FOOL Brooklyn Brownstones Solo Dynasty

Commo_Soldier · 08-24-2008, 04:57 AM

While 1/4 of the way through my 12 hour shift I decided to download this and give it a try and create an alternate what if reality for the Brooklyn Brownstones.

I plan on playing this dynasty out as if it was a close to a regular FOOL season as possible so here are the rules...

No trades from the start of the regular season until the end of the post-season.
Trades on Very Low, Hard and Favor Prospects
No AI or human roster changes once opening day has started.
25 Man roster for all levels with exception of 40 man Active roster for spring training only.
Additionally I will keep the exact same "sim" schedule the league uses by only conducting team business on December 1st, March 1st, Opening Day, End of Regular Season, End of Post Season, and Start of free Agency. The only team business that will be conducted outside of these select dates will be responding to trades during the appropriate time of year only.
As for the draft I will draft the first 4 rounds of players since that is how long my list normally lasts and let the AI select the final rounds.

Now it is is time to get started. Once I loaded the game I did a one time random-draft order and found myself drafting in the 8th spot. For the draft I went with the strategy of trying to win now and only drafted the first 25 picks who will be the seasons starters.

Speaking of which the first 25 rounds are as follows...

Round 1

Round 1, Pick 1 - Hartford Harpooners: SP D. Barajas

Round 1, Pick 2 - New York Highlanders: SP I. Beens

Round 1, Pick 3 - Valdosta Peanuts: RF M. Suárez

Round 1, Pick 4 - Texas Copperheads: LF A. Samaripa

Round 1, Pick 5 - Toronto Atlantics: SP C. Gonzáles

Round 1, Pick 6 - Rio Grande Roadrunners: SP G. Perreault

Round 1, Pick 7 - Boston Settlers: SP J. Román

Round 1, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: SP J. MacDonald

Round 1, Pick 9 - Seattle Armada: SP R. Cook

Round 1, Pick 10 - Quad City Thunderstorms: SP C. Davis

Round 1, Pick 11 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: CF T. Fournier

Round 1, Pick 12 - Baltimore Terrapins: 3B Y. Kiyomizu

Round 1, Pick 13 - Colorado Rancheros: SP T. Tyler

Round 1, Pick 14 - El Paso Alligators: SP S. Godbout

Round 1, Pick 15 - Atlanta Firecrackers: SP D. Hardee

Round 1, Pick 16 - Compton Brothers: SP D. Adams

Round 2

Round 2, Pick 1 - Compton Brothers: 1B N. Shimada

Round 2, Pick 2 - Atlanta Firecrackers: CF C. Vázquez

Round 2, Pick 3 - El Paso Alligators: C Á. Ramírez

Round 2, Pick 4 - Colorado Rancheros: LF J. Hunt

Round 2, Pick 5 - Baltimore Terrapins: SP F. Flores

Round 2, Pick 6 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: SP C. Wilson

Round 2, Pick 7 - Quad City Thunderstorms: 3B A. Summers

Round 2, Pick 8 - Seattle Armada: SS O. Yamazaki

Round 2, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: SP F. Yarbrough

Round 2, Pick 10 - Boston Settlers: SS L. Heijnen

Round 2, Pick 11 - Rio Grande Roadrunners: C J. Moya

Round 2, Pick 12 - Toronto Atlantics: 1B H. Matthews

Round 2, Pick 13 - Texas Copperheads: SP I. Ko

Round 2, Pick 14 - Valdosta Peanuts: SP P. Ortíz

Round 2, Pick 15 - New York Highlanders: LF D. O'Cleary

Round 2, Pick 16 - Hartford Harpooners: C L. Palmer

Round 3

Round 3, Pick 1 - Hartford Harpooners: 3B M. Montoya

Round 3, Pick 2 - New York Highlanders: 1B L. Mendoza

Round 3, Pick 3 - Valdosta Peanuts: LF M. Rasmussen

Round 3, Pick 4 - Texas Copperheads: RF J. Aguirre

Round 3, Pick 5 - Toronto Atlantics: C B. Jenkins

Round 3, Pick 6 - Rio Grande Roadrunners: 1B J. Higman

Round 3, Pick 7 - Boston Settlers: LF N. Hunter

Round 3, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: SP B. Halpin

Round 3, Pick 9 - Seattle Armada: RF E. Cronie

Round 3, Pick 10 - Quad City Thunderstorms: CF C. Wagner

Round 3, Pick 11 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: RF B. Arnold

Round 3, Pick 12 - Baltimore Terrapins: CF R. Lang

Round 3, Pick 13 - Colorado Rancheros: 3B B. Guzmán

Round 3, Pick 14 - El Paso Alligators: CF N. Curtis

Round 3, Pick 15 - Atlanta Firecrackers: LF L. Davis

Round 3, Pick 16 - Compton Brothers: RF E. Sánchez

Round 4

Round 4, Pick 1 - Compton Brothers: SP J. Morris

Round 4, Pick 2 - Atlanta Firecrackers: SP T. Williams

Round 4, Pick 3 - El Paso Alligators: SP W. O'Neal

Round 4, Pick 4 - Colorado Rancheros: SP R. Ramos

Round 4, Pick 5 - Baltimore Terrapins: SP P. González

Round 4, Pick 6 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: SP R. Pate

Round 4, Pick 7 - Quad City Thunderstorms: 1B M. Brooks

Round 4, Pick 8 - Seattle Armada: SP T. Sparks

Round 4, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: SP P. Maddox

Round 4, Pick 10 - Boston Settlers: SP S. Davis

Round 4, Pick 11 - Rio Grande Roadrunners: SP G. Prado

Round 4, Pick 12 - Toronto Atlantics: RF E. Richard

Round 4, Pick 13 - Texas Copperheads: SP J. Parks

Round 4, Pick 14 - Valdosta Peanuts: SP H. Mason

Round 4, Pick 15 - New York Highlanders: SP G. Riggs

Round 4, Pick 16 - Hartford Harpooners: 2B C. Daniels

Commo_Soldier · 08-24-2008, 04:59 AM

Round 5

Round 5, Pick 1 - Hartford Harpooners: SP V. Reyes

Round 5, Pick 2 - New York Highlanders: CL P. McKeane

Round 5, Pick 3 - Valdosta Peanuts: SP T. Minami

Round 5, Pick 4 - Texas Copperheads: MR S. Yamada

Round 5, Pick 5 - Toronto Atlantics: SP H. Nakamura

Round 5, Pick 6 - Rio Grande Roadrunners: SP S. Kobayashi

Round 5, Pick 7 - Boston Settlers: 1B R. Hollis

Round 5, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: SP J. Garner

Round 5, Pick 9 - Seattle Armada: LF R. Pagán

Round 5, Pick 10 - Quad City Thunderstorms: SP G. Betancourt

Round 5, Pick 11 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: MR R. Turner

Round 5, Pick 12 - Baltimore Terrapins: LF L. Parker

Round 5, Pick 13 - Colorado Rancheros: 2B S. López

Round 5, Pick 14 - El Paso Alligators: SS C. Larsen

Round 5, Pick 15 - Atlanta Firecrackers: SP Y. Meng

Round 5, Pick 16 - Compton Brothers: LF L. Richmond

Round 6

Round 6, Pick 1 - Compton Brothers: 2B C. Andrew

Round 6, Pick 2 - Atlanta Firecrackers: 1B J. Brooks

Round 6, Pick 3 - El Paso Alligators: LF J. Isla

Round 6, Pick 4 - Colorado Rancheros: CF D. Thompson

Round 6, Pick 5 - Baltimore Terrapins: SP R. Goodwin

Round 6, Pick 6 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: SS R. Tabachri

Round 6, Pick 7 - Quad City Thunderstorms: RF C. Gilliam

Round 6, Pick 8 - Seattle Armada: 1B G. McDowell

Round 6, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR T. Ishibashi

Round 6, Pick 10 - Boston Settlers: MR A. Costello

Round 6, Pick 11 - Rio Grande Roadrunners: 3B A. Vargas

Round 6, Pick 12 - Toronto Atlantics: SS J. Medina

Round 6, Pick 13 - Texas Copperheads: CF R. Horswill

Round 6, Pick 14 - Valdosta Peanuts: 3B T. Miyahara

Round 6, Pick 15 - New York Highlanders: SP A. Audelo

Round 6, Pick 16 - Hartford Harpooners: LF D. Hurley

Round 7

Round 7, Pick 1 - Hartford Harpooners: 1B H. Miranda

Round 7, Pick 2 - New York Highlanders: RF W. Magner

Round 7, Pick 3 - Valdosta Peanuts: 1B Y. Abe

Round 7, Pick 4 - Texas Copperheads: C J. Ramos

Round 7, Pick 5 - Toronto Atlantics: SP F. García

Round 7, Pick 6 - Rio Grande Roadrunners: SS M. Taylor

Round 7, Pick 7 - Boston Settlers: RF J. Segura

Round 7, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR R. Howe

Round 7, Pick 9 - Seattle Armada: SP V. González

Round 7, Pick 10 - Quad City Thunderstorms: SP M. Andojsky

Round 7, Pick 11 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: SP J. López

Round 7, Pick 12 - Baltimore Terrapins: 2B R. Cruz

Round 7, Pick 13 - Colorado Rancheros: SP L. Vázquez

Round 7, Pick 14 - El Paso Alligators: RF A. Yongo

Round 7, Pick 15 - Atlanta Firecrackers: C M. Shepherd

Round 7, Pick 16 - Compton Brothers: SP R. Tucker

Round 8

Round 8, Pick 1 - Compton Brothers: SP D. Chandler

Round 8, Pick 2 - Atlanta Firecrackers: SS E. Manning

Round 8, Pick 3 - El Paso Alligators: SP A. Hendricks

Round 8, Pick 4 - Colorado Rancheros: SP B. Myers

Round 8, Pick 5 - Baltimore Terrapins: RF A. Aguilera

Round 8, Pick 6 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: 2B B. Harris

Round 8, Pick 7 - Quad City Thunderstorms: SP J. Medina

Round 8, Pick 8 - Seattle Armada: 3B R. Inman

Round 8, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR D. Marnane

Round 8, Pick 10 - Boston Settlers: SP C. Austin

Round 8, Pick 11 - Rio Grande Roadrunners: MR P. Durán

Round 8, Pick 12 - Toronto Atlantics: 2B J. Bruce

Round 8, Pick 13 - Texas Copperheads: SP V. Marshall

Round 8, Pick 14 - Valdosta Peanuts: MR R. Moore

Round 8, Pick 15 - New York Highlanders: SS C. Allen

Round 8, Pick 16 - Hartford Harpooners: SP J. Torres

Round 9

Round 9, Pick 1 - Hartford Harpooners: MR R. Middlemiss

Round 9, Pick 2 - New York Highlanders: CF E. Reyes

Round 9, Pick 3 - Valdosta Peanuts: 2B J. Reyes

Round 9, Pick 4 - Texas Copperheads: 2B B. Bath

Round 9, Pick 5 - Toronto Atlantics: 3B A. Stanley

Round 9, Pick 6 - Rio Grande Roadrunners: 2B G. Gardner

Round 9, Pick 7 - Boston Settlers: C H. Tanaka

Round 9, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR K. King

Round 9, Pick 9 - Seattle Armada: SP M. Terry

Round 9, Pick 10 - Quad City Thunderstorms: SS G. Numbers

Round 9, Pick 11 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: C A. Alvarado

Round 9, Pick 12 - Baltimore Terrapins: MR J. Ritchie

Round 9, Pick 13 - Colorado Rancheros: RF L. Wyatt

Round 9, Pick 14 - El Paso Alligators: MR C. Romero

Round 9, Pick 15 - Atlanta Firecrackers: 2B R. Haas

Round 9, Pick 16 - Compton Brothers: C C. Segura

Round 10

Round 10, Pick 1 - Compton Brothers: SP Á. Fuentes

Round 10, Pick 2 - Atlanta Firecrackers: SP T. Mercado

Round 10, Pick 3 - El Paso Alligators: SP R. Padilla

Round 10, Pick 4 - Colorado Rancheros: SP D. Blue

Round 10, Pick 5 - Baltimore Terrapins: MR A. Herrera

Round 10, Pick 6 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: LF A. Corona

Round 10, Pick 7 - Quad City Thunderstorms: 2B E. Finch

Round 10, Pick 8 - Seattle Armada: CF R. Logan

Round 10, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR D. Hawkins

Round 10, Pick 10 - Boston Settlers: 2B A. Ledezma

Round 10, Pick 11 - Rio Grande Roadrunners: MR J. Pérez

Round 10, Pick 12 - Toronto Atlantics: LF K. Kawamura

Round 10, Pick 13 - Texas Copperheads: SP J. White

Round 10, Pick 14 - Valdosta Peanuts: MR F. Rocha

Round 10, Pick 15 - New York Highlanders: SP R. Mathews

Round 10, Pick 16 - Hartford Harpooners: SP B. Armstrong

Commo_Soldier · 08-24-2008, 05:12 AM

And because it will not let me post more than 6 rounds per message the final 15 rounds of just my picks...

Round 11, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR T. Kodo

Round 12, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: CL J. Pérez

Round 13, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: CF I. García

Round 14, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: CF R. Mendoza

Round 15, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: C D. Long

Round 16, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: 1B J. López

Round 17, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: 1B C. Moore

Round 18, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: 1B C. Lane

Round 19, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: SS R. Hayes

Round 20, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: RF R. Richardson

Round 21, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: RF M. Meléndez

Round 22, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: C J. López

Round 23, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: 3B J. Numbers

Round 24, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: SS B. Brown

Round 25, Pick 8 - Brooklyn Brownstones: 2B F. Lindsay

Commo_Soldier · 08-24-2008, 05:25 AM

Rank Team Payroll

1 Boston Settlers $50,609,800

2 Ann Arbor Wolverines $48,898,450

3 Brooklyn Brownstones $39,146,350

4 Compton Brothers $35,578,150

5 Seattle Armada $34,899,900

6 New York Highlanders $34,122,550

7 Toronto Atlantics $32,883,250

8 Baltimore Terrapins $32,502,350

9 Atlanta Firecrackers $29,886,250

10 Rio Grande Roadrunners $29,135,300

11 El Paso Alligators $27,840,400

12 Colorado Rancheros $26,134,950

13 Quad City Thunderstorms $24,706,800

14 Valdosta Peanuts $23,654,350

15 Texas Copperheads $22,184,400

16 Hartford Harpooners $20,757,100

Rank Player Team Salary

1 Andrés Aguilera Baltimore $8,237,250

2 Hideaki Tanaka Boston $8,064,000

3 Rick Inman Seattle $7,966,200

4 Edgardo Reyes New York $7,845,000

5 Riley Hollis Boston $7,817,250

6 Roberto Pagán Seattle $7,780,000

7 Luke Parker Baltimore $7,612,500

8 Cris Segura Compton $7,553,100

9 Alfredo Alvarado Ann Arbor $7,446,250

10 Larry Richmond Compton $7,415,000

11 Tom Campbell Ann Arbor $6,951,300

12 Clarence Gilliam Quad City $6,920,700

13 Stanford Jones Quad City $6,846,000

14 Adam Stanley Toronto $6,584,100

15 Joe Morris Compton $6,478,500

16 Christian Larsen El Paso $6,255,000

17 Ed Manning Atlanta $6,200,000

18 Felipe Polanco New York $6,080,000

19 Tyler Reilly Texas $5,955,000

20 John MacDonald Brooklyn $5,916,000

21 Russ Jones Ann Arbor $5,661,000

22 Raleigh Wildridge Rio Grande $5,440,000

23 Rick Hamilton Atlanta $5,376,000

24 Roy Richardson Brooklyn $5,268,000

25 Tom Williams Atlanta $5,232,600

Minor League Systems

# Team Points Top 5 Prospects

1st El Paso Alligators 198 CF N. Curtis (2nd), LF J. Isla (9th), P S. Godbout (17th), CF R. Lord (24th), SS P. González (38th)

2nd Quad City Thunderstorms 187 3B A. Summers (7th), RF J. Saldaña (10th), CF C. Wagner (15th), 2B G. O'Healy (28th), CF C. Franco (35th)

3rd New York Highlanders 170 LF D. O'Cleary (3rd), P I. Beens (4th), 1B L. Mendoza (19th), 2B C. Watkins (20th), CF E. Colón (72nd)

4th Baltimore Terrapins 153 C D. Johnson (5th), 2B R. Cruz (6th), P F. Flores (14th), 1B P. Méndez (40th), SS K. Shaffer (45th)

5th Seattle Armada 134 CF R. Logan (11th), C R. Daniels (25th), RF E. Cronie (27th), P V. González (37th), RF J. Clark (41st)

6th Colorado Rancheros 133 P T. Tyler (8th), SS Y. Tsou (12th), CF D. Thompson (21st), P L. Vázquez (33rd), P D. Blue (66th)

7th Ann Arbor Wolverines 114 CF T. Fournier (1st), 3B T. Shimizu (29th), LF A. Corona (48th), P J. López (64th), P C. Macías (69th)

8th Compton Brothers 90 CF T. Mizutani (22nd), P D. Adams (26th), SS S. Coffey (53rd), P R. Tucker (57th), LF K. Sugahara (58th)

9th Hartford Harpooners 85 C L. Palmer (23rd), 2B J. Pérez (30th), 1B H. Miranda (34th), SS A. Reyes (47th), C J. Ford (77th)

10th Toronto Atlantics 73 CF B. Hackwell (32nd), CF E. Pérez (39th), LF K. Kawamura (44th), P F. García (56th), CF R. Davidson (61st)

11th Texas Copperheads 60 CF R. Horswill (18th), C J. Ramos (54th), 2B B. Evans (60th), LF P. Auchinleck (80th), RF C. Gómez (83rd)

12th Rio Grande Roadrunners 58 SS M. Taylor (13th), RF P. Catron (51st), CF F. Carrillo (67th), P B. Bates (79th)

13th Atlanta Firecrackers 51 LF L. Davis (16th), 3B D. Barnes (42nd), C M. Shepherd (65th)

14th Brooklyn Brownstones 41 CF J. Haney (31st), LF R. Díaz (52nd), CF S. Monroe (73rd), SS M. Luna (86th)

15th Boston Settlers 31 2B A. Ledezma (36th), RF J. Segura (62nd), SS G. Silva (85th)

16th Valdosta Peanuts 27 P P. Ortíz (46th), 2B F. Gutiérrez (55th), C A. Moreno (95th), CF T. Kichida (100th)

Brooklyn Brownstones 01-27-1971
Positional Strength Overview
Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Dan Long	12th	George Carr	8th	10th
First Basemen	Jorge López	10th	Bill Hampton	10th	10th
Second Basemen	Fred Lindsay	11th	Carlos Hernández	12th	13th
Third Basemen	Jim Numbers	14th	Artie Brooks	16th	16th
Shortstops	Bob Brown	11th	Miguel Luna	10th	11th
Left Fielders		16th	Ramón Díaz	16th	16th
Center Fielders	Iván García	5th	Russ Johnston	15th	12th
Right Fielders	Roy Richardson	9th	Rob Jones	16th	16th
Starting Pitchers	John MacDonald	1st	Martin Austin	13th	4th
Relievers	Takamasa Ishibashi	1st	Fernando Villanueva	1st	1st
Closers	Jorge Pérez	5th	Stan Osborn	1st	1st

Commo_Soldier · 08-24-2008, 06:15 AM

After the draft is over I have decided that I will conduct team buisness on the day immediatly following the draft as it is a one time occurance.

Looking at my finances I see that my 1st and 3rd round picks are locked up for 5 years at a very reasonable rate. I then offer my second round pick SP Yarbrough a 2 year extension for $6,225,000 per season deal to meet his demand up from his 2.45 million he is making this year. Additionally I try and secure my 4th round pick SP Maddox with a 3 year extension for $4,445,000 per season deal. I also offer extensions to secure 1B's Lopez and Lane to keep them around for 3 extra years each.

After all is said and done I have every player selected in the top 25 selections except 20th round pick RF Richardson who refuses to negotiate at this point locked up for at least the next 3 years and still have a projected $21,000,000 to spend next off-season.

Now it is time to simulate until March 1st.

Commo_Soldier · 08-24-2008, 07:04 AM

It is March 1st and appears that all the players I offered extensions to accepted them. Including all a handful of MLC's that have potential ratings over 1.5 stars or were high in important areas.

Additionally I also set-up my spring training roster with just the top 25 players selected in the draft and set it up so they sit every other day in theory.

Now it is time to start the draft in which I have the 9th pick. This is an extremely deep draft as there are 24 5 star players!

Round 1 - My scout wants me to take 5* 2B prospect Danny Patrick but I instead take 5* 2B David Brown who is a little less speedy but has a little more potential with his wood.

Round 2 - My scout wants me to take 4 1/2* C Alfredo Morales; but I already have two good young prospects at that position and instead go with 5* 3B prospect Brady Bowen who will help my worst area in the minors and has great speed for his position with a 94 / 100 / 100 rating in the three speed categories to go along with a decent bat.

Round 3 - My scout wants me to take another 2B prospect in 4 1/2* Robert Massey; but I again defy him and again select a weak position in my minors by selecting CF 4* prospect Domingo Hernandez who fits perfectly with my style of baseball.

Round 4 - My scout wants me to select 2 1/2* C Ed Bond with this pick. I instead opt to select a pitcher with the pick. The selection wound up being 2 1/2* CL Freddy Quintero who has potential to be a 93/91/78 pitcher with 28 endurance.

My draft class ended up looking like this...

Round 1, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: 2B D. Brown - 5*

Round 2, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: 3B B. Bowen - 5*

Round 3, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: CF D. Hernández - 4*

Round 4, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: CL F. Quintero - 2 1/2*

Round 5, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: C C. Cardona - 2*

Round 6, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: SS J. James - 2*

Round 7, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: C D. Graham - 1*

Round 8, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: C A. Díaz - 1*

Round 9, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: C M. Bennett - 1*

Round 10, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: 3B B. Young - 1*

Round 11, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: C K. Hewson - 1*

Round 12, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR R. Ford - 1/2*

Round 13, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR G. Catron - 1/2*

Round 14, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR H. Washington - 1/2*

Round 15, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Brownstones: SP B. Beck - 1/2*

Commo_Soldier · 08-24-2008, 08:05 AM

Well my team started off slow going 5-5 through the first part of Spring Training but finishing strong going 12-2 to finish up for a 17-7 record. Other top records included...

Quad City: 17-9
Valdosta: 15-9
Colorado: 14-10
New York: 14-10

I then went and turned off trades and set the rosters to a 25 man limit.

After going over my roster I decide on the following:

Rotation: Yarbrough, MacDonald, Halpin, Maddox, and Garner
Middle Relievers: King, Hawkins, Howe, Marnane
Mop-Up: Kodo
Setup: Ishibashi
Closer: Perez

vs RHP
1 - 3B Numbers
2 - 1B Lopez
3 - RF Richardson
4 - LF Mendoza
5 - CF Garcia
6 - 2B Lindsay
7 - C Long
8 -
9 - SS Hayes

vs LHP
1 - 3B Numbers
2 - LF Mendoza
3 - RF Richardson
4 - 1B Moore
5 - C Lopez
6 - 2B Lindsay
7 - CF Garcia
8 -
9 - SS Hayes

Our team mentality is win-now; with our owner expecting us to play above .500 baseball. Lets see if I can guide Brooklyn back to the promised land as I did two season's ago in 1969 before the letdown in 1970.

Commo_Soldier · 08-24-2008, 08:55 AM

FOOL News: The All-Star Game Rosters Have Been Announced
The votes are tallied and the players have been chosen -- all that's left is to "Play Ball"!
It's time once again for the midyear classic where the league's premier performers come together to show their skill and talent.

The All-Stars from the Continental League and the Republic League are set to tangle to determine which league is the best.

The roster for the Continental League is:
SP I. Beens (NYH)
SP C. Gonzáles (TOR)
SP J. MacDonald (BKN)
SP F. Yarbrough (BKN)
SP P. McKeane (NYH)
SP G. Perreault (RG)
CL J. Pérez (BKN)
CL P. Gilbert (NYH)
CL H. Watkins (BAL)
CL G. Arrojo (TEX)
CL S. Miller (TOR)
MR A. Zijm (RG)
RF R. Lang (BAL)
2B J. Bruce (TOR)
SS B. Bath (TEX)
LF M. Rasmussen (VAL)
CF E. Reyes (NYH)
1B L. Mendoza (NYH)
3B A. Stanley (TOR)
C J. Martínez (TEX)
C B. Jenkins (TOR)
RF M. Suárez (VAL)
RF R. Richardson (BKN)
RF E. Richard (TOR)
2B F. Lindsay: (BKN)
2B R. Haas (ATL)
CF A. Samaripa (TEX)
SS J. Higman (RG)

The roster for the Republic League is:
SP S. Davis (BOS)
SP C. Wilson (ANN)
SP D. Barajas (HAR)
SP T. Sparks (SEA)
SP C. Davis (QCY)
SP W. O'Neal (ElP)
CL M. Lott (QCY)
CL A. Barbosa (SEA)
CL A. Dailey (ANN)
CL R. Martínez (HAR)
CL E. Mills (ElP)
MR N. Álvarez (ANN)
1B M. Brooks (QCY)
LF N. Hunter (BOS)
RF G. Sánchez (HAR)
C Á. Ramírez (ElP)
C H. Tanaka (BOS)
3B R. Inman (SEA)
2B C. Daniels (HAR)
SS G. Numbers (QCY)
CF G. Nieves (BOS)
1B R. Hollis (BOS)
1B J. Curtis (SEA)
3B M. Montoya (HAR)
3B E. Chamberlain (COL)
RF B. Arnold (ANN)
LF L. Richmond (COM)
LF D. Hurley (HAR)

Commo_Soldier · 08-24-2008, 09:36 AM

Final Standings:

Front Office Offseason League 09-16-1971
Standings Report

Continental League Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Brooklyn Brownstones	99	55	.643	-	92-62	7	50-27	49-28	10-7	35-27	Clinched	W4	8-2
New York Highlanders	91	63	.591	8.0	90-64	1	49-28	42-35	10-5	35-22		W2	7-3
Baltimore Terrapins	80	74	.519	19.0	79-75	1	40-37	40-37	13-5	30-24		L1	3-7
Valdosta Peanuts	79	75	.513	20.0	85-69	-6	40-37	39-38	10-13	17-31		W1	5-5
Rio Grande Roadrunners	74	80	.481	25.0	71-83	3	38-39	36-41	12-14	30-27		L3	3-7
Toronto Atlantics	71	83	.461	28.0	75-79	-4	37-40	34-43	7-11	25-29		L2	3-7
Atlanta Firecrackers	63	91	.409	36.0	67-87	-4	35-42	28-49	5-8	17-32		L2	5-5
Texas Copperheads	59	95	.383	40.0	61-93	-2	29-48	30-47	9-13	26-23		W2	6-4

Republic League Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Seattle Armada	89	65	.578	-	83-71	6	45-32	44-33	17-10	33-21	Clinched	W3	5-5
Quad City Thunderstorms	85	69	.552	4.0	84-70	1	45-32	40-37	12-6	33-24		W1	7-3
Boston Settlers	84	70	.545	5.0	82-72	2	45-32	39-38	14-10	29-24		W2	6-4
Hartford Harpooners	81	73	.526	8.0	82-72	-1	43-34	38-39	6-7	24-27		L1	5-5
Ann Arbor Wolverines	78	76	.506	11.0	71-83	7	43-34	35-42	9-9	30-24		L2	3-7
El Paso Alligators	73	81	.474	16.0	76-78	-3	38-39	35-42	8-12	20-28		L3	4-6
Colorado Rancheros	65	89	.422	24.0	72-82	-7	34-43	31-46	9-12	20-30		W1	4-6
Compton Brothers	61	93	.396	28.0	66-88	-5	36-41	25-52	3-12	18-29		L1	6-4

Season Highlights:

CL Jorge Perez (BKN) sets a new single season saves record of 53. Surpassing Aaron Dailey's 50 in 1969.
Bob Bath (TEX) and Sancho Lopez (COL) each hit 3 HRs in a game.
Jose Medina (QCY) and Ryan Cook (SEA) each struck out 15 batters in a game.
Ogai Yamazaki and Rick Inman of Seattle and William Turner (COL) all hit for the cycle.
Roy Richardson of Brooklyn had a 22 and 20 game hit streak this past season. Marking the third consecutive year in a row and time overall someone has had two streaks over 20 games in a season. Anibal Ramirez (ELP) tied the second longest hit streak ever in FOOL with 26 hits. Only Ed Wilson hit in more games consecutively with 28 in FOOLs inagural season.
Alberto Lopez of El Paso had the best game for a hitter with a Game Score of 99 after going 5 for 6 with 5 runs, 4 RBIs, and 2 HRs
Maxwell Ewart of Seattle had the best game for a pitcher with a Game Score of 93 after going 8 strong innings allowing only 1 hit and walk. While additionally striking out 14 batters.

Statistical Leaders

BA - RL - Gustavo Sanchez (HAR) - .364
BA - CL - Rich Lang (BAL) - .353
HR - RL - Mel Brooks (QCY) - 39
HR - CL - Lloyd Carnell (BAL) - 33
RBI - RL - Gilberto Nieves (BOS) - 107
RBI - CL - Ivan Garcia (BKN) - 120
ERA - RL - Steven Davis (BOS) - 2.98
ERA - CL - Ite Beans (NYH) - 2.49
W's - RL - Alberto Vargo (HAR) & Charles Wilson (ANN) - 18
W's - CL - Roger Mathews (NYH) - 18
K's - RL - Ryan Cook (SEA) - 236
K's - CL - Tadakuni Minami (VAL) - 231

Commo_Soldier · Thursday, September 16th, 1971

Thursday, September 16th, 1971
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Republic League All-Stars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	12	1
Continental League All-Stars	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	0

W: Aaron Dailey (ANN) L: Hayden Watkins (BAL) S: Charles Wilson (ANN)

Post Season Setup
I took advantage of my next Team Business Segment (TBS) to adjust my lineup, rotation and do a few resigning's. My team now looks like this heading into the playoffs vs. Seattle.

Rotation: MacDonald, Yarbrough, Halpin, Garner
Spot: Maddox
Middle: King, Hawkins, Howe, Kodo
Mop-up: Maddox, Marnane
Setup: Ishibashi
Closer: Perez

Commo_Soldier · Sunday, September 19th, 1971

Game 1

Sunday, September 19th, 1971
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle Armada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Brooklyn Brownstones	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	3	11	0

Game 2

Monday, September 20th, 1971
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Seattle Armada	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	12	3
Brooklyn Brownstones	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	5	12	0

Game 3

Wednesday, September 22nd, 1971
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn Brownstones	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	2
Seattle Armada	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	2	3	0

Game 4

Thursday, September 23rd, 1971
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn Brownstones	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	6	13	2
Seattle Armada	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	8	1

Game 5

Saturday, September 25th, 1971
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle Armada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Brooklyn Brownstones	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	X	7	10	0

Game 6

Sunday, September 26th, 1971
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle Armada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0
Brooklyn Brownstones	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	2	5	0

Brooklyn Triumphs in FOOL Classic
The 1971 FOOL Classic is history, and Front Office Offseason League has added another champion to its record book.

Brooklyn prevailed over Seattle today with a 2-1 victory at Cowpie Field. It was the Brownstones 2nd time claiming the title.

They compiled a 99-55 regular season record and finished in the first spot in the Continental League pennant chase.

Young Drachma · 08-24-2008, 10:37 AM

Awesome. Maybe I'll move my dynasty here too.

muns · 08-25-2008, 12:34 PM

You have a stacked team as well. Thanks for posting all this, will be reading it regularly

Commo_Soldier · 08-26-2008, 10:02 PM

Thanks for the support, now continuing with the dynasty.

After the Classic was decided the following awards were handed out:

MVP:
CL - Rich Lang (BAL)
RL - Mel Brooks (QCY)

PoY:
CL - Carlos Gonzales (TOR)
RL - Maxwell Ewar (ELP)

RoY:
CL - Luis Mendoza (NYH)
RL - Bob Fuller (COM)

Now for my TBS:
I noticed that I did not have everyone locked up like I thought I did. It appears I have two regulars that are going to be possible FA's

31 year-old 2B Fred Lindsay (150 Games; 488 AB's; 63 Runs; 8 HRs; 89 RBIs; .324 BA; .877 OPS and 47.0 VORP) decided that he wanted to have a career year and is demanding almost $10 million a season for 3 years to re-sign.

32 year-old RF Roy Richardson (150 Games; 565 AB's; 99 Runs; 85HRs; 94 RBIs; .333 BA; .877 OPS and 46.5 VORP) also decided to have a career year and burn me. Mr. Richardson wants a 5 year deal worth $7.75 million per year to re-sign.

Seeing that I have about 20 million to play with for next season and I am not really deep at OF like I am at IF I decide to meed the demand of Richardson who batted in the important 3-hole for me last year. I added a team-option to the final year of his contract however, lets hope he accepts.

Commo_Soldier · 08-26-2008, 10:11 PM

Well it appears RF Roy Richardson accepted my offer, which leaves me looking for a good 2B in FA.

Top Free Agents:
1B Mel Brooks - The reigning RL MVP is on the market
SP Carlos Gonzales - The reigning CL PoY is also on the market.
2B Connor Daniels
SS Bob Bath
MR Denny Hennessey
2B Fred Lindsay
MR Jim Stokes
SS Christian Larsen
C Sam Harmon

It appears that there is plenty of IF talent in this FA period and I am able to make an offer to any player as 1B Mel Brooks and SP Carlos Gonzales are both asking for almost 10 million per year which is well within my limits.

I am extremly tempted to make an offer for one of Brooks or Gonzales but that would eat up most of my cap space and instead decide to try and sign 28 year-old 2B Connor Daniels. He will fit in much better since signing Brooks would leave me to bench my current 1B Lopez or play one out of position. I am also stacked at SP so I feel no need to sign Gonzales at this point. Daniels wants a 5 year deal worth $7,315,000 per year so I offered him almost 8 million a year to hopefully land him.

My other offers are to:
SP Roberto Padilla on a 2 year $1.55 million deal.
MR Denny Hennessey for 2 years $700,000.
3B Roberto Gomez for 2 years $500,000.
1B Sancho Lopez for 2 years $2.5 million.

That is all the action I have decided to do for this portion.

08-24-2008, 08:05 AM	#7
Commo_Soldier College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: JBLM, WA	Start of 1971 Regular Season Well my team started off slow going 5-5 through the first part of Spring Training but finishing strong going 12-2 to finish up for a 17-7 record. Other top records included... Quad City: 17-9 Valdosta: 15-9 Colorado: 14-10 New York: 14-10 I then went and turned off trades and set the rosters to a 25 man limit. After going over my roster I decide on the following: Rotation: Yarbrough, MacDonald, Halpin, Maddox, and Garner Middle Relievers: King, Hawkins, Howe, Marnane Mop-Up: Kodo Setup: Ishibashi Closer: Perez vs RHP 1 - 3B Numbers 2 - 1B Lopez 3 - RF Richardson 4 - LF Mendoza 5 - CF Garcia 6 - 2B Lindsay 7 - C Long 8 - 9 - SS Hayes vs LHP 1 - 3B Numbers 2 - LF Mendoza 3 - RF Richardson 4 - 1B Moore 5 - C Lopez 6 - 2B Lindsay 7 - CF Garcia 8 - 9 - SS Hayes Our team mentality is win-now; with our owner expecting us to play above .500 baseball. Lets see if I can guide Brooklyn back to the promised land as I did two season's ago in 1969 before the letdown in 1970. Last edited by Commo_Soldier : 08-24-2008 at 08:55 AM.

08-24-2008, 08:55 AM	#8
Commo_Soldier College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: JBLM, WA	All-Star Teams FOOL News: The All-Star Game Rosters Have Been Announced The votes are tallied and the players have been chosen -- all that's left is to "Play Ball"! It's time once again for the midyear classic where the league's premier performers come together to show their skill and talent. The All-Stars from the Continental League and the Republic League are set to tangle to determine which league is the best. The roster for the Continental League is: SP I. Beens (NYH) SP C. Gonzáles (TOR) SP J. MacDonald (BKN) SP F. Yarbrough (BKN) SP P. McKeane (NYH) SP G. Perreault (RG) CL J. Pérez (BKN) CL P. Gilbert (NYH) CL H. Watkins (BAL) CL G. Arrojo (TEX) CL S. Miller (TOR) MR A. Zijm (RG) RF R. Lang (BAL) 2B J. Bruce (TOR) SS B. Bath (TEX) LF M. Rasmussen (VAL) CF E. Reyes (NYH) 1B L. Mendoza (NYH) 3B A. Stanley (TOR) C J. Martínez (TEX) C B. Jenkins (TOR) RF M. Suárez (VAL) RF R. Richardson (BKN) RF E. Richard (TOR) 2B F. Lindsay: (BKN) 2B R. Haas (ATL) CF A. Samaripa (TEX) SS J. Higman (RG) The roster for the Republic League is: SP S. Davis (BOS) SP C. Wilson (ANN) SP D. Barajas (HAR) SP T. Sparks (SEA) SP C. Davis (QCY) SP W. O'Neal (ElP) CL M. Lott (QCY) CL A. Barbosa (SEA) CL A. Dailey (ANN) CL R. Martínez (HAR) CL E. Mills (ElP) MR N. Álvarez (ANN) 1B M. Brooks (QCY) LF N. Hunter (BOS) RF G. Sánchez (HAR) C Á. Ramírez (ElP) C H. Tanaka (BOS) 3B R. Inman (SEA) 2B C. Daniels (HAR) SS G. Numbers (QCY) CF G. Nieves (BOS) 1B R. Hollis (BOS) 1B J. Curtis (SEA) 3B M. Montoya (HAR) 3B E. Chamberlain (COL) RF B. Arnold (ANN) LF L. Richmond (COM) LF D. Hurley (HAR) Last edited by Commo_Soldier : 08-24-2008 at 08:57 AM.

08-24-2008, 10:37 AM	#12
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Awesome. Maybe I'll move my dynasty here too. __________________ Current dynasty: OOTP25 Blitz: RTS meets Moneyball \| OOTP Mod: GM Excel Competitive Balance Tax/Revenue Sharing Calc \| FBCB Mods on Github

08-25-2008, 12:34 PM	#13
muns Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Baltimore MD	You have a stacked team as well. Thanks for posting all this, will be reading it regularly Last edited by muns : 08-25-2008 at 12:34 PM.

08-26-2008, 10:02 PM	#14
Commo_Soldier College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: JBLM, WA	End of Classic TBS Thanks for the support, now continuing with the dynasty. After the Classic was decided the following awards were handed out: MVP: CL - Rich Lang (BAL) RL - Mel Brooks (QCY) PoY: CL - Carlos Gonzales (TOR) RL - Maxwell Ewar (ELP) RoY: CL - Luis Mendoza (NYH) RL - Bob Fuller (COM) Now for my TBS: I noticed that I did not have everyone locked up like I thought I did. It appears I have two regulars that are going to be possible FA's 31 year-old 2B Fred Lindsay (150 Games; 488 AB's; 63 Runs; 8 HRs; 89 RBIs; .324 BA; .877 OPS and 47.0 VORP) decided that he wanted to have a career year and is demanding almost $10 million a season for 3 years to re-sign. 32 year-old RF Roy Richardson (150 Games; 565 AB's; 99 Runs; 85HRs; 94 RBIs; .333 BA; .877 OPS and 46.5 VORP) also decided to have a career year and burn me. Mr. Richardson wants a 5 year deal worth $7.75 million per year to re-sign. Seeing that I have about 20 million to play with for next season and I am not really deep at OF like I am at IF I decide to meed the demand of Richardson who batted in the important 3-hole for me last year. I added a team-option to the final year of his contract however, lets hope he accepts.

08-24-2008, 06:15 AM	#5
Commo_Soldier College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: JBLM, WA	After the draft is over I have decided that I will conduct team buisness on the day immediatly following the draft as it is a one time occurance. Looking at my finances I see that my 1st and 3rd round picks are locked up for 5 years at a very reasonable rate. I then offer my second round pick SP Yarbrough a 2 year extension for $6,225,000 per season deal to meet his demand up from his 2.45 million he is making this year. Additionally I try and secure my 4th round pick SP Maddox with a 3 year extension for $4,445,000 per season deal. I also offer extensions to secure 1B's Lopez and Lane to keep them around for 3 extra years each. After all is said and done I have every player selected in the top 25 selections except 20th round pick RF Richardson who refuses to negotiate at this point locked up for at least the next 3 years and still have a projected $21,000,000 to spend next off-season. Now it is time to simulate until March 1st.

08-26-2008, 10:11 PM	#15
Commo_Soldier College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: JBLM, WA	Start of Free Agency TBS Well it appears RF Roy Richardson accepted my offer, which leaves me looking for a good 2B in FA. Top Free Agents: 1B Mel Brooks - The reigning RL MVP is on the market SP Carlos Gonzales - The reigning CL PoY is also on the market. 2B Connor Daniels SS Bob Bath MR Denny Hennessey 2B Fred Lindsay MR Jim Stokes SS Christian Larsen C Sam Harmon It appears that there is plenty of IF talent in this FA period and I am able to make an offer to any player as 1B Mel Brooks and SP Carlos Gonzales are both asking for almost 10 million per year which is well within my limits. I am extremly tempted to make an offer for one of Brooks or Gonzales but that would eat up most of my cap space and instead decide to try and sign 28 year-old 2B Connor Daniels. He will fit in much better since signing Brooks would leave me to bench my current 1B Lopez or play one out of position. I am also stacked at SP so I feel no need to sign Gonzales at this point. Daniels wants a 5 year deal worth $7,315,000 per year so I offered him almost 8 million a year to hopefully land him. My other offers are to: SP Roberto Padilla on a 2 year $1.55 million deal. MR Denny Hennessey for 2 years $700,000. 3B Roberto Gomez for 2 years $500,000. 1B Sancho Lopez for 2 years $2.5 million. That is all the action I have decided to do for this portion. Last edited by Commo_Soldier : 08-26-2008 at 10:32 PM.

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