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Originally Posted by sluggo523
I am glad to see you back. I would think that either Waterloo or Watkins Glen are the ones sitting in the prime spot. Unless Seneca Falls can break the mold, the 2nd place team has won all the Seneca Cup series so far.
Couple of questions though. I was wondering how you came up with 150 games for the season? 30 games against each team seams like a lot, just wondering if a shorter season ever was considered? Also are you playing with a minor league, or just reserves? and how are you controling the number if that is the case? The reason I ask the questions is I really want to start a small league, and was just wondering the best way to go about handling the younger players.
Great league by the way and I will be following, even if I don't post much.
Glenn
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Thanks, Glenn! I'm glad to have you on board. Post as often, or as rarely, as you like. It's always good to hear from FLL fans.
You noticed that the regular season runner-up has won the first three Series, too? I haven't been terribly surprised by any of the outcomes, though.
In '06, Geneva's luck simply ran out; Watkins Glen was clearly the better team. The '05 Brawlers took a while to get going, but they were red-hot in the second half and through the Series. In '04, Watkins Glen and Seneca Falls were so evenly matched that the outcome could have gone either way.
So far, the Sheepdogs look so much better than everybody else in the league that it's hard to imagine anyone beating them. Still, there's a lot of baseball left before the Series, and in seven games, anything can happen, right?
To answer your questions:
I wondered about the schedule, too. I finally decided to take a chance on the 150-game schedule because I wanted to see statistical totals that "looked right," both for a season and for a career. If I see a guy got 200 hits in a season, or 3000 in a career, I know he was good. A pitcher with 300 wins is a Hall of Famer; a guy with 150 might be nothing more than a durable journeyman. It's not quite as satisfying to have to remember that if teams are playing 75 games a year, a pitcher with 150 wins is an all-time great. The math's easy to do, but I'd still rather not have to do it.
Right now, I have reserves rather than a minor league. I'm seriously thinking about adding a minor league affiliate or two for each team, however. I noticed that most clubs have between 50 and 60 players under their control right now. My rookie draft is only five rounds, but the players are nonetheless piling up fast.
I haven't seen a problem with young players getting trapped in the reserves, but then again, the league's still very new. The top prospects seem to be getting chances to play quickly enough; guys like "
Electric Billy" Patrick, Maximo Chavez, and
Paul O'Connor are already FLL regulars. I'm not sure what's happening to the guys who aren't quite that good, however.
I wonder if adding some minor leagues would make the league more fun to follow, without bogging it down? Would you readers like to see a developmental league or two added?
Thanks again for the comments!