Sim 25 Done! Playoffs Start on Monday

Game Date:  Oct 1 2036

Who Uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Brick
Chicago
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Toronto
Wilmington

Playoff Setup:

The first round of the playoffs will feature:

Wilmington vs. Philadelphia
Appalachian vs. Brick

Playoff Schedule:

We'll be doing one game sims on the following nights throughout the playoffs:

Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday.

There will NOT be a sim tomorrow.  The first game will be simmed on Monday night.   Please make sure that your playoff rosters are set by then.

Trivia Question: 

Last trivia question of the sim:  Which player had the longest gap between All Star appearances?  20 Commissioner Points for the correct answer in the #random channel.

Next sim:  Monday night

Sim 24 Done!

Game Date: September 22, 2036

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley *
• Atlanta
• Brick
• Brooklyn *
• Chicago
• Houston
• Milwaukee
• New Orleans
• Philadelphia
• Toronto
• Wilmington

* Antelope Valley, Appalachian, and Brooklyn did not upload after installing the new Accounts GM file.

Standings:

• Adams: Brick had already clinched
• Zotti: Appalachian is up 4 on Milwaukee and has a magic number of 3
• Signorino: Philadelphia and Wilmington are tied, one game up on Atlanta
• Wild Card: Philadelphia and Wilmington are tied, one game up on Atlanta

News:

• The StatsPlus live sim failed, again. I'll troubleshoot it with the developer.
• Philadelphia SS Ramon Nieto won the Player of the Week

Injuries:

• Chicago CF Marcos Rodriguez will miss 5 months with a broken kneecap
• Appalachian SP Jeff Manning will be DTD for 1-2 with a finger blister
• Atlanta SP Miguel De la Torre will be DTD for 5 days with a mild abdominal strain
• Houston 1B Luis Lozano will miss 5 weeks with a torn abdominal muscle
• Appalachian SP Leonardo Velazquez will be out for 3 days with an allergic reaction

Next Sim: Our 35th season and the thrilling Signorino Division chase will both end on Saturday night.

Sim 23 Done!

Game Date:  Sep 15 2036

Who Uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Atlanta
Brick
Chicago
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Toronto
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams:  Brick has the division wrapped up.

Zotti:  Appalachian is one game ahead of Milwaukee

Signorino:  Atlanta and Wilmington are tied for the lead, two games ahead of Philadelphia
Wild Card:  Same as Signorino.

Awards and Accomplishments:

Wilmington C Fred Kennedy named Player of the Week 

Significant Injuries:

New Orleans:  CF Jose Gonzales, hamstring sprain, 5 weeks

Philadelphia: CF Ernesto Gallegos, concussion, 2-3 weeks

Toronto:  SP Xian-gan Yang, gluteus strain, 2 weeks. 

Chicago: CF Marcos Rodriguez, broken kneecap, 5 months.

Trivia Question:

Whom did Lou Gehrig replace at the start of his famous 2130 consecutive game streak?

Next sim:  Wednesday night.

Sim 22 Done!

Game Date: September 8, 2036

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Atlanta
• Brick
• Chicago
• Milwaukee (commissioner's discretion)
• New Orleans
• Philadelphia
• Toronto
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Adams: Brick has clinched the division
• Zotti: Appalachian leads Milwaukee by 1 game 
• Signorino: Atlanta and Wilmington are tied, two games ahead of Philadelphia
• Wild Card: Atlanta and Wilmington are tied, two games ahead of Philadelphia

Injuries:

• Antelope Valley SP Josh Dunlap will miss 5 weeks with an elbow sprain
• Wilmington 3B Carter Bailey will miss a week with forearm stiffness
• Appalachian RP Julio Lopez will be DTD for a week with a mild oblique strain

News:

• Toronto C Guillermo Medina was the Player of the Week

Next Sim: Saturday night. Just three more weeks to go in the season and there are five teams competing for three spots in the playoffs.

Sim 21 Done

Game Date:  Sep 1 2036  (Time to expand those rosters!)

Who Uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Atlanta
Brick
Chicago
Houston
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Toronto
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams:  Brick leads Brooklyn by 25 games.
Zotti:  Milwaukee is one game up on Appalachian
Signorino:  Wilmngton is one game ahead of Atlanta
Wild Card:  Atlanta is four games ahead of Philadelphia

Awards & Accomplishments:

Philadelphia's Antonio Venet named Player of the Week (5th career award, 2nd this season)
Houston's Andrew Boulter named Batter of the Month
Wilmington's Chris Williams named Pitcher of the Month
Philadelphia's Koshiro Fujita named Rookie of the Month

Significant Injuries:

None

Next sim:  Wednesday night.

Sim 20 Done!

Game Date: April 25, 2036

Who Uploaded?

• Everyone!

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Houston by 25
• Zotti:Milwaukee leads Appalachian by 4
• Signorino: Atlanta leads Wilmington by 1
• Wild Card:Wilmington leads Philadelphia by 4

News:

• The next sim will take us to the September 1st roster expansion.
• Brick 2B Sergio Suarez was the Player of the Week.
• Injuries:
• Philadelphia C Aaron Hampton will miss three weeks with back tightness
• Milwaukee 3B Sung-heun Hwa will miss four weeks with a strained hamstring 
• Houston RP Javier Lugo will be DTD for a week with back spasms

Next Sim: Saturday night.

Sim 19 Done!

Game Date: August 18, 2036

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Atlanta
• Brick
• Chicago
• Houston (vacation)
• Milwaukee
• New Orleans
• Philadelphia
• Toronto
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Houston by 22 games
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Appalachian by 4 games
• Signorino: Atlanta leads Wilmington by 1 game
• Wild Card: Wilmington leads Philadelphia by 3 games

News:

• Philadelphia 1B Dave O'Brien was named Player of the Week
• Only one significant injury this sim: Appalachian C Juan Davila will miss 3-4 weeks with a hip strain

Next Sim: Wednesday night.

Sim 18 Done!

Game Date: August 11, 2036

Who Uploaded? Everyone!

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Houston by 21
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Appalachian by 2
• Signorino: Atlanta leads Wilmington by 2
• Wild Card: Wilmington leads Philadelphia by 6

News:

• Houston LF Andrew Boulter won Player of the Week
• Only one major injury this week: Brick 3B Juan Torres will miss two weeks with a sprained finger.

Next Sim: Saturday night!

Sim 17 Done!

Game Date:  Aug 4 2036

Who uploaded:

Brick
Chicago
Houston (vacation)
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Toronto
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams:  Brick has a commanding 20 game lead on Brooklyn

Zotti:  Milwaukee is two up on Appalachian

Signorino:  Atlanta is a game ahead of Wilmington

Awards & Accomplishments:

Chicago C Rinato Kosaka named Batter of the Month
Philadelphia starter Koshiro Fujita named both Pitcher and Rookie of the Month 

Brick LF Tomas Fernandez named Player of the Week (6/4, 6th career award, second this season)

Significant Injuries:

New Orleans CF Jose Gonzales has plantar fascitis.  He'll miss five weeks. 

Next Sim:  Wednesday night.

Sim 16 Done!

Game Date: July 31, 2036 (THE TRADE DEADLINE!)

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Appalachian
• Atlanta
• Brick
• Chicago
• Milwaukee
• New Orleans
• Philadelphia
• Toronto
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Brooklyn by 17
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Appalachian by 2
• Signorino: Wilmington leads Atlanta by 1
• Wild Card: Atlanta leads Appalachian by 5

News:

• We are at the trade deadline for the 2036 season. After Zev starts Saturday night's sim, there will be no more trades allowed until the offseason starts after the Cecil Cup concludes.
• Brick 2B Sergio Suarez was the Player of the Week.
• Injuries:
• Milwaukee 2B Guillermo Palacios will miss 3 weeks with a torn thumb ligament.
• Toronto C Guillermo Medina will be DTD for 1-2 weeks with knee soreness
• Atlanta SP Pablo Ramirez will miss 5 weeks with a hamstring strain
• Houston 2B Pedro Salazar will miss the rest of the season and most of the offseason (8-9 months) with a ruptured disc
• Chicago SP Pedro Campos will miss the rest of this season and most of next season (14 months) with a torn flexor tendon in his elbow
• Brick RP Andy Mann will miss one week with a intercostal strain (suffered while sky diving)

Next Sim: Saturday night. Get those trades in!

Sim 15 Done!

Game Date:  Jul 21 2036

Who Uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Brick
Chicago
Houston
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Toronto
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams:  Brick leads Brooklyn by fifteen games.

Zotti:  Milwaukee has a two game lead over Appalachian
Signorino:  Atlanta and Wilmington are tied for the lead
Wild Card:  Atlanta/Wilmington and Applachian are tied for the wild card position.

Awards & Accomplishments:

Appalachian's Victor Gonzales named Player of the Week (4th career award)

Next sim:  Wednesday night.

Sim 14 Done!

Game Date: July 14th, 2036

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Appalachian
• Brick
• Chicago
• Houston
• Milwaukee
• New Orleans
• Philadelphia
• Toronto
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Houston and Brooklyn by 14 games
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Appalachian by 4 games
• Signorino: Atlanta leads Wilmington by a game

News:

• The trade deadline is coming up. The last (real-world) date to complete a trade will be a week from Saturday night, June 6th.
• Appalachian 1B Basz Marievska was the player of the week.
• Injuries:
• Houston SP Kevin Gordon will miss 4 months with radial nerve compression.
• Milwaukee 1B Hector Valera will miss 2 weeks with a lacerated hand.
• Milwaukee SP Jorge Reyes will miss 11 months with a torn labrum.
• Brooklyn RF Alejandro Aurillo will be DTD for 2 weeks with a knee inflammation.
• Houston RP Tatsuya Kan will be DTD for 6 days with mild shoulder strain.
• Wilmington SP Alejandro Baez will miss 6 weeks with a hamstring strain.
• Brick RP Ernest Metcalf will be DTD for 3 days with a sore thumb.

Next Sim: Saturday night.

Sim 13 Done

Game Date:  Jul 7 2036

Who Uploaded?:

Antelope Valley
Brick
Chicago
Houston
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Toronto

Standings:

Adams:  Brick is thirteen games ahead of Houston
Zotti:  Milwaukee leads Appalachian by six games
Signorino:  Wilmington and Atlanta are tied.

Awards & Accomplishments:

Philadelphia's Mike Maldonado named Batter of the Month
Milwaukee's Jose Aquino named Pitcher of the Month (2nd career award)
Appalachian's Chuck Davis named Rookie of the Month
Brick's Narahiko Nakamura named Player of the Week
Chuck Davis also hit three home runs in a game (7/2)

Significant Injuries:

Brick's Erik Moore has a ruptured UCL.  He's out for the next 13-14 months. 

Trivia Question:

Who is the only pitcher with more than 50 career wins and a third or more of his wins are shutouts?   This one's a tough one... 200 Commissioner Points for the correct answer on Slack.

Next sim:  Wednesday night

Sim 12 Done!

Game Date: June 30, 2030

Who Uploaded?

• Everyone!

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Houston by 11
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Appalachian by 8
• Signorino: Wilmington leads Atlanta by 2

News:

• Milwaukee 2B Guillermo Palacios won the Player of the Week award.
• Brooklyn SP Sherman Powers pitched a no-hitter (walking just one batter) against New Orleans on 627!
• Atlanta 1B Javier Ortiz went 5-for-5 against Antelope Valley on 6/26.
• Injuries:
• Antelope Valley SP Josh Dunlap is DTD with a finger blister.
• Houston 2B Pedro Salazar is DTD with a strained abdominal muscle.
• Milwaukee 3B Sung-heun Hwa is DTD with a strained oblique for 3 weeks.

Next Sim: Saturday night.

Sim 11 Done

Game Date:  Jun 23 2036

Who Uploaded:
Antelope Valley
Brick
Chicago
Houston
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Toronto
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams:  Brick has an eleven game lead over Houston

Zotti:  Milwaukee is six up on Appalachian

Signorino:  Atlanta is one game ahead of Wilmington

Awards & Accomplishments:

Atlanta's Javier Ortiz named Player of the Week (5th career award)

Significant Injuries:

Brick, LF Logan Francis, intercostal strain, five weeks.

Brick, SS Rodrigo Padilla, forearm strain, 2-3 months

New Orleans, RP Peter Payton, partially torn labrum, 3-4 months.

Batting Line of the Sim:

Milwaukee's Dmitr Radzilowski went 3-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, and 3 R vs New Orleans 6/22

Pitching Line of the Sim:

Milwaukee's Jorge Reyes pitched a three hit shutout vs Milwaukee with 12K 6/22

Trivia Question of the Sim:

Who is the only player to play for five major league teams in one season?  10 Commissioner Points for the correct answer on Slack.

Next Sim:  Wednesday night

Sim 10 Done!

Game Date: June 16, 2036

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Brick
• Chicago
• Houston
• Milwaukee
• New Orleans
• Philadelphia
• Toronto
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Houston by 11
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Appalachian by 4
• Signorino: Wilmington leads Atlanta by 1

News:

• We are at opening day for the short-season league, so please get those rosters down to 35 players by Saturday night.
• Philadelphia 3B Mike Maldonado was the Player of the Week.
• Antelope Valley 1B Dave O'Brien went 5-for-5 on 6/15.
• Injuries:
• Toronto RF Kevin Harrison is DTD with a sprained knee for 5 days
• Appalachian RP Dave Klein is out with a sprained back for 2 weeks
• Toronto SP Josh Robertson is out with a herniated disc in his neck for 1-2 weeks
• Brooklyn RP Ron Grimes is out with forearm stiffness for 5 days

Next Sim: Saturday night.

Sim 9 Done!

Game Date:  Jun 9 2036

Who uploaded:

Everyone!  :) 

Standings:

Adams:  Brick is up by a commanding nine games over Houston
Zotti:  Milwaukee is four up on Appalachian
Signorino:  Atlanta is two ahead of Wilmington

Awards & Accomplishments:

Brick's Logan Francis named Batter of the Month (2nd career award)
Wilmington's Tian-bai Chen named Pitcher of the Month (2nd career award)
Wilmington's Jose Rivera named Rookie of the Month
Milwaukee's Armando Burgess named Player of the Week (6/2)
Atlanta's Fred Martin named Player of the Week (6/9, 2nd career award)

Significant Injuries:

Milwaukee, Enrique Santos, elbow inflammation, two months.

Batting Line of the Sim:

Atlanta's Fred Martin went 3-5, 2 HR, 3 R, 5 RBI vs Milwaukee 6/8

Pitching Line of the Sim:

Milwaukee's Jose Oquino pitched 8 two-hit shutout innings with 11 K vs Appalachian 6/2

This Sim's Trivia Question:

There are three players who have played in two major league games where the starting pitcher struck out 20 or more batters.  I'll spot you the easy one -- Roger Clemens.  Who are the other two players?
75 Commissioner Points for the first correct answer in the #random channel on Slack.

Next Sim:  Wednesday night

Sim 8 Done!

Game Date: June 1st, 2036 (DRAFT DAY!)

Who Uploaded?

• Everyone!

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Houston by 5 games
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Appalachian by 3 games
• Signorino: Wilmington and Atlanta are tied

News:

• We still have at least one (Milwaukee) opening. Please help us fill this league.
• We are at the draft. Please use the SDMB menu to access the First Year Player Draft. Please check the Draft Order to see what picks you have, and set your picks in the Draft List screen.
• Wilmington SP Tian-bai Chen was the Pitcher of the Month for May.
• Brick LF Logan Francis was the Batter of the Month for May.
• Wilmington SP Jose Rivera was the Rookie of the Month for May.

Next Sim: The next sim, covering 8 days, including the 2036 Amateur Draft, will be on Saturday night.

Sim 7 In the Books

Game Date:  May 26 2036

Who Uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Brick
Chicago
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Toronto
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams:  Brick leads Houston by three games.

Zotti:  Milwaukee is two games up on Appalachian

Signorino:  Wilmington and Atlanta are tied

Awards & Accomplishments:

Brick's Tomas Fernandez named Player of the Week (5th career award)

Significant Injuries:

None

Batting Line of the Sim:

Appalachian's Tabito Hayashi went 3-3, 2 HR, 2 R, 5 RBI, and a walk vs. Brick 5/22

Pitching Line of the Sim:

Appalachian's Don Clancey pitched a five hit shutout with one walk and 10 K vs New Orleans 5/20

Milestones:

None

Trivia Question of the Sim:

Who is the last person born in the 19th century to play in a major league game?  15 Commissioner Points for the correct answer in the #random channel on Slack.

Next sim:  Wednesday night.

Sim 6 Done!

Game Date: May 19, 2036

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley 
• Appalachian
• Atlanta
• Brick
• Chicago
• Philadelphia
• Toronto
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Houston by 4
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Appalachian by 2
• Signorino: Wilmington leads Atlanta by 1

News:

• We now have three openings: New Orleans, Houston, and Milwaukee all need new owners. Tell a friend.
• Philadelphia had back-to-back 3 HR games, by Julian Roman on May 12th and Dennis Rogers on May 13th.
• Julian Roman won Player of the Week.
• The draft is coming up. Next Wednesday's sim will be a six-day sim to get us to June 1st and the draft. 

Next Sim: Saturday night, May 2nd, by Zev.

Sim 5 Done

Game Date:  May 12 2036

Who Uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Brick
Chicago
Philadelphia
Toronto
Wilmington

Standings:  

Adams:  Brick leads Houston by seven.
Zotti:  Milwaukee holds a two game lead over Appalachian
Signorino:  Wilmington is a game up on Atlanta

Awards & Accomplishments:

Brick's Logan Francis named Player of the Week.

Significant Injuries:

Toronto:  Larry McCormick, torn meniscus, done for the season.

Batting Line of the Sim:  

Milwaukee's Salvador Velasquez went 3-5, HR, 7 RBI, 2 R vs Antelope Valley 5/11

Pitching Line of the Sim:

Atlanta's Lyndon Nix pitched 8 shoutout innings, allowing four hits, 1 BB and 9K vs Brooklyn 5/10

Milestones:

None 

Trivia Question of the Sim:

Who is the only player not named Nolan Ryan to strike out 200 and walk 200 in the same season in the 20th century?  10 Commissioner Points for the correct answer in the #random channel on Slack.

Next Sim:  Wednesday night

Sim 4 Done

Game Date: May 5, 2036 (see note in News, below)

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Appalachian
• Atlanta
• Brick
• Chicago
• Philadelphia
• Toronto
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Toronto by 7
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Antelope Valley by 1
• Signorino: Atlanta leads Wilmington by 2

News:

• I accidentally simmed one too many days worth of games this sim. So, while the game date is 5/5/36, the games of that day have already been simmed. Sorry about that.
• Brick 1B Luis Rosales was the Player of the Month for April
• Philadelphia SP Chris Williams was the Pitcher of the Month for April
• New Orleans 1B Donald Berry was the Rookie of the Month for April
• We still have (at least one) opening. Please help us find new owners to make this a better, more active league!

Next Sim: Saturday night (4/25)

Sim 3 In The Books

Game Date:  Apr 28 2036

Who Uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Atlanta
Brick
Chicago
Philadelphia
Toronto
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams:  Brick is three games ahead of Toronto
Zotti:  Antelope Valley and Milwaukee are tied for the lead
Signorino:  Atlanta is two up on Wilmington

Awards and Accomplishments:

Chicago's Ben Turner named Player of the Week (3rd career award)
Atlanta's Lawrence Floyd throws a shutout one-hitter against New Orleans, the only hit being a single by Ken Reed in the seventh inning.
New Orleans Adly Sabry hits three home runs vs. Houston

Significant Injuries:
Houston SP PJ Booker has a ruptured finger tendon which will cost him four months.

Batting Line of the Sim:
Aldi Sabry:  3-4, 3 home runs, 8 RBI, 2 walks and four runs scored

Pitching Line of the Sim:
Lawrence Floyd:  9 shutout innings, one hit, two walks, 7K.

Season oddity:

So far this season, three shutout one-hitters have been pitched -- and it's still only April.
Lawrence Floyd pitched his on 4/22.  On 4/14, two pitchers did it:
Brick's Jose Aquino who allowed a single in the third
Philadelphia's Chris Williams who had a perfect game going until two out in the seventh when he gave up a double to Roy Nickerson.

Last Sim's Trivia Question:

Who are the only three players to be All Stars every season they played in MLB?

The answers are Joe Dimaggio (13 seasons), Gleyber Torres (2 seasons) and Pete Alonso (one season).  Of course, the latter two are subject to change as time goes on.

This sim's Trivia Question:

In the decade of 2000-2009, Andy Pettitte had the most wins 148.  In second place was Randy Johnson, who had 143 -- only five behind Pettitte.  Five wins, however, is hardly the highest margin for having the most wins in the decade.  There were two times in the deadball era when the margin was 57 games -- the 1870s (Al Spalding 252, Tommy Bond 195) and the 1910s (Walter Johnson 265, Grover Cleveland Alexander 208).  But the game was played much differently in the deadball era, so let's exclude those totals.

Starting with the liveball era (1920 and onward), who led the majors in wins for a decade had the biggest lead over the next pitcher?   60 Commissioner Points for the right answer in the #random channel on Slack.

Next sim:  Wednesday night

Sim 2 Done

Game Date: April 21, 2035

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Appalachian
• Atlanta
• Brick
• Chicago
• Philadelphia
• Toronto
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Brooklyn by 2 games
• Zotti: Antelope Valley and Milwaukee are tied
• Signorino: Atlanta leads Wilmington by 1 game

News:

• Chicago 3B Antonio Venet was the Player of the Week.
• Philadelphia starter Chris Williams pitched a 1-hitter (with 1-walk), and almost had a Maddux in shutting out the Wilmington Atlantics on 4/14.
• Brick catcher Steve Lee had five hits against Appalachian on 4/17.

Trivia Question:

Fred got last week's question correct with the answer of Eddie Matthews, who played with the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta.

This week's question, courtesy of Zev:

Who are the only three players to be All-Stars every year they played in the MLB?

Answer in the #random channel on Slack for your chance to win 30 Commissioner Points.

Next Sim: Saturday night, 4/18.

Sim 1 Done!

Game Date:  Apr 14 2036

Who Uploaded:
Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Atlanta
Brick
Chicago
Philadelphia
Toronto
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams:  Brick leads Brooklyn and Toronto by one game
Zotti:   Milwaukee is ahead Antelope Valley by one
Signorino:  Wilmington and Atlanta are tied for the lead.

Awards & Accomplishments:

Houston's Benjamin Anderson named Player of the Week (2nd career award)

Significant Injuries:

None

Batting Line of the Week:  

Chicago's Carlos Madrigal went 4-4, with a HR, 3 runs scored and 3 RBI against Milwaukee 4/9

Pitching Line of the Week:

Atlanta's Harold Gregory pitched nine shutout innings vs Toronto allowing only four hits and a walk against ten strikeouts on 4/7

Trivia Question of the Sim:

Who is the only player to play for the same franchise in three different locations (and no, Anaheim, California and Los Angeles do not count as separate locations!)?  20 Commissioner Points for the correct answer in the #random channel on Slack.

Next sim:  Wednesday night.

Sim 3 is done! Important note about OOTP 21 patch!

Game Date: March 24, 2036

Important! There is a new patch for OOTP 21 (21.2.38) that must be installed to use the latest league file from tonight's sim. Please download the patch from here and install it before the next sim on Wednesday.

Also! We're on StatsPlus! We're testing it for now, and I paid the $15 for it, so please log in and start using it.

Next Sim: Wednesday night.

Welcome to the New World!

Game Date: March 3, 2036 - we are at the start of Spring Training

OOTP version: 21!

League changes:

We have turned on the following options in the game with this upgrade to OOTP 21:

• Allow trading of injured (>7 days) players
• In the past, we had allowed it with acknowledgment, but since the game now supports submitting trades in uploads, we enabled this feature.
• Allow Contract Opt-Outs
• This will allow you to offer a player a contract with an opt out anywhere in the contract, adding an additional player option if the player so chooses to opt out.

We're discussing adding Free Agent Compensation over in the #rules channel on Slack, and if there's a strong sentiment for it, we'll add that before the regular season starts. Otherwise, any other rule changes will be made after the 2036 season concludes.

League File:

• Download the league file here. 
• Once you've downloaded it, unzip it. 
• There should be a folder called SDMBOOTP.lg inside.
• Move that folder (SDMBOOTP.lg) into the saved_games folder in your installation of OOTP 21. 

If you're on a Mac, it's a bit tricky because they changed the location of OOTP with version 21. Best bet is to go to the Load Game window, and click Open Folder to show the saved games directory. A new Finder window will open, showing the saved_games folder. Move SDMBOOTP.lg into that folder.

DM me on Slack or email me if you need help.

Trades: 

The game now supports submitting trades in your regular team upload. Once you've negotiated your trade with another owner, you each will submit the trade:

• In the transactions screen, click on Player Trade
• Under Initiate Trade, choose the team you are trading with in the right column, under "Select the Second Team"
• Drag-and-drop the players on your side to the "Your Team Offered Players" and the players on the other team that's part of the deal to the "Other Team Offered Players"
• Add Draft Picks (don't worry too much about the # in round; we're tracking that separately), Cash, or Retain salary for each player, whatever you agreed to with the other owner. Be sure to do that for both sides of the trade
• Once the trade matches what you both agreed to, click Submit Offer
• Export your team to the FTP server, and assuming the other owner submitted the same trade, it will be processed by Zev or me when we run the sim
• Ask any questions in the #tradetalk channel on Slack

Next Sim:

We're giving folks until Wednesday night (March 25) to get the game loaded and submit their first Spring Training upload. 

Sim's Done / OOTP 21 Upgrade News

Game Date:  Feb 10 2036

Signings:

Wilmington:  CF Edgardo Collazo (Philadelphia) 1 yr/$2.8m
Appalachian:  1B Martin Cox (Brick), 1 yr/$800k
Mepkin Abbey:  RP Fransisco Flores (Antelope Valley), 1 yr/$436k
Mepkin Abbey:  3B Larry McCormick (Brooklyn), 3 yr/$5.4m

OOTP 21 Upgrade notes:

Our current plan is to upgrade to OOTP 21 at the start of Spring Training. 

We expect to arrive at the start of Spring Training at the beginning of next week.  We will be skipping one of the sims this week in order to give Michael time to do some testing with the beta before actually upgrading.  The game itself will be released on Friday and is still available at ootpdevelopments.com for a discount.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

OOTP 21 Reminder

Don’t forget, we are upgrading to OOTP 21 when it is released in a few weeks. It should be right around Opening Day in our league, so please be ready to purchase OOTP 21. You can save $5 by pre-ordering it now.

If you are not planning to upgrade, please let me know. We currently have two openings, so if you know someone planning to buy OOTP 21 who would like to join our league, let Zev or me know.

Sim's Done

Game Date:  Dec 17 2035

Rule 5 Results:

Round 1:
Antelope Valley, SP Richard Rainey (Houston)
Brooklyn:  SP Nelson Martinez (Brick)
Appalachian CF Mike Wright (Milwaukee)
Chicago SP Terry Lambert (Milwaukee)
Brick CF Dennis Rogers (Houston)

Round 2
Appalachian C Jorge Roman (Milwaukee)
Chicago SP Clinton O'Toole (Atlanta)
Brick SP Nacho Ayala (Chicago)

Round 3 
Appalachian RF Jorge Rubio (Milwaukee)
Brick SP Javier Cruz (Milwaukee)

Free Agent Signings:

Houston, SS Dewey Wilson (Appalachian) 1 yr/$3.8m
New Orleans, SP David Chappa (Houston) 5 yrs/$52m

Next Sim:  Monday night

Sim is done. It's time for the Rule 5 Draft!

Game Date: December 10, 2035

Signings:

• Philadelphia signed CL Young-keun Chang (Antelope Valley) - 1 year, $500k
• Wilmington signed SP Alejandro Baez (Mepkin Abbey) - 2 years, $13.5m
• Mepkin Abbey signed 1B Jesus Valdez (Philadelphia) - 5 years, $43m
• Chicago signed LF Julio Padilla (Milwaukee) - 7 years, $19.02m
• Mepkin Abbey signed C Guillermo Medina (Appalachian) - 4 years, $30.4m
• Mepkin Abbey re-signed RP Sancho Medina - 1 year, $438k
• Brooklyn signed SS Enrique Gonzalez (Atlanta) - 1 year, $1.5m
• Philadelphia signed RP Frank Carey (Appalachian) - 1 year, $600k
• Chicago signed 1B Manuel Hidalgo (Appalachian) - 1 year, $1.5m
• Atlanta signed LF Jeremy Reed (Houston) - 1 year, $600k

News:

• We are at the Rule 5 draft. Please make your selections within the game's Rule 5 Draft Pool - Draft List option within the SDMB menu.
• DO NOT add any player to your 40-man roster unless they are in the above list of players who signed a major league contract in this sim.
• I saw a few CPU-run teams tried to protect prospects once we hit the day of the Rule 5 Draft. By rule, they have been designated for assignment and placed on waivers. 
• The Rule 5 Draft will be run on Saturday night's sim by Zev. He'll also sim another week into mid-December.

Next Sim: Saturday night

Sim's done. Important note about Rule 5 draft!

Game Date: December 3, 2035

Signings:

• New Orleans signed SP Antonio Salinas (Houston) - 1 year, $800k
• Atlanta signed SP Harold Gregory (Philadelphia) - 6 years, $125m
• Wilmington signed SP Tian-bai Chen (Brick) - 4 years, $32m
• Chicago signed RP Mark Richard (New Orleans) - 3 years, $5.03m
• New Orleans signed SP Dane Long (Mepkin Abbey) - 1 year, $550k
• Antelope Valley signed C Dave Cabral (Brooklyn) - 3 years, $7.5m
• Mepkin Abbey signed CL Jose Montanez (New Orleans) - 3 years, $17.7m

Rule 5 Note:

The next sim (Thursday night) will lead to the Rule 5 Draft. Therefore, you cannot add any players to the 40-man roster (except those signed to a major league contract recently, listed above) in either of the next two sims.

If a player is found added to the 40-man rosters by a team in either of the next two sims, that player will be placed on waivers and designated for assignment. No exceptions!

Next Sim: I'll lead us to the Rule 5 draft on Thursday night.

Sim's Done... First free agents sign.

Game Date:  Nov 19 2035

Signings:

Atlanta, 2B Fred Martin (Wilmington) 6 yrs/$108m
New Orleans, P Shawn Henry (Philadelphia) 2 yrs/$1.1m

Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame Voting has arrived!  Cast your ballots!  There are 17 players on the ballot.  They are (with their WAR totals):

RP Bong-ok Ch'on (15.4)
SP Fernando Estrada (76.2)
LF Sherman Evanoff (42.2)
SP Kyle Fike (54.7)
1B Jesus Flores (40.5)
3B George Labarre (52.8)
SP William Lawrence (35.4)
SP Joseph Macaluso (66.3)
1B Gregorio Marzano (58.7)
RF Raul Ortega (40.1)
2B Timothy Palacio (68.7)
3B Ronald Quijada (94.7)
RF Paul Shunk (62.6)
SP Jeffrey Shuttleworth (60.4)
1B Masahide Ueda (42.5)
RF Patrick Valdes (66.1)
SP Nicholas Vargas (41.5)

Upgrade Announcement:  (Important -- Please Read!!)

OOTP has announced version 21 of the game.  We will be upgrading to version 21 of the game shortly after its release.  The game is currently on pre-order sale for $35.99 (instead of the normal $40).  Please note that this sale does not apply to Steam purchases.

We generally have a history of upgrading every other version.  In addition, we will be upgrading to enable us to attract new owners for the two open franchises that we currently have.

If you have any questions, please feel free to post them in Slack.

Next sim:  Monday night

It's time to spend some money!

Game Date: November 8, 2035

It's free agency time. Get those contracts in!

Next Sim: Thursday night.

Sim's Done

Game Date:  Nov 5 2035

Outstanding Batter:  Logan Francis, Brick (2nd consecutive award)

Next sim:  Tuesday night, when free agents become free.

Sim's Done! Ladies and Gentlemen, the Awards Go To....

Game Date:  Oct 29 2035

Slick Fielders:

P:  David Chapa, Houston (2nd career award)
C:  Lloyd Rideout, Antelope Valley
1B: Bernardo Alvarez, Wilmington
2B: Fred Martin, Wilmington (2nd consecutive award)
3B: Daryl Fuller, Houston (2nd consecutive award)
SS:  Ramon Nieto, Philadelphia (5th consecutive award)
LF: Tomas Fernandez, Brick (3rd career award, 2nd consecutive)
CF:  Brendon Austin, Wilmington
RF:  Victor Gonzalez, Appalachian (3rd consecutive award)

Reliever of the Year:   Carlos Placeres, Brick
Outstanding Newcomer:  Bo Mills, Brooklyn
Outstanding Pitcher:  Michael Leach, Philadelphia

Platinum Sticks:

C  Tony Cannon, Milwaukee (2nd career award)
1B Hector Valera, Milwaukee (6th career award)
2B  Fred Martin, Wilmington
3B  Sung-huen Hwa, Milwaukee (2nd career award)
SS  Ramon Nieto, Philadelphia (5th consecutive award)
LF John Hunter, Brooklyn
CF Ernesto Gallego, Philadelphia
RF Mike Minty, Milwaukee (2nd consecutive award)
DH Logan Francis Brick (1st win at DH, 2nd career award)

Next sim:  Monday night (with more awards)

The Off-Season Has Started

Game Date:  Oct 16 2035

Welcome to the off-season!   That means that it's time to do the following:

• Check your league email and make contract option decisions
• Submit arbitration figures
• Vote for league awards
• and, of course, with the season over, trading is once again open!

During the offseason, we will be simming on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights.

Next sim:  Thursday night, when we start handing out some league awards.

Sim 25 Done!

Game Date: September 25, 2035

Who Uploaded:

• Antelope Valley
• Appalachian
• Atlanta
• Brick
• Houston
• Milwaukee
• Philadelphia
• Wilmington

Playoff Matchups:

• Brick vs Milwaukee
• Chicago/New Orleans vs Philadelphia

Yes, we have a tie for the Wild Card!

News:

• Houston C Joe Haith won the Player of the Week award.
• Chicago CL Alejandro Cruz is day-to-day for 4 weeks with a sore elbow
• Chicago RP Andrew Giese is out 1-2 weeks with a dead arm
• Brick SP Gabriel Allison is day-to-day for a week with back spasms
• The following teams won supplemental draft picks in 2036 for participating in uploads this season:
• First round: Antelope Valley, Brick, Philadelphia
• Second round: Appalachian, Chicago, Houston, Wilmington
• Third round: Milwaukee
• The order of the first seven picks of the 2036 draft is set:

1. Mepkin Abbey
2. Wilmington
3. Atlanta
4. Antelope Valley
5. Houston
6. Brooklyn
7. Appalachian

Next Sim: The tiebreaker for the Wild Card between Chicago and New Orleans will be on Monday night. The playoffs will then begin on Thursday night. 

Sim 24 Done... Almost at the playoffs....

Game Date:  Sep 17 2035

Who Uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Atlanta
Brick
Chicago
Houston
Philadelphia
Wilmington

Standings:

Brick Milwaukee and Philadelphia have all locked up their divisions.

For the wild card, the following teams are still in the race:

New Orleans
Chicago (2 games back)
Appalachian (4)
Brooklyn (6)

Awards & Accomplishments:

Brick's Tai-bai Chen named Player of the Week.

Significant Injuries:

Appalachian's Mark St. John is done for the next 10-11 months with a torn UCL.

Last sim's trivia question:

Who are the only two pitchers to have at least two Cy Young Awards, two no-hitters, two World Series championships and two All Star Game appearances?
Jeff came up with one answer, Sandy Koufax.  Fred got the other - Tim Lincecum.

This sim's trivia question:

This week we have two questions -- both dealing with award voting:

1.  Who are the only four people since 1940 to have won an MVP award, but not have a single MVP vote in any other season?

2.  Who is the only player to have Rookie of the Year votes in two different seasons?  (Hint:  He didn't win the award either time.)

Twenty Commissioner points for the correct answers to either question.

Upcoming Playoff Schedule:

Next sim on Sunday night is the final sim of the season.   Once that is done, we will have a break for a few days before we start the playoffs.  The schedule for the first round of the playoffs is as follows:

Game 1:  Thursday Jan 16
Game 2:  Saturday Jan 18
Game 3:  Monday Jan 20
Game 4:  Tuesday Jan 21
Game 5: Wednesday Jan 22
Game 6:  Thursday Jan 23
Game 7:  Saturday Jan 25

Next sim:  Sunday night.

Sim 23 complete!

Game Date: September 10, 2035

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Appalachian
• Brick
• Brooklyn
• Chicago
• Philadelphia
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Brick, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia all won their divisions
• New Orleans leads Chicago by 2, Brooklyn by 4, and Appalachian by 5 for the Wild Card

News/Injuries:

• Philadelphia C Jean-Charles Gauthier won Player of the Week (9/3)
• Appalachian 3B Basz Marievska won Player of the Week (9/10)
• Philadelphia 2B Ernesto Gallegos is out for the season with a sprained ankle
• Milwaukee OF Armando Burgos had a setback in his injury and is out for the season
• Chicago RP Joe Younger is out for the season with a torn labrum
• Philadelphia OF Julian Roman is DTD for 2 weeks with a strained hamstring
• Houston CF Ron Brown is out for the season (and most of the offseason) with a torn labrum
• Antelope Valley SP Josh Dunlap is out for one week with a hand contusion
• Atlanta RP Shoji Mochizuki is DTD for one week

Next Sim: Wednesday night by Zev. I'll finish the regular season a week from tonight.

Sim 22 Done!

Game Date:  Sep 1 2035

Who uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Brick
Chicago
Houston
Philadelphia

Standings:

Brick, Milwaukee and Philadelphia all have magic numbers of 1.
Wild Card:  New Orleans is three games ahead of Chicago.

Awards & Accomplishments:

Hector Valera (Milwaukee) named Batter of the Month (7th career award)
Erik Moore (Philadelphia) named Pitcher of the Month (3rd career award)
Michael Harrington (Atlanta) named Rookie of the Month.

Last Sim's Trivia Question:

Since 1970, who are the only three players to have more than fifteen wins and fifteen saves in the same season? (Hint: Two of the three did it for the same team (albeit in different years).

Fred came up with one answer -- Mike Marshall of the Dodgers who did it in 1974 (15 W/21 SV).
The other two are Bill Campbell who did it for the Twins in 1976 (17/20) and Tom Johnson who did it for the Twins the very next year (16/15).  Since then, no player has done it.

This sim's question:

Excluding anyone who has played a major league game since 2016, there are only four players who have played in an All Star game despite only having a career that consisted of three seasons.  Who are they?

Commissioner's Note:

It's September.  Time to expand those rosters.

Next Sim:  Sunday night.