"Our League" Season 4--Who Wants To Play Our Way? - Page 5

Edster007 · 03-29-2021, 07:10 PM

Coney Island is showing up as Hudson, the generic name they were given when I entered.I haven't gotten around to editing the team name yet. It will be changed to the Coney Island Warriors shortly.

USToffee · 03-29-2021, 07:36 PM

Little late to the party, but the Jackson Wood Ducks are back for OL Season 4. Just fired up the squad and aim to be compliant by the end of entry pool.

ETA: Username is USToffee1

stl jason · 03-29-2021, 07:51 PM

Not a bad start for Waffletown... downside, all the diamond cards from my diamond packs are Live 2021, so they'll get to play for the entry league week before hitting the bench or hitting the market.... nice thing about the extra packs is I basically have enough historical cards (minus one more starting pitcher) to field the full team without any extra AH work (not a team that's going to set the league on fire, but it's a start)

Bottom Of The Sixth · 03-29-2021, 08:04 PM

From a OL prospective, this has to be the worst Entry Pool roster I've had in four years of PT play.

I don't have one single Historical card that I can use, that is Gold or higher.

The sad part is, I had 3 extra packs at opening this year with two being Diamond.

Based on what Stl Jason stated, he too, had lousy Diamond pack luck!

I am glad to hear that I'm not being singled out for getting very bad returns on my packs however, it just makes "the mountain" that much more taller to climb!

stl jason · 03-29-2021, 08:20 PM

Waffletown lineup (yellow entries are historic replacements for current live starters).... lineup subject to change as better historic replacements are acquired during the week, of course

HRBaker · 03-29-2021, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stanley Kuppchaser

Just checked into the Mundys and it seems we're in same entry league as the Atom Smashers.

Also decided to put in my friends list names and found the following:

No Daytona Beach or Coney Island teams, but the respective usernames OrmondBeachDan and Edster007 were there with different team names.

The Gettysburg Bullets had no OL marking, so I guess they're not ready yet.

I assume the same is true for JesseBarfield.

Tygr's Nowheremen were marked indicating they're in BFF. Change of mind?

Finally, I fixed the typo in madmarcus, although I do like the maracas image.

All else with the friends list was fine.

Finally, quite a few teams still have not posted their logos. You can e-mail your logo to kidheckett@gmail.com or post it here. If I don't have your logo and you win a crown, I'll either throw together a quick logo or come up with a generic place holder with the team abbreviation if there are a lot missing when we get rolling.

I took a little time on Sunday to make a new world series plaque/patch. I think it's nicer and hope to award one soon. The All OL world series trophy will remain the same since it's based on (exact copy of) a recent MLB championship trophy and looks decent, I think.

Actually, they are compliant. I had them marked OL Sunday night, but that and my logo disappeared sometime today. Added them back in.

HRB

HRBaker · 03-29-2021, 08:45 PM

Logos for my three teams...

Madmarcus · 03-29-2021, 10:40 PM

As others noted it's Madmarcus. Mad Maracas is cool but sadly it is not to be.

While the Mad Brewers are tearing up the Rookie league I have low expectations. I had one historical gold card and my diamond draw was nothing special. Dan McGann and Hector Lopez have joined Jon Gray and a motley lineup of silver position players and iron pitchers it an attempt to win at least something.

stl jason · 03-29-2021, 11:47 PM

Updated the online sheet with the current leagues and resorted based off league. Got a nice showing in Rookie .142, and 4 teams together in Stone .156; so a pretty solid start.

I included Daytona Beach in the list (even though they are waiting a week to officially join).

Task for everyone this week (aside from getting your lineups OL compliant if they aren't yet) is to make sure you update your settings to "use friends list" (best to update it, submit the team, exit, log out/back in and check it again to make sure it sticks), and then check off the rest of the OL teams as friends...

easiest way I've found to pull most of them up is to search for:

-OL|- OL| -OL| - OL

that way, you are picking up different variations of the tag, since there's no rhyme or reason to how everyone adds the tag... some use nickname-OL (with no spaces), some use nickname- OL (with no space before the dash but a space after), some use nickname -OL (with a space before the dash but no space after), some use nickname - OL (with a space before and after the dash.... and some don't use a dash at all (those won't show up on the above search string, but can be found easy enough searching for the team name if that's the case...

Stanley Kuppchaser · 03-30-2021, 07:08 AM

Thank you, HRBaker for the logos. They look great. They'll look even better with a crown. Soon, one hopes.

revmcgator · 03-30-2021, 10:16 AM

Slow start to PT22, with four teams in OL ST156. Gettysburg and Ostego begin a new rivalry in the NC West, while South Holland (via Vlora and Stephensville) and Hartford are in the AC.

revmcgator · 03-30-2021, 10:31 AM

The bulk of OL early arrivers found their way to OL R142, where there appears to be good early competition. The Barons and Brewers have jumped to an early perfect lead. Should be fun.

Bottom Of The Sixth · 03-30-2021, 11:59 AM

Thanks to TJ's show last night I acquired 4 drop packs.

The first one turned into a life saver with my team pulling a 90 SP George Mullin.

Needless to say George replaced a 54 rated SP pitcher that the AI had assigned in the #1 slot who was sporting a 20+ ERA.

Even though George currently has a 7+ ERA, my team has won 8 straight since adding him!

Currently the Keystone Kops are 17-10!

Update------We just lost!

HRBaker · 03-30-2021, 12:18 PM

Baltimore is (so far) a surprise. It did have the best initial pack pull, but it was nothing to write home about. As far as the other two teams? Ugh. Gettysburg is playing like Pickett's Charge... being promoted into Stone was a mistake.

Changes made so far...

Cleveland Grays
-3B Grady Hatton (78)
-1B Tino Martinez (82)

Gettysburg Bullets
-C Bob Brenly (86)

Baltimore Barons
-RP Tom Wilhelmsen (79)
-SP Dean Stone (84)
-SP Dolly Gray (81)

Boomcoach · 03-30-2021, 12:23 PM

Neither of my -OL teams got much historical from the initial pulls. For the first weekend, I put my PP into buying packs to get some dross for the Live missions and to avoid the crazy AH the first weekend. After the first weekend, I have been putting the PP into completing the xxx-15 missions for the gold packs, which have also delivered only Live golds so far, so I have not pumped much into actually upgrading my lineup, as yet.

I have had pretty good luck with tourneys, particularly the PDs, so hope to have the -15 missions completed soon, then I will have to decide on whether to target specific upgrades or shoot for the SE cards through the completed Live missions. Probably a bit of both.

stl jason · 03-30-2021, 12:40 PM

Off topic tip... for any T-Mobile customers... you can nab a free subscription to mlb.tv for the season starting today.... just do a search for “T-Mobile mlb tv 2021”.

Checked in on my v21 Syrups to find 20 packs waiting for me (won the Daily Iron)... wish those would be on the v22 team but what can ya do.... unfortunately it was 20 packs of bronze/iron with a single live diamond...

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Bottom Of The Sixth · 03-30-2021, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stl jason

Off topic tip... for any T-Mobile customers... you can nab a free subscription to mlb.tv for the season starting today.... just do a search for “T-Mobile mlb tv 2021”.

Checked in on my v21 Syrups to find 20 packs waiting for me (won the Daily Iron)... wish those would be on the v22 team but what can ya do.... unfortunately it was 20 packs of bronze/iron with a single live diamond...

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks for the tip..... I wish Verizon had such a offer.

I am starting out for the first time ever by doing Historical Packs-Only and Drop Packs-Only.

As of an hour ago, I only need 15 more players for my team to be OL compliant!

I keep reminding myself that Rome wasn't built in one day!

Ormondbeachdan · 03-30-2021, 02:28 PM

The offer may also include Verizon customers... not sure but worth checking out

Magus978 · 03-30-2021, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ormondbeachdan

The offer may also include Verizon customers... not sure but worth checking out

I got it as a Metro customer. Gonna be watching a lot more baseball than I expected.

Stanley Kuppchaser · 03-30-2021, 05:23 PM

Had a few tourney packs to open, so I logged in to find that the Death Valley Devils and Norwood Diamonders were in with the Atom Smashers and Mundys.

The ten packs got me nothing of great value, with three live golds and no historical above bronze. I did get four more starters, so will have a full rotation at least. Cowboy Jones, an iron 58, is still the staff ace, though.

03-29-2021, 07:36 PM	#82
USToffee Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 10	Little late to the party, but the Jackson Wood Ducks are back for OL Season 4. Just fired up the squad and aim to be compliant by the end of entry pool. ETA: Username is USToffee1 Last edited by USToffee; 03-29-2021 at 07:39 PM.

03-29-2021, 07:51 PM	#83
stl jason Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 10,112	Not a bad start for Waffletown... downside, all the diamond cards from my diamond packs are Live 2021, so they'll get to play for the entry league week before hitting the bench or hitting the market.... nice thing about the extra packs is I basically have enough historical cards (minus one more starting pitcher) to field the full team without any extra AH work (not a team that's going to set the league on fire, but it's a start) __________________ Beer League dynasty thread - knock 'em back!

03-29-2021, 08:20 PM	#85
stl jason Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 10,112	Waffletown lineup (yellow entries are historic replacements for current live starters).... lineup subject to change as better historic replacements are acquired during the week, of course Attached Images __________________ Beer League dynasty thread - knock 'em back!

03-29-2021, 08:45 PM	#87
HRBaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,369	Logos for my three teams... Attached Images

03-29-2021, 10:40 PM	#88
Madmarcus Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 71	As others noted it's Madmarcus. Mad Maracas is cool but sadly it is not to be. While the Mad Brewers are tearing up the Rookie league I have low expectations. I had one historical gold card and my diamond draw was nothing special. Dan McGann and Hector Lopez have joined Jon Gray and a motley lineup of silver position players and iron pitchers it an attempt to win at least something. Last edited by Madmarcus; 03-29-2021 at 10:55 PM.

03-29-2021, 07:10 PM	#81
Edster007 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,765	Coney Island is showing up as Hudson, the generic name they were given when I entered.I haven't gotten around to editing the team name yet. It will be changed to the Coney Island Warriors shortly.

03-29-2021, 08:04 PM	#84
Bottom Of The Sixth All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 1,255	From a OL prospective, this has to be the worst Entry Pool roster I've had in four years of PT play. I don't have one single Historical card that I can use, that is Gold or higher. The sad part is, I had 3 extra packs at opening this year with two being Diamond. Based on what Stl Jason stated, he too, had lousy Diamond pack luck! I am glad to hear that I'm not being singled out for getting very bad returns on my packs however, it just makes "the mountain" that much more taller to climb!

03-29-2021, 11:47 PM	#89
stl jason Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 10,112	Updated the online sheet with the current leagues and resorted based off league. Got a nice showing in Rookie .142, and 4 teams together in Stone .156; so a pretty solid start. I included Daytona Beach in the list (even though they are waiting a week to officially join). Task for everyone this week (aside from getting your lineups OL compliant if they aren't yet) is to make sure you update your settings to "use friends list" (best to update it, submit the team, exit, log out/back in and check it again to make sure it sticks), and then check off the rest of the OL teams as friends... easiest way I've found to pull most of them up is to search for: -OL\|- OL\| -OL\| - OL that way, you are picking up different variations of the tag, since there's no rhyme or reason to how everyone adds the tag... some use nickname-OL (with no spaces), some use nickname- OL (with no space before the dash but a space after), some use nickname -OL (with a space before the dash but no space after), some use nickname - OL (with a space before and after the dash.... and some don't use a dash at all (those won't show up on the above search string, but can be found easy enough searching for the team name if that's the case... Attached Images __________________ Beer League dynasty thread - knock 'em back!

03-30-2021, 07:08 AM	#90
Stanley Kuppchaser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 4,239	Thank you, HRBaker for the logos. They look great. They'll look even better with a crown. Soon, one hopes. Last edited by Stanley Kuppchaser; 03-30-2021 at 07:52 AM.

03-30-2021, 10:16 AM	#91
revmcgator All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: SW Florida Posts: 1,242	Stone 156 Slow start to PT22, with four teams in OL ST156. Gettysburg and Ostego begin a new rivalry in the NC West, while South Holland (via Vlora and Stephensville) and Hartford are in the AC. Attached Images

03-30-2021, 10:31 AM	#92
revmcgator All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: SW Florida Posts: 1,242	Rookie 142 The bulk of OL early arrivers found their way to OL R142, where there appears to be good early competition. The Barons and Brewers have jumped to an early perfect lead. Should be fun. Attached Images

03-30-2021, 11:59 AM	#93
Bottom Of The Sixth All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 1,255	Thank Goodness for Drops! Thanks to TJ's show last night I acquired 4 drop packs. The first one turned into a life saver with my team pulling a 90 SP George Mullin. Needless to say George replaced a 54 rated SP pitcher that the AI had assigned in the #1 slot who was sporting a 20+ ERA. Even though George currently has a 7+ ERA, my team has won 8 straight since adding him! Currently the Keystone Kops are 17-10! Update------We just lost! Last edited by Bottom Of The Sixth; 03-30-2021 at 12:06 PM.

03-30-2021, 12:18 PM	#94
HRBaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,369	Baltimore is (so far) a surprise. It did have the best initial pack pull, but it was nothing to write home about. As far as the other two teams? Ugh. Gettysburg is playing like Pickett's Charge... being promoted into Stone was a mistake. Changes made so far... Cleveland Grays -3B Grady Hatton (78) -1B Tino Martinez (82) Gettysburg Bullets -C Bob Brenly (86) Baltimore Barons -RP Tom Wilhelmsen (79) -SP Dean Stone (84) -SP Dolly Gray (81) Last edited by HRBaker; 03-30-2021 at 07:55 PM.

03-30-2021, 12:23 PM	#95
Boomcoach All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 846	Neither of my -OL teams got much historical from the initial pulls. For the first weekend, I put my PP into buying packs to get some dross for the Live missions and to avoid the crazy AH the first weekend. After the first weekend, I have been putting the PP into completing the xxx-15 missions for the gold packs, which have also delivered only Live golds so far, so I have not pumped much into actually upgrading my lineup, as yet. I have had pretty good luck with tourneys, particularly the PDs, so hope to have the -15 missions completed soon, then I will have to decide on whether to target specific upgrades or shoot for the SE cards through the completed Live missions. Probably a bit of both. __________________

03-30-2021, 12:40 PM	#96
stl jason Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 10,112	Off topic tip... for any T-Mobile customers... you can nab a free subscription to mlb.tv for the season starting today.... just do a search for “T-Mobile mlb tv 2021”. Checked in on my v21 Syrups to find 20 packs waiting for me (won the Daily Iron)... wish those would be on the v22 team but what can ya do.... unfortunately it was 20 packs of bronze/iron with a single live diamond... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ Beer League dynasty thread - knock 'em back!

03-30-2021, 02:28 PM	#98
Ormondbeachdan Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ormond Beach Fl Posts: 300	The offer may also include Verizon customers... not sure but worth checking out __________________ https://challenge.ootpdevelopments.c...s/MrDanboy.jpg

03-30-2021, 05:23 PM	#100
Stanley Kuppchaser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 4,239	A couple of last year's OL members Had a few tourney packs to open, so I logged in to find that the Death Valley Devils and Norwood Diamonders were in with the Atom Smashers and Mundys. The ten packs got me nothing of great value, with three live golds and no historical above bronze. I did get four more starters, so will have a full rotation at least. Cowboy Jones, an iron 58, is still the staff ace, though.