Of course, Sandy Koufax was out of baseball at 30, too.

Anything is possible. Time will tell. But he's a clear Egan winner now.

IN Danya Tchekanov: One of the best pitchers around for a lot of years. I needed a little convincing, but in the end I shouldn't have. He's in for me. Lorenzo de' Medici: I voted for him last time. I'll vote for him again. But I could be argued out of it. I view him as a creation of his time, but t...

So far, recte and lane were right.

London looks like the fave

https://www.typosphere.com/graphics/DAILY-KRILL.jpg Pair of Veteran Big Leaguers Hype Crowds For Game 163 Viewings September 29, 2058: Forever Land – With the Bikini Krill so cruelly deprived of a spot in the silly post-season exhibition tournament, team owner P. Moreau Westmoreland has opened Fore...

https://www.typosphere.com/graphics/DAILY-KRILL.jpg The Hidden Factor? OOTP gives us GMs a lot of things to focus on, and one of those things is coaching and staff. If I can be so bold as to characterize the average OOTP GM, I’d say we all assume these things have some value someplace, but that (1)...

https://www.typosphere.com/graphics/DAILY-KRILL.jpg The Quest For Organizational Excellence? I’ve made it no secret that a very large percentage of my time in playing this OOTP thing is focused on my minor leagues. I don’t really gameplay at these levels—meaning I rarely go set a gazillion strategi...

Always fun to read the Blazer approach.

Correlations OF Range Correlates very strongly with ZR.

Yes. His ZR was a pretty ok 0.2 in 34 starts (48 games). So kind of better than league average. That's workable, but I admit I struggle to call that "good." He was a + in AAA. My experience has been that it’s very, very difficult to get positive ZR in CF. This is in part because I refuse to play a ...

Error Rates on FB by OF zones, per my script: | | 9L | 9 | 89 | 8R | 8L | 78 | 7 | 7L | |---------|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:| | SHALLOW | 0.19% | 0.18% | 0.19% | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.05% | 0.09% | 0.39% | | MID | 0.27% | 0.25% | 0.33% | 0.13% | 0.09% | 0.39% | 0.41...

Here is ground ball error rates by zone per my script. So it does seem that SS handle ground balls with greater difficulty. | | 3L | 3 | 34 | 4 | 4M | 6M | 6 | 56 | 5 | 5L | |---------|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:| | SHALLOW | | 0.96% | 3.49% | 2.12...

https://www.typosphere.com/graphics/DAILY-KRILL.jpg An Overview of the Bikini Krill Across the Months It was the best of teams, it was the worst of teams. The 2058 season on the Atoll was essentially a Jeckel and Hyde remake. Or, mixing in another literary mishmash, it was the best of teams, it was...

Here's the running list of who the #1 SP in the league has been on a daily basis. Note that Hector Silva was #1 between years, but I removed days to account for off-season. | Pitcher | Start | End | Days | |-------------|:---------:|:---------:|:----:| | C. Thompson | 4/1/2057 | 4/5/2057 | 5 | | S. ...

Since this is the end of the season, I'll post the entire list of ranked SP (guys with over 300 points). Bottom line: Hector Silva is back to the top of the table, with Bob Andersson close behind. Hasegawa, Corfield, and Stuart are all within ten points of each other, then we get to Kawano, Iwamoto,...

End of 2058 -- | TEAM | GB | FB | LD(IF) | LD(OF) | TOTAL | |--------------------------|:------:|:------:|:------:|:------:|:------:| | Cairo Pharaohs | 17.56 | 6.00 | 1.12 | 17.51 | 42.19 | | London Monarchs | 24.58 | 20.45 | -1.03 | -8.33 | 35.68 | | Tokyo Pearls | 8.34 | 2.72 | -0.85 | 15.52 | 25...

End of 2058 ... the depth of Brooklyn's difficulty seems to have warped the middle. | TEAM | GB | FB | LD(IF) | LD(OF) | TOTAL | |----------------------------|:-------:|:------:|:------:|:------:|:-------:| | Sacramento Mad Popes | 54.15 | 20.68 | -3.89 | 6.88 | 77.81 | | Vancouver Mounties | 55.08 ...

If only Bikini had managed to sweep Hawaii rather than split.

I have a fairly extensive spreadsheet on BBA history that I used to use mostly to describe how the competitive environment was changing. If you're interested, and if I get some time when I get home I'll see if I can clean it up and drop it here.