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[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Cardinals teams often do well in the system, as well, I think. And they usually have a lot of good players by the time they hit St. Louis, in most years, if they haven't already sent them off to other teams or cut them by then. It will still be at least somewhat hard to replace Pujols and Molina, at least, if not also Wainwright, I think, in 2023.

I don't think Knizer is the best answer for the Cardinals behind the plate, and replacing Pujols is not going to be easy either. IF and when Wainwright's done, it may be somewhat challenging as well for the Cardinals. I suspect he'll be retiring very soon, for sure.

I expect the Cards will have to go shopping for a catcher, unless they have the next Mike Matheny or Darrell Porter or Ted Simmons or Tim McCarver, of a sort, already in their farm system, somehow. I'm not too sold on their entire outfield yet, either, and I really don't like the DH, you know, as well. The Cardinals also need better bats and better defense, and more speed, among other things they need. They ought not to carry pitchers that can't really pitch well, either, for more than five or six innings a start, or perform well for at least an inning-plus out of the bullpen, for that matter. CD out.

Congratulations Cardinals. What could have been,

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Have any or all of the three relevant newly-retired players possibly become coaches or managers or scouts yet, and if so, where are they, and what kind of coaches or managers or scouts are they? Just curious, that's all. CD out.

[jg2977]

I just turned them into coaches, none have been hired yet.

For your new generation of players in 1901, I'll give them the ratings that you desire, however I will increase their potential ratings, so that they have the opportunity to develop into great players. If they have high intelligence and strong work ethic, that will increase their chances of success. That should be fair.

[Eugene Church]

Good news for you, CD.

Arthyr Freeman of the Hillsboro Blazers made the Tycobbian All-Stars at shortstop... he got into the game in the 7th inning and went 0-1... it was a hard smash to the shortstop.

[jg2977]

CD, anything you want me to do before I simulate the 1898 season? I guess I'll post the baseball player cards of your 5 remaining players. Other than that, there's nothing to do until 1901 when add the MLB association.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Team reports at least once every regular season for relevant teams, plus the appropriate cards, prior to each postseason, I think, even if said teams don't make the playoffs. Also any other screens you think I might want to see related to said players, even if in-season during regular seasons. Like if they might get traded to other teams or sign with certain teams, for instance, of course.

Meanwhile, I'll start trying to prepare the profiles for the relevant players, if I haven't already proposed them before to you, either for this version of your IPA dynasty or the first version of it, at least, if not other dynasties of yours as well. My mailbox is now completely empty, after I first saved all the messages then in it, both received and sent, to certain other files. So if you want to communicate privately with me, you now can certainly do so here, as can EC and/or others, within reason and all, for sure.

There may possibly be some cousins to Zebulon and/or Jethro Morse's relevant sons who may be proposed later on for your dynasty, as well. But we can certainly both discuss them on a case-by-case basis later on, if and when we both can, I'm sure. You don't plan to create a related hockey world here, though, do you? Just curious and all, you see. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Team reports at least once every regular season for relevant teams, plus the appropriate cards, prior to each postseason, I think, even if said teams don't make the playoffs. Also any other screens you think I might want to see related to said players, even if in-season during regular seasons. Like if they might get traded to other teams or sign with certain teams, for instance, of course.

Meanwhile, I'll start trying to prepare the profiles for the relevant players, if I haven't already proposed them before to you, either for this version of your IPA dynasty or the first version of it, at least, if not other dynasties of yours as well. My mailbox is now completely empty, after I first saved all the messages then in it, both received and sent, to certain other files. So if you want to communicate privately with me, you now can certainly do so here, as can EC and/or others, within reason and all, for sure.

There may possibly be some cousins to Zebulon and/or Jethro Morse's relevant sons who may be proposed later on for your dynasty, as well. But we can certainly both discuss them on a case-by-case basis later on, if and when we both can, I'm sure. You don't plan to create a related hockey world here, though, do you? Just curious and all, you see. CD out.

Perhaps, down the road, I may create another association with the NHL franchises, as I have excellent graphics for that, plus one more fictional league of various teams. That would give me four associations, and then I can have a 4-team playoff or round robin involving the association champions.

For now, in 1901, I’ll just add the MLB, so that not too much is happening at once.

[jg2977]

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[jg2977]

I already posted Jeddy Holmes in my IPA thread, and Tanner Garber in the previous post. You can obtain the information and baseball cards for Jethro Morse, Simon Clairborne and Barrett Parverol in the IPA thread, as I posted their team reports in the regular season and player cards after various playoff games.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

You mean another league or two, before you add them to the association, don't you? I think that's what you mean here, jg2977, because if you set up multiple associations, they won't necessarily connect with each other, it seems to me.

What you'd want is to have an association with multiple leagues, I think. Then you could match up whatever leagues you'd want to in said association, and set the playoff structure as you might perhaps see fit to set it up here, if I remember correctly. I believe I've given you the needed relevant information pertaining to associations before, as well, at least once or twice, in fact.

Talk more with you soon, I expect, of course. Lord willing and all, you know, jg2977. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

You mean another league or two, before you add them to the association, don't you? I think that's what you mean here, jg2977, because if you set up multiple associations, they won't necessarily connect with each other, it seems to me.

What you'd want is to have an association with multiple leagues, I think. Then you could match up whatever leagues you'd want to in said association, and set the playoff structure as you might perhaps see fit to set it up here, if I remember correctly. I believe I've given you the needed relevant information pertaining to associations before, as well, at least once or twice, in fact.

Talk more with you soon, I expect, of course. Lord willing and all, you know, jg2977. CD out.

Yes, that's what I meant. I mean that I'll add leagues to the association. I just used the wrong terminology. You gave me detailed instructions on how to do it, so it shouldn't be too difficult.

So if I eventually have 4 leagues in the association, then I can set up a 4-team playoff or round robin with each league champion.

[jg2977]

Sorry to disappoint you, but something weird happened with Simon Clairborne and Barrett Parverol for 1898. They became free agents but never signed with anyone, so neither of them played. As a result, defending champion Turon fell to 78-84.

I instituted a salary cap. Could it be that the salaries that they were demanding were so exorbitant that no team could afford them?

[jg2977]

A couple of my created players didn't sign with anyone either, so they missed the season too. I'm just going to get rid of the salary cap then for next year.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Certain birth-related information for most potential players I might propose for the next generation of your dynasty will now be listed below. Or at least as it might relate to any or all of the eight players from its first generation, anyway. You will be increasing the number of teams in your dynasty, after all, so we may be able to spread them out at least a little bit between the various teams in it, you know.

Henry Freeman's sons' birthdates:

Gordon Clyde Freeman: February 11, 1881
Arthyr Gyolgi Freeman: March 10, 1882
Duncan James Freeman: December 16, 1884
Elijah Moses Freeman: July 15, 1887

Kyle Walton's sons' birthdates:

Abel Seth (A.S) Walton: May 14, 1893
Washington Lincoln (W.L.) Walton: July 4, 1896

Judah Morse's son's birthdate (Judah is the older brother of both Zebulon and Jethro):

Abel Morse: June 24, 1884

Zebulon Morse's sons' birthdates:

Enoch Morse: November 1, 1883
Noah Morse: September 8, 1889

Simon Morse's son's birthdate (Simon is between Zebulon and Jethro, birth-wise):

Timothy Morse: February 25, 1890

Jethro Morse's sons' birthdates:

Moses Morse: May 14, 1890
Joel Morse: March 17, 1895
Amos Morse: January 1, 1900

Leah Morse Tulach's son's birthdate (Leah is Zebulon and Jethro's youngest sister):

Talbot Tulach: January 1, 1901

Jedediah Holmes's son's birthdate (Only one son of two will be submitted, I think, though):

Jeremiah (Jerry) Holmes: May 19, 1882

Barrett Parverol's son's birthdate (Only one son of two will be submitted here as well, though):

Bradley Parverol: November 21, 1883

Tanner Garber's son's birthdate:

Otis Garber: June 3, 1885

Simon Clairborne's son's birthdate:

Hugh Clairborne: February 25, 1888

Gordon and his brothers will be the spouses of Kyle Walton's daughters, and Henry's grandsons by them will be related by blood to the Waltons and the Morses, for sure. But let's just see how this next generation of your dynasty plays out first, of course.

If you decide to have a related hockey world, I have four potential hockey players in mind here, all descended from sisters of Zebulon and Jethro, for your information. I can share the relevant birthdates and all with you later, you know, if you want me to. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Thomas Webster Follis will probably be submitted in time for the 1901 season, I think, or at least a semi-fictionalized version of him. He will not be connected directly to any of the eight players from the first generation, most likely, though. But we might still want to create a possible rival for him at some point, just so you know. As for certain others not sufficiently connected to the main eight from the first generation, we'll both have to decide on them later, perhaps, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

As for the salary cap, I think it could be useful here, but it may need some tinkering here. It might be a good idea to ask around how it could perhaps be best implemented and maintained in your league, though, just the same, jg2977. I suggest that you might do so soon, at least for both of us here, if not also for various others as well here on the forums, then. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

As far as things currently go for both Simon Clairborne and Barrett Parverol, I'm really not particularly bothered here that they didn't play in 1898, in truth. Then again, both started their playing careers in 1883 for your IPA, I believe, so maybe they'll retire soon? We'll have to see, of course, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I have a potential player profile made up for Thomas Webster Follis now, but he won't debut until 1901 at the earliest in your dynasty, for sure. He'll probably start the exact same year in your dynasty as Gordon Clyde Freeman will, as well. He will be a two-way player, but his main focus will probably be pitching, I think, as GC's probably will be, like in your previous version of the IPA. Most likely his proposed starting hitting and/or fielding ratings will largely keep him from playing the field as much as Jethro Morse has already done, for instance, during this dynasty's current run-through.

Arthyr Gyolgi Freeman will be a catcher, at least, but most likely not a two-way player. As for Duncan James and Elijah Moses Freeman, they'll both most likely be proposed solely as position players, maybe even as middle infielders and/or center fielders, with low to no real pitching ratings at all for them both. I'm not quite sure just what defensive positions I might eventually propose them for here yet, to be completely honest with you here.

If GC and his brothers don't go to college, then their chief rivals probably won't either, I think. But I'll definitely have to decide that later for each of them, of course, jg2977, in any case.

Jeddy Holmes will most likely be retired for at least a year or two by the time Jerry Holmes ultimately debuts in your dynasty. And I'm not entirely sure that Tanner Garber, Barrett Parverol, and Simon Clairborne will each still be active players by the applicable times that Otis Garber, Bradley Parverol, and Hugh Clairborne each debut in it as well. However, if any of them somehow make it to 1901 or so during their respective playing careers, perhaps Barrett and Simon can each have the best chances at that sort of thing somehow happening here.

Jethro probably won't play past circa 1900, more or less, I think. He'll definitely be too old to play with any of his sons, but maybe he can at least coach or manage them when the time or times they're each potentially old enough to play in your dynasty here finally arrive for them here.

As for anyone else, we'll have to see what happens, and whether any of the mentioned people above who might appear in your dynasty's second generation ultimately go to college or not before their official playing careers might start during it, of course. IF they don't, they'll probably debut when they're each around 19 or so years old, I think. Just so you know. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Three proposed player profiles have now been sent your way, jg2977. I hope that they each meet sufficiently enough with your approval soon enough prior to your main dynasty's 1901 calendar year, of course. More such profiles will come your way at certain later times, if and when possible and appropriate, I'm sure. Thank you. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Actually, jg2977, Arthyr Gyolgi Freeman's birthplace this time around in your dynasty, if his proposed player profile is approved, should be Columbia, Missouri, just so you know. If you could have him from there, and not from Chesterfield, Missouri, this time around, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks. CD out.