Has this ever happened to you?

Jeff · 07-30-2003, 08:40 AM

I'm currently in the middle of simming the 1972 Phillies. I just logged into the game to play, and I noticed that one of my outfielders, Roger Freed, has a strained ACL and is out for 7 weeks. Normally this wouldn't be all that strange, except he didn't get hurt in the last game. He played the whole game and was fine...only to apparently wake up the next morning with a strained ACL. For all I knew, this was a bar fight gone wrong, but his injury isn't even listed on the League Injury News page.

Anybody have any ideas why this mystery injury happened?

Thanks..

Jeff

mtw · 07-30-2003, 11:20 AM

There are a few threads on the "mystery injury", which a search of this forum will reveal (you can search "mystery injury"). Briefly, there has not yet been a definitive reason given why players randomly show up with severe injuries that were not caused during a played game or an e-mail generated to notify of off-field injury.

Gastric ReFlux · 07-30-2003, 12:54 PM

I once had a guy who woke up in a bathtub full of ice and missing a kidney!

Gastric ReFlux · 07-30-2003, 12:56 PM

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Originally posted by Jeff
I'm currently in the middle of simming the 1972 Phillies. I just logged into the game to play, and I noticed that one of my outfielders, Roger Freed, has a strained ACL and is out for 7 weeks. Normally this wouldn't be all that strange, except he didn't get hurt in the last game. He played the whole game and was fine...only to apparently wake up the next morning with a strained ACL. For all I knew, this was a bar fight gone wrong, but his injury isn't even listed on the League Injury News page.

Anybody have any ideas why this mystery injury happened?

Thanks..

Jeff

Are you a masocist? The '72 Phils?!?!?!?!?!

koohead · 07-30-2003, 01:12 PM

yup..its happened to me a couple of times.

Gastric ReFlux · 07-30-2003, 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by koohead
yup..its happened to me a couple of times.

Players losing vital organs to the black market?

Denton True · 07-30-2003, 01:57 PM

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Originally posted by Gastric ReFlux
I once had a guy who woke up in a bathtub full of ice and missing a kidney!

HAHAHAHA!!!

koohead · 07-30-2003, 03:12 PM

Yeah, its a tough league I run

Gastric ReFlux · 07-30-2003, 03:14 PM

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Originally posted by koohead
Yeah, its a tough league I run

Any of those "voluntary" organ donations ordered by the commish?

ctorg · 07-30-2003, 03:20 PM

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Originally posted by Gastric ReFlux
I once had a guy who woke up in a bathtub full of ice and missing a kidney!

Ha, snopes.com says you're lying. I caught you spreading an urban legend.

Gastric ReFlux · 07-30-2003, 03:23 PM

Who you going to believe, some fellow named Snopes or me, the guy who finally found something profitable to do with the medical school traning I got before getting expelled?

Eckstein 4 Prez · 07-30-2003, 03:25 PM

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Originally posted by Gastric ReFlux
I once had a guy who woke up in a bathtub full of ice and missing a kidney!

Damn sheep.... embarrassing me at work again. On the board with you!

Jeff · 07-30-2003, 05:39 PM

Gastric...

'72 Phillies...yeah, I'm a masochist. It's the first year with Carlton and Schmidt is a 22 year old rookie in A ball. I'm playing for the future...if I don't slit my wrists first.

As for the mystery injury, what do you guys think? Should I go back and erase the injury or let it ride out as some sort of freak thing?

Thanks...

Jeff

Jeff · 07-30-2003, 10:50 PM

bump this bad boy

Johnny Slick · 07-30-2003, 10:54 PM

I think this is just the game's way of simulating things like the 15 games Wade Boggs missed in (I think) 1988 when he broke a toe putting on his cowboy boots, or the time David Wells missed with the gout. I'd keep the injury in there; freak occurences happen.

John Craven

07-30-2003, 08:40 AM	#1
Jeff Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 43	Has this ever happened to you? I'm currently in the middle of simming the 1972 Phillies. I just logged into the game to play, and I noticed that one of my outfielders, Roger Freed, has a strained ACL and is out for 7 weeks. Normally this wouldn't be all that strange, except he didn't get hurt in the last game. He played the whole game and was fine...only to apparently wake up the next morning with a strained ACL. For all I knew, this was a bar fight gone wrong, but his injury isn't even listed on the League Injury News page. Anybody have any ideas why this mystery injury happened? Thanks.. Jeff

07-30-2003, 11:20 AM	#2
mtw All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 653	There are a few threads on the "mystery injury", which a search of this forum will reveal (you can search "mystery injury"). Briefly, there has not yet been a definitive reason given why players randomly show up with severe injuries that were not caused during a played game or an e-mail generated to notify of off-field injury. __________________ Over-Zealous Apologist

07-30-2003, 01:12 PM	#5
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,233	yup..its happened to me a couple of times. __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

07-30-2003, 03:12 PM	#8
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,233	Yeah, its a tough league I run __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

07-30-2003, 12:54 PM	#3
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	I once had a guy who woke up in a bathtub full of ice and missing a kidney!

07-30-2003, 03:23 PM	#11
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Who you going to believe, some fellow named Snopes or me, the guy who finally found something profitable to do with the medical school traning I got before getting expelled?

07-30-2003, 05:39 PM	#13
Jeff Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 43	Gastric... '72 Phillies...yeah, I'm a masochist. It's the first year with Carlton and Schmidt is a 22 year old rookie in A ball. I'm playing for the future...if I don't slit my wrists first. As for the mystery injury, what do you guys think? Should I go back and erase the injury or let it ride out as some sort of freak thing? Thanks... Jeff

07-30-2003, 10:50 PM	#14
Jeff Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 43	bump this bad boy

07-30-2003, 10:54 PM	#15
Johnny Slick Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,012	I think this is just the game's way of simulating things like the 15 games Wade Boggs missed in (I think) 1988 when he broke a toe putting on his cowboy boots, or the time David Wells missed with the gout. I'd keep the injury in there; freak occurences happen. John Craven