Some post-season housekeeping:
We didn't receive any post-season awards. Not a single Gold Glove. No Silver Sluggers. Nada. Just the scoreboard.
Bob Boone and Jeff Burroughs won Rookie of the Year. Sam McDowell went 22-11 with 3.26 ERA and 211 K's and won the AL Cy Young. Our Tom Bradley did finish 2nd. Larry Dierker won the NL version with a 21-6 record and a 2.47 ERA.
23-year old Dave Winfield won the AL MVP for Cleveland, leading the league in hits and in batting average with .340/.390/.532 with 24 HR's, 100 RBI's. 22-year old Fred Lynn won the NL MVP for the Expos as he led the NL in AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS/WAR and hit 23 HR's on top.
The draft pool seems pretty shallow of names:
1)Gene Richards
2)Lee Smith
3)Lou Whitaker
4)Terry Puhl
5)Jason Thompson
6)Andre Dawson
7)Dan Graham
8)Frank Pastore
9)Don Robinson
10)Brian Rosinski
The entire reason I am playing this sim is I screwed up wanting to play Graig Nettles career. I tried to get him a few times but was shot down every time. Now he is on the trading block and I can get him if I want. But while Nettles is a vastly superior fielder to Bando, Bando does everything better at the plate. It pains me, but I am going to resist the temptation.