Adventures in the Multiverse

Cobby · 07-18-2017, 04:48 PM

So, it's October 3rd and I've just won the World Series. My allotment of two "international free agents" appear - both scrubs, as usual.

Then my universe winks out of existence. (game crashes during a player list sort operation).

I go back to October 1st and have three days to live over again. I still win the final game of the World Series (whew!). My two "international free agents" appear again, but this time, instead of the scrubs I get this rather promising dude (and I've got plenty of budget room at the moment).

I'm liking my new reality so far....(but I still kind of feel bad about the two scrubs that got winked out of existence). Maybe Bonnie's will to play baseball was so strong that he was able to cause a whole alternate universe to appear. (I'm not sure what his Universe Creation Rating is, but I'll sure be happy if I can get him on my team, with that kind of reality-altering power)

NoOne · 07-18-2017, 05:15 PM

i see amazing int'l FA players all the time this year - maybe not every year but often enough that i am consistently signing them if not too long of term demanded... although, if they tweaked that in a recent patch i wouldn't know. this is experience after 1st/2nd patch time period.

Oh, only 20 years old? international amatuer FA in october? sign that guy at all costs at 20 years old! if he wants a cheaper value at first, blow him away for a good, but fair offer and scare away the other fishies bidding. if he doesn't want max term, offer +1year to his initial demand. LF or RF for sure, and CF in a pinch if you have terrible options, otherwise.

Beechnut · 09-03-2017, 03:12 PM

It's been several weeks and so many questions left unanswered....where did this guy sign? Contract details? How is his career progressing? Any awards? Inquiring minds want to know!

I'm also wondering where your league is based for a dude from Philly to be considered an international free agent.

Cobby · 09-03-2017, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Beechnut

It's been several weeks and so many questions left unanswered....where did this guy sign? Contract details? How is his career progressing? Any awards? Inquiring minds want to know!

I'm also wondering where your league is based for a dude from Philly to be considered an international free agent.

Interesting that you posted this today. It's now 1965 in my universe and McCormack just retired this year, so it's a good time for a career re-cap. (he hasn't played in the majors since 1962 though).

I was able to sign him (Cincinnati) and he won the MVP his first year. He'll certainly be a first-ballot hall-of-famer, finishing his career .337 / .403 / .610 with 79.8 WAR and OPS+ of 178 , 372 HRs and 3 MVPs in 16 years.

But he was injury-plagued his whole career. He rarely was able to come close to a full season. His second year he only played in 45 games and still posted 5.4 WAR! He was on pace for an 18+ WAR season if he had been able to keep that up. It's fun to speculate how his career would have played out had he remained healthy.

You asked about his contract: It was still the reserve-clause era when I signed him for $47,880 in 1946 (that was a sizable contract for that time, but with the reserve clause, his contract automatically renewed each year). In my alternate universe, free-agency took effect in 1953 and I locked him up as a 26-year-old for 7 years, $700,000 - a bit of a gamble for a brilliant but injury-prone player. But no regrets though, as he posted a string of productive seasons (4.0 - 7.8 WAR) until the final year (2.4 WAR). By then I had moved on to GM another team.

My league is a fictional alternate universe that parallels real MLB history. So, in the early years I had it set up so that so-called international free agents and international scouting discoveries are mostly from the US. I like to imagine armies of scouts scouring the country and maybe discovering a Walter Johnson pitching in Idaho, or in this case, Bonnie McCormack - perhaps tearing it up on his factory team in Philadelphia....

Beechnut · 09-04-2017, 08:41 AM

And look at all those rings! I've always respected guys who walk more than they strike out; he did exactly that in 14 of his 16 seasons! Quite a player. Be sure to post his plaque when the day comes.

I would think it's difficult to resist "accidentally" crashing your game every time an undesirable IFA group is announced. I was once closing in on a high-contact doubles machine who appeared in the pool out of nowhere but was lost forever when my game froze and I had to revert to the previous week. Maybe our universes are connected!

07-18-2017, 04:48 PM	#1
Cobby Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 252	Adventures in the Multiverse So, it's October 3rd and I've just won the World Series. My allotment of two "international free agents" appear - both scrubs, as usual. Then my universe winks out of existence. (game crashes during a player list sort operation). I go back to October 1st and have three days to live over again. I still win the final game of the World Series (whew!). My two "international free agents" appear again, but this time, instead of the scrubs I get this rather promising dude (and I've got plenty of budget room at the moment). I'm liking my new reality so far....(but I still kind of feel bad about the two scrubs that got winked out of existence). Maybe Bonnie's will to play baseball was so strong that he was able to cause a whole alternate universe to appear. (I'm not sure what his Universe Creation Rating is, but I'll sure be happy if I can get him on my team, with that kind of reality-altering power) Attached Images

07-18-2017, 05:15 PM	#2
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	i see amazing int'l FA players all the time this year - maybe not every year but often enough that i am consistently signing them if not too long of term demanded... although, if they tweaked that in a recent patch i wouldn't know. this is experience after 1st/2nd patch time period. Oh, only 20 years old? international amatuer FA in october? sign that guy at all costs at 20 years old! if he wants a cheaper value at first, blow him away for a good, but fair offer and scare away the other fishies bidding. if he doesn't want max term, offer +1year to his initial demand. LF or RF for sure, and CF in a pinch if you have terrible options, otherwise. Last edited by NoOne; 07-18-2017 at 05:17 PM.

09-03-2017, 03:12 PM	#3
Beechnut Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2017 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 129	It's been several weeks and so many questions left unanswered....where did this guy sign? Contract details? How is his career progressing? Any awards? Inquiring minds want to know! I'm also wondering where your league is based for a dude from Philly to be considered an international free agent.

09-04-2017, 08:41 AM	#5
Beechnut Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2017 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 129	And look at all those rings! I've always respected guys who walk more than they strike out; he did exactly that in 14 of his 16 seasons! Quite a player. Be sure to post his plaque when the day comes. I would think it's difficult to resist "accidentally" crashing your game every time an undesirable IFA group is announced. I was once closing in on a high-contact doubles machine who appeared in the pool out of nowhere but was lost forever when my game froze and I had to revert to the previous week. Maybe our universes are connected!