SIM COMPLETE - 1997 - Off-Season 3

[Clay]

Next SIM - Saturday AM

Free agency is upon us. First sim is Saturday. Don't miss it!

HTML won't happen till later.

[Delandis]

The off-season center is pretty cool.

Now we can really see who the Champion of the Off-Season is.

[Carlos]

Thank you, Clay, for making the decision I wanted to make but had a hard time doing because of the expense.

Good bye, Nazaire. We won't miss you.

[Dave]

HTML won't happen till later.

You bitch. Someone post the Rule V draft please?

[Delandis]

Got the guy I wanted in Rule V (sorry Tom).

Kazuyoshi Maekawa: Switch hitter, good young utility guy. My scout doesn't love him as much as OSA, but I needed an really needed a sold infielder to play SS.

[Delandis]

You bitch. Someone post the Rule V draft please?

<table class="lposhadow" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="title"><td>Sunday, December 1st, 1996</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Los Alamos Bandits: Lost LF Jos Antonio Vzquez in the Rule 5 Draft to the Indianapolis Clowns.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Indianapolis Clowns: Drafted LF Jos Antonio Vzquez in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 1, 1st overall Pick), from the Los Alamos Bandits.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Wilmington Wildcats: Lost 3B Geoff Richardson in the Rule 5 Draft to the Syracuse Slammers.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Syracuse Slammers: Drafted 3B Geoff Richardson in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall Pick), from the Wilmington Wildcats.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Wilmington Wildcats: Lost RF Rodriguo Cameira in the Rule 5 Draft to the Denver Bulls.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Denver Bulls: Drafted RF Rodriguo Cameira in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall Pick), from the Wilmington Wildcats.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Los Alamos Bandits: Lost MR Pete Puckett in the Rule 5 Draft to the Windy City Playboys.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Windy City Playboys: Drafted MR Pete Puckett in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall Pick), from the Los Alamos Bandits.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Wilmington Wildcats: Lost 1B Kazuyoshi Maekawa in the Rule 5 Draft to the Baltimore Bulldogs.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Baltimore Bulldogs: Drafted 1B Kazuyoshi Maekawa in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall Pick), from the Wilmington Wildcats.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Maine Guides: Lost MR Dax Matthews in the Rule 5 Draft to the Philadelphia Freedom.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Philadelphia Freedom: Drafted MR Dax Matthews in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 8, 8th overall Pick), from the Maine Guides.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Wilmington Wildcats: Lost MR Julin Ramrez in the Rule 5 Draft to the New Orleans Dukes.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">New Orleans Dukes: Drafted MR Julin Ramrez in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 9, 9th overall Pick), from the Wilmington Wildcats.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">California Kodiaks: Lost SP Edwin Solis in the Rule 5 Draft to the Morgantown Mohawks.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Morgantown Mohawks: Drafted SP Edwin Solis in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 12, 12th overall Pick), from the California Kodiaks.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Mississippi Storm: Lost CL Shawn Lewis in the Rule 5 Draft to the Pawtucket Patriots.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Pawtucket Patriots: Drafted CL Shawn Lewis in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 13, 13th overall Pick), from the Mississippi Storm.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Los Alamos Bandits: Lost C Pat Harrison in the Rule 5 Draft to the Washington Bats.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Washington Bats: Drafted C Pat Harrison in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 14, 14th overall Pick), from the Los Alamos Bandits.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Los Alamos Bandits: Lost CF Yoshinaka Agano in the Rule 5 Draft to the Batavia Muckdogs.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Batavia Muckdogs: Drafted CF Yoshinaka Agano in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 17, 17th overall Pick), from the Los Alamos Bandits.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">New Orleans Dukes: Lost MR Franklin Nieve in the Rule 5 Draft to the Pittsburgh Millers.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Pittsburgh Millers: Drafted MR Franklin Nieve in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 22, 22nd overall Pick), from the New Orleans Dukes.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Los Alamos Bandits: Lost CF Ivn Rivera in the Rule 5 Draft to the Indianapolis Clowns.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Indianapolis Clowns: Drafted CF Ivn Rivera in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 2, Pick 1, 25th overall Pick), from the Los Alamos Bandits.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Los Lunas Javelinas: Lost CL Melvin Cota in the Rule 5 Draft to the Denver Bulls.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Denver Bulls: Drafted CL Melvin Cota in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 2, Pick 4, 28th overall Pick), from the Los Lunas Javelinas.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Windy City Playboys: Lost RF Antonio Cintron in the Rule 5 Draft to the New Orleans Dukes.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">New Orleans Dukes: Drafted RF Antonio Cintron in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 2, Pick 9, 33rd overall Pick), from the Windy City Playboys.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">California Kodiaks: Lost SP Jon Flores in the Rule 5 Draft to the Pawtucket Patriots.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Pawtucket Patriots: Drafted SP Jon Flores in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 2, Pick 13, 37th overall Pick), from the California Kodiaks.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Los Alamos Bandits: Lost MR Waylon Hill in the Rule 5 Draft to the Pittsburgh Millers.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Pittsburgh Millers: Drafted MR Waylon Hill in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 2, Pick 22, 46th overall Pick), from the Los Alamos Bandits.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Syracuse Slammers: Lost MR Fei-hsien Loong in the Rule 5 Draft to the Pawtucket Patriots.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Pawtucket Patriots: Drafted MR Fei-hsien Loong in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 3, Pick 13, 61st overall Pick), from the Syracuse Slammers.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">Los Angeles Dinos: Lost CF Del Taylor in the Rule 5 Draft to the Pittsburgh Millers.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Pittsburgh Millers: Drafted CF Del Taylor in the 1996 Rule 5 Draft (Round 3, Pick 22, 70th overall Pick), from the Los Angeles Dinos</td></tr></tbody></table>

[Delandis]

Here are retirements as well:

BTW, is anyone surprised that Pat has a SINGLE A guy retiring? No?

I didn't think so.

<table class="lposhadow" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="title"><td>Wednesday, January 1st, 1997</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SP Enéas Sanchez retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">CF Travis Richmann retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SP Gervasio Dealba retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">1B Leonel Tesina retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">RF Victorio Vásquez retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Ernie Ferguson retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Artie Montgomery retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">3B Doug Russell retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">C Bill Eby retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">CL Cesaro Peńa retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">C Rod Booker retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">CF Manny Nieves retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">C Manny Cisneros retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">C Geoff Cantrell retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SS Iván Solís retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">3B Robby Crockett retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">C Rubén Chacón retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SS Ánibal Gonzáles retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">2B Iván Navanjo retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">LF Pete Hart retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">2B Joe Domínguez retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Yoshiyuki Takata retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SP Yoshiaga Yamashita retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">RF Cooper Hayes retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SS Daryl Pollard retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">LF Rod Coston retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SP Pat Jackson retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Jarred Thompson retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Ben Irvin retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SP Clarence Pryor retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Pancho Sierra retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">LF Bill Lummis retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">CF Enrique Cortez retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">3B Ross Broadbridge retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">RF Kantaro Yamaguchiya retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">CF Ismael López retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Pat Potter retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">3B Adrián González retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">RF Elton Willis retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">2B Tavio Arismendi retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SS Howard Haydon retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">RF Ed Andrew retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">2B Bob Burleson retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SP J.J. Frost retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">C Mark Jerome retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SS David Baldera retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Takanibu Maeno retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Brad Jackson retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">1B Erik Hardin retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">1B Raúl Berrera retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">2B Elieis Fraoy retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">C Román Tirada retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">LF Owen Gilbertson retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Orlando Padillo retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Chad Harden retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Pepe Baca retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SS Bill Peterson retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">C Don Owens retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">C Clint Underwood retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">RF Pat Stephens retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">1B Deron Payne retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SP Raúl Carrillo retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SP Wes Porter retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SP Chihiro Murakami retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Kip Hamm retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">C Pepe Hernández retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">2B Héctor Castillo retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SP Manny Ojeda retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">1B Curt Williams retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">3B Raúl Pérez retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SP Don Hurst retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">LF Pat Erwin retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">1B Tommy Wilcox retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">1B Doug Nelson retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Don Jones retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Devin Penn retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Ferdi Belt retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Caleb Roberts retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">3B Junichi Takano retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">C Brad Carlson retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Laurent Gauthier retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Kiyomitsu Mikoshiba retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">RF Taysuke Nakagawa retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SS Héctor Pérez retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">1B Mal Barnett retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SP Barry Talbot retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Del Evans retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">RF Doug Hale retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Taroemon Kudo retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">1B Bill Gonzalez retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">3B Rex Wilkins retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">3B Hugh Kelly retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">RF Pepe Reyna retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">3B Garret Lent retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">RF Ezequiel Manhs retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">RF Hugh Newman retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">RF Don Rodgers retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Al Pruitt retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">RF Manny Bańuelos retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">Washington Bats: MR Po-fu Ge (A Eugene) retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">3B Don Holliday retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SP Kazuomi Yoshioka retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SP Jody Scoley retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Tynan Dailey retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">CF Wes Carter retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">C Bob Sanchez retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SP Mannuell Talaia retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">RF Palben Ramírez retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">3B Antonio Leon retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">C Ismael Felicano retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Pete Powell retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">LF Barnabé Penharanda retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">MR Horace Cherry retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">RF Thom Patton retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SS Héctor Rodríguez retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MR Jared Williams retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SS Willie Foreman retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SP Al Wells retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SP Yoritomo Okano retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SP Pat Alexander retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">CF Tony Osorio retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">2B Manny Uresti retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">LF Masakazu Tsukamoto retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SP Travis Truchon retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">2B Ed Saunders retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">1B Erik Lazar retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">RF Tommy Dolce retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">RF Pat Fox retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">GM Devin Worley retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">GM Rodolfo Depabon retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">PC Yasuo Kishita retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SC J.C. Heathcote retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">SC Carl Ranagan retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MA Henry Price retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">HC Cody Stockstill retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">SC Turi Nogera retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s1_l">BC Jimmy Sistrunk retires.</td></tr> <tr><td class="s2_l">MA Yasuoka Sato retires.</td></tr></tbody></table>

[Clay]

Thank you, Clay, for making the decision I wanted to make but had a hard time doing because of the expense.

Good bye, Nazaire. We won't miss you.

DFA ran out and he refused demotion. Had to.

[Jistic]

Good to see Denver Brode giving back to the community.

[Jistic]

Happy trails to Ross Broadbridge, Raul Carillo, and of course Old Blue.

[Clay]

Not sure I can launch the HTML from my phone, but I'll try shortly.

[Dave]

Wow. Most guys ever drafted in the Rule V? Seems like a lot.

I was really hoping for Richardson or Maekawa, but that was probably unrealistic drafting at 9. I will content myself with Julián Ramírez and Antonio Cintron.

Surprised to see Nieve drafted. If he could ever learn to harness his control, he'd be pretty good. Don't see that happening though. But since he was drafted by Pittsburgh and came from my team, I'm predicting an ERA of 2.00 or lower for him this season.

[Delandis]

Good to see Denver Brode giving back to the community.

Yea that's actually a pretty cool feature.

[Delandis]

The salary cap makes things very interesting.

[Clay]

Can someone tell me if HTML launch worked?

If not, and Andrew sees this, maybe he can go in the LEAGUE OFFICE and launch it.