2005 Season Thread

[Young Drachma]

Christian Miller, ATL is leading the league with 10 wins.
Knight, BKN still leads all batters with a .378 average.
Emil Glas of Compton, a rookie is leading the league with 14 HRs.
Steve Jones of Montreal has a league leading 48 RBI
Chang Yu of Valdosta leads the league with a 1.66 ERA

[TeachEnEspanol]

Sigh, you all jinxed me with your talk of my supposed skills. *sad face*

[Young Drachma]

I gotta say, I sure am glad Hartford has a human owner. Something just isn't right around here when that team doesn't have one. So I hope cramsey is enjoying himself.

STANDINGS AS OF JULY 1, 2005

Continental League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Atlanta Firecrackers	53	32	.624	-
Valdosta Peanuts	52	34	.605	1.5
Brooklyn Brownstones	44	40	.524	8.5
Montreal Maroons	43	42	.506	10.0
Napa Valley Winemakers	34	52	.395	19.5
Baltimore Gothams	30	56	.349	23.5

Republic League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Settlers		52	32	.619	-
Colorado Rancheros	52	33	.612	.5
Hartford Harpooners	48	38	.558	5.0
Compton Brothers	45	41	.523	8.0
New York Heroes		37	49	.430	16.0
Ann Arbor Wolverines	22	63	.259	30.5

[Young Drachma]

Jack Jones of Colorado is hitting .378
Merill Moran of Atlanta has 20 HRs.
Christian Miller of Atlanta has 14 wins and 131 strikeouts
Clifford Cox of Montreal has a 2.06 ERA
Steve Jones of Montreal has 73 RBI

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF AUGUST 1, 2005

Continental League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Atlanta Firecrackers	68	43	.613	-
Valdosta Peanuts	66	45	.595	2.0
Brooklyn Brownstones	59	52	.532	9.0
Montreal Maroons	55	56	.495	13.0
Napa Valley Winemakers	47	65	.420	21.5
Baltimore Gothams	39	73	.348	29.5

Republic League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Colorado Rancheros	66	45	.595	-
Boston Settlers		65	46	.586	1.0
Hartford Harpooners	61	50	.550	5.0
Compton Brothers	57	55	.509	9.5
New York Heroes		52	60	.464	14.5
Ann Arbor Wolverines	33	78	.297	33.0

[Young Drachma]

Monday, August 1st, 2005: FOOL News: The All-Star Game Rosters Have Been Announced
It is not an easy task to pick the best players for the annual baseball classic -- the All-Star Game. It is not possible to please everybody. Whether we agree or not, they have been chosen... and here they are. The rosters for this year's Front Office Offseason League All-Star Game have been announced.

For the Continental League, the roster includes:
SP C. Miller (ATL)
SP C. Cox (MON)
SP A. Callahan (BKN)
SP C. Yu (VAL)
SP M. MacDonald (ATL)
SP R. Olson (MON)
SP C. González (ATL)
CL S. Klassen (BKN)
CL C. Cantú (ATL)
MR R. Naughton (MON)
SP E. O'Moriartie (BKN)
MR T. Taylor (NVY)
CF B. Carlson (MON)
2B R. Rivera (MON)
RF S. Jones (MON)
LF J. Kong (VAL)
1B L. Cunningham (ATL)
3B M. Moran (ATL)
SS M. Montgomery (ATL)
C G. Harris (ATL)
C R. Beard (VAL)
RF J. Ramírez (ATL)
CF J. Whitman (VAL)
RF D. Knight (BKN)
2B J. Días (VAL)
3B M. Heller (MON)
SS S. Rouleau (BKN)
CF D. Vega (BKN)
.

For the Republic League these players have been selected:
SP T. O'Brien (HAR)
SP A. Sánchez (BOS)
SP H. Leinster (COL)
SP E. Eacott (ANN)
SP A. Vachon (HAR)
SP F. Olivares (ANN)
CL K. Kichida (BOS)
CL C. Murdoch (NYC)
CL J. Hogan (COM)
CL R. Rosas (COL)
CL B. Roach (HAR)
MR O. Dávila (COL)
CF J. Jones (COL)
1B J. Carrillo (HAR)
2B E. Glas (COM)
C K. Quinn (COM)
3B T. Santos (BOS)
LF F. Phillips (HAR)
SS P. Rivera (HAR)
RF F. Aguilera (COL)
C J. Álvarez (ANN)
CF J. Moore (BOS)
CF R. López (HAR)
1B A. Árias (COM)
1B C. Murray (BOS)
3B G. Castillo (NYC)
LF X. Welsh (COM)
RF E. Buchanan (NYC)
.

[Chief Rum]

Wow, Miller's having quite the year. 14 wins by July?

[Chief Rum]

Nine Crackers on that AS squad. Many of them had oddly down years last year. I guess they were due for a bounce back. Hope they can keep it up.

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF AUGUST 8, 2005

Continental League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Atlanta Firecrackers	72	45	.615	-
Valdosta Peanuts	67	50	.573	5.0
Brooklyn Brownstones	62	55	.530	10.0
Montreal Maroons	60	57	.513	12.0
Napa Valley Winemakers	51	68	.429	22.0
Baltimore Gothams	41	78	.345	32.0

Republic League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Colorado Rancheros	69	48	.590	-
Boston Settlers		68	49	.581	1.0
Hartford Harpooners	64	53	.547	5.0
Compton Brothers	61	58	.513	9.0
New York Heroes		56	63	.471	14.0
Ann Arbor Wolverines	35	82	.299	34.0

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF AUGUST 15, 2005

Continental League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Atlanta Firecrackers	75	48	.610	-
Valdosta Peanuts	69	54	.561	6.0
Montreal Maroons	64	59	.520	11.0
Brooklyn Brownstones	63	60	.512	12.0
Napa Valley Winemakers	55	70	.440	21.0
Baltimore Gothams	45	80	.360	31.0

Republic League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Settlers		72	51	.585	-
Colorado Rancheros	72	51	.585	-
Hartford Harpooners	66	57	.537	6.0
Compton Brothers	64	61	.512	9.0
New York Heroes		59	66	.472	14.0
Ann Arbor Wolverines	38	85	.309	34.0

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF AUGUST 22, 2005

Continental League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Atlanta Firecrackers	79	50	.612	-
Valdosta Peanuts	74	56	.569	5.5
Montreal Maroons	69	60	.535	10.0
Brooklyn Brownstones	67	63	.515	12.5
Napa Valley Winemakers	56	75	.427	24.0
Baltimore Gothams	45	86	.344	35.0

Republic League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Colorado Rancheros	76	53	.589	-
Boston Settlers		76	54	.585	.5
Hartford Harpooners	69	61	.531	7.5
Compton Brothers	69	62	.527	8.0
New York Heroes		61	70	.466	16.0
Ann Arbor Wolverines	39	90	.302	37.0

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2005

Continental League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Atlanta Firecrackers	80	59	.576	-
Valdosta Peanuts	80	60	.571	.5
Montreal Maroons	76	63	.547	4.0
Brooklyn Brownstones	73	66	.525	7.0
Napa Valley Winemakers	61	78	.439	19.0
Baltimore Gothams	48	92	.343	32.5

Republic League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Settlers		82	57	.590	-
Colorado Rancheros	81	58	.583	1.0
Compton Brothers	74	65	.532	8.0
Hartford Harpooners	72	68	.514	10.5
New York Heroes		63	77	.450	19.5
Ann Arbor Wolverines	46	93	.331	36.0

[Chief Rum]

Figures. I often cave down the stretch. Hopefully, I can stay out of third at least. But even that isn't certain. 4 GB isn't too far with this many games left.

[Chief Rum]

Damn, just did the math. I went 1-9 in 10 days to just about blow that 5.5 game lead.

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF SEPTEMBER 12, 2005

Continental League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Valdosta Peanuts	89	60	.597	-
Atlanta Firecrackers	86	62	.581	2.5
Montreal Maroons	84	65	.564	5.0
Brooklyn Brownstones	75	74	.503	14.0
Napa Valley Winemakers	64	85	.430	25.0
Baltimore Gothams	49	101	.327	40.5

Republic League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Settlers		89	60	.597	-
Colorado Rancheros	87	61	.588	1.5
Compton Brothers	80	69	.537	9.0
Hartford Harpooners	76	73	.510	13.0
New York Heroes		68	82	.453	21.5
Ann Arbor Wolverines	47	102	.315	42.0

[Young Drachma]

Valdosta is in the midst of a 10-game winning streak.

[Chief Rum]

Four of those games against Alan. He probably swept me. Three against Brooklyn. Commo probably swept me.

And in the middle was a three game gimmie against Baltimore--and at best I took one game from them. Yuck.

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF SEPTEMBER 19, 2005

Continental League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Atlanta Firecrackers	92	63	.594	-
Valdosta Peanuts	92	64	.590	.5
Montreal Maroons	86	69	.555	6.0
Brooklyn Brownstones	81	74	.523	11.0
Napa Valley Winemakers	65	90	.419	27.0
Baltimore Gothams	50	106	.321	42.5

Republic League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Colorado Rancheros	92	63	.594	-
Boston Settlers		91	64	.587	1.0
Compton Brothers	85	70	.548	7.0
Hartford Harpooners	77	79	.494	15.5
New York Heroes		72	84	.462	20.5
Ann Arbor Wolverines	49	106	.316	43.0

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Four of those games against Alan. He probably swept me. Three against Brooklyn. Commo probably swept me.

And in the middle was a three game gimmie against Baltimore--and at best I took one game from them. Yuck.

This is in reference to August 22-September 1, so no one gets confused about this post following DC's.

No shock to see Alan doing his thing, as usual.

[Young Drachma]

2005 REGULAR SEASON FINAL STANDINGS

Continental League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Atlanta Firecrackers	95	67	.586	-
Valdosta Peanuts	94	68	.580	1.0
Montreal Maroons	89	73	.549	6.0
Brooklyn Brownstones	86	76	.531	9.0
Napa Valley Winemakers	68	94	.420	27.0
Baltimore Gothams	54	108	.333	41.0

Republic League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Colorado Rancheros	96	66	.593	-
Boston Settlers		95	67	.586	1.0
Compton Brothers	89	73	.549	7.0
Hartford Harpooners	79	83	.488	17.0
New York Heroes		73	89	.451	23.0
Ann Arbor Wolverines	54	108	.333	42.0

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

STANDINGS AS OF SEPTEMBER 19, 2005

Continental League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Atlanta Firecrackers	92	63	.594	-
Valdosta Peanuts	92	64	.590	.5
Montreal Maroons	86	69	.555	6.0
Brooklyn Brownstones	81	74	.523	11.0
Napa Valley Winemakers	65	90	.419	27.0
Baltimore Gothams	50	106	.321	42.5

Republic League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Colorado Rancheros	92	63	.594	-
Boston Settlers		91	64	.587	1.0
Compton Brothers	85	70	.548	7.0
Hartford Harpooners	77	79	.494	15.5
New York Heroes		72	84	.462	20.5
Ann Arbor Wolverines	49	106	.316	43.0

Hmm, we had a battle like this four years ago.

[Tasan]

Wooo! And wow, way to go Jack Jones.

Now if we can keep a lead going into September, I'll be a happy Ranchero.

[Young Drachma]

Atlanta v. Valdosta
Boston v. Colorado

Congrats to the victors!

[Young Drachma]

Jack Jones won the batting title

[Tasan]

Okay sorry about the delayed post there. TV is evil.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Nice job to all!

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Atlanta v. Valdosta
Boston v. Colorado

Congrats to the victors!

Awesome.

Another chance to lose an appalling series to Alan.

Well, even a broke clock is right two times a day--as long as it's not digital.

Glad I made it to the playoffs at least.

Congrats to all the playoff teams, which I see includes some repeats.

[Tasan]

Pretty sure that'll mean Jack is the Rookie of the Year. If not something's messed up.

[Chief Rum]

Man, that was a nice year Jones had at AAA last year. Gotta love those inflated numbers, lol.

[Young Drachma]

I hope this is the year Boston finally breaks through. I mean, if the Arizona Cardinals can make the Super Bowl...surely the Boston Settlers can make the FOOL Classic, right?

[Tasan]

Way to go playoff peeps. Good luck when you aren't playing me!

[Chief Rum]

BTW, Jones has a similar seeming skillset to my SS Millard Montgomery, who also came in as a rookie last year and blew everything up with his hitting, finishing .358. I forget if he actually won the title, but, regardless, he did indeed win the 2004 CL ROY.

[Tasan]

I don't know why, but for quite a while now I haven't had ANY team graphics in my game. I have player pics with all the right unis, but no team pics where the graphics are supposed to be. Do we have a zip of these anywhere?

[Young Drachma]

I put images into this file. So they should show up when you download. If not, I'll create a zip @ work when I go back either this weekend or Monday, because I have them all there and I need them here too.

[Young Drachma]

File is up. Classic sim is Sunday night after the Super Bowl ends! But the export deadline remains the same. So don't wait until after the game to start working on your team. That wasn't a pot-shot, I promise. I just wanted to clarify, because my original post might have been easily misconstrued to mean that the deadline was after the game.

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

I hope this is the year Boston finally breaks through. I mean, if the Arizona Cardinals can make the Super Bowl...surely the Boston Settlers can make the FOOL Classic, right?

No no no no no.

Sorry Greg, but NO.

Did I say no? Because I meant no.

No.

[Tasan]

Well, after further review....well you tell me what you think will happen:

Colorado vs.:
Ann Arbor: 25-7
Compton: 19-13
Hartford: 22-11
New York: 21-11

Boston? 9-24

Do I even bother showing up?

[buckinbranco]

3rd place this year! I like some of the young players I have, next year we will improve again

[Alan T]

I don't have access to the file yet (away from my ootp computer until late tonight/tommorrow).. Based on the all star game rosters though, it sounds like my pitching did indeed implode like I figured it would.

Unfortunately to do well in the playoffs, you need strong pitching, so that likely will be a mark against me making it back to the Classic this season.

[gstelmack]

Well, nice to be back in the playoffs, nice battle with Colorado for the division, but a shame to come up one game shy of a pennant...

[gstelmack]

Submitted for the playoffs. Good luck to everyone!

[Young Drachma]

We need to elect two new members of the BOD. gstelmack's at-large term was up last year, apparently (he was just finishing out Kaosfere's term) and Tasan's RL stint ends this year.

So we need a new RL rep and an at-large rep. Any nominees?

[Young Drachma]

Also, the BoD approved a measure last year -- but I forgot to post -- that we'll add a third level of minors starting next year. So after this off-season, we'll add an A level to the minor leagues. The hope is that by doing that, we'll be able to better develop prospects.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Also, the BoD approved a measure last year -- but I forgot to post -- that we'll add a third level of minors starting next year. So after this off-season, we'll add an A level to the minor leagues. The hope is that by doing that, we'll be able to better develop prospects.

Are we going with the roster limits I suggested? Dropping AA to 25, and Single A only 25?

One of the keys for me was to be sure we didn't expand too much. The limits above only creates 10 more roster spots in every organization.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Alan T

I don't have access to the file yet (away from my ootp computer until late tonight/tommorrow).. Based on the all star game rosters though, it sounds like my pitching did indeed implode like I figured it would.

Unfortunately to do well in the playoffs, you need strong pitching, so that likely will be a mark against me making it back to the Classic this season.

Yer nuts, of course. You had the best pitching in the league.

[Tasan]

As much as I've enjoyed it, I think someone else should take the RL BoD spot this go round. I've served at least 2 terms, maybe 3 I can't remember, so new ideas are good at this point. Of course, if no one else wants to, I'll nominate myself again so we have the spot filled.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Are we going with the roster limits I suggested? Dropping AA to 25, and Single A only 25?

One of the keys for me was to be sure we didn't expand too much. The limits above only creates 10 more roster spots in every organization.

Yes.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Are we going with the roster limits I suggested? Dropping AA to 25, and Single A only 25?

One of the keys for me was to be sure we didn't expand too much. The limits above only creates 10 more roster spots in every organization.

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Yes.

I don't know if this was part of the discussion on this, but once upon a time when that draft bug (that hit Brooklyn this year) was first identified by OOTP, they highly recommended keeping the lowest level of your minor leagues at 40 players to lessen the chances of running into this.

Just tossing it out there as something to consider. Obviously it didn't help too much this time for Brooklyn though, but you likely will encounter it more often if people keep the lowest level of the minors "full".

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Alan T

I don't know if this was part of the discussion on this, but once upon a time when that draft bug (that hit Brooklyn this year) was first identified by OOTP, they highly recommended keeping the lowest level of your minor leagues at 40 players to lessen the chances of running into this.

Just tossing it out there as something to consider. Obviously it didn't help too much this time for Brooklyn though, but you likely will encounter it more often if people keep the lowest level of the minors "full".

Hmm. We could keep our limit at 25, I suppose, but have the actual limit at 40 in the game. Would that work? Mostly I just wanted to be sure we weren't adding too much of a burden for people to manage another minor league level. I really think cutting down the minors has helped with running teams.

I didn't know that draft bug was tied in any way to a 40 man limit. How weird (of course, way to go Markus!).

[Young Drachma]

I wondered about this and I think that our limit should remain 25, even though the game will allow for 40, because of that sign/release bug. Good suggestion, CR.