#PackADailyCircus #ootp Simulated Radio Broadcast (R1G2, Tribecards/JoshDs)

Lunchtime experiment here. Last night (Monday night), I recorded my PbP from one of the OOTP games to see what that would be like. Well, it's a lot like listening to an old radio broadcast where the announcer was handed a mic for the first time in his life. Haha! I do 'live' updates from the other games going on as well.

In any case, I thought I would (attempt) to share it here for your listening..er, pleasure.

It is a LONG set - the game lasts about 45 minutes in talking time. If you want to listen, I suggest you let it run in the background. My next one will have the background crowds up much louder.

UPDATE: Embedding didn't work for some, though seems to work in Chrome. Here is link to file: Gameday Audio

Thanks for listening. Let me know what you thought. If you want to skip around, feel free.
My next one should be better and I hope to keep improving should I decide to keep at it. It was actually a LOT of fun.

#PackADailyCircus #ootp - Round 1, Game 2 Results!

Good evening, folks! Believe it or not, I actually DID record the Tribecards vs JoshDs game as it happened. That recording ended up about 45 minutes long! Whoa! I will probably post it at some point, just for laughs. If/when I do, I'll write it up as a separate post.

In the meantime, we have results from Game 2 of the PADCircus Playoffs!

As before, the link to the folder with all the game logs is:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1Z8vNjtCJDAdXZGcDlWblZ6LWc&usp=drive_web

Feel free to check the logs if you want to see how your favorite team(s) did during the actual game(s). If you prefer to skip down to see where things stand, just scroll below the image:

Okay, you were warned:

FDNYs v Wilsons: Series tied 1-1
Tribecards v JoshDs: Tribecards lead 2-0
PlayAtThePlates v CaptainCanucks: Series tied 1-1
Superduperman99 v NachosGrandes: Series tied 1-1

The Tribecards blew the socks off the JoshDs, winning 15-3. That was a crazy game! Tribecards are poised to take the series unless the JoshDs can rally back. With the rest of the matchups tied, the Tribecards and JoshDs may be watching from the stands after the next game.

How did things turn out in the Wordpress League?

GCRLs v Workmans: Workmans lead 2-0
BoRosnys v Kazis: Series is tied 1-1
Quarrys v Hadsalls: Quarrys lead 2-0
Thorzuls v Dawgbones: Thorzuls lead 2-0

Wow! We have three matchups on the verge of ending after the next game! We'll see if the underdogs on this of things can pull together a win to stay in the hunt. Will they keep up or be put out to pasture? Stay Tuned to find out!

PS: For those interested in stats, here are screenshots of the stats screens as of R1G2:

Click to enlarge (I hope!)

#PackADailyCircus - Correction (to the correction)

Thanks to an eagle-eyed and honest Jafronius, I was able to uncover a mistake I made.

Jafronius did not participate in the final draft. Instead, that should have been GoBlues.

I will make the adjustments in the rosters!

Thanks for catching that, Jafronius.

My apologies to the GoBlues.

The GoBlues are now the proud owners of Andy LaRoche!

UPDATE: I had earlier reported that GoBlues got Astros Mascot, but that is incorrect. The Quarrys have the mascot based on the results.

#PackADailyCircus #ootp - PLAYOFFS!! Lots to catch up on (Wait, have I said that already? a couple times, even?)

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the Tribecards Pack-A-Daily Circus Postseason! We've got a LOT to catch up on, so let's get started.

First of all, the ambitious notion of creating "radio broadcasts" of the games is out the window. There are just too many things going in in life to try to pull that off here. That is a bummer, because I just know you would have loved my radio style and witty banter with..er, myself.

So, with that news, I have created a Post Season folder that I am sharing so that you can look over the game logs as we go along. I will post the links to the game log folder and then later in each post, I will provide the actual standings, scores, etc. That way, I can head off any spoilers (or try anyway).

We also have a few packs to bust open as we finish out the actual MLB season, so we'll get those going as well.

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We also have our final draft results!  Let's look at those first:

As always, everyone goes into the pot:

Then, the names are sorted in the spreadsheet. Only, I didn't take that screenshot. Instead, like a doofus, I took one of how things looked before I even ran the randomizer. Well, here ya go, for what it's worth - the list before random sorting:

What everyone really came for: the final results:

 Just as an FYI, here are a couple stats:

1. This draft had the most shut-outs we've had all season (4)
2. We had 24 managers participate
3. Junction Jack, Dmitri Young, and Aaron Harang each received 15 requests
4. The Jennings were the only team to grab two players!

Those names were put into the OOTP game before the first game was played. All teams were then given AI lineups and roster changes. Sorry, Jafronius and Otakus, but the expanded roster kinda freaked the post season out, so I had no choice but to give every the "AI Equal Treatment."

The Managers/Players list is updated as well. See the "PAD Info" tab above for the link.

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Okay, I know you are dying to see what happened in the first day of playoff action, right!? Before we get there, here is the link to the whole postseason game logs folder:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1Z8vNjtCJDAdXZGcDlWblZ6LWc&usp=sharing#list

The files use the following format:
gamedate - visitor vs home (round, game)
Ex: 0927 - Tribecards at JoshDs (Round 1, Game 1)

SPOILER ALERT!! RESULTS FROM PLAYOFFS APPEAR AFTER THE IMAGE BELOW!!
Stop here if you want to go view the game logs for yourself before seeing the scores/standings.

You have been warned...

Okay, here we go!! Here are the results of the 09/27 games:

Dominic FDNYs vs Missouri Wilsons; Arkansas Tribecards vs California JoshDs; Texas PlayAtThePlates vs Alberta CaptainCanucks; and Illinois Superduperman99s vs Pennslyvania NachosGrandes:

Minnesota gcrls vs Florida Workmans; New York BoRosnys vs Ontario Kazis; Kentucky Quarrys vs New Jersey Hadsalls; and Wisconsin Thorzuls vs Virginia Dawgbones:

Congratulations all 1st game winners!! This is a "Best-of-Five" round, though, so plenty of time for those trailing to win.

I am a day behind, I know. So, I will let these stand. There is no game scheduled for the 29th in OOTP, so I will post the scores from the 28th's games on the 29th. Clear as mud? Well, just keep checking back.

Okay, we have some packs to bust! (Sorry, can't scan pics - ugh!)

2010 Topps Series 2:

Jeremy Guthrie - Orioles - BackstopCards (Wahoo!!)
Jake Westbrook - Indians (Wahoo!) - Wilsons (Wahoo!!)
Frank Robinson (1971 Cards your mom threw out) - Orioles - CaptainKirk42s (Wahoo!!)
Ozzie Smith 1993 Topps Reprint(?) - Cardinals - Maddings (Wahoo!!)
Gary Carter Million Dollar Giveaway promo card - Expos - Hadsalls (Wahoo!!)
Jermaine Dye Peak Performers - White Sox - JoshDs (Wahoo!!) 
Justin Verlander Topps Attax - Tigers - Otakus (Wahoo!!) 
Franklin Morales - Rockies - Free Agent

Man, we were so close to a Perfect Pack! Well, Morales will get randomly inserted for one of you!

Next Pack:

2008 Opening Day

Gil Meche - Royals - Free Agent
Jeff Clement - Mariners - Free Agent
Alfonso Soriano - Cubs - BoRosnys (Wahoo!!)
David Ortiz - Red Sox - FDNYs (Wahoo!!)
Josh Hamilton - Reds - ScottCrawfordOnCards (Wahoo!!)
Curt Schilling - Red Sox - FDNYs (Wahoo!! x2)

Congrats to FDNYs for grabbing two hits from this pack!

Let's do another 2010 Series 2:

Troy Tulowitzki - Rockies - Erins (Wahoo!!)
New York Yankees Team Card - Yankees - Free Agent
Lastings Milledge - Pirates - Free Agent
Jason Varitek - Red Sox - ThoughtsAndSox (Wahoo!!)
Mickey Mantle (1953 cards your mom threw out) - Yankees - Dawgbones (Wahoo!!)
Juan Marichal/Tim Lincecum Legendary Lineage - Giants - JoshDs (Wahoo!!)/Otakus (Wahoo!!)
Jon Lester Topps Attax - Red Sox - ThoughtsAndSox (Wahoo!! x2)
Jay Bruce - Reds - NachosGrandes (Wahoo!!)

Congrats, everyone!! Nice pulls for ThoughtsAndSox, getting two hits there.

Thanks for reading along and joining us on this VERY crazy adventure!

Tune in on Monday for the 2nd game results of the PAD Circus Playoffs!!

Late to my own party...

Good evening, folks!

For those of you following at home, waiting on baited breath for the 1st playoff results from the OOTP game, I'm afraid you will have to wait a bit longer.

I videotaped a wedding for family friends back in June. I edited a video, burned it to DVD and promptly realized, as my wife and I watched on our TV, I had missed a setting or five or twelve. The video looked as though it had been recorded in 1980-something.  So, like all bad "friends of the family," I told the folks that I needed to redo the video, then promptly didn't.

Well, I promised to have it on Sunday (yes, that is TOMORROW if you are reading this on Saturday). The kicker is that what I thought was going to take about 2 hours managed to lose control and turn into a 8-hours project. So, while the video renders (and then is subsequently burned to DVD), my PC is out of commission - and that is where my OOTP game is.

So, the playoffs WILL happen (as will the draft), but it will have to wait until the video finishes.

Please accept my apologies - on all fronts.