1840 Season Thread

[Young Drachma]

SPRING TRAINING STANDINGS
NL
---
Phoenix 17-7
Los Angeles 16-8
Milwaukee 16-8
Carolina 12-12
Chicago 7-17
Columbus 4-20

AL
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San Diego 15-9
Toronto 15-9
Frisco 13-11
Pennsylvania 12-12
Memphis 10-14
New York 7-17

[Young Drachma]

SALARIES

Rank	Team	Payroll
1	Chicago Hornets	$103,069,000
2	New York Americans	$100,119,000
3	Milwaukee Blue Ribbons	$99,436,000
4	Toronto Tecumsehs	$99,417,000
5	Memphis Smokers	$97,319,000
6	Los Angeles Vulcans	$96,349,000
7	Frisco Rough Riders	$95,066,000
8	San Diego Fathers	$87,476,000
9	Phoenix Firebirds	$67,615,000
10	Pennsylvania Paladins	$45,441,000
11	Columbus Astros	$43,950,000
12	Carolina Kings	$22,248,000

[Young Drachma]

I'll drop someone to get New York under the cap right now. File is up.

Let's try this "new schedule" thing right now for this upcoming season. I'll shrink the cycle to 7 days like this:

1st Half runs on Wednesday.
Draft is run on Thursdays.
2nd Half is run on Friday.
Playoffs run on Monday.

So that cuts out the weekend. Then in the opposite week, we'll do the free agency period.

FA1 on Wednesday
FA2 on Thursday
FA3 on Friday
FA4/Spring Training on Monday

This way, we're only playing four days a week and there's a season every/other/week like originally intended. But if we get into the routine of doing it like this, it should make it easier to remember what is going on when. What do you all think of this idea?

[JTSMOOTH]

Maybe for this season, on a trial basis, we can do away with the split season format and award one playoff spot to the champion of Spring Training and then another for the regular season winner

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

SPRING TRAINING STANDINGS
NL
---
Phoenix 17-7
Los Angeles 16-8
Milwaukee 16-8
Carolina 12-12
Chicago 7-17
Columbus 4-20

AL
----
San Diego 15-9
Toronto 15-9
Frisco 13-11
Pennsylvania 12-12
Memphis 10-14
New York 7-17

[JTSMOOTH]

I'm fine with whatever schedule you setup. As long as the schedule works for the commish and I have some advanced notice, I'm set.

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

I'll drop someone to get New York under the cap right now. File is up.

Let's try this "new schedule" thing right now for this upcoming season. I'll shrink the cycle to 7 days like this:

1st Half runs on Wednesday.
Draft is run on Thursdays.
2nd Half is run on Friday.
Playoffs run on Monday.

So that cuts out the weekend. Then in the opposite week, we'll do the free agency period.

FA1 on Wednesday
FA2 on Thursday
FA3 on Friday
FA4/Spring Training on Monday

This way, we're only playing four days a week and there's a season every/other/week like originally intended. But if we get into the routine of doing it like this, it should make it easier to remember what is going on when. What do you all think of this idea?

[ShoelessJ03]

Originally Posted by JTSMOOTH

I'm fine with whatever schedule you setup. As long as the schedule works for the commish and I have some advanced notice, I'm set.

Same here.

[Young Drachma]

And away we go!

STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 1, 1840

Nationwide League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Los Angeles Vulcans	8	3	.727	-
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons	7	4	.636	1.0
Columbus Astros		6	5	.545	2.0
Phoenix Firebirds	5	6	.455	3.0
Chicago Hornets		4	7	.364	4.0
Carolina Kings		3	8	.273	5.0

Associated League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Frisco Rough Riders	8	3	.727	-
San Diego Fathers	6	5	.545	2.0
Pennsylvania Paladins	5	6	.455	3.0
New York Americans	5	6	.455	3.0
Memphis Smokers		5	6	.455	3.0
Toronto Tecumsehs	4	7	.364	4.0

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF MAY 1, 1840

Nationwide League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Los Angeles Vulcans	26	11	.703	-
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons	23	15	.605	3.5
Phoenix Firebirds	22	16	.579	4.5
Columbus Astros		14	25	.359	13.0
Chicago Hornets		13	24	.351	13.0
Carolina Kings		10	27	.270	16.0

Associated League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
San Diego Fathers	25	13	.658	-
Frisco Rough Riders	24	14	.632	1.0
Pennsylvania Paladins	23	14	.622	1.5
Memphis Smokers		17	20	.459	7.5
New York Americans	15	22	.405	9.5
Toronto Tecumsehs	14	25	.359	11.5

[ShoelessJ03]

damn. i just exported. looks like i was a minute too late! haha

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF JUNE 1, 1840

Nationwide League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Los Angeles Vulcans	39	25	.609	-
Phoenix Firebirds	36	29	.554	3.5
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons	36	30	.545	4.0
Columbus Astros		26	41	.388	14.5
Chicago Hornets		24	40	.375	15.0
Carolina Kings		15	49	.234	24.0

Associated League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
San Diego Fathers	45	21	.682	-
Frisco Rough Riders	43	22	.662	1.5
Pennsylvania Paladins	37	28	.569	7.5
Memphis Smokers		31	34	.477	13.5
New York Americans	30	35	.462	14.5
Toronto Tecumsehs	29	37	.439	16.0

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by ShoelessJ03

damn. i just exported. looks like i was a minute too late! haha

Shit, sorry. I should've waited for you, knowing you always do.

[Young Drachma]

Phoenix (48-33) and San Diego (55-26) claimed their respective 1st half titles.

[ShoelessJ03]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Shit, sorry. I should've waited for you, knowing you always do.

meh, no worries. i shouldnt have procrastinated.

tough division this year!

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS JUNE 21, 1840

Nationwide League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Phoenix Firebirds	49	34	.590	-
Los Angeles Vulcans	48	34	.585	.5
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons	45	38	.542	4.0
Chicago Hornets		34	49	.410	15.0
Columbus Astros		30	55	.353	20.0
Carolina Kings		23	60	.277	26.0

Associated League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
San Diego Fathers	55	28	.663	-
Frisco Rough Riders	53	31	.631	2.5
Pennsylvania Paladins	43	39	.524	11.5
Memphis Smokers		42	41	.506	13.0
New York Americans	40	43	.482	15.0
Toronto Tecumsehs	37	47	.440	18.5

[Young Drachma]

Draft tomorrow night. File is up now. 2nd half on Friday

[JTSMOOTH]

Nice to see my team come through in the first half. Do have to say it doesn't seem right to win the division simply because we played 1 extra game and won. Not complaining, ill take the playoff spot, but that could be something to look into with the split season format.

[Young Drachma]

I can look into getting a custom-schedule made for a split season league or we can spend a trial period season or two using the full-season model and see which we prefer more.

[ShoelessJ03]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

...we can spend a trial period season or two using the full-season model and see which we prefer more.

I'm game for whatever the majority wants.

[Young Drachma]

Okay, so the post-draft file is up.

[Young Drachma]

Time for the 2nd half!

[Young Drachma]

STANDINGS AS OF JULY 1, 1840

Nationwide League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Los Angeles Vulcans	54	35	.607	-
Phoenix Firebirds	51	39	.567	3.5
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons	51	39	.567	3.5
Chicago Hornets		35	54	.393	19.0
Columbus Astros		33	58	.363	22.0
Carolina Kings		23	66	.258	31.0

Associated League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Frisco Rough Riders	58	32	.644	-
San Diego Fathers	57	33	.633	1.0
Memphis Smokers		47	42	.528	10.5
Pennsylvania Paladins	45	44	.506	12.5
New York Americans	43	46	.483	14.5
Toronto Tecumsehs	41	50	.451	17.5

[Young Drachma]

AUGUST 1, 1840

Nationwide League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Los Angeles Vulcans	72	45	.615	-
Phoenix Firebirds	65	53	.551	7.5
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons	65	53	.551	7.5
Chicago Hornets		46	71	.393	26.0
Columbus Astros		43	76	.361	30.0
Carolina Kings		29	88	.248	43.0

Associated League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
San Diego Fathers	74	44	.627	-
Frisco Rough Riders	73	45	.619	1.0
Memphis Smokers		65	52	.556	8.5
New York Americans	60	57	.513	13.5
Pennsylvania Paladins	57	60	.487	16.5
Toronto Tecumsehs	57	62	.479	17.5

[Young Drachma]

Here are the post-all star break standings as of September 7, 1840.

NL
Los Angeles 40-28
Milwaukee 38-28

AL
Frisco 39-28
New York 39-28
Pennsylvania 37-31
Memphis 36-32

In short, we've got a battle down the stretch.

[Young Drachma]

Here are the insane standings on September 14th with 3 days left in the regular season:

NL
---
Milwaukee 45-28
Los Angeles 44-30

AL
---
Frisco 42-31
Toronto 41-31
New York 41-32
San Diego 41-32
Pennsylvania 39-35
Memphis 38-36

[Young Drachma]

NL
---
MIL (Sep. 14-17) vs. Los Angeles

So these two will duke it out for the 2nd half title.

AL
---
NYA (Sept, 14-17) vs. Toronto
FRI ("") vs. Memphis
SDO ("") vs. Pennsylvania

In the AL, Memphis is mathematically eliminated. Everyone else is eligible. San Diego winning the 2nd half title would mean whoever was in 2nd place overall would claim the LCS spot (Frisco) and otherwise, it's open season. What a race to the finish!

[Young Drachma]

9/14
----
Los Angeles 5, Milwaukee 4
Phoenix 9, Columbus 7
New York 8, Toronto 3
Frisco 8, Memphis 1
San Diego 7, Pennsylvania 1

[Young Drachma]

9/15
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Frisco 5, Memphis 1
New York 5, Toronto 1
San Diego 5, Pennsylvania 2
Milwaukee 12, Los Angeles 3

[Young Drachma]

9/16
----
Toronto 5, New York 4
Memphis 6, Frisco 3
Milwaukee 5, Los Angeles 1

[JTSMOOTH]

Bring it on Milwaukee

[Young Drachma]

FINAL 1840 REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

Nationwide League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Milwaukee Blue Ribbons	95	67	.586	-
Los Angeles Vulcans	95	67	.586	-
Phoenix Firebirds	89	73	.549	6.0
Chicago Hornets		68	94	.420	27.0
Columbus Astros		61	101	.377	34.0
Carolina Kings		35	127	.216	60.0

Associated League Standings
			W	L	PCT	GB
Frisco Rough Riders	99	63	.611	-
San Diego Fathers	98	64	.605	1.0
Pennsylvania Paladins	84	78	.519	15.0
New York Americans	84	78	.519	15.0
Toronto Tecumsehs	82	80	.506	17.0
Memphis Smokers		82	80	.506	17.0

NL 2nd half champs: Milwaukee Blue Ribbons
AL 2nd half champs: Frisco Rough Riders

Congrats to Milwaukee!

[Young Drachma]

[davidstern]I moved the Rough Riders to Denver for the playoffs. Being in a major city might make them more attractive to a future owner and balances the geography a bit too. The game will act as if they'd been in Denver all year and even when they were in Frisco, I put them in Frisco, CO rather than Frisco, TX. [/davidstern]

Anyway, playoffs are on Monday. But will be run late on Monday because I'm going to be flying that day and won't be on the ground until late Monday evening (eastern time.)

If you all have your exports in on Sunday night, I can run it then. Otherwise, we'll do it late on Monday.

File is up.

[JTSMOOTH]

Phoenix is exported for the playoffs

[ShoelessJ03]

Hell yeah! Nice second half comeback. The final 3 days of the season is what this thing is all about. That series between myself and LA was basically a playoff series. Good story line down the stretch.

Congrats to the other playoff teams.

[Jack Raden]

Best season yet, and we're still in last! That's a stacked AL.

[ShoelessJ03]

Exported for the playoffs

[Young Drachma]

Okay, everyone who matters has exported, so I'm going to run the post-season since I'm on the road tomorrow.

[Young Drachma]

We've got the two-time defending champs trying to win a pennant in a new league and we've got the Fathers trying to finally reach the big stage.
Or will the Firebirds break through? Let's find out!

NLCS GAME 1
Phoenix 7, Milwaukee 3

ALCS GAME 1
Denver 8, San Diego 2

[Young Drachma]

NLCS GAME 2
Phoenix 7, Milwaukee 4 (PHX leads 2-0)

ALCS GAME 2
Denver 5, San Diego 3 (DEN leads 2-0)

[Young Drachma]

ALCS GAME 3
San Diego 10, Denver 7 (DEN leads series 2-1)

NLCS GAME 3
Phoenix 5, Milwaukee 2 (PHX leads 3-0)

[Young Drachma]

NLCS GAME 4
Phoenix 5, Milwaukee 2 (PHX wins series 4-0)

And with that, the Blue Ribbons reign ends!

ALCS GAME 4
Denver 10, San Diego 4 (DEN leads 3-1)

[Young Drachma]

ALCS GAME 5
San Diego 5, Denver 2 (DEN leads series 3-2)

[Young Drachma]

ALCS GAME 6
San Diego 4, Denver 3 (Series tied 3-3)

San Diego scored the GW run in the top of the 9th

[Young Drachma]

ALCS GAME 7
San Diego 5, Denver 3

THE FATHERS WIN THE PENNANT!

[Young Drachma]

SUNSET SERIES, 1840

Game 1: San Diego 4, Phoenix 3
Game 2: Phoenix 7, San Diego 2
Game 3: Phoenix 4, San Diego 2 (PHX leads series 2-1)
Game 4: Phoenix 9, San Diego 0 (PHX leads series 3-1)
Game 5: San Diego 6, Phoenix 5 (PHX leads series 3-2)
Game 6: San Diego 5, Phoenix 4 (Series tied 3-3)
Game 7: Phoenix 5, San Diego 2 (PHX leads series 4-3)
Game 8: San Diego 3, Phoenix 2 (Series tied 4-4)

The Fathers have been the cardiac kids this post-season!

[Young Drachma]

SUNSET SERIES GAME NINE
The last game of our post-season went to 11 innings

Spoiler

Phoenix 4, San Diego 3

Congrats to the Fathers!

[Young Drachma]

AWARD WINNERS
NL MVP: Kelvin Boyd, Columbus
AL MVP: Gary Horton, New York

NL POY: Warner Armstrong, Milwaukee
AL POY: Mike McCubbin, San Diego

NL ROY: Kent Byrd, Phoenix
AL ROY: Brad Carroll, Denver

[Young Drachma]

File is up!

[ShoelessJ03]

Where are we at?

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by ShoelessJ03

Where are we at?

Where we left off. I'll be back home next week late in the week, so I was a bit leery to start a new season before I had hands on access to my Computer. So let's resume with our regular shenanigans after the new year. We'll use the same schedule I posted earlier.

i'll post an update before we resume, so you all can get your exports in, etc.