Our Town: A Multi-Sport Dynasty

[Cooleyvol]

Great idea, Sixy.

[Big Six]

Thanks, Cooley. I hope it will be as much fun for you guys to read about as I think it will be for me to play.

And here's the roster for the fourth and final team in the North Division: the Williamstown Scholars.

Sid Fuller           SP  23  6'0"   210
Juan Galvez          SP  24  6'0"   190
Charles Rose         SP  28  6'0"   178
Earl Starr           SP  28  6'1"   213
Denny White          SP  35  6'2"   229
Bob Cahill           MR  29  6'1"   217
John Davenport       MR  19  6'0"   195
Armando DeJesus      MR  26  6'2"   215
Alfonso Garcia       MR  37  6'2"   218
Seth Henry           MR  21  6'3"   180
Rod Hodge            MR  39  6'0"   215
Alex Howard          MR  33  6'3"   234
Christopher Hughes   MR  23  6'5"   225
Adrian Jarvis        MR  26  6'4"   204
Eugene John          MR  21  6'0"   200
Jesus Medina         MR  28  6'8"   216
Nelson Paul          MR  33  6'0"   186
Angel Ramirez        MR  32  6'1"   165
Robert Rush          MR  38  6'0"   212
Jeff Simmons         MR  34  6'0"   185
Angelo Soto          MR  26  5'11"  185
Frank Swick          MR  37  6'1"   186
Jeremie Vachon       MR  21  5'11"  200
Chris Wheeler        MR  22  6'3"   200
Carl Green           CL  26  6'3"   215

Jorge Suarez         C   37  5'11"  204
Gary Ryall           C   26  5'10"  170
Nick Harris          C   28  6'2"   215
Kyle Duncan          1B  18  6'1    235
Will Bowen           1B  34  6'2    212
Charles Thomas       1B  20  6'1"   225
Jim Beeman           1B  21  6'2"   215
Dave Cochran         2B  27  6'2"   168
Stephen Wallace      2B  22  5'10"  195
John Scott           2B  23  6'0"   190
Dave Williams        2B  28  6'1"   214
Bob Palmer           3B  22  6'3"   225
Chris Numbers        3B  25  6'0"   170
Christian McMahon    3B  21  6'2"   200
Tynan Taylor         SS  19  6'1"   195
Lawrence Dowell      SS  22  5'10"  215
Kevin Gaudreault     SS  26  6'0"   195
Ed Shoemaker         SS  35  6'2"   159
Derek Whitehead      SS  23  6'0"   215
Lou Frasier          SS  23  6'0"   150
Ashton Cross         LF  24  6'1"   205
Dan Jackson          LF  26  6'0"   165
Ed McDonald          LF  32  6'0"   154
Stanley Newman       CF  36  5'11"  162
Mike West            CF  23  6'0"   175
Tom King             CF  19  6'2"   185
Miguel Castillo      CF  27  6'0"   190
Sal Cornett          CF  25  6'0"   180
Joel McCall          RF  19  6'0"   190
Roland Sloan         RF  28  6'4"   228
Edward Caldwell      RF  24  6'5"   200
Pat Cotton           RF  35  6'0"   217

[Big Six]

Here's the roster for the Great Barrington Electrics:

Andy Bowness         SP  28  6'0"   221
Ed Cooper            SP  27  6'3"   215
Shane Hubbs          SP  27  6'0"   207
Manuel Lopez         SP  33  6'2"   197
Trevor Wells         SP  25  6'1"   200
Tex Bell             MR  21  6'0"   195
Jake Callahan        MR  42  5'10"  216
Miguel Carbajal      MR  27  6'3"   205
Greg Carson          MR  27  6'1"   175
Rafael Encarnacion   MR  36  6'1"   204
Andrew Fullerton     MR  22  6'0"   215
Butch Gallery        MR  32  6'1"   203
Glenn Graves         MR  24  6'3"   200
Randy Grondin        MR  26  6'1"   205
Tamotsu Imai         MR  20  6'0"   220
Mark Ingram          MR  38  6'0"   192
Merrill Johannson    MR  31  6'2"   180
Jonathan Lewis       MR  22  6'2"   190  
Randy Lewis          MR  19  6'2"   220
Jeff Mack            MR  36  6'0"   194
Oscar Manning        MR  37  6'3"   193
Jason Marsh          MR  27  6'8"   215
Darryl Martin        MR  38  5'8"   186
Lou Miles            MR  37  6'7"   242
Jonathon Miller      MR  38  6'4"   228
Mac Mitchell         MR  22  5'9"   205
Thom Nichols         MR  25  6'5"   210
Jeff Pritchard       MR  20  6'0"   215
Kevin Robertson      MR  23  5'10"  200
Dave Scudamore       MR  24  6'3"   195
Leonard Taylor       MR  24  6'0"   171
Michael Wood         MR  38  6'0"   228
Andrew Young         MR  36  6'3"   204
Erik Taylor          CL  23  6'0"   205

Freddy Hernandez     C   34  6'0"   208
Adam Taylor          C   33  6'1"   186
Antonio Lopez        C   22  5'11"  215
Angel Costa          C   32  5'9"   181
Ramon Lopez          1B  23  6'1"   230
Daniel George        1B  27  6'0"   190
Tom Farrell          1B  38  6'3"   210
Charlie Edwards      2B  33  6'1"   174
Kenneth Johnson      2B  33  6'3"   205
Lynn Wheeler         2B  22  6'3"   200
Clement Mitchell     2B  29  6'3"   185
Chris Quinn          2B  24  6'1"   165
Raul Ojeda           3B  23  6'1"   215
Innis Wheaton        3B  32  6'1"   220
John Harvey          3B  21  6'0"   190
Joey Edgar           3B  25  6'0"   165
Gordon Newman        SS  27  6'1"   156
Kent Lawrence        SS  33  6'2"   216
Lee Wyatt            SS  20  5'11"  185
Abel Moore           SS  28  5'11"  187
Matthew McPherson    SS  25  6'0"   175
Ed Christian         LF  23  6'3"   180
Francis Watt         LF  33  6'2"   204
Sam Shields          LF  31  5'9"   183
Chris McCutcheon     LF  20  6'2"   165
Patrick Bernard      CF  30  6'1"   180
Paul Sutton          CF  31  6'0"   179
Randy Brown          CF  33  6'0"   202
Tim Carter           RF  31  6'1"   204
Roger Walker         RF  35  6'2"   185
Oliver Mendez        RF  28  6'4"   217

[Big Six]

Next up, the South Division's Lee Patriots:

ick Edwards         SP  23  5'11"  205
Mark Fontenot        SP  36  5'11"  190
Kyle Ransom          SP  33  6'2"   188
John Rogers          SP  29  6'3"   198
Gabriel Santos       SP  32  5'9"   188
Ernest Anderson      MR  26  6'0"   219
Pedro Baca           MR  38  6'0"   210
Jeff Browning        MR  39  6'3"   246
Chris Carson         MR  37  6'2"   209
Roy Colbert          MR  21  6'2"   210
Fred Davis           MR  19  6'0"   210
Mike Fox             MR  20  5'10"  195
Antonio Gonsales     MR  25  6'1"   205
David Lucas          MR  26  6'3"   197
Cordell MacKie       MR  34  6'1"   232
Chad Numbers         MR  22  6'2"   200
Mike O'Reilly        MR  19  6'3"   205
Joe Parker           MR  42  5'11"  213
Ian Payne            MR  31  5'10"  179
Jose Ramirez         MR  25  6'0"   187
Jake Reynolds        MR  23  5'9"   200
Hubert St.-Martin    MR  21  6'2"   185
Nick Weston          MR  24  6'4"   225
Robert Wood          MR  31  6'0"   201
Walt Everett         CL  37  6'0"   180

Tanner Lorn          C   21  6'3"   210
Sloan Lawson         C   23  6'1"   160
Dustin King          C   24  6'0"   220
Jorge Rodriguez      C   20  5'10"  190
Ben Wallace          1B  31  6'1"   206
Kevin Ellis          2B  26  6'3"   183
Ernest Williams      2B  20  6'3"   225
Mike Rogers          3B  25  5'11"  205     
John Jordan          3B  33  6'0"   224
Peter Hanna          3B  22  6'0"   210
Joe Williams         3B  33  6'1"   190
Xander Gravois       3B  28  6'4"   202
Dave Scott           3B  24  6'0"   200
Donovan Eaton        3B  35  5'10"  201
Curt Kirby           3B  32  6'0"   160
Ryan Sims            SS  20  6'0"   185
Brennan Pace         SS  27  6'0"   197
Andrew Kirby         SS  32  6'3"   188
Rick Geldart         SS  22  6'0"   180
Felix Pereira        SS  34  6'1"   226
Joe Carpenter        LF  23  6'3"   200
Albert Marshall      LF  42  6'1"   211
Edwin Barnes         LF  35  6'1"   195
John Farkas          LF  22  6'5"   185
Arthur Tinker        LF  22  6'2"   190
Raul Cormalis        CF  29  5'11"  190
Phil Parkinson       CF  31  6'0"   168
Kelvin Beard         CF  29  6'2"   180
Eric Boone           CF  19  6'0"   168
George Smith         CF  30  6'0"   188
Bob Baker            RF  30  5'10"  181
John Foley           RF  32  5'8"   195
Christian Page       RF  21  6'7"   210
Mike MacKey          RF  24  6'4"   215
Cliff Womack         RF  31  6'0"   187

[Big Six]

Here's the athletic roster for the Lenox Tycoons:

Al Brown             SP  31  6'2"   196
Roy Green            SP  28  6'5"   210
Jason Penny          SP  32  6'3"   212
Ruben Perez          SP  34  6'2"   205
Paul Randolph        SP  32  6'1"   214
Paco Acosta          MR  31  6'1"   180
Bryant Alward        MR  21  6'2"   215
Stephen Barnes       MR  30  5'9"   179
Donnie Beard         MR  23  6'6"   210
Sam Cooper           MR  39  6'2"   214
Lou Deveron          MR  27  6'0"   207
Alfonso Fernandez    MR  26  6'2"   225
Dan Giles            MR  25  6'3"   210
Stanley Heard        MR  38  6'2"   210
Leon Herrera         MR  31  6'0"   199
Tom Knight           MR  21  6'4"   225
Joe McEachan         MR  30  6'0"   185
Vicente Mejia        MR  24  6'7"   210
Marcos Pagan         MR  24  5'11"  215
Carl Pepin           MR  34  6'0"   200
Frank Quirk          MR  35  6'1"   190
Xander Renaud        MR  24  6'2"   210
Jorge Serrano        MR  23  6'2"   205
Norm Smith           MR  36  6'4"   204
Aaron Steward        MR  23  5'11"  180
Luis Suarez          MR  19  6'1"   210
Artie Thomas         MR  20  6'3"   200
Dan Walker           MR  30  6'3"   220
Kelly Wheeler        MR  36  6'3"   200
Danny White          MR  32  6'1"   217
Kelly Wilson         MR  22  6'0"   200
Jeff Hill            CL  33  6'0"   197

Mike Boone           C   21  6'0"   215
Carlos Pineda        C   39  6'1"   223
Stephen Black        C   32  6'1"   199
Anthony Shepherd     1B  34  5'11"  187
Jared Cox            1B  33  6'4"   216
Rory McCabe          2B  20  5'10"  185
Albert Younger       2B  33  5'11"  195
Claudio Villareal    2B  29  6'3"   223
Julio Vargas         2B  22  6'1"   205
Mark Saunders        3B  29  6'0"   196
Edward Snyder        3B  23  5'11"  195
Hayden Rice          SS  28  5'11"  180
Masahiko Furukawa    SS  38  6'3"   181
Jerome Dye           SS  20  6'1"   225
Nate Miller          SS  29  6'3"   180
Mike Bond            SS  23  6'0"   185
Walt O'Day           LF  30  5'8"   181
Richard O'Higgins    LF  31  6'2"   196
Edgar Chaves         LF  28  6'5"   170
Nathan Gates         LF  24  6'2"   200
Leon Coleman         LF  32  6'3"   176
Jose Gonzalez        CF  30  6'2"   181
Dane Thomas          CF  30  6'0"   184
Chad Murphy          RF  35  5'11"  189
Doug Hershey         RF  25  6'6"   175
Russ McKee           RF  19  6'0"   195
John Jackson         RF  32  6'0"   201
Floyd Hagin          RF  27  6'2"   215
Justin Williams      RF  36  6'0"   218
Orlando DeLeon       RF  26  6'0"   195

[Big Six]

And, last but not least, the Stockbridge Indians:

Shawn Carpenter      SP  27  5'11"  195
Fred Collier         SP  33  6'7"   198
Dan Doss             SP  32  6'0"   209
Tony Lawrence        SP  36  6'2"   191
Nate Ware            SP  36  6'0"   189
John Billings        MR  24  6'3"   205
Caleb Byrd           MR  38  5'10"  186
Spencer Collins      MR  24  6'2"   200
Philip Cook          MR  38  6'2"   210
Tanner Farmer        MR  33  6'3"   216
Brandon Gervais      MR  33  6'0"   225
Kenn Haley           MR  36  6'6"   226
Jacob Holder         MR  40  6'4"   227
Sidney Horne         MR  35  6'4"   222
Dave Jennings        MR  23  6'0"   215
Kel Jensen           MR  20  5'11"  220
Carlos Ledezma       MR  39  6'0"   210
Rob Leister          MR  20  6'2"   185
Archie Munoz         MR  39  5'11"  180
Brett Nickless       MR  32  6'0"   183
Dale Patterson       MR  29  5'11"  187
Come Pinard          MR  20  6'0"   200
Armando Rios         MR  23  6'7"   220
Flint Rogers         MR  35  6'3"   249
Nick William         MR  37  6'5"   197
Jeff Stokes          MR  29  6'1"   207

Mike Evans           C   34  6'3"   187
Joe Brown            C   24  6'1"   220
Brad Parker          C   20  6'2"   190
George Mayer         C   20  5'9"   195
Tom Madden           1B  18  6'0"   245
Alex Butler          1B  30  6'0"   208    
Scott Miller         1B  22  6'3"   225
Beau Hensley         2B  24  6'0"   215
Peter Bell           2B  32  6'0"   202
Jacob Trexler        2B  25  6'0"   186
Dorian Holman        2B  27  5'10"  200
Roy Vogel            3B  21  6'0"   200
Ray Pruitt           3B  23  6'2"   205
Callum Verrall       3B  23  6'2"   195
Kenny Francis        3B  30  6'3"   222
Javier Diaz          3B  20  6'2"   170
Rodrigo Castillo     3B  28  6'1"   193
Luis Negron          SS  28  6'2"   174
Bob Jones            SS  26  5'10"  190
Curt Smith           SS  24  5'11"  165
Hunter Hamilton      SS  36  6'3"   226
Damon Moore          LF  33  6'1"   183
Chris Logan          LF  32  6'2"   218
Joey Patterson       LF  26  6'1"   186
Clarence White       LF  29  5'8"   183
Jose Vega            LF  27  5'10"  200
Randy Porter         CF  35  6'0"   197
Jesse Bernard        CF  19  6'1"   170
Josh Topp            CF  34  6'0"   165
Jim Stevens          CF  20  5'10"  165
Bobby Bennett        CF  22  6'0"   225
Joey Hargrove        CF  25  6'2"   180
David Albert         RF  23  6'2"   165
Orlando Diaz         RF  31  5'11"  166
Bradford Burton      RF  28  6'3"   230
Tom O'Hanvey         RF  33  6'0"   202

Spring training is about to begin, and Opening Day is exactly a month away!

[Big Six]

May 24, 1976

Stories of spring
Dalton, Great Barrington hope to keep winning as season opens

Spring training games don't count in the standings, but they're still baseball. That's what fans of the Dalton Millers and Great Barrington Electrics are saying, as their teams break camp after a successful pre-season.

The Millers posted the best record in the Berkshire League this spring, a spiffy 18-6. The Electrics, 14-10, finished one game ahead of South Division rivals Stockbridge and Lee.

Last year's Outstanding Hitter, 1B Craig Smith of Pittsfield, picked up where he left off, and then some. Smith cracked 31 hits in 66 spring at-bats, good for a .370 average. Smith drove in 15 runs, second only to Dalton 1B Mark Esser.

Dalton outfielder James Parrish hit .371 with three homers, and slugged .645. Esser and Smith also posted slugging percentages over .600.

Millers reliever Dan Corbett looked good this spring, with a 5-0 record and a 1.59 ERA. The 32-year-old veteran lefty has seen only limited action since joining the Dalton club in 1966, but it looks like he could be in a Millers uniform for good.

Pittsfield's Jack Griffin, a four-time All-Star, is poised for another fine season. He struck out 17 hitters in 14 innings of work.

The Berkshire Baseball League begins its regular season today. The 84-game regular season will end on August 24, and the division champions will then meet in the best-of-seven Berkshire Series.

[Big Six]

June 6, 1976

Two weeks into the Berkshire Baseball League season, the North Adams Presidents are serving notice that they'll be a tough team to beat. Winners of ten of their first 13 games, the Presidents have opened up a three-game lead in the North Division standings.

Speedy CF Rocky Chappell has made the most of his opportunities to drive in runs, knocking home 11 in 13 games. Third baseman Raphael Cote, a fixture in the North Adams lineup since 1963, is off to a great start, hitting .370. The biggest reason for North Adams' early success is the outstanding performance of their pitching staff, best in the league with a 2.37 team ERA.

The South Division's early leaders are the Lenox Tycoons (9-4), who have featured a potent balance of pitching, defense, and hitting.

Stockbridge fans haven't had many victories to applaud--their Indians are 4-9--but if they made their way up U.S. 7 to Williamstown on June 4, they got to see Fred Collier shut out the Scholars, 12-0. They could also enjoy the hitting exploits of SS Bob Jones, who leads the league with 13 RBI.

Nobody's too surprised to see Dalton righthander Ernesto Jimenez among the league's top pitchers. "The Anvil" has three wins already, and he's struck out 27 men in 21 innings while walking only two.

[jaxmagicman]

This seems like a lot of work. I hope you get it going for a couple seasons.

[Big Six]

Originally Posted by jaxmagicman

This seems like a lot of work. I hope you get it going for a couple seasons.

You're right; it probably will involve quite a bit of work. I'll have to create all the players for football and basketball, and that will take a while. Right now, I think it will eventually be worth it. I can imagine this project turning out to be a lot of fun, with just the right amount of "immersion potential."

The most difficult thing about making this more than a one-year project will be re-rating the football and basketball players. Since neither Action PC game features a career mode, I'll have to age the players myself. I'm thinking I might watch how each athlete ages in OOTP, and use his rate of decline as a guide when I re-rate him in his other sports.

Right now, I really wish there were games for football, basketball, and hockey that included the ability to create imaginary "universes" and a career mode. Lots of games I play feature one of these; I can create my own leagues in Action PC games, for instance, and Eastside Hockey Manager has a career/franchise mode. However, I'm forced to use a "real world" hockey universe in EHM, and Action PC Football dropped its career mode several versions ago. If there's a game out there that does both, I'm not familiar with it. If I were, I'd buy it and play it as much as I play OOTP.

[Big Six]

Just a quick update-- I've been busy with a bunch of things, and haven't had much time for OOTP lately. This dynasty is far from dead, however, and I wanted to let whatever readers are our there that there will be updates coming soon.