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05-24-2007, 11:00 PM
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Hall Of Famer
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Bo Knows Replays
A few years ago, I started up a Bo Jackson career what if/replay. I was limited in some ways by lack of dynasty experience and by OOTP 6.12
Now with OOTP 2007 I think I can re-do the dynasty in alot more detail and realisim. Our dynasty begins in the year 1986 Bo Jackson, the greatest athlete to ever play baseball, has been drafted by the Kansas City Royals. This will be a carrer replay of Jacksons carrer that asks the question...what would his carrer have looked like if he had never played football or suffered a debilitation career injury? For those of you who do not know much about the man Jackson was an icon around the turn of the decade where the 80s lead into the 90s A two sport godlike man who had stellar graceful speed combined with raw power in everything he did. He still holds most of the records at his HS in baseball in football. The Yankees took him in the second round of the 1982 draft but Jackson decided to attend college instead An Alabama native, Jackson choose Auburn University. He tore up the baseball diamond at Auburn as well as the football field In 1985 at a sport he considered a 'hobby' he won the Heismen Memorial Trophy Jackson was taken first overall in the 1986 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Bucs He opted instead to forgo a football career and instead play baseball for the Kansas City Royals who drafted him. That is where our baseball oddessy begins Before I begin, I want to explain the league setup The game is the real 1986 MLB I have AAA and AA leagues as well which are fake teams with ghost players I did this so that ML teams could have a place to store and develop players and have some sort of reserve The league will expand automaticaly to make room for the Marlins/Rockies and Devil Rays/Snakes 1986 finances and league totals will be used and they will update themselves every year Rookies will be real but will NOT go to their original teams, they will instead be drafted I am also going to slightly increase Jacksons ratings to simulate him not playing football and instead concentrating on baseball These are his real and protential ratings Contact: 4/7 Gap: 4/7 Power: 4/10 Eye: 5/6 Speed is 7 Stealing ability is unchanged at 8 OF range is 8 OF arm is 10 Rating at LF is 10 CF is 5 RF is 10 Jackson will start out in AA Wichita |
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05-25-2007, 04:14 PM
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1986 Spring training in complete
In a suprise move the Royals broke camp and came back north with brand new draft choice 23 year old Bo Jackson Jackson will probably see very limited playing time as a 5th OF when the starters and 4th OF is tired or if injuries occur. The ultimate goal of this sim is to follow Jackson and hope that he will accomplish two purposes 1. Hit alot of HR His milestones are 300, 400, 500, 600 Anything beyond that would be pretty incredible 2. Be inducted into the HOF as voted on by you the fans |
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05-25-2007, 04:37 PM
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April 1986
Jackson sees some significant playing time and makes the most out of it despite poor ratings.
Jackson sees most of his playing time vs LHP and destroys all that he sees Against RHP in limited PA he does not fare so well... Note that I am not going to do month by month stats but instead just update his yearly totals by month. I am also going to use PA instead of AB PA: 58 AVG: .315 OBP: .362 SLG: .407 H: 17 2B: 2 3B: 0 HR: 1 RBI: 9 R: 8 BB: 4 K: 12 OPS: .769 SB: 2 CS: 2 Jackson hit his very first HR against Boston on April 16th 1986 It came in the 5th inning and was of the 2 run varity The pitcher was Bostons Al Nipper It was a 446 foot blast which is a meaty first ever HR The Royals sit 11-9 3.5 back from the powerful 1986 Oakland As Nolan Ryan took NL POTM Mark Langston took the AL honours Your batters of the month are Buddy Bell in the NL and Mike Davis in the AL Last edited by rudel.dietrich; 05-25-2007 at 04:46 PM. |
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05-25-2007, 04:40 PM
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Jackson is now starting in RF against RHP and starting in LF against LHP
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05-25-2007, 04:52 PM
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May 1986
Jackson cooled off a little this month but is still a valuable part of the Royals
PA: 166 AVG: .275 OBP: .339 SLG: .409 H: 41 2B: 8 3B: 0 HR: 4 RBI: 27 R: 20 BB: 15 K: 32 OPS: .749 SB: 6 CS: 2 The Royals are 25-23 and sit 2.5 back of Oakland Bruce Ruffin and John Henry Johnson were awarded pitcher of the month Ron Cey and Don Mattingly took batter of the month |
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05-25-2007, 04:56 PM
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1986 Draft
Here is the 1986 first year draft
First round Round 1, Pick 1 - Pittsburgh Pirates: SP M. Perez Round 1, Pick 2 - Cleveland Indians: SP T. Belcher Round 1, Pick 3 - San Francisco Giants: SP J. McDowell Round 1, Pick 4 - Texas Rangers: SP J. Magrane Round 1, Pick 5 - Atlanta Braves: 3B E. Martinez Round 1, Pick 6 - Milwaukee Brewers: CF E. Burks Round 1, Pick 7 - Seattle Mariners: 3B K. Caminiti Round 1, Pick 8 - Philadelphia Phillies: SP T. Glavine Round 1, Pick 9 - Chicago Cubs: SP A. Leiter Round 1, Pick 10 - Minnesota Twins: SP J. Farrell Round 1, Pick 11 - Oakland Athletics: MR D. Otto Round 1, Pick 12 - Boston Red Sox: SP S. Hillegas Round 1, Pick 13 - San Diego Padres: SP V. Palacios Round 1, Pick 14 - Houston Astros: RF J. Buhner Round 1, Pick 15 - Baltimore Orioles: SP C. Parker Round 1, Pick 16 - Chicago White Sox: CF S. Mack Round 1, Pick 17 - Montreal Expos: 3B M. Williams Round 1, Pick 18 - Detroit Tigers: CF R. Kelly Round 1, Pick 19 - Cincinnati Reds: 2B R. Gant Round 1, Pick 20 - California Angels: SP J. Ballard Round 1, Pick 21 - Kansas City Royals: SS J. Blauser Round 1, Pick 22 - Los Angeles Dodgers: MR M. Clary Round 1, Pick 23 - New York Yankees: SP P. Kilgus Round 1, Pick 24 - New York Mets: LF L. Polonia Round 1, Pick 25 - Toronto Blue Jays: SP P. Smith Round 1, Pick 26 - St. Louis Cardinals: LF L. Johnson |
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05-25-2007, 05:05 PM
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June 1986
Jackson is playing well but still has yet to find his HR stroke
PA: 279 AVG: .274 OBP: .335 SLG: .393 H: 69 2B: 10 3B: 1 HR: 6 RBI: 40 R: 35 BB: 23 K: 59 OPS: .727 SB: 9 CS: 4 The Royals are 41-36 3.5 back of Oakland who has lead wire to wire Floyd Youmans and Tom Henke were the pitchers of the month Eric Davis and Wade Boggs took batter of the month |
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05-25-2007, 11:13 PM
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July 2006
July was a cruel month for Bo
PA: 380 AVG: .255 OBP: .320 SLG: .384 H: 87 2B: 12 3B: 1 HR: 10 RBI: 52 R: 51 BB: 32 K: 84 OPS: .704 SB: 15 CS: 4 The Royals are 54-49 and sit behind California and 3.5 games back of 1st place Oakland Mark Grant and Rod Scurry took top pitcher honours Darryl Strawberry who is no stranger to this forum took NL top hitter Wade Boggs collects his second batter of the month award |
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05-25-2007, 11:22 PM
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August 1986
Jackson comes back in August with his best month of the season
His ratings are rapidly climbing and he is finding himself every week turning into a better hitter PA: 499 AVG: .264 OBP: .326 SLG: .396 H: 117 2B: 18 3B: 1 HR: 13 RBI: 67 R: 63 BB: 41 K: 106 OPS: .722 SB: 22 CS: 5 |
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05-25-2007, 11:32 PM
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September and October 1986
Jackson closes out the 1986 regular season on a tear
5 HR in September are his highest of any month Jacksons final 1986 stats G: 151 PA: 632 AVG: .272 OBP: .332 SLG: .413 H: 154 2B: 22 3B: 2 HR: 18 RBI: 84 R: 80 BB: 50 K: 127 OPS: .745 SB: 28 CS: 6 VORP: 21.9 The Royals also were on a tear through the last month and a week They finish the year 88-74 and win the west  They will take on their 80s arch nemesis the NY Yankees In the NL the Reds will battle the Phillies Last edited by rudel.dietrich; 05-26-2007 at 12:06 AM. |
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05-25-2007, 11:49 PM
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1986 Playoffs
ALCS Game 1
NY Wins in 14 innings 3-1 Jackson is 2-5 with 2 Ks and a double NLCS Game 1 CIN beats PHI 4-0 ALCS Game 2 NY Wins 2-1 Jackson is 0-4 with 3 Ks and 5 LOB NLCS Game 2 CIN wins 5-1 ALCS Game 3 NY wins 3-1 Jackson is 2-3 with 1 RBI and 1 K NLCS Game 3 CIN wins 10-6 ALCS Game 4 NY wins the game and sweeps the series (back when NY had something called pitching) score is 4-2 Jackson 1-3 NLCS Game 4 PHI wins 7-3 NLCS Game 5 CIN wins 5-4 scoring 2 in the bottom of the 10th WS Game 1 CIN wins 3-1 WS Game 2 CIN wins 5-0 WS Game 3 CIN wins 5-4 WS Game 4 NY wins 11-4 WS Game 5 CIN wins the game 7-3 The Cincinnati Reds are the 1986 MLB champions  Now to the offseason Jackson will work on all aspects of his game and see if he can get the power stroke going He will come back a 24 year old He will need to get it going soon and get as many HR as he can now, in 5 years the power era will kick in and he will be in the prime of his carrer and his HR will leap up He needs to get all he can now before adding onto them later I hope someone out there is enjoying this I sure am
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05-26-2007, 12:06 AM
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1986 Wrapup
Ken Tekulve won the NL Cy Young
A 24 year old Roger Clemens won the AL CY Young 20-10 with a 2.75 ERA 70.4 VORP Barry Bonds does the one thing he never did in real life He wins the NL ROY .294/.400/.518 52.4 VORP By far the best rookie and one of the best hitters in all of baseball Jose Cansaco wins the AL ROY in a repeat on the real 1986 .278/.345/.529 with 39 HR and 106 RBI 55.5 VORP Eric Davis wins the MVP in the NL .318/.403/.569 75.2 VORP Don Mattingly wins the AL MVP .328/.370/.536 63.4 VORP |
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05-26-2007, 03:19 PM
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05-26-2007, 04:46 PM
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The new OOTP is pretty good at historical stuff Cant wait to see how automatic expansion works My one mistake so far was turning on 'Recalculate ratings based on historical stats' That really changed around Jacksons ratings as well as several other players I am going to turn it on from now on and fix Jacksons ratings The league will begin to look less and less like real life But the alternative is no good for what im trying to do Glad you enjoying this! |
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05-26-2007, 05:47 PM
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April 1987
Some minor pre season and first month injuries have dimished Jacksons ratings.
As a result he has missed some time and had to fight a little for playing time. Despite that he put together a very nice first month and looks to get back on track for the rest of the season. PA: 44 AVG: .350 OBP: .386 SLG: .775 H: 14 2B: 1 3B: 2 HR: 4 RBI: 8 R: 11 BB: 3 K: 6 OPS: 1.161 SB: 1 CS: 1 The Royals jumped out to a outstanding 16-3 first month and lead the AL west by 4 games over Seattle Dwight Gooden and Bret Saberhagen takes top pitcher of the month honours Andre Dawson crushed 12 HR for the Pirates and won NL batter of the month George Bell takes AL honours |
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05-26-2007, 05:54 PM
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May 1987
A healthy Jackson has a very nice May and sees his ratings again increasing and back in his familiar starting OF role for the Royals
PA: 149 AVG: .290 OBP: .336 SLG: .594 H: 40 2B: 7 3B: 4 HR: 9 RBI: 21 R: 30 BB: 9 K: 30 OPS: .930 SB: 3 CS: 2 KC is still playing good ball and has opened up a 6 game lead on Seattle and Texas Rick Rhoden and Jose Guzman take top pitcher Darryl Strawberry and Rickey Henderson take top hitter |
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05-26-2007, 05:58 PM
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1987 First year draft
Here is the first round
Round 1 Round 1, Pick 1 - Minnesota Twins: SP R. Johnson Round 1, Pick 2 - Atlanta Braves: SP J. Smoltz Round 1, Pick 3 - Cleveland Indians: SP E. Hanson Round 1, Pick 4 - San Diego Padres: SP T. Gordon Round 1, Pick 5 - Pittsburgh Pirates: 3B G. Sheffield Round 1, Pick 6 - San Francisco Giants: MR J. Pico Round 1, Pick 7 - Seattle Mariners: SP D. Cook Round 1, Pick 8 - Baltimore Orioles: SP R. Nichols Round 1, Pick 9 - Los Angeles Dodgers: SP R. Reed Round 1, Pick 10 - St. Louis Cardinals: SP P. Harnisch Round 1, Pick 11 - California Angels: MR K. Hill Round 1, Pick 12 - Detroit Tigers: SP G. Jimenez Round 1, Pick 13 - Montreal Expos: SP R. Martinez Round 1, Pick 14 - Chicago White Sox: RF D. Bichette Round 1, Pick 15 - Chicago Cubs: 2B R. Alomar Round 1, Pick 16 - Texas Rangers: SP T. Wilson Round 1, Pick 17 - Boston Red Sox: SP T. Stottlemyre Round 1, Pick 18 - Milwaukee Brewers: CF B. Anderson Round 1, Pick 19 - Houston Astros: SP M. Harkey Round 1, Pick 20 - Oakland Athletics: SP B. Holman Round 1, Pick 21 - Chicago Cubs: C C. Biggio Round 1, Pick 22 - Toronto Blue Jays: SP D. August Round 1, Pick 23 - Cincinnati Reds: SP J. Bautista Round 1, Pick 24 - New York Mets: 3B C. Sabo Round 1, Pick 25 - Philadelphia Phillies: SP W. Brennan Round 1, Pick 26 - Philadelphia Phillies: SP J. Armstrong |
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05-26-2007, 06:03 PM
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June 1987
Another solid month for Jackson as he is also regaining his ratings at a rapid pace and is shaping into one of the better hitters in baseball
PA: 265 AVG: .285 OBP: .332 SLG: .541 H: 70 2B: 10 3B: 4 HR: 15 RBI: 39 R: 44 BB: 16 K: 63 OPS: .873 SB: 9 CS: 5 |
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05-26-2007, 06:09 PM
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I'm likin it as well...Nice stuff, Keep it goin
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05-26-2007, 06:38 PM
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Tom Glavine? On the Phillies?
 Nice job so far.
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