7teen wrote:I guess I'm next....

Find someone to take Brussels.

Or Madison, seeing as how you and Fiscus have run them into the ground.

Happy trails Trader Jerry. You had a nice run, but tough to see you coming back from this one. Guess he's not gonna make that vesting option

14. RF Danny Albright (California): Reportedly, California management was dissatisfied with the draft and drafted Albright. A great college hitter, the right fielder was projected as a second rounder, and we would be surprised if the Crusaders signed him. A future good fourth outfielder type, Albri...

Blackwell is at this point probably a -10 ZR on D at 3rd. Woah, that's really pessimistic. I'd peg him as a 0 to low positive ZR at 3rd my self - its not a terribly hard to rack up stats there. I agree with starting Kilger, but I think I'd try to mix Blackwell into a platoon. Blackwell IS in a plat...

Chey wrote:Thanks Recte!

What about Blackwell? Kilger>Blackwell? I'm interested about that decision process. Glover's defensively about a net zero at SS. Kilger is probably 10 Zr or so. Blackwell is at this point probably a -10 ZR on D at 3rd. Glover is plus 15 at least. So, playing at their currently defensive positions, ...

Thanks for the kind words Recte. Pretty darn thorough. I''m torn about Castillo. I think he's one of those guys whose seven's are closer to 8's, and if he gets any kind of bump (which a lot of guys seem to do after a year or two in the bigs) he can probably work as a starter. But your'e right, he'd ...

In my experience fan interest matters a LOT more for attendance than ticket price, and I don't think moving your ticket prices changes interest. It may affect fan loyalty, but lowering ticket prices to increase loyalty when you aren't putting an interesting product on the field isn't going to do muc...

If I had access to the file, I'd make a copy, recreate Steve Nebraska in the EBA, and see how many 27 K games he'd get in one season

I just hired my assistant gm. Stoked to see the results. I've always done them myself, but thought I was moving them up too fast. Hope his name isn't Dan Fiscus... ;) He's still happily employed with Madison.... Seems to be developing a solid relationship with the owner's daughter... I was looking ...

good on the kid for getting involved... On a more serious note, if in-game you go onto the 'all MBWBA players' and sort out by teams, you can find all of these guys 'hiding' after they've graduated from the academy...I cleared out over 50 last year from my team, and found a couple worth keeping aro...

Am I missing something, or is tis really not negotiation. You put in one offer, and they say yes or not, and you're done. Reason I'm asking is, I clicked the wrong thing and offered my #1 pick a bit more than I wanted to. Any way to change this?

I like the idea of public ticket prices. I only have a foggy idea of the rest of the league. I'm 14.00, which one owner told me is somewhat typical. But given I have little t compare to, I don't know if a .50 cent hike is a big deal, or is it a dollar or 2 that would piss off my fans? Am I in the pr...

scottsdale_joe wrote:Too optimistic.
Then again, I've been wrong before

I think they're either gonna win or fall apart. 70/30 to win. If I averaged my two expected records, I'd have a low win total, but I decided to just believe they will do fine.

I think top to bottom, the Frick is still better, but the JL has caught up a good deal since I got here, and the best JL teams can play with anybody.

Hey, someone voted for me. Thanks!

Sorry, didn't think rookie league mattered until it started

This has been a good run for the Gamblers. Three straight playoff appearances, two trips to the Landis, and one championship in three years would be a good run for anyone. Of course, success comes at the price of notoriety, and notoriety can be a bit pricey when it involves player salaries. Scott ha...

Hit the nail on the head again with my preview, Aaron. Nice work as always.

I don't have much evidence on catcher D. I know that it is modeled poorly in terms of ZR, efficiency, etc. I don't care about ARM strength as much. What I've read about what's incorporated into catcher ability is things like pitch framing and game calling, which do matter tremendously. What I don't ...