Tampa Bay Devil Rays Owner Mode

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Update:

Victor Martinez hit his 12th homer of the season in the final game against the Angels to tie Aubrey Huff for the team lead.And Gathright raised his average to .269

I finished the home stand with a little over 2.8 M.So I bought a peanut vendor and a soda vendor, plus I also bought the level 2 Restautrant upgrade.

Strikey Mikey's will be the next thing I buy.

edit:

next major update will come after the 3 game series with the Red Sox.

[APR]

Dang!!

$2.8 M, how I loathe and hate you!!! And with the D'Rays, talk about Cinderfella story!!

[goose]

Another quick update

Victor Martinez homered in his third straight game to take the lead in home runs with the D-Rays at 13.Baldelli has hit safely in 14 straight games, and Colome gave up a homer in his 4th straight appearance as the Red Sox pounded Tampa Bay 10-2 in the second game of the series.

If Colome gives up a homer in his next appearance(minimum 1 inning) I'm sending down to the minors.

Joey Gathright has been impressive so far in filling in for the Injured Crawford.He is hitting better than I thought he would, and he's doing a good job of driving in runs in the leadoff spot, something Crawford struggles with.Also his speed is just unreal.

He keeps this up and he will challenege Baldelli for the starting job in centerfield come spring training.

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Year 1-September 1st

81-53: 4.5 games ahead of the Yankees, 5.0 ahead of Red Sox.

LF: Carl Crawford-.278 2 HR 35 RBI 99 SB(Leads MLB in SB and 3B,9th in R)(7 day DL with a sprained rib cage)

CF: Rocco Baldelli-.280 7 HR 60 RBI 93 SB(2nd in SB)

1B: Aubrey Huff-.329 12 HR 65 RBI(5th in BA,10th in hits)

RF: Danny Bautista-.310 5 HR 79 RBI

DH: Travis Lee-.308 2 HR 41 RBI

C: Victor Martinez-.296 13 HR 52 RBI

2B: Roberto Alomar-.286 1 HR 32 RBI 36 SB(510 career SB)(7th in SB)

3B: Alex S. Gonzalez-.269 3 HR 31 RBI

SS: Julio Lugo-.227 0 HR 30 RBI 50 SB(5th in SB)

Bench:

Brian Buchanan-.271 0 HR 4 RBI

B.J Upton-.208 1 HR 12 RBI 42 SB(6th in SB)

C: Toby Hall-.229 2 HR 23 RBI

Josh Phelps-.252 3 HR 12 RBI

Joey Gathright-.242 0 HR 6 RBI 19 SB

Rotation:

1-Robert Bell 14-5 2.77 Era 116 k(T-2nd in Wins)

2-Mark Hendrickson 14-5 1.52 Era 111 k(T-3rd in Wins,lowest era,1st in CG,2nd average against,1st in Shutouts)

3-Cassey Fossum 6-5 2.61 Era 59 k

4-Dewon Brazelton 13-9 3.34 Era 139 k(T-3rd in Wins,9th in shutouts,7th in CG)

5-Doug Weatcher 8-10 3.15 Era 103 k

Bullpen:

LRP-Jorge Sosa 9-2 2.07 era 49 K

LRP-Travis Harper 1-0 1.78 Era 26 k (3rd in era,lowest average against)

MRP-Lance Carter 3-3 2.90 era 36 k

MRP-Jesus Colome 5-3 4.21 era 41 k(5th in average against)

SU-Trever Miller 1-2 2.33 era 32 k (7th in era)

Closer-Danny Baez 1-1 1.76 era 28 k 38 saves(T-1st in saves)

Finances:

Revenue-$67.9M

Expenses-$73.8M

Income-(-)$5.89M

Bank-(-)$885 k

Payroll-$70.7 Million

Level 2 Seating-25000 capacity: 4 sold out games (Average 20872)

Level 2 Restaurant

Ice Cream

Pop Corn

Pizza

Peanut

Soda

Went 19-9 in the month of August, it what may turn out to be a pivotal month.

Rocco Baldelli is on a 17 game hitting streak, matching Huff for the longest of the season.

And since I am in September lets see some magic numbers:

AL East:D-rays=25

AL Central:Twins=27

AL West:Mariners=23

AL WildCard:Yankees=30

NL East:Mets=18

NL Central:Cardinals=28

NL West:Giants=21

NL Wildcard:Cubs=29

Also there are 4 games left for the Minor League teams, when those are over I will be posting minor league stuff such as team MVP's , the best pitcher and player from each team, players who will fight for spots next year, and so on.

If any of you guys want info posted about a specific player, let me know.

[goose]

Quick update:

Carl Crawford returned in the final game against the Yankees and went 3-5 with an rbi and his 100th stolen base.In that same game Rocco Baldelli had a team high 19 game hitting streak snapped.

Minor Leagues

Notables players (A)

1B/DH:Jeff Grimes:.282 7 HR 33 RBI

1B:Jesse Suzuki:.304/5/32

3B:James Newhan:.309/7/36

C:Dan Averetta:.302/10/39

2B:Gil Bellhorn:.276/10/41

SP:Jason Roa:8-7 201 era 104 k

SP Jeff Grapich:7-2/2.65/66

LRP:David Rameriz:12-3/3.02/109

SU:Chase Bailas:11-7/1.58/142

MVP:Chase Bailas

(AA)

LF:Jason Machado:.309/19/72

1B:Robert Levine:.289/16/49

MVP:Jason Machado

(AAA)

RF:Delmon Young:.332/4/20

1B/2B:Darren Gossler:.320/7/20

2B/SS:Jorge Cantu:.279/17/30

SP:Jermi Gonzalez:13-7/3.02/127

MVP:Jorge Cantu

Records:

A:47-23, won the division(First Half) 37-33 3rd, made the playoffs (second half)

AA:26-44 last(first half) 33-37 4th(second half)

AAA:64-80 3rd place

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Took two out of three from the Yankees.Unless something drastic happens they are pretty much done for the season as they are 7.5 back with about 15 games left to play.In the second game of the series Bell gave up 5 runs in 4 innings and took the loss.After a Santanian like half that saw him go 11-2 with a 2.17 era and 84 strike outs, he has gone 4-4 while raising his era .52 points and striking out 41.So his second half numbers have been the norm for him and hopefully he returns to his first half form for the playoffs.

I have decided not to resign Jesus Colome after the season is over.He gave up 3 more solo shots against the Orioles in a 9-6 win(which was 9-3 until he came in).His era now stands at 4.17 and he has allowed 20 home runs in 68.2 innings.

[goose]

Took two of out three from the Orioles.I head back home for a quick three game set against the Red Sox, the back out on the final road trip of the year for two 3 game series against the Angels and the Indians, before finishing the season at home with a three game series against the Orioles.

I was back into the green after the last homestand, but didnt buy anything in hopes of still having money coming against Boston.It worked as I am still 120k in the green coming into 3 straight 10/10 games.So I should be able to get enough money to but something good.

IMO this series against the Red Sox will determine the AL East Champions.Whoever loses this series goes in as the wildcard.Coming into it I am 6-10 against the Red Sox, so they have already won the Season series.Also I am 9-7 in September.

Out of the 8 available playoff spots, 3 have been filled as of Yesterday.The Seattle Mariners won their 4th AL Western Championship, the San Fransico Giants won the NL Western Championship and the New York Mets won the NL Eastern Championship, ending the Braves 13 year streak.The following races are still going:

AL Central:

Twins

White Sox 5.0

Tigers 5.5

AL East:

Devil Rays

Red Sox 2.5

Yankees 7.5

AL Wildcard:

Red Sox

Yankees 5.0

NL Central:

Cardinals

Cubs 5.5

Astros 6.5

NL Wildcard:

Cubs

Astros: 1.0

Philles 6.5

Reds 7.0

[endeavor]

nice man! You keep continiously winning series', 2 out of 3 against both these last teams is impressive.

[goose]

Yeh I have only lost one series this month, and that was the first one against the Blue Jays.

But I'm danger of losing another.The Red Sox beat me 3-0 in the first game of their series.David Wells just absolutely OWNS ME!! He pitched a complete game, 3 hit shutout.In 4 starts against me he is 4-0, with 3 CG (2 of which are shutouts).In the other complete game I scored 1 run in the 9th, and in the other non complete game I scored 2 runs off him in 8 innings.In 35 innings against me he has allowed just 3 runs.I dont know what it is, I just cant hit this guy.He hides the ball perfectly so I never know whats coming, plus his release point is high, so its hard to read where the ball is going, and his curve ball is just plain nasty!!!! Like I said David Wells OWNS ME!!

Because of him the Red Sox are now just 1.5 back of me.The Yankees lost again, so their Magic Number is now just 1.So another Red Sox win, or Yankee loss not only eliminates them from Playoff Contention, but clinches a playoff spot for me :mrgreen:

[endeavor]

and his curve ball is just plain nasty!!!!

I was dreading to face him in the WS, but was quickly relieved to see the SOX lose in the 1st round. Although I pray this will never happen in real life

This should be an interesting post season for the D-Rays! 8)

[goose]

Game 2 was about the polar opposite of game 1. Mark Hendrickson continued his Cy Young Dominance pitching a CGSO in an 11-0 route of the Red Sox! Bronsyon Arryoy only lasted 2/3 of an inning and gave up 5 runs before an out was even recorded and 6 runs by the time he was done.Victor Martinez single handidly added 3 more with 2 homers in the game.He went 4-5 with 2 homers and 4 rbis.This kid is finding the home run stroke at the right time and hopefully continues it into the playoffs.

Also Carl Crawford and Baldelli are now tied for the MLB lead in stolen bases with 107 a piece.

Yanks still hanging in there, as they put of a 11 spot of their own beating the Orioles 11-2.

Also I have decided to introduce a new feature to this Dynasty.

Web Gems of the month! At the end of every month I will be posting the best web gems of that month.

Edit:

Won game 3 against the Red Sox.Cassey Fossum outdueled Curt Schilling in a 3-1 victory.

Also I made it over the 2m mark again so I bought the Strikey Mikey's concession stand.

Now its on the to last road trip of the season, against Anahiem and Cleveland.

[endeavor]

Good Luck the rest of the way, looks like you could get another 3-4 overall, at least, depending on how many games you have each of these two series. Good Stuff 8)

[goose]

well lost my second series of the month, by losing the first 2 games against Anahiem.Of course this team has been about .500 on the road all year long.Will play game 3 later to try and avoid the sweep.

Well I got swept by the Angels.Bell didnt do very good gonig 4 inning and giving up 5 runs including a grand slam by Garrett Anderson. His now 15-8.

On to Cleveland!

[goose]

Split the first two games with Cleveland and will play the third either tonight or tommorow.

A couple of clinchers today.The Yankees lost to the White Sox so the Red Sox clinched a playoff spot for the third straight year.The Twins clinched their division with a win over the Angels. and the Cardinals and Cubs both clinched a playoff spot. The only remaining races are the AL and NL Wildcard.All four teams are in the playoffs regardless.

With 4 games remaining the Devil Rays are 2.0 up on the Red Sox and the Cardinals are 2.5 up on the Cubs.

Edit:

Well I won my final road game and series of the year, with a thrilling 4-3 victory over Cleveland.I ended up with a 42-39 road record.

Update on the races:

The cubs were shutout by Houston so that Clinches the AL Central for the Cardinals.That also means the Cubs are the NL Wildcard.

And it seems I miscalculated the AL Wildcard and the Yankees standings.

I simmed up to my game against the Orioles at home and New York is playing boston in a 3 games series to end the year.New York beat boston 9-8.

Well it seems New York is miraclously still in this thing.I wrote them off a week ago so I stopped paying attention.But by beating the red sox they are 2 games out, with 2 left to play!!! That means if they sweep the sox they force a one game playoff.But if the Red Sox win one game then its over for the yankees.

Also with the Red Sox loss that puts them 2.5 back heading into my game.With 2 games left after this game that means the elimination # is 1.So if I win, I clinch the east!

So its back home for a 3 game series against the Orioles! Here's hoping for a win!!!

[acpython1]

Hey, just out of curiosity, as a fellow Devil Rays dynasty/owner mode player, why do you have Aubrey at 1B and Lee at DH? Lee is a potential gold glove 1B, Aubrey is a below average fielder.

You seem to have great luck with pitching. Rob Bell, despite being the best rated pitcher according to MVP, seems to have a tendency to have a terrible year. He was the only one in my rotation with a losing record. Although, I simmed most of the season, so your mileage may vary.

The offseason should be interesting for you... in my dynasty, I made a run at the wild card and edged out the BoSox in a one-game playoff, and my budget nearly doubled (A- manager rating)! Although, you already have a good-hitting catcher, as well as a few aces (Brazelton and Hendrickson), so there's not much you need. (In my dynasty I picked up Barry Zito and Ben Sheets to anchor my pitching staff, and had a sign-and-trade deal where I signed Lyle Overbay and traded him to CHC for Derrek Lee).

You're doing great it seems, I like those gaudy SB numbers. Keep at it! 8)

[goose]

Yeh Lee would probably do better defenseivly and I might look into that after this season is done, but the reason I choose not too is that I figured if it aint broke done fix it.He's been doing an adequate job at first and I dont want to chance messing with his good hitting. :wink:

With Bell it seems he has gone back to normal in the second half, hes like 4-6 with like a 4.35 era in the second half.Doesnt bode well for the playoffs but we'll see.As far as my running goes, the numbers are only guardy because I run almost every single time with those guys.Crawford and Baldelli always get awsome jumps, so I run constantly.Its not something managers do nowadays, but if it wasnt for the speed and pitching this team would be horrible. :|

I don't think I'm going to sign anybody major in the offseason.I have some wholes for sure but I'm going to try and plus them with minor leaguers.I want to try to keep the payroll close to where it is until I get the stadium at leat 80% of the way done, or a good amount of money built up.

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Well took two out of three at home against the Orioles.Won the second game 1-0 to clinch the Tampa Devil Rays first AL Eastern title!!! And later that night the Red Sox beat the Yankees 5-2 to clinch the AL wildcard.

Finished September 13-13 and I won both games in October.

[goose]

Year 1-Final 2005 Season stats

96-66:

LF: Carl Crawford-.275/3 HR/45 RBI/109 SB

CF: Rocco Baldelli-.284/7 HR/72 RBI/108 SB

1B: Aubrey Huff-.331/16 HR/78 RBI

RF: Danny Bautista-.307/7 HR/90 RBI

DH: Travis Lee-.296/3 HR/54 RBI

C: Victor Martinez-.298/16 HR/60 RBI

2B: Roberto Alomar-.289/1 HR/35 RBI/40 SB

3B: Alex S. Gonzalez-.269/3 HR/31 RBI

SS: Julio Lugo-.237/1 HR/39 RBI/58 SB

Bench:

Brian Buchanan-.294/0 HR/5 RBI

B.J Upton-.223/1 HR/12 RBI/44 SB

C: Toby Hall-.230/2 HR/24 RBI

Josh Phelps-.246/3 HR/12 RBI

Joey Gathright-.242/0 HR/7 RBI/23 SB

Rotation:

1-Robert Bell 16-8/2.73 Era/133 k

2-Mark Hendrickson 18-5/1.56 Era/132 k

3-Cassey Fossum 8-7/2.70 Era/78 k

4-Dewon Brazelton 15-10/3.32 Era/162 k

5-Doug Weatcher 9-14/3.52 Era/116 k

Bullpen:

LRP-Jorge Sosa 11-2/2.06 Era/63 K

LRP-Travis Harper 2-0/1.86 Era/34 k

MRP-Lance Carter 3-4/3.05 Era/41 k

MRP-Jesus Colome 6-5/4.38 Era/51 k

SU-Trever Miller 1-2/2.00 Era/39 k

Closer-Danny Baez 1-1/1.71 Era/33 k/50 saves

Finances:

Revenue-$85.3M

Expenses-$89.6M

Income-(-)$4.35M

Bank-$650 k

Payroll-$70.7 Million

Level 2 Seating-25000 capacity: 4 sold out games (Average 20889)

Level 2 Restaurant

Ice Cream

Pop Corn

Pizza

Peanut

Soda

Strikey Mikey's

Well thats its for this season.I'll start the playoffs sometime tommorow.

Some career Notables

Roberto Alomar:

2,872 hits

514 stolen bases

Hopefully Roberto does not retire.He needs just 128 hits to reach the 3000 plateu.

Barry Bonds:

743 Home Runs

2,910 hits

If he doesn't retire he needs just 13 home runs to become the all time home run king and he needs 90 hits to also reach the 3000 plateu.

Next will be the Leader Board and the season awards.

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Leaderboard:

BA:Nomar Garciappara-.334 (Huff 3rd)

Home Runs:Todd Helton-50

RBI:Todd Helton-135

SB:Carl Crawford:109(Baldelli 2nd,Lugo 5th,Upton 6th, Alomar 8th)

Runs:Johnny Damon-146

Hits:Johnny Damon-225 (Huff 10th)

2B:Edgar Renteria-46

3B:Carl Crawford-22

BB:Jim Thome-131

OBP:Jim Thome-.456

TB:Todd Helton-353

SLG:Todd Helton-.631

ERA:Mark Hendrickson-1.56(Harper 6th,Miller 7th)

W:Mark Hendrickson,Kirk Rueter,Pedro Martinez-18(Bell 5th, Brazelton 10th)

Saves:Danny Baez-50

AVG:Robb Nen-.197(Harper 2nd, Hendrickson 3rd)

K's:Tom Glavine-214

CG:Hendrickson

Shutouts:Hendrickson

IP:Mark Buhlre(Hendrickson 10th)

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Awards:

MVP:

AL-Ichiro Suzuki:.304/22/76/79

NL-Carlos BeltranL.314/31/100/32

Cy Young:

AL-Mark Hendrickson:18-5/1.56/132

NL-Pedro Martinez:18-8/2.84/191

Rookie of the Year

AL-Jeremy Reed:.278/14/81

NL-Mike Williamson:.289/19/59

Rolaids Relief Man of the Year

AL-Danny Baez:1.71/50 saves/33 k's

NL-Brandon Looper:/1.07/46/37

Edgar Martinez Award:

David Ortiz:.308/30/104

Silver Sluggers

AL:

C:Joe Maur:.308/18/68

1B:Richie Sexson:.303/33/98

2B:Brett Boone:.275/18/80

3B:Alex Rodriguez:.207/35/104

SS:Derek Jeter:.298/25/90

OF:Ichiro:.304/22/76

OF:Johnny Damon:.333/29/102

OF:Manny Rameriz:.330/41/133

NL:

P:Mark Prior:.370/3/13

C:Mike Piazza:.318/27/107

1B:Todd Helton:.320/50/135

2B:Kazu Matsui:.291/13/62

3B:Scott Rolen:.299/28/72

SS:Jimmy Rollins:.273/24/71

OF:Carlos Beltran:.314/31/100

OF:Barry Bonds:.204/40/118

OF:J.D Drew:.315/25/116

Gold Gloves

AL:

P:Mark Hendrickson

C:Ivan Rodriguez

1B:Travis Lee(who was it that said he would be a GG?)

2B:Roberto Alomar

3B:Eric Chavez

SS:Derek Jeter

OF:Ichiro

OF:Torri Hunter

OF:Johnny Damon

NL:

P:Greg Maddux

C:Mike Matheny

1B:Todd Helton

2B:Luis Castillo

3B:Scott Rolen

SS:Omar Vizquel

OF:Andrew Jones

OF:Jim Edmonds

OF:Larry Walker

[goose]

Well now that the regular season is over its time for the playoffs.

Both the D-Rays and the A team made it in and I will be playing the A teams playoffs as well as the D-Rays.

The ALDS looks like this:

Devil Rays

vs

Twins

Mariners

vs

Red Sox

NLDS:

Mets

vs

Cubs

Cardinals

vs

Giants

A couple of quick notes.I am going with a 4 man rotation in the ALDS.Sending Weatcher to the bullpen for long relief.

Game 1 will be Johan Santana vs Mark Hendrickson

Game 2 will be Terry Molhulland vs Rob Bell

Game 3 will be Carlos Silva vs Cassey Fossum

[APR]

Have fun and good luck playing against the Twins!!

[goose]

The Devil Rays won their first ever playoff game by beating the twins 4-1!

It was heck of a pitchers duel threw 5 innings like I figured it would be.Both pitcher had only given up 1 hit through 5 before the twins started to unravel.Santana got Lugo to strike out but then Crawford started it off with a double down the line.Baldelli then blooped a single into center and Crawford scored.A stolen base, a double, and 2 errors later and it was 3-0.

The D-Rays got some more insurance in the 8th when another error by the Twins allowed a run to score.

Colome came into the 9th, got a strike out and popup before turning back into himself.A double and a single later and it was 4-1.I thought of bringing Baez in to finish it but I let Colome stay and he got the Ford to fly out to Crawford to end the game.

Santana:7.0 IP 8 h 4 er 4 BB 5 K (L)

Hendrickson:8.0 IP 2 h 0 er 0 BB 5 K (W)

Notables

Baldelli: 2-4 1 rbi 2 sb

Huff: 1-1 3 BB

Twins committed 3 errors

Also the Mariners Beat the Red Sox 3-2, the Mets defeated the Cubs 4-3, and the Giants were victorious over the Cardinals 3-2.

[goose]

An exciting game 2 it most certianly was!

Bell struggled in the first giving up 2 runs and throwing 24 pitches but from the 2nd through the 6th he settled down.Along the way I got some power from some surprising places.Down 2-0 Travis Lee turned on a inside Mulholland curve ball and sent it over the right field fence to make it 2-1.Bell then started to stuggled again and gave up 1 more in the 7th before getting out of it with a dp.Rocco Baldelli then came through in the bottom of the 7th and took a low Ricon fastball and deposited it over the left field fence. I then put if Waechter to work long relief.In the bottom of the 8th, Roberto Alomoar who had just 1 hit clear the fences all year long took a high changeup from Ricon and watch Torrii Hunter just miss it as it clear centerfield to tie it up.

The game went into extras as Waechter continued to pitch well in long relief. But in the bottom of the 11th things swayed in the D-Rays favor.After Baldelli struck out, Huff singled.With Bautista coming up I thought about pich running bt decided I wanted to leave Huffs big bat in the lineup.Baustista then doubled making me wish I had pinch ran for Huff who had to stay at third.Travis Lee came up and fouled off some tough pitches before hitting a popup to Torri Hunter in Center Field.I decided to risk it and sent Huff.Luckily Hunter's throw was offline as Huff slid in to win the game!!!

Mollhulland: 6.0/9/3 er/2 k

Bell:70/11/3 er/3 k

Notables

Waechter:4.0/2/0 er/3 k (W)

Huf: 3-5

Lee:2-4 HR 2 RBI (GW)

Baldelli 1-5 HR

Alomar: 1-4 HR

Also the Red Sox beat the Mariners 4-2 to even up their series at a game a pieace.The Mets beat the Cubs 12-11 to go up 2-0, and the Giants beat the Cards 5-2 to also go up 2-0.

One thing I noticed is that during playoff games I'm not charged expenses while at home.All profit goes right to the bank.So with 3.14M to spend I bought a dugout dogs and Level 2 HR Celebration.

On to Minnesota looking for the sweep!

[goose]

AND THATS A SWEEP!!!!

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays win their first playoff series and are going to the ALCS!!!!!

Cassey Fossum comes in a pitches the best start of his career since his major league debut! Tossing a 2 hit CHSO with 3 k's as the D-rays win 3-0! Huff,Bautista, and Gonzalez all drove in a run.

Its was a pitchers duel for 7 innings as Silva was just mowing me down, but for some reason Gardenhire took him out and put Romero in.He then proceed to allow two baserunners to score and gave up another run in the 9th.Bad managerial decision there.

Fossum: 9 IP/2/0 er/ 3 k (W)

Silva: 7.2/7/2 er/1 BB/6 k

Notables"

Huff: 2-4 1 RBI

Gonzalez: 3-4 1 RBI

For the rest of the series

BOS/SEA

Boston won game 3 9-5 and game 4 6-5

Boston wins the Series 3-1

Cubs/Mets

Cubs won game 3 11-10 and game 4 4-2.But the Mets won the Final Game 5 4-3.

Mets win the series 3-2

Giants/Cards

Giants win game 3 4-3 to sweep the Cardinals

ALCS:

Tampa Bay

vs

Boston

NLCS

San Fransisco

vs

New York

Thats next but first the A playoffs.I'll post abotu them later.