HaRdCoRe's MLB The Show 07 Dynasty

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

I decided to start a new dynasty since the other one is to a pretty much locked up for me to make the playoffs with ATL...

2 Team Dynasty using the fantasy draft

Atlanta:

Rotation:
1.Smoltz
2.Verlander
3.Hamels
4.Bonderman
5.Willis

Bullpen:
CL-Gonzalez
SM-D.Sanchez
SM-Heilman
MR-Weathers
MR-Borowski
MR-Corpas
LR-Dempster

Lineup:
1.Hamilton-CF
2.B.Upton-SS
3.Bonds-LF
4.Pujols-1B
5.M.Cabrera-3B
6.Weeks-2B
7.Laird-C
8.Either-RF

Bench:
1.Ozuna
2.B.Upton
3.Podsednik
4.Gomez
5.Closser



Detriot:

Rotation:
1.Peavy
2.Oswalt
3.Kazmir
4.Wainwright
5.Haren

Bullpen:
CL-Dotel
SM-Okajima
SM-Rodney
MR-Capps
MR-Calero
MR-McBride
LR-Cruz

Lineup:
1.Duffy/R.Johnson-LF
2.K.Johnson-2B
3.Griffey-CF
4.Magglio-RF
5.Fielder-1B
6.Peralta-SS
7.L.Gonzalez-DH
8.B.Pena-C
9.Blalock/Kouzmanoff-3B

Bench:
3B Platoon
LF Platoon
G.Sato-C
Kotchman

I'll update the rest tonight after work and post a recap of opening Day for both teams If I have a chance to play the Braves Game....

[JCStone7]

You're going to use Catalanotto over Upton @ 2nd?

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

well it's actually a platoon, but just to start the year...Upton was solid for me in my other franchise so I'll probally change quick...I'm trying to trade Erick Bedard(he's my AAA Ace) for a upgrade in the OF or MI

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

Opening Day @ Comerica Park

Detriot(0-0) Hosts Toronto(0-0)

Matchup: Jake Peavy vs Josh Beckett

1st Inning:
Peavy started of in grand style getting a easy fly out to center field and then back to back K's of Julio and ARod...Like the Jays though The Tigers went 1-2-3 in the Bottom of the inning, however The Jays did lose Beckett after 1 batter to injury. Jonah Balyiss got the call to relive him...

2nd Inning:
Peavy Retired 3 of the 4 men that stepped up to the plate allowing only a single and the Tigers also went down with out a fight after getting Magglio on to start the inning...

3rd Inning:
Peavy allowed another hit, but his 3rd K of the game and a DP later and the inning was over...The Tigers looked like they were going to going to continue to put up much of a fight with the sticks,but after a ground out by Pena Hank the Bank hit a ground rule double to Left Center, and 2 batters later a 2 Out Double broke a scoreless tie. That's all I could muster and we went to the 4th...

4th Inning
Both sides put up little fit each going 1-2-3

5th Inning

Another 1-2-3 Both Sides

6th Inning

After 5 Easy Innings for Peavy the Jays finally were able to muster a rally despite a Double Play that lead to 2 quick outs after an error to start the innning by Fielder on a grounder...Back to Back singles by the ageless one and ARod made it 1st and 2nd for Travis Buck who turned a broken bat dribbler to Blalock into his 1st career hit...Ian Kinsler would end the threat there however with a flyout to CF...

7th Inning
Another Inning complete 2 more K's for Peavy and Pena managed to throw out his 1st attempted base stealer of the young season...

8th Inning
Peavy finished in style sandwiching a ground out to 3rd in between 2 K's...With LH in out of the pen for Detriot I decided to PH Kouzmanoff for Blalock and did it every pay off...Kevin quickly made it 2-0 on a PH HR to opposite field...I would go on to strand Kelly at 3B after his 2 out triple setting up Dotel in the 9th..

9th Inning
1-2-3 go the Jays has Dotel gets save #1 sandwiching a K between 2 6-3 Putouts...


Game Totals:

Duffy LF 0-3
Johnson 2B 2-4 2B,3B,RBI(1)
Griffey CF 1-4
Magglio RF 1-3
Fielder 1B 0-3
Peralta SS 0-3
Gonzlaez DH 0-3
Blalock 2-2 2B,RS

PH/3B-Kouzmanoff 1-1 HR(1) RBI(1)
PH/LF-Johnson 0-1


Pitching:

W: Peavy(1-0) 8 IP 6 Hits 0 Runs 0 BB's 9 K's 19B-71S-90T
L: Bayliss(0-1) 6.2 IP 5 Hits 1 Run 0 BB's 2 K's
S: Dotel(1) 1.0 IP 0 Hits 0 Runs 0 BB's 1 K

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

Ok to start this off...before the game I searched for upgrade because I felt that I had a need for another bat in my lineup to help provide protection for Pujols and Cabrera... I offered Bedard to almost every team, and finally found a taker... I traded Bedard along with Frank Cat for Reggie Stocker(AKA Barry Bonds) and Mike Gonzalez, who will taker over as closer for the foreseeable future.

Opening Day:

Atlanta Braves(0-0) @ Philadelphia Phillies(0-0)
RHP John Smoltz(0-0) vs LHP Tom Glavine(0-0)
Attendance: 43,000

Game Score:
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Braves 1 5 4 0 6 7 1 6 2 32 46 1
Phillies 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 0

Lineups:
Atlanta:
Josh Hamilton CF 5-8 3 R 5 RBI HR
BJ Upton SS 4-8 2 R 2 RBI 2B HR
Barry Bonds LF 5-8 5 R 4 RBI HR
Albert Pujols 1B 8-8 7 R 10 RBI 2B 3B* 4 HR
Miguel Cabrera 3B 7-8 4 R 5 RBI 2B HR
Rickie Weeks 2B 5-8 R RBI E
Gerald Laird C 3-7 2 R 2 RBI 2B 2 GIDP K
Andre Either RF 4-7 3 R 2 RBI 2B
John Smoltz SP 5-7 3 R RBI K

Philadelphia:
Julio Lugo SS 1-5 2 K
Chris Shelton 1B 2-5 R 2 K
Alfonso Soriano CF 1-5 R 3 K
Carlos Lee LF 1-4 Run K
Jose Valentin 2B 2-4 R 2 RBI K
Kevin Thompson RF 1-4 2 RBI 2B K
Danny Dunn 3B 0-4 K
Eliezer Alfonzo C 2-4 K
Tom Glavine SP 0-0 BB
Kevin Mench PH 1-1
Nook Logan PH 0-1 GIDP
Bobby Crosby PH 0-1

Pitching Lines:
Braves:
John Smoltz W(1-0) 7 IP 9 Hits 4 R 4 ER 1 BB 9 K 93 Pitches
Ryan Dempster 2 IP 2 Hits 0 R 0 BB 3 K
Total: W(1-0) 9 IP 11 Hits 4 R 4 ER 1 BB 12 K

Phillies:
Tom Glavine L(0-1) 4 IP 16 Hits 10 R 10 ER 0 BB 1 K
Carlos Villinueva 2 IP 17 HIts 13 R 13 ER 0 BB 0 K
Justin Duchscherer 1.1 IP 11 Hits 7 R 7 ER 0 BB
Jay Witasik 0.2 IP 0 Hits 0 R 0 BB 1 K
Rudy Seanez 1 IP 2 Hits 2 R 2 ER 0 BB 0 K
Total: L(0-1) 9 IP 46 Hits 32 R 32 ER 0 BB 2 K

Top 1st:
Hamilton: 1st Pitch Hit deep to RF but brought in just shy of the RF Wall by Thompson
Upton: 1st Pitch Solo HR to LF
Bonds: 2nd Pitch Fly out to CF
Pujols: 3rd Pitch Infield Single to SS
Cabrera: 3rd Pitch Double into the RF Gap
Weeks: 2nd Pitch Grounded to SS

Bottom 1:
Lugo: 2nd Pitch Fly out to RF
Shelton: 1st Pitch Single on the LF Line
Soriano: 3rd Pitch Single up the Middle on 0-2 Count
Lee: 5th Pitch GB to 3B Safe on all safe on FC
Valentin: 4th Pitch 2 Run Double
Thompson: 2nd Pitch 2 Run Double
Dunn: 1st Pitch 6-3
Alfonzo: 3rd Pitch K

Top 2nd:
Laird: 1st Pitch Single(I stopped keeping up with individual Pitches after this AB)
Either: Fly out to CF
Smoltz: Bunt Single
Hamilton: 3 Run HR-1st Career HR
Upton: 2B off the RF Wall
Bonds: Single, Runner out @ the Plate
Pujols: RBI 3B(The game credit's him with only a double, but it was a clear 3B)
Cabrera: RBI Single
Weeks: Single
Laird: K

Bottom 2nd:
Glavine: BB, After 0-2 Count
Lugo: K
Shelton: Single
Soriano: K
Lee: 6-4

Top 3rd:
Either: 4-3
Smoltz: Single up the Middle
Hamilton: Single up the Middle
Upton: 3-4 GO
Bonds: Infield Single to SS, RBI
Pujols: 3 Run Home Run to straight away center
Cabrera: Single
Weeks: Fly out to Soriano in Center

Bottom 3rd:
Valentin: Fly out to Hamilton
Thompson: K
Dunn: Pop up to Pujols @ 1st

Top 4th:
Laird: Line out to Lugo
Either: Line out to Valentin
Smoltz Fly out to Soriano

Bottom 4th:
Alfonzo: 5-3
Mench: Pinch Hit Single
Lugo: Single putting runners @ the corners
Shelton: K
Soriano: K

Top 5th:
Pitching Change: Carlos Villanueva for Tom Glavine
Hamilton: Single
Upton: Single
Bonds: Single
Pujols: 2 Run Double
Cabrera: Broken bat 2 Run Single just past 1B, Adavanced to 2B
Weeks: RBI Single
Laird: DP
Either: Single
Smoltz: Single
Hamilton: RBI Single, Smoltz gunned down going to 3rd

Bottom 5th:
Lee: K
Valentin: K
Thomson: Fly out to Bonds in Left

Top 6th:
Upton: Single
Bonds: 2 Run Home Run
Pujols: Solo HR
Cabrera: Single
Weeks: Single
Laird: 2 Run 2B
Either: RBI 2B
Smoltz: Fly out to Carlos Lee
Hamilton: Fly out to Lee
Upton: Single
Bonds: Fly out to Soriano

Bottom 6th:
Dunn: E4
Alfonzo: Single
Logan: PH DP
Lugo: 4-3

Top 7th:
Pujols: Solo Home Run
Pitching Change: Justin Duchscherer for Villanueva
Cabrera: 6-3
Weeks: Bunt Single
Laird: DP

Bottom 7th:
Shelton: K
Soriano:4-3
Lee: 4-3

Top 8th:
Either: Single
Smoltz: Single
Hamilton: Single, RBI
Upton: 6-3 RBI
Pitching Change: Jay Witasik for Justin Duchscherer
Bonds RBI Single
Pujols: 2 Run HR
Cabrera: Single
Weeks: Single
Laird: Single
Either: RBI Single
Smoltz: K
Hamilton: Fly Out to Lee

Bottom 8th:
Pitching Change: Ryan Dempster for John Smoltz
Valentin: Single
Thomson: Line out to Weeks
Dunn: K
Alfonzo: Single
Crosby: PH Fly out to Either

Top 9th:
Upton: Line out to Shelton
Bonds: Fly out to Center
Pujols: Single
Cabrera: 2 Run Home Run
Weeks: 4-3

Bottom 9th:
Lugo: K
Shelton: 4-3
Soriano: K

Player of the Game: Albert Pujols
8-8 7 R 10 RBI 4 HR 2B 3B Hit for the Cycle

BTW this is the most lopsided game I've ever played in any baseball game, not counting old school days of just goofing off on All Star Baseball

[JCStone7]

No offence but that kind of game just seems pointless IMO, takes the fun out of it.

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

I don't like them much either, in fact I played a game earlier that I lost 3-2 with the same teams matched up and Moyer-Verlander the pitching matchup...which makes that game look even stranger...I've had some high outputs before in season, but 14-15 runs is usually about it...

[JCStone7]

I'm lucky if i get over 8 or 9

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

I have alot of close games like 3-2 then every so often I get double digits because i'm so aggressive...

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

I also need to mention that I own Tom Glavine on the game...

[GrandMasterB]

I also need to mention that I own Tom Glavine on the game...

You should have Mike Redmond on your team then. :D

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

hmm that's a good idea :)...I can have him in AAA and just call him up to start vs Tommy:beer:

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

Quick Catch Up:

Braves Lose 3-2 in game 2 to Phillies, and follow it up with 2 blowouts of Phillies/Mets

Tigers win game 2 easily, and then take the final of the 3 game set vs the Jays 5-1...The Game was closer than the final score the big blow in the game was a 3 run HR by Fielder...

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

Game 4

Detriot at Kansas City

Wainwright and Boomer matched up in a very good pitching duel early on...Wainwright was in control from the start going 9 innings striking out 13, walking 0, and giving up only 4 Hits. The only run allowed was a solo HR in the bottom of the 9th...Wells got the Royals into the 7th inning allowing only 2 runs before the bullpen allowed 2 more in the 9th to end any real hopes of a KC comeback...

Next Games

Mets @ Braves D-Train toes the Rubber
Tigers @ Royals Haren gets the ball

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Game 5 Mets @ Braves

Willis vs Sarfate

Willis and Sharp matched each other 0 for 0 through 5 1/3 before Bonds broke a scoreless tie with a solo hr that just cleared the right center field wall out of the reach of the Center Fielders glove....The scored stayed the same till the bottom of the 7th when the Braves scored only a single run despite loading the basis with 1 out...The score was 2-0 going into the home half of the 8th when a 2 run triple by Cabrera made it 4-0...a Sac Fly by Either would end the Braves scoring for the evening making it 5-0 going to the top of the 9th... With the Score 5-0 and his pitch count being under 100 I decided to let Dontrelle go for he Complete Game, but had Gonzalez warming up just to be safe...The would prove to be a wise move, as Dontrelle allowed the 1st 2 runners to reach I left him to face the LH David Ortiz who he would retire, but an error on pujols on a grounder by Pujols(I tried to step on 1st and throw home for the DP, but missed the bag and overthrew the Catcher) made it 5-2 with Runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out...I made the call to the pen and Gonzalez retired his first batter before allowing a 2 run triple and the Braves went on to win it by the final score of 5-4....

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Game 6 Braves @ Mets

I decided to give Bonds,Laird,Upton,Weeks the day off with the sunday day game and Smoltz on he mound...

Either put me up 1-0, before a solo hr to Papi tied it up....Smoltz 8 innings and his opposition went 7 solid innings of 1 run ball himself...Weathers was brought in because I simmed 1 ab of the 8th inning in my half at the plate and the computer decided to take out Smoltz...I allowed a HR to Jose Lopez(I think that's who it was), and the computer allowed Papi's 2nd.... I lead off the home half with a PH hr from Rickie Weeks, that's all I could do as Bonds was left at 1st to end the game...3-2 Mets Victory

After 6 Games 4-2