HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN MLB 07: The Show Dynasty (PS2)

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ok I've got a 2 team dyansty in The Show 07 with Atlanta and TB...The Atlanta team is pretty realistic roster wise, but I made a stud young team with TB :)

Atlanta 25-2:

1.KJ
2.Renteria
3.Chipper
4.Andruw(He leads the NL in HR's and RBI's so I'm not dropping him yet)
5.Tex
6.Glisson-LF
7.McCann vs RH/Francoeur vs LH
8.Francoeur vs RH/McCann vs LH

Bench:
Thorman
Franco
Orr
Diaz
Woodward or Prado can't remember which...

Rotation:
Smoltz
Hudson
James
Cormier(recently added following Davies trade)
Hampton

Bullpen:
Wickman 12 GP 1-0 10 SVS 13.1 IP 12 K's 6 Hits 1 BB
Soriano
Gonzo
Dotel
Moylan
Yates
Villareal

Tampa Bay 19-7:
C-Russell Martin
1B-Ryan Howard
2B-Wilson Betemit
SS-Hanley Ramirez
3B-Ryan Zimmerman
LF-Carl Crawford/James Loney
CF-BJ Upton/Carl Crawford
RF-Delmon Young

Bench:
James Loney/BJ Upton
Chris Young
Ian Kinsler
Howie Kendricks(lost the starting job in season to Betemit)
Brandon Harris
Dioneer Nivarro


Rotation:
Liriano
King Felix
Kazmir
Jared Weaver
Hamels

Bullpen:
CP:Papelbon
SM:Zumaya
SM:Wainwright(Injured, Brandon Harris has filled his roster spot)
MR: Turnbow
MR: Pat Neshek
LR: Zach Grienkie

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Last 4 Games:

Smoltz dominates early before a late melt down causes him to leave the game with the score tied @ 3 after 7....a Big 3 run bot of the 7th gives Smoltz win #6 to end the month of April and Wickman gets save #9 on the month...Smoltz struck out 9 and Gonzo/Soriano combined for a 1-2-3 8th...Final Score 6-3 Good Guys...

Hudson as is normal for me this season, pitches his typical game 7 ip 6 Hits 2 ER 1 BB 5 K's. Hudson was great after the 1st in which he gave up 2 Runs thanks to a couple of bleeders but nothing else comes across despite the Phillies loading the bases. Huddy was backed by a Solo HR that cut the lead in half, and after tying the game McCann promptly used his 1st home run of the season to put the Braves ahead to stay 4-2...

After reading some other dynasties about the Big 3...I decided to reunite the gang myself... The Padres accepted my offer of Lance Cormier for Mad Dog...and I have decided I'd offer the Mets Mike Hampton for Tom Glavine despite Mike out pitching Glavine this yr...

Maddux in his 1st start back and a crowd of 54,768 in the final of 3 game set vs Philly went 8 1/3 Strong innings allowing only a 9th inning lead off HR... I took him out trying to pick up a cheap save for Wickman forgetting that he wouldn't get one since he only pitched 2/3 of an inning...Final Score 4-1

Glavine in his returned towed the rubber vs the Dodgers and fellow lefty Randy Wolf...Wolf matched Tommy 0 for 0 through 6 1/3 innings...Glavine despite having the game suggest that I skip Glavine's start because of 7.67 era going into the game allowed on a BB through 7 innings getting a big DP after an error by Edgar and some clutch pitching after Chipper turned an easy 5-3 putout into a runner on 2nd and 0 men out...Andruw lead off the bottom of the 7th by flying out to the wall in Left field missing a home run by a few feet... Tex and myself promptly hit back to back singles and Jeff followed that up with a huge game breaking 3 Run Hr to Left Center Field....Glavine would go on to pitch 8 Innings of 1 hit 1 BB baseball and didn't allow a hit till 1 out in the 8th..Wickman pitched a perfect 9th for his 11th save in as many chances...Final Score 3-0


Next Up:
Chuck James gets the Dodgers for game 2 of a 3 game set...

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James picked up win #6 vs the Dodgers

Liriano picked up win in the final game of the tampa series Solo Hr's from Ramirez-Howard-Cabrera(along with his 2 Run HR) aided his 7 innings of 4 run ball as the Rays won 9-4

Smoltz took the mound for his 7th start and matched up at home vs Jason Schmidt and the LA Dodgers.... Smoltz was pretty solid going 7 allowing 2 runs on 9 Hits and striking out 8...4 of the hits were easy outs that I made stupid decisions on... Gonzo pitched the 8th giving up only an INF single to Jeff Kent...Since the score was 5-2 going into the 8th Wickman was up before I went to bat in my half so I decided to bring him in despite adding a solo hr to make it a 6-2 game... Wickman came in and had a perfect 9th striking out 1...Wickman has now pitched 16 Innings K'ing 13 and no runs allowed yet...