1928 FOOL-H Thread

[Young Drachma]

Woo. Fake baseball party.

[Young Drachma]

Thursday, October 27th, 1927
New York Giants: Signed 1B V. Saier to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $970,000.
Boston Red Sox: Signed CL A. Braithwood to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,560,000.
New York Yankees: Signed MR P. Carpenter to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $3,210,000.
Boston Red Sox: Signed CL L. Henion to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $5,295,000.
Chicago Whales: Signed SS G. Robertson to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,040,000.
Monday, October 24th, 1927
Boston Red Sox: Signed SP A. Reinhart to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $19,500,000.
Washington Senators: Signed 3B R. Blades to a 6-year contract extension worth a total of $23,520,000.
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed 2B C. Smith to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $22,170,000.

[Young Drachma]

Wednesday, November 9th, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent 3B F. Von Kolnitz to a 2-year contract worth a total of $880,000.
Saturday, November 5th, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent MR W. Smallwood to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,220,000.
Thursday, November 3rd, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed CL S. Smith to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,920,000.

[Young Drachma]

New file is up.

[cmldude]

not a bad FA class this year

[Young Drachma]

Wednesday, November 30th, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent CF T. Hendryx to a 1-year contract worth a total of $385,000.
Tuesday, November 29th, 1927
Detroit Tigers: Signed free agent MR G. Stueland to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,360,000.
Friday, November 25th, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent RF J. Mostil to a 1-year contract worth a total of $450,000.
Sunday, November 20th, 1927
New York Giants: Signed SP H. Leonard to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $7,290,000.
Philadelphia Athletics: Signed CF C. Hawks to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $8,200,000.
Wednesday, November 16th, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent SP B. Steele to a 2-year contract worth a total of $850,000.

[Young Drachma]

Monday, December 19th, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent MR C. Schmutz to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,950,000.
Washington Senators: Signed free agent MR G. Dumont to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,435,000.
Sunday, December 18th, 1927
Washington Senators: Signed free agent MR A. Cooper to a 4-year contract worth a total of $11,140,000.
Saturday, December 17th, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent SS B. Dyer to a 1-year contract worth a total of $480,000.
Cleveland Blues: Signed free agent C B. Mackey to a 3-year contract worth a total of $9,025,000.
Friday, December 16th, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent CL R. Sanders to a 2-year contract worth a total of $5,140,000.
Thursday, December 15th, 1927
Washington Senators: Signed free agent RF C. Cooper to a 4-year contract worth a total of $11,220,000.
Detroit Tigers: Signed free agent SP B. Grimes to a 3-year contract worth a total of $4,620,000.
Cleveland Blues: Signed free agent SP B. Piercy to a 4-year contract worth a total of $18,220,000.
Wednesday, December 14th, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent SS D. Lundy to a 1-year contract worth a total of $635,000.
Louisville Black Caps: Signed free agent CL L. Nelson to a 4-year contract worth a total of $10,620,000.
Tuesday, December 13th, 1927
Boston Red Sox: Signed free agent 1B B. Terry to a 6-year contract worth a total of $33,000,000.
Monday, December 12th, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent C D. Sturgis to a 3-year contract worth a total of $22,350,000.
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent SP J. Reid to a 5-year contract worth a total of $21,600,000.
New York Giants: Signed free agent 3B G. Grantham to a 7-year contract worth a total of $42,840,000.
Sunday, December 11th, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent SS A. High to a 3-year contract worth a total of $6,360,000.
Saturday, December 10th, 1927
Detroit Tigers: Signed free agent 3B H. Baker to a 1-year contract worth a total of $510,000.
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent RF D. Cox to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,290,000.
Friday, December 9th, 1927
Washington Senators: Signed free agent SS T. Rigney to a 5-year contract worth a total of $20,675,000.
Chicago Cubs: Signed free agent LF F. Brickell to a 2-year contract worth a total of $530,000.
Wednesday, December 7th, 1927
Chicago Cubs: Signed free agent C L. Sewell to a 1-year contract worth a total of $660,000.
Tuesday, December 6th, 1927
New York Yankees: Signed free agent 1B W. Holke to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,705,000.
Monday, December 5th, 1927
Cleveland Blues: Signed free agent C A. Head to a 5-year contract worth a total of $11,675,000.
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent RF W. Hood to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,200,000.
Sunday, December 4th, 1927
Chicago Cubs: Signed free agent MR O. Tuero to a 2-year contract worth a total of $14,070,000.
Saturday, December 3rd, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent CF B. Kauff to a 1-year contract worth a total of $435,000.
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent RF B. Southworth to a 1-year contract worth a total of $455,000.
Washington Senators: Signed free agent LF H. Miller to a 3-year contract worth a total of $8,460,000.
Boston Red Sox: Signed free agent SS C. Hollocher to a 2-year contract worth a total of $9,500,000.
New York Giants: Signed free agent C G. Hartnett to a 3-year contract worth a total of $31,260,000.
Friday, December 2nd, 1927
Louisville Black Caps: Signed free agent 3B J. Evans to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,210,000.
Thursday, December 1st, 1927
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent LF J. Smith to a 1-year contract worth a total of $435,000.
New York Giants: Signed free agent LF M. Suttles to a 2-year contract worth a total of $4,460,000.

[Young Drachma]

File is up. Woo.

[gstelmack]

I'm not finding an updated file through the game...

[spot]

I got it through the game.

[cmldude]

i'm not finding any of the FA's that i tried to sign. oh thats why i was way outbid on all of them. ha

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by spot

I got it through the game.

I wonder what's broken then. I tried from home as well and it can't find an updated file either. Alas, I may get to try the file download from the site, but maybe not. No biggie.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

I wonder what's broken then. I tried from home as well and it can't find an updated file either. Alas, I may get to try the file download from the site, but maybe not. No biggie.

Have you grabbed the file since DC fixed it early in the week? If not, you'll need to download from the website probably to get your settings correct

[gstelmack]

I grabbed that when it first came home both places, and it all worked fine earlier. Just not working today for some reason.

[Young Drachma]

Hmm..I dunno what it could be.

[Young Drachma]

File is up.

[Young Drachma]

Round 1
Round 1, Pick 1 - Washington Senators: 1B H. Greenberg
Round 1, Pick 2 - St. Louis Cardinals: 1B D. Alexander
Round 1, Pick 3 - Chicago Cubs: SP L. Gomez
Round 1, Pick 4 - Philadelphia Athletics: SP W. Wyatt
Round 1, Pick 5 - Louisville Black Caps: CF E. Averill
Round 1, Pick 6 - New York Giants: SP R. Brown
Round 1, Pick 7 - Baltimore Orioles: SP B. Walters
Round 1, Pick 8 - Boston Beaneaters: SP L. French
Round 1, Pick 9 - Pittsburgh Pirates: CF J. Frederick
Round 1, Pick 10 - Cleveland Blues: SP B. Frey
Round 1, Pick 11 - Cincinnati Redlegs: SP B. Newsom
Round 1, Pick 12 - New York Yankees: LF S. Leslie
Round 1, Pick 13 - Pittsburgh Pirates: SP R. Parmelee
Round 1, Pick 14 - Boston Red Sox: SP M. Shoffner
Round 1, Pick 15 - Philadelphia Phillies: LF R. Johnson
Round 1, Pick 16 - Chicago Whales: LF B. Boyle
Supplemental Round 1
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 1 - St. Louis Cardinals: RF D. Porter
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 2 - Chicago Cubs: 3B L. Lary
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 3 - Louisville Black Caps: LF E. Swanson
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 4 - Louisville Black Caps: C E. Grace
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 5 - Louisville Black Caps: CF E. Crabtree
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 6 - Baltimore Orioles: SS B. Akers
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 7 - Baltimore Orioles: SS E. McNair
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 8 - Cleveland Blues: MR C. Kimsey
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 9 - Cleveland Blues: MR M. Gudat
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 10 - Cleveland Blues: MR A. Grabowski
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 11 - Cleveland Blues: SP C. Hogsett
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 12 - Cleveland Blues: SP C. Dudley
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 13 - Pittsburgh Pirates: LF D. Cramer
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 14 - Boston Red Sox: MR C. Moore
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 15 - Chicago Whales: SS C. Gelbert
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 16 - Chicago Whales: RF S. Byrd
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 17 - Philadelphia Athletics: LF R. Scarritt
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 18 - Chicago Whales: LF T. Sigman
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 19 - Chicago Whales: MR R. Sherid
Round 2
Round 2, Pick 1 - Louisville Black Caps: RF E. Bigelow
Round 2, Pick 2 - Boston Red Sox: MR L. Chagnon
Round 2, Pick 3 - Chicago Whales: 3B J. Stroner
Round 2, Pick 4 - Cleveland Blues: MR B. Cunningham
Round 2, Pick 5 - Louisville Black Caps: 1B P. Crawford
Round 2, Pick 6 - Cleveland Blues: 3B R. Miller
Round 2, Pick 7 - Louisville Black Caps: C T. Angley
Round 2, Pick 8 - Boston Beaneaters: MR R. Dobens
Round 2, Pick 9 - Detroit Tigers: SS S. Clarke
Round 2, Pick 10 - Cleveland Blues: CF J. Cicero
Round 2, Pick 11 - Cincinnati Redlegs: 1B C. Gooch
Round 2, Pick 12 - New York Yankees: MR H. Elliott
Round 2, Pick 13 - Pittsburgh Pirates: 3B H. Peploski
Round 2, Pick 14 - Boston Red Sox: SP S. Swetonic
Round 2, Pick 15 - Philadelphia Phillies: MR H. Smythe
Round 2, Pick 16 - Chicago Whales: 2B B. Rhiel
Round 3
Round 3, Pick 1 - Washington Senators: C C. Mattox
Round 3, Pick 2 - Cleveland Blues: CF D. Land
Round 3, Pick 3 - Chicago Cubs: MR A. Herring
Round 3, Pick 4 - Philadelphia Athletics: LF J. Ryan
Round 3, Pick 5 - Louisville Black Caps: 2B C. Selph
Round 3, Pick 6 - Cleveland Blues: 3B F. Blair
Round 3, Pick 7 - Baltimore Orioles: MR S. Dailey
Round 3, Pick 8 - Boston Beaneaters: CF L. Funk
Round 3, Pick 9 - Detroit Tigers: SS B. Narleski
Round 3, Pick 10 - Cleveland Blues: LF J. Mosolf
Round 3, Pick 11 - Cincinnati Redlegs: C B. Linton
Round 3, Pick 12 - New York Yankees: C G. Susce
Round 3, Pick 13 - Pittsburgh Pirates: 1B T. Lyons
Round 3, Pick 14 - Boston Red Sox: LF B. Dunlap
Round 3, Pick 15 - Philadelphia Phillies: CF P. Voyles
Round 3, Pick 16 - Chicago Whales: SS N. Richardson
Round 4
Round 4, Pick 1 - Washington Senators: RF R. Badgro
Round 4, Pick 2 - Louisville Black Caps: 2B J. Cronin
Round 4, Pick 3 - Chicago Cubs: SS B. Sankey
Round 4, Pick 4 - Philadelphia Athletics: 2B H. Karita
Round 4, Pick 5 - Louisville Black Caps: C E. Connolly
Round 4, Pick 6 - New York Giants: MR D. Kemner
Round 4, Pick 7 - Baltimore Orioles: MR E. Carroll
Round 4, Pick 8 - Boston Beaneaters: 3B L. Dondero
Round 4, Pick 9 - Detroit Tigers: MR J. Pattison
Round 4, Pick 10 - Cleveland Blues: MR F. Stiely
Round 4, Pick 11 - Cincinnati Redlegs: SS R. Gardner
Round 4, Pick 12 - New York Yankees: C L. Legett
Round 4, Pick 13 - Pittsburgh Pirates: MR A. Prudhomme
Round 4, Pick 14 - Boston Red Sox: 2B B. Morse
Round 4, Pick 15 - Philadelphia Phillies: SS Y. Wuestling
Round 4, Pick 16 - Chicago Whales: MR R. Lucas
Round 5
Round 5, Pick 1 - Washington Senators: MR J. Byrne
Round 5, Pick 2 - Cleveland Blues: MR R. Erickson
Round 5, Pick 3 - Chicago Cubs: MR J. Tennant
Round 5, Pick 4 - Philadelphia Athletics: SS E. Delker
Round 5, Pick 5 - Louisville Black Caps: MR E. Wineapple
Round 5, Pick 6 - New York Giants: LF T. McDuffie
Round 5, Pick 7 - Baltimore Orioles: 1B D. Jessee
Round 5, Pick 8 - Boston Beaneaters: MR D. Savidge
Round 5, Pick 9 - Detroit Tigers: 1B M. Ingram
Round 5, Pick 10 - Cleveland Blues: 1B J. O'Rourke
Round 5, Pick 11 - Cincinnati Redlegs: MR B. Nekola
Round 5, Pick 12 - New York Yankees: MR J. Bradshaw
Round 5, Pick 13 - Pittsburgh Pirates: 1B A. Weston
Round 5, Pick 14 - Boston Red Sox: MR B. Breckinridge
Round 5, Pick 15 - Philadelphia Phillies: MR J. Holloway
Round 5, Pick 16 - Chicago Whales: SS J. Keane
Round 6
Round 6, Pick 1 - Washington Senators: 2B E. Marshall
Round 6, Pick 2 - Chicago Whales: MR T. Horne
Round 6, Pick 3 - Chicago Cubs: MR E. Miller

[Young Drachma]

AL
Boston 16-8
Louisville 15-9
Detroit 15-9
Chicago 14-10
New York 12-12
Baltimore 10-14
Washington 8-16
Philadelphia 6-18

NL
Cincinnati 19-5
Pittsburgh 14-10
Boston 14-10
St. Louis 12-12
Cleveland 12-12
Chicago 9-15
Philadelphia 8-16
New York 8-16

[Young Drachma]

File is up. Happy season eve.

[cmldude]

Sad news out of Pirates camp. For the first time since 1912, OF Edd Roush will not be starting for the Pirates. At the age of 34, Edd just doesnt have the skills to play in the OF anymore, and will come in to pinch hit whenever he is called upon. This is the last year of his contract and the Pirates organization has already let him know that he will not be resigned. Edd holds pretty much every batting record for the Pirates, and was a key player in helping the Pirates make it to the playoffs 8 years in a row. His number will be retired after this season.

[TimGuru]

Yankees are where they were last year. Should be playoff caliber, but the ball didn't bounce our way last year.

[cmldude]

lets see who will make the 1928 playoffs. I like the the whales pitching, so i'm sticking with them to make it once again to the playoffs. I think the Red Sox have enough weapons to make it back also. In the NL I'm going to go with the Cardinals and the Phillies.

[Young Drachma]

Since so many owners didn't get a chance to export prior to the season, I held off running it.

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Since so many owners didn't get a chance to export prior to the season, I held off running it.

Didn't feel well yesterday and the pain pills didnt help. Doing the export now.

[Molson_ootp]

too busy this weekend for me, and it wouldn't matter much in the standings.

I am a .500 team right now, so sim without me, until I can spend some more FA dollars.

[Young Drachma]

In light of the immense joy I receive from coming to these forums ever day, I'm running the season now.

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF MAY 1, 1928

American League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago Whales		18	9	.667	-
Baltimore Orioles	16	10	.615	1.5
Boston Red Sox		14	13	.519	4.0
Detroit Tigers		14	14	.500	4.5
Philadelphia Athletics	13	15	.464	5.5
Washington Senators	12	15	.444	6.0
Louisville Black Caps	10	18	.357	8.5
New York Yankees	9	18	.333	9.0

National League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Beaneaters	16	11	.593	-
Chicago Cubs		16	11	.593	-
Cleveland Blues		16	11	.593	-
Philadelphia Phillies	16	12	.571	.5
Cincinnati Redlegs	14	12	.538	1.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	13	14	.481	3.0
St. Louis Cardinals	12	16	.429	4.5
New York Giants		9	19	.321	7.5

[Young Drachma]

Top National League Newcomer Named
Tuesday, May 1st, 1928: Johnny Frederick earned the National League Rookie of the Month honors for his fine stretch of play in April.

The 26-year-old Pittsburgh center fielder batted .321, smacked 3 home runs and drove in 13 runs. He also tagged 35 hits, scored 11 runs and picked up 4 walks on his way to a .345 on-base percentage.

American League Names Rookie of Month
Tuesday, May 1st, 1928: Earl Averill's eyes seem to light up whenever he sees the baseball. The young Louisville center fielder has been hitting everything in sight for the better part of a month.

In April he was voted the Rookie of the Month Award.

During the month he hit .323 with 8 doubles, no triples and 6 home runs. Averill also scored 12 times and drove in 20 runs.

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF JUNE 1, 1928

American League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago Whales		33	22	.600	-
Boston Red Sox		32	24	.571	1.5
Louisville Black Caps	28	29	.491	6.0
Baltimore Orioles	26	29	.473	7.0
New York Yankees	25	30	.455	8.0
Philadelphia Athletics	24	32	.429	9.5
Detroit Tigers		23	33	.411	10.5
Washington Senators	23	33	.411	10.5

National League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	32	24	.571	-
Cincinnati Redlegs	31	24	.564	.5
Boston Beaneaters	31	25	.554	1.0
Cleveland Blues		29	26	.527	2.5
St. Louis Cardinals	29	27	.518	3.0
Chicago Cubs		28	28	.500	4.0
New York Giants		28	29	.491	4.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	24	31	.436	7.5

[Young Drachma]

JULY 1, 1928

American League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago Whales		48	34	.585	-
Boston Red Sox		43	40	.518	5.5
Louisville Black Caps	42	42	.500	7.0
New York Yankees	40	42	.488	8.0
Baltimore Orioles	39	43	.476	9.0
Philadelphia Athletics	39	44	.470	9.5
Detroit Tigers		38	45	.458	10.5
Washington Senators	33	50	.398	15.5

National League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Blues		45	37	.549	-
Boston Beaneaters	45	38	.542	.5
Cincinnati Redlegs	44	38	.537	1.0
St. Louis Cardinals	44	39	.530	1.5
Philadelphia Phillies	43	40	.518	2.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	40	42	.488	5.0
New York Giants		40	44	.476	6.0
Chicago Cubs		39	44	.470	6.5

[Young Drachma]

FOOL-H News: The All-Star Game Rosters Have Been Announced
Tuesday, July 3rd, 1928: Who's the best league? The American or the National? The answer will be found in the FOOL-Historical All-Star Game. All the votes have been counted and tabulated, all of the players have been selected and they themselves will decide the question on the baseball diamond.

Scheduled to play for the American All-Stars are:


SP T. Kaufmann (BOS)
SP H. Eller (NYY)
SP E. Morris (CHA)
SP G. Bush (BAL)
SP P. Malone (LOU)
CL F. Mack (DET)
CL L. Nelson (LOU)
MR T. McNamara (BOS)
MR H. McQuaid (WAS)
MR L. Duff (CHA)
MR H. Pruett (LOU)
CL O. Fuhr (BAL)
1B L. Gehrig (CHA)
LF B. Ruth (BOS)
RF K. Cuyler (CHA)
C S. Hogan (DET)
C T. Radcliffe (PHA)
CF A. Simmons (NYY)
3B P. Whitney (PHA)
2B T. Lazzeri (BAL)
SS T. Rigney (WAS)
1B B. Terry (BOS)
CF C. Cooper (WAS)
RF P. Waner (DET)
1B G. Sisler (WAS)
1B E. Morgan (PHA)
RF G. Goslin (LOU)
1B D. Bissonette (BAL)


The National All-Stars will feature these players:


SP S. Paige (PHI)
SP P. Donohue (CIN)
SP T. Chaplin (CLE)
SP G. Kaiserling (BSN)
SP C. Hubbell (PHI)
MR O. Tuero (CHN)
CL G. Cantrell (PIT)
MR J. Wisner (CLE)
CL D. Keefe (BSN)
MR H. Thormahlen (CIN)
CL R. Sanders (STL)
MR G. Milstead (CHN)
CF H. Wilson (CHN)
SS R. Hornsby (CLE)
LF H. Manush (PHI)
2B L. Fonseca (CHN)
3B C. Grimm (BSN)
1B H. Mueller (PHI)
C G. Hartnett (NYG)
RF C. Hafey (PHI)
C D. Sturgis (STL)
LF L. O'Doul (BSN)
LF H. Whitman (BSN)
CF H. Heilmann (BSN)
LF N. Stearnes (CIN)
2B J. Flowers (PIT)
2B C. Smith (STL)
1B B. Lamar (STL)
National League Winner is Kopp
Monday, July 2nd, 1928: Cleveland Blues left fielder Merlin Kopp rose above the controversy surrounding his soon-to-expire contract, thriving under pressure last week and copping the Player of the Week award in the National League.

Kopp put up a .519 batting average (14-27) with no home runs, 3 RBIs and scored 7 times.

For the season Kopp is hitting .308, batted in 36 runs with 2 home runs and 65 runs scored.
AL Premier Player Picked
Monday, July 2nd, 1928: Pinky Whitney of the Philadelphia Athletics culminated a sensational week of play by being named the American League Player of the Week.

He rocked the opposition with a .579 batting average, 11 hits in 19 at-bats, 2 home runs and 6 RBIs while scoring 10 times.

So far this season, Whitney has recorded a .323 batting average with 104 hits, 8 home runs, 55 RBIs, 53 runs scored and a .355 OBP.

[Young Drachma]

AUGUST 1, 1928

American League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago Whales		62	44	.585	-
Boston Red Sox		57	51	.528	6.0
Louisville Black Caps	57	51	.528	6.0
New York Yankees	55	52	.514	7.5
Philadelphia Athletics	53	54	.495	9.5
Baltimore Orioles	48	58	.453	14.0
Detroit Tigers		47	60	.439	15.5
Washington Senators	39	68	.364	23.5

National League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	59	48	.551	-
Boston Beaneaters	59	49	.546	.5
Cincinnati Redlegs	56	50	.528	2.5
Cleveland Blues		56	51	.523	3.0
St. Louis Cardinals	55	52	.514	4.0
New York Giants		55	53	.509	4.5
Chicago Cubs		50	57	.467	9.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	48	58	.453	10.5

[Young Drachma]

SEPTEMBER 1, 1928

American League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago Whales		75	61	.551	-
Boston Red Sox		75	62	.547	.5
Louisville Black Caps	70	67	.511	5.5
New York Yankees	68	68	.500	7.0
Philadelphia Athletics	68	68	.500	7.0
Baltimore Orioles	65	70	.481	9.5
Detroit Tigers		57	80	.416	18.5
Washington Senators	53	83	.390	22.0

National League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Beaneaters	77	60	.562	-
Philadelphia Phillies	74	62	.544	2.5
Cleveland Blues		73	63	.537	3.5
New York Giants		71	66	.518	6.0
Cincinnati Redlegs	67	68	.496	9.0
St. Louis Cardinals	67	69	.493	9.5
Chicago Cubs		66	70	.485	10.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	63	72	.467	13.0

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

In light of the immense joy I receive from coming to these forums ever day, I'm running the season now.

To be fair, FOOL-H threads are fine, and we quashed the attempted outbreak in the FOOL-X threads

[Young Drachma]

END OF REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

American League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Red Sox		90	72	.556	-
Chicago Whales		89	73	.549	1.0
Louisville Black Caps	83	79	.512	7.0
Philadelphia Athletics	82	80	.506	8.0
New York Yankees	81	81	.500	9.0
Baltimore Orioles	75	87	.463	15.0
Detroit Tigers		69	93	.426	21.0
Washington Senators	65	97	.401	25.0

National League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	88	74	.543	-
Boston Beaneaters	87	75	.537	1.0
New York Giants		87	75	.537	1.0
Cleveland Blues		83	79	.512	5.0
St. Louis Cardinals	82	80	.506	6.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	81	.500	7.0
Chicago Cubs		77	85	.475	11.0
Cincinnati Redlegs	77	85	.475	11.0

We have a tie, so Boston and New York will play a best-of-three game series to determine the NL wild card winner.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

To be fair, FOOL-H threads are fine, and we quashed the attempted outbreak in the FOOL-X threads

Entirely fair. I just had to say it someplace.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

We have a tie, so Boston and New York will play a best-of-three game series to determine the NL wild card winner.

I'm looking for a rematch, Alan...

[Young Drachma]

Speaking of changes, should I lower the financial coefficient here in half. In other words, everything would be halved. Nothing would change otherwise, it would be a mostly cosmetic difference.

Anything people are thinking about that would make this league more immersive? I mean, is everyone plugged in and headed towards another bunch of years or are we a comet?

I've been wondering it for a bit and I guess I'd like some feedback on this -- any feedback is welcomed -- as it'd be good to know what ideas (if any) folks have about the way this league ought to progress. I've been pretty steady with things on purpose, but it'd be good to hear since we sort of just hum along and mind our business most times.

Lemme know.

Meanwhile, wild card playoff time.

[Young Drachma]

GAME 1

Spoiler

New York 11, Boston 10 (10 innings)

Game ID: 1428 - Sunday, September 30th, 1928 - Game Log
	
Sunday, September 30th, 1928
  			1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	R	H	E
Boston Beaneaters 	2 	0 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	3 	10	16	3
New York Giants 	1 	1 	0 	0 	2 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	11	20	1
	

Boston		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
H. Whitman CF	6	4	3	2	0	0	2	.364	3	73
H. Heilmann RF	4	1	2	3	1	0	0	.312	13	96
   D. Keefe P	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	0	0
B. Paschal LF	6	0	3	4	0	0	2	.286	19	101
C. Grimm 3B	5	0	1	1	0	0	5	.291	16	95
L. O'Doul 1B	6	0	1	0	0	1	5	.298	22	127
B. Betzel 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.272	6	86
S. Toporcer SS	4	2	1	0	1	1	1	.309	2	107
J. Wilson C	5	1	2	0	0	2	2	.217	3	17
G. Kaiserling P	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.131	0	4
   W. Evans P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	0	0
   a-T. Douthit PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.180	1	8
   R. Bressler P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
   E. Yde P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
   b-O. Carnegie PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.235	1	17
   D. Rader P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
   c-H. Freigau RF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.255	1	15
Totals	46	10	16	10	3	7	21			

a - T. Douthit pinch hit for W. Evans in the 6th
b - O. Carnegie pinch hit for E. Yde in the 8th
c - H. Freigau substituted for D. Rader in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Heilmann (49, 8th Inning off K. Pennington, 2 on, 2 outs) S. Toporcer (52, 8th Inning off K. Pennington, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: H. Whitman (9, 1st Inning off A. Yeargin, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: H. Heilmann 3 , B. Paschal 3 , S. Toporcer 2 , J. Wilson 2 , H. Whitman 5 , C. Grimm , B. Betzel , G. Kaiserling , L. O'Doul , H. Freigau
2-out RBI: , H. Heilmann 2 , B. Paschal , H. Whitman
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , B. Paschal 2 , J. Wilson , C. Grimm , L. O'Doul 2
Sac Fly: C. Grimm
Team LOB: 10

FIELDING
Errors: H. Heilmann (9) , C. Grimm (79) , B. Betzel (31)
Double Plays: 1 (Betzel-Toporcer-O'Doul)

	
New York	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
T. Cobb CF	6	2	2	0	0	1	6	.330	4	63
J. Jackson LF	5	2	3	2	1	0	0	.365	6	76
F. Lindstrom 3B	5	1	3	2	0	0	2	.333	9	126
D. Hurst 1B, RF	6	1	3	3	0	0	5	.309	17	89
G. Grantham 2B	6	1	1	0	0	0	6	.326	10	97
M. Suttles RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.252	29	94
   d-G. Hartnett PH, 1B	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	.335	24	116
J. Bassler C	6	2	5	2	0	0	0	.312	0	22
B. Barrett SS	5	0	2	0	0	0	4	.318	11	87
A. Yeargin P	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.224	0	6
   J. Russell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	0	0
   a-V. Saier PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.266	5	37
   H. Bell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
   b-S. West PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.309	1	12
   B. Foster P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
   c-B. Friberg PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.294	0	5
   K. Pennington P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1	1
   U. Eubanks P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	0	0
   e-B. Kenworthy PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.251	2	24
   B. Hadley P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
   A. Campbell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
Totals	48	11	20	11	2	4	30			

a - V. Saier pinch hit for J. Russell in the 4th
b - S. West pinch hit for H. Bell in the 6th
c - B. Friberg pinch hit for B. Foster in the 7th
d - G. Hartnett pinch hit for M. Suttles in the 9th
e - B. Kenworthy pinch hit for U. Eubanks in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Barrett (38, 4th Inning off W. Evans, 1 on, 1 out) D. Hurst (20, 8th Inning off D. Rader, 0 on, 2 outs) G. Grantham (24, 1st Inning off G. Kaiserling, 1 on, 2 outs) J. Jackson (28, 6th Inning off R. Bressler, 2 on, 2 outs) G. Hartnett (29, 10th Inning off D. Keefe, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: D. Hurst (17, 5th Inning off W. Evans, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Barrett 3 , F. Lindstrom 3 , D. Hurst 7 , G. Grantham 2 , T. Cobb 2 , J. Jackson 4 , J. Bassler 5 , G. Hartnett 2
2-out RBI: D. Hurst , J. Jackson , J. Bassler , G. Hartnett
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Suttles , F. Lindstrom , G. Grantham 3 , T. Cobb 2
GIDP: D. Hurst
Sac Fly: A. Yeargin , F. Lindstrom
Team LOB: 11

FIELDING
Errors: J. Russell (3)

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
G. Kaiserling 	3.1	6	2	2	1	2	0	62	36	3.66
W. Evans 	1.2	3	2	2	0	2	1	26	17	5.88
R. Bressler BS (6)	0.2	2	3	2	1	0	0	22	12	4.03
E. Yde 	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	13	2.29
D. Rader 	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	3.04
D. Keefe L (9-8)	1.2	6	4	4	0	0	0	34	23	4.37

PITCHING
Game Score: G. Kaiserling 39
Batters Faced: G. Kaiserling 16, W. Evans 8, R. Bressler 5, E. Yde 8, D. Rader 4, D. Keefe 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Kaiserling 3-4, W. Evans 2-1, R. Bressler 1-1, E. Yde 1-3, D. Rader 2-1, D. Keefe 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: G. Kaiserling 62-36, W. Evans 26-17, R. Bressler 22-12, E. Yde 20-13, D. Rader 9-7, D. Keefe 34-23
Inherited Runners - Scored: W. Evans 1-0 , E. Yde 1-1

	
New York	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
A. Yeargin 	3.2	6	5	4	2	5	0	61	38	4.11
J. Russell 	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	4.24
H. Bell 	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	20	5.38
B. Foster H (11)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	10	6.13
K. Pennington BS (2)	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	19	14	4.52
U. Eubanks 	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8	3.97
B. Hadley 	0.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	14	8	6.07
A. Campbell W (2-2)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	7.84

PITCHING
Game Score: A. Yeargin 32
Batters Faced: A. Yeargin 19, J. Russell 3, H. Bell 7, B. Foster 4, K. Pennington 5, U. Eubanks 4, B. Hadley 6, A. Campbell 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Yeargin 2-4, J. Russell 1-0, H. Bell 2-3, B. Foster 1-2, K. Pennington 1-0, U. Eubanks 2-2, B. Hadley 0-1, A. Campbell 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: A. Yeargin 61-38, J. Russell 12-6, H. Bell 23-20, B. Foster 16-10, K. Pennington 19-14, U. Eubanks 11-8, B. Hadley 14-8, A. Campbell 4-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Russell 2-2 , U. Eubanks 1-0 , A. Campbell 2-0
Balk: A. Yeargin
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: J. Bassler
Ballpark: Polo Grounds
Weather: Rain (65 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 11 mph
Start Time: 1:05 pm
Time: 4:48
Attendance: 39703
Special Notes: Rain delay of 59 minutes in the 4th inning. 

[Young Drachma]

GAME 2

Spoiler

New York 5, Boston 0

NEW YORK WINS THE NL WILD CARD!

Game ID: 1427 - Sunday, September 30th, 1928 - Game Log
	
Sunday, September 30th, 1928
  			1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	R	H	E
New York Giants 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	4 	0 	5	12	2
Boston Beaneaters 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0	5	1
	

New York	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
T. Cobb CF	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.329	4	63
J. Jackson LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.364	6	76
F. Lindstrom 3B	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	.331	9	126
G. Hartnett C	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.338	24	116
D. Hurst 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	.308	17	90
G. Grantham 2B	4	1	2	2	0	0	3	.327	10	99
M. Suttles RF	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	.256	30	96
B. Barrett SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.318	11	87
R. Brown P	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.103	0	1
Totals	38	5	12	5	0	0	13			

BATTING
Doubles: M. Suttles (11, 2nd Inning off B. Hasty, 1 on, 2 outs) G. Hartnett 2 (31, 4th Inning off B. Hasty, 0 on, 1 out; 8th Inning off D. Rader, 1 on, 1 out) G. Grantham (25, 8th Inning off D. Rader, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: M. Suttles (30, 8th Inning off D. Rader, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: M. Suttles 7 , B. Barrett , G. Hartnett 5 , G. Grantham 3 , T. Cobb , J. Jackson , D. Hurst
2-out RBI: M. Suttles , G. Grantham , D. Hurst
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Barrett , G. Grantham 2
Sac Bunt: B. Barrett
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: G. Grantham (18) , D. Hurst (12)
Double Plays: 2 (Grantham-Barrett-Hurst, Brown-Barrett-Hurst)

	
Boston		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
H. Whitman CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.363	3	73
H. Heilmann RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.312	13	96
   D. Rader P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
   E. Yde P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
   b-T. Douthit PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.176	1	8
B. Paschal LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.285	19	101
C. Grimm 3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	.291	16	95
L. O'Doul 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	.296	22	127
B. Betzel 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.271	6	86
S. Toporcer SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307	2	107
J. Wilson C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.211	3	17
B. Hasty P	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.145	0	6
   a-O. Carnegie RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	1	17
Totals	31	0	5	0	1	2	13			

a - O. Carnegie substituted for B. Hasty in the 8th
b - T. Douthit pinch hit for E. Yde in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: H. Heilmann , H. Whitman , C. Grimm , B. Hasty , B. Paschal
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , L. O'Doul 2
GIDP: J. Wilson , L. O'Doul
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: C. Grimm (80)

New York	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
R. Brown W (14-15)	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	104	72	4.88

PITCHING
Game Score: R. Brown 78
Batters Faced: R. Brown 32
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Brown 12-11
Pitches - Strikes: R. Brown 104-72

	
Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
B. Hasty L (18-23)	7.1	8	2	1	0	0	0	90	60	3.97
D. Rader 	0.1	4	3	0	0	0	1	14	12	3.03
E. Yde 	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11	2.24

PITCHING
Game Score: B. Hasty 56
Batters Faced: B. Hasty 30, D. Rader 5, E. Yde 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Hasty 12-9, D. Rader 1-0, E. Yde 1-3
Pitches - Strikes: B. Hasty 90-60, D. Rader 14-12, E. Yde 17-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Rader 1-1 , E. Yde 1-0

GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: R. Brown
Ballpark: Braves Field
Weather: Clear skies (58 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 13 mph
Start Time: 7:05 pm
Time: 2:18
Attendance: 39632

[Young Drachma]

We'll run the playoffs tomorrow night, the deadline will be 11pm eastern (and no, I won't forgot and run them early this time..) and then we'll go back to the regular schedule on Tuesday, etc.

[Young Drachma]

File is up.

[Senatorweims16]

Yay for finishing 3rd. Which doesn't get me in the playoffs and gets me one of the worst draft picks.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Anything people are thinking about that would make this league more immersive? I mean, is everyone plugged in and headed towards another bunch of years or are we a comet?

Unless you have time to post all the news stuff Alan does during a season, half of which I don't usually have any time to read anyway, I'd say no. I'm enjoying watching as I go along. I'm not looking to bail.

[cmldude]

well pirates slip up and wont be going to the post season, but good news is that i picked 3 of 4 playoffs teams. i will take the phillies over the red sox

[spot]

From worst to worst!

Why do I always feel a glimmer of hope when I export only to get squashed like a bug?


FWIW I am here until the comet burns up. And I don't think too many changes are needed.

[Molson_ootp]

I am here, just had a super busy weekend, can't remember if I exported or not.

I still can't figure out who will pitch well, outside of Satch, and I missed out on him by a tie-break.

[TimGuru]

I'm good. Money seems a little free and easy but I think its probably to the good to be able to keep any of our historical favorites that fall into our clutches.

[Johnny93g]

Babe Ruth, at the age of 33, has surpassed his real life home run total with 739. FOOL-H Babe is obviously better then the real Babe, right....

At this point, FOOL Babe has played 2502 games, real Babe retired after 2503 games which include 148 starts at Pitcher. Real Babe finished with 714 HR's, but the real difference is at bats. FOOL Babe has about 1000 more AB's then the real Babe, and only 25 more home runs. Real Babe also has 30 more career rbi's.

As good as FOOL-H Babe Ruth has been, and he's been amazing, he's still not as good as the real Babe Ruth. Just some insight into how good he really was.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Speaking of changes, should I lower the financial coefficient here in half. In other words, everything would be halved. Nothing would change otherwise, it would be a mostly cosmetic difference.

Anything people are thinking about that would make this league more immersive? I mean, is everyone plugged in and headed towards another bunch of years or are we a comet?

I've been wondering it for a bit and I guess I'd like some feedback on this -- any feedback is welcomed -- as it'd be good to know what ideas (if any) folks have about the way this league ought to progress. I've been pretty steady with things on purpose, but it'd be good to hear since we sort of just hum along and mind our business most times.

Lemme know.

Meanwhile, wild card playoff time.

I think I honestly have been in a half-hearted rut with this league for a bit. If I had to put a finger exactly on why, here are the things that I think are the worst for me probably. (Some of which you likely couldn't do anything about just because of the Historical aspect).

- The only time there seem to be good free agents in the pool is usually due to owner neglect. An inactive team or AI controlled team forgetting to re-sign a stud player. Most active teams don't have problems locking up all great players forever really (other than the rare dynasties that simply can't lock up everyone). This leaves 2 stages of the week being rather uneventful, or unexciting to me. Might be a sign of the player demands being set too small and a slight increase being needed (perhaps more than slight increase for the top player tiers).

- The change to no minor league really bugs me. The reserve roster is no fun, doesn't work well and completely removes any ability to interact with half of my players, or "shape/model" players in a way I like. I don't like constantly harping on points that others may disagree with me on, since I know it is hard to please everyone, but since you asked for feedback, that is mine. I really have seen very little benefit from going to the reserve rosters, it has created worse development issues than the move was to fix. Plus it has added a few exploitative abilities that a crafty owner likely could use in regards to contract management of younger players.

- Shallow draft pools for the most part. Obviously this isn't something we can do much about, but since we are in the time period where there simply were less teams, it means less players as well. I assume eventually this will get better into the 1960s, but I haven't had a draft pick above 8th in about 20 seasons and thus don't remember the last time I actually was excited about the draft.

Edit: I don't know if the financial coefficient is something that even registers a blip with me. I'm fine with the salaries being offered. I actually try to avoid OOTP's financial stuff for any joy of immersion when possible anyways. So that is likely a change that wouldn't really effect me too much.

Regarding what Greg mentioned about the news stories, I'm ok with whatever level you feel you have the time to do. What I enjoy doing is looking through for the players I am most interested in, the only thing there that could help me is if there is a bit more seperation between the stories or titles are bolded. Sometimes 3-4 of them together get a little hard to read, but not a big thing for me at all honestly.


Hmm, off the top of my head those are the main things I think bugging me or keeping me from really getting into stuff very well. Maybe there is more, but not that I can think of without more effort