1973 Season Thread (FOOL Classic is Sunday!)

[Chief Rum]

Yeah, you're probably right, muns. I actually want Higman to stay in Baltimore. I think that's great. ekcut has worked so hard. It would blow for him to have one player blow it up like that (although that's still a nice $17.5 M hole in your cap you can just offer right back at him--but this time offer more years ).

[Cringer]

Originally Posted by magic_number

Can't be up too late b/c of work tomorrow but this is pretty cool. Doesn't look good for Compton in August but in their defense I made some changes to the pitching and batting and totally forgot to adjust team strategy, which is kind of funny. No excuses, I doubt it would have made much of a difference anyway. My wife thinks I'm going to love this game.

I'll lurk around for a bit later before checking out for good. I just wanted to say thanks for having me in your league.

Peace.

This is the first version of OOTP I have gotten for a couple years now, so I feel a bit like a newb with the game sometimes. This is actually a heck of a way to jump into the game, not sure I can handle slow play now.

[graygoose12]

Who needs divisions and wildcards for drama?

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by graygoose12

Who needs divisions and wildcards for drama?

This is exactly my point why I didn't want them! This is great!

[Chief Rum]

Losing to El Paso sucks. Especially with the chance to move within 2.5.

[Young Drachma]

Sept 4.

Texas 2, Baltimore 1 (11 innings)
Rio Grande 9, Atlanta 6
Valdosta 6, New York 5
Colorado 2, El Paso 1
Quad City 8, Boston 7


STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 89-54
Baltimore 3 GB
Valdosta 5 GB

RL
Boston 81-62
Quad City -
Colorado 2.5

[muns]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Sept 3.

El Paso 4, Colorado 2
Atlanta 7, Rio Grande 0
Valdosta 5, New York 1
Quad City 4, Boston 2
Texas 5, Baltimore 2


STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 89-53
Baltimore 3 GB
Valdosta 6 GB

RL
Boston 81-61
Quad City 1 GB
Colorado 3.5 GB

That one hurts..... had a chance to move up Chief.... Baltimore took a shot too.....

[Alan T]

Go Cringer go! You're my boy Blue!

[ekcut]

Ugg...back to back loses to TEXAS!!! *looks for a Mets logo on his jersey*

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Sept 4.

Texas 2, Baltimore 1 (11 innings)
Rio Grande 9, Atlanta 6
Valdosta 6, New York 5
Colorado 2, El Paso 1
Quad City 8, Boston 7


STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 89-54
Baltimore 3 GB
Valdosta 5 GB

RL
Boston 81-62
Quad City -
Colorado 2.5

Quad City making a statement...and I am not going away either! Where's gstelmack? (well, it is Friday...)

[Young Drachma]

Sept 5.

Texas 8, Baltimore 7 (10 innings)
Rio Grande 6, Atlanta 1
Valdosta 6, New York 5 (13 innings)
Quad City 6, Boston 5

STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 89-54
Baltimore 3 GB
Valdosta 4 GB

RL
Quad City 82-62
Boston 1 GB
Colorado 3 GB

[Alan T]

This is where my team's experience having been there before will show through as we don't lose again for the rest of the season to win it all....

[muns]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Losing to El Paso sucks. Especially with the chance to move within 2.5.

THat is tough..... Im feeling for ya...... wonder what was going on in both those games

[Chief Rum]

Valdosta gains on both CL leaders. I wouldn't want that monster on my butt.

[ekcut]

Oh man....a sweep by taxas at chrunch time? GO BACK TO FULL SIM!!! This day by day stuff is killin me

[muns]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Sept 5.

Texas 8, Baltimore 7 (10 innings)
Rio Grande 6, Atlanta 1
Valdosta 6, New York 5 (13 innings)
Quad City 6, Boston 5

STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 89-54
Baltimore 3 GB
Valdosta 4 GB

RL
Quad City 82-62
Boston 1 GB
Colorado 3 GB

QC making a run!!!! sweet!!!! Gosh Boston is gonna shit reading through all this in the AM

[Young Drachma]

Sept 6.

Brooklyn 4, Valdosta 3
Baltimore 2, Atlanta 1
Columbus 2, Boston 1
Colorado 6, Hartford 1
Ann Arbor 13, Quad City 6

STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 89-56
Baltimore 2 GB
Valdosta 4 GB

RL
Quad City 82-63
Boston 1 GB
Colorado 2 GB

[graygoose12]

Alan, the fact that me and Baltimore play three times is going to make it tougher for you to catch us....Not that it can't be done.

[Chief Rum]

Next up, Hartford! 10 games remaining. QCY definitely making a statement.

[ekcut]

Make or break this series with Atlanta....gotta take em all!

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by graygoose12

Alan, the fact that me and Baltimore play three times is going to make it tougher for you to catch us....Not that it can't be done.

Yeah, I did the math already, and this loss to Brooklyn doesn't help me any. I need to pretty much win a ton to have a shot. I'm already accepting the fact that I'm not going to win this one.. I'm just having fun with it.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by graygoose12

Alan, the fact that me and Baltimore play three times is going to make it tougher for you to catch us....Not that it can't be done.

Yeah, I am hurt by the two QCY-BOS series, too. But at least I am closer than Alan.

[muns]

Originally Posted by ekcut

Oh man....a sweep by taxas at chrunch time? GO BACK TO FULL SIM!!! This day by day stuff is killin me

HAAAAAAAAAA I love it....... You know Im no where near being good at the moment, and im having just as much fun shooting it all.... Why this league isnt full is beyond me......

[graygoose12]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Yeah, I did the math already, and this loss to Brooklyn doesn't help me any. I need to pretty much win a ton to have a shot. I'm already accepting the fact that I'm not going to win this one.. I'm just having fun with it.

Right I am just hoping I can hold on....

[Young Drachma]

Sept 7

Brooklyn 4, Valdosta 3 (12 innings)
Atlanta 3, Baltimore 2
Ann Arbor 4, Quad City 2
Boston 4, Columbus 1
Colorado 1, Hartford 0

STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 90-56 (Magic number #6)
Baltimore 3 GB
Valdosta 5 GB

RL
Quad City 82-64
Boston --
Colorado 1 GB

[graygoose12]

Awesome!

[muns]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Sept 7

Brooklyn 4, Valdosta 3 (12 innings)
Atlanta 3, Baltimore 2
Ann Arbor 4, Quad City 2
Boston 4, Columbus 1
Colorado 1, Hartford 0

STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 90-56 (Magic number #6)
Baltimore 3 GB
Valdosta 5 GB

RL
Quad City 82-64
Boston --
Colorado 1 GB

CRAZINESS in the RL!!!!!!!!!

[Alan T]

I am going to have to send an ugly note to COmmo_Soldier.. This is not the time for him to suddenly own me.

[Chief Rum]

Holy crap. This is tighter than a...

naw, not gonna go there, BUT IT IS!!!

[ekcut]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Sept 7

Brooklyn 4, Valdosta 3 (12 innings)
Atlanta 3, Baltimore 2
Ann Arbor 4, Quad City 2
Boston 4, Columbus 1
Colorado 1, Hartford 0

STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 90-56 (Magic number #6)
Baltimore 3 GB
Valdosta 5 GB

RL
Quad City 82-64
Boston --
Colorado 1 GB

Uggg....the fat lady is warming up

[Young Drachma]

Sept 8

Atlanta 7, Baltimore 3
Valdosta 3, Brooklyn 2
Ann Arbor 7, Quad City 6
Columbus 8, Boston 2
Colorado 10, Hartford 6

STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 90-56 (Magic number #4)
Baltimore 4 GB
Valdosta 5 GB

RL
Quad City 82-65
Boston --
Colorado --

[Alan T]

Haha the RL is fun.

[graygoose12]

Quite the race in the RL

[Alan T]

Time to break out of my slump against New York

[ekcut]

Originally Posted by graygoose12

Quite the race in the RL

Friekin insaine!

[muns]

Can I win one over here. lol

[kaosfere]

I'm on the bottom of the other division and this RL race is *still* thrilling!

[Chief Rum]

Is there a drool smilie?

[Young Drachma]

I let the AI decide. We got bigger fish to fry:

Sunday, September 9th, 1973: FOOL News: The All-Star Game Rosters Have Been Announced
How would you like to manage a team with more star players than you can play? It wouldn't be an easy chore. That's the dilemma facing the two managers at the annual Front Office Offseason League All-Star classic -- how to get all the talented All-Stars in the game? But it's a joy for the fans -- to see all of their favorite stars on one field at the same time.

Here are the official All-Star rosters:

Continental League:


SP P. Ortíz (ATL)
SP D. Barajas (ATL)
SP T. Sparks (RG)
SP S. Davis (TEX)
SP D. Nelson (BKN)
SP W. O'Neal (VAL)
CL C. Templeman (ATL)
MR E. Sims (BAL)
SP G. Arrojo (BKN)
CL A. Barbosa (VAL)
CL T. Patrick (BAL)
CL J. Mockly (RG)
3B A. Summers (BAL)
1B H. Matthews (ATL)
C H. Tanaka (RG)
RF R. Pagán (VAL)
LF D. Hurley (BKN)
CF C. Vázquez (ATL)
C A. Alvarado (BKN)
2B C. Daniels (RG)
SS O. Yamazaki (BKN)
3B R. Inman (VAL)
LF E. Reyes (ATL)
1B J. Higman (BAL)
3B B. Brown (BKN)
3B B. Sampson (VAL)
CF R. Lang (BKN)
LF A. Samaripa (TEX)


Republic League:


SP D. Adams (HAR)
SP C. Davis (COL)
SP J. MacDonald (BOS)
SP R. Goodwin (COL)
SP S. Godbout (QCY)
SP G. Perreault (CLB)
CL K. King (COL)
MR D. Hawkins (BOS)
CL X. Tien (QCY)
CL A. Dailey (CLB)
CL D. Hennessey (HAR)
MR J. Pérez (ANN)
LF J. Hunt (BOS)
SS A. Stanley (ANN)
1B J. Curtis (BOS)
C Á. Ramírez (CLB)
RF W. Magner (BOS)
CF N. Wakeling (ElP)
3B T. Miyahara (COL)
C J. King (COL)
2B C. Watkins (HAR)
LF M. Rasmussen (QCY)
1B L. Mendoza (QCY)
1B M. Brooks (COM)
1B J. López (COL)
LF A. Corona (QCY)
CF R. Reid (BOS)
RF L. Wyatt (COM)

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by muns

Can I win one over here. lol

No, you're not allowed to.

[ekcut]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

I let the AI decide. We got bigger fish to fry:

Godbout???? He must not be having another 18 lose season!

[Chief Rum]

BTW, DC, I know you're playing the cool cucumber objective commish here, but feel free to stop the sim briefly to post what you're thinking. Your mind must be flying! Mine is right now. This is crazy.

[muns]

I got my same three there, so im good

[Young Drachma]

Sept 9

Boston 5, Quad City 1
Colorado 8, El Paso 5
Baltimore 2, Texas 1
Atlanta 2, Rio Grande 1
Valdosta 6, New York 2

STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 92-56 (Magic number #3)
Baltimore 4 GB
Valdosta 5 GB

RL
Boston 83-65
Colorado --
Quad City 1 GB

[Alan T]

Come on Cringer, I'm counting on you buddy, pal!

[Chief Rum]

So raise your hand if you had Goodwin as being the other Ranchero starter to get the All Star nod (besides Davis). Anyone? Anyone?


That's what I thought.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Sept 9

Boston 5, Quad City 1
Colorado 8, El Paso 5
Baltimore 2, Texas 1
Atlanta 2, Rio Grande 1
Valdosta 6, New York 2

STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 92-56 (Magic number #3)
Baltimore 4 GB
Valdosta 5 GB

RL
Boston 83-65
Colorado --
Quad City 1 GB

I would really like to keep beating El Paso, while Boston and Quad City beat each other up.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

BTW, DC, I know you're playing the cool cucumber objective commish here, but feel free to stop the sim briefly to post what you're thinking. Your mind must be flying! Mine is right now. This is crazy.

I can't get my hopes up. I knew my team had the potential to do something like this. But honestly, I'm running with a four man rotation, so...I really have no expectations that I can hang with two teams that are WAY more talented than us. We're just glad to be along for the ride.

It's seriously the most fun season in FOOL history for me and that's saying a lot. I'm just on the edge of my seat like all of you...and finding out the results first isn't exactly fun because obviously I want to see my boys pull off the unthinkable. This team is unlike any of my others. You all know that. St. Louis was full of future stars and Compton was a team largely full of mercenaries.

Quad City? This is a team full of Triple-A castoffs, a few guys who people forgot about and Mac Rasmussen.

[Young Drachma]

Sept 10

Baltimore 8, Texas 1
Atlanta 5, Rio Grande 1
Valdosta 5, New York 2
Colorado 16, El Paso 4
Quad City 11, Boston 3

STANDINGS
---
CL

Atlanta 93-56 (Magic number #2)
Baltimore 4 GB
Valdosta 5 GB

RL
Colorado 84-65
Boston 1 GB
Quad City 1 GB

[Chief Rum]

Hey Cringer, how about Mockly!

Mockly, Alvarado (just traded), Hawkins (just traded) and Sampson (Ranchero raised) are representing ex-Ranchero All Stars.