Highheat's Orioles (MLB "The Show" '08) Final Attempt!!!!

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by unexpectedorc

Guthrie sucks. If you don't get any trade offers for him, you should send him down when game 80 rolls around.

Yeah, I'm hoping he goes or he qualifies to be sent down. I hate pitching with him. Every fastball, no matter where I try to place it, goes right down the gut and gets crushed. I hope Cabrera and Olson stick around and I can build on them.

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Promotion News From Around The League
June 11th, 2008




- Called Up (RF) Ryan Patterson From (AAA) Syracuse To (MLB) Toronto.

- Sent Down (RF) Brad Wilkerson From (MLB) Toronto To (AAA) Syracuse.




- Called Up (RP) Brett Jensen From (AA) Erie To (AAA) Toledo.




- Called Up (CF) Desmond Jennings From (AAA) Durham To (MLB) Tampa Bay.

- Sent Down (RF) Jon Weber From (MLB) Tampa Bay To (AAA) Durham.

- Called Up (SP) James Houser From (AA) Montgomery To (AAA) Durham.

- Sent Down (SP) Mitch Talbot From (AAA) Durham To (AA) Montgomery.

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MLB Morning News

June 12th, 2008

Kent Collects Big RBI, His 1500th!!!!!



Jeff Kent drives in his 1500th run, helping squad to victory.

In front of a hostile crowd at Petco Park last night, the Dodgers humiliated the host Padres 14-3, sending the crowd of 36,205 fans home more bitter than having to acknowledge Missouri as a state. Andre Ethier provided the offense, collecting 3 hits -- including a home run -- and 2 RBI's. Hiroki Kuroda allowed 3 runs on 7 hits in 7 innings of work, to earn his 6th win of the season.

The Dodgers will have their big gun on the mound in the series finale tonight, as Brad Penny (7-2, 1.93) will take on the Padres and Jake Peavy (1-1, 4.56) at Petco Park.

[orion523]

Wow,I'm sure you gotta be getting frustrated by this point,things seem to be getting worse for you.

[doncoryell]

I've got a question for you.

Since the Orioles are a "small market" team, how are you handling the development and training of the team? Or are you letting the AI handle it?

As far as my Reds are concerned, I have signed one of the top farm directors and have beefed up the training money. Of course, as part of my goals, I am starting to cut the payroll so that I can get the team to be "in the black".

Also, you may want to check Guthrie's progression. His control attribute may be dropping. I think that in the scouting report (shown on his player card), his control is a "D" grade, but I'm not that sure.

[highheatkingsb]

June 12th, 2008
Game: 67 of 162
Attendance: 34,256
Wind: S 7 mph

(25-41) @ (43-25)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Daniel Cabrera Jon Lester 7-4 W-L 6-5 3.69 ERA 3.92

See-Saw battle sees Red Sox complete sweep of Birds!!!!!

Boston, MA - The Orioles continued their struggle to win games late tonight in Boston. The O's got a solo home run by Luke Scott in the 2nd and a sacrifice fly by Alex Cintron in the 4th to give O's starter Daniel Cabrera a 2 run lead to work with. In the 6th, that lead evaporated on back to back home runs by David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez to even the game at 2-2. In the 7th, the Sox got the first two runners aboard and Alex Cora grounded into a double play to give the home team the lead at 3-2. The O's fought back in the 8th when Ramon Hernandez homered over the green monster to even the game again at 3-3, but the Red Sox would walk off in the bottom of the 9th as Julio Lugo doubled off the monster to score Coco Crisp all the way from first. The Orioles head home in look of some hope as they host the Pirates tomorrow night.

Line Score

Baltimore @ Boston (June 12th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Baltimore Orioles 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 0 Boston Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 10 1 WP - M. Delcarmen (4-1), LP - J. Walker (0-5)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary

2B - None
3B - None
HR - R. Hernandez (9), Scott (11)
RBI - R. Hernandez (21), Scott (35), Cintron (13)
SB - None

2B - Lugo (13)
3B - None
HR - Ortiz (13), Ramirez (17)
RBI - Ortiz (34), Ramirez (54), Lugo (34)
SB - None

Pitching Summary



D. Cabera 6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K's
J. Walker (L, 0-5) 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

J. Lester 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K's
J. Lopez 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
H. Okajima (BS, 1) 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
M. Delcarmen (W, 4-1) 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's

Scoring Summary



Top 2nd

Scott homered to left (1-0)

Top 4th

Cintron flied out to center, R. Hernandez scored (2-0)

Bottom 6th

Ortiz homered to right (2-1)
Ramirez homered to right (2-2)

Bottom 7th

Cora grounded into a double play (4,6,3), Lugo scored (3-2)

Top 8th

R. Hernandez homered to left (3-3)

Bottom 9th

Lugo doubled to left, Crisp scored (4-3)

Player of the Game

Jon Lester helped the Red Sox complete the sweep of the last place Orioles tonight by going 6.0 IP,
allowing only 6 hits and recording 3 strikeouts in a no-decision.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Boston	44	25	-	W 3
	New York AL	42	27	2.0	W 1
	Toronto	39	29	4.5	W 1
	Tampa Bay	30	37	13.0	W 7
	Baltimore	25	42	18.0	L 4

International League (AAA)

(32-35) (34-34)

Charlotte Knights	4	7	0
Norfolk Tides	3	6	1

Record: (34-33)
Place: 3rd (5.0 games back)
Streak (Loss 3)

Eastern League (AA)

(33-33) @ (35-29)

Bowie Baysox	15	18	0
Reading Phillies	7	12	0

Record (34-33)
Place: 4th (2.0 games back)

Streak: (Won 3)

Statistic Leaders through June 12th

A. Cintron LF .317 Batting Avg L. Scott LF 11 Home Runs A. Huff 1B 38 RBIs B. Roberts 2B 19 Steals D. Cabrera SP 7 Wins R. Liz SP 3.37 ERA C. Bradford RP 1.08 ERA G. Sherrill CL 18 Saves D. Cabrera SP 65 Strike Outs J. Lewis RP 40 Strike Outs

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by orion523

Wow,I'm sure you gotta be getting frustrated by this point,things seem to be getting worse for you.

Well, I just blew another lead. Yeah, it's frustrating, but yet on the flipside, this game is still so awesome to play every night. I just hope somehow I can turn it up some and pull out some wins and get things back to being respectable. Looking forward to the off season, lol, which is only 100 games away.

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by doncoryell

I've got a question for you. Since the Orioles are a "small market" team, how are you handling the development and training of the team? Or are you letting the AI handle it? As far as my Reds are concerned, I have signed one of the top farm directors and have beefed up the training money. Of course, as part of my goals, I am starting to cut the payroll so that I can get the team to be "in the black". Also, you may want to check Guthrie's progression. His control attribute may be dropping. I think that in the scouting report (shown on his player card), his control is a "D" grade, but I'm not that sure.

Yeah, the AI handles all of that for me. I don't have the time to get into all of that stuff. I don't even want to. I'm fine with that. I just handle the send ups/downs, the free agency in the off season and the trades, which are all cpu offered, but I allow myself one rejection a season (in case they try to rip off my best player from me). Right now, Guthrie's control is an "F"!!!!! LOL!! I love the description of his.

"Not a star, still a quality pitcher"
"Highly effective slider against many hitters"
"Will give you solid innings, without getting tired"

Oh, they forgot one,

"Potential 20 game LOSER!!!"

[doncoryell]

Quote: Originally Posted by highheatkingsb

Yeah, the AI handles all of that for me. I don't have the time to get into all of that stuff. I don't even want to. I'm fine with that. I just handle the send ups/downs, the free agency in the off season and the trades, which are all cpu offered, but I allow myself one rejection a season (in case they try to rip off my best player from me). Right now, Guthrie's control is an "F"!!!!! LOL!! I love the description of his. "Not a star, still a quality pitcher" "Highly effective slider against many hitters" "Will give you solid innings, without getting tired" Oh, they forgot one, "Potential 20 game LOSER!!!"

No wonder why you are having problems with Guthrie's pitching. Because his control is "F", he's prone to throwing many mistakes and missing the targets.

I know that the CPU will offer players through the "rumor mill", but how do you know which player, or players, the the other team wants in return?

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by doncoryell

No wonder why you are having problems with Guthrie's pitching. Because his control is "F", he's prone to throwing many mistakes and missing the targets. I know that the CPU will offer players through the "rumor mill", but how do you know which player, or players, the the other team wants in return?

I'm not sure if I'm understanding correctly, but the way the trades are made is, at the beginning of the month, I put the players on the block, the trades are made only when after a game, it pops up on the screen stating. Team A wants to offer me Player A for Player B, and their names are there. I just hit yes, except for one rejection a year.