Career ender to "The Mick"

Ragin Cajun · 06-05-2006, 10:56 PM

Mickey Mantle suffered a fractured elbow and ended his career today at the age of 23. In four and a half seasons of big league baseball, Mantle had a .294 career average with 138 home runs and 446 rbi. His career high was 57 HR's in 1953 with a .338 batting average. Farewell Mick. You can never be replaced.

The_Offspring187 · 06-05-2006, 11:13 PM

The beauty/agony of historical replays.

Giants44 · 06-05-2006, 11:17 PM

On the flip end - I had Lou Gehrig play until he was 43 and finish 2nd all-time in homers behind the Babe.

Commissioner Bud Selig · 06-05-2006, 11:23 PM

That's awful.

domonas · 06-05-2006, 11:25 PM

I had Ty Cobb go down 2.5 years into his career with a torn back muscle. Finished with 502 hits and a .320 average.

John C · 06-05-2006, 11:28 PM

He may come back.

I've seen players hit career-enders and come back later in the season.

Altus · 06-06-2006, 03:08 AM

Bernie Williams suffered a back career-ending back injury in double A and never played a major league game in my one league!

SDtwin · 06-06-2006, 03:10 AM

I would get frustrated at injuries like that and scream at the comp. That is why i don't do historical leagues.

jte87 · 06-06-2006, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by John C

He may come back.

I've seen players hit career-enders and come back later in the season.

In this version?

Jonzard · 06-06-2006, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Giants44

On the flip end - I had Lou Gehrig play until he was 43 and finish 2nd all-time in homers behind the Babe.

How many did he hit?

redmarkYankees · 06-06-2006, 03:51 AM

See the Historical Sims subforum - Cobb seems to get a lot of CEIs, while the record currently is Hornsby - aged 57, still in the majors.

smeyers003 · 06-06-2006, 10:49 AM

I had Clemens win the Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young in 84 then pitch a no-hitter opening day of the next season and go down with a career ender his next start.

mh2365 · 06-06-2006, 10:51 AM

Yeah can we some verification that some CI's will come back a couple of years later in the new version ... that was a huge addition to 6.5

Bears5122 · 06-06-2006, 10:59 AM

I mentioned it here:
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=122209

But I think there are far too many career enders.

mh2365 · 06-06-2006, 11:06 AM

Thanks Bear ... that was a very good post ... in past version (even 6.5) alot of times I would edit CEI to 12-18 months gone.

I wish the game would handle it that way and then there could be extensions to the length of time and a small % who never make it back.

Rarely will any sport come out and say it's a career ending injury ... Look at Jason Williams in basketball ... he is attempting a comeback next year after 4 years out.

<Pion> · 06-06-2006, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Ragin Cajun

Mickey Mantle suffered a fractured elbow and ended his career today at the age of 23. In four and a half seasons of big league baseball, Mantle had a .294 career average with 138 home runs and 446 rbi. His career high was 57 HR's in 1953 with a .338 batting average. Farewell Mick. You can never be replaced.

The number of CEI's in OOTP2006 are way out of whack. When I see a player drop out of the stat leaders, it's almost always due to a CEI rather than a drop in ability or someone else better coming to the team.

<Pion> · 06-06-2006, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Bears5122

I mentioned it here:
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=122209

But I think there are far too many career enders.

I've also mentioned it in 3+ threads. I don't mind the increased number of injuries, but the severity seems a bit.... ummmm.... severe?

Bears5122 · 06-06-2006, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by <Pion>

I've also mentioned it in 3+ threads. I don't mind the increased number of injuries, but the severity seems a bit.... ummmm.... severe?

Agreed. I wonder if it is something that can be fixed simply by editing the injuries file?

BIG17EASY · 06-06-2006, 04:11 PM

Glad to see I'm not the only one frustrated by this. I started a historical world beginning in 1969 and made myself GM of the Mets. Tommie Agee, at the age of 25, went down with a CEI during spring training. Pretty frustrating. And I had forgotten to save my world as a quickstart once I had all the settings correct and before simming a single day. If I had, I just would've started over. But now I'm stuck without Agee.

06-05-2006, 10:56 PM	#1
Ragin Cajun All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Atascosita, TX Posts: 1,173	Career ender to "The Mick" Mickey Mantle suffered a fractured elbow and ended his career today at the age of 23. In four and a half seasons of big league baseball, Mantle had a .294 career average with 138 home runs and 446 rbi. His career high was 57 HR's in 1953 with a .338 batting average. Farewell Mick. You can never be replaced. __________________ Former NBSL Commissioner: 16 years Former Online League Owner; six time champion

06-05-2006, 11:28 PM	#6
John C Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Albion, RI Posts: 2,260 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	He may come back. I've seen players hit career-enders and come back later in the season. __________________ Facebook \| My Videos

06-06-2006, 03:51 AM	#11
redmarkYankees All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,283	See the Historical Sims subforum - Cobb seems to get a lot of CEIs, while the record currently is Hornsby - aged 57, still in the majors. __________________ In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act. George Orwell

06-05-2006, 11:13 PM	#2
The_Offspring187 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 439	The beauty/agony of historical replays.

06-05-2006, 11:17 PM	#3
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,408	On the flip end - I had Lou Gehrig play until he was 43 and finish 2nd all-time in homers behind the Babe.

06-05-2006, 11:23 PM	#4
Commissioner Bud Selig Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9	That's awful.

06-05-2006, 11:25 PM	#5
domonas Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 121	I had Ty Cobb go down 2.5 years into his career with a torn back muscle. Finished with 502 hits and a .320 average.

06-06-2006, 03:08 AM	#7
Altus Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 192	Bernie Williams suffered a back career-ending back injury in double A and never played a major league game in my one league!

06-06-2006, 03:10 AM	#8
SDtwin Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: San Diego Posts: 406	I would get frustrated at injuries like that and scream at the comp. That is why i don't do historical leagues.

06-06-2006, 10:49 AM	#12
smeyers003 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 416	I had Clemens win the Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young in 84 then pitch a no-hitter opening day of the next season and go down with a career ender his next start.

06-06-2006, 10:51 AM	#13
mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,941 Infractions: 0/2 (101)	Yeah can we some verification that some CI's will come back a couple of years later in the new version ... that was a huge addition to 6.5

06-06-2006, 10:59 AM	#14
Bears5122 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 846	I mentioned it here: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=122209 But I think there are far too many career enders.

06-06-2006, 11:06 AM	#15
mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,941 Infractions: 0/2 (101)	Thanks Bear ... that was a very good post ... in past version (even 6.5) alot of times I would edit CEI to 12-18 months gone. I wish the game would handle it that way and then there could be extensions to the length of time and a small % who never make it back. Rarely will any sport come out and say it's a career ending injury ... Look at Jason Williams in basketball ... he is attempting a comeback next year after 4 years out.

06-06-2006, 04:11 PM	#19
BIG17EASY Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,291	Glad to see I'm not the only one frustrated by this. I started a historical world beginning in 1969 and made myself GM of the Mets. Tommie Agee, at the age of 25, went down with a CEI during spring training. Pretty frustrating. And I had forgotten to save my world as a quickstart once I had all the settings correct and before simming a single day. If I had, I just would've started over. But now I'm stuck without Agee.