1840 Season Thread

[Young Drachma]

SPRING TRAINING STANDINGS
NL
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Phoenix 17-7
Los Angeles 16-8
Milwaukee 16-8
Carolina 12-12
Chicago 7-17
Columbus 4-20

AL
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San Diego 15-9
Toronto 15-9
Frisco 13-11
Pennsylvania 12-12
Memphis 10-14
New York 7-17

[Young Drachma]

SALARIES

Rank Team Payroll
1 Chicago Hornets $103,069,000
2 New York Americans $100,119,000
3 Milwaukee Blue Ribbons $99,436,000
4 Toronto Tecumsehs $99,417,000
5 Memphis Smokers $97,319,000
6 Los Angeles Vulcans $96,349,000
7 Frisco Rough Riders $95,066,000
8 San Diego Fathers $87,476,000
9 Phoenix Firebirds $67,615,000
10 Pennsylvania Paladins $45,441,000
11 Columbus Astros $43,950,000
12 Carolina Kings $22,248,000

[Young Drachma]

I'll drop someone to get New York under the cap right now. File is up.

Let's try this "new schedule" thing right now for this upcoming season. I'll shrink the cycle to 7 days like this:

1st Half runs on Wednesday.
Draft is run on Thursdays.
2nd Half is run on Friday.
Playoffs run on Monday.

So that cuts out the weekend. Then in the opposite week, we'll do the free agency period.

FA1 on Wednesday
FA2 on Thursday
FA3 on Friday
FA4/Spring Training on Monday

This way, we're only playing four days a week and there's a season every/other/week like originally intended. But if we get into the routine of doing it like this, it should make it easier to remember what is going on when. What do you all think of this idea?

[JTSMOOTH]

Maybe for this season, on a trial basis, we can do away with the split season format and award one playoff spot to the champion of Spring Training and then another for the regular season winner ;)

SPRING TRAINING STANDINGS
NL
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Phoenix 17-7
Los Angeles 16-8
Milwaukee 16-8
Carolina 12-12
Chicago 7-17
Columbus 4-20

AL
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San Diego 15-9
Toronto 15-9
Frisco 13-11
Pennsylvania 12-12
Memphis 10-14
New York 7-17

[JTSMOOTH]

I'm fine with whatever schedule you setup. As long as the schedule works for the commish and I have some advanced notice, I'm set.

I'll drop someone to get New York under the cap right now. File is up.

Let's try this "new schedule" thing right now for this upcoming season. I'll shrink the cycle to 7 days like this:

1st Half runs on Wednesday.
Draft is run on Thursdays.
2nd Half is run on Friday.
Playoffs run on Monday.

So that cuts out the weekend. Then in the opposite week, we'll do the free agency period.

FA1 on Wednesday
FA2 on Thursday
FA3 on Friday
FA4/Spring Training on Monday

This way, we're only playing four days a week and there's a season every/other/week like originally intended. But if we get into the routine of doing it like this, it should make it easier to remember what is going on when. What do you all think of this idea?

[ShoelessJ03]

I'm fine with whatever schedule you setup. As long as the schedule works for the commish and I have some advanced notice, I'm set.


Same here.

[Young Drachma]

And away we go!

STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 1, 1840

Nationwide League Standings
W L PCT GB
Los Angeles Vulcans 8 3 .727 -
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons 7 4 .636 1.0
Columbus Astros 6 5 .545 2.0
Phoenix Firebirds 5 6 .455 3.0
Chicago Hornets 4 7 .364 4.0
Carolina Kings 3 8 .273 5.0

Associated League Standings
W L PCT GB
Frisco Rough Riders 8 3 .727 -
San Diego Fathers 6 5 .545 2.0
Pennsylvania Paladins 5 6 .455 3.0
New York Americans 5 6 .455 3.0
Memphis Smokers 5 6 .455 3.0
Toronto Tecumsehs 4 7 .364 4.0

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF MAY 1, 1840


Nationwide League Standings
W L PCT GB
Los Angeles Vulcans 26 11 .703 -
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons 23 15 .605 3.5
Phoenix Firebirds 22 16 .579 4.5
Columbus Astros 14 25 .359 13.0
Chicago Hornets 13 24 .351 13.0
Carolina Kings 10 27 .270 16.0

Associated League Standings
W L PCT GB
San Diego Fathers 25 13 .658 -
Frisco Rough Riders 24 14 .632 1.0
Pennsylvania Paladins 23 14 .622 1.5
Memphis Smokers 17 20 .459 7.5
New York Americans 15 22 .405 9.5
Toronto Tecumsehs 14 25 .359 11.5

[ShoelessJ03]

damn. i just exported. looks like i was a minute too late! haha

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF JUNE 1, 1840

Nationwide League Standings
W L PCT GB
Los Angeles Vulcans 39 25 .609 -
Phoenix Firebirds 36 29 .554 3.5
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons 36 30 .545 4.0
Columbus Astros 26 41 .388 14.5
Chicago Hornets 24 40 .375 15.0
Carolina Kings 15 49 .234 24.0

Associated League Standings
W L PCT GB
San Diego Fathers 45 21 .682 -
Frisco Rough Riders 43 22 .662 1.5
Pennsylvania Paladins 37 28 .569 7.5
Memphis Smokers 31 34 .477 13.5
New York Americans 30 35 .462 14.5
Toronto Tecumsehs 29 37 .439 16.0

[Young Drachma]

damn. i just exported. looks like i was a minute too late! haha

Shit, sorry. I should've waited for you, knowing you always do.

[Young Drachma]

Phoenix (48-33) and San Diego (55-26) claimed their respective 1st half titles.

[ShoelessJ03]

Shit, sorry. I should've waited for you, knowing you always do.

meh, no worries. i shouldnt have procrastinated.

tough division this year!

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS JUNE 21, 1840

Nationwide League Standings
W L PCT GB
Phoenix Firebirds 49 34 .590 -
Los Angeles Vulcans 48 34 .585 .5
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons 45 38 .542 4.0
Chicago Hornets 34 49 .410 15.0
Columbus Astros 30 55 .353 20.0
Carolina Kings 23 60 .277 26.0

Associated League Standings
W L PCT GB
San Diego Fathers 55 28 .663 -
Frisco Rough Riders 53 31 .631 2.5
Pennsylvania Paladins 43 39 .524 11.5
Memphis Smokers 42 41 .506 13.0
New York Americans 40 43 .482 15.0
Toronto Tecumsehs 37 47 .440 18.5

[Young Drachma]

Draft tomorrow night. File is up now. 2nd half on Friday

[JTSMOOTH]

Nice to see my team come through in the first half. Do have to say it doesn't seem right to win the division simply because we played 1 extra game and won. Not complaining, ill take the playoff spot, but that could be something to look into with the split season format.

[Young Drachma]

I can look into getting a custom-schedule made for a split season league or we can spend a trial period season or two using the full-season model and see which we prefer more.

[ShoelessJ03]

...we can spend a trial period season or two using the full-season model and see which we prefer more.


I'm game for whatever the majority wants.

[Young Drachma]

Okay, so the post-draft file is up.

[Young Drachma]

Time for the 2nd half!

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF JULY 1, 1840

Nationwide League Standings
W L PCT GB
Los Angeles Vulcans 54 35 .607 -
Phoenix Firebirds 51 39 .567 3.5
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons 51 39 .567 3.5
Chicago Hornets 35 54 .393 19.0
Columbus Astros 33 58 .363 22.0
Carolina Kings 23 66 .258 31.0

Associated League Standings
W L PCT GB
Frisco Rough Riders 58 32 .644 -
San Diego Fathers 57 33 .633 1.0
Memphis Smokers 47 42 .528 10.5
Pennsylvania Paladins 45 44 .506 12.5
New York Americans 43 46 .483 14.5
Toronto Tecumsehs 41 50 .451 17.5

[Young Drachma]

AUGUST 1, 1840


Nationwide League Standings
W L PCT GB
Los Angeles Vulcans 72 45 .615 -
Phoenix Firebirds 65 53 .551 7.5
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons 65 53 .551 7.5
Chicago Hornets 46 71 .393 26.0
Columbus Astros 43 76 .361 30.0
Carolina Kings 29 88 .248 43.0

Associated League Standings
W L PCT GB
San Diego Fathers 74 44 .627 -
Frisco Rough Riders 73 45 .619 1.0
Memphis Smokers 65 52 .556 8.5
New York Americans 60 57 .513 13.5
Pennsylvania Paladins 57 60 .487 16.5
Toronto Tecumsehs 57 62 .479 17.5

[Young Drachma]

Here are the post-all star break standings as of September 7, 1840.

NL
Los Angeles 40-28
Milwaukee 38-28

AL
Frisco 39-28
New York 39-28
Pennsylvania 37-31
Memphis 36-32

In short, we've got a battle down the stretch.

[Young Drachma]

Here are the insane standings on September 14th with 3 days left in the regular season:

NL
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Milwaukee 45-28
Los Angeles 44-30

AL
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Frisco 42-31
Toronto 41-31
New York 41-32
San Diego 41-32
Pennsylvania 39-35
Memphis 38-36

[Young Drachma]

NL
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MIL (Sep. 14-17) vs. Los Angeles

So these two will duke it out for the 2nd half title.

AL
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NYA (Sept, 14-17) vs. Toronto
FRI ("") vs. Memphis
SDO ("") vs. Pennsylvania

In the AL, Memphis is mathematically eliminated. Everyone else is eligible. San Diego winning the 2nd half title would mean whoever was in 2nd place overall would claim the LCS spot (Frisco) and otherwise, it's open season. What a race to the finish!

[Young Drachma]

9/14
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Los Angeles 5, Milwaukee 4
Phoenix 9, Columbus 7
New York 8, Toronto 3
Frisco 8, Memphis 1
San Diego 7, Pennsylvania 1

[Young Drachma]

9/15
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Frisco 5, Memphis 1
New York 5, Toronto 1
San Diego 5, Pennsylvania 2
Milwaukee 12, Los Angeles 3

[Young Drachma]

9/16
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Toronto 5, New York 4
Memphis 6, Frisco 3
Milwaukee 5, Los Angeles 1

[JTSMOOTH]

Bring it on Milwaukee :)

[Young Drachma]

FINAL 1840 REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

Nationwide League Standings
W L PCT GB
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons 95 67 .586 -
Los Angeles Vulcans 95 67 .586 -
Phoenix Firebirds 89 73 .549 6.0
Chicago Hornets 68 94 .420 27.0
Columbus Astros 61 101 .377 34.0
Carolina Kings 35 127 .216 60.0

Associated League Standings
W L PCT GB
Frisco Rough Riders 99 63 .611 -
San Diego Fathers 98 64 .605 1.0
Pennsylvania Paladins 84 78 .519 15.0
New York Americans 84 78 .519 15.0
Toronto Tecumsehs 82 80 .506 17.0
Memphis Smokers 82 80 .506 17.0


NL 2nd half champs: Milwaukee Blue Ribbons
AL 2nd half champs: Frisco Rough Riders

Congrats to Milwaukee!

[Young Drachma]

I moved the Rough Riders to Denver for the playoffs. Being in a major city might make them more attractive to a future owner and balances the geography a bit too. The game will act as if they'd been in Denver all year and even when they were in Frisco, I put them in Frisco, CO rather than Frisco, TX.

Anyway, playoffs are on Monday. But will be run late on Monday because I'm going to be flying that day and won't be on the ground until late Monday evening (eastern time.)

If you all have your exports in on Sunday night, I can run it then. Otherwise, we'll do it late on Monday.

File is up.

[JTSMOOTH]

Phoenix is exported for the playoffs

[ShoelessJ03]

Hell yeah! Nice second half comeback. The final 3 days of the season is what this thing is all about. That series between myself and LA was basically a playoff series. Good story line down the stretch.

Congrats to the other playoff teams.

[Jack Raden]

Best season yet, and we're still in last! That's a stacked AL.

[ShoelessJ03]

Exported for the playoffs

[Young Drachma]

Okay, everyone who matters has exported, so I'm going to run the post-season since I'm on the road tomorrow.

[Young Drachma]

We've got the two-time defending champs trying to win a pennant in a new league and we've got the Fathers trying to finally reach the big stage.
Or will the Firebirds break through? Let's find out!

NLCS GAME 1
Phoenix 7, Milwaukee 3

ALCS GAME 1
Denver 8, San Diego 2

[Young Drachma]

NLCS GAME 2
Phoenix 7, Milwaukee 4 (PHX leads 2-0)

ALCS GAME 2
Denver 5, San Diego 3 (DEN leads 2-0)

[Young Drachma]

ALCS GAME 3
San Diego 10, Denver 7 (DEN leads series 2-1)

NLCS GAME 3
Phoenix 5, Milwaukee 2 (PHX leads 3-0)

[Young Drachma]

NLCS GAME 4
Phoenix 5, Milwaukee 2 (PHX wins series 4-0)

And with that, the Blue Ribbons reign ends!

ALCS GAME 4
Denver 10, San Diego 4 (DEN leads 3-1)

[Young Drachma]

ALCS GAME 5
San Diego 5, Denver 2 (DEN leads series 3-2)

[Young Drachma]

ALCS GAME 6
San Diego 4, Denver 3 (Series tied 3-3)

San Diego scored the GW run in the top of the 9th

[Young Drachma]

ALCS GAME 7
San Diego 5, Denver 3

THE FATHERS WIN THE PENNANT!

[Young Drachma]

SUNSET SERIES, 1840

Game 1: San Diego 4, Phoenix 3
Game 2: Phoenix 7, San Diego 2
Game 3: Phoenix 4, San Diego 2 (PHX leads series 2-1)
Game 4: Phoenix 9, San Diego 0 (PHX leads series 3-1)
Game 5: San Diego 6, Phoenix 5 (PHX leads series 3-2)
Game 6: San Diego 5, Phoenix 4 (Series tied 3-3)
Game 7: Phoenix 5, San Diego 2 (PHX leads series 4-3)
Game 8: San Diego 3, Phoenix 2 (Series tied 4-4)

The Fathers have been the cardiac kids this post-season!

[Young Drachma]

SUNSET SERIES GAME NINE
The last game of our post-season went to 11 innings


Phoenix 4, San Diego 3

Congrats to the Fathers!

[Young Drachma]

AWARD WINNERS
NL MVP: Kelvin Boyd, Columbus
AL MVP: Gary Horton, New York

NL POY: Warner Armstrong, Milwaukee
AL POY: Mike McCubbin, San Diego

NL ROY: Kent Byrd, Phoenix
AL ROY: Brad Carroll, Denver

[Young Drachma]

File is up!

[ShoelessJ03]

Where are we at?

[Young Drachma]

Where are we at?

Where we left off. :) I'll be back home next week late in the week, so I was a bit leery to start a new season before I had hands on access to my Computer. So let's resume with our regular shenanigans after the new year. We'll use the same schedule I posted earlier.

i'll post an update before we resume, so you all can get your exports in, etc.