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@DarthIntegral

One last adjustment. Send Biggio down to the minors and call up Chris Hoiles and put Hoiles in Biggio’s spot vs LHP.

 

Sorry, I ran out of energy yesterday and didn't get to sims. Might try for tonight, but most likely tomorrow.

And, Stolen Base category tanked my rarity so only a 19.

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managed a 16, but the brewers are always a bit of a blind spot for me.

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I'm unconvinced that Brago Roth is a real person, to the point where I would only be less certain he was real if @AutumnLight91 tried to sign him.

 

I have no money. Maybe next time

 

Cleveland fans probably wish he hadn't existed, as he was part of the return that sent Shoeless Joe to Chicago. Womp womp.

 

Do you have any idea how wrong you are about that?

 

Forgot to set lineup for the next games, if you're able to get it in, please.

VS. RHP & LHP
1) 1B Sisler
2) 2B Hornsby
3) RF Herman
4) CF Wilson
5) LF O'Doul
6) 3B Torre
7) C Mauer
8) DH Franco
9) SS Reyes

Please set pitch limits for staff:
For starters: 80
For Long: 40
For Relievers: 20

Thanks!

 

It's the name they would have given Babe Ruth in a video game that was not officially licensed.

Amazing.

 

I think y'all can properly appreciate this:

 

Of course Adley is now solidly in the number 2 spot with 52 homers in his young career!

 

Rosters Spreadsheet is updated with recently acquired IntyBucks and players. If you signed a player or three, I have added newly signed players to your scouting spreadsheets.

And now ... let's play some baseball because the snow is starting to be ****ing depressing

 

FODEUSS GAME OF THE WEEK
Brought to you by Captain Jack

Friday, June 15th, 1990
stone temple seattle pilots at Game of Throws
Olympic Stadium; Montreal, Quebec
7:35 PM
14,560 in attendance

The game was a true pitching duel between Cy Blanton of stone temple seattle pilots and Matt Harvey of Game of Throws. Harvey would work around a leadoff double from the first batter of the game – Paul Hines – and Blanton would work around a one-out double from Charlie Smith in the second inning, but we would be scoreless heading into the third inning.

Bill Dahlen would lead off the third with a walk, and then a double from George Wright would have pilots on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out. But, Harvey retire Paul Hines and Eddie Collins, giving him a chance to get out of the inning, only to have a passed ball let Dahlen score before he would retire Willie Mays to end the inning.

Game of Throws would look to answer, with a leadoff double from Richard Hidalgo in their half of the inning, but Blanton would escape without giving up a run. George Wright would double with one out in the top of the 5th inning, but the pilots wouldn’t be able to capitalize on it. The pilots would get two two-out singles and an intentional walk to Tommy Holmes to load the bases in the top of the sixth, but a fly out from Dahlen kept it just a 1-0 game.

A single, a wild pitch, a walk, and a balk had the tying run on third and the go-ahead run on second with two outs in the bottom of the 6th for Game of Throws, but Blanton retired Jesse Burkett on a ground out to end the inning. The pilots would again load the bases in the 7th, this time with a single from Paul Hines, an intentional walk to Mays, and a single from Cal McVey, only to fail to score again as Bill Dickey grounded out.

Game of Throws would go to the bullpen, ending Harvey’s night at 7 innings pitched with just the one unearned run on 7 hits. Emmanuel Clase was called on in relief, and he gave up a one-out double to Tommy Holmes, but retired Dahlen and Wright to keep it at 1-0.

Blanton’s night would also end after seven innings, with his final line of zero runs allowed on 4 hits with 7 strikeouts against 3 walks. Andrew Miller would be called from the arm barn, and retire the only two batters he faced. Nolan Ryan would then come in and walk a pair, putting the lead in danger, before striking out Charlie Smith to end the inning.

So, onto the top of the ninth, with the pilots looking for an insurance run, and Willie Hernandez on to pitch for Throws. A Paul Hines ground out opened the inning, but a single from Eddie Collins put that insurance run on base, and a Willie Mays ground out moved Collins to second. Cal McVey was intentionally walked, to bring up Bill Dickey … who would not be able to deliver, flying out to center field to send us to the bottom of the ninth, still with stsp up 1-0.

Van Mungo was summoned to try to finish the game off, and the Shockmaster struck out Burkett to open the inning. Yogi Berra then flew out to center for the second out, bringing up Richard Hidalgo as the home team’s final hope. Alas, he would make weak contact with the first pitch he saw from Van Mungo, and a routine 4-3 putout would end this game with the beautiful final score of 1-0

Final Score: stone temple seattle pilots 1, Game of Throws 0
Win: Blanton (5-5)
Loss: Harvey (3-8)
Save: Mungo (13)
Player of the Game: Cy Blanton

 

You should do like me and escape to Florida for a Caribbean cruise.

 

BREAKING NEWS

For the first time in FODEUSS history, we had a game shortened due to inclement weather. It happened in the June 16th game between Reseda Free Fallers and Every City Bandwagoners.

An error by Pee Wee Reese followed by a double from Derek Jeter scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth for the Bandwagoners. They would be holding that lead after five innings, when the skies opened up and rain caused the tarp to come out. After only a short deliberation, the umpires made the decision to call the game and give the shortened 3-0 win to the Bandwagoners.

Urban Shocker got the win in that one, pitching all five innings and allowing just three hits, lowering his ERA to 0.75 on the season and simultaneously making us think heels might be a genius for drafting him, but also thinking heels is an idiot for having him in the minors for so long.

An "anonymous" tip from a former FODEUSS GM/Owner that heels has secret weather manipulating machine that he used to help secure this victory is not being investigated by the Office of the Commissioner at this time.

 

OOTP must not model weather very well if this is the first rain-shortened game ever. How many have been rained out and rescheduled entirely? I know of just one, and IIRC it was my season opener the year I played and so we saw the dialog box pop up live.

 

There's def been more, but also given the number of "rain delay for x minutes" that I've seen I like to think the Office of the Commissioner forces teams to not be widdle babies about the weather and play through it.

 

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FODEUSS Injury Report (Updated 06/18/1990)
stone temple seattle pilots

• Charles Bender - Torn rotator cuff - 9 months - On IL - Eligible for return (60-day IL).

Atlanta Autumn

• Bob Fothergill - Torn calf muscle - 3 months - On IL - Eligible for return.

Birmingham Shaq Barons

• Ross Barnes - Torn thumb ligament - 7 weeks - On IL - Eligible for return.

Brand New Ballplayers

• Chris Ray - Torn rotator cuff - 6 months - On IL - Eligible for return (60-day IL).

Burning Strangers of Bleach?!

• Ronald Acuna Jr. - Torn back muscle - 3 months - On IL - Eligible for return.
• Josh Hader - Shoulder inflammation - 3 days - On IL - Eligible for return.

Every City Bandwagoners

• Gerrit Cole - Torn UCL - 13 months - On IL - 35 days left (60-day IL).
• Curt Schilling - Torn elbow ligament - 9 months - On IL - Eligible for return (60-day IL).

Game of Throws

• Cap Anson - Knee tendinitis - 1 week - On IL - Eligible for return.

Northern Shores Gales of November

• Lefty Grove - Shoulder subluxation - Day-to-day, 3 days - Not on IL.

Performance Enhancers

• Shohei Ohtani - Bone chips (elbow) - 7-8 weeks - On IL - Eligible for return (60-day IL).

Reseda Free Fallers

• Jesse Orosco - Shoulder inflammation - 5 months - On IL - Eligible for return.
• Tim Belcher - Torn rotator cuff - 12 months - On IL - 19 days left (60-day IL).

Sithi of Osten Ard

• Billy Hamilton - Fractured hand - 2 weeks - On IL - Eligible for return.

HONKBAL Injury Report (Updated 06/18/1990)

Adequates

• Jamie Reuter - Partially torn labrum - 3 months - Not on IL.
• Chris Smith - Radial nerve (elbow) decompression surgery - 7 months - Not on IL.

Death Valley Aren't You a Little Short for a Shaqtrooper?

• Roy Partlow - Surgery to remove bone chips (elbow) - 6 months - Not on IL.

Mitchell Report

• R.A. Dickey - Torn rotator cuff - 3-4 months - Not on IL.
• Roki Sasaki - Torn flexor tendon (elbow) - 12 months - Not on IL.
• Bill Brown - Shoulder inflammation - 2 months - Not on IL.
• Kyle Taylor - Torn rotator cuff - 12 months - Not on IL.
• Jose Vazquez - Chronic back soreness - 4 weeks - Not on IL.

Old School Playas

• Brian Congdon - Shoulder inflammation - 3 months - Not on IL.

Riverside Refugees

• George Harrison - Finger blister - Day-to-day, 2 days - Not on IL.
• Tim Hill - Bone chips (elbow) - 2-3 weeks - Not on IL.

Sherman Marchers

• Robby Yahr - Strained hamstring - 1 week - Not on IL.

Sudden Valley Cornballers

• Charlie Sweeney - Sore shoulder - Day-to-day, 1 week - Not on IL.
• Adam O'Keefe - Strained triceps - 4 weeks - Not on IL.

Vancouver Ice Spiders

• Andy Eddy - Partially torn UCL - 11 months - Not on IL.
• Jeremiah Sallie - Sprained elbow - Day-to-day, unknown - Not on IL.

Wrecks of the Edmund Fitzgerald

• Leroy Matlock - Arthritic elbow - 2 months - Not on IL.

Wrigleyville Flag Flyers

• Kyle Schwarber - Sprained ankle - Unknown - Not on IL.
• Jonathan Ortega - Strained oblique - 2 weeks - Not on IL.

Upcoming Games and Probable Starters

June 18th - 20th

Burning Strangers of BLEACH?! at Amazings
Kershaw vs. Gooden
Blue vs. Seaver
Young vs. Clemens

Birmingham Shaq Barons at Brand New Ballplayers
Jones vs. Ford
Smith vs. Day
Streeter vs. Roberts

Every City Bandwagoners at Performance Enhancers
Perry vs. Radbourn
Rusie vs. Waddell
Driscoll vs. deGrom

San Diego Surfers at Atlanta Autumn
Brown vs. Crandall
Tudor vs. Cooper
Arrieta vs. Niekro

Albuquerque All-Seeing Angels of Hernandez at Game of Throws
Verlander vs. Newhouser
Halladay vs. Whitney
E Morris vs. Harvey

Northern Shores Gales of November at San Francisco Six Demonbags of Phoenix
Rogan vs. Paige (!!!)
Grove vs. Brown
Mathewson vs. Koufax (!!)

Sithi of Osten Ard at Reseda Free Fallers
Wood vs. Hershiser
Ford vs. Lincecum
Sabathia vs. Dean

Let's Play Two at stone temple seattle pilots
Maddux vs. Ramsey (!!!)
Carlton vs. Vance
Jenkins vs. Tannehill

June 21st - 23rd

Atlanta Autumn at Every City Bandwagoners
Kluber vs. Shocker
Guidry vs. Feller
TBD vs. TBD

Amazings at Birmingham Shaq Barons
Foster vs. Salmon
Fernandez vs. McDaniel
TBD vs. TBD

Albuquerque All-Seeing Angels of Hernandez at Let's Play Two
Alexander vs. Scherzer
Millwood vs. Plank
TBD vs. TBD

Brand New Ballplayers at Northern Shores Gales of November
Galvin vs. Liriano
Strasburg vs. Blyleven
TBD vs. TBD

Game of Throws at Burning Strangers of BLEACH?!
Hecker vs. Clarkson
Bieber vs. Darvish
TBD vs. TBD

Performance Enhancers at Reseda Free Fallers
Hubbell vs. Spahn
Glavine vs. Johnson (!!)
TBD vs. TBD

stone temple seattle pilots at San Diego Surfers
Blanton vs. Greinke
Brown vs. Walsh
TBD vs. TBD

San Francisco Six Demonbags of Phoenix at Sithi of Osten Ard
Phillippe vs. Richard
Burnes vs. Gibson
TBD vs. TBD

All-Star Voting Update

Below are the current standings for the ALoaSD All-Star Fan voting (as of Mon. Jun. 18th , 1990) for the All-Star Game

CATCHER
1. Yogi Berra, Game of Throws: 391,433
2. King Kelly, Birmingham Shaq Barons: 273,892
3. Mickey Cochrane, Northern Shores Gales of November: 223,667

FIRST BASE
1. Ed Delahanty, San Francisco Six Demonbags of Phoenix: 422,948
2. Cap Anson, Game of Throws: 276,486
3. Ross Barnes, Birmingham Shaq Barons: 216,091

SECOND BASE
1. Fred Dunlap, Birmingham Shaq Barons: 234,861
2. Cupid Childs, Northern Shores Gales of November: 220,132
3. Jack Glasscock, San Francisco Six Demonbags of Phoenix: 197,688

THIRD BASE
1. Brooks Robinson, Albuquerque All Seeing Angels of Hernandez: 196,843
2. George Brett, San Francisco Six Demonbags of Phoenix: 191,034
3. Ron Santo, Northern Shores Gales of November: 187,487

SHORTSTOP
1. Honus Wagner, Performance Enhancers: 466,375
2. Cal Ripken Jr., Albuquerque All Seeing Angels of Hernandez: 446,088
3. Lou Boudreau, Northern Shores Gales of November: 436,677

LEFT FIELD
1. Al Simmons, Performance Enhancers: 219,050
2. Joe Medwick, Albuquerque All Seeing Angels of Hernandez: 202,821
3. Jesse Burkett, Game of Throws: 183,139

CENTER FIELD
1. Tris Speaker, Northern Shores Gales of November: 431,617
2. Aaron Judge, Performance Enhancers: 340,706
3. George Gore, Birmingham Shaq Barons: 276,827

RIGHT FIELD
1. Ichiro Suzuki, Atlanta Autumn: 393,092
2. Elmer Flick, Northern Shores Gales of November: 322,501
3. Joe Jackson, Birmingham Shaq Barons: 230,896

DESIGNATED HITTER
1. Babe Ruth, Albuquerque All Seeing Angels of Hernandez: 462,798
2. Ted Williams, Birmingham Shaq Barons: 455,248
3. Josh Gibson, Northern Shores Gales of November: 422,717

STARTING PITCHER
1. Lefty Grove, Northern Shores Gales of November: 537,601
2. Booker McDaniel, Birmingham Shaq Barons: 486,215
3. Corbin Burnes, San Francisco Six Demonbags of Phoenix: 481,965
4. Clayton Kershaw, Burning Strangers of Bleach?!: 455,330
5. Sam Streeter, Birmingham Shaq Barons: 445,604

RELIEVER
1. Dutch Leonard, San Francisco Six Demonbags of Phoenix: 437,354
2. Craig Kimbrel, Northern Shores Gales of November: 363,335
3. Fernando Valenzuela, San Francisco Six Demonbags of Phoenix: 360,078
4. Robb Nen, Albuquerque All Seeing Angels of Hernandez: 322,135
5. Liam Hendriks, Burning Strangers of Bleach?!: 311,561


Below are the current standings for the SANDLOT All-Star Fan voting (as of Mon. Jun. 18th , 1990) for the All-Star Game.

CATCHER
1. Roy Campanella, Reseda Free Fallers: 523,384
2. Carlton Fisk, Let's Play Two : 511,133
3. Biz Mackey, Amazings: 482,398

FIRST BASE
1. George Sisler, San Diego Surfers: 740,119
2. Frank Thomas, Amazings: 596,888
3. Lou Gehrig, Every City Bandwagoners: 519,496

SECOND BASE
1. Rogers Hornsby, San Diego Surfers: 739,481
2. Nap Lajoie, Sithi of Osten Ard: 674,324
3. Eddie Collins, (stone temple) seattle pilots: 580,910

THIRD BASE
1. Jose Ramirez, Sithi of Osten Ard: 515,612
2. Mike Schmidt, Let's Play Two : 484,828
3. Alex Rodriguez, Brand New Ballplayers: 388,723

SHORTSTOP
1. George Wright, (stone temple) seattle pilots: 534,624
2. Robin Yount, Brand New Ballplayers: 475,810
3. Derek Jeter, Every City Bandwagoners: 438,725

LEFT FIELD
1. Rickey Henderson, Brand New Ballplayers: 668,237
2. Carl Yastrzemski, Every City Bandwagoners: 546,172
3. Billy Williams, Let's Play Two : 540,883

CENTER FIELD
1. Willie Mays, (stone temple) seattle pilots: 794,992
2. Ty Cobb, Amazings: 684,222
3. Mel Ott, Let's Play Two : 575,338

RIGHT FIELD
1. Oscar Charleston, Brand New Ballplayers: 695,290
2. Willie Keeler, Amazings: 523,542
3. Tommy Holmes, (stone temple) seattle pilots: 497,424

DESIGNATED HITTER
1. Stan Musial, Sithi of Osten Ard: 555,681
2. Cal McVey, (stone temple) seattle pilots: 528,516
3. Babe Herman, San Diego Surfers: 516,115

STARTING PITCHER
1. Bob Gibson, Sithi of Osten Ard: 676,699
2. Greg Maddux, Let's Play Two : 556,269
3. Randy Johnson, Reseda Free Fallers: 543,744
4. Pedro Martinez, (stone temple) seattle pilots: 514,130
5. Roger Clemens, Amazings: 484,772

RELIEVER
1. Rob Dibble, Reseda Free Fallers: 608,799
2. Paul Assenmacher, Reseda Free Fallers: 464,393
3. Van Mungo, (stone temple) seattle pilots: 438,745
4. John Smoltz, Every City Bandwagoners: 373,972
5. Kerry Wood, Let's Play Two : 334,282

 

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I'd like to report that those who think it's me are mistaken. If it were me, I'd already control the weather or use my space laser to incinerate Urban Shocker on the mound...

 

i could just be not seeing it (again), but i think the boxscore for the 6/13 amazings/pilots game is missing.

 

tough to get a low rarity with these categories, but i managed a 22

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Got it added. I think there's one more missing based on file numbers, but I have no idea which one.

Spoiler: 20 Rarity