FOOL-X 1983 Offseason Thread

[Alan T]

The Indianapolis Clowns won their second FOOL-X title in their franchise history! It also was the first time in 15 years that someone other than London or Washington won it all from the Continental League!

This offseason also marks the first draft that our new expansion teams will participate in as they prepare for the expansion draft in a few seasons from now!

Now on to the 1982 Awards!

[Alan T]

1982 Awards:

Hitter of the Year:

CL - Artie 'Quack' Nixon (Balzac Ticklers)

RL - José Carlos Martínez (Virginia Beach Surf)


Pitcher of the Year:

CL - José Figueroa (Indianapolis Clowns)

RL - Carlos 'Melody' Bardino (Maricopa Rattlers)


Rookie of the Year:

CL - Floyd Jordan (Indianapolis Clowns)

RL - Michael Butler (Maricopa Rattlers)


Commissioner's Award:

CL - Pedro Maganda (Indianapolis Clowns)

RL - Ichchaam Adjo (Virginia Beach Surf)


Best Fielders:

CL:
Pitcher: Hui-ying Ngui (London Bishops)
Catcher: Wade Haggart (Washington Freedom)
First Baseman: Keith Shelton (Washington Freedom)
Second Baseman: Tony Jones (Washington Freedom)
Third Baseman: Juan Ortíz (London Bishops)
Shortstop: Jorge Bonuz (Mexico City Aztecs)
Left Fielder: Suk-min Kim (Balzac Ticklers)
Center Fielder: Juan Medrano (London Bishops)
Right Fielder: Artie Nixon (Balzac Ticklers)


RL:
Pitcher: Juan Rojas (Maricopa Rattlers)
Catcher: Carlos Peña (New York Legends)
First Baseman: Roberto Leyva (Maricopa Rattlers)
Second Baseman: Gabriel Gracía (Spring Lions)
Third Baseman: Gabriel Herrera (Spring Lions)
Shortstop: Sozen Fukushima (Cleveland Naps)
Left Fielder: Allan Thurlby (Virginia Beach Surf)
Center Fielder: Ichchaam Adjo (Virginia Beach Surf)
Right Fielder: Gary Harris (New York Legends)

[Alan T]

Plourde Takes Place Among Greats
Saturday, October 16th, 1982: In a ceremony witnessed by all the living members of the FOOL-X Hall of Fame, Raphaël Plourde stepped on the stage to join the game's immortals. During his 1788-game career batted .305, produced 335 home runs, 2220 hits and 1349 RBIs, while scoring 1130 times. The legendary third baseman, surrounded by his joyful family, looked on as his plaque went up on the wall of fame at baseball's shrine to its greatest players.

After the induction ceremony, one of the Hall of Famers notorious for doctoring the ball was asked how did he pitch to Plourde. "Greaseball, greaseball, greaseball, that's all I threw him... and he still hit them. He's the only player in baseball who consistently hit my grease. He saw the ball so well, I guess he could pick out the dry side."


FOOL-X Honors Belcham
Saturday, October 16th, 1982: A huge crowd watched Kevin Belcham become the newest member of the FOOL-X Hall of Fame today.

"I'm a big believer in whatever you want, if you want something out of this game, you've got to put the work in it. You've got to work hard," said the outstanding right fielder, whose new plaque described him as "an artisan with a bat whose daily pursuit of excellence produced a .327 lifetime batting average, 2415 hits and 81 home runs."

After the induction ceremony Belcham was asked what was the most thrilling moment in his career. He responded quickly, "No doubt about it, your first hit in the big leagues. That's tops. It means you're on your way. When you get the first hit, then you can get the rest."

[spleen1015]

Woohoo Belcham! A Clowns' legend!

[Tasan]

Plourde was great. I'm still trying to replace him!

[Alan T]

Sim time, getting exports now

[Alan T]

Thursday, October 21st, 1982

Cleveland Naps: Signed CF C. Gutiérrez to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,836,000.

London Bishops: Signed C P. Ross to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,766,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed 2B A. Salecdo to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $11,550,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed MR C. Johnson to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,326,000.

London Bishops: Signed SP T. White to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,494,000.

Indianapolis Clowns: Signed SP J. Figueroa to a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $35,005,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed CF L. Arroyo to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $23,632,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed MR J. López to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,058,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed MR Á. Pérez to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $8,016,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed LF S. Kim to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $16,500,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed SP G. Ramírez to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $4,956,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed SP E. Piña to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $4,527,000.

Wednesday, October 20th, 1982

Balzac Ticklers: Signed LF J. Marín to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $3,388,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed 1B M. Becerra to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,606,000.

Tuesday, October 19th, 1982

London Bishops: Signed MR M. Harmon to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,106,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed SP L. Hernández to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $7,311,000.

Monday, October 18th, 1982

Cleveland Naps: Signed 2B S. Fukushima to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,042,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed MR W. Hall to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $10,539,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed SS J. Simpson to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,180,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed 1B V. Pérez to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $4,890,000.

Sunday, October 17th, 1982

Washington Freedom: Signed 1B K. Shelton to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $30,896,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed SP D. Romero to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,676,000.

[Alan T]

FOOLX News: Free Agents File
Tuesday, November 9th, 1982: Today, players who are eligible can file for free agency in FOOL-X. Teams have the entire offseason to negotiate contracts with the players and sign them.

This year's top free agents, courtesy of BNN, are:


1. Dale Jenkins, 33 year-old left fielder
2. Eric Hinton, 34 year-old third baseman
3. Arnold Harkness, 33 year-old left fielder
4. Gabriel Suárez, 26 year-old starting pitcher
5. Geoff Lacoste, 32 year-old starting pitcher
6. Enrique Sánchez, 31 year-old left fielder
7. Craig McNeely, 31 year-old center fielder
8. Jesús Hernández, 32 year-old second baseman
9. Toshikuni Yamashita, 32 year-old third baseman
10. Tom Morgan, 29 year-old catcher

[Alan T]

The new file is up! Tomorrow morning is the start of free agency.

Also, if you haven't already, please look at the sticky at the top of the forum regarding FOOL-X holiday schedule. I will be traveling out of the country so it means 2 weeks or a little slower game play unfortunately.

[hyde4us11]

Interesting note:

I had a guy accept arbitration and was happy with it. I had looked to resign him and he wanted around $2,000,000 in extension. He accepted arbitration and got $941,000. The player was MR Franklin Martin. Nice to see a player accept arbitration once in a while.

[Alan T]

For personal reasons, ekcut had to drop his online leagues for a while, hopefully he will be back to join us soon!

Please welcome ShoelessJ03 as the new owner of the London Bishops. I've heard good things about him, he has been lurking in these forums for a while and we've had some good conversations via PM up until now as well as he patiently has waited for some time to join FOOL-X. I feel confident that he will be a good addition to our community!

[Montreal_GM]

Sorry to see Eric go. Come back soon

Welcome Jo3. Best of luck with London.

[hyde4us11]

I hope everything is ok with Eric health wise first and foremost. Welcome to one of the best group of people in any league I've ever been in Jarrod. You will finally get to see what I've been raving about for a long time to you. Its awesome to watch careers in a few months real time. Its extremely addictive to say the least lol.

[Alan T]

Time for the sim. Getting exports now. Just a warning, it will take a while this morning as I have to add the expansion teams in for this year's amateur draft.

[Alan T]

Monday, December 13th, 1982

Spring Lions: Signed free agent SP G. Suárez to a 3-year contract worth a total of $27,511,000.

Saturday, December 11th, 1982

Balzac Ticklers: Signed free agent CL C. Legrow to a 2-year contract worth a total of $8,048,000.

Thursday, December 9th, 1982

Balzac Ticklers: Signed free agent MR R. Menéndez to a 3-year contract worth a total of $10,191,000.

Wednesday, December 8th, 1982

Boston Resettlers: Signed free agent 3B T. Yamashita to a 5-year contract worth a total of $70,000,000.

Tuesday, December 7th, 1982

Indianapolis Clowns: Signed free agent MR P. Tatum to a 1-year contract worth a total of $625,000.

Sunday, December 5th, 1982

Mexico City Aztecs: Signed free agent CF C. McNeely to a 1-year contract worth a total of $6,487,000.

Thursday, December 2nd, 1982

Mexico City Aztecs: Signed free agent 2B J. Hernández to a 3-year contract worth a total of $8,321,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed free agent CL R. Chávez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $966,000.

Tuesday, November 30th, 1982

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent CF J. Hernández to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,049,000.

Monday, November 29th, 1982

Spring Lions: Signed free agent MR T. Cantrell to a 2-year contract worth a total of $930,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent C D. Guerra to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,284,000.

Indianapolis Clowns: Signed free agent 3B L. López to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,312,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent RF T. Lung to a minor league contract.

Sunday, November 28th, 1982

Mexico City Aztecs: Signed free agent CL K. Sun to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,966,000.

Thursday, November 25th, 1982

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed free agent MR R. Gabriel to a 1-year contract worth a total of $689,000.

Indianapolis Clowns: Signed free agent MR S. Brennan to a 1-year contract worth a total of $655,000.

Wednesday, November 24th, 1982

Balzac Ticklers: Signed free agent CL M. Salas to a 3-year contract worth a total of $10,929,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent MR C. García to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,401,000.

Tuesday, November 23rd, 1982

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent CF D. Paul to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,225,000.

Sunday, November 21st, 1982

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent LF K. Murunga to a 3-year contract worth a total of $4,029,000.

[Alan T]

Offseason retirements:

Spoiler

Saturday, January 1st, 1983

LF R. Flores retires.

LF M. Guerrero retires.

C M. Gómez retires.

2B K. Bailey retires.

SS D. Graham retires.

3B C. Neal retires.

C J. Robinson retires.

SP C. Bannatyne retires.

SS R. Valenzuela retires.

MR Y. Shiraishi retires.

1B F. Montoya retires.

SP M. Torres retires.

MR A. Héroux retires.

3B L. Thorp retires.

2B T. Gato retires.

LF E. Romero retires.

MR R. Ramos retires.

LF E. Sánchez retires.

LF V. De Jesús retires.

SP M. Richardson retires.

MR G. Rodríguez retires.

3B P. Castro retires.

MR E. Merritt retires.

2B M. McKinney retires.

SP L. Harrison retires.

MR B. Miller retires.

C T. Morgan retires.

MR J. Reyes retires.

SP D. James retires.

3B Q. Kung retires.

SP A. Martínez retires.

SP A. House retires.

MR R. Hunt retires.

SP S. Tremblay retires.

LF G. Greenan retires.

CF J. Turner retires.

SS R. Anderson retires.

SP H. Eveson retires.

SP T. Saikawa retires.

SP Á. Rosário retires.

SP D. Sears retires.

[Alan T]

The new file is up!

Expansion teams have been added for the Amateur Draft, since the game does not let me re-order the draft until the actual draft date, don't panic when you see the draft order.

This year's draft order is:

1) Cleveland
2) Balzac
3) Spring
4) Boston
5) London
6) Ann Arbor
7) Cumberland
8) Portland
9) Stafford
10) Havana
11) New York
12) Washington
13) Mexico City
14) Indianapolis
15) Maricopa
16) Virginia Beach

Tomorrow morning is Spring training / Amateur Draft and Free Agency Stage 2!

[spleen1015]

EDIT - Nevermind. I see what the deal is now.

[Alan T]

Sim time! Getting exports now!

[Alan T]

Round 1

Round 1, Pick 1 - Cleveland Naps: SP A. Saldaña

Round 1, Pick 2 - Balzac Ticklers: SP P. Sánchez

Round 1, Pick 3 - Spring Lions: CL R. Azcarreta

Round 1, Pick 4 - Boston Resettlers: SP J. Pérez

Round 1, Pick 5 - London Bishops: MR E. Andrews

Round 1, Pick 6 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: C E. Danton

Round 1, Pick 7 - Cumberland Defenders: CF S. Herrera

Round 1, Pick 8 - Portland Axemen: C W. Pratt

Round 1, Pick 9 - Stafford Terriers: 2B A. Munanire

Round 1, Pick 10 - Havana Banana Sluggers: SP J. Phillips

Round 1, Pick 11 - New York Legends: SP L. Campbell

Round 1, Pick 12 - Washington Freedom: SP M. Metcalf

Round 1, Pick 13 - Mexico City Aztecs: RF J. Romero

Round 1, Pick 14 - Indianapolis Clowns: RF H. Mueller

Round 1, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: SP A. Griffin

Round 1, Pick 16 - Virginia Beach Surf: MR A. Toland

Supplemental Round 1

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 1 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: RF P. Kinder

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 2 - New York Legends: SP J. Kim

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 3 - Washington Freedom: C J. Bond

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 4 - Mexico City Aztecs: MR D. Xie

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 5 - Indianapolis Clowns: SP J. Pérez

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 6 - Boston Resettlers: CL B. Blackwell

Round 2

Round 2, Pick 1 - Cleveland Naps: 2B J. Wallace

Round 2, Pick 2 - Balzac Ticklers: 2B A. Dandas

Round 2, Pick 3 - Spring Lions: MR L. Gonzáles

Round 2, Pick 4 - Boston Resettlers: MR M. Maldonado

Round 2, Pick 5 - London Bishops: SP K. Xú

Round 2, Pick 6 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: 3B E. Ruíz

Round 2, Pick 7 - Cumberland Defenders: RF K. Greene

Round 2, Pick 8 - Portland Axemen: SP D. Thompson

Round 2, Pick 9 - Stafford Terriers: MR I. Meléndez

Round 2, Pick 10 - Havana Banana Sluggers: 3B P. Fendley

Round 2, Pick 11 - New York Legends: SP J. Cook

Round 2, Pick 12 - Washington Freedom: 2B I. Marín

Round 2, Pick 13 - Mexico City Aztecs: SP M. Peterson

Round 2, Pick 14 - Indianapolis Clowns: MR J. Cox

Round 2, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: SP B. Ryan

Round 2, Pick 16 - Virginia Beach Surf: MR J. Yarrigle

Round 3

Round 3, Pick 1 - Cleveland Naps: SP D. Parks

Round 3, Pick 2 - Balzac Ticklers: 2B C. Cole

Round 3, Pick 3 - Spring Lions: RF F. Borromini

Round 3, Pick 4 - Boston Resettlers: MR L. Casillas

Round 3, Pick 5 - London Bishops: RF A. Zapata

Round 3, Pick 6 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: C T. Tanaka

Round 3, Pick 7 - Cumberland Defenders: 1B E. Vélez

Round 3, Pick 8 - Portland Axemen: SP Y. Nuvolari

Round 3, Pick 9 - Stafford Terriers: MR K. Hyon

Round 3, Pick 10 - Havana Banana Sluggers: RF T. Moy

Round 3, Pick 11 - New York Legends: SP C. Conley

Round 3, Pick 12 - Washington Freedom: MR M. Mata

Round 3, Pick 13 - Mexico City Aztecs: SP A. Díaz

Round 3, Pick 14 - Indianapolis Clowns: SP K. Kawasaki

Round 3, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: SS J. Peña

Round 3, Pick 16 - Virginia Beach Surf: 1B C. Meléndez

Round 4

Round 4, Pick 1 - Cleveland Naps: 2B J. Marroquín

Round 4, Pick 2 - Balzac Ticklers: MR A. Soto

Round 4, Pick 3 - Spring Lions: 3B S. Theisen

Round 4, Pick 4 - Boston Resettlers: 3B M. Borrell

Round 4, Pick 5 - London Bishops: SP Y. Wan

Round 4, Pick 6 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: MR R. Morris

Round 4, Pick 7 - Cumberland Defenders: 1B F. Rosário

Round 4, Pick 8 - Portland Axemen: SS R. Morton

Round 4, Pick 9 - Stafford Terriers: MR J. Román

Round 4, Pick 10 - Havana Banana Sluggers: MR R. Vázquez

Round 4, Pick 11 - New York Legends: LF Y. Ito

Round 4, Pick 12 - Washington Freedom: 3B M. Matsumura

Round 4, Pick 13 - Mexico City Aztecs: 1B N. Manuel

Round 4, Pick 14 - Indianapolis Clowns: RF M. Gourelho

Round 4, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: C J. Behr

Round 4, Pick 16 - Virginia Beach Surf: MR G. Villarreal

Round 5

Round 5, Pick 1 - Cleveland Naps: MR D. Barton

Round 5, Pick 2 - Balzac Ticklers: C R. Cardoza

Round 5, Pick 3 - Spring Lions: SP S. Burke

Round 5, Pick 4 - Boston Resettlers: MR J. Peña

Round 5, Pick 5 - London Bishops: C T. Gilbert

Round 5, Pick 6 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: C B. Moody

Round 5, Pick 7 - Cumberland Defenders: RF N. Murphy

Round 5, Pick 8 - Portland Axemen: SP N. Koumura

Round 5, Pick 9 - Stafford Terriers: 3B M. Taváres

Round 5, Pick 10 - Havana Banana Sluggers: MR G. Franks

Round 5, Pick 11 - New York Legends: C M. Boudreau

Round 5, Pick 12 - Washington Freedom: SP C. Mejía

Round 5, Pick 13 - Mexico City Aztecs: 2B E. Pimentel

Round 5, Pick 14 - Indianapolis Clowns: SP A. Pauleta

Round 5, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: LF R. Takano

Round 5, Pick 16 - Virginia Beach Surf: LF M. Estrada

[Alan T]

Monday, March 7th, 1983

Cleveland Naps: Signed 1B A. Movilha to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $4,167,000.

Spring Lions: Signed 2B G. Gracía to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $4,218,000.

Spring Lions: Signed CF R. Torrisi to a minor league contract extension.

Cleveland Naps: Signed RF T. Lung to a minor league contract extension.

Sunday, March 6th, 1983

Spring Lions: Signed C L. Lemay to a minor league contract extension.

Friday, March 4th, 1983

Cleveland Naps: Signed RF S. Mitchell to a minor league contract extension.

Thursday, March 3rd, 1983

Boston Resettlers: Signed free agent SP G. Lacoste to a 4-year contract worth a total of $22,500,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent SS D. Ortíz to a 2-year contract worth a total of $21,230,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed free agent MR D. Acevedo to a 2-year contract worth a total of $6,492,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed free agent CL B. Bédard to a 1-year contract worth a total of $8,110,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent MR J. López to a minor league contract.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed free agent SP G. Sánchez to a 2-year contract worth a total of $7,936,000.

Boston Resettlers: Signed free agent SP L. Salinas to a minor league contract.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent SP S. Birstall to a minor league contract.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent SP J. Romo to a minor league contract.

[Alan T]

Continental League

Team W L Pct GB RF RA PRec PPct Diff Washington Freedom 10 7 .588 - 93 84 9-8 .546 1 Indianapolis Clowns 9 9 .500 1.5 106 95 10-8 .550 -1 Balzac Ticklers 9 8 .529 1.0 107 114 8-9 .471 1 Mexico City Aztecs 9 9 .500 1.5 83 76 10-8 .540 -1 Boston Resettlers 8 8 .500 1.5 93 97 8-8 .481 0 London Bishops 7 11 .389 3.5 87 103 8-10 .424 -1

Republic League
Virginia Beach Surf	10	7	.588	-	92	73	10-7	.604	0
New York Legends	10	8	.556	.5	107	86	11-7	.598	-1
Cleveland Naps	10	6	.625	.5	91	76	9-7	.581	1
Spring Lions	9	9	.500	1.5	76	91	8-10	.419	1
Maricopa Rattlers	7	11	.389	3.5	82	97	8-10	.424	-1
Ann Arbor Wolverines	6	11	.353	4.0	95	120	7-10	.395	-1

[Alan T]

Top Players

Batters Player AVG R H HR RBI SB OPS Luis Arroyo, BAL .388 15 26 2 7 5 1.091 Michel Boulanger, NY .375 13 18 7 18 0 1.248 Tony Burkett, ANN .316 11 18 1 11 4 .971 Bill Fields, ANN .356 11 21 0 9 0 1.046 Salvador García, CLE .421 10 16 2 4 6 1.262 Ignacio Guerrero, NY .333 17 17 5 10 6 1.194 Roberto Leyva, MAR .286 15 20 4 10 1 .939 Guillermo López, NY .357 14 25 6 15 3 1.088 José López, BAL .356 17 26 4 15 4 .983 Pedro Maganda, IND .304 14 14 4 6 7 1.144 Juan Medrano, LON .370 11 17 0 4 13 .944 António Méndez, IND .309 18 17 5 16 10 1.111 Bernard Moore, BOS .346 15 18 3 11 1 1.155 Francisco Navarro, ANN .312 13 20 4 17 0 .927 Eichiro Nemoto, BOS .370 16 20 2 9 0 1.061 Artie Nixon, BAL .303 13 20 9 27 4 1.258 Ricardo Rivera, WAS .400 12 20 2 10 0 1.054 Augusto Rosário, MAR .372 13 19 3 9 3 1.123 Xian Wu, BAL .339 12 21 3 11 0 1.026 Kichibei Yamasaki, MAR .356 11 21 0 10 0 1.025

Pitchers Player W L SV IP ERA K WHIP OAVG Vicente Acevedo, MAR 0 0 5 13.3 0.68 8 1.12 .167 António De Jesús, ANN 3 1 0 24.0 2.25 22 1.17 .218 David Fernández, NY 1 0 0 20.3 4.43 25 1.28 .236 Al Gilbert, SPG 1 0 6 8.0 2.25 10 0.88 .179 Edgardo González, VIR 2 0 0 16.0 3.38 9 1.06 .193 Miguel Guzmán, IND 3 0 0 20.0 1.80 17 0.90 .192 Warren Hall, CLE 0 0 5 15.3 1.76 16 1.11 .193 Yoriyoshi Ishida, IND 1 1 4 14.7 6.75 19 1.70 .268 Mike Jenkins, MAR 2 0 0 16.0 0.56 8 0.75 .175 Carmine Johnson, CLE 1 0 0 21.3 1.27 15 0.94 .160 Pancho Lambaría, SPG 2 0 0 13.3 1.35 10 0.90 .200 Jorge López, MEX 0 1 6 10.3 0.87 10 0.68 .139 Eric Miller, WAS 2 0 0 16.0 1.69 10 0.94 .182 Gil Pajetta, NY 1 0 4 5.0 1.80 8 1.40 .210 Johnny Robinson, VIR 0 0 6 12.7 2.13 8 1.26 .213 Arthur Smith, LON 0 1 6 16.7 3.24 18 1.14 .190 Ismael Sosa, BAL 3 1 0 28.0 3.86 19 1.14 .250 Kien-lung Sun, MEX 1 1 0 19.7 1.83 25 0.81 .151 Katai Takeuchi, NY 1 0 1 14.7 0.61 23 1.16 .170 Nakamaro Yamaguchi, VIR 1 0 0 15.0 1.80 22 0.93 .214

[Alan T]

The new file is up!

The Regular Season runs tomorrow morning.

[hyde4us11]

Alan, Bedard was a type A FA i only see the compensation round pick from Balzac. Did something go wrong game wise ? I am going just off your posts so I may be a little early in asking.

[hyde4us11]

I see now I didn't look far enough down lol.


EDIT:I take that back I didn't get the pick from Balzac at all. Not a big deal I am happy with getting the comp pick. I didn't expect to get anything but just note it.

[spleen1015]

Question for you guys.

Do the incentive clauses in contracts count towards the salary cap?

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Question for you guys.

Do the incentive clauses in contracts count towards the salary cap?

No they don't. They only go against the bottom line.


We also don't have any rules specifically regarding clauses (We used to but it sucked alot of the fun out of the game). We do have a gentleman's agreement in the FOOL leagues to not do anything exploitative or unrealistic with the incentives. I reserve the right to reject deals due to incentives that are crazy, or ruin everyone's fun by putting back in old FOOL rules regarding incentives if we have to. (Not pointing this at you, just figured this a good place to mention it before anyone gets any ideas)

[Tasan]

Should I have gotten my 2nd round pick? SP G. Suárez was a type A FA that I signed. While my 1st is protected due to my slot, shouldn't his former team have gotten a sup and my 2nd?

[Alan T]

Yes, yes.. it seems a few teams didn't get 2nd round picks that they should have. I'm a bit tied up right now so will have to figure out a time to look through and see what didn't happen correctly there.

Since the draft already occured, I'll have to figure out a fair way of handling it as well. (I can't simply add more supplemental picks)

[Alan T]

Actually it only took me 5 seconds to see what happened.

It was my fault that it occured, not a game bug. Just wanted to let everyone know that before they broke out the pitchforks and torches and headed to Germany.

I'll have to manually go through and see which teams I screwed up and then work out the compensation for it. It likely will have to be in next year's draft. I'll post once I have it figured out. (Will likely be later today as I'm completely swamped with work today)

[spleen1015]

Couldn't you just move the players between the teams that were drafted?

I was supposed to have Spring's 2nd, so just give me the player they drafted in the 2nd.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Couldn't you just move the players between the teams that were drafted?

I was supposed to have Spring's 2nd, so just give me the player they drafted in the 2nd.

No matter how I do it, someone is likely going to get upset. There are some people who only like to draft certain type of players. I can speak as someone who pretty much got handed a player that another team drafted when I got shafted long ago in the original FOOL, that I wasn't very happy at all about it but the other owner was a classless jerk, so I just agreed to it to just make everyone (except myself) happy. I don't want to put anyone in that position is all.

I'm sorry that I messed this up, was a mistake on my part that caused this. What I am going to do is award these compensation picks in next year's draft and just leave this one completed as is. I'll send out PMs to the affected owners just to make sure no one misses it. Since we're not talking any first round picks here at least it won't be the difference between a superstar player or not.

[Alan T]

These are the picks that I see were messed up. If I am missing one here, someone please PM me with the player name and I'll research it. I believe this list is complete however:

Balzac 2nd round -> Mexico City
Boston 2nd round -> Ann Arbor
Spring 2nd round -> Indianapolis
Balzac 3rd round -> New York
Balzac 4th round -> Washington

[Tasan]

If Indy wants the guy I picked in the 2nd as fair compensation, he can have him. I wasn't planning on having that pick so I don't think I had the guys in the draft list that far anyway.

[Alan T]

If both owners are ok with that as compensation, that is fine, and I'll do that instead for your two teams. Just let me know as I'm happy letting you all work out deals as well.

[Tasan]

I'm good with that, are you spleen?

[hyde4us11]

I'll take the guy Balzac picked in Round 4 as well if that's ok. That way Balzac doesn't have to worry about signing FA next year.

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Tasan

I'm good with that, are you spleen?

Yeah, I'm cool with it.

[Montreal_GM]

I'll do whatever is easiest. I had other players ahead of Balzac's 2nd round pick but it's no biggie if I'm simply handed that guy.

That said, I'd prefer an extra pick next season but won't be chafed if that doesn't happen.

[Chief Rum]

Am I missing something? I still can't download the new file. And I presume once I do, like last night, I will be unable to upload the file.

Hopefully someone knows a fix to this, because it would be a pain in the but to do a fresh full file download every night to produce a manual export.