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battists · 05-09-2016, 06:47 PM

So, despite how long I've been around, I'm not really what one would consider a particularly hard-core OOTPer. I have one fictional league that I spent forever creating and very little time actually playing. Every year when OOTP comes out I go through a brief time where I dedicate some attention to it, but it always eventually fades and I go months without playing.

If you recall from any of my prior posts, I kinda suck at OOTP, haha. Right now I'm playing my way up managing in the minors. My fictional league has five levels of minors, and the plan was to manage one season at each level of the minors before moving on to the big club, and then eventually to the GM role.

Last year I managed the Titusville Barracudas (R) to the stunning record of 46-60, before getting an end of season promotion (why? haha) to manage the last 35 games of the Modesto Bullfrogs' (low A) season (15-19). I played about halfway through the next season with the Bullfrogs before my interest faded last year. I picked it up again a week or so ago, and an astonishing thing has happened...

At 41-41, I am at .500!!!!! This may be the first time I have been at or over .500 this late in a season that I can remember, haha!

Of course, it's a 136-game season, so plenty of time left to screw things up. We have the worst starting ERA in the 6-team league. We are the worst in defensive efficiency. We're near the bottom in all offensive categories. But we steal bases like crazy, and our bullpen has been top notch.

We've been helped by a few things lately:

The GM sent 2B Ricardo Guevara down from the Texas league, and he promptly went 4-for-10 with 2 HR and 7 RBI in his first three games.
We got 3B Cristo Ramos back from injury and he promptly hit a game-winning RBI.
In the last three weeks we played six games against the Fremont Foresters, and swept all six, outscoring Fremont 31-12.

Finally, I have a player in Spike Corbett who leads the league in batter WAR and has an outside shot at MVP:

(Yeah, the bar isn't particularly high for offense in this league.)

I have a chance to keep things going, too, as I have a three-game set against the 31-51 Emerald Bay Tritons coming up, followed by three against the Stockton Swallows, who are a game and a half behind us.

Anyway, I know there are a lot of you out there used to winning championships and so on. I play at such a slow pace, I rarely get around to that. But these are the little things about the game I enjoy!

Go Frogs!

05-09-2016, 06:47 PM	#1
battists Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 18,506	Omg! So, despite how long I've been around, I'm not really what one would consider a particularly hard-core OOTPer. I have one fictional league that I spent forever creating and very little time actually playing. Every year when OOTP comes out I go through a brief time where I dedicate some attention to it, but it always eventually fades and I go months without playing. If you recall from any of my prior posts, I kinda suck at OOTP, haha. Right now I'm playing my way up managing in the minors. My fictional league has five levels of minors, and the plan was to manage one season at each level of the minors before moving on to the big club, and then eventually to the GM role. Last year I managed the Titusville Barracudas (R) to the stunning record of 46-60, before getting an end of season promotion (why? haha) to manage the last 35 games of the Modesto Bullfrogs' (low A) season (15-19). I played about halfway through the next season with the Bullfrogs before my interest faded last year. I picked it up again a week or so ago, and an astonishing thing has happened... At 41-41, I am at .500!!!!! This may be the first time I have been at or over .500 this late in a season that I can remember, haha! Of course, it's a 136-game season, so plenty of time left to screw things up. We have the worst starting ERA in the 6-team league. We are the worst in defensive efficiency. We're near the bottom in all offensive categories. But we steal bases like crazy, and our bullpen has been top notch. We've been helped by a few things lately: The GM sent 2B Ricardo Guevara down from the Texas league, and he promptly went 4-for-10 with 2 HR and 7 RBI in his first three games. We got 3B Cristo Ramos back from injury and he promptly hit a game-winning RBI. In the last three weeks we played six games against the Fremont Foresters, and swept all six, outscoring Fremont 31-12. Finally, I have a player in Spike Corbett who leads the league in batter WAR and has an outside shot at MVP: (Yeah, the bar isn't particularly high for offense in this league.) I have a chance to keep things going, too, as I have a three-game set against the 31-51 Emerald Bay Tritons coming up, followed by three against the Stockton Swallows, who are a game and a half behind us. Anyway, I know there are a lot of you out there used to winning championships and so on. I play at such a slow pace, I rarely get around to that. But these are the little things about the game I enjoy! Go Frogs! __________________ Come check out my dynasty report, Funky Times!