hey, some nice replies! and one extra because I missed it first time around.
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Originally Posted by ifspuds
A couple friends and I used to call Deivi Cruz "The First Shortstop On The Moon". It's a long story, and not actually all that funny, but I bring it up just to say that maybe you should deiviously send him into orbit lest he do more damage against you in the future.
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^fixed that for ya
I bet that the story behind that is funny, or at least worth telling, because that is an awesome nickname. So, get to it!!!
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Originally Posted by Jestor
Maybe you should try trading for Clippard. |
I know there is a smiley face, so maybe the post was not all that serious, but still feel like I have to respond with a resounding "Hell, no." In addition to the fact that we have nothing to give the Yanks for the 22 year old (+1 to OOTP's AI for that), what fun is it to trade for other teams' top prospects? It is not especially realistic (even taking into consideration, for example, the real-life moves this offseason by Florida) and particularly when you account for New York's position in the standings. Clippard can help them win, and at 22 years old no less, so why trade him?
Occasionally I have to remind myself that it is OK to give myself a little leeway, it is just a baseball text sim, but I don't see the point to winning at whatever costs the game allows me. I think the trades and signings I have made have been reasonable; when I don't feel the way, I try to compensate for it. (One example you will see in next year's thread is bumps in the salaries of the free agents we signed this year, Garland and Kennedy and whoever else. Not because of good or bad performance, but because I think it seems reasonable to do. Otherwise, we will eventually end up with millions of dollars and be able to easily acquire superstars, and where is the fun in that?)
However, your mileage may vary. And that's OK, too!
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Originally Posted by The Funk
w00t. About bloody time!
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if/when the moves I am contemplating actually take place, it will be a total mind****, for certain. I can promise you that neither Buehrle nor Ordonez will go, however, and the same goes for Esteban. It will be a sad day when he is pitching for another club, and that despite his
atrocious season chronicled in the first thread.
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Originally Posted by The Funk
Nice. How about: 'The Line-up from the Dregs of the Universe' or something like that?
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point, Funk. I like that one quite a bit.
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Originally Posted by The Funk
When's there gonna be a Pale Hose website?
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As for this, I don't know. I am not very tech-savvy, and would be clueless in how to start a website. But I have considered releasing the files, so anyone could play with the Pale Hose file if they wanted.
However, I think both are probably goals for the (somewhat) distant future. I mean, hell, this dynasty has not even finished a second year yet.
It's amazing, you know, there have been dynasties that have simulated the entire length of Major League history (and beyond) in the length that it has taken the Pale Hose to play a half-dozen or dozen games. Three cheers for this forum.
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Originally Posted by The Funk
EDIT: And now I'm a major leaguer so my ideas must be taken seriously!
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I had half a mind when I saw just how many posts I was getting out of the Pale Hose, that when the post count hit 1999 I would either create a new name or just disappear for-evah. Then I scrapped it, because I realized that would be like not voting in McGriff to the Hall of Fame he didn't hit 500 home runs (only four hundred eighty-some), and plus no one would understand WTF I was talking about when I said "Hacktastic Julio!!!" after seeing Julio Lugo on TV. Of course no one understands WTF I am talking about when I say that, anyway.
Well, I was going to provide an update but I am all typed out. Plus it is not exactly an update I want to provide, so I'll wait a day or so and hope against hope that things changed.