The Swamp

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!

I assumed jjonelwygh was welsh for sheep.

Nice (x2).

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

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

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

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.

That's incredible.

Jay Walker on the Offenders.....funny

That logo! Phenomenal work JC.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Did Bronto get injured yet?

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.

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.

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

Local Popularity: Insignificant
National Pop.: Insignificant

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.

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

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

This mirrors my home life.

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.

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

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.

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

This describes so many aspects of my life.

Go Oats!

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.

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

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.

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

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

It's fantastic.

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

Gold star, slow clap, etc.

Oats opener today. Palpable buzz.

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)

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

Sweet, I'm already "hurt".

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

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

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

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.