1961 Season

[leecemark]

--The Opening series' have been played and results are up in the schedule thread. The good news for everyone is there were no injuries. The Knights and Gamblers can also celebrate sweeps.
--If there were injuries to be dealt with, I'd wait until tommorrow to play the next series'. Since there weren't, the next batch of games will be played later today. I'm going to bed now. I'll check for any updates in the morning before playing the next series.
--Please use this thread for any in-season business. The draft thread has pretty much served its purpose. The rules thread can continue to support that purpose. Keep your roster updated if you make changes, but make sure anything that will require me to make an update is clearly stated here to ensure your roster is updated in the program.

[catcher24]

EH - You have me a little confused, maybe Mark knows what is going on. You have Mike McCormick listed as your #4 starting pitcher, but I don't find him on your roster anywhere. I see Joe Gibbon listed. Did I miss a move somewhere? Please let me know, so I can get the staffs correct in OOTP before I sim any games. Thanks!

[catcher24]

2-10, WP: Simmons. LP: Shaw
1-13, WP: Pasqual, LP: Archer
9-20, WP: Barber, LP: Bass

Didn't take any prisoners, huh, Mark?;)

[leecemark]

--I don't really understand where McCormick came from either. I just stuck Gibbon in that spot as he was earlier on the roster.
--I did get off to a pretty rip roaring start. I won't get too cocky until I've played some real teams though. My first 2 series were against doormats (series 2 results up in a few minutes). I'll be disappointed if I don't win 80% of my games against them.

[catcher24]

Scott - Mark showed you one short on your 25 man active roster after you dropped De La Hoz, but I showed that bringing you down to the 25 man limit. Must have missed something there, too, but based on your rosters you show 25 on the active roster. So I put Tuttle in AAA.

Mark, maybe you can help here. I show his active roster (after dropping De La Hoz) as: Burgess, Averill, Sievers, Fox, K. Boyer, Aparicio, B. Williams, Snider, Maris,Kasko, Ashburn, F. Alou, Spencer, Bilko, Spahn, Pizzaro, Monbouquette, Terry, McBride, Wilhelm, T. Fox, Shantz, Hoeft, Brosnan and Willey. That's 25, so maybe someone got sent down I missed.

BTW Scott, you also only had one player listed per position, which is OK, but any subs in OOTP will be computer picked. If you want to set subs/percentages to control it better, let me know.

[leecemark]

--I show Willey in the minors. I directly downloaded the team file Scott e-mailed me and didn't compare it to what he later posted. Since we aren't even playing the same schedule in the mirror league, a minor difference here and there probably isn't a big deal anyway (are you going to account for injuries?).
--Injuries in the 2nd series are Larry Jackson (10/0 served) and Frank Howard (3/2), both of the Gamblers. Chris Short of the Phillies also has a 4 game injury.

[The Dude]

Mark:

I changed a few things. The Gamblers manager would just like to use More Relievers instead of Most Relievers.

Also, Larry Jackson was moved to the minors while Jim Perry has come up to the majors to fill that role. I forgot if it was all right to move an injured player to the minors.

Lastly, I just wanted to mention Frank Howard's not on my team.

[catcher24]

Posted by Mark:
I show Willey in the minors.

He must have changed something in the file he sent you from what he has posted. In the roster thread, he has Willey listed as his spot starter, so I went with that.

Yes, the game automatically tracks injuries. It will ask if you want to put the injured player on the DL or not. If you do, of course, then you can call up a replacement player. Of course, as you mention, the schedules and everything else will vary, including injuries.

I will also make those changes to Dude's Gamblers before I run any sims. I will be simming one week at a time (OOTP will do daily, weekly, monthly or season, but not series like DM, so I figured weekly would work best).

[leecemark]

--DM actually only does daily or full season. I just run 3 days worth of sims to complete the series.

[Nails]

Sorry Mark, forgot to add these to my roster page earlier. My pinch-hitting assignments are:

PH vs. RHP - Tito Francona, Gordy Coleman, Dick Stuart
PH vs. LHP - Dick Stuart, Jim, Landis, Tito Francona, Gordy Coleman

[leecemark]

--Dude, you can not demote an injured player. Jackson either has to go on the 15 day DL or you play short for the 10 days he is out.
--Howard is on the Cannons and is out the next 2 games.

[catcher24]

I simmed the first week of OOTP. I will list the scores here, but see the notes below. If everyone is comfortable with checking scores from the league website and has time to do so, I won't list them in the future. Please post here or PM me to let me know.

Saturday 4/03/1961
...................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Leecemark's Knights 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 7 8 0
PAP Redbirds ..........0 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 X 9 14 0
Box Scores - WP: Ralph Terry LP: Mike Mccormick SV: Hoyt Wilhelm

................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dude's Gamblers.... 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 14 0
Philadelphia Phillies 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 1
Box Scores - WP: Tom Sturdivant LP: Mike Fornieles SV: Art Fowler

...................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washington Senators 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0
JW Skipjacks ...........0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2 8 1
Box Scores - WP: Barry Latman LP: Gene Conley

..........FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nails Quakers .0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 8 0
Lew's Legends 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 X 5 9 1
Box Scores - WP: Juan Marichal LP: Jack Kralick SV: Bob Allen....


..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City ......0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 2
Mac's Hard Cider 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 X 7 11 2
Box Scores - WP: Bill Stafford LP: Jerry Walker SV: Luis Arroyo


..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
538280 Cannons 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 1
El Halo's Diablos. 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 X 8 12 2
Box Scores - WP: Joe Gibbon LP: Joey Jay


Friday, 4/2/1961

..................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Leecemark's Knights 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 8 11 0
PAP Redbirds ..........0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2
Box Scores - WP: Steve Barber LP: Bill Monbouquette


................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dude's Gamblers ....1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 9 13 3
Philadelphia Phillies 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 2
Box Scores - WP: Roy Face LP: Bud Daley SV: Don Mcmahon

...................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washington Senators 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 1
JW Skipjacks ...........0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 X 5 12 1
Box Scores - WP: Ken Hunt LP: Dick Donovan SV: Lindy Mcdaniel


..........FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nails Quakers .2 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 12 17 3
Lew's Legends 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Box Scores - WP: Pedro Ramos LP: Ted Bowsfield


..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City ......0 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 1 10 13 0
Mac's Hard Cider 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
Box Scores - WP: Glen Hobbie LP: Don Mossi


.............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
538280 Cannons 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 12 1
El Halo's Diablos. 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 2
Box Scores - WP: Jim O'toole LP: Don Cardwell SV: Stu Miller

Thursday, 4/1/1961

..................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Leecemark's Knights 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 12 0
PAP Redbirds ..........1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 7 0
Box Scores - WP: Camilo Pascual LP: Juan Pizarro SV: Barney Schultz

................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Dude's Gamblers.... 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 11 1
Philadelphia Phillies 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 6 7 0
Box Scores - WP: Don Mcmahon LP: Ken Lehman

....................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washington Senators 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 0
JW Skipjacks ...........4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 X 7 11 2
Box Scores - WP: Johnny Podres LP: Bennie Daniels SV: Lindy Mcdaniel

...........FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nails Quakers.. 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 12 0
Lew's Legends .0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 X 6 9 1
Box Scores - WP: Paul Foytack LP: Ray Sadecki SV: Ron Kline

..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City ....... 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 10 2
Mac's Hard Cider .1 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 X 11 9 2
Box Scores - WP: Jim Bunning LP: Norm Bass


.............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
538280 Cannons 6 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 11 18 2
El Halo's Diablos. 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 4
Box Scores - WP: Whitey Ford LP: Bob Friend

Wednesday, 3/31/1961

..................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Leecemark's Knights 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 10 1
PAP Redbirds ..........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Box Scores - WP: Curt Simmons LP: Warren Spahn

.................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dude's Gamblers.... 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 1
Philadelphia Phillies. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Box Scores - WP: Jim Perry LP: Art Mahaffey SV: Don Mcmahon


....................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Washington Senators 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
JW Skipjacks ............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 12 1
Box Scores - WP: Ron Perranoski LP: Dave Sisler


...........FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nails Quakers.. 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 10 11 2
Lew's Legends .2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
Box Scores - WP: Bob Gibson LP: Eli Grba


..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City ...... 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 1
Mac's Hard Cider. 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 X 5 7 0
Box Scores - WP: Luis Arroyo LP: Jim Archer

.............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
538280 Cannons 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
El Halo's Diablos. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 0
Box Scores - WP: Clem Labine LP: Stu Miller
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Injuries in first four games: Bob Friend, sore elbow, day to day
Ron Santo, sore shoulder, day to day

Opening day had some real pitching gems:
In JW's game vs the Senators, Bob Johnson hit a HR in the top of the first with one out for the Nats. They didn't muster another hit over the next 10.2 innings. JW wins in 11 with Schwall, McDaniel and Perranoski giving up only the one hit over 11 innings.
Jim Perry threw 8.1 shutout innings, with the relievers finishing up, in Dude's 2-0 whitewashing of the Phils.
Curt Simmons allowed 2 hits in 8 IP, with Frank Funk pitching a hitless ninth, in the Knight's 4-0 shutout win over the REdbirds.

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I strongly encourage all managers to check out the line scores and box scores of their teams' games. If you go to the main screen (Keeper League Main Page) here (http://www.geocities.com/lougehrig24/baseball/index.html), you will see the standings, with access to any of the reports shown. If you scroll down to Schedule and click on Past Boxscores, the games will all be listed by line score:
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FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Leecemark's Knights 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 7 8 0
PAP Redbirds 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 X 9 14 0
Box Scores - WP: Ralph Terry LP: Mike Mccormick SV: Hoyt Wilhelm
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If you click on the Box Scores button in the lower left (highlighted in example), the complete box score for the game comes up (but in much more readable form):
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Leecemark's Knights 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 7 8 0
PAP Redbirds 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 X 9 14 0

Leecemark's Knights AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Gilliam 2B 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 .389 1 5
E. Mathews 3B 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .294 1 2
R. Colavito RF 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 .133 0 1
J. Gentile 1B 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 .313 2 6
W. Mays CF 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .471 2 5
L. Thomas LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .222 0 1
J. Romano C 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .333 0 1
D. Mcauliffe SS 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .500 1 3
M. Mccormick P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
B. Pierce P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
1-L. Maye PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
F. Funk P 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
D. Larsen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
2-F. Thomas PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
B. Schultz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 34 7 8 7 5 5 9 .295 7 25

Substitution Notes
1 - L. Maye pinch hit for B. Pierce in the 4th
2 - F. Thomas pinch hit for D. Larsen in the 8th


BATTING
Homeruns: J. Gilliam (1, 6th inning off Terry, 1 on, 2 out.) J. Gentile (2, 7th inning off Shantz, 0 on, 1 out.) D. Mcauliffe (1, 4th inning off Terry, 1 on, 0 out.)
Runs Batted In: J. Gilliam 2 (5), J. Gentile (6), L. Thomas (1), D. Mcauliffe 3 (3)
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Funk-Mcauliffe-Gentile)


PAP Redbirds AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Boyer 3B 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 .333 1 1
S. Bilko RF 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 .231 0 0
H. Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
R. Maris CF 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .286 3 4
R. Sievers 1B 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 .188 0 3
B. Williams LF 4 2 2 2 0 1 2 .231 1 3
E. Averill C 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .273 1 1
L. Aparicio SS 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .250 0 1
N. Fox 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .167 0 2
R. Terry P 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0
B. Shantz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
1-D. Snider RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 9 1 5 10 .233 6 15

Substitution Notes
1 - D. Snider pinch hit for B. Shantz in the 8th


BATTING
Doubles: S. Bilko (2, 4th inning off Funk, 0 on, 0 out.) R. Sievers (1, 3rd inning off Mccormick, 2 on, 2 out.)
Homeruns: K. Boyer (1, 4th inning off Funk, 0 on, 0 out.) R. Maris (3, 6th inning off Funk, 0 on, 2 out.) B. Williams (1, 2nd inning off Mccormick, 0 on, 1 out.)
Runs Batted In: K. Boyer (1), R. Maris (4), R. Sievers 3 (3), B. Williams 2 (3), L. Aparicio (1), N. Fox (2)
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Fox-Aparicio-Sievers)


Leecemark's Knights IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD
M. Mccormick L 2.2 8 6 6 1 2 1 56 36 20.26 0-1
B. Pierce 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00
F. Funk 2.2 5 3 3 0 2 2 38 23 7.36
D. Larsen 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 8 0.00
B. Schultz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 0.00

PITCHING
Batters Faced: M. Mccormick 17, B. Pierce 1, F. Funk 12, D. Larsen 5, B. Schultz 3
Inherited Runners-Scored: B. Pierce 2-0
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M. Mccormick 4-3, B. Pierce 0-1, F. Funk 3-2, D. Larsen 0-3, B. Schultz 2-1
Game Score: M. Mccormick 15



PAP Redbirds IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD
R. Terry W 6 7 6 6 5 1 2 101 54 9.00 1-0
B. Shantz H 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 18 13 2.45
H. Wilhelm S 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 9 0.00 1 SV

PITCHING
Wild Pitches: R. Terry
Batters Faced: R. Terry 29, B. Shantz 7, H. Wilhelm 3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R. Terry 12-4, B. Shantz 2-2, H. Wilhelm 0-1
Game Score: R. Terry 30



GAME INFO
Time: 3:22
Attendance: 29212 (33991, 85.9%) at Fenway Park
Weather: Cloudy (40 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 14 mph
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Roy Sievers
Game Notes:
Billy Williams hit the longest homer of his career, it went 455 feet. Dick Mcauliffe hit the longest homer of his career, it went 330 feet. Ken Boyer hit the longest homer of his career, it went 353 feet. Jim Gilliam hit the longest homer of his career, it went 395 feet. Jim Gentile hit the longest homer of his career, it went 433 feet.

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I will be uploading the box scores for the last 14 days each time I sim a week. I will leave them up for a couple of days, as I expect to sim a week every three or four days.

Additionally, if you click on any player listed in a box score, it will bring up his season stats.

Clicking on a team name from the main screen will bring up that team's info screen, with all sorts of info. I encourage everyone to explore the stats. One of the items on the team screen is the team injury report, listing all players who are injured and their status. Another section lists email messages, at the very bottom of the page. These are computer generated and give various info about players, fan base reaction, etc. Again, I encourage you to read all of the info.

[catcher24]

I'm a little concerned about stats already. I based the figures for the game engine on the 1961 season and ran some sims to verify them. Unfortunately, this is only a 12 team league, and not having the other six teams in the league could result in some VERY skewed stats. I've seen this before in OOTP when you are doing a fantasy league based on a real season , but without the correct number of teams (I had three players hit 100+ HR in that league). If it persists, I will reset the league and add six teams to the NL in OOTP just to try and even things out. But when I see Mantle and Maris both with 3 HR already, I get a bit nervous.

[catcher24]

BTW, interesting emails arrived for the REdbirds, Gamblers and the doormats.
All were from players who advised their teams they will retire after the season. Six could be expected, but one was a real shocker.
Redbirds: Hoyt Wilhelm, Diomedes Olivo
Gamblers: Stan Musial
KC: Jim Rivera, Gerry Staley
Phils: Elmer Valo
Senators: Gene Woodling

[The Dude]

Oh wow, Wilhelm's going to retire already? That could put a damper on the teams relief pitching.

KK Mark, I'm putting Jackson on the 15 day DL then.

[leecemark]

--Don't know if something that that can be reversed in OOTP or not. Apparently guys career paths in that program are only loosely based on their real ones. Wilhelm should be a top reliever in the DM program for the course of the decade though.

[catcher24]

Yeah, I think there are several ways to reverse it. I think when 1962 is imported, he will simply come along. If not, I can always create a player with the same ratings and name, and since his stats will import for 1962 he'll be there. But that is the type of curve that OOTP can throw you in a career league. OOTP is, I think, designed more for the career type league than a single season replay. Although we will be covering careers in DM, what it boils down to is many consecutive years of single season replays. There is more continuity in OOTP in the other leagues I use it for. In those, I have a player's AI evaluation setup (ie, season results) not only based on the present year's stats, but also based somewhat on the previous two years stats as well as ratings weight. So there are four areas the game is using to evaluate the player. I think it might make a difference basing the result on the player's one season stats, especially since the game engine is designed more to use the player's ratings rather than the straight stats. In Wilhelm's case, I think the game looked at the ages of these players and marked them for retirement after this season. Remember, in 1961 Wilhelm was already 38 years old, and I think that's what OOTP is looking at.

Incidentally, the new version is supposed to have a completely redesigned game engine, so I'll be interested in seeing how that works.

[catcher24]

Dude - I didn't realize that you had sent Jackson down due to an injury. Since he wasn't injured in OOTP, I have put him back into the #1 spot in your rotation and sent Perry back down.

[ElHalo]

EH - You have me a little confused, maybe Mark knows what is going on. You have Mike McCormick listed as your #4 starting pitcher, but I don't find him on your roster anywhere. I see Joe Gibbon listed. Did I miss a move somewhere? Please let me know, so I can get the staffs correct in OOTP before I sim any games. Thanks!

You're right; I copied Mark's profile to input my own, and I Guess I forgot to change that. Sorry.

[mac195]

Changes in bold.

Lineup vs. RHP
1 LF Floyd Robinson (Lynch)
2 2B Runnels (Moran)
3 CF Mantle (Fairly)
4 RF Frank Robinson (Fairly)
5 C Berra (Lollar)
6 SS Banks (Groat)
7 1B White (Fairly)
8 3B Davenport (Groat)
PH vs RHP: Lynch, Fairly, Earl Robinson, Lollar
PH vs LHP: Lynch, Earl Robinson, Lollar, Groat

Lineup vs. LHP
1 1B Fairly (White DR)
2 CF Mantle (Fairly)
3 RF Frank Robinson (Fairly)
4 SS Banks (Groat)
5 3B Davenport (Groat)
6 LF Earl Robinson (Lynch)
7 C Lollar (Berra DR)
8 2B Moran (Runnels)
PH vs RHP: Lynch, Floyd Robinson, Runnels, Berra, White, Groat
PH vs LHP: Floyd Robinson, Groat, White

[leecemark]

--Games updated thru 14 Apr. Only new injury is Andre Rodgers (8/1).

[J W]

The comp can handle the abscence of Rodgers, thanx

[leecemark]

--I'll get the next series played later today and post team batting reports also. Team pitching after the next series and then league batting and league pitching leaders.

[mac195]

Scott, please respond to the trade proposal in you PM inbox.

[leecemark]

--Games updated thru April 17. New injuries are Luis Aparicio 7/5 and Harmoin Killebrew 13/11.

[mac195]

Leecemark Knights...................11-1..........-.........127.........45

:eek: I want all your guys peeing in a cup.

[leecemark]

--Its been great fun beating up on the doormats, but I'm not sure this reflects the real talent level of my club. In fact, I'm sure it doesn't. My first 12 games have all been against the designated losers. I'm looking forward to my first test in the upcoming series vs the Hard Cider.

[leecemark]

Redbirds
Ashburn 500/667/500, 2
Boyer 377/450/698, 53 4HR, 13 RBI
Spencer 375/583/375, 8
Williams 353/397/704, 54, 5 HR
Maris 346/433/615, 52
Aparicio 342/375/421, 38, 6 SB
Snider 342/405/684, 38
Averill 333/385/583, 12
Seivers 309/333/527, 55
Bilko 294/294/412, 17
Burgess 289/357/368, 38
Fox 256/347/326, 43
Alou 250/250/374, 8
Kasko 250/250/375, 8
Tuttle 000/000/000, 1

Quakers
battey 448/529/897, 29
Phillips 390/457/463, 41
Landis 379/473/630, 46, 5 sb
Wills 321/368/415, 53, 6 sb
Wagner 289/360/689, 45
Cepeda 271/327/479, 48, 6 HR
Altman 269/296/481, 52
Richardson 256/275/256, 39
Coleman 250/400/250, 4
Frqncona 250/400/250, 4
Bailey 231/286/308, 13
Fernandez 200/200/200, 5
Stuart 000/000/000, 2
Neal 000/333/000, 2

Hard Cider
Fairly 545/565/864, 22
Groat 500/500/500, 2
FrRobinson 451/509/863, 51, 6 HR 15 RBI
Berra 405/436/838, 37 5 HR
White 378/439/675, 37
Runnells 350/395/450, 40
FlRobinson 342/444/474, 38
Moran 333/375/400, 15
Davenport 288/327/385, 52
Mantle 283/459/543, 46
Lollar 278/278/278, 18
Banks 200/273/340, 50
ERobinson 158/200/421, 19
Lynch 125/364/375, 8

Legends
McCovey 439/489/1.049, 41, 8 Hr 15 RBI
Dillard 429/429/1.000, 7
Mazersoki 400/500/400, 5
Kubek 382/400/529, 34
Minoso 324/395/441, 34
Brandt 319/407/532, 47
Post 286/333/273, 14
Freese 273/333/273, 11
Pinson 250/316/423, 52
Brown 250/250/667, 12
Green 244/333/467, 45
Santo 227/382/318, 44
Blanchard 184/295/395, 38
Buddin 143/368/143, 14

Knights
FThomas 500/500/833, 12
Mays 467/564/1.022, 45, 6 HR 23 RBI
Colavito 444/500/889, 5 HR 19 RBI
Cardenas 433/452/567, 30
Maye 429/600/1.000, 7
Gilliam 405/528/571, 42
Mathews 388/483/612, 49
Skinner 375/375/375, 8
LThomas 349/391/465, 43
Romano 343/452/657, 35
Wood 333/333/667, 6
Gentile 275/473/650, 40, 5 HR
Carreron 273/273/545, 11
McAullife 125/300/188, 16

Skipjacks
Taussig 405/463/568, 37
Blasingame 333/333/333, 3
Geiger 306/306/444, 36
Torre 303/343/485, 33
Hansen 286/375/408, 49
Piersall 283/340/435, 46
Robinson 282/349/358, 39
Triandos 263/333/421, 19
Power 256/333/326, 43
Thomas 250/250/313, 16
Rodgers 231/412/231, 13
Bouchee 222/282/444, 36
Yaz 167/167/278, 18
Allison 050/174/050, 20

Diablos
Clemente 413/491/543, 46
Pagan 333/333/333, 3
Adcock 333/358/549, 51
Versalles 326/354/370, 46
Hoak 277/414/383, 47
Schilling 273/289/295, 44
Kaline 255/300/383, 47
Martin 250/250/250, 4
Davis 243/440/514, 37
Roseboro 243/300/459, 37
Essegian 200/200/200, 5
Bertell 111/111/111, 9]
Zimmer 000/333/000, 2
Cunningham 000/600/000,2

Gamblers
Snyder 500/571/500, 6
Alou 400/438/467, 15
Koppe 367/406/500, 30
Flood 341/400/429, 41
Skowron 333/333/556, 18
Virdon 333/455/444, 9
Killebrew 306/405/583, 36
Howard 275/310/550, 40
Schoendienst 273/333/364, 11
Musial 241/371/759, 29
Green 235/278/333, 51
Snith 229/288/479, 48
Foiles 222/417/556, 9
Adair 219/286/313, 32
Temple 200/200/400, 15

Cannons
Javier 667/667/833, 6
Aaron 380/415/620, 50
Cash 356/463/689, 45
Held 300/391/625, 40
Bolling 300/314/520, 50
Moon 283/365/543, 46
Sawatski 233/281/433, 30
Pearson 226/467/323, 31
Hpoward 214/214/214, 14
Pagliaroni 200/360/250, 20
Kirkland 167/250/167, 18
Boyer 083/175/111, 36
McMillan 000/000/000, 5

[mac195]

The Redbirds and Hard Cider have reached agreement on a deal. Veteran Warren Spahn (7M), will go to Hard Cider, along with Roy Sievers (1M). Gold glove 1st baseman Bill White (6M), and right hander Bob Purkey(2M) will join the Redbirds. Scott, if you would confirm.

[baseballPAP]

The Redbirds and Hard Cider have reached agreement on a deal. Veteran Warren Spahn (7M), will go to Hard Cider, along with Roy Sievers (1M). Gold glove 1st baseman Bill White (6M), and right hander Bob Purkey(2M) will join the Redbirds. Scott, if you would confirm.
Redbirds management confirms.

[baseballPAP]

Roster adjusted to reflect trade. Basically Purkey in Spahns spot, and now a R/L platoon at 1B with Bilko and White. Alou slots into Bilko's old spot in RF.

I still have a couple of solid starters on the block, namely Juan Pizzarro and Richie Ashburn. Both could contribute to a contender, and Pizzarro would be a #2 for a lot of teams.

[catcher24]

McCovey 439/489/1.049, 41, 8 Hr 15 RBI
Geez, maybe Mantle getting 3 HR in OOTP isn't so far off with these players!!:eek:

Post 286/333/273, 14

I have a question, Mark. I know it's possible to have a lower slugging % than OBP, but I didn't think it was possible to have a lower slugging % than BA. Any idea how that could happen?

[catcher24]

Post 286/333/273, 14
Freese 273/333/273, 11
Pinson 250/316/423, 52

My Reds players aren't doing me any favors, are they?:(

[leecemark]

--Probably couldn't. I'm not sure where the 273 came from. Post is actually slugging .500.

[catcher24]

PAP, the fans werem't happy that you let Spahnie go, but trading for Purkey helped some. It was kind of a wash for Mac. The fans were happy he picked up Spahn and Sievers, but not real happy to see Purkey go. No mention of poor Bill White, who seems to have become a real travelling man.

PAP, I updated your roster and lineups. Mac, I updated your roster, but you haven't updated your lineups yet.

[catcher24]

Kni @ As
9-4, WP: Pascaul, LP: Archer, SV: Pierce
7-2, WP: Nichols, LP: Bass, SV: Funk
10-13, WP: Nuxhall, LP: Schultz, SV: Staley

And the one game you've lost, you should have won!:laugh I'd like to see the box score from that one, to see who on earth hit the ball like that for the Athletics.

[mac195]

Here are the revamped lineups and pitching assignments for HC:


Lineup vs. RHP
1 2B Runnels (Moran)
2 1B Fairly (Sievers 20%)
3 CF Mantle (Fairly)
4 RF Frank Robinson (Fairly)
5 LF Floyd Robinson (Lynch)
6 SS Banks (Groat)
7 C Berra (Lollar)
8 3B Davenport (Groat)
PH vs RHP: Lynch, Fairly, Earl Robinson, Sievers, Lollar
PH vs LHP: Sievers, Lynch, Earl Robinson, Lollar, Groat

Lineup vs. LHP
1 LF Earl Robinson (Lynch)
2 3B Davenport (Groat)
3 CF Mantle (Fairly)
4 RF Frank Robinson (Fairly)
5 1B Sievers (Fairly)
6 SS Banks (Groat)
7 C Lollar (Berra DR)
8 2B Moran (Runnels)
PH vs RHP: Lynch, Fairly, Floyd Robinson, Runnels, Berra, Groat
PH vs LHP: Lynch, Floyd Robinson, Groat

Pitching
SP1: Koufax
SP2: Bunning
SP3: Spahn
SP4: Mossi
SP5: Stafford (skip)
Spot starter: Brown, Herbert
Mop up: Herbert, Brown
Long man: Brown, Herbert
LH set up: Arroyo, Aguirre
RH set up: Morgan, Anderson
LH closer: Arroyo, Aguirre
RH closer:Morgan, Anderson

Profile
Batting
Bunt for hit: Less
Sac bunt: Less
Squeeze: Less
Steal: Less
Take extra bases: Standard
Take pitches: Standard
Pinch hitting
for pitchers: More
for non-pitchers: Standard
for platoon partners: Standard
in blowouts: More
Pitching
pitch around - Standard
IBB - Standard
use relievers - More
use closers - More

[catcher24]

I ran another week, this time a full week, with OOTP. Linescores are posted below. I'll ask again, do you want me to post these, or just let you know when they are uploaded? I strongly encourage everyone to go to the website and check out all the stats: league leaders, team batting & pitching, etc.

Injuries: Pancho Herrera, Phils - sprained ankle, day to day.
Jim Kaat, Dude's Gamblers - Inflamed elbow, day to day.

Players of the week: First week (short 4 day one) - George Altman, Quakers. He batted .556 in 18 AB, with 1 HR and 6 RBI
Most recent week: Don Hoak, Diablos. He batted .500 in 30 AB, with 1 HR and 9 RBI

Frank Robinson (Hard Cider) hit for the cycle against the Cannons:
Friday 4/9/1961: Mac's Hard Cider's Frank Robinson hits for the cycle
538280 CANNONS - Mac's Hard Cider's rightfielder Frank Robinson once again displayed his tremendous ability to make contact with that little white ball. He tore up 538280 Cannons' pitching staff with a 4 hit performance on Friday. A single in the 1st off Mudcat Grant accounted for his 1st hit. A pitch from Dick Lemay in the 2nd inning left his bat for a RBI triple. His 3rd hit, off Dick Lemay in the 5th inning, was a two-run homerun and cleared the fence in center field. A pitch from Tom Brewer in the 7th inning left his bat for a two-run double. That drive completed the cycle, causing a smile on his face! Frank did drive in 5 while scoring 4 runs on his own. He now has a total of 14 hits this season, accounting for a .318 batting average. 1 players in league history have so far hit for the cycle, including Frank.

If anyone is interested in highest game scores (batters and pitchers), click on Performances on the left side, main report screen.
To see any team's batter/pitcher stats, click on the team name, then choose Batting STats or Pitching Stats in the team Reports & News section.

I hope everyone takes advantage of the opportunity to chcek out their batters and pitchers stats. If you would prefer, I could copy and paste them all here, but that seems rather redundant to me, since we all haave internet access to the league website and all the reports.

Any questions, comments or concerns - fire away!

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Saturday, 4/10/1961

................. FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .. R H E
Philadelphia Phillies ..0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 .. 4 6 0
Leecemark's Knights 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .. 3 11 0
Box Scores - WP: Art Mahaffey LP: Curt Simmons SV: Mike Fornieles

..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
PAP Redbirds .....0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .. 1 5 1
Dude's Gamblers 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 X .. 5 7 0
Box Scores - WP: Larry Jackson LP: Bob Purkey

....................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .. R H E
Lew's Legends .........0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .. 3 14 0
Washington Senators 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 X .. 4 6 0
Box Scores - WP: Joe Mcclain LP: Eli Grba SV: John Gabler

..........FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
JW Skipjacks .2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.. 2 1 1
Nails Quakers 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 4 X.. 11 14 0
Box Scores - WP: Bob Gibson LP: Don Schwall

............ FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.. R H E
El Halo's Diablos 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 ... 8 19 2
Kansas City .....3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... 7 10 0
Box Scores - WP: Bob Anderson LP: Gerry Staley SV: Dave Hillman

..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
Mac's Hard Cider 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.. 4 5 1
538280 Cannons 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.. 2 4 0
Box Scores - WP: Sandy Koufax LP: Stu Miller SV: Luis Arroyo

Friday, 4/9/1961

...................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13.. R H E
Philadelphia Phillies.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 ..4 16 0
Leecemark's Knights 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ..3 9 0
Box Scores - WP: Don Ferrarese LP: Bobby Bolin SV: Frank Sullivan

..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
PAP Redbirds..... 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2.. 9 13 0
Dude's Gamblers 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.. 3 6 1
Box Scores - WP: Ralph Terry LP: Bob Buhl

.....................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
Lew's Legends ..........1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.. 4 6 3
Washington Senators .1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .. 2 4 2
Box Scores - WP: Jack Fisher LP: Ed Hobaugh SV: Ron Kline

..........FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
JW Skipjacks. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.. 3 6 0
Nails Quakers 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X.. 4 9 0
Box Scores - WP: Dick Hall LP: Don Lee SV: Billy O'dell

.............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
El Halo's Diablos 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.. 6 8 0
Kansas City..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.. 2 6 1
Box Scores - WP: Gary Bell LP: Bob Shaw

..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9... R H E
Mac's Hard Cider 6 2 1 0 2 0 4 1 0.. 16 19 2
538280 Cannons 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.. 9 14 0
Box Scores - WP: Warren Spahn LP: Mudcat Grant

Thursday, 4/8/1961

...................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.. R H E
Philadelphia Phillies.. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0... 4 8 0
Leecemark's Knights 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2... 6 9 1
Box Scores - WP: Chet Nichols LP: Mike Fornieles

..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
PAP Redbirds..... 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.. 5 8 1
Dude's Gamblers 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .. 4 7 1
Box Scores - WP: Bobby Shantz LP: Don Mcmahon SV: Hoyt Wilhelm

....................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
Lew's Legends......... 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 1. 10 17 0
Washington Senators 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1. 9 12 1
Box Scores - WP: Jim Coates LP: Dave Sisler SV: Bob Allen

..........FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
JW Skipjacks. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.. 1 6 0
Nails Quakers 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 X .. 6 8 1
Box Scores - WP: Ken Johnson LP: Barry Latman

.............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
El Halo's Diablos 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0.. 7 14 0
Kansas City..... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.. 1 5 1
Box Scores - WP: Joe Gibbon LP: Jerry Walker

..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
Mac's Hard Cider 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.. 6 11 0
538280 Cannons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.. 2 7 1
Box Scores - WP: Bill Stafford LP: Joey Jay

Wednesday, 4/7/1961

...................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
Dude's Gamblers..... 0 2 1 0 0 9 1 0 1.. 14 16 0
Leecemark's Knights 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.. 2 9 0
Box Scores - WP: Jim Kaat LP: Steve Barber

....................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
Lew's Legends......... 1 0 1 0 4 1 1 6 0. 14 16 2
Washington Senators 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.. 4 6 1
Box Scores - WP: Ted Bowsfield LP: Dick Donovan

..........FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
JW Skipjacks. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.. 2 8 0
Nails Quakers 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 X.. 7 10 0
Box Scores - WP: Pedro Ramos LP: Ken Hunt

.............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
El Halo's Diablos 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 2. 10 14 0
Kansas City..... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.. 1 10 1
Box Scores - WP: Don Cardwell LP: Glen Hobbie

...............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
Mac's Hard Cider 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 4. 13 16 0
538280 Cannons 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1.. 5 11 3
Box Scores - WP: Don Mossi LP: Jim O'toole

Tuesday, 4/6/1961

.................. FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
Dude's Gamblers..... 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 4. 11 13 3
Leecemark's Knights 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.. 4 12 1
Box Scores - WP: Milt Pappas LP: Camilo Pascual

.................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
PAP Redbirds........ 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1.. 6 10 0
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.. 4 10 0
Box Scores - WP: Juan Pizarro LP: John Buzhardt SV: Hoyt Wilhelm

....................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
Washington Senators 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 0.. 7 12 0
Nails Quakers........... 1 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 X. 12 20 0
Box Scores - WP: Ray Sadecki LP: Bennie Daniels

...........FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11.. R H E
JW Skipjacks.. 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.... 6 9 0
Lew's Legends 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0... . 5 10 2
Box Scores - WP: Ron Perranoski LP: Wes Stock SV: Bob Miller

..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
538280 Cannons 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 3.. 10 11 1
Kansas City..... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.. 3 5 1
Box Scores - WP: Whitey Ford LP: Norm Bass

...............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
El Halo's Diablos.. 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.. 3 6 2
Mac's Hard Cider. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 X.. 6 15 2
Box Scores - WP: Jim Bunning LP: Bob Friend SV: Craig Anderson

Monday, 4/5/1961

..................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
Dude's Gamblers..... 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.. 3 10 2
Leecemark's Knights 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 X.. 7 12 0
Box Scores - WP: Curt Simmons LP: Larry Jackson

.................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
PAP Redbirds........ 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .. 3 8 0
Philadelphia Phillies 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 X.. 4 7 0
Box Scores - WP: Art Mahaffey LP: Bob Purkey SV: Ken Lehman

....................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12.. R H E
Washington Senators 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0....... 5 9 4
Nails Quakers .......... 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2...... 7 12 1
Box Scores - WP: Turk Lown LP: Marty Kutyna

............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
JW Skipjacks... 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.. 7 11 1
Lew's Legends. 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1.. 5 11 2
Box Scores - WP: Don Schwall LP: Eli Grba SV: Lindy Mcdaniel

..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
538280 Cannons 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.. 4 11 1
Kansas City...... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.. 2 8 1
Box Scores - WP: Frank Lary LP: Jim Archer SV: Bill Henry

..............FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.. R H E
El Halo's Diablos. 1 0 3 4 0 1 1 4 1.. 15 21 2
Mac's Hard Cider 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1.. 5 10 4
Box Scores - WP: Don Drysdale LP: Sandy Koufax

[J W]

Skipjacks
Taussig 405/463/568, 37
Allison 050/174/050, 20

I love early-season returns. :laugh

I guess Taussig is somehow taking over Rodgers' ABs. If he keeps that up I might give him more starting PT. But why does Allison have so few ABs?

[mac195]

"That drive completed the cycle, causing a smile on his face!"

http://www.cincysports.net/_borders/RedsFrankRobinson3.jpg

[mac195]

I'll ask again, do you want me to post these, or just let you know when they are uploaded?

I don't think you need to post all the results, since we can just go to your site and see them there (which I am doing). Please post all the interesting highlights you run across though.

[baseballPAP]

Site is fine with me as well...I like the functionality there too.
~S

[leecemark]

--JW, in your lineup vs RHP I had Allison in the lineup, but neglected to assign him to a position. I'm guessing the CM substituted freely in that situation. Fixed now.

[leecemark]

--Game results and standings updated through 21 April. The only new injury was Moose Skowron, 12/11. A real stroke of bad luck for the Gamblers who already had starting 1B Harmon Killebrew sidelined.

[leecemark]

Redbirds
Wilhelm 2.45, 1-1, 11
Pizarro 4.19, 2-1, 19.1
Terry 4.22, 0-1, 21.1
Shantz 4.50, 0-0-1, 6
Monbouquette 4.58, 0-0, 19.2
McBride 5.79, 0-1, 14
Brosnan 6.48, 1-0, 8.1
Fox 8.68, 0-3-2, 9.1
Hoeft 9.45, 0-2, 6.2
---Spahn's final line 4.43, 2-0, 20.1

Quakers
McBean 0.00, 0-0, 1
Hall 0.00, 1-0, 6
Johnson 0.00, 0-0, 4.2
Lown 1.29, 0-0-4, 7
O'Dell 1.59, 0-1-1, 5.2
Ramos 2.13, 2-1, 25.1
Sadecki 3.03, 3-1, 29.2
Kralick 3.05, 1-1, 20.2
Gibson 5.23, 3-1, 31
Sherry 12.00, 0-0, 3

Hard Cider
Morgan 0.69, 2-0-2, 13
Arroyo 0.93, 3-0-2, 9.2
Stafford 2.50, 1-0, 18
Anderson 3.00, 2-0-1, 9
Mossi 3.38, 1-1, 16
Koufax 4.13, 1-0, 24
Bunning 5.48, 0-1, 23
Herbert 5.68, 0-0, 6.1
Brown 6.00, 0-0, 6
Aguirre 10.29, 0-0-1, 7
--Purkey's final line 3.24, 2-1, 8.1

Legends
Stock 0.00, 2-0-1, 7.2
Coates 1.08, 1-0, 8.1
regan 1.50, 0-1-1, 6
Kline 1.93, 0-0, 9.1
Haddix 2.70, 0-0, 6.2
Bowsfield 2.82, 1-1, 22.1
Grba 3.26, 1-2, 19.1
Foytack 3.44, 1-1, 18.1
Marichal 3.54, 2-0, 20.1
Fisher 6.75, 0-2, 12
Allen 15.00, 0-0-1, 6

Knights
Nichols 0.00, 2-0, 5
Larsen 0.00, 0-0, 3.1
Funk 0.79, 0-0-1, 11.1
Pascual 1.33, 3-0, 20.1
Bolin 1.59, 0-0, 5.2
Simmons 4.13, 3-0, 28.1
Broglio, 5.11, 1-0, 12.1
Barber 5.28, 1-1, 15.1
Pierce 7.11, 0-1-1, 6.1
McCormick 7.23, 1-1, 18.2
Schultz 8.31, 0-1-2, 4.1

Skipjacks
Curtis 0.00, 0-0-1, 3
McLish 0.00, 1-0, 4.1
Schwall 1.73, 2-0, 26
Perranoski 1.93, 1-1-1, 9.1
Hunt 2.78, 1-0, 22.2
Lee 2.78, 1-1, 22.2
Miller 4.50, 0-1, 4
Latman 5.32, 0-3, 22
Moore 7.20, 0-0, 5
Podres 7.53, 0-3, 14.1
McDaniel 10.80, 0-0-1, 3.1

Diablos
Brewer 0.00, 0-0, 0.0
Williams 0.00, 0-0, 8.1
Donohue 0.00, 0-0, 5.1
Friend 1.75, 2-0, 25.2
Bell 1.80, 3-0, 25
Drysdale 3.44, 1-1, 18.1
Carwell 4.24, 1-1, 23.1
Gibbbon 4.91, 1-2, 18.1
Hillman 9.64, 0-1-1, 4.2
Anderson 18.90, 0-2, 3.1
Labine 20.25, 0-0, 1.1

Gamblers
Sturdivant 0.00, 2-0-1, 3.2
Wynn 3.68, 1-0, 7.1
Fowler 3.97, 1-0, 11.1
Buhl 4.26, 0-0, 6.1
Face 4.50, 0-1, 12
Jackson (DL) 4.85, 1-1, 13
Pappas 5.13, 1-1, 26.1
Estrada 5.75, 1-1, 20.1
Kaat 6.60, 0-2, 15
Perry 6.75, 0-1, 9.1
McMahan 7.11, 0-1-1, 6.1

Cannon
Henry 0.00, 0-0, 1.2
Reniff 1.93, 0-1-1, 4.2
Miller 2.57, 3-0, 7
Sanford 3.00, 1-0, 6
Lary 3.49, 1-3, 28.1
O'Toole 3.80, 0-2, 21.1
Jay 5.40, 1-1. 23.1
Ford 5.53, 1-1, 27.2
Brewer 5.79, 0-0, 4.2
Grant 9.95, 0-0, 6.1
LeMay 29.25, 0-0, 4

[The Dude]

I love injuries.

Move Skowron to the 15 Day DL.

Malzone will come up from the minors to fill his role as backup, or starter until Killebrew gets back, then backup for the few days until Skowron comes off the 15 day.

[catcher24]

regan 1.50, 0-1-1, 6

Unbelievable. I know it's very few innings, but this guy was horrible (in 1961) in real life, and is doing very well for me in BOTH replays. Hope he keeps it up. I've seen stranger things happen in these replays.

[catcher24]

Posted by Mac:
I don't think you need to post all the results, since we can just go to your site and see them there (which I am doing). Please post all the interesting highlights you run across though.

Ok, thanks for the input (you too, PAP). Mac - if you like the interesting highlights (I will try to catch most of them and post),click on the General News and Breaking News links at the top left of the Keeper League Main Page. The General News has short blurbs on newsworthy items, like these:
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LEAGUE NEWS
Monday, 4/12/1961
Monday 4/5/1961 :
AL-Player of the Week:
RF George Altman (NQU)!
He batted .556 in 18 AB, with 1 HR and 6 RBI.

Tuesday 4/6/1961 :
NQU: Maury Wills sets a new single game AL-Record for Hits with 5!

Friday 4/9/1961 :
Mickey Mantle hits a 489-foot homerun!!
MHC: Frank Robinson hits for the cycle against 538280 Cannons!

Monday 4/12/1961 :
AL-Player of the Week:
3B Don Hoak (EHR)!
He batted .500 in 30 AB, with 1 HR and 9 RBI.
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The Breaking News has a longer story about one or more items. That's where I got the story about Robbie's cycle from.

I'm really glad to see that some of you are taking advantage of the website. Any comments or suggestions, feel free. This is a learning experience for me, having never done a website before. Thankfully, the program makes it easy, but it is still a learning experience!

[leecemark]

--Schedule and results updated thru 24 April. New injuries; Roberto Clemente 5/3 and Eli Grba 11/9. DC, Jackson will be eligible to return from the DL in your next series.

[leecemark]

BA..............................HR................ ...........RBI
FrRobinson .427............McCovey 9................Mays 32
Mays .424...................Mays 9.....................FrRobinson 24
Berra .392..................Snider 8....................Colavito 22
McCovey .387.............Berra 7.....................Gentile 20
Clemente .379............Gentile 7....................Berra 19
Mathews .366.............FrRobinson 7...............McCovey 18
Colavito .364..............Colavito 6..................Snider 17
Aaron .360.................Wagner 6...................Altman 17
BWilliams .351............EHoward 6..................Seiburn 16
FlRobinson .346..........BWilliams 6..................Woodling 16

SB...........................OPS
Pinson 8-1.................Mays 1.495
Wills 7-3....................McCovey 1.312
Aparicio 6-0................FrRobinson 1.294
Landis 6-1.................Berra 1.269
Howser 3-1...............Snider 1.221
Hinton 3-2................Colavito 1.152
Wagner 3-2...............BWilliams 1.099
Altman 2-0...............Mantle 1.086
Runnells 2-0...............Gentile 1.077
Temple 2-0...............Mathews 1.034

[leecemark]

--Games have been played thru April 27. Updates won't been doen until after work. The Hard Cider swept another series running their record to 18-3. New injuries are Don Taussig 14/14, Jimmie Peirsall 12/10 and Pumpsie Green 8/8. Dude, Killebrew was back in the lineup for the last game of our series. As I mentioned before, Larry Jackson is eligible to come off the DL. That is not automatic though. You need to make the move.

[leecemark]

--This was supposed to load the pitching leader file from DM.

[The Dude]

Jackson was moved back onto the 25 man roster into his starting role, and Perry was moved back to the farm.

[catcher24]

Oh, Lord, please tell me it's not starting again!!:ughh :grouchy

New injuries; Roberto Clemente 5/3 and Eli Grba 11/9.
New injuries are Don Taussig 14/14, Jimmie Peirsall 12/10 and Pumpsie Green 8/8.

[catcher24]

Sen @ SJ
5-4, 9-4, 7-4

Pretty ugly, JW!!;)

[leecemark]

--Somebody able to help me with attaching files to posts? Scott told me how to generate DM reports as uploadable file and that seemed to work fine. When I tried to attachthat file to the pitching leader posts it seemed to work fine too, but nothing showed up.

[catcher24]

Simmed another week in OOTP. This brings most teams to 16 games (a couple have 17). Stats are looking good comparing them to DM stats, so I think I got the game engine adjusted pretty well. I have posted the standings and some highlights below. All box scores and updated stats, for those interested, will be uploaded to the website shortly. Should be available in an hour or so.

New injuries:
PHP: Bobby Malkmus was injured while throwing a ball.
Diagnosis: Sore Shoulder.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 3 days.
PAP: Billy Hoeft was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Pulled Elbow Ligament.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 1-2 weeks.

Camilo Pascual (Legends) pitched a three hit shutout against the Senators on 4-17-61.
Jim Landis of the Quakers blasted a mammoth 501 foot HR vs the Cannons (in a losing cause). (4-16-61)
Player of the week was Camilo Pascual of the Knights. He went 2-0 for week, hurling 18 innings with a 1.50 ERA, including the shutout noted above.
And one line score I HAD to post:
....................FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washington ............2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 12 4
Leecemark's Knights 3 4 0 1 4 0 8 0 X 20 22 0
Box Scores - WP: Curt Simmons LP: Gene Conley

The Knights pound the Senators, cracking out 22 hits (you've gotta check out the boxscore, Mark. Every starter got at least one hit, and three guys got 3 hits).

Again, the standings and all box scores will be up on the website shortly. Please check it out.

[J W]

Pretty ugly, JW!!;)

You were complaining about injuries, but I lost Rodgers, Taussig and Piersall! I don't want to get swept by the Senators! :laugh

I see that stats have started for the minor leauges now... in which case please move Edwards and McDowell to AA. I don't know how the program found stats for those guys, but so be it. Thanks!

The other option is to move everyone's prospects to AAA in which case there'll be some semblance of a team for everyone. I don't know how the program would respond though. Come to think of it, Edwards is noted as not being ready for AAA but he's looking fine to me! (304/429/435 in 23 ABs)

[mac195]

Lew, please see post #37 of this thread for my post-trade lineups and pitching assingments.

[538280]

Lew, I'm pretty sure we're not using DHs in your sim, but I do realize that on our team profiles you do have lineups with DHs. You have Willie Kirkland leadoff on on my against RHPwDH lineup. I definitely don't want Kirkland leading off on any of my lineups. I don't think we're using it, but could you please change that so it has Albie Pearson in right and batting leadoff?

[catcher24]

Posted by JW:
I don't know how the program found stats for those guys, but so be it.
The other option is to move everyone's prospects to AAA in which case there'll be some semblance of a team for everyone.

The program just sims the minors in the background, using the players on hand and filling in the other slots. Not sure myself how it does that!:laugh
I can move everyone's farm hands to AAA. The game makes provision for at least 25 players at each level.

Posted by Mac:
Lew, please see post #37 of this thread for my post-trade lineups and pitching assingments

Will do, Mac, and I'll make the necessary adjustments. Apparently your subs didn't fare too badly, since you're currently on an 11 game winning streak!!;) Are you sure you want me to make any changes?:p Your record for last 10 is 10-0. I think I've only seen that once or twice over several seasons of simming solo leagues.

Chris - Don't worry, the game doesn't use the lineups with DH, since the default is no DH. Everyone's lineups with DH are screwed up, because those are computer generated at this point. I didn't change anyone's, so don't worry. It will have no effect on your team for the season. But I will change it to make you feel better (maybe change your luck).

[leecemark]

--The Hard Cider's 11 game streak in OOTP is no fluke. They are on a 14 game tear in DM, including a sweep of my Knights (who have the league's 2nd best record). That is a great team.
--Standings and results updated through 28 April.

[leecemark]

--upload failed again, but heres an abrieviated report....
ERA........................Wins................... ...........IP
Pascual 1.24............Pascual 5-0.....................Gibson 40
GBell 1.32................Spahn 4-0......................Schwall 39
Stafford 1.67...........GBell 4-0.........................Spahn 38.1
Schwall 2.08.............Gibson 4-1.....................Kralick 36.2
Mahaffey 2.27...........Simmons 3-0.................Pascaul 36.1
Friend 2.43..............marichal 3-0.....................Simmons 36
Bowsfield 2.45..........SMiller 3-0......................Archer 36
DLee 2.61................Morgan 3-0....................Pappas 36
Drysdale 2.88.............Arroyo 3-0....................mahaffey 35.2
Terry 2.97.................Drysdale 3-1..................Ford 35.2

--Jim Kaat and Johnny Podres are off to 0-4 starts to share the lowlights. Jack Baldschun of the Phillies is the unexpected leader in saves with 5. The Gamblers have had a busy bullpen with Fowler and Face tied for the lead in games at 13 and McMahan also appearing in 11 games.

[mac195]

Your record for last 10 is 10-0. I think I've only seen that once or twice over several seasons of simming solo leagues.
Several of those were one-run wins, so I have been pretty lucky of late.

[leecemark]

--Games and standing updated thru 01 May. The Knights ended the Hard Cider streak at 14 and took 2 of 3 to gain some revenge for last week's sweep. The Legend also took 2 of 3 from the Quakers to pull into a first place tie. No new injuries.

[baseballPAP]

Mark, you might have better luck if you output as a text file and then copy/paste it. might generate it as a jumbled up mess though, I'm not sure how it will translate to here.

[ElHalo]

Clemente's back for me, right?

[leecemark]

--Days left out; Grba 2, Skowron 4 (DL), Green 5, Piersall 7, Taussig 11.

[leecemark]

Redbirds
Sbider 363/440/825, 80
Williams 350/404/650, 100
Maris 340/391/623, 106
Spencer 333/455/389, 18
Averill 333/444/533, 15
Ashburn 333/500/333, 3 (farm)
Boyer 311/393/602, 102
White 300/429/400, 40
Burgess 287/345/412, 80
Aparicio 282/317/385, 78
Kasko 273/273/364, 11
Fox 271/354/341, 85
Bilko 240/240/360, 25
Alou 200/250/200, 15
Tuttle 000/667/000, 1

Quakers
Battey 362/471/655, 58
Neal 333/500/333, 3
Stuart 333/333/667, 9
Landis 315/430/551, 89
Phillips 313/380/386, 83
Francona 308/357/308, 13
Cepeda 293/356/543, 92
Wills 292/393/365, 96
Wagner 289/347/544, 90
Altman 283/330/485, 99
Richardson 227/247/240, 75
Bailey 217/308/435, 23
Fernandez 200/200/300, 10
Coleman 167/231/250, 12

Hard Cider
FrRobinson 378/455/704, 98
Moran 371/405/486, 35
Berra 353/389/779, 68
Fairly 344/394/492, 61
FlRobinson 343/436/433, 67
Groat 333/333/333, 3
Runnells 319/405/435, 69
Lollar 306/375/306, 36
Banks 289/355/546, 97
Mantle 284/457/557, 88
Davenport 274/343/347, 95
ERobinson 243/364/486, 37
Seivers 231/333/231, 13
Lynch 167/375/333, 12

Legends
Dillard 400/438/867, 15
McCovey 360/455/760, 75
Minoso 348/416/522, 69
Freese 348/416/522, 69
Brandt 329/424/518, 85
Pinson 279/330/413, 104
Post 276/323/586, 29
Brown 276/323/586, 29
Kubek 269/300/358, 67
Green 253/371/507, 75
Blanchard 239/316/437, 71
Santo 228/355/348, 92
Maz 182/217/182, 22
Buddin 174/406/217, 23

to be continued....

[leecemark]

Skipjacks
Taussig 395/447/558, 43
Geiger 319/387/458, 72
Piersall 297/350/405, 22
Blasingame 286/286/286, 7
Allison 286/384/492, 63
Torre 278/307/417, 72
Rodgers 278/409/333, 18
Robinson 253/298/304, 79
Thomas 231/310/308, 26
Yaz 231/268/359, 39
Triandos 226/314/323, 31
Hansen 219/336/281, 96
Power 195/258/256, 82
Bouchee 171/276/289, 76

Diablos
Martin 364/364/455, 11
Clemente 363/414/512, 80
Adcock 326/385/568, 95
Kaline 307/365/455, 88
Versalles 304/329/392, 79
Essegian 286/286/357, 14
Pagan 273/273/273, 11
Bertell 263/263/263, 19
Hoak 261/364/337, 92
Schilling 235/261/247, 85
Rosebor0 227/282/439, 66
Davis 187/358/347, 75
Cunningham 105/370/105, 19
Zimmer 000/167/000

Gamblers
Malzone 500/545/950, 20
Snyder 467/529/733, 15
Alou 429/459/629, 35
Flood 346/424/481, 81
Skowron 308/308/500, 26
Koppe 300/354/483, 60
Virdon 300/391/500, 20
Howard 298/313/585, 94
Smith 290/365/581, 93
Foiles 278/409/444, 18
Killebrew 250/361/481, 52
Musial 246/358/561, 57
Temple 243/263/351, 37
Green 233/307/340, 103
Schoendiesnt 222/333/333, 18
Adair 190/239/286, 63

Cannons
Javier 455/500/545, 11
Aaron 370/411/690, 100
Cash 326/431/533, 92
Howard 323/344/516, 31
Pearson 319/473/458, 72
Moon 295/409/551, 78
Sawatski 288/351/519, 52
Bolling 275/320/407, 91
Held 256/348/551, 78
Kirkland 182/229/182, 33
Boyer 167/277/347, 72
Pagliaroni 125/222/146, 48
McMillan 000/000/000, 11

[catcher24]

Minoso 348/416/522, 69
Freese 348/416/522, 69

Post 276/323/586, 29
Brown 276/323/586, 29

Did I really have exact duplicates like this, or did the stats get copied in the process? No problem, just wondering - it would be freaky if I had two sets of exact duplicates like this on my team!

[catcher24]

Santo 228/355/348, 92

Sure hope he gets it going, because this ain't worth 12 Million Dollars!!:grouchy

[leecemark]

--Well Santo was an investment in the future. The BAs for the duplicate lines are accurate. In the case of Post and Brown so are the OBP. Freese is 375/609 and Post is slugging .448.

[ElHalo]

Pagan 273/273/273, 11


That secondary average is astounding.

[catcher24]

Posted by Mark:
--Well Santo was an investment in the future.

I know, Mark. Sometimes I'm just being facetious.;) And sometimes I just need to vent!:grouchy

I thought it was more strange that the AB's and Slugging were identical, more so than the averages.

[leecemark]

--Games and standings updated thru May 5. No new injuries. Dude, Skowron is eligible to come off the DL if you want.

[The Dude]

Yeah, Skowron's back on the roster, Malzones back in the farm.

[leecemark]

--Standings and games updated thru 8 May. Only new injury is Dave Hillman 4/4. Only active previous injury is Taussig with 4 games left.

[leecemark]

Redbirds
Wilhelm 3.42, 4-1, 26.1
Terry 4.09, 2-2, 44
Brosnan 4.26, 1-1, 19
Pizzaro 4.66, 2-2, 36.2
Fox 5.06, 0-3-6, 16
Monbouquette 5.17, 1-0, 38.1
Shantz 5.19, 1-0-1, 8.2
McBride 5.72, 0-4, 28.1
Hoeft 6.10, 0-2, 10.1
Purkey 7.00, 1-1, 18

Quakers
McBean 0.64, 0-0, 14
O'Dell 0.75, 1-1-1, 12
Johnson 2.25, 1-0, 16
Lown 2.89, 0-0-6, 9.1
Kralick 3.40, 3-2, 50.1
Sadecki 3.49, 4-2, 49
Ramos 4.91, 2-4, 40.1
Hall 4.91, 2-1, 18.1
Gibson 5.29, 4-3, 47.2
Sherry 11.00, 0-0, 9

Hard Cider
Morgan 1.52, 6-1-2, 23.2
Stafford 1.64, 2-0, 33
Arroyo 3-1-3, 12.2
Spahn 2.18, 3-0, 33
Anderson 2.31, 2-0-3, 11.2
Koufax 2.39, 3-0, 49
Mossi 4.30, 2-2, 37.2
Bunning 5.32, 0-2, 44
Herbert 5.68, 0-0, 6.1
Brown 6.00, 0-0, 6
Aguirre 9.82, 0-0-1, 7.1

Legends
Stock 0.00, 2-0-3, 13.2
Haddix 2.21, 0-0, 20.1
Bowsfield 2.23, 3-2, 44.1
Foytack 2.95, 3-1, 36.2
Marichal 3.45, 4-0, 44.1
Grba 3.86, 1-4, 23.1
Kline 5.28, 0-0, 15.1
Coates 5.89, 2-0, 18.1
Fisher 6.29, 1-3, 34.1
Allen 8.31, 0-2-1, 13
Regan 10.61, 0-2-1, 9.1 - well he returned to form:D

Knights
Pacual 1.66, 6-0, 43.1
Larsen 1.69, 0-0, 10.2
Nichols 1.80, 2-1, 10 - here is why reliever era is meaningless, he has allowed 18 baserunner in his 10 IP. horrible performance, but great era.
Funk 2.37, 2-0, 19
Broglio 3.64, 1-1, 29.2
Simmons 3.99, 5-0, 47.1
Bolin 4.05, 0-1, 13.1
Barber 5.23, 1-3, 32.2
Schyltz 5.25, 2-1-3, 12
McCormick 6.31, 2-1, 35.2
Pierce 8.10, 0-1-2, 10

Skipjacks
McLish 0.00, 1-0, 7.1
Perranoski 1.59, 1-1-3, 17
Schwall 3.24, 2-3, 41.2
McDaniel 3.29, 0-0-4, 13.2
Lee 3.77, 1-4, 43
Miller 3.86, 0-1, 11.2
Latman 4.09, 2-3, 44
Hunt 5.50, 2-2, 37.2
Curtis 5.59, 0-1-1, 9.2
Podres 5.79, 2-4, 32.2
Moore 9.00, 0-0, 12

Diablos
Brewer 0.00, 0-0, 0
Williams 1.38, 0-0, 13
Friend 2.01, 4-0, 49.1
Bell 2.77, 5-1, 48.2
Drysdale 2.83, 4-1, 41.1
Donohue 3.00, 0-0, 9
Cardwell 3.72, 3-2, 48.1
Gibbon 4.54, 1-5, 33.2
Hillman 5.59, 0-2-2, 9.2
Labine 6.00, 0-0-1, 6
Anderson 14.21, 0-2, 6.1

Gamblers
Sturdivant 0.00, 3-0-1, 4
Jackson 2.61, 3-1, 31
Estrada, 4.40, 3-1, 43
Wynn 4.60, 2-0, 15.2
Pappas 4.88, 2-2, 48
Kaat, 4.89, 0-5, 38.2
Buhl 5.25, 0-0, 12
Face, 5.56, 0-2, 22.2
Fowler 6.35, 2-2-1, 22.2
Perry (farm) 6.75, 0-1, 13.1
McMahon 9.64, 0-1-2, 14

Cannons
Reniff 0.63, 0-1-2, 14.1
Miller 3,12, 3-0-3, 17.1
Ford 4.21, 4-1, 47
Grant 4.64, 1-1, 21.1
Jay 5.27, 1-1, 41
Lary 5.36, 2-5, 45.1
O'Toole 6.63, 1-5, 38
Henry 8.22, 0-3, 7.2
Sanford 8.53, 1-0, 12.2
Brewer 8.68, 9.1
LeMay 11.47, 0-0, 13.1

[catcher24]

Mossi 4.30, 2-2, 37.2
Bunning 5.32, 0-2, 44

Sorry about that, Mac.:rolleyes:

[catcher24]

I simmed another week in OOTP. I wanted to do two weeks to get close to the same number of games Mark has simmed in DM, but quit after the one week due to a couple of major injuries. I wanted those managers to be able to make any adjustments they feel necessary.

First, the injuries:

Mac's Hard Cider: Sandy Koufax was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Strained Elbow Ligament.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 7 weeks.

Dudecar Gamblers: Stan Musial was injured while making a catch.
Diagnosis: Broken Finger.
He is out for about 3 weeks.

JW Skipjacks: Barry Latman was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle.
He will be OK in about 4 weeks.

WSE: Gene Woodling was injured while making a catch.
Diagnosis: Bruised Hand.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 2 days.

PHP: John Buzhardt was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Inflamed Back Muscle.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take one week.

I will wait until tomorrow to sim the next week. Let me know what moves, if any, you want to make regarding these injuries.


NEWS: Jim Gentile of the Knights set a record with 4 walks in a game.

Player of the Week: Jackie Brandt, of my own Legends.
AL-Player of the Week: CF Jackie Brandt (LLE)! He batted .476 in 21 AB, with 2 HR and 7 RBI.

And the full story on Koufax's injury:
MAC'S HARD CIDER - Mac's Hard Cider's ace Sandy Koufax suffered a severe injury on Wednesday and will be out for at least 7 weeks. In the 7th of the game against Lew's Legends he experienced pain in his throwing arm and had to leave the game. Koufax was rushed to an hospital near the ballpark, where doctors took x-rays. Those revealed the serious injury, Strained Elbow Ligament. In 5 starts this year Sandy struck out 29 batters in 30.2 innings of work. His ERA is 4.70, his record 2-1.

The Senators continued their horrid season. Although they doubled their wins from 1 to 2, they have also doubled their losses from 10 to 20 and now stand at a dismal (understatement) 2-20.

Mac's Hard Cider continue to set the pace in batting - 1st in HR, 1st in Runs, 2nd in Batting Average, 3rd in walks, 2nd in OBP, 1st in slugging.

In the pitching department, the (surprise) Phillies have the best team ERA at 3.82, with the Quakers right behind at 3.84. Senators pitchers are getting pummeled, with a 5.91 team ERA.

# TOP 10 AVG AVG
1 G. Altman (NQU) .397
2 E. Howard (DGB) .395
3 J. Landis (NQU) .386
4 J. Koppe (DGB) .385
5 D. Howser (KCA) .364
6 P. Runnels (MHC) .362
7 J. Adcock (EHD) .360
8 E. Mathews (LMK) .356
9 W. Moon (CAN) .355
10 J. Piersall (JWS) .354

# TOP 10 HR HR
1 W. Mays (LMK) 7
1 H. Aaron (CAN) 7
1 M. Mantle (MHC) 7
4 J. Landis (NQU) 6
4 D. Snider (PAP) 6
4 O. Cepeda (NQU) 6
4 J. Gentile (LMK) 6
4 R. Maris (PAP) 6
9 F. Robinson (MHC) 5
9 L. Wagner (NQU) 5



Those are the highlights. Check out the website where all the box scores (last 7 days), stats, news, league leaders are available.

[mac195]

Ah well... so Koufax is out for 7 weeks right, not day to day? In that case, I will put Brown in the rotation for OOTP.

In DM, I'd like to take Hank Aguirre off his closer and set-up duties and make him available as a backup in long relief and mop-up situations. Is it possible to program more than one backup in those roles?

[mac195]

Mop up: Herbert, Aguirre, Brown
Long man: Brown, Aguirre, Herbert
LH set up: Arroyo, Morgan
RH set up: Morgan, Anderson
LH closer: Arroyo, Morgan
RH closer: Morgan, Anderson

[538280]

Ford 4.21, 4-1, 47
Jay 5.27, 1-1, 41
Lary 5.36, 2-5, 45.1
O'Toole 6.63, 1-5, 38


What's going on here? In the real '61 season those guys were some of the best in the league, but they're pitching like the worst.

[leecemark]

--Chris, the sample size is still pretty small. I expect most of these guys will improve over time. There are always going to be guys who disappoint in a given season, but it is unlikely that will apply to your whole rotation.

[leecemark]

--Mac, you can list up to 5 pitchers for each relief role.

[catcher24]

Chris - For some strange reason, lefties don't always do well in DM - in fact, based on the two previous leagues I've been in, they seem to usually do worse than in real life. That might be the case with Ford and O'Toole. I do agree with Mark - I think over the long haul, they'll tend to come back closer to their real life performances.

[catcher24]

Mac - ACtually Koufax is day to day, if you check the injury news on the website. If you actually had the game, once you had downloaded your updated team stats you would see that Koufax's name is in orange, indicating injured but day to day. If you then clicked on his name, on the full info page (with ratings, DOB, salary, etc), you would see that he is dtd with 70% effectiveness. In Dudecars case (Musial), the player is listed in red and is not available at all.

I will put Brown into the rotation, and move Koufax to the spot starter location. I also moved all of the other four starters up one slot, so Brown becomes the fifth man and will get skipped in favor of Bunning if Bunning has had enough rest. I moved all of your middle relievers up one (Brown was your #1 man there). If you want Koufax put on the DL and someone brought up as spot starter/middle relief, let me know.

BTW, you need to stay on the road. Your team is 10-0 on the road, 6-6 at home.

[mac195]

Lew, go ahead and put Koufax on the DL. Bring up Bill Dailey, make him a set up man with Arroyo and put Morgan in as the closer.

[leecemark]

--Games have been played thru 12 May. Results will be updated shortly. The big news is all in the Hulbert Division. The Legends swept the Redbirds to move into first. The Quakers dropped 2 of 3 to the Gamblers, but worse suffered the only new injuries. They are bad ones for you Nails, Leon Wagner 16/15 and Ray Sadecki 21/21. JW was swept by the Phillies to fall into the cellar (now with the worst record in baseball:eek: ).

[Nails]

They are bad ones for you Nails, Leon Wagner 16/15 and Ray Sadecki 21/21.

Ouch. DL both please, call up Herzog and Duffalo. Hall takes Sadecki's spot in the rotation and Maloney takes the 5 spot and gets skipped.

[J W]

Erg, my team is putrid... is everything back to normal (save Taussig)?

As for OOTP, put Latman on the DL and bring up Turk Farrell in his stead.

[leecemark]

--JW, everything is back to normal. Taussig will also be back for your next series.

[catcher24]

Mac and JW: Those moves have been made for you in OOTP. Too bad, JW, Latman was one of your better performing pitchers so far.
Mac, that leaves you with no spot starter. I don't perceive that will be a problem for the two weeks Koufax is on the DL. I don't believe the game has used anyone's spot starter yet, and isn't likely to since we are using the 5 man rotation with no doubleheaders. So at this point I am simply leaving that position empty. If for some inexplicable reason the computer goes with a spot starter for your team, it will simply pick one from among your middle relievers.

BTW, to all managers, I am presently in the process of editing in the salaries the players have in the league. My team is done, and you will see my salary is now $76,000,000. Hope to have this done for all teams within a week.

[leecemark]

--Making progress on copying files instead of retyping. Cut and paste came out really jumbled and attaching the file combined the first and third columns. If you maximize the screen after opening the file will fix the problem. I'll keep working on it.

[ElHalo]

Now that's a batting leaderboard.

I have absolutely no idea how my team is over .500. I set this team up to be good in 63-65, not now.

[leecemark]

--Next series have been played and will be updated shortly. The leaderboard above includes those games. New injury is Billy Williams 3/2. EH you continue to exceed your own expectations, running your record to 6 games over .500 and 3rd best in the league. JW swept the As to escape the shame of being behind the doormats.

[J W]

That's a little more like it. I think my injuries kind of killed me--my team's obviously not deep.

BTW, you have two records for the Washington Senators in the standings post. :atthepc

[leecemark]

--Fixed in the update.

[baseballPAP]

Redsbirds continue to struggle, but then I had them figured as only 5 or 6 games over .500 anyway. I'd still like to deal Juan Pizzarro for a RHer, and I'm willing to talk about absolutely anyone on the roster....after all, I didn't build this team :)

[catcher24]

I'm very surprised that my team is doing as well as it is. I figured I'd be competing with JW for third place in the division. Heck, my whole pitching staff, excluding Marichal, only costs me 3.75M (major league level).

Mark, the attachment opened and looked fine. Very nice. Thanks!:waving

BTW, anyone who has not explored the OOTP website, if you want more stats, L1 and L2 on the left hand side have many (but I don't think all) of the stats that DM produces.

[catcher24]

Mark - I like your logo! It has been uploaded, and should now appear on the website when you call up your team, and alongside the boxscores that go up from now on.

[catcher24]

Simmed another week in OOTP. Will try to do another one tomorrow, in order to catch up with the DM league. Mark is simming a little faster than I thought he would!

New Injuries: (Bad news for you, ElHalo)

Knights: Johnny Romano was injured being hit by a pitch.
Diagnosis: Sprained Wrist.
He will be OK in about one week. (4 days gone)

PAP: Hoyt Wilhelm was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Tender Elbow.
He will be OK in about one week. (Two days gone)

EHD: Willie Davis was injured being hit by a pitch.
Diagnosis: Broken Hand.
He will be OK in about 6 weeks.

KCA: Norm Siebern was injured while running the bases.
Diagnosis: Inflamed Groin Muscle.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 3 weeks.

PHP: Johnny Callison was injured while running the bases.
Diagnosis: Bruised Heel.
He is out for about one week.


NEWS

ElHalo's Diablos had a tough couple of days in early May:

Saturday 5/1/1961: Jim Bunning shuts out El Halo's Diablos on 2 hits
EL HALO'S DIABLOS - Mac's Hard Cider's Jim Bunning overmatched the opposing hitters all day long. El Halo's Diablos had no chance, collecting just 2 hits against the right-hander. Bunning (5-1) struck out 6 and issued 1 BB, throwing 62 of 106 pitches for strikes. 'Hey, that's my job! Everytime I take the mound I give the best I can. And my best stuff was too much for them today.' Yogi Berra provided Mac's Hard Cider with the offense Bunning needed as he finished 3 for 5, homering once, scoring two runs. The final score of the game was 9-0.


Sunday 5/2/1961: El Halo's Diablos' Davis severely injured
EL HALO'S DIABLOS - El Halo's Diablos' centerfielder Willie Davis suffered a serious injury when he was struck by a pitch from Mac's Hard Cider's Warren Spahn. He collapsed in pain and was helped off the field. Davis will probaby miss 6 weeks. Broken Hand was the diagnosis after x-rays were taken in a nearby hospital. The message shocked teammates and team officials. He has hit 3 homeruns while batting .304 this season. His 21 hits and 8 walks add up to a .392 on-base percentage.

Willie Mays hit a 500 foot homerun vs the Phillies on 4/29.

Player of the Week: Jim Gentile (LMK)!
He batted .444 in 27 AB, with 4 HR and 7 RBI.

Leecemark's Knights now have the league's best record at 19-9, with the Hard Cider and Quakers both at 18-10. The Knights and Quakers have both gone 7-3 over their last 10 games to overtake the Cider, who have only been 4-6 in that span.

The Skipjacks are in a tailspin, going 1-9 in their last ten - and the nine losses were consecutive, a streak that is still ongoing.

Steve Barber pitched 8.1 innings of 2 hit ball, Barney Schultz finishing up, in a 2-1 win over the Phils on 4-28.

As indicated in the news item above, Jim Bunning hurled a 2 hit gem, shutting out the Diablos 9-0 on 5-1. His game score was 88, the highest yet for any pitcher: 9 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 6 K, 1 BB

Hope everyone continues to check the website.

[538280]

Hey Lew, can't help but ask. Why does everyone seem to be doing better on the road? Is that even right? I think taking the league as a whole the record at home and road should be the same, but just eyeballing the records it doesn't appear to look like that at all.

[leecemark]

--I have been going at a pretty fast pace. I'll always give at least 24 hours between series if there are injuries that owners are going to need to deal with. So far the number of injuries have been fairly light and the ones that have required action have gotten responses from their owners very quickly (thanks everyone for staying on top of that).
--I'm probably going to stay at a fairly fast pace, unless that is a problem for anyone. If I have the time and there are no serious injuries and/or they are responded to quickly then 2 series a day will probably be the norm. I don't know about everybody else, but the switch to being a keeper league has me thinking more about the next season than the next series.
--Sitting inside on a rainy day I've played another series this evening. There were a couple serious injuries in this one. My Knights lost Bob Bolin for 18 games. He went on the DL and Bob Bruce was called up. A struggling Billy Pierce was sent down and Jack Spring was called up as well. Bruce is slotted as the spot starter and mopup man. Spring is the back LH setup/closer. The other injuries were both to the Gamblers (who have been the hard luck team for injuries so far). Bill Virdon 16/16 and Al Smith 8/6 are out. Game results and standing will be updated shortly.

[leecemark]

thru games of May 19.

[The Dude]

Jensen came up form the minors, Virdon on the 15 day DL. Just let skowron play for Smith.

[mac195]

I think taking the league as a whole the record at home and road should be the same,

There is no reason why the sum of the home and road records must be the same. But it is odd that everyone is doing better on the road.

[leecemark]

--Got another series played this morning, but won't have time to do the updates until later. Only new injury was to the Knights Frank Thomas 10/10. He goes on the DL and Bob Neiman gets the call up.

[leecemark]

--Lew, please adjust my OOTP roster by sending down Bob Skinner and calling up Hal Naragan as my backup catcher while Romano is recovering. Naragan can also be a PH vs RHP when Romano is back. Skinner can get some ABs in AAA for awhile.

[leecemark]

--Highlights of the games of 22-24 May. The Legends ran their winning streak to 7 games to gain a little breathing room over the Quakers. The Cannon got a much needed series win over the Hard Cider. The 2nd place Diablos failed to capitaliize though, getting swept by the As.

[leecemark]

--The attached files are the team totals for both hitting and pitching.

[catcher24]

Posted by Chris:
Why does everyone seem to be doing better on the road?

I can tell you why. There is an option for home field advantage. I turned it off. I too noticed after the last weeks' results the dramatic difference between home and road records. I have turned the home field advantage option back on. We'll see what happens.

Mark - I made those moves for you. Romano should be back in three days. I am actually simming a day at a time, but covering seven days, so he'll be back in the lineup soon.

I'm trying to track the injuries (majors; minors I just let the sub play three or four days), but may forget when someone is able to return. If I miss one of your players, please let me know they can return.

[catcher24]

Great stats, Mark! Some observations on my team:

Bowsfield is the kind of guy who, if we were playing the "development" type of keeper league in OOTP, could become an ace - or not. It'd be interesting to see, and if the decision is to continue with DM, I may continue with OOTP but turn on all options, financial and player development.

Playing at Forbes, I note that none of my pitchers are among the leaders at allowing HR, but THREE of them are among the leaders at allowing triples! That would be expected, and seems to be working that way. I am surprised I have no pitchers up among the doubles leaders - guess those become triples in the huge gaps at Forbes!

Marichal and Bowsfield are carrying this team. It could be pretty ugly without them. Very happy with my pitchers. Batters are middle of the pack, but good enough to keep me in games with my pitching.

[catcher24]

ElHalo - You didn't say what to do about Willie Davis' injury. I replaced him in the lineup with Cunningham, with Essegian as a backup. I put Davis on the DL, and brought up Hector Lopez as a reserve OF. If that is OK, fine. If not, let me know what to change.

[leecemark]

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[leecemark]

--Games and standings are updated thru 25 May. Only new injury is Vic Power, 17/17 (JW can't catch a break).

[catcher24]

Simmed another week in OOTP. Will be uploading the stats shortly.

Injuries:
Several minor injuries which made players day to day. The only major injury was to Bob Friend, out five to six weeks with a torn biceps muscle (ElHalo can't catch a break in OOTP; Willlie Davis just went down for 6 weeks).

Teams are getting LOTS of email from players not happy with their playing time - Frank Howard, Bill Skowron and several others. I simply read and delete these. There are also a lot of emails from minor league managers/coaches regarding moving players up or down. When I get one of these, I make the recommended move (JW, that's why Fregosi and Powell are back at A level).

For the first time all season, there was some movement in the Power Rankings.

NOTES: Ken Hunt (7 IP) and relievers threw a two hitter for the Skipjacks against Washington, winning 2-1 (5/8)
Ted Bowsfield threw a complete game and had three hits for the Legends in an 11-3 win over the Quakers (5/7)

I was going to sim another week tonight, but due to the major injury to Bob Friend wanted to give ElHalo some time to make a move if he wants to.

Stats should be uploaded and available in 20 minutes or so.

[J W]

Only new injury is Vic Power, 17/17

This I can handle (for now). Replace Power with Blasingame and continue backing him with Hansen.

[catcher24]

Simmed another week in OOTP. Stats will be uploaded about 20 minutes after this post goes up.

NEW MAJOR INJURIES:

Gary Bell, ElHalo"s Diablos - Strained bicep muscle. Day to day, full recovery 7 weeks. Since his effectiveness is still at 85%, and Friend is already on the DL, I left him in the rotation. EH, if you want me to do something else, let me know.

Regarding Bob Friend, I never heard from EH, so I put him on the DL. I brought up Earl Wilson from AAA and made him the spot starter, moveing 3 thru 5 starters up one each.

Stan Musial is back in the lineup for the Gamblers.

All other injuries were day to day, with recovery 5 days or less. In all of those situations, I leave the player on the roster and let the sub play.

NEWS:

Player of the week: Bob Allison, Skipjacks. He batted .478 in 23 AB, with 3 HR and 7 RBI.
The Quakers Pedros Ramos pitched a 3 hit shutout vs. Philadelphia on 5/10, winning 5-0.
Redbirds Ken McBride pitched a 3 hit shutout vs Kansas City on %/14, winning 10-0.
The Legends' Eli Grba (8IP) and Bob Allen (1 IP) combined on a 1-0, 2 hit shutout of PAP's REdbirds on 5/16. Hard luck loser Bob Purkey gave up the one run while scattering eight hits in a complete game loss.
Also on 5/16, Hard Cider's Jim Bunning fired a complete game 4 hit shutout against the Senators.

There was considerable movement in the power rankings this week - check it out on the website. Standings didn't change much. The Knights are opening up a lead in the Johnson Division; Hard Cider and Cannons fighting it out in the Cartwright Division. In the closest race, the Legends still maintain a 1 game lead over the Quakers, although neither team played that well over the last 10 games (both 5-5).

Many, many emails still from players not happy about playing time. A couple have asked to be traded if their time doesn't increase. Stupid me forgot to write down any of the names again!:noidea I'll try to remember next time.

[catcher24]

I have made Jack Fisher my #1 starter and dropped Eli Grba to #5.

[catcher24]

I have edited all of our team salaries in OOTP so that each player's salary is now accurate, as well as the team salaries. I DID NOT do anything to the three doormat teams. In the process of entering/editing the salaries and comparing to postings, I found the following errors:

Mac's Hard Cider: His roster post shows a salary of 90.5M. I have triple checked and believe it should be 90M.

538280 Cannons: His roster post shows 81M. I believe it should be 83.75M. Also, he still needs to add Elio Chacon (.25), Bill Bruton (.5) and Bob Turley (.25) to his roster (I included their salaries in my figures).

In the above instances, I think there was simply an addition error.

PAPS Redbirds: Shows no salary on his roster listing. I figure it to be 85.25M.

ElHalo Raptors: Shows 81M on the roster listing. I figure it should be 81.75M. In this case, the difference is the last three players he drafted (Jerry Kindall, Bob Sprout, Fred Bruckbauer) were all added at 250K and none are on his roster. I think he just forgot to add them and their salaries.

All other teams' salaries are correct.

[mac195]

Mac's Hard Cider: His roster post shows a salary of 90.5M. I have triple checked and believe it should be 90M.

:) An extra half million ot spend... excellent!

[leecemark]

--Another series in the books. Schedule and standings will be updated shortly. New injuries are Paul Foytack 16/15, Jim Gilliam 4/4 and Dick McAuliffe 4/3. Nails, Daddy Wags is eligible to come off the DL (one more series for Sadecki).

[leecemark]

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[leecemark]

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[mac195]

Well Mark, here we are 48 games into the season and you hold the overall best record. Are you surprised to be doing this well or did you expect it?

[leecemark]

--I was pretty confident my team was going to contend this year. The Knights were built to win right away. I'm not sure how good my team really is yet though. Almost half my games (21 of 48) have been against the doormats. I still haven't played the Diablos and have played only 3 games vs the Redbirds, who I expect to make a run at me in the division.
--Considering how many games I've played against weak teams my pitching hasn't been very impressive. I'm hoping for improvement from the guys I already have, but picking up a short term stud will be a consideration if I'm still in the middle of the pack in pitching when we get closer to the trade deadline.
--P.S. I still haven't played the Quakers either.

[mac195]

I also think the Redbirds will make a run. Their pitching has been inexplicably bad so far.

[Nails]

--Another series in the books. Schedule and standings will be updated shortly. New injuries are Paul Foytack 16/15, Jim Gilliam 4/4 and Dick McAuliffe 4/3. Nails, Daddy Wags is eligible to come off the DL (one more series for Sadecki).

Thanks, please activate Wagner and demote Herzog.

[The Dude]

I'm kind of suprised I have the wild card spot. My pitching has been atrocious so far; I'm just lucky Howard has been great this season.

[catcher24]

Mark - Please make the following changes in my pitching assignments: put Paul Foytack on the DL. Send Phil Regan to the minors. Bring up Bob Hendley and Rollie Sheldon to fill the two slots. These are the new assignments while Foytack is on the DL:
SP1 Eli Grba
SP2 Harvey Haddix
SP3 Ted Bowsfield
SP4 Juan Marichal
SP5 Jack Fisher
Spot Starter: Jim Coates
Mopup Relief: Bob Allen, Jim Coates
Long Man: Rollie Sheldon, Ron Kline
LH Setup: Bob Hendley, Bob Allen
RH Setup: Ron Kline, Jim Coates
Closer: Wes Stock

Once Foytack is off of the DL, I will be moving a couple of starters, but that's it for now.

[catcher24]

Mac & Mark: I figured you guys for the best and 2nd best records, in no particular order. I haven't been surprised. I am VERY surprised to be sporting the third best league record (as of most recent standings)! We'll see if they can keep it up. I might be able to in a weak division (no offense, JW & Nails:p ).

[catcher24]

Simmed another week in OOTP. Stats will be online in an hour or so. As there were no new major injuries, I may do another week tonight if I get a chance.

INJURIES: Only major injury was to Bob Shaw of KC. He is out for five weeks. I brought up Bill Fischer from AAA to fill in. Day to day injuries to Bob Gibson (5 days) and Jim Landis (7 days).

Barry Latman was activated from the DL for the Skipjacks and placed back into the rotation. Turk Farrell was returned to AAA (thankfully for JW, as he was sporting a 0-3 record with 6.61 ERA during his stint with the big club).


NEWS:

Pete Runnels set an AL record with a five hit game for the Hard Cider on 5/21.

The Gamblers' Harmon Killebrew was the Player of the Week. He batted .455 in 22 AB, with 3 HR and 11 RBI.

And emails continue to pour in from players who want more playing time: Jim Brosnan wants to be the primary closer; Tom Sturdivant wants to be in the rotation; Bill Mazeroski wants to be traded if he doesn't start more.

Also a couple of emails regarding minor leaguers. I took the recommended actions in those cases.

[baseballPAP]

Mark, could I get the latest copy of the league file please?

[leecemark]

--Another series run. Results will be up shortly. New injuries are Aparicio 6/4 and Versalles 7/6.
--Scott, I'll get that file to your right away. Thanks for the tip on going with a text file. I'm sure everbody appreciates all the extra info as much as I appreciate not having to type everything in.

[leecemark]

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[leecemark]

--I mentioned yesterday that my Knights had played a pretty easy schedule in the early going. I thought everybody might like to review who has played who so far.

[leecemark]

--Games have been played thru 5 Jun. New injuries are Ralph Terry 21/21 and Minnie Minoso 3/3. The Cannons have shot past .500 for the first time this season. The Quakers have regained a share of their division lead and the Skipjacks have put some ground between then and the Senators.

[leecemark]

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[baseballPAP]

The pitching has been ugly so far, so I'm shaking things up......
Wilhelm and Willey into the rotation, Pizzarro to relief, Purkey sent down, Duren recalled for long relief, Shantz sent down. Lets see how this does.......

[catcher24]

Good stats, but the pitching program doesn't seem to like Wes Stock. For the second time, it has left him out of the save percentag leaders. Last time, he was 6 for 6 and didn't appear; now he's 7 for 8 and doesn't appear, although Lindy McDaniel with a little over .500 does. Strange.

[leecemark]

--Lew, it looks like the cutoff for the percentage leadership in saves is 9 chances. All 6 guys listed have 9 or more. Not sure why the program picked thay number as the minimum.

[catcher24]

Perhaps a percentage of games. That would make sense.

[catcher24]

I would like to propose a change to the Free Agent contract rule. I would like to change the FA rule so that a team can sign a FA for any amount of money, any length of time. I think it would be self limiting and not get abused, because the kicker would be the team couldn't release the FA until the contract was up - only trade him, or keep him and pay him. So, if I pay 12M for 7 years and the guy dies out after 4 years, I'm still on the hook for the 12M - and he still takes a roster spot - for the final three years unless I can find someone dumb enough to trade (not likely in this group). Conversely,if the other owners are inept enough to let me sign a superstar for 3M per year for 10 years, they have to live with it. It would be more realistic than the current rule, and like I said, I see little abuse potential. What do you think? Since it is going to be a bidding process, everyone will see what's going on - no secrets. Or perhaps setting a maximum on the number of years, but not "segregating" it into groups like it is now - any dollar amount for any number of years up to the maximum (if one is set). Comments or suggestions welcome and encouraged.

[538280]

Even though my team has gone above .500 in DM, I feel I should make a few changes to my lineup. So, Mark and Lew, please make the following changes:

Lineup vs. RHP
1.Albie Pearson, RF (Kirkland 30%)
2.Wally Moon, LF (Kirkland)
3.Norm Cash, 1B (Wertz)
4.Hank Aaron, CF (Bruton)
5.Carl Sawatski, C (Pagliaroni 25%)
6.Woodie Held, SS (McMillan 15%)
7.Frank Bollng, 2B (Javier 5%)
8.Clete Boyer, 3B (Javier)
PH vs. RHP: Howard, Wertz, Kirkland
PH vs. LHP: Howard, Wertz, Kirkland

Lineup vs. LHP
1.Albie Pearson, RF (Kirkland)
2.Norm Cash, 1B (Wertz)
3.Hank Aaron, CF (Bruton)
4.Woodie Held, SS (McMillan)
5.Frank Howard, LF (Moon 30%)
6.Jim Pagliaroni, C (Sawatski)
7.Frank Bolling, 2B (Javier 5%)
8.Clete Boyer, 3B (Javier)
PH vs. RHP: Moon, Wertz, Kirkland
PH vs. LHP: Moon, Wertz, Kirkland

Also, when Kirkland is playing in place of Pearson against righties, could you please shift the lineup so Kirkland is batting 6th, and the lineup looks like this:

1.Wally Moon, LF
2.Woodie Held, SS
4.Hank Aaron, CF
5.Carl Sawatski, C
6.Willie Kirkland, RF
7.Frank Bollng, 2B
8.Clete Boyer, 3B

Sorry for the inconvience (if there is one), but Kirkland is a good player who should get a chance to play (especially with Pearson's lack of PAs), he just shouldn't get a chance to bat leadoff. His bad plate discipline doesn't do good there. But his slugging and throwing arm do lots of good.

[catcher24]

Simmed another week in OOTP. Stats will be up on website shortly.

INJURIES: Only one serious injury. The Skipjacks' Jimmy Piersall sustained broken ribs. He is day to day and at 90% effectiveness. JW, if you want to make a move let me know. Otherwise, I'll let it ride.

NEWS:

The Diablos' Roberto Clemente was player of the week. He batted .500 in 26 AB, with 3 HR and 10 RBI.

The Senators overtook the hapless Skipjacks by going 7-3 in the last 10 games, while the Skipjacks could only muster a 2-8 record over that period.

The Gamblers Jim Kaat and Don McMahon combined on a 4 hit shutout of the Redbirds, 5/27.

The Quakers Bob Gibson fired a two hitter vs the Senators, and also hit a solo homer, 5/26. Lost his shutout in the seventh when Jim King tripled and scored on Dale Long's sac fly in the seventh. The homer was the longest of Gibson's career, travelling 430 feet.


Perhaps I am being too presumptuous in thinking that everyone has explored the website. I hope that everyone is aware that by clicking on a stats report on the standings page, you will get league wide reports. By clicking on your team name, you bring up the team page and all the reports listed there are for your team. Also, by clicking on a player name, it will bring up the player's page. This lists his name, attributes, contract, player ratings, performance in last ten games, overall and projected 1961 stats, a breakout vs left and right hand pitchers (as well as other situations), and his career batting stats. Same thing for pitchers, with pitching stats being listed (their batting stats are also shown at the bottom). I want to make sure everyone is aware that all of that info is available for each player.

OOTP Roster Moves: I juggled my pitching staff in OOTP. I made Paul Foytack my spot starter, moved Harvey Haddix into the #2 slot. I removed Phil Regan from mopup relief and made Foytack my #1 man there. Made REgan my #1 Middle reliever, removed Haddix from MR, and put Foytack as #4 in the MR slot.

[catcher24]

Chris - I made the changes, but be advised that in OOTP, Albie Pearson has a .402 OBP, while Kirkland has a .276 OBP. Kirkland does have more power, slugging .490 to Pearson's .358.

Unfortunately, OOTP can't automatically be set up to make the type of adjustment you want when Kirkland is playing vs. righties. The only way you could do that would be by having the game, setting your own lineups, then sending them to me prior to the games. I suspect DM is pretty much the same situation there, but could be wrong. I have made the lineup changes, but Kirkland will be batting leadoff vs. righties. Also, in OOTP you have Bruton at the AA level, so he can't be the sub for Aaron. I used Kirkland, hope that is OK. He is also listed as a farmhand in your DM roster. Sorry.

[mac195]

Having total freedom with free agent contracts would really change the dynamic over what we have now. Instead of big name players getting 3-5 year deals for $8 million, they might get $10-20 million one-year deals. On the plus side, it would make for a lot more action, with more good free agents becoming available every year. On the minus side, it would probably be less realistic. I'm not sure which option is better.

[leecemark]

--I have mixed feelings about the proposed change to the free agent contracts. I would like to encourage that discussion to be carried out in the rules/organization thread rather than the season one though. It won't get lost in the shuffle and anybody who wants to sort through our decision making process later (such as our expansion owners) will have it all in one place.

[leecemark]

--Chris, when subs are inserted the CM adjusts the lineup. I can only preset for the starters. If you want Kirkland to play 30% and bat in a specific place in the order you need to make him starter for awhile (maybe adjust the lineups when you have a series with a short RF). Also, please bold your changes so I know what is being switched.

[leecemark]

--Another series in the books. New injuries are Willie Kirkland 9/8 (guess he didn't respond well to the extra PT Chris), Al Smith 10/8 and Steve Bilko. The Knights have activated Bobby Bolin and Frank Thomas and sent down Bob Bruce and Bob Neiman. Nails, Sadecki is also eligible to be activated.

[leecemark]

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[mac195]

McCovey certainly is hitting well for you so far, Lew. I can't believe he'll keep up that pace.

[The Dude]

Is virdon eligable to come off the DL?

And just have Skowron play for smith for now.

[leecemark]

--Virdon is eligible to return. I'll try and remind everyone when disabled players are eligible to return, but the primary responsibilty is on the owner. There is no prompt for me in the program. I just have to remember they were disabled and notice they are no longer showing up on the current injury list. I can't promise to be on top of that for every player on every team.

[The Dude]

Thanks for double checking it, I had him down as being back, but I wasn't completely sure, we're going a lot faster than DM2, so I just don't want to screw up on having disabled playes in.

So yeah, Virdon is back into the lineup, Jensen was sent back down to the farm.

I just wanted to double check, do you have Flood's backup in CF playing 20% of the games vs LHP and RHP? I have that setup for Koppe, and his AB are way less than Floods, and Floods backups (Virdon and Jensen when Virdon as injured) total way less than Temple's.

[leecemark]

--The DL is days, not games if that makes it easier to track. Also I will be making roster moves only before the start of a series so if a guy is not eligible for game 1, then you couldn't make the move until the next series. If you do ask to restore a player before he is eligible the program won't allow me to do it and I'll let you know how many days you have to wait.
-- Actually I can probably simplify the whole thing for everybody by attaching the current injury report each time instead of just listing new injuries and trying to remember who was disabled. That report shows everybody currently out and how many days they still have out.

[leecemark]

--sorry this is old injury report and I can't delete it.

[leecemark]

--Another series done. Mac, Berra just suffered one of the worst injuries I've seen in DM See attacment.

[Nails]

Nails, Sadecki is also eligible to be activated.

Thanks, please activate him and demote Duffalo. Hall goes back to the 5 spot and have him skipped.

[catcher24]

Posted by Mac:
McCovey certainly is hitting well for you so far, Lew. I can't believe he'll keep up that pace.
Yeah, and I hope to see that for years to come!:D

[catcher24]

Mark - I like the way DM tracks the injuries that way. In OOTP, if a player is on the DL you get an email saying when he can come off, but it doesn't really track it to the day (20 games injury, on 15 day DL, you'll get the email after 15 days even though the player can't really come back for 5 more days). Score advantage to DM on that one for sure!;)

Also, I see Foytack is ready to return. Please make my rotation as follows, sending Fisher to the minors:
STARTING ROTATION
SP1: Eli Grba 250K
SP2: Paul Foytack 250K
SP3: *Ted Bowsfield 250K
SP4: Juan Marichal 10M
SP5: *Harvey Haddix 250K

BULLPEN
CL: Ron Kline 1M
RH Setup: Wes Stock 250K
LH Setup: *Bob Allen 250K
Longman: Jim Coates 250K, Rollie Sheldon
Mopup: Rollie Sheldon 250K, Bob Allen
SpotSP: *Bob Hendley 250K

[mac195]

--Another series done. Mac, Berra just suffered one of the worst injuries I've seen in DM See attacment.
I was due for an injury but that is a doowsy. I'll bring up Camilli.

Lineup vs. RHP
1 2B Runnels (Moran)
2 1B Fairly (Sievers 20%)
3 CF Mantle (Fairly)
4 RF Frank Robinson (Fairly)
5 LF Floyd Robinson (Lynch)
6 SS Banks (Groat)
7 3B Davenport (Groat)
8 C Lollar (Camilli)
PH vs RHP: Lynch, Fairly, Earl Robinson, Sievers
PH vs LHP: Sievers, Lynch, Earl Robinson, Groat, Camilli

Lineup vs. LHP
1 LF Earl Robinson (Lynch)
2 3B Davenport (Groat)
3 CF Mantle (Fairly)
4 RF Frank Robinson (Fairly)
5 1B Sievers (Fairly)
6 SS Banks (Groat)
7 C Lollar (Camilli)
8 2B Moran (Runnels)
PH vs RHP: Lynch, Fairly, Floyd Robinson, Runnels, Groat
PH vs LHP: Lynch, Floyd Robinson, Groat, Camilli

[leecemark]

--Nails, Duffalo is hurt so he'll have to go on the DL instead of the minors. Otherwise changes made as you requested.

[Nails]

--Nails, Duffalo is hurt so he'll have to go on the DL instead of the minors. Otherwise changes made as you requested.

Thanks. I'll just demote him when he's healthy.

[538280]

--Another series in the books. New injuries are Willie Kirkland 9/8 (guess he didn't respond well to the extra PT Chris),

All right, just make Pearson play 100% of the time in both lineups until he comes back.

[catcher24]

Another week simmed in OOTP. Mac's Hard Cider has the league's best record, but he is a slim one game over Chris's Cannons, who have the second best record. ElHalo is third in the tough Cartwright Divsion, but still has 31 wins. That's one tough division! Mark is beginning to run away in the Johnson division, his lead up to 8 games over the Redbirds. In the Hulbert, the Legends maintain a 1.5 game lead over the Quakers.

INJURIES: No new injuries, but Elston Howard had the flu and was day to day for five days.

NEWS: A couple of grat pitching performances on the same day, June 5th.

Curt Simmons fired a one hitter for the Knights vs. KC, winning 7-0. The only hit was a bloop single to short left center by Dick Howser with two out in the third inning. Not a gem, as Simmons walked seven, but a great game nonetheless.

On the same day, Bob Gibson fired a two hitter for the Quakers in an 8-0 shutout of the Phillies. Gibson sparkled, striking out nine while walking three. His game score for this game set a new league record, at 89.

Also on 6/5, Harvey Haddix fired a four hitter for the Legends in a 6-0 shutout of the Gamblers, but he was overshadowed by the other two on this day.

On 6/6, Mickey Mantle of the Hard Cider set a new league record for walks in a game with four vs the REebirds.

The player of the week was Bob Gibson of the Quakers. He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 18 innings with an ERA of 1.50, fanning 14.

Player of the month for May was Jim Gentile of the Knights. He batted .367 in 90 AB, with 9 homers and 23 RBI.

The May Pitcher of the month was Jim Bunning of the Hard Cider. He had a record of 7-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.94 and 2 shutouts.

I will try to sim two weeks tomorrow, injuries permitting. Stats uploaded shortly.

[baseballPAP]

I guess you can slot Pizzarro back in for the injured Terry...his exile sure didn't last long.

[leecemark]

--Games and standings updated thru 15 Jun. The Quakers took 2 of 3 from the Legends to gain sole possetion of first in the hotly contested Hulbert. Dude, all three of our games were decided in the 9th. Musial hit a 2 run walk off in the bottom of the 9th in the opener, I came up with 4 runs to overcome a 2 run deficit in game 2 and Mays hit a 2 run shot to break up a tie ball game.
--With the Hard Cider and Knights having open up double digit division leads, I imagine some owners are looking to the wild card race. Pretty tightly bunched there;
Legends 34-29 -
Cannons 34-28 -
Redbirds 33-30 1
Diablos 32-31 2
Gamblers 32-31 2

[leecemark]

Team pitching numbers thru 15 jun

[The Dude]

Just a few changes here.
Pitching
pitch around - More
IBB - Standard
use relievers - Standard
use closers - Most

[catcher24]

Everyone - Sorry I haven't simmed any more weeks with OOTP. Had a major computer problem. Spent most of Friday fixing it. Hope to be up and running again soon.

BTW, I am presently trying to get the pictures for the players available on the website. To see what it looks like, click on my team or Mark's, then a player name (those are the two I have done so far). When the player's info/stats come up, his picture will also be in the upper left, where the question mark was before. Some are great, some are so-so, and some are pretty bad, but I like it better than the question marks!

[leecemark]

--Lew, the pictures are great. Got some questions about some of the ratings though. Virtually all of my guys have minimal desire to be on a winner and NO leaderships skills. How is that arrived at and does it affect my teams chances of winning? One guy who does get credit for great leadership is rookie utility infielder Dick McAuliffe. That may be a fair assesment of how he will be viewed later in his career, but if he is my leader now ahead of Mays or Gilliam or Colavito that doesn't seem very accurate.
--Also, Jim Gentile is rated as better known and more popular than Willie Mays and rookie SS Leo Cardenas is better known than long time Dodger regular Junior Gilliam (or most of my guys for that matter). Are the rating mostly just random or what factors go into them. I guess it doesn't matter if it doesn't affect my team on the field, but it is curious.

[leecemark]

--Games are updated thru 19 Jun. I've got an expanded standing report here. I've updated the standings post on the schedule thread and would replace that with the new report, but I can't add attachments with an edit.

[leecemark]

--Updated batting leaders

[mac195]

Mickey Mantle is tied for the league lead in sacrifice bunts???

[mac195]

Is it possible to set Mantle so he won't sac bunt anymore?

[leecemark]

--Well he is a VG bunter and he comes up with men on alot. Of course, I wouldn't want him bunting myself. Your profile is already set at less for sac bunting, but your can change it to least or even set Mantle to never if you want.

[leecemark]

--Guess we crossed paths on that one. I'll set mantle to never sac bunt for you.

[mac195]

Thanks. I can't imagine Mantle '61 bunting would ever be a good idea strategically.

[mac195]

C Doug Camilli is set at 10% vs. RHP.

[Nails]

--Guess we crossed paths on that one. I'll set mantle to never sac bunt for you.

Is it possible for the same to be done to Cepeda and set it to least for Altman?

[leecemark]

--Sure. Any player you want set for other than your team setting can be adjusted. I'll change Cepeda and Altman now.

[leecemark]

--Knights GM Smokey Braithwaite announced a deal with Mac's Hard Cider this evening. The Knights send pitcher Billy Pierce and catcher Hal Naragan, both currently with the AAA Kalamazoo Squires, and their 1963 first round pick (acquired from the Gamblers) to the Hard Cider. They recieve back pitchers Billy Stafford and Bill Dailey and a 1064 #2 pick.
--Braithwaite was very happy to land Stafford, "Billy provides an immediate upgrade to our staff. Our hitting has carried us to a great start, but our pitching hasn't been all we'd hoped. Bill Dailey also has a great arm, but he will need some additional seasoning at Kalamazoo before he can help us. We hated to give up a proven pitcher like Billy Pierce, but he really didn't have a place on the staff at this time. Really it was the first round pick that was hardest to part with."

[mac195]

Hard Cider confirm.

[leecemark]

--The Knights also announced the signing of free agent catcher Jerry Zimmerman to take Naragon's spot at Kalmazoo.

[mac195]

HC lineup, pitching and profile changes:

Lineup vs. RHP
1 2B Runnels (Moran)
2 1B Fairly (Sievers 20%)
3 CF Mantle (Fairly)
4 RF Frank Robinson (Fairly)
5 LF Floyd Robinson (Lynch)
6 SS Banks (Groat)
7 3B Davenport (Groat)
8 C Lollar (Naragon 20%)
PH vs RHP: Lynch, Fairly, Earl Robinson, Sievers, Naragon
PH vs LHP: Sievers, Lynch, Earl Robinson, Groat

Lineup vs. LHP
1 LF Earl Robinson (Lynch)
2 3B Davenport (Groat)
3 CF Mantle (Fairly)
4 RF Frank Robinson (Fairly)
5 1B Sievers (Fairly)
6 SS Banks (Groat)
7 C Lollar (Naragon)
8 2B Moran (Runnels)
PH vs RHP: Lynch, Fairly, Floyd Robinson, Runnels, Naragon, Groat
PH vs LHP: Lynch, Floyd Robinson, Groat

Pitching
SP1: Koufax
SP2: Bunning
SP3: Spahn
SP4: Mossi
SP5: Brown (skip)
Spot starter: Pierce, Herbert
Mop up: Herbert, Pierce, Aguirre
Long man: Aguirre, Pierce, Herbert
LH set up: Arroyo, Morgan
RH set up: Morgan, Anderson
LH closer: Arroyo, Morgan
RH closer: Morgan, Anderson

Profile
Batting
Bunt for hit: Less
Sac bunt: Less (Mantle, Frank Robinson never)
Squeeze: Less
Steal: Less (Mantle, Runnels, Frank Robinson standard)
Take extra bases: Standard
Take pitches: Standard
Pinch hitting
for pitchers: More
for non-pitchers: Standard
for platoon partners: Standard
in blowouts: More
Pitching
pitch around - Standard
IBB - Standard
use relievers - Standard
use closers - More

[catcher24]

Mark - I don't know what system the game uses to rate either desire to win, or popularity. Could be strictly random. I'll post on the OOTP discussion forums and see if the designers answer - they usually do.

Mac/Mark - I will execute the trade in OOTP. Mac, I will change your lineup as indicated. Mark, will your changes be on the roster thread or will you post here? BTW Mac, do you want the same adjustment made to Mantle in OOTP? I think henceforth I will assume any adjustment made in DM to also me directed to OOTP, unless advised specifically otherwise. So I'll make the adjustment for Nails, too.

[catcher24]

Mac - Really neat logo! Can you send it to me so I can put it in the OOTP program? Thanks!

[mac195]

Yes, Lew, please make the same adjustments in OOTP.

[mac195]

The avatar is just something I copied from the internet. Here is the url:

http://images.acmehardware.com/200x200/3474152.jpg

[catcher24]

Mark - Please put Bowsfield on the 15 day DL. Bring up Phil REgan from the minors to fill the spot. Make Harvey Haddix the #3 SP, Rollie Sheldon the #5 starter, and put Regan in the spot starter/mopup role for now. I have also made some changes in the pen. Below are my new pitching assignments.

STARTING ROTATION
SP1: Eli Grba 250K
SP2: Paul Foytack 250K
SP3: *Ted Bowsfield 250K (Haddix during Bowsfield injury)
SP4: Juan Marichal 10M
SP5: *Harvey Haddix 250K (Rollie Sheldon during Bowsfield injury)

BULLPEN
CL: Ron Kline 1M
RH Setup: Wes Stock 250K, Rollie Sheldon
LH Setup: *Bob Allen 250K, *Bob Hendley
Longman: Jim Coates 250K, *Bob Hendley
Mopup: Rollie Sheldon 250K (Phil REgan during Bowsfield injury)
SpotSP: Rollie Sheldon (Phil Regan during Bowsfield injury)

Thanks!:waving

[leecemark]

Lew, I made the changes on the roster page, but they are: Stafford assumes the RH setup job, Bolin assumes the mopup/spot starter role. Larsen goes down to the minors.

[catcher24]

Mac - I didn't make any changes in your OOTP lineups, since Berra has sustained no injury in OOTP. If you still want me to make those lineup changes, I will, but I assume you still want to go with Berra at C against RHP. I did make the bunting changes to Mantle/Frank Robinson (and to Cepeda/Altman for Nails).

I modified the logo a bit. If you don't like it, let me know and I'll go with the old one. 4928

[catcher24]

Mark - I made the changes. However, please check your roster. I only show 24 players on it in OOTP, and your roster in the roster thread only shows 24 players, too. I think you can bring up another player. I only show you with 10 pitchers, 14 position players.

[catcher24]

Mark - Regarding your questions concerning the player character attributes in OOTP, I posted to the forums and have received a reply. The easiest way is to simply paste everything. Hope this answers your questions; sounds like none of it has much effect on team performance, except perhaps to some degree the leadership ability.

Originally Posted by catcher24
I have some questions regarding the player character ratings .
1. How are the ratings arrived at, especially Needs winning team, Team leadership skills, and local/national popularity? Are they just randomly assigned, or is there a formula of some kind? I am currently running a league beginning in 1961, and it seems that a couple of rookies have better leadership skills and more national popularity than Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle.
Random.

2. Do these ratings have any effect on the team's performance, or they strictly for show?
Needs a winning team - affects your ability to resign a player and is dependant on your teams success at the time of your extension offer.

local/national popularity - affects your fan interest and thus attendance

Team leadership skills - a good leader can have a positive effect on performance of players around him.
3. Do the ratings adjust or change over time?
No. I don't think I've ever witnessed a change in character.

[mac195]

Heh. Nice job with the logo, Lew.

[leecemark]

--Lew, the missing player is Jack Spring. He actually came up for Billy Pierce a couple weeks ago and is the #2 LH set up guy and mopup man.

[leecemark]

--I'll have the next series posted in the schedule thread shortly. Meanwhile..

[leecemark]

--If anyone is interested in fielding stats...

[538280]

Mark, I see Kirkland is back. Set my lineups like this:

Lineup vs. RHP
1.Albie Pearson, RF (Kirkland 30%)
2.Wally Moon, LF (Kirkland)
3.Norm Cash, 1B (Wertz)
4.Hank Aaron, CF (Bruton)
5.Carl Sawatski, C (Pagliaroni 25%)
6.Woodie Held, SS (McMillan 15%)
7.Frank Bollng, 2B (Javier 5%)
8.Clete Boyer, 3B (Javier)
PH vs. RHP: Kirkland, Wertz, Howard
PH vs. LHP: Howard, Wertz, Kirkland

Lineup vs. LHP
1.Albie Pearson, RF (Kirkland)
2.Norm Cash, 1B (Wertz)
3.Hank Aaron, CF (Bruton)
4.Woodie Held, SS (McMillan)
5.Frank Howard, LF (Moon 30%)
6.Jim Pagliaroni, C (Sawatski)
7.Frank Bolling, 2B (Javier 5%)
8.Clete Boyer, 3B (Javier)
PH vs. RHP: Moon, Kirkland, Wertz
PH vs. LHP: Moon, Wertz, Kirkland

[leecemark]

--Games and standings updated thru 26 Jun.

[leecemark]

--Chris, you show Wertz and Bruton on your depth chart. I show them in the minors. Did you call them up and I just missed it? I seem to recall Lew mentioning the problem with Bruton for OOTP too.

[leecemark]

--------------------------------

[catcher24]

Was Kansas City a tough HR park in 1961? I didn't check my Total
Baseball, but it's interesting to note that three of the top ten pitchers with low HR/9 are KC pitchers.

[catcher24]

Mark - OK, Springer is back on the 25 man roster and in that spot.

[catcher24]

Finally got everything back up and running, and got another week simmed in OOTP.

INJURIES: No major, only day to day. Koufax was activated for Mac's Hard Cider, and Willie Davis was activated for ElHalo's Diablos.

NEWS: On Tuesday 6/8, Yogi Berra collected his 2000th career hit, a sixth inning single off of the Skipjacks Barry Latman.
Also on 6/8, Joe Gibbon fired a three hit shutout for the Diablos vs the Gamblers.
On 6/10, Larry Jackson of Dude's Gamblers fired a two hitter vs. the Diablos, shutting them out 2-0. Harmon Killebrew provided the offense, driving in both runs, including a solo homer.
On 6/11, Jim Bunning threw a three hit shutout for the Hard Cider against the Senators.
On 6/13, Joey Jay of the Cannons turned the tables on the Gamblers, shutting them out on two hits, 5-0. He struck out five, and needed only 93 pitches to complete his gem.

The Player of the Week was the Knights' Jim Gentile. He batted .481 in 27 AB, with 2 HR and 8 RBI.

Stats will be uploaded in a few minutes. Also, the photos for Nails Quakers are getting uploaded.

[leecemark]

--The HR rate at KC Municipal in 1961 was 64 (or 36% less than the league average) for LH and 70 for RH batters. The A's staff seems to be finding other ways to give up runs though, as they lead the league in runs allowed by a wide margin.

[catcher24]

Mark - Check out the new stats. You are dominating the top fives in several hitting categories.
Mac - Guess those trades for Bunning and Mossi are working out OK. Bunning is leading in wins, and Mossi is also top 10!;)
JW - Don't look at the Power Rankings. They'll only make you feel bad!:laugh

[538280]

--Chris, you show Wertz and Bruton on your depth chart. I show them in the minors. Did you call them up and I just missed it? I seem to recall Lew mentioning the problem with Bruton for OOTP too.

Wertz is in the majors, Bruton is in the minors as of right now.

[J W]

Um... anyone interested in Don Lee, let me know. :eek:

Don Schwall is also rumored to be on the trading block, of course.

[leecemark]

--The Knights trade SP Mike McCormick to the Skipjacks for SP Don Schwall.

[mac195]

Good trade for both teams. Both pitchers should perform quite a bit better in their new home parks.

[leecemark]

--Another series has been played. I'll have the games and standings updated shortly.

[Nails]

I believe Duffalo is healthy now. Could you activate him off the DL and demote him?

[leecemark]

--team pitching thru 29 Jun

[leecemark]

--Oops wrong file. I'll get team totals and individual reports both up here.

[mac195]

Aguirre continues to be horrible in both DM and OOTP so...

Spot starter: Pierce, Herbert
Mop up: Pierce, Aguirre, Herbert
Long man: Herbert, Pierce, Aguirre
LH set up: Arroyo, Morgan
RH set up: Morgan, Anderson
LH closer: Arroyo, Morgan
RH closer: Morgan, Anderson

[J W]

--The Knights trade SP Mike McCormick to the Skipjacks for SP Don Schwall.

confirmed

Please reset my rotation. McCormick can slide into Schwall's spot and Podres/Hunt will switch when applicable:

1) McCormick
2) Hunt
3) Podres
4) Latman
5) Lee*

[catcher24]

Mark - On the pitching lists, I assume the d in front of a name means on the DL. What does the f mean (and remember, this is a family show!)?

[catcher24]

Did the trade and made all pitching adjustments - including Mac's. Mark, I put Schwall in McCormick's slot. Checked your profile and McCormick was still there. If you want something else done, let me know.

[catcher24]

Another week done in OOTP. Stats will be uploaded shortly, as will photos for the Skipjack players.

INJURIES: Only two minor injuries - Don Schwall, 4 days, dtd; Johnny Blanchard, 2 days, dtd.

NEWS:
6/15: Larry Jackson of the Gamblers fires a two-hitter vs the Phils, winning 7-1.
Player of the Week: Cannons' right fielder Hank Aaron. He batted .500 in 24 AB, with 7 RBI.

Still about a week behind the DM schedule.

[leecemark]

--Lew, the "f" next to a player on the team report means they have been farmed out. The "d" does indeed mean disabled. Schwall has been worked pretty hard by the Skipjacks. He'll slide into the 5th starter spot for me and be skipped whenever possible. That won't be much though since the only offdays in July are for the All Star break.
--When we get to the All Star break I'l pause for a week in real time. I'll get the complete team and league stat reports all up at once to facilitate the All Star vote and allow people to make whatever adjustments they need to their teams.

[leecemark]

--Games updated thru 02 July. I didn't update the standings n that thread, but the expanded standings are attached below. The Knights place Ernie Broglio on the DL. Stafford takes his place in the rotation. Larsen returns from AAA to fill in the bullpen.

[leecemark]

--I've been looking at different ways of reporting results. Let me know if you like this format (this is the last series, which was already recorded on the schedule thread).

--If anyone wants this report customized for all their team's games to date let me know via PM and I'll send it to you.

[baseballPAP]

Now available:the all time single season HR leader (pre-roids).....all offers considered, but you may have to knock my socks off!

~Scott (PAP)

[mac195]

Scott, you have mail.

[catcher24]

Mark - I'll do nothing with Brown. Bowsfield is about ready to come off of the DL, so will you please demote Phil Regan to AAA, and my pitching assignments will now be as follows (note that I have also changed some assignments for Rollie Sheldon/Bob Hendley):

STARTING ROTATION
SP1: Eli Grba 250K
SP2: Paul Foytack 250K
SP3: *Ted Bowsfield 250K
SP4: Juan Marichal 10M
SP5: *Harvey Haddix 250K

BULLPEN
CL: Ron Kline 1M
RH Setup: Wes Stock 250K, Rollie Sheldon
LH Setup: *Bob Allen 250K, *Bob Hendley
Longman: Jim Coates 250K, Rollie Sheldon 250K
Mopup: *Bob Hendley 250K
SpotSP: *Bob Hendley

[catcher24]

Mark - Made the change with Schwall. He probably still won't pitch much in OOTP, since I modified the schedule prior to the season to add some days off.

[mac195]

Lew, I can't believe you're doing as well as you are with that all-$250K-man pitching staff, plus peach-fuzz-Marichal. What's your secret?

[catcher24]

Mac - I pray a LOT!!;)

Really, when I went to fill in my staff after trading away a huge chunk of it, I tried to get three or four guys who had decent seasons and hoped they would pitch fairly well, at least keeping me in games. That has happened, but realistically, after this season, my staff is done. Foytack, Grba, Sheldon, Bowsfield,Fisher, Haddix, Coates - Only one of them ever had a decent season again. 1962 ERA+ for my guys: Foytack 93; Grba 85; Sheldon 68; Bowsfield 87; Fisher 74; Haddix 94; Coates 84. The only ones who ever even reach 100 (league average) again at any time in their careers are Fisher (102 in 1968) and Haddix (a nifty 155 for Baltimore in 64). The rest are basically done or one year wonders, so I guess I've just been lucky.

And I have to wonder where I would be if I had kept Pizarro, Mossi and Bunning!:D

[leecemark]

--News series results, injury report and standings below.

[leecemark]

--Batting and Pitching leaderboards attached.

[The Dude]

Jim Perry moves onto the Gamblers 25-man roster, and Wynn moves to the 15-Day DL.

Perry takes over mopup and Longmand duties.

[538280]

Please call up Eddie Yost, send down Roy McMillan, and make the following changes to my lineup:

Lineup vs. RHP
1.Albie Pearson, RF (Kirkland 30%)
2.Wally Moon, LF (Kirkland)
3.Norm Cash, 1B (Wertz)
4.Hank Aaron, CF (Bruton)
5.Carl Sawatski, C (Pagliaroni 25%)
6.Woodie Held, SS (Javier)
7.Frank Bollng, 2B (Javier 5%)
8.Clete Boyer, 3B (Yost 30%)
PH vs. RHP: Howard, Wertz, Kirkland
PH vs. LHP: Howard, Wertz, Kirkland

Lineup vs. LHP
1.Albie Pearson, RF (Kirkland)
2.Norm Cash, 1B (Wertz)
3.Hank Aaron, CF (Bruton)
4.Woodie Held, SS (Javier)
5.Frank Howard, LF (Moon 30%)
6.Jim Pagliaroni, C (Sawatski)
7.Frank Bolling, 2B (Javier 5%)
8.Clete Boyer, 3B (Yost 30%)
PH vs. RHP: Moon, Wertz, Kirkland
PH vs. LHP: Moon, Wertz, Kirkland

[leecemark]

--Several interesting races are developing. The Hulbert Division looks to be a dog fight, with the heavily favored Quakers and the surprising Legends trading off the top spot all season so far (currently tied). The Wild card race should be a hot one too. The Cannons hold it now by one game over the Redbirds and Quakers/Legends (whichever isn't the division winner). The Diablos are 2 back and the Gamblers just 3. Only the Skipjack are out of the playoff race and JW has his own race to avoid the cellar (happily that was his only objective for the season from the outset;) ). The Hard Cider are on a tear and 1 game back of the Knights for the league's best record.
--I think we need to discuss tie breaking procedures. That seems a pretty good possibilty and we ought to resolve it sooner rather than later. Discussion on the rules thread please.

[catcher24]

Mark - Please put Paul Foytack on the 15 day DL. Bring up Jack Fisher from AAA. Make Haddix SP2 and Rollie Sheldon SP5. Make Jack Fisher the #2 RH setup man as well as the #2 longman. See below.

STARTING ROTATION
SP1: Eli Grba 250K
SP2: *Harvey Haddix
SP3: *Ted Bowsfield 250K
SP4: Juan Marichal 10M
SP5: Rollie Sheldon

BULLPEN
CL: Ron Kline 1M
RH Setup: Wes Stock 250K, Jack Fisher
LH Setup: *Bob Allen 250K, *Bob Hendley
Longman: Jim Coates 250K, Jack Fisher
Mopup: *Bob Hendley 250K
SpotSP: *Bob Hendley

Leave Brandt on the roster and just let his subs play during his injury.

Thanks!:waving

[leecemark]

--Another series played, another injury for Lew's Legends. Grba joins Foytack on the sidelines as the junkyard dog rotation may be breaking down.

[leecemark]

--Updated team batting and pitching records.

[leecemark]

--Grabbed the wrong file for batters above. Here is updated team data.

[leecemark]

--Pardon my incompetence. Maybe this will be the right file.

[leecemark]

--Gotta stop that lunch time drinking

[catcher24]

Mark - Thanks for the stats. I need to make some changes. Here they are:
NOTE: Forget post #238 above. I used the wrong spot on my roster list. That's all wrong; use the one below.
1. Put Grba on 15 day DL.
2. Put Rollie Sheldon in the SP1 slot.
3. Put Jack Fisher in the SP5 slot.
4. Demote Bob Hendley to AAA.
5. Promote Warren Hacker from AAA. Make him the #1 LH setup man.
6. Promote Phil REgan from AAA. Make him the #1 longman.
See below.

Pitching Assignments
SP1 Eli Grba (Sheldon during Grba injury)
SP2 Paul Foytack (Haddix during Foytack injury)
SP3 Ted Bowsfield*
SP4 Juan Marichal
SP5 Harvey Haddix* (Jack Fisher during Foytack/Grba injuries)
Spot Starter: Jim Coates
Mopup Relief: Bob Allen, Jim Coates
Longman: Rollie Sheldon, Ron Kline (Phil Regan #1 during Grba injury)
LH Setup: Warren Hacker, Bob Allen
RH Setup: Ron Kline, Jim Coates
Closer: Wes Stock


For lineups, make Green the starter vs. LH pitching also, with Maz playing 30% and also being a defensive replacement. See below.

Lineup vs LHP
RF Brandt (Post)
CF Pinson (Dillard)
LF Minoso (Post 50%, DR Post)
3B Santo (Freese)
1B Freese (McCovey 15%, DR McCovey)
SS Buddin (Kubek, DR Kubek)
C Brown (Blanchard)
2B Green (Maz 30%, DR Maz)
Pitcher
PH vs RHP: McCovey, Blanchard, Dillard, Green
PH vs LHP: Freese, Post, Minoso, Green

Thanks!:waving

[catcher24]

BTW, do you think it would be OK for me to edit out the draft trades I made for the 1961 draft, since it is done? I would of course leave anything that refers to a future draft.

[catcher24]

Another week finished in OOTP. Stats will be up online in a bit, along with the Hard Cider player photos.

INJURIES: Chuck Schilling, Jim Piersall and Dick Bertell all sustained minor injuries and are day to day. No major injuries.
Interesting note: The Quakers minor leaguers are taking a beating. Jim Duffalo is out four weeks, Ike Delock is out two weeks, and Phil Ortega's career is over due to a torn triceps muscle.

NEWS:
6/23: Pedro Ramos fires a two hitter for the Quakers in a 4-0 whitewashing of the Hard Cider. Game score of 87 is third highest this year for a pitcher.
Player of the Week: Juan Pizarro of the Redbirds. He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 16 innings with an ERA of 0.00, fanning 15. Juan gave the Redbirds quite a fantastic week!

If you get an opportunity, and are interested at all, check the league financials. Fan interest is rising in some cities, dropping in others. My Legends have gone from next to last to second best in fan interest. Mark has the highest, at 78. Legends and Hard Cider are both at 74.

I'll try to get another week simmed tomorrow.

[mac195]

Mark, I'll send Aquirre down and bring Camilli back up. He'll play behind Naragon at catcher until Lollar's unjury heals.

[leecemark]

--Lew (and everybody else), if you have draft pick trades still up on your roster from the '61 draft then sure its okay to delete them.

[Nails]

Interesting note: The Quakers minor leaguers are taking a beating. Jim Duffalo is out four weeks, Ike Delock is out two weeks, and Phil Ortega's career is over due to a torn triceps muscle.

I just hope it stays in the minors. Did you get an Email on Duffalo? I'm just curious how he fractured his jaw. Thanks for adding the player pictures, they look good.

[baseballPAP]

What are the chances of keeping BOTH these leagues going? The DMB league as a continuing keeper league, and the OOTP with continuation as well, letting the players develop as they would on their own in that system. I'd really like to do something like that....what are everyone's thoughts?
~Scott