GWJ OOTP League Thread

Prederick wrote:

But we did have two 20+ game losers, while reality only had one.

I had at least of one of the 2 biggest losers, if not both of them.
Looking forward to turning this ship around sooner than later.

New file!

Well, it was always going to be a big ask for someone, anyone to defeat the oncoming truck that has been Baltimore this season, and while San Diego put up a valiant fight, it's the Mud Hens who are celebrating after capping a 4-0 GWJBL Championship sweep.

To their credit, the Commodores battled hard in Game 3, going from 2-0 down to 3-2 up to tying the game a 4 and sending it into extra innings, but at a certain point, Baltimore's bats will jump on any weak points in your rotation/bullpen. That weak point ended up being Angelo Polanco, who coughed up a run-scoring single and a 2-run home run in the top of the 11th to give Baltimore a 7-4 lead and the eventual victory.

Sadly, San Diego just seemed broken by Game 4. Travis Bunte was sent to the mound with the season on the line, and promptly gave up three consecutive hits to start the game, and it all went downhill from there. Bunte got slammed for 6 runs in 4 innings of work, while Baltimore's Rafael Perea, a bottom-of-the-rotation trade acquisition from Phoenix who had put up a 5.52 ERA in 15 starts with Baltimore suddenly morphed into a Cy Young winner, tossing a 5-hit, 1-run complete game, cruising to a 8-1 victory and Baltimore's second title in team history!

So, the offseason starts soon! I'll have a new post up about this tomorrow night with the sim schedule and some notes!

Sorry! Sorry! Work has been really, really sh*tty and is totally f*cking me over. I'm really sorry guys, I've just been burning the candle at both ends for a couple months now.

Listen, I'm still committed to this league. Tomorrow, I'll put up a post about the offseason, and I promise, we'll get on a more regular schedule. I'm really sorry about all these delays, I've just been running around like a madman recently.

No big deal. I'm looking forward to the offseason to improve my team from a 100-game loser to maybe just a 90-game loser!

New file!

Allright, the offseason begins! That means

- Salary arbitration
- Team personnel moves
- Warm up for the FA season!

I think everyone here is pretty familiar with what that includes, but if you are confused AT ALL, let me know!

Now, the postseason can be a bit interminably long, since it is several months long and if we wanted, we could literally sim a day at a time (we will NOT be doing that, FYI).

So, and I know given my record this season, this is a big ask, and it's a big ask from all of you, but we will be simming EVERY DAY from here on out until Spring training begins.

The in-game date is now October 17, and I will give us 3 full sims before the Salary Arbitration deadline (probably October 20, 25, and 30th) on November 2.

Then we will sim from the Salary Arbitration deadline to the beginning of free agency (November 5). After that, we will be simming a week each day, to keep things moving along.

Now, this part is important:

It is imperative that every owner either take part in the offseason, delegate responsibilities to the AI, or just tell me you're out of the league.

And listen, if you're out, it's fine. If you've fallen away because I haven't updated enough or something, again, totally fine. But all too often, a disengaged owner during free agency can break teams entirely, creating sub-.300 doormats that serve no purpose other than to get beaten up by everyone else. I'd like to avoid that.

To that end, if, by the time salary arbitration begins, I see that you have NOT uploaded a file recently, I'm just going to axe you. If you want back in, you know you can get one, but we absolutely have to have all teams active and looking to make moves in the offseason. Okay?

Alright, again, new file!

P.S. - Just so we're all caught up, I'll save the next sim for Saturday night, so everyone gets a chance to catch up. After that though, it's every day!

Psssst!

New file!

New file!

Some awards have been handed out, including Rookie of the Year honors for Justin McGuffie (Catcher, Phoenix) and Bill Terrell (Left Fielder, New York).

But there is CONTROVERSY over this year's Pitcher of the Year decisions, with Baltimore's Nick Baird (17-10, 2.73) winning over his teammate and 2-time PotY winner, Colton Mitchell (25-6, 3.21). Baird led the NL in ERA, and led the whole league in strikeouts, but Mitchell led everybody in Wins, Shutouts, WHIP and K/BB.

Even in the Continental League, some don't think San Francisco's Adam Stanley deserves the honor. Stanley led the CL in ERA, but finished a full point behind San Diego's 20-game winner, Victor Hard, in WAR, who also had a better FIP.

Hey Pred, I hate to be a one-and-done guy, but I'm going to have to ditch this season. Work projects are ramping up since it's getting to be the end of the year and my free time is getting eaten up. Thought I'd be able to handle it but it isn't looking that way, so I'd appreciate it if you'd drop me before the inactivity hurts San Diego.

Might be back once this upcoming season is over and work gets manageable again.

just started a new job and been out of the loop since the playoffs started, I'll upload a file today.

file uploaded.

i'm still having the problem where the majority of the in game emails are blank. maybe i need to reinitialize the game on my side or something, any idea how i can start over?

Idiot co-worker just HAD to get himself fired and double the workload on me heading INTO the election. Christ.

CptDomano wrote:

Hey Pred, I hate to be a one-and-done guy, but I'm going to have to ditch this season. Work projects are ramping up since it's getting to be the end of the year and my free time is getting eaten up. Thought I'd be able to handle it but it isn't looking that way, so I'd appreciate it if you'd drop me before the inactivity hurts San Diego.

Might be back once this upcoming season is over and work gets manageable again.

No worries, the door is always open for you! Thanks for the heads-up!

sortimat wrote:

file uploaded.

i'm still having the problem where the majority of the in game emails are blank. maybe i need to reinitialize the game on my side or something, any idea how i can start over?

Such a weird issue, you might consider re-installing the league file, see if that fixes anything.

Alright, new file!

Your MVPs are Baltimore's Ray Zabrocki (.293, 32 HR, 111 RBIs) and San Diego's Rich Borunda (.310, 30 HR, 108 RBIs). REasonably fair decisions, the pair finished 2nd and 3rd in WAR, and the leader, Boston's Ivan JAramillo, did it with 177 hits and 47 stolen bases, but not am impressive OPS+.

New file!

Bah, hit "sim" before I imported all the league files. So we're down to the last day before Salary Arbitration, if you had any moves you wanted to make.

I dunno about you all, but New York is losing SEVERAL players to free agency.

Prederick wrote:

Such a weird issue, you might consider re-installing the league file, see if that fixes anything.

Can you send me a copy of the latest league file and I'll try reinstalling it form scratch?

Sure. Email me and I'll get you sorted out!

New file anyway, welcome to free agency everybody!

OH THANK GOD.

Alright, the election is over, and my life is FINALLY settling down again. I mean it this time.

So, new file!

New figgity-diggity-file!

Whee! New York scored ourselves a big free-agent fish and (hopefully) a top-of-the-line SP.

Gat-dangit, didn't I mention the new file?

Well, new file!

New file! Thus beginneth the Winter Meetings!

Does anyone have a screenshot of Brian Burke's career from the earlier league?

New file!

I'll get you one later today.

I SWEAR TO GOD, LIFE.

2016... ugh. New file!

New file!

good news, i think my issue with getting half of the in game emails as blank went away. however the possible bad news is it appears it may be that i'm just not getting those emails any more. weird.

sortimat wrote:

good news, i think my issue with getting half of the in game emails as blank went away. however the possible bad news is it appears it may be that i'm just not getting those emails any more. weird.

Good! AND GARL-FLANGIT WE AIN'T DEAD YET. I PROMISE. NEW GODDAMN FILE TONIGHT WHEN I GET HOME GET YOUR ASSES READY.

DAMMIT I DIDN'T SAY NEW FILE

I'm still waiting for my Burke screenshot!

New file!

Let me get to February, and I'll be a better Commish. Apologies ya'll.

NEW FILE DANGIT.