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Reassignment won't hurt. It won't do much, but it won't hurt.
If you don't mind being artificial about it, lowering the Yanks' cash reserve to $1 should force the AI to start trying to dump payroll.
Equalizing the league and playing with the settings may also help.
Petrel managed to finally break 'his' Yankees by manipulating the fan loyalty levels league wide to narrow the gap between the haves and have nots. Controlling the BUDGET is the real way to keep everyone more or less aligned.
3Run, Cat: Anything to help break these guys! I'm going to try a few things without messing with the cash reserves. Among them include the reassignment draft and reinputing city information, hopefully that will help out. If that doesn't work, I'll have to take more drastic measures...
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September 19: Day Off
September 20-22: Philadelphia Phillies (90-61, NL Champion) at New York Giants (82-69, 3rd, 8 GB)
With the pennant clinched, it’ll be a skeleton crew for the last 3 games of the season. Look for several youngsters to grab some Major League experience.
20 – The Giants jump all over Gene Lambert, scoring 5 runs early, and hang on for a win. The Giants are still fighting for second place, giving these games some meaning.
Giants 5, Phillies 2
W: Hal Schumacher (12-13) L: Gene Lambert (6-9) SV: Hoyt Wilhelm (27)
2B: Danny Murtaugh (9), Johnny Blatnik (4)
3B: John O’Neil (1)
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Hal Schumacher’s victory today was the 200th of his career.
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Red Sox OF Gee Walker knocked in his 1000th career RBI.
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21 – Dick Mauney allows only 3 hits in 8 innings, as the Phillies win.
Phillies 5, Giants 1
W: Dick Mauney (2-4) L: Van Mungo (14-17)
2B: Gil Hodges (26), Leon Culberson (7)
3B: Dick Mauney (1)
HR: Johnny Blatnik (1)
22 – Harvey Haddix pitches 6 strong, but a bullpen collapse costs the Phillies the game.
Giants 4, Phillies 2
W: Max Lanier (12-16) L: John Fick (2-2) SV: Ken Trinkle (12)
2B: Ray Hamrick (3)
HR: Ed Walczak (1)
END OF SEASON
You could just kill off a few Yanks, or plunk them on a deserted island... :D
Whew, finally got caught up, what a ride! Take out those Yanks in the Series!:)
RedsoxRockies: Ah yes, 'Old Faithful' :D
Overbay17: Welcome back! I'll do my best. The Yankees dominated the American League, so our team had best be ready!
UPDATE COMING IN A FEW MINUTES
Just wanted to post #500!
1945 YEAR IN REVIEW
1945 FINAL STANDINGS
SEASON STATISTICSCode:NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 91-63 --
Cincinnati 85-69 6
New York 84-70 7
Brooklyn 80-74 11
Chicago 78-76 13
Boston 69-85 22
Pittsburgh 66-88 25
St. Louis 63-91 28
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 108-46 --
Boston 89-65 19
Cleveland 85-69 23
Chicago 78-76 30
Detroit 70-84 38
Washington 68-86 40
Philadelphia 65-89 43
St. Louis 53-101 55
1946 DRAFT ORDER
St. L. Browns 53-101
St.L. Cardinals 63-91
Phila. A's 65-89
Pitts. Pirates 66-88
Wash. Senators 68-86
WINNER OF THE LIBERTY BELL TROPHY
Philadelphia Phillies (2 straight)
Red denotes League Leader
BATTING
PITCHINGCode:1945 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
O'Neil, John PHI 4 1.000 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.000 1.000
Casey, Hugh PHI 28 .667 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .667
Haddix, Harvey PHI 1 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500
Rizzuto, Phil PHI 131 .287 520 149 32 6 0 67 49 14 7 68 51 .371 .370
Culberson, Leon PHI 57 .286 105 30 7 1 0 17 13 0 0 16 11 .371 .390
Goulish, Nick PHI 139 .281 455 128 27 3 8 73 43 9 2 64 61 .407 .379
Doby, Larry PHI 149 .278 546 152 28 9 19 60 54 5 2 73 95 .467 .347
LaForest, Ty PHI 27 .274 84 23 4 0 0 13 13 0 1 10 6 .321 .374
Seminick, Andy PHI 148 .261 506 132 16 1 22 70 62 0 0 76 69 .427 .350
Walczak, Ed PHI 88 .260 277 72 9 5 1 19 30 3 1 28 21 .339 .305
Murphy, Ed PHI 84 .257 136 35 6 1 0 18 13 0 1 16 10 .316 .346
Stephens, Vern PHI 150 .256 531 136 15 3 23 58 71 4 1 69 76 .426 .329
Hodges, Gil PHI 148 .256 527 135 26 4 26 70 72 1 2 75 91 .469 .341
Northey, Ron PHI 134 .252 441 111 27 5 15 58 50 0 2 62 53 .438 .341
Sanicki, Ed PHI 6 .250 12 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .357
Lambert, Gene PHI 15 .242 33 8 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 8 3 .273 .324
DiMaggio, Vince PHI 112 .240 204 49 9 0 6 34 34 3 0 28 26 .373 .347
Hamrick, Ray PHI 64 .231 108 25 3 0 0 7 16 1 1 9 11 .259 .276
Murtaugh, Danny PHI 98 .229 205 47 9 1 0 23 28 4 4 16 11 .283 .309
Peterman, Bill PHI 29 .222 81 18 1 0 0 7 13 0 0 10 4 .235 .286
Blatnik, Johnny PHI 28 .220 91 20 4 2 1 8 11 0 0 9 9 .341 .283
Ripple, Charlie PHI 31 .216 74 16 4 0 0 3 23 0 1 6 8 .270 .238
Ruffing, Red PHI 30 .213 75 16 4 0 0 2 17 0 0 3 6 .267 .231
Roberts, Robin PHI 38 .179 106 19 4 2 0 8 30 0 0 18 11 .255 .233
Gables, Ken PHI 38 .167 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .167
Hughes, Tommy PHI 31 .164 73 12 0 0 0 4 19 0 0 5 2 .164 .208
Mauney, Dick PHI 10 .118 17 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .235 .118
Finley, Bob PHI 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333
Goliat, Mike PHI 3 .000 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .125
Hanyzewski, Ed PHI 57 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Fick, John PHI 30 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Page, Joe PHI 9 .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
Gerheauser, Al PHI 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
LEAGUE LEADERSCode:1945 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Roberts, Robin PHI 309.1 2.39 38 38 25 6 0 130 85 10.45
Hughes, Tommy PHI 226.0 2.55 31 31 14 11 0 101 67 10.43
Pearson, Ike PHI 40.1 2.68 35 0 5 3 21 14 10 9.37
Hanyzewski, Ed PHI 72.1 2.74 57 0 8 5 7 28 17 9.95
Haddix, Harvey PHI 6.0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 13.50
Mauney, Dick PHI 56.0 3.54 10 7 2 4 0 24 17 12.05
Ripple, Charlie PHI 221.1 3.58 31 31 12 6 0 165 70 11.67
Ruffing, Red PHI 232.0 3.61 30 30 11 11 0 105 87 12.92
Page, Joe PHI 17.1 3.63 9 0 1 0 0 9 7 16.10
Lambert, Gene PHI 105.0 3.86 15 15 6 9 0 76 35 12.60
Gables, Ken PHI 56.1 4.15 38 0 3 4 5 25 21 12.46
Gerheauser, Al PHI 8.0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 14.63
Casey, Hugh PHI 41.2 4.75 28 0 5 6 1 16 10 11.88
Fick, John PHI 47.0 4.79 30 0 2 2 1 35 19 13.60
Code:NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
AVG - Andy Pafko (CHC) .330
HR - Stan Musial (CIN) 34
RBI - Stan Musial (CIN) 127
SB - Jackie Robinson (BRO) 22
W - Robin Roberts (PHI) 25
ERA - Ewell Blackwell (CIN) 2.23
K - Charlie Ripple (PHI) 165
SV - Hoyt Wilhelm (NYG) 27*
AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS
AVG - Joe DiMaggio (NYY) .349
HR - Ted Williams (BOS) 48
RBI - Joe DiMaggio (NYY) 131
SB - George Case (CHW) 42
W - Tiny Bonham (NYY) 24
ERA - Tiny Bonham (NYY) 2.14
K - Dizzy Trout (BOS) 144
Lefty Gomez (CHW)
SV - Len Perme (CHW) 20
* = Major League Record
How did Pojdganny Fair?
309 innings pitched!
A man after Dusty Baker's heartQuote:
Originally Posted by gosensgo101
Ugh. Time to get the Browns out of St Louis?Quote:
St. L. Browns 53-101
St.L. Cardinals 63-91
Just so you know, your league's starting to lose balance. : points at our old friends:
I'd do the following after the playoffs:
NYY: Lower cash to $1
Lower fan loyalty to C-
SLB: Raise fan loyalty to A
Make sure THEY get the first FA pick. Sign that person to a NTC.
All: Make sure no one's out of money.
RedsoxRockies: After his breakout year last season which included a no-hitter (at our expense), Johnny Podgajny fell waaaay back down to earth this season, posting a disappointing 8-15 record with an above-average 3.46 ERA. His BABIP jumped nearly 20 points from this season to last season, suggesting that 1944 was a one-time deal. He is a pending free agent, so it will be interesting to see how the Cubs approach this.
Gosensgo101: Yeah, he's a workhorse! But his season was incredible to watch!
filihok: I don't know if that's a compliment or an insult, so thanks? :D
3RunHomer: Well, not so fast. The Browns may have had a bad season, but they do have several good players. In fact, they are one of the best teams in the AL in terms of available cash. However, Richard Zimmerman will want to move the franchise as soon as he can. I guess we'll just have to wait and see...
CatKnight: I've actually gone past the playoffs in my sim. I reinputed correct population data for cities (every city went up, except New York, which I left alone) and brought fan loyalty for every team to a B+, B, or B-. The Browns are also very active in free agency, and while they didn't land the big one, they are still helping their cause.
I'll also be implementing a reassignment draft very similar to petrel's in January, so I think that'll be it for my offseason changes. If the results don't improve in 1946, I'll have to take more drastic measures.
1945 WORLD SERIES PREVIEW
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
1945 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
World Series Appearances: 2
World Series Victories: 1
Last World Series: 1944 (W 4-2 NYY)
BATTING ORDER
LF Nick Goulish - .281, 8 HR, 61 RBI, 9 SB
2B Ed Walczak - .260, 1 HR, 21 RBI
1B Gil Hodges - .256, 26 HR, 91 RBI
CF Larry Doby - .278, 19 HR, 95 RBI
3B Vern Stephens - .256, 23 HR, 76 RBI
C Andy Seminick - .261, 22 HR, 69 RBI
RF Ron Northey - .252, 15 HR, 53 RBI
SS Ray Hamrick - .231, 0 HR, 11 RBI
PITCHING STAFF
SP Tommy Hughes – 14-11, 2.55 ERA, 101 K/67 BB, 226 IP
SP Robin Roberts – 25-6, 2.39 ERA, 130 K/85 BB, 309.1 IP
SP Charlie Ripple – 12-6, 3.58 ERA, 165 K/70 BB, 221.1 IP
SP Red Ruffing – 11-11, 3.61 ERA, 105 K/87 BB, 232 IP
SU Ed Hanyzewski – 8-5, 2.74 ERA, 7 SV
CL Ike Pearson – 5-3, 2.68 ERA, 21 SV
KEY INJURIES
SS Phil Rizzuto (OUT) - .287, 0 HR, 51 RBI, 14 SB
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NEW YORK YANKEES
1945 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
World Series Appearances: 15
World Series Victories: 10
Last World Series: 1944 (L 2-4 PHI)
BATTING ORDER
SS Pee Wee Reese - .324, 9 HR, 70 RBI, 122 R
3B Harlond Clift - .282, 9 HR, 69 RBI
LF Charlie Keller - .263, 21 HR, 89 RBI, 102 R
CF Joe DiMaggio - .349, 22 HR, 131 RBI
2B Joe Gordon - .251, 18 HR, 96 RBI
C Bill Salkeld - .264, 20 HR, 81 RBI
RF Tommy Henrich - .283, 10 HR, 63 RBI
1B Don Hanski - .258, 9 HR, 54 RBI
PITCHING STAFF
SP Tiny Bonham – 24-4, 2.14 ERA, 80 K/59 BB, 252.1 IP
SP Spud Chandler – 15-7, 3.79 ERA, 101 K/131 BB, 237.1 IP
SP Bill Bevens – 14-11, 3.39 ERA, 114 K/82 BB, 217.2 IP
SP Vic Raschi – 13-3, 3.44 ERA, 91 K/61 BB, 154.1 IP
SU Bret Shepard – 4-9, 3.11 ERA, 81 IP
CL Ted Wilks - 4-6, 3.14 ERA, 18 SV
KEY INJURIES
None
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PREDICTION
Phillies in 7. This has the potential to be an all-time great series, and these 2 teams won't dissappoint!
When you get that far, could Kurt Cobain and Alice and Chains stay alive?(And Duvall not join them?)?
RedsoxRockies: That's an awfully long way away! I'll try and stick by historical events as they happen, but I've already deviated a little from that (see: FDR influencing baseball). I will guarantee that Dave Grohl will start the Foo Fighters, because I'm a big fan. As for Nirvana and Alice in Chains? Time will tell. I do have a lot of time to think about it though (45ish game years).
SEPTEMBER 26, 1945
1945 WORLD SERIES
GAME 1
Perhaps there is nothing quite as special as late September baseball. The cool air has a magical feel to it, something beyond comprehension that turns men into boys, and boys into heroes.
This season, the two groups of heroes would come from New York and Philadelphia again, as the Yankees and Phillies squared off at Shibe Park for Game 1. The visiting Yankees would send Tiny Bonham to the mound. Tiny was one of the best pitchers in the American League, leading the junior circuit in wins (24) and ERA (2.14). The Phillies would counter with Tommy Hughes. After an outstanding 1942 season, he suffered through 2 injury-plagued seasons before reasserting himself this year, going 14-11, while posting the 3rd-best ERA in the National League (2.55).
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The Yankees were sent down in order in the 1st inning. The Phillies managed a base hit by Ed Walczak, but would get nothing more.
Bill Salkeld smacked a 2-out double, but was left at second base. The Phillies went in order.
Don Hanski led off the 3rd inning with a single to left field, and advanced to second base on a sacrifice. Pee Wee Reese smashed a triple deep into right-center field, scoring Hanski. Yankees 1, Phillies 0. Harlond Clift followed with a base hit. Yankees 2, Phillies 0. One out later, Joe DiMaggio walked, and Joe Gordon followed with a 2-run double. Yankees 4, Phillies 0. The next batter was Salkeld, who blasted a fastball into the left-centerfield bleachers for a home run. Yankees 6, Phillies 0. Tommy Henrich would’ve had another hit, but a great defensive play by Vern Stephens robbed him, and mercifully ended the inning.
The Phillies would get a 2-out walk by Nick Goulish, but Bonham would shut them down. For the rest of the game. In arguably the greatest pitching performance in World Series history, Tiny Bonham tosses a 1-hit shutout, as the Yankees offense adds 4 more against reliever Ken Gables, giving the visitors the blowout victory.
Yankees 10, Phillies 0
Yankees lead series, 1-0
W: Tiny Bonham L: Tommy Hughes
F! the Yankees...