MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by rexis

Raleigh McClure joined the forum? When you see him tell him his strike zone sucks lol.

Haha...yeah, I love that guys screen name.

Playing with that groups fictional set is SO much fun.
Learning about all the players from scratch is a blast.
I'm loving it.
I'm already starting to hate some players through the league and I know nothing about them yet!

My 3B is Eddie Collins. Probably the most solid 3B in the league. Great power...pretty good contact and defense and an excellent base runner(he's based off a real player...I won't say who in case anyone else plans on using these)...
But there is a 3B on Pittsburgh, Hank Nolan who is a HR monster and I'll see what I can do to ply him from them if they fall out of contention. They shouldn't though as Pittsburgh might be the best offensive club in the league and have pretty good pitching.
Pitt's LF Greenburg is also an offensive machine.
That's a tough lineup to get through.

M.K.
Knight165

[Mo]

A week to go before the Non Waivers Trade Deadline and I've pulled off a massive deal in acquiring Jose Bautista from the Jays for my Starting 2B Matt Camp and Minor League Pitching All Star Justin Berg.

Currently 2 games out of first in the Lost Column.

Aramis Ramirez went on a power surge this month and now leads the league in Homers with 31.

[Millennium]

Started a Brewers franchise as using my O's was too hard around the trade deadline (didn't want to give up any of my guys because they are still with the team in real life).

Named Kotsay the starting CF over Nyjer Morgan and Carlos Gomez due to his veteran bat and ability to hit from the two hole behind Rickie Weeks. It did me a lot of good, as 10 games in Weeks went down with a fractured hand for 1-2 months. It has led me to get 'creative' with my line up in order to put in a legitimate lead off candidate while not losing the rest of my power. So, this is what I trot out:

LF Morgan/Gomez platoon
CF Kotsay
3B Braun
1B Fielder
2B McGehee
RF Hart
SS Betancourt
C Lucroy
Pitcher

Defense is nerve-racking in the infield. McGehee has nowhere near the range of Weeks, and Braun has a sub par arm at third. I have Counsell on the bench, but he doesn't match up offensively to what Morgan/Gomez/Kotsay can do, and that is who I would have to sit for him.

After about a week of this line up, I am 9-8 and just beat Halladay and the Phillies 1-0 in 15 innings. So far, so good I suppose.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by Freshflow2110

Funny how u are the m's and ur offense is the best thing about ur team. I am 13-12 in my orioles franchise and I am still looking to deal Vladimir and d lee for a left fielder and a good sp. Anyone know of any good trade ideas? I need to find someone quick so I can keep pace with the redsox who are now 6 games in front of me after taking two of three from me.

The ERA took a hit towards the end of the month as we lost several games by a wide margin.

[jv35]

In my Tigers chise with fantasy rosters, I made it to the 2012 World Series against the Rockies. Split the first 2 games at Coors, came home to Comerica, and I win games 3 and 4 to take a 3-1 lead. Game 5 comes around and its Clayton Kershaw vs Scott Kazmir. Scoreless through 3, but Justin Upton hit a solo shot in the 4th and the Rockies tied the game with a HR in the 5th. Score remains the same, because Kershaw and Kazmir were in the zone. Kershaw ended up going 7, gave up the one run, and struck out 6 but the Tiger's bats couldn't touch Kazmir. I get into a jam in the ninth, with runners of 1st and 3rd one out and a popup to 2nd and a weak hit to the pitcher got me out of the jam. So I come up to bat in the bottom of the ninth, and my 2nd batter of the inning doubles, and Justin Upton comes up. First pitch is a hanging slider, Upton drives it to deep center. I thought it would go past the CF and stay in the park, but the ball kept carrying! Walk-off 2-run HR to dead center to win the WS!

[ILiveForThis]

Knight,
Would you mind posting your updates to that roster to the vault? It sounds great with the stirrups and old stadiums!

Progressing on my Brewers (play every game) and Mariner's (play only Felix/Pineda starts) and surprisingly, my M's are 6 Games up on the Rangers after the first 50 games!

[Black59Razr]

Finally won a Playoff game in my Jays 2nd season. In 2010, the A's swept me. This year, Texas beat me the first game 9-8. I won the second game in Arlington 10-5. Then back in Toronto, I won the next two games 4-3 and 3-2. Next up, ChiSox! They beat the Red Sox for me! Man, I think I was like 3-13 against Boston this season. The door is open!

[Dannyray64]

I am officially a sim monster. In my season mode, I have simmed to the year 2070. It is kind of ridiculous because everyone is in the same stadium and all the umpires are the same. Kind of annoying after awhile...

[Batistaj15]

Starting to lose interest in my 2nd season with the Twins because the trading seems to be ****ed up... I'm trying to trade Cuddyer,Orlando Cabrera, and Joe Nathan for a GOOD pitcher and noone seems to be interested. Playing around I tried offering Mauer, Cano, and Liriano for the wackest player of every team and they all rejected the deal...WTF IS THAT!

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by ILiveForThis

Knight, Would you mind posting your updates to that roster to the vault? It sounds great with the stirrups and old stadiums! Progressing on my Brewers (play every game) and Mariner's (play only Felix/Pineda starts) and surprisingly, my M's are 6 Games up on the Rangers after the first 50 games!

I have the set where the entire N.L. is completely finished. All players(that needed it...there were too many Latin players for a 60's style MLB replay....as the drafts are done...I will introduce all the other nationalities in) are renamed....some rerated...all uni's/equip/facial hair/glasses/stances are done. For the A.L. all the players are put on teams and rerated, but they all need to be done like the N.L. as described above. I'm working on it as I go through the season for the A.L. teams.
I'll post it later though for you guys that want it though.

M.K.
Knight165