dennis_is_theman Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 SU: K-Rod CP: Eric Gagne looks like several of us have this lethal SU/CP bullpen configuration wolverineman... care to share some ichiro hitting tips? i hit .300 at best with him, and i try soooooo hard. how did u get k-rod??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolverineman Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 bone: Its kind of hard to explain, but I got really good with pulling the ball. His swing is set up to pull and I find it harder to hit it away with him in the game. Usually I'd look for an inside pitch and either take or try to foul off the outside pitch. I also noticed it was very important to either not hold up at all or try to hold down every time I swung. While I did hit a couple homers with him, if I wasn't careful I'd push up a little bit and end up just lining out to the OF all the time. I also bunt a LOT, so I'd get quite a few hits that way, especially on outside pitches. I'd also end up with a lot of sac bunts which don't hurt his average. Most of it was just practice though, at first I was hitting at .300 or lower with him, but I was determined to get better and I have. Also, if the computer starts putting that big shift on cause you're pulling everything, it makes it really easy to hit to the left side and quickly the computer learns not to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 how did u get k-rod??? i drafted him in my franchise draft. he was my closer in the first 1.5 years, but i traded for gagne just because i like him a lot. i gave up a lot to get him, but it was worth it. wolverineman, thanks for the tips. i should learn to bunt with ichiro, but i'm lame at that. it's wierd to hear you say you pull, because that's what i can't seem to do well with ichiro. and, i get the opposite shift as you, the slap shift. that's funny. maybe i watch him too much on tv. i just finished a game, ichiro went 0-4 with 2k's... uggh! (beat the yankees 3-2 though in a 5 solo shots game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolie Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 fair trades were on, actually, as it says in the post. just took a very long time to trade up enough times to get everyone. started off with the yanks, so i had some strong players to trade to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 I see a lot of you guys like to keep your rosters accurate and up to date, not me. I just like to hit homers, more fun for me. My roster is a little unfair, but i did it with fair trades on and budget on. CF - Ichiro SS- Derek Jeter 2B - Created Player 3B - Alex Rodriguez LF - Vlad Guerrero 1B - Alex Pujols RF - Gary Sheffield C - Ivan Rodriguez DH - Alfonso Soriano SP - Randy Johnson SP - Mike Mussina SP - Roger Clemens SP - Roy Halladay SP - Tim Hudson RP - Mariano Rivera RP - Eric Gagne RP - Chad Bradford Most games are a blowout, obviously, even on mvp. But sometimes it's close, more now since last season i played all-star. It shouldn't ever be close.. always should be like 11-3.... Yet i still think fair trades was off ... too stacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolie Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 it's rarely close, more like 20-1 or something. but since i started this season with mvp, and pretty tough slider settings, according to what i've seen others setting there's at, it's usually 10-2 ish range. had a few games that came down to the wire though, sometimes i just can't hit a thing. plus i don't pitch the way i probably should. i don't walk anyone, and that lets the other team get lots of hits sometimes. and you can think what you like, i built the team with fair trades on. there's just a trick, i couldn't have done it with just the original team, i had to keep signing the top free agent and use him along with some others on my team to get one good player. do that a few times and you can get anyone you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_is_theman Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 now i hope i could at least get a wild card spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasrangers13 Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 My Rangers lineup (real minor leaguers) In which I keep realistic with few trades (mainly only minors etc...) I may post a diary if anyone would read it? LMK! Not in Order C-Laird (Barajas) 1B- Tex (Adrian Gonzalez) 2B- ASOR SS- Mike Young 3B- Hank Blalock RF- Mench/Jordan/Matthews CF- Eric Young (Nix was struggling and was demoted he's spent the past month in AA/AAA and hit below .200 but he's happy) LF- Dellucci AKA The Godfather or Mench DH- Adrian Gonzalez Rotation Rogers Drese Benoit (replaces Lewis and has thrown 2 shutouts in his first 3 starts!!!) Rodriguez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP_Frost Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 okay, I just started a new Dynasty with the White Sox and drastically changed the team. I'm proud of this one. 1B: A. Dunn 2B: J. Uribe 3B: J. Crede SS: B. Upton/ J. Reyes LF: T. Hunter CF: W. Harris RF: M. Ordonez C: B. Davis DH: A. Rowand Bench: CF: T. Perez RF: J. Borchard SS: B. Upton/ J. Reyes C: G. Quiroz 1B: A. Laroche 3B: T. Jones Rotation: SP: A. Pettitte SP: F. Garcia SP: M. Buehrle SP: J. Garland SP: B. Kim Bullpen: LRP: N. Cotts MRP: C. Reitsma MRP: B. Duckworth SU: D. Marte CP: K. Tadano I really like this team. Young players, fast players...some great defense and solid hitting. Bullpen is not the strongest, but gets the job done. Starting rotation is pretty good I think. I'm gonna play both Reyes and Upton at shortstop and see which player I like better and I might start Laroche at first and move Dunn to the outfield, in which case Harris will be a bench player. any comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasrangers13 Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 Dunn is the best but i'll guess he'll do for you...I love the Upton/Reyes combo. comments on mine? Anyone interested in reading a newspaper style report of my dynasty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_is_theman Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 Anyone interested in reading a newspaper style report of my dynasty? sure wy not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBJays Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 1. CF Carlos Beltran 2. DH Bruce Garrick (rookie) 3. 1B Albert Pujols 4. LF Andruw Jones 5. C Dioner Navarro (rookie) 6. RF Magglio Ordonez 7. 3B Mark Texeira 8. 2B Rafael Santiago 9. SS Cesar Izturis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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