Game 1: Seattle, Philadelphia Take the day...

Seattle wins Game 1, 8-2. Player of the Game Hector Velera broke it open with a grand slam in the 5th inning.

Philadelphia won Game 1 of their series against Brick on the strength of Tian-bai Chen's eight innings of three-hit ball.

Game 2:  Saturday night

Regular Season's In The Books

Welcome to the playoffs.  In the first round, we have Brooklyn vs. Seattle and Philadelphia vs. Brick.

Game 1:  Thursday night
Game 2:  Saturday night
Game 3:  Tuesday night
Game 4:  Wednesday night
Games 5-7:  TBA, if necessary.

Proposals -- PLEASE READ AND COMMENT

Michael and I have been discussing some ideas regarding improving the league.  There are some changes that we were thinking of implementing, but we want to put these ideas out to you for discussion, to see what your feelings are and if you have any ideas of your own.

Incentives

We would like to reward owners who participate and provide uploads with each sim.  As a result, we are proposing awarding teams with high participation rates with supplemental draft picks during the amateur draft.

If you submit an update more than 50% of the time, you will be rewarded with a supplemental 3rd round pick.  If you can manage 66% of the time, it gets upgraded to a second round pick.  If you submit an update every sim (with one non-submission allowed), then it gets upgraded to a first round pick.

All draft picks awarded in this manner will be given at the end of the round, in random order and are non-tradeable before the end of the season.

Change in Sim Schedule.

We are also considering changing the in-season sim schedule.  Currently, we sim half a month every week, once a week.  We are proposing to change the sim schedule to twice a week, with each sim covering one week.  This will allow you to have greater control over your roster (you can make better decisions regarding the disabled list, waivers and designating players for assignment) as well as using the seven day lineups in the game.

Let us know what you think!  We want to hear from you!

Zev

Game Patch -- Please Install

OOTP Developments released a game patch.  Please install this after downloading the updates but before sending your changes back to the server.

September I Sim Done

Game Date:  Sep 15 2032

Standings:
Adams:  Brick has clinched the division
Zotti:  Seattle has clinched the division
Signorino: Philadelphia leads Maui by six.
Wild Card:  Brooklyn leads Maui by two.

Awards & Injuries:
Atlanta 3B Andreas Velasco named Player of the Week (9/6, 9th career award)
Antelope Valley 1B Dave O'Brien named Player of the Week (9/13)

Significant Injuries:
None with any significance for the offseason or next season.

Administrative Notes:
Michael and I have been discussing some changes to the way that the league is run.  We will be putting forth proposals in the next few days.  If anyone else has any ideas that they would like to see implemented to help the league run better, please feel free to let Michael or myself know about it.

Next sim - to end the regular season:  Wednesday night.

August II Sim Done -- Time for Roster Expansion

Game Date:  Sep 1 2032

Standings:
Adams:  Brick is nine games ahead of Brooklyn
Zotti:  Seattle has clinched the division
Signorino: Philadelphia is ten ahead of Maui
Wild Card:  Brooklyn is nine games ahead of Maui

Awards & Accomplishments:
Brooklyn SS Ramon Nieto named Player of the Week (8/16, 3rd award this season)
Seattle 1B Hector Valera named Player of the Week (8/23, 7th career award, 3rd this season)
Wilmington 1B Bernardo Alvarez named Player of the Week (8/30)

Brooklyn SP Kieran Rose named Pitcher of the Month
Brick RF Ken Reed named Batter of the Month (2nd career award)
Appalachian 3B Jared Warren named Rookie of the Month

Significant Injuries:
Appalachian SS Martin Costa, shoulder tendinitis, done for the year
Wilmington RF Lucio Muniz, torn abdominal muscle, 6 weeks
Antelope Valley RP Dane Beck, bone chips in elbow, his season is over
Brick RF Ken Reed, torn abdominal muscle, 5-6 weeks

Notes:
September has arrived.  That means that you can expand your rosters.
We have openings.  If you have any friends who might be interested in running a baseball team, please have him/her contact Michael or myself.

Next sim:  Wednesday night!

August I Sim Done

Game Date: August 16, 2032

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Brooklyn by 9 games
• Zotti: Seattle leads Antelope Valley by 23 games
• Signorino: Philadelphia leads Maui by 7 games
• Wild Card: Brooklyn leads Maui by 2 games

Injuries:

• Philadelphia 2B Norman Kuhn - 4 weeks, sprained ankle
• Brick LF Tomas Fernandez - 2 weeks, bruised elbow
• Appalachian 2B Michel Lambert - 1-2 weeks, intercostal strain
• Philadelphia SP Tien-Bai Chen - 3 weeks, strained forearm
• Appalachian SP Jorge Gomez - 4 weeks, oblique strain

News:

• Seattle 1B Hector Valera was the Batter of the Month for July
• Brooklyn SP Fernando Mendoza was the Pitcher of the Month for July
• Appalachian 1B Junior Bowden was the Rookie of the Month for July
• Brooklyn RF Lou Sharp was the Player of the Week (8/2)
• Brick 3B Larry McCormick got his 2000th career hit (8/2)
• Brick RF Ken Reed was the Player of the Week (8/9)
• Brooklyn SS Ramon Nieto was the Player of the Week (8/16)
• Go ahead and download the new OOTP 19 update! Be sure to do so before uploading your next team file before the next sim.
• We need new owners. If you know anyone, please let Zev or me know!

Next Sim: Next Wednesday night, 8/22/2018. This will take us to the start of September and roster expansion