FLOP 1978 Thread.

kaosfere · 10-04-2008, 08:48 PM

File is posted. HTML is updated. Deadline for extensions is 10pm tomorrow.

Go!

TimGuru · 10-04-2008, 08:52 PM

If extensions are tomorrow, is FA bidding sim Monday now?

And can we bid on existing FAs during the extension period?

Will there be a new crop of players showing up sometime?

TIA--Tim

kaosfere · 10-04-2008, 08:59 PM

Yeah, given the short time, I think it's probably best to give folks the evening to look at their extensions. I'm not sure if it will stay this way, or if from now on y'all would like to see the season and playoffs all done late Friday or early Saturday so we can do the FA sim on Sunday night.

This is a work in progress, and I welcome your opinions.

But yes, for this week, the FA sim is Monday. It is currently the off-season, so you can sign current free agents during the extension period.

New players enter the FA system as soon as the season is over, it looks like. There are currently 44 players present, including 3 with 5-star potential, one with 3, and and 4 with 2.

Do let me know how you'd like to see the extensions/FA sims working in the future.

TimGuru · 10-04-2008, 10:13 PM

This is not posted to cause drama, its just factual.

I have been analyzing the league, obviously with an eye on my own situation.

With the glaring exception of Justin Brewer, the "mendoza line" for contact rating is 55. Below this, there is a high probability of failure at the plate, and a batting average below .250 and a VORP which is negative. Among the negative VORP guys, only one sticks out as a slumper (Harry Brown).

Among current free agents, ONE has potential to someday have contact above 55.

Among potential free agents, 4 such players exist, one is 36 yo so has no likelihood that he will achieve the potential, he is obviously declining from his peak. It is also unlikely that any of those players will hit free agency anyway, unless the AI has them or a human player forgets to export.

On my roster, I currently have 1 player who has a contact of 54 but potential is 51, and 3 players total with potential above 54.

2 AI teams are by far the most stacked with hitting potential, while the Outlaws are in as untenable position as I am hitting wise, nearly.

Considering the trading activity in the league week 1, and 38% AI ownership, trading is not the route to improvement. With no draft, the awful teams have a 1 in 8 shot at any piece that might someday improve their team, and in this "draft class" there is exactly one such player. Star ratings be damned, the production numbers say otherwise. 3 teams had team ba in the 260s, 3 in the 240s and 2 below 230. Standings and post season results pretty much corresponded.

I'm not suggesting that I'm ready to abandon the league or anything, yet. But I do think we need to take a close look at the model and see what we need to tweak to offer some hope to me and the Outlaws, especially, but I think the Anglers aren't exactly "championship driven" for a while either. It doesn't strike me as fun to face at least 10 weeks of losing and losing hard before I can climb to mediocrity.

I don't know enough about the ins and outs of OOTP for things like player creation modifiers to have any intelligent suggestions yet.

Tasan · 10-04-2008, 10:26 PM

I'd like to see a short sim on Saturday morning then a late deadline Saturday night extension period so we can wrap up season proceedings during the week.

Also, maybe we should inject a SMALL bit of better talent in the league. Just don't go FOOL crazy.

Tasan · 10-04-2008, 10:34 PM

Well crapola. I just noticed that my 6 man rotation experiment failed, because my 6th guy never started. I set the rotation size to 6, but set it to "start highest rested player" so he didn't throw a single pitch all season, and he was one of my actually good looking pitchers. Oh well

TimGuru · 10-04-2008, 10:36 PM

Yeah I noticed that in my analysis, he was among the higher rated starters and only showed up when I lifted the minmum IP filter.

kaosfere · 10-04-2008, 10:37 PM

Absolutely no worries about drama, Tasan. I appreciate the input.

I was wanting to have a look at the new FA pool and see what the talent looked like, but I've been busy watching the Cubs finish their choke-job.

This may well be something we should/can address. I'd be interested in hearing what DC, in particular, thinks.

Tasan · 10-04-2008, 10:39 PM

Hey can we do something about cash? I have no money at all, but was a top team in the league. There are a couple of other teams with very little to no money as well.

Young Drachma · 10-04-2008, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaosfere

Absolutely no worries about drama, Tasan. I appreciate the input.

I was wanting to have a look at the new FA pool and see what the talent looked like, but I've been busy watching the Cubs finish their choke-job.

This may well be something we should/can address. I'd be interested in hearing what DC, in particular, thinks.

I'm all for improving the creation modifiers. I could see bumping them to 1.200 to get things a bit better. Or something like that.

I'm all for doing something to make things more interesting, of course.

kaosfere · 10-05-2008, 12:06 AM

Ok. Rather than tweak the modifiers, I spiced up the free agent pool with another 20 players of various young ages. It looks like there's a little more choice in there now. Maybe this will let us seed some more players without getting too much talent inflation going. If that works out, perhaps we can just increase the number of FAs that get created to give us some more choice.

I have also increased the average ticket price in the league to $4.50, and manually brought up everyone's gate prices to match. Hopefully this should increase the cash input available to bring it closer into line with salaries.

I went ahead and reset everyone to having $1,000,000, the maxiumum carryover, on hand.

There's a new file up with these changes and the new FA pool. Have a look and let me know if you think this looks better.

Young Drachma · 10-05-2008, 01:54 AM

Nice idea, Kaos. Way to handl' it commish!

kaosfere · 10-05-2008, 09:14 PM

There are exports from everyone but Tasan. I'll wait till after the FOOL classic and see if he's updated.

kaosfere · 10-05-2008, 09:58 PM

Code:

Monday, October 3rd, 1977
Harwinton Hurlers: 3B K. Brown received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: C P. Dailey received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: LF J. Godfrey received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: SP M. Fox becomes a free-agent.
Harwinton Hurlers: SP R. De Los Santos received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: SS Z. Young received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: SP L. Cain received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: CF R. Hampton received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: CL D. Spivey received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: RF S. Hanna received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: MR B. Hunt received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: MR J. Madrigal received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: C R. Uberuaga received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: MR J. Nichols received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: CF N. Bancroft received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: SS T. Avery received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: SS J. Edwards received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Harwinton Hurlers: 1B J. Shelton becomes a free-agent.
Harwinton Hurlers: MR C. Roberts received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: SP W. Mueller received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: CL B. Brown received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: 2B J. Brewer received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: 2B C. Riley received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: 1B R. Brown received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: 3B P. Parkinson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: MR C. Féliz received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: MR M. Bass received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: MR D. Dickerson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: MR Y. Nakanishi received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: SS R. López becomes a free-agent.
South Hill Anglers: SS J. Lee becomes a free-agent.
South Hill Anglers: SP J. Piña received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: MR M. Adams received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: MR K. McDonald received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: SP B. McDonald received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: LF W. Cross becomes a free-agent.
South Hill Anglers: C B. Fuller becomes a free-agent.
South Hill Anglers: MR A. Rodríguez received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: RF J. Branch received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: CF K. Taylor becomes a free-agent.
South Hill Anglers: C H. Wilson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
South Hill Anglers: LF C. Conner becomes a free-agent.
Lufkin Linemen: SP J. Cornett received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: 1B G. Hawk received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: SP P. Cintrón received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: SP E. Guerrero received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: 2B S. Moore received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: CL E. Reed received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: MR D. Goff received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: MR D. Washington received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: MR H. Ryan becomes a free-agent.
Lufkin Linemen: 3B S. Hill received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: SP B. Douglas received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: MR N. Matthews received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: C E. Sawyer received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: MR N. Mathews received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: MR C. Ruíz received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: SP B. Matthews received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: CF K. McCann received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: CF E. Smith received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Lufkin Linemen: SS M. Smith received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: 1B G. Patterson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: SS M. Erickson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: 2B J. Valdés received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: SP C. Wilson becomes a free-agent.
Traverse City Parasites: LF L. Faulkner received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: SP D. Roberson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: C E. Cruz received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: CF E. Best received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: SP T. Crawford received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: 2B P. Ramos becomes a free-agent.
Traverse City Parasites: MR H. Ortíz received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: MR W. Williamson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: C N. Madrid received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: CF W. Hughes received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: SS D. Bennett received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: 3B W. Mentzer received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: 1B F. De La Rosa received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: MR E. Aroca received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Traverse City Parasites: MR I. Arévalo received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Fortuna Slammers: RF I. Soto received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Fortuna Slammers: C D. Burns received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Fortuna Slammers: SP M. Jenkins becomes a free-agent.
Fortuna Slammers: 2B E. Aguilar becomes a free-agent.
Fortuna Slammers: SP G. Durán becomes a free-agent.
Fortuna Slammers: SP G. Hubbard received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Fortuna Slammers: MR R. Rush received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Fortuna Slammers: MR R. Fisher received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Fortuna Slammers: MR H. Williams becomes a free-agent.
Fortuna Slammers: MR B. King becomes a free-agent.
Fortuna Slammers: SS M. Hagler received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Fortuna Slammers: CF B. Moore received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Fortuna Slammers: LF J. Negrón becomes a free-agent.
Tombstone Outlaws: SP D. Hicks received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: SP J. Hendrickson becomes a free-agent.
Tombstone Outlaws: MR B. Wilson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: MR A. Barajas received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: CL R. Franco received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: CF M. Robertson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: LF C. Davis becomes a free-agent.
Tombstone Outlaws: SP R. Fricke received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: C R. Chávez received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: C R. Ford received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: 2B C. Dotson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: 1B B. Greer received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: 1B K. Floyd received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: 3B R. White received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: RF P. Richards received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: SP V. Serrano received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: SS C. Arellano received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: SS J. Miller received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: MR J. Ramírez becomes a free-agent.
Tombstone Outlaws: 3B P. Coleman becomes a free-agent.
Tupelo Moonshiners: SS C. Gusmán received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: SS J. Espinoza received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: SP J. Wessex received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: SP J. Ellison received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: SP S. Hawkins received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: SP J. Elliott received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: SP B. Stephenson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: SP G. Bussotti becomes a free-agent.
Tupelo Moonshiners: SP T. Carver received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: RF J. King received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: MR J. Sampson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: C E. García received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: CF G. Washington received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: 1B A. Vázquez received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: MR B. Patterson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: 3B S. Fields becomes a free-agent.
Tupelo Moonshiners: RF P. Madrigal received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: 2B J. Stagner becomes a free-agent.
Tupelo Moonshiners: C G. Sparks received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: RF E. Tyler received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: CF E. Wilson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: LF P. Fothergill becomes a free-agent.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: SP R. López becomes a free-agent.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: RF M. Rivera received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: LF P. Hernández received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: C J. Crocker becomes a free-agent.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: SP R. Trujillo received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: MR S. McGee received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: SS R. Cummings received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: CL Z. Bevis received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: LF L. Vázquez received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: MR M. Mercado received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: C C. Lovell received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: MR W. Cox received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: CF J. Craig received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: MR M. Yamada becomes a free-agent.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: 3B C. Mathis becomes a free-agent.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: SS C. Moreno received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $39,000.
Sunday, October 2nd, 1977
Tombstone Outlaws: Signed MR J. Ross to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $128,000.
Bozeman Dinosaurs: Signed free agent CF R. O'Connor to a minor league contract.
Traverse City Parasites: Signed free agent 1B J. Jones to a minor league contract.
Saturday, October 1st, 1977
Tombstone Outlaws: Released 2B M. Sánchez.
Tombstone Outlaws: Released 2B M. Sánchez.

kaosfere · 10-05-2008, 10:03 PM

Righto! File is posted. Free agency has arrived. Deadline for FA offers is 10pm tomorrow. We will then sim to the day before opening day, and you'll have the week to trade.

I suspect I'm going to be flinging out some offers this year. Need to work on my hitting!

Tasan · 10-05-2008, 10:51 PM

Holy crap I got stuck in DC all day and forgot. Well, that about does it for the Linemen.

Tasan · 10-05-2008, 10:52 PM

Oh wait, that was just post playoffs. I think I'm ok, thanks for waiting for me though. Being on vacation, I get distracting from these "meaningful" things ;- )

kaosfere · 10-05-2008, 11:05 PM

Haha. No worries.

Glad you got back ok!

kaosfere · 10-06-2008, 12:33 PM

I have the following players available:

MR Bill Wilson
1B Bob Greer
1B Kevin Floyd
C Chet Wall

Wilson is a ready-to-go reliever. The rest are prospects. Wall is very young and promising.

Looking for position players.

TimGuru · 10-06-2008, 07:20 PM

Hey kaos, I'm pretty sure you have a setting issue with the AIs and their teams, unless you are letting them manage all year on purpose. Enrique Aguilar, who I was looking at b/c he has the highest power on the FA list, was traded between Bozeman and Fortuna midseason. It was a pretty wack deal for Fortuna too.

Young Drachma · 10-06-2008, 07:46 PM

You just have to turn off trading after we're done before the season starts to kill that off, is all. And to prevent AI changes from all teams after the season starts, too.

kaosfere · 10-06-2008, 08:00 PM

Oho! Good catch. Sorry about that! I'll fix it before the next sim run.

kaosfere · 10-06-2008, 09:07 PM

Ok, got those AI changes made with a little help from DC.

Everyone except Harwinton and South Hill have changes in. I'll wait till after the FOOL sim unless they say they don't have anything pending.

TimGuru · 10-06-2008, 09:19 PM

I made a new export just now. Pls look for it before you sim. thansk

kaosfere · 10-06-2008, 09:22 PM

Got it.

Young Drachma · 10-06-2008, 09:25 PM

i exported.

kaosfere · 10-06-2008, 09:28 PM

Hrm. It shows as out of date when I try to import. It's 10/3 FLOP time, the day of FA filing. Is that what you have?

Young Drachma · 10-06-2008, 09:49 PM

I dunno. I can't look right now until after the FOOL file goes up.

kaosfere · 10-06-2008, 09:52 PM

No problem. I think we can wait a bit. I'd hate to have someone miss out on a sim this early.

kaosfere · 10-07-2008, 05:51 PM

Wednesday, November 2nd, 1977
Lufkin Linemen: Signed free agent 3B P. Wells to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,344,000.
Tuesday, November 1st, 1977
Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent MR H. Williams to a 3-year contract worth a total of $396,000.
Saturday, October 29th, 1977
Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent LF C. Davis to a 2-year contract worth a total of $406,000.
Wednesday, October 26th, 1977
Tombstone Outlaws: Signed free agent SP J. Hendrickson to a 4-year contract worth a total of $2,800,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent LF P. Fothergill to a 1-year contract worth a total of $80,000.
Tuesday, October 25th, 1977
Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent LF C. Conner to a 1-year contract worth a total of $85,000.
Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent SS J. Lee to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,443,000.
Tombstone Outlaws: Signed free agent SP J. Elliott to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,750,000.
Lufkin Linemen: Signed free agent C T. Gordon to a 3-year contract worth a total of $284,000.
Saturday, October 22nd, 1977
Harwinton Hurlers: Signed free agent SS M. McFarland to a 1-year contract worth a total of $58,000.
Friday, October 21st, 1977
Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent SS T. Bright to a 1-year contract worth a total of $59,000.
South Hill Anglers: Signed free agent RF S. Cooper to a 2-year contract worth a total of $146,000.
Thursday, October 20th, 1977
Bozeman Dinosaurs: Signed free agent LF L. Lucero to a 2-year contract worth a total of $82,000.
Wednesday, October 19th, 1977
Fortuna Slammers: Signed free agent CF K. Taylor to a 3-year contract worth a total of $636,000.
Tuesday, October 18th, 1977
South Hill Anglers: Signed free agent 2B J. Herrera to a 1-year contract worth a total of $58,000.
Sunday, October 16th, 1977
Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent 3B D. Bell to a 1-year contract worth a total of $59,000.
Saturday, October 15th, 1977
South Hill Anglers: Signed free agent C Y. Ch'o to a 2-year contract worth a total of $196,000.
Tuesday, October 11th, 1977
Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent SS S. Bender to a 1-year contract worth a total of $39,000.
Monday, October 10th, 1977
Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent CL B. Meyer to a 2-year contract worth a total of $108,000.

kaosfere · 10-07-2008, 05:51 PM

Look at the Shiners make some moves.

kaosfere · 10-07-2008, 06:16 PM

File is up. HTML is updated. It's the day before opening day. Next deadline is Friday night. Get your lineups in order!

Hmm. An interesting thought occurs... we had originally planned to make Friday the trade and pre-season deadline. But that means that if people make trades for players they want to start, they'd need another sim prepared. I'm hesitant to expand the sim schedule, but I don't want to discourage trading, either.

I welcome all thoughts on how to handle this.

(Boy, this league is madness.)

TimGuru · 10-07-2008, 06:42 PM

That does need to be sorted. Otherwise, already small trading will be reduced to pointlessness.

I would suggest you sim everything on Saturday, and upload a file late friday when most of us are around to watch FOOL's season play out anyway.

TimGuru · 10-07-2008, 09:20 PM

dola

Is there a limit on size of reserve roster?

TimGuru · 10-07-2008, 09:43 PM

2 dola

I've exported. Short of fiddling a bit I should be good to go (go under .500 again)

kaosfere · 10-07-2008, 10:09 PM

Actually, I'm honestly not sure about the size of the secondary roster. I don't much run leagues without minors. I *think* it's unlimited, but I'm not sure. Could DC or someone clarify?

Young Drachma · 10-07-2008, 10:18 PM

It's unlimited unless we specify a size.

TimGuru · 10-10-2008, 10:02 PM

So, no trades rendered, are you simming after FOOL or turning your head, covering your eyes and pulling the trigger?

kaosfere · 10-10-2008, 10:19 PM

Yeah, no trades. Looks like everyone but Harwinton has exported. I think I'm going to run the regular season once I see the wife off to work.

kaosfere · 10-10-2008, 10:28 PM

Standings as of 1 May.

Code:

                        W	L	PCT	GB
Tombstone Outlaws	17	6	.739	-
Traverse City Parasites	14	9	.609	3.0
Lufkin Linemen	        12	11	.522	5.0
Bozeman Dinosaurs	11	12	.478	6.0
Fortuna Slammers	11	12	.478	6.0
South Hill Anglers	11	12	.478	6.0
Harwinton Hurlers	8	15	.348	9.0
Tupelo Moonshiners	8	15	.348	9.0

kaosfere · 10-10-2008, 10:29 PM

I have no idea how I made that start after last year, but one of my pitchers is 5-0 with a 2.17 ERA.

kaosfere · 10-10-2008, 10:31 PM

Standings as of 1 June

Code:

                        W	L	PCT	GB
Lufkin Linemen   	31	20	.608	-
Bozeman Dinosaurs	30	21	.588	1.0
Tombstone Outlaws	28	23	.549	3.0
Traverse City Parasites	27	24	.529	4.0
Harwinton Hurlers	24	27	.471	7.0
South Hill Anglers	24	27	.471	7.0
Fortuna Slammers	23	28	.451	8.0
Tupelo Moonshiners	17	34	.333	14.0

kaosfere · 10-10-2008, 10:33 PM

May 14th:

The Harwinton Hurlers and their fans had a lot to celebrate today as 33-year-old hurler Foster Davis no-hit the Traverse City Parasites 9-0 at Black Flies Ballpark.

"He mixed his pitches well, hit his spots... and got some help from above," said his pitching coach. "Foster really took it to another level today."

On his record-setting day Davis had 3 strikeouts and 2 walks.

His manager added, "I don't remember a better pitched game. And how about our defense, too. We played some good "D" today."

On his stats sheet this season Davis shows a 4-4 record, 9 starts, 50.1 innings, 26 strikeouts and a 4.83 ERA.

kaosfere · 10-10-2008, 10:36 PM

Lufkin have found their stride and are tearing it up.

Standing as of 1 July.

Code:

                        W 	L	PCT	GB
Lufkin Linemen	        54	25	.684	-
Bozeman Dinosaurs	46	33	.582	8.0
Fortuna Slammers	41	38	.519	13.0
Traverse City Parasites	41	38	.519	13.0
Tombstone Outlaws	39	40	.494	15.0
Harwinton Hurlers	37	42	.468	17.0
South Hill Anglers	32	47	.405	22.0
Tupelo Moonshiners	26	53	.329	28.0

TimGuru · 10-10-2008, 10:37 PM

Out of curiosity, did the AI trade amongst itself in the off season?

kaosfere · 10-10-2008, 10:38 PM

SP John Cornett of the Linemen had a 15, a 16, and a 17 K game in June.

kaosfere · 10-10-2008, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TimGuru

Out of curiosity, did the AI trade amongst itself in the off season?

No, I turned that off, thanks to the catch earlier.

kaosfere · 10-10-2008, 10:43 PM

Standings as of 1 August.

Code:

                        W	L	PCT	GB
Lufkin Linemen	        76	32	.704	-
Bozeman Dinosaurs	65	43	.602	11.0
Traverse City Parasites	57	51	.528	19.0
Tombstone Outlaws	54	54	.500	22.0
Harwinton Hurlers	52	56	.481	24.0
Fortuna Slammers	48	60	.444	28.0
South Hill Anglers	43	65	.398	33.0
Tupelo Moonshiners	37	71	.343	39.0

kaosfere · 10-10-2008, 10:49 PM

Final regular-season standings:

Code:

                        W	L	PCT	GB
Lufkin Linemen	        86	40	.683	-
Bozeman Dinosaurs	73	53	.579	13.0
Traverse City Parasites	66	60	.524	20.0
Harwinton Hurlers	64	62	.508	22.0
Tombstone Outlaws	62	64	.492	24.0
Fortuna Slammers	57	69	.452	29.0
South Hill Anglers	53	73	.421	33.0
Tupelo Moonshiners	43	83	.341	43.0

John Cornett earned the Triple Crown, with an 18-4 record, a 2.12 ERA, and 265 Ks.

kaosfere · 10-10-2008, 10:52 PM

With the preliminaries done, tune in tomorrow for the big event!

Code:

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*                    FLOP World Series of Baseball, 1978                     *
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 8 Tupelo         |                 |
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 4 Harwinton                        |                 |
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 5 Tombstone      |                                   |
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                                                      +-----------------+
 3 Traverse City                                      |
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                  |                                   |
                  +-----------------+                 |
 6 Fortuna        |                 |                 |
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                                    |                 |
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 2 Bozeman                          |
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 7 South Hill     |
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10-04-2008, 08:52 PM	#2
TimGuru High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA	If extensions are tomorrow, is FA bidding sim Monday now? And can we bid on existing FAs during the extension period? Will there be a new crop of players showing up sometime? TIA--Tim __________________ FOOL: NY Panthers1974-88 ; Hyannis Patriots 2037-2055 hiatus FOOL-H: NY YANKEES 1903- FOOL-X: Cumberland Defenders 1985-

10-04-2008, 08:59 PM	#3
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Yeah, given the short time, I think it's probably best to give folks the evening to look at their extensions. I'm not sure if it will stay this way, or if from now on y'all would like to see the season and playoffs all done late Friday or early Saturday so we can do the FA sim on Sunday night. This is a work in progress, and I welcome your opinions. But yes, for this week, the FA sim is Monday. It is currently the off-season, so you can sign current free agents during the extension period. New players enter the FA system as soon as the season is over, it looks like. There are currently 44 players present, including 3 with 5-star potential, one with 3, and and 4 with 2. Do let me know how you'd like to see the extensions/FA sims working in the future. __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-04-2008, 10:13 PM	#4
TimGuru High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA	This is not posted to cause drama, its just factual. I have been analyzing the league, obviously with an eye on my own situation. With the glaring exception of Justin Brewer, the "mendoza line" for contact rating is 55. Below this, there is a high probability of failure at the plate, and a batting average below .250 and a VORP which is negative. Among the negative VORP guys, only one sticks out as a slumper (Harry Brown). Among current free agents, ONE has potential to someday have contact above 55. Among potential free agents, 4 such players exist, one is 36 yo so has no likelihood that he will achieve the potential, he is obviously declining from his peak. It is also unlikely that any of those players will hit free agency anyway, unless the AI has them or a human player forgets to export. On my roster, I currently have 1 player who has a contact of 54 but potential is 51, and 3 players total with potential above 54. 2 AI teams are by far the most stacked with hitting potential, while the Outlaws are in as untenable position as I am hitting wise, nearly. Considering the trading activity in the league week 1, and 38% AI ownership, trading is not the route to improvement. With no draft, the awful teams have a 1 in 8 shot at any piece that might someday improve their team, and in this "draft class" there is exactly one such player. Star ratings be damned, the production numbers say otherwise. 3 teams had team ba in the 260s, 3 in the 240s and 2 below 230. Standings and post season results pretty much corresponded. I'm not suggesting that I'm ready to abandon the league or anything, yet. But I do think we need to take a close look at the model and see what we need to tweak to offer some hope to me and the Outlaws, especially, but I think the Anglers aren't exactly "championship driven" for a while either. It doesn't strike me as fun to face at least 10 weeks of losing and losing hard before I can climb to mediocrity. I don't know enough about the ins and outs of OOTP for things like player creation modifiers to have any intelligent suggestions yet. __________________ FOOL: NY Panthers1974-88 ; Hyannis Patriots 2037-2055 hiatus FOOL-H: NY YANKEES 1903- FOOL-X: Cumberland Defenders 1985- Last edited by TimGuru : 10-04-2008 at 10:15 PM.

10-04-2008, 10:26 PM	#5
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	I'd like to see a short sim on Saturday morning then a late deadline Saturday night extension period so we can wrap up season proceedings during the week. Also, maybe we should inject a SMALL bit of better talent in the league. Just don't go FOOL crazy. __________________ FOOLX: Spring Lions FOOL: Colorado Rancheros 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

10-04-2008, 10:34 PM	#6
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	Well crapola. I just noticed that my 6 man rotation experiment failed, because my 6th guy never started. I set the rotation size to 6, but set it to "start highest rested player" so he didn't throw a single pitch all season, and he was one of my actually good looking pitchers. Oh well __________________ FOOLX: Spring Lions FOOL: Colorado Rancheros 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

10-04-2008, 10:36 PM	#7
TimGuru High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA	Yeah I noticed that in my analysis, he was among the higher rated starters and only showed up when I lifted the minmum IP filter. __________________ FOOL: NY Panthers1974-88 ; Hyannis Patriots 2037-2055 hiatus FOOL-H: NY YANKEES 1903- FOOL-X: Cumberland Defenders 1985-

10-04-2008, 10:37 PM	#8
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Absolutely no worries about drama, Tasan. I appreciate the input. I was wanting to have a look at the new FA pool and see what the talent looked like, but I've been busy watching the Cubs finish their choke-job. This may well be something we should/can address. I'd be interested in hearing what DC, in particular, thinks. __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-04-2008, 10:39 PM	#9
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	Hey can we do something about cash? I have no money at all, but was a top team in the league. There are a couple of other teams with very little to no money as well. __________________ FOOLX: Spring Lions FOOL: Colorado Rancheros 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

10-05-2008, 12:06 AM	#11
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Ok. Rather than tweak the modifiers, I spiced up the free agent pool with another 20 players of various young ages. It looks like there's a little more choice in there now. Maybe this will let us seed some more players without getting too much talent inflation going. If that works out, perhaps we can just increase the number of FAs that get created to give us some more choice. I have also increased the average ticket price in the league to $4.50, and manually brought up everyone's gate prices to match. Hopefully this should increase the cash input available to bring it closer into line with salaries. I went ahead and reset everyone to having $1,000,000, the maxiumum carryover, on hand. There's a new file up with these changes and the new FA pool. Have a look and let me know if you think this looks better. __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-05-2008, 01:54 AM	#12
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Nice idea, Kaos. Way to handl' it commish!

10-05-2008, 09:14 PM	#13
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	There are exports from everyone but Tasan. I'll wait till after the FOOL classic and see if he's updated. __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-05-2008, 10:03 PM	#15
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Righto! File is posted. Free agency has arrived. Deadline for FA offers is 10pm tomorrow. We will then sim to the day before opening day, and you'll have the week to trade. I suspect I'm going to be flinging out some offers this year. Need to work on my hitting! __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-05-2008, 10:51 PM	#16
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	Holy crap I got stuck in DC all day and forgot. Well, that about does it for the Linemen. __________________ FOOLX: Spring Lions FOOL: Colorado Rancheros 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

10-05-2008, 10:52 PM	#17
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	Oh wait, that was just post playoffs. I think I'm ok, thanks for waiting for me though. Being on vacation, I get distracting from these "meaningful" things ;- ) __________________ FOOLX: Spring Lions FOOL: Colorado Rancheros 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

10-05-2008, 11:05 PM	#18
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Haha. No worries. Glad you got back ok! __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-06-2008, 12:33 PM	#19
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	I have the following players available: MR Bill Wilson 1B Bob Greer 1B Kevin Floyd C Chet Wall Wilson is a ready-to-go reliever. The rest are prospects. Wall is very young and promising. Looking for position players. __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-06-2008, 07:20 PM	#20
TimGuru High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA	Hey kaos, I'm pretty sure you have a setting issue with the AIs and their teams, unless you are letting them manage all year on purpose. Enrique Aguilar, who I was looking at b/c he has the highest power on the FA list, was traded between Bozeman and Fortuna midseason. It was a pretty wack deal for Fortuna too. __________________ FOOL: NY Panthers1974-88 ; Hyannis Patriots 2037-2055 hiatus FOOL-H: NY YANKEES 1903- FOOL-X: Cumberland Defenders 1985-

10-06-2008, 07:46 PM	#21
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	You just have to turn off trading after we're done before the season starts to kill that off, is all. And to prevent AI changes from all teams after the season starts, too. __________________ CURRENT DYNASTY: NBA Players League \| WNBA SLOP: Commissioner FOOL: Colorado Rancheros FOBL: Semi-retired FOFC-FBCB: St. John's NCFA-FCS: Minnesota A&M Redhorse OOTP Mods: FOOL73 Homekit \| Arena Baseball \| 200+ History Quickstart \| OOTP Market Size Calculator FBCB/FBPB3 Mods

10-06-2008, 08:00 PM	#22
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Oho! Good catch. Sorry about that! I'll fix it before the next sim run. __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-06-2008, 09:07 PM	#23
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Ok, got those AI changes made with a little help from DC. Everyone except Harwinton and South Hill have changes in. I'll wait till after the FOOL sim unless they say they don't have anything pending. __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-06-2008, 09:19 PM	#24
TimGuru High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA	I made a new export just now. Pls look for it before you sim. thansk __________________ FOOL: NY Panthers1974-88 ; Hyannis Patriots 2037-2055 hiatus FOOL-H: NY YANKEES 1903- FOOL-X: Cumberland Defenders 1985-

10-06-2008, 09:22 PM	#25
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Got it. __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-06-2008, 09:25 PM	#26
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	i exported. __________________ CURRENT DYNASTY: NBA Players League \| WNBA SLOP: Commissioner FOOL: Colorado Rancheros FOBL: Semi-retired FOFC-FBCB: St. John's NCFA-FCS: Minnesota A&M Redhorse OOTP Mods: FOOL73 Homekit \| Arena Baseball \| 200+ History Quickstart \| OOTP Market Size Calculator FBCB/FBPB3 Mods

10-06-2008, 09:28 PM	#27
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Hrm. It shows as out of date when I try to import. It's 10/3 FLOP time, the day of FA filing. Is that what you have? __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-06-2008, 09:49 PM	#28
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	I dunno. I can't look right now until after the FOOL file goes up. __________________ CURRENT DYNASTY: NBA Players League \| WNBA SLOP: Commissioner FOOL: Colorado Rancheros FOBL: Semi-retired FOFC-FBCB: St. John's NCFA-FCS: Minnesota A&M Redhorse OOTP Mods: FOOL73 Homekit \| Arena Baseball \| 200+ History Quickstart \| OOTP Market Size Calculator FBCB/FBPB3 Mods

10-06-2008, 09:52 PM	#29
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	No problem. I think we can wait a bit. I'd hate to have someone miss out on a sim this early. __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-07-2008, 05:51 PM	#30
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Wednesday, November 2nd, 1977 Lufkin Linemen: Signed free agent 3B P. Wells to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,344,000. Tuesday, November 1st, 1977 Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent MR H. Williams to a 3-year contract worth a total of $396,000. Saturday, October 29th, 1977 Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent LF C. Davis to a 2-year contract worth a total of $406,000. Wednesday, October 26th, 1977 Tombstone Outlaws: Signed free agent SP J. Hendrickson to a 4-year contract worth a total of $2,800,000. Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent LF P. Fothergill to a 1-year contract worth a total of $80,000. Tuesday, October 25th, 1977 Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent LF C. Conner to a 1-year contract worth a total of $85,000. Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent SS J. Lee to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,443,000. Tombstone Outlaws: Signed free agent SP J. Elliott to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,750,000. Lufkin Linemen: Signed free agent C T. Gordon to a 3-year contract worth a total of $284,000. Saturday, October 22nd, 1977 Harwinton Hurlers: Signed free agent SS M. McFarland to a 1-year contract worth a total of $58,000. Friday, October 21st, 1977 Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent SS T. Bright to a 1-year contract worth a total of $59,000. South Hill Anglers: Signed free agent RF S. Cooper to a 2-year contract worth a total of $146,000. Thursday, October 20th, 1977 Bozeman Dinosaurs: Signed free agent LF L. Lucero to a 2-year contract worth a total of $82,000. Wednesday, October 19th, 1977 Fortuna Slammers: Signed free agent CF K. Taylor to a 3-year contract worth a total of $636,000. Tuesday, October 18th, 1977 South Hill Anglers: Signed free agent 2B J. Herrera to a 1-year contract worth a total of $58,000. Sunday, October 16th, 1977 Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent 3B D. Bell to a 1-year contract worth a total of $59,000. Saturday, October 15th, 1977 South Hill Anglers: Signed free agent C Y. Ch'o to a 2-year contract worth a total of $196,000. Tuesday, October 11th, 1977 Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent SS S. Bender to a 1-year contract worth a total of $39,000. Monday, October 10th, 1977 Tupelo Moonshiners: Signed free agent CL B. Meyer to a 2-year contract worth a total of $108,000. __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-07-2008, 05:51 PM	#31
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Look at the Shiners make some moves. __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-07-2008, 06:16 PM	#32
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	File is up. HTML is updated. It's the day before opening day. Next deadline is Friday night. Get your lineups in order! Hmm. An interesting thought occurs... we had originally planned to make Friday the trade and pre-season deadline. But that means that if people make trades for players they want to start, they'd need another sim prepared. I'm hesitant to expand the sim schedule, but I don't want to discourage trading, either. I welcome all thoughts on how to handle this. (Boy, this league is madness.) __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-07-2008, 06:42 PM	#33
TimGuru High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA	That does need to be sorted. Otherwise, already small trading will be reduced to pointlessness. I would suggest you sim everything on Saturday, and upload a file late friday when most of us are around to watch FOOL's season play out anyway. __________________ FOOL: NY Panthers1974-88 ; Hyannis Patriots 2037-2055 hiatus FOOL-H: NY YANKEES 1903- FOOL-X: Cumberland Defenders 1985-

10-07-2008, 09:20 PM	#34
TimGuru High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA	dola Is there a limit on size of reserve roster? __________________ FOOL: NY Panthers1974-88 ; Hyannis Patriots 2037-2055 hiatus FOOL-H: NY YANKEES 1903- FOOL-X: Cumberland Defenders 1985-

10-07-2008, 09:43 PM	#35
TimGuru High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA	2 dola I've exported. Short of fiddling a bit I should be good to go (go under .500 again) __________________ FOOL: NY Panthers1974-88 ; Hyannis Patriots 2037-2055 hiatus FOOL-H: NY YANKEES 1903- FOOL-X: Cumberland Defenders 1985-

10-07-2008, 10:09 PM	#36
kaosfere College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicagoland	Actually, I'm honestly not sure about the size of the secondary roster. I don't much run leagues without minors. I think it's unlimited, but I'm not sure. Could DC or someone clarify? __________________ FOOL: Toronto Osprey (1973-1988) 1161 - 1149 -- 1981 FOOL Champions, 1975 CL Champions Toronto Osprey (2001) 89-73 -- 2001 CL Champions SBL: Charlotte Monarchs (1992-1994) 237 - 186

10-07-2008, 10:18 PM	#37
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	It's unlimited unless we specify a size. __________________ CURRENT DYNASTY: NBA Players League \| WNBA SLOP: Commissioner FOOL: Colorado Rancheros FOBL: Semi-retired FOFC-FBCB: St. John's NCFA-FCS: Minnesota A&M Redhorse OOTP Mods: FOOL73 Homekit \| Arena Baseball \| 200+ History Quickstart \| OOTP Market Size Calculator FBCB/FBPB3 Mods

10-10-2008, 10:02 PM	#38
TimGuru High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA	So, no trades rendered, are you simming after FOOL or turning your head, covering your eyes and pulling the trigger? __________________ FOOL: NY Panthers1974-88 ; Hyannis Patriots 2037-2055 hiatus FOOL-H: NY YANKEES 1903- FOOL-X: Cumberland Defenders 1985-