Season 15 (2033) General Discussion thread

[diamond3017]

Originally Posted by Wrathchild

How do I see how I finished in the previous season? Last time I looked yesterday I was in 2nd place, but I now I'm in the Iron League 22 games into the new season. I don't see any menu options for team history, though I'm probably overlooking it.

Go to your team home page, and a MANAGER tab will be just left of the "Submit Team" button. That will display your season-by-season results.

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by Wrathchild

How do I see how I finished in the previous season? Last time I looked yesterday I was in 2nd place, but I now I'm in the Iron League 22 games into the new season. I don't see any menu options for team history, though I'm probably overlooking it.

If you were in the Entry Pool last week, there's no records being kept of those. All the stats are also wiped out on the player cards. What happens in Entry Pool, stays in Entry Pool.

[BigRed75]

I just had Steve Carlton throw a no-hitter for one of my teams. Not only that, it was a Maddux no-no: 95 pitches!

[Thornbreaker]

After making the playoffs for the 2nd time in PL last week, I'm back to being 20 games under .500

I tried to stay put in the same league, but it sent me flying into another. :\

Oh well.

Most of my teams are at the point now that it's either wait weeks on weeks for enough PP to purchase a higher tier Pitcher, or just go pack pulls.
The Gashouse Gorillas have pulled about 20 packs so far to the tune of a Kerry Wood and a Ted Simmons...but that's disappointingly it.

Bakery has 20k pp to spend, but I can't find a reasonably priced 89 Maddux yet.

Teatotallers just picked up Burgess to hopefully replace Daniel Murphy at 1b. Murphy having dropped to 75 is no longer pulling a positive WAR. Sitting on 10k pp, which I'll probably save to add another mid diamond tier SP before looking at going packs.

[waittilnextyear]

My team has yet to toss a perfect game, no hitter, or for anyone to hit for the cycle/4 homers etc. But, we've pocketed a couple of triple plays already (over the "years," not just this season) and my PEAK CC Sabathia just added our first immaculate inning to the pile. This is worth 1000 PP for those wondering. I'll take it. Especially because it came against the team that's been keeping me from pulling away in the division so far. Sweeping that team while CC pours salt in the wound is always nice to see.

Frogs are 30-14 and have a 6-game lead currently in our intimate little 4-team division.

Whales that I've noticed so far in the league? Fort Lee Christies (30-14), Jersey Revolutionize (31-13), Kentucky Crowns (29-15). The Crowns are the only one with any sort of titles won. I guess that's...fitting? Or something.

[Treydmarq]

My all Astros team (rebuilt from the ground up and starting out in Bronze as my previous builds were terrible) is off to a rousing start in B211.

April saw an 11 game win streak to start the season, with Lance Berkman winning batter of the month and Roy Oswalt winning pitcher of the month (first time any of my three teams has had a pitcher and hitter win a monthly award in the same season, much less same month). The Colts ended April with a 22-4 record.

May has seen the team cool off considerably, as they are only 8-7 through May 22nd, though Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve continue to swing hot bats, both hitting .320 or higher for the 2nd consecutive month. On the mound, Nolan Ryan has finally gotten comfortable at bronze level and has combined with Justin Verlander to throw 53.1 innings, allowing only 8 ER and striking out 63, while only walking 9.

Hopefully they can continue to build off of this hot start, win a championship and move us up to silver league.

[old timer]

The Raccoons are in the midst of a 4 game series with the Ann Arbor Space Cadets. Nice team! So far, we're about even with them. We beat them 3-2, then lost 2-0. The Raccoons have 282 R, the Space Cadets have 277; Raccoons 145 RA, Space Cadets 149. We're 34-12, they're 34-10. But they look to be the better team so in the end, I expect them to have the best record in the conference. But come playoff time, that's not usually an advantage and often times, it seems like a disadvantage. So go Space Cadets!

I'd like to get a top notch reliever, but guys like 100 Eck are just too expensive for my tastes. So instead, I'll probably get another SP like Hubbell or Grove instead. That way, I can move Sutton or Seaver to the pen which gives me more flexibility.

[old timer]

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[Westheim]

I can't really advance the Accountants right now; have been trying to buy a diamond catcher of some sort for the last few days and get outbidden every time during the night. Also only 25-29 in Silver right now...

The Rebels are in another wild card shuffle in Bronze, but also only 1 1/2 out in their division.

Raccoons are terrible on offense as usual, the pitching suffers from crummy defense, but they are currently nowhere near the relegation zone, but also nowhere near another wild card sniff, at 24-29. They got 2k PP for a flyball triple play tonight, which I instantly turned into two packs' worth of regrets and duplicates.

[mcdog512]

Fighting Saints are doing well but I still shook things up a bit. Selling off Ryne Sandberg and his 102 defense at 2nd and moving Jackie Robinson to 2B from 3B. Brought in Brooks Robinson at 3B. Pesky remains the utility guy.

This sets me up with the following infield.

Ruth (100) at 1st with 52 defense.
Jackie Robinson (98) at 2nd with 95 defense.
Brooks Robinson (98) at 3rd with 105 defense.
Honus Wagner ( 99) at SS with an 84 Defense.

[BigRed75]

So inspired by Joe Hart, I decided to bequeath one of my teams to my son. I gave him the Santurce Crabbers, who have some pretty good players (100 Tatis Jr, 92 Clemente, 90 Cepeda, 89 Fernando and 84 Cuellar) but have been unlucky in the playoffs and can't seem to get out of Iron (this is their 3rd season).

He named his 3yo sister as Chief Marketing Officer and she prompty re-branded the team as the Sydney Unicorns.

Along with a decent roster, he inherited 10,000+ PP. He bought 10 packs, and proceeded to pull two historical diamonds and two golds (one historical). This kid's luck!

I'm sure he thinks it will always turn out this way...

[mcdog512]

Originally Posted by BigRed75

So inspired by Joe Hart, I decided to bequeath one of my teams to my son. I gave him the Santurce Crabbers, who have some pretty good players (100 Tatis Jr, 92 Clemente, 90 Cepeda, 89 Fernando and 84 Cuellar) but have been unlucky in the playoffs and can't seem to get out of Iron (this is their 3rd season).

He named his 3yo sister as Chief Marketing Officer and she prompty re-branded the team as the Sydney Unicorns.

Along with a decent roster, he inherited 10,000+ PP. He bought 10 packs, and promptly pulled two historical diamonds and two golds (one historical). This kid's luck!

I'm sure he thinks it will always turn out this way...

What were the diamonds? That is nice luck!

[BigRed75]

Originally Posted by mcdog512

What were the diamonds? That is nice luck!

It was 92 Jay Bell and 91 Andre Dawson...

His lineup shows significant improvement. I'm sure some folks in Iron now think he's a whale.

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by Josquin

Hmm, 200 extra runs of offensive production would take more than one position upgrade and two platoons, I would think. Especially if you don't want your defense to suffer.

Yes, you’re right. I will do this and see what’s next. The really elite teams approach +500 run differential consistently, so that’s where I need to be eventually. If I don’t run out of money first...

[PocketsAintFull]

Very cool new content set OOTP Gonna have to try pick up some of those All-Stars....

My All-NL Islanders are *leading* their division in their first Diamond season I am amazed Long way to go, not pressuring them

My All-AL Stunners are having a scrappier time, around .500 in a super competitive division They managed 83 wins in their first Diamond season, but I think need the most upgrades out of the two teams (unfortunately with less points, but there ya go ). They did just have a double-double-homer game, if that makes sense Lou Gehrig and Shohei Ohtani hitting over the fence twice...

Bob's boys are leading their Bronze league, which is *awesome* after a Wildcard appearance last time round. I'm also bringing in Harvey Wallbanger himself (Harvey Kuenn, 80, '56 AS) to train at 2B, which is a small risk given the team's playing well, but here's hoping

[joehart]

Originally Posted by BigRed75

So inspired by Joe Hart, I decided to bequeath one of my teams to my son. I gave him the Santurce Crabbers, who have some pretty good players (100 Tatis Jr, 92 Clemente, 90 Cepeda, 89 Fernando and 84 Cuellar) but have been unlucky in the playoffs and can't seem to get out of Iron (this is their 3rd season).

He named his 3yo sister as Chief Marketing Officer and she prompty re-branded the team as the Sydney Unicorns.

Along with a decent roster, he inherited 10,000+ PP. He bought 10 packs, and proceeded to pull two historical diamonds and two golds (one historical). This kid's luck!

I'm sure he thinks it will always turn out this way...

The one thing I learned about OOTP and kids....they have some magic luck in this game.
I am always shocked when they add a new player to their wish-list and then shortly afterwards pull that player from just 2-3 packs.

Good luck. We will be on the lookout for the team. I assume the new branding also brought pink and rainbow colors to the team. :-)

Perfect team is a great way to also get them hooked on baseball cards and some of the fun baseball board games that are out there.
We try to get the kids a new board game each summer so they have something other than electronics for the evenings.
That reminds me....I need to look for a new boardgame before grandparents arrive.

[BigRed75]

Originally Posted by joehart

Good luck. We will be on the lookout for the team. I assume the new branding also brought pink and rainbow colors to the team. :-).

You are correct, good sir.

[Morug]

Nice upgrade for my F2P team Ailes Angels, last 4 packs opened, I got Kershaw and AL Kaline diamond (99).

Team play well this season but my league is strange with only 2-3 whales and a 14 teams for American league and 12 teams in the National.

[joehart]

Originally Posted by BigRed75

You are correct, good sir.

Unicorns look terrific.
And I bet we know the corporate sponsor T-Mobile with the matching bright pink color :-)

Good luck...hope your son and his sister have fun checking in on the team.

[Orcin]

I replaced 91 Phil Rizzuto with 100 Honus Wagner at shortstop today. While that isn't worth 200 runs, it is a pretty significant addition to the offense.