FOOL 2063 Regular Season

[Alan T]

Hornby Shows Off, Hits for Cycle
Wednesday, September 12th, 2063: Hayden Hornby of the Napa Valley Winemakers had an outstanding game against the Assassins. His 4-hit day included a cycle and 1 RBI as Napa Valley picked up a 5-1 victory at Assasins Ballpark.

H. Hornby hit a solo-shot off M. Tinkler in the 1st, singled in the 2nd, doubled in the 5th and tripled in the 7th.

Currently Hornby is batting .317 with 27 home runs, 98 RBIs and 84 runs scored.

[Alan T]

September 17th, 2063:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 St. Petersburg Pelicans 82 55 .599 - 79-58 3 43-25 39-30 6-1 20-15 18 W1 6-4 Boston Settlers 75 63 .543 7.5 72-66 3 41-31 34-32 5-5 17-13 W3 6-4 Halifax Winter Wolves 74 62 .544 7.5 76-60 -2 36-32 38-30 11-4 21-19 W2 7-3 Apex Assassins 68 68 .500 13.5 81-55 -13 29-36 39-32 6-8 13-19 L4 4-6 Napa Valley Winemakers 65 73 .471 17.5 61-77 4 29-36 36-37 3-8 11-15 L1 6-4 Baltimore Charm 61 78 .439 22.0 62-77 -1 34-38 27-40 6-13 15-18 L4 3-7 Tokyo Cyclones 57 83 .407 26.5 51-89 6 27-45 30-38 8-6 15-13 W1 4-6

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 81 58 .583 - 83-56 -2 40-31 41-27 10-4 15-15 19 W3 8-2 New York Heroes 77 63 .550 4.5 70-70 7 35-34 42-29 9-7 23-11 W1 4-6 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 75 67 .528 7.5 74-68 1 36-36 39-31 10-7 20-17 L1 6-4 Hammersmith Hooligans 68 73 .482 14.0 75-66 -7 32-36 36-37 9-8 14-21 L4 4-6 Hartford Harpooners 67 74 .475 15.0 63-78 4 35-37 32-37 7-7 21-19 L3 2-8 Hyannis Patriots 66 75 .468 16.0 66-75 0 38-34 28-41 4-9 17-15 W2 5-5 Colorado Rancheros 57 81 .413 23.5 62-76 -5 32-35 25-46 3-10 11-23 W3 7-3

[Alan T]

September 24th, 2063:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 St. Petersburg Pelicans 86 58 .597 - 83-61 3 46-27 40-31 6-1 20-16 11 W1 5-5 Boston Settlers 78 66 .542 8.0 74-70 4 41-31 37-35 5-5 18-13 W2 6-4 Halifax Winter Wolves 77 65 .542 8.0 79-63 -2 38-33 39-32 11-5 21-20 W1 6-4 Apex Assassins 71 71 .500 14.0 83-59 -12 32-38 39-33 7-8 15-19 L2 3-7 Napa Valley Winemakers 68 77 .469 18.5 65-80 3 32-40 36-37 4-8 12-16 L2 5-5 Baltimore Charm 63 81 .438 23.0 64-80 -1 34-38 29-43 6-14 15-19 L1 3-7 Tokyo Cyclones 60 85 .414 26.5 54-91 6 28-45 32-40 8-6 15-13 W2 5-5

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 84 61 .579 - 86-59 -2 40-31 44-30 10-4 16-15 12 W1 6-4 New York Heroes 79 67 .541 5.5 72-74 7 37-38 42-29 9-7 24-11 W2 3-7 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 78 69 .531 7.0 78-69 0 37-38 41-31 10-8 21-18 W1 5-5 Hammersmith Hooligans 71 77 .480 14.5 78-70 -7 35-40 36-37 9-8 14-23 L1 3-7 Hartford Harpooners 69 76 .476 15.0 65-80 4 35-37 34-39 7-7 22-19 L2 4-6 Hyannis Patriots 69 77 .473 15.5 69-77 0 38-34 31-43 4-9 17-16 W1 6-4 Colorado Rancheros 61 84 .421 23.0 65-80 -4 34-37 27-47 4-10 12-24 L2 7-3

[Alan T]

October 1st, 2063:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 St. Petersburg Pelicans 89 61 .593 - 86-64 3 48-29 41-32 6-1 20-18 7 L1 5-5 Boston Settlers 80 67 .544 7.5 77-70 3 41-31 39-36 5-5 18-13 W1 6-4 Halifax Winter Wolves 80 69 .537 8.5 84-65 -4 39-35 41-34 11-5 21-23 W1 4-6 Apex Assassins 73 76 .490 15.5 86-63 -13 33-39 40-37 7-9 17-21 L1 3-7 Napa Valley Winemakers 72 79 .477 17.5 68-83 4 35-42 37-37 4-8 16-16 W1 6-4 Baltimore Charm 65 85 .433 24.0 66-84 -1 36-40 29-45 6-14 16-21 L2 4-6 Tokyo Cyclones 64 86 .427 25.0 58-92 6 30-45 34-41 9-6 17-13 W1 7-3

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 87 64 .576 - 90-61 -3 42-33 45-31 10-4 16-17 6 W1 6-4 New York Heroes 83 70 .542 5.0 75-78 8 38-39 45-31 10-8 26-13 L1 6-4 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 81 72 .529 7.0 80-73 1 37-38 44-34 10-8 22-18 W1 5-5 Hammersmith Hooligans 73 79 .480 14.5 81-71 -8 36-42 37-37 9-9 15-24 L1 4-6 Hyannis Patriots 72 81 .471 16.0 72-81 0 41-38 31-43 4-9 18-16 L1 5-5 Hartford Harpooners 70 80 .467 16.5 66-84 4 35-38 35-42 7-7 22-20 L1 3-7 Colorado Rancheros 66 86 .434 21.5 70-82 -4 37-38 29-48 5-10 13-24 W1 6-4

[Alan T]

O Batters Tokyo for 6 Hits
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2063: It was a good day all around. Baltimore whipped Tokyo 15-1 and Ki-moon O displayed a hot bat, enjoying an outstanding 6-hit day at Charm Ballpark.

"Some days, lady luck is on your side," he modestly told BNN reporters after the game. His manager told the beat writers otherwise, "His hitting wasn't luck today. It's his solid approach to hitting. Ki-moon is focused, patient and he hits to all fields. The more solid at-bats you put together, the more success you're going to have."

The 29-year-old shortstop for the Charm collected 6 hits in 6 at-bats to get his name in the record book.

K. O singled in the 1st, singled in the 2nd, hit a two-run triple in the 3rd, hit an RBI single in the 5th, hit an RBI double in the 6th and hit an RBI single in the 8th.

In his season totals O has 2 home runs and a .222 batting average.

[Alan T]

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 St. Petersburg Pelicans 93 64 .592 - 91-66 2 49-31 44-33 6-2 21-19 Clinched W1 5-5 Boston Settlers 83 70 .542 8.0 80-73 3 43-32 40-38 5-5 18-13 L2 6-4 Halifax Winter Wolves 83 72 .535 9.0 85-70 -2 40-35 43-37 12-5 21-23 L1 5-5 Apex Assassins 76 80 .487 16.5 89-67 -13 35-43 41-37 7-9 18-22 W1 4-6 Napa Valley Winemakers 75 81 .481 17.5 71-85 4 35-43 40-38 4-8 16-16 L1 6-4 Baltimore Charm 67 88 .432 25.0 69-86 -2 38-43 29-45 6-14 17-21 L2 4-6 Tokyo Cyclones 66 88 .429 25.5 59-95 7 31-45 35-43 9-6 17-14 W1 7-3

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 91 67 .576 - 93-65 -2 43-34 48-33 10-4 19-17 Clinched L1 5-5 New York Heroes 87 73 .544 5.0 79-81 8 40-41 47-32 10-8 26-14 L1 6-4 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 82 75 .522 8.5 82-75 0 37-39 45-36 10-8 22-20 W1 4-6 Hammersmith Hooligans 78 81 .491 13.5 87-72 -9 37-44 41-37 10-9 15-24 W1 6-4 Hartford Harpooners 74 82 .474 16.0 70-86 4 38-40 36-42 7-7 24-21 L1 5-5 Hyannis Patriots 73 83 .468 17.0 72-84 1 41-40 32-43 4-10 18-16 W1 4-6 Colorado Rancheros 67 91 .424 24.0 72-86 -5 37-41 30-50 5-10 13-25 W1 4-6

[Alan T]

October 15th, 2063:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 St. Petersburg Pelicans 95 67 .586 - 93-69 2 50-31 45-36 6-2 21-20 Clinched L2 4-6 Boston Settlers 87 73 .544 7.0 84-76 3 46-35 41-38 5-5 18-14 W3 5-5 Halifax Winter Wolves 84 76 .525 10.0 87-73 -3 41-38 43-38 12-5 21-24 L3 3-7 Apex Assassins 78 82 .487 16.0 91-69 -13 35-44 43-38 7-9 19-22 L1 5-5 Napa Valley Winemakers 76 85 .472 18.5 72-89 4 36-45 40-40 4-8 16-17 L3 4-6 Tokyo Cyclones 72 89 .447 22.5 65-96 7 35-45 37-44 9-6 20-14 W4 7-3 Baltimore Charm 70 90 .438 24.0 71-89 -1 38-43 32-47 6-14 17-21 W1 5-5

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 94 68 .580 - 95-67 -1 46-35 48-33 10-4 20-18 Clinched W3 7-3 New York Heroes 87 75 .537 7.0 79-83 8 40-41 47-34 10-8 26-14 L3 4-6 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 85 77 .525 9.0 85-77 0 40-41 45-36 10-8 22-20 L2 5-5 Hammersmith Hooligans 80 82 .494 14.0 88-74 -8 37-44 43-38 10-9 15-24 W2 7-3 Hyannis Patriots 76 86 .469 18.0 76-86 0 41-40 35-46 4-10 18-17 L3 4-6 Hartford Harpooners 75 87 .463 19.0 72-90 3 38-43 37-44 7-8 25-22 W1 4-6 Colorado Rancheros 70 92 .432 24.0 75-87 -5 39-42 31-50 6-10 15-26 L1 4-6

St. Petersburg, Boston, New York and Chico have clinched the playoff spots.

[Alan T]

Final 2063 Season Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 St. Petersburg Pelicans 95 67 .586 - 93-69 2 50-31 45-36 6-2 21-20 Clinched L2 4-6 Boston Settlers 88 74 .543 7.0 85-77 3 46-35 42-39 5-5 18-14 L1 5-5 Halifax Winter Wolves 85 77 .525 10.0 89-73 -4 42-39 43-38 12-5 21-25 W1 4-6 Apex Assassins 79 83 .488 16.0 91-71 -12 36-45 43-38 7-9 19-22 W1 6-4 Napa Valley Winemakers 76 86 .469 19.0 71-91 5 36-45 40-41 4-8 16-17 L4 4-6 Tokyo Cyclones 73 89 .451 22.0 66-96 7 36-45 37-44 9-6 20-14 W5 8-2 Baltimore Charm 71 91 .438 24.0 72-90 -1 38-43 33-48 6-14 18-21 L1 5-5

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 94 68 .580 - 95-67 -1 46-35 48-33 10-4 20-18 Clinched W3 7-3 New York Heroes 87 75 .537 7.0 79-83 8 40-41 47-34 10-8 26-14 L3 4-6 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 85 77 .525 9.0 85-77 0 40-41 45-36 10-8 22-20 L2 5-5 Hammersmith Hooligans 80 82 .494 14.0 88-74 -8 37-44 43-38 10-9 15-24 W2 7-3 Hyannis Patriots 76 86 .469 18.0 76-86 0 41-40 35-46 4-10 18-17 L3 4-6 Hartford Harpooners 75 87 .463 19.0 72-90 3 38-43 37-44 7-8 25-22 W1 4-6 Colorado Rancheros 70 92 .432 24.0 75-87 -5 39-42 31-50 6-10 15-26 L1 4-6

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG C. Serrano - HYN .364 2 D. Tovar CHI .360 3 T. Rodríguez TOK .359 4 T. Whitaker HYN .356 5 2 tied with .354	League Leaders HR C. Serrano - HYN 54 2 T. Saldaña NYH 50 3 M. Florey NYH 45 4 F. Vargas BOS 44 4 R. Veeck HYN 44	League Leaders RBI C. Serrano - HYN 180 2 J. Valéncia BOS 162 3 M. Florey NYH 156 4 T. Saldaña NYH 152 5 2 tied with 148
League Leaders W A. Flores - HAL 19 2 E. Ortega BOS 18 2 I. Rastelli STP 18 4 G. Evans BOS 16 4 3 more tied with 16	League Leaders ERA A. Flores - HAL 3.10 2 P. Rivera BAL 3.65 3 T. Noguchi NVY 3.66 4 M. Fontanez CHI 3.75 4 C. Ward NYH 3.75	League Leaders K A. Flores - HAL 213 2 J. Cho ANN 197 2 Z. Li HAM 197 4 B. Tracy NVY 182 5 C. Ward NYH 181

[Tasan]

Ki-moon O needs a nickname of Knockout or Ali or something...I mean, KO, come on.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Tasan

Ki-moon O needs a nickname of Knockout or Ali or something...I mean, KO, come on.

I second the motion!

[Alan T]

Serrano's triple crown is only the second for a hitter since 2035.

Serrano also broke a 67 year old record for the most runs scored in a season, previously held by Tomas Santos.

Chico's Diego Tovar breaks a 92 year old record for the most doubles in a season with 81!! The previous record of 71 was held for almost a century by former Valdosta great Edgardo Reyes

[cgould43]

a pitching and hitting triple crown this year. And did I see that right, did I beat the Winemakers 48-3 early in the year.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by cgould43

a pitching and hitting triple crown this year. And did I see that right, did I beat the Winemakers 48-3 early in the year.

Darlin' I don't need anybody rubbing it in.

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Playoffs run tomorrow night!

[TeachEnEspanol]

Congrats to the playoff teams!

*hugs* for Tasan

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Alan T

The new file is up. Playoffs run tomorrow night!

Thanks Alan! Sorry to make you do pointless work at the beginning of this season. I'll do all of my team preparations from now on (as it is clear that I won't actually be getting better regardless of who I sign).

[Tasan]

Congrats you playoff FOOLs. I hate being down here at the bottom, so don't count on me being here much longer.

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Congrats to the playoff teams!

*hugs* for Tasan

Thanks, much needed!

[CrimsonFox]

congrats, Boston for beating me. I knew I was toast after that abysmal FA period. After I lost all those pitchers I got slammed at work and had no time to recover

[EddieK]

I have no idea how we did it either. We had to release Winter just to make ends meet so not quite sure but we will take it. This year is even trickier.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Thanks Alan! Sorry to make you do pointless work at the beginning of this season. I'll do all of my team preparations from now on (as it is clear that I won't actually be getting better regardless of who I sign).

I have no problem doing pre-season set ups for folks. If I gave the impression that I did, I apologize. It is no problem at all. I just usually try to let folks know about how long to expect to wait for the season to start up is all

[Chief Rum]

Congrats to the playoff teams.

And again, the Hooligans grade out as one of the two best teams in the RL (Pyth record, i.e. run differential), and again, third year in a row, we finish out of the running. I have to figure this out, see if I can get why we can average the best or second best run diff, and not have that end up with more wins. It's pretty annoying. If I am going to lose, I wish the team was just bad. At least than I know I have things I need to work on. With this team, I keep looking at them and thinking, "How in the heck does this team keep losing?"

Well, at least I get a couple weeks to try to figure it out.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Alan T

I have no problem doing pre-season set ups for folks. If I gave the impression that I did, I apologize. It is no problem at all. I just usually try to let folks know about how long to expect to wait for the season to start up is all

Oh no, you never gave that impression at all. I just hate to add to the workload because you already do enough for us.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Alan T

I have no problem doing pre-season set ups for folks. If I gave the impression that I did, I apologize. It is no problem at all. I just usually try to let folks know about how long to expect to wait for the season to start up is all

Speaking of which I wonder if I might bring up something.
I was stung two seasons ago by the rule that says you can't move people up and down from the minors as a preseason move. I would like to see this changed at least maybe with restrictions. What is happening to me is that it is hard to actually sign people in FA. I keep either getting rejected or someone beats me or I am just unavailable to send in a FA on one of the nights, so often I find myself having to make FA bids at the very last chance (over the weekend) and having to post lots of instructions like "IF I SIGN THIS GUY, PLEASE move this other guy to backup", etc. What I tried doing in that instance was I had a minor league guy in RF and tried to sign Hidalgo. I didn't really want to play the minor league guy yet, so I left instructions that if Hidalgo signed, place the minor league guy in AAA instead (leaving explicit instructions) so he could get some more training. What happened was I signed Hidalgo , Hidalgo was moved to RF as instructed, but because of this rule, the minor leaguer was just left in the majors without a position or backup position. and thus hurt his development as he had very little playtime/training.

So I wish to beg that this rule be adjusted to allow us to leave instructions to bring a minor leaguer up from AAA or send one down for cases involving possible free agent acquisitions. Maybe a limit of one or two. Am assuming the rule was put in place to avoid having Alan have to rearrange everybody's minor leagues, but just want this to apply to whenever FA potential signings are involved.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Speaking of which I wonder if I might bring up something.
I was stung two seasons ago by the rule that says you can't move people up and down from the minors as a preseason move. I would like to see this changed at least maybe with restrictions. What is happening to me is that it is hard to actually sign people in FA. I keep either getting rejected or someone beats me or I am just unavailable to send in a FA on one of the nights, so often I find myself having to make FA bids at the very last chance (over the weekend) and having to post lots of instructions like "IF I SIGN THIS GUY, PLEASE move this other guy to backup", etc. What I tried doing in that instance was I had a minor league guy in RF and tried to sign Hidalgo. I didn't really want to play the minor league guy yet, so I left instructions that if Hidalgo signed, place the minor league guy in AAA instead (leaving explicit instructions) so he could get some more training. What happened was I signed Hidalgo , Hidalgo was moved to RF as instructed, but because of this rule, the minor leaguer was just left in the majors without a position or backup position. and thus hurt his development as he had very little playtime/training.

So I wish to beg that this rule be adjusted to allow us to leave instructions to bring a minor leaguer up from AAA or send one down for cases involving possible free agent acquisitions. Maybe a limit of one or two. Am assuming the rule was put in place to avoid having Alan have to rearrange everybody's minor leagues, but just want this to apply to whenever FA potential signings are involved.

The rule was actually in place from before I was commish, so I can't give the exact reasons for the rule at the time (My memory is not good enough to remember them all at this point), but I can tell you some of the benefits of keeping this rule.

It does help keep me from having to make guesses at who to send down or who not to. It helps keep me from having to make even more moves than I do at the start of the season. (It probably is a fine line that I don't want people to feel that I am being -inconvenienced- by making pre-season moves, but I also don't want it to end up being open season for me having to spend 1 hour prior to the start of every season making a ton of moves.

Right now the regular season sim is already the longest one of the week for me (roughly 3 hours spent), of which 30 minutes is usually trying to get teams legal or follow pm instructions prior to the start of the season. Ideally I really don't want to have that amount of time increase really. So I think if someone can come up with a way to modify the rule to give owners more flexibility without killing me on monday nights, I am open to suggestions by all means, but I really don't want to add more work for minimal gain there.

I think additional things this rule helps is it prevents speculation signings. Where one team tries to sign 6 different FAs just to get one, and then send in instructions on rearranging a ton of other stuff. That allows other teams to have shots at perhaps the 3rd tier FAs being signed right at the start of the season.

OOTP clearly has some pretty easy wiggle room that a team with only 23 or 24 players isn't going to absolutely kill you, so I'm not overly eager to change this rule, but like I said I'm open to discussions and creative thinking here if the majority would like it changed.

[Johnny93g]

Congrats and good luck to the other playoff teams. I would feel much better about our chances if our bullpen's ERA wasn't around 7.00!!

[Montreal_GM]

I fielded a horrific team in anticipation of a #1 pick but two others suck more than I do. Bummer.

Congrats to the playoff teams.

[Young Drachma]

The origins of that rule stemmed precisely from what Alan said. In the very beginning, there was never a concept of instructions before the start of the season.

Live sims were even a side effect of the league's growth over time, because we didn't start out with those either.

But eventually people would start to ask for a single change here or there via PM. This was fine. Eventually, it became unwieldy and now some nearly 100 yrs later it's the soup de jour.

I think the various ways people have adapted their styles to the game is interesting, but it's super important to note that the pedantic details that might benefit you in a slowsy league are 95 percent of the time not going to benefit you in a fast-sim environment.

It's not entirely a crapshoot, but the skill involved in winning in a league like this is a bit overblown. It's really about developing a strategy that works for you and I think recognizing weaknesses in your league relative to your personnel. It's what makes franchises like Valdosta, Hammersmith or Colorado and even Hartford and Baltimore impressive because of how much winning they're able to sustain over a long period of time even if it doesn't result in titles.

[Chief Rum]

I like the balance we have right now with the rule as it stands. It allows for some movement and change, without crossing the line into being too much for Alan to handle.

I wouldn't mind expanding it slightly to allow for the addition of a player from AAA if a FA offer doesn't work out, but that would be about the only change.

I hear ya on your situation there, CF. It takes some figuring to get used to how to handle it. It's one reason why I keep guys around in the minors who are probably not going to make it to my major league squad in any normal year--they give me backup options in case these free agent spots don't work out or cap space gets uber tight and I can't fill out the roster with top quality talent. This is a good spot for you to consider having a throwaway decent backup OF around, so you don't have to put your prospect up there too early. After all, most of the time, these backups (when set to "If Starter Tired") are lucky to get 50-100 at bats. How good they are isn't going to make or break your season (usually).

I would definitely be interested in allowing a minor leaguer to be elevated to the bigs when a FA offer doesn't happen, though. That's always been the one change I thought was a reasonable request, and that wouldn't be too terribly burdensome for Alan.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

I would definitely be interested in allowing a minor leaguer to be elevated to the bigs when a FA offer doesn't happen, though. That's always been the one change I thought was a reasonable request, and that wouldn't be too terribly burdensome for Alan.

I don't know. The one thing I've realized is that you can do well (and even win!) time and time again without having a full major league roster. I think that your minors backup idea is good, but then promote the guy early and have him switched out if you sign an FA. Then maybe have one less MR or something and go into the season with 24 guys.