AFBL Forum
Pressbox => General Discussion => Topic started by: mstreeter06 on September 16, 2013, 06:04:36 am
-
We have arrived at our 3rd season as 2015 comes along. The Massachusetts franchise has relocated to Pennsylvania to become the Railroaders. Congrats to the 2014 AFBL Champions, West Virginia Hollers. Will they be able to hold the top spot of the league or be dethroned by a new champion?
Prepare for the 2015 season as we will sim the 1st half of Spring Training on Wednesday morning at 6am CT (9/18/13) and the 2nd half of ST on Friday. Then Opening Day 2015 will be next Monday, 9/23/13.
-
File/reports/Statslab are all updated
-
Lets hope this season starts like last year but doesnt go on 18 game losing streak :)
-
something is wrong because i have a lot of messages that i cant read, plus i have development reports from other teams but not our report ???
-
something is wrong because i have a lot of messages that i cant read, plus i have development reports from other teams but not our report ???
The messages you "can't read" is because the sim went for longer than usual and matt didn't change the settings to keep the old news.
Nothing major missed. But yes the development reports for other teams was really weird and I have no idea what could've caused that.
-
something is wrong because i have a lot of messages that i cant read, plus i have development reports from other teams but not our report ???
The messages you "can't read" is because the sim went for longer than usual and matt didn't change the settings to keep the old news.
Nothing major missed. But yes the development reports for other teams was really weird and I have no idea what could've caused that.
Hmm. I'll check that out. I might have not had a checkmark selected or something.
-
ive noticed the other teams development in the past.... in other leagues.
-
Uploading a new game file with all messages and such. I'll update Statslab as well to see if this fixes any of the wackiness a few have found with the development messages.
-
New game file but no changes just reuploaded with all messages and reports instead of last 31 days like normal.
-
1st half of ST sim has been ran. File/reports are up and Statslab is right behind. 2nd half of ST is Friday, Opening Day 2015 is Monday!
-
Statslab has been updated
-
It would appear that Mal Washington is a hothead (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/leagues/league_100_news_48.html). No, really a hothead. (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/leagues/league_100_news_50.html)
-
It would appear that Mal Washington is a hothead (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/leagues/league_100_news_48.html). No, really a hothead. (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/leagues/league_100_news_50.html)
Wow HULK SMASH :o
-
first injury of the season for me, hoffman out at least 3 months ... damn ST!!!
-
Now everyone promise not to laugh... I spent a good half an hour getting my spring training rotation, lineups and depth charts all sorted out.
Went to the sim results and then realised I had left the use 7 day lineups on from the playoffs last season, so this meant that Jorge Sepulveda hasn't thrown a pitch in ST yet... he might just be a bit rusty to start the season :(
-
It would appear that Mal Washington is a hothead (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/leagues/league_100_news_48.html). No, really a hothead. (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/leagues/league_100_news_50.html)
Ouch i wonder what she/he said lol " are you on roids" lol
-
Shocking start to spring training for California, especially considering Kevin Reynolds and Jose Baez were shuffled to the bullpen to minimize their use/prevent injuries, and I had three MRs in the starting rotation. Weird, wacky stuff.
-
I have Ed Sexton Sr. hit a HR and a 37 RF plus the 44 year old LF not a good first week for my other hitters
-
File/reports/Statslab are all updated. Opening Day 2015 is Monday morning!
-
Oops it helps to actually extract the reports :). Should be updated now.
-
Matt, Statslab is doing that funny thing again (didn't it do it in ST last year) where the stats shown are not the stats for ST for the individual players, some of my guys are showing 24 games played in the last sim.
-
Matt, Statslab is doing that funny thing again (didn't it do it in ST last year) where the stats shown are not the stats for ST for the individual players, some of my guys are showing 24 games played in the last sim.
Hmm strange. I'll check it out when I have a chance.
-
13 months in total the injuries in this ST
-
Scouting through the rosters - I'm calling it early, Pennsylvania Railroaders to have a great season after the relocation.
-
We have begun the 2015 season. File/reports/statslab are all updated!
-
Who would've thought the only series we lost woudl be to the Blue Pirates... a team who couldn't even buy a win against us last year... oh well, a winning sim is never a bad way to start the year.
-
Did you forget to extract reports again? :D
-
matt - statslab is in a really weird place.. Dan Swain is showing up on my stats page - http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/statslab/StatsLab/simstats.php and he's no longer with my team.
-
Scouting through the rosters - I'm calling it early, Pennsylvania Railroaders to have a great season after the relocation.
We showed some life last year. June through August was good. April, May and September were not. If we can be more consistent then we might have a shot at the playoffs.
-
matt - statslab is in a really weird place.. Dan Swain is showing up on my stats page - http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/statslab/StatsLab/simstats.php and he's no longer with my team.
Looks to me like statslab is showing spring training stats.
-
matt - statslab is in a really weird place.. Dan Swain is showing up on my stats page - http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/statslab/StatsLab/simstats.php and he's no longer with my team.
Looks to me like statslab is showing spring training stats.
But I didn't even have Swain in spring training, I traded him away before the trade deadline in 2014... lol
We had a similar issue with rogue stats in statslab in pre-season last year I beleive and all got sorted in the regular season, but that hasn't happened this year.
-
Reports are updated. Oops sorry guys.
-
Hmm I'll rerun Statslab when I have the chance. Not sure what's going on. Sorry everyone.
-
Who would've thought the only series we lost woudl be to the Blue Pirates... a team who couldn't even buy a win against us last year... oh well, a winning sim is never a bad way to start the year.
WOOOO you just made me so happy i havent even seen statslab yet aww the Irony
-
Hmm I'll rerun Statslab when I have the chance. Not sure what's going on. Sorry everyone.
It's only the individual player stats page (I think) matt - the team stats and development all seems fine...
-
Who would've thought the only series we lost woudl be to the Blue Pirates... a team who couldn't even buy a win against us last year... oh well, a winning sim is never a bad way to start the year.
WOOOO you just made me so happy i havent even seen statslab yet aww the Irony
Don't get used to it, we won't let it happen again! :)
-
Who would've thought the only series we lost woudl be to the Blue Pirates... a team who couldn't even buy a win against us last year... oh well, a winning sim is never a bad way to start the year.
WOOOO you just made me so happy i havent even seen statslab yet aww the Irony
Don't get used to it, we won't let it happen again! :)
Well i was going to say we wont becuause you ended my SS Don Walkers Carrer but you didnt so maybe you will win but the pitcher that lost your last 2 games also gave up 2 runs in a hold situation it the first game of the series so just let him pitch and we will win :)
-
SO thanks to NY my teams ERA is like threw the roof but with the supirizing loss of my SS i have done ok a 5-4 sim to start the year is the best sim i have had in a while so letts hope i can keep it up
-
Glad to see NC avoided a terrible start this year.
-
Who would've thought the only series we lost woudl be to the Blue Pirates... a team who couldn't even buy a win against us last year... oh well, a winning sim is never a bad way to start the year.
WOOOO you just made me so happy i havent even seen statslab yet aww the Irony
Don't get used to it, we won't let it happen again! :)
Well i was going to say we wont becuause you ended my SS Don Walkers Carrer but you didnt so maybe you will win but the pitcher that lost your last 2 games also gave up 2 runs in a hold situation it the first game of the series so just let him pitch and we will win :)
Not exactly how young Martinez gets noticed and promoted to the starting rotation, oh well it's only earley days, around 20 more games to beat up on you guys :)
-
the first sim in texas was a joke. my closer for example have already 3 saves but 2 losses with a 14.3 ERA
-
I believe I fixed the weirdness with Statslab guys. Sorry it took a bit to get this fixed. Work was crazy today.
-
I believe I fixed the weirdness with Statslab guys. Sorry it took a bit to get this fixed. Work was crazy today.
Great, well done!
-
You dont see this Very often 2 of my players in the top batters list Plus 2 of my series next week are note worthy match ups WOO
-
LF Clarence Thomas is leading the league in HR and RBI. Let's hope there is no Anita Hill's around to wreck his season...
-
File/reports are updated (I promise about the reports haha). Statslab will be updated shortly.
I also uploaded a new Images Pack and League File for download located at the top right of the forum.
-
Statslab has been updated
-
Getting some wins under our belt against teams we should be beating. That's a very good sign.
Now to the big sim, 6 games v Ohio and WV, bring it on!
-
Getting some wins under our belt against teams we should be beating. That's a very good sign.
Now to the big sim, 6 games v Ohio and WV, bring it on!
Other then me tho ;)
-
OMG 1-7 and i felt so good this sim maybe i should bring up mt shitty but solid hitting RF again cant play D but carre .270 hitter :( well with a youn Catcher in the mix seems like its a learning year. now thats why statls lab said that even tho i went 5-4 i only had 7% chance to make Playoiffs and NY who went 3-6 had a 54% chance hahaha lets hope i can turn it around my team isnt bad
My odds now is 0% WOOO first team elimanatied hahaha
-
It's only April, plenty of time :)
-
Getting some wins under our belt against teams we should be beating. That's a very good sign.
Now to the big sim, 6 games v Ohio and WV, bring it on!
Other then me tho ;)
Minor blip, revenge will be ours!
-
Got off to a great start this sim - swept West Virginia and then finished out the sim with a 5 game losing streak. Just when it looked like I at least had 4 decent starters together in the staff, two down with injuries - one of them for the year. Dangit!!!! At least my bats should come back eventually to help turn that 1-7 record in one run games around. Hopefully.
-
Got off to a great start this sim - swept West Virginia and then finished out the sim with a 5 game losing streak. Just when it looked like I at least had 4 decent starters together in the staff, two down with injuries - one of them for the year. Dangit!!!! At least my bats should come back eventually to help turn that 1-7 record in one run games around. Hopefully.
Yeah it wasn't a kind sim for the Lions... :-\
-
mendoza out again. in the begining of all the seasons he always gets an injurie ... hoffman, mendoza, bo bacon and sammy cooper are already in the disabled list
we are the worst offense in FL with only 77 runs scored. not a bad sim with a 6-3 and it seems that the players in texas are starting to wake up
-
Ended that sim with 3 straight losses. Hovering around .500. Clearly we can score, but starting pitching is not so hot...still it is early.
-
Everything is updated. We are to May 1st.
-
Not sure when it happened but it appears that the HTML reports bug of not showing team's entire pitching staff is fixed!
-
Devastating injury to RF Mits Kurota, our cleanup hitter. He is out for 3 months. Struggling 1B Jeff Krause will come off the bench to start and Slugger Clarence Thomas slides back to LF for the time being...
-
again the fucking AI has done the things wrong
17 inning, 1 out and guys in the corners. pitcher at bat, the AI dont do a pinch batter and he bunts (sacrifice, wtf!) ... 2 outs and guys in the 2nd and the 3rd base ... with a fly ball or a ground ball we probably had won this game
in this inning, obviously, the same pitcher losses the game
-
In Alex McCullaugh's first game against California since the trade to Oregon, we're leading the Explorers 2-1 going into the bottom of the 7th inning when McCullaugh sends a line drive into the left field corner for a 3-run homer and the eventual 4-2 final scoreline for Oregon!
The Explorers currently lead The Battle for the Branch over the Golden Eagles 2-games-to-1.
-
Yes same thing my catcher gets on base botom of ninth and no pitch runner and the next hitter hits a double which would have tied the game 2 batters later the BACKUP catcher flysout with basebs loaded.
4-6 sim for me not to bad with Flemming getting the win and a ND and some hitting coming back to life. but need a good sim next week
-
Not sure when it happened but it appears that the HTML reports bug of not showing team's entire pitching staff is fixed!
Fixed in the latest OOTP update I believe matt
-
After a 1-3 series against rivals Ohio, we meet West Virgina, a team we struggled against as they went all the way in 2014.
However this time around we get the chocolates with a 3-0 series sweep, with Pratt, Sepulveda and Craft all collecting wins over Marsh, Lloyd and Hatfield.
Patriot league is very tight after the first month with three teams within 0.5 of a game (Ohio, NJ and NC).
We've got three teams (NY, ON, PA) in the bottom half of the standings in the next sim so it might be a chance to get the lead on our own.
-
Not sure when it happened but it appears that the HTML reports bug of not showing team's entire pitching staff is fixed!
Fixed in the latest OOTP update I believe matt
Awesome. I hadn't noticed until today. Glad they fixed that bug.
-
After a 1-3 series against rivals Ohio, we meet West Virgina, a team we struggled against as they went all the way in 2014.
However this time around we get the chocolates with a 3-0 series sweep, with Pratt, Sepulveda and Craft all collecting wins over Marsh, Lloyd and Hatfield.
Patriot league is very tight after the first month with three teams within 0.5 of a game (Ohio, NJ and NC).
We've got three teams (NY, ON, PA) in the bottom half of the standings in the next sim so it might be a chance to get the lead on our own.
Well maybe not if i have your number again :) im looking for a sweep this time
-
File/reports are up. Statslab will be following shortly.
-
Statslab is updated
-
7-2 sim for the Aviators puts NC into 1st place by two games. ;D
-
7-2 sim for the Aviators puts NC into 1st place by two games. ;D
Sneaky, Patriot League is still bunched. Big sim coming up next for the Athletics, 2 @ Ohio and 4 @ North Carolina.
-
well i had a 5-4 sim against NC NJ and WV and KT and did awesome so i am relly happy with my sim this week, players played well and im glad i didnt make the change I wanted this moring
-
Anyone know how to turn off the permanent link to one stat of the day? I accidentally clicked this link and now don't get the nice random stat each day :(
-
Everything is updated. We will finish May 2015 on Friday morning.
-
Anyone know how to turn off the permanent link to one stat of the day? I accidentally clicked this link and now don't get the nice random stat each day :(
Hmm I don't... What happens when you click the SOTD link at the top right?
-
Anyone know how to turn off the permanent link to one stat of the day? I accidentally clicked this link and now don't get the nice random stat each day :(
Hmm I don't... What happens when you click the SOTD link at the top right?
Weird, seems fixed now.
-
Only 3-5 this sim made some changes to OF and they didnt work back to the drawing board
-
5-4, but 3-1 versus North Carolina was a good result.
-
Good races in both leagues starting to shape up.
-
Everything is updated. The league file FTP download issue should be resolved after updating the password in the game. Thanks guys!
-
We still have about 5 game weeks until the 2015 All-Star Game but I have enabled voting to anyone that wants to vote early in Statslab.
-
Everything is updated. The league file FTP download issue should be resolved after updating the password in the game. Thanks guys!
I can't download now matt, "Error: Could not open a connection to the ftp server" can you email out the password and where to change this?
-
Everything is updated. The league file FTP download issue should be resolved after updating the password in the game. Thanks guys!
I can't download now matt, "Error: Could not open a connection to the ftp server" can you email out the password and where to change this?
Hmm I'll check on this. Sorry everyone.
-
Has anyone else been able to update with the latest file?
-
Sorry everyone. I forgot that I needed to update the League File after a password change. I have just uploaded a new League File here (http://afblbaseball.com/afbl/leaguefile/AFBL.lg.zip) or above at the top right.
-
5-4, but 3-1 versus North Carolina was a good result.
Boo, ruined a good sim for me, I was 4-1 on the day until our final 3 games.
Lol, I had edited your post instead of quoting it. Stupid mod powers.
-
Sorry everyone. I forgot that I needed to update the League File after a password change. I have just uploaded a new League File here (http://afblbaseball.com/afbl/leaguefile/AFBL.lg.zip) or above at the top right.
Just unzip it and overwrite everything in the existing folder?
-
Interesting sim for NC today; we outscored our opponents 67-53, but only went 6-5.
-
Sorry everyone. I forgot that I needed to update the League File after a password change. I have just uploaded a new League File here (http://afblbaseball.com/afbl/leaguefile/AFBL.lg.zip) or above at the top right.
Just unzip it and overwrite everything in the existing folder?
Yep, worked for me.
-
Sweet updated file working and find a 6-4 result, Sepulveda pitcher of the month and only a minor 1 week injury to worry about.
Patriot league is really tight still.
-
Got tied up at work but looks like you got it working. Good to hear!
-
UGHH 3-8 i hate my offence and my pitchig lol now next week if i do well you all know i will love my pitching
-
Everything is updated guys!
-
4-4 so i did ok but my new free agent signing form Arizona sucked real bad now i know why he was released. Had a 3 game winning streak as well, with the injury to N Wallace dave is taking over in the rotation but i dont think that is for the best. and a win against NC is awesome now i hope i can do well next sim as well
-
7-2 sim but NJ kept pace, so we're still only 1 game ahead of them.
Unfortunately, the end may be near for Steve Wright (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/statslab/StatsLab/player.php?player_id=1836), my starting catcher the first two seasons (and first bit of this season). Starting Wednesday, he's been benched in favor of Sid Matthews (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/statslab/StatsLab/player.php?player_id=2746), a backup catcher who can't really hit but plays much better defensively than Wright.
Age is starting to become a factor in NC.
I anticipated this, which is why I've used my #1 pick in each draft on a C, but they are both still in the low minors and unable to help right away.
-
Colorado had a rough 2-7 sim. I hope this is just a funk :o
-
On the plus side - Kentucky ended the sim on a 1 game winning streak.
-
On the plus side - Kentucky ended the sim on a 1 game winning streak.
BOOOOOO
-
1-8 sim, with 6 of the 8 losses coming in one-run games! We like to make it especially heartbreaking for our fans! :)
-
finally a great sim, 8-1. And Clarence Thomas and a top end starting pitcher come off the DL. Maybe we can turn it around...
-
7-2 sim but NJ kept pace, so we're still only 1 game ahead of them.
It's definitely a good race here, throw in Ohio who are outscoring everyone and nearly hitting .300 as a team and it will be very tight... again.
-
again mendoza injuried ... wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he is not fragile but he is always in the disabled list. 4 weeks this time and mcarthy 4 months!
-
Huge sim for us, 2 @ OH, 4 @ WV and 3 v NC - oh and one game against ON ;)
-
Huge sim for us, 2 @ OH, 4 @ WV and 3 v NC - oh and one game against ON ;)
Im looking to even the series :)
-
Everything has been updated. Another reminder to begin thinking about your All-Star Game ballot in Statslab. Owners are allowed to change their votes leading up til the sim including the ASG as an FYI.
-
Really interesting sim results in the PL.
-
WOOOOO 6-3 and i beat NJ to even the season series
-
i beat NJ to even the season series
Grrrrr ;)
-
Your probly going to win the next to games tho so dont be to sad
-
Everything is updated! Be sure to vote for the All-Star Game which will be in the Wednesday sim. Monday's sim will be a shorter sim going up to the ASG break.
~~
Not sure what happened but somehow the game didn't generate an ASG in the schedule (sorry I'm just seeing this)... Anyone have any thoughts about how to manually add it into our schedule? Is this possible? Ugh sorry guys.
-
Well we got our butt handed to us by Ontario and Pennsylvania before rattling off 3 straight wins over WV.
NC and us have put losing sims together recently and now the PL is really getting bunched.
-
11 months my closer. the injuries are killing me one more time
-
Well we got our butt handed to us by Ontario and Pennsylvania before rattling off 3 straight wins over WV.
NC and us have put losing sims together recently and now the PL is really getting bunched.
BOOO YAAAA look at this who got the upper hand in the series now eh exepeshly after going 3-19 againt you last year
-
Yeah, I keep thinking NJ is gonna pass me but then see they are struggling too.... time to start winning some games!
-
4 of your losses have come from one pitcher NJ and he has pitched 17 innings against us with a 7.41 era which i love BTW.
5-5 sim is ok after a good last sim i had a major injury to one guy in my pen and i forgot to export my linupo changes so the last to games i had MR starting but overall good sim and hoping to continue the trend
-
A huge sweep of Oregon in this sim puts California back in the race in the Battle for the Branch! We're 6-7 against the Explorers so far this season. A nice little thing to fight for in our first real rebuilding season.
-
Yeah, I keep thinking NJ is gonna pass me but then see they are struggling too.... time to start winning some games!
Yep we're both letting everyone back into this, oh well.
-
4 of your losses have come from one pitcher NJ and he has pitched 17 innings against us with a 7.41 era which i love BTW.
Yeah you've had the number on Juan Martinez - not sure why either. Got any tips? ;)
It's you guys and Ohio who are proving difficult for us to beat this year, but we'll soldier on, after trading away our prospects, except Neilsen, we have to win lots of games in the next 3 years so make the most of our 30+ year old guys who have just hit their peak.
-
In regards to the All-Star game... it is scheduled but for some reason not during the scheduled ASG break 7/8-11 but instead for 7/14 which I believe is when it was last season.
I'm guessing this happened due to the schedule not being regenerated after I made the change to have the regular season start on April 1 instead of being forced to start on a certain week day (Tuesday was the original selection).
I hope to be able to manually move the ASG from 7/14 date to 7/9 where it should be located but I'm still searching for a fix if there is one. I have a message sent to the ootpdevelopments twitter feed and will be posted on the forums to see if this is possible.
Does anyone know if this is even possible? If not, we still have our All-Star Game but it will be played on July 14th.
The Commissioner's Office has a Plan B if the schedule isn't allowed to be modified of changing the start of the 2015 ASG on the 14th to 11:05am (hopefully no extra innings ;) ) so players involved can quickly be jetted from the ASG host site (neutral field or previous year's champion?) to their individual team games.
-
Whoever is running the @ootpbaseball twitter feed has already replied to my tweets and is going to straight to the source to ask Markus about manually moving the All-Star game. Plus is asking about modifying the Team IDs that are randomly large (i.e. in the 60s and 70s instead of the single digit Team IDs).
I'll keep everyone posted!
-
The Commissioner's Office has a Plan B if the schedule isn't allowed to be modified of changing the start of the 2015 ASG on the 14th to 11:05am (hopefully no extra innings ;) ) so players involved can quickly be jetted from the ASG host site (neutral field or previous year's champion?) to their individual team games.
Nice, fingers crossed you get it sorted.
-
In regards to the All-Star game... it is scheduled but for some reason not during the scheduled ASG break 7/8-11 but instead for 7/14 which I believe is when it was last season.
I'm guessing this happened due to the schedule not being regenerated after I made the change to have the regular season start on April 1 instead of being forced to start on a certain week day (Tuesday was the original selection).
I hope to be able to manually move the ASG from 7/14 date to 7/9 where it should be located but I'm still searching for a fix if there is one. I have a message sent to the ootpdevelopments twitter feed and will be posted on the forums to see if this is possible.
Does anyone know if this is even possible? If not, we still have our All-Star Game but it will be played on July 14th.
The Commissioner's Office has a Plan B if the schedule isn't allowed to be modified of changing the start of the 2015 ASG on the 14th to 11:05am (hopefully no extra innings ;) ) so players involved can quickly be jetted from the ASG host site (neutral field or previous year's champion?) to their individual team games.
First 2 years the PL all-star stadium was Farmers Market in Ontario so if the PL was home thats where it was this year Ohio has the honer IDK whos it is in the FL.
Ya I have noticed we have no day games.
-
now is a fact, i have the worst starting rotation in the league
-
Everything is updated as we have reached the All-Star Game break. The 2015 ASG will be played on July 14th at 11:05am due to a league schedule glitch instead of during the actual break. Players selected will magically have no side effects of playing in the ASG then quickly flying to meet their respective teams 8).
There has only been 5 teams that have submitted an ASG ballot so be sure to vote in Statslab before Wednesday's sim!
Thanks guys!
-
It really makes no difference but should the All-Star game be held at the previous year's champion stadium or in a neutral stadium? Anyone have an opinion or thoughts? I assume this can be modified before the game is simmed.
-
It really makes no difference but should the All-Star game be held at the previous year's champion stadium or in a neutral stadium? Anyone have an opinion or thoughts? I assume this can be modified before the game is simmed.
Hold it in Florida so all the rookie league teams can come along to watch :)
And a 4-2 sim, swept neighbours NY, but dropped 2 against bottom placed team Kentucky.
-
It really makes no difference but should the All-Star game be held at the previous year's champion stadium or in a neutral stadium? Anyone have an opinion or thoughts? I assume this can be modified before the game is simmed.
Hold it in Florida so all the rookie league teams can come along to watch :)
And a 4-2 sim, swept neighbours NY, but dropped 2 against bottom placed team Kentucky.
Good idea of the ASG being held in Florida. Maybe the league will build a stadium for this and other exhibition type games in the state...?
-
Is there an innings pitched bug in stats lab? I'm seeing some weird things like 10.3 innings or 100.7 innings!
-
Is there an innings pitched bug in stats lab? I'm seeing some weird things like 10.3 innings or 100.7 innings!
Strange. Can you point me to where so I can see when I sit down at my desk at work shortly?
-
Is there an innings pitched bug in stats lab? I'm seeing some weird things like 10.3 innings or 100.7 innings!
Strange. Can you point me to where so I can see when I sit down at my desk at work shortly?
Oh I see what you're talking about... weird. I think I'll try rerunning everything for Statslab, maybe something got corrupted during the report generating or upload?
-
I mised the sim forgetting that its monday stupid holiday :( but i still went 3-3 beating Ohio and last game win over NC
-
Is there an innings pitched bug in stats lab? I'm seeing some weird things like 10.3 innings or 100.7 innings!
No, that's just how statslab displays 10 1/3 or 100 2/3 innings.
-
Is there an innings pitched bug in stats lab? I'm seeing some weird things like 10.3 innings or 100.7 innings!
No, that's just how statslab displays 10 1/3 or 100 2/3 innings.
Thanks Chappy. I couldn't remember if this was the case or not.
-
Is there an innings pitched bug in stats lab? I'm seeing some weird things like 10.3 innings or 100.7 innings!
No, that's just how statslab displays 10 1/3 or 100 2/3 innings.
Thanks Chappy. I couldn't remember if this was the case or not.
That's odd because today it only seems to be doing it in the All-Star voting! My team pitching stats and the leaderboards are back to normal.
In other news, poor SP Ed Haney. After spending the full 2014 season in the minors for "seasoning," he has come up this year with the following stats:
5 games (3 starts), 0-2 record, 13.06 ERA (31 ERA+), 3.10 WHIP (!!), 10.1 innings pitched, 32 hits allowed, 7 home runs, 15 earned runs, 0 walks, 7 strikeouts, .500 BABIP (!!), -0.5 WAR.
Anyone want him, he's only 24? ;)
-
What screens were you seeing them on? I know it's completely normal on the team stats pages in statslab - http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/statslab/StatsLab/simstats.php?team_id=T8&who=both&scope=Season&frDay=1%2F1&toDay=07%2F08&opp_id=All - to display them as you described.
-
File/reports are updated. Statslab is in the process of being updated. Trade deadline is Monday (10/21) at 6am!
The All-Star Game was played on July 14th if you're looking for the results.
-
Statslab has been updated.
The playoff races in each league have the 3 teams mostly decided with the final games of the season playing for seeding. Will Pennsylvania threaten the current PL playoff teams of (NC, NJ, OH)? Will Illinois go on a tear to cause the FL to worry (OR, TX, CO)?
Will there be any trades from the playoff hopeful teams to shore up any weaknesses on the roster?
2nd half (sort of haha) 2015 is underway!
-
http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/box_scores/game_box_4974.html
Johnny Jackson break his own record again with a HR to become the oldest ever to do so- 3-6 sim ruined my good month and a bit of sims
-
Wow - we go 6-3 in the sim and lose a game on 1st, while the 3rd placed team also gains a game on us.
For some reason Ohio's offense continues to be stronger than our defence, we have a miserable 6-11 record against them.
-
Colorado SP Jerry Hunt not only struck out 14 Iowa batters but he also hit a 2-run HR in a game this sim!
http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/box_scores/game_box_4321.html
-
Wow - we go 6-3 in the sim and lose a game on 1st, while the 3rd placed team also gains a game on us.
For some reason Ohio's offense continues to be stronger than our defence, we have a miserable 6-11 record against them.
wow i have 6 wins agains them lol this season is funny and i have 7 against you man i hate NC this year ;) alwasys beating me
-
Wow - we go 6-3 in the sim and lose a game on 1st, while the 3rd placed team also gains a game on us.
For some reason Ohio's offense continues to be stronger than our defence, we have a miserable 6-11 record against them.
wow i have 6 wins agains them lol this season is funny and i have 7 against you man i hate NC this year ;) alwasys beating me
We'll be getting you back next sim - don't get too comfortable! ;)
-
Finally get another game up on NJ, which is great since I can't seem to beat them myself. :P
Best news for NC is that we've finally found a Catcher. After going through incumbent Steve Wright (.186 in 204 ABs) and Sid Matthews (.200 in 135 ABs), rookie Al Funk is funking it up with a .351 average through 16 games. His ratings aren't special, but he was hitting .343 in AAA Raleigh so I thought I'd give him a shot... as long as he's over .200 he's an improvement.
-
Everything has been updated! We are at the 2015 trade deadline. Any trades need to be confirmed by both teams by Monday's sim at 6am.
-
Wow - we go 6-3 in the sim and lose a game on 1st, while the 3rd placed team also gains a game on us.
For some reason Ohio's offense continues to be stronger than our defence, we have a miserable 6-11 record against them.
wow i have 6 wins agains them lol this season is funny and i have 7 against you man i hate NC this year ;) alwasys beating me
We'll be getting you back next sim - don't get too comfortable! ;)
YOU did :( ughh well there a more games left i still have a chance to win the season series
-
what can i say?
- tony jackson 9-10 months (my CL)
- glen mccarthy 2-3 months (one of my SPs)
- hector ortiz 3 months (one of the best RPs in the team)
- raul mendoza 5 days now. he has only played 34 games this year because he has been njuried all the time. this could be his 4 injury this season (one of my bests hitters)
- jorge montoya 4 months (probably my best RP)
seriously, what the fuck is going on?
-
Yeah injuries hitting Texas hard :o
-
Crazy quiet on deadline day this season - is everyone really that happy with their teams? ;)
-
Agreed, very quiet trade deadline...
Everything is updated. The final few weeks of the 2015 season will be fun to see how the playoff races shake out!
-
Crazy quiet on deadline day this season - is everyone really that happy with their teams? ;)
I know i was busy with playoffs and forgot to offer lol and was out at my aunts house no internet
-
northern ontario? No internet? is that possible?
-
I put a couple of feelers out but no dice. I'm surprised that Kevin Reynolds is still a Golden Eagle, might try to move him again in the off-season.
This was like the second or third sim this season where I made a bunch of roster changes as soon as the update happened, waited to export in case I wanted to change anything last-minute, and then forgot to export! The not-anticipated-at-all debut of outfielder Liam Meadows has to wait until next sim!
SP Ed Haney ended a streak of five consecutive losses with two no-decisions, including 9.1 innings of 5-hit baseball against the Indiana Vipers in a game we ended up losing 2-1.
-
northern ontario? No internet? is that possible?
They live on a farm in Cornwall theres internet but not wi-fi the kids arnt old enough yet to ask for that lol we are still pretty 1990 up here lol
-
This was like the second or third sim this season where I made a bunch of roster changes as soon as the update happened, waited to export in case I wanted to change anything last-minute, and then forgot to export!
when i am looking or changing something, i export at least 3-4 times (one for each change). its my way to avoid your situation jejej
lets go isotopes!
-
This was like the second or third sim this season where I made a bunch of roster changes as soon as the update happened, waited to export in case I wanted to change anything last-minute, and then forgot to export!
when i am looking or changing something, i export at least 3-4 times (one for each change). its my way to avoid your situation jejej
lets go isotopes!
I do this in my other online league haha.
Boo Isotopes. Yay Bears. 8)
-
3.5 games back, 45 games to go with 6 of these against NC - we're going to put every effort into chasing the Aviators down.
The 9 game lead over 3rd place Ohio seems to be enough now that we have only 4 games left against the Knights.
One of the biggest talking points in New Jersey is whether or not Jorge Sepulveda will gain a hat trick of Triple Crowns. At the moment his main rival is the younger, but just as dominant, hurler from North Carolina, Norberto Leon - this is a race within a race that will surely go down to the final starts of the season.
We also lost All Star CF Martik Geboyan in the last sim - his on base ability is unequaled in the league and will surely be missed at the top of the lineup.
-
7 games left in the inaugural Battle for the Branch between California and Oregon! We've hung tough but are 6-10 against the Explorers this season. Will take a big effort to come away with the Branch this year, I may even tinker with the starting rotation to make sure Reynolds gets in both series. :)
-
Everything has been updated. The injury fairy hit hard especially for a few playoff hopeful teams. Check your rosters! :-\
We're down to the final 4 regular season sims with the playoff race for the 2nd Wildcard in both leagues becoming interesting. In the FL, Colorado has a 11 game lead over Illinois who has been playing well. In the PL, Ohio holds only a 1.5 game over surging Pennsylvania. How will things shake out?
-
23 homers in the last sim! wow!!!
-
Everything has been updated. The injury fairy hit hard especially for a few playoff hopeful teams. Check your rosters! :-\
Ouch!
-
23 homers in the last sim! wow!!!
Whoa :o
-
2-0 vs NJ today... woot!
Aviators double our lead on the Jersey boys from 3.5 games to 7.0 games.
Norberto Leon is having a great season, and today was 2-0 with a 0.60 ERA in 2 starts, fanning 26 batters in 15 innings.
-
Crazy quiet on deadline day this season - is everyone really that happy with their teams? ;)
I'm happy with most of my team.
I could use an extra quality infielder and an extra quality outfielder, but I'm getting by without them and don't want to give up any of my prospects.
-
3-7 sim but had 2 wins agaisnt OHIO to make me 9-8 agasnt them on the season and help PA stay in the hunt.
Important pride games against NJ next sim they swept me for the first time all season to erace my 7-6 rec againt them i want 2 wins at least anthing else is a failure.
-
excellent sim to pull back to .500. We are probably too far behind to make a playoff push, but given the missed games in the first half by key players, and the strong group of prospects in the system Illinois future seems bright.
Doug Wallace is having an incredible season on the hill, 16-5 2.34 ERA and .87 WHIP. Sam Jacobs is a lock down closer and the return of veteran pitcher Bin Zhu from a 14 month layoff has bolstered the pitching staff.
We'll be tough to beat down the stretch, but I think the gap is too wide to catch up in 2015...
-
2-0 vs NJ today... woot!
Aviators double our lead on the Jersey boys from 3.5 games to 7.0 games.
Norberto Leon is having a great season, and today was 2-0 with a 0.60 ERA in 2 starts, fanning 26 batters in 15 innings.
Think I have to concede the division now - especially with Fowler gone for 5 weeks. Also looks like Leon will stop Sepulveda from getting a third Triple Crown, fair play to your boys.
-
Important pride games against NJ next sim they swept me for the first time all season to erace my 7-6 rec againt them i want 2 wins at least anthing else is a failure.
My guys have been told to treat your pitchers like cannon fodder - we're bringing the broom out again!
-
Looking through Statslab, California has had 481 days of players on the DL this season, up in the Illinois (543) and Texas (530)range for worst in the AFBL. By comparison, NJ has had 59 total days!
-
Looking through Statslab, California has had 481 days of players on the DL this season, up in the Illinois (543) and Texas (530)range for worst in the AFBL. By comparison, NJ has had 59 total days!
We have a strict diet of peptides and a blood transfusion room installed at the Athletics complex ;)
-
Looking through Statslab, California has had 481 days of players on the DL this season, up in the Illinois (543) and Texas (530)range for worst in the AFBL. By comparison, NJ has had 59 total days!
We have a strict diet of peptides and a blood transfusion room installed at the Athletics complex ;)
Our teams needs a heavy dose of whatever the Athletics are using...
-
Looking through Statslab, California has had 481 days of players on the DL this season, up in the Illinois (543) and Texas (530)range for worst in the AFBL. By comparison, NJ has had 59 total days!
We have a strict diet of peptides and a blood transfusion room installed at the Athletics complex ;)
Our teams needs a heavy dose of whatever the Athletics are using...
Ya cause next is 106 NC and then im 3rd with 191 and Iowa if 4th with 198 so ahead of the pack those 2
-
Looking through Statslab, California has had 481 days of players on the DL this season, up in the Illinois (543) and Texas (530)range for worst in the AFBL. By comparison, NJ has had 59 total days!
That's crazy!
-
Looking through Statslab, California has had 481 days of players on the DL this season, up in the Illinois (543) and Texas (530)range for worst in the AFBL. By comparison, NJ has had 59 total days!
That's crazy!
We're going to be adding to that though as Jeff Fowler has another 30+ days left of his injury.... grrr - he missed the last blood transfusion session :)
-
Everything is updated (updating Statslab currently)! We are to September so the rosters have expanded to 40. Amateur draft pool has been released so begin prepping for the draft on Nov 15.
The playoff race in the PL for the final wildcard has taken an interesting turn. We have a surging team hoping to cause chaos. Should be a fun final month of the season!
-
Okay now Statslab is updated...
-
Everything is updated (updating Statslab currently)! We are to September so the rosters have expanded to 40. Amateur draft pool has been released so begin prepping for the draft on Nov 15.
The playoff race in the PL for the final wildcard has taken an interesting turn. We have a surging team hoping to cause chaos. Should be a fun final month of the season!
Wow - getting juicy!
-
Nice draft class this year as well, 2 guys who look ML ready straight out of the draft.
-
Hard to lose too many games when you've got these two guy on your 'hot' list:
P Joe Haines 7-0, 0.52 Last 7 games
P Norberto Le?n 9-1, 1.21 Last 10 games
-
SO i went 5-5 and winning 2 in NJ is awesome because i had 2 AA Starting pitchers who got the losses and my good pitchers won AND i beat Ohio 2 out of 3 again to keep the playoff race intresting
-
But I lost my 3 time all-star for 13 months in just another injury to my pitchers this year
-
West Virginia's Julian Parra has an outside shot of hitting .400 for the season. He's hitting .394 currently and needs roughly 35-40 hits to finish the season to have a shot.
New Jersey's Jorge Sepulveda is battling North Carolina's Norberto Leon for the PL pitching crown. Sepulveda has claimed this in the league's first 2 seasons. In the FL, there is a small chance of a pitching triple crown with Illinois' Doug Wallace, Oregon's Ned Hass and Antonio Lozano.
Colorado's PJ Foley leads the FL in HR and RBI but won't catch the AVG leader. New Jersey's Ignacio Garlez has an outside shot but would need to go on a power surge to claim it.
Final month will be exciting!
-
Looking through Statslab, California has had 481 days of players on the DL this season, up in the Illinois (543) and Texas (530)range for worst in the AFBL. By comparison, NJ has had 59 total days!
I dont care about the days, i care about who are in the DL. I have now 5 of my best players in the DL but mendoza will be in a days because he is always injuried, a guy who is almost 0.400 avg this month and 13 HRs
-
And the 3 way race for the last sopt in the playoiffs in the PL 2 teams tied and with WV getting there players back will that give them there shot at the playoffs
-
Everything is updated. Final regular season is Friday! The PL 2nd Wildcard race has some separation but still up for grabs!
-
Everything is updated. Final regular season is Friday! The PL 2nd Wildcard race has some separation but still up for grabs!
All I can say is luckily no injuries for my boys - again ;)
-
I guess it was only a matter of time before the injury bug hit NC, with two key players lost in collisions during today's sim.
Staff ace (arguably #2 behind Leon) Joe Haines is done for the season, but should be good to go for the postseason or at least by the 2nd round of the playoffs.
Rory White, however, is out 8 weeks, so we've got a big hole to fill. White's one of only 2 players on our team with more than 13 HR. He was our only real longball threat aside from Chavez with 32 dingers this season.
Not sure who I'll drop into the lineup for him. hmmm
-
I guess it was only a matter of time before the injury bug hit NC, with two key players lost in collisions during today's sim.
Staff ace (arguably #2 behind Leon) Joe Haines is done for the season, but should be good to go for the postseason or at least by the 2nd round of the playoffs.
Rory White, however, is out 8 weeks, so we've got a big hole to fill. White's one of only 2 players on our team with more than 13 HR. He was our only real longball threat aside from Chavez with 32 dingers this season.
Not sure who I'll drop into the lineup for him. hmmm
Yeah terrible timing to lose 2 key guys...
-
Okay, so for the next 10 days, I'm going to try out this lineup:
1 CF R C. Hicks - .326-2-31
2 SS R C. Campos - .294-1-52
3 2B R J. Rodriguez - .321-13-62
4 RF L J. Chavez - .315-36-123
5 LF L B. Barbier - .247-13-45
6 CA R A. Funk - .263-5-21
7 1B R E. Kinlaw - .224-11-39
8 3B R C. Alfaro - .224-2-18
It plays to our "small ball" strengths, but I'd really love to see Barbier return to his old form and help Chavez carry the power load. The bottom of the order is really bad, with a rookie Catcher and a pair of .220 hitters, but at least Kinlaw has a little pop.
Defensively, we're solid... better than opening day, probably. But I'd rather have White's HRs than Kinlaw's 10 in defense, lol.
-
another injury! chad tucker this time, my all star SS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where is the hidden camera?
-
my 13 best players
http://imageshack.us/f/545/ovcs.jpg (http://imageshack.us/f/545/ovcs.jpg)
-
wow, that is unreal!
-
another injury! chad tucker this time, my all star SS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where is the hidden camera?
The Gods of Baseball must be angry :o
-
another injury! chad tucker this time, my all star SS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where is the hidden camera?
The Gods of Baseball must be angry :o
to many bullpen wins lol
-
Everything is updated! 5 of 6 playoff spots have been claimed with the PL 2nd Wildcard still up for grabs. Remember that Friday's sim is the final regular season sim before we move to the 2015 playoffs!
-
I'll be creating a specific section on the forum for our future expansion but wanted to give everyone a quick update of where we're at and my current plans...
-currently have 1 for sure and registered owner (Paul from NPBL, NDK-Paul forum name)
-2 others have expressed interest but still need to hear back to confirm
-plan is to expand from our current 16 franchises to 20
-current owners will have first option to become an expansion team owner before our potential new owners
-goal is to expand for the 2017 season but it's looking like that it will need to wait for the 2018 season
-specifics about how the Expansion Draft will be decided once we have 4 solid new owners
I'm excited about our future and thankful for everyone that's made our first nearly 3 seasons a fun and big success! Thanks guys!
-
Some interesting news items that are out of whack this sim...
PJ Foley hitting record home run 49 - when he actually hit 58 in 2014.
Norberto Leon being mentioned as having the most wins with 22, when Sepulveda got 23 last season.
Weird, it's as if any records set in 2014 aren't being picked up in the news items.
Oh well, the season and career leaderboards show the correct information.
Congrats to those who have made the playoffs, and good luck to the 3 teams still in it in the PL.
-
Some interesting news items that are out of whack this sim...
PJ Foley hitting record home run 49 - when he actually hit 58 in 2014.
Norberto Leon being mentioned as having the most wins with 22, when Sepulveda got 23 last season.
Weird, it's as if any records set in 2014 aren't being picked up in the news items.
Oh well, the season and career leaderboards show the correct information.
Congrats to those who have made the playoffs, and good luck to the 3 teams still in it in the PL.
Hmm strange. Not sure what's going there...
-
Win Puts Le?n in Record Book
Friday, September 18th, 2015
Jorge Montoya no longer holds the top spot for most wins in a season. His league record has been shattered by Norberto Le?n of the North Carolina, who chalked up victory number 22 today at Bojangles Stadium. When the game was decided, the fans gave him a tremendous standing ovation. Speaking after the game Le?n said, "It takes a lot to win 22 in a season at this level... gotta stay healthy... Need a good bullpen... and it never hurts to get a lot of runs on the scoreboard. This season it all came together for me."
His record this year is 22-4 in 33 starts and Le?n has a 2.37 ERA.
-
In other news, we hit only 4 HR in the entire sim today... which is what I was afraid of. I may sit Chavez for the final sim, because if he gets hurt I've got NO power left.
-
Win Puts Le?n in Record Book
Friday, September 18th, 2015
Jorge Montoya no longer holds the top spot for most wins in a season. His league record has been shattered by Norberto Le?n of the North Carolina, who chalked up victory number 22 today at Bojangles Stadium. When the game was decided, the fans gave him a tremendous standing ovation. Speaking after the game Le?n said, "It takes a lot to win 22 in a season at this level... gotta stay healthy... Need a good bullpen... and it never hurts to get a lot of runs on the scoreboard. This season it all came together for me."
His record this year is 22-4 in 33 starts and Le?n has a 2.37 ERA.
They spread lies in the North Carolina papers, Sepulveda won 23 games in 2014... lol - although Leon might get to 24 if starts twice in the next sim.
-
lol
-
I like that he "shattered" the old record of 23 with his 22nd win. :)
-
I like that he "shattered" the old record of 23 with his 22nd win. :)
Yeah and even then if it was Montoya's record he had 22 wins in 2013, and only 21 in 2014... weird how the news is doing this, also did it on the home runs with Foley as well.
-
I wonder if the false record claims is an OOTP 14 bug?
-
I wonder if the false record claims is an OOTP 14 bug?
More like propaganda out of Colorado and North Carolina aimed at drumming up support during the playoffs ;)
-
We don't count records from 'minor league' teams like New Jersey. :P
-
We don't count records from 'minor league' teams like New Jersey. :P
Ha zing! :P
-
We don't count records from 'minor league' teams like New Jersey. :P
We got you guys 15-8 in the regular season so hopefully we can make it through the first round. Hopefully we don't meet Ohio, they've had our number this year, and surprisingly Ontario also has a chance to have a winning record against us this year - ouch that would really hurt.
-
Yeah, I don't know why we can't beat you... I think all 3 seasons we've posted pathetic records vs Jersey even though we've had the edge on almost every other team.
-
Yeah, I don't know why we can't beat you... I think all 3 seasons we've posted pathetic records vs Jersey even though we've had the edge on almost every other team.
It's because you treat us like minor leaguers and we love the underdog tag ;) :D
-
I'll be creating a specific section on the forum for our future expansion but wanted to give everyone a quick update of where we're at and my current plans...
-currently have 1 for sure and registered owner (Paul from NPBL, NDK-Paul forum name)
-2 others have expressed interest but still need to hear back to confirm
-plan is to expand from our current 16 franchises to 20
-current owners will have first option to become an expansion team owner before our potential new owners
-goal is to expand for the 2017 season but it's looking like that it will need to wait for the 2018 season
-specifics about how the Expansion Draft will be decided once we have 4 solid new owners
I'm excited about our future and thankful for everyone that's made our first nearly 3 seasons a fun and big success! Thanks guys!
A league i was in just folded i will send a e-mail out to if any one has intrest if that helps. some good owners were in that league commish just couldnt keep up.
-
I'll be creating a specific section on the forum for our future expansion but wanted to give everyone a quick update of where we're at and my current plans...
-currently have 1 for sure and registered owner (Paul from NPBL, NDK-Paul forum name)
-2 others have expressed interest but still need to hear back to confirm
-plan is to expand from our current 16 franchises to 20
-current owners will have first option to become an expansion team owner before our potential new owners
-goal is to expand for the 2017 season but it's looking like that it will need to wait for the 2018 season
-specifics about how the Expansion Draft will be decided once we have 4 solid new owners
I'm excited about our future and thankful for everyone that's made our first nearly 3 seasons a fun and big success! Thanks guys!
A league i was in just folded i will send a e-mail out to if any one has intrest if that helps. some good owners were in that league commish just couldnt keep up.
Awesome thanks! If any are interested have them email me. I hope to find 4 solid future owners so we can begin to plan the next steps for expansion.
-
We don't count records from 'minor league' teams like New Jersey. :P
We got you guys 15-8 in the regular season so hopefully we can make it through the first round. Hopefully we don't meet Ohio, they've had our number this year, and surprisingly Ontario also has a chance to have a winning record against us this year - ouch that would really hurt.
After going 3-19 against you last year your 4 runs in the ninth couldn't put you over the top, and my boys know there is some good stuff on the line if we can win the next 2 games, i dont care if we lose the rest of the sim just against NJ we need wins. and it looks like Ed Sexon Jr. has padded his Rookie of the year (hopefully) stats with 4 game HR streak and now sits at 31 on the season, my team still has the least runs scored all season :( so his 83 RBIs is a plus.
We need the sweep of NJ to have a winning rec but for the first time in 3 years i have a winnign rec against OHIO i need one win to have a wining rec at season end but with PA and OH vs me to end the year thos games could be very important in the playoff race and i have 11-9 vs OH and 9-11 vs PA so i could end the season for one team maybe.
-
Interesting "race" for the #1 draft pick as California & Kentucky are 61-93, and NY & Iowa are 62-92.
Inexplicably, we took 2-of-3 from Oregon so we are 8-11 against them this year. If we sweep the 4-game series that ends the season we'll win the Battle for the Branch! :)
-
Interesting "race" for the #1 draft pick as California & Kentucky are 61-93, and NY & Iowa are 62-92.
Inexplicably, we took 2-of-3 from Oregon so we are 8-11 against them this year. If we sweep the 4-game series that ends the season we'll win the Battle for the Branch! :)
Yeah, my team always seems to play decent toward the end of the season, just enough to cost me that #1 pick, lol.
-
Interesting "race" for the #1 draft pick as California & Kentucky are 61-93, and NY & Iowa are 62-92.
Inexplicably, we took 2-of-3 from Oregon so we are 8-11 against them this year. If we sweep the 4-game series that ends the season we'll win the Battle for the Branch! :)
Yeah, my team always seems to play decent toward the end of the season, just enough to cost me that #1 pick, lol.
Same here I have 13 wins the last 3 sims and now im tied for 5th pick
-
I'll be creating a specific section on the forum for our future expansion but wanted to give everyone a quick update of where we're at and my current plans...
-currently have 1 for sure and registered owner (Paul from NPBL, NDK-Paul forum name)
-2 others have expressed interest but still need to hear back to confirm
-plan is to expand from our current 16 franchises to 20
-current owners will have first option to become an expansion team owner before our potential new owners
-goal is to expand for the 2017 season but it's looking like that it will need to wait for the 2018 season
-specifics about how the Expansion Draft will be decided once we have 4 solid new owners
I'm excited about our future and thankful for everyone that's made our first nearly 3 seasons a fun and big success! Thanks guys!
We have now 2 solid commitments for our future expansion (Paul: NDK-Paul, Frank: fhomess). I have another person who expressed interest a few weeks ago but haven't gotten a solid yes so we'll need at least 1 more owner.
As we discussed during the 2014 Winter Meetings, we're going to have our future owners become involved with league discussions/votes/etc as they feel fit to do so.
I believe that the 2018 season will likely be our first season playing with 20 teams unless the league feels that the 2017 season will be feasible which I doubt. We're getting closer to start planning our next steps in the process!
Going back through our first 3 seasons, it looks like we finish a season (beginning of Spring Training until end of the Federation Cup Series) in roughly 7-8 weeks. This would put the 2018 season at around March 2014 or so for our future owners.
Again, I'm all for going with the majority of the league's opinions. We'll discuss further during the 2015 Winter Meetings. Thanks guys!
-
If you have guys locked in and the current GMs are going nowhere, no reason why 2017 couldn't be the expansion year in my eyes.
4-5 months might be a long time for those waiting in the wings to wait for and they go off and join other leagues... just a thought.
-
If you have guys locked in and the current GMs are going nowhere, no reason why 2017 couldn't be the expansion year in my eyes.
4-5 months might be a long time for those waiting in the wings to wait for and they go off and join other leagues... just a thought.
Agreed if we get enough owners now even 2016 might be a possibliy because waiting for a league then another one starts up an they join it, but dont have time for this one or join this one but arnt active enough, then the search is on again for owners. I guess this is the big topic for winter mettings this year.
-
I found this in my Statslab page
April 4 1 0 0 0 2.93 5 5 27.7 32 11 9 1 8 16 0 1.45 .291 .333
May 0 2 0 0 0 4.94 4 4 23.7 31 15 13 5 6 10 0 1.56 .320 .313
November 1 2 0 1 0 3.86 4 4 25.7 22 14 11 1 12 7 0 1.32 .225 .231
I didnt know we play in november :P, i dont think it matters much it less it causes problems
-
Like I've said before, I'd love to go with 2017 for expansion but only if we have a majority for that. I agree that the 5-6 months wait wouldn't be ideal for our future expansion team owners.
-
Like I've said before, I'd love to go with 2017 for expansion but only if we have a majority for that. I agree that the 5-6 months wait wouldn't be ideal for our future expansion team owners.
I'm fine with bringing them in as early as possible.
-
Like I've said before, I'd love to go with 2017 for expansion but only if we have a majority for that. I agree that the 5-6 months wait wouldn't be ideal for our future expansion team owners.
I am down with expansion whenever. Not sure how much needs to be worked out before expansion can be done - that would be my only concern.
-
The biggest decisions for whenever expansion happens...
-how we'll determine which players will be available during the expansion draft
-the expansion draft process (looking at past NPBL history for their expansions as a guide but not the law)
-how to realign the league with the 4 expansion teams (1 sub league no division or 2 divisions per sub league per conference, etc)
-plus whatever I've overlooking typing this
-
The biggest decisions for whenever expansion happens...
-how we'll determine which players will be available during the expansion draft
-the expansion draft process (looking at past NPBL history for their expansions as a guide but not the law)
-how to realign the league with the 4 expansion teams (1 sub league no division or 2 divisions per sub league per conference, etc)
-plus whatever I've overlooking typing this
IMO there's only merits in having divisions within a sub-league if you have an unbalanced schedule where you play your division rivals more than others in the sub-league.
Seeing as AFBL is a non-financial league determining who is available during an expansion draft will likely be trickier I imagine.
I suspect you would end up with being able to protect 15-20 players on the 25 man roster plus X number from your minor leagues aged under 23 or something.
One problem with expansion currently though, there are not enough players in the universe to expand by 4 teams - there are only 177 FA's, when 4 new organizations will need a total of 500 players to fill up 25 men on each of their rosters.
I think the player number question is the key one as you can't just create new players, unless they are young ones and add them to the world for the sake of expansion (it woudl seem unrealistic to all of a sudden see 20+ 3*plus guys enter the league aged 24 or older.
-
The biggest decisions for whenever expansion happens...
-how we'll determine which players will be available during the expansion draft
-the expansion draft process (looking at past NPBL history for their expansions as a guide but not the law)
-how to realign the league with the 4 expansion teams (1 sub league no division or 2 divisions per sub league per conference, etc)
-plus whatever I've overlooking typing this
IMO there's only merits in having divisions within a sub-league if you have an unbalanced schedule where you play your division rivals more than others in the sub-league.
Seeing as AFBL is a non-financial league determining who is available during an expansion draft will likely be trickier I imagine.
I suspect you would end up with being able to protect 15-20 players on the 25 man roster plus X number from your minor leagues aged under 23 or something.
One problem with expansion currently though, there are not enough players in the universe to expand by 4 teams - there are only 177 FA's, when 4 new organizations will need a total of 500 players to fill up 25 men on each of their rosters.
I think the player number question is the key one as you can't just create new players, unless they are young ones and add them to the world for the sake of expansion (it would seem unrealistic to all of a sudden see 20+ 3*plus guys enter the league aged 24 or older.
I thought you didn't need to keep your minors filled there are Jim Unknowns pitching and hitting so your minors could technically be empty?
-
The biggest decisions for whenever expansion happens...
-how we'll determine which players will be available during the expansion draft
-the expansion draft process (looking at past NPBL history for their expansions as a guide but not the law)
-how to realign the league with the 4 expansion teams (1 sub league no division or 2 divisions per sub league per conference, etc)
-plus whatever I've overlooking typing this
IMO there's only merits in having divisions within a sub-league if you have an unbalanced schedule where you play your division rivals more than others in the sub-league.
Seeing as AFBL is a non-financial league determining who is available during an expansion draft will likely be trickier I imagine.
I suspect you would end up with being able to protect 15-20 players on the 25 man roster plus X number from your minor leagues aged under 23 or something.
One problem with expansion currently though, there are not enough players in the universe to expand by 4 teams - there are only 177 FA's, when 4 new organizations will need a total of 500 players to fill up 25 men on each of their rosters.
I think the player number question is the key one as you can't just create new players, unless they are young ones and add them to the world for the sake of expansion (it would seem unrealistic to all of a sudden see 20+ 3*plus guys enter the league aged 24 or older.
I thought you didn't need to keep your minors filled there are Jim Unknowns pitching and hitting so your minors could technically be empty?
True - but if you can't get some numbers in your minors as an expansion team you are behind in both quality and quantity.
The quantity is needed to give you the best shot at having one or two guys in the minors blossom into stars.
-
Here are a couple of things I did during the NPBL's expansion...
1. We extended the draft by a few rounds for a few years to replenish everyone's minors. So, if say every team loses 10 players, you add 2 rounds to the draft for 5 years. With expansion a few seasons away, you can even do this before the expansion comes to prepare everyone for the losses, so to speak.
2. Pullbacks; if you get to protect back 2 or 3 more players every time you lose 1, it allows for more strategy and involvement than just having everybody protect X number and that's it.
-
Everything is updated! We have finished the 2015 regular season. Congrats to the playoff teams!
The 2015 Playoffs will begin on Monday and we'll be simming EVERY day breaking in between travel days (between G2 & G3 and G4 & G5). Be sure to trim your active roster back to 25 before Monday!
-
We had WV's number most of the year, and then lose the final series 1-3 in some really tight games. Sets up an intriguing playoff series against the AFBL defending champs.
-
NJ has exported and is ready to go if we get into 'ready simming' for the playoffs.
-
Really up set that a stupid storm in Canada ruins my chance to export and i have some guy who has never started pitch agaisnt NJ and my #1 starter loses 2 out of the 3 games i lost that sim allowing 11 runs in like 8.2 innigns driving up his era which had been awesome. So Mike you win this year but in other news i swept OHIO which i think knocked them out of the playoffs which makes me very happy because i havd a great year against them 5-3 to end they yeqar sucks cause i am Tied for 5th pick and i dont know how we wouild do a tie break? My team was 6 game better then they should have been does that mean im 5th pick :)
-
Iowa owned me this year...6-17 against them.
-
Really up set that a stupid storm in Canada ruins my chance to export and i have some guy who has never started pitch agaisnt NJ and my #1 starter loses 2 out of the 3 games i lost that sim allowing 11 runs in like 8.2 innigns driving up his era which had been awesome. So Mike you win this year but in other news i swept OHIO which i think knocked them out of the playoffs which makes me very happy because i havd a great year against them 5-3 to end they yeqar sucks cause i am Tied for 5th pick and i dont know how we wouild do a tie break? My team was 6 game better then they should have been does that mean im 5th pick :)
Yes we needed revenge... and also to put out our best SPs against you guys to have them rested for the playoffs :)
-
Here are a couple of things I did during the NPBL's expansion...
1. We extended the draft by a few rounds for a few years to replenish everyone's minors. So, if say every team loses 10 players, you add 2 rounds to the draft for 5 years. With expansion a few seasons away, you can even do this before the expansion comes to prepare everyone for the losses, so to speak.
2. Pullbacks; if you get to protect back 2 or 3 more players every time you lose 1, it allows for more strategy and involvement than just having everybody protect X number and that's it.
interesting note about minors... it seems i had about 40 guys retire from my minors this year, which i have never seen before.
-
Glancing over the league as a whole here are some notables on the 2015 season...
Hitting
-Arizona OF Bob Ormiston (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_2407.html) was the league leader in OPS (.989), VORP (72.2), WAR (8.2), RC/27 (9.25)
-Colorado 1B P.J. Foley (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_2093.html) broke his own record for RBI in a season with 156, hit 50+ HR (3rd time in AFBL history, 2nd time for him) with 51, led the league in R (113) this season
-West Virginia 2B Juli?n Parra (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_3052.html) broke the season batting average record hitting .375 this season
-Illinois OF Clarence Thomas (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_2690.html) led the league in ISO (.307)
-Ontario 1B Ed Sexton Jr. (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_1538.html) led the league in SLG (.593) and is only 21.
-Ohio SS Derek Maxwell (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_2891.html) and Pennsylvania OF Rusty Sanders (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_2735.html) were tied to lead the league in H (207) this season which is 4th all-time.
-New York 2B Steve Lowry (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_2693.html) led the league in 2B (55) which is 3rd all-time.
-Texas 2B Tim Francis (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_1654.html) shattered the all-time season SB record with 81 this year and he is only 19!
-New Jersey OF Martik Geboyan (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_2664.html) broke his own single-season record for BB with 133 this year.
Pitching
-North Carolina SP Joe Haines (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_1772.html) led the league in ERA (2.32) which is 3rd all-time.
-Oregon SP Ned Haas (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_2193.html) and North Carolina SP Norberto Le?n (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_2462.html) tied for the lead with 22 Wins which is tied for 2nd all-time.
-North Carolina CL Daryl Clark (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_2210.html) led the league in SV (47) which is 2nd all-time.
-Oregon SP Ned Haas broke his own season season for IP (295!)
-New Jersey SP Jorge Sep?lveda (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_2954.html) broke the single season strikeout record with 294 this season
-Haas and Sep?lveda each has 8 CG which is tied for 3rd all-time in a season
-
-Texas 2B Tim Francis (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_1654.html) shattered the all-time season SB record with 81 this year and he is only 19!
can we put nicknames in our players?? i like "velociraptor"
tim "velociraptor" francis
-
-Texas 2B Tim Francis (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/news/html/players/player_1654.html) shattered the all-time season SB record with 81 this year and he is only 19!
can we put nicknames in our players?? i like "velociraptor"
tim "velociraptor" francis
Haha awesome. Yeah definitely. Remind me again in the Nickname/Number thread in the Sim Instructions thread.
-
Second overall pick, and we avoid 100 losses in the process. There are a couple of fierce bats near the top of the draft class, even though I'm starved for young arms I can't look past a few of those guys.
We took the first game of the Battle for the Branch from Oregon to give the fans a glimmer of hope, but the Explorers stomped us the rest of the series, including 17-1 in a game where my starter Leo Garland didn't record an out, allowed six runs (five earned) on four hits (three home runs) and a walk! So, congrats to Oregon for taking the branch. But we'll get it one of these years!
(http://www.maibanbonsai.com/images/products/detail/RedRockS1.jpg)
-
4-4 final sim record is not bad considering we were starting all reserves/backups.
-
Second overall pick, and we avoid 100 losses in the process. There are a couple of fierce bats near the top of the draft class, even though I'm starved for young arms I can't look past a few of those guys.
We took the first game of the Battle for the Branch from Oregon to give the fans a glimmer of hope, but the Explorers stomped us the rest of the series, including 17-1 in a game where my starter Leo Garland didn't record an out, allowed six runs (five earned) on four hits (three home runs) and a walk! So, congrats to Oregon for taking the branch. But we'll get it one of these years!
I love the state to state battle!
-
I have enabled season award voting in Statslab. Voting will run until the day of the live draft (so about 7-10 days from now).