FOOL-X 2043 Regular Season

[Alan T]

September 14th, 2043:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Havana Banana Sluggers 100 43 .699 - 93-50 7 54-17 46-26 9-4 25-14 Clinched W1 8-2 Stafford Terriers 75 67 .528 24½ 67-75 8 39-32 36-35 13-5 30-16 W2 6-4 Washington Freedom 74 68 .521 25½ 74-68 0 39-29 35-39 7-9 27-19 L2 5-5 St Cloud Raindrops 74 69 .517 26 78-65 -4 38-37 36-32 5-7 22-29 W2 3-7 Oshawa Mullets 68 75 .476 32 74-69 -6 36-33 32-42 10-11 22-26 L2 5-5 Plantana Pirates 67 75 .472 32½ 66-76 1 32-35 35-40 3-4 22-22 W1 4-6 Chicago Southpaws 62 81 .434 38 66-77 -4 37-38 25-43 4-6 13-23 L1 5-5 St Louis Hops 50 92 .352 49½ 53-89 -3 26-48 24-44 5-10 15-27 L1 5-5

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 New York Legends 87 55 .613 - 91-51 -4 41-27 46-28 2-7 19-17 18 L2 4-6 Spring Lions 85 58 .594 2½ 82-61 3 39-32 46-26 5-4 17-12 W1 7-3 Las Vegas Wildcats 75 68 .524 12½ 75-68 0 32-43 43-25 7-1 21-17 W2 5-5 Waikiki Beach Boys 68 74 .479 19 72-70 -4 40-34 28-40 3-3 15-16 L1 4-6 Ann Arbor Wolverines 68 74 .479 19 67-75 1 36-35 32-39 4-8 15-19 L1 4-6 Portland Axemen 66 77 .462 21½ 66-77 0 35-40 31-37 12-3 19-16 W1 7-3 Maricopa Rattlers 63 80 .441 24½ 63-80 0 32-37 31-43 3-7 16-21 W1 4-6 Cleveland Naps 58 84 .408 29 57-85 1 23-44 35-40 3-6 17-21 L1 5-5

[Alan T]

Havana has already clinched a playoff spot and homefield advantage in the CLCS!

Stafford has a magic number of 20

New York has a magic number of 8
Spring has a magic number of 10

[Alan T]

Luis Gómez Reaches 200 Wins
Monday, September 14th, 2043: His goal at twenty was to win twenty games one year, pitch until he was thirty, win the league pennant and to make some money. Well, Luis Gómez did something even better -- the 37-year-old Spring Lions star has now won 200 games in his career. That put him in a very select group of pitchers.

He joined that exclusive club today at Morales Field by whipping the Portland Axemen 10-4, holding them to 12 hits in 8.1 innings while chalking up 5 strikeouts and no walks.

In the postgame interview, the modest Gómez said, "It's special to win 200 games. You don't do it by yourself. You do it with good stuff and a good bullpen. You are only as good as the guys behind you. Years from now I might look back on it and give myself a little pat on the back."

In his career Gómez has notched 200 wins and 160 losses and compiled a 4.33 ERA.

[Alan T]

Gomez is the 48th pitcher in FOOL-X history to record 200 wins

[Alan T]

September 21st, 2043:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Havana Banana Sluggers 104 46 .693 - 98-52 6 58-20 46-26 9-4 27-15 Clinched W1 6-4 Stafford Terriers 79 69 .534 24 71-77 8 39-32 40-37 13-5 30-17 W3 7-3 Washington Freedom 77 72 .517 26½ 77-72 0 42-33 35-39 7-10 28-20 L2 4-6 St Cloud Raindrops 77 72 .517 26½ 81-68 -4 41-40 36-32 5-7 23-29 L3 5-5 Plantana Pirates 72 77 .483 31½ 70-79 2 36-35 36-42 3-4 24-23 L1 6-4 Oshawa Mullets 71 79 .473 33 77-73 -6 36-33 35-46 11-11 23-27 W2 4-6 Chicago Southpaws 65 85 .433 39 67-83 -2 37-38 28-47 4-6 13-24 W1 5-5 St Louis Hops 52 97 .349 51½ 58-91 -6 28-49 24-48 5-10 15-28 L1 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Spring Lions 89 61 .593 - 85-65 4 43-35 46-26 5-4 18-12 13 L1 6-4 New York Legends 88 61 .591 ½ 91-58 -3 42-33 46-28 2-8 19-17 L3 2-8 Las Vegas Wildcats 77 72 .517 11½ 78-71 -1 34-47 43-25 7-1 21-19 L1 5-5 Ann Arbor Wolverines 72 76 .486 16 70-78 2 36-35 36-41 4-8 16-19 W1 5-5 Waikiki Beach Boys 72 77 .483 16½ 75-74 -3 42-35 30-42 4-3 17-17 L1 5-5 Portland Axemen 69 81 .460 20 70-80 -1 35-40 34-41 12-4 19-17 W1 5-5 Maricopa Rattlers 69 81 .460 20 69-81 0 32-37 37-44 4-7 17-21 W3 8-2 Cleveland Naps 61 88 .409 27½ 60-89 1 25-46 36-42 3-6 18-23 W1 4-6

[Alan T]

Stafford has a magic number of 12


Spring has a magic number of 2
New York has a magic number of 3

[Alan T]

September 28th, 2043:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Havana Banana Sluggers 107 49 .686 - 101-55 6 59-22 48-27 9-5 28-15 Clinched W2 6-4 Stafford Terriers 82 73 .529 24½ 74-81 8 40-34 42-39 14-5 30-18 L2 6-4 St Cloud Raindrops 81 74 .523 25½ 84-71 -3 41-40 40-34 7-7 25-29 W2 5-5 Washington Freedom 79 77 .506 28 80-76 -1 44-34 35-43 7-10 28-22 W2 3-7 Oshawa Mullets 76 80 .487 31 82-74 -6 41-34 35-46 11-11 25-28 W3 8-2 Plantana Pirates 75 81 .481 32 74-82 1 39-39 36-42 3-6 24-25 L2 4-6 Chicago Southpaws 67 89 .429 40 69-87 -2 37-38 30-51 4-6 14-25 L2 3-7 St Louis Hops 56 100 .359 51 62-94 -6 32-49 24-51 5-10 17-29 L3 6-4

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Spring Lions 90 66 .577 - 87-69 3 43-38 47-28 5-5 18-14 6 L1 4-6 New York Legends 89 67 .571 1 93-63 -4 42-36 47-31 2-8 20-20 L4 1-9 Las Vegas Wildcats 82 73 .529 7½ 83-72 -1 34-47 48-26 8-1 22-19 W2 7-3 Ann Arbor Wolverines 76 79 .490 13½ 73-82 3 38-36 38-43 5-8 18-19 W1 5-5 Waikiki Beach Boys 76 80 .487 14 80-76 -4 45-36 31-44 4-3 19-19 L1 6-4 Maricopa Rattlers 74 82 .474 16 73-83 1 37-38 37-44 4-7 19-22 W1 8-2 Portland Axemen 72 84 .462 18 73-83 -1 35-40 37-44 12-4 21-18 W3 4-6 Cleveland Naps 64 92 .410 26 63-93 1 28-50 36-42 3-7 18-24 L2 4-6

[Alan T]

Spring clinches a playoff spot!

New York has a magic number of 1

Stafford has a magic number of 7

[Alan T]

Nation Cracks 6 Hits
Wednesday, September 30th, 2043: Today Stanley Nation led the St Louis Hops to a 15-13 win over the Stafford Terriers. He topped all hitters in the game with 6 hits in 6 at-bats.

Stanley Nation singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, hit an RBI single in the 4th, singled in the 6th, hit an RBI double in the 7th and hit an RBI single in the 9th.

Looking at his present stats, Nation has compiled a .254 batting average in 159 games with a .354 on-base percentage, while hitting 26 home runs and driving in 92 runs.

[Alan T]

Final Day of the season, Stafford has clinched a playoff spot as has new York.

The only thing left to decide is which team will have homefield advantage in the RLCS. Spring has lost 7 of their last 10, and New York has lost 6 of their last 10. With both teams backing into the playoffs they remain tied going into the last game:

Spring 92-69
New York 92-69

Spring plays @ Cleveland
New York plays @ Maricopa

[ekcut]

Originally Posted by Alan T

BOOoooooooooo.....
I guess it's true. You do need more then 2 major league quality pitchers to succeed in this league.

[Alan T]

10/4:

New York 4, Maricopa 2
Spring 8, Cleveland 1

New York and Spring remain tied after the last game of the season. They now will face each other in one more game to determine which team has homefield advantage in the RLCS.

As Spring led the regular season series 12-11 vs New York, they'll host this deciding game prior to the playoffs.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Thanks Stafford. I don't know if I can take much more defeat this week. You take the beating from Havana instead!

[Alan T]

10/5:

Spring 10, New York 9


Spring clinches homefield advantage in the RLCS!

[Alan T]

Final 2043 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Havana Banana Sluggers 111 51 .685 - 105-57 6 59-22 52-29 9-5 29-16 Clinched L1 6-4 Stafford Terriers 86 76 .531 25 78-84 8 44-37 42-39 14-5 30-18 W3 5-5 Washington Freedom 84 78 .519 27 85-77 -1 47-34 37-44 7-10 29-23 W1 7-3 St Cloud Raindrops 82 80 .506 29 86-76 -4 41-40 41-40 7-7 25-31 L3 3-7 Plantana Pirates 77 85 .475 34 76-86 1 41-40 36-45 3-6 25-25 W1 3-7 Oshawa Mullets 77 85 .475 34 83-79 -6 42-39 35-46 11-11 26-30 L1 4-6 Chicago Southpaws 72 90 .444 39 73-89 -1 42-39 30-51 4-6 16-26 W1 7-3 St Louis Hops 59 103 .364 52 65-97 -6 32-49 27-54 5-10 18-29 L1 4-6

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Spring Lions 94 69 .577 - 91-72 3 44-38 50-31 5-5 20-16 Clinched W3 5-5 New York Legends 93 70 .571 1 98-65 -5 44-37 49-33 2-8 20-22 L1 4-6 Las Vegas Wildcats 87 75 .537 6½ 88-74 -1 34-47 53-28 8-1 24-19 L1 7-3 Ann Arbor Wolverines 81 81 .500 12½ 79-83 2 43-38 38-43 5-8 18-20 W1 7-3 Waikiki Beach Boys 78 84 .481 15½ 82-80 -4 45-36 33-48 4-4 19-20 L1 4-6 Maricopa Rattlers 77 85 .475 16½ 75-87 2 40-41 37-44 4-7 21-23 L1 6-4 Portland Axemen 73 89 .451 20½ 74-88 -1 36-45 37-44 13-4 22-19 W1 4-6 Cleveland Naps 66 96 .407 27½ 65-97 1 29-52 37-44 3-7 19-24 L2 4-6

[Alan T]

Havana records the third best record in CL regular season history and becomes the only team other than the Boston Resettlers (now Plantana) to record more than 110 wins in a season within the CL!

Of course as we saw last season, winning 110 games in the regular season has not historically meant much in the postseason!

[hyde4us11]

Stafford and the +8 Pyt.Rec was what did me in. Good job

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG A. Díaz - POR .339 2 D. Donlon LVS .330 3 F. Torres SPG .325 4 W. Howard POR .324 5 M. Gravo ANN .323	League Leaders HR 2 tied with 44 1 D. Donlon LVS 44 1 F. Medina HBS 44 3 J. Lynn CHI 40 3 A. Trampakoulos WAS 40	League Leaders RBI D. Donlon - LVS 160 2 I. Canseco SPG 137 2 F. Medina HBS 137 4 P. Harrington SPG 136 5 G. Verhoeve SPG 135
League Leaders W J. Lyon - LVS 19 2 C. Galindo HBS 18 2 A. Hernández NY 18 2 J. Wilson NY 18 5 S. Vernon NY 17	League Leaders ERA R. Sánchez - WAS 2.78 2 C. Galindo HBS 2.79 3 R. Frank STC 3.04 4 T. Jin PLN 3.28 4 J. Molina STC 3.28	League Leaders K J. Molina - STC 237 2 R. Quifel STC 234 3 S. Fournier STL 216 4 J. Thompson MAR 199 5 A. Hernández NY 189

[TeachEnEspanol]

Starting over from scratch next season...can't wait!

Good luck to Chief, Spot, Tasan, and matt tomorrow!!!

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Havana records the third best record in CL regular season history and becomes the only team other than the Boston Resettlers (now Plantana) to record more than 110 wins in a season within the CL!

Of course as we saw last season, winning 110 games in the regular season has not historically meant much in the postseason!

Still cool though!

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Playoffs run tomorrow morning!

[kenjabroni]

Wasnt it Rum who said he was going to be going through a rebuilding phase just a couple of seasons ago............Hes such a fibber.

[Alan T]

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (Hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Dave Ducklow OSH 74.2198 100000 74.22

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Batters) (Veteran hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Brad Pellerin WAI 11.9308 100000 11.93

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (Pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Carlos Montaño NY 43.4063 100000 43.41

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Pitchers) (Veteran pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Manny Pérez OSH 51.257 594000 8.63

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (For the most overpaid hitter in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Jack Cline PLN -23.973 2100130 -5034641649000.00

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (For the most overpaid pitcher in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Jorge Morán LVS -24.5811 4560000 -11208981600000.00

Home Run or Nothing Award (For the hitter that hit home runs and not much else.)
Name Team HR RC Score Clayton Richardson WAS 33 67.564982 0.4254

Selfish Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that has all of the headlines but none of the wins.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score Alonso Hernández NY 18 12 189 87 215.0 16519.4791

Unluckiest Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that would likely win an award if on a better team.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score Bobby Gray STL 7 14 165 56 187.0 992.18181947

Running on Empty Award (For the baserunner that keeps attempting to steal and fails.)
Name Team SB CS SB % Score Clay Steele CLE 18 22 0.4500 10.00

Can't hit his weight Award (For the hitter that can't even hit his weight.)
Name Team Weight Batting Avg. Score José Rincón NY 225 lbs 0.203 0.90265825

Should have stayed home Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team Batting Avg. HR RBI VORP Miguel Costello MAR 0.256 4 58 -24.7668

Should have stayed home Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team W L ERA VORP Dave Williamson STL 5 17 9.26 -53.6605

Stone Statue Award (For the Shortstop that had so little range that he resembled a statue.)
Name Team Total Chances Assists Put Outs Range Jacob Williamson POR 656 410 217 3.9079

Cannon-Arm Award (For the Catcher that showed off the best cannon-arm in games.)
Name Team SB attempts against Runners Thrown Out RTO% Score Pippino Nannini ANN 102 37 0.3627 51.6

Early Checkout Award (For the Starting pitcher that left games the earliest.)
Name Team W L ERA GS IP Score Ryosei Suitani SPG 10 10 6.96 32 137.0 0.2336

Never met a pitch he didn't like award (For the Hitter that never liked to watch a pitch go by without hitting it.)
Name Team Batting Avg. H BB Score Bartolo Cortéz SPG 0.300 217 48 169

Take the Money and Run Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Batting Avg. HR RBI Score Katsuhiko Watanabe MAR 7000000 0.266 35 127 38.968

Take the Money and Run Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Wins Losses ERA Score Guillermo Ayala ANN 11702000 12 8 5.16 35.8624

Anger Management Award (For the pitcher that hit the most batters during the season.)

Name Team W L IP Hit Batters Martín Romero ANN 8 16 195.0 18

[Alan T]

Brad Pellerin sighting!

[kenjabroni]

Holy crap.......Garcia.....went from a potential 6 control down to a 2....and that was after he had gone up to a 4.....Wish I wouldnt have signed him to an extension now.....hes pretty much worthless

[Chief Rum]

Considering the fanfare he got earlier today, I find it immensely amusing that Ayala won the Take The Money and Run award.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Considering the fanfare he got earlier today, I find it immensely amusing that Ayala won the Take The Money and Run award.

I do too

[Wolverines]

Originally Posted by Alan T

I do too

I do too .

Da bum.

Still, he still probably pitched far better than my not-ready-for-prime-time alternatives.

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by kenjabroni

Holy crap.......Garcia.....went from a potential 6 control down to a 2....and that was after he had gone up to a 4.....Wish I wouldnt have signed him to an extension now.....hes pretty much worthless

This has been a problem from the get go in this league. Alan said he would look into it in the near future. Its hopefully going to get better. We all feel your pain.

[Chief Rum]

That's happened to me twice that I can immediately recall. Both players were youngish, about 30, and had just signed extensions. One was a pitcher at the very start of his extension, while the other was a power hitting 1B.

It sucks, but I have learned to roll with that. As far as I know, it can happen to any of us, but clearly with randomness at a low, it's pretty rare (thankfully).

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by kenjabroni

Wasnt it Rum who said he was going to be going through a rebuilding phase just a couple of seasons ago............Hes such a fibber.

Heh, heh... when I said that, I really believed it. A combination of good fortune, a couple good signings, and a stretch of down years for much of the CL has kept me ont op.

I made that doomsday pronouncement about five seasons ago, I believe, when my main stars were SP Jose Fernandez, CF Angel Castillo, 1B Jeff Savard, 2B Michael Peppers, C Matt "Splits" Hall and SS Simon Laroque. All of these players were 30-plus and coming to the end of lucrative contracts. I knew they would ask for too much considering they were all likely to begin to decline, and my system was relatively barren.

Behind that group of stars was OF Felix Medina and 3B Arturo Caro, who were just coming up and starting to approach their potential talents. SP Carlos Galindo was solid but inconsistent and under his ratings, like most pitchers. Vet signing Wickerson Layar was an inconsistent pitcher, and Tamasaki Yamaguchi, like other pitchers in this league, was a young pitcher who couldn't seem to develop any further.

Move up a few years. Castillo leaves via free agency first. Fernandez and Savard go bad and retire. Peppers, Laroque and Hall reach their walk years at ages 33-35 and ask for too much to stay on; I let them go. Even with Medina and Caro under long term club control, two good hitters can't carry a team, so this is when Havana shoulda sunk into oblivion.

But I got lucky. Galindo's ratings improved, and now he's the current Mauro Morales winner in the CL, and a heavy favorite for this year's, too. Layar suddenly ifugred it out and started pitching consistently better. And Yamaguchi finally developed. I signed Hector Sanchez, former closer deluxe, to try his hand at SP (i.e. cheap starter), and he has done well. Medina and Caro anchor an opportunistic lineup that has a sprkling of guys who are good at one thing (CON) or the other (POW) for the most part.

So that's how I did it--I got lucky. Hopefully I can keep it up. I was very surprised the past couple seasons to continue to contend.

[CleBrownsfan]

Been there to many times kenjabroni. Nothing worse than signing someone (extension or FA) and their ratings take a dump. I have the same with my veteran OF Medina. I'm paying him 8+ mil a year to sit on the bench

Good luck to the playoff teams. Awesome regular season Sluggers - which usually means doom for the postseason.

For my Naps - I better have one hell of a squad in 2-3 yrs with all these top picks... losing 90+ games is getting old

[ekcut]

I learned years ago this game is 90% luck and 30% skill with numbers.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by ekcut

I learned years ago this game is 90% luck and 30% skill with numbers.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by ekcut

I learned years ago this game is 90% luck and 30% skill with numbers.

I don't feel good about this seeing as how I just taught 5th grade math...

[Wolverines]

So the Wolverines improved from 72-90 in 2042, my first season here, to an even 81-81 in 2043. That probably doesn't mean much, but I see one immediate benefit: a couple of guys who would not talk extension with me before the season will now.

I'm not sure we can reach agreement, nor even if I want to extend. But at least they're willing to talk, and I guess its due to being a .500 team.

[Wolverines]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Considering the fanfare he got earlier today, I find it immensely amusing that Ayala won the Take The Money and Run award.

For kicks the Wolverines brass asked Ayala's agent (name of Boras, I think) about an extension. Mr. Take the Money and Run is seeking a 7-year deal of $94.2M, which comes to $13.4M per season.

[spot]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Stafford and the +8 Pyt.Rec was what did me in. Good job

Played way above our heads this season. Is it good to just get there?

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Thanks Stafford. I don't know if I can take much more defeat this week. You take the beating from Havana instead!

I'll take it!

[TroyD]

Well that was interesting lol. Guess we'll pick 1st in the next draft lol. Yikes.

[Tasan]

I'm guessing this might be a quick exit tomorrow for the mighty Lions. Our rotation just plain sucks.

On another note, I didn't realize, but last year our long time owner passed away, leaving his son to run the team. This is the 3rd generation of the same family to own the team. I kinda like this aspect of OOTP, but I wish they'd get the Jr naming issue worked out.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

I don't feel good about this seeing as how I just taught 5th grade math...

I wouldn't worry. I think basic addition and subtraction skills is second or third grade stuff.

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

I wouldn't worry. I think basic addition and subtraction skills is second or third grade stuff.

my 3 year old can do the numbers 1-10 addition and subtraction.

[CleBrownsfan]

I'm really hoping that I see Alan post later this morning that Júlio Castro (7.7 mil next year) and Pedro 'Banjo' Medina (8.9 mil for the next 2 years) announce their retirement. Both really took rating hit after they turned 32. That will free up a lot of FA $$$ so I can overpay on some other aging veteran

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

my 3 year old can do the numbers 1-10 addition and subtraction.

I think somewhere along the way Eric's teachers failed him.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

I'm really hoping that I see Alan post later this morning that Júlio Castro (7.7 mil next year) and Pedro 'Banjo' Medina (8.9 mil for the next 2 years) announce their retirement. Both really took rating hit after they turned 32. That will free up a lot of FA $$$ so I can overpay on some other aging veteran

At 32 I'd say that odds are not in your favor.