OFFICIAL WIS XVIII THREAD: An Ode to Claude Hendrix (5 Viewers)

[jfranco77]

Koufax loses 2 hitter 1-0.

And in other news, Hack Wilson has been reported missing.

I'll trade for Hack if you're sick of him

which '30s guy you have in mind?

Well my 30s guys are a defensive replacement and Mize. I'd be happy to play Hack or one of my other OFs at 1B but you already have Terry so I'm not sure a Mize/Hack foundation helps you. What do you need?

 

[Greco]

Koufax loses 2 hitter 1-0.

And in other news, Hack Wilson has been reported missing.

I'll trade for Hack if you're sick of him

which '30s guy you have in mind?

Well my 30s guys are a defensive replacement and Mize. I'd be happy to play Hack or one of my other OFs at 1B but you already have Terry so I'm not sure a Mize/Hack foundation helps you. What do you need?

Tris Speaker

 

[Sammy3469]

Tre still winning?

 

[Arsenal of Doom]

Live leegers:

Brady Marino

moops

SCBF

Greco

Koya

Pump

TRE

Avoiding Ouchies

ChemX

larryboy

You are. There were 4 live divisions and 2 non-live.

This isn't a criticism, but more of a note for going forward. If we have 4 live divisions we should split them up between the conferences 2 each as opposed to 3 and 1. Since you only have 2 games against other conference teams, those of us in the conference with one live division have a much smaller pool of potential live games available to us.

 

[Koya]

Koufax loses 2 hitter 1-0.

And in other news, Hack Wilson has been reported missing.

I'll trade for Hack if you're sick of him

which '30s guy you have in mind?

Well my 30s guys are a defensive replacement and Mize. I'd be happy to play Hack or one of my other OFs at 1B but you already have Terry so I'm not sure a Mize/Hack foundation helps you. What do you need?

Tris Speaker

I've Got Rudy York C/3B (not much D, lots of Power) or Dolph Camili, 1B.

 

[Brady Marino]

Koufax loses 2 hitter 1-0.

And in other news, Hack Wilson has been reported missing.

I'll trade for Hack if you're sick of him

which '30s guy you have in mind?

Well my 30s guys are a defensive replacement and Mize. I'd be happy to play Hack or one of my other OFs at 1B but you already have Terry so I'm not sure a Mize/Hack foundation helps you. What do you need?

Tris Speaker

I've Got Rudy York C/3B (not much D, lots of Power) or Dolph Camili, 1B.

You also have Addie Joss.

 

[Greco]

Koufax loses 2 hitter 1-0.

And in other news, Hack Wilson has been reported missing.

I'll trade for Hack if you're sick of him

which '30s guy you have in mind?

Well my 30s guys are a defensive replacement and Mize. I'd be happy to play Hack or one of my other OFs at 1B but you already have Terry so I'm not sure a Mize/Hack foundation helps you. What do you need?

Tris Speaker

I've Got Rudy York C/3B (not much D, lots of Power) or Dolph Camili, 1B.

You also have Addie Joss.

What's your commissions rate?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Tre still winning?

Doing alright. Why do you ask?

 

[Koya]

Koufax loses 2 hitter 1-0.

And in other news, Hack Wilson has been reported missing.

I'll trade for Hack if you're sick of him

which '30s guy you have in mind?

Well my 30s guys are a defensive replacement and Mize. I'd be happy to play Hack or one of my other OFs at 1B but you already have Terry so I'm not sure a Mize/Hack foundation helps you. What do you need?

Tris Speaker

I've Got Rudy York C/3B (not much D, lots of Power) or Dolph Camili, 1B.

You also have Addie Joss.

Unfortunately, yes.

Joss would be available for the right deal (über stud offense and innings back or another top flight pitcher) but I've hardly thrown the towel in on him... Yet.

 

[Bogart]

Random comment not interesting to anyone:

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Before we started WIS over here, we would do Vintage Drafts over at rotojunkie. They would always be a Letter type draft where you could only draft each letter of the alphabet a certain number of times. A comment in another thread got me curious about the state of rotojunkie so I popped over there. They are still doing Vintage Drafts and I have learned that if someone "pulls a Bogart", they use up all of their valuable letters early and then crash at the end.

In other words, I have sucked at this for a really, really long time.

 

[Greco]

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Before we started WIS over here, we would do Vintage Drafts over at rotojunkie. They would always be a Letter type draft where you could only draft each letter of the alphabet a certain number of times. A comment in another thread got me curious about the state of rotojunkie so I popped over there. They are still doing Vintage Drafts and I have learned that if someone "pulls a Bogart", they use up all of their valuable letters early and then crash at the end.

In other words, I have sucked at this for a really, really long time.

I am interested in subscribing to your newsletter.

 

[jfranco77]

Koufax loses 2 hitter 1-0.

And in other news, Hack Wilson has been reported missing.

I'll trade for Hack if you're sick of him

which '30s guy you have in mind?

Well my 30s guys are a defensive replacement and Mize. I'd be happy to play Hack or one of my other OFs at 1B but you already have Terry so I'm not sure a Mize/Hack foundation helps you. What do you need?

Tris Speaker

Yeah, he's too good for my park for me to move him (and Hack is not).

Tell me again why you put Hack in the Astrodome?

 

[Bogart]

Random comment not interesting to anyone:

Spoiler

Before we started WIS over here, we would do Vintage Drafts over at rotojunkie. They would always be a Letter type draft where you could only draft each letter of the alphabet a certain number of times. A comment in another thread got me curious about the state of rotojunkie so I popped over there. They are still doing Vintage Drafts and I have learned that if someone "pulls a Bogart", they use up all of their valuable letters early and then crash at the end.

In other words, I have sucked at this for a really, really long time.

Spoiler

I am interested in subscribing to your newsletter.

1. Draft real-life studs who suck in computer simulation. We call this the Willie Mays rule. He was on the first three Team Bogart Vintage Drafts.

2. Draft guys you liked growing up and you think would be awesome to see on an all-time team. I always wanted Shawon Dunston as my backup middle infielder. Loved his cannon arm.

3. Panic late and draft players from your favorite franchise. Best Available Ranger was coined easily by Vintage Draft 3.

4. Never, ever, ever profit.

5. Find some sick pride in having a failed strategy named after you.

 

[Doug B]

Addie Joss just killing me.

Joss sucked for me in Alphabet Soup Must have some udnerground stat that the sim engine doesn't like.

 

[Koya]

Addie Joss just killing me.

Joss sucked for me in Alphabet Soup Must have some udnerground stat that the sim engine doesn't like.

His performance numbers overall are great though. Like top 7 overall.

 

[RnR]

Live leegers:

Brady Marino

moops

SCBF

Greco

Koya

Pump

TRE

Avoiding Ouchies

ChemX

larryboy

You are. There were 4 live divisions and 2 non-live.

This isn't a criticism, but more of a note for going forward. If we have 4 live divisions we should split them up between the conferences 2 each as opposed to 3 and 1. Since you only have 2 games against other conference teams, those of us in the conference with one live division have a much smaller pool of potential live games available to us.

That's actually a good idea. Would have been glad to do that. I know you guys got the raw end of the deal on the 4/2 split. Should probably be noted that you guys should be immune from any live disadvantage in the next one.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Seems like I'm running out of people to play live - a lot of simlivers not showing up imo.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Random comment not interesting to anyone:

Spoiler

Before we started WIS over here, we would do Vintage Drafts over at rotojunkie. They would always be a Letter type draft where you could only draft each letter of the alphabet a certain number of times. A comment in another thread got me curious about the state of rotojunkie so I popped over there. They are still doing Vintage Drafts and I have learned that if someone "pulls a Bogart", they use up all of their valuable letters early and then crash at the end.

In other words, I have sucked at this for a really, really long time.

Spoiler

I am interested in subscribing to your newsletter.

Spoiler

1. Draft real-life studs who suck in computer simulation. We call this the Willie Mays rule. He was on the first three Team Bogart Vintage Drafts.

2. Draft guys you liked growing up and you think would be awesome to see on an all-time team. I always wanted Shawon Dunston as my backup middle infielder. Loved his cannon arm.

3. Panic late and draft players from your favorite franchise. Best Available Ranger was coined easily by Vintage Draft 3.

4. Never, ever, ever profit.

5. Find some sick pride in having a failed strategy named after you.

I like the fake nickname shtick they have going over there.

 

[Bogart]

Seems like I'm running out of people to play live - a lot of simlivers not showing up imo.

I'm back from LA and kids weekend is over. I should have many nights this week to Live it out.

 

[Doug B]

Seems like I'm running out of people to play live - a lot of simlivers not showing up imo.

It's an eght-week season. How quick were you guys trying to get through your schedule?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Seems like I'm running out of people to play live - a lot of simlivers not showing up imo.

It's an eght-week season. How quick were you guys trying to get through your schedule?

They only let you play half of your games with a person until the midpoint I think.

I have no timeframe for getting through the schedule, it's just fun to play live and watch PhoenixBrady melt down.

 

[RnR]

Seems like I'm running out of people to play live - a lot of simlivers not showing up imo.

It's an eght-week season. How quick were you guys trying to get through your schedule?

They only let you play half of your games with a person until the midpoint I think.

I have no timeframe for getting through the schedule, it's just fun to play live and watch PhoenixBrady melt down.

My team is terrible, but watching him blow an 11-6 lead when Ted Williams hit a walk-off grand slam made my season.

 

[Doug B]

Joss sucked for me in Alphabet Soup Must have some udnerground stat that the sim engine doesn't like.

His performance numbers overall are great though. Like top 7 overall.

IIRC, Alphabet Soup had an individual=player salary cap ($10 million for pitchers?). I beleive I was using Joss' second-best season. But still.

 

[AcerFC]

yeah, my team is pretty bad also.

 

[AcerFC]

Are we going to do this again. I am determined to build a good team now that i have a basic understanding

 

[RnR]

Are we going to do this again. I am determined to build a good team now that i have a basic understanding

Considering we're 10 years and over 20 sims deep, I doubt we're calling it a day anytime soon.

 

[Bogart]

Random comment not interesting to anyone:

Spoiler

Before we started WIS over here, we would do Vintage Drafts over at rotojunkie. They would always be a Letter type draft where you could only draft each letter of the alphabet a certain number of times. A comment in another thread got me curious about the state of rotojunkie so I popped over there. They are still doing Vintage Drafts and I have learned that if someone "pulls a Bogart", they use up all of their valuable letters early and then crash at the end.

In other words, I have sucked at this for a really, really long time.

Spoiler

I am interested in subscribing to your newsletter.

Spoiler

1. Draft real-life studs who suck in computer simulation. We call this the Willie Mays rule. He was on the first three Team Bogart Vintage Drafts.

2. Draft guys you liked growing up and you think would be awesome to see on an all-time team. I always wanted Shawon Dunston as my backup middle infielder. Loved his cannon arm.

3. Panic late and draft players from your favorite franchise. Best Available Ranger was coined easily by Vintage Draft 3.

4. Never, ever, ever profit.

5. Find some sick pride in having a failed strategy named after you.

Spoiler

I like the fake nickname shtick they have going over there.

Link?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Random comment not interesting to anyone:

Spoiler

Before we started WIS over here, we would do Vintage Drafts over at rotojunkie. They would always be a Letter type draft where you could only draft each letter of the alphabet a certain number of times. A comment in another thread got me curious about the state of rotojunkie so I popped over there. They are still doing Vintage Drafts and I have learned that if someone "pulls a Bogart", they use up all of their valuable letters early and then crash at the end.

In other words, I have sucked at this for a really, really long time.

Spoiler

I am interested in subscribing to your newsletter.

Spoiler

1. Draft real-life studs who suck in computer simulation. We call this the Willie Mays rule. He was on the first three Team Bogart Vintage Drafts.

2. Draft guys you liked growing up and you think would be awesome to see on an all-time team. I always wanted Shawon Dunston as my backup middle infielder. Loved his cannon arm.

3. Panic late and draft players from your favorite franchise. Best Available Ranger was coined easily by Vintage Draft 3.

4. Never, ever, ever profit.

5. Find some sick pride in having a failed strategy named after you.

Spoiler

I like the fake nickname shtick they have going over there.

Spoiler

Link?

Took me forever to get there, but it was Draft 8.

 

[Bogart]

Random comment not interesting to anyone:

Spoiler

Before we started WIS over here, we would do Vintage Drafts over at rotojunkie. They would always be a Letter type draft where you could only draft each letter of the alphabet a certain number of times. A comment in another thread got me curious about the state of rotojunkie so I popped over there. They are still doing Vintage Drafts and I have learned that if someone "pulls a Bogart", they use up all of their valuable letters early and then crash at the end.

In other words, I have sucked at this for a really, really long time.

Spoiler

I am interested in subscribing to your newsletter.

Spoiler

1. Draft real-life studs who suck in computer simulation. We call this the Willie Mays rule. He was on the first three Team Bogart Vintage Drafts.

2. Draft guys you liked growing up and you think would be awesome to see on an all-time team. I always wanted Shawon Dunston as my backup middle infielder. Loved his cannon arm.

3. Panic late and draft players from your favorite franchise. Best Available Ranger was coined easily by Vintage Draft 3.

4. Never, ever, ever profit.

5. Find some sick pride in having a failed strategy named after you.

Spoiler

I like the fake nickname shtick they have going over there.

Spoiler

Link?

Spoiler

Took me forever to get there, but it was Draft 8.

That is pretty good stuff.

 

[Doug B]

I would love to understand how the how the SIM is calculated. Griffey is batting .150, seaver gives up 3 HRs in an inning and my relievers are either lights out or awful

Sample size is still tiny.

Also, it has always seemed to me that using all these statistical outliers in one league can lead to chaotic results for individual players. Especially over a short run (< 40 games or so).

 

[Eephus]

I would love to understand how the how the SIM is calculated. Griffey is batting .150, seaver gives up 3 HRs in an inning and my relievers are either lights out or awful

Sample size is still tiny.

Also, it has always seemed to me that using all these statistical outliers in one league can lead to chaotic results for individual players. Especially over a short run (< 40 games or so).

I'm not panicking yet

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Billy Muffett

100 6.1 22 36 36 17 1 12 229 That's power/IP/Hits/Runs/ER/BB/K/HR/PC

That's one game. Moral of the story is, always have a max pitch count for your mop up guy.

 

[Brady Marino]

Billy Muffett

100 6.1 22 36 36 17 1 12 229 That's power/IP/Hits/Runs/ER/BB/K/HR/PC

That's one game. Moral of the story is, always have a max pitch count for your mop up guy.

RIP Billy Muffett

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Billy Muffett

100 6.1 22 36 36 17 1 12 229 That's power/IP/Hits/Runs/ER/BB/K/HR/PC

That's one game. Moral of the story is, always have a max pitch count for your mop up guy.

RIP Billy Muffett

He's resting now

 

[Brady Marino]

Billy Muffett

100 6.1 22 36 36 17 1 12 229 That's power/IP/Hits/Runs/ER/BB/K/HR/PC

That's one game. Moral of the story is, always have a max pitch count for your mop up guy.

RIP Billy Muffett

He's resting now

:(

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

Billy Muffett

100 6.1 22 36 36 17 1 12 229 That's power/IP/Hits/Runs/ER/BB/K/HR/PC

That's one game. Moral of the story is, always have a max pitch count for your mop up guy.

RIP Billy Muffett

He's resting now till next season.

FIxed that for you.

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

Anyone want to play Live? I am back at work since the weekend is over and I need something to do.

 

[Eephus]

Billy Muffett100 6.1 22 36 36 17 1 12 229

That's power/IP/Hits/Runs/ER/BB/K/HR/PC

That's one game. Moral of the story is, always have a max pitch count for your mop up guy.

RIP Billy Muffett

His tuffet was totalled

 

[Brady Marino]

Billy Muffett100 6.1 22 36 36 17 1 12 229

That's power/IP/Hits/Runs/ER/BB/K/HR/PC

That's one game. Moral of the story is, always have a max pitch count for your mop up guy.

RIP Billy Muffett

His tuffet was totalled

No curds and whey were served at catering that night.

 

[Spartans Rule]

Can't believe how unlucky my team is. Outscoring opponents 92-68, but somehow only 6-9.

Not that Billy Muffett had anything to do with any of that.

 

[Greco]

Koufax loses 2 hitter 1-0.

And in other news, Hack Wilson has been reported missing.

I'll trade for Hack if you're sick of him

which '30s guy you have in mind?

Well my 30s guys are a defensive replacement and Mize. I'd be happy to play Hack or one of my other OFs at 1B but you already have Terry so I'm not sure a Mize/Hack foundation helps you. What do you need?

Tris Speaker

Yeah, he's too good for my park for me to move him (and Hack is not).

Tell me again why you put Hack in the Astrodome?

I put Koufax and Scott in the Astrodome. Hack was just sitting there staring at me when it was my turn to pick in the third round.

 

[Greco]

I drafted primarily with a lean towards obp. I'm one from the bottom in league rankings in obp.

 

[Brady Marino]

Somehow, my pitching allowed 0 runs in a baseball game. Lefty threw 7 innings of stellar shutout ball and, despite Putz being a flake as usual, my pen allowed 1 hit and 2 walks in 2 innings.

Momentum gaining

Interest level: registering a pulse again

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

Anyone want to play Live?

In Sim 1...

 

[AcerFC]

super inning by Seaver here. Blew a 5-0 lead

Owed to Claude Hendrix
BH T.Seaver fumbles a slow roller and P.Browning reaches on the error.
DP H.Duffy hits into a 4-6 fielder's choice.
DP T.Seaver is charged with a balk and all runners advance.
J.Mize draws the walk.
DP M.Cabrera hits a laser beam into CF for a double. H.Duffy scores. K.Griffey Jr.'s throw is up the 3B line and J.Mize scores.
N.Garciaparra lines out to 2B.
C.Knoblauch strikes out on a ball out of the zone.

Acer FC 5 5 2
Owed to Claude Hendrix 2 2 1

 

[Kraft...]

My Mopup guy Herb Score is averaging 10.8 K/9. . . . . . . . 21.6 BB/9

 

[Chemical X]

in

 

[jfranco77]

on live for a little while if anyone's around

 

[Chemical X]

snowed IN

 

[Koya]

Joss coming around a bit as we settle into the season. Dolph is getting a ton of walks but enough otherwise. I'd definitely be interested in a 1B or OF