JoeRudi26

Good luck in game 2, rick.  I'm 4 games under .500 too.  I feel for you though, that actually means something in the A.L. East.

Tough loss, rick.  It's so frustrating to not be able to throw some offense together nearly the entire game.  I know it all too well.

lol, it's a promise. Beer sounds good. ^_^

Careful, it's about a step up from a Rick Roll..

Nice, rick. I was going to ask you if you'd post the lineups earlier, but I didn't want to impose any work on you. Corey Hart? The same one that wrote Sunglasses At Night? Seriously though, that's a pretty potent A.L. lineup. Arod, Vlad, and Ortiz? ugh..

MVP does do some strange things in this department, not that it's a big deal, I don't usually dwell in the All-Star game anyway.  But for some reason, I remember the CPU was drawn to players that had a lot of stolen bases.  I'll be there in a week or so, but I'm sure I'll just sim it anyway. You figured out what you're going to do with the ASG yet?

You've had a good day today, rick.  3-1? 4-1?  I'd take it.   ^_^

I've never taken one into the 8th.  Ever.

2 steps forward, 1 step back.  At least it's not 3 steps back.   B)

Good win rick, looks like you're catching up to the real schedule too.  Do you plan on playing along with the real schedule?  Or just whenever the urge strikes you.

You gotta love this game, what's a good movie without the villain? No wonder there's 162 games in a season.

wooHOO!!  Don't take it for granted, right now, a win is a win.   :D

I'm actually 5-5 in my last 10.  After a 9-18 June, that's a monumental accomplishment.  Losing Holliday is going to crush my offense, but I'll deal with that if/when it happens. Just curious though, you said you were playing a Show Dynasty too?  Are you presenting it somewhere else?

Other than getting his pocket picked, it looked like Beckett came through.  Congrats, I can see it was a much needed win.  Always good to get them from the good teams in the league, too. :drinks:

Our records are almost identical, rick, too bad you're division is a much steeper hill to climb.  Man, it's a long season, anything can happen. With Beckett on the mound, you should be able to notch one here.  Good luck.  B)

Not really sure yet, and since it would probably not be until next baseball season, I probably don't even know what game it would be played with.   What I would give for Sony to put The Show '10 on PC, and have it be completely moddable..   :mellow:

The way that you and I play are classic examples of what it's like to play a season at either end of the spectrum.  I play one compact season with accurate rosters (pretty close) and basically am "controlled" by what happens in the Majors, you, on the other hand, and like a lot of other people, have made a decision to have that control not only for the current season, but since you've decided to play multiple seasons consecutively, you're forced to do what's best for your team in the future, which involves making decisions now.   I've always stopped short of doing this because I didn't want to close the door on the possibility that I may want to play with someone else the next year, or just the simple fact that a new and better baseball game may come out and I wouldn't be able to accumulate stats over a period of time anyway.   I can honestly tell you that I have never played this way at least since baseball video games have aquired the real MLB and/or Player's license.   I don't feel confined by playing the game the way I do, as a matter of fact I prefer it, but I can feel a "fantasy" season coming on, I'm just getting the itch to do something totally different.

I hear you, it's definitely frustrating.  Like you, I'm 5.5 back, next to last place in the A.L. West.  But since I only play one season at a time (instead of consecutively), I'm going to keep on pushing with what I have and finish my season the best that I can.   I will say this, I've been down further than this before (10 games at All Star Break with Cubs in 2007), but the downside is I'm more than likely going to lose Holliday, and this A's team just simply doesn't have the talent to overpower anyone in the league. This may be the worst A's team I've ever played my seasons with, but at least it will be a challenge.  Either way, I hope you follow this one to the end, it'll be interesting to see where you wind up.

Uh oh, shakin' it down. Hopefully some of these moves will pan out for you. A weak bullpen can be very frustrating.

We're pathetic rick.  Let's go get a beer.. B)

Good luck against the Twins, rick, looks like they're playing pretty good ball.  

I'll consider myself lucky if I get 2 wins out of the next 6 games.  Like you, I'll do the best I can and then refocus after the break.

Man rick, your games are starting to look like mine.  Too many losses.  Unfortunately, Boston is extremely tough in my dynasty and I've got the nexy 3 games with them. Ugh.. <_<

rick, I looked back through your thread but I didn't see it, just curious what schedule you are using.

I just dontated to through the Donation option, guess that was ok?