A Fresh Start (Indians)

[HoustonGM]

I don't know where this Sexson hate comes from. (Then again, I've not looked at his last two years' stats.)

Check them out, and you'll immediately understand.

At 1B he shows as .993 lifetime, LF 1.000. My playing him in LF is the first time he's played this position since 2000, and so far he's perfect.

Of course, that could just mean he's not getting to any hits because he has no range. That's the problem with the error stat, and using it to judge fielding - you can't make an error if you don't get to the ball, and I'd rather a player say, get to the ball, and drop it, leading to a single, than a player not get to the ball and have it roll to the wall for a double or a triple.

Unfortunately, Mogul gives you little to go on for judging fielding besides the traditional stats and the ratings.

[CatKnight]

HoustonGM: I'm sure you're right. It's still interesting the game gives him an 85ish fielding rating.
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July 1, 2006

Standings

American League East
Team            W    L    GB
New York        53   29   --
Boston          53   30    0.5 - WC
Baltimore       41   44   13.5
Toronto         36   47   17.5
Tampa Bay       33   50   20.5

American League Central
Team            W    L    GB
Detroit         46   36   --
Minnesota       46   38    1
Cleveland       39   44    7.5
Chicago         38   46    9
Kansas City     29   53   17

American League West
Team            W    L    GB
Oakland         48   33   --
Texas           42   40    6.5
Los Angeles     40   45   10
Seattle         38   45   11

National League East
Team            W    L    GB
Philadelphia    47   36   --
Washington      43   39    3.5
Atlanta         40   43    7
Florida         40   43    7
New York        39   43    7.5

National League Central
Team            W    L    GB
St. Louis       49   31   --
Cincinnati      42   38    7
Chicago         41   40    8.5
Milwaukee       38   41   10.5
Pittsburgh      38   43   11.5
Houston         34   45   14.5

National League West
Team            W    L    GB
Los Angeles     50   32   --
San Diego       47   37    4
Arizona         40   42   10
Colorado        33   47   16
San Francisco   29   52   20.5

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American League Leaders
Average: Victor Martinez (CLE) .343, Magglio Ordonez (DET) .347
HR: Carlos Pena (BOS) 23, Richie Sexson (CLE) 22
RBI: Alex Rodriguez (NYY) 78, Carlos Lee (TEX) 78
Steals: Carl Crawford (TB) 41, Chone Figgins (LAA) 35

Wins: Three tied with 10
ERA: Danny Haren (OAK) 2.71, Barry Zito (OAK) 2.82
Strikeouts: Scott Kazmir (TBD) 109, Two tied with 103
Saves: Huston Street (OAK) 23, Two tied with 20

National League Leaders
Average: Matt Diaz (ATL) .383, David Wright (NYM) .346
HR: Three tied with 22
RBI: Albert Pujols (STL) 76. Miguel Cabrera (FLA) 73
Steals: Willy Taveras (HOU) 33, Juan Pierre (CHC) 31

Wins: John Thomson (ATL) 5, 3 tied with 4
ERA: Jason Johnson (CIN) 1.24, Mark Prior (CHC) 1.34
Strikeouts: Tim Hudson (ATL) 45, Mark Prior (CHC) 42
Saves: Macay McBride (ATL) 10, Derrick Turnbow (MIL) 10

Cleveland Indians Leaders
Average: Victor Martinez .343 (1st)
HR: Richie Sexson 22 (2nd)
RBI: Richie Sexson 57 (10th)
Steals: Grady Sizemore 6

Wins: Sabathia, Glavine, Lee 7
ERA: Jake Westbrook 4.10
Strikeouts: C.C. Sabathia 97 (5th)
Saves: Danny Graves 12
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Major Injuries

BAL-RF Jay Gibbons (81) [29] (.237 13-34 0) - September
CHW-SP Brandon McCarthy (75/83) [22] (1-2 2.87 0) - September
KCR-RP Joel Peralta (76/79) [30] (2-2 5.90 0) - Season
MIN-CF Torii Hunter (89) [30] (.240 10-50 4) - September
NYY-RP Octavio Dotel (81) [32] (6-0 3.15 2) - August
SEA-SS Yuniesky Betancourt (85/93) [24] (.270 7-39 1) - September
TEX-CF Freddie Guzman (72/78) [25] (Last MLB 2004) - September

ATL-RF Jeff Frabcoeur (81/90) [22] (,255 15-48 1) - September
HOU-SP Troy Patton (64/91) [20] (2-2 4.43 0) - September
PIT-SP Victor Santos (68) [29] (1-0 4.05 0) - September
SFG-RP Jeremy Accardo (88/95) [24] (4-1 5.96 1) - September
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Trades
BOS-TBD: LF David Murphy (72/85) [24] (Minor)
BOS-TBD: LF Jacoby Ellsbury (69/82) [22] (Minor)
TBD-BOS: RF Aubrey Huff (86) [29] (.258 6-26 0)

KCR-CHC: SP Luke Hudson (77/78) [29] (5-4 4.52 0)
CHC-KCR: RP Roberto Novoa (65/76) [26] (Last MLB 2005)
CHC-KCR: RP Clay Rapada (59/72) [25] (Minor)

CHC-TBD: RP Jae Kuk Ryu (69/83) [23] (Minor)
TBD-CHC: SS Angel Berroa (80) [28] (.232 3-16 3)

SFG-BOS: SP Jason Schmidt (91) [33] (5-8 4.87 0)
BOS-SFG: RP Manny Delcarmen (76/86) [24] (0-0 2.92 1)
BOS-SFG: SP Jon Lester (72/89) [22] (1-0 1.50 0)
BOS-SFG: SP Kason Gabbard (73/89) [24] (Minor)
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Milestones
BOS-RP Keith Foulke (89) [33] (3-2 4.64 13) - 200 Saves
BOS-LF Manny Ramirez (94) [34] (.282 16-53 0) - 2000 Hits
BOS-SP Curt Schilling (85) [39] (8-3 3.11 0) - 200 Wins
KCR-LF Reggie Sanders (76) [38] (.281 11-33 8) - 1000 Runs, 300 HR
LAA-LF Garret Anderson (82) [34] (.261 10-55 1) - 2000 Hits
NYM-RP Billy Wagner (91) [34] (2-3 2.97 17) - 300 Saves
SDP-C Mike Piazza (87) [37] (.313 17-59 1) - 1000 Runs, 2000 Hits
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Notable Retirements

Jose Mesa (RP, Colorado): Age 40, 17 seasons
2006: Last MLB 2005
Career: 77-101 4.29 6 CG 319 SV 970 K 1426 IP
Teams: Orioles (87, 90-92), Indians (92-98), Giants (98), Mariners (99-00), Phillies (01-03), Pirates (04-05)
Awards: All Star (95-96)

Tom Martin (RP, Colorado): Age 36, 9 seasons
2006: Last MLB 2005
Career: 9-9 4.88 3 SV 168 K 231 IP
Teams: Astros (97), Indians (98-00), Mets (01), D-Rays (02), Dodgers (03-04), Braves (04-05)
Awards: None

[HoustonGM]

HoustonGM: I'm sure you're right. It's still interesting the game gives him an 85ish fielding rating.

I don't have any numbers, and I could be remembering wrong, but I think back in 2005-2006, around then, he was a decent to very good fielder, although he's surely dropped off now.

But considering the game is a simulation, don't let any real life biases get in your way, as I'm sure you know. If he has an 85ish fielding rating, he's generally going to be a pretty good fielder.

[WiffleBaller]

ugh, glad to see boston is cleaning out their farm system to win now....

[filihok]

Something tells me Boston is going to live to regret some of those trades.

And cut a guy some slack on the Rule IV draft. I can count in English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, German, and Arabic but not Roman

[Coach Owens]

I don't have any numbers, and I could be remembering wrong, but I think back in 2005-2006, around then, he was a decent to very good fielder, although he's surely dropped off now.

But considering the game is a simulation, don't let any real life biases get in your way, as I'm sure you know. If he has an 85ish fielding rating, he's generally going to be a pretty good fielder.

I'm pretty sure he's never been a good fielder. He's just overrated because he's tall and saves "his teammates from throwing errors" and all that trash.

[PotatoOfCouch13]

Oh no Theo! What are you doing!? GAH!!!!!!!!!

Alright, 7.5 back as we hit the turn. Let's hope that you can ride a hot streak while Detroit and Minnesota beat each other up.

[TheBigBomber]

I love reading your stuff, hopefully the Indians can get their bats going, and Grady or Hafner comes back, maybe Betancourt should come back, Graves isn't performing very well.

[gosensgo101]

There's no way that Ramirez hurts Hafner in any way in a fight. If there's ever a rematch, my money's on Travis.

[HoustonGM]

I'm pretty sure he's never been a good fielder. He's just overrated because he's tall and saves "his teammates from throwing errors" and all that trash.

Since when is saving his teammates from throwing errors a bad thing?

His place in Zone Rating:

2008: 20th
2007: last.
2006: 2nd to last.
2005: last
2004: didnt play enough.
2003: 16th


Okay, maybe he never was, like I said, it was just something I vaguely remember hearing.

[Coach Owens]

Since when is saving his teammates from throwing errors a bad thing?

His place in Zone Rating:

2008: 20th
2007: last.
2006: 2nd to last.
2005: last
2004: didnt play enough.
2003: 16th


Okay, maybe he never was, like I said, it was just something I vaguely remember hearing.

I never said it was a bad thing. I just said that people always said "Oh, what are you talking about? Sexson is a great fielder, he only makes a few errors and saves his teammates from throwing errors because he's so tall!" It's annoying.

[CatKnight]

You may have read of my recent computer problems. I highlighted them here.

The good news is I have a new computer which I installed today, and so far it isn't showing the slightest interest in speaking Wingding.

The bad news is I was unable to port over any files, including my saved games, due to a combination of the above mentioned font problems and the failure about 2 months ago of my old CD drive. Therefore this adventure has come to an end.

I regret it. I hadn't decided whether to stick with this, go back to my Royals dynasty, or (eep) try to do both...but it certainly wasn't the plan to end both of them so abruptly.

I'm going to take a few days to try and set things up as I'd like, then I'll be back to try yet again.

Thanks for your continued support, folks, and sorry about this.

[eick]

Really sorry to hear about your computer problem and hate to see your dynasties go bye-bye but they might be recoverable. Since you got problems with Windows, the best way to get the files you want off of your old computer is to remove the hard drive and hook it up as a secondary hard drive on another computer and use that computer to move the files off. As long as the hard drive isn't bad, the files should be accessible and you can copy them to a USB flash drive or CD. It takes a little computer knowledge to do but should be able to get your files for you.

But you might not be able to do this on your new computer, your old computer probably has the older IDE drives and the new computer will probably come with Serial ATA but any computer repair shop should be able to help you with this.