A misunderstanding between Mack and I leads to later sim than realized. It’s up now. Enjoy.

Another sim closer to the draft and eventually expansion, boys. Keep prepping for what’s to come!

In the Platonic League Pittsburgh maintains their 3.5 game lead over second place Maryland. Brooklyn is now 5 games out of the wildcard and needs to make up some ground fast.

In the Socratic League Seattle remains on top but is now being chased by Miami five games behind. Marietta, once in second, is now 1/2 game out of the wild card. New York is one game behind Marietta.

On the injury front we see that Pittsburgh lost Gary Croce for 1-2 weeks with a strained quad and, more devastatingly, Brooklyn lost right fielder David White to a strained hamstring for 6-7 weeks. Tough break.

In game action:

…Seattle broke a 7-all tie in regulation with 5 runs in the top of the 10th to beat Cairo…
…Pittsburgh defeats Brooklyn in a game which changed leads four times in the last two innings…
…on May 29th every interleague game was decided by 1 run…

Everyone go get your upgrade to the new and final edition of OOTP 11. Next sim is Monday by Mack!

Just to covering a dangling thread: the last of the expansion owners has accepted our offer and should be introduced to the rest of the league shortly. Next steps will be forthcoming from Mack and I shortly.

In the Platonic league Maryland continues to chase the frontrunning Pisces and is now only 1 lonely game behind the leader. Jersey City, however, is now 6.5 games behind Pittsburgh and was as recently as two sims ago tied for the wildcard. Bad luck in Jersey!

In the Socratic League Seattle lengthened their lead for .5 games to 2 games and now New York is in second. Marietta is one half game behind NY and Miami is one half game behind Marietta. With four teams bunched up within three games of each other and more than four months to go there’s no telling how this will end!

In the news for this sim New York’s Edwin Herrero now has a 33 game hitting stread. Just 23 more to tie DiMaggio, Edwin!

In awards for this week we have Cairo’s Raul Zambrano, with his 12 hits in 25 at bats and 2 home runs in the SL. In the PL Brooklyn’s Benjamin Beshears took the award home with his .458 average and 8 runs batted in!

A small amount of injury news this sim as Gainesville’s Richard Balsamo aggravated his existing injury and will be hurt for an extra week. More seriously Stockholm has lost left fielder Ronald Veit for 2-3 months with a strained forearm. Tough luck!

In game action:

…Seattle’s Wayne Jones got his 10th home run of the year in a 9-7 win over Cairo…
…New York put up 5 in the bottom of the ninth to beat Marietta 7-5…
…Miami put up 14 against Stockholm the same day that Pitt put up 13 against Brooklyn…
…Stockholm got some payback the next day beating Miami 10-9 in 13 innings…
…Pittsburgh had an 11 run INNING against Brooklyn…

The next sim is Wednesday by Mack! Keep looking at those draftable players!

Hello and welcome to the world, new owners of our anticipated expansion franchises! We’re still waiting on one of the franchises to have an owner but the others are lined up. Feel free to add to the chatter, gentlemen!

Not a lot of change in the standings this sim as Pittsburgh remains on top of the Platonic League 1.5 games above both Maryland and the recovering Jersey City! Brooklyn is one half game further off the pace at 19-16.

In the Socratic League New York is 2.5 above the charging Marietta team with Miami and Seattle losing ground this time ending up at 3 and 4 games back, respectively.

In news and events we have Miami’s Ben Towell took player of the week in the SL and Albert Guzman of Pittsburgh took the award in the PL. Well done, boys! Well done!

In other news of note Brooklyn’s Tory Chavez’s hit streak is at 34 and New York’s Erwin Herrero’s hitting streak stands at 25. We’ve had several streaks this year and the media is ablaze with the story! How long can he keep it up?

In sad news the injury report was simply alive this sim:

New York’s Townsend will miss 2 weeks with a sprained knee.
Brooklyn’s MR Miguel Valenzuela with miss 10-11 months with a torn tendon.
Seattle’s Jorge Hernandez will miss one week after developing hamstring tendonitis.
Pitt’s 1B Amador Zaragoza is out for four weeks with a strained muscle.
Brooklyn loses another one: 2B Miyatarou Takenao is out for two weeks with a shoulder strain.
Miami’s CF John Fine is out 3 weeks with an oblique strain.

Lastly, Miami’s Vuong shouted at an umpire and was suspended for three games. Field reporter Crash Davis said he used a word you shouldn’t use to an umpire!

In game action:

…Pittsburth put up 7 runs in the 8th inning to defeat Jersey City 12-5…
…New York went into the 9th down by two and put up three to win 8-7. The winning run was scored on a single by Guglielmo..
…Tupper Street surprised Miami with three in the bottom of the 8th to go ahead and win 5-4…
…Tupper Street beat Maryland in 13, 3-2, with a home run by Allan Balogh…

Next sim is Friday by Mack! Don’t be late and try to welcome the newcomers!

Sounds like an Indiana Jones movie, doesn’t it?

Yes, April is now in the books and we stand at May 1 looking out into an uncertain future. The only certain thing in the future is my joy at Locke’s fecklessness. I’d say the same thing about Will but, dang, he’s playing well.

Jersey City remains on top of the PL with Maryland and Pitt tied at 1.5 games back.

In the SL, though, we’ve had a switch with Seattle now on top and New York 1 game back with Miami one game further off the pace.

Here are the awards for the month:

Batter of the Month:
PL: Jersey City’s Kirk Tilghman
SL: Seattle’s James Bray

Pitcher of the Month:
PL: Maryland’s Geronimo Rodriguez
SL: Miami’s John Winters

Rookie of the Month:
PL: Brooklyn’s Benjamin Beshears
SL: Seattle’s Wayne Jones

No injuries of longer than 2 days were reported this sim.

Plenty of interesting gameplay this sim…

…New York beat Gainesville with a grandslam in the bottom of the 10th…
…Jersey City beat Miami with nine unanswered runs in the sixth through eighth after being down 8-0 after four…
…Pitt puts up 15 against Cairo…
…Gainesville beats Brooklyn after a scoreless 9 with a solo home run in the 10th…

The draft class is now available for inspection. Get to it!

Next sim is Monday by Mack. Don’t miss out.

OK, I’m back from a nine day, 4200 mile cross country trip with two small girls in the back seat of a Chevy Aveo. How tough am I?

In the OEL, which I’m sure you’d rather talk about, Jersey City and New York lead their respective leagues. In the PL Pittsburgh leads for the early wildcard followed by Maryland 1.5 games behind. In the SL the wild card is tied up by Miami and Seattle with Marietta 1 game behind those two.

April 23 was a tough day for injuries in the league. On one day these occurred:

Pittsburgh: LF Groce will miss 3 weeks with a broken rib.
Seattle: SP Pearson ruptured a tendon in his finger and will miss 4 months.
Miami: MR Hernandex has a sore hamstring and missed 2 days.

Also, on the 24th, Brooklyn lost MR Corner for 2 days.

We didn’t tip over a week so no awards were given.

In interesting game action this time on the 21st Tupper Street went into the bottom of the ninth leading Stockholm 3-2 only to see reliever Michael Bad give up two on an error, a flyball, a single, a walk to load the bases, a run scoring walk, and a sac fly.

On the 23rd Tupper Street was on the wrong end again as they were knotted with Pittsburgh 4 all after regulation when the aptly named Bad AGAIN gave up two runs on a ground out, single, single, fielders choice, walk, and a single to score two and eventually lose the game.

Perhaps Bad should be rethought. That would be good.

Also, on the 23rd Seattle beat Stockholm with 14 runs. Already ahead with nine runs they scored five in the eighth to seal the deal.

On the 24th Marietta put up a great game against Jersey City on both ends of the ball. They scored 11 runs (with no home runs) and Gowans and McGurk teamed up to allow only three hits between them. Do that again!

The next sim will take us through April, I believe, and will be by Mack on Friday! Don’t miss it!

The third week of Spring Training is now behind us.

The leaders are Pittsburgh in the PL at 15-5 and Tupper Street and Marietta in the SL at 11-9 each.

Injuries, which are the thing we all care about, let’s face it:

Pittsburgh CF Guzman is out for 6-7 weeks
Tupper Street 1B Stewart is out for 3-4 weeks
Marietta’s 1B Mejia is out for 5 weeks
Brooklyn’s MR Valenzuela is out for 2 weeks

Other injuries should be healed by opening day.

Speaking of which: get those rosters down! The following sim, by Mack, is the last one of Spring Training. Don’t forget!

The first week of Spring Training is over and things are well under way. So far the leaders are Pittsburgh at 6-1 and New York at 5-2.

The way early batting leaders are:

Seattle’s Garnett at .722
OPS Garnett at 1.782
HR Gainesville’s Rushing with 3
RBI Miami’s Sato with 11

Pitchers:
Wins
Brooklyn’s Stiff, Pitt’s Tashiro, and Stockholm’s Velardebo with 2
Strikeouts Cairo’s Garza with 12

Sadly, there were a huge host of injuries.

Miami’s Vuong is out for 8-9 weeks
Marietta’s Parra is out for 3-4 weeks
Gainesville’s Still is out for 3-4 months
Miami’s Deluna is out for 4-5 months
Brooklyn’s Pinon is out for 2 weeks
Brooklyn’s Sequiros is out for 3 weeks

and a host of smaller and day-to-days.

Next sim is Mack and he takes us through week two! Don’t miss it.

In a classic spring training deal Marietta and Miami dealt from strength and cleared some logjams tonight.

Marietta has dealt top 3B prospect Salvador Romero, the #17 prospect in the game to Miami for a package of pitching and a 2nd round pick.

Going to Marietta from south Florida is the third best pitching prospect in the game, the #12 prospect overall, Starting Pitcher Carl Shearing. Also coming north is another 4 star pitcher, 21 year old relief pitcher Ramiro Rodriguez as well as Miami’s 2nd round pick, the 24th overall in next season’s draft.

OK, it didn’t go badly. But please check your team and let’s try to get everyone to .18. Or wait and take your chances. Or drive to Viva Media (advertisers at one of my sites) and punch someone in the mouth.

Game date is 2/15. Mack will take us to March and the beginning of Spring Training tomorrow night.