Well the orders are in! No major decisions to make so was relatively straightforward - just need to see what happens now. The Braves are obviously very good...
... <davebrown@> ... favourites ... and ... Don't think I'm being pessimistic either - just acknowledging that the Rockies are now the favourites for the...
Week 14 and the Braves narrowly beat the Twins to be the first team into the play-offs. Ok, the Twins are strictly not there yet but they have a 36 game lead...
... relatively ... are ... them. ... show ... 5 ... the ... now ... will ... Best of luck, Ian. The Braves have something of a "play-off specialists"...
I appreciate that this is going to be an odd thing to complain about, but I'm having quite significant fatigue issues in my MLB21 Giants. We've had a rather...
... With some success in MLB6 I've been playing my best team for the Divisional game then resting 1 or 2 players for the other 6 games. However there is no...
... In terms of actually reaching the World Series, IMX it's preferable to have great pitching and average hitting rather than the other way around, so for...
... You can rest a player by moving him to a reserve slot, which obviously maintains form. You can PH a fatigued hitter, which means he'll only have a handful...
... Is this the baseball equivalent of "offense wins games, defense wins championships"? IMX from MLB8, you still beat us even with great pitchers, in MLB21 we...
... In the last MLB21 WS your pitchers had an ERA of 2.49 and your batters hit .251 - in my book that's great pitching and average hitting to a tee. More to...
... MLB21 we ... back they ... batters ... Boston ... and I ... WS ... Maybe it's the case that in the playoffs you can run with a 3 or 4 man rotation, withi...
... I'd agree the Reds are exceeding expectations somewhat. I think any hopes I had of the batting taking a step forward didn't include going from a team .256...
Broadly in agreement with what has been posted already. The approach I take differs by team. Some players seem happy in any spot on the line-up. Others barely...
... I think that's his pitchers playing great, not him having 'great pitching'. My experience is that the playoff performance of 'great' pitchers is far more...
... To cheekily drag a long dead conversation out of the archives, surely if you have some veteran players to carry the team you're not actually rebuilding...
... lol :) I guess to be re-building you need to be building up to a level you were once at... as opposed to building up for the first time. As we'd been in...
Wednesday 4th June 2008 - I've had no postal delivery today, after no delivery on Saturday, Monday or Tuesday either. The postman says he doesn't have the...
... Yeah - this sounds potentially very bad for the balance of the games if Danny is forced to proceed without postal orders. Lets hope he gets hold of the...
Roll up, roll up for Tricey's Euro 2008 predictions spectacular. Thank goodness for Steve McLaren. Now at least we get to concentrate on the quality of the...
... It's an interesting distinction. :) ... Needless to say, I find the complete opposite! My dominant pitchers invariably deliver in the playoffs whereas I...
... Well I my recent experience (last completed seasons) is: MLB1: about even batting and pitching, exit first round of the playoffs MLB2: no playoffs MLB3:...
Glancing over the first round picks in the draft last night I couldn't help noticing 2 Beckhams in the top 10 (See below - #11 included for Ian) 1-Tampa Bay...
... Pretty pleased that the Padres decided to draft a slugger, Apparently he is 6'5 and 240lb and has enough power to hit it out of Petco but only time will...
In Florida: Pitching 4 class improvements, 1 class drop 6 skill improvements, 3 skill drops Batting 2 class improvements, 2 class drops 6 skill improvements, 6...
... Don't get too hung up with the star ratings - individual skills are far more important and a high 9* may perform better than a low 10*, due to easier...
For the Mets: Pitching 6 class improvements, 1 class drop 7 skill improvements, 2 skill drops Batting 5 class improvements, 1 class drop 8 skill improvements,...
