Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - FINAL AWARDS & SEASON WRAP-UP

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:58 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:38 pm
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 6:58 amHailing from Ffucjonellwygh, Wales, Tom 1860...
I'm sad that nobody got this.

Ha!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:00 pm

I assumed jjonelwygh was welsh for sheep.

Post by **brian** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:56 pm

Nice (x2).

Post by **brian** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:57 pm

The problem is that was too close to an actual Welsh word.

TT2.0 · Post by **TT2.0** » Sat Mar 24, 2018 3:30 am

sidearm delivery for me please, and is it possible to change me from "mild mannered on and off the field" to "jackass ill tempered idiot who repeatedly depletes the trainers office of drugs and sodomizes black strippers?" i prefer art to imitate life

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Mar 24, 2018 6:12 am

If I was still in Korea I'd have an Oats jersey made for me.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 6:42 am

Alright Frogs and Oats, we now have a site for our league up and running:

Swamp Baseball League
Burlington Sports Frogs Home
Holland Oats Home

You can browse through the site to view league news, stats, standings, team rosters, etc. All the current-year stuff has zeroes since the season hasn't started yet, but you can still see last year's stats on your profiles.

What I'm going to do for the new season is instead of the posts with embedded images like before, post shorter summaries each week, with quick links to the updated stats, etc.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 7:23 am

That's incredible.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:14 am

Jay Walker on the Offenders.....funny

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:36 am

That logo! Phenomenal work JC.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 9:48 am

Long relief? I thought I proved myself last year. Who the fuck is this Alex Valverde prick? Gonna go tell him some jokes, maybe he'll pull an oblique.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:03 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 9:48 am Long relief? I thought I proved myself last year. Who the fuck is this Alex Valverde prick? Gonna go tell him some jokes, maybe he'll pull an oblique.

You'll be a starter. I ran the auto-manager to add a few spare players for spring training and it must have re-set the staff roles. Don't worry, you'll be in the rotation and Alex Valverde will have to eat shit.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:38 am

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 6:42 am Alright Frogs and Oats, we now have a site for our league up and running:

Swamp Baseball League
Burlington Sports Frogs Home
Holland Oats Home

You can browse through the site to view league news, stats, standings, team rosters, etc. All the current-year stuff has zeroes since the season hasn't started yet, but you can still see last year's stats on your profiles.

What I'm going to do for the new season is instead of the posts with embedded images like before, post shorter summaries each week, with quick links to the updated stats, etc.

Will pitchers' batting stats appear at some point?

I'm, uh, asking for a friend who has heard chicks dig the long ball.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:49 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:38 amWill pitchers' batting stats appear at some point?

I'm, uh, asking for a friend who has heard chicks dig the long ball.

Will have to check to see if that can be part of the online output.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 1:53 pm

Did Bronto get injured yet?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 5:36 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:38 am Will pitchers' batting stats appear at some point?

I'm, uh, asking for a friend who has heard chicks dig the long ball.

OK, go to your player page here, then under Career Pitching Stats click the link for 2017 Burlington - SBL, and that will take you to all stats from last year including pitchers' hitting. I'll have to see how it tracks those things for the current season once it starts.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:14 am

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 5:36 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:38 am Will pitchers' batting stats appear at some point?

I'm, uh, asking for a friend who has heard chicks dig the long ball.

OK, go to your player page here, then under Career Pitching Stats click the link for 2017 Burlington - SBL, and that will take you to all stats from last year including pitchers' hitting. I'll have to see how it tracks those things for the current season once it starts.

Thank you, sir.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:01 am

DSafetyGuy's career priorities:

5. Winning a championship
4. Winning a Cy Young award
3. Earning the respect of his peers
2. Scoring a big free-agent contract
1. Seeing pitchers' batting stats

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:11 am

Local Popularity: Insignificant
National Pop.: Insignificant

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:41 am

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:11 am Local Popularity: Insignificant
National Pop.: Insignificant

If it makes you feel better, the game classifies like 80% of players this way.

Post by **Sabo** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 11:29 am

You gotta appreciate my sacrifice bunt rating is 80. HALL OF FAME, HERE I COME.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:07 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:11 am Local Popularity: Insignificant
National Pop.: Insignificant

This mirrors my home life.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:35 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:41 am
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:11 am Local Popularity: Insignificant
National Pop.: Insignificant

If it makes you feel better, the game classifies like 80% of players this way.

I’m unknown. I’m striving for insignificance.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:50 am

Giff should probably handle lefties as part of a platoon. I don't care for the...arms angle.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:31 am

Making the final preparations and then will run Spring Training to post the end of this week.

Editing the schedule is tricky, but I will try to get it set up so that the Frogs and Oats play each other a few times during the season.

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:13 pm

She gets good movement on both pitches, but her control is just about average.

This describes so many aspects of my life.

Go Oats!

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:45 am

SPRING TRAINING UPDATE

Quick recap of spring training while prepping for the start of the regular season next week...

The Burlington Sports Frogs and Holland Oats each "won" their divisions during spring with records of 17-11 and 18-10 respectively, for what it's worth. Spring Training stats are kind of a mess, with the spare players mixed in to fill out the rosters, so I'll just call out a few notably good/bad performances:

HOT:
wlu_lax: .463 BA, 7 HR in 54 AB
P.D.X.: .369, 4 HR in 65 AB
howard: 3-0, 1.69 ERA in 24 IP
govmentchedda: 3-1, 1.80 ERA in 20 IP

NOT:
Ryan: .172 BA, 0 HR in 64 AB
BSF21: .143, 2 HR in 70 AB
Sabo: 2-1, 8.02 ERA in 21 IP

Burlington kicks off the season next week with a road series at old division rivals the Utica Clubs, then a home series vs. the Wilmington Creditors.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2017 4:52 amFuck Utica.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2017 7:32 amFuck Utica.

BSF21 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2017 12:56 pm---Fuck Utica
---Fuck Enoch Root
---Fuck Orange 45

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2017 7:36 amFuck Utica.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2017 7:13 amFuck Wilmington.

Holland kicks off their inaugural campaign with two road series against divisional foes: first at the Rockford Files, then at the Kalamazoo Meat Gayzers.

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Mar 23, 2018 11:10 amJust want to pop in and say "fuck Burlington".

UPDATED SITE LINKS
League Home
Standings
Team Index

Burlington Sports Frogs
Team Home Page
Schedule

Holland Oats
Team Home Page
Schedule

Once we get some regular season stats in, I will post direct links to those as well.

See you next week.

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:55 am

The logo for the Swamp Baseball League is tremendous, by the way.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:30 am

virtual wlu_lax6 is only the 5th highest payroll in the league...no wonder he is surly. At least the fans in Burlington love him.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:16 am

I don't know why, but every time I read Shreveport Ratchets I giggle.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:21 am

Sabo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:55 am The logo for the Swamp Baseball League is tremendous, by the way.

It's fantastic.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:23 am

Maybe the Oats could have special brunch events on Sunday afternoon games, where eggs benedict is served. Could call it Holland Days.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:39 am

Gold star, slow clap, etc.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:35 am

Oats opener today. Palpable buzz.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:55 am

WEEK 1 UPDATE

The Burlington Sports Frogs stumbled out of the gate in their championship defense, dropping two of three both to Utica and Wilmington to end the first week of the season at 2-4. Their pitching was the main culprit, racking up a team ERA of 7.57.

This Week: 2-4
Season: 2-4 (4th in Div.)
Next Week: at Danbury (3 gms.), at Middlesex (3 gms.)

The Holland Oats got off to a rough start as well, splitting two games with Rockford (the third was rained out), before dropping two of three to Kalamazoo to end the week at 2-3. Their pitching generally held up well, but they were plagued by poor performance at the plate, batting just .228 as a team.

This Week: 2-3
Season: 2-3 (4th in Div.)
Next Week: vs. Duluth (3 games), vs. Parma (3 games)

NEWS AND NOTES

- Holy shit, Ryan actually hit a home run! Wilmington pitcher Mark Walters will be the laughingstock of the league for a while.

- In typical fashion, Bronto made it just a few games into the season before coming down with his first injury, a mild oblique strain—however, he was fine by the next game. Sorry, BFJ.

- duff missed the Oats' first series with biceps tendinitis, but returned to hit .429 with a homer in his first 3 games.

- Kind of an oversight on my part—to start the season, I had set the rosters with just 5 pitchers in the bullpens. I know now that's too few, so I'm going to swap in a pitcher in place of a position player for each team for next week. SpongeLikeNinja and devilfluff will join Burlington and Holland, respectively, with kranepool and cerrano heading down to the minors for now.

- Similar to the above, as the need arises to promote new players to the roster for injuries, etc., I'll "convert" random minor leaguers to various Swampers present and past.

Site pages are updated.

SWAMP BASEBALL LEAGUE
League Home
Standings
Team Index

Burlington Sports Frogs
Team Home Page
Batting Stats
Pitching Stats
Schedule (click past results for box scores/recaps)

Holland Oats
Team Home Page
Batting Stats
Pitching Stats
Schedule (click past results for box scores/recaps)

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:59 am

Post-game interview? Umm...sure let me just go back to my locker and uh...neaten up a little.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:03 am

Sweet, I'm already "hurt".

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:15 am

Goodness we (Me especially) leave a lot of men on base...

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:34 am

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:03 am Sweet, I'm already "hurt".

Me too! I got hurt in the 2nd inning.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Apr 06, 2018 11:07 am

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:03 am Sweet, I'm already "hurt".

That was my fault for letting you pitch into the 7th when you clearly weren't getting the job done.

You should be OK for your next start, though.