New Baltimore Owner

[Andrew]

Anyway, enjoy the league. I know you're all crushed that I couldn't stick it out, especially Andrew who didn't even respond to my message saying I was leaving.

What did you want me to do, beg you to stay? Sorry, I was more worried about getting elprez up and running.

[Delandis]

Wow, what a cheerful welcome. PM's are your friends sometimes.

[Clay]

Wow, what a cheerful welcome.

Hey... the reoccuring theme is.... you have a TON of money... and a great staff (that's what she said).... that's pretty damn welcoming.

[Delandis]

Its funny I used to look over here and see all the posts in the baseball league. I finally see you guys are serious over here. Damn.

[Dave]

I had your back before, but when you put it that way, your moves do look pretty foolish.

Almost as foolish as writing up gameplay impressions after playing 5 ABs of said game.

Almost.

[Delandis]

Also at first look, this game is lb for lb, a much better sim than FoF. Jim needs to get a studio, but hell with the NFL on lock, I wonder if anyone will take a chance.

[Z]

Almost as foolish as writing up gameplay impressions after playing 5 ABs of said game.

Almost.

<img src="http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/news/html/images/player_93.png">
<a href="http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/news/html/players/player_93.html">Henry Stafford</a>

Salary: $15,000,000
Signed Through: 1985 Season
Career Batting Stats
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS VORP
1978 Hartford - BLB 24 151 540 143 36 5 21 87 87 72 2 5 60 0 2 .265 .351 .467 .817 38.3
1979 Baltimore - BLB 25 124 496 130 29 2 18 88 68 50 2 3 64 0 2 .262 .330 .438 .768 16.8
1979 Hartford - BLB 25 29 107 26 8 1 4 12 19 16 3 1 17 0 0 .243 .354 .449 .803 5.9
1979 Total - BLB 25 153 603 156 37 3 22 100 87 66 5 4 81 0 2 .259 .335 .439 .774 22.7
1980 Baltimore - BLB 26 151 586 148 38 1 14 82 78 83 2 9 81 1 0 .253 .343 .392 .735 14.7
1981 Baltimore - BLB 27 155 514 121 27 3 20 57 69 49 3 5 82 0 1 .235 .303 .416 .719 1.8
1982 Baltimore - BLB 28 144 398 66 13 0 7 30 28 48 2 1 96 0 1 .166 .258 .251 .510 -32.4
1983 Baltimore - BLB 29 64 188 26 5 0 5 16 17 16 1 1 39 0 0 .138 .209 .245 .453 -13.1


http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...player_93.html
There's my bibliography. I'll be happy to take a look at any gameplay impressions someone wrote after playing 5 ABs.

[Sully]

Is Z the same owner that let Kent Hutton hit FA in the OSFL, only to sign him for twice the money he could've had him for if he chose not to let him walk? :)

Just curious...

[Z]

Is Z the same owner that let Kent Hutton hit FA in the OSFL, only to sign him for twice the money he could've had him for if he chose not to let him walk? :)

Just curious...

No, that was the guy whose team has won exactly zero of its last fifteen games.

Wait ... crap.

[Riverman]

I still think California was by far the worst take over. You had talent, a decent history of winning, a huge budget, and some decent young prospects. California didn't have any of that.

By the way, does anyone understand how California got so bad in such a short time? Did he get shafted in the initial draft or was it more a series of bad trades? Perhaps there was an owner like Clay lurking around back then who took advantage of him at every turn. If so, who was it? Or did he just spread the wealth around? It is hard to understand how he could end up with such a bad team and bad minor league system in such a short time. I remember back in the days when I was trying to keep up with Windy City and Carolina scrutinizing the CA roster for someone that might help me and I couldn't find a single player I actually wanted.

[Dave]

What did you want me to do, beg you to stay? Sorry, I was more worried about getting elprez up and running.

I guess I'm just comparing it to my own experience running the OSFL where if an owner quit, especially an original owner who had been around for several seasons since the inception of the league, I PM'd them an ok and asked for their password if I needed it. Instead I got a "he resigned" post on the board, no PM response, and you asked another owner to ask me for my password. All for having the courtesy to tell you I was leaving instead of just ceasing to participate as other owners have done. Ok....

[Jistic]

Is Z the same owner that let Kent Hutton hit FA in the OSFL, only to sign him for twice the money he could've had him for if he chose not to let him walk? :)

Just curious...

I did something similar in OSFL. I didn't get the whole off season thing or when guys would go UFA, and I let Jumbo Clements walk. Then I lost out in the bidding war for him. I was like CRAP! But that's how you learn new games, you make dumb decisions.

[Sully]

I did something similar in OSFL. I didn't get the whole off season thing or when guys would go UFA, and I let Jumbo Clements walk. Then I lost out in the bidding war for him. I was like CRAP! But that's how you learn new games, you make dumb decisions.

Judging by the history of the Philadelphia Freedom, and the Ohio Valley Showboats, Z's made a lot of them.

[Clay]

By the way, does anyone understand how California got so bad in such a short time? Did he get shafted in the initial draft or was it more a series of bad trades? Perhaps there was an owner like Clay lurking around back then who took advantage of him at every turn. If so, who was it? Or did he just spread the wealth around? It is hard to understand how he could end up with such a bad team and bad minor league system in such a short time. I remember back in the days when I was trying to keep up with Windy City and Carolina scrutinizing the CA roster for someone that might help me and I couldn't find a single player I actually wanted.

If this is going to be my reputation... I need to get way better at it.

[Dave]

I did something similar in OSFL. I didn't get the whole off season thing or when guys would go UFA, and I let Jumbo Clements walk. Then I lost out in the bidding war for him. I was like CRAP! But that's how you learn new games, you make dumb decisions.

I'd like to think most of us pretty much have free agency figured out after 3+ seasons....