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 NEW OWNERS GUIDESomeone blew it so here's you late rear end thread for whining about coach hiring! WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LAST SEASON -Five straight 110+ win seasons couldn't do it, but finally nasboat stopped choking and took home the hardware! Good job Art. -Cleveland won the NL pennant for the fourth time in five seasons. -Defending champion and cool cool team New Orleans couldn't beat Cleveland in the DS this time. -Charlotte captured the top seed in the AL but couldn't win a single playoff game. -gardenald had his best season ever but could only win one playoff game against jeff. -Salem won 116 games but also got swept immediately. -Devo kept his division title streak, but lost his HBD thread making streak. -jeff made a deep playoff run as a 6 seed, what an underdog. -Buffalo and Chicago NL made the playoffs for the first time, Helena for the second time. Colorado for the 29th time. -Chip Steele's time has come. DIVISION WINNERS AL North: Chicago Barons AL East: Pittsburgh Steel Birds AL South: Charlotte Goyim AL West: Helena Thirty Helens NL North: Chicago Cubes NL East: Cleveland Attack on Memory NL South: New Orleans Spirits NL West: Salem Saberhagens WILD CARDS AL: Seattle Discontent, Santa Fe Leo Egans NL: Colorado Burrellballers, Buffalo Garden Paths AWARDS AL MVP: McKay Ray, Goyim NL MVP: Cliff Burnett, Burrellballers AL Cy Young: Omar DaSilva, Discontent NL Cy Young: Chick Wehner, Saberhagens AL ROTY: Michael Chang, Goyim NL ROTY: CHIP STEELE, Metropolitans INFO FOR NEW OWNERS AND HOPELESSLY INCOMPETENT VETERANS NEW OWNERS GUIDE - Work in Progress 1. Consider running trade offers by the veteran owners in thread. We'll tell you if you're getting ripped off too badly. 2. Figure out a plan and stick to it. If you decide your team needs a rebuilding period, don't abort it halfway through and try to win. That's how you get a consistently mediocre team that doesn't go anywhere. 3. Overall rating is pretty much meaningless, other than to inflate a guy's asking price or determine draft comp. 4. During the preseason, you need to pay more attention to your team than at any other time. After the season starts, you can get away with checking your team once a day or so. During the preseason, you need to be much more active. Don't commit to a team if you can't do that. The main cycles run at (roughly) 3:45am, 11:45am and 7:45pm Eastern, with half cycles in between each. I'd advise that you check every half-cycle, as this is when you get feedback on coach hiring, free agent offers, re-signings, etc. 5. Go through your team roster when you get your team. Figure out what assets you have. Figure out what players you need to protect from the Rule V draft. Failing to do so can seriously set your team back. I'm bolding this part because nasboat is AN IDIOT WHO LOST THREE GOOD PROSPECTS AT ONE POINT BECAUSE I FORGOT TO DO THIS EXACT THING, SO IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU, TOO! SERIOUSLY! 6. Don't be afraid to ask questions! HBD can be overwhelming at first. There's a lot to figure out, and we've all been through it. Use your goon resources. 7. Don't listen to Art's advice. EVER. 8. Coach Hiring Sucks. But it's not that bad honestly if the world works together. We can do this. Trust me. 9. Most of all, have fun with it. Don't get too worked up about fake baseball. Unless you're 10. (NEW) Get a Big Brother! If you've never played this game before feel free to ask the thread for help from the veterans. Hopefully one of us will take you under our wing and teach you some of the stupid convoluted poo poo that you need to know before you quit in frustration. Then when you're a 10 season veteran with multiple world series wins you can pay it forward! AWESOME THING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IF YOU DON'T ALREADY -ADVANCED ROSTER EDIT. This is essential. If you've got (I think) 3 seasons of HBD under your belt, you can take the stupid, WIS-mandated 'training wheels' off your "Edit Roster" page. That's right, no longer will you have to make promotions one player at a time -- which was always a terrible process when trying to bump up all your minor leaguers. To get to advanced roster mode, simply access the "Management Console" from the "Manager's Office" menu, then scroll down and select "Advanced Mode" under "GM Edit Rosters Options" SPRING TRAINING INFO YOU WILL NEED quote:Set your spring training rest hierarchy and pitch counts. CURRENT GOON TEAMS -- NOW WITH TWITTER HANDLES! uublog made a Twitter list here pre:Forums name / WIS name / Franchise / Twitter nasboat / nasboat / Seattle Discontent / @nasboat Art Vandelay / thaneoffife / Montreal Royal Kilted Yaksmen / @ThaneOfFife gardenald / gardenald / Chicago Barons / @gardenald Devo / devomac / Pittsburgh Steel Birds / @Devo1999 Cory Lidle / dockellis70 / Boston Sophists / @DJWeedPizza Evilbeard / evilbeard / Hartford Focus / @evilbeard ????? / kingfatdik / Dover Dumpsters / @duyarvish jeffersonlives / tjefferson / Santa Fe Leo Egans / @ihateprospects Scrotos / Fervus / Charlotte Goyim / @scrotos uublog / uublog / Richmond Flying Squirrels / @uublog Tavarin / tavarin / St. Louis Gaedels / @tavarin CaptMurphy / captmurphy / Portland Beavers / @haassauce stimpy / stimpy_5 / Helena Thirty Helens / @sas_stimpy The broken bones / kingofspain / Salt Lake City Punks / @TheAmitie ????? / ck22 / Los Angeles Dodgers / @JaredJMassey Nerokerubina / koyunlu / Iowa City IOWA / @QaraKoyunlu Operaterp / operaterp / Philadelphia Phatties / ernestborg9 / ernestborg9 / Ottawa BEEMOs / @ernest_borg9 ????? / spaldingball / Chicago Cubes / @spaldingethan AlleyViper / alleyviper / Cleveland Hustlers / @deanleyland chutwig / chutwig / Buffalo Garden Paths / @erhudy tatankatonk / tatankatonk / New York Metropolitans / @tatankatonk ????? / mattwithanh / Jacksonville Juggernauts / @mattwithanh Atheistdeals.com / atheistdeals / New Orleans Spirits / @DoubleScorpion ????? / atomicruckus / Charleston Palmetto Bugs / ? ThatsMyBoye / mrincubus / Anaheim Los Angeleses / @paul_boye gyroball / gyroball / Colorado Burrellballers / @RedbirdMenace Power of Pecota / pecotaredux / Salem Saberhagens / @GeorgeMatanzas Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12 Season 13 Season 14 Season 15 Season 16 Season 17 Season 18 Season 19 Season 20 Season 21 Season 22 Season 23 Season 24 Season 25 Season 26 Season 27 Season 28 Season 29 Season 30 Never forget: 
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AlleyViper posted:Sure, nobody go after Harold Evert, either. There was a 40 year old starter out there who needed a two year deal! edit: also I wouldn't sign Evert as my only type A so I didn't even bother making an offer Atheistdeals.com fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Feb 26, 2015 |
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Feb 26, 2015 21:55
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Bo Hall is mine once again!!!!
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Props to davewillie for leaving Charles Forbes and other useful players unprotected.
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Mar 1, 2015 10:55
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That's pretty dumb, Forbes owns. If I had a legit shot to get him but didn't see him I'd quit HBD.
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Mar 1, 2015 22:29
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ThatsMyBoye posted:On a cursory pass, I have Cordero, Ramirez and Toombs for HoF. Who should fill out the ballot? George Stearns and Vic Tavarez.
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Mar 3, 2015 21:58
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Hall of Fame voting 
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Mar 9, 2015 00:16
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How many times have you traded for the same player? Cause I just realized this is the third time I've acquired Brian Brown. Hopefully he has a OPS above .700 this time.
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Mar 9, 2015 05:21
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Five solo dingers and I lose on a walk-off. This is the s31 Spirits!
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Mar 10, 2015 01:08
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Atheistdeals.com posted:How many times have you traded for the same player? Cause I just realized this is the third time I've acquired Brian Brown. Hopefully he has a OPS above .700 this time. Way to hit 4 dingers in one game, Brain Brown.
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Mar 10, 2015 19:54
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RIP Alfonso Baerga, you were solid sometimes.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:41
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should've invested in the 21 million medical program!
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Mar 17, 2015 02:14
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Is Florida actually good or what I don't understand
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Mar 31, 2015 02:24
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I didn't notice a rudderless Charleston was also ahead of me, the Spirits are dead. 
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Mar 31, 2015 03:56
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AlleyViper posted:18 runs allowed over three games to NO, 13 driven in by Brian Brown and Ewell Swann Hmmmm, the data here suggests that they actually own, sorry.
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AlleyViper posted:Nice to see atheist finally pass Beepers Now I can go on a 6 game losing streak to go back under .500!
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Apr 12, 2015 02:08
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Brian Brown Broke Bones so now Bo Hall has emerged from the AAA crypt to play for me once again.
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Apr 13, 2015 18:34
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The Eliezer Velazquez experiment is not doing so good.
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Apr 14, 2015 00:58
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Well gently caress you too Kyle Sparks 
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Apr 20, 2015 09:27
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god my old rear end team still owns. Bo Hall is hitting .347/.424/.533 since Brian Brown died.
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Apr 23, 2015 00:52
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Nerokerubina posted:as it turns out the secret to having a division lead is find the year where all the pitchers will die and have your pitchers be so bad it doesn't really matter if any of them goes down. strategy. The piss was within him the whole time, you just didn't look hard enough.
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Apr 25, 2015 06:37
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gently caress off florida
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May 6, 2015 00:36
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AlleyViper posted:Seriously 109 wins and 2nd, lol. NL South is the best. gently caress Florida still tho.
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May 6, 2015 04:37
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Thank you satan for Elvis Leonard.
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May 7, 2015 00:29
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I feel like this is a direct attack on my way of life, and I will be destroying WIS headquarters with a bazooka shortly.
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May 7, 2015 21:00
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Cozy G. and Larry Rodney winning silver sluggers, yay.
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May 8, 2015 00:25
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Fourth straight season playing AV in the second round. It usually hasn't ended well for me.
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May 10, 2015 19:52
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I knew my lovely pitching would eventually kill me.
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May 12, 2015 01:02
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Wild cards aren't real teams!
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May 12, 2015 02:09
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well at least there's a clear team to root for in each league!!!
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May 13, 2015 00:47
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Ignoring this current discussion, I think next season is make or break for me based on general boredom and possibly stupid changes that haven't been tested yet.
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May 17, 2015 21:20
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good my boy Chucky "Charles" Forbes 500 got the ROTY. I'm such a great drafter* *except this year when I forgot to set my board and got some gross useless idiot at pick 26.
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AlleyViper posted:Derrick Graves It's your own fault for keeping his cursed rear end around. Shoulda DFA'd him!!!!
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