2050.4: Welcome to My Head: This One Stings

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2050.4: Welcome to My Head: This One Stings

Post by Rubaboo » Mon May 09, 2022 2:44 pm

Well shit.

That's a wrap on 2050. Atlantic City bounced us out of the playoffs in 6. I didn't have a great feeling about this series to begin with, for some reason. I really had no reason to, we were a buzz saw against Jacksonville and New Orleans, going 7-0, but there was just a bit of... I guess jitteryness(?) about this one. I guess I just felt like we blew our wad a bit, didn't save enough wins or something, I don't know. Either way, congrats to Atlantic City, I'll be rooting for you. #AnyoneButTheHeartland

I don't get all that jazzed about the sims for the most part. The exporting is the main part and I don't get hard watching box scores scroll on a Discord channel. I did, however, get pumped for the playoff sims, especially this last series with ATC. I expected we'd be able to handle Jacksonville and was cautiously optimistic about New Orleans with Corfield returning (but wasn't able to watch the live sim play out) but I was checking my phone pretty consistently throughout the day on Sunday waiting for sim updates. I was excited to be close to the championship series. I got a little rush when the missed exports was bumped. Game 1 was a win and got a legit fist pump. I was standing in my kitchen, making dinner, fist pumping for fake baseball. You know, like normal people do. Game 2 was our first loss of the postseason and the first time Mendoza had been really touched all post season. 1-1, not a huge deal, we can handle this. Game 3 was an extra inning loss, and the first time all postseason my bullpen had been scored on. I had such a feeling of dread glancing at that box score. It was just a gut punch. Game 4 was a shutout loss and I was almost resigned to our fate. It felt very much like OOTP simulated the high of scoring in the top of the 11th only to give up runs in the bottom half of the 11th and 12th and having to play the next day. We really could have used an off-day to regroup there. Corfield was Corfield in Game 5. The dude has been almost automatic this year, seriously. A small amount of hope crept back in. Mendoza has been good, maybe Game 2 was just a blip and he'll come out firing again. Not so much. My heart sunk as the Game 6 box was posted. I didn't even have it in me to post a congratulations message to Josh (sorry Josh...). I had to shut my phone off and brood for a bit.

I woke up this morning and was still sad that I had lost. I don't think I've had this happen before. I've made the playoffs a number of times (15 times in 34 seasons) and I don't recall having felt like this before after a loss. Even when I made the Championship Series in 2027. I wasn't upset that we lost, I was happy we were there because I always feel like we're playing with house money somehow. This year was different somehow. I felt like we earned more than we got. We earned it by staying neck and neck with Vegas until the All Star Break. We earned it when we had the shittiest August ever. We earned it when I didn't let that shit month push me into a panic move at the deadline. We earned it when friggin Corfield got hurt in his last start of the season. We earned a better end than we got and it pissed me off. Not trying to take anything away from a very good Atlantic City team, this is not me sitting here screaming 'This isn't fair' of anything of that nature, I don't have anything to complain about there. Ron is basically a meme because the BBA isn't fair (sorry Ron). This is me generally caring about how the season ended for us. I'm a filthy casual, I'm not supposed to get worked up about things like this but here we are, sitting and wallowing in it. How do you guys who have good teams every year do this?

The worst part about bowing out of the playoffs is that I knew it was coming. I knew it way before 7:29, when the last box score was posted. I knew it as soon as I browsed the forums and saw the league poll where everyone picked me to win. Because all you guys are assholes and want me to lose. So there, you're welcome.

















I kid. You guys are alright.






















...except Brett.
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Re: 2050.4: Welcome to My Head: This One Stings

Post by CTBrewCrew » Mon May 09, 2022 7:01 pm

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Re: 2050.4: Welcome to My Head: This One Stings

Post by Dington » Mon May 09, 2022 7:12 pm

Rubaboo wrote:
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Rude. But yeah it sucks when you assemble a great te over several weeks and you have to watch it crumble.
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Post by indiansfan » Mon May 09, 2022 7:31 pm

I thought you'd be in the finals this year.
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Re: 2050.4: Welcome to My Head: This One Stings

Post by recte44 » Mon May 09, 2022 7:54 pm

When I went out I figured you’d cruise.

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Re: 2050.4: Welcome to My Head: This One Stings

Post by Rubaboo » Tue May 10, 2022 1:22 pm

recte44 wrote:
Mon May 09, 2022 7:54 pm
When I went out I figured you’d cruise.
indiansfan wrote:
Mon May 09, 2022 7:31 pm
I thought you'd be in the finals this year.
Well, I mean, that was the plan...

We all know how much OOTP cares about our plans.
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