1968 Season Thread

[jterry619]

--Didn't notice this when I posted yesterday's results, but the Gamblers suffer another blow to their miserable season. Jim Kaat will miss a month with a bum shoulder. Kaat wasn't exactly having a great (or even good) season, but his innings will be hard to replace.

Sounds like Rick Wise would be a great pick up for you...ha!

[leecemark]

--The Hard Cider sweep the Knights, but the Hornets get back on track with a sweep of their own to keep pace. The Gold Sox fail to take advantage of the opportunity, dropping 2 of 3 to the Diablos. The Angels made it an 11-1 sim for the Cartwright with a sweep of the Gamblers.
--As we enter the All Star break the Legends and Knights hold strong positions in their divisions. The Cartwright is much tighter with the Hornets just 4 back of the Hard Cider and the Diablos only 6 (less than the 2nd place teams in the Hulbert and Johnson) down. The Skipjacks have a little breaking room in the Wild Card race, with the Shoeless Joes and Gold Sox very much in contention. The Redbirds good start is a distant memory and the Badgers, Gamblers and Angels have been looking towards next year since Memorial Day (or perhaps Opening Day).
--One more expanded set of leaderboards atached. Lets get those All Star ballots in this weekend!

[mac195]

We'll send Pina down before he hits 125%. Dick Hughes can take his place.

[leecemark]

--With 5 of 12 owners having cast their ballots four teams are in danger of not having an All Star rep. For the Diablos Pete Rose has been on one ballot as a 2nd teamer at 2B and Joe Hoerner one vote at RP. I'd recommend Hoerner, who has a strong case on actual merit (8-5, 11 saves, 2.17). The Gamblers have only one player who has received a vote - Pete Ward who is running 2nd at 3B. The Badger have LFer Cleon Jones with one 2nd place vote in LF and SP Woody Fryman with one 8th place vote. The surprise of this group is the first place Hard Cider. Dick Allen is in 3rd place in RF (4 of 5 have named him as a wild card). Tom Haller is the only other Macman with a vote - a third team vote at C. If its any consulation Mac, the Knights had only one All Star last year and went on to win the championship.

[mac195]

I'd like Hiatt in against lefties 20%.

Lineup vs. RHP
1 Andrews 2B (B Allen DR)
2 Haller C (Hiatt)
3 Sudakis 3B (D Allen)
4 D Allen RF (Callison DR)
5 Gabrielson LF (Callison)
6 Cash 1B (Hiatt)
7 Callison CF (Agee)
8 L Brown SS (Andrews)
PH vs RHP: G Brown
PH vs LHP: G Brown, Hiatt
Lineup vs. LHP
1 Andrews 2B (B Allen DR)
2 Sudakis 3B (D Allen)
3 Allen RF (Callison DR)
4 Gabrielson LF (Callison)
5 Haller C (Hiatt 20%)
6 Cash 1B (G Brown)
7 Callison CF (Agee)
8 L Brown SS (Andews)
PH vs RHP: G Brown
PH vs LHP: G Brown, Hiatt

[leecemark]

--The All Star break is a great opportunity to address any pitching issues you may have. If you've got a starter with usage issues you can push him back in the rotation. If you got a guy you want to get an extra start you can move him up. If you want to switch a guy from the rotation to the pen you can. With the 3 days off only the guy who started your last game won't be a full rest for the first game after. And even he could start if he waas a workhorse type in real life.

[ElHalo]

I need to make some roster changes.

I'm calling Don Cardwell back into the rotation, and sending down... Stan Williams. Although Williams has been great for us, his usage is getting to be a bit high, and I want to save him for later in the season in case we miraculously get close to contention again. I want Merritt to be in the fifth starter's slot, on skip, and I'll move Cardwell up into the number 1 starter's slot, shift everyone else down one.

Did I call Gonzalez back up for Cline? If not, I'm doing it now.

I'm sending down George Stone, and calling up Eddie Fisher in his place. My bullpen rotation should now look like:

Spot Starter: Dobson, Wood
Mopup: Wood, Dobson
Long man: Wood, Dobson
LH set up: Wood, Fisher
RH set up: Dobson, Brewer
LH closer: Brewer, Hoerner
RH closer: Fisher, Hoerner

[leecemark]

--I'm extending the All Star voting deadline til tomorrow evening. If you haven't got a ballot in and would like to please do so now. Also games resume tomorrow so if you have any changes you want to make to your profile get those in ASAP.

[J W]

Please reset the rotation. Minor changes to the profile, giving Harrelson some time off and Powell less PT. Nelson is also demoted:

Lineup vs. RHP
1) CF - Flood (Harrelson 10%)
2) RF - Yastrzemski* (Jones*)
3) LF - Harrelson (Jones* 20%, Reichardt 30%)
4) C - Dietz (Torre 30%)
5) 1B - Powell* (Harrelson 35%)
6) 3B - McMullen (Morton)
7) 2B - Johnson (Schofield# 15%)
8) SS - Tresh# (Schofield# 10%)

PH vR - Powell*, Jones*
PH vL - Reichardt, Morton

Lineup vs. LHP
1) CF - Flood (Yastrzemski*)
2) RF - Yastrzemski* (Morton 10%)
3) 1B - Harrelson (Torre 10%)
4) LF - Reichardt (Morton)
5) 3B - McMullen (Morton)
6) C - Torre (Dietz 15%)
7) 2B - Johnson (Schofield# 5%)
8) SS - Tresh (Schofield# 10%)

PH vR - Powell*, Jones*
PH vL - Morton, Dietz

Pitching - skip
SP1 - Sam McDowell*
SP2 - Dean Chance
SP3 - Blue Moon Odom
SP4 - Joe Horlen
SP5 - Earl Wilson

Spot starter: Giusti, Sadecki*
Mop up: Sadecki*, Giusti
Long man: Sadecki*, Giusti
LH set up: Lindblad*, Nelson*
RH set up: Upshaw, Miller
LH closer: Linzy, Lindblad*
RH closer: Linzy, Upshaw

Profile - standard unless shown

Stealing Bases (SB% rating) - EX=more, VG=average, AV-PR=less
Extra Base (run rating) - EX-VG=more, AV-FR=average, PR=less
*Sac Bunt (w/rating) - EX-AV=average, FR-PR=less
Bunt FH (w/rating) - EX-AV=average, FR-PR=less
Use Relievers (SP rating) - PR-FR=more, AV-VG=average, EX=less

(* excludes pitchers, set those at average)

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[leecemark]

--Nobody comin up for Nelson?

[leecemark]

--Satriano of the Hornets and Moose of the Hard Cider are eligible to come off the DL
--The Diablos, Skipjacks and Gamblers all have only 24 active players.
--The Gamblers also have Jim Kaat out for a month, but still on the actove roster reducing their effective strength to 23.
--The majority of the teams will be sending their 4th starter out when we resume play tonight unless they adjust their rotation. The Skipjacks, Joes and Legends are on thier #1 starter and the Gold Sox on #5.

[catcher24]

Thanks for the info, Mark. I was going to tell you to reset to my #1, but since it appears Jenkins is already going, I'll leave it alone. Sure hope these guys (especially Seaver) come around the second half!

[leecemark]

Thanks for the info, Mark. I was going to tell you to reset to my #1, but since it appears Jenkins is already going, I'll leave it alone. Sure hope these guys (especially Seaver) come around the second half!

--Your 4 SP are 5, 10, 13 and 22 in ERA and tied for 1st and tied for 3rd (the top 4 winners in the league) in wins. If they come around more than that I fear for the rest of us.

[Erik Bedard]

Fiddling with the rotation:

1. Bahnsen (Start after ASB)
2. Nash
3. Veale
4. Blass
5. Jackson (skip)

[Sockeye]

Adjust my starting rotation to

SP1-Dave McNally (start after the ASB)
SP2-Milt Pappas
SP3-Gaylord Perry
SP4-Dick Ellsworth
SP5-Mike Cuellar (skip)

[J W]

--Nobody comin up for Nelson?

He's still on the 25, just no longer backup closer

[mac195]

We'll bring Moose up and send Nyman down.

New pitching assignments:

Pitching
SP1: Jarvis
SP2: Drysdale
SP3: Hardin
SP4: Selma
SP5: Moose (skip)
Spot: Stange, Fisher, Holtzman
Mop up: Fisher, Stange
Long man: Holtzman, Stange, Fisher
LH set up: Walker, Holtzman
RH set up: Hughes, Fisher
LH closer: Hamilton, Walker
RH closer: McMahon, Hamilton

[leecemark]

--The Legends Express starts the second half with a battering of the slumping Shoeless Joes. The Legends now lead the division by a dozen and are a half dozen games up on the Knights for best overall record. The Joes OTOH are down to .500 and their promising start appears to be going up in smoke.

[jterry619]

Any way to see the boxscores right now?

[leecemark]

--Check your e-mail

[jterry619]

Buzhardt and Womack farmed...replaced by McBean and Wyatt...Satriano activated from DL and farmed,

[Erik Bedard]

Put Alley back in the starting lineup, hitting leadoff. Simply move everyone else down one place.

[Sockeye]

Norm Miller comes off the DL

Bill White is optioned to the minors

The Angels lineup will now be

VS RHP

Ron Swoboda RF (R)
Ed Kranepool 1B (L)
Willie Crawford LF (L)
Roger Repoz CF (L)
Don Wert 3B (R)
Bob Tillman C (R)
Cookie Rojas 2B (R)
Hal Lanier SS (R)
PH vs LHP Max Alvis, Brant Alyea

VS LHP

Tommy Davis cF (R)
Ed Kranepool 1B (L)
Max Alvis 3B (R)
Brant Alyea LF (R)
Randy Hundley C (R)
Norm Miller RF (L)
Cookie Rojas 2B (R)
Hal Lanier SS (R)
PH vs LHP Don Wert
PH vs RHP Willie Crawford, Roger Repoz

[catcher24]

--Your 4 SP are 5, 10, 13 and 22 in ERA and tied for 1st and tied for 3rd (the top 4 winners in the league) in wins. If they come around more than that I fear for the rest of us.

I'm concerned about the relief. My team ERA was fourth going into the break. In all the sims I ran the worst I ever finished in team ERA was 3rd - twice. So they can still pick it up a notch, I hope.

[catcher24]

Any way to see the boxscores right now?

Joe - Mark sends the guys who have the DM game the league file after every six games. Don't know if you were aware of that or not. FYI.

That 18 inning shutout might help that team ERA some....