The Mariners reached the playoffs! No, not those Mariners, who lounge around Safeco Field and have aspirations of mediocrity, oh no--the digital Mariners who inhabit my Super Nintendo. Led by staff aces Chris Bosio and Tim Leary, powered by the hot bats of Junior Griffey and Jay Buhner, relying on the fleet feet of Brian Turang and Omar Vizquel, these Mariners went 137-25 in the regular season and face the Minnesota Twins in the wildcard contest.
Oddly enough, the weakest hitter has been Bret Boone, who was dumped by the organization yesterday for posting numbers eerily similar to his early seasons in Seattle.
I'll post updates, because hey--my virtual season means as much as any real one, if you stop to think about it.
Overheard at yesterday's Yakima Bears game, as the Spokane Indians bashed out hit after hit to take a 16-1 lead in the fourth inning:
ReplyDelete"Man! I wish I could hit this well on-line!"
Bosio? Buhner? What year are you simulating?
It's supposed to be the 1994 season, just before the annus mirabilis.
ReplyDeleteKinda cool...you gave them fewer losses in a full season than they had in a strike-shortened year.
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