Ultra Reality Baseball needs Astros GM

[legendsport]

Ultra Reality Baseball needs a new GM for the Houston Astros.

We are in our second season (1984) and feature full minors with real minor leaguers. Players enter the league in the season they turned pro, with all minor league statistics from their entire careers used for determining ratings (using Bill James' Minor League Equivalencies).

Not only does this get them into the league faster, it also insures that those guys who got a cup of coffee will get rated accurately because their minor league stats will make up the "missing" years from their major league record in the rating process.

URB strives to be as realistic as possible - teams lose draft picks for signing free agents, full finances are on - including waivers, Rule 5, the whole shebang.

If you're interested in a unique historical league from a great era, please email me at the link on the league's homepage, or PM me here.

URB homepage: http://legendsport.com/baseball/urb

Thanks for reading,
Joe

[truthserum]

I really like how Joe has put this together thus far. I had never really cared for historical leagues, in the past, but I really like the "players enter the league in the season they turned pro" feature that URB is using. We just recently finished up the minor league draft and the ratings were very realistic, in my opinion. I encourage anyone who would like to relive the 80's and up, to consider joining. Don't let the lack of activity, on the message board, fool ya....I don't think any pick was comp'd in the first round and all the GM's made their picks in a timely manner via email.

I was able to snag MR Jeff Nelson and SS Jody Reed for letting C Carlton Fisk walk in free agency. Here's how our first round and supplemental went....

Round 1:
San Francisco pick: 1B Mark McGwire. Signing Bonus: $2,970,000
Seattle pick: RF Jay Buhner. Signing Bonus: $1,196,000
New York (N) pick: P Greg Maddux. Signing Bonus: $909,000
Cleveland pick: 3B Ken Caminiti. Signing Bonus: $1,187,500
Pittsburgh pick: RF Dante Bichette. Signing Bonus: $627,000
Minnesota pick: P Tom Glavine. Signing Bonus: $679,800
Chicago (N) pick: 1B John Jaha. Signing Bonus: $1,802,500
Kansas City pick: SS Omar Vizquel. Signing Bonus: $591,600
Cincinnati pick: P Jamie Moyer. Signing Bonus: $520,000
Boston pick: P Ramon Martinez. Signing Bonus: $673,200
Philadelphia pick: SS Cory Snyder. Signing Bonus: $140,650
California pick: SS Jeff Blauser. Signing Bonus: $281,300
Houston pick: CF Shane Mack. Signing Bonus: $484,100
Toronto pick: LF Bernard Gilkey. Signing Bonus: $960,000
San Diego pick: P Jeff Fassero. Signing Bonus: $387,600
Chicago (A) pick: P Tim Belcher. Signing Bonus: $513,000
Atlanta pick: CF Lance Johnson. Signing Bonus: $455,900
Texas pick: SS Jay Bell. Signing Bonus: $613,800
St. Louis pick: C Sandy Alomar Jr. Signing Bonus: $206,000
Detroit pick: P Al Leiter. Signing Bonus: $638,600
Montreal pick: RF Chito Martinez. Signing Bonus: $601,400
New York (A) pick: P Norm Charlton. Signing Bonus: $329,600
Montreal pick: P Heathcliff Slocumb. Signing Bonus: $142,800
Milwaukee pick: LF Doug Jennings. Signing Bonus: $175,000
Oakland pick: 2B Jeff Treadway. Signing Bonus: $178,200
Chicago (A) pick: P Jeff Nelson. Signing Bonus: $169,750
Supplemental Round 1 :
Milwaukee pick: P Bill Swift. Signing Bonus: $556,200
San Diego pick: LF Rob Ducey. Signing Bonus: $227,700
Los Angeles pick: LF Dwight Smith. Signing Bonus: $152,000
Texas pick: P Bryan Harvey. Signing Bonus: $488,800
New York (A) pick: RF Felix Jose. Signing Bonus: $223,100
Chicago (A) pick: SS Jody Reed. Signing Bonus: $182,400

[legendsport]

The opening has been filled. Thanks to all who checked out the league.