SIM COMPLETE - 1996 - SIM 26

[Dave]

RJ Curtis is a boss. Finishes first among all BLB pitchers in wins, K's and VORP and ties his season off by winning pitcher of the month honors for September. I know everyone is on the Dimmick bandwagon for taking Dallas to the playoffs, but what Curtis did on a 75-win team is incredible.

[Clay]

RJ Curtis is a boss. Finishes first among all BLB pitchers in wins, K's and VORP and ties his season off by winning pitcher of the month honors for September. I know everyone is on the Dimmick bandwagon for taking Dallas to the playoffs, but what Curtis did on a 75-win team is incredible.

You've convinced me. I'm voting Curtis over Diesel for J Allen Wright.

In all seriousness, he was great.

[Z]

One game back.

Damnit.

After starting the week 5-1, we dropped the final game that could have forced a tiebreaker.

A 13 inning heartbreaker.

Sigh.

One game short.

[Lintyfresh85]

Got to hand it to Sergio Bela.

I signed him for 430 K this winter while he was recovering from Tommy John.

Came back, busted his ass and put up the second highest VORP among all IL pitchers.

[Dave]

One game back.

Damnit.

After starting the week 5-1, we dropped the final game that could have forced a tiebreaker.

A 13 inning heartbreaker.

Sigh.

One game short.

Of course, if you hadn't gone 3-9 against New Orleans this season....it would have never come to that.

[Z]

Seriously. You guys had our number this year.

[Clay]

Z is now officially the 3rd best Maine owner in league history.

Speaking of history... 1997 will mark the 20th BLB Season. Crazy.

[tomr1962]

How is draft position determined between Syracuse and Wilmington? Also one more season and I can petition to get this team out of freaking Delaware.

[Dave]

By the way, I've mentioned this before, but the way personnel hires are handled in online OOTP leagues is completely re-fucking-tarded.

[Clay]

How is draft position determined between Syracuse and Wilmington? Also one more season and I can petition to get this team out of freaking Delaware.

Ties are broken by previous season's record.

We can talk relocation after 3 seasons... But relocating a team with a title may cause an uproar. ;). Just so you know, your location really has no impact on anything tangible in your team.

[Z]

Z is now officially the 3rd best Maine owner in league history.

Speaking of history... 1997 will mark the 20th BLB Season. Crazy.

Yeah, it's tough.

Injuries were a bitch this year.

We had only one position player start 135 or more games for us.

Memmoli didn't get it done either. He won Refreshing New Brew last year, but regressed to a .728 OPS this year at first base despite his ratings making a nice improvement.

And one thing I really didn't see coming was Bollati giving up 31 bombs this year, despite the fact that he gave up only 12 last year and his groundball rate actually went up to the highest it's been since 1989.

[tomr1962]

Ties are broken by previous season's record.

We can talk relocation after 3 seasons... But relocating a team with a title may cause an uproar. ;). Just so you know, your location really has no impact on anything tangible in your team.

So Market size has no impact?

[Dave]

Just so you know, your location really has no impact on anything tangible in your team.

Clearly you've never been to Wilmington.

[Clay]

So Market size has no impact?

We leveled market size. Drift will be based on success.

Our markets were never in sync with reality anyway. Example: Williamsburg, VA - Large Market, Chicago, IL - Small Market.

[Clay]

Clearly you've never been to Wilmington.

Nope. Sully's PPO made sure of that.