1981 Season Thread

[leecemark]

--Welcome to the 21st season of CKL baseball! Normally one series will be played everyday. After each series game results, standings and injury reports will be posted. I'll alternate between team pitching/batting reports and league leaderboards every other series.
--Also, a new league file will go out for DMB owners after every other series. Lew posts box scores and additional information on his web site after each new league file so non-DMB owners can access that info. He also provides a news sheet and picks batter/pitcher of the week so its worth a peak for DMB owners as well.

[catcher24]

Ready to go. I hope both teams are competitive this year. I can foresee the Legends winning close to 90 games again without making the playoffs. Could happen to the Jaxx, too.

[rmadachik]

I think this year has the potential to see some very good teams miss the playoffs.

[leecemark]

--THis should be one of our most competitive seasons ever. I see 13 of 16 teams with realistic playoff hopes and not monster teams with a virtual lock. I've seen my Knights finish from 1st to third with some frequency - although first is probably the least often. The Corsairs have finished from 1st to last, although again first is an "everything goes right" scenario.

[catcher24]

--THis should be one of our most competitive seasons ever. I see 13 of 16 teams with realistic playoff hopes and not monster teams with a virtual lock. I've seen my Knights finish from 1st to third with some frequency - although first is probably the least often. The Corsairs have finished from 1st to last, although again first is an "everything goes right" scenario.

I'll be running some sims myself once I get the official DB with all the human generated MPs. Using the computer generated MPs doesn't usually give a very accurate picture, with some teams having guys play at 400% usage or more, and many over 200%.

[leecemark]

--Well some of the initial MPs also have guys going well over, but less than the random generator. The human MPs made a huge difference in my sims. The Knights were winning the division about half the time and the wild card half of the remainder with the roughs, but only an occasional division title and slightly more occasional wild card since (the Angels were the main result changer for them). The Corsairs weren't doing quite as good against the rough MPs, with less than a 50% playoff chance, but its dropped down to more like a 10% chance with the owner inputs.

[scubadan]

I'll be running some sims myself once I get the official DB with all the human generated MPs. Using the computer generated MPs doesn't usually give a very accurate picture, with some teams having guys play at 400% usage or more, and many over 200%.

I prefer the computer generated sims. My Boys were consistently winning over 100 games and usually were division champs in this environment. I'm guessing that will change for the worse against human MP's. :-)

I usually use preseason Sims to measure playing time more than performance.

[J W]

Because the season seems so up in the air, I predict the playoff picture will be clear by mid August.

[Windy City Fan]

Mark, somehow I missed the fact that Jim Norris who I had on the Tyrants roster retired after the 80 season, so scratch him from the roster and all lineups. Lopez is indeed Lopes, just a typo on my end. And if I can get an update FA list, I'll sign a replacement for Norris for the Tyrants.

[catcher24]

Because the season seems so up in the air, I predict the playoff picture will be clear by mid August.

Based on what Mark was saying, I'm not so sure. Taking what I said about computer generated MPs into account, the sims I ran often went down to the final few days, with a one game margin deciding the division on more than one occasion.

I usually use preseason Sims to measure playing time more than performance.

I generally use them to test different lineups/rotations, and to check usage in doing so. Sounds like we use them for pretty much the same thing.

[leecemark]

--First series' in the books. Four teams got to celebrate opening days with sweeps. The Thunder demonstrated they are a very different team from last year by managing only 2 runs in getting swept - and lost starting Lfer Jose Cruz for a month as a bonus. The Knights and Tyrants put up the most fireworks to start the season, putting a combined 49 runs on the board and ranking 1st and 2nd in runs scored.
--Teams with the cap space may sign 1 additional player after each series to a max of 45.

[leecemark]

--Tom Burgmier is on the free agent pitching list, but I know he belongs to somebody. Please let me know if you are that somebody.

--The Corsairs sign catcher Dave Schmidt

--The Knights sign Lf Gene Roof

[jaybird_1981]

The Iron will sign Dave Edler for 250K/2-Yrs

[jaybird_1981]

Hard Cider sign John Wathan for 2-Yr/250K.

[J W]

Skipjacks sign Jamie Quirk for 1-Yr/250K.

[Windy City Fan]

The Tyrants sign Rick Waits to a one year deal.

[leecemark]

--With 2 series in the Corsairs are the only remaining undefeated team and everybody has recorded their first win. After only 2 injuries in the first series there were a bunch in thsi one.

[Windy City Fan]

The Tyrants sign Ken Clay to a one year deal.

[Windy City Fan]

DL Kennedy and Frazier. Call up Waits and Brenley. And I'm not sure who took Norris' place on the 25man roster, but send him down and call up Clay.

Insert Trevino in as the starting catcher and Brenley as the backup. Make Waits the 4th starter and Jackson Todd the 5th starter set to skip. Put Clay in the bullpen and give him Frazier's duties.

Here is what the 25 man roster should look like.

Rotation:
SP Gaylord Perry
SP Dan Schatzeder
SP Rick Sutcliffe
SP Rick Waits
SP Jackson Todd

Bullpen:
RP Neil Allen
RP Shane Rawley
RP Dave Stewart
RP Ken Clay
RP Doug Bair

Lineup:
C Alex Trevino
1B Bruce Bochte
2B Frank White
SS Robin Yount
3B Butch Hobson
LF Oscar Gamble
CF Kirk Gibson
RF Sixto Lezcano
DH Hal McRae

Bench
C Bob Brenly
IF Duane Kuiper
IF Davey Lopes
IF Vance Law
OF Lou Pinnella
1B Andre Thornton

[Windy City Fan]

For the Thunder, DL Cruz put Woods into his spot and call up Butler.

[Sockeye]

Can I get an updated list of free agents?

[leecemark]

--I posted one after the first series of games. Any subtractions from that will be in this thread between the list and here.

[Sockeye]

Sockeye's Angels will sign 2B Derrell Thomas for the remainder of the season. We'll DL Bobby Grich to make room for him on our 25 man roster. Thomas will take over and bat 8th vs RHP and 9th vs LHP. Everyone else in the batting order moves up one spot.

Lineup vs RHP

DH: Dave Collins
3B: Carney Lansford
RF: Lee Lacy
C: Jim Sundberg
SS: Larry Bowa
CF: Ruppert Jones
LF: Larry Herndon
2B: Derrel Thomas
1B: Cliff Johnson
PH VS RHP: Youngblood
PH VS LHP: Leonard

Lineup vs LHP

RF: Joel Youngblood
3B: Carney Lansford
CF: Jeffrey Leonard
LF: Larry Herndon
1B: Cliff Johnson
C: Jim Sundberg
DH: Mickey Rivers
SS: Larry Bowa
2B: Derrel Thomas
PH VS RHP: Collins
PH VS LHP: Collins

[catcher24]

Stats have been uploaded to the web site.

[J W]

The Skipjacks stick with catcher and sign Ned Yost to a 2 yr minimum deal.