On Saturday at 1:30 PM Eastern, a new BREAKING OOTP will go up.
What is it about this week?
Well, put simply, it is a simulation of a world where the Nintendo-owned Seattle Mariners were able to use Nintendo characters in their lineup, each given attributes derived from the Mario baseball games.
While it doesn’t break OOTP, it certainly is fun. So make sure to read it when it goes up!
Manny Machado had two home runs, 3 RBIs, a walk, 2 SBs and went 3-4 yesterday. He’s the MVP.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
Giving up just three hits and lone earned run while striking out nine and getting a hit of his own, Jon Lester is the MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
Clayton Kershaw gave up just one hit and one walk while striking out 13 last night, getting the win as the Dodgers won the NL West title, eliminating their arch-rival Giants.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
Max Scherzer gave up no hits for 7 1/3 innings, and although he ended up giving up a earned run and two hits (and three walks), he still struck out 10 and got the win, and also had two hits of his own. So, he’s the MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
Over at Hall of Very Good, we have a new “Wisdom and Links” up! It includes a section of links to Yogi Berra tributes. Check it out.
Friday’s MVP was Carlos Carrasco. Yes, he was facing the KC reserve squad, but it’s still extremely impressive to strike out 15, bring a no-hitter into the 7th inning, and finishing off with a complete game shutout.
Saturday’s MVP was Jarrett Parker, who had an awesome day at the plate, hitting 3 HRs (including a Grand Slam) and getting 7 RBIs in San Francisco’s win.
Sunday’s MVP was Jake Arrieta, who continues to be awesome, giving up just one hit and one HBP in seven innings of work.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
In BREAKING OOTP, I push Out Of The Park Baseball to it’s limits in various scenarios. Some will answer questions, some will settle scores, and some will push Out Of The Park Baseball to it’s very limits, to see if I can literally cause the game engine to beg for mercy.
This week, we are going with a simple idea: what if there was an Arena Baseball? The smallest possible field, with a fast astroturf, 42-foot-high walls to knock balls off of and easily lob high-reaching homers over. Something like this:
And, what’s more, I’m telling the computer to approach this as if this is the 2015 MLB season, so they’ll use the same tendencies that MLB teams would.
This could get weird. Go below the jump to see how weird it gets (and click any pictures to make them larger):
Tomorrow, BREAKING OOTP returns for it’s second episode. It’s all set to go up automatically, so if it doesn’t go up, then presume that the machines have risen and overthrown me.
Until then, I now introduce to you the BREAKING OOTP logo:
The Baseball Continuum 