tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46223659564252257232009-10-12T21:16:31.327-06:00A forum for my latest Diamond Mind Baseball project.Dan Evensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663380242914590430noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4622365956425225723.post-88762809830372973692008-08-17T23:54:00.003-06:002008-08-17T23:57:22.676-06:00

This blog is dead. I doubt I will update it again in the future. I will keep it online for as long as possible, mostly to preserve the huge list of links on the side.I may begin a new blog in the near future. If I do so, I will post the new address to this blog. Any new blog would be geared more toward life in general, though I anticipate there will be several baseball related posts.For those who

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My apologies for not posting in nearly a month. School has taken its toll, as did the recent business drama over at Diamond Mind. I should get back to posting regularly again soon, though I might not post in the same style I had been in the past.My project has fallen behind schedule, and will likely continue to do so until around the middle of June. But I'll still be here, and I'll try to post as

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I've still been playing games each day, but there hasn't been enough time to post. We had a few friends from Taiwan over this evening, and we're going up tomorrow afternoon to my parents' house in Salt Lake City tomorrow for the weekend. As such, I doubt I'll get in any post until Sunday evening, at the earliest. Sorry again for this! Real life, unfortunately, takes priority over online life. And

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Sorry for not updating yesterday and today. As my schoolwork load has increased, everything extra has temporarily gone on hold. Hopefully I'll be able to update tomorrow, though I'm not making any promises.

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It's a bit late now, so my writeups weren't especially good. My apologies.May 5th, 2008 Wenzhou Merchants at Suzhou Artisans SUZHOU – Suzhou blew an excellent chance to take sole possession of first place in the Southeastern League today, as last place Wenzhou surprised everybody with a 10-inning win. Down 3-1 in their half of the 8th, Wenzhou began to strike back. Babe Hermans’

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May 4th, 2008 Harbin Icecaps at Beijing Mets BEIJING – Seventh place Harbin feasted on Beijing pitching this afternoon, defeating the hometown Mets 11-3 in a laughter. At the beginning, the odds appeared in Beijing’s favor. Harbin started Ben McDonald, who had been unimpressive in his pervious three starts. Beijing, meanwhile, started Milt Pappas on the spot (due to Dizzy Dean’s

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I'm finally back with another team review! I thought I'd have these done by now, but, as it stands, I'm not even halfway through. It's harder than you think to write this sort of thing up for 32 teams.Once again, in the interest of time, I have chosen to make this process quicker by not linking to the players on Baseball Reference, Japan Baseball Daily or other stat sites. I'm trying to cut this

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Here are text files for the league standings thus far:Northeastern LeagueNorthwestern LeagueSoutheastern LeagueSouthwestern League

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May 3rd, 2008 Luoyang White Horse at Wuhan Turtles WUHAN – A tight pitchers duel exploded in the final innings, as both teams combined for seven runs in the 8th and 9th. The visiting White Horse held on to win, 6-5, bringing them within 2 ½ games of first place. Originally, the story of the afternoon was a pitching duel between Luoyang’s Robin Roberts and Wuhan’s Bob Rush. Neither pitcher was

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Sorry for not posting this last night. It was a long night. At least the Jazz won! May 2nd, 2008 Taibei Brother Elephants at Guangzhou Fire GUANGZHOU – Taibei won its fifth straight game, bursting suddenly into first place in the Southwestern League, by defeating Guangzhou on the road, 2-1. The game was marked by god pitching on both sides. Taibei starter John Donaldson went seven

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A friend of my wife's is visiting tonight, so this will be a shorter post. Enjoy!May 1st, 2008 Urumqi Flying Tigers at Lanzhou Refiners LANZHOU – After a huge six-run first inning outburst, Lanzhou held on to beat the visiting Flying Tigers by a 11-8 score. Good pitching was in short supply this afternoon. Both teams used a combined total of 10 pitchers, gave up 26 hits in all, including

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April 30th, 2008 Guangzhou Fire at Chengdu Spice CHENGDU – The Fire won their fourth straight contest today, beating Chengdu, 4-3, on an Edgar Martinez single in the top of the 9th inning. The late Guangzhou rally knocked Spice starter Jim Bunning out of the box. Bunning threw 8.1 strong innings, giving up only 4 runs. Alas, those bases on balls, the plague of all pitchers, came to haunt

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Honestly, I wish the time wouldn't fly by so quickly. I can't believe April's almost over. I've got a German independent study class to finish by July, and school just started again. At least baseball still feels slow in April.This was a day of injuries in my league. Has anybody else noticed a rather large number of injuries with the setting on "random"? Seems that every time I turn around

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April 28th, 2008 Shanghai Red Sox at Suzhou Artisans SUZHOU – The Artisans kept themselves right in the thick of the early pennant race this afternoon, defeating the Shanghai Red Sox 11-1. Starter Kevin Millwood was the star for the Artisans. He went the distance against a good Shanghai lineup, limiting them to a single run on five hits and winning his first game of the season. Millwood

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While trying to find a few articles to help my younger brother understand the current economic recession, I ran across this post at the Freakonomics blog. The post is another argument about how boring baseball has become, the sort of thing you always read about in the spring. I've found similar articles in newspapers from the 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s and earlier, even one in a 1903 Sporting

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Here's today's game. Enjoy!April 27th, 2008 Nishinomiya Tigers at Tokyo Giants TOKYO – After 13 innings, 23 runs, 32 hits, 8 home runs and a good five hours of mayhem, Tokyo outlasted Nishinomiya, 12-11. The initial Randy Johnson – Minoru Murayama pitching duel didn’t last very long. By the time Randy Johnson was yanked in the third inning, he had given up six runs, and the Tigers were

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Here's yesterday's action, summarized really quickly.April 26th, 2008 Lanzhou Refiners at Jinan Leopards JINAN – With a seven run outburst in the bottom of the 7th inning, the hometown Leopards overcame a four run deficit to overwhelm Lanzhou. And, for insurance, Jinan added three runs in the bottom of the 8th, putting the game out of reach for once and for all, winning 10-6 in definitive

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This will be the first of what may be a number of slight update delays. We spent the majority of the day having lunch, shopping, and playing UNO with a few friends. After they left (around 8 PM), I let my wife use our desktop to watch a Taiwanese music program on YouTube, and sat down to watch the Jazz - Rockets game and play some baseball.I got in three APBA basic games before the 4th quarter,

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Simulation bickeringOne thing I've learned is that people who enjoy games like Diamond Mind, APBA, Replay, Strat-O-Matic and so on tend to become extremely defensive of their favorite game. For example, I can remember reading APBA Journal articles years ago about how lefty-righty splits, a Strat-O-Matic specialty even then, didn't really add much to the realism of the simulation. You can see

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I had a feeling we were going to see a no-hitter pretty soon. Red Ruffing never threw one in real life, but he accomplished the feat against some of the most intense competition anywhere.April 25th, 2008 Luoyang at Zhengzhou ZHENGZHOU – White Horse pitcher Charles Herbert “Red” Ruffing shocked first place Zhengzhou this afternoon, twirling a no-hitter in front of a packed, hostile house.

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April 24th, 2008 Fuzhou Whales at Chengdu Spice CHENGDU – With a five run bulge in the bottom of the 7th inning, the Spice burst out of the shackles of the Southwestern League cellar, defeating Fuzhou 6-5. Chengdu’s offensive explosion in the bottom of the 7th inning came after a single, a pair of walks, and a big grand slam home run by Leon Durham, knocking Fuzhou starter Wes Ferrell out

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April 23rd, 2008 Taiyuan Kylin at Lanzhou Refiners LANZHOU – After eleven innings of battling, the visiting Kylin defeated the Refiners, 5-2. The big blow came on Robin Ventura’s shot in the top of the eleventh inning, taking advantage of two free passes by Lanzhou reliever Orval Overall. Ventura’s home run, his first of the season, erased an exciting comeback by Lanzhou in the bottom of

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April 22nd, 2008 Lhasa at Xianggang XIANGGANG – The Lhasa Monks tightened their hold on the Southwestern League lead, exploding for 5 runs in the top of the ninth to defeat the cellar-dwelling Reds. Reds pitcher Dobson did a good job of holding back the Monks offensive attack, giving up only five hits in eight innings of work. He left with his team down 4-3, but that didn’t last long.

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For some reason, I can't get Blogspot's picture uploading program to work right now. Sorry!I don't have any work or finals today (the last one is Modern Chinese Literature, tomorrow morning at the ungodly hour of 7 AM), so I figured I'd take the chance to stick up another team preview or two. Then again, now that the season is underway, I guess it counts as a team review instead. All semantics

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This is going to be quick. The Jazz won tonight, so I'm happy. My final went well this morning. I should have a bigger post tomorrow, assuming my German Independent Study class doesn't devour me alive.April 21st, 2008 Shenyang Defenders at Tianjin Lions TIANJIN – Shenyang starter Jack McDowell earned his first win today, shutting out Tianjin on three hits in a complete game performance.

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