1855 Season Thread

[Young Drachma]

Spring Training is complete.

1st half of the season starts on Tuesday night. Have an enjoyable weekend. For the newbies -- not that you're dealing -- but in the off-chance you were -- the trade deadline is essentially on Monday night and then you can't make a deal again until between the 1st and 2nd half break.

But no one ever trades around here, so I guess I won't worry about it until it happens. ;)

[Young Drachma]

NL
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Chicago 19-5
Rio Grande 16-8
Carolina 15-9
Brooklyn 13-11
Wichita Falls 5-19
Gettysburg 4-20

AL
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San Diego 17-7
Syracuse 15-9
Memphis 13-11
Hilton Head 13-11
Winnemucca 9-15
Lake Tahoe 5-19

[Young Drachma]

The expansion teams will pick 3, 4, 5, 6 in this year's draft. I used a list randomizer on random.org to pick the order:



There were 4 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Hilton Head (3rd)
Wichita Falls (6th)
Gettysburg (4th)
Lake Tahoe (5th)
Timestamp: 2012-07-28 05:36:21 UTC


Since I'm commish, I'll pick 4th among these teams automatically.

[Young Drachma]

Panzzer had to drop out, because he had family issues to tend to. He'd be welcomed back if he decides he has time for OOTP in the future.

We're very lucky to add to our recent string of all-star owners, with ekcut joining us and he'll be taking over the Winnemucca franchise starting this year. He's been around the fast-sim game since the early years, has earned his stripes in FOOL and now he'll be joining us in SLOP.

So give him a hearty welcome!

[muns]

Panzzer had to drop out, because he had family issues to tend to. He'd be welcomed back if he decides he has time for OOTP in the future.

We're very lucky to add to our recent string of all-star owners, with ekcut joining us and he'll be taking over the Winnemucca franchise starting this year. He's been around the fast-sim game since the early years, has earned his stripes in FOOL and now he'll be joining us in SLOP.

So give him a hearty welcome!

HA HA, well we seem to be on a roll lately. Good to see ya again ole buddy!

[Young Drachma]

Anyone interested in a winter league that would take place during the weekend of the off-season. Nothing especially intense, just a way to develop some prospects and otherwise gets guys some work.

An idea that occurred to me on my run today and I thought I'd post and see if anyone was remotely intrigued.

[ekcut]

HA HA, well we seem to be on a roll lately. Good to see ya again ole buddy!

Hello Munson...so we meet again for the first time for the last time!

If history means anything...trade activity will soon be cranked up to 11!

[Young Drachma]

1st half sim is tomorrow night, gentleman!

[muns]

exported and ready to go

[Young Drachma]

Ok, here we go:

STANDINGS AS OF MAY 1, 1855

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Chicago Hornets 29 10 .744 -
Rio Grande Rough Riders 25 13 .658 3.5
Carolina Kings 22 15 .595 6.0
Brooklyn Titans 20 17 .541 8.0
Wichita Falls Skeeters 15 23 .395 13.5
Gettysburg Gomers 8 29 .216 20.0
ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Winnemucca Choo-Choos 28 11 .718 -
Memphis Smokers 26 11 .703 1.0
San Diego Fathers 21 16 .568 6.0
Syracuse Stars 21 17 .553 6.5
Hilton Head Heroes 10 28 .263 17.5
Lake Tahoe Syndicate 1 36 .027 26.0

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF JUNE 1, 1855


NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Chicago Hornets 45 22 .672 -
Rio Grande Rough Riders 42 24 .636 2.5
Carolina Kings 38 26 .594 5.5
Brooklyn Titans 37 27 .578 6.5
Gettysburg Gomers 23 41 .359 20.5
Wichita Falls Skeeters 21 44 .323 23.0
ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Memphis Smokers 48 17 .738 -
Syracuse Stars 40 26 .606 8.5
San Diego Fathers 39 26 .600 9.0
Winnemucca Choo-Choos 36 30 .545 12.5
Hilton Head Heroes 18 47 .277 30.0
Lake Tahoe Syndicate 4 61 .062 44.0

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF JUNE 17, 1855


NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Chicago Hornets 55 26 .679 -
Rio Grande Rough Riders 50 30 .625 4.5
Carolina Kings 48 31 .608 6.0
Brooklyn Titans 48 31 .608 6.0
Gettysburg Gomers 29 50 .367 25.0
Wichita Falls Skeeters 24 56 .300 30.5
ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Memphis Smokers 56 23 .709 -
Syracuse Stars 47 33 .588 9.5
San Diego Fathers 46 33 .582 10.0
Winnemucca Choo-Choos 44 37 .543 13.0
Hilton Head Heroes 25 55 .313 31.5
Lake Tahoe Syndicate 6 73 .076 50.0

[Young Drachma]

Ok, so the first half is complete. We'll sim the draft tomorrow night, so do your draft lists and export. Also, you can make deals over the next 24 hours too.

File is up!

[muns]

25 wins, we are looking good!! lol :)

[Subby]

EPIC

[spleen1015]

Who let Subby in here? :D

[Young Drachma]

Ok, so here's what the final draft order looked like:

1. Winnemucca
2. Syracuse
3. Hilton Head
4. Gettysburg
5. Lake Tahoe
6. Wichita Falls
7. San Diego
8. Rio Grande
9. Carolina
10. Brooklyn
11. Chicago
12. Memphis

[Young Drachma]

File is going up now. It'll be slower than it ever should be, because my internet is not running well today. I'll post when it's complete.

2nd half of the season will be simmed tomorrow night. Teams are logjammed, so it's still anyone's race!

[Young Drachma]

File is up. 2nd half tomorrow night!

[muns]

Well this is wonderful. In the process of DL the new file. It stops and i get a message from windows saying that ootp 13 has stopped working, windows will notify you if there is a solution and it closes. So i fire it up again and still wont load.

anyone else have this problem or is it my ootp curse?

[Young Drachma]

Well this is wonderful. In the process of DL the new file. It stops and i get a message from windows saying that ootp 13 has stopped working, windows will notify you if there is a solution and it closes. So i fire it up again and still wont load.

anyone else have this problem or is it my ootp curse?

You had that problem because I was putting up a new file just now because of a 2nd trade that went down, because my internet is super slow today for whatever reason.

Try again now, it should be fine.

[muns]

You had that problem because I was putting up a new file just now because of a 2nd trade that went down, because my internet is super slow today for whatever reason.

Try again now, it should be fine.

HAAAAAAAAAAAA thats the best news all day. Thank ya sir! Sorry I just shot you a PM while you were writing this i guess

[Young Drachma]

Second half is on its way...

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF JULY 1, 1855


NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Brooklyn Titans 58 31 .652 -
Chicago Hornets 59 32 .648 -
Carolina Kings 57 32 .640 1.0
Rio Grande Rough Riders 53 37 .589 5.5
Gettysburg Gomers 32 57 .360 26.0
Wichita Falls Skeeters 25 65 .278 33.5
ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Memphis Smokers 63 26 .708 -
San Diego Fathers 53 36 .596 10.0
Syracuse Stars 53 37 .589 10.5
Winnemucca Choo-Choos 51 40 .560 13.0
Hilton Head Heroes 26 64 .289 37.5
Lake Tahoe Syndicate 8 81 .090 55.0

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF AUGUST 1, 1855


NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Brooklyn Titans 78 39 .667 -
Carolina Kings 73 44 .624 5.0
Chicago Hornets 71 48 .597 8.0
Rio Grande Rough Riders 67 51 .568 11.5
Gettysburg Gomers 40 77 .342 38.0
Wichita Falls Skeeters 34 84 .288 44.5
ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Memphis Smokers 80 37 .684 -
Syracuse Stars 75 43 .636 5.5
San Diego Fathers 71 46 .607 9.0
Winnemucca Choo-Choos 62 57 .521 19.0
Hilton Head Heroes 39 79 .331 41.5
Lake Tahoe Syndicate 16 101 .137 64.0

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1855


NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Brooklyn Titans 97 49 .664 -
Carolina Kings 91 55 .623 6.0
Rio Grande Rough Riders 87 59 .596 10.0
Chicago Hornets 85 61 .582 12.0
Gettysburg Gomers 47 99 .322 50.0
Wichita Falls Skeeters 40 106 .274 57.0

ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Memphis Smokers 97 49 .664 -
Syracuse Stars 94 52 .644 3.0
San Diego Fathers 87 59 .596 10.0
Winnemucca Choo-Choos 79 67 .541 18.0
Hilton Head Heroes 50 96 .342 47.0
Lake Tahoe Syndicate 22 124 .151 75.0

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF SEPT. 9, 1855

NL
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Brooklyn 105-52
Carolina 97-57
Rio Grande 91-63 (6 GB)
Chicago 91-63 (6 GB)

AL
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Memphis 100-54
Syracuse 99-55
San Diego 92-62 (7 GB)
Winnemucca 84-70 (15 GB)

[Young Drachma]

Obviously the bad expansion teams are artificially making teams look better than they ought to be. Anytime you can win 90+ and finish 4th...things are awry.

[Young Drachma]

1855 FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS


NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Brooklyn Titans 108 54 .667 -
Carolina Kings 100 62 .617 8.0
Rio Grande Rough Riders 97 65 .599 11.0
Chicago Hornets 95 67 .586 13.0
Gettysburg Gomers 53 109 .327 55.0
Wichita Falls Skeeters 42 120 .259 66.0

ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Memphis Smokers 108 54 .667 -
Syracuse Stars 104 58 .642 4.0
San Diego Fathers 95 67 .586 13.0
Winnemucca Choo-Choos 87 75 .537 21.0
Hilton Head Heroes 56 106 .346 52.0
Lake Tahoe Syndicate 27 135 .167 81.0

[Young Drachma]

Considering how bad Lake Tahoe started the year, the fact they only lost 135 games is impressive.

Brooklyn heads for a chance at their 3rd straight NL pennant, after Carolina preceded them in doing the same. In fact, since Carolina won their first pennant in '45, they've won five (claiming 2 Series titles along the way) and the only thing standing in Brooklyn's way is the last team to attempt to win three straight titles.

In the AL, Syracuse looks to repeat as AL champ, while Memphis seeks their first pennant since '46. It's not for a lack of trying, it'll be their third straight ALCS appearance. Just can't seem to get over the hump.

Knowing this audience, I doubt it'll be the case...but if there's a clamoring for some kind of play-in game between the 2nd and 3rd place teams in each league, that's something we can implement for next year.

I didn't figure there would be any real clamoring for it though. Just saying...

[Young Drachma]

File is up. Tomorrow night, someone will win a title and celebrate by quietly screaming at the computer.

[Young Drachma]

Also, there's a strong possibility that I'm moving the Skeeters to Los Angeles to revive the old Los Angeles Vulcans for next year.

[Young Drachma]

HTML is updated. (http://wyogeek.com/baseball/slop/leagues/league_100_home.html)

[Gomer]

Gettysburg sucks. When's the next draft?

[Young Drachma]

Gettysburg sucks. When's the next draft?

Two weeks. ;)

[Young Drachma]

Charlie Taylor logs 29 wins at age 38. Pedro Villegas of Rio Grande goes 28-10 after never winning more than 16 games before (and that was during his rookie year.)

Should be interesting to see how things normalize with the expansion teams (presumably) getting better in the future.

[Young Drachma]

Ok, let's crown some champs.

[Young Drachma]

NLCS Game 1

Brooklyn 6, Carolina 5
(Both teams put up 4 runs in the 9th inning)

ALCS Game 1
Syracuse 7, Memphis 4

[Young Drachma]

NLCS Game 2: Brooklyn 4, Carolina 3 (Carolina scored 2 in the top of the 9th. It wasn't enough) BKN leads series 2-0

ALCS Game 2: Memphis 7, Syracuse 6 (Series tied 1-1, Memphis score 3 in the in the bottom of the 9th to even the series)

[Young Drachma]

NLCS Game 3: Brooklyn 8, Carolina 1 (BKN leads series 3-0)

ALCS Game 3: Memphis 6, Syracuse 5 (MEM leads series 2-1)

[Young Drachma]

NLCS Game 4: Brooklyn 7, Carolina 5 (BKN wins series 4-0)

ALCS Game 4: Memphis 3, Syracuse 2 (MEM leads series 3-1)

[Young Drachma]

ALCS Game 5: Syracuse 9, Memphis 5 (MEM leads series 3-2)

[Young Drachma]

ALCS Game 6: Memphis 10, Syracuse 1 (MEM wins series 4-1)

Memphis claims their first AL pennant in nine years and sets up a rematch of the '46 Series.

[Young Drachma]

Sunset Series Game 1: Memphis 10, Brooklyn 7

[Young Drachma]

Sunset Series Game 2: Memphis 8, Brooklyn 4 (MEM leads series 2-0)

[Young Drachma]

Sunset Series Game 3: Brooklyn 14, Memphis 8 (MEM leads series 2-1)

[Young Drachma]

Sunset Series Game 4: Memphis 7, Brooklyn 6 (BKN scored two in the topof the 8th, but couldn't get any closer.) (MEM leads series 3-1)

[Young Drachma]

Sunset Series Game 5: Memphis 7, Brooklyn 2 (MEM leads series 4-1)

[Young Drachma]

Sunset Series Game 6: Brooklyn 3, Memphis 0 (MEM leads series 4-2)

[Young Drachma]

Sunset Series Game 7: Brooklyn 7, Memphis 1 (MEM leads series 4-3)

[Young Drachma]

Sunset Series Game 8: Brooklyn 10, Memphis 2

Brooklyn claws all the way back from down 4-1 in the Series to force the decisive Game 9, this time in front of the home fans in Brooklyn. Wowza.

[Young Drachma]

After 1st inning: Memphis leads 2-0

[Young Drachma]

After the 2nd inning: Memphis leads 4-0

[Young Drachma]

Charlie Taylor was on the mound for Memphis and friends..when you put a guy who won 29 games out there, well...things tend to go his way.

He pitched a complete game, giving up 8 hits, 1 earned and striking out 5. The Smokers are Series champs after almost giving away a huge Series lead and have claimed their 3rd title in franchise history.

They also prevented Brooklyn's attempt at SLOP's first three-peat. Only San Diego ('49-'51), Brooklyn ('53-55) and Carolina ('50-52) have appeared in three-straight Classics and no team had ever won two straight with a chance at a 3rd before these Titans attempted the feat.

But it was not to be...despite getting so close after being down so far!

[Young Drachma]

Charlie Taylor, at the age of 38, claimed his first-ever AL Pitcher of the Year award this year. Chris Ross was gunning for his 5th at the age of 28.

[Young Drachma]

We'll sim to the start of free agency on Monday night. You can use this last file as a chance to offer any extensions to any of your guys. Also, if you release someone with years left on their deal..let me know or else it'll affect your ability to sign other guys going forward.

Heck of a season.

We'll be in the off-season this upcoming week, as a reminder to the new guys:

TUE: FA1
WED: FA2
THUR: FA3/Sim to start of ST
FRI: FA4/Sim ST/sim to start of season

File is up. Congrats to our champs!

[Young Drachma]

Only five guys have thrown no-hitters in SLOP history. Two of the hurlers who did it played for San Diego, two played for Chicago and one for New York.

John Walton through the 1st-ever no-no during the 1st season of SLOP. He retired after that 1st year. The following year, recently inducted Hall of Famer Will Allen threw one for San Diego.

It took five years for the next one, this time by Jean Gilles in '44 for the defunct New York Americans. Gilles is still active, playing for Hilton Head and has 197 career wins and a pitcher of the year award to his credit. He's not anywhere near HOF material or anything, but has been a solid pitcher.

The most dubious guy was three years later in '47 when Jose Gonzales used one of the three starts he made that entire year to throw the first perfect game in SLOP history for Chicago. He struck out just two batters in that game against Winnemucca. Gonzales has bounced between the majors and AAA for most of his career since then.

Later that year, teammate Bobby Foster struck out ten and walked just one against Brooklyn, throwing his first no-hitter and the last one ever thrown to date...which is now dating back eight years and counting.

[muns]

Congrats to Memphis!

[Jack Raden]

Glad to finally make it back. It's been quite a while since we've won one of these.