1963 Season Thread [Archive]

leecemark

08-01-2006, 10:46 PM

So it begins, eh? Good start for the Skipjacks taking 2 of 3 from their division rival (hi Lew :waving ). Bouton took a hard-luck loss but he'll bounce back. Whitey Ford started the year in style (right Chris?) giving up 6 runs but only 3 earned. I wonder who was responsible for that. :mad:
--Both teams committed 3 errors in that game. Two for Bob Allison.

leecemark

08-01-2006, 11:22 PM

--The Shoeless Joes and the Gamblers remain undefeated (an interesting combo;) ). For those with DMB, I'll be sending you the league file tonight (and after every other series). For those without, I'm sure Lew will have the website updated fairly soon after he gets the file. Meanwhile, here are the results of the second series....

leecemark

08-01-2006, 11:24 PM

--Looks like I forgot to click "include all teams" for the game results. This should be better

baseballPAP

08-02-2006, 04:29 AM

Mark could you go into the game and fix my team nickname? Its no big deal, but seeing Redbitds is starting to bug me :)

leecemark

08-02-2006, 06:23 AM

--Done. Sorry about that, but I had never ever noticed the typo.

leecemark

08-02-2006, 07:11 AM

--Pedro Ramos of the Shoeless Joes gave up 1 run in 8 innings to win his first start. More impressive he supported his own cause by smashing 3 HR in the game (matching his real life total for the season and giving him the league lead in that department).

J W

08-02-2006, 08:03 AM

Mark could you go into the game and fix my team nickname? Its no big deal, but seeing Redbitds is starting to bug me :)

Yes, but now I have something to heckle with :D .

J W

08-02-2006, 08:04 AM

Well, we're holding serve 3-3 against our tough opening schedule... McLish of all people shuts out the Hard Cider... now we go on the road for 3 vs. the Legends before going back to Memorial Stadium for the Redbitds, Cannons, Joes, and Knights.

We don't see a doormat until May 16th... anyone else with a front-loaded schedule?

leecemark

08-02-2006, 02:23 PM

--I don't play a doormat or a team with a losing record (for what 6 games is worth) until April 28.
--Thank you Wasp for getting your roster page and profile up so quick! I'll have the team set up for before the next series. Now about those Phillies and Senators......

catcher24

08-02-2006, 02:35 PM

OK, a lot going on the first six days! Pedro Ramos leads the league in homers and drives in eight runs in a game he wins, 18-1. Larry Jackson fires a no hitter (did you miss that, Mark?), the second in league history, while Dick Stigman allows only a single in the seventh inning to Willie Mays while shutting down the Knights (that's why Mark missed the nohitter - he was suffering!:laugh ).

The web site is up and into the new season. All games through April 9 are online now. For those of you new to the league, HERE (http://www.geocities.com/lougehrig24/) is our league website. Not great, but it works OK.

If anyone finds a problem, please let me know. I had a bit of a problem with DM file names. I think I got everything straightened out, but I'm not sure. I also added a section in the encylopedia for no hit games. Hadn't thought to do that before, as I never realized one was thrown in 1961, and by one of my own pitchers!:eek: :o I was busy running the OOTP games and website at the time, and I also didn't have the DM game, and the boxscores weren't available that season.

Welcome to the league, WASP. Hope it works out well for you and that you stick around for a couple of decades or so!:waving

catcher24

08-02-2006, 02:40 PM

BTW, for those who may have forgotten and for those who never knew, I have found that if using Firefox as a browser and using caching, you will have to clear the cache before going to the league website, or you will get the old info on the cached pages, rather than updated info. Not sure about Internet Explorer, as I haven't used it in quite a while. If anyone uses it and finds the same problem, please post that info.

leecemark

08-02-2006, 09:38 PM

--Three series in the books and the Shoeless Joes remain undefeated.

mac195

08-02-2006, 10:47 PM

Mark, I'll take Aguirre off bullpen duty so he can sub for Stigman.

mac195

08-02-2006, 10:52 PM

The Shoeless Joes are doing about as well as you'd expect... if the ghost of Joe himself had inhabited Max Alvis. :eek:

jkc32

08-03-2006, 03:47 PM

I keep waiting for the bottom to fall out. Alvis for MVP!:D

leecemark

08-03-2006, 07:11 PM

--The Joes streak ended at 9 with an 11-1 loss to the Knights, but our new powerhouse is still tied for the league's best record. The Diablos also broke their less glorious streak with a win over the Hard Cider. The Phillies are still looking for their first win.

mac195

08-03-2006, 07:26 PM

Mark, would you check on Tiefenauer for me. He should be assigned only as a second closer, behind Radatz, vs. RHB. But somehow he is leading the bullpen in IPs. And in the last game he came in before Radatz to get the win. Was he mistakenly assigned as a long reliever?

leecemark

08-03-2006, 07:32 PM

--he only has the one assignment. i see radatz has pitched in 9 of your 12 games so it may be he has been unavailable or of limited availabilty in tiefenauers games. one flaw in the game engine is that it will bring closers in to end games even when they aren't needed and sometimes for multiple innings in those situations.

mac195

08-03-2006, 07:58 PM

Well, I'm not sure what to do about Tiefenauer then. I want him availible only when Radatz and Shantz are tired and the game is on the line. Guess I'll try shifting him to second closer vs. LHP. He should be used a little more sparingly in that role. Hopefully he'll last beyond the end of May.

Mop up: Funk
Long man: Taylor, Funk
LH set up: Shantz, Radatz
RH set up: Radatz, Taylor
LH closer: Shantz, Tiefenauer
RH closer: Radatz, Taylor

ElHalo

08-03-2006, 10:16 PM

Mark;

I changed my roster settings to reflect percentages of backups (some significant, others just 10%). I'll be out on vacation until the 14th, and if I get any internet connection at all it probably will be erratic. Could you make any major changes necessary for injuries or whatnot? Thanks.

catcher24

08-04-2006, 05:22 PM

Posted by Mark:
i see radatz has pitched in 9 of your 12 games

With Radatz appearing in 75% of the games thus far, I expect the game engine will attempt to limit his appearances for a bit to get him closer to what his appearance percentage would be in real life. Although he had a lot of IP in 1963, he only appeared in about 41% of his team's games. I think the DM engine will use other relievers in an effort to come closer to the 41%. Actually, better to have the game use other relievers now than during the stretch drive.

leecemark

08-04-2006, 05:42 PM

With Radatz appearing in 75% of the games thus far, I expect the game engine will attempt to limit his appearances for a bit to get him closer to what his appearance percentage would be in real life. Although he had a lot of IP in 1963, he only appeared in about 41% of his team's games. I think the DM engine will use other relievers in an effort to come closer to the 41%. Actually, better to have the game use other relievers now than during the stretch drive.

--I think that may be true if Mac was managing the Red Sox, but as far as I know it doesn't apply in a draft league. The CM should use the pitcher assigned to each role whenever available. We've had a couple pitchers exceed 100 games in our first two seasons.

jkc32

08-04-2006, 05:53 PM

Mark,

I've tried to send you my MP changes twice today but both times they have bounced saying "Service Unavailable"

----- The following addresses had permanent delivery errors -----
<markleece01@comcast.net>

Please Demote Larry Sherry, Promote Don Wert, and start Wert at 2B (batting 8th) until Richardson returns.

leecemark

08-04-2006, 06:04 PM

--Hmmm..Thats the right address and I got other e-mail today. I'll make those changes though.

catcher24

08-04-2006, 07:24 PM

It's been over a week, so I presume the proposed changes are effective. I'll send a PM to JW with the entire updated rules, and I'll upload same to the league website. I posted this over on the league thread, also. Just want to let everyone know the proposed rule changes have taken effect. Nothing changes for this season, though.

leecemark

08-04-2006, 08:03 PM

--Another series played and the Shoeless Joes maintain the league's best record. We've got some serious injuries that need to be dealt with, so check the injury report.

leecemark

08-05-2006, 01:51 PM

--18 games into the season and my Knights are playing .500 ball and looking up from 3rd place in the Johnson Division. The Joes had their first setback, getting swept by the Skipjacks to tighten the Hulbert race. Wasp, the A's now have two rotation members down for extended periods. Time to make some changes.

Wasp

08-05-2006, 03:17 PM

Since Shaw and Bass are injured I'll replace Bass with my final free agent signing, and I'll replace Shaw with Lew Krausse. So, my rotation should look like this:

SP1: Jim Archer
SP2: Lew Krausse
SP3: Bob Hendley
SP4: Glen Hobbie
SP5: Bob Turley

mac195

08-05-2006, 05:42 PM

Aguirre is back on bullpen assignment.

Mop up: Funk, Aguirre
Long man: Taylor, Funk, Aguirre
LH set up: Shantz, Radatz
RH set up: Radatz, Taylor
LH closer: Shantz, Tiefenauer
RH closer: Radatz, Taylor

catcher24

08-05-2006, 07:16 PM

Stats through games of 4/24 are on the website.

catcher24

08-06-2006, 12:56 PM

jkc32

08-06-2006, 01:20 PM

Slide Lolich up to my #1 mopup guy while Duffalo is on the DL.

leecemark

08-06-2006, 02:26 PM

A question for you, Mark: Are the doormat teams that have interim managers going to be restricted to the playing percentage time or not? I think we should perhaps give them more leeway, since a lot of the players on those teams, and the leftovers from the draft, have limited playing time. The reason I ask is I was looking at the playing time usage report, and KC has Covington at 88% and Bauer at 44%.

--They will be limited to the same PT as everybody else. Learnngn to manage that is part of what this season is all about and why they were allowed to add additional players.

Erik Bedard

08-06-2006, 07:30 PM

1-14, dead last. Thanks for the advice, Lew!

Joking.

My profile will be up soon.

Wasp

08-06-2006, 07:47 PM

KC A's

I'm switching Covington and Jimenez. Both in positions and the batting order.

leecemark

08-06-2006, 10:41 PM

baseballPAP

08-07-2006, 06:08 AM

The Redbirds are as hot as the weather around here.....unfortunately, we're due for a break in the heat, so.....

catcher24

08-07-2006, 07:08 AM

Posted by ErikBedard:
1-14, dead last. Thanks for the advice, Lew!

Actually, I think I said they were the worst of the doormats in 1961 (being proven once again), but had the best core of players. I thought when I gave you that advice that the doormat teams would get to choose three or four of their core players to keep prior to the draft, but I was wrong. I apologize for that. If you could keep Callison, Short, Demeter and Gonzalez going into the draft, you'd have the best core of players compared to the other doormats. Actually, if you had been able to use your players' 1963 stats, you'd have the best team by far (of the three doormat teams).

WASP: Keep a close eye on Covington. After 18 games, I show him at 88% of playing time. You may have to send him down to keep him from going over the limit (125%).

catcher24

08-07-2006, 07:14 AM

Posted by Mark:
They will be limited to the same PT as everybody else. Learnngn to manage that is part of what this season is all about and why they were allowed to add additional players.

I thought maybe we should give a bit of leeway, but you're the commissioner!;) Since they can drop/add players, they'll be able to fill all of the positions OK, but I've got to believe they'll really be getting into the dregs near the end, especially if injuries hit.

BTW, I can't imagine Jim will be too happy when he gets back from vacation and sees his record! :laugh

And I think this is the first time in five seasons (six, counting PAP2), going back to DMII, that my team has had a better record than yours! That's got to make you nervous!

538280

08-07-2006, 11:27 AM

Put Orsino on the 15 day DL, call up Carl Sawatski. Change lineups to this:

Lineup vs. RHP
1.Albie Pearson, CF (Mantle 10%)
2.Tom Tresh, LF (Mantle 15%)
3.Hank Aaron, RF (Harper)
4.Fred Whitfield, 1B (Sievers 10%)
5.Jim Pagliaroni, C (Sawatski 30%)
6.Ron Hansen, SS (Weis)
7.Felix Torres, 3B (Harper 5%)
8.Julian Javier, 2B (Weis 10%)
PH: Mantle, Sievers, Harper

Lineup vs. LHP
1.Albie Pearson, CF (Mantle 10%)
2.Tom Tresh, LF (Mantle 15%)
3.Hank Aaron, RF (Mantle)
4.Tommy Harper, 3B (Torres 15%)
5.Jim Pagliaroni, C (Sawatski)
6.Roy Sievers, 1B (Whitfield 15%)
7.Ron Hansen, SS (Weis)
8.Julian Javier, 2B (Weis 10%)
PH: Mantle, Whitfield, Weis

J W

08-07-2006, 12:44 PM

Erik (and Wasp, and littlereb)... don't worry about the first season, you'll all get a chance to build something starting next time. Just be glad your records won't be on the book. After drawing the last spot in the first round of our inaugural draft, I decided to build for later. The '61 Skipjacks are gonna be hard to beat for futility...

60-108
run differential: -194
least/worst: bavg, slg%, ABs, hits, HRs, runs, and winning streak in a season
(though our league is still young)

...at least we accomplished our goal (to stay ahead of the doormats--well, tied with the Phillies). :gt

But that's what you'll do I'm sure. The way we're throwing $$ around at free agents, high 1st round picks are about the best thing going. Take it easy for a year or two and build, build, build. I actually had a lot of fun watching my doomed '61 squad. :noidea :p

J W

08-07-2006, 02:20 PM

--Another series played. A great series between us, JW, with some of the best pitched games of the year. The 14 inning 1-0 game was one for the ages. Gary Peters went 11 scoreless innings for the Knights, but it was in vain as Torre came up with a clutch base hit to win the game and the series for the Skipjacks. The Knights fall below .500 and 5 games back. Adding injury to insult, Junior Gilliam goes on the DL with Dick Schofield getting the call up.

Tough loss with Gilliam, but thankfully we very rarely get that 30+ day crippler. He'll be back.

Looks like we'll be able to rely on pitching if nothing else in our ballparks, Mark :cool:. I didn't think Memorial Stadium would have that much of an effect but it looks like it does.

That's really why I took Yaz as my franchise player btw--he's a doubles machine with our spacious left-center and right-center fields.

ElHalo

08-07-2006, 08:10 PM

I got internet access for a bit, so I'll make a trade offer. I should be able to check it again sometime tomorrow.

I need a pitcher or two... not a great one, just somebody who can eat some innings this season. I'd be looking for somebody who can give me 80-100 or so innings, no matter how poorly. I can offer 1963 All Star catcher Don Leppert. If anybody is interested, let me know.

leecemark

08-07-2006, 08:13 PM

--The exclusive window for the owners in training to sign players is closed (although none are at 40 yet). Anybody who wants to add players is free to sign any they can fit under the cap.

leecemark

08-07-2006, 08:19 PM

--Well I'm starting to woory about my team a little now. Another series lost, this time with back to back shutouts by the A's:eek: (the once mighty Knights have been shut out 3 of 4, including the 14 inning affair vs the Skipjacks). The good news is I made up ground on the Redbirds anyway, as they were swept by the red hot Legends (7 game winning streak). Even hotter are the Cannons, although 8 in a row has gained them little ground on the Hard Cider.

ElHalo

08-07-2006, 08:45 PM

Excellent news. Um, I'll sign Bill Stafford.

leecemark

08-07-2006, 09:31 PM

--Bill Stafford is on my roster.

The Dude

08-08-2006, 01:36 PM

Mark, Just a minor change.

Vs LHP
2.Snyder (Kuenn 40%)

The Dude

08-08-2006, 01:48 PM

I've noticed that my team is pretty much dead last in every offensive category (not counting the "doormat" teams), except Sacrificte hits and Stolen Bases. Might this be the first competitive small ball team? :D

ElHalo

08-08-2006, 05:41 PM

--Bill Stafford is on my roster.

Ok; you had him as "Billy," so he didn't show up when I did the search on the roster thread.

All right, pretty sure this guy's available: Dick Drott.

leecemark

08-08-2006, 10:49 PM

--Drott is a Diablo now (or are are minor leaguers just Demons?).

leecemark

08-08-2006, 11:12 PM

--Another series played. The Knights took their series from the Redbirds, but lost SS Dick McAuliffe in the process, leaving both middle infielders on the shelf for the next 3 series. The Gamblers won their series to pull into a tie with Redbirds in what looks to be a fiercely competive Johnson Division.

Wasp

08-08-2006, 11:20 PM

I'll put Archer on the DL, and call up Bill Kunkel as the closer to replace Bearnarth. Also, I'll go with a 4-man rotation.

catcher24

08-09-2006, 07:24 AM

Whoa, so far this looks to be the most competetive season yet! Everybody except the Diablos within eight games, and no one in any division more than 2 games ahead of the second place team. I hope it keeps up all season! And I didn't expect an established team to get 1964's number one pick, but it sure is looking like the Diablos might do it. Bummer to take over a doormat team and still not get the number one pick!!:laugh :rolleyes:

leecemark

08-09-2006, 07:49 AM

--Bigger bummer for EH (or actually for me since I own his #1). We set aside the top 3 picks for the expansion teams in 1964. Its 1965 where they get whichever pick they merit off their record. As for the Diablos, alot would have had to go right for them to top division rivals the Hard Cider and Cannons. Instead everything seems to be going wrong! They have better talent than theri record shows though and I expect they will have a winning streak or two along the way. Not enough to catch up from their dreadfull start, but something to make the season a little more interesting for Jim anyway.

leecemark

08-09-2006, 04:12 PM

--Another series played and the Shoeless Joes show no sign of slowing down. They are tied with the Hard Cider for the league's best record. My Knights swept the Senators to get back over .500, but Jim Gentile went down - putting 3/4 of my starting IF in the trainers room.

catcher24

08-09-2006, 06:18 PM

Posted by Mark:
Bigger bummer for EH (or actually for me since I own his #1). We set aside the top 3 picks for the expansion teams in 1964.

You know, I thought we had set them aside for the expansion owners, but then decided we had changed it. I confused 1964 and 1965. I feel stupid now! Gee, too bad for you, Mark. But even with the fourth pick, you should be able to pull someone pretty good. It'll likely cost you Niekro (Phil) or Tony Perez, if you were so inclined, but there are still some mighty good players available. A couple of pitchers, in fact, who I'd take before Perez - but then I've got Santo at third and McCovey at first through the decade. ;)

ElHalo

08-09-2006, 06:20 PM

ElHalo

08-09-2006, 06:23 PM

--Drott is a Diablo now (or are are minor leaguers just Demons?).

Well, my team was named after the team that plays in the second best minor league park I've been to (Long Island Ducks' Chase Bank Park, which used to draw more people than the Expos, could be a servicable park for a small market major league team), the El Paso Diablos. So I guess my minor leaguers would be named after the parent organization of that team, the Minnesota Twins.

catcher24

08-09-2006, 06:50 PM

New set of notes and the current stats (through games of May 8) are now on the website. I would suggest everyone check their usage stats, so something bad doesn't creep up on you - or hit you like a ton of bricks!

J W

08-10-2006, 05:13 AM

leecemark

08-10-2006, 06:10 AM

Rolling along, waiting for a soft spot in the schedule so the Skipjacks can string together a few wins...

Bill Mazeroski's at an Alvis-esque .325/.354/.507, while Bob Allison is at 222/272/333. Isn't that supposed to be reversed? :confused: :D And Gary Geiger continues to shine (.368/.400/.526) in his platoon duties in CF. It'll be sad when the Skipjacks have to leave him unprotected.

Jim Bouton's 0-5 with an ERA over 4.50... bummer for my best MLB '63 pitcher. Cal McLish meanwhile has yet to give up an ER. Looking at early-season stats can be real interesting sometimes--good thing it's not indicative of the whole year.

--At least you hope your stars come around:p (and your flukishly good guys keep it up). Eddie Mathews slugging percentage has been under .300 and Earl Battey and Leon Wagner (who I traded Alvis for:grouchy ) just barely over all season. You have to figure these guys will come around.....and if they don't you're just not going to have the season you expected. I haven't even got anybody overperforming (well except Gentile who has been overperforming for 3 years:gt ) to compensate.

catcher24

08-10-2006, 12:34 PM

I empathize, believe me! Vada Pinson's greatest year, rated by OPS+, but he's at 222/250/326. Hunt has so far proven to be a great rookie, and if Pinson would only get on base ahead of him like he should, I'd be putting up a few more runs. Boyer's OBP is above real life, but slugging is well below; Santo is below his stats in all three, especially slugging. Thank goodness for Willie McCovey! And as for pitching, Marichal has yet to even approach his real life stats in any of the three seasons; don't know if he ever will. Maybe I should have stuck with those 250K pitchers!!:laugh :rolleyes:

The Dude

08-10-2006, 02:44 PM

Minor Change Mark:

RH-Setup: Al Worthington, Early Wynn

leecemark

08-10-2006, 07:20 PM

--Another series in the books. The big matchup was in the Hulbert Division where the Skipjacks swept the Shoeless Joes to pull within 2. Another disappointing series for my Knights as they drop 2 of 3 to the Cannons. The Cannons now have the league's 2nd best record, but still trail the Hard Cider by 1.
--KC loses yet another starting pitcher to injury as Glen Hobbie goes down for 21 days. This may be the worst run of injury luck I've seen in any of our leagues. On the bright side for Wasp, if you're going to have a run of terrible luck this is the time to do it. Better your training season than later when you've built a contender.

538280

08-10-2006, 08:55 PM

Mark, do you have Hank Aaron's basestealing setting right? I realized in the last report he was listed for 0 stolen bases or attempts, but in my profile he is set for "more".

P.S.-Not that my team has been doing bad without his steals! :clapping

leecemark

08-10-2006, 09:13 PM

--Aaron is set for more. He has 1 SB and 0 CS thru our series today. I guess he just hasn't been in many SB situations. Kind of surprising though. He is rated VG for jump (and EX for success). I would have expected him to be running alot more under the circumstances.

catcher24

08-11-2006, 06:01 AM

Chris, what is your overall setting for stolen bases (team setting)? If that's at a low setting, Aaron won't run much even with his personal settings being higher. At least that's the way I understand it from the help file.

Mark, I have to agree about Wasp having a horrible run of injuries. I've played DM, OOTP, SOM computer sims and never saw anything like the beating that the A's are taking injury wise. Maybe since it's the third time around for 1961 for these guys, the game engine figures they have a 500+ game season and they're wearing out! ;) :laugh

leecemark

08-11-2006, 07:56 AM

--Wasp, Shaw was eligible to come off the DL so I swapped him out for Hobbie. Archer will also be eligible to come off the DL after the next series if you want him back in the rotation.
--Everyone please stay on top of injuries. As a rule I will not automatically disable or activate a player without specific direction from the team owner. With a new owner suffering an extreme rash of injuries I made an exception in this case.

leecemark

08-11-2006, 07:57 PM

--30 games into the season and it looks like all three division races will be competetive this season. I had an interesting games vs the Senators. Johnny Podres was perfect thru 6 and had a 1 hit shutout thru 9 before being lifted for a PHer in a scoreless game. I ended up winning 2-1 in 11, although the one hit was all the Knights managed (the two runs came on 2 walks and an error).

J W

08-11-2006, 09:54 PM

Max Avis already has over half of his 1963 total in HRs... in 36 games. :radio

At least Dick Stuart is somewhat close to his pace. But the Joes have 50 HRs as a team; the next closest is the Redbirds with 34. I think by the end of the year the Cannons will have the best offense though (stats-wise).

leecemark

08-11-2006, 10:26 PM

--The Joes roster actually had the most real life HR in 1963. Their real life performance was pretty one dimensional though. They are below league average in BA, OBP and SLG. They are way ahead of both the league average (and their real life performance) in all 3 categores so far in the CKL season though.

catcher24

08-12-2006, 07:58 AM

But in a sim, who knows? I always remember the 1961 Gentile monster season for the ages, and my 250K pitching staff that performed way above expectations.

I do think all three divisions will be competetive, and the wild card race should be a great one! I ran a few sims (and Mark probably did as well) with the 1963 teams and got quite a variety of results. I had the Redbirds, Knights, Cannons, Hard Cider and JW all winning their divisions at various times (JW always took the Hulbert, though) with the same variety of teams finishing with the best record. BTW, Mark, a couple of questions occurred to me (oh, know, says Mark:p ):
If two teams finish with the same record (happened several times during my sims), how does that affect the teams under them when it comes to picking the forced FA? Using an example that happened, Cannons have best record, Skipjacks second best, Knights and HC tie for third best - does the next best team's record have the fourth or fifth best record in determining which player they lose?
Also, using my team as example, I have one player at 11.5M, two at 9.5M, one at 7M, one at 6M. If I lose my fourth best player, do I lose the one at 7M (counting each player at 9.5M separately), or the one at 6M (counting each salary amount only once)?

leecemark

08-12-2006, 08:24 AM

--For forced free agency and draft slot purposes are broken by run margin. If, for instance, the standings end up like;
Hard Cider 115- (RM 220)
Shoeless Joes 110-58 (180)
Cannons 110-58 (181)
Redbirds 105-63 (156)
Knights 105-63 (165)
Skipjacks 105-63 (140)
Legends 99-69 (121)
Gamblers 88-80 (20)
Diablos 68-100 (-150)
(training teams not relevant for these purposes)
--then the forced free agency slotting would be
#1 Hard Cide
#2 Cannons
#3 Shoeless Joes
#4 Knights
#5 Redbirds
#6 Skipjacks
#7 Legends
#8 Gamblers
#9 Diablos
--and the draft slots would be (assuming no picks had been traded);
(1st-3rd expansion teams)
4th Diablos
5th Gamblers
6th Legends
7th Skipjacks
8th Redbirds
9th Knights
10th Joes
11th Cannons
12th Hard Cider
--For both purposes a team could make the playoffs or even win the championship and still be slotted behind a team which didn't, since only regular season records are used for this purpose. If you have multiple players at the same salary that slot counts twice (in Lew's scenario he would have a choice between his 2 9.5M players if slotted either 2nd or 3rd).
--Also, the sample records I used would end up having the 3 way broken on the field. If those records happened then the Knights and Redbirds would be tied for the Johnson Division and have a one game playoff. The winner would slot over the Skipjacks at 106-63 and the other below at 105-64, leaving only the Cannon/Joes tie to be broken by run margin.
--BTW, I did run a number of pre-season sims and they led me to believe this might be my best team yet (this is definately my best rotation so far). Unfortunately in the sims that count I've had some serious underperformers and my team has struggled. In most sims most guys will perform at something close to their projections. In any given one sim though you can have a bunch of over or underperformers and that keeps things interesting.

leecemark

08-12-2006, 11:12 AM

--Another series run and all I can say is I'm glad nobody has really taken charge of the Johnson Division. I'd be in 4th in the Hulbert, where the Skipjacks pulled into a tie for first with a sweep of the Phillies and the Legends are only 2 back after taking a series from me. I'd be a distant 3rd in the Cartwright, where the Hard Cider and Cannons are fighting for the league's best record as well as a division title.
--There are an assortment of injuries to address from these series', so please check the current injury file. I'll hold off until late tomorrow night for the next series.

J W

08-12-2006, 01:05 PM

Hmm... this is a tough decision, but go ahead and DL Bill Mazeroski. Bring up Don Blasingame in his place and keep everything else the same.

catcher24

08-13-2006, 08:09 AM

Posted by Mark:
BTW, I did run a number of pre-season sims and they led me to believe this might be my best team yet (this is definately my best rotation so far).

Interestingly, I ran off four or five years worth of sims as well. I found just the opposite - that Mark's record was the worst to date. In one sim, he actually finished with less than 100 wins (99, to be exact). So as we both previously mentioned, you just never know in these sims. In one of my sims, Vada Pinson had an MVP type season; in the other four (and in the current season), he was good to mediocre. And of course in the current sim as well, Max Alvis is playing WAY over his real ife performance. Just one player like that can make a big idfference.

catcher24

08-13-2006, 08:14 AM

Looking over the standings, the doormats (and the Diablos) are taking a pummeling, with every other team being above .500 and in contention (sorry, Jim!). Great race so far. I can't help but wonder what will happen in 1964, when the doormats are gone and three competetive teams take their place! Should be very interesting, and I for one can't wait!:laugh

leecemark

08-13-2006, 08:43 AM

--Unfortunately I think 1964 is going to be another tough year for our expansion owners. The expansion pool will be mostly faded vets and marginal prospect with a few bad contract sprinkled in. Of course, a good player or two might be picked up in free agency and the draft may yield a player or two who can contribute right away. It is possible an expansion team could contend for a playoff spot right away, but it would take some sharp manuevering - plus some good luck.
--If it were me I think I'd be more inclined to go with youth and trade off whatever short term talent I landed with a view to the future. I guess there are multiple ways to approach it and it depends on whether you are willing to wait for a bigger payoff or go for more immediate, but probably smaller success right away.

catcher24

08-13-2006, 09:12 AM

I think that the doormats can field competetive teams in 1964. They'll have a lot more money to invest in free agents than the established teams, and will also get the cream of the rookie crop for 1964. By my calculations, their first 30 draft picks will cost them 32.5M, which will leave 67.5M to fill in the final 10 roster slots. One million of that will go to their #1 rookie draft pick (I assume they will all be getting one of the top 4 picks), leaving 66.5M to fill nine positions, or over 7M per position. They can pick up some pretty decent players for 7M apiece, or (as most of us would do), bid higher for the top FA (forced from our teams) and fill in with lesser players. Theoretically, they could bid 20M on three players and then fill in with 250K players and still be below cap. That's not likely, I know, because the talent won't be there from our forced FA, especially if this year was any indication (Andre Rodgers, Clete Boyer, Woodie Held). Of course, they might also pick up some talent in trades with established teams looking for a better draft slot in 1964, too.

Of course, Mark is correst in that the players they have to draft from will be veterans nearing the end or utility type players. Their best chance at any real talent will have to come from the doormat rosters themselves, the rookie draft and free agent pickups. But with some judicious drafting and free agent signings, along with the luck that Mark mentions, I believe they will at least be competetive and may surprise.

Erik Bedard

08-13-2006, 01:13 PM

The rest of my stuff will be up tomorrow or tonight, I don't have time right now.

Erik Bedard

08-13-2006, 01:15 PM

Question: If my doormat team does horribly (say 32-130), do I get the first pick in the 1964 draft?

leecemark

08-13-2006, 02:19 PM

--The 3 expansion teams wil get the first 3 picks. The record of your training team will not be a factor in where you though. One team will go first in the expansion draft and third in the rookie draft. Another will have the opposite and the third will have 2nd pick in both. That will be determined by a random drawing. The only thing to be determined by your training team is what division you will be in. Your expansion team will stay in the same one as your training team.

--Lew, the hole in your scenario is that there probably won't be more than half a dozen quality free agents to bid on (6-8 good PFA and probably a very thin secondary market with expanion already culling our rosters). I suspect the 30 drafted players will add up to more than your estimate as well. The 5 players they are required to draft from the former doormats will take 19 million for 5 players. Do you really think they will get 25 more for 13 million? Possible, but that would be a pretty motley crew if managed.
--I would also caution against signing a couple free agents to mega-contracts. Those salaries could really haunt you down the road. On last item on estimated salaries, if they put the franchise tag on their first pick in the rookie draft that makes him a $12M player, further cutting into available funds.

catcher24

08-13-2006, 08:41 PM

In all honesty, I had forgotten about being able to apply the franchise player tag to the first pick in either the 64 or 65 draft. That would make a difference. That being said, and maybe I shouldn't even post this, but if I were an expansion owner now, no way do I tag any rookie as a franchise player. As it stands, in 64 I get one of the top three picks for 1M per year, for the first six years. With the mandatory 250K raises and the bump after year 3, he's only at 3.5M at the end of his sixth year. Then when he's ready to go FA, I get the hometown advantage, so if I then offer him 12M, any other team has to cough up 14.4M to begin bidding for him; if he's really great, I go higher and they still have to go over by 20%. So even with mandatory raises and the third year bump, I've saved 8.5 to 11M per year for six years - enough to help put his salary basically out of range of anyone else when he hits the FA market. IMHO, the only reason to tag a rookie as a franchise player now is to keep from losing him as a forced free agent over the next three years - but we all know how easy it is to protect our most valuable players!;)

I don't really think any of the expansion teams can field a division winner the first year, because Mark is correct about the thinness of the forced FA market and the lack of much of a secondary market after the expansion. I believe I alluded to that in my previous post when I mentioned this years marvelous crop which included Andres Rodgers who no one bid on, and Clete Boyer, who I took. But I think they will almost certainly be more competetive than the eternal 1961 doormats and increase the difficulty of beating up on the doormats regularly, which was my primary point. If the new owners don't end up with teams considerably improved over the doormats, we'd better change the expansion procedure before the next time!:o

leecemark

08-13-2006, 10:15 PM

--Rolling along with nothing significant to report.

mac195

08-14-2006, 12:25 AM

Mark, I'd like to make a couple minor lineup adjustments:

Lineup vs. RHP
1 SS Groat (Goryl)
2 1B Cash (Fairly 5%)
3 RF Robinson (Fairly 5%)
4 LF Maris (Fairly 20%)
5 3B Rollins (Goryl)
6 CF Hall (Kolb)
7 C Haller (Berra 20%)
8 2B Moran (Goryl)
PH vs RHP: Kolb, Berra, Goryl
PH vs LHP: Goryl, Gaines, Kolb

Lineup vs. LHP
1 SS Groat (Goryl)
2 1B Cash (Fairly)
3 RF Robinson (Fairly)
4 LF Gaines (Maris DR)
5 CF Hall (Kolb)
6 3B Rollins (Goryl)
7 C Haller (Schaffer 50%)
8 2B Moran (Goryl)
PH vs RHP: Kolb, Berra, Goryl
PH vs LHP: Goryl, Kolb, Berra

baseballPAP

08-14-2006, 05:38 AM

Wow Mark...looks like our wild card chances are slim this year......

leecemark

08-14-2006, 06:58 AM

Wow Mark...looks like our wild card chances are slim this year......

--Its a long season. Every team will likey have some rough patches along the way, so I'm not overly concerned about my slow start. The division race is my main concern though. The wild card is just a consolation prize.

leecemark

08-14-2006, 07:37 AM

--As a reminder, the playing time limit beginning this season is 125% of real life playing time. We are at about the 25% point of the season, so I am providing a list of all player over 40% of their real life playing time. I strongly recommend imediate action to reduce the playing time of these players. There are also alot of guys in the 30s who you may want to tweek before they become a problem.

KC (Wasp you need a roster overhaul, which should start by activating your injured pitchers): Bauer 123 (surely gone after next series), Causey 47, Covington 108, Fischer 45, Jimenez 67, Krause 60, and Wyatt was lost very early on.
Phi (Mr Bedard, you are running out of time to get a usable profile up. You've had several private warnings. Now you have 48 hours to get a profile up and address these PT issues or you team will revert to the league): Amaro 41, Brown 130 (farmed), Coleman 44, Green 43, Owens 45
Wash: Garcia 119, Heiser 294 (already farmed), Johnson 57, King 49, Woodling 45

There are few problems with the established teams, but then you have the experience and face stiffer penalties for going over;
538280: Roland 41
Dude: Wynn 46
EH: None
JKC: Howard 42
JW: None
LM: None
Lew: Mincher 47
Mac: Tiefenauer 65
PAP: None

catcher24

08-14-2006, 08:42 AM

Yeah, I've been keeping an eye on Mincher, as well as Nixon (35%) and Robinson (32%). I did already tweak Mincher's playing time, but may have to give it a bigger adjustment. I also made slight modifications in Nixon and Robinson playing time, and I'm hoping over the next month or so they'll come down a bit.

538280

08-14-2006, 09:29 AM

Changes to pitching/lineup for Jim Roland and also Fred Whitfield, who's at 36%, and John Orsino, since he's coming back from injury (send down Carl Sawatski to make room):

Pitching
SP1 Ellsworth
SP2 Pizarro
SP3 Barber
SP4 Pena
SP5 Sanford (skip)
Spot starter: Lary, Sanford
Mop up: Grant, Sanford
Long man: Lary, Roland
LH set up: Perranoski, Miller
RH set up: Reniff, Miller
LH closer: Perranoski, Miller
RH closer: Miller, Perranoski

Lineup vs. RHP
1.Albie Pearson, CF (Mantle 10%)
2.Tom Tresh, LF (Mantle 15%)
3.Hank Aaron, RF (Harper)
4.John Orsino, C (Pagliaroni 35%)
5.Fred Whitfield, 1B (Sievers 25%)
6.Ron Hansen, SS (Weis)
7.Felix Torres, 3B (Harper 5%)
8.Julian Javier, 2B (Weis 10%)
PH: Mantle, Sievers, Harper

Lineup vs. LHP
1.Albie Pearson, CF (Mantle 10%)
2.Tom Tresh, LF (Mantle 15%)
3.Hank Aaron, RF (Mantle)
4.John Orsino, C (Pagliaroni)
5.Tommy Harper, 3B (Torres 15%)
6.Roy Sievers, 1B (Whitfield 10%)
7.Ron Hansen, SS (Weis)
8.Julian Javier, 2B (Weis 10%)
PH: Mantle, Whitfield, Weis

Erik Bedard

08-14-2006, 11:15 AM

Mr Bedard, you are running out of time to get a usable profile up. You've had several private warnings. Now you have 48 hours to get a profile up and address these PT issues or you team will revert to the league

It'll be up within two hours.

J W

08-14-2006, 01:41 PM

catcher24

08-14-2006, 02:39 PM

Posted by JW:
My team ERA cracked under 3.00 for the first time this year

Congrats, that staff is really developing like I know you thought it would. I was happy when my team ERA got under 5!:eek: :laugh But it's been going down steadily and is now at 3.78, so things are looking up for now.

Erik Bedard

08-14-2006, 03:04 PM

Everything is now up. I timed out three times before finally copying and pasting.

Wasp

08-14-2006, 04:42 PM

I'll activate Archer, so my rotation should look like this:

SP1: Jim Archer
SP2: Bob Shaw
SP3: Bob Hendley
SP4: Bob Turley
SP5: Jerry Walker(I'll put Walker in the rotation for now)(skip)

leecemark

08-14-2006, 08:47 PM

--Another series in the books and the Knights have finalled regained their accustomed spot atop the Johnson division with a swept of the Diablose while the Redbirds were getting swept by the Hard Cider. The Shoeless Joes turned in a sweep of the Skipjacks to regain control of the Hulbert, while the Hard Cider and Cannons keep matching wins in the Cartwright.

mac195

08-14-2006, 08:47 PM

My team ERA cracked under 3.00 for the first time this year. Pitching and defense... they make me so proud. (-sniff-) :gt

I think I'm doomed for eternity to have a slugging % under .400 though. :laugh
My SLG is also under .400. With Maris, Robinson and Groat, who should be having his career year, all around .700 OPS, I've been very lucky to win as many games as I have so far.

leecemark

08-14-2006, 08:52 PM

--Offense in general should be down this season.... and continue to go down thru 1968. .400 sluggers will have some real value for the next 5 years, although I hope to have a few .500 or even .600 guys in the middle of the order.

J W

08-14-2006, 09:08 PM

Well, with three consecutive 7-run losses, I think we're back over 3.00 :o

Man, for a minute I thought we had the Joes' number. Guess not. :ughh

leecemark

08-14-2006, 09:14 PM

--Back over 3, but stilll leading the league at 3.19.

The Dude

08-14-2006, 10:17 PM

For the 3rd consecutive season, a great start by the Gamblers and then a huge losing strea,k.

Erik Bedard

08-15-2006, 08:12 AM

Am I allowed to make trades?

leecemark

08-15-2006, 08:13 AM

--No trades. You still have open spots on your roster to fill off the waiver wire though.

Erik Bedard

08-15-2006, 08:54 AM

--No trades. You still have open spots on your roster to fill off the waiver wire though.

The problem is, there's no decent catchers on the waiver wire.

leecemark

08-15-2006, 09:05 AM

--TRue enough. I'd sign Del Crandell and platton him with Dalrymple. Not much offense there, but solid defense. Or you could sign and release a series of smaller playing time catchers who will hit a little better. I understand you'd like to win as many games as you can this season, but that isn't going to be alot with this team. Its really about learning how the game and league works this season. Next year you'll be able to start building a team you like.

Erik Bedard

08-15-2006, 09:06 AM

OK, I'm signing Del Crandell.

catcher24

08-15-2006, 10:06 AM

Mac, I empathize with you. Vada Pinson was supposed to have his career year in 63, but is plodding along with a poor season (real life OPS 861; DM OPS 707). And Marichal finally looked like he would have a good season, was 4-0 with a great ERA. Now he's 4-4 after four straight losses, with an ERA nearly double his real life 2.41. Marchal has definitely been the biggest disappointment on this team. He was my number 2 pick in the draft, but in three seasons he hasn't once come close to duplicating his real life stats. Maybe a trade for a low draft pick is in order.:rolleyes:

Dan, you're really up against it with the catchers. I sorted on all players eligible at catcher, and it ain't pretty, let me tell you.:eek: The closest any of them come to being a hitter is Earl Averill, but he only has 71 AB and is a poor catcher. You might want to take a look at Don Leppert, 679 OPS in 211 AB, but he's only a fair catcher. Mark's suggestion of Del Crandall is also good, but a 502 OPS is really sick. Mark likes the defense, but I would take Leppert with a 177 point advantage in offense.

leecemark

08-15-2006, 11:04 AM

--Leppert would be the best option, except he should be (and has been added to) the Diablos roster. I'm afraid the Phillies are just going to have to take thier lumps at catcher (and a few other spots:eek: ). I think the best approach with the trainign teams is just not to look at wins and losses and experiment with different profile set up and alignments to have a better idea of how to best operate your team. Granted its a little hard to judge results when the raw material is so flawed though.
--As to struggling players, we're all going to have them. Eddie Mathews has a sub .700 OPS for me and several other regulars are barely over (my big FA signing, Earl Battey, is slugging .350). Oddly my pitchers line is better than some of those guys, as I've got surprising production out of them (Gary Peters was a good real life hitter, but the rest are pretty much normal hitting pitchers). The Skipjacks and Diablos OTOH have a pitchers BA under .100 and the Skipjacks pitchers are SLUGGING .101.

Erik Bedard

08-15-2006, 11:42 AM

Blanchard and Morehead were my big FA signings, but Morehead's best years are behind him. He was still solid in 1963, but because he pitched for such a horrible team, his W-L record doesn't tell the whole story. Blanchard I picked up because I desperately needed a catcher. Just my luck that I pick him up for the one year he didn't appear in any games at catcher.

catcher24

08-15-2006, 01:04 PM

I have to agree with Mark that the best use of your "training season" is to experiment with different Manager Profiles, lineups and get accustomed to the options you have.

As far as everyone having players underperform, no question about it. That's going to happen and is to be expected. I'm just a bit frustrated that Marichal hasn't come close yet to performing like he should, and it's the third season. You'd think that he could come close to approximating his real life performance at least one out of three years! :o Mark got good performance out of Mathews his first two years, and absolutely unbelievable results from Gentile the first year, and great results the second. But I'm still shooting for 1968, so maybe Marichal will get all the bad seasons behind him by then and excel when I need him.:rolleyes:

leecemark

08-15-2006, 04:20 PM

--Marichal may have underperformed in 1961-62, but he didn't arrive as a great pitcher in real life until this season. If you want to get rid of him I could spare a 2nd rounder next year though.

J W

08-15-2006, 08:30 PM

But I'm still shooting for 1968, so maybe Marichal will get all the bad seasons behind him by then and excel when I need him.

1968? Don't you have awesome teams set up for '66 and '67? :confused:

leecemark

08-15-2006, 11:37 PM

--Another series in the books and a change in the Cartwright division leadership. The Hard Cider drop 2 of 3 to the surging Knights (nail biters all 3 games), while the Cannons run their win streak to 6 games and claim the division lead and the league's best record.

catcher24

08-16-2006, 07:07 AM

Posted by Mark:
If you want to get rid of him I could spare a 2nd rounder next year though.

Haven't laughed that hard in a while!:laugh I'm afraid even with his underperforming it would take a bit more than that.

Posted by JW:
1968? Don't you have awesome teams set up for '66 and '67?

I should have very competetive teams those two years, but several of my relievers have poor seasons in 67 but great ones in 68, and my rookie Tommy John has a great 68 season, so I think that might be the "sweet spot" for this group. And who knows what players might be gone via trade in the next two or three years?

Erik Bedard

08-16-2006, 07:07 AM

Dave Morehead and his 0.96 ERA are injured; what do I do now?

catcher24

08-16-2006, 07:18 AM

You can DL Morehead if he's gone for 15 or more days, and call up one of your farmhands to replace him. If you don't have a full 40 man roster yet, you should fill it in for situations just like this. You could pick up players with decent stats but not a lot of IP, and just use that strategy all season (as Mark suggested with the catchers), or grab two to three guys with a lot of IP. If you check the league website in about 20 minutes, all of the FA pitchers (and batters) with stats will be uploaded (make sure you clear your browser's cache first if you've been to the website previously, or the old page will probably load). You might want to take a look at Ron Piche, Dan Schneider, Lew Burdette, Tom Sturdivant. Having the game makes it easier, because I was able to sort them by ERA, and you can't do that on the website (listed alphabetically there).

leecemark

08-16-2006, 07:25 AM

--Burdette is on the Gamblers roster. I can't get him out of the FA file though since he somehow got a double entry in the program. Morehead was a FA signing though, so the Phillies have some homegrown "talent" who handled the starting job before he was signed. The Phillies do still have NINE open spots on their roster so adding warm bodies is not a problem. Just please get to 25 active. You are at 29 now (with Crandell added and Morehead still listed as active).

Erik Bedard

08-16-2006, 07:32 AM

leecemark

08-16-2006, 07:35 AM

--If you make roster adjustments you need to post them here. I am not reviewing the roster page looking for changes. I'll farm those guys out now and disable Morehead.

Erik Bedard

08-16-2006, 07:41 AM

OK. Could someone please give me a link to the league website?

leecemark

08-16-2006, 07:46 AM

--Here you go...http://www.geocities.com/lougehrig24/

Erik Bedard

08-16-2006, 08:02 AM

I sign Bo Belinsky.

Rotation until Morehead returns:

SP1 Art Mahaffey
SP2 John Buzhardt
SP3 Bo Belinsky
SP4 Robin Roberts
SP5 Chris Short

538280

08-16-2006, 09:20 AM

leecemark

08-16-2006, 09:43 PM

--In a matchup of the league's best 2 teams so far the Cannons took 2 of 3 from the Hard Cider, extending their lead to 2 games in the Cartwright.

Wasp

08-16-2006, 10:06 PM

I'm replacing Walker with Hobbie in my rotation.

Erik Bedard

08-17-2006, 05:56 AM

Bo Belinsky just got shelled in his Phillies debut. Can I release him and replace him with a new guy who was a free agent, or do I have to farm him?

leecemark

08-17-2006, 05:59 AM

--Until you manage to get your roster up to 40 how about you just farm him when you find a replacement.

Erik Bedard

08-17-2006, 06:08 AM

The Phillies sign Jimmy Piersall and Tom Sturdivant; they are currently in the farm system.

catcher24

08-17-2006, 11:16 AM

Posted by Erik Bedard:
Bo Belinsky just got shelled in his Phillies debut.

Gee, even I give them more than one chance ;) , and I'm pretty quick on the hook (I believe Mark will verify that!). Did you check out those other names I threw out? Not a lot of IP, but you could probably use them for half a season in relief. Sorry about not putting up a link to the website. I had done so earlier and just assumed (obviously incorrectly :o ) that everyone had it.

Erik Bedard

08-17-2006, 11:39 AM

Gee, even I give them more than one chance ;).

Even when you lose 18-2?

leecemark

08-17-2006, 12:51 PM

--I've enjoyed a few similar beatdown of the doormats each season. I'm going to miss those teams. They really fatten my guys stats:clapping .

J W

08-17-2006, 01:10 PM

Please take Bill Mazeroksi off the DL and replace Don Blasingame with him. Thanks.

Bob Allison is killin' us. I may have to platoon him if this keeps up.

ElHalo

08-17-2006, 08:53 PM

Well at least I'm playing .500ish ball after that awful, inexplicable start. Maybe Pappas needs to go down more often?

leecemark

08-17-2006, 11:24 PM

--Another series played with nothing special to report

mac195

08-18-2006, 12:29 AM

Frank Robinson slugging .336....

leecemark

08-18-2006, 07:39 AM

--Robinson did have a lousy 1963 (by his standards), but it wasn't THAT bad.

leecemark

08-18-2006, 07:42 AM

--The Knights bullpen continues to struggle. Our RH/LH setup combo of Dailey and Bennett have been sent down to the farm to work things out and Don Larsen and Jack Spring get a shot at improving the situation. Bill Dailey was supposed to have a great 1963 and carry the pen, but he hasn't risen to meet the challenge.

Erik Bedard

08-18-2006, 07:52 AM

--Another series played with nothing special to report

What do you mean, nothing special? The Phillies won a game, against the Hard Cider, no less!

Actually, 8 of my 11 wins have come against teams with winning records, the other three being one win over the Gamblers and two over the A's.

leecemark

08-18-2006, 08:01 AM

--Looking at the strength of schedule so far, the thing that jumps out at me is the relative ease of the Shoeless Joes so far. No games against the Cannons or Hard Cider and only one series vs the Knights. of course, those teams have played the Joes either, but they have played quite a bit against each other. Some challenges ahead for JKC, which I'm sure is encouraging the the teams chasing him.

catcher24

08-18-2006, 08:30 AM

Posted by Erik Bedard:
Even when you lose 18-2?
Yeah, I had a couple pitchers get killed last year, but given another chance they started to do OK. But I wouldn't bet on Bo Belinsky being one of them!:laugh

Posted by Mac:
Frank Robinson slugging .336....

Marichal, 4.71 ERA (2.41 real)
Ted Abernathy, 7.24 ERA (2.88 real)
Jack Kralick, 6.48 ERA (3.03 real)
Ron Santo, .347 Slg (.481 real)
Believe me, Mac - I feel your pain!:eek:

Conversely:
Willie McCovey, .667 Slg (.566 real)

So, maybe it will even out.

Posted by Mark:
Our RH/LH setup combo of Dailey and Bennett have been sent down to the farm to work things out

I feel your pain, too, Mark. I sent Ted Abernathy down (see above) as the result of an ERA 2.5 times higher than real life. I also sent down Navarro, who started out great but has been getting lit up of late. Called up John Boozer and DAve Debusschere to see if that will help.

leecemark

08-18-2006, 08:37 AM

--Bennett had a terrific 63 season, but had an ERA over 8 when I lost paitence with him. Dailey had around 100 relief innings with a sub 2 ERA in real life, but has been over 5 for me. I haven't given up on him, but he was slightly ahead of his real life PT pace, so this seems a good time to give him a break. He sure isn't looking to be worth trading the pick that turned into Dick Allen for though:( .

leecemark

08-18-2006, 06:50 PM

--Another series in the books and we have a change in the Hulbert division lead, with the Jacks slipping past the Joes for the first time this season. All 3 divisions feature great races - in fact the 1st place team leads the 2nd by a single game in each.

catcher24

08-18-2006, 07:04 PM

One third of the way through, I'm five games over .500 with 31 wins, and I HAVE THE SEVENTH BEST RECORD!!:eek: :confused:
Ouch!! Really tough competition this year!

Sorry so late, I was out for most of the day, but all games/stats through games of June 5th are now up on the site.

Wasp

08-18-2006, 08:01 PM

Mark, please put Turley on the DL, and put Norm Bass in his place in the rotation.

SP1: Jim Archer
SP2: Bob Shaw
SP3: Bob Hendley
SP4: Norm Bass
SP5: Glen Hobbie

Erik Bedard

08-18-2006, 08:08 PM

catcher24

08-19-2006, 07:09 AM

Posted by Erik Bedard:
And some not-so-tough-as-usual (Diablos) and some horrible, as usual (Phillies, A's, Senators)

Don't give up hope, Dan. Dudecar's Gamblers and my Legends fought it out for the worst record last year, and for a long time I was last in the Hulbert Division, behind even the doormat Senators. I did manage to nudge ahead of them at the end, but finished with a 80-88 record, and it would have been a lot worse except for some inexplicable reason I finished with seven straight wins! If you draft intelligently and use your extra $$$ to pick up a really decent free agent or two, you'll be competetive in two or three years. Remember, in 1968 all of the rookies drafted in 1962 will come onto the FA market. Even with the "Hometown Advantage" rule, owners will only be able to hold onto the top couple of players, due to the salary cap.

Erik Bedard

08-19-2006, 07:36 AM

I'm actually kind of liking having a horrible team. It's like having a really great team, but without the pressure. :D

leecemark

08-19-2006, 07:36 AM

--There is going to be some up and down movement over the course of this league. With the salary cap and rookie draft it will be quite an achievment for any team to remain a contender every year - and impossible to field a dominating team year in and year out. I expected to have one last great team with my original core, but seem to have slipped back near the pack a year ahead of my timeline.
--1964 was always planned to be something of a rebuilding year for me (of course it is the culmination of the Skipjacks master plan, so we should have at least one dominating squad in the league). Of course, I hope to contend in my division, but only Willie Mays and Gary Peters have All Star seasons in real life 1964 for me. The rest of the squad is solid, but unspectacular (except for what should be my best bullpen to date). Depth will be a problem for everyone with expansion, so injuries will be a factor in the race for the playoffs.
--That said, the expansion teams will take at least a couple years to contend. If it were me I'd have a modest goal, such as having the best record amoung the expansion squads in 1964 (and not even let that take priority over getting guys who will be good down the road). In year two, I'd merely hope for improvement over 1964 and maybe escaping the cellar (although that could happen in 64 with a little good luck for you or bad for an established team in your division). I'm not overly paitent though, so I'd hope to contend by my third season. We are playing 3 seasons a year so that isn't as long as it may sound.

J W

08-19-2006, 01:02 PM

New season; same story. Tied for second best record in the league, with only one offensive star (Yaz) and none of my starting pitchers in the top 10 in ERA. I sure am glad I didn't fire Ol' Codfish after year one.

Whitey Ford is bouncing back this year though, tied for the league lead in quality starts (11). I thought with his WHIP dipping down to 1.099 in '63 and '64 that he'd at least be a decent #3 (as in #1 LHP).

I'm interested to find out how many runs the Skipjacks score in 1964. If we don't finish in the top three, I'm going to officially label Memorial Stadium a pitcher's paradise. :cool:

leecemark

08-19-2006, 04:44 PM

--Another series in the books. One division lead changed hands as the Canons dropped a series to the Redbirds allowing the Hard Cider to reclaim the top spot in the division (and league). The Skipjacks ran their winning streak to 6 and opened a 3 game lead over the slumping Shoeless Joes. The A's lose Wes Covington to excess playing time (but not before he beat me in game 1 of this series with a 3 run HR:ughh). That puts them at 24 players and Manny Jimenez is at 108%, so some backup plan is going to be needed. The Senators lose Mike Garcia as of this series and also need a replacement.

The Dude

08-19-2006, 09:58 PM

We're getting towards halfway through the season and Colavito still has not hit a single home run.

leecemark

08-19-2006, 10:47 PM

--Zero is rather surprising (and not a pleasant one for the Gamblers I'm sure), but he shouldn't be expected to hit very many. He hit 22 in real life, but that was at Tiger Stadium which had a 136 HR factor for RH batters. In our league he is playing at Chavez Ravine with a 46 HRF. That would supress his HR by about 2/3 if park factors play true. In other words, he'll be exceeding expectations if reaches double figures.
--The Gamblers have outhomered their opponents 36-32 so far this year, but that park is going to keep anybody from hitting too many. This is not a place where you want to build your lineup around sluggers.

The Dude

08-20-2006, 03:37 AM

I would expect him to at least hit one away.

catcher24

08-20-2006, 06:52 AM

Have to agree you would have expected at least a couple of homers in away games by now. Strange. Interestingly, in looking at our parks and checking park factors, we have five hitters parks, five pitchers parks and two (KC Municipal and Forbes) that are essentially neutral, so intentionally or not, we have pretty much come up with a very balanced selection of parks. I was especially surprised to see Forbes essentially neutral (100 batting PF; 101 pitching PF). I had always surmised it was a pitcher's park, and that was what I intended when I picked it. Guess I should have done my homework two seasons ago!:o

Also, website is updated through games of 6/12.

leecemark

08-20-2006, 07:45 AM

--Forbes suppressed home runs, but it was very generous to batting averages and extra base hits. Over the course of its use I wouldn't be surprised if Forbes was the triples capitol of MLB.

Erik Bedard

08-20-2006, 08:50 AM

Very good to Paul Waner in that respect.

catcher24

08-20-2006, 09:38 AM

Posted by Mark:
Forbes suppressed home runs, but it was very generous to batting averages and extra base hits. Over the course of its use I wouldn't be surprised if Forbes was the triples capitol of MLB.

Yeah, looking at the DM ratings for 1963, Forbes punishes right hand hitters homerun wise, but is not too bad otherwise: 1B,105; 2B, 100; 3B, 100; HR, 68. But other than HR, it really favors left handers: 1B, 105; 2B, 110; 3B, 115; HR, 87. I was a bit surprised that it didn't have a higher triples factor, and I don't have any historical teams to refer to to see how it was in earlier years. In our league, the triples capitals are Kansas City Municipal, with a triples factor of 140 for both LH and RH; and Griffith (which I expected; huge park), with a triples factor of 176 for both LH and RH.

leecemark

08-20-2006, 02:16 PM

--1963 was a down year for triples at Forbes for some reason. The triples rate for 1961 was 150/178 and was 174 from both sides of the plate in 62.

Wasp

08-20-2006, 04:00 PM

I'll replace Covington with Posada in the lineup. Also, I'll call up Nuxhall and Green. Green will back up Del Greco %20 of the time. Fischer will be sent down to the minors.

leecemark

08-20-2006, 08:49 PM

--Nothing special to report from the latest series. The Cannons are in a slump, but still hold the league's 2nd best record.

Erik Bedard

08-21-2006, 07:22 AM

Whoa, thanks for the advice, Lew. Belinsky won for the first time in three starts, and as a result, I'm farming the disappointing Don Ferrarrese instead of Belinsky, and moving Chris Short to long man and having Morehead take the #5 spot in the rotation which was previously occupied by Short. Also, have Blanchard start instead of Gonzalez until he comes back.

catcher24

08-21-2006, 07:40 AM

Not sure if my advice was good or not, Dan. Belinsky had a good first third of the season for me last year, then got his brains beat out rather consistently the rest of the season!:laugh

leecemark

08-21-2006, 07:45 AM

--Bob Johnson, Senators, and Bobby Tieffenauer, Hard Cider, are both over 90% of real life usage.

mac195

08-21-2006, 08:04 AM

Not much I can do to reduce Tiefenaur's PT. Guess I'll just let him play to near 120%, then send him down 'till the post season.

Erik Bedard

08-21-2006, 09:27 AM

Not sure if my advice was good or not, Dan. Belinsky had a good first third of the season for me last year, then got his brains beat out rather consistently the rest of the season!:laugh

Well, for me, he had a 9.72 ERA until holding the Senators to just one run. Morehead was a real surprise for me, going 2-0 with a 0.96 ERA until his injury. He actually was pretty good in real life (once you get over his 10-13 record).

catcher24

08-21-2006, 09:49 AM

Records can be deceiving. You have to consider Boston wasn't a great team - or even very good - in 63, and Morehead's ERA+ of 99 in 174.2 IP was pretty decent for a rookie. I think he was a good pickup for you, considering who was left at the time.

Mark, that is a strange item on the triples at Forbes. I wonder what the deal was for that one season? I had always thought Forbes was a great triples park and was surprised to see it at only 100 for RH hitters especially, with that huge leftcenter field. The used to store the batting cage out there, for crying out loud, because it was so deep (as I recall, 457 or so to leftcenter).

Wasp

08-21-2006, 02:50 PM

I'll let Tracewski take over 2B without putting Lumpe on the DL.

leecemark

08-21-2006, 09:37 PM

--Another series complete with real no change

catcher24

08-22-2006, 08:54 AM

Stats through games of 6/20 are now uploaded. I removed the oldest notes, and will keep the most recent ten posted. Didn't want to let the list get TOO long!

Looking at the current hitting streaks, don't know if anyone else noticed, but my pitcher Denny Lemaster has a 13 game hitting streak going. At this point, he's batting .400, with a double and two homers. Wish I could get the rest of my players to do something similar!:rolleyes:

J W

08-22-2006, 10:11 AM

Mark... from Thursday through Monday I'm going to be out of state. If any significant injuries occur (I'm leaving Geiger be), I'll need a proxy.

Thanx

J W

08-22-2006, 10:20 AM

...also, I'd like to throw some love to rookie reliever/spot starter Joe Horlen, who despite having the worst ERA on my team manages a 5-0 record to this point. Way to pick your spots, Joe!

Pete Ward meanwhile should be up for rookie of the year. He's on pace for 40 doubles and I believe has the highest RC/27 among 3Bmen (either him or Boyer).

Whitey Ford has had a rough stretch recently (geez, as soon as I give him props...) and I still have no starting pitcher with 7+ wins. Meanwhile, it looks like the early Cy Young race is between Sandy Koufax, Dick Ellsworth, Juan Pizarro and Camilo Pascual... 4/5 of your top ERA+ men in the majors in 1963.

So like I said, SP's can be up-and-down but the truly dominating seasons (In this case, Ellsworth and Koufax) will shine in this game.

leecemark

08-22-2006, 01:07 PM

catcher24

08-22-2006, 07:56 PM

Yeah, Al Downing for one. He's been my best pitcher to date, although he's slipping a bit of late. And although Ron Hunt hasn't set the world on fire and certainly won't be in the ROY running unless he catches fire, he's been a very solid performer and filled a large hole at second base for me.

JW, the pitchers you mention might shine, but Juan Marichal had a HUGE year in 1963 (25-8; 321 IP; 18 CG; 5 shutouts; 2.41 ERA; 132 ERA+) - he tied with Koufax for wins, was fourth in ERA, third in WHIP, first in IP, fourth in strikeouts, second in games started - and I could go on, but you get the point. And he ain't doing anything spectacular.:( Maybe he'll come on in the second half; that's all I can hope for at this point, because he's been a major disappointment so far.

catcher24

08-22-2006, 08:01 PM

Mark, it's a bit early, but might I suggest that each team nominate one (or possibly two) rookies for the ROY award when we vote? I didn't vote last year because I couldn't remember who all the rookies were and I was lazy ;) and didn't want to take the time to check them all out. If each manager nominated one or two guys, that would narrow it down to just those players and it wouldn't be necessary to try and remember who all the rookies were. In my case, at this point I would nominate Al Downing and Ron Hunt from my team (Mincher's had a great year, but only playing part time).

538280

08-22-2006, 08:24 PM

--Pete Ward and Jimmie Hall have been mentioned as top rookie candidates. You can't overlook Max Alvis either, as both a RoY and MVP candidate. Rookie pitcher Gary Peters has also shone for the Knights. I'm sure there are a few others I'm overlooking in a super rookie class:clapping .

The only rookie who has had very good performance for my team this season is Julian Javier (if he's even considered a rookie, he did appear in one or two games earlier I believe, but isn't that still eligible for the real award?). He is hitting .322 and has provided good defense from second base.

leecemark

08-22-2006, 09:38 PM

--Another series in the books and the Knights and Hard Cider gain a tiny bit of breathing room, at 2 and 3 games respectively. The Hulbert remains tightly bunched with only 3 games separating the top 3 teams. The Cannons lost star pitcher Juan Pizzaro for a couple starts (11 days) to add to the difficulty of battling the Macmen.

Wasp

08-22-2006, 10:23 PM

I'll pull Turley off the DL and put him in Shaw's spot. Also, I'm also going to send Shaw down to the minors, and replace Hendley in the rotation with Krausse.

SP1: Jim Archer
SP2: Bob Turley
SP3: Bob Hendley
SP4: Norm Bass
SP5: Glen Hobbie

catcher24

08-23-2006, 07:34 AM

Chris, I think a player is eligible in our league as a rookie so long as he hasn't appeared in the league previously, or hasn't exceeded the definition of rookie. And the definition of a rookie, courtesy of MLB.com:
Determining rookie status:
A player shall be considered a rookie unless, during a previous season or seasons, he has (a) exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues; or (b) accumulated more than 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club or clubs during the period of 25-player limit (excluding time in the military service and time on the disabled list).

Mark, please correct me if I'm wrong.

538280

08-23-2006, 09:26 AM

Determining rookie status:
A player shall be considered a rookie unless, during a previous season or seasons, he has (a) exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues; or (b) accumulated more than 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club or clubs during the period of 25-player limit (excluding time in the military service and time on the disabled list).

Well if that's the case then I'm pretty sure Javier would qualify as a rookie. I know he didn't get 130 ABs (and certainly not 50 IP), and I don't think he spent 45 days on my roster either, though he could have possibly.

leecemark

08-23-2006, 01:33 PM

--The Knights trade minor league pitcher Ray Washburn to the Cannons for their 2nd round pick in the 1964 draft. Chris, please confirm.

538280

08-23-2006, 06:08 PM

--The Knights trade minor league pitcher Ray Washburn to the Cannons for their 2nd round pick in the 1964 draft. Chris, please confirm.

Confirmed.

538280

08-23-2006, 06:12 PM

To make room for Washburn, I'm sending down Jack Sanford. New pitching:

Pitching
SP1 Ellsworth
SP2 Pizarro
SP3 Barber
SP4 Pena
SP5 Washburn (skip)
Spot starter: Lary, Washburn
Mop up: Grant, Roland
Long man: Roland, Reniff
LH set up: Perranoski, Miller
RH set up: Reniff, Miller
LH closer: Perranoski, Miller
RH closer: Miller, Perranoski

That's just putting in Washburn right where Sanford was.

leecemark

08-23-2006, 08:07 PM

--All three division leaders swept today's series', openinging up some breathing room.

538280

08-23-2006, 08:56 PM

Mark, do you have the settings right for Felix Torres and Tommy Harper? Torres has 97 PA and Harper 240, and this is how I have them set:

Vs. RHP
7.Felix Torres, 3B (Harper 5%)

Vs. LHP
5.Tommy Harper, 3B (Torres 15%)

leecemark

08-23-2006, 09:06 PM

--Sorry I had Harper starting against both. Changed now.

mac195

08-23-2006, 10:40 PM

HC will change their team steals setting from "less" to "more".

Erik Bedard

08-24-2006, 03:04 PM

Up until this series, I could have made a case for a legit ROY candidate coming out of... Philadelphia? Yes, Dave Morehead. He has been the best pitcher on the Phillies the whole year, and despite not having a win, has been solid each time out.

J W

08-24-2006, 03:46 PM

Farrell goes down again... geez, well, once again I'll have to count on Horlen.

I'll be gone from tonight through late Sunday night. If anything serious happens to the team I'll need a proxy. Shouldn't be a problem this time of season however.

leecemark

08-24-2006, 08:20 PM

--Just when I think my team is hitting on all cylinders I drop 2 of 3 to the Diablos:confused: . Took a bit of a beating in the last two games, after a shutout by Gary Peters in the opener. We have moved into July so time to be thinking of your all star ballot - not to mention whether you are a buyer or a seller at the trade deadline.

Wasp

08-24-2006, 08:34 PM

I'll release Jiminez and sign Frank Thomas along with Lou Clinton. Thomas will take over at 3B full time against LH pitchers with Causey as a defensive replacement, and let Causey play 45% of the time at third with him also being a defensive replacement for Thomas against RH pitchers. Clinton will take over in RF with Posada playing 30% of the time in RF against RH pitchers. Then, I'll sign Galen Cisco and replace Staley with him. Finally, Walker will replace Krausse in the rotation.

leecemark

08-24-2006, 08:44 PM

--You can't release any 1961 players. Jimenez crossed his PT threshold in this last series so he is ineligible, but still holds a spot on your 40 man. I signed Thomas and Clinton, which brings you up to 40 (you'll need to farm someone to get them both on your active roster). You need a LFer to replace Jimenez in the starting lineup, so I've temporarily put Clinton there instead of replacing Posada in RF. I'll rearrange once you get your roster to 25 and let me know who goes where.
--You'll need to drop one of your previous signings (non-1961 A's) if you want to add Cisco. Make sure you drop them before they exceed 125% though. If you violate that you are stuck with their corpse on your 40 man.

mac195

08-24-2006, 10:21 PM

Let's see... Stange to the DL, Aguirre in his place, and Calmus up from the minors to take Aguirre's place.

SP1: Koufax
SP2: Spahn
SP3: Stigman
SP4: Aguirre
SP5: Tsitouris (skip)
Spot: Calmus

Mop up: Funk, Calmus
Long man: Taylor, Funk, Calmus
LH set up: Shantz, Radatz
RH set up: Radatz, Taylor
LH closer: Shantz, Tiefenauer
RH closer: Radatz, Taylor

Erik Bedard

08-25-2006, 05:12 AM

I can't find where it says my guys' PT limits, or how much they've used up. Do I have to do the math? :ughh

mac195

08-25-2006, 07:08 AM

All the Phillies data is here (http://www.geocities.com/lougehrig24/baseball/tm20_file1.html). Scroll down about half way to see the player usage info.

Erik Bedard

08-25-2006, 07:38 AM

Thanks, Mac. I farm Dallas Green, call up Tom Sturdivant, who will take Green's spot. I also farm Tony Gonzalez, and call up Jimmy Piersall. I'm increasing Ellis Burton's PT, and decreasing Ruben Amaro and Tony Taylor's.

New bullpen:

Closer Jack Baldschun
Setup 1 Don Ferrarrese
Setup 2 Ken Lehman
MR Frank Sullivan
Long Man Tom Sturdivant
Mop Up/SS Jim Owens

New lineup:

C Del Crandall (Dalrymple)
1B Pancho Herrera (Walls 15%)
2B Tony Taylor (Malkmus 45%)
SS Ruben Amaro (Malkmus 45%)
3B Charley Smith (Malkmus 5%)
LF Johnny Callison (BG Smith 5%, Burton 10%)
CF Don Demeter (Blanchard 10%, BG Smith 5%, Burton 5%)
RF Jimmy Piersall (Blanchard 25%, Burton 5%)

Lineup

vs. Lefty

Amaro
Demeter
Callison
Herrera
Piersall
Smith
Taylor
Dalrymple
Pitcher

vs. Righty

Amaro
Demeter
Callison
Herrera
Piersall
Smith
Taylor
Crandall
Pitcher

Erik Bedard

08-25-2006, 07:46 AM

Does every team have to have a representative in the All-Star Game?

leecemark

08-25-2006, 08:07 AM

Does every team have to have a representative in the All-Star Game?

--There are no selected players, only elected ones so not every team has been represented. We elected 2 at each position plus 2 wild card players (18 total position players) and 8 SP and 4 relievers. Total 30 man roster. Ballots will go out a week or so before the break.

Wasp

08-25-2006, 08:34 AM

I'll send down Nuxhall to make room for my two new signings. I'm fine with Clinton in LF, and I've decided to not sign Cisco.

catcher24

08-25-2006, 05:42 PM

Posted by Mark:
Just when I think my team is hitting on all cylinders I drop 2 of 3 to the Diablos

That happened to me last week. Maybe the Diablos are finally starting to come around.

Mark, did you only run a two game series, or did the third game not get included in the scores?

leecemark

08-25-2006, 05:53 PM

--Another series in the books. The Hulbert is the most competitive division for the third year in a row, with only 2 games separating 3 teams. Also for the 3rd year in a row the Redbirds and Cannons find themselves facing an up hill battle vs the Knights and Hard Cider.

leecemark

08-25-2006, 05:55 PM

That happened to me last week. Maybe the Diablos are finally starting to come around.

Mark, did you only run a two game series, or did the third game not get included in the scores?

--There was an offday mid-series and I didn't go back far enough to catch game 1. I just sent you the download for the last 2 series. Everybody please check the website (once Lew has a chance to update) for details of the missing game.

mac195

08-25-2006, 06:19 PM

Team steals set at "standard".

baseballPAP

08-26-2006, 07:01 AM

Second place doesn't really surprise me much....the Knights are stacked. 5 games back in the wild card...yipes!

leecemark

08-26-2006, 11:33 AM

--Another series in the books. Two items of interest. Yaz extended his current hittting streak to 33 games, breaking the CKL record of 32 set by Vada Pinson in 1961. Also, the Redbirds have fallen 6 games back of the Knights (the biggest division spread)heading into back to back series vs the Knights. Hate to say must win in July, but if the Redbirds don't make up some ground here it is going to be hard for them to come back.

catcher24

08-26-2006, 11:46 AM

Stats updated on the website through games of July 5th. I would strongly suggest everyone check the playing time on their players. Anyone over 60% is likely to be a problem before the end of the season. We have played through 46% of the schedule as of July 5th games.

leecemark

08-26-2006, 01:20 PM

--The Knights trade pitchers Ernie Broglio and George Brunet to the Diablos for pitcher Bob Friend and the Diablos 3rd round picks in 1964 and 65.

leecemark

08-26-2006, 01:29 PM

--Scott, I didn't look far enough ahead. We actually have the next 3 series against each other, wrapping up our games against each other for the season unusally early. Unfortunate quirk of the schedule.

ElHalo

08-26-2006, 01:33 PM

--The Knights trade pitchers Ernie Broglio and George Brunet to the Diablos for pitcher Bob Friend and the Diablos 3rd round picks in 1964 and 65.

Confirmed.

ElHalo

08-26-2006, 01:34 PM

Broglio will be inserted into Friend's place and no other changes made; I'll update my roster post shortly.

jkc32

08-26-2006, 04:29 PM

Please start Tito Francona at 1B while Dick Stuart is out the next couple of games. Tito will bat in Stuart's spot.

When Stuart returns, he will take his spot back, forcing Tito to the bench again.

leecemark

08-26-2006, 04:58 PM

Please start Tito Francona at 1B while Dick Stuart is out the next couple of games. Tito will bat in Stuart's spot.

When Stuart returns, he will take his spot back, forcing Tito to the bench again.

--Francona is in the minors. Someone needs to get sent down (or Stuart DLed) if you want him to cover the injury.

Erik Bedard

08-27-2006, 08:27 AM

Johnny Blanchard = the clutchest player on my team. I'm glad I picked him up, even if he can't catch.

Erik Bedard

08-27-2006, 08:36 AM

Mark, do you have Del Crandall starting against righties and Dalrymple against lefties? It doesn't seem so. Could you please fix it?

Oh, and the Phillies sign Andre Rodgers, and place him in the minors for the time being, as Ruben Amaro is at 70% of his usage.

leecemark

08-27-2006, 08:40 AM

--Dan, that is a backwards platoon (Crandell hits RH and Dalrymple LH), but I'll make the switch. Rogers brings your roster to 35, so you still have 5 spots if there are other areas you think you need to shore up.

Erik Bedard

08-27-2006, 08:42 AM

I realized that, Dalrymple needs a break, which is why I did it.

Wasp

08-27-2006, 10:04 AM

The Athletics will release pitchers Bob Hendley and Larry Bearnarth and to sign FA pitchers Ray Sadecki and Galen Cisco. Also, the A's will send 1B Lou Klimchok to the minors and bring up pitcher Joe Nuxhall. Nuxhall will be used as a mopup pitcher, as well as a long reliever and a LH setup man.

catcher24

08-27-2006, 02:49 PM

Mark - I sent you a PM about Wasp's moves. I'll send you the zip file, don't worry about it on your end.:)

leecemark

08-27-2006, 02:53 PM

--I am playing todays games right now and made the personell moves for the As. I'll load the zip file to make sure they are doing the right jobs before the next one.

leecemark

08-27-2006, 02:58 PM

--Guess I should have held off on Sadecki. He suffered a 16 day injury in his his series! Yaz has extended his hitting streak to 36 games. I'll get the games results and other files up shortly. Lew (and other DMB owners) I'll send the new league file in a few minutes. You'll be able to send an MP from the new data then.

leecemark

08-27-2006, 03:06 PM

--The latest...

catcher24

08-27-2006, 04:30 PM

Wasp - Here is the updated text file for the Athletics team roster. Should be up to date.

catcher24

08-27-2006, 05:23 PM

The stats through games of July 12 are up on the web site.

Wasp

08-27-2006, 05:30 PM

The A's will put Sadecki on the DL, and call Shaw up to take his place in the rotation.

jkc32

08-27-2006, 06:47 PM

Francona back to the bench. Stuart will start at 1B and bat in the position Francona had against both L/R.

leecemark

08-27-2006, 09:04 PM

Francona back to the bench. Stuart will start at 1B and bat in the position Francona had against both L/R.

--You must have missed my previous response. Francona is not on your bench. He is in the minors. Please double check your MP and zip it to me if there is anything you'd like adjusted.

mac195

08-28-2006, 12:17 AM

Hard Cider will send Tiefenauer to the minors, and put Taylor in his slot in the pen.

leecemark

08-28-2006, 06:43 AM

--Taylor was already on the active roster. I gave him BT's assignment (while keeping him also in his own), but who is the call up?

mac195

08-28-2006, 06:49 AM

No call up necessary. I will be activating Stange soon anyway.

mac195

08-28-2006, 07:02 AM

Young Mr. Yastrzemski is having quite a year so far, way above his real life stats... which weren't too shabby.

leecemark

08-28-2006, 07:09 AM

--Speaking of Yaz, when his hit streak reached 33 (now at 36) I mentioned that broke Vada Pinson's CKL record of 32 set in 1961. I overlooked a 33 game hit streak by Tommy Davis earlier this season which briefly gave him the record. So a belated tip o' the hat to Mr Davis.

catcher24

08-28-2006, 08:40 AM

Yeah, I noticed Davis' streak when I was reviewing the stats this time. A 33 game streak, and neither one of us caught it!!??:( Must have been a busy (or bad) week.:laugh

jkc32

08-28-2006, 03:56 PM

Sorry about that...I meant minors.

J W

08-28-2006, 04:07 PM

Young Mr. Yastrzemski is having quite a year so far, way above his real life stats... which weren't too shabby.

.372 in 387 PA, and a soft schedule down the stretch... could we be looking at a run at .400? ;)

Of course now that I said it, I've jinxed him and he'll end up around .350.

leecemark

08-28-2006, 07:17 PM

--Please jinx some of my guys to a .350 season:laugh .

leecemark

08-28-2006, 08:12 PM

--Well JW's jinx didn't have any immediate affect on Yaz, as he runs his hit streak to 39. The Skipjacks as a whole didn't fare as well as the Legends pulled into a first place tie with them. The Knights continue their torrid pace, sweeping the Redbirds to put 10 games between them in the Johnson Division.

J W

08-28-2006, 09:09 PM

If relievers Jack Warner or Dan Schneider haven't been signed yet, we would like to sign them to minimum 1-yr deals. Thanks.

leecemark

08-28-2006, 09:36 PM

--Couple nice pick ups off the scrap heap at this late date JW. Looks like you're going to need to sqeeze out every possible win to repeat in the Hulbert and those guys might make the difference in a game or two somewhere along the line.

mac195

08-29-2006, 02:27 AM

Time for some mid-season adjustments.

Lineup vs. RHP
1 SS Groat (Goryl)
2 1B Cash (Fairly 5%)
3 LF Maris (Fairly 30%)
4 CF Hall (Kolb 10%)
5 3B Rollins (Goryl)
6 C Haller (Berra 30%)
7 RF Robinson (Fairly 5%)
8 2B Moran (Goryl 10%)
PH vs RHP: Kolb, Berra, Goryl
PH vs LHP: Goryl, Gaines, Kolb

Lineup vs. LHP
1 2B Moran (Goryl)
2 SS Groat (Goryl)
3 RF Robinson (Fairly)
4 LF Gaines (Kolb 10%) (Maris DR)
5 CF Hall (Kolb)
6 3B Rollins (Goryl)
7 1B Cash (Fairly)
8 C Schaffer (Haller 30%)
PH vs RHP: Kolb, Berra, Goryl
PH vs LHP: Goryl, Kolb, Berra

Pitching
SP1: Koufax
SP2: Spahn
SP3: Stigman
SP4: Stange activated
SP5: Tsitouris (skip)
Spot: Aguirre

Mop up: Funk, Calmus, Aguirre
Long man: Taylor, Calmus, Aguirre
LH set up: Shantz, Radatz
RH set up: Radatz, Taylor
LH closer: Shantz, Radatz
RH closer: Radatz, Taylor