{"id":159,"date":"2008-03-16T12:21:45","date_gmt":"2008-03-16T19:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mfooz.com\/bblog\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2009-03-01T16:21:16","modified_gmt":"2009-03-01T23:21:16","slug":"2008-strat-o-matic-tournament","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mfooz.com\/bblog\/?page_id=159","title":{"rendered":"2008 Strat-O-Matic Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I picked up the &#8220;36 Past Seasons&#8221; cards, which are reproductions of selected teams from 1962-1976. Thought I would run a tournament using the basic game. The first round will be six divisions of six teams. Each team will play one game against each divisional opponent; that&#8217;s five sets of three games in each division. If I make it, there will be 90 games in the first round. No rules yet for what happens after the first round.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nSTANDINGS\r\n\r\nDIVISION A\r\n                W   L     RS   RA   RD\r\n\r\n1969 Twins      3   2     25   16   +9\r\n1973 Mets       3   2     16   16    0\r\n1972 A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s        3   2     19   22   -3\r\n1969 Braves     2   3     19   19    0\r\n1971 Orioles    2   3     22   23   -1\r\n1964 Reds       2   3     14   19   -5\r\n\r\nDIVISION B\r\n                W   L     RS   RA   RD\r\n\r\n1964 Phillies   4   1     19    7  +12\r\n1974 Rangers    3   2     23    7  +16\r\n1968 Cardinals  3   2     15   15    0\r\n1966 Dodgers    3   2     10    9   +1\r\n1969 Orioles    2   3     14   21   -7\r\n1976 Royals     0   5     10   32  -22\r\n\r\nDIVISION C\r\n                W   L     RS   RA   RD\r\n\r\n1963 Dodgers    4   1     24   13  +11\r\n1966 Orioles    3   2     26   17   +9\r\n1964 White Sox  3   2     24   22   +2\r\n1975 Red Sox    2   3     15   15    0\r\n1969 Mets       2   3     15   22   -7\r\n1962 Angels     1   4     15   30  -15\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Division A:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/BAL\/1971.shtml\">1971 Orioles<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/NYM\/1973.shtml\">1973 Mets<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/OAK\/1972.shtml\">1972 A&#8217;s<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/ATL\/1969.shtml\">1969 Braves<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/CIN\/1964.shtml\">1964 Reds<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/MIN\/1969.shtml\">1969 Twins<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2008-03-16<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n1971 Orioles    000 000 100   1  7  1\r\n1973 Mets       011 010 00x   3  6  3\r\n\r\nW: Seaver (1-0)\r\nL: Cuellar (0-1)\r\n\r\nSeaver pitches well and helps himself with a HR.\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n1972 A's        000 100 000   1  3  0\r\n1969 Braves     110 220 00x   6 11  0\r\n\r\nW: Niekro (1-0)\r\nL: Holtzman (0-1)\r\n\r\nAaron hits two homers as the Braves pound Ken Holtzman.\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n1964 Reds       000 000 000   1  1  1\r\n1969 Twins      100 300 00x   4  3  0\r\n\r\nW: Boswell (1-0)\r\nL: Maloney (0-1)\r\n\r\nDave Boswell tosses a one-hitter and retires the last 22\r\nin order! Twins eke out 4 runs on only 3 hits.\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n1972 A's        000 300 004   7  4  2\r\n1971 Orioles    001 000 004   5  6  1\r\n\r\nW: Hunter (1-0)\r\nL: Dobson (0-1)\r\n\r\nInjured: Mangual (1 game)\r\n\r\nOrioles give up 3 unearned runs in the top of the 9th,\r\nand their 4 unearned runs in the bottom of the 9th\r\nare not enough.\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n1973 Mets       000 000 000   0  5  2\r\n1964 Reds       000 000 10x   1  5  3\r\n\r\nW: O'Toole (1-0)\r\nS: Ellis (1)\r\nL: Koosman (0-1)\r\n\r\nGreat outings by both starters--scoreless through\r\n6 1\/2. Five errors, but none translate into runs.\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n1969 Twins      212 300 000   8 15  2\r\n1969 Braves     000 010 010   2 10  1\r\n\r\nW: Perry (1-0)\r\nL: Jarvis (0-1)\r\n\r\nTwins score early and often. Uhlaender: 3 RBI, 2 R.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>2008-03-17<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n1971 Orioles    010 000 003   4 13  1\r\n1969 Braves     000 002 010   3  7  1\r\n\r\nW: Palmer (1-0)\r\nS: Watt (1)\r\nL: Upshaw (0-1)\r\n\r\nBraves up 3-1 in the top of the 9th. Upshaw on the \r\nmound trying to finish it off. Orioles load the \r\nbases on three straight singles. Upshaw strikes out\r\nthe next two. Powell hits a ground ball to 3rd...\r\nand Clete Boyer boots it! O's down one, Frank \r\nRobinson singles in two to take the lead and the win!\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>2008-03-21<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n1969 Twins      000 011 030 00   5  8  0\r\n1973 Mets       110 001 020 01   6 13  2\r\n\r\nSP: Matlack, Kaat\r\n\r\nW: Parker (1-0)\r\nL: Perranoski (0-1)\r\n\r\nMets up 3-2, top of the 8th, Twins batting. \r\nBack-to-back errors put two on, and Cesar Tovar \r\nmakes 'em pay with a homer to make it 5-3. Mets \r\nanswer with two in the bottom of the inning to \r\ntie. Mets load the bases and win with a sac fly \r\nin the 11th.\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n1964 Reds       100 002 100    4  7  1\r\n1972 A's        002 030 01x    6 13  3\r\n\r\nSP: Purkey, Odom\r\n\r\nW: Odom (1-0)\r\nS: Knowles\r\nL: Purkey (0-1)\r\n\r\nA's win with a 2-run blast from Rudi, but Reggie\r\nis injured and lost for ten games.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>At the end of three games, the Mets, A&#8217;s, &#038; Twins are 2-1; the Orioles, Braves, &#038; Reds are 1-2.<\/p>\n<p>2008-03-22<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n1973 Mets       000 010 001   2  5  2\r\n1972 A's        500 000 00x   5  8  0\r\n\r\nSP: Seaver, Holtzman (Oops! Wrong guys.)\r\n\r\nW: Holtzman (1-1)\r\nL: Seaver (1-1)\r\n\r\nA's batted around in the 1st with five hits & 2 \r\nerrors committed by the Mets.\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n1969 Braves     100 200 100   4 13  0\r\n1964 Reds       000 010 000   1  5  1\r\n\r\nW: Pappas (1-0)\r\nL: Tsitouris (0-1)\r\n\r\nMilt Pappas five-hits the Reds. No homers \r\nin this one.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>2008-03-23<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n1971 Orioles    113 100 001   7 10  1\r\n1969 Twins      020 010 000   3 10  2\r\n\r\nW: McNally (1-0)\r\nL: Hall (0-1)\r\n\r\nDon Buford hit 3 home runs to lead off the 1st,\r\n3rd, and 9th innings!\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n1969 Braves     002 000 020   4  7  0\r\n1973 Mets       000 021 20x   5  9  0\r\n\r\nW: Stone (1-0)\r\nS: Parker\r\nL: Stone (0-1)\r\n\r\nGeorge Stone started for both teams, and Felix Millan \r\nled off for both! Cleon Jones hit the deciding 2-run\r\nhomer in the 7th. Braves came close with two solo\r\nshots in the 8th off Aaron & Gonzalez.\r\n\r\nSonny Jackson injured--six games.\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n1972 A's        000 000 000   0  3  0\r\n1969 Twins      012 001 01x   5  8  1\r\n\r\nW: Boswell (2-0)\r\nL: Blue (0-1)\r\n\r\nBoswell tossed another gem: a three-hit shutout.\r\nHarm Killebrew powered the Twins offense with\r\n3 runs and 3 RBIs on two home runs.\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n1964 Reds       002 010 000 04   7 13  1\r\n1971 Orioles    000 120 000 02   5  9  0\r\n\r\nSP: Cuellar, Maloney\r\n\r\nW: Ellis (1-0)\r\nL: Dukes (0-1)\r\n\r\nTied after five, and we go into extra innings.\r\nReds exploded for four in the top of the 11th,\r\nand the Orioles were able to get back only half.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Three tied at the top of the division. Playoff or run differential?<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n<big>\r\n                W   L     RS   RS  RD\r\n\r\n1969 Twins      3   2     25   16  +9\r\n1973 Mets       3   2     16   16   0\r\n1972 A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s        3   2     19   22  -3\r\n1969 Braves     2   3     19   19   0\r\n1971 Orioles    2   3     22   23  -1\r\n1964 Reds       2   3     14   19  -5\r\n<\/big>\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Division B:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/TEX\/1974.shtml\">1974 Rangers<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/PHI\/1964.shtml\">1964 Phillies<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/STL\/1968.shtml\">1968 Cardinals<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/LAD\/1966.shtml\">1966 Dodgers<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/BAL\/1969.shtml\">1969 Orioles<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/KCR\/1976.shtml\">1976 Royals<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 1964 Phillies sped to a 4-0 start to take the division. The &#8217;74 Rangers played well also. The 60s pitching is front and center with five shutouts in 15 games. The &#8217;76 Royals were awful and failed to take a single game.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nTEX 1  PHI 3   Triple play! Bunning: 3 hitter.\r\nSTL 4  LAD 5   15 innings\r\nBAL 9  KCR 2   O's score 5 in 1st.\r\n\r\nSTL 3  TEX 2   13 inninngs. Both score 1 in the 12th.\r\nPHI 7  BAL 1   Phils knock 4 HRs, two by Wes Covington.\r\nKCR 0  LAD 1   Drysdale shutout.\r\n\r\nTEX 2  LAD 1   LA leaves bases loaded in the 9th.\r\nKCR 3  PHI 7\r\nBAL 1  STL 2   Carlton one batter short of shutout.\r\n\r\nPHI 2  STL 2   Mahaffey: four-hit shutout.\r\nLAD 2  BAL 3   Palmer: 4-hitter. Powell: HR.\r\nTEX 9  KCR 0   Jackie Brown: 5-hit shutout.\r\n\r\nLAD 2  PHI 0   Koufax: 4 hits, 11 Ks.\r\nSTL 6  KCR 0   16 innings! Mike Shannon GWRBI.\r\nBAL 0  TEX 9   David Clyde shutout. Cesar Tovar grand slam.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Division C:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/NYM\/1969.shtml\">1969 Mets<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/BAL\/1966.shtml\">1966 Orioles<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/LAD\/1963.shtml\">1963 Dodgers<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/BOS\/1975.shtml\">1975 Red Sox<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/LAA\/1962.shtml\">1962 Angels<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/CHW\/1964.shtml\">1964 White Sox<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It came down to the last game, and the &#8217;63 Dodgers edges out the &#8217;64 White Sox to take the division.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nNYM 3  BAL 6   All O's runs unearned.\r\nLAD 2  BOS 1   Sox get tying run on second bottom 9th no out, but can't do it.\r\nLAA 7  CHW 8   Sox rally with 2 out bottom 11th, win on RF Wagner's error.\r\n\r\nLAD 10 NYM 1   Koufax 12 Ks. Fairly 4 for 4, 3 RBIs.\r\nBAL 10 LAA 0   Powell 3 HRs! Palmer 4-hit shutout.\r\nCHW 6  BOS 4   \r\n\r\nNYM 4  BOS 0   Koosman 2-hitter, retired 20 in a row at one point. Kranepool 4 for 4.\r\nCHW 5  BAL 3   Horlan retires first 17. Hansen 3-run HR.\r\nLAA 1  LAD 3\r\n\r\nBAL 6  LAD 4\r\nBOS 5  LAA 2   Come-from-behind win on Evans' 3-run HR.\r\nNYM 3  CHW 1\r\n\r\nBOS 5  BAL 1\r\nLAD 5  CHW 4   Deciding game.\r\nLAA 5  NYM 4   10 inn. Angels left 19 on base. Mets pitchers walked 14.\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I picked up the &#8220;36 Past Seasons&#8221; cards, which are reproductions of selected teams from 1962-1976. Thought I would run a tournament using the basic game. The first round will be six divisions of six teams. 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