Of course right after I say that I notice that STL's owner is now the MIA one, not having logged in for 6 days
At least Toronto's owner finally logged in though lol
The draft came to a complete standstill
Yeah I saw that. On to the next team. Might have to replace him if he doesn’t show up soon. Toronto will still get a Rule 13 pick but they drop down to the bottom as other teams pick.
Hasn't logged into PC since the 8th
Toronto's owner has been MIA for a week...
Giants start the Rule 13 draft by taking Armando Benitez from the New York Mets.
Playoff teams have sent in their protected lists. Rule 13 starts with the Giants making the first pick. Still looking for an owner for them, so I'll make the pick shortly.
Absolutely f*cking not 🤣
I'd be happy to take Goldschmidt off your hands.
Not to mention Yarbrough too lol
Fair enough lol
Since you're adding Goldschmidt this season, I don't think anyone's going to feel sorry for you!
Oof. . The tough thing about playing as the Clippers. Lots of potential losses to the Rule 13 draft when we make the playoffs...
Excited for Season 26 !
Starting off-season work today!!
hope we can fill them. I like this league concept and you have a nice history with the league.
Pre-season work starting very soon. Need some new owners to replace a few that have vamoosed. If you know anyone who might be a good fit feel free to reach out to them.
Congrats Reds, well done!
Thank you !
Grats to the Reds
Way to go, Reds!
Congrats to Sonny Gray for winning the WS MVP - two wins and 20 strikeouts in 2 games in the series. He won Game 1 and the clinching Game 5. Great job, Sonny.
Congrats to the Reds! Thought game 4 might have turned around the A's luck.
Thank you ! Reds had a great playoff run. Got hot at the right time and slugged their way to title.
Congrats @Theo_smith
Wow! That was quite a Game 4!!!
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Reggie Jackson injured in Game 1. Not a good omen.
Thank you Jeter - Padres regular season was outstanding.
Jeter, Padres were dominant all year . Reds just got hot at the right time !
Congrats As and Reds. Pads were humbly dispatched!
Congrats to the A’s and Reds. Day off has been granted and WS will begin on Wednesday morning at 9am central.
Day off granted ahead of Game 6.
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Second Round of the playoffs will begin on Sunday morning at 9am central.
Congrats to our Season 25 Major Award winners. You can see the winners and the full votes in the story below the chat box.
Day off granted ahead of Game 6.
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Playoffs are underway! Good luck to our 8 playoff teams!
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned about that. Especially regarding Fried lol
Of course on the flip side of that, division rivals Dodgers and Braves benefit massively from new Yankees players too. Dodgers get a massive OF hole filled via Cody Bellinger, while the Braves get SP Max Fried, bolstering their own already impressive rotation as well
Oohhoho. I just noticed another player with good numbers will be joining the clippers next season alongside Paul Goldschmidt. Ryan Yarbrough has a really nice 2019 season that'll bolster my rotation even further
Play in game will be simmed on Sunday morning at 10am central time. Good luck to both teams!
Tie for the last AL wildcard spot going into game 162.
A's clinch 5th consecutive division title.
Oh shoot! I just noticed he's neck and neck with Sonny Gray in the NL Cy Young race too
His previous personal best was 19 all the way back in season 3
AJ Burnett with his first ever 20 win season here.... *mumbles* Certainly took him long enough
@GusPC13, thanks and looking forward to this unique concept.
Welcome to Robmb, new owner of the Houston Astros - hope you enjoy the league, Rob!
No worries @GusPC13. Life comes first! Thanks for all you do commish!
All Star game is finally in the books. More info to follow. Sorry for the two week long rain delay. Been hectic in my neck of the woods lately.
Congrats to Hal Brown and Craig Wilson for being voted on to their respective All Star teams. Brown had 10 of the 15 votes in the AL (with Steve Pearce getting 3 and Rickey Henderson 2), and Wilson got 13 votes for the NL spot (with Dennis Rasmussen getting the other two).
All Stars have been chosen. We'll vote for an extra for each team over the next few days. Watch for a message with details in your inbox. The list of All Stars selected is in the story under the chat box.
We’ve reached the All Star break.
A trade between the Yankees and Bombers. Nice.
Or maybe you have a little brother following you around copying everything you do?
Jeter, have you cloned yourself or something? Jeter, have you cloned yourself or something?
@skooler1 - i gave your team bulletin board material!
@skooler1 - i gave your team bulletin board material!
Lol. Thanks bud
The Clippers problem(s) has always been about pitching. Very strange team. That's why I dealt Sheff for Gooden thinking he could solidify a weak staff but he's been meh. Skooler, I wish you luck except against the Pads!
The Clippers problem(s) has always been about pitching. Very strange team. That's why I dealt Sheff for Gooden thinking he could solidify a weak staff but he's been meh. Skooler, I wish you luck except against the Pads!
Meet me behind GBacci's garage at 9pm pacific time next Friday and we'll settle this once and for all. 😂🤣😂
Yeah it was. What are you gonna do about it! lol
That last part better not be a dig at ME, I just got this team last season! Lol
All true (except perhaps the last point). The way I look at it is that teams who existed since 1961 have one season each from '61 to 2024 where they 'could' have eligible players to choose from. So that's a total of 64 years' worth of potentially eligible seasons. The Clippers had zero potentially eligible seasons from 1961 until 1992, but then since then, they've had 32 seasons of eligible seasons from Colorado, 32 from Miami, 27 from Arizona, and 27 from Tampa, so that's a total of 118 potentially eligible seasons for the Clippers versus 64 from all the other teams (except the Mariners and Jays who have even less than 64). Plus the Clippers get 4 potentially eligible seasons every year compared to just 1 for all other teams. You can see why I thought they'd be better by now. And yet ...
(Although soon to be 2 under yours truly 😋)
This team even has only one league championship to its name, that being from season 15 under previous Columbus owner jeter0296
I mean, to be fair, this team hasn't exactly dominated the league either. The main drawback for this team is that basically almost everyone from before the late 80s/early 90s aren't eligible for this team since its only the last 4 expansion teams. So the best players from before that timeframe won't ever be bolstering my lineup lol
Well, actually …. 😂🤣😂 The truth is that when I first created this league I assumed that at some point in the future the Clippers would likely need to be split up just due to the fact that they’d eventually catch up to all the other teams in terms of how many players they had to draw from and pass them, and end up with more stats than everyone else. Luckily, that’s been slower than I expected, so no big change on the horizon unless something drastic changes soon.
Hey, gus... Quick question... In the future changes story below, you said Jordan Montgomery would go to Arizona if he reaches the required number of IP. I certainly hope you're not gonna split my players up into their 4 separate teams lol
And we’re underway! Good luck, all!
There is still one more day before cuts deadline - my mistake. I only made cuts for the two teams who have no owners currently.
Blue Jays dropped Carlos Almanzar and Chien-Ming Wang.
Wade Blasingame has been dropped by Houston. Commish has to make a few cuts for teams who are past the deadline. When I cut them they don’t appear in transactions so I’ll post them all here.
The White Sox have selected Danny Tartabull from the Phillies with the first pick of the Rule 13 Draft. See the Pre-Season Schedule story below to see the progress of the draft. All choices are made by messaging the Commish.
Congrats on a greats season.
Thanks all.
That better not be a complaint Will. 🤪
Congrats Gus on another successful start to the offseason.
Congrats mikbbal!
congrats A's!
Congrats to the Champs
Thanks will & Theo - on to next season.
Congrats also to Mr. January - Reggie Jackson, who has been named the WS MVP. Reggie had 3 HRs and 7 RBI in the A’s final 3 victories of the WS. Clutch!
Congratulations!
Congrats to the A’s !!
Thank you Gus. The A's were down in each series against strong teams. 1-2 to the Yanks, 0-2 to the Rangers and 1-2 to the Reds. An unlikely accomplishment.
Congrats to Mikbbal and the A’s for another championship- back to back! Well done!
Day off granted ahead of Game 6.
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Wow! Both WS teams had identical records. Oakland will host due to better run differential.
Congrats to our World Series finalists - looks like a 1970s-style WS Matchup! Good luck to both. Game 1 will be Friday at 9am central time. Day off has been granted.
Good Series Theo, best wishes in the next round.
Day off granted ahead of Game 6.
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Sorry, meant Peter Griffin. The Family Guy character
Who knows Gus, maybe that was meant to be a Peter Griffen reference lol
Correct, although I’m not sure it was worth three Woahs. I wasn’t running away when you thought of that! 🏃🏃♂️🏃 Wait! Woah woah woah, Gus!! Honestly, I was just sitting in my chair. Kids these days and their weird superfluous vocabulary. 😆
Well, obviously AFTER the 2025 season starts and he gets an AB with the Yanks
Wait woah woah woah... Paul Goldschmidt spent more time with Arizona than St Louis, so he'd come to Columbus, right???
Thanks Jeter, there were a pair of thrillers in the series. Hopefully this momentum carries over.
congrats Phils. Pads pitching staff was exposed!
League Championship Series will begin on Tuesday at 9am central time. Good luck to our Final Four!
Day off granted ahead of Game 6.
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Congrats to our major award winners - Ruth, Guidry, Mantle, and Benitez. See the story below for more info and other vote-getters. Thanks to those who voted. Playoffs begin this morning! Good luck to all!
Congrats to the Phillies & offday.
After 18 season at the helm for the Phillies, I finally won the division. Everything else will be icing on the cake from here on.
Two days off have been granted ahead of the playoffs. Setting up the schedule now as well.
Congrats to our 7 playoff teams. We need an extra game to decide our 8th playoff teams. Tigers and Rangers will play on New Year’s Day at 9am central time. Good luck to both!
Never mind … now I see it … right back where it was before!
Gus, with the design changes , I’m not seeing the indicator of when the next game will be sim’d. Is that still here somewhere?
I also thought it was ironic and sad that Rickey died the same year that the Oakland A’s died. 😕
Ironic. Rickey Henderson gets voted to the all star game, then soon after passes away irl. RIP Rickey
Thanks Theo!
LOL, great write up on the All Star game! I almost caused a national incident but I’m glad it all worked out !!
Congrats to Rickey Henderson for being voted on to the AL All Star team.
Congrats to Andrew Miller for being voted on to the NL All Star squad! The American League poll is now up and voting closes Saturday at 9pm central time.
No. But I heard a rumor that the Commish is slowly getting off his duff and starting to get some work done in this league, so things may start happening soon. The teams have been picked, so I'll post that first. Then we'll vote in an extra player in each league, and then I'll Sim the game. Then the recap. Thanks for the reminder. I keep checking in here to see if I've done anything, but I always haven't. lol
Any word on when the all star game recap for this season will be up?
All Star break is now.
All Star break is coming up soon - a bit later than other seasons - due to Commish incompetence. It will be after Day 99.
Don’t think I’ve ever seen this before - currently a six-way tie for the last NL Wild Card spot. 😮
Typical...
I had to boot Blackpanties from the league. He decided to quit another league I run (Classic Rewind) without notice after a friendly reminder not to tank. Then he dropped a 90 plus pitcher into FA and picked up a dud. Then he started gutting his team here (Astros) including picking up a bunch of non-Astros players from FA and then finally dropping Andy Pettitte into FA, which was the last straw. Buh-bye. I'll be looking after Houston until I can find another owner. Ugh.
To be fair, I didn't even notice that accomplishment till AFTER LeMahieu went down with an injury lol
But in that first game it was just the sim benching the tired starter for the top-listed backup, which just happened to be Chisholm
Well, I didn't "bench him", technically. He was a substitute for DJ LeMahieu. When LeMahieu became injured recently, he took over as a temporary starter. Once he has fully recovered, I already plan on putting him in at 1B in place of the struggling Shelly Duncan lol
What’s even more amazing than a guy going 4 for 4 with 4 HRs in his debut? Answer- the owner immediately benching him for 10 games. Then Jazz goes 3 for 5 in his second game and gets benched for another game. lol. Skooler, you are one unique manager, I’ll give you that!! 🤔🤔🤔😆😂🤣
Wow! That’s bonkers. And impressive!! 😮
2B Jazz Chisholm makes his AYL debut with a 4 for 4 performance... Oh, and those 4 hits happened to all be HRs
Just make sure you remind him to cover 1st.
This season, Gerrit Cole is looking to make a run in the playoffs ^^^^^
Sorry for the delay. Had to finish up a couple of off-season things I’d forgotten. First pitch will be just after noon central time. Good luck!!
I need to push back the start time for the draft a bit - just discovered a problem with the Bronx Bombers who dropped a bunch of no-drop players some time ago and signed some Free Agents. I need to undo all that, as the Bombers and Yankees have special rules and can't just drop guys and sign other guys. Hold on, please.
Okay that's it. All teams are now at 28 or below. Draft will begin tomorrow.
Ben Francisco has been cut from the Blue Jays.
Darryl Boston and Walt Williams have been cut from the White Sox.
Bob Oliver and Jason Grimsley have been cut from the Angels.
Chien-Ming Wang and Mickey Klutts have been cut from the Blue Jays.
Rowland Office and C.J. Nitkowksi have been cut from the Expos.
Scott Erickson has been cut from the Dodgers.
Deadline for drops to 28 has passed. Looks like the Commish has to make a few cuts for teams. I'll post them here because when I edit them to FA, it doesn't show up on the transaction list.
Yay! Guy just announced that the 2024 season stats have been added. I’ll get going on the next off-season stuff later today.
Welcome back to Dempsey who has taken over the Pirates.🏴☠️
No update, but guys are asking about it on the boards so I’m sure Guy will get to it shortly. Meanwhile, Pirates and Astros are still open here if anyone wants to switch to if any AL owners want a second team.
Any update on timing for the player adds and the Slow Draft
I'm crazy, but I'm not THAT crazy 😉😂
In the words on that one minion character from the despicable me franchise... "Ehh... No"
lol. Now that would be a challenge. Hey Skooler, are you up for it?
I should pass you the Royals for a season : )
Did it with the Bombers in season 7 and the Mariners in season 14
Hoping I can lead the clippers to a title soon, just so I can claim I brought three teams a championship trophy lol
Shouldn't take long, he's usually pretty fast with them each year
Hopefully GBacci will get the 2024 stats into the database soon so we can add the new players into our league. Thanks in advance for your patience.
The Rule 13 Draft is under way. You can check out the progress of the draft under the "Pre-Season Schedule" story below the chat box. Royals have already chosen, and the Pirates are currently on the clock. There are 8 teams choosing in this year's Rule 13 draft and they each get to steal a player from one of last year's playoff teams, so this doesn't affect every team in the league. After Rule 13 is finished I'll send out a message with the next steps. Getting closer to Season 24.
Hey now, Gus... Please keep it above the belt, my friend 🤪😂
Welcome back Skooler (new owner of the Clippers). Hope you enjoy it and don’t quit this time! 😁
I'm updating the list of players who will be added or change teams in the story below the chat box. Take a look for the latest.
Oh sheesh. He just took on a second team in this league. Ah well. Life goes on. We're back to three open teams now - Clippers, Astros, Mariners.
Sorry, quitting pennant Chase, the ads are making it unbearable
Clippers, Angels, and Tigers are now available.
Yup. Switching them now.
Switching stuff up
And can I switch the angels to the mariners, thanks
Actually, can I have the Asstros instead of the clippers, didn't realize Asstros were in the NL, thanks!
Starting off-season work today, while still looking for 3 more owners (or current owners to take another team in the opposite league).
Welcome to dalipfhrfc, new owner of the White Sox. Hope you enjoy the league!
Thanks deyanks. Hey that rhymes. I’m a poet.
I can add the clippers as a second team
It’s getting more and more difficult to find owners who are interested in this league. I’ll take you up on that offer. And if others want to try owning two teams, let me know. But we’ll stick with owning just one in each league at this point. First come, first served.
Gus - If you need an owner for next season - I can add the Braves.
Thanks jeter
Congrats A's! Love Gallego!
Thanks Theo - Gallego now famous in AYL history.
Mike “Lego” Gallego WS MVP. I love it!! Congrats to the A’s !
Thank you Gus and mintwinsfan - always fun in the AYL.
Congrats to the A’s, mikbbal, and WS MVP Mike Gallego.
Congrats, A's, great season!
The A's pitching came through in the last two games and the hitting was good the whole series. M. Gallego led with a .429 avg. 4 HR and 10 RBI's to claim series MVP. Gallego hit .232 in the regular season - go figure.
A’s relievers have given up 12 runs in the 9th inning over 2 games but have managed to survive.
Yep - A's bullpen collapses giving up 5 runs in the 9th.
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Wow! That was quite a 9th inning in Game 1 of the World Series. Anything can happen in baseball.
Congrats to our two World Series teams - the A's and the Cubs. Day off has been granted, schedule is posted, and Game 1 starts at 9am central on Sunday morning. Good luck
Day off has been granted after Game 5.
Ouch. But it looks like he’ll get some more games.
Oakland A's - Ricky Henderson is injured and out for the remainder of the LCS.
Day off granted ahead of game 3.
Day off has been granted and LCS schedules have been posted for Thursday morning's games. Good luck!
Congrats to our Final Four! In the AL we have our last two champions facing off, while in the NL we have two teams who have never won an AYL title. Good luck to all! LCSs will begin on Thursday morning at 9am central time.
Wow! Some great first round series this year. Day off has been granted ahead of Game 6.
Day off granted as we head to Game 3.
Congrats to the five Major Award Winners (usually four, but there was a tie for AL Cy Young). See below the chat box for the winners and final voting results.
lol. Thanks, Raging. T’was fun.
Fantastic write-up, Gus. Bringing Simon & Garfunkel together again, just to have them wrestle was ratings gold. Very impressed with your knowledge of NY singers, though Lady Gaga is absolutely livid you didn't list her first, so angry the meat dress she was wearing turned well-done. It should be noted the child at whom you have me chucking an errant shot put was wearing a Twins cap, so he deserved to be targeted. As with everything I've done in the AYL, the shot put missed.
Two days off have been granted ahead of the playoffs, and the playoff schedule has been posted. Good luck!
No, the KC Athletics are treated like the Senators, Pilots, and Milwaukee Braves in this league, meaning we ignore their existence and those teams are not seen as connected to any modern-day team at all. The one exception to the rule is the Montreal Expos-Washington Nationals franchise which can sign players who played for either of their cities. Under the Rules page, second section “Teams” you can find it spelled out a bit more.
The KC1 designation is Kansas City Athletics. So can players with KC1 years get drafted by the KC Royals?
I’ll do my best, Wort. Thanks for your time here. Hope you enjoyed it, and good luck elsewhere.
Congrats to the playoffs teams and good luck! Can you find someone to replace me here?
Looks like we have a one-game sudden death playoff between the Cubs and Bombers for the last NL Wild Card spot. Congrats to our other 7 playoff teams. I'll Sim the Cubs-Bombers game on Thursday morning at 9am central time. No day off will be granted until AFTER their game.
Still great wild card races to be decided with three games remaining!
Cant blame (or credit) me for anything the Twins do in this league! lol. Just Commish screw-ups. 🤪🫣
Oh, I assumed Gus and the Twins. Maapearson's I mean.
Tigers, Expos and Pirates, that is.
Royals are having the worst of their worst since I took over. And Gus' Twins dropped three of four to make it even worse by inching us closer to the Tigers. That top draft slot is all we have, lol.
The Phillies are officially having the best season since I took over 17 seasons ago.
Extra, Extra, Read all about it!! 🗞️
Luckily, my team got soundly beat in nine innings so I didn't have to use extra pitchers lol
4/12 games just simmed went extra innings, not crazy, although I'm guessing higher than the norm.
I like it. The Iron Horse goes platinum.
Platinum Sombrero ??
The Iron Horse with a fabulous 5-5 game. 5 ABs, 5 Ks. He wanted to be able to say he did everything in his care..