Welcome to Cincinnati: THE GRIFFEY YEARS

**RedsoxRockies** · 02-14-2009, 09:33 PM

50 for the kid, sweet

**boomboom** · 02-14-2009, 10:22 PM

sweet, 10 more than in real life!

**PotatoOfCouch13** · 02-15-2009, 03:29 PM

RSR, boomboom: Yeah, 50 home runs was nice, but it would help if the rest of the team performed better. From a wild card team in '99 to a sub-.500 team? It's never good to be moving backward.

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SEASON IN REVIEW

Cincinnati Reds: 75-87 (11-18 in September); 27 GB in Central, 15 GB in Wild Card
AVG: Ken Griffey, Jr. - .317 (NL RANK = 13th)
HR: Ken Griffey, Jr. – 50 (NL RANK = 1st)
RBI: Ken Griffey, Jr. – 141 (NL RANK = 2nd)
SB: Pokey Reese – 45 (NL RANK = T-3rd)
W: Pete Harnisch – 16 (NL RANK = T-1st)
ERA: Pete Harnisch – 3.61 (NL RANK = 6th)
K: Denny Neagle – 151 (NL RANK = 23rd)
SV: Scott Williamson – 31 (NL RANK = 5th)

STANDINGS (brought to you by Doritos: if it’s good enough for Stephen Colbert, then it’s good enough for me!)
ALE: Toronto (88-74), New York (3 GB), Boston (5 GB)
ALC: Cleveland (95-67), Minnesota (11 GB)
ALW: Oakland (93-69), Seattle (4 GB)
ALWC: Seattle (89-73), New York (4 GB), Minnesota (5 GB), Boston (6 GB)
NLE: Florida (95-67), Atlanta (7 GB)
NLC: St. Louis (102-60)
NLW: Los Angeles (91-71), San Francisco (1 GB), Arizona (7 GB)
NLWC: San Francisco (90-72), Atlanta (2 GB), Arizona (6 GB)

LEAGUE NOTES
Carlos Beltran (35 HR/33 SB) and Mike Cameron (32 HR/33 SB) joined the 30/30 Club this season. Perhaps the scariest part about that is that Beltran is only 23 years old…

John Burkett led the Majors with a 2.67 ERA at the age of 35. Skeptics are wondering if he’s clean…

Craig Biggio rapped his 2000th hit.

Albert Belle, Wally Joyner, Larry Walker, and Steve Finley scored their 1000th runs.

Rafael Palmeiro hit his 400th career home run.

Ellis Burks drove in his 1000th RBI.

Brady Anderson swiped his 300th steal.

Hitting streaks ended in September:
Manny Ramirez – 22
Jose Canseco – 21

continued below...

**PotatoOfCouch13** · 02-15-2009, 03:33 PM

BATTING STATS

Code:

2000 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Reese, Pokey              CIN  155  .285   627  179  28   6   6   49  134   45   4   89   55  .378  .337
Griffey, Ken              CIN  159  .317   568  180  36   3  50  100  105    7   2  132  141  .655  .423
Casey, Sean               CIN  138  .288   563  162  37   0  18   56   65    0   0   91   81  .449  .353
Larkin, Barry             CIN  156  .273   561  153  22   4  14   80   80   13   5  100   63  .401  .363
Young, Dmitri             CIN  149  .292   559  163  38   2  14   49  104    0   0   68   88  .442  .350
Boone, Aaron              CIN  142  .267   525  140  23   2  25   44  117    9   3   68   85  .461  .327
Tucker, Michael           CIN  141  .249   502  125  20   3  20   65  129   14   3   65   66  .420  .340
Santiago, Benito          CIN  135  .254   489  124  14   2   8   43  107    7   1   53   52  .339  .322
Stynes, Chris             CIN   77  .293   249   73   8   0   2   25   41    3   2   26   22  .349  .360
Ochoa, Alex               CIN   92  .285   179   51  13   1   4   22   31    2   0   28   34  .436  .360
Morris, Hal               CIN  101  .277   166   46   7   0   3   18   31    1   1   20   18  .373  .348
LaRue, Jason              CIN   40  .250   108   27   8   0   2   12   32    0   0   18   14  .380  .333
Harnisch, Pete            CIN   31  .085    71    6   0   0   0    0   28    0   0    0    2  .085  .085
Clark, Brady              CIN   38  .269    67   18   2   1   1    5   10    3   2    9    5  .373  .333
Neagle, Denny             CIN   32  .238    63   15   1   0   0    4   19    1   0    5    7  .254  .284
Lewis, Mark               CIN   22  .246    61   15   1   0   1    9    9    0   0    8    8  .311  .333
Rijo, Jose                CIN   28  .260    50   13   0   0   0    0   14    0   1    4    2  .260  .260
Parris, Steve             CIN   22  .256    39   10   2   0   0    0   12    0   0    2    7  .308  .250
Dunn, Adam                CIN   23  .111    36    4   0   0   0    5   12    0   0    3    2  .111  .220
Villone, Ron              CIN   19  .033    30    1   0   0   0    1   11    0   0    0    0  .033  .065
Fernandez, Osvaldo        CIN   15  .200    25    5   0   0   0    1   13    0   0    1    2  .200  .231
Pickering, Calvin         CIN   22  .400    15    6   0   0   1    5    3    0   0    2    6  .600  .500
White, Gabe               CIN   19  .100    10    1   1   0   0    0    2    0   0    1    0  .200  .100
Reyes, Dennys             CIN   65  .143     7    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .143  .143
Castro, Juan              CIN    6  .000     6    0   0   0   0    2    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .250
Hudson, Luke              CIN    7  .167     6    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .167  .167
Riedling, John            CIN   24  .167     6    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .167  .167
Graves, Danny             CIN   58  .000     5    0   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Wohlers, Mark             CIN   57  .250     4    1   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .250  .250
Hamilton, Josh            CIN    3  .667     3    2   0   0   1    0    0    0   0    1    2 1.667  .667
Mercado, Hector           CIN   11  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Randall, Scott            CIN    2  .667     3    2   1   0   0    0    0    0   0    1    3 1.000  .667
Davis, Lance              CIN    2  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Williamson, Scott         CIN   64  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Sullivan, Scott           CIN   65  .000     2    0   0   0   0    1    1    0   0    1    0  .000  .333

PITCHING STATS

Code:

2000 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Harnisch, Pete            CIN  204.2  3.61   31  31  16   7   0  137   78 12.09
Neagle, Denny             CIN  195.1  5.44   33  33   9  12   0  151   64 13.22
Rijo, Jose                CIN  162.0  5.33   30  30  11   7   0  118   83 14.94
Parris, Steve             CIN  142.1  5.25   24  24   6   7   0  101   59 14.10
Villone, Ron              CIN  110.2  3.66   19  17   5   8   0   66   58 13.26
Reyes, Dennys             CIN   87.1  5.67   65   0   6   5   1   81   41 14.74
Fernandez, Osvaldo        CIN   87.1  4.23   15  14   4   4   0   56   21 11.44
Sullivan, Scott           CIN   78.1  5.40   65   0   0   4   1   74   37 12.64
Graves, Danny             CIN   70.2  6.24   58   1   5   6   1   50   36 15.67
Williamson, Scott         CIN   70.1  4.61   64   0   5   9  31   95   41 13.44
Wohlers, Mark             CIN   65.1  5.92   57   0   0   5   1   78   40 14.33
White, Gabe               CIN   38.2  6.28   19   4   2   3   0   31   12 13.97
Riedling, John            CIN   37.1  5.30   24   0   4   3   0   23   23 15.91
Hudson, Luke              CIN   33.2  8.29    8   6   0   5   0   29   25 16.57
Mercado, Hector           CIN   18.2  4.34   11   0   1   0   0   13    6 11.09
Randall, Scott            CIN    8.0  5.63    2   1   1   0   0    8    6 15.75
Davis, Lance              CIN    7.2  7.04    2   1   0   1   0    2    2 11.74
Smith, Dan                CIN    1.0  0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0    0  0.00

FIELDING STATS

Code:

2000 Fielding            Team    G   PCT     A    PO   DP    E    RF  A/G InnOuts   PB  SBA  RTO
Griffey, Ken              CIN  152  .984     9   295    3    5  2.07 0.06 4037    0    0    0
Reese, Pokey              CIN  148  .987   452   281  108   10  5.31 3.25 3781    0    0    0
Young, Dmitri             CIN  142  .993     4   291    3    2  2.16 0.02 3709    0    0    0
Tucker, Michael           CIN  141  .974     5   262    1    7  1.96 0.00 3775    0    0    0
Larkin, Barry             CIN  139  .978   420   232  110   15  4.94 3.02 3644    0    0    0
Casey, Sean               CIN  137  .998    86  1226  127    2  9.69 0.63 3661    0    0    0
Boone, Aaron              CIN  137  .961   255    87   33   14  2.64 1.86 3647    0    0    0
Santiago, Benito          CIN  134  .994    46   926    4    6  7.47 0.34 3536    5  108   34
Reyes, Dennys             CIN   65  .846     7     4    1    2  1.34 0.11  262    0    0    0
Sullivan, Scott           CIN   65 1.000     6     6    3    0  1.38 0.09  235    0    0    0
Williamson, Scott         CIN   64 1.000     4     5    0    0  1.15 0.06  211    0    0    0
Graves, Danny             CIN   58 1.000     9     4    2    0  1.66 0.16  212    0    0    0
Stynes, Chris             CIN   57  .986   135    76   36    3  3.98 2.49 1453    0    0    0
Wohlers, Mark             CIN   57 1.000     2     1    0    0  0.41 0.04  196    0    0    0
LaRue, Jason              CIN   35 1.000     7   239    4    0  8.40 0.20  791    4   17    4
Ochoa, Alex               CIN   34  .982     2    53    0    1  1.72 0.12  881    0    0    0
Neagle, Denny             CIN   33  .975    31     8    3    1  1.84 0.94  586    0    0    0
Harnisch, Pete            CIN   31 1.000    33    17    5    0  2.20 1.06  614    0    0    0
Clark, Brady              CIN   30  .971     0    34    0    1  1.94 0.00  488    0    0    0
Rijo, Jose                CIN   30  .933    17    11    2    2  1.67 0.57  486    0    0    0
Riedling, John            CIN   24 1.000     9     6    3    0  3.62 0.38  112    0    0    0
Parris, Steve             CIN   24  .958    12    11    3    1  1.52 0.50  427    0    0    0
Morris, Hal               CIN   23  .996    17   212   28    1 10.08 0.74  616    0    0    0
White, Gabe               CIN   19 1.000     4     5    0    0  2.09 0.21  116    0    0    0
Villone, Ron              CIN   19  .968    24     6    3    1  2.52 1.26  332    0    0    0
Lewis, Mark               CIN   16  .962    19     6    3    1  1.79 1.36  393    0    0    0
Fernandez, Osvaldo        CIN   15  .957    12    10    4    1  2.37 0.80  262    0    0    0
Mercado, Hector           CIN   11 1.000     0     1    0    0  0.48 0.00   56    0    0    0
Hudson, Luke              CIN    8 1.000     6     2    2    0  2.14 0.75  101    0    0    0
Dunn, Adam                CIN    7 1.000     0     6    0    0  1.15 0.00  141    0    0    0
Castro, Juan              CIN    6 1.000     8     2    2    0  4.29 0.00   63    0    0    0
Randall, Scott            CIN    2 1.000     1     0    1    0  1.13 0.50   24    0    0    0
Davis, Lance              CIN    2 1.000     0     1    0    0  1.17 0.00   23    0    0    0
Smith, Dan                CIN    1  .000     0     0    0    0  0.00 0.00    3    0    0    0

LEAGUE LEADERS

Code:

BATTING AVERAGE
Todd Helton (COL)	.364
Luis Gonzalez (SEA)	.356
Manny Ramirez (CLE)	.343
Albert Pujols (STL)	.343
Derek Jeter (NYY)	.340

HOME RUNS
Ken Griffey Jr. (CIN)	50
Carlos Delgado (TOR)	48
Sammy Sosa (CHC)	47
Jeromy Burnitz (TOR)	47
3 players tied with 	44

RUNS BATTED IN
Alex Rodriguez (SEA)	152
Jeff Kent (SFG)		146
Manny Ramirez (CLE)	145
Ken Griffey Jr. (CIN)	141
Carlos Beltran (KCR)	141

STOLEN BASES
Luis Castillo (FLA)	48
Eric Young (CHC)	46
Pokey Reese (CIN)	45
Rickey Henderson (NYM)	45
3 players tied with 	33

WINS
Bartolo Colon (CLE)	17
Mark Redman (MIN)	17
Andy Pettitte (NYY)	17
5 players tied with 	16

EARNED RUN AVERAGE
John Burkett (ATL)	2.67
Al Leiter (NYM)  	2.93
Greg Maddux (ATL)	3.21
Josh Beckett (FLA)	3.33
Brett Tomko (SEA)	3.33

STRIKEOUTS
Pedro Martinez (BOS)	231
Javier Vazquez (MON)	220
Josh Beckett (FLA)	199
Kevin Brown (LAD)	195
Pedro Astacio (COL)	189

SAVES
Billy Koch (TOR)	37
Robb Nen (SFG)  	36
Juan Rincon (MIN)	35
Trevor Hoffman (SDP)	35
2 players tied with	34

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**Jeffy25** · 02-15-2009, 03:35 PM

keep it up!

**PotatoOfCouch13** · 02-15-2009, 03:39 PM

Jeffy: Thanks for continuing to read!

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PLAYOFF PREVIEW: DIVISION SERIES

St. Louis Cardinals (102-60) v. San Francisco Giants (90-72)
The Cardinals cruised to the best record in baseball, thanks to Jim Edmonds, rookie Albert Pujols, and the best pitching staff in the Majors. San Francisco boasts the 4-headed monster of Jeff Kent, Barry Bonds, Ellis Burks, and Rich Aurilia.
PREDICTION: St. Louis in 3. They’re not the best in the game for nothing, folks.

Florida Marlins (95-67) v. Los Angeles Dodgers (91-71)
The Marlins are a young, exciting team with a good mixture of speed (Luis Castillo’s 48 steals) and power (Derrek Lee’s 40 homers). The Dodgers survived the NL West thanks to Sheffield, Beltre, and some timely pitching.
PREDICTION: Los Angeles in 5. Although the Marlins are the feel-good story, they’re not ready for the big time. Yet.

Cleveland Indians (95-67) v. Seattle Mariners (89-73)
The Indians had the best record in the AL, thanks to the big bats of Richie Sexson, Jim Thome, and Manny Ramirez. Seattle boasts 7 players with 15+ HR, and midseason acquisition Luis Gonzalez has sparked the offense.
PREDICTION: Cleveland in 5. The offenses cancel each other out, and the Indians are that much better on the mound.

Oakland Athletics (93-69) v. Toronto Blue Jays (88-74)
Toronto had 3 players hit 40+ HR this season, but it was enough to help them survive the AL East. Oakland boasts a more well-rounded attack, with 8 players in double figures for HR.
PREDICTION: Oakland in 4. Their rotation of Hudson, Appier, Zito, and Loaiza prove to be too good for Toronto.

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**filihok** · 02-15-2009, 03:44 PM

Let's go Blue.

Just curious what's Griff's health rating?

**Jeffy25** · 02-15-2009, 03:44 PM

what were albert's rookie numbers?

**PotatoOfCouch13** · 02-15-2009, 04:04 PM

filihok: I took the 'liberty' of adjusting a few of Griffey's settings to 'create a more realistic environment' (read: favorable settings). I changed his peak age to 33 (a more realistic number than the in-game 31). I also upped his longevity from 90 to 100 (again, to make him more 'average' than normal). His default health in-game is an 85, so I just kept that.

Jeffy: Albert really came on in the 2nd half, finishing the season with a .343 average, 24 home runs, and 110 runs batted in. Will he win the Rookie of the Year Award? I'll let you know after the playoffs!

***

A LOOK BACK (at the LDS) AND A LOOK AHEAD (at the LCS)

LDS RESULTS:
Seattle beats Cleveland, 3-2; Mariners rally from a 0-2 deficit to avenge loss in ’95 ALCS.
Oakland beats Toronto, 3-1; after losing Game 1, A’s prove to be too strong for Jays.
St. Louis beats San Francisco, 3-1; a hiccup in Game 3 is nothing to worry about.
Florida beats Los Angeles, 3-2; up 2-0, Marlins survive Dodger comeback to hang on.

LCS PREVIEW:
St. Louis Cardinals v. Florida Marlins
PREDICTION: St. Louis in 5.
The Cardinals have their rotation lined up, and look to be unstoppable on the way to the World Series. Guess who their DH will be? (Hint: rhymes with Fark Lickwire…)

Oakland Athletics v. Seattle Mariners
PREDICTION: Oakland in 6.
In this matchup of AL West teams, I have to defer to the regular season results. Hence, edge to Oakland.

**PotatoOfCouch13** · 02-15-2009, 04:10 PM

WORLD SERIES, HERE WE COME!

LCS RECAP
NLCS: Cardinals beat Marlins, 4-0. St. Louis sweeps Sushi in systematic series.
ALCS: Mariners beat Athletics, 4-1. City of Seattle: Take that, Junior!

WORLD SERIES PREVIEW
If anyone can stop the St. Louis express, it’s Seattle. Unfortunately, that won’t happen.
PREDICTION: ST. LOUIS IN 5 GAMES
MVP: Albert Pujols (you're welcome, Jeffy!)

**RedsoxRockies** · 02-15-2009, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by PotatoOfCouch13

WORLD SERIES, HERE WE COME!

LCS RECAP
NLCS: Cardinals beat Marlins, 4-0. St. Louis sweeps Sushi in systematic series.
ALCS: Mariners beat Athletics, 4-1. City of Seattle: Take that, Junior!

WORLD SERIES PREVIEW
If anyone can stop the St. Louis express, it’s Seattle. Unfortunately, that won’t happen.
PREDICTION: ST. LOUIS IN 5 GAMES
MVP: Albert Pujols (you're welcome, Jeffy!)

Coach Owens will hate your soul

**Coach Owens** · 02-16-2009, 01:51 AM

Well, RSR is right. YOU ARE NO LONGER FORGIVEN, POC!!!

**OregonDuck1989** · 02-16-2009, 01:54 AM

Not a good season for the Reds but a good season of dynasty writing for you POC keep up the good work!

**PotatoOfCouch13** · 02-16-2009, 09:04 AM

RSR, Coach: Well, if that's the case, I guess the Mariners don't have to win the World Series...

Duck: Thanks! Let's hope season 2 is better, both in wins and in writing!

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AND THE WINNER IS…

Trailing 3-1, the St. Louis Cardinals had their backs against the wall. But, as they had done all year, they never gave up. Led by World Series MVP Jim Edmonds (.440, 2 HR), the Cards rallied to take Game 5 in St. Louis, then won twice in a row in Seattle to complete a most improbable comeback.

The St. Louis Cardinals are World Series Champions!

**Jeffy25** · 02-16-2009, 09:25 AM

Beautiful, but we don't want Belliard back haha

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