2006 Playoffs Sim 2 Complete (WC2) - Next Sim Mon 5/26

[Matt]

Next SIM: Mon 5/26

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- DFA: WC (released)

[Z]

Spoiler

YES.

Steve Suarez completes one of the greatest playoff series I've ever seen with his SECOND two home run game of the series.

He finished the six-game series with a .409/.536/1.227 slash line and six home runs. Monstrous.

Unfortunately, Amri Sau strained his quad running the bases and will miss the rest of the postseason. Too bad. He had a nice series.

Raulo Gutierrez is still out two weeks. Maybe we can get him back in relief late in a Brewmasters Series? It would be cool.

On to Syracuse!

[Delandis]

Spoiler

Injuries to the deep Playboys roster has allowed us to sneak into the IL Championship Series.

I'm not going to lie. It's definitely nice to get revenge on the Playboys after they knocked out a much better squad (than what we have this go around) in 2003. Ironically, this team matched up better against WC mainly because we DIDN'T live by the long ball. ROY candidate, Terumoto Chiba and veteran outfielder, Alex Gomez both hit over .500 for the series. Throw in Chuck Durham's throwback performance and you have a recipe for upset. The old Washington model of small ball won the day for us this time.

I'm also very happy with our overall pitching performance in the series as well.
Our #1 goal was to keep the ball in the park and with Caplan's big lefty bat on the sidelines it made our job a bit easier, especially in Phillips Field. Our standout performance came from Sadaharu Katsura who pitched 14.1 IP with just 3 ER and an amazing .163 OBA. We knew if we could stay in it early our bullpen could give us time to score and that's what happened. Good series, Jistic and hopefully we can do this again next year. :)

Washington is different type of animal and unfortunately I don't have currently have the specific bullets I think I'll need to take them down. We'll have to get lucky with an early win in D.C. and pray that D'Orio and Ladd stay cold (not likely) to have a chance.

[Z]

Spoiler

Export is in.

Ready to move one step closer to my first Brewmasters appearance in 22 years.

[Jistic]

Congrats Prez. Even before the injuries I never felt good about this team. I'm hoping to make some adjustments in the off season and hoping some guys bounce back a little. Davenports announced that nothing is going to be easy anymore in the Bock.

[funclown]

There go the 1's. Windy City appears cursed. I think we can all agree it's better then a "regular season" team.

I hope I'm wrong, but I can see how this is playing out.

Go remaining DL teams!! Need to stop this.

[umd]

There go the 1's. Windy City appears cursed. I think we can all agree it's better then a "regular season" team.

I hope I'm wrong, but I can see how this is playing out.

Go remaining DL teams!! Need to stop this.

DL sucks, pre and post Him.

[funclown]

DL sucks, pre and post Him.

Umm Maine held up in the 80's. Hartford / Pawtucket / Indy were pretty stacked in the 90's. Not saying the IL wouldn't of gotten they're share but we need to take that decade away.

This decade.... Yep we are the AFC of the 80s no question. Some really good teams in the IL right now.

[Jake]

I'm ready whenever.

[umd]

Umm Maine held up in the 80's. Hartford / Pawtucket / Indy were pretty stacked in the 90's. Not saying the IL wouldn't of gotten they're share but we need to take that decade away.

This decade.... Yep we are the AFC of the 80s no question. Some really good teams in the IL right now.

I don't count the 90s. The BLB was remodeling.

[umd]

Who you got?

Maine (poor Z is cursed) so I'll take him and try and reverse it - Sorry Jake. MAI in 7.

Pat will win again. Sorry, Prez. We'll have to hear about how he's the greatest of all time for even longer. WAS in 6.

[Z]

I'm not cursed. Just snakebitten.

[funclown]

Well got 3 of 4 last round. (Fucken a Windy City)

Syracuse in 6. It's going to be close. Actually if Maine can split The first two games they have a real shot since Maine is much better at home versus the road. Syracuse has won 12 out of 13 and they feel a bit like Indy of last season. This also might be it for them with Dallas soon to make its move.

Washington in 6. Like UMD said when I saw Pat get his team off to such a hot start you almost can see where this is going.

I hate, hate , HATE repeating my thoughts from last season but the DL Championship feels like a consolation series yet again.

[Delandis]

Who you got?

Maine (poor Z is cursed) so I'll take him and try and reverse it - Sorry Jake. MAI in 7.

Pat will win again. Sorry, Prez. We'll have to hear about how he's the greatest of all time for even longer. WAS in 6.

It all hinges on if we can keep can keep D'Orio and particularly, Ladd under wraps. We're facing WC again but this time they HAVE Caplan in Ladd. I think that if we can keep the ball in the park like we did with WC, we've got a chance. Tall order? I know but we're the best in the IL at what we do (small ball) right now. Keep the score low and get into the late innings where our bullpen can dominate and there's our opportunity to shock the world.

I know by typing this, I just allowed Ladd to hit 7 or 8 home runs this series. I never truly bet against my team despite my posted predictions, so I'm going to say:

BALTIMORE IN 6.
Maine in 7.

[Jake]

I think we continue our hot streak. I like Maine a lot, but we have the best hitter in the series, a better staff IMO, the better pen (at least 8-9th), and we're rolling. I like us in 6.

DL - Pat's ridiculous. Baltimore showed how good they are getting past WC, but, I see a rematch of 2002. WAS in 6.