Only in a video game

Just for fun...let me post some records and statistics from MVP Baseball 2k5. My roomate just finished a full season with the Phillies and went on to win the World Series in six games versus the Yankees. I must say, watching it was quite satisfying. Some of these numbers are just ridiculous.

Team Record: 143-19
Playoff Record: 11-4 (lost intentionally twice in the WS to finish it at CBP)

Roster:
SP - Randy Wolf
SP - Cole Hamels
SP - Brett Myers
SP - Curt Schilling (acquired via trade involving Lieber and Abreu)
SP - Dontrelle Willis (acquired via trade involving Padilla and Polanco)

C - Paul Lo Duca (acquired via trade involving Padilla and Polanco)
1B - Ryan Howard
2B - Chase Utley
3B - David Bell
SS - Jimmy Rollins
LF - Ken Griffey Jr. (acquired via trade involving Burrell and Cormier)
CF - Aaron Rowand
RF - Trot Nixon (acquired via trade involving Lieber and Abreu)

Homerun Leaders:
Aaron Rowand - 91
David Bell - 64
Chase Utley - 50 (missed all of April due to injury)
Ryan Howard - 42

RBI Leaders:
Aaron Rowand - 147
David Bell - 110

Batting Avg Leaders:
Chase Utley - .322
Aaron Rowand - .311

ERA Leaders:
Cole Hamels - .75
Randy Wolf - .81
Brett Myers - 1.21

Awards:
Cy Young - Randy Wolf
MVP - Randy Wolf
Rookie of the Year - Cole Hamels
Rolaids Relief Man of the Year - Tom Gordon (52 saves/1.45 era)

Note: Aaron Rowand mysteriously retired after the season due to 'personal reasons.' I guess he couldn't deal with the pressure of hitting over 90 homeruns again. Lieberthal was traded to the Giants for Ray Durham. Burrell ended up hitting .22o for the Reds with 16 homeruns. Cole Hamels pitched a complete game shutout in the decisive game 6 of the World Series going 3 for 4 at the plate with an RBI striking out Gary Sheffield to end the season. Bobby Abreu won the American League MVP. Ray Durham hit .214 with one rbi on the season and asked for a 4 year deal worth 22 million dollars in the offseaon. Billy Wagner was used as a setup man for closer Braden Looper on the Mets. Dontrelle Willis was fatter than Jon Lieber in the game. Charlie Manuel was intentionally thrown out of around 60% of the games. Alfonso Soriano was traded to the Phillies in the offseason for David Bell, Gavin Floyd and a minor league prospect.

So what does this tell us? We should all stop following the hot stove reports and not bother watching the Phillies in 2007. Instead, buy a playstation with a baseball game and let your fantasies come alive. Because I must say, I don't think Rowand and Bell will ever combine 155 homeruns in real life. But watching it in a video game...friggin sweet.