SIM COMPLETE - 2001 - PLAYOFFS 5 (Brewmaster's Cup)

[Lintyfresh85]

Congrats to fellow Porter member Delandis on his Brewmaster Cup win!

Sorry Gyro, it was a pleasure all these years.

LOTS of changes coming in California. Out is manager Leo Zimm, out is bench coach Chad Teck. Former BLB catcher Tim Crump will be taking over the Kodiaks manager job after spending the past seven seasons as the manager of our AA team.

Curt Warren voids his last year option, so it looks like we'll also be losing our 2001 ace. Could be a rough stretch in California coming up.

[Delandis]

tough

Mo' money, mo problems.

[Pat]

How's this for not even being the best team in our division, Pat? [/SPOILER]

Congrats! I was rooting for Los Lunas for the same reasons everyone else was...but deep down I'm glad the IL has the Cup back!

Like others, a shit ton of changes/decisions in Washington.

This past sim, the Bats released 3B Clarence Wetton, OF Pete Gentry, SS Clint Johnston and RP Manny Mendez. Re-signed RP Don Bolton. This sim, decisions need to be made on the option years for OF Yidir Adili, SP Ivan Bojrquez and CL Clarence Ortiz. Arbitration decisions on a lot of players as well.

Bench coach Tetsuzan Inoue, was let go, despite I'm sure being one of the highest rated bench coaches in the BLB. He wanted twice as much salary as my manager is getting...no thanks. Also let go was former pitcher and current Bats scouting director, Bobby Minnich.

[umd]

Nice job Prez. Gyro was always fun talking BLB in PM.

Looks like we got a budget boost.

[Clay]

Nice job Prez. Gyro was always fun talking BLB in PM.

Looks like we got a budget boost.

That's just Chuck Durham's disability check.

[Matt]

Congrats Delandis!

[Ryan]

Great series guys!

Congrats to Delandis for the win.

Good luck Gyro. Hope all is well in your future, and look forward to seeing you around the boards.

[fsquid]

hell at least I got two off of Baltimore.

[Clay]

November 5, 2001

Happy 36th Birthday to Yoritoki Maeda!!!

In June of this coming season, it will mark the 20 year anniversary since we drafted Maeda at the age of 16. Despite never getting Diesel's approval... we're pretty happy with what he's done in Virginia.

2238 Games (#21)
2477 Hits (#14)
309 HR (#23)
1583 RBI (#8)
1293 BB (#21)
.292 AVG (#43)
.390 OBP (#32)
.867 OPS (#23)

180 Post-Seaon Games
218 Hits
.307/.384/.494/.878

10 All-Star Games
6 DWI Awards at 3B

7 Brewmaster's Cups

For all of the guys I've had on my team, he will always be my favorite.

[Jake]

For all of the guys I've had on my team, he will always be my favorite.

Danny Nelson????!???!?!?!??!?!?!!!!!!!!?!?!??!

[Clay]

Danny Nelson????!???!?!?!??!?!?!!!!!!!!?!?!??!

Danny is Mr Colonial... but... I didn't draft him. He was Giggas guy. I love him. He was the face of the franchise. But, Maeda was my guy. Come on... 20 years. I slow-cooked him in the minors for parts of 7 seasons. He's my guy.

[Lintyfresh85]

For all of the guys I've had on my team, he will always be my favorite.

Chavez, Woodbury, Herrera, Poling... etc. etc. etc.

[Clay]

Chavez, Woodbury, Herrera, Poling... etc. etc. etc.

Love those guys. O'Hegarty too. Olivo. Jerry Morgan. Love all my children. But, like my real children and my fellow BLB Owners... there's always one you love most.