1866 (Season 29) Season Thread

Young Drachma · 01-02-2013, 03:42 PM

FA3/Spring Training: Wednesday (1/2)
1st Half: Thursday (1/3)
2nd Half: Friday (1/4)
Playoffs: Tuesday (1/8)

Young Drachma · 01-02-2013, 11:21 PM

Ok, spring time.

Young Drachma · 01-02-2013, 11:35 PM

Cap Variances:
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St. Louis $120m
Columbus $117m
Cleveland $90m
Portland $73m

Young Drachma · 01-02-2013, 11:37 PM

SPRING TRAINING STANDINGS
NL EAST
Columbus 17-7
Brooklyn 14-10
Gettysburg 14-10
Carolina 13-11
Washington 13-11

NL WEST
Kauai 13-11
Denver 11-13
Wyoming 10-14
Lake Tahoe 8-16
Portland 7-17

AL EAST
Memphis 19-5
Cuyahoga 13-11
Cleveland 9-15
Boston 9-15
Chicago 8-16

AL WEST
Rio Grande 14-10
San Diego 14-10
St. Louis 12-12
Las Vegas 11-13
Winnemucca 11-13

Young Drachma · 01-02-2013, 11:46 PM

Columbus is going to be scary good if their offense can even do a sliver of what that pitching staff ought to do. All of that patience and waiting coupled with smart FFP bidding looks like it might finally pay off. The NL West should be a parity-filled dogfight with really any the four of those five teams (sorry Portland) able to claim the crown.

The AL East will be interesting but Memphis has the inside track and the AL West is the 2nd toughest division in SLOP. Rio Grande, St. Louis, Las Vegas and Winnemucca are all good in their own ways. Someone is going to be home when the dust settles.

I think the NL East is arguably the toughest division in the league just based on the quality of the teams and how they're setup right now.

Young Drachma · 01-03-2013, 12:05 AM

File is up. 1st half tomorrow night in SLOP's first season of 2013.

Young Drachma · 01-03-2013, 11:09 PM

Ok, short turnaround but should be fun.

Young Drachma · 01-03-2013, 11:22 PM

STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 1, 1866

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NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Titans		9	3	.750	-
Washington Grays	7	4	.636	1.5
Gettysburg Gomers	5	5	.500	3.0
Carolina Kings		5	6	.455	3.5
Columbus Crusaders	1	10	.091	7.5

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Kauai Emeralds		10	1	.909	-
Wyoming Plowboys	7	4	.636	3.0
Lake Tahoe Syndicate	4	7	.364	6.0
Denver Crows		4	7	.364	6.0
Portland Thorns		3	8	.273	7.0

ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Memphis Smokers		9	2	.818	-
Cleveland Laborers	7	4	.636	2.0
Cuyahoga Spiders	6	4	.600	2.5
Chicago Hornets		5	6	.455	4.0
Boston Blue 		3	9	.250	6.5

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Aviators	7	4	.636	-
Winnemucca Lake Monsters6	5	.545	1.0
Las Vegas Aces		5	6	.455	2.0
San Diego Fathers	4	7	.364	3.0
Rio Grande Rough Riders	3	8	.273	4.0

Young Drachma · 01-03-2013, 11:25 PM

If it's any consolation, the game screwed up my lineup, when I clearly went with a different team heading to spring and so, as a result...my first half team doesn't reflect what I intended.

Young Drachma · 01-03-2013, 11:26 PM

AKA, it happens to me too sometimes. I think the problem had to do with the fact that I don't usually have to export and the fact that I switched machines (on the road until Sunday) but whatever..

Young Drachma · 01-03-2013, 11:27 PM

MAY 1, 1866

Code:

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Titans		23	17	.575	-
Washington Grays	22	17	.564	.5
Gettysburg Gomers	20	17	.541	1.5
Carolina Kings		19	19	.500	3.0
Columbus Crusaders	17	22	.436	5.5

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Kauai Emeralds		25	12	.676	-
Lake Tahoe Syndicate	18	20	.474	7.5
Denver Crows		18	20	.474	7.5
Wyoming Plowboys	16	22	.421	9.5
Portland Thorns		13	25	.342	12.5

ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Cuyahoga Spiders	24	13	.649	-
Memphis Smokers		23	16	.590	2.0
Chicago Hornets		22	16	.579	2.5
Cleveland Laborers	21	18	.538	4.0
Boston Blue Sox		12	28	.300	13.5

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Aviators	24	14	.632	-
Winnemucca Lake Monsters23	15	.605	1.0
Rio Grande Rough Riders	17	20	.459	6.5
Las Vegas Aces		15	23	.395	9.0
San Diego Fathers	10	28	.263	14.0

Young Drachma · 01-03-2013, 11:28 PM

JUNE 1, 1866

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NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Gettysburg Gomers	37	27	.578	-
Brooklyn Titans		38	29	.567	.5
Washington Grays	37	30	.552	1.5
Carolina Kings		31	34	.477	6.5
Columbus Crusaders	31	36	.463	7.5

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Kauai Emeralds		41	22	.651	-
Wyoming Plowboys	29	36	.446	13.0
Lake Tahoe Syndicate	29	37	.439	13.5
Denver Crows		28	37	.431	14.0
Portland Thorns		26	39	.400	16.0

ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Memphis Smokers		42	25	.627	-
Cuyahoga Spiders	39	25	.609	1.5
Chicago Hornets		34	31	.523	7.0
Cleveland Laborers	32	35	.478	10.0
Boston Blue Sox		20	47	.299	22.0

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Aviators	42	23	.646	-
Winnemucca Lake Monsters38	27	.585	4.0
Rio Grande Rough Riders	31	32	.492	10.0
Las Vegas Aces		26	39	.400	16.0
San Diego Fathers	23	43	.348	19.5

Young Drachma · 01-03-2013, 11:32 PM

JUNE 26, 1866

Code:

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Titans		53	36	.596	-
Gettysburg Gomers	51	36	.586	1.0
Washington Grays	51	39	.567	2.5
Columbus Crusaders	44	46	.489	9.5
Carolina Kings		42	46	.477	10.5

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Kauai Emeralds		49	38	.563	-
Denver Crows		40	48	.455	9.5
Wyoming Plowboys	40	49	.449	10.0
Lake Tahoe Syndicate	40	49	.449	10.0
Portland Thorns		33	56	.371	17.0

ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Cuyahoga Spiders	54	33	.621	-
Memphis Smokers		54	36	.600	1.5
Chicago Hornets		48	40	.545	6.5
Cleveland Laborers	42	48	.467	13.5
Boston Blue Sox		26	63	.292	29.0

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Aviators	59	30	.663	-
Winnemucca Lake Monsters52	37	.584	7.0
Rio Grande Rough Riders	45	42	.517	13.0
Las Vegas Aces		32	56	.364	26.5
San Diego Fathers	31	58	.348	28.0

Ok, so we're going to stop here. 2nd half tomorrow night. I'll upload the file and let you know when it's up.

Young Drachma · 01-03-2013, 11:41 PM

Thing worth noting about divisional play is, the schedule is balanced so everyone by the end of the season will have played every team in their league the same number of times. So we won't have situations where one division is weaker than the other, everyone plays the same teams and so...it works out fairly.

Young Drachma · 01-03-2013, 11:44 PM

The NL East is, as I expected, a bloodbath. Didn't expect Kauai to be so dominant to start the year, but wolvie's youth movement on offense and pitching is a tough combination to beat, but on the flip side...it'll be interesting to see how folks feel about a division champ winning their division and qualifying with a worse record than a 3rd place non-qualifier from a tougher division.

Young Drachma · 01-03-2013, 11:54 PM

File is up. We'll sim 2nd half tomorrow.

Subby · 01-04-2013, 08:35 AM

Hmmm - tough one. Do we tank for ping pong balls or try to make some moves...

Decisions, decisions.

Gomer · 01-04-2013, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subby

Hmmm - tough one. Do we tank for ping pong balls or try to make some moves...

Decisions, decisions.

Don't be a pussy. Make some moves.

claphamsa · 01-04-2013, 11:14 AM

i need players... send them to me!

sttfrk · 01-04-2013, 11:17 AM

I hate when people talk about tanking and hate people actually tanking even more.

I don't want to get into an argument or even a prolonged discussion, but I would hope everyone is doing their best to win as many games as possible. I know Portland will be making some moves to try to improve their win total this season. Obviously I'm limited due to the lack of talent this second year franchise has, but I'd never purposely try to lose games.

Young Drachma · 01-04-2013, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sttfrk

I hate when people talk about tanking and hate people actually tanking even more.

I don't want to get into an argument or even a prolonged discussion, but I would hope everyone is doing their best to win as many games as possible. I know Portland will be making some moves to try to improve their win total this season. Obviously I'm limited due to the lack of talent this second year franchise has, but I'd never purposely try to lose games.

The draft lottery pretty much presents tanking. We didn't implementing it for tanking, but to give non-playoff teams something to look forward.

Anyway, "tanking" in this context isn't the same as tanking. It's rather about making a conscious effort to keep a team together or blowing up a team. That's not tanking, it's smart when it's prudent.

Subby · 01-04-2013, 12:29 PM

Heh - I was kidding. We are in the middle of a massive rebuild, so we are already tanking!

Gomer · 01-04-2013, 04:33 PM

After we win our next ring, we're gonna go into massive tank mode, just for the fun of it.

TurnerONU22 · 01-04-2013, 07:03 PM

Well....that sucked.

Young Drachma · 01-04-2013, 08:46 PM

2nd half tonight nerds.

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 12:32 AM

All right, let's crown our first division champs of 2013!

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 12:33 AM

JULY 1, 1866

Code:

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Titans		55	36	.604	-
Gettysburg Gomers	52	37	.584	2.0
Washington Grays	53	39	.576	2.5
Columbus Crusaders	46	46	.500	9.5
Carolina Kings		43	46	.483	11.0

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Kauai Emeralds		50	39	.562	-
Wyoming Plowboys	40	50	.444	10.5
Denver Crows		40	50	.444	10.5
Lake Tahoe Syndicate	40	51	.440	11.0
Portland Thorns		33	58	.363	18.0

ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Cuyahoga Spiders	55	34	.618	-
Memphis Smokers		55	37	.598	1.5
Chicago Hornets		49	40	.551	6.0
Cleveland Laborers	43	49	.467	13.5
Boston Blue Sox		26	65	.286	30.0

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Aviators	61	30	.670	-
Winnemucca Lake Monsters52	38	.578	8.5
Rio Grande Rough Riders	46	43	.517	14.0
Las Vegas Aces		33	57	.367	27.5
San Diego Fathers	32	59	.352	29.0

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 12:36 AM

AUGUST 1, 1866

Code:

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Titans		75	43	.636	-
Gettysburg Gomers	67	50	.573	7.5
Washington Grays	67	52	.563	8.5
Columbus Crusaders	61	58	.513	14.5
Carolina Kings		56	61	.479	18.5

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Kauai Emeralds		62	55	.530	-
Lake Tahoe Syndicate	56	63	.471	7.0
Wyoming Plowboys	54	62	.466	7.5
Denver Crows		51	68	.429	12.0
Portland Thorns		41	78	.345	22.0

ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Memphis Smokers		70	49	.588	-
Cuyahoga Spiders	68	49	.581	1.0
Chicago Hornets		63	54	.538	6.0
Cleveland Laborers	54	65	.454	16.0
Boston Blue Sox		35	83	.297	34.5

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Aviators	78	41	.655	-
Winnemucca Lake Monsters73	43	.629	3.5
Rio Grande Rough Riders	62	55	.530	15.0
Las Vegas Aces		46	73	.387	32.0
San Diego Fathers	41	78	.345	37.0

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 12:38 AM

SEPTEMBER 1, 1866

Code:

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Titans		92	55	.626	-
Washington Grays	86	61	.585	6.0
Gettysburg Gomers	85	61	.582	6.5
Columbus Crusaders	79	68	.537	13.0
Carolina Kings		69	77	.473	22.5

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Kauai Emeralds		76	70	.521	-
Lake Tahoe Syndicate	66	81	.449	10.5
Wyoming Plowboys	65	81	.445	11.0
Denver Crows		64	83	.435	12.5
Portland Thorns		51	96	.347	25.5

ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Cuyahoga Spiders	86	60	.589	-
Memphis Smokers		84	63	.571	2.5
Chicago Hornets		79	67	.541	7.0
Cleveland Laborers	62	85	.422	24.5
Boston Blue Sox		44	103	.299	42.5

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Aviators	97	50	.660	-
Winnemucca Lake Monsters91	55	.623	5.5
Rio Grande Rough Riders	76	70	.521	20.5
Las Vegas Aces		61	86	.415	36.0
San Diego Fathers	53	94	.361	44.0

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 12:44 AM

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 12:50 AM

Sept 10th

Kauai (81-73) has clinched the NL West title and with it, claim a playoff spot despite being the 5th best team in the Nationwide League. No one else has clinched a playoff spot to date.

NL EAST
Brooklyn 96-59
Washington 89-66 7 GB
Gettysburg 87-67 8.5 GB
Columbus 85-70 11 GB

Washington leads the wild card race by 1.5 games over Gettysburg and 4 games over Columbus.

In the AL, St. Louis (101-54) holds a 5 1/2 game lead over Winnemucca in the AL West race. In the AL East, it's a dogfight to the finish with Cuyahoga leading Memphis by just a half game.

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 12:56 AM

9/16: Memphis holds a 2 game lead in the AL East over Cuyahoga. Chicago holds a one-game lead over Rio Grande for the 5th best record in the AL. Which becomes relevant for reasons I will discuss here shortly.

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 01:03 AM

It's the last day of the regular season and St. Louis (104-57), Winnemucca (100-61), Memphis (94-67) have qualified out of the Associated League and Brookyln (97-64), Washington (94-67) and Kauai (83-78) have qualified out of the Nationwide League.

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 01:10 AM

1866 FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

Code:

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Titans		97	65	.599	-
Washington Grays	95	67	.586	2.0
Gettysburg Gomers	93	69	.574	4.0
Columbus Crusaders	90	72	.556	7.0
Carolina Kings		74	88	.457	23.0

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Kauai Emeralds		84	78	.519	-
Wyoming Plowboys	75	87	.463	9.0
Lake Tahoe Syndicate	74	88	.457	10.0
Denver Crows		72	90	.444	12.0
Portland Thorns		56	106	.346	28.0

ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Memphis Smokers		94	68	.580	-
Cuyahoga Spiders	92	70	.568	2.0
Chicago Hornets		86	76	.531	8.0
Cleveland Laborers	69	93	.426	25.0
Boston Blue Sox		52	110	.321	42.0

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Aviators	105	57	.648	-
Winnemucca Lake Monsters101	61	.623	4.0
Rio Grande Rough Riders	84	78	.519	21.0
Las Vegas Aces		69	93	.426	36.0
San Diego Fathers	58	104	.358	47.0

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 08:26 AM

playoffs on Tuesday, HTML updated and file is up.

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 09:07 AM

So yeah, I devised the perfect playoff situation. I didn't really like excluding the 3rd best team in the NL from the post-season year thanks to divisional realignment. But I wasn't going to exclude a division champ from the post-season either.

So in years where a division champ finishes 4th or 5th in the league standings, the playoffs expand to 5 teams per league (I wanted to keep it to the affected league only but OOTP doesn't generate enough byes for both top seeds to advance straight to the LCS that way) and since I know some people are wildly against 5 teams per league, there's a solution.

If BOTH of the teams who get in via this Conditional Playoff Rule (CPR) decide they'd prefer NOT to advance to the post-season, they can simply decline before the start of the post-season and we'll revert back to 3 per league for that season.

It has to be BOTH teams not just one, because the game won't let me remove just one, but...at least this puts the decision in the hand of those teams.

So in that case, this year's lucky losers are Gettysburg (3rd in the NL) and Columbus (4th in the NL) who finished with better records on a balanced schedule than Kauai (NL West Champs) and so, Gettysburg and Columbus could both opt out, but if only one does.. won't matter.

In CPR years, the playoff format will be: (We'll revert to the normal Elimination Series/LCS nomenclature in normal years)

League Quarter-Finals Series (best-of-five)
League Semi-Finals Series (best-of-five)
League Championship Series (best-of-seven)
Sunset Series (best-of-nine)

I started to make the QFS a best of 3, but...seemed more fair to make it a best of five. The division champ who isn't the top seed gets the #2 seed by default, regardless of their record.

Gomer · 01-05-2013, 10:33 AM

Well, ain't this a tizzy.
I am wildly opposed to 5 teams per league making the playoffs, BUT I'm also a major hypocrite and would hate to see that bottom feeder Wolvie win another ring with an 80 win team.
So just to take the pressure off of Columbus, because I'm good like that, I'll accept the CPR and allow my Gomers to enter the playoff fray.

claphamsa · 01-05-2013, 11:29 AM

Washington is ready for the playoffs!!!!

why wait till Tuesday?

Can you release Rodrigo FLores once the season is over?

Young Drachma · 01-05-2013, 10:53 PM

As always will run the postseason once all playoff team exports are in. That's always how I do it, so if they're all in sooner than Tuesday, we'll do it before then.

Young Drachma · 01-06-2013, 07:29 PM

Playoff exports are in, so I'm going to sim the post-season tonight. Will enable us to get back on a normal schedule for this week.

claphamsa · 01-06-2013, 07:40 PM

KILL!

(hail for subby)

Young Drachma · 01-06-2013, 08:16 PM

Ok, going to do this. Tired from driving, so I want to get it over with and do other stuff.

Young Drachma · 01-06-2013, 08:20 PM

Fatigue was reset to start the post-season. So at least you know that. Good luck.

claphamsa · 01-06-2013, 08:21 PM

go Greys!!!!

Young Drachma · 01-06-2013, 08:51 PM

Game crash. I need to re-run. (Was just two games in...)

Young Drachma · 01-06-2013, 09:01 PM

Ok here goes again

Young Drachma · 01-06-2013, 09:03 PM

QUARTER-FINALS SERIES
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GAME 1
Gettysburg 5, Washington 2
Columbus 6, Kauai 4
Chicago 11, Memphis 6
Winnemucca 7, Cuyahoga 4

Young Drachma · 01-06-2013, 09:04 PM

QUARTER-FINALS SERIES
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GAME 2
Washington 5, Gettysburg 2 (Series tied 1-1)
Chicago 7, Memphis 2 (Chicago leads 2-0)
Kauai 8, Columbus 1 (Series tied 1-1)
Cuyahoga 3, Winnemucca 1 (Series tied 1-1)

Young Drachma · 01-06-2013, 09:06 PM

QUARTER-FINALS SERIES
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GAME 3
Washington 3, Gettysburg 0 (WAS leads series 2-1)
Columbus 5, Kauai 4 (11 innings) (CLB leads series 2-1)
Memphis 1, Chicago 0 (CGO leads series 2-1)
Winnemucca 5, Cuyahoga 4 (WIN leads series 2-1)

Young Drachma · 01-06-2013, 09:07 PM

QUARTER-FINALS SERIES
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GAME 4
Chicago 5, Memphis 4 (CGO wins series 3-1)
Winnemucca 2, Cuyahoga 1 (WIN wins series 3-1)
Gettysburg 2, Washington 0 (Series tied 2-2)
Kauai 4, Columbus 3 (Series tied 2-2)

01-03-2013, 12:05 AM	#6
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	File is up. 1st half tomorrow night in SLOP's first season of 2013. __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods

01-04-2013, 08:35 AM	#17
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	Hmmm - tough one. Do we tank for ping pong balls or try to make some moves... Decisions, decisions. __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

01-04-2013, 11:14 AM	#19
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	i need players... send them to me! __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

01-04-2013, 12:29 PM	#22
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	Heh - I was kidding. We are in the middle of a massive rebuild, so we are already tanking! __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com Last edited by Subby : 01-04-2013 at 12:30 PM.

01-04-2013, 08:46 PM	#25
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	2nd half tonight nerds. Last edited by Young Drachma : 01-04-2013 at 10:43 PM.

01-02-2013, 11:21 PM	#2
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Ok, spring time.

01-02-2013, 11:35 PM	#3
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Cap Variances: ----- St. Louis $120m Columbus $117m Cleveland $90m Portland $73m

01-02-2013, 11:37 PM	#4
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	SPRING TRAINING STANDINGS NL EAST Columbus 17-7 Brooklyn 14-10 Gettysburg 14-10 Carolina 13-11 Washington 13-11 NL WEST Kauai 13-11 Denver 11-13 Wyoming 10-14 Lake Tahoe 8-16 Portland 7-17 AL EAST Memphis 19-5 Cuyahoga 13-11 Cleveland 9-15 Boston 9-15 Chicago 8-16 AL WEST Rio Grande 14-10 San Diego 14-10 St. Louis 12-12 Las Vegas 11-13 Winnemucca 11-13

01-02-2013, 11:46 PM	#5
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Columbus is going to be scary good if their offense can even do a sliver of what that pitching staff ought to do. All of that patience and waiting coupled with smart FFP bidding looks like it might finally pay off. The NL West should be a parity-filled dogfight with really any the four of those five teams (sorry Portland) able to claim the crown. The AL East will be interesting but Memphis has the inside track and the AL West is the 2nd toughest division in SLOP. Rio Grande, St. Louis, Las Vegas and Winnemucca are all good in their own ways. Someone is going to be home when the dust settles. I think the NL East is arguably the toughest division in the league just based on the quality of the teams and how they're setup right now.

01-03-2013, 11:09 PM	#7
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Ok, short turnaround but should be fun.

01-03-2013, 11:25 PM	#9
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	If it's any consolation, the game screwed up my lineup, when I clearly went with a different team heading to spring and so, as a result...my first half team doesn't reflect what I intended.

01-03-2013, 11:26 PM	#10
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	AKA, it happens to me too sometimes. I think the problem had to do with the fact that I don't usually have to export and the fact that I switched machines (on the road until Sunday) but whatever..

01-03-2013, 11:41 PM	#14
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Thing worth noting about divisional play is, the schedule is balanced so everyone by the end of the season will have played every team in their league the same number of times. So we won't have situations where one division is weaker than the other, everyone plays the same teams and so...it works out fairly.

01-03-2013, 11:44 PM	#15
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	The NL East is, as I expected, a bloodbath. Didn't expect Kauai to be so dominant to start the year, but wolvie's youth movement on offense and pitching is a tough combination to beat, but on the flip side...it'll be interesting to see how folks feel about a division champ winning their division and qualifying with a worse record than a 3rd place non-qualifier from a tougher division.

01-03-2013, 11:54 PM	#16
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	File is up. We'll sim 2nd half tomorrow.

01-04-2013, 11:17 AM	#20
sttfrk n00b Join Date: Apr 2004	I hate when people talk about tanking and hate people actually tanking even more. I don't want to get into an argument or even a prolonged discussion, but I would hope everyone is doing their best to win as many games as possible. I know Portland will be making some moves to try to improve their win total this season. Obviously I'm limited due to the lack of talent this second year franchise has, but I'd never purposely try to lose games.

01-04-2013, 04:33 PM	#23
Gomer H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central PA	After we win our next ring, we're gonna go into massive tank mode, just for the fun of it.

01-04-2013, 07:03 PM	#24
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	Well....that sucked.

01-05-2013, 12:32 AM	#26
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	All right, let's crown our first division champs of 2013!

01-05-2013, 12:44 AM	#30
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	n/m Last edited by Young Drachma : 01-05-2013 at 12:52 AM.

01-05-2013, 12:50 AM	#31
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Sept 10th Kauai (81-73) has clinched the NL West title and with it, claim a playoff spot despite being the 5th best team in the Nationwide League. No one else has clinched a playoff spot to date. NL EAST Brooklyn 96-59 Washington 89-66 7 GB Gettysburg 87-67 8.5 GB Columbus 85-70 11 GB Washington leads the wild card race by 1.5 games over Gettysburg and 4 games over Columbus. In the AL, St. Louis (101-54) holds a 5 1/2 game lead over Winnemucca in the AL West race. In the AL East, it's a dogfight to the finish with Cuyahoga leading Memphis by just a half game.

01-05-2013, 12:56 AM	#32
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	9/16: Memphis holds a 2 game lead in the AL East over Cuyahoga. Chicago holds a one-game lead over Rio Grande for the 5th best record in the AL. Which becomes relevant for reasons I will discuss here shortly.

01-05-2013, 01:03 AM	#33
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	It's the last day of the regular season and St. Louis (104-57), Winnemucca (100-61), Memphis (94-67) have qualified out of the Associated League and Brookyln (97-64), Washington (94-67) and Kauai (83-78) have qualified out of the Nationwide League.

01-05-2013, 08:26 AM	#35
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	playoffs on Tuesday, HTML updated and file is up. __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods Last edited by Young Drachma : 01-05-2013 at 08:26 AM.

01-05-2013, 09:07 AM	#36
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	So yeah, I devised the perfect playoff situation. I didn't really like excluding the 3rd best team in the NL from the post-season year thanks to divisional realignment. But I wasn't going to exclude a division champ from the post-season either. So in years where a division champ finishes 4th or 5th in the league standings, the playoffs expand to 5 teams per league (I wanted to keep it to the affected league only but OOTP doesn't generate enough byes for both top seeds to advance straight to the LCS that way) and since I know some people are wildly against 5 teams per league, there's a solution. If BOTH of the teams who get in via this Conditional Playoff Rule (CPR) decide they'd prefer NOT to advance to the post-season, they can simply decline before the start of the post-season and we'll revert back to 3 per league for that season. It has to be BOTH teams not just one, because the game won't let me remove just one, but...at least this puts the decision in the hand of those teams. So in that case, this year's lucky losers are Gettysburg (3rd in the NL) and Columbus (4th in the NL) who finished with better records on a balanced schedule than Kauai (NL West Champs) and so, Gettysburg and Columbus could both opt out, but if only one does.. won't matter. In CPR years, the playoff format will be: (We'll revert to the normal Elimination Series/LCS nomenclature in normal years) League Quarter-Finals Series (best-of-five) League Semi-Finals Series (best-of-five) League Championship Series (best-of-seven) Sunset Series (best-of-nine) I started to make the QFS a best of 3, but...seemed more fair to make it a best of five. The division champ who isn't the top seed gets the #2 seed by default, regardless of their record.

01-05-2013, 10:33 AM	#37
Gomer H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central PA	Well, ain't this a tizzy. I am wildly opposed to 5 teams per league making the playoffs, BUT I'm also a major hypocrite and would hate to see that bottom feeder Wolvie win another ring with an 80 win team. So just to take the pressure off of Columbus, because I'm good like that, I'll accept the CPR and allow my Gomers to enter the playoff fray.

01-05-2013, 11:29 AM	#38
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	Washington is ready for the playoffs!!!! why wait till Tuesday? Can you release Rodrigo FLores once the season is over? __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

01-05-2013, 10:53 PM	#39
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	As always will run the postseason once all playoff team exports are in. That's always how I do it, so if they're all in sooner than Tuesday, we'll do it before then. __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods Last edited by Young Drachma : 01-06-2013 at 12:00 AM.

01-06-2013, 07:29 PM	#40
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Playoff exports are in, so I'm going to sim the post-season tonight. Will enable us to get back on a normal schedule for this week. Last edited by Young Drachma : 01-06-2013 at 07:29 PM.

01-06-2013, 07:40 PM	#41
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	KILL! (hail for subby) __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

01-06-2013, 08:16 PM	#42
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Ok, going to do this. Tired from driving, so I want to get it over with and do other stuff.

01-06-2013, 08:20 PM	#43
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Fatigue was reset to start the post-season. So at least you know that. Good luck.

01-06-2013, 08:21 PM	#44
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	go Greys!!!! __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

01-06-2013, 08:51 PM	#45
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Game crash. I need to re-run. (Was just two games in...) Last edited by Young Drachma : 01-06-2013 at 08:51 PM.

01-06-2013, 09:01 PM	#46
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Ok here goes again