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Dynasty All Time Great League AL Division C

Posted: July 14, 2020 by datechguy in baseball, dynasty baseball, gaming, online gaming, Sports
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The latest in our writeups of the teams in the online baseball leagues I run. This league is full but I will be recruiting players for my next all pathetic league in a month or so if you are interested in joining that one or getting on the waiting list for this one leave a message in comment.

2009 New York Yankees 54-46 1st place

The Yankees have remained steady as their division rivals have collapsed. Can they hold that 8 game lead or are they due for a fall?

Heroes: Robinson Cano leads the league in hits while sitting at 3rd in batting and doubles. Mark Teixera is 2nd in RBI’s and 4th in HR. Meanwhile Alfredo Aceves has shined out of the pen with a 4-0 record & ERA of 2.91 and a WHIP under 1 (0.88)

Zeros: Phil Coke(6.39 ERA 1.66 WHIP) and Brian Bruney *5.83 ERA .308 avg against) are both keeping Yankee opponents in the game while Brett Gardner and Jerry Hairston have not excelled off the bench.

Wild Cards: 8 different Yanks are in double digits in HR but no yankee starter is more than two games over .500 Meanwhile closer Mariano Rivera is 3rd in the league in saves while 1st in blown saves.

Coming Attractions: The Yanks have 3 in Cleveland vs the 1954 Indians and before rushing home for a quick series vs the 2010 Texas Rangers before going back on the road to challenge the 2002 Aneheim Angels.

Injury Report: One of the features of the Yankee lead is an empty DL

1924 Washington Senators 46-56 9 GB 2nd place (tie)

The Washington collapse is starting to slow but with only 60 games left to make up nine for the lead and 6 for a playoff spot if a turnaround is going to happen it has to happen now.

Heroes: Walter Johnson leads the league in wins is 2nd in innings and is top 10 in strikeouts and ERA while hitting .322 in 59 AB. Sam Rice is 1st in Triples and tied for 4th in hits HR. Meanwhile Goose Goslin leads Washington in HR (10) and RBI (64) while 2nd in avg at .305.

Zeros: Ossie Bluege .218 3 HR 37 RBI and Muddy Ruel .228 0 HR 27 RBI have not excelled at the plate while Byron Speece (0-0 1 sv 5.95 ERA 31 BB vs 21 K) Allen Russell (1-0 1 sv 6.11 ERA .324 avg against 2.25 WHIP) and Joe Martina (1-5 1 BS .309 avg against 6.68 ERA are not doing the job on the mound.

Wild Cards: The Senators continue to lead the majors triples (58) while dead last in HR (23) but they’re also one of the hardest to hit a HR off 3rd from the bottom in the AL. And don’t think you’re stealing against them. Not only do they have the best numbers for catching those trying to steal (.500) but only 5 bases have been stolen against them. But they’ve been giving away runs with a .981 fielding pct, worst in the AL.

Coming Attractions: The Senators are in the middle of a 21 game road trip. They stop in Baltimore to face the 1970 Orioles, head west to face the 2015 Kansas City Royals, north to Chicago to face the 2005 White Sox, farther north to Toronto for the 1993 Bluejays and finish off their trip back in Chicago to take on the 2016 Cubs.

Injury Report: After injuries to Wid Matthews, Bucky Harris 2 for George Mogridge and suspensions to Goslin and Mogridge over the last 30 days the Senators are finally all present and accounted for.

2015 Kansas City Royals 46-56 9 GB 2nd place (tie)

The good news for Kansas City is that they are still in 2nd place neck and neck with the Washington Senators as they have been since the start of the season, the bad news is that this is because they have shared the same sudden collapse at the exact same time.

Heroes: Johnny Cueto leads the league in WHIP is 2nd in wins ERA and avg against. wins is 2nd in innings and 4th in innings. Out of the pen Chris Young & Kelvin Herrera are a combined 4-1 with 2 saves and ERA’s (2.11 1.23) that strike fear in the hearts of hitters Meanwhile Eric Hosmer’s .297 avg 18 HR and 59 RBI along with 25 doubles gives opposing pitchers pause.

Zeros: Salvador Perez has put 10 over the fence but with a .202 avg he doesn’t get man chances. Meanwhile the non-Cueto starters have collapsed with Ednson Volquez (3-14 5.05 ERA) Danny Duffy (8-7 6.00 ERA .320 avg against) and Jeremy Guthrie 3-6 6.83 avg against 8.63 ERA) all digging holes for the offense to try to climb out of.

Wild Cards: While the teams .265 avg is middle of the pack no Royals hitter is over .300 for the season. That seems to be the theme of the team, none of their stats jump out positive or negative but the key hit seems to elude them particularly against the AL division A where they are 10-20 this season.

Coming Attractions: The Royals play 3 in Detroit vs the 1968 Tigers before coming home to take on the 1924 Washington Senators followed by the 1970 Baltimore Orioles before heading back on the road.

Injury Report: Kansas City is at full strength.

2002 Anaheim Angels 44-58 11 GB 4th place

The Angels are only two games behind both the Royals and the Senators so their best chance of getting out of the cellar not to mention making any kind of move this season is now. The question is are they up to the task?

Heroes: Garret Anderson is the bright spot on the Angels lineup leading the league in doubles while top 10 in slugging and RBI’s despite a .209 avg Troy Glaus’ 19 HR is good for 10th in the league On the mound Jarrod Washburn is 10-6 with 2.81 ERA and relievers Ben Weber (2-0 ‘s 3-3 in saves 1.53 ERA and Brendan Donnelly (5-3 1-1 in saves 2.05 ERA) are doing the job in the pen.

Zeros: Troy Percival has saved 17 games but he’s also lost 8 (1-8) blown five and put up an ERA of 7.18. Of course John Lackey at 3-9 with a 7.31 ERA and a .332 avg against doesn’t get to a closer often. At the bat Ben Molina isn’t doing much .195 1 HR 12 RBI but he’s not alone four other Angels starters (Tim Salmon, Darin Erstad, Alex Ochoa and Glaus are hitting .230 or worse.

Wild Cards: The Angels .250 avg is 3rd worst in the AL as are their 75 HR 876 hits & 414 RBI’s. On the plus side their .988 fielding percentage is 4th in the league and their .251 avg against is the 2nd stingiest in the league but alas when their opponents hit the ball it goes far as their top 5 in HR allowed indicates.

Coming Attractions: The Angels visit the red hot 2010 Texas Rangers to start a short road trip that ends in Baltimore to face the 1970 Baltimore Orioles before they head back home for two quick series against the 1st place 2009 New York Yankees and the 1988 Oakland A’s

Injury Report. Catcher Sean Wootan not only won’t be available for the series vs Texas but he won’t be back for the next series vs the Rangers a month from now which means Molina’s poor bat will be in the lineup for a quite a bit longer.

Mary will likely pray for them

Posted: July 13, 2020 by datechguy in Uncategorized

Why does this story not surprise me?

A statue of the Virgin Mary was set ablaze outside a Boston church Saturday night, said police who are investigating the arson incident.

Officers at 10 p.m. responded to a call for a fire in the area of 284 Bowdoin St. in Dorchester.

On arrival at St.Peter’s Parish, officers saw that a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary had been set on fire.

I wasn’t aware of Mary leading any Confederate brigades during the civil war?

The Rev. John Currie, pastor at St. Peter’s Parish, said a prayer next to the Virgin Mary statue Sunday afternoon.

“This is obviously someone who’s disturbed, someone who has a troubled soul,” Currie said of the unknown suspect.

I agree, my money is on a member of Biden’s base particularly given what been going on lately although to be fair you never do know about these things.

I suspect this type of thing isn’t going to play well with Hispanic voters, particularly Mexicans who revere Our Lady of Guadalupe.

On the plus side for the vandals, Our Lady is almost certainly already praying for them. And for this one too

Will the Left’s Twitter Magruders face GOP’s McClellans (Consultants) or Grants (Fighters)?

Posted: July 12, 2020 by datechguy in Uncategorized

In 1862 during the little tif in the nation known as the Civil War General George McClellan devised what was in fact a pretty good plan to take the Rebel capital at Richmond. 130,000+ soldiers were moved by the US navy to the James Peninsula to hit Richmond from the east rather than southward from Washington and began their march toward Yorktown.

The Confederates was at Yorktown was one tenth their size commanded by John Bankhead Magruder. With the primary Confederate force under Joseph Johnston out of position he knew that if McClellan pushed forward he could brush aside his tiny force and reach Richmond before help could arrive by land.

So as McClellan reached the outskirts of Yorktown Magruder a fan of theatrical performances, arranged for his men to be constantly spotted in as many different places on the defensive line as possible each day while setting up fake cannon and defenses to convince McClellan that instead of the tiny but loud force that before him , there stood a mighty host.

It worked. McClellan begged for more troops delaying his movements bringing up siege guns and 41 ten ton mortars that had to be moved into place by animal and manpower which took plenty of time allowing Johnston’s force which had been blocking the route from Washington DC to move south.

By the time McClellan was ready to begin the bombardment Magruder, took his show on the road and pulled out leaving McClellan an empty town. He had delayed him a full month while suffering fewer causalities against a 130,000 man army than the city of Chicago loses to murder over six months these days.

It’s 160 years later and the Democrats are playing the same game, this time using Twitter, Google and the MSM.

And that brings us to Google, Twitter and the Democrats in 2020.

The reality is that to win in Election 2020 the Democrats have to take state they lost in 2016. In order to do this they have to increase their potential vote while decreasing President Trump base, while at the same time keeping him from going on offense in states where he came close like Virginia, Minnesota and New Hampshire.

So what we’ve seen has been a giant Psi-ops operation. The left was already well established in Academia, Hollywood , the media and in big tech. So they’ve used these advantages to downplay President Trump’s success and either silence or divert arguments in his favor.

And with foreign governments like China with a vested interest in defeating Trump (and able to use their leverage with large tech and multinational corporations anxious for their market) on board they have done all they can to silence voices in support of the president both online and in person while using a campaign of intimidation & disinformation to make their own voices appear to be more widespread rather than concentrated in states like California and New York where they already hold majorities.

With Chinese dollars on the line and consultant jobs that are not going to former deep state players at stake there have been plenty of people who the media/democrat/left are elevating as “voices of the right” who argue for capitulation. Those who they can’t buy they attempt to spook.

These are the McClellans that they hope to face.

Unfortunately for the Democrat left coming the economy which was doing well before Corona is roaring back, the stock market is surging again and unemployment numbers are heading back in the right direction. Unless they can get those states that Trump won to shut down and the virus back on the march these trends will sink them (why do you think they’ve been so anxious to promote large gatherings of BLM supporters, you didn’t think they actually wanted the Corona virus numbers down did you?)

Most unfortunate of all for the left President Trump is not a McClellan, he’s a Grant and he fights. and there are a lot of people who are willing to fight on his side.

The question is this. Where you do stand are you a McClellan as the left’s Magruders hope or are you a Grant?

That will determine the election.

Da Magnificent Seven Minus One or What the #AB5 ever Happened to Baldilocks?

Posted: July 11, 2020 by datechguy in dablog
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Over the 12 years of this blogs life there have been few constants but since the introduction of DaMagnificent Seven Bloggers seeing Juliette “Baldilocks” Ochieng every Saturday night became a regular feature of the site.

And when Fausta Wertz ended up leaving due to illness Juliette started posting twice a week picking up Tuesday nights. She has brought plenty of traffice to the site and her pieces have been worth every penny I’ve paid her over the years.

However if you have been reading the blog this year you might have noticed that you’ve seen less and less than her. First her twice a week posts became once a week, then it became every other week it became once a week, then they were gone.

The good news it that it’s not due to illness, Juliette is feeling fine, nor is it a matter of a drop in quality. I’ve been delighted with her work and her opinions and insights for years and she is just as sharp as she has been since day one.

Alas the culprit here is the State of California or to be specific the AB5 law.

Under this law if a contractor produces beyond a particular amount of contract work said contractor must be hired as a full time employee subject to all the laws of a normal full time workers rather than as a contributor to a magazine or site.

And while I love her work I simply can’t justify such an expense which would be beyond what we bring in, furthermore if I ignore this law being in Massachusetts I might face a suit from California that would be even more expensive.

So until AB5 is repealed or January rolls around I’m afraid you won’t be seeing new posts authored by Baldilocks. But even more importantly this means Juliette will not be able to earn the money I would have paid her for those posts and the bonus I would give her every time she brought an Instalance to the site.

So while I’m always delighted when anyone hits DaTipJar I’d like to ask an odd favor.

If you have the time, the cash and the inclination consider heading over to her own site here and hit her tip jar to help make up for the dollars that she will not make from the 75 posts that she will not write on the site this year.

I would appreciate it and so would she.

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