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f.montoya · 09-21-2023, 12:23 PM

A little history about this league...

The league was founded by me and some friends back in 1999 as "Asahi League". It consisted of roughly 10 owners or so competing in the old "Yahoo Fantasy Baseball" format for prizes and whatnot...mostly whatnot. We sucked. LOL. We discovered OOTP 5 a few years earlier but mostly just dabbled in it. Then came OOTP 6, or 6.12 if I remember correctly. One of the most refined simulation games on the planet at the time, as well as being incredibly stable, OOTP got us to jump ship from Yahoo...and fantasy formats all together. In the fall of 2003, we set the groundwork for what would become Asahi2 League. By consensus, and due to our ages, we all agreed on 1960 as the season we would start.

I, as a life-long Dodger fan, decided to become the GM of the rival Giants...partially to allow myself to absorb disappointment of not winning a championship anytime soon, but also as a learning experience as to what it might be like to be a Giants fan. Funny thing is, my Giants won in 1960 but we screwed up in the expansion draft the next season. We forgot to protect Orlando Cepeda! LOL.

Anyway, Asahi2 had a successful run from 1960 til we caught up with the present, which was 2011, at which point I resigned as commissioner. I'm not sure who worked as commissioner from that point to today's Asahi3, but I am truly grateful to all those who participated back then and I am truly happy to see that Asahi3 is thriving even now!! Keep it up!!!

By the way "Asahi" comes from the name of the beer that we drink over here in Japan. We originally wanted to call our Yahoo fantasy league "Beer League" but "Asahi" sounded better.

09-21-2023, 12:23 PM	#15
f.montoya Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,069	A little history about this league... The league was founded by me and some friends back in 1999 as "Asahi League". It consisted of roughly 10 owners or so competing in the old "Yahoo Fantasy Baseball" format for prizes and whatnot...mostly whatnot. We sucked. LOL. We discovered OOTP 5 a few years earlier but mostly just dabbled in it. Then came OOTP 6, or 6.12 if I remember correctly. One of the most refined simulation games on the planet at the time, as well as being incredibly stable, OOTP got us to jump ship from Yahoo...and fantasy formats all together. In the fall of 2003, we set the groundwork for what would become Asahi2 League. By consensus, and due to our ages, we all agreed on 1960 as the season we would start. I, as a life-long Dodger fan, decided to become the GM of the rival Giants...partially to allow myself to absorb disappointment of not winning a championship anytime soon, but also as a learning experience as to what it might be like to be a Giants fan. Funny thing is, my Giants won in 1960 but we screwed up in the expansion draft the next season. We forgot to protect Orlando Cepeda! LOL. Anyway, Asahi2 had a successful run from 1960 til we caught up with the present, which was 2011, at which point I resigned as commissioner. I'm not sure who worked as commissioner from that point to today's Asahi3, but I am truly grateful to all those who participated back then and I am truly happy to see that Asahi3 is thriving even now!! Keep it up!!! By the way "Asahi" comes from the name of the beer that we drink over here in Japan. We originally wanted to call our Yahoo fantasy league "Beer League" but "Asahi" sounded better. __________________ Fidel Montoya Asahi2 Baseball ex-Commissioner(Historical League Since 2004) www.allsimbaseball.com (OOTP web hosting - Customized sites for online leagues - Sign up, Connect OOTP and Play!) Share Your Mods - Free, unlimited and easy to upload to share your Mods instantly(free site registration required)