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larry_boy_44
Footballguy
no, but niether are youare you leading the bid?free agency down? Glaus is already a Ranger. Expect Ortiz and more to come.Minus Texeira, Blalock, Soriano, and Nix on offense.
Ortiz will be a Tiger... (maybe)
Politician Spock
Footballguy
Training is best done during the season in the minors. Just put them over there and after a couple months (sometimes a couple seasons) the scout will give them a rating for that position. Or the scout will come back and tell you that he's not learning the position and continuing to play him there will have negative effects on the other part of his game. If he's a good fielding 3B, he'll probably make an OK 2B. Same for OF. But again you never know if they can successfully learn it.
You may have luck training them to play a new position during spring training. But there's a high chance of failure, and whether or not they successfully learn it you'll notice other parts of their game take a hit since they couldn't focus on those aspects during spring training. It's easy to train OF's and catchers to play 1B during spring training. But don't expect someone to learn a skill position during spring training. Let them learn that for a while in the minors.
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
I get it. I think your pitching acquisitions are huge but losing Tex and Blalock is going to hurt. Glaus will help some I guess.Soriano wasn't much of a loss.
RnR
Footballguy
No kidding. He is a fraud. I felt great dumping Chan Ho Park on that guy with him... the only thing that pissed me off was that he agreed to Bedard, Roberts, Cust and then backed out of it. I had to settle for Riley, Roberts, and Cust... but clearing Park off the slate was huge.
Politician Spock
Footballguy
Do you need any OF or 1B help?
larry_boy_44
Footballguy
I pretty much need help everywhere except 3B lolIt would, however, be nice to get a decent C in return for him, too... doesn't have to be great, but a couple stars or a decent prospect would be kinda nice...
Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
Getting old eh?I could go back to the banjo rips...:sigh:Gimme Webb.
I suppose I need new material.
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
You suppose?Gimme Webb and we'll forget the whole thing.
Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
Any of you guys have depth at 2B?
I'm willing to move Hillenbrand for the right 2B or OFer.
I'm willing to move Hillenbrand for the right 2B or OFer.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Just traded Byung Kim to Rolen for a SP prospect. That guy likes trading.
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
Someone take Piazza. Please.
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
Mostly I need pitching but I'm also looking for a a decent offensive option at 2B and a 1B prospect. Not all for Piazza. Those are just my needs.
D-BO
Footballguy
I have this game on my desk top at home. I have been extracting the league file into OOTP since about 5pm & it's only about half done. Any advice on how I could get this to be faster? I have cable moden & my computer is not that old.
Here's what I do.
Download the league file into goldenspikes.
extract that into programfiles, OOTP on my C drive.
Am I doing something odd?
Here's what I do.
Download the league file into goldenspikes.
extract that into programfiles, OOTP on my C drive.
Am I doing something odd?
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
All you need to do is this
ownload league file to desktopUnzip into Program Files/Out of the Park Baseball/OOTP 5
Mine takes a couple of minutes to download and extract.
Politician Spock
Footballguy
How about: Carl Everett - OF (.304 24 101, 33 yr old, switch hitter, $3.5 million through 2005) &
Brian Schneider - C (28 yr old, 2.5 star, Left Handed, B Range, A Arm, $1.195 million - arbitration for 2 more years)
for Pudge Rodriquez - C ($30 million over next 3 years)
It'll save you about $23 million, Schneider's defense is just as good as Pudge's, being a lefty he could be platooned with a cheap RH catcher, and Everett's offense is just as good as Pudge's.
I want to get young guys like Rivera, Wilkerson, and Pascucci to start in the OF, and utilize Sledge and Chavez as reserves. As such Everett is expendable despite being my best hitter in '04. And I can easily afford Pudge's contract.
larry_boy_44
Footballguy
I need more than that from you, I'm giving up a 4.5 star player, and I'm getting a throwaway 2 star OF and a 2.5 star C back?? I have OF as good as Everett, I need an upgrade somewhere...that being said, how about we do this:
Pudge Rodriquez, Carlos Guillen, & Bobby Higgenson, & Dmitri Young
for
Brian Schneider, Orlando Cabrera, & (Wilkerson, Rivera, or Vaspucci), Carl Everett & Dustin McGowen
what do you think???
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
I think Larry is overstating the importance of the gold stars just a bit.
larry_boy_44
Footballguy
just sent you a PM about Miller at the other site... lolmake an offer, Pudge could possibly be included in a trade involving Miller, I could probably even get you that leftie OF pop you were looking for...
Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
Agreed.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
I wouldn't mind finding out exactly what this means. I've been treating it as blue stars = potential, but may not pan out and gold = their current rankings? Not really sure, so any help would be groovy.Guys, I just taught him the difference in gold stars and blue stars a few weeks ago. He was trying to tell me that a guy had more blue stars than gold stars, as though they were interchangable. He's learning.
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
Blue stars are potential but you can't read too much into that. Once a player turns 26 his stars go to gold and it isn't necessarily the same number as the number of blue stars he had.They aren't completely accurate. You need to look at those, the ratings, and the players' stats.I wouldn't mind finding out exactly what this means. I've been treating it as blue stars = potential, but may not pan out and gold = their current rankings? Not really sure, so any help would be groovy.Guys, I just taught him the difference in gold stars and blue stars a few weeks ago. He was trying to tell me that a guy had more blue stars than gold stars, as though they were interchangable. He's learning.
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blake
Footballguy
eh - a lot of guys didn't have much control over the teams they took over but they were active, posting in the league since they assumed control of their team.i don't really care one way or the other; i just want active GM's in the league, much like most of the people in SLOB do.What do you want from me? To anxiously await the 4th place finish of a team that I had no control over?
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
RNR, quit dragging your feet. TIA
RnR
Footballguy
So you're saying I'm not active? PS- I had 8 posts between the acquisiton of a team I couldn't control and the off-season. What more did you want? Commentary on teams that I didn't care about?eh - a lot of guys didn't have much control over the teams they took over but they were active, posting in the league since they assumed control of their team.i don't really care one way or the other; i just want active GM's in the league, much like most of the people in SLOB do.What do you want from me? To anxiously await the 4th place finish of a team that I had no control over?
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
Yup.
RnR
Footballguy
With all due respect, I think I understand what it takes to be active in an OOTP league. I ran two of them, and have played dozens of them since the days of OOTP2. It is silly to bring on a GM, give him a team he can't access or change, and then try to get rid of him prior to the offseason activities. You were the only person that even tried to contact me. The commish didn't even PM me before he was going to cut bait. Real classy move there.
blake
Footballguy
that's great that you understand, and that you ran two leagues, however, that's irrelevant. the point is, you weren't active in the only league that we're talking about. you could have been an active spectator and been openly musing about planned offseason activities - SOMEthing to contribute to the league...but you didn't. that's not even up for debate, and this song and dance is kind of tired, so i'm not sure why we're talking about it.now you're active and that's great and that's the point. i look forward to seeing you winning the world series with the rangers in the future and staying as active on the message board as you are now - that can only help the league.
if you'd like to leave the league over complaints from the commish, the door is easy to find. not sure what the whining is for about the commissioner, but he saw you weren't active at all, much like everyone else. i fully support him in seeking some answers why and if he got someone more constructive to the league, then bringing them in. the commish doesn't have to be classy - it's his league; thankfully he is though, and i think all of the guys in this thread who are in the league would agree. it's too bad that you weren't even involved or active in the league last season or else you'd have easily seen that.
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Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
This discussion is really pretty silly. We're talking about a period of a few weeks where nothing was going on.
BoomBoom
Footballguy
Well, the bottom line is that now is a good time to be active and get your team going in the right direction, and thankfully most teams are at least efforting to do so. I can't wait to see how this draft class shakes down, and how many of the guys are brought straight from the draft into the majors.
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
Feel free to throw Adrian Gonzalez my way as well.BTW, I'm in the process of extracting the new file now. I'll be with you RE: Piazza in a few mins.
RnR
Footballguy
I was active in that time period. I had worked deals out with Detroit and Baltimore behind the scenes. Just because I'm not posting "Teixeira hit another HR today!!!!!!! Only 13 games out!" in the season discussion thread doesn't mean I'm not involved. Thanks for making grand assumptions though.I never said I had a problem with the commish, I actually think he does a great job. I said it was silly to get rid of a GM without at least PMing him to see what is up. That is all I said. I'll stand by that as well. Again, glad you are making grand assumptions though.
Not that I owe you an explanation, but I had other things going on in my life during the few weeks between July 31 and the offseason. Sorry I didn't dedicate enough time to commenting on the team that I couldn't control. Next time I'll check with you to make sure it is okay to not visit the site for a couple of days. Also, I'll continue to check with you to make sure I am active enough for your liking. I wouldn't want to be up for "firing" again.
