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To say The Evil Empire's transformation simply worked would be an understatement. Try thrived instead.
The same team that was tied for dead-last early in the season, has roared all the way to the top of the AL Division and the MoneyBall league. Here we are on August 8th, and I have my division completely wrapped up, barring a complete collapse, which doesn't look likely to happen. Sitting with an impressive 118-74-12 record, having won six straight match-ups, and going 11-of-12.
To make matters better I'm making a charge towards pulling away from the top-two teams in the NL Division; Ian Law and Alexander Downs, who have complete control of the "Senior Circuit."
The team has a different appeal to it. As the season has progressed it's taken on a more active and true "Mallow style" offensive juggernaut with the starting pitching to match it and a bullpen that racks up mucho K's (Frieri, Robertson, Clippard). This style is ultimately what I hope to achieve.
In the all-star bonus Week 15 my team racked up: 64R - 21HR - 51RBI - 12SB - .398OBP - .613SLG - 4W - 3SV- 89K - 10.87K/9. Just two pieces are gone from that team: Alfonso Soriano and Jason Grilli, so the core of it is still playing at a high level.
It's built to perfectly blend power and speed. My OF is abso-fucking-lutely insane for my playoff charge: Trout, McCutcheon, Stubbs, Crawford, Bonifacio. The biggest question mark is whether it's even going to pay off to keep A-Rod on board. Hopefully so, because my schedule is going to line up with two easy teams to finish the regular season, and I'll have a first round bye to get him acclimated before the semifinals begin.
Having the possible AL and NL MVP winners (Trout and McCutcheon) is really the motor that drives the team into overdrive, and trust me, it has been OVERDRIVE.
Oh, and some sweet unrelated news: I'm the associate editor for DobberBaseball so check out the great things going on over there with me behind the helm.
