Season 2 Summary

After our inaugural season, the league found out about a guy named Colby Tallafuss who, along with a friend named Mathew Pennertz, was keeping showdown alive through a blog and custom sets being released each year since 2009.  The decision was made to order a set of the most recent season (2013) and hope that it wouldn't be some sort of ripoff.  Luckily for us, the guys followed through on their end and we drafted the cards in time for season #2.


Ave improved upon his first taste of showdown the prior season, going a solid 16-16.  He was lead at the top of the rotation by Matt Harvey, in the bullpen by Jim Johnson, and one of the most unconventional leadoff men in showdown history: David Ortiz.

AJ flipped from first to worst in his first crack with unofficially licensed cards.

Diego also had a forgettable season.  So much so that both he and AJ's records were lost among the wreckage in the backroom, wreckage probably brought upon by a wrath of flying dice and cards being thrown against a wall after Miguel Cabrera failed to deliver time after time for Diego.  Who knew an 11 OB 18-20 homer could suck so much?  Miggy could have raised tons of march of dimes money with the amount of times he walked.  Singling early became a much more important part of scouting cards in Diego's future seasons.

The real race was at the top of the standings.  Gus had powered his way through the regular season behind the electric bats of Chris Davis, Yasiel Puig, Carlos Gomez, and Hanley Ramirez (and some favorable strategy card rules), The on base ability of Matt Carpenter and Dustin Pedroia, and  Desmond Jennings, Brett Wallace (7 OB typo), and Starling Marte lengthened a lineup full of Power and Speed.  Jose Fernandez and Clay Bucholtz lead the rotation, but as the season neared the end, Ben got really hot.  Bens squad had an average first half, but really caught fire in the second half behind the bats of Mark Texiera, and Brian Roberts. Ultimately, even his torrid second half wasn't enough to secure home field advantage from Gus.

It wouldn't end up mattering much, as Ben still took home the crown in a classic series that went the distance and featured several extra inning and walk off finish games.  Those who were there to see it would call it possibly the best world series ever played, although plenty of drama still unfolded in future seasons.

After this season a rule change would be enacted that would lock rosters before playoffs started, so that teams could no longer adjust roster construction to help them in a playoff series.  Both Ben and Gus made changes to their team that effected the outcome of the series, and many felt that we didn't get a sense of which regular season team was truly the best.    

Regular Season 5250 pt /2013 Limited	Wins	Losses	Pct.	Pts	Seasons
Gus	21	10	.677	4
Ben	20	12	.625	3
Ave	16	16	.500	2
Diego
AJ