendance Current Rangers lineup and rotation 1B - Teixiera 2B - Gonzalez 3B - Blalock SS - Colon LF - Dunn CF - Pierre RF - Kearns C - Molina DH - Branyon SP-1 Bonderman SP-2 Sparks SP-3 Dominguez SP-4 Littleton SP-5 Diamond CL Cabrera ==all games played through to All-Star break== AL WEST GB TEX 57 - 30 --- SEA 43 - 44 14.0 OAK 38 - 49 19.0 LAA 36 - 52 21.5 Rangers Standouts: (1B) M. Teixeira - .313, 31 HR, 87RBI, 105 H (LF) A. Dunn - .300, 22 HR, 79 RBI, 102 H (3B) H. Blalock - .313, 18 HR, 58 RBI, 105 H (SP) J. Dominguez - 2.98, 9-1, 87 K (CL) F. Cabrera - 2.43, 0-1, 19 SV, 21 K [align=center]Lucky starts slow - comes around later[/align] As much as we love the idea of Lucky becoming our short stop of the future, we do NOT love the idea of letting go of the diamond from the rough that is Matt Colon (currently our MLB All-star starting SS). Colon has been a very good player for us and continues to only improve. What does this mean for the 20-year-old stud, Lucky Martin, who is playing hard down at triple-A Oklahoma but is not exactly tearing things up? Other than being called up periodically to fill in for a day or two here and there, Lucky is yet to see any REAL time at the Major League level. Will that change any time soon? "I can't control that really.They will use who they believe is the best guy for the job, and right now, I'm not doing everything right to show that." Only time will tell. ==Lucky's stats through July 7th== .273, 10 HR, 31 RBI, 13 SB, 56 R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckym Posted February 10, 2006 Author Share Posted February 10, 2006 [align=center]Texas sets more records; Lucky starts 1st game as a Ranger![/align] The Rangers began the season just hoping to keep their winning ways alive. What they discovered was they were on a collision course with an MLB record: total team wins in a season. The Seattle Mariners of 2001 and the Chicago Cubs of 1906 share the record for most wins in a season at 116 games and the Rangers came ever so close to matching this mark this season. In other news: Lucky gets a "look-see" at the Majors- Lucky was called up from triple-A Oklahoma to allow players like Gonzalez and Colon a rest. He struggled early and was batting .165 in 2 games played. We followed him as he came home to Arlington and started his 1st home game ever as a Ranger. [align=center][/align] His first at bat was forgettable as he grounded into a double play. He then followed that up with a subpar defensive play where he made an errand throw to first on a ground ball pulling 1st baseman Teixeira off the bag, though no error was given. A couple of innings later, Lucky's fate began to get turned around. With Juan Pierre on 3rd after having blazed his way to a triple, Lucky bounced a ball deep into the hole on the right side of the infield. Though he was thrown out at first, he picked up an RBI as Pierre scored without contest. Two innings later, with the Rangers having created some distance between them on the scroeboard, and again with Pierre on 3rd, Lucky came up this time and hit a single to center field. With the Rangers getting 4 more runs that inning, Lucky came up to bat again the next inning. He came back down to Earth by striking out. Though Lucky went on to pop out in his final at bat of this game, he was able to put together a few nice defensive plays and show the Major Leagues of things to come. [align=center][/align] Lucky's Stats for the game: 4 ABs, 1 H, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB Rangers win 9 - 2 over the Angels Fact and Figures: *thru regular season* -Bank= $14.325 million in the BANK -Player Payroll= $89.235 million -32,887 average attendance Current Rangers lineup and rotation 1B - Teixiera 2B - Gonzalez 3B - Blalock SS - Colon LF - Dunn CF - Pierre RF - Kearns C - Molina DH - Branyon SP-1 Bonderman SP-2 Sparks SP-3 Dominguez SP-4 Littleton SP-5 Diamond CL Cabrera ==all games played through Regular season== AL WEST GB TEX 113 - 49 --- SEA 77 - 85 36.0 OAK 75 - 87 38.0 LAA 61 - 101 52.0 Record by month: April: 19-10 May: 19-7 June: 15-12 July: 19-7 August: 21-8 Sept.: 20-5 Rangers Standouts: (1B) M. Teixeira - .292, 46 HR, 138 RBI, 178 H (LF) A. Dunn - .326, 41 HR, 158 RBI, 204 H, 11 SB (3B) H. Blalock - .324, 44 HR, 133 RBI, 199 H (SP) J. Bonderman - 2.93, 19-6, 191 K (SU) F. Francisco - 1.88, 4-4, 4 SV, 68 K [align=center]** Down on the Farm **[/align] (A) Pitcher= G. Shaw - 2.43, 12-6, 138 Ks (AA) Pitcher= G. Olson - 1.92, 13-6, 131 Ks (AAA) Pitcher= O. Beltre - 2.22, 3-0, 30 saves, 40 Ks (A) Batter= E. Johnson - .311 AVG, 21 HR, 80 RBI, 0 SB (AA) Batter= W. Smith - .279, 27 HR, 81 RBI, 152 H (AAA) Batter= K. Harvey - .304, 19 HR, 72 RBI, 161 H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APR Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Is that Ken Harvey, former DH/1B of the Royals you have there on your AAA team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckym Posted February 10, 2006 Author Share Posted February 10, 2006 Yeah... he has bounced back and forth from AAA to the Rangers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APR Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 Dynasty looks good bro, mind if I do my own in your style with a little bit of tweaking to make it my own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckym Posted February 11, 2006 Author Share Posted February 11, 2006 Heck no I dont mind.... I hope you do BETTER than my own... IM disappointed with my info in mine, but I just dotn have a whole lot of time to put into it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom2662 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 i love this dynasty bro, great work! I've been following this dynasty since day one. But i have a question. You should trade SS Colon for a Pitcher and sign a SS in FA for AAA and bring up Lucky Martin, tell me what you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckym Posted February 14, 2006 Author Share Posted February 14, 2006 I would like to, but I feel like my rotation and relief situation is as good as it gets without becoming too extremely overloaded with talent. Plus, I don't really have any position of real need either... It's almost as if I have a logjam of talent - 25 roster spots for 35 really good players.... It's a great situation to be in I guess, unless your Lucky Martin, lol. Im thinking on it though - on how I can get him up there and have it make sense.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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