Smart money wins, again!
With a 38-59 mark, 25 games out, and in last place on July 22, I got the axe.
You know you are in trouble when:
A 33 year-old Dave Dravecky is your ace (not a RL season that saw things go well, for him)
Your ace demands a trade because at this stage of his career he wants to play for a winning team
You trade him for a young Pumpsie Green and a minor league MR throw in (who is immediately placed on your ML team) and your new 2Bman goes down for the season within a week of acquiring him
It was actually a fun team with a lot of upside in coming years. 22 year-olds Dean Palmer and Ralph Kiner for hitters and nicely performing 23 year-old pitchers Spades Wood and Ted Lewis to build from were making me look forward to the next season (that will never come).
I won't take over a team until 2152....by that time the real players will be exhausted, unless there are multiple contractions....so, I am done for the run.
How weak is the SP depth in the league, currently? No SP in the Free Agent pool, and said 33 y/o Dave Dravecky is a 3.5 star overall rated pitcher. When 9/12/11 is 3.5 stars (from an 11 fastball, 11 slider, and 9 change on a 20 scale), that is a thin pool.
But, the tale-of-the-tape for me was 13 players on the injured list. When you are realistically looking at .500 talent, you are going to need some things fall your way to actually contend. You can't be on the beating end of the injury stick. That is what happened early, and often.
Back to simming seasons!
On the bright side, the HOF numbers are about to pick up, and the posts will speed up, and that is a lot of fun, also....and why I post here. The class of 2061 might get posted tonight.