B.a.T.T.Y.

[Nuk]

I'm as shocked as anyone that Cubs have become a dynasty.

Thanks for the congratulations. At least there was no controversy in this 1919 World Series....

[JasonBonham]

As we dawn a new decade 1920 its been a fun ride so far.

Tigers started the league as one of the top teams to about 1906-7 than droped into the basement for the next 10 years or so.... booo

We now hope this year springs our rise back to the top with young guys like pitchers Heintzelman, Smoltz, Grimes and hitters Bench, hart, Groth.

Will Van Haltren get to 400 wins??

[deuelz]

BaTTY Catobase through 1919 on its way up.

[legendsport]

Round 1:

Boston (N) pick: 3B Al Rosen
Detroit pick: 2B Ron Gant
Chicago (A) pick: P Stan Belinda
St. Louis (N) pick: P Art Houtteman
Washington pick: 1B Jake Daubert
New York (N) pick: 2B Dots Miller
New York (A) pick: SS John McGraw
Philadelphia (A) pick: C Charlie Bennett
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Doug Rau
Cincinnati pick: CF Cesar Cedeno
Pittsburgh pick: RF Jeromy Burnitz
Cleveland pick: 1B Gus Suhr
St. Louis (A) pick: C Dan Wilson
Brooklyn pick: SS Mariano Duncan
Boston (A) pick: RF J.D. Drew
Chicago (N) pick: 2B Steve Lombardozzi


Round 2 :

Boston (N) pick: C Ed Kirkpatrick
Detroit pick: LF Ernie Young
Chicago (A) pick: SS Dick Schofield
St. Louis (N) pick: P Jack McAleese
Washington pick: RF Clint Hurdle
New York (N) pick: CF George Hogriever
New York (A) pick: 3B Fred Waterman
Philadelphia (A) pick: RF Braggo Roth
Philadelphia (N) pick: 1B Mark Johnson
Cincinnati pick: P Dummy Taylor
Pittsburgh pick: P Mike Trombley
Cleveland pick: 1B Nick Etten
St. Louis (A) pick: LF Adam Comorosky
Brooklyn pick: 1B Chuck Connors
Boston (A) pick: P Tex Clevenger
Chicago (N) pick: 2B Rod Booker


Round 3 :

Boston (N) pick: C Dave Nilsson
Detroit pick: 3B Lew Camp
Chicago (A) pick: P Mike DeJean
St. Louis (N) pick: P Jay Witasick
Washington pick: 1B Ryan Jackson
New York (N) pick: 1B Kelvin Moore
New York (A) pick: 1B Brian Lesher
Philadelphia (A) pick: RF Bob Martyn
Philadelphia (N) pick: SS Phil Linz
Cincinnati pick: CF Scot Thompson
Pittsburgh pick: 2B Dick Padden
Cleveland pick: C Del Baker
St. Louis (A) pick: P Steve Toole
Brooklyn pick: LF Bill Davidson
Boston (A) pick: 1B Ron Stone
Chicago (N) pick: C Charlie Reilley


Round 4 :

Boston (N) pick: LF Dutch Holland
Detroit pick: C Valmy Thomas
Chicago (A) pick: P Alvin Morman
St. Louis (N) pick: 3B Chuck Harmon
Washington pick: 2B Bill McClellan
New York (N) pick: P Fred Corey
New York (A) pick: 3B Wilton Veras
Philadelphia (A) pick: 2B Johnny Schaive
Philadelphia (N) pick: RF Dave Rowe
Cincinnati pick: P Harry Parker
Pittsburgh pick: SS Ray Holbert
Cleveland pick: 3B Olmedo Saenz
St. Louis (A) pick: SS Wally Kimmick
Brooklyn pick: P Bert Gallia
Boston (A) pick: LF Bob L. Bowman
Chicago (N) pick: 2B Bruno Betzel

[cec2]

Originally Posted by JasonBonham

Will Van Haltren get to 400 wins??

He had an off year in 1918 - ERA of 3.85 was half a run higher than any of his past seasons. I was expecting to say goodbye to him pretty soon.

Then in 1919, at age 38, he comes back with an 18-12 season, dropping his ERA back down to 2.98.

He'll need two more good years to hit 400, but I wouldn't bet against him. Not bad for a 2nd round pick.

[legendsport]

EARLY ON, THE RACES ARE ALREADY INTERESTING

It's still early, but the pennant chases in both the American and National Leagues are shaping up to be good ones. In the AL, the Philadelphia A's have raced off to a .675 winning percentage and five-game edge on the defending champion Red Sox. But with a 13-8 road record (just 9-10) at home, you can expect the Sox to be in the thick of the chase as they will turn it around in Fenway Park, depend on it. The A's aren't hitting much in general, depending on their pitching and speed to win ballgames, but both Mickey Mantle and Bobby Bonds are off to good starts, so if the rest of lineup wakes up, the A's can score in bunches. In the National League, the Brooklyn Dodgers are in the catbird seat - for the moment. As usual the NL race is tight with the second place Cubs (who else?) just a game back and the third-place Cards (under new management) just four back. The Cardinals' resurgence has been "powered" by the other Bonds - Barry - who has hit six homers and leads both leagues in that department (Yankee Harry Stovey has 5 to pace the AL).

[metsgeek]

Back in 1st, somehow, but the team is getting old. It may be time to rebuild next year.

A couple things to note from around the league:

1. The Yankees' Harry Stovey became the 1st player to 100 Career HR
2. George Van Heltren has been relegated to the pen in D.C. Looks like he won't make it to 400 wins. Go Fred Heimach!!!
3. Nobody mentioned it last season, but BaTTY had an amazing 5 no-hitters in 1919. The Red Sox' own Gary Nolan is the only pitcher to toss more than one.

* EDIT - Now that I look closer. My team is one of the youngest in the league!

[legendsport]

RED SOX, CARDINALS TO CLASH IN FALL CLASSIC

The Boston Red Sox, still seeking that elusive first World's title, ran up a very solid 94-60 record in 1920 to repeat as American League titlists. They'll be facing a new foe this year in the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cards, reborn under new management, won a dogfight for the NL pennant, unseating perennial champion Chicago by a three-game margin. The Red Sox should be the favorites in the Series - a first for them - as they feature the league's best pitching, headed by the immortal Fred Heimach, who looked like the dominant hurler of old as he won 27 ballgames and now has 334 lifetime victories. If there's an Achilles heel for the Sox, it's the offense which had a ho-hum season finishing in the bottom half of the 16 teams in most offensive categories. The Cardinals are a near polar opposite - great offense, pedestrian pitching. The offense revolves around a pair of superb outfielders (Barry Bonds & Andre Dawson) and the league's top offensive shortstop (Robin Yount). All three had great years and will be tough to stop - a fine challenge for Heimach & co. The Cards did have two 20-game winners in southpaws Dave LaRoche and Jim Abbott, but both posted ERAs north of 3.00 - well above the 2.14 of Heimach and 2.74 of Boston's second-best pitcher Greg Minton. Should be an interesting Series.

[NYJuggalo45]

Cleveland is looking to rebuild.

It has become obvious over the past few seasons, that while we are an above .500 club, we just don't have enough to contend anymore in the AL. Therefore, we are looking to rebuild. We have alot of talented vets at the tailend of their careers, but still with great ratings and producing at a high level, and they can definitely help some of the other contenders get over the hump. The most notable players on the block are C Del Crandell, IFs Jake Stenzel & Jim Lefebvre and OF Billy Goodman as well as SPs Vic Aldridge, Joaquin Andujar and Chief Hogsett. But anyone over 28-29 years old is available with the exception of Dave Orr, who I've decided to be greedy about and let him finish up his amazing career in Cleveland to join Joe D in the HOF as Indians. Obviously would be looking for younger players in deals for any vets.

If you're interested in talking trade, the best way to get ahold of me is email. Michaelgsalvia@aol.com

[JasonBonham]

Couple of late call ups got the Tigers out of the cellar and gives us hope for next season.....

Johnny "Little General" Bench, Catcher, 23 yrs, Detroit Tigers

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	38	124	49	8	3	0	22	15	6	8	.395	.414	.508	.922	.841

John Smoltz, Starting Pitcher, 23 yrs, Detroit Tigers

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	15	15	11	4	0	1.93	135.0	117	37	29	32	54	14	93.3	4	13	86.7

[JasonBonham]

Dam this is the first monday in like 4 months I dont have a Batty Lineup to do

[NYJuggalo45]

from the sounds of the problem and from my memories of 6.5 leagues dying for no reason, i think you might not have a lineup to do next monday either

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by NYJuggalo45

from the sounds of the problem and from my memories of 6.5 leagues dying for no reason, i think you might not have a lineup to do next monday either

Not if he has a backup before the WS. (fingers crossed)

[scprideandms]

I'll bet Joe has a backup, and I'd also bet it's a DB issue and it's bad programming, unexpected/missing data causes crashes

[legendsport]

Originally Posted by NYJuggalo45

from the sounds of the problem and from my memories of 6.5 leagues dying for no reason, i think you might not have a lineup to do next monday either

I don't think this is fatal, but it might take longer to fix than I originally thought, mainly because I'm very busy work-wise this week.

Originally Posted by metsgeek

Not if he has a backup before the WS. (fingers crossed)

I do have a backup

Originally Posted by scprideandms

I'll bet Joe has a backup, and I'd also bet it's a DB issue and it's bad programming, unexpected/missing data causes crashes

I do think it's a database problem with the next rookie class, so that's what I'm looking at fixing. The crash happens during rookie import. So I have to comb through my custom BaTTY database and find the problem. Once I have time to sit down and do that, we'll be back in business.

[scprideandms]

Joe, some ideas of things to look at first, from past experience with custom DB's.

1. Any of the columns with dates that might have an invalid or missing date, especially debut and birth

2. Name (including nicknames) with special characters (-, quotes, etc.)

3. Columns/fields with no data (not zero's but blanks in numeric fields, might have to Hard Enter a 0) or somehow got a negative number.

Those are the 3 biggies I have run across, I know I am a GM but if you want some help looking for it I'd be glad to do it and PROMISE to only look at this years debut guys.

[deuelz]

BaTTY Catobase through 1920 on its way.

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by deuelz

BaTTY Catobase through 1920 on its way.

You might not want to do that if Joe has to replay the postseason, or revert to an older file.

[deuelz]

Originally Posted by metsgeek

You might not want to do that if Joe has to replay the postseason, or revert to an older file.

Good point. I didnt realize he was replaying the postseason.

[NYJuggalo45]

any update from Joe?