NAMBLA Association

[akcranker]

For all of you that are currently playing PadresFan's NAMBLA Association this is the place to post your results/updates so we can all compare how our own version of his Association is doing.

Here's the teams each of us are currently controlling

PadresFan - San Diego Surf Dawgs
Dneely - Phoenix Sidewinders
Akcranker - Orlando Thunder
Scott - Chicago Bombers
SittingDuck - Portland Beavers
Verizon32 - Las Vegas Gamblers
Pbot - New Hampshire River Cats
Deltadog - Atlanta Rebels

[scott32671]

I will be the Chicago Bombers! I checked out an old thread from Pad, and saw his logos and team names. They rock! Can't wait to get a hold of this league! So mark me for the Bombers! Go Chicago!!![:D]

[PadresFan104]

San Diego Surf Dawgs Update - May 12, 2000 (did you notice that we are starting in 2000?)

To catch up, let's look at the transactions for San Diego so far this season. Might be interesting if we end up with some of the same players on our teams!

4/1/2000 San Diego traded Charles Lewis to Philadelphia for Jesse Cantu
Just a couple of minor league players. Trying to improve my proposects.

4/11/2000 San Diego traded Alfonzo Chaffee & Jack Wilke to Boston for Joseph Kelley & Mario Garrett
I needed a closer, and I could afford Kelley who has done a good job for me this season so far. It hurts not having Wilke though, as he's now batting .314 for Boston. He was only hitting .200 when I traded him.

4/25/2000 San Diego traded Mario Garrett, Joseph Turner & Jessie Stewart to Pittsburgh for Jason Bates, Ronald Lewis, and Dion Fields
This trade has helped turn around my offense from the worst to middle of the pack. My relief pitching has suffered for losing Turner and Stewart, but we're hanging in there by getting 7 to 8 innings from the starters.

4/25/2000 San Diego traded Steve Reeder to Las Vegas for Clyde Burks
After losing Turner, I needed another starter, and Burks is doing well.

So here is the summary of our season to date:

Record: 21-15 (on a 7 game winning streak)
Standings: 5 games behind Phoenix who are 26-10
Finances: 33million available
Team Offense: 17th (153 runs scored)
Team Defense: 4th (141 runs against)

As for the League Leaders, since this will be interesting to compare:

Avg. Jim Novak, Michigan, .382
HRs Christopher Laverriere, San Francisco & Patrick Dinardo, Anaheim 13
RBI Justin Cruz, Washington, 39
SB Roy Garcia, San Diego, 25
OBP Jasper Oliveira, Atlanta, .448

Anything else I should report?

[scott32671]

Hey, how many players does each team start with? Just curious, haven't made it home yet to start. gonna have to put this on my pc at work![&o]

[verizon32]

The whole League Standings if you don't mind.

[PadresFan104]

ORIGINAL: scott32671

Hey, how many players does each team start with? Just curious, haven't made it home yet to start. gonna have to put this on my pc at work![&o]

LOL, I can't remember!! I think I have it set for 50 or 60 man rosters. I'll check later.

EDIT: Ok, it's configured for 60 man rosters.

[dneely]

PadresFan:

The Phoenix team I am managing was renamed the Sidewinders and we are on a bit of a hot streak winning 5 in a row and are now up to 13-19 and we are in 5th place. BTW we are only 4 games behind the 17-15 San Diego squad. My top 4 guys in the lineup are hitting well, the bottom 4 are barely hitting their weight! I have seen an increase in offense since going to 1.28 which is good because aveages etc. were pretty sad! Phoenix is lead by Paul Pfaff who is hitting .355.

I will continue to update as I move forward.

David
Phoenix Sidewinders-NAMBLA

[SittingDuck]

Cool.  I'll have to get in on this.  I'll do Portland.

[akcranker]

Okay well so far after managing the first 5 games of the season my Orlando Thunder have gone 4 - 1 with the one loss being by 1 run.

Our top 3 hitters(min 10 AB)-

1B Mike Riggs .571 1 HR 2 RBI
2B Sean Madore .471 0 HR 0 RBI
LF Curt Harvey .412 3 HR 10 RBI

Our top 3 pitchers(min 7IP)

#3 SP William Mooney 0.00 ERA 6 SO 1BB
#5 SP Jerry Graham 1.00 ERA 3 SO 5 BB
#2 SP Walter Hurwitz 1.00 ERA 6 SO 3 BB

Orlando is in 1st in the Eastern Division of the Great American League
Phoenix is in 1st in the Western Division of the Metropolitan League with a record of 5 - 0
San Diego is in 2nd in the Western Division of the Metropolitan League with a record of 3 - 2
Chicago is in 5th in the Western Division of the Metropolitan League with a record of 2 - 3
Portland is in 5th inthe Western Division of the Great American League with a record of 2 - 3

As for the League Leaders, since this will be interesting to compare:

Avg. Benjamin Bracey, Toronto, .500
HRs Curt Harvey, Orlando & Kevin Bullock, Winston-Salem 3
RBI Curt Harvey, Orlando, 10
SB Charles Saavedra, Atlantic City, 4
OBP James Chan, Washington & Benjamin Bracey, Toronto .556

[scott32671]

With a homestand to start off the season, The Chicago Bombers welcomed to town the Surf Dawgs of San Deigo, and with the wind blowing in, it was supposed to be a pitching duel, but not for the hometown Bombers.  After starting pitcher Joe Turner went down after only one inning of work, the visitors thought their day bleak, but their bats did all the talking, along with a stellar outing from relief pitcher Jessie Stewart who tossed 7 shutout innings on the way to a 5-1 San Deigo victory.  The 'Dawgs Lawrence Crawford went 2-4 hitting the games only bomb, and the Chicago big three of Tierney, Navarro, and Waldron went 0-11.
 
Game two of this season opening series found the tables turned on the Surf Dawgs as the dominant pitching belonged to the Bombers.  Still no sign of the explosive bats the Bombers were talked up as having, not yet, but some timely hitting and small ball accompanied with solid defense evened up the series at 1-1. 
Chicago's Thomas Johnson went 7 strong innings giving up 3 hits and 3 walks while fanning 8!  San Deigo's Kris Moses was roughed up for 3 runs in 6 innings, but Jesse Stewart added 2 more shutout innings to his early season resume.  Game three is building up as a classic rubber match to start out this new baseball season.
 
 

[PadresFan104]

ORIGINAL: dneely
Phoenix is lead by Paul Pfaff who is hitting .355.

David
Phoenix Sidewinders-NAMBLA

Interesting. In my dimension, Paul Pfaff is the starting shotstop for Phoenix but bats 6th and 8th. After 117 ABs he's hitting .282 with 2HR and 15 RBI. His batting average has only been above .300 two times all season. He also has the third lowest batting average on the starting 8.

[PadresFan104]

ORIGINAL: scott32671

With a homestand to start off the season, The Chicago Bombers welcomed to town the Surf Dawgs of San Deigo, and with the wind blowing in, it was supposed to be a pitching duel, but not for the hometown Bombers. After starting pitcher Joe Turner went down after only one inning of work, the visitors thought their day bleak, but their bats did all the talking, along with a stellar outing from relief pitcher Jessie Stewart who tossed 7 shutout innings on the way to a 5-1 San Deigo victory. The 'Dawgs Lawrence Crawford went 2-4 hitting the games only bomb, and the Chicago big three of Tierney, Navarro, and Waldron went 0-11.

Game two of this season opening series found the tables turned on the Surf Dawgs as the dominant pitching belonged to the Bombers. Still no sign of the explosive bats the Bombers were talked up as having, not yet, but some timely hitting and small ball accompanied with solid defense evened up the series at 1-1.
Chicago's Thomas Johnson went 7 strong innings giving up 3 hits and 3 walks while fanning 8! San Deigo's Kris Moses was roughed up for 3 runs in 6 innings, but Jesse Stewart added 2 more shutout innings to his early season resume. Game three is building up as a classic rubber match to start out this new baseball season.

Great stuff!!! Thanks for reminding me how great of a pitcher I lost when I traded Stewart. [:(]

[PadresFan104]

ORIGINAL: akcranker

Okay well so far after managing the first 5 games of the season my Orlando Thunder have gone 4 - 1 with the one loss being by 1 run.

Our top 3 hitters(min 10 AB)-

1B Mike Riggs .571 1 HR 2 RBI
2B Sean Madore .471 0 HR 0 RBI
LF Curt Harvey .412 3 HR 10 RBI

Yikes! Riggs is batting .209 with 5 HR on my machine! The highest he's been is .333 and that was after the first game of the season!!!

I'm starting to wonder, when are the hidden ratings generated? I would think we'd be seeing the same general performances from these guys....

[verizon32]

ORIGINAL: PadresFan104

ORIGINAL: akcranker

Okay well so far after managing the first 5 games of the season my Orlando Thunder have gone 4 - 1 with the one loss being by 1 run.

Our top 3 hitters(min 10 AB)-

1B Mike Riggs .571 1 HR 2 RBI
2B Sean Madore .471 0 HR 0 RBI
LF Curt Harvey .412 3 HR 10 RBI

Yikes! Riggs is batting .209 with 5 HR on my machine! The highest he's been is .333 and that was after the first game of the season!!!

I'm starting to wonder, when are the hidden ratings generated? I would think we'd be seeing the same general performances from these guys....

small size sample so far.

[PadresFan104]

ORIGINAL: verizon32

ORIGINAL: PadresFan104

ORIGINAL: akcranker

Okay well so far after managing the first 5 games of the season my Orlando Thunder have gone 4 - 1 with the one loss being by 1 run.

Our top 3 hitters(min 10 AB)-

1B Mike Riggs .571 1 HR 2 RBI
2B Sean Madore .471 0 HR 0 RBI
LF Curt Harvey .412 3 HR 10 RBI

Yikes! Riggs is batting .209 with 5 HR on my machine! The highest he's been is .333 and that was after the first game of the season!!!

I'm starting to wonder, when are the hidden ratings generated? I would think we'd be seeing the same general performances from these guys....

small size sample so far.

So take over a team and increase our sample size. [:)]

[verizon32]

I am going to try Las Vegas.

It should be fun.

Thanks for a great template.

[akcranker]

Just a real quick question for everyone.  At this moment.. how many games in are you in your season?

I've managed 8 games today so far.  I'm going to stop for the day when I get to 10 games.  I'm trying to catch up with PadresFan so our stats will be around the same amount of games played.

[PadresFan104]

Well, I'm 36 games in, and probably going to play a few games tonight to test out the newest patch. 

[PadresFan104]

ORIGINAL: verizon32

I am going to try Las Vegas.

It should be fun.

Thanks for a great template.

Cool, thanks verizon!

[PadresFan104]

Verizon, AK, SittingDuck....

You are going to spend most of your time managing games in ballparks with minor league photos (although the dimensions and walls are all identical - only the altitude is different).  Can you give me your thoughts on how the game "looks" when playing this way?  Is it not as fun as playing with the major league photos?  Does it make a difference to you?