FOOL-X 1979 Offseason Thread

[Alan T]

Time for the sim.

[Alan T]

1978 Awards:

Hitter of the Year Award:

CL - Roberto Ramos (London)
RL - Ryan Cook (Cleveland)

Pitcher of the Year Award:

CL - Hirohisa Arai (Mexico City)
RL - Mauro Morales (Spring)

Rookie of the Year Award:

CL - Aurelio Gutierrez (Boston)
RL - Woodrow Armstrong (Cleveland)

Comissioner's Award:

CL - Armondo Alicata (Mexico City)
RL - Bill Fields (Ann Arbor)

[Alan T]

There will be no more comissioner arbitration awards as the new patch fixes that issue.

If you do not believe the issue is resolved, please let me know and I'll look into it.

[Alan T]

Arbitration results:

Thursday, November 9th, 1978

London Bishops: MR T. Cantrell received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,121,010.

London Bishops: MR T. McFarland received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,300,000.

London Bishops: MR P. Hernández received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,573,580.

London Bishops: 3B B. Pian received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $546,680.

Washington Freedom: MR M. Limbert becomes a free-agent.

Washington Freedom: CF M. Ohayashi received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $2,800,000.

Washington Freedom: SP E. Miller received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $3,700,000.

Washington Freedom: C L. Hernández received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $400,000.

Washington Freedom: 2B S. Iwamoto received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,400,000.

Washington Freedom: 3B Q. Kung received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,800,000.

Washington Freedom: 3B R. Rivera received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $400,000.

Washington Freedom: C T. Morgan received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $480,000.

Mexico City Aztecs: SS A. Daktari received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,729,760.

Mexico City Aztecs: MR T. Hill received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $150,000.

Mexico City Aztecs: 1B F. López received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $469,971.

Mexico City Aztecs: 2B A. Anderson received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $851,620.

Mexico City Aztecs: MR J. Carranza received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $150,000.

Mexico City Aztecs: C D. Guerra received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $351,880.

Indianapolis Clowns: 3B T. Yamashita received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $3,431,286.

Indianapolis Clowns: LF K. Henley received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $354,920.

Indianapolis Clowns: CF A. Méndez received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $4,304,640.

Indianapolis Clowns: RF P. Maganda received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $4,667,058.

Indianapolis Clowns: 1B R. Lewis becomes a free-agent.

Indianapolis Clowns: C G. Guzmán becomes a free-agent.

Indianapolis Clowns: MR J. Pérez becomes a free-agent.

Balzac Ticklers: MR B. Miller received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $150,000.

Balzac Ticklers: LF J. Garza received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $3,829,500.

Boston Resettlers: CL M. Salas received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,600,000.

Boston Resettlers: RF L. Ruíz received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $4,400,000.

Boston Resettlers: 1B E. Nemoto received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $2,000,000.

Boston Resettlers: CL R. Chávez received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $250,000.

Boston Resettlers: C P. Moya becomes a free-agent.

Boston Resettlers: 3B P. Daigle received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $500,000.

Boston Resettlers: MR R. Rosado received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $875,000.

Boston Resettlers: C F. González received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $750,000.

Boston Resettlers: MR R. Montoya becomes a free-agent.

Portland Grocers: SP A. Mdogo received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $2,430,252.

Portland Grocers: C K. Yamasaki received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,189,000.

Portland Grocers: SP G. Sánchez received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $2,307,360.

Portland Grocers: MR R. Ramos received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $150,000.

Portland Grocers: MR B. Canalo received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $162,108.

Portland Grocers: MR J. Reyes received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $150,000.

Portland Grocers: SP O. Ruíz received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $301,720.

Portland Grocers: 1B F. Ortelli received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $469,971.

Portland Grocers: LF P. Costello becomes a free-agent.

Portland Grocers: SP R. Hunt received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $301,720.

Portland Grocers: 2B S. Pahrin received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $480,000.

Portland Grocers: 3B P. Castro received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $354,920.

Portland Grocers: CL A. Morales received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,722,820.

New York Legends: MR C. Pérez received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $150,000.

New York Legends: CF I. Guerrero received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $5,000,000.

New York Legends: SP J. Morrow received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $3,750,000.

New York Legends: SP M. Vera received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $3,250,000.

New York Legends: 2B D. Higgins received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $410,000.

New York Legends: RF G. López received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $3,500,000.

New York Legends: RF N. O'Farrell received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $4,600,000.

New York Legends: CL F. Cruz received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $450,000.

New York Legends: C A. Pimentel becomes a free-agent.

Virginia Beach Surf: C D. Deschênes received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $464,994.

Virginia Beach Surf: SP Y. Park received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,100,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: CF R. Sabin received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,500,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: SP Á. Trujillo received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,953,960.

Virginia Beach Surf: SP L. Harrison received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $310,080.

Virginia Beach Surf: 1B R. Leyva received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $3,800,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: SS D. Lowe received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $480,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: SP A. Fitzsimmons received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $410,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: LF E. Sánchez received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,031,320.

Virginia Beach Surf: 1B R. Campbell received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $423,440.

Spring Lions: SP M. Trudeau received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $668,800.

Spring Lions: MR D. Acevedo becomes a free-agent.

Spring Lions: 1B R. Sosa received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $4,200,000.

Spring Lions: SS G. Herrera received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $351,880.

Spring Lions: SS D. Drake received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $358,720.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: LF J. Carmona received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $642,960.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: 3B H. Sanders received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,300,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: SP A. De Jesús received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $2,680,470.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: CF C. McNeely received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $3,976,280.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: 3B B. Fields received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $3,781,620.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: MR E. Merritt received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $150,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: MR G. Rodríguez received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $217,800.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: MR I. Contreras received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $150,000.

Cleveland Naps: C A. Díaz becomes a free-agent.

Cleveland Naps: MR M. Cardenas becomes a free-agent.

Cleveland Naps: SP S. Marrero received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,638,790.

Cleveland Naps: 1B A. Movilha received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $515,280.

[Alan T]

Friday, November 10th, 1978

Boston Resettlers: Signed free agent MR A. Héroux to a 3-year contract worth a total of $9,000,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent MR B. Rodríguez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $242,000.

Wednesday, November 1st, 1978
Mexico City Aztecs: Signed free agent CF B. Preston to a 3-year contract worth a total of $10,398,000.

Tuesday, October 24th, 1978

Cleveland Naps: Signed CF C. Hammerich to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $11,352,000.

London Bishops: Signed 2B A. González to a minor league contract extension.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed SS A. Salecdo to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $2,904,000.

London Bishops: Signed 2B J. Candelária to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed SP R. Schenkel to a minor league contract extension.

Washington Freedom: Signed SP S. Savoie to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed 2B N. Rosário to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $1,464,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed SP W. Ceriani to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $7,360,000.

Friday, October 20th, 1978

London Bishops: Signed SS H. Pizoeira to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed CF K. Quigley to a minor league contract extension.

Cleveland Naps: Signed 3B R. Stariczack to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $17,472,000.

[Alan T]

FOOLX News: Free Agents File
Sunday, November 12th, 1978: Free agency is upon us.

Teams, players and pundits who follow FOOL-X will be thrust headlong into a whirlpool of intrigue and uncertainty. The free agent signing period will continue throughout the off-season as some clubs will go a long way toward sealing up a championship -- or a spot in the cellar.

The magic, the unpredictability of hot stove baseball, is fascinating to the fan; particularly the fan whose team comes out on top!

This year's list of free agents is highlighted by these players:


1. Armondo Alicata, 39 year-old center fielder
2. Rafael Gabriel, 33 year-old starting pitcher
3. Gerardo Delpozo, 31 year-old left fielder
4. Bob Bray, 33 year-old center fielder
5. Joseph Forbes, 34 year-old right fielder
6. Octávio Ruíz, 32 year-old third baseman
7. Manuel Enríquez, 29 year-old starting pitcher
8. Ken Andersen, 28 year-old starting pitcher
9. On Jung, 31 year-old right fielder
10. Vern Barber, 34 year-old shortstop

[Alan T]

The new file is up!

Free Agency starts tomorrow.

If anyone experiences problems with the patch, please let me know.

[Montreal_GM]

Mexico City would like to adjust Azteca Stadium to PETCO dimensions.

Thanks Alan.

[Alan T]

I need a few minutes this morning before the sim. I feel like I woke up with a hang over.

Ugh!

[Alan T]

Ok, time to run the sim. Getting exports now.

[Alan T]

Thursday, December 14th, 1978

Balzac Ticklers: Signed free agent MR L. Hernández to a 2-year contract worth a total of $18,208,000.

Sunday, December 10th, 1978

Boston Resettlers: Signed free agent SP G. Lacoste to a 4-year contract worth a total of $24,000,000.

Friday, December 8th, 1978

London Bishops: Signed free agent SS R. Dale to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,185,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent 1B C. Ríos to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,723,000.

Thursday, December 7th, 1978

London Bishops: Signed free agent 2B C. Neal to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,252,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed free agent SS J. Hernández to a 4-year contract worth a total of $42,020,000.

Indianapolis Clowns: Signed free agent MR J. Pérez to a 4-year contract worth a total of $988,000.

Monday, December 4th, 1978

London Bishops: Signed free agent LF A. Harkness to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,861,000.

Sunday, December 3rd, 1978

Indianapolis Clowns: Signed free agent 3B E. Matthews to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,800,000.

Saturday, December 2nd, 1978

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed free agent MR C. Garza to a 1-year contract worth a total of $920,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed free agent MR I. Nakanishi to a 3-year contract worth a total of $12,081,000.

Friday, December 1st, 1978

Indianapolis Clowns: Signed free agent C M. Ojeda to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,188,000.

London Bishops: Signed free agent CF F. Crespo to a 1-year contract worth a total of $641,000.

Thursday, November 30th, 1978

Indianapolis Clowns: Signed free agent SS J. Rawson to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,039,000.

Tuesday, November 28th, 1978

New York Legends: Signed free agent SP K. Maeda to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,600,000.

Mexico City Aztecs: Signed free agent SP R. Gabriel to a 3-year contract worth a total of $7,099,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed free agent MR R. Montoya to a 1-year contract worth a total of $685,000.

Indianapolis Clowns: Signed free agent SP R. Rodríguez to a 3-year contract worth a total of $2,442,000.

Sunday, November 26th, 1978

Balzac Ticklers: Signed free agent C P. Moya to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,538,000.

Indianapolis Clowns: Signed free agent 1B A. Folques to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,176,000.

Saturday, November 25th, 1978

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed free agent 3B T. Kaneko to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,702,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed free agent SP D. Scott to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,103,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed free agent MR J. Ikarashi to a 2-year contract worth a total of $357,000.

Thursday, November 23rd, 1978

Mexico City Aztecs: Signed free agent C C. Rosales to a 2-year contract worth a total of $4,116,000.

Friday, November 17th, 1978

Mexico City Aztecs: Signed 1B R. Díaz to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,164,000.

London Bishops: Signed 2B A. González to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed SP T. White to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $3,591,000.

London Bishops: Signed 2B J. Candelária to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed 1B J. Meilaart to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $11,664,000.

London Bishops: Signed 3B B. Pian to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $6,204,000.

London Bishops: Signed CF K. Quigley to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed SP R. Schenkel to a minor league contract extension.

Mexico City Aztecs: Signed LF Z. Xing to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed 1B N. Ohara to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed C L. Rietmulder to a minor league contract extension.

Tuesday, November 14th, 1978

London Bishops: Signed CF J. Cruz to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed LF E. Warren to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed CF J. Martínez to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed 2B D. Bumgardener to a minor league contract extension.

Monday, November 13th, 1978

London Bishops: Signed CF K. Steverson to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed SS H. Pizoeira to a minor league contract extension.

London Bishops: Signed 2B M. Pérez to a minor league contract extension.

[Alan T]

Offseason retirements

Spoiler

Monday, January 1st, 1979

SP M. Gonzáles retires.

LF D. Lamb retires.

MR F. Miranda retires.

3B T. James retires.

RF E. Harris retires.

SS H. Sánchez retires.

1B I. Koyama retires.

LF R. Garza retires.

SP N. Lemmens retires.

MR N. Onodera retires.

SS B. Webb retires.

MR J. Green retires.

LF D. Crowley retires.

SP J. Gómez retires.

MR D. Vallee retires.

1B G. Molina retires.

SP A. García retires.

1B B. Jones retires.

RF C. Guzmán retires.

3B J. Béltre retires.

SP N. Krause retires.

1B C. Valancía retires.

SS J. Powell retires.

SP M. Park retires.

SP J. Krieger retires.

SP J. Kikuchi retires.

MR R. Manuel retires.

MR R. Hernández retires.

RF T. Simard retires.

2B K. McGee retires.

SP J. Alder retires.

SP L. Romero retires.

2B G. Durango retires.

SP B. Bolden retires.

SP H. Tice retires.

SP J. Sánchez retires.

3B H. Smith retires.

SP A. Esam retires.

SP H. Ray retires.

3B C. Aguilera retires.

2B M. De Los Santos retires.

CF A. Gutiérrez retires.

SP K. Chua retires.

SP A. Bumble retires.

SP Á. Caceres retires.

SP P. Cochran retires.

SP J. Ortega retires.

SP R. Murphy retires.

SP J. Tapia retires.

SP M. Wilson retires.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Montreal_GM

Mexico City would like to adjust Azteca Stadium to PETCO dimensions.

Thanks Alan.

That is what they previously were set to, unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean!

[Montreal_GM]

Originally Posted by Alan T

That is what they previously were set to, unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean!

Imagine that. I must have been thinking about Tokyo as I altered their stadium dimensions with the move out of Montreal. Didn't even think to look and see what they were set at for the Aztecs, just had it in my head that they were closer to 1.0 across the board.

Once 15 seasons has passed I'll adjust Tokyo back down to Petco modifiers.

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Spring Training/Free Agency stage 2 and the Amateur Draft is tomorrow morning.

[CleBrownsfan]

Looks like Tom O'Reilly is going to be playing in his 19th season as a MLB pitcher... I really didn't want to re-sign him but how do I not?!

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

Looks like Tom O'Reilly is going to be playing in his 19th season as a MLB pitcher... I really didn't want to re-sign him but how do I not?!

He's like Charlie Hough without the knuckle ball!

[Tasan]

Well, OOTPX has now made me pull my hair out. Remember the OOTP9 bug that wouldn't keep your marks on players in the draft list? Well, now I see a bug that is the inverse. Take a guy off your draft list, and he doesn't loose his green marking. GAH!

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Tasan

Well, OOTPX has now made me pull my hair out. Remember the OOTP9 bug that wouldn't keep your marks on players in the draft list? Well, now I see a bug that is the inverse. Take a guy off your draft list, and he doesn't loose his green marking. GAH!

Seriously? I haven't seen that one yet. Does it happen often, or you just noticed it once?

[Tasan]

Well I duplicated it a few times this last session I had open. I'll reopen and fool (haha) with it again.

[Tasan]

Well, it may be a false alarm. I just reloaded, and now its working fine. That last load was off a crash I had while setting up my draft list (yay...), so maybe something went wonky.

[CleBrownsfan]

It looks like a pretty nice draft coming up - to bad I don't have anything in the 1st round

[Alan T]

Sim time, getting exports now!

[Alan T]

Round 1

Round 1, Pick 1 - Balzac Ticklers: SP S. McClain

Round 1, Pick 2 - Portland Grocers: SS A. Navarro

Round 1, Pick 3 - Virginia Beach Surf: CF N. Demers

Round 1, Pick 4 - Indianapolis Clowns: MR I. Rivera

Round 1, Pick 5 - London Bishops: RF R. Sebastian

Round 1, Pick 6 - New York Legends: 1B A. Álvarez

Round 1, Pick 7 - London Bishops: RF T. Oliveira

Round 1, Pick 8 - Washington Freedom: 3B A. Castro

Round 1, Pick 9 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: C M. Libbinga

Round 1, Pick 10 - Mexico City Aztecs: 3B C. Carmichael

Round 1, Pick 11 - Spring Lions: MR K. Kondo

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

Supplemental Round 1

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 1 - Balzac Ticklers: C T. Sherman

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 2 - London Bishops: RF P. Moreno

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 3 - Boston Resettlers: CF R. Samson

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 4 - Mexico City Aztecs: 3B J. Lemieux

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 5 - Virginia Beach Surf: SP J. Díaz

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 6 - Washington Freedom: MR C. Harris

Round 2

Round 2, Pick 1 - Balzac Ticklers: MR P. Carpenter

Round 2, Pick 2 - Portland Grocers: CL P. Garza

Round 2, Pick 3 - Balzac Ticklers: SP H. Lukongolo

Round 2, Pick 4 - Indianapolis Clowns: RF J. Beauvais

Round 2, Pick 5 - London Bishops: RF G. Erkelens

Round 2, Pick 6 - New York Legends: SS J. Bonner

Round 2, Pick 7 - Boston Resettlers: 2B E. Cruz

Round 2, Pick 8 - Cleveland Naps: SP M. Sánchez

Round 2, Pick 9 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: SP S. Carter

Round 2, Pick 10 - Mexico City Aztecs: RF P. Martínez

Round 2, Pick 11 - Spring Lions: MR P. Lambaría

Round 2, Pick 12 - Washington Freedom: RF C. Wilson

Round 3

Round 3, Pick 1 - Balzac Ticklers: SP J. González

Round 3, Pick 2 - Portland Grocers: SS L. Díaz

Round 3, Pick 3 - Virginia Beach Surf: 2B A. Zhang

Round 3, Pick 4 - Indianapolis Clowns: 2B K. Taylor

Round 3, Pick 5 - London Bishops: 1B J. Abrams

Round 3, Pick 6 - New York Legends: SP R. Ramos

Round 3, Pick 7 - Boston Resettlers: 3B A. Munanire

Round 3, Pick 8 - Cleveland Naps: SP Á. Ávila

Round 3, Pick 9 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: RF M. Grenier

Round 3, Pick 10 - Mexico City Aztecs: RF J. Uribe

Round 3, Pick 11 - Spring Lions: SS Y. Zhan

Round 3, Pick 12 - Washington Freedom: SS T. Hanson

Round 4

Round 4, Pick 1 - Balzac Ticklers: MR E. Berroa

Round 4, Pick 2 - Portland Grocers: MR O. Parker

Round 4, Pick 3 - Virginia Beach Surf: CL C. López

Round 4, Pick 4 - Indianapolis Clowns: LF H. He

Round 4, Pick 5 - London Bishops: MR P. Marino

Round 4, Pick 6 - New York Legends: C M. Bell

Round 4, Pick 7 - Boston Resettlers: C O. Árias

Round 4, Pick 8 - Cleveland Naps: RF D. Reyes

Round 4, Pick 9 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: SS E. Lavio

Round 4, Pick 10 - Mexico City Aztecs: MR J. Martínez

Round 4, Pick 11 - Spring Lions: 2B J. Fournier

Round 4, Pick 12 - Washington Freedom: C B. Johnston

Round 5

Round 5, Pick 1 - Balzac Ticklers: LF F. Padilla

Round 5, Pick 2 - Portland Grocers: CF A. Toledo

Round 5, Pick 3 - Virginia Beach Surf: SP M. Thomas

Round 5, Pick 4 - Indianapolis Clowns: SP A. Rosado

Round 5, Pick 5 - London Bishops: C E. Gonzáles

Round 5, Pick 6 - New York Legends: SS R. Rivas

Round 5, Pick 7 - Boston Resettlers: MR T. Hidalgo

Round 5, Pick 8 - Cleveland Naps: RF R. Pimentel

Round 5, Pick 9 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: CF C. Irwin

Round 5, Pick 10 - Mexico City Aztecs: 2B C. Morín

Round 5, Pick 11 - Spring Lions: SP P. Fabián

Round 5, Pick 12 - Washington Freedom: 3B S. Lazenby

[Alan T]

Wednesday, March 7th, 1979

New York Legends: Signed CF I. Guerrero to a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $37,000,000.

Saturday, March 3rd, 1979

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed free agent MR S. Watson to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,747,000.

Indianapolis Clowns: Signed free agent MR S. Aguilar to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,334,000.

London Bishops: Signed free agent C P. Ross to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,308,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed free agent RF J. Forbes to a 2-year contract worth a total of $6,696,000.

London Bishops: Signed free agent 2B T. Gato to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,344,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed free agent MR D. Acevedo to a 2-year contract worth a total of $10,098,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed CF C. McNeely to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $23,758,000.

London Bishops: Signed free agent C A. García to a minor league contract.

[Alan T]

Continental League

Team W L Pct GB RF RA PRec PPct Diff Boston Resettlers 15 9 .625 - 140 124 13-11 .555 2 Indianapolis Clowns 14 10 .583 1.0 162 135 14-10 .582 0 London Bishops 14 10 .583 1.0 151 118 15-9 .610 -1 Mexico City Aztecs 12 12 .500 3.0 123 105 14-10 .571 -2 Washington Freedom 12 12 .500 3.0 140 139 12-12 .503 0 Balzac Ticklers 5 19 .208 10.0 144 239 7-17 .285 -2

Republic League
Cleveland Naps	15	9	.625	-	197	127	17-7	.690	-2
New York Legends	15	9	.625	-	165	172	12-12	.481	3
Ann Arbor Wolverines	15	9	.625	-	154	157	12-12	.491	3
Virginia Beach Surf	13	11	.542	2.0	138	131	13-11	.524	0
Spring Lions	9	15	.375	6.0	129	131	12-12	.493	-3
Portland Grocers	5	19	.208	10.0	138	203	8-16	.331	-3

[Alan T]

Top Players

Batters Player AVG R H HR RBI SB OPS Ben Alderdice, WAS .380 15 27 3 19 1 1.054 Drew Anderson, CLE .328 20 21 5 19 2 1.085 Woodrow Armstrong, CLE .365 20 27 1 14 0 1.035 Michel Boulanger, NY .460 18 29 8 24 0 1.414 José Bramasco, POR .320 14 24 5 21 0 1.093 Ryan Cook, CLE .327 27 32 11 29 15 1.137 Duncan Gamblin, SPG .349 15 30 7 25 0 1.058 José Garza, BAL .352 16 31 5 26 0 1.034 Ignacio Guerrero, NY .305 14 18 9 19 1 1.210 Gary Harris, NY .353 20 24 4 19 4 1.126 José López, BAL .375 16 36 1 11 5 .913 Craig McNeely, ANN .397 17 23 2 8 4 1.177 Juan Medrano, LON .419 14 26 0 5 14 .971 António Méndez, IND .365 14 27 4 15 7 1.115 Eichiro Nemoto, BOS .325 18 27 7 14 0 1.012 Juan Ortíz, BAL .344 24 32 3 11 0 .988 Iván Pérez, NY .349 23 30 6 22 0 1.004 Cisco Ríos, CLE .312 24 25 10 29 5 1.169 José Salas, LON .297 12 19 5 15 2 1.047 Toshikuni Yamashita, IND .323 19 31 7 21 1 1.017

Pitchers Player W L SV IP ERA K WHIP OAVG Domingo Acevedo, VIR 1 1 1 21.7 1.66 23 0.97 .176 Vicente Acevedo, MEX 2 2 0 25.3 3.55 22 1.11 .265 Salvador Aguilar, IND 0 0 1 16.3 3.31 19 0.92 .158 Jaime Alvarado, BOS 5 0 0 20.3 3.98 17 1.28 .214 Hirohisa Arai, MEX 1 0 0 16.0 1.12 16 0.94 .224 Carlos Bardino, WAS 1 0 0 20.0 1.80 16 0.85 .183 Bernard Bédard, BOS 0 1 9 18.7 4.34 23 1.61 .270 Gene Bowers, ANN 0 1 10 11.7 3.86 11 1.11 .205 Al Gilbert, SPG 0 0 5 6.0 7.50 12 1.50 .280 Dan Hart, CLE 0 0 0 22.3 2.42 21 0.81 .130 Bobby Kuhn, MEX 2 0 0 16.0 3.38 20 1.06 .230 John LaRochelle, WAS 1 0 6 24.3 1.11 24 1.11 .188 C.J. Legrow, NY 0 0 7 23.0 1.57 9 0.78 .135 Tony McFarland, LON 1 2 4 15.3 2.93 15 1.43 .228 Bartolo Rodríguez, WAS 1 1 0 24.7 7.30 22 1.30 .222 Tony Rodríguez, ANN 3 1 0 24.0 2.62 15 0.88 .148 Marcos Salas, BOS 4 0 0 16.0 1.12 23 1.19 .203 Ricardo Salas, LON 1 0 0 17.0 2.12 18 1.06 .186 Arthur Smith, LON 3 1 0 17.7 2.55 18 1.08 .161 Luis Soto, SPG 0 0 0 14.7 1.23 20 1.02 .188

[Alan T]

The new file is up!

The 1979 season runs tomorrow.

Reminder, now with the new patch, previous free agents that were Type A or Type B no longer demand compensation after the draft has completed. So everyone is able to sign any current free agent without compensation.

A second reminder, please review the rules regarding opening day free agent signings if you want them on your major league roster for the season. You have to leave space for them on the 25 man roster and risk playing the season with a short roster. if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask!

[Alan T]

Two questions that I want to bring up for people in the league.

1) Hall of Fame time - In FOOL leagues we generally start up the Hall of Fame roughly 20 years in. For FOOL, we had various approaches for a while (HoF committee, HoF voting, etc), but in the end interest never remained there enough to have anything consistant so I just do it myself now. I can do the same here for FOOL-X, but figured I would toss it out for the league to see if anyone here would be interested in running with it (either a person or group of people). When we started up FOOL-X, the idea was that I would run the sims but I was asking for others in the league to step up in creating articles/etc. That hasn't really happened, so I'm guessing there might not be much interest in others running the HoF, but I figured I would ask just in case!


2) Expansion - We've only had one team change hands in the existance of FOOL-X (That team just changed hands twice is all). My waiting list is at least 6 or 8 people currently for FOOL-X. What are people's thoughts on expansion? I'd most likely look to expand by 4 teams if the rest of the league was ok with it. Things to discuss would be: Do we want to expand? Should things stay in the historical FOOL approach of 2 leagues with 8 teams in each? Should we go to a divisional approach instead of 4 divisions of 4 teams each, no wildcards any longer and division leaders make playoffs? What are your thoughts on this subject? Nothing binding here, this is for discussion only. Before we would do it, there would be an official poll either way.

[spleen1015]

I am willing to participate in any activities around the HoF. When I ran a league, I thought the owners needed to be more involved with things like this and they never did, so I know what that's like. I'll help anyway I can here.

I'm in favor of expansion. I kind of like that we've had a small amount of turnover. My only problem with expansion is that turnover could increase with more teams. As for divisions, etc, I like the idea of 2 divisions, but I'd be fine with whatever happened. If we went the division route, I would like us to use an unbalanced schedule as well, but not dead set on that either.

[gstelmack]

I don't pay enough attention to players on other teams to be able to honestly contribute to a HoF.

I would love to expand to 16. I don't care if it's 4 divisions of 4, or 2 divisions of 8 with the wildcard kept. The big thing with division play is we start having to play games outside the division, not sure what sort of schedule you want with that.

[hyde4us11]

I wish I was better at writing things to help in that area. I literally feel that I am to dumb to help in that area. Maybe I am to hard on myself here though. I like how you do the FOOL HOF but i also understand if that's to much for you. I'd be willing to serve on a committee to help as a collective group. I am all for expansion. Myself I like the 4 divisions in the 2 leagues with the division winners going to the playoffs.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

I wish I was better at writing things to help in that area. I literally feel that I am to dumb to help in that area. Maybe I am to hard on myself here though. I like how you do the FOOL HOF but i also understand if that's to much for you. I'd be willing to serve on a committee to help as a collective group. I am all for expansion. Myself I like the 4 divisions in the 2 leagues with the division winners going to the playoffs.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the FOOL-X HOF would be too much for me. I'm just seeing if others are interested in being involved with it before I just run with the assumption I'll just do it

Please please no one offer to do HoF stuff out of obligation or feeling you should contribute. I seriously am happy if everyone is content being active with their teams. I don't need more involvement than that unless people are interested in it. So don't take my post the wrong way at all

[Tasan]

I'm all for expansion. I'd also be in favor of the 4x4 split, but its not a deal breaker for me or anything.

[ekcut]

I'm happy with things the way they are...but would certainly not oppose expansion.
The only issue I see is if we split to 4 division with no wildcard. What if we have a team go on a rampage for 15 seasons ala muns's Harpooner dynasty? That is a long time for no other teams to make the playoffs in that division. The wildcard guarentee's that at least the best two teams in the entire league make the playoffs.
A wild card in a 4 division league means half of he teams make the playoffs...which is too much.
So if we do expand, I'd want to keep things just two divisions with a wildcard.

[Montreal_GM]

I favor expansion. I prefer 4x4, but Eric makes a good point about 2nd best team being left out of the playoffs at times, although I don't think it would happen that much.

As for participation, I considered doing a VI type thing for FOOLX but hadn't gotten around to it. Now that the league has some solid history it might be a good time to kick it off.