SIM COMPLETE - 1983 - Regular Season 11

[Andrew]

Next sim: Tuesday, Feb 26

- All star game voting is due by Wednesday at Noon ET.

- Single A rosters will be set back to 30 on Thursday so please make some room if you haven't already.

[Sully]

Get Gorrie and Velunza back, and lose Delarruz for 8 months. This game sucks. I quit.

[Lintyfresh85]

Well the first week of my minors went pretty well. I have way too many minor league pitchers though.


Clay: Seems you have a Franklin or Tardiff on your hands with Magness... just a sick first week... move the kid up already!

[Guest]

Neither us or Maine can shake one another...I think this is the 3rd straight sim that we've been tied for 1st.

[Jim]

Pretty happy with my first round pick (Denver Brode) in his debut...

9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3K, 0 BB

[Lintyfresh85]

Rex Knight...

That sucks.

He should be ready for next year though. So I guess just think of it as a contract hold out.

[Guest]

Wow, lost Dupuis for 2-3 months. Fantastic.

On a lighter note, Jim Coker has quietly been having an awesome season. I've been playing him as my every day LF and it's paid off. He's hitting .287/.392/.558 with 10 home runs, 29 RBI, 7 steals, and a .950 OPS. I bet Clay wishes he had him back.

[Spectre]

My goodness, its getting pretty depressing right now with how bad my team is. Injuries have eviscerated my team and I have absolutely no depth.

I just moved up Don Stevens to AAA after he had a great week. The guy was just striking out guys at a ridiculous pace at AA and his ratings seem to be progressing nicely. I mean, he lead AA in strikeouts by a fair margin at AA. Still a bit apprehensive about putting a 17 year old in AAA, but oh well. My scouts think his ratings are around 5s and 4s. I moved up my 2nd round pick, MR Zander Tillman, to AAA as well.

The next sim should be fun.

[Clay]

Definately pleased with the very early returns on my high draft picks....

The Skull (1.1) had two starts - A 6-0 win where he threw a complete game shutout, scattering 6 hits with 1 BB and 4 K's -- then, 5 days later, he goes 8 strong with 5 hits, 1 ER, no walks and 4 more K's. I'll take it.

Jerry Tracy (1.6) hit .391 with his first bomb and 6 RBIs before getting a slight tweak that put him out for 3 days.

Gene Bland (Sandwich Pick) had a stellar first outing with a complete game 5 hitter where he submitted just 1 ER. I do however, have a bit of an issue with Bland. Due to the sandiwch being missing in the game, he got officially drafted in the 16th round which kills his popularity. A guy taken with the 25th overall pick, should not be an Unknown by this games usual standards. I just hope they add the sandiwch properly in future versions.

Anyway... long story short... pleased with the first sim for the draftees... but it's just one sim.

BTW -- Linty.... I'm just going to hold onto this broom. Cool?

[Lintyfresh85]

BTW -- Linty.... I'm just going to hold onto this broom. Cool?

You might need to share it with every other team in the IL... but sure, I won't be having a need for any brooms for a long, long time. That is, unless I need one to knock off the dust of Tim O'Fay sitting on my bench making 8 million a year getting four at bats a sim.

[Clay]

You might need to share it with every other team in the IL... but sure, I won't be having a need for any brooms for a long, long time. That is, unless I need one to knock off the dust of Tim O'Fay sitting on my bench making 8 million a year getting four at bats a sim.

In our last game of the series, we had an all-time classic inning in our battle for the "shittiest team in the BLB".

Bottom of the 3rd - Virginia Colonials batting
Pitching for California Wildfire : RHP D. Fitts

Batting: RHB D. O'Hegarty 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD)
Batting: LHB H. Dunlop 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD)
D. O'Hegarty scores

Batting: LHB W. Harcourt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD)
H. Dunlop scores

Batting: RHB J. Fortin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S)
W. Harcourt to third

Batting: RHB E. Just 0-0: Ball
1-0: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 89M)
W. Harcourt scores
J. Fortin scores

Pitching: RHP C. Goodwin

Batting: RHB N. Arce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball
0-2: Foul Ball
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, throw made

Batting: RHB B. Johnson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S)

Batting: SHB N. Watanabe 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D)
B. Johnson to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw made to third

Batting: RHB S. Bertetto 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Bunted foul
0-2: Bunted foul, Strikeout!

Batting: RHB D. O'Hegarty 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34)
B. Johnson scores
N. Watanabe to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw made to third

Batting: LHB H. Dunlop 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
D. O'Hegarty to second

Batting: LHB W. Harcourt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56)
N. Watanabe scores
D. O'Hegarty to third
H. Dunlop to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw made home

Pitching: LHP R. Mariote

Now in LF: C. Kingsbury

Batting: RHB J. Fortin 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 7LM)
H. Dunlop to third
W. Harcourt to second

Batting: RHB E. Just 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging

Bottom of the 3rd over - 8 run(s), 10 hit(s), 0 error(s), 3 left on base; California 1 - Virginia 9

***

We scored 8 runs on 10 hits while stranding 3.... that's the type of inning that results in world class manager post-game meltdowns or a pitcher destroying a clubhouse.

[Lintyfresh85]

In our last game of the series, we had an all-time classic inning in our battle for the "shittiest team in the BLB".

Bottom of the 3rd - Virginia Colonials batting
Pitching for California Wildfire : RHP D. Fitts

Batting: RHB D. O'Hegarty 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD)
Batting: LHB H. Dunlop 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD)
D. O'Hegarty scores

Batting: LHB W. Harcourt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD)
H. Dunlop scores

Batting: RHB J. Fortin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S)
W. Harcourt to third

Batting: RHB E. Just 0-0: Ball
1-0: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 89M)
W. Harcourt scores
J. Fortin scores

Pitching: RHP C. Goodwin

Batting: RHB N. Arce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball
0-2: Foul Ball
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, throw made

Batting: RHB B. Johnson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S)

Batting: SHB N. Watanabe 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D)
B. Johnson to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw made to third

Batting: RHB S. Bertetto 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Bunted foul
0-2: Bunted foul, Strikeout!

Batting: RHB D. O'Hegarty 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34)
B. Johnson scores
N. Watanabe to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw made to third

Batting: LHB H. Dunlop 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
D. O'Hegarty to second

Batting: LHB W. Harcourt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56)
N. Watanabe scores
D. O'Hegarty to third
H. Dunlop to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw made home

Pitching: LHP R. Mariote

Now in LF: C. Kingsbury

Batting: RHB J. Fortin 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 7LM)
H. Dunlop to third
W. Harcourt to second

Batting: RHB E. Just 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging

Bottom of the 3rd over - 8 run(s), 10 hit(s), 0 error(s), 3 left on base; California 1 - Virginia 9

***

We scored 8 runs on 10 hits while stranding 3.... that's the type of inning that results in world class manager post-game meltdowns or a pitcher destroying a clubhouse.

Well that's partly my fault. Goodwin is a pitcher that would never sniff the Majors... He's only there because of injuries and the fact that I don't want to put any promising players in the hell hole that is the California Wildfire. I'll probably release him once everyone is healthy again.

[Clay]

Goodwin got 2 of the 3 outs that inning... I'd be far more concerned with Mr. Fitts Double-Double-Double-Single-Triple open in the inning.

[Sully]

Delarruz - 8 months for back spasms? WTF?

The injuries in this game are retarded.

[Ryan]

Rex Knight...

That sucks.

He should be ready for next year though. So I guess just think of it as a contract hold out.

Wow, I hadnt checked the game before I read your post. Ya, that does suck about Knight. Damn. Hopefully he'll be back in time for next year, but i'm not so sure he will be.

4-3 sim, two games over .500.