1978 Off-season Thread (Pre-draft file is up.)

[Young Drachma]

Moving DFA guys to rosters....takes....a minute...

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by kaosfere

It's a guaranteed $6000000 for 2 years, before options and bonuses.

I guess what I meant to say was, I had you beat in total dollars, but mine was over more time == less per year, but all of it was guaranteed. Kinda sucks but understandable

[Young Drachma]

Monday, January 2nd, 1978
Toronto Osprey: Signed free agent 2B E. Meyer to a 3-year contract worth a total of $6,500,000.

[Young Drachma]

Saturday, January 7th, 1978
Chicago Thunderstorms: Signed free agent 2B A. Payton to a 8-year contract worth a total of $119,365,000.

[kaosfere]

Originally Posted by Tasan

I guess what I meant to say was, I had you beat in total dollars, but mine was over more time == less per year, but all of it was guaranteed. Kinda sucks but understandable

Ahhh, gotcha. Yeah.

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Monday, January 2nd, 1978
Toronto Osprey: Signed free agent 2B E. Meyer to a 3-year contract worth a total of $6,500,000.

Heh heh. Teach YOU to underperform on your $6,000,000/yr contract.

[kaosfere]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Saturday, January 7th, 1978
Chicago Thunderstorms: Signed free agent 2B A. Payton to a 8-year contract worth a total of $119,365,000.

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Saturday, January 7th, 1978
Chicago Thunderstorms: Signed free agent 2B A. Payton to a 8-year contract worth a total of $119,365,000.

Holy cow.

Good luck with that one. He should perform for several of those, but no way he does for all of them.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Tasan

Holy cow.

Good luck with that one. He should perform for several of those, but no way he does for all of them.

Live. for. today.

[Tasan]

Can't wait for the draftees.

[kaosfere]

I committed myself to a 7-year deal with someone, but I haven't seen it come up yet.

[Anthony]

whew, i landed one of the big pitchers. i needed that. he's pretty young, too. looks like he won't get a lot of strikeouts but he'll keep it in the park. suddenly the Violators aren't looking so innocent anymore. we really increased our depth and added a lot of big bats. me likes.

[TimGuru]

While watching real baseball and refreshing the drama of the FOOL offseason, I have been tidying up my computer desk area. I just had to start a second shoebox to contain all my jewel cases with game cd/dvds. A SECOND SHOEBOX. I have too many games (and the attention span of a fly in a cow pasture).

[Young Drachma]

Draft pool has 35 players 2-5 potential.

File is packing now for upload.

[TimGuru]

Originally Posted by Anthony

whew, i landed one of the big pitchers. i needed that. he's pretty young, too. looks like he won't get a lot of strikeouts but he'll keep it in the park. suddenly the Violators aren't looking so innocent anymore. we really increased our depth and added a lot of big bats. me likes.

I hope he works out for ya. I don't trust the low stuff guys in this league...too many hitter friendly parks.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Live. for. today.

and die a slow and painful death tomorrow.

if any team has ever been handcuffed to one player for so long, i've never seen it. gonna be some lean years in Year 6-8.

but today, today you're all aces.

[Young Drachma]

Nice moves by Toronto on the second day. Me likes, me likes.

[kaosfere]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

While watching real baseball and refreshing the drama of the FOOL offseason, I have been tidying up my computer desk area. I just had to start a second shoebox to contain all my jewel cases with game cd/dvds. A SECOND SHOEBOX. I have too many games (and the attention span of a fly in a cow pasture).

Sounds like the bookshelf I have devoted to my combined PS2/PS3/Wii/Dreamcast collection.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

I hope he works out for ya. I don't trust the low stuff guys in this league...too many hitter friendly parks.

compared to what Chicago is paying Payton, SP Bruno is playing practically for free.

[kaosfere]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Toronto Osprey: Signed free agent CL J. Martínez to a 7-year contract worth a total of $46,500,000.

Oh, I *did* get him. Must have missed it. That means I hit on all 6 of my offers. Happy me.

[Young Drachma]

All of you kids keep producing that bulletin board material for my club this year.

We truly appreciate it.

[Young Drachma]

I've never anticipated a season more than this one.

That's saying a lot.

[kaosfere]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Nice moves by Toronto on the second day. Me likes, me likes.

Thanks. I was hoping most for Martínez and Richard. Was thinking people might overlook Martínez, but with his 41 endurance he could be a killer middle relief man in addition to a closer.

Richards seems to go between good year and bad year, but I need an all-around outfielder who can get on base, and he fills that need. His stats are holding steady and he should hopefully be solid for my 2 gauranteed years.

I have high hopes for Jeff Thomas. Which means he likely won't pan out.

[Young Drachma]

Who wants trivia?

Guess who won't be the #1 highest paid player in FOOL for the next 3 years?

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by kaosfere

Thanks. I was hoping most for Martínez and Richard. Was thinking people might overlook Martínez, but with his 41 endurance he could be a killer middle relief man in addition to a closer.

Richards seems to go between good year and bad year, but I need an all-around outfielder who can get on base, and he fills that need. His stats are holding steady and he should hopefully be solid for my 2 gauranteed years.

I have high hopes for Jeff Thomas. Which means he likely won't pan out.

Middle relief? Take a page from Alan's book and put that man in the rotation. Anything less would be a waste.



No really, I'm serious.

[kaosfere]

Originally Posted by Anthony

if any team has ever been handcuffed to one player for so long, i've never seen it. gonna be some lean years in Year 6-8.

Eh. With our current financials, most teams could buy out years 7 and 8 without blinking, and only have to think a little about 6, so it's not as huge a risk as it seems.

I really think we should fix this.

[TimGuru]

41s a little low ain't it? At least for us less-than-worthies who don't know how to funkify all the sliders and whatnot, and who haven't run shfiftyfive tests of every permutation.

[kaosfere]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Middle relief? Take a page from Alan's book and put that man in the rotation. Anything less would be a waste.



No really, I'm serious.

Shhh. I was trying not to tell anyone about that plan, so I wouldn't jinx it!



We'll just say he'll probably be getting a few GS in spring training.

[TimGuru]

Originally Posted by kaosfere

Sounds like the bookshelf I have devoted to my combined PS2/PS3/Wii/Dreamcast collection.

I am literally looking at the EA Sports 08 PC box set (NBA/NHL/Madden/Tiger/FIFA) as we speak. I need help.

[magic_number]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Live. for. today.

+1 We are starting to see the AGE OF THE BETWARS...

[Young Drachma]

File is up

[kaosfere]

Originally Posted by magic_number

We are starting to see the AGE OF THE BETWARS...

I feel stupid for asking this, like I should know it, but: Betwars?

[magic_number]

Originally Posted by kaosfere

Oh, I *did* get him. Must have missed it. That means I hit on all 6 of my offers. Happy me.

+1ish

THE POWER OF THE MLC ...

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by kaosfere

I feel stupid for asking this, like I should know it, but: Betwars?

+1

Soooo confused.

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

While watching real baseball and refreshing the drama of the FOOL offseason, I have been tidying up my computer desk area. I just had to start a second shoebox to contain all my jewel cases with game cd/dvds. A SECOND SHOEBOX. I have too many games (and the attention span of a fly in a cow pasture).

Man, I hear you. I play a game for a bit, get bored and then something new and shiny catches my attention and I have to play that.

[kaosfere]

Also, DC, have you considered setting up any of the Getch utilities for FOOL?

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by kaosfere

Also, DC, have you considered setting up any of the Getch utilities for FOOL?

I tried seasons ago and ran into problems with them on my server. I haven't tried in a while, maybe I'm less stupid now and can do it.

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Middle relief? Take a page from Alan's book and put that man in the rotation. Anything less would be a waste.



No really, I'm serious.

That was gonna be my plan for him. I just didn't go anywhere near enough years. My per year was just about dead on.

[kaosfere]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

I tried seasons ago and ran into problems with them on my server. I haven't tried in a while, maybe I'm less stupid now and can do it.

Hee. Well, should you feel motivated to at some point and run into any technical difficulties, feel free to give me a shout. It's right up my expertise alley, like we discussed in the past.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by kaosfere

Hee. Well, should you feel motivated to at some point and run into any technical difficulties, feel free to give me a shout. It's right up my expertise alley, like we discussed in the past.

Or I can just export the CSVs and let you try to do it. That might be a better idea even...

[Cringer]

Well, from what I see on the previous page, not real happy with what I got.

[kaosfere]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Or I can just export the CSVs and let you try to do it. That might be a better idea even...

Hah. I'd give it a whirl, for sure. Assuming the rest of the league didn't mind. I'm not sure if there's any sensitive info in the CSVs used for Getch's stuff.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by kaosfere

Hah. I'd give it a whirl, for sure. Assuming the rest of the league didn't mind. I'm not sure if there's any sensitive info in the CSVs used for Getch's stuff.

I'll take a stab at it once I get some time after I move, etc., and if I run into trouble, I'll let you know.

[Tasan]

I swung and missed so much this offseason that I wound up overpaying for a guy that, while I think he fits my new stadium real good, will probably not live up to the paycheck. I suck at free agency.

[kaosfere]

[kaosfere]

I am laughing so hard right now.

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by kaosfere

Should we really allow hitter award bonuses more than 2x larger than the current salary?

edited to not be so confrontational

[Young Drachma]

I actually did that as a test to see if it matters at all. We had no real definitive evidence in this league and I'm trying to figure it out for the future of the financials situation. I've tested in test leagues, but..wanted to see it in the "real environement" Given that it seems no one seems to have made an offer on him, that test really wasn't effective.

I'm sure it's more evidence of my moral turpitude.

[Tasan]

It at least looks really silly.

[kaosfere]

Ugh. Forum choking.

I don't think it's that big a deal, DC. It's not like there were a crapload of people flinging him money in the back half of this FA. Had you done it with someone in the 4-5 mil price range, it may have been different. A worthwhile experiment, at least.

And yes, it's funny as hell.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Tasan

It at least looks really silly.

It's one of the rules we're working on, with the changes to the cash situation. We should have something by the end of the week. There will be time between when it's implemented, so it's not an overnight thing, but...there is progress being made and incentives over a certain amount is included in the latest proposal.