Return of the Rams - Page 3

Y0DA55 · 01-31-2007, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeheinz72

Go NEVADA JACKS!

I saw that, and I thought, "We can't take ONE game from them?"

How awful is that that I got swept by Nevada?

jeheinz72 · 01-31-2007, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Y0DA55

I saw that, and I thought, "We can't take ONE game from them?"

How awful is that that I got swept by Nevada?

...and it was IN Colorado! But seriously, we're not the Jacks of old. We might even make it to .500!

Y0DA55 · 02-02-2007, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeheinz72

...and it was IN Colorado! But seriously, we're not the Jacks of old. We might even make it to .500!

I'd like to see you do that. It's been quite a while since you decided to start rebuilding. About time it starts to pay off!

Y0DA55 · 02-02-2007, 01:33 PM

Team Record: 33-69
Sim Record: 1-8

Games
7/21 - 2-1 loss @ Utah - Christopher Baker hits his 4th homerun of the year and Chet McKie allows just 1 run in 7 innings (on 5 hits). Too bad our bullpen (the combination of MacKenzie and Stier) gave the game away in the 9th.
7/22 - 6-0 loss @ Utah - Oscar Oakley had 2 of our 5 hits to raise his average to a massive .198. Christopher Steelman get wrecked again, dropping his 13th game of the season.
7/23 - 10-1 loss @ Washington - We just got walloped! Acevedo only went 3 innings, but we couldn't pitch. We couldn't hit. Although, we did turn 3 double plays (but that usually is a bad thing).
7/24 - 7-1 loss @ Washington - I'm going to focus on the positives. Ummm... Oscar Oakley scored our only run and had a stolen base. Ward Chee had 2 innings of no-hit relief.... and that about covers the positives.
7/25 - 3-0 WIN @ Washington - Paul Long is really starting to come into his own (7 IP, 5 hits, 0 runs, PoG). Vin Koenig goes 2-4 with a run and an RBI.
7/26 - 2-0 loss @ Wisconsin - One day we shut out the best team in baseball, the next day the 2nd best team shuts us out. We get 5 hits (2 each by Mingo and Carmona, Oakley got the other) and McKie pitches 6 shut out innings. But Souza allows a homerun in the 7th which iced it for Wisconsin.
7/27 - 5-3 loss @ Wisconsin - Richard Jerkins hit 2 solo homeruns and James Walsh added 2 hits, but Steelman allowed a career high number of hits (12) in 7 innings along with all 5 of Wisconsin's runs.
7/28 - 4-3 loss @ Wisconsin - Diaz went 3-4 with a homerun (in the top of the 9th) and 3 RBI. Acevedo pitched solidly, but just not solidly enough for our offense (7 IP, 9 hits, 3 runs).
7/29 - Off Day
7/30 - 4-2 loss @ Kansas - Paul Long loses his 10th game of the season (7 IP, 7 hits, 3 ER). James Walsh had 2 hits.

Standings

Code:

Great Explorers Standings
East
Team	    W  L  PCT  GB  Stk L10
Wisconsin  65 37 .637	-   W4 8-2
Kansas	   61 41 .598  4.0  W1 5-5
Texas	   52 52 .500 14.0  L3 3-7
Illinois   49 54 .476 16.5  L2 5-5
Minnesota  42 60 .412 23.0  W3 5-5
New Mexico 34 69 .330 31.5  L2 4-6

West
Team	    W  L  PCT  GB  Stk L10
Washington 75 28 .728	-   L1 6-4
Idaho	   56 46 .549 18.5  L1 6-4
Utah	   54 49 .524 21.0  W2 7-3
Nevada	   51 51 .500 23.5  W2 6-4
California 44 60 .423 31.5  W1 4-6
Colorado   33 69 .324 41.5  L4 1-9

So even though we went 1-8 this sim, I'm not too down on my team. After all, we played 7 games against the 3 best teams in the GEL (Washington, Wisconsin, Kansas respectively). This sim was about what I expected.

Washington is on track for the best season ever in the NPBL. And they are actually 6 games worse than their pythagorean record.

Pitching

Code:

   Name	         G GS	W  L SV	  ERA	 IP  HA	  R ER BB  K
s1 P. Long	20 20	6 10  0	 3.80 123.0 133	 57 52 26 39
s2 C. McKie	23 23	6  6  0	 3.68 141.2 150	 61 58 26 70
s3 C. Steelman	22 22	4 14  0	 4.94 129.1 147	 76 71 36 69
s4 A. Acevedo	 4  4	0  2  0	 4.68  25.0  28	 14 13  9  6
s5 J. O'Parra	16 16	3 10  0	 4.69  78.2  96	 48 41 15 35

mr E. Divell	 3  0	0  0  0	18.00   2.0   4	  4  4	2  3
mr B. Suggs	10  0	1  1  0	 4.96  16.1  18	 13  9 11  6
mr R. Souza	62  0	4  2  1	 4.45  64.2  58	 33 32 19 47
mr D. MacKenzie	37  0	2  3  0	 4.31  54.1  54	 33 26 23 21
su W. Chee	46  0	3  2  8	 4.22  49.0  46	 23 23 20 37
su L. Briscoe	46  0	0  3  2	 3.12  52.0  44	 21 18 17 34
cl A. Stier	42  0	3  3  5	 3.32  40.2  53	 16 15 11 15

Both Long and McKie have been very solid. If we had an offense, they'd have a few more wins. Steelman, Acevedo, and O'Parra have been getting crushed recently though. Maybe I should try someone from the minors to give them a shot (like Acevedo was given a shot)?

The trading deadline comes up next sim. I wouldn't be surprised to see Chee and/or Briscoe gone by then. I'm surprised I haven't gotten more of a bite on Stier.

As a note... the only untradeable on my team (Paul Long) has only allowed 7 earned runs (8 runs) in his last 7 games. I'm liking this guys potential as he hasn't yet maxed out his ratings (and he's 22!).

Lineup

Code:

     Name	    G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG
1 LF L. Mingo	   96 347  85 20  2  0	21 40 42 58 .245 .332 .314
2 C  J. Walsh	   94 336  99 18  3  3	44 33 24 42 .295 .341 .393
3 CF F. Diaz	   96 352  91 15  3  6	32 34 20 68 .259 .303 .369
4 2B V. Koenig	   99 343 103  6  0  6	37 38 27 42 .300 .357 .370
5 RF O. Oakley	   98 356  70  8  3 11	35 27 32 77 .197 .266 .329
6 SS K. Warner	   33 113  31  9  0  2	 8 11  8 16 .274 .333 .407
7 1B S. McLaughlin 89 267  69  4  0  2	25 20 12 56 .258 .294 .296
8 3B J. Carmona	   61 117  26  6  0  0	 7  8  8 19 .222 .276 .274

     A. Oberlin	   75 144  31  5  1  2	16 10  7 18 .215 .266 .306
     N. Mutsuhito  44  99  20  3  0  0	 8  5  3 22 .202 .223 .232
     C. Baker	   62 102  20  4  0  4	 8 13  6 17 .196 .241 .353
     R. Jerkins	   93 307  53 12  5  3	22 30 23 41 .173 .240 .274
     K. Biel	   52  95  14  5  1  0	 6  9  6 18 .147 .196 .221

Koenig is quietly putting up some decent numbers. Nothing spectacular, mind you, but very decent. He's older, which is the only reason why I don't think he'll be involved in any trades this weekend. James Walsh might be gone. If he does happen to go, it's going to be a sad day for the Rams.

Team Rankings
Note: There are 24 teams in the league.

Batting AVG: .236 (22nd)
Homeruns: 48 (24th)
Walks: 238 (23rd)
Stolen Bases: 74 (12th)
Runs Scored: 320 (23rd)

Pitching ERA: 4.46 (22nd)
Opponents AVG: .276 (23rd)
HRs Allowed: 92 (21st)
Walks Allowed: 281 (T-10th)
Runs Allowed: 486 (22nd)

On the Farm

Code:

Batters
#  Name	               Age Pos	Lvl  AVG HR RBI
3  Bates Schatz	        22  2B	 AA .288  5  34
4  Ross Lange	        18   C 	  A .227  5  21
5  Earl Schuh	        24  RF	 AA .277 12  53
7  James Hennen	        24  LF	AAA .319 13  76
10 Nightmare Massengill	22  3B	AAA .306  8  64

Pitchers
# Name	         Age Role  Level   Rec	 ERA   IP    HA	BB   K
1 Paydirt James	  18   SP    A	   5-5	2.57  136.1 128	38  69
2 Paul Long	  22   SP Majors  6-10	3.80  123.0 133	26  39
6 Chip Herold	  24   SP   AA	   8-7	3.69  146.1 109	65 102
8 Salvatore Perez 20   SP  AAA	   3-3	3.56   60.2  55	32  41
9 Armando Renez	  18   SP    A	  3-11	6.34  119.1 118	61  56

Sigh... Ross Lange has dropped down to being the 57th best prospect in the league. Bummer!

Schuh, Hennen, and Massengill are looking like they will be ready to contribute next year. I'll probably bring them up at the end of the year to see what they can do. But rest assured. All three will be in the majors next year.

Speaking of getting a shot at the majors, Salvatore Perez is pretty close. I really hate to rush pitching, but I could see him in the rotation at the beginning of next year. I probably won't push him this year as he's only 20.

When is Paul Long going to drop off my "Top Prospect" list? He's started 55 major league games in his career already. I think it's time we stop calling him a prospect.

jeheinz72 · 02-02-2007, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Y0DA55

I'd like to see you do that. It's been quite a while since you decided to start rebuilding. About time it starts to pay off!

Yeah we actually made it to 51-51 this sim, our first time at/above .500 this late since 2014. OUCH.

And on the Long/Prospects' List thing, Yuda and I have come to the conclusion that they stay on until 2 years of service time is accrued, so he should be off it in a month.

Y0DA55 · 02-05-2007, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeheinz72

And on the Long/Prospects' List thing, Yuda and I have come to the conclusion that they stay on until 2 years of service time is accrued, so he should be off it in a month.

Good.

If he isn't eligible for the Rookie of the Year Award, then I don't really want him on my prospects list.

Y0DA55 · 02-05-2007, 03:02 PM

Right before the trade deadline, we decided on a move that we felt would benefit our team more in the long haul. See for yourself:

Virginia sends:

IF John Tolerton
2022 1st round draft pick

Colorado sends:

C James Walsh
2022 4th round draft pick

So what does this mean for us? Well, we don't have our catcher who has been one of our best hitter this year. He's 28 years old. I figure that we aren't going to be really ready to compete for another 3-5 years. That would put him in the 31-33 year old range. It's about that time that catchers start to deteriorate. I decided the draft pick was more valuable to me at this point.

John Tolerton is a 24-year old second baseman. He might see some time in the future, but will never be "the future" at second base. He's just not that good. Basically, this deal is Walsh for a 1st rounder.

How are you going to fill that hole behind the plate?
It's going to be tough. Walsh was a 4th round (which is the last round of our drafts) draft pick back in 2014. He developed like crazy. I never thought he'd be this good.

Enter Robert Long, our 4th round pick the following year. I drafted him because we had ZERO depth at catcher at the time. In fact, that's why I gave him the nickname "Tanocito". It's an acronym standing for "There Are No Other Catchers In The Organization." If/When Lange gets ready to play, he'll step right in, but for now, the catchers job belongs to the one, the only, our 4th round pick from 2015, Robert "Tanocito" Long.

jeheinz72 · 02-05-2007, 03:03 PM

Tanocito!

Y0DA55 · 02-05-2007, 03:04 PM

Team Record: 36-76
Sim Record: 3-7

Games
7/31 - 7-6 loss @ Kansas (13 innings) - MacKenzie gives up 3 hits, and the crucial winning run, in the last 1.1 innings to let this one slip away. Long didn't get a hit, but he did steal a base and score a run (both career firsts). Jerkins went 2-6 with 2 RBI.
8/1 - 10-0 loss @ Kansas - We only managed 5 hits (2 by Jerkins, one of which was the teams lone extra base hit (a double)). Steelman and Divell both get the crap kicked out of them.
8/2 - Off Day
8/3 - 2-1 loss vs New Mexico - Acevedo and Chee both pitch well, but the offense doesn't do anything. Mingo had two hits, Diaz hit a solo-homerun, and Oberlin had a single. That was our entire offensive output today.
8/4 - 4-2 WIN vs New Mexico - With Long on the mound (7 IP, 8 H, 1 R), and facing one of the three worst teams in the league, we pull this one out. Warner (2-run HR), Diaz and Biel each had 2 hits.
8/5 - 3-2 loss vs New Mexico - Koenig went 3 for 3, but it wasn't enough. This wasted a great effort by McKie, who went the distance in this one (9 IP, 7 hits, 3 ER).
8/6 - 3-2 WIN vs Illinois - I don't even remember the last time Steelman won a game. He pitched really well in this one (7.1 innings, 9 hits, 2 R). But the player of the game was Leandro Mingo with his 2 hits and 2 RBI (one was a 2-run triple). Bonus note: "Tanocito" Long went 2-3 with a run scored (and a walk).
8/7 - 9-1 loss vs Illinois - Lines of the game: O'Parra (2 IP, 5 ER), MacKenzie (3 IP, 2 ER), Souza (2 IP, 2 ER), Suggs (2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER). Mingo, Jerkins, and MacLaughlin each had 2 hits.
8/8 - 5-2 loss vs Illinois - Mingo had a 2-run double and Koenig and Jerkins provided 2 hits a piece. Acevedo got a little roughed up, and is still searching for that first win.
8/9 - 5-1 loss @ Minnesota - We've faced David Echegaray a couple times this year (I think we are 1-1 against him), but he out-dueled Long as was victorious this time, picking up his 300th win of his career (and also 10th of the season). Fact: Echegaray was drafted by the Rams with the 3rd pick in 2002. He was then traded for a whole bunch of guys who never equaled the success that David had. Mutsuhito went 3-4 in this one for us as well.
8/10 - 6-3 WIN @ Minnesota - All good things! McKie went 6 innings giving up 1 run on 3 hits to pick up the W. Kyle Warner went 2-3 (2 R, 4 RBI) with a 2-run homerun. Robert Long had a double and a triple.

Standings

Code:

Great Explorers Standings
East
Team	    W  L  PCT  GB  Stk L10
Wisconsin  69 42 .622	-   L1 5-5
Kansas	   67 45 .598  2.5  L1 6-4
Texas	   58 56 .509 12.5  W1 6-4
Illinois   53 59 .473 16.5  L1 4-6
Minnesota  45 67 .402 24.5  L1 3-7
New Mexico 37 75 .330 32.5  L1 3-7

West
Team	    W  L  PCT  GB  Stk L10
Washington 83 29 .741	-   W3 8-2
Idaho	   62 50 .554 21.0  L1 6-4
Nevada	   58 53 .523 24.5  W3 8-2
Utah	   58 55 .513 25.5  W1 4-6
California 47 66 .416 36.5  W1 4-6
Colorado   36 76 .321 47.0  W1 3-7

Just look at how far ahead Washington is! To give you an idea of how far ahead they are...

They lead Wisconsin by 13.5 games, and Wisconsin has the 2nd best record in the entire league!

Pitching

Code:

   Name	         G GS	W  L  SV  ERA	  IP  HA  R ER	BB  K
s1 P. Long	22 22	7 11   0 3.73  135.0 149 63 56	29 41
s2 C. McKie	26 26	7  7   0 3.65  162.2 169 69 66	28 76
s3 C. Steelman	24 24	5 15   0 5.04  139.1 161 84 78	45 71
s4 A. Acevedo	 6  6	0  4   0 4.66   38.2  43 21 20	11 16
s5 J. O'Parra	17 17	3 11   0 5.13	80.2 101 53 46	15 37

mr E. Divell	 5  0	0  0   0 9.00	 6.0   9  8  6	 4  7
mr B. Suggs	12  0	1  1   0 4.19	19.1  20 13  9	12  9
mr R. Souza	66  0	4  2   1 4.58	70.2  64 37 36	20 57
mr D. MacKenzie	40  0	2  4   0 4.28	61.0  64 36 29	23 23
su W. Chee	52  0	3  2   8 3.72	55.2  46 23 23	22 43
su L. Briscoe	47  0	0  3   2 3.17	54.0  46 22 19	18 35
cl A. Stier	47  0	3  3   8 3.20	45.0  57 18 16	11 16

Steelman is making a real run at 20 losses. Can he do it?

I really hope Acevedo wins a game sooner or later.

Lineup

Code:

     Name	     G	 AB   H	2B 3B HR RBI  R	BB  K	 AVG  OBP  SLG
1 LF L. Mingo	   105	385  96	25  3  0  27 42	42 64	.249 .328 .330
2 SS K. Warner	    43	150  38	 9  0  4  15 16	10 24	.253 .313 .393
3 2B V. Koenig	   109	377 111	 6  0  6  38 39	29 43	.294 .352 .358
4 CF F. Diaz	   106	390  97	15  3  7  36 38	21 74	.249 .290 .356
5 RF O. Oakley	   108	386  72	 8  4 11  36 27	35 86	.187 .257 .313
6 3B R. Jerkins	   103	347  65	15  5  3  24 33	25 48	.187 .250 .285
7 1B S. McLaughlin  99	299  78	 4  0  2  25 20	15 63	.261 .300 .294
8 C  R. Long	     8	 28   6	 1  1  0   2  2	 1  4	.214 .233 .321

     N. Mutsuhito   47	104  24	 5  0  0   9  5	 3 23	.231 .257 .279
     J. Carmona	    68	122  27	 6  0  0   7  8	 8 19	.221 .273 .270
     A. Oberlin	    82	152  32	 5  1  2  16 10	 7 20	.211 .259 .296
     C. Baker	    70	115  23	 6  0  4   8 16	 6 19	.200 .240 .357
     K. Biel	    57	108  17	 5  1  0   7 12	 8 20	.157 .214 .222

Jerkins has a big hole to dig out of, but he had a pretty decent sim.

Robert Long is going to be our catcher for a while. Might as well get used to him behind the plate. You HAVE to love his nickname though (Tanocito)! I know I do (see above).

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .235 (22nd)
Homeruns: 51 (24th)
Walks: 255 (23rd)
Stolen Bases: 81 (12th)
Runs Scored: 346 (23rd)

Pitching ERA: 4.43 (22nd)
Opponents AVG: .276 (23rd)
HRs Allowed: 101 (21st)
Walks Allowed: 304 (9th)
Runs Allowed: 534 (22nd)

Kinchen/Walsh Watch

Code:

Jake Kinchen - Maryland Admirals

Batting	  G  AB	  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS TAVG  ISO
Overall	108 394	108 21	5 12  52 45 22 54 .274 .323 .444 .767 .698 .170

 	 G AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K	 AVG  OBP  SLG	 OPS
July	25 79 15  3  0	3  10  7  8 12	.190 .264 .342	.606
August	 8 28 12  3  1	0   6  6  3  2	.429 .514 .607	1.121

As you can see, Kinchen has busted out of his slump in a big way, almost equalling his numbers for the entire month of July (well, except in homeruns). We've only finished the first 10 days of the month!

James Walsh - Virginia Grays

Code:

Date Opp.   Result  AB	R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K	Spot	 	 
7/31  @NY   W 13-6   5	2 2  0 	0  1   2  0 1	#7	 	 
8/1   @NY   L 5-6    3	2 1  0	0  0   1  1 0	#7	 	 
8/3   MD    W 8-5    4	0 0  0	0  0   0  0 0	#7	 	 
8/5   MD    L 5-9    4	0 0  0	0  0   0  0 1	#7	 	 
8/6   ON    W 3-2    4	0 1  0	0  0   0  0 0	#7	 	 
8/7   ON    W 9-0    3	1 0  0	0  0   1  2 1	#6	 	 
8/8   ON    L 0-7    3	0 0  0	0  0   0  1 0	#5	 	 
8/10  @PA   W 5-3    3	0 1  0	0  0   0  2 0	#7

Not a great start for James down in Virginia. He'll get it back though.

ifspuds · 02-05-2007, 04:26 PM

Tanocito. I love it.

Chappy · 02-06-2007, 10:28 AM

Cool thread!

Y0DA55 · 02-06-2007, 04:42 PM

Just something for you all to chew on for a bit. I just crunched a few numbers (as I am at work... and what else am I going to do with my time?) and found out the average age of my team.

Average Age of the Colorado Rams as of 8/11/2021 - 32.04 years

Average Age of our Position Players - 31.69 years
Average Age of our Pitchers - 32.42 years

Average Age of our Starting Pitchers - 28.20 years
Average Age of our Relievers - 35.04 years

Our bullpen is wicked old. We have 2 40 year olds. Our youngest pitchers in our bullpen are the trio of Chee, Briscoe, and Divell at 33 years old.

I'm willing to go on record and say that in 3 years time, you won't even recognize this team. Well, you will if you pay attention to the minor league reports I post. There is going to be a lot of turnover that will force that average age WAY down.

Someone remind me to revisit this in the future.

Y0DA55 · 02-07-2007, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ifspuds

Tanocito. I love it.

I'm pretty proud of it, if I do say so myself.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chappy

Cool thread!

Yeah it is! Look familiar?

Y0DA55 · 02-07-2007, 01:50 PM

Team Record: 39-82
Sim Record: 3-5

Games
8/11 - 4-2 loss @ Minnesota - Steelman's record drops to 5-16. Wow, that's bad. Unfortunately, there really isn't anyone who could bump him out of the rotation. He did only give up 5 hits though while accumulating 7 K's. I think he's just gotten unlucky. Mingo had an RBI double as well as scoring a run for us.
8/12 - Off Day
8/13 - 5-4 loss @ Texas (10 innings) - Jerkins had a 2-run homerun in the top of the 9th to tie this one up, but Arnie Stier couldn't prevent the Banditos from getting two hits and the winning run.
8/14 - 4-1 loss @ Texas - Vin Koenig provided pretty much provided all of the offense with a solo homerun and a single (half of the teams hits). Paul Long gave up 4 runs on 7 hits.
8/15 - 2-0 loss @ Texas - Diaz, McLaughlin, and Long had our only hits of the day, all singles. We wasted a great start by McKie (7IP, 4 hits, 2 ER on 74 pitches).
8/16 - 7-4 loss @ Utah - Vin Koenig and Richard Jerkins provided most of the offense in this one (a combined 5-8, 3 RBI, 3 runs, 2 HR, and a walk). Steelman loses his 17th game. Anyone want to take a bet on 20 losses?
8/17 - 2-1 WIN @ Utah (12 innings) - Amos Oberlin scored on an Oscar Oakley single in the bottom of the 12th to put us up for good. Oakley also had another RBI in this game. O'Parra pitched well enough to keep us in the game. Briscoe got the win.
8/18 - 5-0 WIN @ Utah - I'll let the game's "Breaking News" tell this one: "UTAH - Alex Acevedo had an unexpectedly great performance against Utah on Wednesday, pitching a 2-hitter for his 1st shutout of the season. 'I really like to play baseball, and I love the way I was able to play it today.' Acevedo (1-4) fanned 3 and walked none, throwing 86 pitches. Vin Koenig provided Colorado with the offense Acevedo needed as he got 2 hits in 5 AB, and collecting 3 RBI. The final score of the game was 5-0." Along with getting the first win of his career, Acevedo also scored 2 runs.
8/19 - 2-1 WIN @ Utah - Paul Long set a career high for K's in a game (8) while pitching 8.1 innings of 1 run, 6 hit ball. Francisco Diaz scored a run and had an RBI.
8/20 - 8-1 loss @ California - McLaughlin and Koenig each had 3 hits, but the rest of the team could only manage 2 more. Chet McKie scored our only run while pitching well (6IP, 7 hits, 3 ER) but still giving up a career high 5 walks.

Standings

Code:

Great Explorers Standings
East
Team	    W  L  PCT	GB Stk L10
Kansas	   75 46 .620	-   W4 8-2
Wisconsin  75 46 .620	-   L1 6-4
Texas	   63 60 .512 13.0  W1 6-4
Illinois   59 63 .484 16.5  L2 6-4
Minnesota  49 72 .405 26.0  L1 4-6
New Mexico 42 80 .344 33.5  W1 5-5

West
Team	    W  L  PCT	GB Stk L10
Washington 88 34 .721	-   W2 5-5
Idaho	   68 53 .562 19.5  L2 6-4
Nevada	   62 59 .512 25.5  W1 4-6
Utah	   60 62 .492 28.0  L4 3-7
California 50 73 .407 38.5  W2 3-7
Colorado   39 82 .322 48.5  L1 4-6

The playoff teams are nearly set. Nevada could make a run at Idaho, but it's more than likely that Idaho will hold them off.

Pitching

Code:

   Name	         G GS	W  L SV	 ERA  	IP  HA	 R ER BB  K
s1 P. Long	24 24	8 12  0	3.67 149.2 162	68 61 31 52
s2 C. McKie	28 28	7  9  0	3.64 175.2 180	74 71 33 77
s3 C. Steelman	26 26	5 17  0	5.20 152.1 171	94 88 48 79
s4 A. Acevedo	 8  8	1  4  0	3.95  54.2  54	25 24 13 21
s5 J. O'Parra	18 18	3 11  0	4.78  86.2 106	54 46 16 39

mr R. Souza	70  0	4  2  1	4.76  75.2  73	41 40 21 64
mr D. MacKenzie	40  0	2  4  0	4.28  61.0  64	36 29 23 23
mr B. Suggs	12  0	1  1  0	4.19  19.1  20	13  9 12  9
mr E. Divell	 5  0	0  0  0	9.00   6.0   9	 8  6  4  7
su W. Chee	57  0	3  2  8	3.60  60.0  50	24 24 22 47
su L. Briscoe	50  0	1  3  2	3.14  57.1  48	23 20 18 37
cl A. Stier	50  0	3  4  9	3.10  49.1  60	19 17 11 17

17 losses by Steelman! Chet McKie had 17 losses last year, but the Colorado Ram record for losses is by a guy named Alex Ramirez way back in 2006, with 18. I am pretty confident that Steelman will SMASH that. So much for his good start.

I'm pretty impressed with Souza's performance. 70 games with a 4-2 record? For a 40 year old? Who has been with the Rams since the leagues inception? Wow!

Lineup

Code:

     Name	     G	 AB   H	2B 3B HR RBI  R	BB  K   AVG  OBP  SLG SB CS
1 LF L. Mingo	   114	421 101	26  4  0  29 44	44 70  .240 .318 .321  4  4
2 SS K. Warner	    52	181  45	 9  0  4  15 18	10 29  .249 .299 .365  3  1
3 2B V. Koenig	   118	411 126	 6  1  8  45 41	30 47  .307 .360 .384  1  0
4 CF F. Diaz	   114	423 101	15  3  7  38 40	23 80  .239 .283 .338  8  9
5 RF O. Oakley	   117	407  77	 8  4 11  38 29	38 91  .189 .263 .310 25  5
6 3B R. Jerkins	   112	381  71	17  5  5  27 38	28 56  .186 .249 .297 17  5
7 1B S. McLaughlin 106	322  86	 4  0  2  26 20	16 67  .267 .305 .298  0  0
8 C  R. Long	    16	 55  10	 2  1  0   3  2	 1  9  .182 .193 .255  1  0
  
  1B N. Mutsuhito   52	114  25	 5  0  0   9  5	 3 25  .219 .244 .263  0  0
  2B J. Carmona	    72	125  27	 6  0  0   7  8	 8 19  .216 .267 .264  2  0
  SS A. Oberlin	    88	167  34	 5  1  2  16 12	 7 21  .204 .249 .281  0  0
  C  C. Baker	    74	120  23	 6  0  4   8 16	 7 20  .192 .236 .342  6  1
  OF K. Biel	    64	130  21	 6  1  0   8 13	 9 20  .162 .220 .223 10  4

Just because it's a pretty cool little bit of trivia, Leandro Mingo once had 18 triples in a season (2018). The all time record for triples in a season in the NPBL is 19, by Wisconsin's Jerry Quattlebaum in 2008.

I added stolen bases and caught stealing above, just so you all have a reference for speed (Oakley, Jerkins, and Biel). Oakley is actually a member of the 30-30 club (twice). It's actually quite sad to see how far "Atomic" Oakley has fallen off this year. His AVG/OBP/OPS for 2020, 2021, and his career are as follows: 2020 - .214/.290/.699 2021 (this season) - .189/.263/.572 Career - .254/.328/.768

As an added note, Oscar Oakley is 30 runs away from 1500 runs. It will be very tough to do (as he is retiring at the end of the year), but it would be awesome for him to reach that plateau. He's 13th on the all time list right now.

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .232 (23rd)
Homeruns: 55 (24th)
Walks: 271 (24th)
Stolen Bases: 90 (12th)
Runs Scored: 367 (24th)

Pitching ERA: 4.36 (22nd)
Opponents AVG: .273 (23rd)
HRs Allowed: 111 (21st)
Walks Allowed: 318 (8th)
Runs Allowed: 566 (20th)

Y0DA55 · 02-12-2007, 06:43 PM

Jacob Perl

Here's a little background, as the Perl story originates before I started this thread:

In April of last year, I was continuing to stockpile younger players and draft picks. I had two young pitchers (Benny Suarez and Jacob Perl) who were both pretty decent pitchers. I didn't really want to get rid of either of them, but was willing to listen to offers.

Then Ontario came up with an offer that blew me away, and I had no choice but to part with Jacob.

To this point (the middle of August) of this season, Jacob has been good. He's 12-7 with a 3.38 ERA, but that's not the story I am here to tell. He was just traded before the July 31st deadline again.

Not once, but twice...

First, he was sent off in a big deal with Kansas that netted Ontario a whole bunch of picks and young players (there was an ownership change, and he decided to sell off parts). Later that same day, he and LF Joe Colin were sent off to Tennessee for a 4 star leftfielder.

At least he is still in the Founding Fathers League... so I don't have to face him.

Y0DA55 · 02-14-2007, 05:59 PM

Team Record: 45-86
Sim Record: 6-4

Games
8/21 - 5-1 WIN @ California - Chris Steelman goes six allowing 6 hits and a run and the rest of the bullpen rocks it out (allowing just 1 hit). Diaz goes 2-3 with 2 runs.
8/22 - 2-1 WIN @ California - Vin Koenig hit a 9th inning solo homerun to put us up for good. O'Parra got the win with a beautifully pitched game (8 IP, 5 H, 1 R).
8/23 - 5-1 WIN vs Idaho - The middle of Idaho's order goes a combined 6-12, but the rest of the team can only gain one other hit off of Alex Acevedo (in a complete game effort). Oakley hit his 12th homerun of the year and Mutsuhito went 2 for 4 with a run and 2 RBI.
8/24 - 3-2 WIN vs Idaho - We extend our winning streak with a 7 inning, 4 hit, 2 run performance by Paul Long. Francisco Diaz went 3-4 and Stier picked up his 11th save of the season.
8/25 - 2-0 loss vs Idaho - Long and Koenig each had two hits, but not much else happened on the offensive end. McKie pitched well enough to win, but not well enough to stop Richard San Juan from picking up his 18th win of the season.
8/26 - Off Day
8/27 - 2-1 WIN vs Washington (11 innings) - Steelman won PoG honors for his second straight start (8 IP, 8 H, 1 R), but the hero of the day was Oscar Oakley who singled home Vin Koenig in the 11th (after he had reached on an error).
8/28 - 4-2 loss vs Washington - More of the same for our Rams. Acevedo went 4.2 innings giving up 4 runs. Koenig and Jerkins had two hits apiece.
8/29 - 5-2 loss vs Washington - Long doesn't even make it 5 innings, giving up all but one of the runs. This was too much for us to come back from. Tanocito Long was the only one to get more than one hit (one of which was an RBI double).
8/30 - 7-2 loss vs Kansas - McKie gets shelled. The good news, if there is good news, is that the top of our order (Mingo, Warner, and Koenig) combined to go 5-12 with a run and 2 RBI.
8/31 - 5-4 WIN vs Kansas (11 innings) - Richard Jerkins hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the 11th inning to end this one and crank our record in extra inning games to 10-6 (3nd best in the league). We pitched well (O'Parra) and hit well. Diaz had 2 triples, but Warner was the star of our offense with both a triple and a homerun, picking up 3 RBI in the process.

Standings

Code:

Great Explorers Standings
East
Team	    W  L  PCT	GB Stk L10
Wisconsin  80 51 .611	-   L1 5-5
Kansas	   80 52 .606	.5  L1 4-6
Texas	   71 61 .538  9.5  W7 9-1
Illinois   62 69 .473 18.0  L1 3-7
Minnesota  52 79 .397 28.0  L2 3-7
New Mexico 46 85 .351 34.0  L5 5-5

West
Team	    W  L  PCT	GB  Stk L10
Washington 95 36 .725	-    W3	8-2
Idaho	   73 59 .553 22.5   W1	5-5
Nevada	   68 63 .519 27.0   W3	6-4
Utah	   63 68 .481 32.0   W1	3-7
California 53 79 .402 42.5   L1	4-6
Colorado   45 86 .344 50.0   W1	6-4

When you are more games behind the leader of the division than the amount of games your team has won, I think it's safe to say that we aren't winning much this year.

There's a nice little battle in the East, but both have playoff spots locked up.

Pitching

Code:

   Name	         G GS	W  L SV	 ERA 	IP  HA	 R ER BB  K
s1 P. Long	26 26	9 13  0	3.68 161.1 172	74 66 32 56
s2 C. McKie	30 30	7 11  0	3.75 187.1 197	81 78 37 81
s3 C. Steelman	28 28	6 17  0	4.87 166.1 185	96 90 51 87
s4 A. Acevedo	10 10	2  5  0	3.69  68.1  70	30 28 16 24
s5 J. O'Parra	20 20	4 11  0	4.51 101.2 117	59 51 19 42

mr B. Suggs	12  0	1  1  0	4.19  19.1  20	13  9 12  9
mr R. Souza	74  0	4  2  1	4.48  80.1  77	41 40 23 66
mr D. MacKenzie	43  0	3  4  0	4.24  68.0  69	39 32 26 27
mr E. Divell	 6  0	0  0  0	7.71   7.0  10	 8  6  4  8
su W. Chee	63  0	3  2  8	3.29  65.2  53	24 24 27 49
su L. Briscoe	54  0	2  3  2	2.89  62.1  52	23 20 20 41
cl A. Stier	55  0	3  4 11	2.83  54.0  62	19 17 11 19

I'm actually fairly impressed by my pitching staff. We need more strikeouts, but overall, the ERA's aren't too bad. I'd still love to get someone with 10 wins though. Long has a definite shot.

I'm also impressed wth how well Arnie Stier has been doing in the closer roll. He's used to it, of course, but I'm still impressed.

Batting

Code:

     Name	     G	 AB   H	2B 3B HR RBI  R	BB  K  AVG  OBP	 SLG
1 LF L. Mingo	   123	451 111	29  5  0  30 50	47 74 .246 .323	.333
2 SS K. Warner	    62	215  54	11  1  5  22 20	15 36 .251 .309	.381
3 2B V. Koenig	   128	448 138	 9  1  9  49 44	31 48 .308 .360	.393
4 CF F. Diaz	   124	460 113	17  5  7  39 44	24 86 .246 .287	.350
5 RF O. Oakley	   127	444  80	 8  4 13  42 31	44 99 .180 .258	.304
6 3B R. Jerkins	   122	420  79	17  5  6  30 42	29 62 .188 .247	.295
7 C  R. Long	    24	 85  16	 5  1  0   5  2	 1 11 .188 .195	.271
8 1B S. McLaughlin 114	351  89	 5  0  2  28 22	17 78 .254 .292	.285
     
     N. Mutsuhito   58	135  30	 7  0  0  11  6	 3 28 .222 .243	.274
     A. Oberlin	    95	178  38	 6  1  2  17 14	 7 22 .213 .259	.292
     J. Carmona	    79	132  28	 6  0  0   7  8	 8 21 .212 .261	.258
     C. Baker	    82	132  25	 7  0  4   9 17	 7 20 .189 .230	.333
     K. Biel	    69	133  22	 6  1  0   8 13	10 20 .165 .228	.226

I can't tell you how excited I will be once we bring up some hitters. We have 2 guys hitting over .250, and only one of them is above .251! This next month is going to be fun. I'm going to bring up some young guys and see how they do.

Do you realize that we might go the entire season without 1 guy getting to 60 RBIs?

Also, McLaughlin got hurt last sim, and is out for three weeks. This could actually turn out to be a career ending injury because he may not be back next year (he's 38 with rapidly declining ratings).

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .231 (23rd)
Homeruns: 60 (24th)
Walks: 290 (24th)
Stolen Bases: 97 (12th)
Runs Scored: 395 (24th)

Pitching ERA: 4.21 (19th)
Opponents AVG: .271 (22nd)
HRs Allowed: 117 (21st)
Walks Allowed: 344 (7th)
Runs Allowed: 594 (19th)

What We Have to Look Forward to!

Code:

Batters
#  Name	               Age Pos Lvl  AVG	HR RBI
2  Bates Schatz	        22  2B	AA .298	 7  51
3  Earl Schuh	        24  RF	AA .271	13  63
5  James Hennen	        24  LF AAA .300	15  83
8  Nightmare Massengill	22  3B AAA .316	12  78
9  Tony Jalon	        20  1B	 A .268	 1  36
10 Naldo Reyes	        23  SS	AA .304	14  80

Pitchers
# Name	         Age Role Lvl  Rec   ERA    IP 	 HA BB	K
1 Paydirt James	  18  SP    A  8-8  2.83 184.1	172 49	95
4 Chip Herold	  24  SP  AAA  5-1  1.89  38.0	 24 20	20
6 Salvatore Perez 20  SP  AAA  4-6  3.71  99.1	 86 54	64
7 Armando Renez	  18  SP    A  5-12 5.58 156.1	154 75	70

There is our future. Part of the #1 Farm system in the NPBL. Hennen and Massengill are definitely getting a shot in the next couple of weeks, as will Herold and Perez. I'm definitely bringing some other guys up to see how they do. They may not be up for the entire month, but a whole bunch of people will get a shot.

The future is now!

jeheinz72 · 02-15-2007, 09:12 AM

Much appreciated that you took 2 of 3 from the Spuds....

ifspuds · 02-15-2007, 11:11 AM

Wow. I hope some of those hitting prospects pan out for you, because that 5-6-7 stretch in your lineup is terrifying. And not in the good sense of the word.

Y0DA55 · 02-15-2007, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeheinz72

Much appreciated that you took 2 of 3 from the Spuds....

Your very welcome!

Here's hoping you can catch them!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ifspuds

Wow. I hope some of those hitting prospects pan out for you, because that 5-6-7 stretch in your lineup is terrifying. And not in the good sense of the word.

Yeah... there's good and bad news on that front. The good news is that both Oakley and Jerkins will be replaced this sim (Hennen and Massengill are finally getting a chance to start). We actually are going to have a relatively new lineup. Just off the top of my head, this sim we are going to have an entirely new outfield and 2 new infielders (along with 1 new starting pitcher). I'm giving the young guys a taste of the big time.

The bad news is that we really don't have a catcher coming up (to replace Long). I'm hoping Lange can develop into at least a serviceable starter. Of course, Lange had to have his development stunted RIGHT after I trade Walsh. BAH!

jeheinz72 · 02-15-2007, 05:33 PM

Dude, I just saw Lange's hits. That sucks. I remember really liking him in that draft. I almost wanted him with the pick I took Shenk at. It seems people in that draft are just cursed...

02-02-2007, 01:33 PM	#44
Y0DA55 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the middle of the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry Posts: 1,771	Team Record: 33-69 Sim Record: 1-8 Games 7/21 - 2-1 loss @ Utah - Christopher Baker hits his 4th homerun of the year and Chet McKie allows just 1 run in 7 innings (on 5 hits). Too bad our bullpen (the combination of MacKenzie and Stier) gave the game away in the 9th. 7/22 - 6-0 loss @ Utah - Oscar Oakley had 2 of our 5 hits to raise his average to a massive .198. Christopher Steelman get wrecked again, dropping his 13th game of the season. 7/23 - 10-1 loss @ Washington - We just got walloped! Acevedo only went 3 innings, but we couldn't pitch. We couldn't hit. Although, we did turn 3 double plays (but that usually is a bad thing). 7/24 - 7-1 loss @ Washington - I'm going to focus on the positives. Ummm... Oscar Oakley scored our only run and had a stolen base. Ward Chee had 2 innings of no-hit relief.... and that about covers the positives. 7/25 - 3-0 WIN @ Washington - Paul Long is really starting to come into his own (7 IP, 5 hits, 0 runs, PoG). Vin Koenig goes 2-4 with a run and an RBI. 7/26 - 2-0 loss @ Wisconsin - One day we shut out the best team in baseball, the next day the 2nd best team shuts us out. We get 5 hits (2 each by Mingo and Carmona, Oakley got the other) and McKie pitches 6 shut out innings. But Souza allows a homerun in the 7th which iced it for Wisconsin. 7/27 - 5-3 loss @ Wisconsin - Richard Jerkins hit 2 solo homeruns and James Walsh added 2 hits, but Steelman allowed a career high number of hits (12) in 7 innings along with all 5 of Wisconsin's runs. 7/28 - 4-3 loss @ Wisconsin - Diaz went 3-4 with a homerun (in the top of the 9th) and 3 RBI. Acevedo pitched solidly, but just not solidly enough for our offense (7 IP, 9 hits, 3 runs). 7/29 - Off Day 7/30 - 4-2 loss @ Kansas - Paul Long loses his 10th game of the season (7 IP, 7 hits, 3 ER). James Walsh had 2 hits. Standings Code: Great Explorers Standings East Team W L PCT GB Stk L10 Wisconsin 65 37 .637 - W4 8-2 Kansas 61 41 .598 4.0 W1 5-5 Texas 52 52 .500 14.0 L3 3-7 Illinois 49 54 .476 16.5 L2 5-5 Minnesota 42 60 .412 23.0 W3 5-5 New Mexico 34 69 .330 31.5 L2 4-6 West Team W L PCT GB Stk L10 Washington 75 28 .728 - L1 6-4 Idaho 56 46 .549 18.5 L1 6-4 Utah 54 49 .524 21.0 W2 7-3 Nevada 51 51 .500 23.5 W2 6-4 California 44 60 .423 31.5 W1 4-6 Colorado 33 69 .324 41.5 L4 1-9 So even though we went 1-8 this sim, I'm not too down on my team. After all, we played 7 games against the 3 best teams in the GEL (Washington, Wisconsin, Kansas respectively). This sim was about what I expected. Washington is on track for the best season ever in the NPBL. And they are actually 6 games worse than their pythagorean record. Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K s1 P. Long 20 20 6 10 0 3.80 123.0 133 57 52 26 39 s2 C. McKie 23 23 6 6 0 3.68 141.2 150 61 58 26 70 s3 C. Steelman 22 22 4 14 0 4.94 129.1 147 76 71 36 69 s4 A. Acevedo 4 4 0 2 0 4.68 25.0 28 14 13 9 6 s5 J. O'Parra 16 16 3 10 0 4.69 78.2 96 48 41 15 35 mr E. Divell 3 0 0 0 0 18.00 2.0 4 4 4 2 3 mr B. Suggs 10 0 1 1 0 4.96 16.1 18 13 9 11 6 mr R. Souza 62 0 4 2 1 4.45 64.2 58 33 32 19 47 mr D. MacKenzie 37 0 2 3 0 4.31 54.1 54 33 26 23 21 su W. Chee 46 0 3 2 8 4.22 49.0 46 23 23 20 37 su L. Briscoe 46 0 0 3 2 3.12 52.0 44 21 18 17 34 cl A. Stier 42 0 3 3 5 3.32 40.2 53 16 15 11 15 Both Long and McKie have been very solid. If we had an offense, they'd have a few more wins. Steelman, Acevedo, and O'Parra have been getting crushed recently though. Maybe I should try someone from the minors to give them a shot (like Acevedo was given a shot)? The trading deadline comes up next sim. I wouldn't be surprised to see Chee and/or Briscoe gone by then. I'm surprised I haven't gotten more of a bite on Stier. As a note... the only untradeable on my team (Paul Long) has only allowed 7 earned runs (8 runs) in his last 7 games. I'm liking this guys potential as he hasn't yet maxed out his ratings (and he's 22!). Lineup Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1 LF L. Mingo 96 347 85 20 2 0 21 40 42 58 .245 .332 .314 2 C J. Walsh 94 336 99 18 3 3 44 33 24 42 .295 .341 .393 3 CF F. Diaz 96 352 91 15 3 6 32 34 20 68 .259 .303 .369 4 2B V. Koenig 99 343 103 6 0 6 37 38 27 42 .300 .357 .370 5 RF O. Oakley 98 356 70 8 3 11 35 27 32 77 .197 .266 .329 6 SS K. Warner 33 113 31 9 0 2 8 11 8 16 .274 .333 .407 7 1B S. McLaughlin 89 267 69 4 0 2 25 20 12 56 .258 .294 .296 8 3B J. Carmona 61 117 26 6 0 0 7 8 8 19 .222 .276 .274 A. Oberlin 75 144 31 5 1 2 16 10 7 18 .215 .266 .306 N. Mutsuhito 44 99 20 3 0 0 8 5 3 22 .202 .223 .232 C. Baker 62 102 20 4 0 4 8 13 6 17 .196 .241 .353 R. Jerkins 93 307 53 12 5 3 22 30 23 41 .173 .240 .274 K. Biel 52 95 14 5 1 0 6 9 6 18 .147 .196 .221 Koenig is quietly putting up some decent numbers. Nothing spectacular, mind you, but very decent. He's older, which is the only reason why I don't think he'll be involved in any trades this weekend. James Walsh might be gone. If he does happen to go, it's going to be a sad day for the Rams. Team Rankings Note: There are 24 teams in the league. Batting AVG: .236 (22nd) Homeruns: 48 (24th) Walks: 238 (23rd) Stolen Bases: 74 (12th) Runs Scored: 320 (23rd) Pitching ERA: 4.46 (22nd) Opponents AVG: .276 (23rd) HRs Allowed: 92 (21st) Walks Allowed: 281 (T-10th) Runs Allowed: 486 (22nd) On the Farm Code: Batters # Name Age Pos Lvl AVG HR RBI 3 Bates Schatz 22 2B AA .288 5 34 4 Ross Lange 18 C A .227 5 21 5 Earl Schuh 24 RF AA .277 12 53 7 James Hennen 24 LF AAA .319 13 76 10 Nightmare Massengill 22 3B AAA .306 8 64 Pitchers # Name Age Role Level Rec ERA IP HA BB K 1 Paydirt James 18 SP A 5-5 2.57 136.1 128 38 69 2 Paul Long 22 SP Majors 6-10 3.80 123.0 133 26 39 6 Chip Herold 24 SP AA 8-7 3.69 146.1 109 65 102 8 Salvatore Perez 20 SP AAA 3-3 3.56 60.2 55 32 41 9 Armando Renez 18 SP A 3-11 6.34 119.1 118 61 56 Sigh... Ross Lange has dropped down to being the 57th best prospect in the league. Bummer! Schuh, Hennen, and Massengill are looking like they will be ready to contribute next year. I'll probably bring them up at the end of the year to see what they can do. But rest assured. All three will be in the majors next year. Speaking of getting a shot at the majors, Salvatore Perez is pretty close. I really hate to rush pitching, but I could see him in the rotation at the beginning of next year. I probably won't push him this year as he's only 20. When is Paul Long going to drop off my "Top Prospect" list? He's started 55 major league games in his career already. I think it's time we stop calling him a prospect. __________________ Do, or do not, there is no try!

02-05-2007, 03:02 PM	#47
Y0DA55 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the middle of the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry Posts: 1,771	Right before the trade deadline, we decided on a move that we felt would benefit our team more in the long haul. See for yourself: Virginia sends: IF John Tolerton 2022 1st round draft pick Colorado sends: C James Walsh 2022 4th round draft pick So what does this mean for us? Well, we don't have our catcher who has been one of our best hitter this year. He's 28 years old. I figure that we aren't going to be really ready to compete for another 3-5 years. That would put him in the 31-33 year old range. It's about that time that catchers start to deteriorate. I decided the draft pick was more valuable to me at this point. John Tolerton is a 24-year old second baseman. He might see some time in the future, but will never be "the future" at second base. He's just not that good. Basically, this deal is Walsh for a 1st rounder. How are you going to fill that hole behind the plate? It's going to be tough. Walsh was a 4th round (which is the last round of our drafts) draft pick back in 2014. He developed like crazy. I never thought he'd be this good. Enter Robert Long, our 4th round pick the following year. I drafted him because we had ZERO depth at catcher at the time. In fact, that's why I gave him the nickname "Tanocito". It's an acronym standing for "There Are No Other Catchers In The Organization." If/When Lange gets ready to play, he'll step right in, but for now, the catchers job belongs to the one, the only, our 4th round pick from 2015, Robert "Tanocito" Long. __________________ Do, or do not, there is no try!

02-05-2007, 03:03 PM	#48
jeheinz72 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 2,164	Tanocito! __________________ Join The Dugout!

02-05-2007, 03:04 PM	#49
Y0DA55 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the middle of the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry Posts: 1,771	Team Record: 36-76 Sim Record: 3-7 Games 7/31 - 7-6 loss @ Kansas (13 innings) - MacKenzie gives up 3 hits, and the crucial winning run, in the last 1.1 innings to let this one slip away. Long didn't get a hit, but he did steal a base and score a run (both career firsts). Jerkins went 2-6 with 2 RBI. 8/1 - 10-0 loss @ Kansas - We only managed 5 hits (2 by Jerkins, one of which was the teams lone extra base hit (a double)). Steelman and Divell both get the crap kicked out of them. 8/2 - Off Day 8/3 - 2-1 loss vs New Mexico - Acevedo and Chee both pitch well, but the offense doesn't do anything. Mingo had two hits, Diaz hit a solo-homerun, and Oberlin had a single. That was our entire offensive output today. 8/4 - 4-2 WIN vs New Mexico - With Long on the mound (7 IP, 8 H, 1 R), and facing one of the three worst teams in the league, we pull this one out. Warner (2-run HR), Diaz and Biel each had 2 hits. 8/5 - 3-2 loss vs New Mexico - Koenig went 3 for 3, but it wasn't enough. This wasted a great effort by McKie, who went the distance in this one (9 IP, 7 hits, 3 ER). 8/6 - 3-2 WIN vs Illinois - I don't even remember the last time Steelman won a game. He pitched really well in this one (7.1 innings, 9 hits, 2 R). But the player of the game was Leandro Mingo with his 2 hits and 2 RBI (one was a 2-run triple). Bonus note: "Tanocito" Long went 2-3 with a run scored (and a walk). 8/7 - 9-1 loss vs Illinois - Lines of the game: O'Parra (2 IP, 5 ER), MacKenzie (3 IP, 2 ER), Souza (2 IP, 2 ER), Suggs (2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER). Mingo, Jerkins, and MacLaughlin each had 2 hits. 8/8 - 5-2 loss vs Illinois - Mingo had a 2-run double and Koenig and Jerkins provided 2 hits a piece. Acevedo got a little roughed up, and is still searching for that first win. 8/9 - 5-1 loss @ Minnesota - We've faced David Echegaray a couple times this year (I think we are 1-1 against him), but he out-dueled Long as was victorious this time, picking up his 300th win of his career (and also 10th of the season). Fact: Echegaray was drafted by the Rams with the 3rd pick in 2002. He was then traded for a whole bunch of guys who never equaled the success that David had. Mutsuhito went 3-4 in this one for us as well. 8/10 - 6-3 WIN @ Minnesota - All good things! McKie went 6 innings giving up 1 run on 3 hits to pick up the W. Kyle Warner went 2-3 (2 R, 4 RBI) with a 2-run homerun. Robert Long had a double and a triple. Standings Code: Great Explorers Standings East Team W L PCT GB Stk L10 Wisconsin 69 42 .622 - L1 5-5 Kansas 67 45 .598 2.5 L1 6-4 Texas 58 56 .509 12.5 W1 6-4 Illinois 53 59 .473 16.5 L1 4-6 Minnesota 45 67 .402 24.5 L1 3-7 New Mexico 37 75 .330 32.5 L1 3-7 West Team W L PCT GB Stk L10 Washington 83 29 .741 - W3 8-2 Idaho 62 50 .554 21.0 L1 6-4 Nevada 58 53 .523 24.5 W3 8-2 Utah 58 55 .513 25.5 W1 4-6 California 47 66 .416 36.5 W1 4-6 Colorado 36 76 .321 47.0 W1 3-7 Just look at how far ahead Washington is! To give you an idea of how far ahead they are... They lead Wisconsin by 13.5 games, and Wisconsin has the 2nd best record in the entire league! Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K s1 P. Long 22 22 7 11 0 3.73 135.0 149 63 56 29 41 s2 C. McKie 26 26 7 7 0 3.65 162.2 169 69 66 28 76 s3 C. Steelman 24 24 5 15 0 5.04 139.1 161 84 78 45 71 s4 A. Acevedo 6 6 0 4 0 4.66 38.2 43 21 20 11 16 s5 J. O'Parra 17 17 3 11 0 5.13 80.2 101 53 46 15 37 mr E. Divell 5 0 0 0 0 9.00 6.0 9 8 6 4 7 mr B. Suggs 12 0 1 1 0 4.19 19.1 20 13 9 12 9 mr R. Souza 66 0 4 2 1 4.58 70.2 64 37 36 20 57 mr D. MacKenzie 40 0 2 4 0 4.28 61.0 64 36 29 23 23 su W. Chee 52 0 3 2 8 3.72 55.2 46 23 23 22 43 su L. Briscoe 47 0 0 3 2 3.17 54.0 46 22 19 18 35 cl A. Stier 47 0 3 3 8 3.20 45.0 57 18 16 11 16 Steelman is making a real run at 20 losses. Can he do it? I really hope Acevedo wins a game sooner or later. Lineup Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1 LF L. Mingo 105 385 96 25 3 0 27 42 42 64 .249 .328 .330 2 SS K. Warner 43 150 38 9 0 4 15 16 10 24 .253 .313 .393 3 2B V. Koenig 109 377 111 6 0 6 38 39 29 43 .294 .352 .358 4 CF F. Diaz 106 390 97 15 3 7 36 38 21 74 .249 .290 .356 5 RF O. Oakley 108 386 72 8 4 11 36 27 35 86 .187 .257 .313 6 3B R. Jerkins 103 347 65 15 5 3 24 33 25 48 .187 .250 .285 7 1B S. McLaughlin 99 299 78 4 0 2 25 20 15 63 .261 .300 .294 8 C R. Long 8 28 6 1 1 0 2 2 1 4 .214 .233 .321 N. Mutsuhito 47 104 24 5 0 0 9 5 3 23 .231 .257 .279 J. Carmona 68 122 27 6 0 0 7 8 8 19 .221 .273 .270 A. Oberlin 82 152 32 5 1 2 16 10 7 20 .211 .259 .296 C. Baker 70 115 23 6 0 4 8 16 6 19 .200 .240 .357 K. Biel 57 108 17 5 1 0 7 12 8 20 .157 .214 .222 Jerkins has a big hole to dig out of, but he had a pretty decent sim. Robert Long is going to be our catcher for a while. Might as well get used to him behind the plate. You HAVE to love his nickname though (Tanocito)! I know I do (see above). Team Rankings Batting AVG: .235 (22nd) Homeruns: 51 (24th) Walks: 255 (23rd) Stolen Bases: 81 (12th) Runs Scored: 346 (23rd) Pitching ERA: 4.43 (22nd) Opponents AVG: .276 (23rd) HRs Allowed: 101 (21st) Walks Allowed: 304 (9th) Runs Allowed: 534 (22nd) Kinchen/Walsh Watch Code: Jake Kinchen - Maryland Admirals Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS TAVG ISO Overall 108 394 108 21 5 12 52 45 22 54 .274 .323 .444 .767 .698 .170 G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS July 25 79 15 3 0 3 10 7 8 12 .190 .264 .342 .606 August 8 28 12 3 1 0 6 6 3 2 .429 .514 .607 1.121 As you can see, Kinchen has busted out of his slump in a big way, almost equalling his numbers for the entire month of July (well, except in homeruns). We've only finished the first 10 days of the month! James Walsh - Virginia Grays Code: Date Opp. Result AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Spot 7/31 @NY W 13-6 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 #7 8/1 @NY L 5-6 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 #7 8/3 MD W 8-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #7 8/5 MD L 5-9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 #7 8/6 ON W 3-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 #7 8/7 ON W 9-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 #6 8/8 ON L 0-7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 #5 8/10 @PA W 5-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 #7 Not a great start for James down in Virginia. He'll get it back though. __________________ Do, or do not, there is no try!

02-05-2007, 04:26 PM	#50
ifspuds Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 2,117	Tanocito. I love it. __________________ Jeff Watson Former dynasty writer and online league player, now mostly retired

02-06-2007, 10:28 AM	#51
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	Cool thread! __________________ NPBL - Pennsylvania Freedom AFBL - North Carolina Aviators MLB-Pro - Kansas City Royals

02-06-2007, 04:42 PM	#52
Y0DA55 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the middle of the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry Posts: 1,771	Just something for you all to chew on for a bit. I just crunched a few numbers (as I am at work... and what else am I going to do with my time?) and found out the average age of my team. Average Age of the Colorado Rams as of 8/11/2021 - 32.04 years Average Age of our Position Players - 31.69 years Average Age of our Pitchers - 32.42 years Average Age of our Starting Pitchers - 28.20 years Average Age of our Relievers - 35.04 years Our bullpen is wicked old. We have 2 40 year olds. Our youngest pitchers in our bullpen are the trio of Chee, Briscoe, and Divell at 33 years old. I'm willing to go on record and say that in 3 years time, you won't even recognize this team. Well, you will if you pay attention to the minor league reports I post. There is going to be a lot of turnover that will force that average age WAY down. Someone remind me to revisit this in the future. __________________ Do, or do not, there is no try!

02-07-2007, 01:50 PM	#54
Y0DA55 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the middle of the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry Posts: 1,771	Team Record: 39-82 Sim Record: 3-5 Games 8/11 - 4-2 loss @ Minnesota - Steelman's record drops to 5-16. Wow, that's bad. Unfortunately, there really isn't anyone who could bump him out of the rotation. He did only give up 5 hits though while accumulating 7 K's. I think he's just gotten unlucky. Mingo had an RBI double as well as scoring a run for us. 8/12 - Off Day 8/13 - 5-4 loss @ Texas (10 innings) - Jerkins had a 2-run homerun in the top of the 9th to tie this one up, but Arnie Stier couldn't prevent the Banditos from getting two hits and the winning run. 8/14 - 4-1 loss @ Texas - Vin Koenig provided pretty much provided all of the offense with a solo homerun and a single (half of the teams hits). Paul Long gave up 4 runs on 7 hits. 8/15 - 2-0 loss @ Texas - Diaz, McLaughlin, and Long had our only hits of the day, all singles. We wasted a great start by McKie (7IP, 4 hits, 2 ER on 74 pitches). 8/16 - 7-4 loss @ Utah - Vin Koenig and Richard Jerkins provided most of the offense in this one (a combined 5-8, 3 RBI, 3 runs, 2 HR, and a walk). Steelman loses his 17th game. Anyone want to take a bet on 20 losses? 8/17 - 2-1 WIN @ Utah (12 innings) - Amos Oberlin scored on an Oscar Oakley single in the bottom of the 12th to put us up for good. Oakley also had another RBI in this game. O'Parra pitched well enough to keep us in the game. Briscoe got the win. 8/18 - 5-0 WIN @ Utah - I'll let the game's "Breaking News" tell this one: "UTAH - Alex Acevedo had an unexpectedly great performance against Utah on Wednesday, pitching a 2-hitter for his 1st shutout of the season. 'I really like to play baseball, and I love the way I was able to play it today.' Acevedo (1-4) fanned 3 and walked none, throwing 86 pitches. Vin Koenig provided Colorado with the offense Acevedo needed as he got 2 hits in 5 AB, and collecting 3 RBI. The final score of the game was 5-0." Along with getting the first win of his career, Acevedo also scored 2 runs. 8/19 - 2-1 WIN @ Utah - Paul Long set a career high for K's in a game (8) while pitching 8.1 innings of 1 run, 6 hit ball. Francisco Diaz scored a run and had an RBI. 8/20 - 8-1 loss @ California - McLaughlin and Koenig each had 3 hits, but the rest of the team could only manage 2 more. Chet McKie scored our only run while pitching well (6IP, 7 hits, 3 ER) but still giving up a career high 5 walks. Standings Code: Great Explorers Standings East Team W L PCT GB Stk L10 Kansas 75 46 .620 - W4 8-2 Wisconsin 75 46 .620 - L1 6-4 Texas 63 60 .512 13.0 W1 6-4 Illinois 59 63 .484 16.5 L2 6-4 Minnesota 49 72 .405 26.0 L1 4-6 New Mexico 42 80 .344 33.5 W1 5-5 West Team W L PCT GB Stk L10 Washington 88 34 .721 - W2 5-5 Idaho 68 53 .562 19.5 L2 6-4 Nevada 62 59 .512 25.5 W1 4-6 Utah 60 62 .492 28.0 L4 3-7 California 50 73 .407 38.5 W2 3-7 Colorado 39 82 .322 48.5 L1 4-6 The playoff teams are nearly set. Nevada could make a run at Idaho, but it's more than likely that Idaho will hold them off. Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K s1 P. Long 24 24 8 12 0 3.67 149.2 162 68 61 31 52 s2 C. McKie 28 28 7 9 0 3.64 175.2 180 74 71 33 77 s3 C. Steelman 26 26 5 17 0 5.20 152.1 171 94 88 48 79 s4 A. Acevedo 8 8 1 4 0 3.95 54.2 54 25 24 13 21 s5 J. O'Parra 18 18 3 11 0 4.78 86.2 106 54 46 16 39 mr R. Souza 70 0 4 2 1 4.76 75.2 73 41 40 21 64 mr D. MacKenzie 40 0 2 4 0 4.28 61.0 64 36 29 23 23 mr B. Suggs 12 0 1 1 0 4.19 19.1 20 13 9 12 9 mr E. Divell 5 0 0 0 0 9.00 6.0 9 8 6 4 7 su W. Chee 57 0 3 2 8 3.60 60.0 50 24 24 22 47 su L. Briscoe 50 0 1 3 2 3.14 57.1 48 23 20 18 37 cl A. Stier 50 0 3 4 9 3.10 49.1 60 19 17 11 17 17 losses by Steelman! Chet McKie had 17 losses last year, but the Colorado Ram record for losses is by a guy named Alex Ramirez way back in 2006, with 18. I am pretty confident that Steelman will SMASH that. So much for his good start. I'm pretty impressed with Souza's performance. 70 games with a 4-2 record? For a 40 year old? Who has been with the Rams since the leagues inception? Wow! Lineup Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS 1 LF L. Mingo 114 421 101 26 4 0 29 44 44 70 .240 .318 .321 4 4 2 SS K. Warner 52 181 45 9 0 4 15 18 10 29 .249 .299 .365 3 1 3 2B V. Koenig 118 411 126 6 1 8 45 41 30 47 .307 .360 .384 1 0 4 CF F. Diaz 114 423 101 15 3 7 38 40 23 80 .239 .283 .338 8 9 5 RF O. Oakley 117 407 77 8 4 11 38 29 38 91 .189 .263 .310 25 5 6 3B R. Jerkins 112 381 71 17 5 5 27 38 28 56 .186 .249 .297 17 5 7 1B S. McLaughlin 106 322 86 4 0 2 26 20 16 67 .267 .305 .298 0 0 8 C R. Long 16 55 10 2 1 0 3 2 1 9 .182 .193 .255 1 0 1B N. Mutsuhito 52 114 25 5 0 0 9 5 3 25 .219 .244 .263 0 0 2B J. Carmona 72 125 27 6 0 0 7 8 8 19 .216 .267 .264 2 0 SS A. Oberlin 88 167 34 5 1 2 16 12 7 21 .204 .249 .281 0 0 C C. Baker 74 120 23 6 0 4 8 16 7 20 .192 .236 .342 6 1 OF K. Biel 64 130 21 6 1 0 8 13 9 20 .162 .220 .223 10 4 Just because it's a pretty cool little bit of trivia, Leandro Mingo once had 18 triples in a season (2018). The all time record for triples in a season in the NPBL is 19, by Wisconsin's Jerry Quattlebaum in 2008. I added stolen bases and caught stealing above, just so you all have a reference for speed (Oakley, Jerkins, and Biel). Oakley is actually a member of the 30-30 club (twice). It's actually quite sad to see how far "Atomic" Oakley has fallen off this year. His AVG/OBP/OPS for 2020, 2021, and his career are as follows: 2020 - .214/.290/.699 2021 (this season) - .189/.263/.572 Career - .254/.328/.768 As an added note, Oscar Oakley is 30 runs away from 1500 runs. It will be very tough to do (as he is retiring at the end of the year), but it would be awesome for him to reach that plateau. He's 13th on the all time list right now. Team Rankings Batting AVG: .232 (23rd) Homeruns: 55 (24th) Walks: 271 (24th) Stolen Bases: 90 (12th) Runs Scored: 367 (24th) Pitching ERA: 4.36 (22nd) Opponents AVG: .273 (23rd) HRs Allowed: 111 (21st) Walks Allowed: 318 (8th) Runs Allowed: 566 (20th) __________________ Do, or do not, there is no try!

02-12-2007, 06:43 PM	#55
Y0DA55 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the middle of the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry Posts: 1,771	Jacob Perl Here's a little background, as the Perl story originates before I started this thread: In April of last year, I was continuing to stockpile younger players and draft picks. I had two young pitchers (Benny Suarez and Jacob Perl) who were both pretty decent pitchers. I didn't really want to get rid of either of them, but was willing to listen to offers. Then Ontario came up with an offer that blew me away, and I had no choice but to part with Jacob. To this point (the middle of August) of this season, Jacob has been good. He's 12-7 with a 3.38 ERA, but that's not the story I am here to tell. He was just traded before the July 31st deadline again. Not once, but twice... First, he was sent off in a big deal with Kansas that netted Ontario a whole bunch of picks and young players (there was an ownership change, and he decided to sell off parts). Later that same day, he and LF Joe Colin were sent off to Tennessee for a 4 star leftfielder. At least he is still in the Founding Fathers League... so I don't have to face him. __________________ Do, or do not, there is no try!

02-14-2007, 05:59 PM	#56
Y0DA55 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the middle of the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry Posts: 1,771	Team Record: 45-86 Sim Record: 6-4 Games 8/21 - 5-1 WIN @ California - Chris Steelman goes six allowing 6 hits and a run and the rest of the bullpen rocks it out (allowing just 1 hit). Diaz goes 2-3 with 2 runs. 8/22 - 2-1 WIN @ California - Vin Koenig hit a 9th inning solo homerun to put us up for good. O'Parra got the win with a beautifully pitched game (8 IP, 5 H, 1 R). 8/23 - 5-1 WIN vs Idaho - The middle of Idaho's order goes a combined 6-12, but the rest of the team can only gain one other hit off of Alex Acevedo (in a complete game effort). Oakley hit his 12th homerun of the year and Mutsuhito went 2 for 4 with a run and 2 RBI. 8/24 - 3-2 WIN vs Idaho - We extend our winning streak with a 7 inning, 4 hit, 2 run performance by Paul Long. Francisco Diaz went 3-4 and Stier picked up his 11th save of the season. 8/25 - 2-0 loss vs Idaho - Long and Koenig each had two hits, but not much else happened on the offensive end. McKie pitched well enough to win, but not well enough to stop Richard San Juan from picking up his 18th win of the season. 8/26 - Off Day 8/27 - 2-1 WIN vs Washington (11 innings) - Steelman won PoG honors for his second straight start (8 IP, 8 H, 1 R), but the hero of the day was Oscar Oakley who singled home Vin Koenig in the 11th (after he had reached on an error). 8/28 - 4-2 loss vs Washington - More of the same for our Rams. Acevedo went 4.2 innings giving up 4 runs. Koenig and Jerkins had two hits apiece. 8/29 - 5-2 loss vs Washington - Long doesn't even make it 5 innings, giving up all but one of the runs. This was too much for us to come back from. Tanocito Long was the only one to get more than one hit (one of which was an RBI double). 8/30 - 7-2 loss vs Kansas - McKie gets shelled. The good news, if there is good news, is that the top of our order (Mingo, Warner, and Koenig) combined to go 5-12 with a run and 2 RBI. 8/31 - 5-4 WIN vs Kansas (11 innings) - Richard Jerkins hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the 11th inning to end this one and crank our record in extra inning games to 10-6 (3nd best in the league). We pitched well (O'Parra) and hit well. Diaz had 2 triples, but Warner was the star of our offense with both a triple and a homerun, picking up 3 RBI in the process. Standings Code: Great Explorers Standings East Team W L PCT GB Stk L10 Wisconsin 80 51 .611 - L1 5-5 Kansas 80 52 .606 .5 L1 4-6 Texas 71 61 .538 9.5 W7 9-1 Illinois 62 69 .473 18.0 L1 3-7 Minnesota 52 79 .397 28.0 L2 3-7 New Mexico 46 85 .351 34.0 L5 5-5 West Team W L PCT GB Stk L10 Washington 95 36 .725 - W3 8-2 Idaho 73 59 .553 22.5 W1 5-5 Nevada 68 63 .519 27.0 W3 6-4 Utah 63 68 .481 32.0 W1 3-7 California 53 79 .402 42.5 L1 4-6 Colorado 45 86 .344 50.0 W1 6-4 When you are more games behind the leader of the division than the amount of games your team has won, I think it's safe to say that we aren't winning much this year. There's a nice little battle in the East, but both have playoff spots locked up. Pitching Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K s1 P. Long 26 26 9 13 0 3.68 161.1 172 74 66 32 56 s2 C. McKie 30 30 7 11 0 3.75 187.1 197 81 78 37 81 s3 C. Steelman 28 28 6 17 0 4.87 166.1 185 96 90 51 87 s4 A. Acevedo 10 10 2 5 0 3.69 68.1 70 30 28 16 24 s5 J. O'Parra 20 20 4 11 0 4.51 101.2 117 59 51 19 42 mr B. Suggs 12 0 1 1 0 4.19 19.1 20 13 9 12 9 mr R. Souza 74 0 4 2 1 4.48 80.1 77 41 40 23 66 mr D. MacKenzie 43 0 3 4 0 4.24 68.0 69 39 32 26 27 mr E. Divell 6 0 0 0 0 7.71 7.0 10 8 6 4 8 su W. Chee 63 0 3 2 8 3.29 65.2 53 24 24 27 49 su L. Briscoe 54 0 2 3 2 2.89 62.1 52 23 20 20 41 cl A. Stier 55 0 3 4 11 2.83 54.0 62 19 17 11 19 I'm actually fairly impressed by my pitching staff. We need more strikeouts, but overall, the ERA's aren't too bad. I'd still love to get someone with 10 wins though. Long has a definite shot. I'm also impressed wth how well Arnie Stier has been doing in the closer roll. He's used to it, of course, but I'm still impressed. Batting Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG 1 LF L. Mingo 123 451 111 29 5 0 30 50 47 74 .246 .323 .333 2 SS K. Warner 62 215 54 11 1 5 22 20 15 36 .251 .309 .381 3 2B V. Koenig 128 448 138 9 1 9 49 44 31 48 .308 .360 .393 4 CF F. Diaz 124 460 113 17 5 7 39 44 24 86 .246 .287 .350 5 RF O. Oakley 127 444 80 8 4 13 42 31 44 99 .180 .258 .304 6 3B R. Jerkins 122 420 79 17 5 6 30 42 29 62 .188 .247 .295 7 C R. Long 24 85 16 5 1 0 5 2 1 11 .188 .195 .271 8 1B S. McLaughlin 114 351 89 5 0 2 28 22 17 78 .254 .292 .285 N. Mutsuhito 58 135 30 7 0 0 11 6 3 28 .222 .243 .274 A. Oberlin 95 178 38 6 1 2 17 14 7 22 .213 .259 .292 J. Carmona 79 132 28 6 0 0 7 8 8 21 .212 .261 .258 C. Baker 82 132 25 7 0 4 9 17 7 20 .189 .230 .333 K. Biel 69 133 22 6 1 0 8 13 10 20 .165 .228 .226 I can't tell you how excited I will be once we bring up some hitters. We have 2 guys hitting over .250, and only one of them is above .251! This next month is going to be fun. I'm going to bring up some young guys and see how they do. Do you realize that we might go the entire season without 1 guy getting to 60 RBIs? Also, McLaughlin got hurt last sim, and is out for three weeks. This could actually turn out to be a career ending injury because he may not be back next year (he's 38 with rapidly declining ratings). Team Rankings Batting AVG: .231 (23rd) Homeruns: 60 (24th) Walks: 290 (24th) Stolen Bases: 97 (12th) Runs Scored: 395 (24th) Pitching ERA: 4.21 (19th) Opponents AVG: .271 (22nd) HRs Allowed: 117 (21st) Walks Allowed: 344 (7th) Runs Allowed: 594 (19th) What We Have to Look Forward to! Code: Batters # Name Age Pos Lvl AVG HR RBI 2 Bates Schatz 22 2B AA .298 7 51 3 Earl Schuh 24 RF AA .271 13 63 5 James Hennen 24 LF AAA .300 15 83 8 Nightmare Massengill 22 3B AAA .316 12 78 9 Tony Jalon 20 1B A .268 1 36 10 Naldo Reyes 23 SS AA .304 14 80 Pitchers # Name Age Role Lvl Rec ERA IP HA BB K 1 Paydirt James 18 SP A 8-8 2.83 184.1 172 49 95 4 Chip Herold 24 SP AAA 5-1 1.89 38.0 24 20 20 6 Salvatore Perez 20 SP AAA 4-6 3.71 99.1 86 54 64 7 Armando Renez 18 SP A 5-12 5.58 156.1 154 75 70 There is our future. Part of the #1 Farm system in the NPBL. Hennen and Massengill are definitely getting a shot in the next couple of weeks, as will Herold and Perez. I'm definitely bringing some other guys up to see how they do. They may not be up for the entire month, but a whole bunch of people will get a shot. The future is now! __________________ Do, or do not, there is no try!

02-15-2007, 09:12 AM	#57
jeheinz72 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 2,164	Much appreciated that you took 2 of 3 from the Spuds.... __________________ Join The Dugout!

02-15-2007, 11:11 AM	#58
ifspuds Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 2,117	Wow. I hope some of those hitting prospects pan out for you, because that 5-6-7 stretch in your lineup is terrifying. And not in the good sense of the word. __________________ Jeff Watson Former dynasty writer and online league player, now mostly retired

02-15-2007, 05:33 PM	#60
jeheinz72 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 2,164	Dude, I just saw Lange's hits. That sucks. I remember really liking him in that draft. I almost wanted him with the pick I took Shenk at. It seems people in that draft are just cursed... __________________ Join The Dugout!