Koya
Footballguy
Maybe home park has something to do with Hacks struggles?Id be willing to trade for him still if you want someone more geared for OBP and steals for his potential power. He could be money in my park.
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*OFFICIAL* Thread: WIS X and the Cluster of Sim (1 Viewer)
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Doctor Detroit
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I've almost climbed back to .500 after being 10 games below for most of the season. Not sure if that will stick but for all my complaints about Don Sutton in the second round, guy has been my best pitcher.
Koya
Footballguy
Hmm, Dkystra has been absolutely raking and what he doesn have in power is made up a bunch by a ton of steals. McGraw is at .500 OBP and near .400 avg.Let me see if there is an additional player back you could throw in that would make it work but giving up McGraw and Dykstra takes away two top of the order guys which may be tough to do.Ill take a look - maybe Dyk and something else would work if I cant find that additional player?Of course, I SHOULD be looking to get pitching...
Sammy3469
Footballguy
Interesting fact, of the 13 pitchers on my team 11 have OAV less than .300 though only 3 of them have BB/9 less than 3.Interesting fact, of the 11 pitchers on my staff only two have an OAV less that .300
Koya
Footballguy
Now, if only I could change a righty or two for a lefty bat, and if ONLY I could get a stud pitcher (that should be easy, right?)Seriously, I need to bring some balance to my lineup after trading two lefties. Open to a lot of things, my rigty bats are:OF Rickey Henderson '90 (best year .325/.339/589)OF Hack Wilson '30 (huge .350/.450/.725 season with 56 HRs)SS Nomar Garciaparra '00 (.372 avg .599 slg at SS)2B Billy Herman '37 (he's hitting .325 for me in this thing)Ricky, Hack and Nomar are best years, the other two are good-very good years esp. considering their positions. Want comparable value in a lefty bat, can work a package deal if needed.
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Doctor Detroit
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Within 5 games of the wildcard with my winning streak, pitching improving over the last 25 games or so. Putting Doc White in the rotation has helped and Don Sutton has been better than expected. Out of last place for at least a few games. 
Super Nintendo Chalmers
Footballguy
What the hell, I take a long weekend and one team goes 1-10 (averaging about 2 errors a game) and the other 4-7. 
I really missed the boat drafting this time around. Hopefully Hopeing for .500 can turn it around.
I really missed the boat drafting this time around. Hopefully Hopeing for .500 can turn it around.
Koya
Footballguy
Ok, I really would like to switch a righty to a lefty, and as noted, Id love some pitching (though I THOUGHT that would be a team strength)... but looks like shooting the moon on offense is going to be my only shot here.
1-7 is pretty solid though with
1. Rickey Henderson (best season)
2. Normar Garciaparra (I think its his best season?)
3. Jimmy Foxx (top 3 season which is great)
4. Hack Wilson (best season and he is going from -3 HRs to +2 )
5. Reggie Jackson (2nd best season)
6. Jason Kendall (#2-4 season but pretty solid)
7. Billy Herman (love this guy, always hits for high avg in these things)
8. Matt Williams / Aramis Ramirez (ok, should hold their own in the 8 slot)
1-7 is pretty solid though with
1. Rickey Henderson (best season)
2. Normar Garciaparra (I think its his best season?)
3. Jimmy Foxx (top 3 season which is great)
4. Hack Wilson (best season and he is going from -3 HRs to +2 )
5. Reggie Jackson (2nd best season)
6. Jason Kendall (#2-4 season but pretty solid)
7. Billy Herman (love this guy, always hits for high avg in these things)
8. Matt Williams / Aramis Ramirez (ok, should hold their own in the 8 slot)
Koya
Footballguy
It usually takes a full day, just why Im not sure. Sometimes it takes a bit more even. :-/
Greco
Footballguy
I thought owners had to vote to approve? No?
Koya
Footballguy
There is some time limit given whereby it goes through regardless. If enough owners approve quickly I think it will go through sooner, though.
oso diablo
Footballguy
never seen anything on the site about approving trades. will go looki could use another RH hitter. My lefty outfielders are: Mel Ott (raking, so hard to get), Sam Crawford, Larry Doby, Charlie Keller. If you see anything you want, shoot me a note. I'll check out your guys in the meantime.Koya said:
Koya
Footballguy
We definately might have something. I have some big guns that could move (Rickey Henderson to name one) straight up, or a package but there is definately something there.
Doctor Detroit
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I voted no on the trade. Phoenix already traded Koya too much which will likely make me miss the playoffs. This is unnecessary. 
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Doctor Detroit
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Plus Hack rakes in the 2nd half. He's done it in like three SIMs, once when I had him.
Koya
Footballguy
Pipe down there kid. So long as my sub 1 whip guys have plus 6 ERAs, only so far I can go.ETA: Plus hack can be had for the right price.
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MrPhoenix
Ron Paul Soldier
I voted no on the trade. Phoenix already traded Koya too much which will likely make me miss the playoffs. This is unnecessary.
If I could turn back time.....
Doug B
Footballguy
Sammy ... in retrospect: you had no inkling your team would kick arzze? Were you Lou-Holtzing us back in June?Dude ... you're outpacing Spartans for the league lead in win percentage!
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Sammy3469
Footballguy
I had no inkling. I honestly thought I'd be middle of the pack at best. Looking at my stats, I think its a combo of relatively great defense up the middle (in retrospect getting Boudreau's 2nd best season and Schoendist's best season was bigger than I thought it was) which erases a bunch of walks coupled with a pitching staff that doesn't give up HRs, coupled with what is probably the best bullpen in this go arond. I also don't know how many games I've had huge innings and by huge I mean 3+ runs in the 6th, 7th or 8th that have won me games (closers have still generally closed the game against me). It also helps I can run Johnson out there every third day if I wanted and he and Camnitz hardly ever give up a HR. Basically I either abuse the opposing team's pen and can get to my pen on a relatively consistent basis (even with Wilhelm underperforming) which is what happened to eephus (and most of the other top teams also don't have great pens while I can go 4-5 deep).
Having said that Boudreau, Cochrane, Schoendist, Schmidt, Goslin, and Simmons have all been obscenely good in the first half on offense. Heck three of those guys are basically outperforming their actual years, so I wouldn't be shocked if they/I came back to earth at some point.
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Koya
Footballguy
Must have been like #4 or 5? Was a while ago. Come back toYou guys are crazys. Which WIS was I in?Oh, and I miss it.
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Doug B
Footballguy
That makes sense -- in this thing, great fielding and great relief pitching have been the scarcest commodities.Some teams are really being dragged down badly by errors and unearned runs allowed.
Sammy3469
Footballguy
Looking at it a little more (sober) this morning, I think the vast majority is not giving up HRs. I thought they had adjusted the sim for guys with low HR/9 and HR/9+ numbers, but I don't think they necessarily did. There's also an interesting interplay between high BB/9 hitters having their power relatively sapped by getting too many walks this go around since the pitchers are too bad that wasn't in past SIMs. It's almost better this time to give up a walk than let the batter hit since the outcome if they hit is usually powerful (ie greater than a single).
Doug B
Footballguy
Back in the day, in the first few sims, the deadball guys with great HR/9 rates sometimes got hammered. Remember all those posts: "So-and-so gave up 0 HR in real life, but he's given up 15 so far this season!"? Heck, it happened to me a few times -- I remember zero-HR-allowing Eddie Plank getting shelled in WIS I.IIRC, however, this was fixed at one point. Maybe it's been tinkered with a little further.Sammy3469 said:
Yep, as noted by several participants in this thread, something is wonky about walks. IIRC, isn't walk/not-a-walk the first step in the calculations of a batter-pitcher matchup? It's always been that way AFAIK, but if the imbalance is particularly bad, as you note, lots of power can get sapped. Not just HRs, but those consolation doubles that high-HR guys would rack up against low-HR pitchers.Sammy3469 said:
Sammy3469
Footballguy
I'm pretty sure its the first action in the decision tree which would explain the results especially since there probably aren't too many leagues that have such big relative steps between hitters and pitchers. It waould also explain why a lot of my lineup is performing relatively well since none of them are walk freaks so they actually get to put the ball in play against some not so great pitchers.
oso diablo
Footballguy
no problem. maybe something smaller. I might also be interested in another lefty pitcher.
Doug B
Footballguy
Yeah, I think this is reflective of a sim-tinkering trend that's been ongoing since WIS I.Remember in one of Harr's last go-rounds -- it was either Sim VI or Sim VII -- that his squad led the league (or close) in OBP but had terrible BA and SLG. His offense in general was putrid. IIRC, that squad had both Ed Yost and Ed Joost on it. But in the earliest few sims, that OBP-at-all-costs strategy seemed to work well for him.
oso diablo
Footballguy
ok, now you've done it. the oso dihigos didn't get a single all-star. it's on.
watch out in the 2nd half. between this new motivation, and the fact that i've stop overmanaging...
watch out in the 2nd half. between this new motivation, and the fact that i've stop overmanaging...
Koya
Footballguy
While Foulke has a significantly better ERA (3.72), the guy has 14 saves - and 10 BLOWN SAVES!!!! All Star. :rollseyes:6 all stars this go around, which I believe is my all time high. But no starters (not that any come close to deserving it).Lenny Dykstra makes the post mortem all star team, even though he was traded days ago. But, Hack Wilson did hit a 2 run HR in his first PA after the trade (last night was the first games since the others since the trade had been live simmed before the trade), along with a triple.
Koya
Footballguy
If anyone has a Lefty 3B, perhaps a guy who is underperforming, I'd be willing to work something out. Could possibly include Rickey Henderson if its a top 3B back, work something else to get me an OF (preferably L).
Could also look to move someone else if you have an idea, something smaller where I could get you back one of my righty 3B.
Could also look to move someone else if you have an idea, something smaller where I could get you back one of my righty 3B.
Doctor Detroit
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This SIM continues to be completely stupid. I have Sutton and Overall on the team but how Harry Heilmann who is 5th in the league in OPS, 2nd in average, and in the top 20 in HRs and RBI I have no idea. Pretty stupid.ETA: I guess it's because they have Ruth and Mantle as LFers. Still stupid.
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MrPhoenix
Ron Paul Soldier
I might be willing to move Ventura. I like him because he gets on base and has 1B and 3B eligibility, but I could be convinced to trade him.
MrPhoenix
Ron Paul Soldier
Eh?03/28/08 03:15 pmBonderman, Jeremy SP DET - Trades from GrecoKennedy, Ian SP NYY - Trades from GrecoUpton, B.J. CF TB - Trades from Greco Harden, Rich SP CHC - Trades from pik95Maine, John SP NYM - Trades from pik95Papelbon, Jonathan RP BOS - Trades from pik95
