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Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to post an update...I'm now 54-12(yes I know, unrealistic but somehow fun, and I've put too much time into it now to move on to the next season).

2008 Cubs
*Success mode player
**Drafted player

Lineup
1. R. Theriot 2B
2. D. Lee 1B
3. Justin Upton CF*
4. A. Ramirez 3B
5. A. Stevenson RF*
6. M. Murton LF
7. E. Longoria SS*(D con B pwr C spd B fld B e res)
8. Josh Paul C
9. (Pitcher)/ D. Ward DH

Bench
D. Ward LF/1B/RF
R. Cedeno 2B/SS
P. White CF/LF/RF*(yes the WVU QB, he was drafted by the reds he probably wont play baseball)
F. Pie CF/LF/RF
Gustuvo Molina C

Rotation
1. C. Zambrano
2. R. Hill
3. Rich Harden
4. R. Dempster
5. A. Wright*

Swing Man
Sean Marshall

Middle Relief
Denny Bautista
Michael Wuertz
Sandberg**

Lefty Specialist
Neal Cotts

Set Up
Bob Howry

Closer
John Johnson*

Transactions:
Signed and Called up E. Longoria 3B/SS
Signed and Called up P. White CF/LF/RF
Sent J. Williams SS* to AAA
Sent F. Pierce 3B/1B* to AAA
Placed T. Lilly P on 15 Day DL
Called up R. Hill P
Traded Mark Buehrle P to Yankees for 10,000 owner points
Called up S. Marshall P

How are you doing in your season?

The season didn't start out so good. I have a perfect record right now, but the first few games KILLED my starting pitchers. I was winning games with very high scores, including one game where I won 10-14. But It's gotten better, now I'm winning lower scoring games. All my pitchers are tired and I'm trying to sort it out. I have to balance the use of my starters and relievers to get them back to normal, (not so tired) so now I'm using my starters the minimum 5 innings a game for the win and using like 2 or 3 relievers 2 innings. It's very difficult, but I'll get it all situated.

I skipped through 2011 because the settings were too hard. I did stop at the postseason and sweep through that. I beat the Nationals in the NLDS (I was surprised they even got there), then I swept the Cardinals in the NLCS, and I swept the Mariners in the World Series (The Mariners finally made it to the World Series for the first time! )

Well here's my new roster for 2012:

*=Drafted Players

2012 CHICAGO CUBS:

Batting Order:
1. Jose Reyes (SS)
2. Carl Crawford (RF)
3. Joe Mauer (C)
4. Matt Holliday (LF)
5. Grady Sizemore (CF)
6. Robinson Cano (2B)
7. David Wright (3B)
8. Justin Morneau (1B)
9. PITCHER (P)

Bench:
1. Ryan Theriot (SS/2B)
2. Josh Bard (C)
3. Daryle Ward (LF/1B/RF)
4. Milton Bradley (3B/RF/CF)
5. Russell Branyan (3B/RF)
6. Matt Murton (LF/CF/RF)


Starting Rotation:
1. Carlos Zambrano (R)
2. Johan Santana (L)
3. Brandon Webb (R)
4. Dontrelle Willis (L)
5. Felix Hernandez (R)

Bullpen:
1. Francisco Rosario (R)
2. Michael Wuertz (R)
3. Zach Duke (L)
4. Cliff Lee (L)
5. Francisco Liriano (L)

Closer:
Huston Street (R)


AAA:

Pitchers:
1. Kerry Wood (R)
2. Julio Depaula (R)
3. Yum* (R)
4. Meyers* (L)
5. Barden* (L)
6. Pearce* (L)

Fielders:
Sain* (C)
Esquivel* (C)
Garrett Jones (1B)
Akinori Iwamura (3B)
Rolls* (3B/2B/SS)
Felix Pie (LF/CF/RF)
Angel Pagan (LF/CF/RF)
Whiteman* (RF)

King as the 5th!?

Think I should move him up to 3rd? I'm trying to do a right-hander, left-hander, right-hander, etc. thing. I could switch him with Brandon Webb, but no higher.

Webb>Felix Felix>Dontrelle

But since you're going R, L, R, L, R then you wont change it.

I'm now in 2009, I simmed the rest of 2008 and I swept through the playoffs. I upped the difficulty to powerful, much harder which is good. I won the season opener of 2009 7-6.

2009 Cubs
*Success mode player
**Drafted player

Lineup
1. E. Longoria SS*
2. Justin Upton CF*
3. Mark Texeira 1B(Free Agent)
4. A. Ramirez 3B
5. A. Stevenson RF*
6. M. Murton LF
7. D. Wood 2B*
8. Gustavo Molina C
9. (Pitcher)/ F. Pierce DH*

Bench
Angel Pagan LF/RF
R. Cedeno 2B/SS
F. Pie CF/LF/RF
F. Pierce C/3B/1B*

Rotation
1. A. Wright*
2. J. Peavy(Free Agent)
3. Rich Harden
4. S. Marshall
5. R. Hill

Middle Relief
Denny Bautista
Michael Wuertz
Carlos Marmol
Acuna** (Lvl 4 Knuckleball)
McCurdy**


Lefty Specialist
Neal Cotts

Set Up
Sandberg**

Closer
John Johnson*

Use Duke's Curve. It is a great pitch in the game. Too bad he can't do anything in real life!

I am a strong believer in a traditional lineup, this would be my order with those players:

1. Jose Reyes
2. Joe Mauer (A contact, traditionally best contact hitter in #2 spot to advance leadoff)
3. Matt Holliday (Best overall hitter in #3)
4. Aramis Ramirez (Best power hitter #4)
5. Alex Rios (#5 spot is debatable)
6. Grady Sizemore
7. Mark DeRosa
8. Ty Wigginton
9. Pitcher

Hey guys, I'm new here to this forum, but I'd have to say to ChiCubsFan4, for having Felix Hernadez on the Cubs(btw, he is still a Mariner) is a wrong pickup for that team.

Anyways, here was my roster coming into the 2009 season(btw, the Mariners, which they were the team I was playing as, were winners of the 2007 and 2008 World Series):

*= Edited player
**= Drafted Player
***= Sucess Mode Player

Starting Rotation:

1. Sean McKibben*
2. Felix Hernadez
3. Ben Sheets
4. C.C. Sabathia
5. Jeff Weaver
6. Jamie Moyer

Lineup:

1. Ichiro Suzuki (RF)
2. Adrian Beltre (3B)
3. Ken Griffey Jr. (CF)
4. Richie Sexson (DH)
5. Steve Sullender* (LF)
6. Jason Grager* (2B)
7. Andrew Steiger* (C)
8. Ben Broussard (1B)
9. Yuniesky Betancourt (SS)

Hey, welcome to the forum. Just as a general rule, don't bump year-old threads! No9t a big deal though.

Well there's nothing wrong with it in this case since he had a legitimate addtion to the topic.

I suppose so, but it's still generally not good when the topic is almost a YEAR old. the forum has only been around for like, 2 yearsm right?

1.5 years actually.