Is My Glass Half Empty or Half Full, or am I Just Full of it?
 

It made me laugh when I saw this, because I took a similar approach, but got different results. I awarded 8 points for most in a category, down through 1 for least, but I also awarded teams tied in a category their points without skipping places because of the ties. I guess my thinking was more in terms of how much rather than the rank. That gave both Port Ruppert and Krikkit 7 in crowns, while Hooterville and Weston Pointe got 6, and Waffletown and Hartford got 5. Not sure if that makes me an optimist or a pessimist, or if it proves that figures lie and liars figure. It does make my results:


Weston Pointe - 20
Cary - 18
Kansas - 17
Hooterville - 16
Port Ruppert - 15
Waffletown - 15
Krikkitt - 14
Hartford - 9



After reading Jason's post, I did recalculate, skipping places for ties and ended up with:


Weston Pointe - 18
Cary - 18
Kansas - 17
Hooterville - 14
Port Ruppert -14
Krikkitt - 13
Waffletown - 12
Hartford - 6


I now am not sure who to vote for, and so, I hope for more votes to come in (as well as results for gold 335).

OL results for G335
 

Huge differences between top and bottom this week. It came down to the seven games that Hidden Valley played against Weston Pointe this season, which Hidden Valley won 6-1.

Here are the results:

Hidden Valley: 38-11
Weston Pointe: 27-17
Hooterville: 25-23
Shinbone: 22-22
Hartford: 6-7
Cuiford: 5-9
Ewa Beach: 14-30
Brooklyn: 14-32

Hidden Valley (Wild card) and Weston Pointe (NC East champion) were the only teams to make the playoffs. Ciudad, Brooklyn, and Ewa Beach will all be relegated to Silver next week.

Hidden Valley Glides to Gold Crown
 

Congratulations!

Tortugas Win Bronze
 

Daytona Beach finished their successful run in OL B292. The Tortugas were bounced in the first round of the playoffs.

Season Goes Swimmingly for Tortugas
 

Congratulations!

founder's cup
 

My vote goes to cary southpaws. combination of their qualifications plus the consistent drubbings my teams received at their hands.

Aztecs Dominant in S273 Series Win
 

El Dorado lost only a single game throughout the playoffs and topped it with an impressive victory over South Side. Those two will be joined in the golden jubilee OL season in gold by the Norwood Red Menace and Illawarra.


Many thanks to those who've voted so far. Still can't make up my mind, but the Southpaws are leading.

Puppies heading to Perfect!!


Congrats Palolo Puppies! Diamond league champs and heading to Perfect to represent OL.

Jackson Represents in ST226
 

The late entry Wood Ducks were top notch in grabbing a World Series in stone 226. Hopefully there'll be enough teams in iron for them to get a belated crack at a crown. The user name is ustoffee. Congratulations.


By the way, I didn't get a logo, so I cobbled together the one pictured. Be happy to replace it.

Chicago Clubs Opposition in ST 176 Series
 

The Clubbers lived up to their nickname. Congratulations!

Puppies Plow Ahead to Perfect
 

OL will get one more chance at a perfect league championship. Congratulations and good luck.

That's it
 

We head into the golden jubilee year of this version of OL. Hopefully we can grab everybody for the last week.


I will be pulling the plug on PT, so there will be no more post season graphics, but I think 50 seasons is a formidable number. I have a visceral disaffection for PT, and this season has been the worst. The cards are increasingly detached from reality. I have an old Strat game with some old timer teams that I might break out to cleanse my head of the idea that there is a world where Johnny Vander Meer could out pitch Johnny Sain, let alone Left Grove or Walter Johnson. I don't mean to carp, but that was the card that broke my brain. Sorry for the whining, but I'm an old guy and have the sense of privilege that develops from snow on the rooftop.


The last two or three months I have just been entering tourneys and opening packs, filling the collections I fell into and occasionally hitting the AH to complete one. Anyway, during that time I only sold duplicates and live perfects, diamonds, and golds. I had built up quite a backlog of historical cards, so I sold off the diamonds and golds on Saturday night and Sunday morning and spent the points on new players for my teams. With at least 500,000 per team, the improvements still weren't enough to put a charge in the game for me, so I will just let it go. I'm sure I'll check the forum now and again.May open packs in a month or so. I do love the pack open sound bite.


No, I didn't get a Vander Meer 100. :p


Good luck to all.

yeah, I think what broke me from the view that the PT players should line up more according to how they actually performed was last version when the Zack Wheat card came out, as he was basically superior in every way to the top Rogers Hornsby card.... and since both of their 'peak' cards were based off the 1922 season, it was easy to compare their real numbers and just shake my head at how Wheat could be scored higher in contact, power, etc...

that's when it really hit me that I should stop looking at the name on the card and look at the ratings instead... the names are inconsequential, and if their ratings actually measure up to their real like performance, so be it, but if I manage to land an Eddie Gaedel card with 120 ratings in every offensive category, I'm gonna play him over Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth or whoever else might play his position, and I'll be ok with it :p


figure in v22, I'll be back for PT as usual (waiting until the first Monday to create my teams again to get the full week of entry league), and will probably spend more time in solo mode with my Beer League like I have down the stretch here

Ok, since my team IS the Southpaws, I guess... sigh... I will vote for them too.

I share your disaffection for Perfect Team. I am playing as a team in the Brewster league, and it is much more fulfilling than PT ever was.

[QUOTE=stl jason;4752009]yeah, I think what broke me from the view that the PT players should line up more according to how they actually performed was last version when the Zack Wheat card came out, as he was basically superior in every way to the top Rogers Hornsby card.... and since both of their 'peak' cards were based off the 1922 season, it was easy to compare their real numbers and just shake my head at how Wheat could be scored higher in contact, power, etc...

that's when it really hit me that I should stop looking at the name on the card and look at the ratings instead... the names are inconsequential, and if their ratings actually measure up to their real like performance, so be it, but if I manage to land an Eddie Gaedel card with 120 ratings in every offensive category, I'm gonna play him over Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth or whoever else might play his position, and I'll be ok with it :p


My problem is that I can't get beyond the name on the card. The nostalgia of those names is what drew me to the game. OOTP has ruined that part of it, the most important part for me.

B221 and S338
 

We seem to have done fairly well. Nice to see that the iron teams got pulled so there will be a chance for the Wood Ducks to actually play some OL games in season 50.


I see something amiss in gold, but otherwise it looks pretty good. Hopefully we have spirited races for our last official go round in PT21. Good luck to all.


I will keep open the Founders Cup vote until the end of the season, but the Southpaws look like a heavy favorite.

No votes for Coney Island? :)

Congrats to all. I have been looking in from time to time on OL as I really enjoyed being part of it the last two seasons. I can sum in a few words my feelings on this years version of the game-Since I left OL I have not logged into PT even out of curiosity to see how my teams have fared. Been concentrating on my random debut league and playing FHM7.

Odds are I will join again with one team only.

Diamond league:


unless the schedule changes, Laramie and Cary will play each other a handful of times, but doesn't look like any interleague OL games.... Norwood will get to beat up on Waffletown 19 times so plenty of games there :p

You could vote for them. ;) Since you didn't indicate your preference, I'll count it for the Rebels.

Even though we've nominated the top contenders, I'm going off the board and voting for the perpetual OL Iron champions of the Universe, the Otonokizaka Muse. We have taken winning OL Iron and made it a science.

It's like Marge Simpson once said...

"I can hit that one pin alright, but the rest of them don't even wobble"

If you can't tell this is a joke post and not meant to be taken seriously at all.

Wish they were in iron this week, so I could cajole you into doing the standings.:)

In his absence, however, here is OL I166. Welcome, Jackson Wood Ducks!

Terrific! I somehow missed the Rams. Guess I was only checking for the teams more likely to get missed.

Mundys Open Atop S338
 

Port Ruppert got off to a quick start with the Brooklyn Pimp Minsters tailing them closely. By the way, I will not include relegation standings for the final regular season.

Trio Tied for Lead in OL B221
 

Asylum, Daytona Beach, and Death Valley all broke from the gate with opening sweeps. Again, there seems to be no reason for relegation standings.

No OL games at Diamond in April

Iron
 

Appropriately, Iron being led by Iron Maiden early.

Gold Anyone?
 

Hopefully someone will step up to do the gold standings.

Gold 319 Standings
 

Hidden Valley Bombers off to a hot start followed closely by Norwood Red Menace and the Weston Pointe Caspers.

Thank you! Doing my best to make my only season going up against other OL managers worth it. Iron seems to be quite a large step up from Stone so far.

Looks great! Thanks for putting that together

Mundys Tighten Grip on OL S338 Lead
 

Port Ruppert put forth another solid effort to lengthen its lead. On an unfortunate note, aldion's retirement wiped out 7 of Terra Incognita's 13 OL games, so they will not be in the crown chase.

Asylum Grabs Slim Lead in OL B221
 

The Keepers took a half game lead over Death Valley.

Diamond league:

Norwood perfect on the season. Cary already complete with their OL schedule and will fall short of the 10 game minimum.

Port Ruppert Continues Hold on OL S338
 

The Mundys continues to set the pace as the teams head into the second half.

Keepers Keep on Keepin' on in OL B221
 

Asylum continues to lead the way.

Diamond league:

Cary on top but not eligible for the crown, leaving Norwood in the lead there, followed by Laramie and (to use a line from Moneyball), then 50 feet of crap.......... then Waffletown :p (fitting for the overall look at well, as Cary/Norwood/Laramie all lead their divisions..... and then there's Waffletown)

Bombers remain hot in Gold 319
 

The Hidden Valley Bombers have extended their lead as we head into the All Star break.

Mundys Maintain in OL S338
 

Port Ruppert continued to show its tail lights to the Pimp Ministers and Dragones.

Asylum Holding Steady in OL B221
 

The Keepers continue to set the pace.

Diamond league:

no OL games so same standings as yesterday

Iron - Living in Shangri-La
 

Shangri-La has taken over in OL I166, and in I66 as a whole. The #1 rated team in the league has surged to an almost insurmountable lead. The schedule is light in OL, so few games remain for Iron Maiden to recapture the lead. The Wasted Years begin their day with a 3-game set against Ring Road. Meanwhile, Jackson is also showing they are more than decoys in OL.

Gold 319 - Kansas Rangers surge into second place
 

The Kansas Rangers have surged to within 1 game of the Hidden Valley Bombers posting a 9-0 record vs OL teams and 17-5 overall for July.

Asylum In Driver's Seat in OL B221
 

The Keepers were idle this month and kept their healthy lead. They head into their final half dozen games needing just two wins to assure a crown. However, they face Daytona Beach for half those games, giving the Tortugas the opening to take advantage of any slip.

Port Ruppert Continues as Pace Setter in OL S338
 

The Mundys retained a fairly comfortable lead, but September will be a busy month in OL, creating a wide path for chasers Ciudad Trujillo and the Brooklyn Pimp Ministers.

Diamond league:

September will be a victory lap for Norwood as the only remaining games are 6 between themselves and hapless Waffletown.

Dragons Clinch Iron
 

Shangri-La has clinched the crown in OL I166.

Tight Race for the Title in Gold 319
 

The Kansas Rangers have taken over first place over the Hidden Valley Bombers as we head into the final stretch.

Remaining Games:
Kansas: 3 @ FRH
Hidden Valley: 10 @ Home, vs: HW, IF, and WPC

If Kansas sweeps their 3 game series against the Flatbush Red Hooks then they will be the Gold 319 champions.

However, Hidden Valley has a .615 home record and would have to win at least 8 of their remaining games.

Kansas (2-1), Hidden Valley (10-0)
Kansas (1-2), Hidden Valley (9-1)
Kansas (0-3), Hidden Valley (8-2).

There is a potential tie if Kansas goes 0-3 and Hidden Valley is 7-3.

Diamond league:

Norwood coasts to the OL crown and the top seed in the AC. Cary nabbed the top seed in the NC to be the two OL representatives in the playoffs.

Norwood Dazzles in Diamond
 

Congratulations!