2009 sim results. - Page 3

cody8200 · 06-03-2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by silvam14

Awww, that's sad

: Smirk

cnrd · 06-03-2009, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by professor ape

I'm a partial season ticket holder for the Nats sitting at home as it rains instead of being at the park watching Johnson go for #300. At least I have OOTPX to console me.

I do like the Nats so I say this with love but the pitching is just awful. Olsen is not an example of an improvement.

I think they have a lot a talent on that team they just havent had the bullpen. With Zimmerman, Detwiler, Strasburg, and Lannan theyre going to be pretty tough to deal with in the future I think.

Erik W. · 06-04-2009, 12:04 AM

I'm amused that someone thinks the game is programmed to be biased towards the Yankees considering the developer is a Red Sox fan.

injury log · 06-04-2009, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ravinhood

Well their stupid project system suks then and is BIASED as hell towards the Yankees. This has been every GD edition of OOTPB that I've bought. Always the GD Yankees win win win. It wouldn't have been so bad if the Rangers hadn't been classed so low with this stupid project system. 58-104 preposterous.

Did you see them stomp the Yankees tonight.

There's a lot of luck involved in one sim. Last sim I ran, Texas made the playoffs.

And the man behind most of the ratings in the set is quite well known to be a Cubs fan, not a Yankees fan

ravinhood · 06-04-2009, 12:19 AM

Ahhh now this is much better after I adjusted some of the game setup options.

Yankees make it as a WILD CARD haha and TAMPA BAY actually wins the east. Still Kansas City wins the central they are just overly juiced in this game looks like. And the Texas Rangers finish first in the West with the help of Chris Davis and his 45 home runs lol. Tied with R. Howard of the Phillies with 45. Kevin Millwood won 19 games lmao but that was tied for best in league as there were no 20 game winners.

Atlanta over juiced in this game wins the NL East again, this time the Cardinals and the Cubs come out where they should be 1 & 2 and Cubs Wild card. San Diego somehow came out winning the West guess Dodgers had a lot of injuries or sumthin they finished 5 games back.

Of course it ends up with GUESS WHO in the World Series? Yankees vs Braves, thank goodness the Braves won it in 6, Yankees lose Yankees lose Yankees lose heard all across the world.

American ERA 4.28 National ERA 4.36 I'm happy with that. I remember 07 before modding it the ERA of the leagues were over 5.00

I found it funny that the Mets lost out in both replays by 1 game to Atlanta haha they even choke in the game that's a good quality for the Mets team.

Who is Joey Votto for the Reds? He had a .358 ba 40 hr and 146 rbi's?

Am also happy to see 5 pitchers with under 3.00 era's can you guess who they are?

So, this is a much better outcome and I'm happy with the results.

cody8200 · 06-04-2009, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ravinhood

Ahhh now this is much better after I adjusted some of the game setup options.

Yankees make it as a WILD CARD haha and TAMPA BAY actually wins the east. Still Kansas City wins the central they are just overly juiced in this game looks like. And the Texas Rangers finish first in the West with the help of Chris Davis and his 45 home runs lol. Tied with R. Howard of the Phillies with 45. Kevin Millwood won 19 games lmao but that was tied for best in league as there were no 20 game winners.

Atlanta over juiced in this game wins the NL East again, this time the Cardinals and the Cubs come out where they should be 1 & 2 and Cubs Wild card. San Diego somehow came out winning the West guess Dodgers had a lot of injuries or sumthin they finished 5 games back.

Of course it ends up with GUESS WHO in the World Series? Yankees vs Braves, thank goodness the Braves won it in 6, Yankees lose Yankees lose Yankees lose heard all across the world.

American ERA 4.28 National ERA 4.36 I'm happy with that. I remember 07 before modding it the ERA of the leagues were over 5.00

I found it funny that the Mets lost out in both replays by 1 game to Atlanta haha they even choke in the game that's a good quality for the Mets team.

Who is Joey Votto for the Reds? He had a .358 ba 40 hr and 146 rbi's?

Am also happy to see 5 pitchers with under 3.00 era's can you guess who they are?

So, this is a much better outcome and I'm happy with the results.

Votto is well on his way to 40 HR's in real life. He was runner up for ROY last year.

Greinke was definitely one of the pitchers.

trapper · 06-04-2009, 02:05 AM

Just thought I'd post some of the results from my first season in case anyone still is interested.

Oddly enough the Phillies beat the Rays in the world series again. I was playing as the the Jays and following the American league and a few things jumped out at me...

Sizemore went .305 43 136 with 29 steals to win the MVP. Very good year.

The Cy Young was a different story. Grant Balfour from the Rays won the award after winning the closer job for the Rays. Somehow he ended up with a 10-1 record with 43 saves (only 2 blown saves) and a 1.53 ERA. Somehow he did all this in only 68.1 innings pitched. But nevertheless an outstanding season froma closer although I have no idea how he ended up with 10 wins and only 2 blown saves...

The reason this seemed strange to me was that playing as the Jays I was following Halladay's season closely and was expecting him to win the Cy Young. He had a season of 24-9 with 199 Ks and a 3.11 ERA while pitching 266.2 innings. He had 28 quality starts and opponents hit only .228 against him. This was a season on par or even better than when Halladay won the Cy Young in real life.

I was really surprised to see Balfour win even though he was leading the league in saves throughout the year. I know award voting has been wonky in the past but it seems to me that the game overvalued the 10 wins from a closer compared to what would have happened with actual voting.

JWay · 06-04-2009, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ravinhood

Well their stupid project system suks then and is BIASED as hell towards the Yankees. This has been every GD edition of OOTPB that I've bought. Always the GD Yankees win win win. It wouldn't have been so bad if the Rangers hadn't been classed so low with this stupid project system. 58-104 preposterous.

Did you see them stomp the Yankees tonight.

Honestly you can edit the rosters yourself... Nobody will hate you for that.

cnrd · 06-04-2009, 02:48 AM

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cnrd · 06-04-2009, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by cody8200

Votto is well on his way to 40 HR's in real life. He was runner up for ROY last year.

Greinke was definitely one of the pitchers.

Yeah Votto is a beast. I thought Bruce was strong until I saw Votto.

pleming · 06-04-2009, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by cnrd

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Yeah, I don't think this guy would be happy until the Rangers win the World Series and every other team finishes in whatever place HE thinks they should. I can't believe the developers of the game didn't consult him before creating the players ratings...

Sarcasm aside- it's all CHANCE... there are 800 or so players, with all kinds of ratings, etc. You aren't going to see the same results twice in a million sims, and since you are clearly looking for one particular scenario, you may just want to stop playing the game, as you'll likely explode sometime soon.

Although, the chance of your beloved Rangers winning the WS and the Yankees finishing third or fourth in the AL East (I'm assuming this is what you think should happen in all 2009 sims) even in a simulation is very unlikely...

POKeefe · 06-04-2009, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by pleming

Yeah, I don't think this guy would be happy until the Rangers win the World Series and every other team finishes in whatever place HE thinks they should. I can't believe the developers of the game didn't consult him before creating the players ratings...

Sarcasm aside- it's all CHANCE... there are 800 or so players, with all kinds of ratings, etc. You aren't going to see the same results twice in a million sims, and since you are clearly looking for one particular scenario, you may just want to stop playing the game, as you'll likely explode sometime soon.

Although, the chance of your beloved Rangers winning the WS and the Yankees finishing third or fourth in the AL East (I'm assuming this is what you think should happen in all 2009 sims) even in a simulation is very unlikely...

lol, yeah really. This guy needs to realize that out of 100 sims, that is just one result. Especially the fact that going into the season, the Yankees SP and lineup did look pretty good. Also looked very injury prone too, which hasn't really hit them yet (minus A-Rod). It could hit their pitchers, but if it doesn't, then they will be in a dog fight with the Red Sox. As far as the Rangers are concerned, I expect their pitching to fall off as the season goes on.

BigRed75 · 06-04-2009, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ravinhood

Who is Joey Votto for the Reds? He had a .358 ba 40 hr and 146 rbi's?

Is this a joke post, too?

P.S., Reds have taken 2 out of 3 from the Cards and are just 1 1/2 games behind them in the wild card race. So yeah, the Reds winning the WC over St. Louis is well within the realm of possibility. And that's *without* Joey Votto, who's on the DL right now.

vuroth · 06-04-2009, 10:58 AM

ravinhood, if you honestly want to criticize the realism, don't do it on 1 SIM of the 2009 season, or even 2. Do 1000, or better yet 10,000. Then come back and tell us what you found.

To criticize based on a single run of the random number generator shows a shocking ignorance of basic statictical theory.

Having said all that, I sure wish my sim had the Mariners doing so well.

EnderCN · 06-04-2009, 11:47 AM

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Mil takes central with BEST GD record in entire league 106-56 baw haw haw haw

They have the 3rd best record in the league right now and had the 2nd best at the start of the week, though they are only on pace for 95 wins right now in real baseball.

Malleus Dei · 06-04-2009, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by JWay

Honestly you can edit the rosters yourself... Nobody will hate you for that.

Some people probably will.

But he should do it anyway and make the game suit his own version of reality.

POKeefe · 06-04-2009, 11:34 PM

Here's my 2009 Sim. Red Sox had Daisuke, Drew, and Ellsbury all go down for a majority of the season. Pedroia, Varitek, Lowell, Bay, and Youkilis all had down years. As a whole, outside of Jon Lester and Beckett, they had a poor season. Pitching and injuries as always were the difference. I simmed a year, and now I'm going to institute a 2 team expansion; going to the NFL system except with no wild cards

ehencley · 06-05-2009, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ravinhood

This is the worst pos game for reality I ever saw. Somebody who codes loves the GD Yankees and hates the Tex Rangers. The Rangers in a sim season 2009 (using player stats from 2008 I'm sure) were the WORST team in the whole GD league going 58-104 that's total bs. Tampa Bay didn't get anywhere near the playoffs with a 85-77 record. But oh them loved Yankess go 98-64. Then in the central American division who wins? hahaha the farking sorry KC Royals who were only one game from being dead last in the central. More bs. Oakland puts LAA out of the playoffs by 8 games lmfao.

Then in the national league more laughter. Atlanta takes the east 96-66, Mil takes central with BEST GD record in entire league 106-56 baw haw haw haw. Chi Cubs finished so far down the list 76-86 and the total laugh at who the hell programed the stats in this game Cardinals came in dead last at 65-97. LAD are the only ones who came close to the reality of the historial outcome going 90-72 vs 84-78 in real life. The Cin Reds go as the WILD CARD hahahah.

Then of course the DAMN Yankess win the American league (whoever programs the stats you really need to stop being bias towards the Yankess they ain't all that anymore) vs the Cinderella Mil Brewers and the Brewers SWEEP them in 4 har har har Yankess you lose! lol What a rediculous outcome.

Did your beta testers even test the seasonal outcomes? I cannot believe the outcomes are this offbase and the Yankees are anywhere near being in the playoffs let alone top of the east!! Cardinals dead last and the REDS in the PLAYOFFS?!!

And bugs galore that I'll report in another thread. Geesh but at least it didn't crash like 07 did.

Oh btw even with the crappy outcomes it looks great and I'm going to have a fun time working with it and get my Rangers where they should be instead of worst team in league. lol Too bad for those that didn't pre-order now you have to wait 2 more days and pay $10 more haha.

God am I glad I don't live in Texas anymore.

POKeefe · 06-05-2009, 03:17 PM

After 2009, I started 2010 with an NFL format except no wild cards and 2 expansion teams. I took over Charlotte (AL Southern Division) and Las Vegas was put in the NL Southern. Vegas won it all their first season! Pretty miraculous imo. Of course they also went on a spending binge in FA and John Lackey pitched the season of his life, but still I thought it was pretty wild. I set the protect list to 22 (I figured 9 position players, 4 starters, 4 bullpen, and 5 prospects). Worked out pretty well. There were no elite talents left open and most were 1 dimensional type guys. I had a 2 man lineup with Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo in the 3-4 hole. This season I signed Joe Mauer to a huge deal though, so I think my team will be a lot better.

ejbucs · 06-05-2009, 03:24 PM

What's up with the Pirates finishing 81-81 in all of these sims? Is Markus a closet Buccos fan and really want them to break the losing streak?

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06-04-2009, 12:19 AM	#45
ravinhood Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 374 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Ahhh now this is much better after I adjusted some of the game setup options. Yankees make it as a WILD CARD haha and TAMPA BAY actually wins the east. Still Kansas City wins the central they are just overly juiced in this game looks like. And the Texas Rangers finish first in the West with the help of Chris Davis and his 45 home runs lol. Tied with R. Howard of the Phillies with 45. Kevin Millwood won 19 games lmao but that was tied for best in league as there were no 20 game winners. Atlanta over juiced in this game wins the NL East again, this time the Cardinals and the Cubs come out where they should be 1 & 2 and Cubs Wild card. San Diego somehow came out winning the West guess Dodgers had a lot of injuries or sumthin they finished 5 games back. Of course it ends up with GUESS WHO in the World Series? Yankees vs Braves, thank goodness the Braves won it in 6, Yankees lose Yankees lose Yankees lose heard all across the world. American ERA 4.28 National ERA 4.36 I'm happy with that. I remember 07 before modding it the ERA of the leagues were over 5.00 I found it funny that the Mets lost out in both replays by 1 game to Atlanta haha they even choke in the game that's a good quality for the Mets team. Who is Joey Votto for the Reds? He had a .358 ba 40 hr and 146 rbi's? Am also happy to see 5 pitchers with under 3.00 era's can you guess who they are? So, this is a much better outcome and I'm happy with the results.

06-04-2009, 02:05 AM	#47
trapper Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 114	Just thought I'd post some of the results from my first season in case anyone still is interested. Oddly enough the Phillies beat the Rays in the world series again. I was playing as the the Jays and following the American league and a few things jumped out at me... Sizemore went .305 43 136 with 29 steals to win the MVP. Very good year. The Cy Young was a different story. Grant Balfour from the Rays won the award after winning the closer job for the Rays. Somehow he ended up with a 10-1 record with 43 saves (only 2 blown saves) and a 1.53 ERA. Somehow he did all this in only 68.1 innings pitched. But nevertheless an outstanding season froma closer although I have no idea how he ended up with 10 wins and only 2 blown saves... The reason this seemed strange to me was that playing as the Jays I was following Halladay's season closely and was expecting him to win the Cy Young. He had a season of 24-9 with 199 Ks and a 3.11 ERA while pitching 266.2 innings. He had 28 quality starts and opponents hit only .228 against him. This was a season on par or even better than when Halladay won the Cy Young in real life. I was really surprised to see Balfour win even though he was leading the league in saves throughout the year. I know award voting has been wonky in the past but it seems to me that the game overvalued the 10 wins from a closer compared to what would have happened with actual voting.

06-04-2009, 10:58 AM	#54
vuroth Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 26	ravinhood, if you honestly want to criticize the realism, don't do it on 1 SIM of the 2009 season, or even 2. Do 1000, or better yet 10,000. Then come back and tell us what you found. To criticize based on a single run of the random number generator shows a shocking ignorance of basic statictical theory. Having said all that, I sure wish my sim had the Mariners doing so well.

06-05-2009, 03:17 PM	#59
POKeefe Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 112	After 2009, I started 2010 with an NFL format except no wild cards and 2 expansion teams. I took over Charlotte (AL Southern Division) and Las Vegas was put in the NL Southern. Vegas won it all their first season! Pretty miraculous imo. Of course they also went on a spending binge in FA and John Lackey pitched the season of his life, but still I thought it was pretty wild. I set the protect list to 22 (I figured 9 position players, 4 starters, 4 bullpen, and 5 prospects). Worked out pretty well. There were no elite talents left open and most were 1 dimensional type guys. I had a 2 man lineup with Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo in the 3-4 hole. This season I signed Joe Mauer to a huge deal though, so I think my team will be a lot better.