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.