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IStillDream · 02-13-2016, 05:11 PM

I'm doing a 1951 what-if Red Sox season (in which Tom Yawkey went bankrupt, and was replaced by a less-racist owner who took George Digby's advice to sign Willie Mays) and, as of June 21st, the following players are out injured:

Willie Mays
Clyde Vollmer
Billy Goodman
Bobby Doerr
Vern Stephens
Johnny Pesky

Which is to say, my starting CF, RF, 1B, 2B, SS, and 3B.

Even after calling up nearly every position player in my system (I'm not using fictional), the lineup would include 3 Single-A level players and have no position player substitutes except backup catchers.

(This all happened just after a nest of Jim Unknowns appeared on my AAA roster and I had to go in and delete them all--maybe they're harbingers of doom).

Amazingly, despite all this I'm only a half game out of the pennant race, largely because my pitching staff is intact and has been excellent, and Ted Williams (who himself missed 3 weeks earlier in the year) has been his usual brilliant self. Still, with losing Doerr and Goodman in the last couple days I think the wheels are going to come all the way off.

What are the worst injury problems you've had? And what would you do in my position? I could revert to my backup, which is about a month old, before most of these happened--but also before I charged from 4th to briefly hold the pennant lead. I'd also think at this point that turning on commissioner mode and reducing some of the injuries might be justifiable.

02-13-2016, 05:11 PM	#1
IStillDream Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 167	I think I pissed off the injury gods... I'm doing a 1951 what-if Red Sox season (in which Tom Yawkey went bankrupt, and was replaced by a less-racist owner who took George Digby's advice to sign Willie Mays) and, as of June 21st, the following players are out injured: Willie Mays Clyde Vollmer Billy Goodman Bobby Doerr Vern Stephens Johnny Pesky Which is to say, my starting CF, RF, 1B, 2B, SS, and 3B. Even after calling up nearly every position player in my system (I'm not using fictional), the lineup would include 3 Single-A level players and have no position player substitutes except backup catchers. (This all happened just after a nest of Jim Unknowns appeared on my AAA roster and I had to go in and delete them all--maybe they're harbingers of doom). Amazingly, despite all this I'm only a half game out of the pennant race, largely because my pitching staff is intact and has been excellent, and Ted Williams (who himself missed 3 weeks earlier in the year) has been his usual brilliant self. Still, with losing Doerr and Goodman in the last couple days I think the wheels are going to come all the way off. What are the worst injury problems you've had? And what would you do in my position? I could revert to my backup, which is about a month old, before most of these happened--but also before I charged from 4th to briefly hold the pennant lead. I'd also think at this point that turning on commissioner mode and reducing some of the injuries might be justifiable.