We have ourselves a pennant race

We have a pennant race on our hands. At the 3/4 marker of the season there is a 3 way tie first in one of the divisions.

third 1/4 results

I just scanned the injury log, Walter Johnson has been injured for 40 games My pitching staff has been hit by the injury bug too. And so much for the quality start stat. Schilling is among the league leaders there and in WHIP yet he has a 8-14 record. My relievers must not be doing their job.

Wow, I'm right in the thick of this thing despite not having a hitter in the Top 10 of any meaningful category and having Nolan Ryan going 5-13!

Here is my updated lineup:

Team Name: Pittsburgh Pirates
Stadium: Milwaukee County Stadium

Player/lineup changes in Bold

LINEUP:
1. Roberto Alomar (2B)
2.Kenny Lofton (DH)
3. Joe DiMaggio (CF)
4. Hank Aaron (RF)
5. Mike Schmidt (3B)
6. Manny Ramirez (LF)
7. Yogi Berra (C)
8. Larry Mize (1B)
9. Robin Yount (SS)

ROTATION:
1. Walter Johnson
2. Whitey Ford
3. Don Sutton
4. John Tudor
5. Nolan Ryan

BULLPEN:
Closer: Trevor Hoffman
Setup Reliever: John Wetteland
Middle Reliever: Rick Aguilera
Middle Reliever: Tom Henke

I am going to switch Lajoie and Brett in the batting order - Nap to 2, Brett to 7

For the final quarter the New York Gothams release pitcher Mickey Welch, pitcher John Clarkson, and pitcher Tim Keefe. The New York Gothams sign pitcher Gaylord Perry, pitcher Hal Newhouser, and pitcher Early Wynn.

LINEUP:
CF - Hugh Duffy
3B - Wade Boggs
2B - Charlie Gehringer
1B - Stan Musial
LF - Al Simmons
DH - Alex Rodriguez
RF - Tony Gwynn
SS - Derek Jeter
C - Ernie Lombardi

ROTATION:
P - Roger Clemens
P - Randy Johnson
P - Cy Young
P - Gaylord Perry
P - Hal Newhouser

BULLPEN
Long Relief: Early Wynn
Middle Relief: Jeff Reardon
Middle Relief: Randy Myers
Setup Relief: Jose Mesa
Closer: Billy Wagner

For the last quarter RMB releases Guidry, Niekro and Carlton, and picks up Mickey Welch, pitcher John Clarkson, and pitcher Tim Keefe.

I am going to release Armando Benitez, and pickup Lefty Steve Carlton

My new pitching rotation will be:

Christy Mathewson
Waren Spahn
Mordecai Brown
Steve Carlton
Juan Marichal

With Bob Feller bouncing to the bullpen

The Elite Black Whales are going momentum and Buck O'Neil reports that the lineup will remain unchange for the race to the pennant.

TheRiddler wrote:For the last quarter RMB releases Guidry, Niekro and Carlton, and picks up Mickey Welch, pitcher John Clarkson, and pitcher Tim Keefe.

May they serve you better than they served me!

The Stallions will make several adjustments for the fourth quarter of the season. We will go to a four man rotation:
1. Alexander
2. Grove
3. Seaver
4. P. Martinez
Roberts will make spot starts as needed.
The lineup will remain the same.
The major change is a calculated risk that could go either way but seems to favor the home squad. For the final quater of the season, the Stallions will be moving to Coors Field (1998).

BigGuy219 wrote:

TheRiddler wrote:For the last quarter RMB releases Guidry, Niekro and Carlton, and picks up Mickey Welch, pitcher John Clarkson, and pitcher Tim Keefe.

May they serve you better than they served me!

I haven't gotten any pitching out of modern guys, so its time for something different.

TheRiddler wrote:

BigGuy219 wrote:

TheRiddler wrote:For the last quarter RMB releases Guidry, Niekro and Carlton, and picks up Mickey Welch, pitcher John Clarkson, and pitcher Tim Keefe.

May they serve you better than they served me!

I haven't gotten any pitching out of modern guys, so its time for something different.

Pitching seems to be a problem league wide.

BigGuy219 wrote:

TheRiddler wrote:

BigGuy219 wrote:

TheRiddler wrote:For the last quarter RMB releases Guidry, Niekro and Carlton, and picks up Mickey Welch, pitcher John Clarkson, and pitcher Tim Keefe.

May they serve you better than they served me!

I haven't gotten any pitching out of modern guys, so its time for something different.

Pitching seems to be a problem league wide.

Not for the Pirates, I sent them a couple who wouldn't pitch for me; but they pitched well for him.

The Stallions will make several adjustments for the fourth quarter of the season. We will go to a four man rotation:
1. Alexander
2. Seaver
3. P. Martinez
4. Grove

Bullpen
1. Roberts---Long/Middle Relief & Spot Starter
2. Smoltz---Long/Middle Relief
3. Quisenberry---RH Set-up
4. Lyle---LH Set-up
5. Gossage---Closer

The lineup will change to:
1. Speaker CF
2. Foxx 1B
3. Williams LF
4. Piazza C
5. Ott RF
6. Killebrew 3B
7. Griffey DH
8. Kent 2B
9. Ripken SS

Bench
1. G. Sheffield
2. S. Crawford
3. C. Jones
4. L. Doyle
5. I. Rodriguez
6. J. Cronin
7. D. Bichette

The Stallions have picked up Dante Bichette to teach the boys how to hit at Coors field. He takes the place of the player I lost in the Piazza deal.

The major change is a calculated risk that could go either way but seems to favor the home squad. For the final quater of the season, the Stallions will be moving to Coors Field (1998).

Id like to change my pitching rotation to:
1. Gibson
2. Vance
3. Dean

Long relief - Willis
mop up - Haines
short relief - Galvin, Shocker

My lineup now becomes:

2B - Rod Carew
OF - Chino Smith
OF - Babe Ruth
OF - Willard Brown
1B - Mule Suttles
DH - John Beckwith
3B - Jud Wilson
C - Gabby Hartnett, Bill Dickey (L/R platooned)
SS - Pop Lloyd


and my starting pitchers, in any rotation which the Sim is ok with, are:

SP - Willie Foster
SP - Tim Keefe
SP - John Clarkson
SP - Carl Hubbell
SP - Mickey Welch
SP - Jim Palmer
SP - Bert Blyleven
SP - John Donaldson


my relief pitchers and closers remain unchanged -

relief:
RP - Hoyt Wilhelm
RP - Jesse Orosco

closer:
RCL - Mariano Rivera
LCL - John Franco

Thank you for tolerating this confusion, and good luck in the race. (to everyone) ........ I'm pulling up an easy chair, and enjoying

I am curious, is The Riddler's Willie Foster, the same as my Bill Foster? I want to know if he is two timing to plan with the whitey's. Serious consequences if this is the case.

I don't show a Bill or Willie Foster on the Riddler's

bowlingshoeguy wrote:I am curious, is The Riddler's Willie Foster, the same as my Bill Foster? I want to know if he is two timing to plan with the whitey's. Serious consequences if this is the case.

I'm not sure, Lee. But as Jay indicated, Willie never actually made it onto our roster.