And The Award For The Most Boneheaded Mistake By A Commissioner Goes To...

... me, who forgot to process a major trade at the trade deadline.  :(

Since this was a major trade with implications for the playoff race AND because it was my error, I'm going to see whether or not it's possible to turn back the clock to 7/30 and replay the two weeks.  Normally I don't like to do this, but I believe this case warrants and exception. 

I'll let you guys know in a day or so whether we're going to turn back the clock or not. 

My sincere apologies to David and Nate and all the other owners for this screw-up. 

Zev

August I Sim (Finally) Done

Game Date
Aug 16, 2017

Who Uploaded?
Danville
Hickory
Houston
Los Angeles
Maui
Ohio
River Cities
Saskatoon
Seattle

Standings:
Adams:  Cleveland leads by nine over Hickory
Zotti:  Seattle stretches their lead to six over Ohio
Signorino:  Maui... oh, why even bother?  :)
Wild Card:  Hickory and Ohio are tied for the lead, three games ahead of Saskatoon

Awards:
Maui's Octavio Cabrales named Player of the Week (8/1)
Cleveland captured 2/3 of the monthly awards with 3B John Grondin winning Batter of the Month and James Turner winning Pitcher of the Month
River Cities 1B Travis Sparrow won Rookie of the Month
Saskatoon RF Santiago Salazar wins Player of the Week (8/8)
LF David Kerry (Seattle) wins Player of the Week (8/15)

News:
Due to the ruling by the Commissioner, the River Cities/Hickory trade was reworked to 2B Timothy Palacio for minor league catcher Christobal Cordero.

Injuries:
River Cities SP Robert Brown (shoulder), out for the season
Hickory SP Frank Osborne (bone chips), out until early October
Brooklyn SP Franklin Lakey (bone chips), out for the season
Maui 3B Octavio Clabres (fractured ankle), out until around July 2017
Houston RF Hal Pires (torn ankle ligaments), out for the season

Milestones
Saskatoon's Brian Frison reached 300 home runs -- the 13th player to do so.
Los Angeles' Ricky Peppers reached 1000 RBI -- the 10th player to make it that far.
River Cities John Hukill scored his thousandth run -- the 10th player to do so

Next Sim:
Next Saturday night.

Sim Tonight

OK, I finally managed to figure out how to fix the problem (I had to uninstall, DELETE ALL THE FILES and only then reinstall) I was having with the game.

The August I sim will be run tonight.

As for the trade, it's generally been the rule that only next-year draft picks can be traded. I would *really* like to stick to that. So, if there are no objections from the parties involved, I'm going to use the alternate trade that was sent in.

Further Rain Delay

Well, I finally managed to catch up to everything I needed to catch up to. Unfortunately, it seems that I somehow managed to ruin my copy of the game. I'm currently backing up the league file (the problem is the game software, not the league file) so that I can unlicense and reinstall.



I don't know if I will have it done by tomorrow as we have a family celebration planned. If I can't get it done by tomorrow, it will have to be Saturday night. My apologies for the delays.



I'll make a ruling on the pending question in time for the sim.



Zev

Trade: River Cities and Ohio

Another last minute trade...probably more work than Zev needs right now.

River Cities trades SP John Okane to the wildcard contending Ohio Buckeyes for the Buckeyes 2017 first round pick.

Trade: River Cities and Hickory

Dateline: Last Minute Ohiotown!

In what was expected River Cities has dealt longtime second baseman to Hickory for a 2018 first round pick. The move is a sign that River Cities owner Nate Wooley isn't convinced that his team can overcome its poor start and make the playoffs this year. It also provides some return for a player going into free agency.

Okane is still on the market for the same sort of return.

Rain Delay

I'm going to be out all day tomorrow at a family funeral. Unfortunately, that means that all the school work I was planning on pushing off until tomorrow needs to be done tonight. As a result (combined with the fact that Michael can't run the sim from the frozen north on his Ipad), the sim's going to be late. Let's aim for Tuesday night.

My apologies to all.

Zev