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[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Duncan James Freeman is completely right-handed, both as a hitter and as a thrower, for that matter. He may not see much playing time at first in his career, of course, but there are several Cardinals now in their thirties, for sure. So maybe he'll be able to make a significant enough impact for them by the time he hits his middle or late twenties, I think, if he gets enough playing time in the meantime, somehow. CD out.

[jg2977]

I definitely didn't make Otis 135 pounds, not on purposely. I made sure to get the exact heights and weights for both DJ and Otis. So I'm not sure what happened there. I'll fix it next time I play the game.

Sometimes my imported jerseys and caps get reset, and I don't know why that happens, so I need to change those too.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Mother says she has Covid, and that Dad may have it too, but I really don't know for sure yet if they actually do. Please pray that whether or not they do, they'll both be fine, ultimately, around where I live now. They're both in their middle or late seventies now, and they've both had periodical health issues for a good while now, in truth. As for me, I'm more or less fine, I think, but could still be better, of course, as I approach my fiftieth birthday in my life. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

All of you will be in my prayers, CD.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

jg2977, when you have posted the award winners in both overall leagues for the 1904 season, and before you move to the 1905 calendar year, please do look at post 3475 in this thread again, and remind me about the things I mentioned in it.

After 1905's awards, and before you move to 1906, I will talk you through the process of instituting an age limit in at least one of your relevant leagues, if not both, for this most recent dynasty of yours. I will also need to see certain teams' current states as of the end of 1905's regular season, so I can hopefully then better prepare the potential profiles for those who may be debuting in the 1906 season of your dynasty, on either the Freemans' side of things or on the rivals' side of things, for sure.

I will await your relevant related future responses here about the appropriately applicable matters, as time permits and all, just as patiently as I can and all, in any case. Until then, at least, I hope my Cardinals still will fly quite high here, as always, of course. CD out.

[jg2977]

It looks like we may be headed for a 1904 Yankees vs. Cardinals World Series. The Yankees are already there, sweeping Boston. The games in New York were tight and the Yankees prevailed by the thinnest of margins, but they dominated at Fenway Park, including a 17-3 thrashing in the series clincher.

Cardinals lead the Padres 3 games to 1. The Cardinals' offensive struggles that they experienced in the playoffs last year seem to have vanished, as they are smashing the ball all over the park. Thomas Webster Follis will try to close out the NLCS tonight on the road at Jack Murphy Stadium.

Even though the Yankees finished at an incredible 132-30, the Cardinals are still very solid at 112-50. The Yankees offense is decent but not amazing. They win lots of games because of defense and pitching. The Yankees' success against the Cardinals, if they match up against them, will depend on whether they can keep the St. Louis bats at bay.

On the IPA side, Beechwood won a close back-and-forth seven game RU Title Series against Far Mountain, and Hillsboro downed San Alejo in the TU in six. The winner of the Beechwood-Hillsboro Pro Cup series will capture their first title.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Before your next class of Hall of Famers is announced, we need to work with your settings, so that players don't lose their service time if and when they switch leagues, from that point on, jg2977. While we might not be able to adjust the service time for all still-active currently-affected players sufficiently well, in each case, we can perhaps at least prevent the official service time amounts from being adversely affected automatically due to league switches for any players from that point on in your dynasty.

After 1905's awards, we can put in the age limits I mentioned earlier, I believe. That would then likely put a permanent end to nearly all the playing careers of your dynasty's first-generation players, if not all of them, here. It certainly would put an end to Jeddy Holmes' career, for he's already in his middle or late 40's. But that's just fine with me. As for your Hall of Fame ballot eligibility standards, how long do you allow players to be on the ballot at present? I usually allow unlimited eligibility, as long as someone gets at least five percent of the available votes on the ballot, in truth, for eligible players who've played at least ten years in a league and been retired for at least five years, just so you know.

As for future players to be added to your dynasty, we've already agreed on several Morses, one more Freeman, Hugh Clairborne, and at least two more potential rivals of those on the Freemans' side of things, so far. At least as far as it relates to your dynasty's second generation, that is. The first-generation players that might still be under the age limit for a little while yet, once instituted in either or both leagues, will likely only be Barrett Parverol and Simon Clairborne, supposing the others have either retired by choice or by manual retirement. I think Jethro Morse's current contract ends in 1904, and I believe the same is true for Tanner Garber. If they don't retire or aren't retired manually after 1904, then let's see if they sign on somewhere for one last year, because I think both will be close to, if not past the age limit, by the end of the 1905 season.

Will talk more later, as time permits and all, then. Lord willing and all, of course, that is. Thank you for your time and all here, as well. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Before your next class of Hall of Famers is announced, we need to work with your settings, so that players don't lose their service time if and when they switch leagues, from that point on, jg2977. While we might not be able to adjust the service time for all still-active currently-affected players sufficiently well, in each case, we can perhaps at least prevent the official service time amounts from being adversely affected automatically due to league switches for any players from that point on in your dynasty.

After 1905's awards, we can put in the age limits I mentioned earlier, I believe. That would then likely put a permanent end to nearly all the playing careers of your dynasty's first-generation players, if not all of them, here. It certainly would put an end to Jeddy Holmes' career, for he's already in his middle or late 40's. But that's just fine with me. As for your Hall of Fame ballot eligibility standards, how long do you allow players to be on the ballot at present? I usually allow unlimited eligibility, as long as someone gets at least five percent of the available votes on the ballot, in truth, for eligible players who've played at least ten years in a league and been retired for at least five years, just so you know.

As for future players to be added to your dynasty, we've already agreed on several Morses, one more Freeman, Hugh Clairborne, and at least two more potential rivals of those on the Freemans' side of things, so far. At least as far as it relates to your dynasty's second generation, that is. The first-generation players that might still be under the age limit for a little while yet, once instituted in either or both leagues, will likely only be Barrett Parverol and Simon Clairborne, supposing the others have either retired by choice or by manual retirement. I think Jethro Morse's current contract ends in 1904, and I believe the same is true for Tanner Garber. If they don't retire or aren't retired manually after 1904, then let's see if they sign on somewhere for one last year, because I think both will be close to, if not past the age limit, by the end of the 1905 season.

Will talk more later, as time permits and all, then. Lord willing and all, of course, that is. Thank you for your time and all here, as well. CD out.

Got it. As for the Hall of Fame, I didn't edit any of the default settings, so it must be 15 years. If a player can't get voted in after all that time, they probably don't deserve to be in.

[jg2977]

Jethro Morse signed on for two more years with Kilkenny, so he'll be playing for the Hops in 1905 and 1906. Here's Morse's stats at the All-Star Break. Kilkenny's record is 49-35, but they are 13 games out of the last playoff spot.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Let's actually both retire Jethro Paul Morse right after the 1905 season's awards are all announced, along with both Tanner Garber and Jedediah Holmes, if Tanner doesn't automatically retire by himself. That then would just leave Barrett Parverol and Simon Clairborne still active of the eight first-generation players you allowed me to have in your IPA here. Okay? It might cut a year off his contract, of course, but so be it. In fact, cut out that last year for it, and adjust Kilkenny's details accordingly, along with Morse's history, if you like, so that his contract expires after 1905.

You can probably do the exact same things for Tanner Garber here, as well, if you might so choose to do so here, when it comes to his potential current team, I think, both for him and for whatever team he might then currently be on. That's if I'm not too mistaken here, that is. CD out.

[jg2977]

Tanner Garber is 43 and is on San Diego, just like last year.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

PM sent your way, jg2977. That is all. CD out.

[jg2977]

Let me know if you want me to increase the ratings for Dustin Freeman and Otis Garber so that they make more of an impact and play better.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

In my baseball worlds, generally speaking, alcoholic beverages are NOT sold in any stadium based in the United States, at least. Nor in Slaabovia or any of my fictional lands, for that matter. At least not while games are being played in them or on game days, that is.

That is also true for football stadiums, basketball arenas, or hockey arenas, at the very least, as well. However, that doesn't necessarily mean here that spectators watching assorted sporting contests don't have anything to drink while attending them, of course. Tea and coffee and/or other non-alcoholic beverages are quite often consumed instead of intoxicating beverages at various sporting contests in my various sports worlds and/or fictional nations, in truth.

Duncan James Freeman and Otis Garber are still young, so let's wait at least a little while longer to see what happens with them before we start to tinker with them a good deal, jg2977. Elijah Moses Freeman will probably be proposed mainly as a second baseman, but I'll need to know more detailed information about the Cardinals before I create his proposed player profile for 1906.

As for Otis, he should be kept as an OF/P as I basically proposed him when I did. I don't know yet if you've actually given him the relevant pitching ratings and all that I originally proposed for him here, or if you've given him the necessary position player ratings and all here, either, for that matter.

Looking forwards to seeing what you can perhaps show me related to the Montreal Expos, too, by the way, so I can hopefully better tailor a certain player's proposed profile. Also would like to find out more about the second-generation players that you've not recently updated me on, progress-wise, for their careers. Specifically about Jerry Holmes and Bradley Parverol, at least, if memory serves me correctly here, that is. CD out.

[jg2977]

Montreal Expos

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Once this postseason is over, and once all the 1905 seasonal awards have been announced for both leagues in your current main dynasty, Jethro Morse, Tanner Garber, and Jedediah Holmes should all be retired in it, either automatically or manually, I think, jg2977. That's so that when they ultimately each enter the Hall of Fame for its IPA, they can all have a better chance to do so together.

I will also need to see Glasco's current team-related details, and I will need to see their list of retired numbers, and we will need to retire Jethro's number for them, before choosing numbers that Zebulon and Jethro's sons could wear in the future with them, if they play for them to start off each of their respective playing careers.

We will need to retire Jedediah's number with South Fork, and Tanner Garber's with Kenwood, as well, in turn, I think. When Barrett Parverol retires, we will likely need to do the same for his number with Sugar Valley, and when Simon Clairborne retires, his Turon number will likely have to be retired for the Typhoons. Supposing, of course, that they have enough good statistical performances to warrant such honors with each relevant team here, you know, j2977.

I would suppose that you've already retired Henry Clarence Freeman's number with Denton City and Kyle Jordan Walton's with Hillsboro, too, if I'm not too mistaken here. They all put up high numbers in the 19th century, due to how you ran your dynasty back then in it, it seems to me.

As for the ratings I typically give my players, I try to give them more realistic ratings, so that their statistics are more plausible, using a basic template created by at least one other forum member. I don't necessarily mind if they're not superstars, but I just don't necessarily want them to be weak players, if it can possibly be avoided, in various dynasties, you see, jg2977. Most players in history haven't been superstars, you know, players like Ken Oberkfell and Gene Larkin and Tom Lawless, to name just a few examples, but they've still stuck around for several years while playing in their careers, for sure.

I think Thomas Webster Follis's chief rival will be a pitcher when he plays for the Expos. Although they could use some help up the middle on the field, as well. You have quite a few players in their twenties on the Expos, but there are a few players over 30 for them. Maybe they can somehow better consolidate their current infield mix and also get some better catching and/or more outfield help. Just some things to perhaps consider here that might help them do better in the future here, for sure. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

These recent contracts in reality are utterly insane, I think. There's no way we'll see them fully realized in terms of history and all, before certain things happen as they likely will or must in this world. It's a huge waste of money for such a short length of effective time related to each contract, no doubt.

No player in any sport is worth more than 20 million a year, and nobody has been for decades, in my view. What real good is it for a single pro athlete to be paid much more money in a single year than most normal people could make in maybe at least two or three lifetimes for themselves, as pro athletes?

There needs to be a salary cap instituted immediately on all major pro sports teams, and caps on ticket prices. The owners don't need to make hundreds of millions, if not billions, every year, I think. Players don't need eight or nine-figure contracts either for their services, either in the short-term or the long-term, for sure. And fans can no longer afford expensive ticket prices and all in order to attend games they might want to see in person. I think a maximum ticket price of something around 20 dollars per ticket would probably be best here, actually, for adult tickets to games, even for postseason or All-Star games, folks.

Of course, you all can disagree with me here, but with the ways that certain things now are in this world, and in pro sports, at least, the financial waste for contracts and all is insane. I get that many players are quite good players, mind you. But I still think that no player ever actually needs an eight-figure salary per year of their playing careers, or any nine-figure contracts for any potential length of time here in them, most definitely. CD out.

[jg2977]

St. Louis Cardinals

[jg2977]

DJ Freeman

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

What uniform numbers do each of the three now-existing Freemans currently have on the St. Louis Cardinals? Who has 35 right now for them? Didn't I propose 35 for Thomas Webster Follis when he started? Just wondering, that's all. CD out.