New Concept/Retro/"Real Players" League Still Has Openings

Phil_The_Thrill · 05-06-2002, 12:22 AM

This is what Im wanting to do: start the league from the 1977 actual MLB stats and rosters... create a way to reward team owners that actually outplayed their "real" counterparts that season at least for the first 2 or 3 seasons... This league will not start until about the end of May... I am looking for serious players who are computer savy, know how to configure an email client like Outlook or Netscape Mail, and know how to use IRC clients (like mIRC or even X-Chat). Come to think of it, you really dont have to know much more than what you already know about your computer if you're a serious reader of this board.

Even if you really young owners that do not remember players like George Brett, Al Hrabosky, Bob Horner, J.R. Richards (et al) but have game, bring it on, hell, you may even learn a bit about MLB history.

For the start, there will only be 26 teams (the first expansion wont start until 1993 season). For a look at who did what in 1977, check out this link
<a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_1977.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_1977.shtml</a> for American League and <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1977.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1977.shtml</a> for National League Teams.

I am hoping to sim a week's worth of games about 2-3 times a real week. So be dedicated. You will have full control over your team except changing the cities and names... but you can make whatever trades and roster changes you desire.

As usual, The teams will be on a first come-first serve basis... Please send me an email in this format:

email address
favorite team, 2nd choice, 3rd choice
(the following on a scale of 1 to 10)
level of baseball knowledge
level of OOTP (and sim experience)
level of computer knowledge
any additional comments or suggestions

I will do my best to put you with the team you ask for. If you are given a team with a great roster of players you will really feel the heat during the first and second seasons... you will need to WIN in order to maintain status quo... this is the fairest way that I know how to get things going without a draft (which I dont really like to do because of time constraints).

I will in most cases let you know immediately what team you have been assigned or what choices are left if they are not one of the three you're given or at the very least, I will let you know you're in standby mode.

The last big reason I want to start the league is all the commissioners that I have played under had god complexes... I swear I will not be like that and actually I want to let the owners make the decisions and verdicts on controversial issues within the league. The main thing I want to do is create a great league and run the server for it (web, mail, and irc).

I can be reached at Commissioner@grandslam.kicks-ass.net or hseritt@bellsouth.net for this.

Phil_The_Thrill · 05-06-2002, 12:27 AM

sorry for the spam guys:

the league is at <a href="http://grandslam.kicks-ass.net" target="_blank">http://grandslam.kicks-ass.net</a>

Hawk Dawson · 05-07-2002, 04:49 AM

Hi Phil,
Fantastic idea for GrandslamSim !
I just zipped you off an email ...

Hawk.

05-06-2002, 12:22 AM	#1
Phil_The_Thrill Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 30	New Concept/Retro/"Real Players" League Still Has Openings This is what Im wanting to do: start the league from the 1977 actual MLB stats and rosters... create a way to reward team owners that actually outplayed their "real" counterparts that season at least for the first 2 or 3 seasons... This league will not start until about the end of May... I am looking for serious players who are computer savy, know how to configure an email client like Outlook or Netscape Mail, and know how to use IRC clients (like mIRC or even X-Chat). Come to think of it, you really dont have to know much more than what you already know about your computer if you're a serious reader of this board. Even if you really young owners that do not remember players like George Brett, Al Hrabosky, Bob Horner, J.R. Richards (et al) but have game, bring it on, hell, you may even learn a bit about MLB history. For the start, there will only be 26 teams (the first expansion wont start until 1993 season). For a look at who did what in 1977, check out this link <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_1977.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_1977.shtml</a> for American League and <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1977.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1977.shtml</a> for National League Teams. I am hoping to sim a week's worth of games about 2-3 times a real week. So be dedicated. You will have full control over your team except changing the cities and names... but you can make whatever trades and roster changes you desire. As usual, The teams will be on a first come-first serve basis... Please send me an email in this format: email address favorite team, 2nd choice, 3rd choice (the following on a scale of 1 to 10) level of baseball knowledge level of OOTP (and sim experience) level of computer knowledge any additional comments or suggestions I will do my best to put you with the team you ask for. If you are given a team with a great roster of players you will really feel the heat during the first and second seasons... you will need to WIN in order to maintain status quo... this is the fairest way that I know how to get things going without a draft (which I dont really like to do because of time constraints). I will in most cases let you know immediately what team you have been assigned or what choices are left if they are not one of the three you're given or at the very least, I will let you know you're in standby mode. The last big reason I want to start the league is all the commissioners that I have played under had god complexes... I swear I will not be like that and actually I want to let the owners make the decisions and verdicts on controversial issues within the league. The main thing I want to do is create a great league and run the server for it (web, mail, and irc). I can be reached at Commissioner@grandslam.kicks-ass.net or hseritt@bellsouth.net for this.

05-06-2002, 12:27 AM	#2
Phil_The_Thrill Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 30	sorry for the spam guys: the league is at <a href="http://grandslam.kicks-ass.net" target="_blank">http://grandslam.kicks-ass.net</a>

05-07-2002, 04:49 AM	#3
Hawk Dawson Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 63	Hi Phil, Fantastic idea for GrandslamSim ! I just zipped you off an email ... Hawk.