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David Watts · 06-25-2020, 01:59 PM

I've decided for the time being to take a break from random debut. I still plan on fast simming the league from my thread off and on, but I've decided to create a new project for the time being.

I'm replaying 1972 using real transactions. I'm using 1 year recalc and since players miss seasons and retire according to history the OOTP development engine is disabled.

Hoping it will make the pennant races more interesting, I've added a little twist to reality by adding 2 wildcards to each league for the post season. All series in the post season will be best of seven matchups, as I want the races to be interesting, but I want the best teams to win in the end.

I'm going to try and take my time with this league. I'm currently watching several games each day. I've worked my way through April and just started play for the month of May. So far there have been lots of surprises standings wise. The Kansas City Royals are sitting at 17-9 after getting out to a 16-6 start. The California Angels are right behind the Royals and currently hold the 1st wildcard. The Angels are riding the pitching of Nolan Ryan and Rudy May. The Oakland A's, everyone's favorite to win the division and maybe the World Series as well, have come out of the gate in a very sluggish fashion, sitting at a game under .500 on May 4th. In the AL East the Orioles are sitting in 1st place. I really can't see how they can fail to win the East, but we will see. The Tigers and Indians are currently tied for second place. As you know the Tigers won the East in real life, but I just don't see it happening in OOTP land. I think their best hope is to nab one of the wildcards and maybe surprise someone in the post season.

The National League East is a logjam as we speak. Pittsburgh, Montreal, Chicago and New York are all bunched together, but the Pirates have started to show signs of life after getting off to a slow start. In the West the Reds are looking like they will be tough to beat. That leaves Houston and Los Angeles to battle for wildcards and I won't be surprised if they both make the post season. Jim Wynn, Bob Watson and Ceasar Cedeno are currently knocking the cover off the ball.

I think it's going to be real interesting to watch milestones come and go in this league. Clemente is on his way to 3000 hits. Aaron of course is chasing Ruth. Kaline is on his way to 3000 hits and can he get one more home run than he did in real life to put him in Club 400? Oh and that Rose kid is approaching 2000 hits, so will he have enough in OOTP land to catch Cobb?

06-25-2020, 01:59 PM	#1
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 9,892 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Taking a break from Random Debut I've decided for the time being to take a break from random debut. I still plan on fast simming the league from my thread off and on, but I've decided to create a new project for the time being. I'm replaying 1972 using real transactions. I'm using 1 year recalc and since players miss seasons and retire according to history the OOTP development engine is disabled. Hoping it will make the pennant races more interesting, I've added a little twist to reality by adding 2 wildcards to each league for the post season. All series in the post season will be best of seven matchups, as I want the races to be interesting, but I want the best teams to win in the end. I'm going to try and take my time with this league. I'm currently watching several games each day. I've worked my way through April and just started play for the month of May. So far there have been lots of surprises standings wise. The Kansas City Royals are sitting at 17-9 after getting out to a 16-6 start. The California Angels are right behind the Royals and currently hold the 1st wildcard. The Angels are riding the pitching of Nolan Ryan and Rudy May. The Oakland A's, everyone's favorite to win the division and maybe the World Series as well, have come out of the gate in a very sluggish fashion, sitting at a game under .500 on May 4th. In the AL East the Orioles are sitting in 1st place. I really can't see how they can fail to win the East, but we will see. The Tigers and Indians are currently tied for second place. As you know the Tigers won the East in real life, but I just don't see it happening in OOTP land. I think their best hope is to nab one of the wildcards and maybe surprise someone in the post season. The National League East is a logjam as we speak. Pittsburgh, Montreal, Chicago and New York are all bunched together, but the Pirates have started to show signs of life after getting off to a slow start. In the West the Reds are looking like they will be tough to beat. That leaves Houston and Los Angeles to battle for wildcards and I won't be surprised if they both make the post season. Jim Wynn, Bob Watson and Ceasar Cedeno are currently knocking the cover off the ball. I think it's going to be real interesting to watch milestones come and go in this league. Clemente is on his way to 3000 hits. Aaron of course is chasing Ruth. Kaline is on his way to 3000 hits and can he get one more home run than he did in real life to put him in Club 400? Oh and that Rose kid is approaching 2000 hits, so will he have enough in OOTP land to catch Cobb?