1970 Season Thread (End of season file up!)

[Tellistto]

Might just fire my team after this season. Time will tell.

Tell

[Alan T]

Ok, with that note, I'm heading to bed. I'll grab the file in the morning at some point before I get busy!

[Young Drachma]

Doug Pitts 15-5, 4.31 ERA, 173 strikeouts
Tied for 4th in the Continental League for wins this year behind a 3-way tie for 1st (Gonzales and Prado from Valdosta and Barajas from Atlanta)

[Commo_Soldier]

Congrats Jimmy and Alan and GL in the Classic!

[Cringer]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Pitts is even more amazing than you may know. His numbers as of July 1: 8-3, 5.06 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 10.46 H/9, and a .312 OAVG!

I just saw that! Crazy. I am going to go through and look at how good of run support the guy was getting.

Chunky Medina may have hit the wall, which sucks. He will stay in the rotation but I may take the AI's advice it has given the last two years and drop him down to the #3 or #4 spot. Most of my bullpen looked ok on July 1st, something tells me they got worse, or the run support cooled down.

[Chief Rum]

Congratulations to Compton on another trip to the Classic. Don't come back without the trophy this time!

And good run there, Ann Arbor. allpro, you may always be a bridesmaid, but you're one heck of a consistent one.

[Young Drachma]

Republic League beats the Continental League 6-3 in the All-Star Game

Teruo Miyahara was All-Star Game MVP, going 2 for 4 with 2 HRs and 2 RBI.

Front Office Offseason League Box Scores
Continental League All-Stars at Republic League All-Stars	
Game ID: 5506 - Wednesday, September 16th, 1970 - Game Log

	
Wednesday, September 16th, 1970
  	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	R	H	E
Continental League All-Stars 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	2 	0 	3	6	0
Republic League All-Stars 	0 	1 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	X 	6	7	1
	

Continental League	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
R. Lang CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.301	8	63
   a-C. Segura PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	25	91
   b-A. Samaripa CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.324	29	82
R. Jones 1B	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.313	16	60
   c-O. Yamazaki PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.319	16	76
H. Tanaka C	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	.331	38	118
T. Reilly DH	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286	18	61
R. Inman 3B	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	.305	25	115
C. Daniels 2B	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	.319	16	53
L. Parker LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	2	.351	11	76
A. Aguilera RF	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.321	28	114
E. Manning SS	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.292	16	64
Totals	29	3	6	2	5	8	8			

a - C. Segura pinch hit for R. Lang in the 7th
b - A. Samaripa substituted for C. Segura in the 7th
c - O. Yamazaki pinch hit for R. Jones in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: C. Daniels (40, 6th Inning off R. Cook, 1 on, 2 outs) L. Parker (33, 4th Inning off T. Ishibashi, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Reilly, C. Daniels 4, R. Lang, L. Parker 2
2-out RBI: C. Daniels
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Inman, L. Parker, O. Yamazaki
Sac Bunt: R. Jones, T. Reilly 2, R. Inman
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Lang (76)

	
Republic League	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
I. García CF	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	.341	20	77
G. McDowell 1B	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	.323	27	111
   a-T. Campbell PH, 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.308	25	101
M. Rasmussen LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	.317	30	113
H. McKinney DH	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	.270	29	100
T. Miyahara 3B	4	2	2	2	0	2	0	.286	27	104
A. Stanley SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.278	23	73
C. Larsen 2B	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.328	19	82
L. Heijnen RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.264	17	89
A. Alvarado C	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	.321	14	77
Totals	30	6	7	6	4	8	11			

a - T. Campbell pinch hit for G. McDowell in the 6th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Rasmussen (27, 1st Inning off V. Reyes, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: T. Miyahara 2 (27, 2nd Inning off V. Reyes, 0 on, 0 outs; 4th Inning off Z. Ball, 0 on, 0 outs) H. McKinney (29, 4th Inning off Z. Ball, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: C. Larsen, T. Miyahara 8, M. Rasmussen 3, H. McKinney 4, L. Heijnen
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Rasmussen, H. McKinney, T. Campbell
Sac Bunt: A. Alvarado
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: T. Miyahara

Continental League	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
V. Reyes L (14-9)	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	30	20	3.32
M. Lott 	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	6	3.32
Z. Ball 	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	2	20	14	2.59
J. Muñíz 	1.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	30	15	1.89
D. Barajas 	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	11	2.39
R. Pagán 	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	8	3.66
C. Gonzáles 	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	7	3.80
J. Morris 	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	8	3.25

PITCHING
Game Score: V. Reyes 47
Batters Faced: V. Reyes 8, M. Lott 3, Z. Ball 3, J. Muñíz 7, D. Barajas 3, R. Pagán 5, C. Gonzáles 3, J. Morris 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: V. Reyes 2-1, M. Lott 1-1, Z. Ball 0-0, J. Muñíz 2-0, D. Barajas 2-0, R. Pagán 3-0, C. Gonzáles 1-1, J. Morris 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: V. Reyes 30-20, M. Lott 9-6, Z. Ball 20-14, J. Muñíz 30-15, D. Barajas 18-11, R. Pagán 17-8, C. Gonzáles 9-7, J. Morris 15-8
HB: J. Morris

	
Republic League	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
T. Williams 	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	25	17	3.12
P. Gilbert W (8-5)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	4	2.53
T. Ishibashi 	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	1.41
R. Howe 	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	19	13	2.76
R. Cook 	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	10	7	2.82
J. MacDonald 	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	10	2.70
B. Halpin 	0.2	1	2	2	2	0	0	16	6	2.87
A. Dailey SV (43)	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	24	14	2.07

PITCHING
Game Score: T. Williams 52
Batters Faced: T. Williams 8, P. Gilbert 4, T. Ishibashi 4, R. Howe 4, R. Cook 5, J. MacDonald 3, B. Halpin 5, A. Dailey 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Williams 3-2, P. Gilbert 1-2, T. Ishibashi 0-2, R. Howe 1-0, R. Cook 2-0, J. MacDonald 0-1, B. Halpin 2-0, A. Dailey 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Williams 25-17, P. Gilbert 10-4, T. Ishibashi 9-7, R. Howe 19-13, R. Cook 10-7, J. MacDonald 12-10, B. Halpin 16-6, A. Dailey 24-14
Inherited Runners - Scored: A. Dailey 1-0
WP: B. Halpin
Balk: A. Dailey
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: T. Miyahara
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (58 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 13 mph
Start Time: 7:05 pm
Time: 3:10
Attendance: 38858

[Tellistto]

Noticed that Tom Williams almost tossed the first perfect game in FOOL history, allowing just 1 walk while fanning 12 in a no hit effort against Hartford..

Tell

[Young Drachma]

Packing up the file now.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Tellistto

Noticed that Tom Williams almost tossed the first perfect game in FOOL history, allowing just 1 walk while fanning 12 in a no hit effort against Hartford..

Tell

Nice! Glad that the trade to Compton has given his career a second wind.

[Chief Rum]

Way to go, Miyahara.

[Young Drachma]

I forgot to reschedule the FOOL Classic to make sure the All-Star game doesn't impact anything. I'll fix it before we get started on Sunday.

[JimmyOOTP]

Yeah nice trade there, I noticed with the first half of the season that he was doing extremly we'll for his numbers.

[Young Drachma]

First time a spring training champ has made it to the promised land. Now we'll see if they go there and bring something home.

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Nice! Glad that the trade to Compton has given his career a second wind.

Makes sense when you factor in that you left to Quad City.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Cringer

Congrats guys!

Glad I was right earlier when I told you in daychat that you had a shot this year with that squad. Finishing in the money isn't a title, but...better than last year.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

Makes sense when you factor in that you left to Quad City.

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[Young Drachma]

This FOOL Classic will be the battle of strange ballparks. Compton's ballpark is designed for their left-dominant lineup. Or at least, the lineup was that way when I was there. Valdosta's ballpark is a pitcher's park designed for triples and other zanyness.

With that and the return of the DH to the FOOL Classic for the first time since 1963, it'll be interesting to see what happens.

[JimmyOOTP]

Looks like Joe Parks had a great rookie year replacing morris, i was hoping he could just be consistant at #5 but he went beyond expectations in the first half anyway.

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

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I was just implying that it use to be players went to Compton to die, and now that you are no longer there maybe they will go there to flourish.

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Tellistto

Noticed that Tom Williams almost tossed the first perfect game in FOOL history, allowing just 1 walk while fanning 12 in a no hit effort against Hartford..

Tell

Second year in a row a Compton pitcher has tossed a no-hitter. Although last year their pitcher walked 0 men as well.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

I was just implying that it use to be players went to Compton to die, and now that you are no longer there maybe they will go there to flourish.

Umm..you realize that you beat us in the FOOL Classic in the 13th inning of the 9th game, right?

Essentially, God got tired of watching, flipped a coin and you all won. We reversed the Compton curse before I left.



Nathan Adams had a terrible go of it in Compton, I released him too soon, but honestly, we needed that cap space to do things and so, I don't regret the move even though it was a boatload of cash.

I dunno what else I could've done at the time. I am glad to see his career blossom, though and especially out of our league.

[JimmyOOTP]

Extra innings in game nine wowsers

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by JimmyOOTP

Looks like Joe Parks had a great rookie year replacing morris, i was hoping he could just be consistant at #5 but he went beyond expectations in the first half anyway.

Valdosta has the best postseason pitcher in FOOL history in Gabriel Prado and a bunch of other horses at the top of that rotation. Miracles can happen, but...you're gonna have your hands full.

I think the only saving grace is the depth of that Compton offense. But even still, I dunno. They're gonna be a tall order.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by JimmyOOTP

Extra innings in game nine wowsers

Best FOOL Classic finish ever.

[Young Drachma]

The file is 52.95 MB and is 51% done.

[JimmyOOTP]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Valdosta has the best postseason pitcher in FOOL history in Gabriel Prado and a bunch of other horses at the top of that rotation. Miracles can happen, but...you're gonna have your hands full.

I think the only saving grace is the depth of that Compton offense. But even still, I dunno. They're gonna be a tall order.

Yeah i was comparing the 2 teams and on paper they have the upper hand i think. Great pitching and offense all around. Just gotta hope for the best.

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Umm..you realize that you beat us in the FOOL Classic in the 13th inning of the 9th game, right?

Essentially, God got tired of watching, flipped a coin and you all won. We reversed the Compton curse before I left.



Nathan Adams had a terrible go of it in Compton, I released him too soon, but honestly, we needed that cap space to do things and so, I don't regret the move even though it was a boatload of cash.

I dunno what else I could've done at the time. I am glad to see his career blossom, though and especially out of our league.

Yea, you did an amazing job with that team in such a short period of time. You made the right move with Adams however, I honestly did not expect him to turn around after moving from a hitters park back to a pitchers park. I am not sold on the curse being lifted if there was one as I think that Valdosta will keep the Trophy in the CL for the third straight year.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

Yea, you did an amazing job with that team in such a short period of time. You made the right move with Adams however, I honestly did not expect him to turn around after moving from a hitters park back to a pitchers park. I am not sold on the curse being lifted if there was one as I think that Valdosta will keep the Trophy in the CL for the third straight year.

I tend to agree with you. This is Valdosta's shot at destiny. Compton is good, but I'm not convinced their pitching is deep enough to hang with Valdosta. The only thing I could see happening is the Compton bats get hot, Valdosta's get cold and the DH levels the playing field enough that the Brothers manage to squeak it out.

The longer the series, the better the likelihood of a Compton win, I think. But...I'm not convinced it'll be a long series.

[Young Drachma]

73% on the file.

[Young Drachma]

31 win improvement for Quad City a year after the move from Chicago. If we did that next year, we'd win 98 games. Not predicting anything, we've got a lot of work to do. But...still, a great sign of what's to come.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

31 win improvement for Quad City a year after the move from Chicago. If we did that next year, we'd win 98 games. Not predicting anything, we've got a lot of work to do. But...still, a great sign of what's to come.

I find it funny that probably the best former Ranchero you had this year came to you from becoming a minor league free agent.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

I find it funny that probably the best former Ranchero you had this year came to you from becoming a minor league free agent.

I prefer that. It relied on my brilliance and GM savvy to acquire him, rather than a trade handout.

[JimmyOOTP]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

31 win improvement for Quad City a year after the move from Chicago. If we did that next year, we'd win 98 games. Not predicting anything, we've got a lot of work to do. But...still, a great sign of what's to come.

Yeah great job considering what you had to start with.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

I prefer that. It relied on my brilliance and GM savvy to acquire him, rather than a trade handout.

I think it will be interesting to look back at what we got and weigh it out. Davis is already showing he is a stud now. But the one guy I really had doubts about moving was Hardee, and he looked pretty good at the halfway point. In the long run, he has almost as much talent as Davis and may be just a year (well, maybe two) behind him.

[Young Drachma]

File is up!

[Young Drachma]

Fernando Spindola is just 9 home runs away from 300. Dave Myers is 10 away.

[JimmyOOTP]

I will be ready at 7pm sunday eastern time for the classic, If you decide to do it tomorrow night then i will be home at 11pm eastern.

[JimmyOOTP]

Btw, do we do a export before the classic?

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by JimmyOOTP

Btw, do we do a export before the classic?

Yes, there is an export between the end of the season and the classic if you want to.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

This FOOL Classic will be the battle of strange ballparks. Compton's ballpark is designed for their left-dominant lineup. Or at least, the lineup was that way when I was there. Valdosta's ballpark is a pitcher's park designed for triples and other zanyness.

With that and the return of the DH to the FOOL Classic for the first time since 1963, it'll be interesting to see what happens.

Good thing that my lineup is primarily lefty dominated too, and that I will have 3 starting pitchers that are leftys!

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

I tend to agree with you. This is Valdosta's shot at destiny. Compton is good, but I'm not convinced their pitching is deep enough to hang with Valdosta. The only thing I could see happening is the Compton bats get hot, Valdosta's get cold and the DH levels the playing field enough that the Brothers manage to squeak it out.

The longer the series, the better the likelihood of a Compton win, I think. But...I'm not convinced it'll be a long series.

Oh glad you said something, I had almost forgotten that I actually have to set a DH lineup huh.. Out of curiosity who has home field advantage? It go to the best record (ie me?)

[gstelmack]

Sigh. My starters played pretty well (and rookie Ryan Cook is my first 20-game winner) and my bullpen was up and down (Miguel Lara, Israel Silva, and Arthur Bentley all had down years, while new closer Porter Gilbert played very well). But we finished with the worst hitting performance in the RL, so not enough run support except for the star pitchers.

Have to take a close look at the hitting lineup, we may need some revamping there...

[gstelmack]

Looks like the "Mike Vickers at 3B" and "Jose Espinoza in RF" experiments were miserable failurs, and SS Fernando Osorio had a down year. Everyone else was at least reasonable, although OPS was down across the board and my only .300 hitter was reserve Willie Magner (who will probably replace Jose Espinoza in the lineup next year).

[gstelmack]

Sigh, once again I have a lot fewer gold stars at the end of the season than I did at the beginning. Have to check development reports...

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Oh glad you said something, I had almost forgotten that I actually have to set a DH lineup huh.. Out of curiosity who has home field advantage? It go to the best record (ie me?)

That is how it worked last season.

[Alan T]

Glad to see my team's power numbers were back, with three players having 20+ homer years (Inman, Segura and Wyatt)... I still have absolutely no idea what happened last year where the team leader was 13!

[Alan T]

Just noticed that in my file all of the ballparks are set back to 1.000 for everything? Is that just a case of not getting that information into the file that is sent to us, or did something change on all of them?

I was just going to scout Compton's ballpark some and noticed it. I don't really -have- to have that info, but just wanted to make sure that it is just a display issue and the actual parks haven't changed correct?

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

This FOOL Classic will be the battle of strange ballparks. Compton's ballpark is designed for their left-dominant lineup. Or at least, the lineup was that way when I was there. Valdosta's ballpark is a pitcher's park designed for triples and other zanyness.

With that and the return of the DH to the FOOL Classic for the first time since 1963, it'll be interesting to see what happens.

With this quote I would assume that the parks were suppose to stay the way they were. I also see them all at 1.000 and I guess that is why my team had such a hard time pitching this year. It would be interesting to know when the switch happened as I did not pay attention at the mid-point file.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

With this quote I would assume that the parks were suppose to stay the way they were. I also see them all at 1.000 and I guess that is why my team had such a hard time pitching this year. It would be interesting to know when the switch happened as I did not pay attention at the mid-point file.

Well I originally assumed it was just a display thing until I looked more at the stats and saw them fairly equal both home and away so wasn't sure and figured I would ask.