SIM COMPLETE - 1991 - SIM 22

[Pat]

Good SIM for the Colonials all in all...

Highlights:

- Split with the Bats, despite giving every position player at least one (if not two) games off during the series.

- Lost our first game of the year to Morgantown. Knew it wasn't realistic to sweep them for the season, but oh well.

- Hector Chavez set a Virginia Colonials single season record for Hits when he passed Cristian Martinez' 188. Chavez currently sits at 194 and may be the one thing standing between Mel Woodbury and his 4th straight IL Stout Slugger. Chavez also upped his 3-bagger total to 14... he's now just 3 back of teammate Dale O'Hegarty's BLB record of 17 in a season.

- Speaking of Doorbell, he's now just one steal away from tying the Virginia Colonials singe-season record for stolen bases. He's having a season that fairy tales will some day be written about.

- Yoritoki Maeda took home the IL Player of the Week award. He's also hitting north of .420 (ironically) against the Diesel... the man who once called him "a glorified doubles hitter who will walk a little." He's now raised his average to .331, his OBP to over .410... oh... and he's now rated the #12 hitter in the BLB by OSA.

- Colonials picked up their 100th victory of the season in DC. The franchises first 100 win season leaves them just 10 wins behind the all time IL record and 14 off the BLB record with 26 games to go.

In other Colonial related news....

- Pittsburgh crapped the bed this SIM raising their chances of missing the playoffs and raising the value of that number one pick.

- Washington was visited once again by the harma/injury bug. Maybe if he spent less time tracking mine and wishing injury on my players, he'd give his players a game off and keep them healthy.

You infatuation with me and my fictional baseball club is starting to get weird.

[funclown]

You infatuation with me and my fictional baseball club is starting to get weird.

Lol. Wait... this is all fake?

[Clay]

You infatuation with me and my fictional baseball club is starting to get weird.

Ugh... please... I have no time to be enamored with other teams when the sun rises at sets in Virginia.

[Pat]

Ugh... please... I have no time to be enamored with other teams when the sun rises at sets in Virginia.

The sun is going to set in Virginia when D.C. pulls a crazy upset.

[Clay]

The sun is going to set in Virginia when D.C. pulls a crazy upset.

You need to make sure you get your M*A*S*H unit to playoffs before you start planning your upset.

[Pat]

You need to make sure you get your M*A*S*H unit to playoffs before you start planning your upset.

Who is going to catch me? Baltimore? Please.

[Lintyfresh85]

Virginia is the only team that fields a lineup completely made up of 'Durable' players.

I guess that's how they stay so healthy.

[Clay]

Virginia is the only team that fields a lineup completely made up of 'Durable' players.

I guess that's how they stay so healthy.

Not unintentional. I oviosuly opt for it when given the choice (eg taking Farrel over Porter in the Gremades deal), but I also think its more likely a Durable player will make the show as injuries tend to kill development.

That being said, I still haven't figured out the logic behind the durable label. Again, Porter is a good example. He is considered not durable, but his injury histoey is pretty clean.

[Lintyfresh85]

Durability was randomly assigned this offseason.

I guess you got lucky with your team.

Especially Woodbury. He's been injured 16 times in his career for a total of 74 weeks, yet he's still considered durable.

[Clay]

Durability was randomly assigned this offseason.

I guess you got lucky with your team.

Do we know as a fact its random? I would think its tied to "injury proneness". I haven't messed with it in single player, bit I'd think there has to be a link.

[Lintyfresh85]

Do we know as a fact its random? I would think its tied to "injury proneness". I haven't messed with it in single player, bit I'd think there has to be a link.

If it's tied to 'injury proneness' how does Woodbury with his 16 injures for 72 weeks get a durable label?

Wilkerson has been injured three times in his career for 11 1/2 weeks and he's considered fragile.

[Matt]

Who is going to catch me? Baltimore? Please.

They might. You never know.

[Clay]

If it's tied to 'injury proneness' how does Woodbury with his 16 injures for 72 weeks get a durable label?

Wilkerson has been injured three times in his career for 11 1/2 weeks and he's considered fragile.

Injury proneness is a rating. Woodbury's injuries (besides being in the league many more years) MAY be more be plentiful because the whole CF injury thing. Plus, as we discussed before, a hitter like MW can get it hitting, fielding/throwing or running. Pitchers are far less likely to get hurt in any manner other than pitching.

Again, I know nothing but its easily tested in SP. There are 4 injury ratings - Overall pronessness, Arms, Legs and Back. The fragile thing may be tied to one or a combination.

Probably easily tested for what its worth. But I don't think it was randomly assigned.

[Pat]

Pitchers are far less likely to get hurt in any manner other than pitching.

What about IL pitchers? They pitch, field, hit and run the bases.

They might. You never know.

Sure, it is possible. I just lost two of my very best hitters and fielders for the remainder of the year and my team been in a funk for about the last 40-50 days...but I just don't see how he is going to close that gap. I have a fairly easy schedule the rest of the way and according to the pyt, Baltimore should be a .500 team.

We shall see.

[Delandis]

What about IL pitchers? They pitch, field, hit and run the bases.



Sure, it is possible. I just lost two of my very best hitters and fielders for the remainder of the year and my team been in a funk for about the last 40-50 days...but I just don't see how he is going to close that gap. I have a fairly easy schedule the rest of the way and according to the pyt, Baltimore should be a .500 team.

We shall see.

I don't see it happening either.

We haven't gotten any real production from Wallace over the last month or so and he's our engine. However, we do get Sato back after about 6 weeks without him. Hopefully he can come in and produce. I'm tempted to continue allowing Lacy to play because he's performed admirably in Sato's absence.