Player going into Military.

EHR · 07-31-2013, 11:39 AM

Don't know if any of you guys have seen this before but I thought that it was pretty cool.

BIG17EASY · 07-31-2013, 11:51 AM

Interesting. Anyone know if he'll return to baseball after a few years? Or have you simmed that far yet?

EHR · 07-31-2013, 11:58 AM

Looks like a year.

dmacgreg37 · 07-31-2013, 12:37 PM

Decent season you're having 146-12. Holy crap.

Silent_Thunder · 07-31-2013, 06:03 PM

Wish this was era specific. Would be rather fun to play during the World Wars and have to deal with the vast majority of your talent being overseas, and having to make due with the leftovers.

Clewis13 · 07-31-2013, 07:14 PM

woah your team is amazing over 140 wins

jaa36 · 07-31-2013, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by dmacgreg37

Decent season you're having 146-12. Holy crap.

But they're in a slump, having won only 9 of their last 10 from the original post.

VanillaGorilla · 07-31-2013, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jaa36

But they're in a slump, having won only 9 of their last 10 from the original post.

Heads should roll.

chickennoodle77 · 08-01-2013, 01:10 PM

Would the military even accept an aging 33 year old whose hand eye coordination is clearly in decline based on his batting averages.

Le Grande Orange · 08-01-2013, 01:27 PM

MLB has a Military List for players who are called up into military service. A player on the list does not count against either the active or 40-man roster. He does accrue major league service time. After release from military service, he must be added to his club's 40-man roster within 15 days of reporting to his club.

VanillaGorilla · 08-01-2013, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by chickennoodle77

Would the military even accept an aging 33 year old whose hand eye coordination is clearly in decline based on his batting averages.

You mean a guy that, say, had batted close to 40 points below his career average through the age of 30 during his 31 year-old and 32 year-old seasons?

Gosh, what sort of stupid army would take that guy for anything? Hell, it's not like he would serve in the Marines, for crying out loud......he's in decline and worthless....maybe as a cook, in the Army. How much harm could he do there? No way this guy could handle something as hand-eye intensive as, I dunno, flying a fighter jet. He's down 40 points. He has shown he doesn't have those skills, anymore. If the guy in the OP is going to fly a fighter jet in combat then this is a completely unrealistic storyline and should be turned off.

"On May 1, 1952, at the age of 33, Williams was recalled to active duty for service in the Korean War....After eight weeks of refresher flight training and qualification in the F9F Panther jet fighter at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Williams was assigned to VMF-311, Marine Aircraft Group 33 (MAG-33), based at the K-3 airfield in Pohang, South Korea....In Korea, Williams flew 39 combat missions before being withdrawn from flight status in June 1953 after a hospitalization for pneumonia. This resulted in the discovery of an inner ear infection that disqualified him from flight status.[131] During the Korean War, Williams also served in the same Marine Corps unit with John Glenn; the future astronaut described Williams as one of the best pilots he knew.[129] In the last half of his missions, Williams was flying as Glenn's wingman."

Ted Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

OOTP is so unrealistic. Someone needs to fix this.

mpejkrm · 08-01-2013, 02:35 PM

Look at his 2018 season.. oh my.

dkgo · 08-01-2013, 02:59 PM

beauty of the game, you can make it as easy or hard as you want

EHR · 08-01-2013, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

MLB has a Military List for players who are called up into military service. A player on the list does not count against either the active or 40-man roster. He does accrue major league service time. After release from military service, he must be added to his club's 40-man roster within 15 days of reporting to his club.

He's actually a free agent right now after he went into the military his contract expired and right now no team has signed him (rightfully so) I can't wait to see if any team does try to sign him and if teams will sign him once he is out of the military.

BoSoxFan2 · 08-01-2013, 10:16 PM

I had this happen once in my game: Nate McClouth left and his contract expired too. If I recall he played for a while at 37 and 38 in AAA for Tampa with September call ups before retiring and becoming a coach.

07-31-2013, 11:39 AM	#1
EHR Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 40	Player going into Military. Don't know if any of you guys have seen this before but I thought that it was pretty cool. Attached Images

07-31-2013, 11:58 AM	#3
EHR Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 40	11-12 Looks like a year. Attached Images

07-31-2013, 11:51 AM	#2
BIG17EASY Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,291	Interesting. Anyone know if he'll return to baseball after a few years? Or have you simmed that far yet?

07-31-2013, 12:37 PM	#4
dmacgreg37 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 491	Decent season you're having 146-12. Holy crap.

07-31-2013, 06:03 PM	#5
Silent_Thunder Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 235	Wish this was era specific. Would be rather fun to play during the World Wars and have to deal with the vast majority of your talent being overseas, and having to make due with the leftovers.

07-31-2013, 07:14 PM	#6
Clewis13 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1	woah your team is amazing over 140 wins

08-01-2013, 01:10 PM	#9
chickennoodle77 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 118	Would the military even accept an aging 33 year old whose hand eye coordination is clearly in decline based on his batting averages.

08-01-2013, 01:27 PM	#10
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,644	MLB has a Military List for players who are called up into military service. A player on the list does not count against either the active or 40-man roster. He does accrue major league service time. After release from military service, he must be added to his club's 40-man roster within 15 days of reporting to his club.

08-01-2013, 02:35 PM	#12
mpejkrm All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 951	Look at his 2018 season.. oh my.

08-01-2013, 02:59 PM	#13
dkgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,152	beauty of the game, you can make it as easy or hard as you want

08-01-2013, 10:16 PM	#15
BoSoxFan2 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 42	I had this happen once in my game: Nate McClouth left and his contract expired too. If I recall he played for a while at 37 and 38 in AAA for Tampa with September call ups before retiring and becoming a coach.