rookie_rick

Braves kick off 4th of July against Masterson, Red Sox Masterson returns from injury, Ellsbury returns to DL

Red Sox take revenge on Atlanta Saltalamacchia, Ortiz power Boston to victory Boxscore Game 86 @ Atlanta Braves

He is back on the 15 Day DL, which kind of messes up my plans for any possible trades. I have just got Masterson back though and despite him being my set-up man for the rest of the season, i am going to start him in my next game to give him a run out after his fractured arm.

I can't buy a break. Diaz homer to make it 4-1. That's fine. Ellsbury just laid out and made a great catch to rob Diaz with Hudson on first. Ellsbury has just injured himself again. Just back off of the DL. <_<

Revenge is sweet. Saltalamacchia drives a grand slam in the first inning off of Hudson. 4-0 Boston

I stopped The Show Dynasty because i had some other issues and when i got back to playing games, MVP took priority and i missed doing this Dynasty. I only just started playing on my PS3 and The Show last week after not really touching it for a month or so. The Show is a superb game but it just doesn't has the ability to keep me hooked for a whole season and without investing money i don't really have to buy equipment to make it easy to record the game play. The effort it took to copy everything to a memory stick after each game got extremely tedious as well which detracted from the fun of playing the game. I was 11-16 in June and i am 4-6 in my last 10. The O's have the best last 10 record at 6-4 in my division. They are last at this point. B)

I thought i had no chance because Hernandez was killing me. Once he got injured and the Twins failed to add to their lead, i knew that i had a chance to take something from the series. Minnesota is the team that i am chasing for the Wild Card at this point. Unusually i have a better chance at taking the division than the Wild Card to the play offs at this point.

Inter-league is back. Boston travel to Atlanta for the holiday weekend. Fitting series to mark the holiday weekend, 2008 WS rematch

Teixeira powers Boston to much needed win Hernandez injured as Twins 'Pen stumble Boxscore Game 85 Vs Minnesota Twins

Beckett has been okay for me this season. He fell short of being a 20 game winner last season but won't get close to that this year. He is in his final year of an expensive contract. I have many pitching prospects and so this could be the last season he will be wearing the Red Sox uniform.

Boston are looking to regain some home pride Beckett and Hernandez going toe to toe for victory That is supposed to say Beckett opposed to Matsuzaka

I think there is lots of us have that desire but they legally can't release it on PC. Assuming that SCEA don't miraculously acquire the license, it sadly won't happen. I think that you will be using MVP for at least another season :)

I made the decision to play this way because I don't trust Theo as a GM and so I couldn't cope with using the real life rosters I also wanted to have the ability to bring a bunch of prospects through the system because baseball is a sport where young players are brought through a minor league system and you need to play multiple seasons to allow the young players to progress. All the sports games I have ever played, I have always stopped after a year. My aim when I first started planning this Dynasty was to finish 162 games then go on to make the most of the depth of the Dynasty mode. I have always liked the managerial aspects of games and the only way to hav the ability to do that is to play several seasons at a minimum. What type of fantasy season you interested in doing, a complete fantasy draft or just make the transaction yourself opposed to relying on real life moves?

When you was 10 games back with the Cubs, your team was improved with Monroe and that was just enough to get you into the playoffs. The only way i can improve my team is to give up prospects, something i am very unwilling to do. I also have my hands tied with the team i have. I have Ramirez, Teixeira, Ortiz, Youkilis and Drew all who are too expensive to just sit on the bench and so it limits the areas i can try to improve. I took a risk with Keppinger at shortstop and that may have been a mistake. Without trading some of the veteran guys, the only position i can acquire someone for without having much of an issue with benching a player is center field. It wouldn't be a big deal if Ellsbury sat for the rest of the season or visited AAA. I also having an issue arising with Lars Anderson and Mark Wagner being ready for the ML team by next season. That means that Teixeira or Ortiz must go to allow Anderson to come through and i have Salty as my long term catcher, i could platoon Wagner and Salty next season or give Wagner one more season in AAA. When i first decided that i would continue with the Red Sox for multiple seasons, i was really happy that i have so many quality prospects but now it is driving me crazy. Daniel Bard is still stuck struggling in single A, that is my only decent prospect that is having a poor start to their career.

I hate my bullpen. Valverde was a let down last season after acquiring him from the Astros and been just as disappointing so far. I got rid of Okajima last season and that didn't pay off. I signed Huston Street and Wes Littleton as free agents and they have performed slightly better. Street has been pretty good. I am 5.5 games back and down in fourth with the Orioles .5 game behind me. If the Braves sweep me, i am going to be looking toward next season and unload some salary because my payroll is well controlled currently but next season i can see the limit being reduced and so i am going to look towards prospects and the future.

Stars hit the trading block Boston place Craig Hansen, Wes Littleton and Manny Delcarmen on the trading block, making it clear that there time in Boston may be up. All three relievers have struggled hugely this season. Hansen and Delcarmen also struggled last season for Boston. Littleton was signed as a free agent in the off-season from Texas. Despite making these players available, Boston will not accept any mediocre offers for any of the 3 stars.

You are doing a 2006 Red Sox Dynasty, ain't you? You are doing a good job of it so far :)

Sounds great. I can't wait for you to get started with it.

Justin Masterson will make one start on his return from injury and then he will become the Red Sox set up man. Boston will have to make room in the bullpen for Masterson and may lead to the release of one of the less successful relievers.

That's great man. What team you going to choose?

Deal! How about you take over the job at my Red Sox and i take control of your A's I am going to indulge in some Show 09. My RTTS will make me feel slightly better. Not by much though -_-

Mauer slams Twins to victory. Boston drop to fourth in East and 5.5 games back. Liriano shut down the Red Sox for a much needed confidence boost Boxscore Game 84 Vs Minnesota Twins