MLB 2009 Tourney [Playing 5/28-5/31]

[geigerm]

This tournament is a 1v1 tourney that follows the 2009 Major League Baseball schedule. Just as in MLB, each player will play a total of 162 games, with four teams in each league advancing to the playoffs--the three division winners as well as the second-place team with the best record (the wild card).

UPDATE 2/26: You can follow our overall progress at this link: Google Doc spreadsheet for MLB 2009 Tournament
UPDATE 2/28: Links to the currently active games and overall standings.
UPDATE 7/8: The Google Doc spreadsheet is out of date; here's the "new" version of the online spreadsheet: http://www.cis.umassd.edu/~mgeiger/misc ... _mlb09.htm

When signing up, you must fill in the following form, with the details explained below. See my signup for an example.
Please check the division lists (which are hidden below using spoiler tags) before you sign up to see if your favorite team and/or map have already been taken. (Note: You can choose a classic team if you would like; I prefer you do this only if the newer version of that team is still available so putting you in a division is easy. For example, Sackett58 chose the Brooklyn Dodgers and will play the 2009 LA Dodgers' schedule.)

Player:
Team:
Home map:
Rotation:

1. (Each entry: spoils, fortifications, fog)

Home maps: Since every team has a unique stadium, every player must specify a unique home map. You'll play half of your games on this map, so make sure you're comfortable with it! Click below for a list of the maps we'll be playing:

Home maps

• Age of Realms 2
• Arms Race!
• Battle of Actium
• Cairns Coral Coast
• Canada
• Centerscape
• Charleston
• Circus Maximus
• City Mogul
• Crossword
• Doodle Earth
• Europa
• Feudal War
• France
• Germany
• Great Lakes
• Luxembourg
• Montreal
• New World
• Puget Sound
• San Francisco
• South America
• Supermax: Prison Riot!
• Treasures of Galapagos
• USA
• USA Rockies
• Waterloo
• World 2.1
• WWII Europe

Rotations: Your "rotation" normally refers to the five starting pitchers a team uses; here, it'll refer to five unique sets of game settings you use for all of your games. All games will be sequential, but you must specify the spoils (none/escalating/flat rate), fortifications (adjacent/chained/unlimited), and fog (sunny/foggy). No two groups of settings can be the same. Feel free to specify names/numbers for each "pitcher" if you like; if you don't, I'll just fill them in for you. (Note: Your pitcher names can be anything--modern pitchers, retired pitchers, or just 5 names you like.)

Choosing game settings: Each game will be played on the home team's map and pit two "pitchers" against each other. Obviously, each game can only use one group of settings; more successful "pitchers" increase your likelihood of using your settings. We'll track the win/loss record of each individual "pitcher" (whether those settings are used in a game or not), then use those records together with random.org to determine which settings are used in the game. (If you're really interested in knowing the exact details of how I intend to handle this, let me know.)

Changing your rotation: If you find a particular set of settings to be very unsuccessful, you can "send that pitcher to the minors" and replace him with a different "pitcher," provided that:

• The "pitcher" being replaced has made at least 5 starts.
• The new "pitcher" is a completely unique group of settings that you have not already used ...
• ... unless you are "recalling" a "pitcher" you previously "sent down." A "pitcher's" won/lost record will not reset when he is replaced.

AL East

St. Louis Browns (Manager: jwithington, Home Map: City Mogul)
Rotation:

1. #40 Rick Sutcliffe (Flat Rate, Chained, Foggy)
2. #22 Jim Palmer (Flat Rate, Unlimited, Foggy)
3. #32 Steve Stone (No Spoils, Chained, Foggy)
4. #28 Randy Myers (No Spoils, Unlimited, Foggy)
5. #35 Mike Cuellar (Escalating, Adjacent, Foggy) (replaced Urban Shocker (E/A/S))

Boston Red Sox (Manager: geigerm, Home Map: Battle of Actium)
Rotation:

1. #19 Josh Beckett (no spoils, chained, foggy)
2. #31 Jon Lester (escalating, chained, foggy)
3. #18 Daisuke Matsuzaka (no spoils, adjacent, foggy)
4. #36 Brad Penny (escalating, adjacent, foggy)
5. #49 Tim Wakefield (flat rate, chained, foggy)

New York Yankees (Manager: the.killing.44, Home Map: Charleston)
Rotation:

1. #49 Ron Guidry (flat rate, unlimited, no fog)
2. #52 CC Sabathia (no spoils, unlimited, no fog)
3. #40 Chien-Ming Wang (flat rate, chained, no fog)
4. #22 Allie Reynolds (no spoils, chained, no fog)
5. #3 Babe Ruth (escalating, unlimited, no fog)

Tampa Bay Rays (Manager: freakns, Home Map: Supermax: Prison Riot!
Rotation:

1. #19 Scott Kazmir (no spoils, chained, foggy)
2. #33 James Shields (flat, chained, foggy)
3. #22 Matt Garza (flat, chained, sunny)
4. #21 Andy Sonnanstine (no spoils, unlimited, foggy)
5. #14 David Price (escalating, chained, foggy)

Toronto Blue Jays (Manager: plash.ricrem, Home Map: Canada)
Rotation:

1. #32 Roy Halladay (FR/chained/sun)
2. #51 Jesse Litsch (FR/unlimited/sun)
3. #28 Shaun Marcum (none/chained/fog)
4. #29 Dustin McGowan (FR/adjacent/sun)
5. #25 David Purcey (escalating/Chain/sunny)

AL Central

Chicago White Sox (Manager: MuEagles79, Home Map: USA)
Rotation:

1. #56 Mark Buehrle (Flat Rate, Chained, Sunny)
2. #50 John Danks (Flat Rate, Chained, Foggy)
3. #34 Gavin Floyd (Flat Rate, Unlimited, Sunny)
4. #40 Bartolo Colon (Escalating, Chained, Sunny)
5. #52 Jose Contreras (No Spoils, Chained, Foggy)

Cleveland Indians (Manager: verbalizer, Home Map: World 2.1)
Rotation:

1. #31 Cliff Lee (No spoils, Chained, Foggy)
2. #55 Fausto Carmona (Flat rate, Chained, Foggy)
3. #27 Anthony Reyes (Escalating, Adjacent, Foggy)
4. #46 Scott Lewis (Escalating, Chained, Foggy)
5. #32 Aaron Laffey (No spoils, Adjacent, Foggy)

Detroit Tigers (Manager: Pixar, Home Map: Feudal War)
Rotation:

1. #35 Justin Verlander (escalating, unlimited, foggy)
2. #37 Kenny Rogers (flat rate, unlimited, foggy)
3. #38 Jeremy Bonderman (no spoils, unlimited, foggy)
4. #21 Dontrelle Willis (escalating, unlimited, no fog)
5. #31 Zach Miner (no spoils, unlimited,no fog)

Kansas City Royals (Manager: dcc1220, Home Map: New World)
Rotation:

1. #18 Bret Saberhagen (No Cards, Unlimited, Foggy)
2. #23 Zach Greinke (Escalating, Chained, Foggy)
3. #29 Dan Quisenberry (No Cards, Chained, Foggy)
4. #22 David Cone (Escalating, Unlimited, Foggy)
5. #28 Kyle Davies (No Cards, Chained, Sunny)

Minnesota Twins (Manager: yemphan, Home Map: Europa)
Rotation:

1. #16 Frank Viola (flat, chained, fog)
2. #28 Bert Blyleven (flat, adjacent, fog)
3. #36 Joe Nathan (escalating, chained, no fog)
4. #26 Boof Bonser (flat, unlimited, fog)
5. #57 Johan Santana (escalating, adjacent, no fog)

AL West

Los Angeles Angels (Manager: HighlanderAttack, Home Map: Arms Race!)
Rotation:

1. #41 John Lackey (no spoils, adjacent, foggy)
2. #99 Duncan MacLeod (escalating, unlimited, sunny) (replaced Ervin Santana (F/U/F))
3. #51 Joe Saunders (no spoils, adjacent, no fog)
4. #36 Jered Weaver (no spoils, unlimited, foggy)
5. #62 Scot Shields (no spoils, unlimited, no fog)

Oakland Athletics (Manager: joeeeeeeee, Home Map: Great Lakes)
Rotation:

1. #14 Vida Blue (escalating, unlimited, no fog)
2. #27 Catfish Hunter (escalating, chained, no fog)
3. #13 Blue Moon Odom (escalating, adjacent, no fog)
4. #30 Ken Holtzman (flat rate, unlimited, no fog)
5. #33 Dave Hamilton (flat rate, chained, no fog)

Seattle Mariners (Manager: bonus_mop, Home Map: Puget Sound)
Rotation:

1. #34 Felix Hernandez (esc, chain, sunny)
2. #45 Erik Bedard (esc, chain, fog)
3. #35 Brandon Morrow (esc, adj, sunny)
4. #52 Carlos Silva (flat, chain, sunny)
5. #18 Ryan Rowland-Smith (flat, unlim, sunny)

Texas Rangers(Manager: angola, Home Map: Centerscape)
Rotation:

1. #33 Kevin Millwood (escalating, chained, sunny)
2. #44 Vicente Padilla (escalating, adjacent, sunny)
3. #39 Scott Feldman (escalating, unlimited, sunny)
4. #54 Matt Harrison (flat rate, chained, sunny)
5. #20 Brandon McCarthy (flat rate, unlimited, sunny)

NL East

Atlanta Braves (Manager: shoop76, Home Map: Treasures of Galapagos)
Rotation:

1. #32 Derek Lowe: (no spoils, chained, foggy)
2. #33 Javier Vazquez: (flat, chained, foggy)
3. #49 Jair Jurrjens: (no spoils, adjacent, foggy)
4. #15 Tim Hudson: (no spoils, chained, sunny)
5. #11 Kenshin Kawakami: (flat, unlimited, foggy)

Florida Marlins (Manager: leolou2, Home Map: Cairns Coral Coast)
Rotation:

1. #35 Dontrelle Willis (flat rate, chained, foggy)
2. #27 Kevin Brown (escalating, unlimited, sunny)
3. #34 A.J. Burnett (no spoils, adjacent, foggy)
4. #21 Josh Beckett (flat rate, chained, sunny)
5. #36 Anibal Sanchez (escalating, chained, sunny)

New York Mets (Manager: vexx, Home Map: San Francisco)
Rotation:

1. #41 Tom Seaver (flat,chained,sunny)
2. #40 Pat Zachry (flat, adjacent, foggy)
3. #27 Craig Swan (esc, chained,foggy)
4. #38 Skip Lockwood (esc, adjacent,sunny)
5. #39 Nino Espinosa (no spoils,unlimited,foggy)

Philadelphia Phillies (Manager: RedBaron0, Home Map: South America)
Rotation:

1. #35 Cole Hamels (flat rate, chained, sunny)
2. #39 Brett Myers (escalating, unlimited, sunny)
3. #50 Jamie Moyer (no spoils, adjacent, foggy)
4. #56 Joe Blanton (flat rate, unlimited, sunny)
5. #43 J.A. Happ (escalating, unlimited, foggy)

Washington Nationals (Manager: slickstick, Home Map: Doodle Earth)
Rotation:

1. #31 John Lannan (no spoils, chained,no fog)
2. #19 Scott Olsen (no spoils, adjacent, no fog)
3. #45 Odalis Perez (flat rate, chained, no fog)
4. #49 Daniel Cabrera (flat rate, adjacent, no fog)
5. #40 Collin Balester (no spoils, unlimited, no fog)

NL Central

Chicago Cubs (Manager: DBandit70, Home Map: Waterloo)
Rotation:

1. #38 Carlos Zambrano (no spoils, chained, fog)
2. #30 Ted Lilly (no spoils, adjacent, fog)
3. #46 Ryan Dempster (escalating, chained, fog)
4. #40 Rich Harden (escalating, adjacent, fog)
5. #45 Sean Marshall (flat rate, chained, fog)

Cincinnati Reds (Manager: lynn, Home Map: Luxembourg)
Rotation:

1. #39 Aaron Harang (Flat, unlimited, Sunny)
2. #36 Edinson Volquez (No Spoils, Adjacent, Sunny)
3. #61 Bronson Arroyo (Escalating, Chained, Sunny)
4. #47 Johnny Cueto (Escalating, Adjacent, Sunny)
5. #33 Micah Owings (No Spoils, Chained, Foggy)

Houston Astros (Manager: heatz, Home Map: Age of Realms 2)
Rotation:

1. #44 Roy Oswalt (no spoils, chained, foggy)
2. #51 Wandy Rodriguez (no spoils, unlimited, foggy)
3. #41 Brandon Backe (escalating, chained, foggy)
4. #38 Brian Moehler (escalating, unlimited, foggy)
5. #? Mike Hampton (no spoils, chained, sunny)

Milwaukee Brewers (Manager: coacheberhardt, Home Map: USA Rockies)
Rotation:

1. #21 Cal Eldred (Flat Rate, Chained, Fog)
2. #49 Yovani Gallardo (Flat Rate, unlimited, Fog)
3. #41 Braden Looper (no Spoils, chained, Sunny)
4. #50 Pete Vuckovich (Flat rate, chained, Sunny)
5. #49 Teddy Higuera (Escalating, chained, Sunny)

Pittsburgh Pirates (Manager: amazzony, Home Map: Crossword)
Rotation:

1. #28 Paul Maholm (No Spoils, Chained, Sunny)
2. #45 Ian Snell (No Spoils, Adjacent, Sunny)
3. #57 Zach Duke (Escalating, Chained, Sunny)
4. #24 Tom Gorzelanny (Escalating, Adjacent, Sunny)
5. #27 Jeff Karstens (No Spoils, Chained, Foggy)

St. Louis Cardinals (Manager: galix, Home Map: Montreal)
Rotation:

1. #29 Chris Carpenter (esc/sp - adj - fog)
2. #26 Kyle Lohse (no sp - cha - fog)
3. #37 Todd Wellemeyer (flat - adj - fog)
4. #50 Adam Wainwright (esc/sp - cha - fog)
5. #45 Bob Gibson (flat - chat - fog)

NL West

Arizona Diamondbacks (Manager: nashlloyd, Home Map: France)
Rotation:

1. #17 Brandon Webb (Flat, Chained, Sunny)
2. #15 Dan Haren (No Spoils, Adjacent, Sunny)
3. #49 Doug Davis (Escalating, Chained, Sunny)
4. #52 Jon Garland (No Spoils, Unlimited, Foggy)
5. #39 Max Scherzer (Flat, Chained, Foggy)

Colorado Rockies (Manager: Rickster 6546, Home Map: Madagascar)
Rotation:

1. #28 Aaron Cook (No Spoils, Chained, Sunny)
2. #38 Ubaldo Jimenez (Flat, Adjacent, Sunny)
3. #21 Jason Marquis (Flat, Chained, Foggy)
4. #29 Jorge De La Rosa (Escalating, Adjacent, Sunny)
5. #23 Greg Smith (No Spoils, Chained, Foggy)

Brooklyn Dodgers (Manager: Sackett58, Home Map: Circus Maximus)
Rotation:

1. #32 Sandy Koufax (FR/Adj/Fog)
2. #53 Don Drysdale (FR/Unlim/Sun)
3. #36 Don Newcombe (FR/Adj/Sun)
4. #45 Johnny Podres (None/Adj/Fog)
5. #35 Sal Maglie (None/Chain/Fog)

San Diego Padres (Manager: acores2005, Home Map: WWII Europe)
Rotation:

1. #44 Jake Peavy (esc, unl, foggy)
2. #32 Chris Young (flat, unl, foggy)
3. #53 Cha Seung Baek (none, unl, foggy)
4. #52 Josh Geer (esc, unl, no fog)
5. #58 Wade LeBlanc (none, unl,no fog)

San Francisco Giants(Manager: jerry1111, Home Map: Germany)
Rotation:

1. #55 Tim Lincecum (No Spoils, Chained, Sunny)
2. #18 Matt Cain (Flat, Adjacent, Sunny)
3. #51 Randy Johnson (Flat, Chained, Foggy)
4. #75 Barry Zito (Escalating, Adjacent, Sunny)
5. #53 Jonathan Sanchez (No Spoils, Chained, Foggy)

Reserves

1. Mikalf (replaced sargonflex as Marlins' manager)
2. leolou2 (replaced Mikalf as Marlins' manager)
3. lynn (replaced joenash as Reds' manager)
4. mrbang

Notes:

• I'll be playing in this tourney--I'm not going to make a tourney with an idea I like and not join it!
• Suggestions for changes are certainly welcome, as I'm sure to forget or screw something up. If I do change something in the tournament, I will give you appropriate notice.
• Premium membership is required for this tournament, since games will be likely be sent out one series at a time, probably with 2 series sent out per week.
• No foe lists--if an opponent is on your foe list, you must remove that player.
• I reserve the right to remove a player from the tournament for excessive deadbeating, although I will send that player a warning before doing so.
• You will have 72 hours to join games once they are sent out. I'll send out a warning after 48 hours; fail to join your games after that point, and I will look to replace you with a reserve.
• If a reserve takes over a team, I'd like the home map to remain the same--what team changes stadiums in the middle of the season? I will, however, allow the reserve to immediately change the rotation, just as any new manager might, with the caveat that records for "pitchers" who have been used throughout the season do not change. I'm willing to reconsider these points if we have trouble filling open spots.
• Last, but certainly not least: please post game results in this thread or send me the results via PM.

[geigerm]

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[geigerm]

Reserved for pitcher statistics or any other info I might want to throw in here.

[geigerm]

Player: geigerm
Team: Boston Red Sox
Home map: Battle of Actium
Rotation:

1. #19 Josh Beckett (no spoils, chained, foggy)
2. #31 Jon Lester (esc spoils, chained, foggy)
3. #18 Daisuke Matsuzaka (no spoils, adjacent, foggy)
4. #? Brad Penny (esc spoils, adjacent, foggy)
5. #49 Tim Wakefield (flat rate, chained, foggy)

[RedBaron0]

In as the 2008 defending World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies!

Player: RedBaron0
Team: Philadelphia Phillies
Home map: South America
Rotation:

• 1. 35 - Cole Hamels (L) No Fog, Flat, Chained
  2. 39 - Brett Myers (R) No Fog, Escalating, Unlimited
  3. 50 - Jamie Moyer (L) Fog, No spoils, Adjacent
  4. 56 - Joe Blanton (R) No Fog, Flat, Unlimited
  5. 43 - J.A. Happ (L) Fog, Escalating, Unlimited

[shoop76]

player: shoop76
team: Atlanta Braves
map: treasures of Gallapagos
rotation

Derek Lowe: (no spoils, chained, foggy)
Javier Vazquez: (flat, chained, foggy)
Jair Jurrjens: (no spoils, adjacent, foggy)
Tim Hudson: (no spoils, chained, sunny)
Kenshin Kamakami: (flat, unlimited, foggy)

[the.killing.44]

Player: the.killing.44
Team: New York Yankees
Map: Charleston
Rotation:

1. Ron Guidry (unlimited, flat rate, no fog)
2. CC Sabathia (unlimited, no spoils, no fog)
3. Chien-Ming Wang (chained, flat rate, no fog)
4. Allie Reynolds (chained, no spoils, no fog)
5. Babe Ruth (unlimited, escalating, no fog)

.44

P.S. You stole my idea by 3 days!

[DBandit70]

Player DBandit70
Team Chicago Cubs
Home Waterloo

Rotation
1) chained, no spoils, fog
2) adjacent, no spoils, fog
3) chained, escalating, fog
4) adjacent, escalating, fog
5) chained, flat rate, fog

[amazzony]

Player: amazzony
Team: Pittsburgh Pirates
Home map: Crossword
Rotation:

1. (No Spoils, Chained, Sunny)
2. (No Spoils, Adjacent, Sunny)
3. (Escalating, Chained, Sunny)
4. (Escalating, Adjacent, Sunny)
5. (No Spoils, Chained, Foggy)

[slickstick]

Slickstick
Chicago cubs
Doodle earth
Rotation:
1. no spoils, chained,no fog
2. no spoils, adjacent, no fog
3. flat rate, chained, no fog
4. flat rate, adjacent, no fog
5. no spoils, unlimited, no fog

[geigerm]

P.S. You stole my idea by 3 days!

Well, geez, I couldn't let a Yankee fan run this tourney.

Welcome to RedBaron0, shoop76, the.killing.44, DBandit70, amazzony, and slickstick!

[the.killing.44]

Well, geez, I couldn't let a Yankee fan run this tourney.

Bosux … sux
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[vexx]

Player: vexx
Team: New York Metropolitans
Home map: San Francisco
Rotation:

Tom Seaver (flat,chained,sunny)
Pat Zachary (flat, adjacent, foggy)
Craig Swan (esc, chained,foggy)
Skip Lockwood (esc, adjacent,sunny)
Nino Espinosa (no spoils,unlimited,foggy)

[*Pixar*]

player- pixar
team- Detroit Tigers
home map- feudal war
rotation-
Verlander esc, unl, foggy
Rogers flat, unl, foggy
Bonderman none, unl, foggy
D-Train esc, unl, no fog
Zack Miner none, unl,no fog

[Sackett58]

Can I pick an old team

[acores2005]

player - acores2005
team - San Diego Padres
home map- feudal war
rotation-
esc, unl, foggy
flat, unl, foggy
none, unl, foggy
esc, unl, no fog
none, unl,no fog

[the.killing.44]

Tom Seaver (flat,chained,sunny)

slow down … you can use old-time pitchers?!

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[Sackett58]

If we can go old school this is my team.

Player: Sackett
Team: Brooklyn Dodgers (1957)
Field: NYC

Rotation
Sandy Koufax (FR/Adj/Fog)
Don Drysdale (FR/Unlim/Sun)
Don Newcombe (FR/Adj/Sun)
Johnny Podres (None/Adj/Fog)
Sal Maglie (None/Chain/Fog)

[geigerm]

Well, geez, I couldn't let a Yankee fan run this tourney.

Bosux … sux
.44

Hey, look on the bright side--after last year, Yankee fans and players have more in common than ever: both groups got to watch the entire playoffs from home.

Can I pick an old team

Sure, although I'd prefer you do this only if the team that replaced them is still available. That way, I can easily slot the old team into the new team's spot and schedule. So you'll be playing the L.A. Dodgers schedule and competing in the NL West.

slow down … you can use old-time pitchers?!

I don't see why not. You can name your pitchers whatever you want. Choose 5 modern pitchers, 5 retired pitchers, or 5 characters from the cast of 'Heroes'--doesn't matter to me. If I don't get names, I'll use the projected rotation for this year.

Note that using old-school pitchers isn't going to give you any advantage--putting Cy Young and his 511 wins on my Sox team wouldn't matter, because only the W/L numbers from this tourney's "season" will be used when choosing game settings.

[the.killing.44]

Hey, look on the bright side--after last year, Yankee fans and players have more in common than ever: both groups got to watch the entire playoffs from home.

think of that yourself? [/sarcasm]

I don't see why not. You can name your pitchers whatever you want. Choose 5 modern pitchers, 5 retired pitchers, or 5 characters from the cast of 'Heroes'--doesn't matter to me. If I don't get names, I'll use the projected rotation for this year.

Note that using old-school pitchers isn't going to give you any advantage--putting Cy Young and his 511 wins on my Sox team wouldn't matter, because only the W/L numbers from this tourney's "season" will be used when choosing settings.

Alright, edited mine then

.44

[plash.ricrem]

This sounds like fun, although I see Vexx has already taken my favorite team...
So instead I'll go with:
Player: plash.ricrem
Team: Toronto Blue Jays
Field: Canada

Rotation
Roy Halladay (FR/chained/sun)
Jesse Litsch (FR/unlimited/sun)
Shaun Marcum (none/chained/fog)
Dustin Mcgowan (FR/adjacent/sun)
David Purcey (escalating/Chain/sunny)

[geigerm]

think of that yourself? [/sarcasm]

Indeed I did. And I find it funny that a guy using "Bosux" is picking on my originality.

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On a more serious note, welcome to vexx, Pixar, Sackett58, acores2005, and plash.ricrem! 11 teams down, with 1 division (the NL East) completely full (now that slickstick has been randomly assigned to the Nationals with his permission).

[the.killing.44]

I wasn't saying anything about originality, just humor. And Bosux isn't my joke.

Something tells me we should keep our Yankee-Red Sox bickering out of this thread.

.44

[bonus_mop]

Seattle Mariners (have to go with "Puget Sound")

#34 Hernandez - (esc, chain, sunny)
#45 Bedard - (esc, chain, fog)
#35 Morrow - (esc, adj, sunny)
#52 Silva - (flat, chain, sunny)
#18 Rowland-Smith - (flat, unlim, sunny)