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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Man, I've been telling this factoid for years ...

ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Oh and for the record, my one win? My offense went nuts. They *are* capable of it. Six run 5th inning, another CG for my starter.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

How many small pokes in the arm would YOU take before you complain about small pokes in the arm?

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

It's a small sample size, it's a concentration, a cacophony of comedic coincidences. It's RNG. And I wanna win, but I mostly just want to "try my best", and if i'm not the one with the broken rolls, so be it. But try to imagine feeling like you see this everywhere. All the time.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

These are all games against very good teams, all won more than me this season. I went toe to toe in every game, my pitching held them all down. This 1B was Recomposed at the middle of the season. Her equip is 34 Contact, 35 Intim, 19 Muscle, 16 Speed. She hit ... .190, OPS+ of 69.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Bumbli went 73-47. 2-1 loss again, this time I'm the one w/ a solo HR. But I did have 1st & 3rd w/ 1 out in the 5th. So I can't lose the lead runner stealing 3rd, right? Nah, this time they're caught STEALING HOME during a strikeout. BTW, I had 2 strike em out, throw em out double plays in game 1.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

My closer should be in there in the 10th, my SP1 is clearly exhausted. Only allowed one double, but that's enough when now down 1 in the 10th, with 1 out ... my ghost runner/tie score is CAUGHT STEALING 3rd at the start of a walk. Next batter strikes out, and it's a 2-1 loss.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Blo went 77-42, won Deep League. The line for my SP1: 10 IP, 4H, 1ER ... and allows the ghost runner to score. One of my many complaints about MMOLB's engine is that you will NEVER HAVE A CHANCE to close a game in extra innings as the HOME TEAM. You don't pitch if you take the lead, you walk it off.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Portland went 67-53. This is the most normal loss. Only 3 hits for me again, but i lead 2-1 in the 9th. Again, they just have a solo HR. My closer was 26 of 30 in s5, gets the 1st two outs and then blows the save and the game: BB, 2B, 2 RBI single. That's two down.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Carnegie went 73-47. Both pitchers throw 3H CGs, my guy Ks 16 but a solo HR. I have ... 3 RCS. In the 9th, after 1 out, I get a walk. Runner steals 2nd during the K for 2nd out. With my cleanup and best hitter up, on the first pitch ... the runner is caught stealing 3rd. 1-0, that's one down.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

But something in me just needs to PROVE to people that what happens "to me" is NOT NORMAL. It's hardly important in a greater schema of the world, but, well ... I've played 5 Exhibition games so far this season. I've lost 4 of them. All 4 are by one run: 1-0, 3-2, 2-1, 2-1. Let's look at them.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I very loudly & very publicly speak about my difficult relationship with "luck". I'm a statistical black hole, shit happens around me that just is ridiculous. And b/c that's the kind of thing I observe as a person, it's highlighted. And I have to point it out. People get tired of it, i understand.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

For context, my team was 65-55 in s5. We were also 65-55 in s4. My pitching is above average, across the board (ERA- of 91 for the team, ranging between 82 & 99), but my batting, like many players, plummeted: OPS+ of 97, we batted .228 (league average). But if you don't know me, know this ...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I apologize in advance, but this is going to turn into a whining account for a hot minute. If it helps, it is absolutely still the kind of story with mathematical unlikeliness and statistical interest that I like to highlight. But let's take a look at my s5 Exhibitions so far, shall we? 1/x

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

mmolb.com/watch/68aead... And the season 5 Chorby Short Award for longest PA goes to ... Hye-Jin Roche, with 16 pitches (11 foul balls)

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Day 46, where her closer blows the 2-1 lead, and then the loss in the 10th because the ghost runner STOLE HOME. mmolb.com/watch/68a637...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Day 6, she pitches into the 10th, ghost runner steals 3rd and then scores on a ground out: mmolb.com/watch/68a405... Day 36, a 1-0 loss where the 2nd pitch was a solo HR: mmolb.com/watch/68a5aa... And then her one no decision? ...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I keep collecting insane pitchers. Meet Kathleen Baez, NAKED PITCHING ACE. mmolb.com/player/689bc... No equip whatsoever, but 46IP, 0.587 ERA, 3 ER ... and somehow she's **2-2**?! Check out these last two games ...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

With Lulu called up to the Greater Leagues, a new protagonist pitcher was needed. And lo, the Mulch Machine said "let there be ridiculousness" so in S4, Cal Jansson was born. What has Cal done so far in S5? Oh, just 4 starts, 4 CGSHO, 46K, 10BB, 9HA. mmolb.com/player/68417...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

(For those of unaware of the history: bsky.app/profile/ifhb...)

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

AMAZING THROW SPOTTED! MY LEGACY IS SECURE! mmolb.com/watch/68a491...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

mmolb.com/team/6884edf... Thanks for the heads up! The only pitching staff to NOT have a HBP so far? The Alert Emergency Broadcast System!

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

mmolb.com/team/6864c62... Compare that to the Fargo Faithful Freaks, whose entire pitching staff is wanted for aggravated assault: 21 HBP in 327 PAs.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

mmolb.com/team/6808553... Somehow, through 8 games, ONE team has managed to avoid being plunked: the Woodridge Koi Koi. They are not being reciprocal in the peace, though .. their pitchers have hit 8 batters.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

mmolb.com/player/68424... Sergei Gyorko of the Manhattan Projects started the season w/ a plunk bonanza: 6 IP, 6 ER, 6 HBP. They were ejected in the 3rd inning of their next game, probably as a precaution. :P

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Danny has said this is the season where Cunning's effectiveness should be more noticeable & early days it's starting to show. For the 1st 7 games of s4: out of 382,019 PAs, 7,317 end in HBP (1 in every 52.10) 1st 7 games of s5: 356,666 PAs, 9,369 HBP (1 in every 38.07) Keep your eyes open!

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Queried to find players who were switch hitters and switch pitchers. Good news: found 5. Bad news? One was released, 3 are bench players. The one true active Double Switcher? Melvin Miller, 3B for Indianola Horses Win Fights mmolb.com/player/68814...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

The human body is limited to 33 1/3 parties, max.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

- Format updating, particularly on Attribute page, for cleaner coloring/scales - Updated Boon calculations to include all new team based - Team Augments page lists all Augments, and sorts/filters attribute results! - New INDIVIDUAL player tabs, combining attr, equip & seasonal stats!

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

v1.6.1 of my Team & Season Tracker Google sheet is AVAILABLE, w/ lots of awesome new goodies: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Oh and btw, the hole over 2B is still eating baseballs ... 3 more Pop Up HRs to second this season. Once again ... why only over 2B?

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The top photographer overall is Derek Thorsen, who won 7 of the 10 photo contests he was involved in, for a total of 2188 points.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Jacobdegrom earned their team 77 tokens for the only photo to crack the 300 point barrier! #2 was 299 points (75 coins), for Marcelle Kebede of the Chicago Dirty Line Cooks: mmolb.com/watch/688a33...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

So it appears that there were 17,596 Geomagnetic Storm games (across LL and GL). I still have a few stray ones that broke my multitude of REGEX filters, but not enough to feel confident announcing the Photog Of The Year: Newmarket Autumn Wind Vipers's Jacobdegrom Morel!! mmolb.com/watch/688bd9...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Aurora Photos! The other big thing this season was the explosion of tokens thanks to our shutterbug players. It's been a difficult road to get the good data for the pics, but I am currently running a script that I think can get me SOMETHING to work with! Let's judge some photos, shall we?

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Fernando Gates threw 1 meatball, gave up a HR to dead center, and thought "I gotta call my therapist about this". Fernando took that call from the showers: mmolb.com/watch/689092... But that's beat when Jago Grimes did the same, and 3 pitches later, the batter went too! mmolb.com/watch/68911f...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Imagine your 3B booting the 1st pitch grounder, then getting the boot for "Not Looking Excited Enough". Poor Amy Bench went straight to the bench for a game that started of poorly for the Industrial Union Ants & got worse every step of the way. mmolb.com/watch/6891ac...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

A storm happens after a pitch/event, so it's impossible to lose a pitcher before a single pitch. But i can find 22! times that the starting pitcher was tossed after a SINGLE PITCH. Here's a few special ones:

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

One of the biggest flavors of S4 that pitchers fell victim to was the ejections! All told, we tracked 38339 ejections. 19531 were pitchers; 13119 were starting pitchers. But a question was asked of me ... who threw the least pitches in a game before getting the hook? Let's find out, shall we?

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Lulu is only 3rd in the league with 192 IP. Sure. But Lulu gave up 23 Earned Runs THE ENTIRE SEASON, for an obscene 1.07 ERA. That's better than any record breaking season in MLB. It's more than a half run better than the NEXT BEST PITCHER. 13 CG, 9 SHO & of course a no hitter. How did she lose 3?!

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Those 2 pitchers are STRONG. But I've also already warned you about the one that's just that GOOD. The very top of the #mmolb pitching mountain is rarified air, and it's also unfair. It's time to review the Monster of all Monsters, Truckasaurus herself, Lulu Stephenson. mmolb.com/player/6844e...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The general accepted rule of thumb is that a 100 MPH fastball reaches a batter in 375 to 400 milliseconds. MILLISECONDS! I can't even find a calculator online that will believe 177 MPH is possible to tell me how fast that would be. There are very few #mmolb pitchers up here, but ... WOW.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

That is, of course, Carolyn Goldstein. Carolyn once again settled for the 2nd fastest pitch this season. And the 3rd. The 5th. The 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th (two), 12th (two), 14th, 15th and 19th fastest pitches too. Think about these for a sec. Sorry, i mean faster than that! mmolb.com/player/68410...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

That was thrown, of course, by last year's original TLL author Carol Keuchel. Carol was a closer ... UNTIL Day 240, when the Frederick Late Night Alchemists dropped her in the starting rotation! Be very afraid, Coleoptera League. mmolb.com/player/68425... Then there's the other big name.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

This season, the Anime Arms up top have stretched the tail SO long that it wouldn't even be worth it to show you the diff. We had 184 pitches thrown in the 140s. We had 47 pitches thrown in the 150s. We had 6 pitches thrown in the *160s* ... AND ONE FASTBALL @ 177.7 MILES PER HOUR. ⚾🤯

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

So 139.8 MPH for the top HBP doesn't sound TOO bad, right? After all, it's slower than the top speed pitch last season, which happened to be the original TLL. Yeah well .. Let's talk Pitch Whales and Whale Tails. Last season, I made a separate chart for the top 100 pitches b/c they were hard to see

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

First AB: Strikeout, looking. Second AB: Fielder's choice, P to 3B. Oakley hit the ball RIGHT AT Lugubrious! I'm surprised it wasn't just flung right back at Oakley, but Lugubrious is a murderer who doesn't forgive .. 3rd AB: Oakley is sent another Toledo Love Letter, a 106.7 Sinker. Love hurts!

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Next AB, again one pitch, this time a flyout to LF. No time .. yet. But in the 3rd try, with equal parts murder & lust in Lugubrious' eyes ... PLUNK, a Toledo Love Letter up and in. mmolb.com/watch/688f95... They faced each other once more, 5 games later.

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

These star crossed lovers only met twice in S4. On the very 1st pitch, Oakley lined a single to RF. No big deal, but it ended up extending an inning where New Haven got extra runs from an error a Sac Fly. Lugubrious was clearly PISSED. mmolb.com/watch/688f95...

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ifhbiff @ifhbiff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Lugubrious is tied for the most prolific of TLLs; he pitched woo 13 times this season, including the 1st, 4th & 7th fastest HBP pitches. That #1 was a 139.8 MPH Sinker that plunked the other 1/2 of this couple; Oakley Andriuškevičius. mmolb.com/player/6847c... But why? Well, I have a theory.

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