Pain and Suffering on baseball field - A Tampa Bay Dynasty

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ST. PETERSBURG - Biggest earthquake in last 2000 years yesterday hits the Tampa Bay MLB roster..Most of players of MLB team were traded to their new teams and Tampa Bay accuired a lot of new young guns for victories and glory in next few years(maybe 2000 years too:) Fired was also team manager Joe Maddon and Tampa Bay hired new unknown unexperienced manager R.K. So we are waiting for next big thing, but this will be probably a very very very long and frustraiting way:]

DYNASTY SETTINGS:

Difficulity : MVP

Fielding: Manual

Strike Zone: ON

HOT/COLD Zones: OFF

User pitch meter diff: -30

Pitch Speed:-40

Pitcher Fatigue: + 30

Pitch Control:-30

Batting Contact:+20

Batting Power:-20

Foul Ball Frequency:+35

Bunting Ability:-35

OF Speed:-20

INF Speed:-40

Injury Runner:+10

Injury Pitcher:+20

Injury Batter:+10

Injury Fielder:+10

CURRENT DRAYS ROSTER:

STARTING ROTATION:

SP#1 Kim, Byung-Hyun

SP#2 Hill, Rich

SP#3 Lincecum, Tim

SP#4 Lester, Jon

SP#5 Owings,Micah

I have no mods installed so i will play on 2005 schedule, only im using actuall roster(KGbaseball from August).First game test of my new team is series with Blue Jays.

Also i would to ask if you have some suggestion for addiition to my team, i need to cut my payroll.

Also i have to apologize for my poor english, sorry;]

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GAME 1 PITCHER MATCHUP

[47PedroFilipe]

Only 3 outfielders?

What deal brought you Chase Utley?

[philliesphan18]

You must've had fair trades turned off to get some of those players!

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You must've had fair trades turned off to get some of those players!

yes, fair trades turned off. trades were made in Roster managment, not in Dynasty. these player are my favourite players and i wanted to play with these players;] i am also playing online league with washington, so i want to start with my fantasy team.

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Game 1 Recap - First Win!!!

As starter for Opening Day was named for DRays, Byung-Hyun Kim. He pitched very well, allowed only 4 hits and no ER in 5.2 IP and pick up his first win of the season.

DRays Lineup:

1B - Chase Utley

2B - BJ Upton

3B - Alex Gordon

SS - Troy Tulowitzki

DH - Jjohny Peralta

LF - Chris Duncan

CF - Reggie Willits

RF - Delmon Young

C - Russel Martin

Match Highlights:

Bot 2nd Inning and Utleys 2 run HR

Top 4rd Inning and Matrix Kim and he catch the ball in his tooth;]

Bot 5t Inning and TT extend Dray's lead with solo shoot to 3-0

Bot 8th inning and BJ out at first base

In ninth innin allowed 2 ER relieved pitcher Jae-Kuk Ryu and was substitued by closer Jonathan Papelbon, which close the game and pickup the first save of the season.

Final score:

Match stats Game 1

Game injury:

Russel Martin out for 3 days with disclocated finger.

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April, 5th 2005 - Game 2 against Blue Jays

A.J.Burnett vs Rich Hill

DRays Lineup:

1B - James Looney

2B - Chase Utley

3B - Alex Gordon

SS - Troy Tulowitzki

DH - Jjohny Peralta

LF - Chris Duncan

CF - Reggie Willits

RF - Delmon Young

C - Jason Saltalamacchia

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Game 2 Recap - Crazy 10th inning gave DRays valuable win!!!

DRays make a great comeback from the 3 runs deficit in 10th inning and Oscar Villarreal pick up the win. Francisco Rodriguez pitched 1.2 perfect innings, but with 2 men on bases and 2 outs he allowed homerun from Greg Zaun to give Blue Jays 8-5 lead. Closer B.J. Ryan take a moung, but allowed two singles from Delmon Young and Chase Utley for start of the innig. Than retired two batters , but with two outs and two men on bases Alex Gordon doubled to the deep center and SS Jjohny Peralta homered deep left to give DRays this great win in 10th inning.

Match Highlights:

Top 5th Inning

Catch at the wall by Chris Duncan against Vernon Wells

Bot 5th Inning

Great Diving Catch by Vernon Wells against Chase Utley's blast to the deep center

Bot 7th Inning

Chase Utley's HR # 2 of the season , DRays leads 5-4

Bot 10th Inning

Peralta celebrates his 2 run HR in 10th

Final score:

Game 2 Match Stats

Game Injury:

James Loney out for 10 days with strained left ribcage

[BigRog]

teams are stacked

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April, 6th 2005 - Game 3 against Blue Jays

Shaun Marcum vs. Tim Lincecum

DRays Lineup:

1B - Ben Zobrist

2B - Chase Utley

3B - Alex Gordon

SS - Jjohny Peralta

DH - Troy Tulowitzki

LF - Chris Duncan

CF - Reggie Willits

RF - Delmon Young

C - Jason Saltalamacchia

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Game 3 Recap - First loss of the season

Toronto Defeats Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 5-2

Tim Lincecum dont hold 2-0 lead from fifth inning by a 2RBI single by Chase Utley. At the top of the sixth he allowed 2 ER from homerun by Frank Thomas and in the top of seventh he allowed another run by a missing play by LF Delmon Young. Zack Greinke from bullpen allowed another two run. BJ Ryan this time dont blow his save opportunity and pick up first save of the season. Shaun Marcum from Blue Jays take the first season win and struck out four.

Game 3 Match Stats

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UPCOMING SERIES VS. ATHLETICS

PROBABLE PITCHERS:

GAME 1

Esteban Loiaza (0-0, ERA 0.00) vs Jon Lester (0-0,ERA 0.00)

GAME 2

Chad Gaudin (0-0, ERA 0.00) vs Micah Owings (0-0, ERA 0.00)

GAME 3

Rich Harden (1-0, ERA 0.00) vs Byung-Hyun Kim (1-0, ERA 0.00)

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Game 4 Recap - A litlle Homerun Derby At Tropicana Field

Esteban Loiaza hasnt best start to the season. In first inning he surrender 5 runs by HR's by Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Jjohny Peralta. He pitched total 3.2 innings in this game, he was gone by a solo homerun by Ben Zobist in the bootom of fourth inning. Jon Lester pitched solid 5.1 IP ,allowing only two runs by solo shoots by Nick Swisher and Bobby Crosby. Joe Kennedy, reliever for Loiaza pitched very well(allowed only 1 run by tripple by Delmond Young in the bottom of seventh inning), his curveball was excellent.

Relievers for DRays pitched well too, Yovani Gallardo and Francisco Rodriguez complied only one single hit in 3.2 inning of work.

Match Highlights:

Bot of 1st Inning

Jarrod 1st season homerun give the DRays 5-0 lead

Bot of 1st Inning

Afterthat Pitching coach is talking with Loiaza about his family,when he planned vacation and so on...;]

Bot of 4th Inning

After Ben Zobrist solo homerun is Loiaza gone

Jon Lester first win in the first start of the season

IP 5.1, H 5,R 2,ER 2,BB 0,SO 3, PC 54,ERA 3.38

Oakland Athletics

Maybe tomorrow

Final Score:

Game 4 Match Stats

Next match against Athletics:

April 9th 2005

Chad Gaudin (0-0, ERA 0.00) vs Micah Owings (0-0, ERA 0.00)

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Game 5 Recap - Papelbon blow his save opportunity, A's won in 12th inning

Chase Utley strong start to the season continues in first inning with solo homerun to the right, but it was last from Devil Rays this night. Discipline at plate was again big problem for Rays batters.

Micah Owings pitched very well and retired batter per batter with lot of groundballs, from fifth inning he has peroblem with control of his pitches.

Owings pitched for six , scoreless innings, struck out 2 batters. Chad Gaudin were in litlle trouble in the bottom of fourth inning when he loaded bases and two outs with singles from Chris Duncan with very close play at first base and another single from third baseman Chris Gordon, also he issued a walk to Jarrod Saltalamacchia. At he bat was Troy Tulowitziki and as usually he was struck out swinging:))) Plate discipline,plate discipline:)

In the top of seventh take the mound Carlos Villanueva with one man on base after single from Dan Johnson , first pitch and Travis Buck was hit by pitch:) Afterthat three quick outs by Carlos Villanueva.

Until ninthth inning booth defends works well, but in the bottom on ninth Devils Rays closer Jon Papelbon allowed solo HR from Dan Johnson and there is extra inning, but Devil Rays still struggles on plate and in the top of 12th inning is there another homer from A's from the bat of Rob Bowen and closer Houston Street make his job better than Papelbon...

2-1 deserved victory for Athletics.

Match Highlights:

Starting Lineup

Bot of 1st Inning

Chase Utley HR #3 of the season

Bot of 4th Inning

Close play at first base by Chris Duncan

Micah Owings was pitched great

IP H R ER BB SO PC ERA

6.0 5 0 0 1 2 56 0.00

Final score:

Game Stats Match 5

Series finale against Atletics:

Rich Harden (1-0, ERA 0.00) vs Byung-Hyun Kim (1-0, ERA 0.00)

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Game 6 Recap - 6 solo HR's allowed by DRays pitching staff!!!

It looks like very nice game at the start...Bottom of first, bases loaded ,no out , Richa Harden allowed 2 runs in this inning by a single from Alex Gordon to center field. Kim has two first inning very quick and he looks very sharp..But ;]

Top 3rd..deep fly ball to rhe right..Im running with Delmon Young to the left and im waiting for ball.. but now, Delmon is doing step to right and again to the right and now he is running to the wall at the center:))) no response from my buttons on gamepad = nice inside the park homerun by Travis Buck...

Kim was shocked and he was totally out of zone..in 4th and 5th inning , he allowed another 3 single HR's..in 7th was substituted by Oscar Villarreal and Oscar wants probably be better than Kim when he in 0.1 innings pitcher allowed also 2 HR's a one signle RBI..nice job, thanks:)))

So Athletics won the series 2-1 and we need to rise productivity at the bat.

Game Stats Match 6

Next series against Baltimore Orioles:

PROBABLE PITCHERS:

GAME 1

Daniel Cabrera (0-0, ERA 2.57) vs Rich Hill (0-0,ERA 6.75)

GAME 2

Adam Loewen (0-0, ERA 1.35) vs Tim Lincecum (0-1, ERA 4.50)

GAME 3

Steve Trachsel (0-1, ERA 19.29) vs Jon Lester (1-0, ERA 3.38)

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Game 7 Recap - Another no decision for Hill, but Devil Rays won

Rich Hill(6.1IP,8H,2R,2ER,1BB)was again hittable in his second start of the season. In first two innings of work he allowed 2 runs and his pitching in first three inning, it was like watching some film from Alfred Hitchock's;]

Most of pitches ends as single or double, from fourth inning Hill pitch more better and leave the field with 3-2 lead, but asi is usually in last games,Carlos Villanuevafrom bullpen allowed a solo HR to tied the game to 3-3 in 7th.

But at the bottom of 7th, Cabrera(7.0IP,9H,5ER,5R,2BB and 2SO) loaded bases with 2 outs and Chase Utley singles to center for 2 RBI's to give up Devil Rays 5-3 leads again.

Oscar likes a horror movie too, so he suprislly allowed a solo HR from Nick Markakis

Jonathan Papelbon try to maka another drama with blown safe to loaded 1st a 3rd base with 2 outs, but get well done his jobe with grounded batter out at first to save 5-4 victory for Devil Rays in first series game against Baltimore.

Match higlights:

Chris Duncan's first HR of the season with 2RBI

Willits is reaching first

Game Stats Match 7

Next match against Orioles:

Adam Loewen (0-0, ERA 1.35) vs Tim Lincecum (0-1, ERA 4.50)

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Game 8 Recap - Guzman's 3run HR in 9th give Devil Rays 8-6 win

Pinch hitter Joel Guzman connected on a three-run, pinch-homer in the ninth off closer Chris Ray and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays take the second win in the series.

Bottom of 9th inning starts with singles from Delmon Young and Chase Utley and then blasts Guzman his game-winning HR.

At the top of 7th inning Orioles leads by 3 runs 5-2 with Chris Gomez's solo homerun.

In bot of 7th answers DRays with 3 run inning by a

SF hit from Jarrod Saltalamacchia and 2 run homerun from BJ Upton to tied the game at 5-5.

But in ninth inning Francisco Rodriguez allowed on run by a single from from Brian Roberts and O's take a lead 6-5, but thanks to Guzman's homerun he pick up the win in this game.

In next game will try Devil Rays take a first season sweep. Propable starters are :

Steve Trachsel (0-1, ERA 19.29) vs Jon Lester (1-0, ERA 3.38)

Match highlights:

Flying Zobrist:]

German's HR in 9th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40pxvG-NrqM

Game Stats Match 8

Next match against Orioles:

Steve Trachsel (0-1, ERA 19.29) vs Jon Lester (1-0, ERA 3.38)

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have someone same problem?

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Game 9 Recap - Trachsel one out from complete game

Steve Trachsel left the game with shoulder injury and was one out from a shootout complete game in Game 3 in series finale against Tampa Bay. Trachsel threwn 102 pitches and strikeout 8 batters. Trachsel control game and pick up first season win.

Next series will be very tough against Boston Red Sox.Probables pitchers are Matt Clement against Micah Owings for Game 1, Game 2 will be starts Curt Schilling vs Byung-Hyun Kim and in Game 3 Josh Beckett vs Rich Hill.

Match Stats Game 9

Game 10 Recap - Game Totally controlled by Boston's Supermans

No chance to win there says manager after Game 1. They are not humans, they are supermans, we will try to allowed a less than 50 runs in this series;]

Brian Shackelford called before game from AAA team for Oscar Villarreal pitched one solid inning with one hit.

Mike Lowell catched flying ball by Alex Gordon

Match Stats Game 10

Before last game against Boston, Tampa Bay Devil Rays aquired 1B Chris Shelton from Detroit for SS Jjohny Peralta

Game 11 Recap - A litlle drama in Boston

More dramatic was second game of the series, but in the same way, Sox won 3-2, when Soxs closer Eric Gagne do his job in ninth.

Match Stats Game 11

Game 12 Recap - Beckett pitch a complet game, strikouts 11

Series finale was under control of Josh Beckett, so strikouts 11 batters for pick up second season win in his second start. TB had seven hits but produced only one run. Rich Hill pitched his best game since start of the season, he allowed two runs and four hits in 6.2 innings of work.

Chris Shelton was 1-3 with double in his first start for Devil Rays.

In first inning Beckett miss infield single by Reggie Willits

Josh Beckett pitched a complete game

Dave Ortiz was hit by pitch in the bottom of eight

Match Stats Game 12

For next game we are travel to New York for two games series against Yankees.

Probable pitchers are Mike Mussina for game 1 and Roger Clemens for game 2 for Yankees and Tim Lincecum and Jon Lester for Devil Rays.

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Yankees series Recap - Devil Rays are currently on 6 game loosing streak

Tim Lincecum pitched very well with lots of groundballs , but had no run support and right-hander loose again in his third start in the season. He is 0-2 , 4.00 ERA in three starts.

Mike Mussina had no problems with Devil Rays offense a pick up second season win.

Chase Utley is struggling at bat, he went 0-4 in first game, in second game he was 1-4 with no RBI.

Devil Rays are now on six game loosing streak against 2 game series against Texas.

Match Highlights:

Lincecum vs. Alex Rodriguez

Mike Mussina pick up win in Game 1 of the series

Johny Damon homered to the right in Game 1

Alex Gordon homers against Roger Clemens in Game 2 for 2 RBI's

Match Stats Game 13

Match Stats Game 14

Probable pitchers for 2 games series against Texas Rangers are Micah Owings and B.J.Kim for Devil Rays and Kevin Millwood and Vicente Padilla for Texas Rangers.

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Devil Rays acquired RHP Brian Bannister and 1B Mike Sweeney from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for RHP Jae Seo, RHP Zack Greinke and OF Eliah Dukes.

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Rangers Series Recap - Miracle!!! We have a new good - Mike Sweeney - 2 Wins in a row!!!

Tampa Bay Devil Rays won booth games against Texas Rangers mainly because of new aquistion and now local hero Mike Sweeney. Sweeney homered in booth games, compiled 3 RBI's in first game and 4 RBI's in the second game.

Closer Jonathan Papelbon had a save in booth games, totally in the season he had 4 saves.

Match higlights:

After six looses players dont believe ,that they won;]

Game stats for both games with play by play are there:

Game Stats Match 15

Game Stats Match 16

Next up, the Devil Rays begin a new series as they welcome the Red Sox to town. The last time the Devil Rays faced the Red Sox , Boston beat the Devil Rays 0-3.

Probable starters are:

Game 1

Josh Beckett 2-0(0.77 ERA) vs Rich Hill 0-1(3.44 ERA)

Game 2

Daisuke Matsuzaka 0-1(9.00 ERA) vs Tim Lincecum0-2(4.00 ERA)

Game 3

Tim Wakefield 2-0(3.20 ERA) vs Jon Lester 1-2(4.11 ERA)

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Boston Red Sox Series Recap - Bostons Baseball Bat Massacre

No comment;] Its impossible to defeat Boston, they are simply supermans...

In Game 1 Josh Beckett again controlled the game and get his third season win.

Match Stats Game 17

No change in Game 2;]

Match Stats Game 18

Game 3 was totally under control of Boston Red Sox, our line up was from bench players and our loss was biggest in this season. Big big shame;]

Match Stats Game 19

We need asap forget these loss and now we are playing three games series against strong Toronto, which is batting very well too as Boston...God Save Us;]

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Washington Nationals traded CF Ryan Church to Tampa Bay Devil Rays for LF Chris Duncan. Ryan was bench player in Washington lineup and has 1 hit and 1 run in 2 seasons starts at bat. Chris Duncan in 19 games, had 24 hits with 1 HR, 5 RBI's and 6 runs.

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Toronto Red Sox Series Recap - Devil Rays takes two in Toronto

Game 1

Another comeback in ninth inning give Devil Rays another win against Toronto, Ryan Church and Alex Gordon singles in ninth with 2 outs,afterthat Russell Martin homers for 3 RBI to take a lead 5-4. Jonathan Papelbon makes his job to pick up 5th season save.

Match Highlights:

Match Stats Game 20

Game 2:

This time Jonathan Papelbon dont hold save and get his first loss of the season. In 7th inning Devil Rays take the lead 6-4 with 4 runs scored, but ninth inning started Francisco Rodriguez with no out single by PH Matt Staird, then relieved Papelbon and inning continues with single from Clayton and Lyle Overbay for bases loaded and then Frank Thomas doubled for three RBI's...

Match Highlights:

Match Stats Game 21

Game 3:

Rich Hill is pitching better and better, he struggle at the start of the season, but now is on great shape, he allowed only one earned run by HR from http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/9695/ga...ainse0.jpgernon Wells. Ben Zobrist connects for his second season homerun in 2nd inning.

Match Highlights:

Match Stats Game 22