Resim Power Alley - #11, Otherton Fish Biscuits

#11 – Otherton Fish Biscuits
Owner: Brian B


This has to bring a nice smile to Brian’s face. After a disappointing 77 win season (though with flashes of greatness) the Fishbiscuits gave a solid showing in the resims. Eleven times they finished above .500, making the playoffs in almost half of them. They topped out at 95 wins in 6 other times reached 88 wins or better. Out of curiosity, I looked up the 95 win season to see how close they came to the division title, and they weren’t all that near the top, finishing in 3rd place, 9 games behind the Death Speakers.

The strength of the team was their offense. Three players are listed below in the “800+ OPS” section, but 4 other regulars had OPS scores over .760 too. They hit an inordinate amount of HRs with sever different players at 18 or more.

Their difficulty of course, was the pitching staff. Half of their starting rotation had ERA’s north of 5.00 and outside the best two relievers, the balance had an ERA of 4.91.

800 OPS Batters
Rd1 – Honus Wagner: .326 / .369 / .467, 18 3B, 117 R
Rd3 – Frank Robinson: .285 / .349 / .479, 34 HR, 116 RBI
Rd8 – Albert Belle: .295 / .341 / .485, 33 HR, 126 RBI

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
None, but Charlie Sweeney was decent with a 4.29 ERA

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Rd18 – Bryan Harvey: 68 IP, 2.99 ERA, 1.31 WHIP

Bust Draft Pick
Rd8 – Silver King: 12-15, 5.09 ERA, 1.16 WHIP

Value Draft Pick
Rd19 – Andrew Bailey: 85 IP, 3.56 ERA, 1.39 WHIP

Resim Power Alley - #12, Eugene Psycho Llamas

#12 – Eugene Psycho Llamas
Owner: Richard M

Our 12th ranked team begins to show some true hints of glory, the first to reach the lofty 100 “Max Win Potential” status. The combination of Sims 3 (808 runs scored) and 10 (674 runs against) is a powerful Pythagorean result, tied for 11th best.

In terms of wins, the Llamas resim average was very close to their actual ATB XII result. In fact this team is about as average as one can get – one or two very good players, they compete for the players about ¼ of the time, and have solid team totals (4.27 ERA, .717 OPS).

800 OPS Batters
Rd2 – Willie McCovey: .264 / .337 / .475, 35 HR, 104 RBI
Rd3 – Joe DiMaggio: .298 / .345 / .463, 25 HR, 108 RBI

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
None, though Ed Walsh was close with a 4.06 ERA

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
None

Bust Draft Pick
Rd1 – Lefty Grove: 8-10, 4.55 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 151 IP

Value Draft Pick
Rd26 – Harvey Haddix: 107 IP, 3.76 ERA, 1.34 WHIP

World Series Game 4

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Dumai's Wells Oathbinders 5, Sonoran Black Diamonds 3
On short rest, Babe Adams pitches 6 strong innings giving up just 1 earned run en route to his first win of the series. The Oathbinders pen struggled again, but ultimately Billy Wagner nailed down the save getting Jim Gentile to ground out into a 1-out bases loaded double play to end the game.

The Oathbinders didn't score after the third, but the big blow came off the bat of John Olerud -a 3 run homer that gave Dumai's Wells a 4-1 lead.

Starters
- Adams (DWO): 6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
- Ed Siever (SBD): 4.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 0 BB

Notes
- Joe Kelley (DWO) had three hits and three runs scored
- Barry Bonds and Jim Gentile (SBD) homered in the loss
- The Black Diamond pen was great behind Siever, three pitchers tossed 5 innings giving up just 1 run, and it was unearned.

World Series Game 3

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Sonoran Black Diamonds 4, Dumai's Wells 3
In the third one run affair in as many games, the Black Diamonds take a 2-1 series lead with a 4-3 victory over the Oathbinders. In the 2nd and 8th innings the Black Diamonds hit 2-run homers (Jim Thome and Jim Gentile), and though they managed just one hit in between, it was enough to secure the win.

Both starters pitched well and while not tagged with the loss, the Oathbinder closer Billy Wagner had his second rough outing in a row, giving up the game winning home run.

Starters
- Hahn (DWO): 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- Carpenter (SBD)): 8.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K

Notes
- Ken Griffey Jr (DWO) had three hits, two of them doubles
- Fred Dunlap and Chipper Jones (SBD) had 2 hits each

Resim Power Alley - #13, Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars

#13 – Rusty Kuntz Travelling All Stars
Owner: Shotgun Spratling

Pitching, or lack thereof, doomed the All Stars in ATB XII. With a very good offense, tied for first in OPS though 11th in runs scored, Shotgun tried to bludgeon opponents into submission. This was somewhat effective with Babe Ruth leading the way, but in the end the pitching was just too thin. Their team ERA in the resims was dead last at 5.02.

Still, this was a team that fell on some bad luck during the regular season, under performing their Average Resim win total by 5 games, and a full 17 games off their best resim effort. However, in resim #3 all went right – 906 runs scored, 802 runs allowed for a 90 win total and wild card slot.

Overall, they enjoyed 6 winning seasons and 4 playoff births.

800 OPS Batters
Rd1 – Babe Ruth: .293 / .452 / ..639, 50 HR, 126 R, 130 RBI
Rd2 – Oscar Charleston: .313 / .355 / .497, 27 HR, 113 R, 119 RBI
Rd5 – Frank Thomas: .265 / .369 / .467, 21 HR
Plus Rd 13 John Reilly had a .798 OPS

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
None

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
None

Bust Draft Pick
Rd4 – Joe Wood: 202 IP, 4.72 ERA, 1.46 WHIP

Value Draft Pick
Rd 26 – Steve Ontiveros: 51 IP, 3.69 ERA, 1.31 WHIP

Resim Power Alley - #14, Rochester Beau Brummels

#14 – Rochester Beau Brummels
Owner: Leanne S
Just as we found a natural divide between the 17th and 18th ranked teams, another divide is present between the 15th rank Cleveland Steamers and the 14th Ranked Beau Brummels. The Beau Brummels are our first team to A) have a single winning season, let alone their 3, B) have a max win potential over 90, and C) make the playoffs at least once.

In season 9, most things came together Rochester and they won 83 games to make the playoffs as the last Wild Card entrant. For the first time we’ve seen too, they reached a positive run differential, in season 8

Things could have been much better for the squad too – they never completed their lasts 4 picks in the draft and never submitted a lineup.

800 OPS Batters
Rd10 – Babe Herman: .302 / .363 / .447, 18 HR, 109 RBI
Rd2 – John McGraw: .317 / .464 / .336, 114 R, 97 SB

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Rd1 – Walter Johnson: 15-13, 3.68 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 243 IP, 57 BB, 180 K
Addie Joss came close with a 4.04ERA in an average of 227 IP

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Rd11 – BJ Ryan: 72 IP, 2.76 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 3 8 BB, 78 K

Bust Draft Pick
Rd5 – Luke Appling: .269 / .334 / .291, 694 PA

Value Draft Pick
No standouts, but many worse players were picked long before BJ Ryan and Babe Herman

Resim Power Alley - #15, Cleveland Steamers

#15 – Cleveland Steamers
Owner: Kevin C

The Steamers ended up a team with no great superstars, but with few gaping holes either. Their rotation averaged a 4.60 ERA, by no means good, but not in the bottom third of the league either. Their lineup averaged a .722 OPS which again, was not good, but not awful.

The one glaring hole perhaps was their bench which averaged a .630 OPS and didn’t consist of many great defenders.

It should be noted that Hack Wilson hit 35 HR and drove in 99, though his batting average and on base percentage were a severe detriment to his overall productivity.

800 OPS Batters
Rd2 – Hugh Duffy: .322 / .359 / .452, 43 SB, 107 R

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
None, but Johan Santana came close with a 4.10 ERA in 35 starts

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
None, but Tom Gordon had a 3.27 ERA in 37 IP

Bust Draft Pick
Rd7 – Guy Hecker: 6-9, 5.12 ERA, 1.60 WHIP as third starter

Value Draft Pick
Rd20 – Tom Gordon: 3.27 ERA, 37 IP, 16 BB, 30 K

World Series Game 2

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Sonoran Black Diamonds 5, Dumai's Wells 4
Contrary to original plans the Black Diamonds moved Lady Baldwin up a spot and it almost cost them. While maintaining a great strikeout rate, Baldwin gave up 4 runs and 11 hits in 7.1 innings of work, leaving the game down 4-3. However, the Sonoran offense won the game with 2 runs each in the 8th and 9th innings, giving both Mariano Rivera and Billy Wagner blown saves on the night.

In the top 8th Barry Bonds launched a 2-run homer to tied the game at 3. In the bottom have of the inning Reggie Smith answered for Dumai's Wells giving them another lead. It unraveled for them in the ninth however. After giving up the Bonds homer, Wagner started the ninth a single then two walks to load the bases. Rivera came in and retired two batters on scarifies flies before ending the inning with a strikeout.

Cla Meredith closed the game with 3 lazy flies on 7 pitches.

Starters
- Baldwin (SBD): 7.1 IP, 11 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
- Brecheen (DWO): 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K

Notes
- Robin Yount and Jim Gentile (SBD) had RBI's
- Joe Kelley (DWO) doubled, tripled, and had an RBI

World Series Game 1

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Dumai's Wells 2, Sonoran Black Diamonds 1
In a pitchers duel, the Oathbinders take game 1 in large part thanks to Stan Musial, who in his first game back from injury, homers and starts a ninth in rally to break a 1-1 tie. With the score tied, the Black Diamonds stuck with setup man Joe Grzenda to start the ninth, but he gave up back to back singles to Musial and George Brett before yielding to stud closer of the year, Cla Meredith. Meredith recorded one out, but gave up a single to Reggie Smith to end the game 2-1.

Starters
- Orth (SBD) - 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Adams (DWO) - 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

Notes
- Smith (DWO) had three hits
- Steve Mingori (DWO) pitched three innings of relief and got the win (1 hit, 3 K's)
- Fred Lynn (SBD) homered in the loss, one of just 4 SBD hits on the night

Resim Power Alley - #16, Planet 10

#16 – Planet 10
Owner: Ivar A

What might have been. Ivar selected a solid squad for most of the draft but in the end to many of the middle round picks underperformed considerably. Think about it – three well above average league starters plus very good core lineup that began with Larry Walker and Jason Giambi. Perhaps not 90+ win potential, but certainly above .500 and nowhere near as bad as the 63 wins Planet 10 accumulated during the regular season.

So what went wrong? The offense. Goose Goslin (.554 OPS) may be the worse second round pick of all time and all batters taken after the 8th round averaged a .636 OPS.

Javy Lopez deserves mention as a power hitting catcher averaging 28 home runs per season.

800 OPS Batters
Rd1 – Larry Walker: .283 / .353 / .488, 32 HR, 108 RBI
Rd3 – Jason Giambi: .279 / .390 / .441, 20 HR, 106 RBI

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Rd6 – Jack Chesbro: 12-13, 3.50 ERA, 1,33 WHIP, 214 IP, 80 BB, 138 K
Rd16 – Cannonball Titcomb: 11-12, 3.67 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 201 IP, 86 BB, 248 K
Rd7 – Jesse Tannehill: 11-12, 3.86 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 201 IP, 49 B, 111 K

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Robb Nenn had a 3.25 ERA but didn’t qualify with just 36 IP

Bust Draft Pick
Rd2 – Goose Goslin: 370 AB,.173 / .231 / .323, 39 RBI

Value Draft Pick
Rd22 – Don Sutton: 3.66 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 99 IP
Honorable mention to Titcomb, a 16th Rounder