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Sinclair · 09-08-2002, 06:36 AM

Heh, I've been playing my first full league (after a handful of experimental leagues). Having simmed only a season and a half, there are already a bunch of terrific plotlines. But here's my favorite:

I started a fictional league in the 2002 season, everything fictional. Blue and Red leagues, Pale - Pure - Deep divisions, four teams per division for a total of 24 teams. I picked New Orleans as my hometown, and went to work.

I drafted what I thought would be a great small-ball team (high avg, low power, great pitching, great defense), and proceeded to suck the dirt off the bottom rung of the Deep Blue Division. Why? Because I kept losing close ballgames in the late innings... I looked at my closer, Maresuke Yoshio, whose ratings were all 7-9(including a 9 in ERA and a 9 in K's). The guy was my 5th round pick; I was going to rely on him to win games. But he blew his first two saves in the first six games of the season, which dropped me to a 2-4 record. He was rated as "YES, wants to play for a winning team." As the season progressed, things only went downhill. The guy had blown 9 saves by the All-Star Break, and we ended up losing all 9 games.

By the end of the season, we were third (of four) in the Deep Blue division, 10 back of Syracuse and 2 back of Fort Wayne (the Blue League wildcard, and our most hated rivals). Maresuke Yoshio leaves New Orleans for Free Agency, taking his 19 (!) blown saves with him to the market.

With no other closer on the market, I suck in my breath and offer Yoshio a contract.

"I want to play for a winning team. Not New Orleans."

Hey, dude! If you hadn't blown freakin' *19* saves, we *would* be a winning team!

He signs with (hated Division rival) Fort Wayne. Fort. Wayne.

Fine. Forget him. I hit the FA market like a man possessed, convert my best MR to close out my games, and enter the 2003 season with only one goal: Destroy Fort Wayne and their hated Closer, Maresuke Yoshio.

It is now June 10th of 2003. My New Orleans Nights are 42-19, best record in baseball, 12 games up on SECOND PLACE Fort Wayne (muahahahahahahah). Our season series so far? 6-0, us. Including two wins off of - you guessed it - Maresuke Yoshio.

The wrath of a woman scorned can't hold a candle to the wrath of the New Orleans Nights screwed AND THEN scorned by a vainglorious closer. Take that!

(And I haven't even talked about my AAA callup, Samuel Swords, or my "best suited as a journeyman" first basemen, Antonio Delacruz, or my staff ace, Antonio Vellasco... Stories for another time, maybe...)

09-08-2002, 06:36 AM	#28
Sinclair Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 202	Heh, I've been playing my first full league (after a handful of experimental leagues). Having simmed only a season and a half, there are already a bunch of terrific plotlines. But here's my favorite: I started a fictional league in the 2002 season, everything fictional. Blue and Red leagues, Pale - Pure - Deep divisions, four teams per division for a total of 24 teams. I picked New Orleans as my hometown, and went to work. I drafted what I thought would be a great small-ball team (high avg, low power, great pitching, great defense), and proceeded to suck the dirt off the bottom rung of the Deep Blue Division. Why? Because I kept losing close ballgames in the late innings... I looked at my closer, Maresuke Yoshio, whose ratings were all 7-9(including a 9 in ERA and a 9 in K's). The guy was my 5th round pick; I was going to rely on him to win games. But he blew his first two saves in the first six games of the season, which dropped me to a 2-4 record. He was rated as "YES, wants to play for a winning team." As the season progressed, things only went downhill. The guy had blown 9 saves by the All-Star Break, and we ended up losing all 9 games. By the end of the season, we were third (of four) in the Deep Blue division, 10 back of Syracuse and 2 back of Fort Wayne (the Blue League wildcard, and our most hated rivals). Maresuke Yoshio leaves New Orleans for Free Agency, taking his 19 (!) blown saves with him to the market. With no other closer on the market, I suck in my breath and offer Yoshio a contract. "I want to play for a winning team. Not New Orleans." Hey, dude! If you hadn't blown freakin' 19 saves, we would be a winning team! He signs with (hated Division rival) Fort Wayne. Fort. Wayne. Fine. Forget him. I hit the FA market like a man possessed, convert my best MR to close out my games, and enter the 2003 season with only one goal: Destroy Fort Wayne and their hated Closer, Maresuke Yoshio. It is now June 10th of 2003. My New Orleans Nights are 42-19, best record in baseball, 12 games up on SECOND PLACE Fort Wayne (muahahahahahahah). Our season series so far? 6-0, us. Including two wins off of - you guessed it - Maresuke Yoshio. The wrath of a woman scorned can't hold a candle to the wrath of the New Orleans Nights screwed AND THEN scorned by a vainglorious closer. Take that! (And I haven't even talked about my AAA callup, Samuel Swords, or my "best suited as a journeyman" first basemen, Antonio Delacruz, or my staff ace, Antonio Vellasco... Stories for another time, maybe...)