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The Riyadh Record Thread

Last post by Fat Nige « Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:11 pm
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by Fat Nige » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:29 am

The Firsts Record Section

GM’s : Rich Young - April 3rd 2046 to May 19th 2046 (18-24, .428)
Nigel Laverick - May 19th 2046 to

First Game :...

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Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:11 pm
A Wildcard spot for Riyadh (2048-13)

Last post by scottsdale_joe « Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:50 pm
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by Fat Nige » Mon Sep 06, 2021 12:00 pm

Riyadh claim a Wild card slot, only 150 games left to hang on to it

In the second week of 2048, Riyadh, buoyed by the form of the Bancroft Boys,...

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Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:50 pm
Gut punch deflates Riyadh (2048-21)

Last post by Fat Nige « Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:12 pm

by Fat Nige » Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:12 pm

A gut punch sees Riyadh hit the deck

It was a disastrous week for Riyadh, a real gut punch, as the Red Crescents returned to 0-6 weeks. In one fell...

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Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:12 pm
Late wins make it a 3-4 week (2048-20)

Last post by Fat Nige « Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:03 pm

by Fat Nige » Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:03 pm

Two late wins rescues the week

Losing the first two games of the week extended the Red Crescents losing streak to four games, their longest of the...

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Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:03 pm
A good thumping in Bucharest (2048-19)

Last post by Fat Nige « Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:08 pm

by Fat Nige » Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:08 pm

Impaled in Bucharest

The week wasn’t going too badly until the Red Crescents made the trip to BANC leaders Bucharest, they had taken a game in...

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Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:08 pm
Four wins include Riyadh's longest game ever (2048-18)

Last post by Fat Nige « Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:44 am

by Fat Nige » Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:44 am

Back to winning ways thanks to Jerusalem series

The crux of the week was the four-game series against Jerusalem in Riyadh, it made the week and...

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Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:44 am
12 wins in April for Riyadh (2048-17)

Last post by Fat Nige « Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:15 pm

by Fat Nige » Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:15 pm

Third two-win week sees Riyadh slip to fourth

In the end the Red Crescents finished April with a 12-16 record, not brilliant, but the most wins...

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Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:15 pm
Riyadh have another losing week (2048-16)

Last post by Fat Nige « Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:03 am
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by Fat Nige » Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:00 pm

Riyadh win just two out of six games in second straight losing week

The Red Crescents might have won the first series in Jerusalem 2-1 but a 0-4...

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Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:03 am
Mixed results at AAA and AA (2048-14)

Last post by Fat Nige « Thu Sep 09, 2021 2:31 pm
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by Fat Nige » Tue Sep 07, 2021 3:22 pm

The 2048 minor leagues start up

We’re two weeks into the 2048 UMEBA season and the team’s Triple-A and Double-A affiliates are already back in...

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Thu Sep 09, 2021 2:31 pm
Five losses send Riyadh downwards again (2048-15)

Last post by Fat Nige « Thu Sep 09, 2021 2:04 am

by Fat Nige » Thu Sep 09, 2021 2:04 am

Five losses means the glory is short lived

The joy of a wild card slot didn’t last long, only two wins in seven games this week saw to that. There...

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Thu Sep 09, 2021 2:04 am
2048 opens with first ever Opening Day win and a 3-3 record (2048-12)

Last post by Fat Nige « Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:10 am
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by Fat Nige » Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:51 am

Riyadh breaks the Opening Day drought

Well, it isn’t a winning week, but for once it’s not a losing week either which is probably good after...

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Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:10 am
Spring Training: Games 17-24 (2048-11)

Last post by Fat Nige « Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:27 pm

by Fat Nige » Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:27 pm

ST: Games 17-24

So, that’s a wrap, the third ever Spring Training for Riyadh is in the books. The most pleasing thing is the lack of injuries,...

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Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:27 pm
Spring Training: Games 9-16 (2048-10)

Last post by Fat Nige « Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:00 am

by Fat Nige » Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:00 am

ST: Games 9-16

Another eight games in the ST book, another game of musical chairs at the end of it. A good set of games, no-one got injured again...

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Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:00 am
Spring Training: Positional Battles (2048-9)

Last post by Fat Nige « Sun Aug 29, 2021 6:33 am

by Fat Nige » Sun Aug 29, 2021 6:33 am

ST: Position Battles

The lack of signings doesn’t give rise to many battles for the starting roles, but one that really sticks out is the battle...

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Sun Aug 29, 2021 6:33 am
Spring Training: Games 1-8 (2048-8)

Last post by Fat Nige « Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:35 pm

by Fat Nige » Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:35 pm

ST: Games 1-8

The Red Crescents weren’t really expecting much from the opening segment of Spring Training given that they were fielding the...

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Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:35 pm
Introducing the "Bancroft Fix" boys (2048-7)

Last post by scottsdale_joe « Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:24 pm
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by Fat Nige » Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:04 pm

Introducing the Charity Boys

Among the 60 players in Spring Training camp will be the three players generously donated apparently by the British...

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Last post by scottsdale_joe
Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:24 pm
The rites of spring (2048-6)

Last post by scottsdale_joe « Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:04 pm
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by Fat Nige » Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:48 am

The rites of Spring

February is about to turn into March and once more the UMEBA Spring Training camps are about to get underway. For Riyadh it...

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Last post by scottsdale_joe
Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:04 pm
"Back of the Sofa" day (2048-5)

Last post by scottsdale_joe « Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:33 am
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by Fat Nige » Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:12 am

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The “back of the sofa” drive

It was early morning when the UPS driver dropped off his consignment and the Sheikh, on his way out to some...

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Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:33 am
2048, the lost year (2048-4)

Last post by scottsdale_joe « Sun Aug 22, 2021 7:35 pm
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by Fat Nige » Sun Aug 22, 2021 5:36 pm

2048, the lost year

Mistakes were made at the start of 2047, chasing an improvement to our 70 wins, we didn’t overspend but we spent up to our...

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Last post by scottsdale_joe
Sun Aug 22, 2021 7:35 pm
A relief as we reach the end (2047-40)

Last post by CTBrewCrew « Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:29 pm
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by Fat Nige » Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:00 am

It’s a wrap

At least no-one can accuse Riyadh of coasting the season out, we took both our final games to extra innings and disappointedly lost...

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Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:29 pm
Riyadh, we have a problem (2048-3)

Last post by Fat Nige « Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:35 pm

by Fat Nige » Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:35 pm

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Riyadh, we have a problem

We certainly do have a problem, all over the place to be fair. Most of all it is in the pitching staff, it shouldn’t be...

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Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:35 pm
The Player churn begins (2048-2)

Last post by Fat Nige « Mon Aug 16, 2021 3:22 pm

by Fat Nige » Mon Aug 16, 2021 3:22 pm

The start of the off season

It was all change at the top for the Red Crescents as the contracts of manager James Pickford and my Assistant GM...

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Last post by Fat Nige
Mon Aug 16, 2021 3:22 pm
Only one arbitration loss (2048-1)

Last post by Fat Nige « Sat Aug 14, 2021 5:35 am

by Fat Nige » Sat Aug 14, 2021 5:35 am

Arbitration wins

We only had four arbitration cases after we non-tendered Fraser Pond , he probably could have done a job for us, but when you’re...

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Last post by Fat Nige
Sat Aug 14, 2021 5:35 am
The outlook is for major storms (2047-41)

Last post by Fat Nige « Sun Aug 08, 2021 11:50 am

by Fat Nige » Sun Aug 08, 2021 11:50 am

Where do we go from here?

As the dust settles from a very hard season, an air of despondency settles on the Riyadh front office. It was so...

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Last post by Fat Nige
Sun Aug 08, 2021 11:50 am
Down to the last two games of 2047 now (2047-39)

Last post by Fat Nige « Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:41 pm

by Fat Nige » Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:41 pm

Riyadh 11-13 on the month with two games left in the season

September hasn’t saved Riyadh’s season by any means, but it has made it a bit more...

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Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:41 pm

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