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StupidSexyMothman
Aug 9, 2010

I need starting pitching, don't care about the price, make me offers.

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mrnoun
Jul 24, 2007

oldskool posted:

I need starting pitching, don't care about the price, make me offers.

I'd be interested in your Scott Rolen. What would you want for him?

IceMole
Aug 1, 2009
SLVII Roster Update

Send back to the feeders:
3B Tommy Leach (1903)
OF Irish Meusel (1924)
OF Ginger Beaumont* (1903)

Promote:
SP Jason Schmidt (2007 Dodgers)
SP Chad Billingsley (2007 Dodgers)
SP Brad Penny (2007 Dodgers)


Team Name: Unicorns
Team Logo:

Home City: Cleveland

Home Stadium: Progressive Field

Roster:
LF Fred Clarke* (1903)
2B Frankie Frisch# (1924)
SS Honus Wagner (1903)
1B Nomar Garciaparra (2007)
RF Ross Youngs* (1924)
CF Hack Wilson (1924)
C Russell Martin (2007)
SS Rafael Furcal# (2007)
SP Deacon Phillippe (1903)
SP Sam Leever (1903)
SP Art Nehf* (1924)
CL Takashi Saito (2007)
RP Jonathan Broxton (2007)
RP Hong-Chih Kuo* (2007)
RP Derek Lowe (2007)
RP Virgil Barnes (1924)
RP Cy Falkenberg (1903)
3B Darrell Evans* (2002 Red Sox)
LF Cliff Floyd (1973 Braves)
1B Mark McGwire (1990 A's)
C Brian McCann (2010 Braves)
CF Ken Griffey Jr. (2006 Reds)
SP Cy Falkenberg (1908)
RP Ugueth Urbina (2003)
2B Billy Herman (1934)
SP Fernando Venezuela (1986 Dodgers)
SP Jack Scott (1924 Giants)
SP Jason Schmidt (2007 Dodgers)
SP Chad Billingsley (2007 Dodgers)
SP Brad Penny (2007 Dodgers)


Lineup:
vs. RHP:
1. LF Fred Clarke
2. RF Ross Youngs
3. SS Honus Wagner
4. 1B Mark McGwire
5. CF Ken Griffey Jr.
6. 2B Frankie Frisch
7. C Brian McCann
8. 3B Darrell Evans*
9. Pitcher

vs. LHP:
1. LF Fred Clarke
2. RF Ross Youngs
3. SS Honus Wagner
4. 1B Mark McGwire
5. CF Hack Wilson
6. 2B Frankie Frisch
7. C Brian McCann
8. 3B Darrell Evans*
9. Pitcher

Bench:
2B Billy Herman
SS Rafael Furcal#
C Russell Martin
CF Hack Wilson
LF Cliff Floyd
1B Nomar Garciaparra


Rotation:
SP Deacon Phillippe (1903)
SP Sam Leever (1903)
SP Art Nehf* (1924)
SP Cy Falkenberg (1908)
SP Jack Scott (1924)

Bullpen:
CL Takashi Saito (2007)
SU Jonathan Broxton (2007)
SR Hong-Chih Kuo* (2007)
SR Ugueth Urbina (2003)
MR Virgil Barnes (1924)
LR Cy Falkenberg (1903)

Minors:
SP Derek Lowe (2007)
SP Fernando Venezuela (1986 Dodgers)
SP Jason Schmidt (2007)
SP Chad Billingsley (2007)
SP Brad Penny (2007)

Sliders:
Pitching Around Good Hitters: +1
Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: -1
Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: -1

StupidSexyMothman
Aug 9, 2010

mrnoun posted:

I'd be interested in your Scott Rolen. What would you want for him?

I'd do it for Three-Finger Brown & Antonelli from your minor leagues just to keep him from a homecoming in Rochester.

Cthulhu Dreams
Dec 11, 2010

If I pretend to be Cthulhu no one will know I'm a baseball robot.

The Goog posted:

You don't have a third baseman, Archie.

And on that note, do you want to buy 1911 utility infielder Larry Gardner (2B and 3B), or 1930 Woodie English? Not sure they will give you the offensive production of Schmittens, but they can actually field the position unlike ancient Mike Schmidt.

Larry Gardner is a better pick imho. I don't need him as I have Nomar, Banks and Santo covering SS and 3B, and I'm 3 deep at 2B.

I don't want much, just a good bullpen guy.

oldskool posted:

I need starting pitching, don't care about the price, make me offers.

I've got 1930 Lou Warneke (Young), Steve Avery (not that great and injury prone, but okay backup), and Frank Smith (1911 Deadball Spitballer with a 89 mph fastball), your pick from the 1958 cubs rotation (bad), and anyone not called Zack Grienke from the 2009 KCR Rotation (eh). All of these things are flawed, but they are also cheap.

Smasher Dynamo
Oct 16, 2008

Eternal Commissioner of the Super League. A new avatar. A new age, of the same old embittered Smasher that failed to escape the bonds of the SL, FM3, Johnny Hopp and Eri Yoshida "The Knuckle Princess". "The flames of Smasher's ire scorch the skies... Igniting St. Bellhorn's funeral pyre."
I'd like to (angrily) demand the following owners give me their rosters...or else!

-Armitage
-Nerokerubina
-Grinnblade
-NotthatSamBeckett

And for the sake of speeding things up, let's assume that the Postmodernists win the EC Finals, and so get the first pick of players from the Sonics, and the Goose Eggs get the second pick.

It's a good assumption to make if you catch my drift.

Smasher Dynamo fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Sep 21, 2012

Pete Ladd
Mar 9, 2012

Smasher Dynamo posted:

I'd like to (angrily) demand the following owners give me their rosters...or else!

-NotthatSamBeckett

I guess I'll make two, one with Mays and one with Mathewson? Have 'em up later tonight.

e: ah. gotcha.

Armitage
Aug 16, 2005

"Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."
If Smasher's assumption is correct then Juan Marichal is hardly a bad booby prize. Let's just hope his assumption is not correct!

Anyway for those needing pitching and having excess second baseman, '85 Dave Stieb can be yours!

mrnoun
Jul 24, 2007

oldskool posted:

I'd do it for Three-Finger Brown & Antonelli from your minor leagues just to keep him from a homecoming in Rochester.

Can't do it for two starters unless you throw in an arm from your end, I wouldn't have an injury replacement for emergencies.

Grinnblade
Sep 24, 2007


Team Name: Idaho Potatoes (obvious joke ahoy)
Location: Moscow, ID
Stadium: Kibbie Dome (renamed Kingdome)

Dimensions: Left field: 331; left-center: 376; center field: 405;right-center: 352; right field: 312; foul territory: large. Roofed dome with astroturf.

Teams used: 1953 NYY, 2006 LAA, 1991 BAL, 1985 SEA


DH preference: Yes. Very yes.

28-Man Roster
C Yogi Berra (NYY)
C Josh Gibson (Super Draft pick)
1B Willey McCovey (Super Draft pick)
1B Sam Horn (BAL)
2B Maicer Izturis (LAA)
3B Gil McDougald (NYY)
SS Cal Ripken (BAL)
SS Phil Rizzuto (NYY)
SS Danny Tartabull (SEA)
IF Billy Martin (NYY)
LF Willie Horton (Super Draft pick)
CF Mickey Mantle (NYY)
RF Vladimir Guerrero (LAA)
OF Gene Woodling (NYY)

Pitching
SP#1: Ervin Santana (LAA)
SP#2: Jered Weaver (LAA)
SP#3: Ed Lopat (NYY)
SP#4: Whitey Ford (NYY)
SP#5: Mike Mussina (BAL)
CL: Francisco Rodriguez (LAA)
SU: Scot Shields (LAA)
Short RP: J.C. Romero (LAA)
Short RP: Todd Frohwirth (BAL)
Middle RP: Bob Kuzava (NYY)
Long RP: Johnny Sain (NYY)

Minors: 2B Harold Reynolds (SEA), SP Mike Moore (SEA), RP Mike Flanagan (BAL)

Lineup vs Both w/DH
1) 2B Martin
2) 3B McDougald
3) RF Guerrero
4) CF Mantle
5) 1B McCovey
6) C Berra
7) DH Gibson
8) SS Ripken
9) LF Horton

Sliders:
Hit and Run: +1
Sacrifice Bunt: +1
Squeeze Play: -1
Trying for extra bases: 0
Stealing Bases: 0
Aggressively Tagging Up: +1
Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): +1
Giving Intentional Walks: +1
Pitching Around Good Hitters: +2
Bringing the Infield In: 0
Guarding the Lines: 0
Making Cutoff Throws: +2
Bringing in Pinch Hitters: +2
Bringing in Pinch Runners: 0
Bringing in Defensive Replacements: +2
Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: -2
Letting pitchers pitch through trouble: -1
Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: 0

I'm sure there's stuff I missed or need to fix, but I'm a bit busy with studying at the moment. I'll give it another look-see this weekend.

edit: like the fact that Horn is a 1B, not 2B :downs: fixed.

Grinnblade fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Sep 21, 2012

StupidSexyMothman
Aug 9, 2010

mrnoun posted:

Can't do it for two starters unless you throw in an arm from your end, I wouldn't have an injury replacement for emergencies.

I can throw in Liriano, a spare arm is all I've used him for and he's not awful at it. If you prefer someone else, don't hesitate to ask. This is a deal I want done.

mrnoun
Jul 24, 2007

oldskool posted:

I can throw in Liriano, a spare arm is all I've used him for and he's not awful at it. If you prefer someone else, don't hesitate to ask. This is a deal I want done.

Okay, I think we're making good progress here. Two things:

A) I feel like Three-Finger is the most valuable piece being exchanged in this trade, so I need a good variety of stuff in return. To be fair, you seem quite willing to provide, so it looks like a deal is very possible.

B) One of the guiding principles of the Super League is "You can never have too many Tim Teufels."

Given the above, I feel I can reasonably offer the following trade:

Florida Oranges get:
1908 Mordecai Brown
1948 Johnny Antonelli

Luna Landers get:
1998 Scott Rolen
2006 Fransisco Liriano
1991 Tim Teufel from your '91 Mets feeder
Florida Oranges 2nd round Super Draft pick

I still feel like you're getting a bit the better of the deal, but given Brown's struggles with my defense, I can afford to part with him.

Pete Ladd
Mar 9, 2012


Super League Roster of Your Expansion Cup Champions!

Lineup

RF Max Carey (19 Pirates)
LF Barry Bonds (86 Pirates)
2B Nap LaJoie (02 Bronchos)
CF Willie "Say Hey Kid" Mays (62 Giants)
1B Keith Hernandez (79 Cardinals)
3B Joe Kelley (02 Reds)
SS Ozzie Smith (85 Cardinals)
C Bill Dickey (43 Yankees)

Bench

OF "Sliding" Billy Hamilton (01 Beaneaters)
UT Sam Crawford (02 Reds)
UT Elmer Flick (02 Bronchos)
IF Tom Herr (85 Cardinals)
1B Jake Beckley (02 Reds)
C Ray Schalk (19 White Sox) [Schalk catches for Willis]

Pitchers

SP Noodles Hahn (02 Reds)
SP Addie Joss (02 Bronchos)
SP Vic Willis (01 Beaneaters) [Schalk catches for Willis]
SP John Tudor (85 Cardinals)
SP Rick Reuschel (86 Pirates)

CL Jeff Reardon (81 Mets)
SU Robb Nen (97 Marlins)
SR Todd Worrell (85 Cardinals)
SR Jesse Orosco (81 Mets)
MR John Hiller (68 Tigers)
LR Kid Nichols (01 Beaneaters)

Minors

AAA Darrell Porter (85 Cardinals)
AAA Nap Rucker (11 Dodgers)
AAA Bill Campbell (85 Cardinals)


Strategy

Hit and Run: +4
Sacrifice Bunt: +3
Squeeze Play: +3
Trying for extra bases: +4
Stealing Bases: +5
Aggressively Tagging Up: +3
Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): -2
Giving Intentional Walks: -4
Pitching Around Good Hitters: -3
Bringing the Infield In: -2
Guarding the Lines: 0
Making Cutoff Throws: +2
Bringing in Pinch Hitters: -2
Bringing in Pinch Runners: +2
Bringing in Defensive Replacements: -1
Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: +2
Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: +2
Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: +3

Home Stadium: The Sub Pen
(Open stadium, poor visibility, artificial turf, 395/418/440/424/405)

Final Cuts
(for personal reference)

Dr. Mike Marshall (81 Mets)
Tony Womack (03 Diamondbacks)
Vince "Vincent Van Go!" Coleman (85 Cardinals)
Bill Bradley (02 Bronchos)
Willie McGee (85 Cardinals)

Smasher Dynamo
Oct 16, 2008

Eternal Commissioner of the Super League. A new avatar. A new age, of the same old embittered Smasher that failed to escape the bonds of the SL, FM3, Johnny Hopp and Eri Yoshida "The Knuckle Princess". "The flames of Smasher's ire scorch the skies... Igniting St. Bellhorn's funeral pyre."


The Contractually Obligated, Completely Irrevocable Super-League VII Dynamo League Preview

Welcome to another preview. As is the custom, I give out relative grades to players. Most starters in the Super-League are good in Major League terms, so it's really a matter of how good they are in comparison to other Super-League teams. Today, the Dynamo League, Part 1...




The Memento Mori Division has produced more Super-League Champions (3), then any other division. Of course, all three of those championships were won by the Skyhawks, rest their souls, and in fact, you could make the argument that pretty much every other team that's played in the division has been terrible, but hey, Skyhawks! This year, the division gets a shot in the arm with the addition of the Postmodernists, who murdered everyone in the Expansion Cup and inspired most of you to panic, because if there's one guy that should scare your shitless, it's John Tudor. Still, if you aren't buying them as real contenders, there's still the Burma Imperialists, who won the division last year and have always looked decent, if not overpowering. Also, you've got the Bulldogs, who are basically cheaters, but do have the advantage of having the crafty TKBomber as their owner. Finally, you've got the Second City Saints, who are straight edge, and therefore are better than you.


Catcher
1. '84 Carlton Fisk (BUR)
2. '05 Mike Piazza (SXE)
3. '43 Bill Dickey (PAR)
4. '41 Ernie Lombardi (POR)

Old catchers of the Dynamo League, unite! All four of these catchers are past their primes. Fisk isn't that young, but he did play for nine seasons after 1985, and was pretty decent for most of them. Piazza is a better hitter than Fisk, by a lot, but has no place in the field by 2005, and catcher really is a defense-first position. Bill Dickey is better behind the plate than Piazza, and maybe Fisk, but lacks their power, and is pretty creaky by '43 to boot. Lombardi was slow at the best of times, and by '41, may very have been the slowest regular player in baseball history.

First Baseman
1. '94 Jeff Bagwell (BUR)
2. '96 Mark McGwire (POR)
3. '03 Todd Helton/'60 Joe Adcock (SXE)
4. '02 Sam Crawford (PAR)

Bagwell isn't going to win the MVP again, but he's still a topflight hitter, and, unlike the rest, doesn't really have a glaring flaw in his game. McGwire will hit home runs and draw walks, but he's also going to hit .220 and be a bad, bad, bad fielder. First base defense isn't that important, though. Helton and Adcock form an interesting platoon, but I'm not sure that, even combined, they're better than Bagwell or McGwire, especially since most of the playing time is going to go to Helton outside of Coors Field. Sam Crawford isn't really a first baseman. At all.

Second Baseman
1. '11 Eddie Collins (BUR)
2. '02 Nap Lajoie (PAR)
3. '31 Charlie Gehringer (POR)
4. '03 Jose Vidro/'92 Jeff Kent (SXE)

Tough group. Collins and Lajoie were both great contact hitters, but Collins was a better fielder (probably) and was a bit better at drawing walks. Charlie Gehringer is a Hall of Famer, but he's not quite at the level of the first two. Vidro/Kent is another interesting platoon for the Saints, but is kind of iffy defensively, which isn't great in the middle infield.

Third Baseman
1. '54 Eddie Mathews (BUR)
2. '60 Eddie Mathews/'05 David Wright (SXE)
3. '02 Jimmy Collins (POR)
4. '02 Joe Kelley (PAR)

Young Mathews beats Old Mathews. For whatever reason, once he got to his 30s, Mathews kind of fell off of a cliff, and so it's quite a bit better to get a younger one. Jimmy Collins and Joe Kelley are both decent enough for deadball era hitters, but there are some issues with their fielding because of the era they're from, and they don't have a lot of power or patience at the plate.

Shortstop
1. '84 Alan Trammell (POR)
2. '85 Ozzie Smith (PAR)
3. '05 Jose Reyes (SXE)
4. '75 Robin Yount (BUR)

Trammell is solid, and that's enough to be the best in their division. He can field, he can hit, and while he's not incredible at either, he's okay at both. Ozzie Smith may be the greatest defensive shortstop ever, but he was never a good hitter, and in the first years of his career, he was absolutely awful at the plate. I have no faith in Jose Reyes, especially not in 2005, even if I'm not exactly sure why. Robin Yount is just too young in 1975 to be more than adequate.

Left Fielder
1. '86 Barry Bonds (PAR)
2. '35 Joe Medwick (POR)
3. '51 Ralph Kiner (BUR)
4. '19 Joe Jackson (SXE)

Bonds always wins. Always. That's just how it works. Joe Medwick once won a triple crown, and his nickname was "Ducky", so, kind of a mixed message there. He's been streaky in the Super-League, but he deserves another chance. Ralph Kiner is basically 'Mark McGwire lite', although he can play left field, so that does make him a bit more useful. Joe Jackson doesn't have home run power, and is bad defensively, and is decidedly not straight-edge.

Center Fielder
1. '62 Willie Mays (PAR)
2. '03 Carlos Beltran (SXE)
3. '00 Jim Edmonds (BUR)
4. '84 Chet Lemon (POR)

Willie Mays is Willie Mays. I don't think I need any further explanation for that. Carlos Beltran usually has good stats in the Super-League, and is just a good all-around player. Edmonds is a great center fielder, but has had some contact/on-base issues in the past, and there's a non-zero chance that happens again this season. Finally, Chet Lemon's first name is still "Chet", and that still infuriates me.

Right Fielder
1. '60 Hank Aaron (SXE)
2. '01 Billy Hamilton (PAR)
3. '84 Kirk Gibson (POR)
4. '10 Lance Berkman/'89 Danny Tartabull (BUR)

Kind of a mixed bag here. Aaron is clearly the class of this group, and I don't think anyone would disagree with that. Billy Hamilton was baseball's first great leadoff man, but that was in the 1890s, by 1901, he was getting up there in years. Kirk Gibson would probably mean more to me if I were a Tigers or Dodgers fan, but I just see him as a decent hitter with a poor throwing arm. The Berkman/Tartabull platoon makes the best of a bad situation, but it's still a bad situation.

SP1
1. '?? Hilton Smith (BUR)
2. '78 Bert Blyleven (POR)
3. '60 Whitey Ford (SXE)
4. '02 Noddles Hahn (PAR)

Hilton Smith has usually been more than solid in the Super-League, and I think that's going to continue in this season unless I decide to punish Viscount Slim for some slight. Let me check...no, I don't plan on doing that. Bert Blyleven has a really, really cool curveball and also had a penchant for setting his teammates' shoelaces on fire. Whitey Ford is solid in the Super-League but, again, is not straight-edge. Noodles Hahn's name reminds me of 'Pickles the Drummer'. Seriously, though, if your ace's name is 'Noodles', something has gone wrong.

SP2
1. '21 Joe Wood (POR)
2. '05 Pedro Martinez (SXE)
3. '66 Sam McDowell (BUR)
4. '86 Rick Reuschel (PAR)

Joe Wood's arm shouldn't work in 1921, but it does in Mogul. So, that's a lucky break. Come to think of it, Martinez' arm wasn't very good in 2005 either, but he'll be okay too, probably. Sam McDowell is living lightning. All power, no control and a serious drinking problem. Rick Reuschel, by 1986, was really just a really good innings-eater, and I'm not sure how well that's going to work in the Super-League.

SP3
1. '01 Vic Willis (PAR)
2. '82 Don Sutton (BUR)
3. '37 Lefty Gomez (POR)
4. '60 Warren Spahn (SXE)

Did you know that Vic Willis is in the Hall of Fame? Unless you are a lineal descendant of Vic Willis, I kind of doubt you did. Still, a Hall of Fame deadball pitcher is nothing to sneeze at. Don Sutton has also been good in the Super-League for reasons difficult to ascertain, but probably having to do with superior sandpaper being available to Sutton. Lefty Gomez should be solid, if not exciting. Old Warren Spahn is a lefty whose fastball probably tops out at 85 mph by this point in his career. That doesn't sound too promising.

SP4
1. '02 Addie Joss (PAR)
2. '24 Red Faber (SXE)
3. '84 Jack Morris (POR)
4. '06 Zack Greinke (BUR)

Joss has always been money in the Super-League, to the point where I'm convinced that he didn't really die of meningitis, but instead was killed by one of you traveling in time to prevent the Super-League from being overrun with Josses. Red Faber has a spitball. It's a very nice spitball, but it is about the entirety of his positive aspects as a pitcher. Jack Morris is the greatest innings-eater in Major League History. That's not going to fly in the Super-League. If Greinke struggled with depression in real life, I hate to think what the Super-League is going to do to him.

Closer
1. '78 Dennis Eckersley (SXE)
2. '97 Robb Nen (PAR)
3. '07 Jonathan Papelbon (BUR)
4. '78 Kent Tekulve (POR)

Eck is one of the greatest relievers ever, and always did good work for the Skyhawks. Sounds good to me. Robb Nen and Papelbon are both quality closers, but I like Nen's power a bit more than Papelbon's...whatever he has. Tekulve had a funky delivery and a 80 mph fastball. I don't think Babe Ruth is going to be too impressed by that poo poo.

Intangibles
Dreaming of a Red October (PAR)
The Sun Never Sets on the Burma Imperialists! (BUR)
Best in the World! (SXE)
Cheaters Always Prosper! (POR)




The Vae Victis Division has always been solid, even if it has never had one of its members reach the Super-League Finals, let alone win a championship. Still, they did send three teams to the playoffs last season, a feat that will never be repeated...because there aren't any wildcards anymore. In all likelihood, that means the lone playoff spot for the division will come down to the Rockford Losers and Florida Oranges, each of whom has reached the playoffs for two straight seasons. The Old Hoss Radbourns are pursuing a noble experiment in not using any starting pitchers, but the Super-League is not really conducive to experimentation of that nature, and it will probably end horribly for them. Also, you've got the "other" Corporate Team, the Bearers. I'd have higher hopes from them, but Bruzer is a part-owner.


Catcher
1. '06 Joe Mauer (FLO)
2. '79 Ted Simmons (STP)
3. '65 Joe Torre/'04 Victor Martinez (ROC)
4. '97 Jorge Posada (OLD)

All of these catchers are hitters first, catchers second. Mauer is the best hitter and defender of the lot, and has always been solid enough for the Oranges. Ted Simmons in '79 was a pretty shaky defender, and his hitting stats aren't going to blow you away. Torre/Martinez are two guys who were moved away from being catcher before the midpoint of their careers, which is telling. Jorge Posada has almost always disappointed in the Super-League.

First Baseman
1. '93 Frank Thomas (ROC)
2. '71 Willie McCovey (STP)
3. '39 Jimmie Foxx (OLD)
4. '06 Justin Morneau (FLO)

Thomas could outhit any god in '93-'94, which, of course, is why Zeus himself caused the 1994 strike in response to Thomas' great hitting. Willie McCovey was probably as good, but the hitting numbers in those times were different, so he doesn't look nearly as great as Thomas, though he was about as good over his career. Jimmie Foxx is getting old by '39, but he had his uses. Justin Morneau had a couple of good years in his career, and then his brains got scrambled.

Second Baseman
1. '05 Nap Lajoie (FLO)
2. '28 Frankie Frisch (ROC)
3. '85 Ryne Sandberg (OLD)
4. '91 Craig Biggio (STP)

Greatness in all four spots. Lajoie is the best hitter. Frisich is almost as good a hitter and a better fielder. Sandberg has good power and the best defense of the lot (since he played entirely in the era of double plays), and Craig Biggio would become great, but didn't really know how to play second base in 1991.

Third Baseman
1. '78 Mike Schmidt (OLD)
2. '07 Albert Pujols (FLO)
3. '43 Stan Hack (STP)
4. '07 Kevin Youkilis (ROC)

Okay, here's the thing. Pujols is a way better hitter than Schmidt, especially in Mogul's world. The problem is that Pujols isn't really a third baseman, not in 2007, and Mike Schmidt was a great defender at third, so I put him ahead of Pujols. Stan Hack and Kevin Youkilis are both third basemen that get on base a whole lot. Youk has more home run power, but Hack is a significantly better fielder, and Youk isn't so great a power hitter than his shaky defense doesn't drag him down.

Shortstop
1. '97 Derek Jeter (OLD)
2. '86 Alan Trammell (FLO)
3. '34 Joe Cronin (ROC)
4. '34 Luke Appling (STP)

I don't like Jeter, but a guy who hits .300 with doubles power at shortstop in the Super-League has his uses. Trammell isn't the hitter that Jeter is, and Mogul (wrongly) doesn't seem him as much better of a hitter. Cronin was slowing down a bit by '34, so he's not a great defender, but he's still a good hitter. Luke Appling is a single hitter. That's not bad, but it might not be good enough.

Left Fielder
1. '89 Barry Bonds (FLO)
2. '21 Tris Speaker (ROC)
3. '34 Al Simmons (STP)
4. '77 Bobby Murcer (OLD)

Bonds always wins. We just went over that! Tris Speaker is kind of wasted in left, but he's still going to probably hit .320, so you can live with that. Al Simmons is another great bat, though I think that Speaker is a bit better. Of course, if Simmons can ring up some home runs, he might be better than Speaker. Old Bobby Murcer is going to try. He's really, really going to try.

Center Fielder
1. '?? Oscar Charleston (ROC)
2. '90 Ken Griffey (FLO)
3. '71 Willie Mays (STP)
4. '87 Eric Davis (OLD)

Charleston is an all-time great and is going to be awesome as long as I'm running the league. Accept it. Ken Griffey is to young. Willie Mays is too old. Eric Davis is just as erratic in the Super-League as he was in real life.

Right Fielder
1. '64 Frank Robinson (ROC)
2. '04 Lance Berkman/'71 Bobby Bonds (STP)
3. '65 Roberto Clemente (OLD)
4. '76 Rusty Staub (FLO)

Robinson is pretty clearly the best player here, since he's the best hitter and a decent fielder. Berkman/Bonds is interesting, even if it's a platoon that's going to strike out 200 times. It does have great power, though. Roberto Clemente hits for contact and is a brilliant right fielder, if only he drew more walks. Rusty Staub is just happy to be here.

SP1
1. '61 Don Drysdale (ROC)
2. '71 Juan Marichal (STP)
3. '05 Cy Falkenberg (FLO)
4. '65 Wilbur Wood (OLD)

Drysdale's still fresh, whereas Marichal has just spent a decade pitching 250-300 innings a year. Falkenberg has had his moments, but isn't really much better than high-class filler. Wilbur Wood isn't really a starter, at least not in '65.

SP2
1. '71 Tom Seaver (ROC)
2. '06 Mordecai Brown (STP)
3. '90 Bob Welch (FLO)
4. '83 Dan Quisenberry (OLD)

Seaver was the best pitcher of his era, and one of the greatest of all time, even if his combination of power and control has never quite paid off the way it should in the Super-League. Brown needs a good defense behind him to be great, and I don't know that the Bearers really have that kind of defense. Bob Welch is Bob Welch, some power, some control, can help a team with good hitting. Dan Quisenberry isn't really a starter.

SP3
1. '?? Satchel Paige (ROC)
2. '06 Johan Santana (FLO)
3. '71 Gaylord Perry (STP)
4. '85 Dennis Eckersley (OLD)

Satchel Paige may have been the greatest pitcher of all time. I personally lean to Walter Johnson being better, but Paige is definitely in the discussion. Johan Santana might be good, might be bad, but it's hard to predict how good or bad he'll be until the season starts. Dennis Eckersley was actually a starter in 1985, but he wasn't a good starter, as his arm couldn't really take the strain of pitching that many innings by that point in his career.

SP4
1. '71 Nolan Ryan (ROC)
2. '34 Ted Lyons (STP)
3. '12 Stan Coveleski (FLO)
4. '77 Bruce Sutter (OLD)

Nolan Ryan is Nolan Ryan is Nolan Ryan is Nolan Ryan. Ted Lyons is a knuckleballer, and thus is always a bit risky. That said, St. Paul is cold, the Bearers' stadium is reasonably spacious, so he might have a chance. Coveleski is a young spitballer. I have no idea how that's going to work out, but I'm not optimistic. Bruce Sutter isn't really a starter, and was fragile even by reliever standards.

Closer
1. '97 Mariano Rivera (OLD)
2. '84 Dennis Eckersley (FLO)
3. '01 John Smoltz (ROC)
4. '86 Bruce Sutter (STP)

Rivera is probably the best closer of all-time, so I guess he goes first here. Eck is solid, but doesn't have anything like Rivera's cutter. John Smoltz did great work for the Losers last year, but I worry about his durability. '86 Sutter is basically done as a player. Also, I'd just to reiterate how much bullshit it is that Sutter went into the Hall as a Cardinal. He spent more time with the Cubs, he was a better pitcher with the Cubs, and he learned his splitter in the Cubs' farm system. It's total bullshit, man.

Intangibles
Warlord of the Rock River Valley (ROC)
Hustle, Loyalty, HGH (FLO)
A Limited Liability Team (STP)
Science! (OLD)

Ginge
Sep 8, 2011

Well, Chippy is already my favourite character!

mrnoun posted:

The Luna Landers accept:

Landers send:
1955 Smoky Burgess for

Daydreamers send:
1st round draft pick
1918 Slim Love

Accepted. Have Burgess replace López on the 28 and immediately start at catcher, batting seventh in both lineups.

Armitage
Aug 16, 2005

"Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."


: Okay, fools, here's our Super League VII roster!

Teams Selected:

1985 Toronto Blue Jays (3)
1922 St. Louis Browns (2 - replaces 1921 St. Louis Browns)
1958 Detroit Tigers (2)
2008 Colorado Rockies (2)
1983 Texas Rangers (1)

: Changes made to the Home Stadium, walls are in a little bit. Gotta get Stevie B performing after every Goose Egg dinger.

Home Stadium: Tommy Vercetti Memorial Stadium

Custom Stadium
Attendance: 44,000
Grass field
Retractable Roof
Left Field Foul Pole - 328 feet
Left-Center Field Power Alley - 368 feet
Center Field - 401 feet
Right-Center Field Power Alley - 363 feet
Right Field Foul Pole - 324 feet

DH Preference: Yes, please.

In:

2B '60 Nellie Fox - drafted
SP '62 Juan Marichal - drafted
1B '88 Glenn Davis - from trade
CF '35 Indian Bob Johnson - from trade
SP 2011 Doug Fister - from trade
From feeder: '83 Texas Rangers RP Tom Henke and '83 Texas Rangers SP Danny Darwin

Out:

CF '85 Jesse Barfield - traded
RP '85 Tom Henke - traded
SP '83 Rick Honeycutt - replaced by feeder
SP '08 Ubaldo Jimenez - replaced by feeder

Roster:

C Ernie Whitt - 1985 Toronto Blue Jays
C Hank Severeid - 1922 St. Louis Browns
1B George Sisler - 1922 St. Louis Browns
1B Todd Helton - 2008 Colorado Rockies
2B Nellie Fox - 1960 Chicago White Sox
3B Buddy Bell - 1983 Texas Rangers
3B Rance Mulliniks - 1985 Toronto Blue Jays
SS Troy Tulowitzki - 2008 Colorado Rockies
SS Tony Fernandez - 1985 Toronto Blue Jays
OF Ken Williams - 1921 St. Louis Browns
OF Indian Bob Johnson - 1935 Philadelphia Athletics
OF Al Kaline - 1958 Detroit Tigers
OF Matt Holliday - 2008 Colorado Rockies
DH George Bell - 1985 Toronto Blue Jays
SP Dave Stieb - 1985 Toronto Blue Jays
SP Jimmy Key - 1985 Toronto Blue Jays
SP Urban Shocker - 1922 St. Louis Browns
SP Jim Bunning - 1958 Detroit Tigers
SP Juan Marichal - 1962 San Francisco Giants
SP Doug Fister - 2011 Detroit Tigers
RP Tom Henke - 1983 Texas Rangers
RP Hank Aguirre - 1958 Detroit Tigers
RP Jose Valverde - 2011 Detroit Tigers
RP Frank Tanana - 1983 Texas Rangers
RP Tom Morgan - 1958 Detroit Tigers
AAA 2B Marty McManus - 1922 Washington Senators
AAA 1B Cecil Fielder - 1985 Toronto Blue Jays
AAA SP Danny Darwin - 1983 Texas Rangers
AAA RP Frank Lary - 1958 Detroit Tigers
AAA 1B Glenn Davis - 1988 Houston Astros

C Hank Severeid is Urban Shocker's personal catcher

25 in the majors, 5 in the minors

Lineups:

vs. left handed pitchers (no DH)

1) SS Troy Tulowitzki
2) 1B George Sisler
3) RF Al Kaline
4) LF Matt Holliday
5) CF Indian Bob Johnson
6) 3B Buddy Bell
7) C Ernie Whitt
8) 2B Nellie Fox
9) Pitching Spot

vs. right handed pitchers (no DH)

1) 1B George Sisler
2) CF Indian Bob Johnson
3) SS Troy Tulowitzki
4) LF Ken Williams
5) RF Al Kaline
6) C Ernie Whitt
7) 3B Rance Mulliniks
8) 2B Nellie Fox
9) Pitching Spot

vs. left handed pitchers (DH)

1) SS Troy Tulowitzki
2) 1B George Sisler
3) RF Al Kaline
4) DH George Bell
5) CF Indian Bob Johnson
6) LF Matt Holliday
7) 3B Buddy Bell
8) C Ernie Whitt
9) 2B Nellie Fox

vs. right handed pitchers (DH)

1) 1B George Sisler
2) CF Indian Bob Johnson
3) LF Ken Williams
4) RF Al Kaline
5) SS Troy Tulowitzki
6) DH Matt Holliday
7) C Ernie Whitt
8) 3B Rance Mulliniks
9) 2B Nellie Fox

Pitching Rotation:

1) Jim Bunning
2) Juan Marichal
3) Urban Shocker
4) Doug Fister
5) Frank Tanana

Closer: Tom Henke
Short Relief: Jose Valverde
Short Relief: Hank Aguirre
Middle Relief: Tom Morgan
Middle Relief: Jimmy Key
Long Relief: Dave Stieb


Strategy (Rate on a scale from -5 to +5)

Hit and Run: -1
Sacrifice Bunt: -3
Squeeze Play: -3
Trying for extra bases: 0
Stealing Bases: -1
Aggressively Tagging Up: 0
Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): +1
Giving Intentional Walks: +1
Pitching Around Good Hitters: +2
Bringing the Infield In: +1
Guarding the Lines: +1
Making Cutoff Throws: +2
Bringing in Pinch Hitters: +1
Bringing in Pinch Runners: 0
Bringing in Defensive Replacements: +1
Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: 0
Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: +1
Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: +2

Armitage fucked around with this message at 12:03 on Sep 21, 2012

StupidSexyMothman
Aug 9, 2010

mrnoun posted:

Okay, I think we're making good progress here. Two things:

A) I feel like Three-Finger is the most valuable piece being exchanged in this trade, so I need a good variety of stuff in return. To be fair, you seem quite willing to provide, so it looks like a deal is very possible.

B) One of the guiding principles of the Super League is "You can never have too many Tim Teufels."

Given the above, I feel I can reasonably offer the following trade:

Florida Oranges get:
1908 Mordecai Brown
1948 Johnny Antonelli

Luna Landers get:
1998 Scott Rolen
2006 Fransisco Liriano
1991 Tim Teufel from your '91 Mets feeder
Florida Oranges 2nd round Super Draft pick

I still feel like you're getting a bit the better of the deal, but given Brown's struggles with my defense, I can afford to part with him.

I like where it's going, but I really don't want to give up a draft pick because I'm almost always in the middle of the pack & I need to start building depth at some point.

What would it cost me to not give up that second-round pick? I'll consider any pitcher I have.

Unrelated note after further review my team is not very useful and it needs a lot of work to be where I want it to be so everybody make trade offers at me until I figure out what I'm doing. In a nutshell I have power hitters so I should move in the walls, but my pitching isn't good enough to last in slugfests, so I should bring in groundball pitchers except my infield defense is awful and that would lead to smallball slugfests, so I should go big outfield and flyball pitchers because my fielders aren't terrible out there but that mitigates my power hitting...

StupidSexyMothman fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Sep 21, 2012

mrnoun
Jul 24, 2007

oldskool posted:

I like where it's going, but I really don't want to give up a draft pick because I'm almost always in the middle of the pack & I need to start building depth at some point.

What would it cost me to not give up that second-round pick? I'll consider any pitcher I have.

Well, to be honest, I'd rather have a right-handed pitcher than Liriano, but I thought that might be asking too much. Your Coveleski is the baby 1912 version, right?

Landers offer:
1908 Mordecai Brown
1948 Johnny Antonelli

Oranges offer:
1998 Scott Rolen
1912 Stan Coveleski
1991 Tim Teufel


If you'd rather go with a reliever, I'd take Eck instead of Coveleski, and I'd at least have to think about Nathan or Wagner.

StupidSexyMothman
Aug 9, 2010

mrnoun posted:

Well, to be honest, I'd rather have a right-handed pitcher than Liriano, but I thought that might be asking too much. Your Coveleski is the baby 1912 version, right?

Landers offer:
1908 Mordecai Brown
1948 Johnny Antonelli

Oranges offer:
1998 Scott Rolen
1912 Stan Coveleski
1991 Tim Teufel


If you'd rather go with a reliever, I'd take Eck instead of Coveleski, and I'd at least have to think about Nathan or Wagner.

How would you feel about Nathan & Liriano instead of Coveleski? Giving up one of the starters I used to get to the postseason last year is counter-intuitive to improving my rotation.

Alternatively I'd consider 1991 David Cone, but I'd like another pitcher from you to offset losing a former 19-game winner.

mrnoun
Jul 24, 2007

oldskool posted:

How would you feel about Nathan & Liriano instead of Coveleski? Giving up one of the starters I used to get to the postseason last year is counter-intuitive to improving my rotation.

Alternatively I'd consider 1991 David Cone, but I'd like another pitcher from you to offset losing a former 19-game winner.



Landers offer:
1908 Mordecai Brown
1948 Johnny Antonelli

Oranges offer:
1998 Scott Rolen
2006 Fransisco Liriano
2006 Joe Nathan
1991 Tim Teufel

StupidSexyMothman
Aug 9, 2010

mrnoun posted:

Landers offer:
1908 Mordecai Brown
1948 Johnny Antonelli

Oranges offer:
1998 Scott Rolen
2006 Francisco Liriano
2006 Joe Nathan
1991 Tim Teufel

Oranges accept.

Rotation:
Brown
Falkenberg
Welch
Cone
Santana

Coveleski down to AAA for right now.
:siren:Smasher!:siren:
I need a ruling on whether I'm over the limit on deadballers.
double edit: and yes I realize I just put another team's #5 as my ace, deal with it.

StupidSexyMothman fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Sep 21, 2012

mrnoun
Jul 24, 2007
Luna Landers Updated Roster

Updated for our latest moves.

Added:
Slim Love '18
Fransisco Liriano '06
Joe Nathan '06
Scott Rolen '98
Tim Teufel '91

Lost:
Mordecai Brown '08
Johnny Antonelli '48
Smoky Burgess '55

Changes are bolded:

Lineup:
LF Tim Raines '85
CF Joe DiMaggio '38
1B Lou Gehrig '26
DH Manny Ramirez '04
RF Hank Aaron '65
SS Cal Ripken '84
C Gabby Hartnett '34
3B Scott Rolen '98
2B Bobby Doerr '39

Bench:
C Thurman Munson '70
IF Mark Bellhorn '04
OF Dwayne Murphy '80
OF Rickey Henderson '80
IF Eddie Joost '48

Pitching:

SP Pedro Martinez '99
SP Roger Clemens '85
SP Bob Feller '46
SP Rick Reuschel '77 (personal catcher Munson)
SP Bronson Arroyo '04

CL Mariano Rivera '99
SU Tom Henke '85
SR Joe Nathan '06
SR Craig Lefferts '84
MR Keith Foulke '04
LR Rick Langford '80

Minors:
Eddie Yost '46
Sherm Lollar '46
Nellie Fox '48
Tim Teufel '91
Fransisco Liriano '06
Scott Williamson '04
Slim Love '18


Strategies:

Hit and Run: -5
Sacrifice Bunt: -5
Squeeze Play: -5
Trying for extra bases: 0
Stealing Bases: +2
Aggressively Tagging Up: 0
Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): -5
Giving Intentional Walks: -5
Pitching Around Good Hitters: 0
Bringing the Infield In: 0
Guarding the Lines: 0
Making Cutoff Throws: 3
Bringing in Pinch Hitters: -5
Bringing in Pinch Runners: 0
Bringing in Defensive Replacements: 0
Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: -3
Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: -2
Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: -2


We will continue to play in Moonbase 0-2, which was something like:

300-330-430-390-360 left to right, domed, artificial turf.




Unless someone blows me away with a big offer, we're probably standing pat from here. Sorry for the extra work, Smasher!

factorialite
Mar 3, 2008

by Lowtax
What will it take to get Slim Love

mrnoun
Jul 24, 2007

factorialite posted:

What will it take to get Slim Love


Yes, of course, this is the big question! If I could only have Slim Love my life would be complete! But Slim Love is just some temporal, visceral high that will disappear with the vagaries of a rotation. When two trade together because of Slim Love, the first thing that happens will be a clash of personalities. Two different teams trading imposes some restriction on individual expression.

So, if you should trade Slim Love for someone, understand that "Slim Love" does not automatically enhance a rotation. Yes, it is a deadball pitcher. Let me also state that I am still starting Slim Love after 42 years. But our rotation has more to do with our assimilation, our alikeness that is based more on our intimacy and mutuality than on Slim Love. Yes, I still buy him flowers, but I hope that expresses my feeling of intimacy and mutuality. Read more on these subjects in Meyer's "Marriages, the 1920 Tigers and Other Disasters."

LOVE should noy have any restricktion OR limition on who you love!

Nerokerubina
Jun 7, 2007

I think swords are neat. Do you think swords are neat?!

vBoth:
CF Carlos Beltran
RF Reggie Jackson
SS Alex Rodriguez
LF Josh Hamilton
1B Don Mincher
C Mike Napoli*
2B Ian Kinsler
3B Adrian Beltre
P


Bench:
C Gene Tenance*
OF Rick Monday
SS Bert Campanaris
?? Michael Young
3B Sal Bando
AAA: OF Nelson Cruz
AAA: SS Luis Aparicio


*: Gene Tenance is Personal Catcher for Catfish Hunter.



SP1: Vida Blue
SP2: CJ Wilson
SP3: Catfish Hunter
SP4: Tommy John
SP5: Mickey Lolich


CL: Rollie Fingers
SU: Neftali Feliz
SR Alexei Ogando
SR Joe Horlen
MR Mudcat Grant
MR Koji Uehara
LR Wilbur Wood
AAA: Darren O'Day


Hit and Run: -2
Sacrifice Bunt: -3
Squeeze Play: +2
Trying for extra bases: 0
Stealing Bases: +3
Aggressively Tagging Up: 0
Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): +1
Giving Intentional Walks: -4
Pitching Around Good Hitters: -3
Bringing the Infield In: +0
Guarding the Lines: 0
Making Cutoff Throws: +0
Bringing in Pinch Hitters: -2
Bringing in Pinch Runners: -2
Bringing in Defensive Replacements: -3
Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: -3
Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: +2
Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: 0

Nerokerubina fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Sep 21, 2012

Revenant Threshold
Jan 1, 2008
Super-League loves Beltran.

Nerokerubina
Jun 7, 2007

I think swords are neat. Do you think swords are neat?!

Revenant Threshold posted:

Super-League loves Beltran.

He good at baseball.

I love how hard the quality of my lineup nosedives after the 4-slot.

Smasher Dynamo
Oct 16, 2008

Eternal Commissioner of the Super League. A new avatar. A new age, of the same old embittered Smasher that failed to escape the bonds of the SL, FM3, Johnny Hopp and Eri Yoshida "The Knuckle Princess". "The flames of Smasher's ire scorch the skies... Igniting St. Bellhorn's funeral pyre."
The Super-League VII Challenge Series Contest: Your Smasher Sanity Depreciation Station

So, you've gone through the dispersal draft, or you want to fix your mediocre returning team, and you're one piece away from greatness. Oh, you could wait for the Super-Draft around the midpoint of the season, but can you afford to wait? Well, if you're willing to take a risk, then maybe I can help you out...

Here's how the challenge works. You put up your Super-Draft picks, or an equivalent consideration, and choose which level of challenge you want to face. You win, you get a player from that tier of prizes, you lose, I take your draft picks or whatever it is you put up. And, of course, there's nothing really stopping you from challenging more than once...

To win, all you have to do is win a best-of-seven series against one of the teams listed under your chosen level of the challenge. Which team you'll be challenging will be randomly selected, so you won't know which one you'll be facing.


One-Star Challenges (*)

Winnable, but not automatic

Possible Teams
Anchorage Penguins
Atlantis Unspecifieds
Atlantis Aquamen (SLVI)
Boston Crabs (SLIV)
Boston Crabs (SLVI)
Brooklyn Bombers (SLII)
Brooklyn Bombers (SLIV)
Brooklyn Bronies
California Unspecifieds (0-1)
Cleveland Communists (1-0)
Des Moines Dervishes (SLIV)
Dorchester Phantoms
East St. Louis Electrics (0-1)
Falmouth Clippers (0-1)
Free Country Fhqwhgads
Greater Googly-Mooglies
Hakata Runnin' Ramen
Hill Valley Biffs
Jackson Jerks of Mississippi
Jerk City Philosophers
Kodak Googles
Kolkata Indians (0-1)
Las Vegas Gamblers (0-1)
London Calling (1-0)
Motor City Bengals
Newport Sharks (SLI)
Newport Sharks (SLII)
#OccupySuperLeague
Philadelphia Longshots
Rockford Losers (SLIII) (1-0)
San Francisco Clues
Seattle Homers (1-0)
Senadores de San Juan (SLII)
Stevie Mitch Specials (1-0)
Toronto Ravens
Vancouver Loonies (0-1)


Rewards

C - '99 Jason Kendall (JUN)
1B - '08 Carlos Delgado (SES)
2B - '07 Dustin Pedroia (SES)
3B - '37 Red Rolfe (ATA)
SS - '89 Ozzie Smith (BSC)
IF - '85 Howard Johnson (VAN)
LF - '65 Frank Howard (SJN)
CF - '93 Lenny Dykstra (TRR) (Challenge by Rochester Generics)
RF - '18 Ross Youngs (DES)
DH - '09 Mark Reynolds (LAV)
SP - '70 Catfish Hunter (NNY/MLD)
SP - '79 Phil Niekro (HAK)
SP - '87 Jimmy loving Key (DED)
SP - '26 Urban Shocker (SLA/DOR)
RP - '86 Jesse Orosco (LEP)
RP - '99 Jason Isringhausen (EVV)

Two-Star Challenges (**)

The teams aren't so good, but neither are the players.

Possible Teams
Baltimore Blind Men (0-2)
Cleveland Unicorns (SLI) (0-2)
Des Moine Dervishes (SLII) (0-2)
EV-IL Corp. Villains (1-0)
Greenbrier Orchids
Idaho Potatoes (1-0)
Mid-Northern Suicidal Tendencies
Mudville Masochists (0-1)
Paris Postmodernists (1-0)
San Diego Freewheelers (0-1)
Senadores de San Juan (SLI) (0-1)
Silicon Valley Wanzers (1-0)
Tigres de San Juan


Rewards

C - '73 Thurman Munson (VAN/SES)
1B - '05 Ryan Howard (FRA/PRO)
2B - '85 Julio Franco (PRO)
3B - '02 Aramis Ramirez (IDA)
SS - '82 Robin Yount (HAK) (Challenge by Madison Mudholes)
IF - '91 Matt Williams (OCC)
LF - '10 Ryan Braun (MLD)
CF - '79 Dale Murphy (HAK)
RF - '97 Sammy Sosa (DER)
DH - '02 Ed Delahanty (MID)
SP - '21 George Uhle (DES)
SP - '90 Kevin Brown (SFC/PRO)
SP - '94 Pedro Martinez (HAK) (Challenge by Florida Oranges)
SP - '01 Mike Mussina (SES)
RP - '02 Chad Bradford (As seen in Moneyball (PHL)
RP - '94 John Wetteland (HAK)

Three-Star Challenges (***)

Solid fights for solid players.

Possible Teams
Atlantis Aquamen (SLIII-SLIV) (1-0)
Angel Grove Power Rangers (0-1)
Boston Crabs (SLI-SLII) (0-1)
Chicago Dinger-Machines (0-1)
Deadwood Cutthroats (0-1)
Detroit Riots (0-1)
Detroit Original Riots (1-1)
Detroit Switchblades (1-1)
Honolulu Lava Flows
Juneau Juggernauts (SLI)
Leprechauns (1-0)
Milwaukee Drinkers (0-1)
New New York Fighting Mongooses (1-0)
New Orleans Hurricanes (1-0)
Omaha Forgettables (SLIII)
Omaha Forgettables (SLV)
Oyster Cult Blues (0-1)
Petaluma Goose Eggs (1-0)

Rewards

C - '22 Gabby Hartnett (GRE/GAN)
1B - '85 Don Mattingly (NNY/VIR)
2B - '10 Robisnon Cano (LON) (Challenge by Second City Saints)
3B - '82 Paul Molitor (GRE)
SS - '99 Nomar Garciaparra (DOR/PRP/CHD) (Challenge by Luna Landers)
LF - '81 Tim Raines (GAN)
RF - '70 Reggie Jackson (NNY/DER)
CF - '15 Tris Speaker (PRO) (Challenge by Antarctic Unspecifieds)
DH - '39 Hank Greenberg (DER)
SP - '50 Robin Roberts (PHL)
SP - '62 Gaylord Perry (SES)
SP - '90 Randy Johnson (CLU/DER)
SP - '95 Greg Maddux (IDA) (Challenge by Luna Landers)
RP - '05 Billy Wagner (FRA/SES)
RP - '89 John Franco (SES)

Four-Star Challenges (****)

How much are you willing to risk for a star player?

Possible Teams
Chicago Blood Sox (2-1)
Framingham Fillies (1-1)
Newport Sharks (SLV-SLVI)
Queens Mercuries (0-2)
Providence Murderbots (1-2)
Seattle SuperSonics
Virginia City Vigilantes (1-2)


Rewards

C - '99 Mike Piazza (EVV)
1B - '64 Harmon Killebrew (SES)
2B - '69 Joe Morgan (LEP)
3B - '83 George Brett (BLI/CHB)
SS - '95 Alex Rodriguez (SES)
LF - '67 Carl Yastrzemski (PHL)
CF - '18 Ty Cobb (DOR)
RF - '92 Tony Gwynn (LEP)
SP - '03 Rube Waddell (SES)
SP - '03 Eddie Plank (NEW/PRO)
SP - '12 Christy Mathewson (SES)
SP - '59 Bob Gibson (SES)
RP - '84 Dan Quisenberry (BLI)
RP - '98 Trevor Hoffman (VAN)

Five-Star Challenges (*****)

You're probably not going to win...but what if you did?

Possible Teams
Boston Skyhawks (5-0)
Gander Doppel-Bangers (2-2)


Rewards

C - '75 Johnny Bench (MID)
1B - '37 Lou Gehrig (ATA)
2B - '21 Rogers Hornsby (DEM)
3B - '80 Mike Schmidt (BSC)
SS - '?? Pop Lloyd (IDA)
LF - The Mystery Box!
CF - '37 Joe DiMaggio (ATA)
RF - '58 Hank Aaron (DEM)
DH - '20 Babe loving Ruth (QUE)
SP - '16 Walter Johnson (ATA)
SP - '00 Randy Johnson (PRP)
SP - '04 Ed Walsh (CHB)
SP - '93 Roger Clemens (BSC)
RP - '01 Mariano Rivera (CLU/PRO)
RP - '77 Bruce Sutter (KOL/LEP)

Smasher Dynamo fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Sep 22, 2012

Armitage
Aug 16, 2005

"Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."


: The Vice City Goose Eggs are interested in trying a ***-star challenge for 2010 Robinson Cano and will bid SP Dave Stieb and 1B Glenn Davis

mrnoun
Jul 24, 2007
The Luna Landers bid:

Our 1st and 2nd round draft picks on *** Nomar Garciaparra '99.

1970 Thurman Munson and 1948 Nellie Fox on *** Greg Maddux '95.


Trying to draw a matchup against my old team.

kw0134
Apr 19, 2003

I buy feet pics🍆

Haven't you learned your lesson by now, Smasher?


The Generics bid Joe Judge and Moises Alou on 1* Lenny Dykstra.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Hey let's give this a try.



bid #2 pick and '12 Neil Walker for a ** chance at '82 Yount.

StupidSexyMothman
Aug 9, 2010



Oranges bid Rico Petrocelli & Pat Collins for ** 1994 Pedro Martinez

blackmongoose
Mar 31, 2011

DARK INFERNO ROOK!
Unspecifieds bid Bob Allison, Red Ames, and a 2nd round pick for *** '15 Tris Speaker

blackmongoose fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Sep 22, 2012

Senerio
Oct 19, 2009

Roëmænce is ælive!

Warren Spahn and Bobby Bonilla *** Robinson Cano

Smasher Dynamo
Oct 16, 2008

Eternal Commissioner of the Super League. A new avatar. A new age, of the same old embittered Smasher that failed to escape the bonds of the SL, FM3, Johnny Hopp and Eri Yoshida "The Knuckle Princess". "The flames of Smasher's ire scorch the skies... Igniting St. Bellhorn's funeral pyre."
oldskool
theacox
Armitage
blackmongoose

I demand more collateral from you.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.

Smasher Dynamo posted:

oldskool
theacox
Armitage
blackmongoose

I demand more collateral from you.

Sounds like a good time to add Rickie Weeks.

StupidSexyMothman
Aug 9, 2010

Smasher Dynamo posted:

oldskool
theacox
Armitage
blackmongoose

I demand more collateral from you.

I throw in Andy Van Slyke!

Armitage
Aug 16, 2005

"Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."
Looks like we're gonna have to wait and hope the Saints fail their challenge before upping our bid.

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blackmongoose
Mar 31, 2011

DARK INFERNO ROOK!

Smasher Dynamo posted:

oldskool
theacox
Armitage
blackmongoose

I demand more collateral from you.

Added Bob Allison

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