1984 Season Thread

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Alan T

9/1:

New York 4, Wyoming 0
Atlanta 6, Rio Grande 0
Toronto 8, Baltimore 6

Colorado 6, San Diego 5 (10 innings)
Boston 4, Hartford 2

Atlanta 92-53 -
Baltimore 92-53 -
New York 84-61 8.0 GB

Hartford 92-53 -
San Diego 91-54 1.0 GB
Boston 84-61 8.0 GB

Teasing us isn't going to make it easier...

..but I've been in your shoes.

[TimGuru]

Man, I gotta confess. Even though I am going to miss the playoffs, I am sitting here. It is tremendous to finally be on the relevant end and not the spoiler in these magic number games.

[Alan T]

9/3:

Brooklyn 2, Baltimore 1
Atlanta 5, New York 1

Columbus 2, San Diego 1
Hartford 4, Chicago 2
Colorado 6, Boston 5 (10 innings)

Atlanta 93-53 - (Magic # 8) Clinched Playoffs
Baltimore 92-54 1.0 GB (Magic # 1)
New York 84-62 9.0 GB

Hartford 93-53 - (Magic # 7) Clinched Playoffs
San Diego 91-55 2.0 GB (Magic # 2)
Boston 84-62 7.0 GB

[Young Drachma]

It's addictive, man. Enjoy the ride!

[Alan T]

9/4:

Brooklyn 6, Baltimore 5 (11 innings)
New York 4, Atlanta 0

Chicago 2, Hartford 1
San Diego 2, Columbus 1
Colorado 7, Boston 5 (10 innings)

Atlanta 93-54 - (Magic # 7) Clinched Playoffs
Baltimore 92-55 1.0 GB (Magic # 1)
New York 85-62 8.0 GB

Hartford 93-54 - (Magic # 7) Clinched Playoffs
San Diego 92-55 1.0 GB Clinched Playoffs

[Anthony]

what a shame. i thought i really upgraded some holes. i guess it must be my pitching - outside of BJ Silver and Craig Davis i don't got no one. then again i upgraded my bullpen so i'd think that'd count for something. i think i'm shooting myself in the foot with my strategy - i'm a GM, not a manager. i don't know how to set it. i think i might just put everything right in the middle so i don't do too much or too little of something.

[Alan T]

9/5:

Baltimore 4, Brooklyn 3
New York 1, Atlanta 0

Hartford 3, Chicago 1 (10 innings)
San Diego 5, Columbus 4

Atlanta 93-55 - Clinched Playoffs
Baltimore 93-55 - Clinched Playoffs

Hartford 94-54 - (Magic # 6) Clinched Playoffs
San Diego 93-55 1.0 GB Clinched Playoffs

[Tasan]

Ouch. Colorado played spoiler. Sorry DC.

[Young Drachma]

So now it's get funny, because the closeness of both of these races make you almost wish for no playoffs...but alas, they'll get to duke it out on Sunday to see who goes forward.

Congrats to all four squads.

[TimGuru]

Originally Posted by Anthony

what a shame. i thought i really upgraded some holes. i guess it must be my pitching - outside of BJ Silver and Craig Davis i don't got no one. then again i upgraded my bullpen so i'd think that'd count for something. i think i'm shooting myself in the foot with my strategy - i'm a GM, not a manager. i don't know how to set it. i think i might just put everything right in the middle so i don't do too much or too little of something.

I don't build my team with enough of the "same" guys that I can do much with the sliders, especially the pitching ones, so middle is exactly what I do. I don't fiddle with much except pinch hit for the pitcher in late and close situations and run more aggressively late and behind. Not that I'm an expert, my point is that as a non-expert letting the AI make the decisions from a neutral tendency seems to work better.

[Alan T]

9/6:

Baltimore 7, Rio Grande 4
Atlanta 4, Napa Valley 3

Hartford 3, Long Island 2 (12 innings)
Ann Arbor 11, San Diego 10 (11 innings)

Atlanta 94-55 -
Baltimore 94-55 -

Hartford 95-54 - (Magic # 4)
San Diego 93-56 2.0 GB

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Tasan

Ouch. Colorado played spoiler. Sorry DC.

No worries. Like I'd say in the outset, I knew we'd be a year away going forward before I even got started. I didn't decide to contend until the last minute. Had I planned it, I'd have gone about it differently. That said, we're relevant again and we're a year away. That's fine. I know what I need to do and we'll do just that and we'll be in the conversation next year.

Good to see that Hartford is fallible to some degree, if only to hope that the juggernaut is slowly coming to an end...

[Young Drachma]

I never used to fiddle with the sliders. I came up with a strategy a few years ago that worked well for me and I've stuck with it. It could possibly be killing me now with a new team, but...I feel like I went with the most universal settings I could.

[Alan T]

9/7:

Baltimore 6, Rio Grande 3
Napa Valley 3, Atlanta 2

Long Island 7, Hartford 3 (10 innings)
San Diego 5, Ann Arbor 2

Baltimore 95-55 - (Magic # 4)
Atlanta 94-56 1.0 GB

Hartford 95-55 - (Magic # 4)
San Diego 94-56 1.0 GB

[Alan T]

9/8:

Napa Valley 3, Atlanta 0
Baltimore 5, Rio Grande 1

Hartford 10, Long Island 2
San Diego 4, Ann Arbor 3

Baltimore 96-55 - (Magic # 2)
Atlanta 94-57 2.0 GB

Hartford 96-55 - (Magic # 3)
San Diego 95-56 1.0 GB

[Anthony]

Violators 7
Pooners 3

just get me in a fucking playoff with that team and i got a good chance at knocking the Giant down from the beanstalk. damn, and this was a good year to try to catch Hartford too. what a missed opportunity.

[Alan T]

9/9:

Baltimore 5, Napa Valley 3
Atlanta 6, Toronto 1

Hartford 4, San Diego 0

Baltimore 97-55 - (Magic # 1)
Atlanta 95-57 2.0 GB

Hartford 97-55 - (Magic # 1)
San Diego 95-57 2.0 GB

[Alan T]

9/11:

Atlanta 10, Toronto 3

It does not matter however, as Baltimore wins 5-2 over Napa Valley to take the 1984 Continental League Regular Season title!

Hartford beats San Diego 3-2 to take the 1984 Republic League title!

San Diego however will get a rematch in a few days as they are the 1984 Republic Shield winner

Atlanta is the 1984 Continental Cup Winner

[TimGuru]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Violators 7
Pooners 3

just get me in a fucking playoff with that team and i got a good chance at knocking the Giant down from the beanstalk. damn, and this was a good year to try to catch Hartford too. what a missed opportunity.

Hartford 10, Long Island 2

[Alan T]

Tuesday, September 11th, 1984: FOOL News: The All-Star Game Rosters Have Been Announced
The votes are tallied and the players have been chosen -- all that's left is to "Play Ball"! It's time once again for the midyear classic where the league's premier performers come together to show their skill and talent. The All-Stars from the Continental League and the Republic League are set to tangle to determine which league is the best.

The roster for the Continental League is:


SP T. Qian (ATL)
SP M. Brown (BAL)
SP A. Wiley (ATL)
SP W. Steward (BKN)
SP J. Scott (BKN)
SP I. Flores (BAL)
CL R. Vázquez (NYH)
CL J. Martland (ATL)
CL A. Kadri (BKN)
CL R. Villegas (BAL)
MR D. McDonald (TOR)
CL J. Gilbert (NVY)
2B L. Abbott (ATL)
LF S. Patterson (RG)
RF J. González (ATL)
CF H. Rodríguez (RG)
SS A. Luján (TOR)
C Y. Chong (BKN)
3B K. Nishida (NVY)
1B J. Poe (NVY)
C T. Powers (NYH)
CF T. Fournier (NVY)
LF C. Romero (ATL)
RF J. Lane (TOR)
CF D. Sánchez (BAL)
SS M. Villalobos (RG)
2B M. Martínez (BAL)
SS R. Pacheco (NVY)


The roster for the Republic League is:


SP A. Lewis (SD)
SP J. Aquino (HAR)
SP E. Burke (SD)
SP D. Robinson (HAR)
SP G. Arrojo (SD)
SP B. Smith (HAR)
CL J. Clark (SD)
CL D. Hennessey (HAR)
CL F. Padilla (ANN)
MR F. Rodríguez (COL)
CL D. Spencer (CLB)
CL C. Turner (LI)
3B S. McGill (HAR)
RF S. Anderson (HAR)
CF C. Wilson (BOS)
LF A. Holcombe (HAR)
C A. Eaton (HAR)
SS L. Crawford (LI)
1B B. Barrett (SD)
C S. MacQueen (BOS)
2B F. Acevedo (CLB)
1B H. Matthews (CLB)
RF S. Oliver (LI)
1B H. Zhào (HAR)
LF G. Baker (HAR)
3B A. Rangel (SD)
LF J. Estronza (SD)
2B E. Ostrom (COL)

[TimGuru]

Tucker Powers made the AS Team.

Looks like I might have 2 RoY contenders.

[Alan T]

Final 1984 League Standings:

Continental League Standings

Baltimore Gothams	98	56	.636	-	
Atlanta Firecrackers	97	57	.630	1.0	
New York Panthers	88	66	.571	10.0	
Brooklyn Brownstones	83	71	.539	15.0	
Rio Grande Roadrunners	79	75	.513	19.0	
Toronto Osprey		77	77	.500	21.0	
Napa Valley Winemakers	75	79	.487	23.0	
Wyoming Buffalo Solider	19	135	.123	79.0	

Republic League Standings

Hartford Harpooners	98	56	.636	-	
San Diego Fathers	96	58	.623	2.0	
Boston Bombers		90	64	.584	8.0	
Colorado Rancheros	76	78	.494	22.0	
Columbus Crusaders	73	81	.474	25.0	
Long Island Violators	66	88	.429	32.0	
Ann Arbor Wolverines	59	95	.383	39.0	
Chicago Black Sox	58	96	.377	40.0	

[Young Drachma]

3rd winning season in franchise history.

[Tasan]

file file file

Sorry....Ostrom making the all-star team makes me really want to see this thing.

[TimGuru]

Congrats to the playoff makers. Nice to see Chief and ek back to prominence in the CL, and muns remains a force. Ramz is just amazing for someone we thought might not have his heart in it.

And I am pleased to have finally brought NY back to relevance, and glad to see the same in Boston under DC. A lot of good stories this year. RG and Colo look like they are getting primed to make some noise too.

[Alan T]

1984 Final Stats leaders
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CL:

Batting Avg:

S. Patterson (RG) .357
L. Abbott (ATL) .313
B. Waller (BAL) .306

Home Runs:

H. Rodriguez (RG) 35
C. Romero (ATL) 34
A. Lujan (TOR) 24

RBI:

H. Rodriguez (RG) 101
C. Romero (ATL) 100
J. Poe (NVY) 88

Wins:

T. Qian (ATL) 20
J. Scott (BKN) 19
A. Wiley (ATL) 19

Saves:

R. Vazquez (NYH) 45
A. Kadri (BKN) 44
J. Martland (ATL) 40

ERA:

M. Brown (BAL) 1.73
E. Brown (NYH) 2.01
T. Qian (ATL) 2.20

RL:

Batting Avg:

S. Anderson (HAR) .343
C. Wilson (BOS) .339
S. Mcgill (HAR) .331

Home Runs:

M. Daniels (SD) 27
B. Barrett (SD) 25
S. McGill (HAR) 25

RBI:

S. McGill (HAR) 131
S. Oliver (LI) 93
G. Simons (COL) 92

Wins:

J. Aquino (HAR) 21
A. Lewis (SD) 21
D. Robinson (HAR) 20

Saves:

J. Clark (SD) 48
D. Hennessey (HAR) 38
F. Rodriguez (COL) 38

ERA:

A. Lewis (SD) 1.87
E. Burke (SD) 1.92
G. Arrojo (SD) 2.09

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

All right, just exported. Also here are my season predictions, using my own version of team strength.

Well Second straight year I got the division winners and wild card teams right.

[Anthony]

i think Luther Palmer probably shit the fucking bed. i just know it. he probably has a sub. 200 AVG. fucking dick. i knew i shouldn't have signed him. i didn't have much of a choice but i should've just stuck with someone else. the MR i picked up from WYO made the All Star team...success!

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Tasan

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Sorry....Ostrom making the all-star team makes me really want to see this thing.

It is going to be a bit. I have to go through all of the finances to see if anyone went over budget and is getting penalized, I have to set the schedule for the playoffs, update player photos, etc.

So probably another 15 minutes

[Tasan]

Nice job Commo.

[Cringer]

Wyoming totally killed my signature. I was kind of having fun with that but now it's gotta go.

I actually had offense this year. In fact I will say without seeing any files that this is the best offensive year I have had in several years. League leaders in AVG, HR, and RBI is a nice change.

Must mean my pitching dropped out from under me though. I can't get the two going at once it seems. I did go out on a limb this year so that may be the problem. I brought up two rookies for the 4th and 5th SP spots in place of the mixed-results vets who were there. I am guessing that backfired.

[Cringer]

Nice to have Patterson back in RG by the way. He seemed to fit well in my stadium and showed it this year for sure.

[Cringer]

Originally Posted by Tasan

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Sorry....Ostrom making the all-star team makes me really want to see this thing.

I didn't even notice that, excellent. Glad he paid off for you. I won't feel bad about the move either because it meant Villalobos would become a lock for a full time gig for me, and he made the All Star team as well.

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by Cringer

I didn't even notice that, excellent. Glad he paid off for you. I won't feel bad about the move either because it meant Villalobos would become a lock for a full time gig for me, and he made the All Star team as well.

I didn't figure you'd sweat giving him up with who you had coming along.

[Alan T]

Packing up the file right now. I have to say that I despise how manual some things have to be done without any bulk options in places. bleh.

[Alan T]

New file is up! The only order of business for tonight is the BoD at large seat. As only one person was nominated, there is no need for a vote this time around.

TimGuru will continue for another 6 FOOL Seasons as the At Large Board member.

[Tasan]

Well I got hit by the "fall off the face of the earth" bug. CF Jose Lopez lost about 60 contact this year. Someone tell the german that this is NOT fixed.

[Tasan]

Strike that, he lost 80 points of contact vs righties. Lovely.

[ekcut]

Whew....Just got back from a night out with my lil hottie and now this. Looks like I missed a great season, but I have to like the end result!

Congrats to the usual suspects!
*stares menicingly at Chief*

[ekcut]

Originally Posted by Tasan

Well I got hit by the "fall off the face of the earth" bug. CF Jose Lopez lost about 60 contact this year. Someone tell the german that this is NOT fixed.

Ouch...you've been "Harmoned"

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Alan T

July 29th, 1984: Steven McGill (Hartford) goes 2 for 4 in a 4-3 win over Columbus for the 29th consecutive game in a row with a hit. This breaks Ed Wilson's (formerly of Gary/Valdosta) 23 year old record for most games in a row with a hit.

As of August 1st, McGill has reached 31 games in a row with a hit and is still counting.

Just looking at this years accomplishments when I think you overlooked who actually was the record holder. It was the same guy, Steve McGill with 29 straight hits in 1977.

[Tasan]

This pisses me off to no end. It can't happen to a bench player. Nope. Just a cornerstone of my offense.

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Violators 7
Pooners 3

just get me in a fucking playoff with that team and i got a good chance at knocking the Giant down from the beanstalk. damn, and this was a good year to try to catch Hartford too. what a missed opportunity.

After looking at the team vs. team records this statement is histerical.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Tasan

Well I got hit by the "fall off the face of the earth" bug. CF Jose Lopez lost about 60 contact this year. Someone tell the german that this is NOT fixed.

is this the same Joe Lopez i traded to you? who'd i get in return? Paul Morris? if so, then HOT DAMN it's good to be a Violator!

[Commo_Soldier]

Wow, and we have a new SP atop the single season strikeout leaderboard. Randy Wright of Wyoming struck out 156 batters, while only fanning 299 times himself. It appears Wyoming really wanted to secure that #1 draft pick.

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by Anthony

is this the same Joe Lopez i traded to you? who'd i get in return? Paul Morris? if so, then HOT DAMN it's good to be a Violator!

You got lucky, they are virtually identical players up until the moment the game decides to take a crap.

*edit
Correction. Lopez was the better player til this moment. Stupid OOTP.

Good job getting lucky.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

Just looking at this years accomplishments when I think you overlooked who actually was the record holder. It was the same guy, Steve McGill with 29 straight hits in 1977.

My mistake. Some of the screens aren't super intuitive of figuring out who was the former leader.

[allpro10050]

Sure my Major League team may suck but my Single A and Short Season A teams both won there third consecutive titles.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by allpro10050

.

I am not even sure what this smiley is supposed to mean.. but I enjoy sitting and watching them party for a while every time I see it.

[kaosfere]

So hypnotic.....

Congrats to the four finalists!

I'm content with how my team did. Got two decent stat bumps over the course of the season. I'm letting Julio Martinez hit the FA market, now that's he's fully converted into an SP. :P