Beirut gets
2 mil

CSKA gets
OF Mauro Saucedo

I think I submitted the deal in game correctly. Sorry if I didn't

League announcements are posted here: http://montybrewster.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=18 So that you don't have to scroll through team news articles to find them. That said, I think it's a good idea to have an official announcements channel in Slack, and I'll get on that. I'll also do the UMEBA blo...

I'm not a big slack user. I see it's utility, but I'm never going to be someone who is chatting up the other GMs during the day. I do like it for trade talks, etc. I also see how the forums are necessary in a writing league. Having both is a bit difficult for me to keep up with. Whenever something h...

Does the Umeba have a rule 5 draft?

Where do you unzip the facegen files to? (last two). Instructions say "OOTP folder". Is this the saved data path in "my documents" or the actual game directory?

Yeah, sorry for not being clear. I read all the forum threads and looked though slack and listened to the podcast before posting my questions, but thanks anyway. I think you guys got most of my questions. Thanks. I'm still rather concerned about the salary cap. Given that at the current time, none o...

I'm not complaining, I just like to understand what is going on. Just trying to get a handle on all the changes to the league I just joined. I don't think I missed any forum threads or slack conversations. I did listen to the podcast but I still have questions. Also, regarding that, while its fun, I...

Thanks, but it doesnt seem to be that upon checking. All manager options are assigned to me. To hire Pickford, I fired my existing hitting coach, clicked on vacant, and changed the "preferred occupation" dropdown to "manager". I did not change the "current opportunity" dropdown so it stayed "hitting...

I offered James Pickford my open hitting coach position by clicking on "vacant". Today when I downloaded the sim, it told me manager Bob Dodson was fired and Pickford is now my manager. I have no idea why this happened. Dodson had just signed a 3 year deal for 557,000 per year. Could I have Dodson b...

"Hey-ya Chuck," he says as he pulls up a chair at my desk. Eduardo Gomez is a personable guy. The 52 year olds' smile props up a mustache that was once a lot darker than its current gunmetal grey. It's still a finely manicured accent piece to the pearly whites he flashes with each big grin. "Morning...

The man sitting in the chair across my desk looks tired. Not sleepy. Just perpetually tired in a lined mouth, permanent five o'clock shadow way. Like he's worked a long day already. You could see him walking in from the fields, or getting off the bus, or returning after work from any one of the thou...

This is not a conversation I really want to have. I mean, would it be too much to ask to have a single member of the coaching staff under contract after this season as a recently hired General Manager? How do you evaluate the performance of an employee who was operating with little to no guidance fo...

Mullet looks like he could be a solid 4th OF someday. Plays all 3 spots, bat plays up against RHP.

Bump 7/28/2042 I'd like to add a front of the rotation starter. Those are few and far between, so I'm willing to pay. Need to be 55 (preferably 60) or better rated and have 2 years of control after this one. Willing to move some combo of the following prospects: 1B Marco Acheson 80 pot 13/7/7/7/7 OF...

Beirut has the youngest A and AA squads in the UMEBA averaging 17.62 and 22.07 years.

Athens is the oldest A ball squad at 22.30 years.

Istanbul is the oldest AA at 28.30.

It would be nice to get two .500 or better sims in a row. Been one good, one bad since I took over. One decent run and the Cedars would be in the playoff race.

Did you know there is a Golden Corral in Beirut? I did not. I know now because there's where I'm meeting our coaches for lunch. Apparently, the coaches and GM's vote on where to have lunch meetings. The Golden Corral. I know we aren't BBA franchise rich, but the Cedars operate with a 45 million doll...

"This can't be right," I think to myself. I look at the league transactions report a second time. Wednesday, May 28th, 2042 Beirut Cedars: Signed free agent SP Javier Cruz to a minor league contract. Beirut Cedars: Signed free agent RP Si Zhong to a minor league contract with a $62,000 signing bonus...

Whoops. Guess I got a little carried away with the minor league FA offers. 21 new 16-18 year olds will be hard to make space for. Especially since most of them are RP.

Thanks for reading. Shoeless, Paco may return to the franchise at some point in the future.