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[Elendil]

Originally Posted by goroyals

Nicholasville First Round Pick
Name: Brandon Tillman
Fld% +3 .973 ($3)

His fielding rating of .973 costs $9, but you have that, because Gap Power 30 costs just $24 (you have $34).

You have 10 more pts to spend on your pitcher (can go up to $140).

[Elendil]

Originally Posted by Vris

Create the following:

Kevin Doray, 3B
BDay: August 1984
Throws/Hits: Right
C: 46 - $46
G: 15 - $12
P: 5 - $5
E: 41 - $45
K: 40 - $20

speed: 50: $25
stealing: 50: $25

sac bunt: 3: $4
bunt for hit: 2

fielding %: $12
arm: 90

No range?

Josh Boltz, SP
BDay: March 1981
Throws/Hits: Right
S: 40 - $40
C: 25 - $25
M: 15 - $15

E: 75 - $50

EDIT: Thanks mets.

The minimum OOTP allows on movement is 20, so I'll need to take 5 points from Stuff or Control or both.

[Elendil]

Originally Posted by GForce

Wantagh Wallbangers

First Round 2B at $180

Name: Emile Bablatron
Born: 3/4/1983
B/T: L/R
HT: 5'10
WT: 185
POS: Second Base

Contact: 35 ($35)
Gap: 35 ($28)
Power: 18 ($18)
Eye: 30 ($30)
Avoid Ks: 24 ($12)

Speed: 41 ($20.5)
Steal: 11 ($5.5)
SAC: 1 ($2)
Range: 40 ($20)
FLD: 3 ($9)

Had to increase Avoid K's to 28 and reduce Contact to 33. SAC given 2 rating ($1).

--------------------------------------------

Second Round: P at $140

Name: Matt Hendricks
Born: 6/20/1983
B/T: L/L
HT: 6'4
WT: 235
POS: SP


SAC: 2 ($4)
HOLD: 2 ($2)

STUFF: 38 ($38)
CONTROL: 23 ($23)
MOVEMENT: 37 ($37)
END: 54 ($36)

Pitches: Fastball, Sinker, Changeup, Curveball

GH

SAC given 3 rating ($4); HOLD given 3 rating ($2).

[Elendil]

League website updated.

Check out the link and let me know of any changes right away! Simming starts Monday. Bethel Park (Operation Shutdown) never submitted draft picks, and I didn't create any players for them. I did create players for the two zombie teams, Utica and Racine. I figured that was the best way to do it, since OS was active until recently, and will be allowed to create players during the season if he returns. If he doesn't return, I'll go ahead and create players for Bethel Park at the end of the year.

[metsgeek]

Cool...it's been too long.

[Matt from TN]

Chris Braswell has 1 S in his last name, not 2.

EDIT: And it's pronounced Brazz-well... hence the nickname Brazzy.

[Elendil]

Originally Posted by Matt from TN

Chris Braswell has 1 S in his last name, not 2.

EDIT: And it's pronounced Brazz-well... hence the nickname Brazzy.

Fixed! Also, the league website has been updated with spring training news. For some reason, some of the new draft picks suffered performance, but not talent hits. Perhaps because of their young ages?

Tomorrow evening I'll sim the first quarter of the season.

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by Elendil

Fixed! Also, the league website has been updated with spring training news. For some reason, some of the new draft picks suffered performance, but not talent hits. Perhaps because of their young ages?

I know what the problem is

All created players default to 0 points allocated out of 20 in Spring Training. If you don't manually change them to 5's , they basically sit on their asses and lose talents.

I learned this the hard way a long time ago. I don't supposed you could redo it......unless you don't have a backup copy.

It's something that definitely needs to be changed in upcoming versions.

[Mucho Macho]

Ugh. I was wondering why that happened in my solo league. That explains it.

[Elendil]

Actually, I do have a backup of the league from right before spring training! I'll go back and redo it. Never knew about this...

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by Elendil

Actually, I do have a backup of the league from right before spring training! I'll go back and redo it. Never knew about this...

Cool. They should definitely default to 5's. I don't know why they haven't caught that ebfore.

[Elendil]

Well, sadly, I was wrong - I'd backed up the league both before & after spring training, so I couldn't restore the pre-spring training status quo.

The league website has been updated!

It's now June 1st, 2001, and here are the standings:

Eastern Conf. Standings

East

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run
Utica		30	20	.600	-	26-24	4	19-15	11-5	1-4	13-9
Wantagh		29	22	.569	1.5	29-22	0	16-9	13-13	3-1	7-6
Atlantic City	30	23	.566	1.5	30-23	0	17-12	13-11	1-1	10-9
Pittsfield	27	25	.519	4.0	25-27	2	15-11	12-14	4-0	10-8
Valois		25	25	.500	5.0	27-23	-2	11-8	14-17	2-1	5-12
Worcester	24	28	.462	7.0	25-27	-1	8-15	16-13	2-5	12-9
Cooperstown	19	31	.380	11.0	21-29	-2	11-13	8-18	2-5	8-11

Western Conf. Standings

West

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run
Racine		29	22	.569	-	26-25	3	11-13	18-9	2-0	7-7
Corvallis	28	22	.560	.5	26-24	2	10-11	18-11	4-1	9-5
Bethel Park	26	25	.510	3.0	26-25	0	18-12	8-13	1-1	7-4
Nicholasville	26	27	.491	4.0	25-28	1	8-14	18-13	1-1	6-8
Treasure Valley	24	29	.453	6.0	25-28	-1	14-11	10-18	2-2	8-9
Bellaire	23	29	.442	6.5	24-28	-1	15-16	8-13	1-2	8-8
Fontana		20	32	.385	9.5	24-28	-4	13-14	7-18	1-3	3-8

It's been a surprising year so far. Utica and Racine were not expected to do well this year, but they've surpassed expectations and are leading their respective conferences. Valois and Bethel Park, languishing around .500, may not repeat as conference champs, although the season is still early. Cooperstown, contenders down to the last week of the season last year, is struggling in last in the EC.

Individually, several players are standing out. [url=http://pantheon.yale.edu/~jps35/all-forum/p140.html]Michael Thom of Nicholasville is dominating the WC in almost every important offensive category. He's hitting .392 (1st) with 13 HR (2nd) and 41 RBI (3rd) with an overall OPS of 1.158 (1st). Lou Gehrig has only hit 7 HR for Valois so far. The main offensive standouts in the EC have been Pete Kahle of Atlantic City, who's benefited from some huge talent boosts and is now poised to become perhaps the greatest hitter of all time. This year, he's stroked a .312 average with 14 HR (1st) and 45 runs scored (1st). Rookie Omar "O" Borges of Pittsfield is living up to his advance billing, slugging .597 (2nd) with a 1.023 OPS (1st), driving in 42 runs (2nd) while scoring 43 (2nd).

Pittsfield also boasts probably the best pitching performer in the EC so far: Mike O'Donnell, who's 2nd in IP (78), 2nd in ERA (2.67), and tied for 2nd in wins (6). In the West, good pitching has been harder to find. The top performer has probably been Patrick Simpson of the Brewers, who has surprised everyone with a 2.88 ERA (2nd) in 69 IP (5th).

The #1 overall prospect is now pitcher Brett "Lefty" Mahon, a Viper draft pick. He's benefitted from some astounding boosts in talent, and scouts say he will dominate in a few years.

The season has otherwise been fairly uneventful, with no-hitters or six-hit or three-homer games, and few serious injuries to major players, although Corvallis ace Joe Wing is currently out for a few weeks, and Racine closer Christopher King suffered a career-ending injury.

On Friday I plan to sim to the All-Star Break.

[GForce]

Beware the Wallbangers!!!!

GH

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by Elendil

Well, sadly, I was wrong - I'd backed up the league both before & after spring training, so I couldn't restore the pre-spring training status quo.

C'est la vie

The main offensive standouts in the EC have been Pete Kahle of Atlantic City, who's benefited from some huge talent boosts and is now poised to become perhaps the greatest hitter of all time. This year, he's stroked a .312 average with 14 HR (1st) and 45 runs scored (1st)

Music to my ears I think there are going to be a lot of talent boosts and hits that appear more drastic due to the low talent threshold. Personally benefitting from it is even nicer

[congobeast]

Originally Posted by Elendil

Omar "O" Borges[/url] of Pittsfield is living up to his advance billing, slugging .597 (2nd) with a 1.023 OPS (1st), driving in 42 runs (2nd) while scoring 43 (2nd).

Excellent!
The real Omar has a knack for long, long AB, wearing pitchers out by virtue of fouling off literally a dozen or so pitches each time. I'd like to think that the virtual Omar has picked that up too.

Originally Posted by Elendil

Pittsfield also boasts probably the best pitching performer in the EC so far: Mike O'Donnell, who's 2nd in IP (78), 2nd in ERA (2.67), and tied for 2nd in wins (6).

Amusingly, the real Mike just had a helluva an outing on Sunday, striking out ten, and allowing only five baserunners in six innings.

Synchronicity.

[congobeast]

Originally Posted by metsgeek

C'est la vieMusic to my ears I think there are going to be a lot of talent boosts and hits that appear more drastic due to the low talent threshold. Personally benefitting from it is even nicer

Dola,
Yeah, but have you won a Gold Glove yet?

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by congobeast

Dola,
Yeah, but have you won a Gold Glove yet?

Defense, Schmefense.

Chicks dig the longball

[congobeast]

Originally Posted by metsgeek

Chicks dig the longball

No comment.

[Elendil]

League website updated!

A day after the All-Star break (it was simming so fast that my spacebar taps took two days to take effect), things have changed substantially in the conference races, and both conference races are tight. Five teams are within two games of first in the West, and five teams are within 3.5 games of first in the East. The East seems to be a slightly better conference according to statistics (especially pitching), and this was reflected in the All-Star Game results, an 11-1 thrashing of the WC by the EC. Wantagh led all teams with six All-Stars.

Eastern Conf. Standings

East

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Home	Away	XInn	1Run
Wantagh		49	39	.557	-	52-36	26-14	23-25	3-5	11-11
Atlantic City	49	41	.544	1.0	49-41	28-19	21-22	2-3	14-17
Pittsfield	49	42	.538	1.5	47-44	27-17	22-25	6-1	17-12
Worcester	48	43	.527	2.5	47-44	24-23	24-20	6-5	19-12
Valois		46	43	.517	3.5	46-43	25-19	21-24	3-2	11-14
Utica		41	48	.461	8.5	39-50	22-24	19-24	2-7	17-21
Cooperstown	31	56	.356	17.5	35-52	18-25	13-31	4-9	12-21

Western Conf. Standings

West

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Home	Away	XInn	1Run
Bethel Park	48	41	.539	-	48-41	29-16	19-25	4-2	19-9
Racine		48	41	.539	-	45-44	19-18	29-23	6-2	10-10
Corvallis	47	41	.534	.5	47-41	26-24	21-17	5-5	13-12
Bellaire	48	44	.522	1.5	50-42	28-22	20-22	4-3	12-13
Nicholasville	46	43	.517	2.0	43-46	21-21	25-22	4-2	18-13
Treasure Valley	38	51	.427	10.0	38-51	20-21	18-30	2-3	11-15
Fontana		37	52	.416	11.0	43-46	22-27	15-25	4-6	9-13

MAJOR INJURY NEWS

June 2 - Pittsfield is shocked by the news that one of their best pitchers, Steve Trczinski, has suffered a torn back muscle and will be out for the season.

June 13 - Treasure Valley starter "Double Wide" Sabalowick has ruptured his bicep tendon and will be out for at least five weeks.

June 23 - One of the Jokers' best starters, Mark Zukerman, tears a ligament in his elbow, ending his season.

TOP PERFORMANCES

There have only been six shutouts in the whole league so far this year. Here are the pitchers who threw them: John Ollendahk of Cooperstown, Joe Fish, Worcester's 20-year-old wunderkind, "Cheatin' Eddie" Cicotte of Valois, a long reliever who's started only three games this year, Chip Anthony of Bellaire, who threw a nine-strikeout no-hitter against Corvallis, Michael Livengood of Nicholasville, who is having a down year overall, and Gary "Bullet" Molinero of Treasure Valley.

On the hitting side of things, there have been fewer outstanding individual performances. There have been no three-homer games. LF Tyler Leet of Nicholasville, who has been quietly building a very impressive resume, had a 7-RBI game against Valois. C Neil Sorens of Bellaire is the only player to have gotten on base six times in a game so far this year.

As far as league leaders go, "O" Borges of Pittsfield and Pete Kahle of Atlantic City continue to tear up the East, with "Biggus Dickus" of Wantagh also crushing the ball lately. In the West, fully seven players seem capable of competing for Batter of the Year honors: 1B Michael Thom of Nicholasville, the odds-on favorite, 1B Mark Earles of Racine, who is coming on strong, C Neil Sorens of Bellaire, 3B Remington Poe of Fontana, who has had a tremendous turnaround from last year, 2B Ryan Meadow of Treasure Valley, C Mike Hrisko of Bethel Park, and 3B Steven Delarosa of Bellaire, who relies on the single and double rather than the longball.

On the mound, Chip Anthony of Bellaire is having a surprisingly excellent year, while Patrick Simpson of Nicholasville has also elevated his game. Clayton Conkling of Racine leads the WC in quality starts. The EC's best pitchers are probably Mike O'Donnell, Pittsfield's ace, Gregg Henglein, Wantagh's ace, and the seemingly inconsistent "Slash" Horowitz of the Jokers - arguably in that order.

Will the 'Bangers from Long Island hold onto their newfound lead in the East, or will the resurgent Hillies or the consistently solid Jokers or Stars overtake them? Can the Vipers regain the magic, and the Legends pull themselves out of the cellar? Will Bethel Park repeat in the West, or will the Rivermen, Gladiators, Longhorns, or Brewers find the spark? Stay tuned.

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by Elendil

June 23 - One of the Jokers' best starters, Mark Zukerman, tears a ligament in his elbow, ending his season.

Damn, that may seriously put the kibosh on our season.

Andy Roepe has learned to better avoid strikeouts!
Andy Roepe increased his bat control, resulting in more contact!
Andy Roepe has improved his plate disclipine!

However, this is excellent news. Our top draft pick this season just had his Contact Talent bumped up 20 points!! SWEET!