2024 - Season - Remember the Titans (Ready 8/24)

[DRiccio21]

you gotta pick sides to your argument...

either I did this maliciously and i'm a scumbag trying to ruin the integrity of our short A league or i'm not.

you seem to be flipping sides here every other post.

and yes, you are right, I don't care what you call me.

[trendon]

you gotta pick sides to your argument...

either I did this maliciously and i'm a scumbag trying to ruin the integrity of our short A league or i'm not.

you seem to be flipping sides here every other post.

and yes, you are right, I don't care what you call me.

You did it ON PURPOSE because you are ignorant, not because you were up to no good. But you sure as fuck reaped the benefits. In fact, if you traded any of those guys, you should be forced to compensate the league or the team since those players were essentially illegally-held assets.

But, no matter how much you try and fucking worm your way out of this one with your lyrical gymnastics that paint me out to be a lunatic, you damn well knew what you were doing and you knew it wasn't right. Otherwise, you are a moron.

[trendon]

ruin the integrity of our short A league or i'm not.

Just re-read this and ohhhhh you are a cocksucker. You would make one helluva politician, Riccio. You'd be the biggest scumbag of them all.

[DRiccio21]

I would never do anything I didn't think was right or hurting the league for the sake of getting an advantage.

I've explained why I placed the guys there rather than AAA about 3 times now.

if you don't believe me, that's unfortunate.

the part i'm not arguing and don't really feel is important is (i'm more concerned with your 'caught you red handed part') is how do you figure I cheated any rules? they were FREE AGENTS. I signed them. they were all eligible for rule 5 and nobody took them and I kept them. theoretically my entire franchise is this, just so we're clear no rules were broken. unrealistic to have them in short A, i'll agree with. done so with malicious intent. absolutely not. done so to cheat... offended you'd consider it.

I 'reaped the benefits'? how, by having the best minors every season? shit bro, you are really catching on here. I also sign the best coaches possible and spend on a shit load on managers... is that bogus too?

and I promise I don't need any of my Dominique Moceanu Thoreau skills to prove you're a lunatic.

[DRiccio21]

ruin the integrity of our short A league or i'm not.

Just re-read this and ohhhhh you are a cocksucker. You would make one helluva politician, Riccio. You'd be the biggest scumbag of them all.

I feel like i'm being punked.

as a matter of fact, considering you're bringing up politicians, i'm starting to think you are really just punking me to get back at you about Senator Nelson shit.

please, for the love of god, tell me that's whats going on right now and we're not really having my integrity challenged thru the minor league management of an OOTP league.

[shel311]

I'm sick and tired of essential rule breakers!!!

[Cnasty]

i'm done responding.

Trendon 1
Dalai Lama Dave 0

[Seeitsaveit13]

ruin the integrity of our short A league or i'm not.

Just re-read this and ohhhhh you are a cocksucker. You would make one helluva politician, Riccio. You'd be the biggest scumbag of them all.

...I've heard he's a good Senator...

[trendon]

I would never do anything I didn't think was right or hurting the league for the sake of getting an advantage.

I've explained why I placed the guys there rather than AAA about 3 times now.

if you don't believe me, that's unfortunate.

the part i'm not arguing and don't really feel is important is (i'm more concerned with your 'caught you red handed part') is how do you figure I cheated any rules? they were FREE AGENTS. I signed them. they were all eligible for rule 5 and nobody took them and I kept them. theoretically my entire franchise is this, just so we're clear no rules were broken. unrealistic to have them in short A, i'll agree with. done so with malicious intent. absolutely not. done so to cheat... offended you'd consider it.

I 'reaped the benefits'? how, by having the best minors every season? shit bro, you are really catching on here. I also sign the best coaches possible and spend on a shit load on managers... is that bogus too?

and I promise I don't need any of my Dominique Moceanu Thoreau skills to prove you're a lunatic.

The whole crux of my complaint had less to do with cheating (which, by the way, Hemmingway, I never ever said and barely alluded to; stop putting words in my mouth) and more to do with you being a hypocrite. You constantly pound your fists for realism and and "sim" and then do this, which is outrageous compared to what happens in real life. Can you argue that? I don't think you can. And don't bring up the conversation about this that we never had; we talked about the difference in talent between MLB's AA and NDLB's AA.

So, everything comes down to that one main point. The fact that my minor league squad is losing by touchdowns to your team doesn't help but the impact is probably minor. The only real "integrity of the game" issue I can seriously lob at you is those guys should be in high minors or free agents so someone else can have them. Your team grossly violated every single class A player limit rule there is ... and you knew it. Did you say, "Fuck this, I know the rules and I don't care?!" No. But you did it and you caused a minor disturbance to the league and a bigger one to me because I don't like when people say one thing and do another. Not to mention I would have loved to have kept those three players you have down there but it was AAA or bust for them.

So, call me what you want but don't play me like a fool or try and play the "I don't care/Magic Dave approach" and paint me out to be some lunatic. And stop changing the argument!

[trendon]

Only one record is in jeopardy of falling aside from pitcher's winning percentage (a nonsense stat, to be honest). Triples.

Record: 14, Martin Ramirez (SHL, 2023) & Jarred Ballard (SXC, 2011)

Honolulu's Stanley Frost has 13 triples with six games to go but is currently tired so he will likely miss a game. Honolulu's Ball Park at the Harbor isn't exactly a triples paradise (he still has 11 of his 13 triples at home, though) and a three game set at NorCal's bandbox won't help much either.

South Park's Vincent Kelly, on the other hand, is in good form and has a nice trip to Phoenix to play in their extremely triple-friendly park.

[shel311]

2 or 3 days ago, 10 times worse than draft pick trading:

In the grand scheme, I don't really have a problem, but now I don't want to hear SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTT if someone wants to run a 19-man rotation or any reference at all to draft pick trading. What you are doing is ten times worse than both combined.

Today, minor blip on the radar:

The fact that my minor league squad is losing by touchdowns to your team doesn't help but the impact is probably minor.

But you did it and you caused a minor disturbance

Dave's voodoo magic talking skills are hypnotizing Trendon as he rails about Dave's voodoo magic talking skills not working on him.

[DRiccio21]

The whole crux of my complaint had less to do with cheating (which, by the way, Hemmingway, I never ever said and barely alluded to; stop putting words in my mouth) and more to do with you being a hypocrite. You constantly pound your fists for realism and and "sim" and then do this, which is outrageous compared to what happens in real life. Can you argue that? I don't think you can. And don't bring up the conversation about this that we never had; we talked about the difference in talent between MLB's AA and NDLB's AA.

So, everything comes down to that one main point. The fact that my minor league squad is losing by touchdowns to your team doesn't help but the impact is probably minor. The only real "integrity of the game" issue I can seriously lob at you is those guys should be in high minors or free agents so someone else can have them. Your team grossly violated every single class A player limit rule there is ... and you knew it. Did you say, "Fuck this, I know the rules and I don't care?!" No. But you did it and you caused a minor disturbance to the league and a bigger one to me because I don't like when people say one thing and do another. Not to mention I would have loved to have kept those three players you have down there but it was AAA or bust for them.

So, call me what you want but don't play me like a fool or try and play the "I don't care/Magic Dave approach" and paint me out to be some lunatic. And stop changing the argument!

a) corey was right, you win cause I keep coming back for more... I've never played 'I don't care', I typically care too much, like this, about shit that is completely pointless.
b) we did have the conversation, its not relevant at this point and playing 'yes you did, no you didn't' helps nothing. regardless of if we did or didn't, I am bringing up points that prevented me from running a normal/realistic minor league since by me keeping a 28 yr old in AAAA type in AAA (which is completely normal) I instead have to release him so I can get my 10 good OF prospects ab's at the level they will develop from more. that's the ultimate place I went wrong. I didn't want to drop guys like Joe Parker or Keith Rice, that were big prospects for me.
c) I am many things... I am not a hypocrite/a liar/a cheat/someone who makes promises and doesn't keep them.
d) I haven't called YOU anything. you've spent 3 pages calling me things. I made one joking attempt at Olympic/poetry humor to play off your joke. I have no reason to call you anything... except I do think its funny you bash cops about pointless shit then come at me like this. I've always liked you, sincerely, always thought you understood my schtick is typically harsher on people I like and respect. clearly I was off there. you're kind of a dick, there now I called you name.
e) I dare you to reread this entire back and forth. you're a smart guy. I've never changed any argument. then read your last post where you give 'your one main point'. you'll see I've admitted fault to that about 2 pages ago, accepted responsibility and you simply continued your 'AHA moment' for no reason other than to show what a brilliant detective you are. I tried to give you my explanations to why I managed my minors that way (even tho my explanation is unnecessary as I've broken no rules and caused no issues in the league) I've released about 10 players, moved some to AAA and I will reevaluate it in the offseason and play how I used to with my older players in AAA and I will keep my younger prospects stunted in lower leagues.
f) this entire thing was a waste of time.

[ajalves]

^^
how about a space between each of you main points. Hard to read that blob of a paragraph

[DRiccio21]

^^
how about a space between each of you main points. Hard to read that blob of a paragraph

fuck with my integrity, fuck with my dog, fuck with my clothing selection... don't fuck with my OCD.

[ajalves]

^^
how about a space between each of you main points. Hard to read that blob of a paragraph

fuck with my integrity, fuck with my dog, fuck with my clothing selection... don't fuck with my OCD.

As a teacher, I'd ding you for handing in some sloppy bullshit like that.

[ajalves]

I wonder who made the playoffs

[DRiccio21]

Fred Thomas out 3 months
Damien McDaniel out 2 weeks.

I don't have a CF heading into the playoffs.

[ReignOnU]

File up. Email sent. Website updated.

Next sim is... going to be announced after a few more people provide their input.

**The playoff sim will be conducted all in 1 night. For teams in the playoffs, we are using a new playoff roster system. So you need to trim down your rosters to 25. If for some reason you can not make the playoffs, it is up to you to find someone to operate your team for you, or you go without. This could be a disadvantage. If you have a rep for your team, please let me know who that is.**

Here's the News:
Álex Rodríguez Wins 2024 NL Batting Crown
Vásquez Leads AL Hitters
BNN Stats: Starting Pitching Leaders
Plummer May Depart Albany
NDL News: Playoffs begin
NDL News: Regular Season ends
Redwood League Best Pitcher Named
CF Fred Thomas Hurt
Javier Guerra Hurt, Out 3 Weeks
Rams Chill Pader's Hot Streak

Playoff Matchups:

Spoiler!

Sheltown - Bye
New England @ Chicago WS

New York - Bye
Albany @ Omaha

Cincinnati - Bye
Washington @ Chicago LC

Philadelphia - Bye
South Park @ Phoenix

[ReignOnU]

For the playoff teams... keep in mind that we are 1 day prior to the 1st game.

[plasma1896]

I wonder who made the playoffs

Nick, AJ and myself are having a pizza party to watch the playoffsteams go at it, your invited over. Bring some Molson .