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05-10-2009, 04:21 PM | #1 |
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Fictional Player Exchange 2009
Hello, all! Just like to know if any of you fellow OOTPers have a fictional player you've grown to love over the years and want to share here. It could be just a great name or a player you have grown attached to.
Here is a list from the past (and not all mine): Roman "Firecracker" Barnes, SP, 300 game-winner. Sweeney Quinn Manfred Braunschweiger 1B German Powerhouse. Hits anywhere from 25-45 HR--depending on the era. Holden "Sleepy" Harper Maximo "No-Hands" Diaz Melbourne "Hell-Born" Trench, just one of the nicknames of J. Henry Waugh's great sluggers More nicknames can be found in the original thread, if you'd like to follow it here. http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-exchange.html
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05-10-2009, 07:21 PM | #2 |
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Ben Walsh.
Short, stocky (5'11/220) horse of a starting pitcher that was the ace of my staff in my very first franchise. Highlighted by a 30-1, 1.73 ERA season, five Cy Youngs in the six years I ran it. Imported him, picture and all, into my next franchise. Threw 97. Will always have him as the best, well-rounded SP in the leagues I play, even if not on my team. |
05-10-2009, 08:35 PM | #3 |
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This is in my fictional Unified Baseball League, which includes integrated Negro League teams and fictional teams. The league began in 1950 and is currently in 1959.
Player: Silas Gray Team: Cleveland Buckeyes Position: Relief pitcher (right/right) Age: 35 Place of birth: Fremont, CA My Cleveland Buckeyes got him in a trade with the Newark Eagles in 1956. Silas Gray...what a name! It makes me think of long summer afternoons, dusty infields, and that great sound a ball makes when it thwacks into a catcher's mitt. Too bad Silas is from California and not someplace like Iowa or Illinois. Anyway, he was an All-Star in 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1959. In April 1955 he was suspended for 8 games for participating in a brawl. Then, in July 1955 he suffered a torn tricep muscle which took 7 months to heal. I took a chance and signed him to contract extensions in 1957 and 1958, and then a 2-year, $383,000 extension in 1959. His ERA was 2.14 in 1958 and is 1.80 near the end of the current season (1959). He just gets the job done.
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05-10-2009, 08:44 PM | #4 |
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I'm adding both Ben Walsh and Silas Gray. Ben Walsh sounds like a laconic bad hombre, like Sheriff Buddy Deeds in the movie Lone Star. Silas Gray sounds like an old codger who sleeps in the bullpen until called upon in the 8th inning, retires six batters in a row and heads for the team bus to finish his nap. I picture Silas as a combination of Grover Alexander and Satchel Paige in their latter years.
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05-10-2009, 09:14 PM | #5 | |
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05-10-2009, 09:57 PM | #6 |
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William Giblett, from one of my many now deleted leagues, he won a number of awards, but I'm mentioneing him mainly for this perfomance in the leagues first season, which I played out:
Pitched a 2-hit shutout, and got three hits batting himself. |
05-11-2009, 03:23 AM | #7 |
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In my fictional Tar Heel Baseball League dynasty, the game created a Maximos Ramos. I loved the name (though he sounds more like a soccer player) but for some reason ol' Maximos opted to retire young because he wasn't getting much of a chance with any teams. I unretired him, hoping he might catch a break somewhere and develop into something. But alas, he didn't and re-retired the next season. Still love the name.
I had good luck in an OOTP5 historical dynasty with Sweetbreads Bailey. He came in as a reliever but I converted him into a starter. He flourished and became a front-line player for one of my teams that won a championship... |
05-13-2009, 05:01 AM | #8 | |
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I also get the feeling ol' Silas might be known to get away with throwing a wet one now and again.
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05-13-2009, 12:42 PM | #9 |
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Frenchy 'Stretch' Armstrong is and will always be my all-time favorite player from my fictional Metro Leagues solo project. He debuted in 1954 amidst a tremendous amount of fanfair and publicity. 'Stretch' has lived up to his billing, so far, and has proven an incredible player. He's a perenial all-star and has won a gold glove 4 seasons. Also won one MVP award.
A few other favorites are... 'Johnny O' Olson LF Mike 'Cosmos' Bordi SP Johnny 'The Comet' Kraly SP Stan 'Mr. Steady' Alexander 2B Ken 'Grit' Grissom 2B and Carr 'Big Cat' Fernandez LF Last edited by DreamTeams; 05-13-2009 at 10:44 PM. |
05-13-2009, 01:09 PM | #10 |
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1B Jakob Forest Career .309/.415/.512 hitter in the first 11 seasons of the GUBA (see sig), 17th overall pick the in inaugural player draft, and the best draft pick I've ever made.
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05-14-2009, 08:00 PM | #11 |
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Ken "Grit" Grissom
Ken "Grit" Grissom is my favorite in the list you provided, Dream Team. I picture him as a player with a high batting average, high steals, high caught-stealing, and injured a little too often from diving head first into bags and taking a bite of it on his way into the base. Also, I'm betting he's a great bad ball hitter with few strike outs or walks. Grit is up there hacking.
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05-15-2009, 01:12 AM | #12 | |
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Out of curiosity (since you mentioned he won gold gloves) what position does Stretch play? With that nickname, I just get in my mind a tall (6'6 or so) lanky 1B who makes all kinds acrobatic stabs on bad throws.
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05-15-2009, 02:53 AM | #13 |
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Actaully, Frenchy Armstrong is a left fielding power hitter. He does play great in left and I've seen him throw guys out at the plate quite a few times. He's a hold over from my FPS Baseball pro days. In that game he would raise his level of play late in the season during the stretch run, thus the nickname 'Stretch.' I've always loved the name and have brought him into each version of OOTP.
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05-16-2009, 12:08 AM | #14 |
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This very young player in my universe is probably my favorite player, unfortunately he isn't on my team, but the good part is he is in the other league.
Ed MacDonald is a 25 year old pitcher who has won the Outstanding Pitcher every year (3) he has been in the league and was Rookie of the Year the year he was eligible. I have a feeder league and he was a pretty good reliever in his HS days. He was a 4th round pick and was a reliever up through the farm system. Once he got to the Major League level his coach decided to let him be the opening day starter. So what does he do in his first ever start since Little League?? Tosses a No-Hitter!! Combine that with his plethora of awards already mentioned and his young age and this guy is my favorite player. Ed MacDonald 61-25 3.06 115 G 787 IP 616 H 142 BB 1087 K .96 WHIP .210 OAVG All-Star each of his 3 ML years (and will be again this year). |
05-16-2009, 02:18 AM | #15 |
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This is a player I tweaked when I was doing some experimentation. I was trying to create corner IFs with low power/superspeedster qualities. I remember him more for how his career (unfortunately) went.
WARNING: I probably made this background way too long. Josh Chung-3B(could play a little 1B if need be) Bats: Left Throws: Right. Prototypical lead off type. As a 3B he had great range, but was a bit erratic with the glove. Well, he was in Seattle's farm system. Well when I tweaked the Speed categories, the AI like what he saw (Seattle didnt really have a 3B this particular year). So, they brought him up and made him the 3B/leadoff guy. What does he do? Hits .286 with a .357 OBP leads the AL in steals (68, and a full 20 Sbs more than 2nd place) and triples (11). And in the offseason win Rookie of the Year. The major factor in turning a 95-loss team into a team that going into the last day of the season was 96-65 and tied with Oakland for the best team in the division AND league. Well, just so happens, Oakland was their final series that season. So we go into that last game. After simming that day. Not only did Oakland win to take home field advantage in the playoffs (and turing Seattle into a wildcard). But poor Josh managed to sprain his ankle in that game. Well, Seattle had lost their catalyst and was swept in the division series. Then in the offseason the Seattle AI management in all its grand "wisdom" decided art should imitate real life and made some truly boneheaded moves. Despite our man, Josh winning ROY and having all those stats I mentioned. They were fixated on one I didnt mention (only 5 HRs). They decided "we need some power on this team (they were 13th in HRs after all). So they decided to improve their power by signing a 3B named Palacios from division rival Angels. A 31-year old who despite having 20-25 HR a year power, was a career .232 hitter. Were they holding that injury against poor Josh? Apparently so, after spring training Josh found himself in AAA. And it wasnt like he had a ratings spiral. Everything was still there. So he had recovered. Seattle had decided they were going to convert him to SS. Well, after a week when he still hadnt become a gold glove caliber SS, mamagement decided to pack it in and accept he was nothing more than a AAA 3B (hello? AL ROY, last season?). Palacios proved he was worth the dollars. He showed some pop by hitting all of 1 through April with a sub-.200 AVG. Josh hit .330 in AAA with 12 steals. Luckily, for Josh, Palacios got injured (along with the team starting 1B). And he got the call. (Palacios out 2 weeks, the 1B 2 months) Well, it was mid-May and Seattle had the worst record thus far in the majors. Well, our guy came in and ignited the offense they got some winning. Then Palacios comes back........ Well, Josh Chung could play 1B so they decided he could stay in a platoon situation. He would play 1B and leadoff vs. L. (yeah go figure, and the replacement 1B was a Righty platoon vs. R). It was obvious attempt to discredit Chung now completely and perplexingly in the GM's doghouse. Palacios was Palacios (started hitting HRs now and again, but his average never rose above. 218 all year). Chung despite being railroaded and having to hit against lefties still managed to produce decently well. They managed to play .500 from mid-May to mid-July. Winning more often when Chung was leading off than when their CF did (their CF finished out the season with 23 HRs, 26 SBs.......a .214 BA and a .279 OBP, worst OBP among qualifiers not playing middle IF). Well, it neared the end of July..... The starting 1B came back. And Seattle went to trading vets for prospects. They no longer needed Josh, and he was demoted. They also add insult to injury by not recalling him in September. (Despite all that he hit for them around .260 despite facing mostly lefties, and stealing 23 bases which was 2nd on the club for the year despite only having a little more than 150 ABs). Seattle went from 2bd best 96-66 to 2nd worst 64-98 (Seattle thanks you for sucking more Tampa Bay) Well, after the next spring training his ratings hit freefall. I theorized from either a lack of confidence or just outright frustration with his predicament. Worse his speed dropped and while still good. He wouldnt be the SB juggernaut he was (it would have made more sense if it had dropped from the sprain a year earlier, I mean he was only 26 after all). In mid-April, I got it in my mind. I took over KC, and traded a sleeper for him. I was going to jack his speed back up and see if he could make a comeback, but I lost interest (mostly from frustration). I keep having it in mind I will recreate him for a new dynasty attempt. Where it will be the year after the trade. ANd with KC's AAA coaches he has regained his stroke and confidence. ANd is ready to stick it to Seattle. Note: i also imagined the Seattle fans wanted their general (mis) manager head on a platter all that season for sending their ROY down. (i bet the poor guy had to quit attending games due to the death threats )
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05-16-2009, 09:06 AM | #16 |
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Josh Chung
I like the background for Josh and the attempts to get inside the head of management. I trade for favorite players all the time. Although, my favorite type of player in the world is the one with just one major league team on the back of his baseball card. Mike Schmidt, Joe Dimaggio, etc.
I'm in 1902 right now, so Josh won't be making an appearance in the league until a Korean or Chinese surname is more likely in the bigs. I have some Cuban players right now, but I try to keep those to a small number.
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05-16-2009, 11:26 AM | #17 |
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Apparently Jack Kerouac was much like the rest of us with his own fictional universe.
"...He obsessively played a fantasy baseball game of his own invention, charting the exploits of made-up players like Wino Love, Warby Pepper, Heinie Twiett, Phegus Cody and Zagg Parker, who toiled on imaginary teams..." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/16/bo...kero.html?_r=1 |
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Note: I should mention I also made him a good bunter as befitting a little ball super-speedster.
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05-16-2009, 07:13 PM | #19 |
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Can someone let Jack Kerouac know the next time he logs on that I like Warby Pepper so much that he's just been added to the Universal Baseball Association for 1902. Both the Atlanta Crackers and the Cincinnati Pioneers are vying for his services.
We'll have to pass on Wino Love. We're trying to keep the image of ballplayers pure in the mind of the the knothole gang. In unrelated news, the new baseball cards have just come out for this year. Aren't they dandy?
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Keishi Tsukamoto, LF — he's my oldest position player, and also the fastest player on my team (which is the Fighters of Nippon Ham). He's still servicable, but can't have more than one or two seasons left in his tank. A good fielder and bunter, but no arm. Murenori Tsukamodo, 3B — adequate starter, outstanding in no respects. Ichizo Tsuchie, SS — very good hitter, good fielder Hirobumi Tsutsui, 1B — Man so nice, they had to name him twice. An all star, good fielder, and practically the only guy on my team with respectable pop. Shihel Tsukada, SP — None of my starters are very good (I have superb relief pitching), but most would make good third or fourth starters on most teams. None of them have good Stuff, but all keep in ball in the park and have fair to good control. Masao Tsukawaki, SP — No exception to the rule, he's the middle of the 'brothers Tsukawaki'. Nobuo Tsukawaki, SP — He's the exception. The youngest of the 'brothers Tsukawaki' at 33, he's my number four, but he'd be in AAA on most teams. Suezo Tsukawaki, MR — Good, but unlucky, and not particularly good by comparison to the rest of the relief staff (he's my number four MR — 64 on the 20-80 scale). The eldest of the 'brothers Tsukawaki', he's 35. You couldn't use these guys, but maybe they'll give you an idea. EDIT: Great card! Did you find one somewhere, or did you make it up? Last edited by Curtis; 05-20-2009 at 03:46 PM. |
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