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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
From sweitze.....“The Replacement Level Players Association (RLPA), an OOTP league founded in late 2004 by several members of The Baseball Think Factory, has just completed the 2011 season.
Highlights include dominating seasons from Brandon League and Matt Cain on the mound, the retirement of clutch veteran Derek Jeter just short of 3000 hits, Baltimore blowing a ten game division lead for the second straight season, 132 wins for the Houston Astros dynasty, and a shocking 4-1 Series victory by Boston over the mighty Astros for the Red Sox third RLPA championship.”
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1. Hendry's Wad of Cash (UCCF) Posted: May 23, 2006 at 02:10 PM (#2033142)Come by the forums and check it out. You can see we have a good (if often odd) time.
You'd actually be taking over a team in pretty good shape, so it would take a special talent to steer it into the basement. You might just be the guy, though.
It pays for itself. Even solo leagues are worth the price.
As for usual success...well, I'd like to say that my White Sox would overtake the Indians this year, but that seems unlikely, so you could hit the playoffs in year 1. Unless Minnesota returns to prominence. Or the Tigers find the needle.
RLPA MVP in the AL? I went with Daric Barton, much as it pains me to vote against former Red Sox SS B.J. Upton.
i love it when a plan comes together.
I still can't believe we lost the World Series. It's the greatest upset in the history of mankind, right up there with the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
(We all make bad trades starting out. It's a rite of passage, like firing off that first joke about Wu's throwing arm or complaining about the collective bargaining agreement.)
that makes it all worthwhile, right DAL?
I blame the game. If Jerome Williams had been willing to talk contract with Milwaukee, he never would have been traded. Without Williams, the Red Sox probably don't hang on to nose out Baltimore (and have a much harder time getting past Oakland in the ALCS).
Stupid German programmers, always mucking with my dynasty.
First team approved gets his or her very own ESTEVE!!! Supplies extremely limited, act now.
(trade me Esteve)
As he develops, he'll get better (at least LA hopes he will) and move up through the minor leagues. Gurriel defected to the US before last season and was put up for auction to the highest bidder. LA bid $120M over 3 years to bring him on board.
He has developed some... just not much. Double digit ratings across the board vs LHP!
We're slowly working toward a good system for manually regulating bidding and bid amounts. We're in version 2 of our Collective Bargaining Agreement (we started with a certain set of rules, adopted them several times, then decided to make more changes and hold. We've held twice now).
It's available for perusal on the RLPA boards.
As for Gurriel...Goldsox is nuts, that's how :)
OOTP is more about being the general manager. You deal with free agency, contract extensions, minor leagues, an amateur draft every year, injuries, trades, etc. The actual games themselves are almost an afterthought - we sim 10-15 days at a time.
Pushed to choose, I'd go with OOTP over DMB. I don't think there's a whole lot of strategy in DMB once you get past the initial draft for the season. I don't think we had 5 trades all of last season, and I made maybe 1 or 2 demotions/promotions from the farm. It's just about playing the games, which is fun but doesn't really change from week to week. In OOTP, you're constantly looking to change your team - even the dynasties, the great teams, still make substantial trades every year (not to mention keeping close watch over your minor leagues, making sure your financial situation is OK, dealing with the draft, etc.). I think there's a lot more skill (and some luck as well) involved in building a good OOTP team.
that makes it all worthwhile, right DAL?
Your Evil Dynasty form is no match for my Callaspo Style! Haaaaaaaa... waaa-CHA! On guard!
And, uh... can... can you... can you trade me a spare pitcher? Even Jeremy Affeldt would do nicely. Pl-- please? Help out the needier, less fortunate pitching staffs around you, dude.
And the Podsednik deal too.
And the Podsednik deal too.
Don't forget Roy Halladay!
I welcome a new owner to the Indians to be destroyed by my Athletics in the playoffs this year. Heh.
No seriously, this is without a doubt the best, most active OOTP league on the Internet. The league does have a learning curve though. I came into the league for the 2008 season and inherited a regining division champion, and expected to just cruise to the playoffs. Well, I got destroyed, and fire saled. I gradually learned more about what works in the league and what doesn't, and voila, World Series as soon as 2010. It can be done!
(Especially since whoever takes over Cleveland will be inheriting a soild team.)
Free agent second basemen {Age on 7/1/2012) (C/G/P/Eye/K's, Speed/Range/Fielding Percentage)
Castillo (36): 67/44/20/49/57, 73/71/.985
K. Johnson (30): 48/54/63/43/56, 58/55/.991
Maddux Jr (29): 51/68/47/24/59, 40/12/.977
Deluna (25): 29/47/38/39/54, 40/40/.994
Gary Boren (28): 27/40/6/37/46, 8/12/.980
Kris Burke (32): 48/49/56/38/78, 77/37/.972
John McCurdy (31): 77/39/42/47/52, 78/48/.962
Bernie Scott (26): 43/75/47/11/46, 42/75/.993
I know that sounds like hyperbole, but it really, really is. Even the best non-RLPA OOTP leagues might have about 1,000 message-board posts in a year; we've had that many in a single /thread/. (Admittedly only once, but still!)
No seriously, this is without a doubt the best, most active OOTP league on the Internet. The league does have a learning curve though. I came into the league for the 2008 season and inherited a regining division champion, and expected to just cruise to the playoffs. Well, I got destroyed, and fire saled. I gradually learned more about what works in the league and what doesn't, and voila, World Series as soon as 2010. It can be done! -
Eh, I wouldn't go that far. There are some really active fictional leagues out there, from the FOBL, to the baseball maeltstrom - the latter is probably considered the numero uno OOTP league. The USBA is pretty top notch as well.
It was the best offensive season the league ever had until 2011, when Alberto Callaspo topped him.
Steve Balboni Jr (who exists though some hoax pulled during the 2004 draft). 70 HRs in 772 AB in AAA
Wily Mo Pena. 54 HRs in AAA in 2011. With the RLPA numbers, he has 250 minor league homers. 163 of them are in AAA.
Jesse Hoorelbeke. Three straight 40 homer seasons in AAA, and only one major league AB in those 3 years. 199 HRs in AAA.
Billy Butler. 80 HRs in 815 AB in AAA. He may stick around in the majors with Minnesota due to his 280/335/430 line in 57 games.
Chris Carter. 150 HR in the last 4 years at AAA.
Samuel Bocanegra. 34 HRs in AAA, then 26 HRs in AA, and then 45 HRs in AAA in 2011.
Hector Lopez. 249 HRs in 5 years, all in Single A. Including 56 HRs as a 27 year old first baseman.
And there are 14 Jr's in the RLPA.
Eric Milton Jr. is a first baseman, Bobby Jenks Jr is five years younger than Bobby Jenks.
Neifi Perez has a son named "Neifi Perez Jr." and he should enter the draft pool, just because.
Meaning that Neifi Jr would hit lots of home runs and draw walks. But only as a right-handed hitter. As a lefty, he would be a carbon copy of Neifi Perez.
Estimates
Neifi Jr as a RHB: 270/420/500
Neifi Jr as a LHB: 260/290/300
Ah, Balboni Jr. He's a relic of our ill-fated attempt to introduce comp picks to the RLPA. It was, uh... it was kinda on the stupid side, in retrospect. I don't even remember what problem it was supposed to address.
Hunter Grimsley (11/8/1994), son of Jason Grimsley
Albie Lopez, Jr. (5/5/1994), son of Albie Lopez
Nikolai Bonds (1989 or 1990), son of Barry Bonds
BOBBY CROSBY 4 POPE!!!11
There are some internal solutions available.
Good luck to whomever takes up the reins of my old team. I'll happily give out some free advice from my new vantage point as the Expos owner.
BOBBY CROSBY 4 POPE!!!11
I love you too.
I've been the hapless owner of the Phillies for the past few years. When I started, I fibbed a little and said I knew some about OOTP when I had never used it before. I did a lot of stupid things early, but I just completed a solid rebuilding project, with my team being 82-80 each of the past two years (injuries killed me at the end of the 2011 season; lost one of my top relievers, three starting pitchers, and almost all of my offensive players (except for Prasch and Crosby) underperformed). Now, I'm at the point where I can hardly afford my current team (fan interest has doubled for me this past year, but I'm still making up for years of little revenue) but I don't want to break it up since "this could be the year."
Fun league, great owners, decent learning curve, and a good time.
Hope you enjoy it. Contact us if ever interested in a team.
And his 94 power. Billy boy is gonna hit a lot of home runs in that park.
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