SIM COMPLETE - 1984 - Regular Season 11

[Andrew]

Next sim: Thursday

Sorry for the delay. I got all the rookies entered in. I also had time to get a couple of bonuses up for tonight.

Bonus #1: All Star voting is open. See the relevant thread for more information.

Bonus #2: The image pack has been updated with pictures of all the rookies. You can download it under Downloads on the menu bar above.

[Clay]

Is this like the trip to Disney World where your parents tell you that they are getting a divorce?

[Ryan]

Without digging too deep, our 3-3 sim looks pretty good considering we played Pittsburgh and Maine. I'll take that.

[Jistic]

4-2, maintaining a 2 game lead, but can someone tell me why Jared Kirby is broken?

Guys completely exhausted, but hasn't had an at bat in a week? His backup was in every game, didn't even pinch hit? Is he broken?

[Ryan]

4-2, maintaining a 2 game lead, but can someone tell me why Jared Kirby is broken?

Guys completely exhausted, but hasn't had an at bat in a week? His backup was in every game, didn't even pinch hit? Is he broken?

Maybe he has Mono.

[Spectre]

Just to give you insight into how bad my minors are, four of my draft picks are in my top 10 now.

This season will be all about watching the young arms. My minor system is finally being depleted of all those washed up retreads and now I have "my" guys to watch.

Also, nice sweep of Denver this sim! Too bad I got shellacked by Maine, but that's to be expected.

[Whale]

How bout them apples Syracuse!!

Swept the Cuse, and lost 2 of 3 to the gays from Sin City. But, hey, only 4th place in the WC by 7 games...weirder things have happened. Not really.

[Jistic]

Maybe he has Mono.

It's weird cuz he isn't even red. But when you click on him it says totally exhausted. I'm just hoping it's not a glitch.

Andrew could you check this out when you get a chance?

Only two weeks til Tilbrook comes back, he's our best power hitter.

Also Ramirez is now listed as the top pitching prospect in BLB. Manager put him in the 3 spot as well.

[Clay]

4th straight 3-3 sim. I knew there was a painfully .500 team struggling to get out. Could bad blows though.

[Delandis]

Its looking good for everyone else in the Porter. First Franklin now Latham....Better get it while the gettins' good, Clay.

[Matt]

1-5...with two 9th inning collapses. Bummer! Now Cal is better than us again!

[liquidcrash]

The Bock Division sure is fun this year. Like the good ole days, except we're not on pace to all win 100+ games this season.

My team had a miserable April, but we've played a lot better this past month and a half or so. Hopefully we keep it up.

[Pat]

3-3 road sim. 1-2 against Davenport, 2-1 against Philly.

The Good
-When Joe Sierra went down, someone had to take over first base. Keita Uchiyama moved from backup catcher to the starting 1B, and has done very well. This week he hit .409 with a 1.162 OPS, raising his season numbers in both categories to .257 and .829.
-SP Joe Rodriguez has now had five straight starts, going six innings (or more) and giving up one ER (or less).

The Bad
-SPs Cristofor Villazon and Romano Gonzalez, both pitched three straight seasons with sub 3.00 ERAs. This season, they are both hovering (a little lower, a little above) 4.00. They are now a combined 8-11. Last season they went 37-16.
-I thought OF would be a strong suit of my offense this season. The five of them are hitting .264, .234, .230, .211, and .167. Impressive fellas.

The Ugly
-I think my closer's dog died on the first of June. Going into this month, he had a 3.52 ERA, striking out a batter an inning, and had given up zero homeruns. Starting June 2nd he has pitched in six games, blown three saves, given up atleast one ER in every appearance, and just getting dominated. His stats for the month: 6 games, 3 IP, 11 ER, 4 HR, 4 walks, 2 Ks, 33.00 ERA, 5.00 WHIP. I sent him down to Triple-A for next sim so he can get it figured out.

Prospect Report
-Nine of my ORGs top 10 rated prospects are hitters. Eight of them are in the minor leagues. Their respective batting averages are (in order of top 10): .323, .340, .300, .310, .324, .234, .328, .335. Four of those guys are in Triple-A, two in Double-A, and two in Single-A. Might look to some of those four in Triple-A to light a spark for the stretch run.

Next Week
Two 3-game home stands against California and Carolina. So far this season I am 3-0 against Cali, and 0-3 against Carolina. I'm guessing I have another .500 sim, going 2-1 against the Kodiaks and 1-3 against the Tobs.

[Andrew]

Too bad I got shellacked by Maine, but that's to be expected.

Man, you aren't kidding. 9-1, 12-1 and 21-6.

What I want to know is how we finished Sunday's game in less than 4 hours. There were 27 runs, 40 hits and 15 walks in the game. That would've been pushing 5 hours in real life.

[Clay]

All Minor League levels under 30 by Thursday, Andrew????