1980 Offseason Thread

[Young Drachma]

CL MVP: Charlie Wilson, Toronto
2nd: Luis Mendoza, Brooklyn
3rd: Brian Waller, New York

RL MVP: Steven McGill, Hartford
2nd: Joaquin Guerrero, Columbus
3rd: Alan Poole, Compton

CL Pitcher of the Year: Manny Lopez, Toronto
2nd: David Lewis, Baltimore
3rd: Mike Brown, Baltimore

CL Rookie of the Year: David Valdez, Valdosta
2nd: Weston Steward, Brooklyn
3rd: Demesu Berui, New York

RL Rookie of the Year: Denny Walls, Hartford
2nd: Jessie McGorry, New Orleans
3rd: Sandy Anderson, Hartford


Post-Classic is up now!

[Alan T]

And FOOL enters the Ronald Reagan years!

[Chief Rum]

As usual, I will not be around for most of Monday, until quite a bit past deadline. So if you want to contact me about block or anything else, I apologize but I won't be able to get back to you until late Monday. Please just PM me, and I will respond when I can. Thanks!

[Young Drachma]

Hey Kaos:

Can you update this sometime?

http://sigilism.com/fool/fool_team_timeline.html

[kaosfere]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Hey Kaos:

Can you update this sometime?

http://sigilism.com/fool/fool_team_timeline.html

Fo sho.

Was meaning to do it this past weekend, but got busy with other things. I should have it updated by the start of '81.

[Alan T]

Just a reminder, I'm running the sims starting tonight. If you have any questions or problems that need attention, please drop me a note. Otherwise the majority of things such as sim deadlines and such should continue as normal. (The one exception might be Sunday nights where I need 1 hour later, but I will figure that out this week).

The most important thing for everyone to remember is the upcoming changes in the league's financial model. Teams looking to get rid of extremely bad contracts probably should have done so last night. If for some reason you were unaware of that or completely missed the upcoming financial changes, you probably want to look at that thread before this season.

If for some reason you have a case where you have a team financial issue due to missing the upcoming changes, please let me know via PM by tonight before the sim to see if there is anything that can be done.

[Anthony]

damn, i traded Manny Lopez. i probably coulda had back to back Pitcher of the Years. moved to a hitter's park so i felt it'd be better to aquire stud hitters than keep what was then an average young SP. hope he doesn't win too many more awards.

[muns]

Ive exported Alan

[Alan T]

Ok, time to start up 1980. Bear with me tonight as I need to get my bearings a little bit here.

[Alan T]

Received exports from everyone except Long Island and Compton

[Alan T]

Monday, October 8th, 1979
Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed C B. Fuller to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $2,235,000.
New York Panthers: Signed C A. Villanueva to a minor league contract extension.
Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed SS J. Ellis to a minor league contract extension.
Atlanta Firecrackers: Signed 2B G. Jetté to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,070,000.

[Alan T]

Tuesday, October 9th, 1979
Baltimore Gothams: Signed MR N. Duncan to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $4,850,000.

[muns]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Ok, time to start up 1980. Bear with me tonight as I need to get my bearings a little bit here.

no worries, working through the kinks is always fun

Just glad you picking up the show!

[Alan T]

Wednesday, October 10th, 1979
New York Panthers: Signed MR T. Watanabe to a minor league contract extension.
New York Panthers: Signed CF G. Baird to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,120,000.
New York Panthers: Signed RF B. Austin to a minor league contract extension.

Friday, October 12th, 1979
Rio Grande Roadrunners: Signed C H. Tanaka to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $10,095,000.
New York Panthers: Signed 2B É. Beauvais to a minor league contract extension.
Toronto Osprey: Signed MR S. Hashimoto to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $255,000.
New York Panthers: Signed SP B. Long to a minor league contract extension.
New York Panthers: Signed SP T. Lloyd to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,310,000.
New York Panthers: Signed CF M. Bly to a minor league contract extension.
Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed 2B J. Reeves to a minor league contract extension.
Toronto Osprey: Signed RF J. Brown to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $780,000.
Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed LF P. Mueller to a minor league contract extension.
Columbus Crusaders: Signed 1B C. Elliott to a minor league contract extension.
New York Panthers: Signed RF W. McKinney to a minor league contract extension.
Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed CF P. Castillo to a minor league contract extension.
Baltimore Gothams: Signed MR E. Hensley to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $8,015,000.
New York Panthers: Signed 2B S. Davis to a minor league contract extension.
Atlanta Firecrackers: Signed SP M. Kelley to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $4,725,000.
Toronto Osprey: Signed SS W. Reed to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $700,000.
New York Panthers: Signed 1B K. Manning to a minor league contract extension.

Sunday, October 14th, 1979
Hartford Harpooners: Signed free agent 1B G. Miller to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,465,000.

Monday, October 15th, 1979
New Orleans Wrens: Signed free agent SS R. Hoffman to a 1-year contract worth a total of $420,000.

Friday, October 19th, 1979
Chicago Thunderstorms: Signed free agent MR A. Snyder to a 2-year contract worth a total of $780,000.

[Alan T]

Wednesday, October 24th, 1979: FOOL News: Free Agents File
As midnight approached last night, would-be free agents across Front Office Offseason League lined up to formally file their papers, officially putting themselves on the open market.

General managers across the league enter the fray today with different approaches -- mortgage the franchise to snap up the stars or simply maintain the status quo?

Headlining the list of names filing for free agency are these players:


1. Walter Little, 28 year-old first baseman
2. Alan Poole, 27 year-old center fielder
3. Raúl Ramos, 37 year-old starting pitcher
4. Gustavo Betancourt, 32 year-old starting pitcher
5. Floyd Yarbrough, 37 year-old starting pitcher
6. Cal Austin, 37 year-old starting pitcher
7. Joe Morris, 38 year-old reliever
8. Pedro Silva, 26 year-old reliever
9. Ryan Cook, 31 year-old starting pitcher
10. Martin Austin, 28 year-old reliever

[TimGuru]

Monday, October 15th, 1979
New Orleans Wrens: Signed free agent SS R. Hoffman to a 1-year contract worth a total of $420,000.

Doesn't this mean he goes right back into the FA pool?

[muns]

I hate having to release 1B- Little, but his salary was too much, and id rather hold onto my pitchers..... I think im gonna be in some trouble this year in the RL

[muns]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

Doesn't this mean he goes right back into the FA pool?

I think so but im not exactly sure, as I havent done it. OOTP has done wackier things tho

[Alan T]

Sorry for the delay. For some reason OOTP is giving me a problem where it is not letting me make a trade unless I control a team.. I'll work around this and figure out why this is acting broken after the sim is complete.

[Alan T]

Ok, packing up the file for upload now. Trades are executed and free agency has started!

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

Doesn't this mean he goes right back into the FA pool?

Why?

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Why?

If you sign a player before the offseason starts, the contract still counts for the present year and thus a 1 year contract is only for the present year. The player would then be re-released once free agency hit if you don't extend them.

In this case, I believe (I can't check since the game is in the process of packing up the file), it was the offseason and so the contract offered is for the next season, thus he should still be on NO's roster.

[Alan T]

Ok, the file is uploading. This looks like it may take a while. I think I might spend some time tommorrow getting this set up on my desktop instead of work laptop so it should run faster

I'll let you know once the file is up.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by Alan T

If you sign a player before the offseason starts, the contract still counts for the present year and thus a 1 year contract is only for the present year. The player would then be re-released once free agency hit if you don't extend them.

In this case, I believe (I can't check since the game is in the process of packing up the file), it was the offseason and so the contract offered is for the next season, thus he should still be on NO's roster.

Ah, I wasnt aware of that

[Alan T]

The file is now hung at 25%.. Now I can experience the enjoyment that DC has experienced up until now. Going to try to start it over again.

[kaosfere]

I think he finally ended up giving up on the internal upload and using a standalone FTP client, Alan.

Might be your best bet.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by kaosfere

I think he finally ended up giving up on the internal upload and using a standalone FTP client, Alan.

Might be your best bet.

If this doesn't work, I'll likely do the same then.

[Alan T]

Yeah, this is taking unearthly long. Killing it and uploading manually. Should be faster. Sorry for the wait. I'll get the hang of this by the end of this week. It's been a while since I have run online OOTP sims.

[Pike]

Hi there!

Just wanted to ask about getting the name and logos changed for Chicago...also, you can use my real name, Matt Clement as the manager.....Pike Smith, lol. nah thanks

Any of the available Black Sox logos is fine....and if it's something I do, let me know as I'm not entirely sure how it works!

Thanks!

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Pike

Hi there!

Just wanted to ask about getting the name and logos changed for Chicago...also, you can use my real name, Matt Clement as the manager.....Pike Smith, lol. nah thanks

Any of the available Black Sox logos is fine....and if it's something I do, let me know as I'm not entirely sure how it works!

Thanks!

I have some of these changed in the file I will be uploading. I'll give a list of updates once I get the file up. I have not done any requested logo changes however tonight. For the black sox logos, just drop me a PM with what you were wanting to use, or if you aren't very knowledgeable about how OOTP handles those, there are a few guys who can help probably get something put together for you. I'll work on the logo changes and such tommorrow before the sim so it does not make anyone wait any longer for the file tonight.

[Alan T]

Ok, the file is up, sorry again for the wait. It is 20.58 MB.

I processed team files and trades.
Chicago was renamed to the Chicago Black Sox
Pike was named as manager of Chicago
Superhombre was named as manager of Wyoming.

I'll hang around a little while for people to download it. Please check to make sure it works ok for you. Want to make sure there are no issues with the various upload settings I used.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Pike

Hi there!

Just wanted to ask about getting the name and logos changed for Chicago...also, you can use my real name, Matt Clement as the manager.....Pike Smith, lol. nah thanks

Any of the available Black Sox logos is fine....and if it's something I do, let me know as I'm not entirely sure how it works!

Thanks!

Hmm, I always wondered what happened to you after you hurt your arm. Got to fill that competition void somehow!

[Alan T]

So was the file ok for download? Just want to make sure before I go to bed.

[Alan T]

Ok, I'm heading to bed. I'll assume it is ok if I haven't heard otherwise! I'll be back in the morning if there are any issues with it.

[Chief Rum]

I did not have any issues just now in downloading the file, so it seems to be okay. Although I did have a handful of some other team's email messages (option decisions on players I don't have) in my inbox.

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

Doesn't this mean he goes right back into the FA pool?

He shouldn't. Players signed after the classic have yearly figures starting in 1980 compared to 1979 before the classic. A team is limited to the amount of funds available for 1979, but the contract is for 1980.

[muns]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

He shouldn't. Players signed after the classic have yearly figures starting in 1980 compared to 1979 before the classic. A team is limited to the amount of funds available for 1979, but the contract is for 1980.

Thanks for that clarification Commo

[muns]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Ok, I'm heading to bed. I'll assume it is ok if I haven't heard otherwise! I'll be back in the morning if there are any issues with it.

No problems for me Alan. Sorry I needed to hit the sack last night and wasnt around.

[Alan T]

Reminder of upcoming Rule/league changes:

At the end of this season, the new financial rules will be put into place. This will mean in a drastic drop in the amount of cash carried forward. Please take that into consideration when signing new contracts or contract extensions.

Next season, all non-FOOL (or FOOL minor league systems) leagues will be removed. This includes the VL, the College and Highschool leagues and the like. This will be done next season during the FOOL Classic sim, meaning that any players dumped from those leagues will be available for all teams (including FOOL Classic Participants) at that time, in case anyone wants to plan on saving some money for anyone they like currently in one of those leagues. (There are roughly 8-10 or so ok looking prospect types down there which may be of interest to people, which is why I am giving an advance notice).

[muns]

ive exported Alan

[Tasan]

I've exported.

[TimGuru]

Ihad no trouble getting the file, except:

Alan, can you either dig back to the thread where DC talked about his email/archive/something settings or ask him about it? For the past 2 or 3 seasons, my email has been correct, and now its all jumbled up again. Guys I hadn't offered anything to telling me they signed when they are still free agents, and no updates from people I was in conversation with. I recall he set soemthing to 200 but I don't know what.

Thanks. ps not upset at you, I understand there is a transitional curve.

[Tasan]

Well I'm upset at you! Get my email fixed, now!

[TimGuru]

And I've exported. Interesting field of stuff out there.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

Ihad no trouble getting the file, except:

Alan, can you either dig back to the thread where DC talked about his email/archive/something settings or ask him about it? For the past 2 or 3 seasons, my email has been correct, and now its all jumbled up again. Guys I hadn't offered anything to telling me they signed when they are still free agents, and no updates from people I was in conversation with. I recall he set soemthing to 200 but I don't know what.

Thanks. ps not upset at you, I understand there is a transitional curve.

yeah, that was my fault. With a new commish account on a new computer means new league file settings. Most of the uploading issues I was having last night was having to do that as well.

I made the same changes to my own system that I originally suggested to DarkCloud previously and hope it fixes the issue for us. Let me know if it doesn't however.

[Alan T]

The sim might run a bit late, am still on a conference call for work. It has been a rather lousy day. Just wanted to give a warning.

[Alan T]

Ok, if anyone needs any extra time tonight, say so. I'm going to try to get the sim started on time, even though it may take a bit longer than normal due to work.

[TimGuru]

Shirk work is my motto! Except not anymore, because of hte financial crisis and layoff worries and stuff.

I used to be able to run 20 player tournaments for this online card game I played and game mastered for, during work. I had a whole excel sheet that did swiss style pairings and everything. Now, I'm lucky if I can get headlines on Boston dot com without the net nanny kicking in and blocking content. Stupid rules! Fight the man, maaaaaaaaaan.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

Shirk work is my motto! Except not anymore, because of hte financial crisis and layoff worries and stuff.

I used to be able to run 20 player tournaments for this online card game I played and game mastered for, during work. I had a whole excel sheet that did swiss style pairings and everything. Now, I'm lucky if I can get headlines on Boston dot com without the net nanny kicking in and blocking content. Stupid rules! Fight the man, maaaaaaaaaan.

I work from home, so there is pretty good freedom regarding what I can do while at work.. but when something severe is broken, unfortunatly I have to fix it!

[ekcut]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

Shirk work is my motto! Except not anymore, because of hte financial crisis and layoff worries and stuff.

I used to be able to run 20 player tournaments for this online card game I played and game mastered for, during work. I had a whole excel sheet that did swiss style pairings and everything. Now, I'm lucky if I can get headlines on Boston dot com without the net nanny kicking in and blocking content. Stupid rules! Fight the man, maaaaaaaaaan.

Right on brother....the man is holding us back!!