Field of Dreams -- Time to Fill this Up for Good!

ptwarr18 · 01-18-2007, 12:21 PM

Hi guys, I'm Bob Fuhrman (AIM-OfficerTimFisher/PTWarr18), the Asst. Commish of the Field of Dreams Baseball Simulation at www.fodsim.com We are a league that started up in August with the OOTP 2006 Software. When we started we had a full slate of owners but due to a problem with our league file that caused a 2 week hold up in simming before OOTP could fix it, we lost a lot of people. That was in Year 1. We are nearing completion of Year 2 (2007) of our league and still have quite a few openings I would like to have filled before the offseason. We have not been actively recruiting too much, but I think now is the time for us to fill this league for good.

To give you a little info on our league, we sim every M-W-F and next season will begin simming 10 days per sim. WE USE THE IN-GAME UPDATE FUNCTION, so you do not have to download and unzip every file the old way. Our offseason is about three weeks of daily sims, Monday through Friday. We are using real MLB rosters from 2006 so the teams have all changed some since then, we have a salary cap in effect, with revenue sharing off. The only rules we have that are different from some leagues is that we have a limit on incentives in contracts. We are continually working to improve the rules by league discussion and voting to fix what we view as bugs in the gameplay.

I am the Asst. Commish, and our Commish is Brian Nickerson (AIM- MakDaddy Nik). He and I are both very active in other leagues so you may have seen us around. We have a set up where we will alternate sim seasons. We think it is the best way to keep the league going without us getting burned out but not have a different person simming all the time which is how the 2006 season was run. He has run the 2007 season, and I will take over in the offseason and run sims until completion of the 2008 season. Another league member, Rob Hoffman, has volunteered to do everything involving the webpage and he has done a great job with it. It really takes a lot of the burden of us when we have a reliable guy like Rob running the web site for us.

Now that I have given you some background information on our league, I will get to the open teams and give a brief summary of their history in the league. Once again our website is www.fodsim.com

Baltimore Orioles- Currently sitting in last place in the AL East, Do have the #4 System in Baseball including the #5 Prospect who plays SS. Also have Ryan Zimmerman, Barry Zito, and Brady Penny. This team desperately needs their hitting prospects to develop or sign a few players in free agency to compete in the powerful AL East

Chicago White Sox- First place team in the Central by a game. Led by Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Jason Botts, and Brian Anderson. Kazmir was their big acquisition last season. Choked in late 2006 to miss the playoffs, will it happen again?

Cleveland Indians- Ah, the defending Champions are now unowned?!?! Former GM Jason Jung won the World Series and then disappeared in the offseason. The team has been on CPU control since then and they are 1 game back of the White Sox. They have made no trades since the start of this league so they are virtually the same team they were in 2006 when they won the World Series.

Minnesota Twins- Another AL Central team with no owner. This team is only 2 back of the White Sox. Like the Indians they have not made any deals since the league started so they have the same core as 2006. Santana and Liriano have been good. I think the right owner could put this team over the top very quickly.

Atlanta Braves- What happened to the Braves?? This team needs big time help. They just missed the playoffs last year but are now sitting in last place in the NL East. There is a lot of talent there though. You could either totally rebuild for the future, or go after some free agents, make a few trades and I can see this team competing again next year. (The first place Mets are very old in this sim)

Florida Marlins- 4th Place in the NL East, #2 System in baseball. The Marlins have a fantastic system loaded with talent but are not ready to compete yet. They will have financial difficulty as the Marlins always do, but a good owner could turn this team into a powerhouse with the right approach.

Washington Nationals- Another NL East team, they are in third place. This team is an all-around average team. No real superstars except Alfonso Soriano. I was not a fan of them trading Zimmerman but one of the key parts of that deal was Delwyn Young, and he is leading the team in Homers and RBI's, while being 2nd in average.

St. Louis Cardinals- The Cards are currently 2 games over 500 and 6 back in the Central. They are lead by Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, Scott Rolen, Chris Carpenter, and Abe Alvarez (thanks to a very nice player development). The starters have the 3rd best ERA in the NL but the pen is dead last in the NL and that has been their downfall.

Once again, my name is Bob Fuhrman. My AIM screen name is OfficerTimFisher. You can reach me via email at robert.fuhrman@email.stvincent.edu

Our website is www.fodsim.com

I really want to have this league filled fast because it makes everything much more enjoyable for everyone involved. As you can see our problem spots are the AL Central and NL East for whatever reason.

Please email me and let me know your AIM, name, and a list of teams you would like to have an I will get back to you ASAP!

ptwarr18 · 01-18-2007, 03:50 PM

Indians have a new owner!

Remaining teams
Balitmore Orioles
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Atlanta Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
St. Louis Cardinals

ptwarr18 · 01-18-2007, 08:34 PM

Florida Marlins have been filled

Remaining Teams
Baltimore Orioles
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
St. Louis Cardinals

ptwarr18 · 01-19-2007, 12:44 PM

Minnesota Twins now have a new owner

Available Teams
Baltimore Orioles
Chicago White Sox
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
St. Louis Cardinals

ptwarr18 · 01-21-2007, 02:27 PM

Bump, Still have the Same 5 Open

ptwarr18 · 01-22-2007, 12:42 AM

Cardinals have been filled.

Open Teams Remaining
Baltimore Orioles
Chicago White Sox
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals

ptwarr18 · 01-23-2007, 01:09 AM

Atlanta has been filled, and Baltimore has been put on reserve for 24 Hours

Open Teams Left
Chicago White Sox
Washington Nationals

Maybe the Baltimore Orioles

ptwarr18 · 01-23-2007, 06:46 PM

White Sox have been filled, Baltimore is still on reserve.

Only Opening Remaining
Washington Nationals

*If you wish to have the Orioles if this other guy doesn't take them, then let me know.

ptwarr18 · 01-26-2007, 04:40 PM

We are now full.

We have a few owners on the Danger list though. Will keep this updated.

ptwarr18 · 01-26-2007, 06:44 PM

We have owners for every team but our Cleveland owner who joined a week ago has yet to become active. Cleveland is the defending World Series Champion and they are 1/2 game back in the Central with just over 2 weeks to play in the 2007 Season.

I may soon do the same with the White Sox and Marlins; both have new GM's who have yet to do anything since joining but I have the quick hook on Cleveland since they are a team who needs an owner right away.

I am opening up Cleveland to any takers.

ptwarr18 · 01-27-2007, 11:39 PM

Still have defending champion, Cleveland Indians open.

ptwarr18 · 01-28-2007, 01:38 AM

Indians Full

ptwarr18 · 01-31-2007, 10:50 AM

We have 2 sims left in the regular season and will be transitioning to the offseason in a week in a half (real time).

I have a few GM's who have been inactive since joining and if they don't export by Friday they will be replaced.

If you want to join a good league, this is it, but I want people who will stay with it, the teams that are going to be open are all teams that I just filled. Please, don't join and then disappear!!!

If your interested in the Marlins, Braves, White Sox, or Nationals then IM me at OfficerTimFisher or drop me an Email at robert.fuhrman@email.stvincent.edu

The league webpage is www.fodsim.com

JesseTerry · 03-27-2007, 09:31 PM

I'm the new Asst. Commish of FODSim (www.fodsim.com) and wanted to let you guys know that we have three teams open currently. If anyone is interested, post on the forum waiting list and we'll see about getting you in. We're currently in Aug. of our 2008, our second year.

The team currently available:

St. Louis (47-64), 19 games back in the NL Central and in 5th place in that division. Still have Pujols, Rolen, Carpenter, also have Manny and a very good Abe Alvarez. Owners of the 23rd best farm system.

At least two more teams will be opening in the offseason, but as two of these teams are in the thick of the AL playoff race, we'd like to fill them and have no computer managed teams in the playoffs.

There is talk, though nothing is official yet, about switching to OOTP2007 possibly during this upcoming offseason. You can check the status of that in the League Voting section of the FODSim Forum.

I can be reached at irunjt@yahoo.com or on AIM PSBLCincyReds

Again, www.fodsim.com, drop your info in the waiting list, and we'll go from there!

mwallstar · 03-30-2007, 09:03 PM

My aim is ewarrior38
i would like to take over seattle.

i was in this league before the file problem... and i was really active! glad to join back up

JesseTerry · 03-30-2007, 09:12 PM

Would you have any interest in a 1st place Philly team? We're looking to fill the playoff teams first and foremost. If so, please email me at irunjt@yahoo.com with your full name, AIM handle, and location, and we'll get you signed up.

Let me know either way by email.

Thanks.

Jesse

JesseTerry · 04-05-2007, 07:17 AM

Albert Pujols an the Cards are still available, we're almost done with the regular season.

JesseTerry · 04-11-2007, 06:10 PM

Here's an update.

Cleveland (78-84), 8th best system, still have Hafner, Sizemore, Sowers and Kouzmanoff. Finished tied for 3rd in AL Central.

Irunjt@yahoo.com
PSBLCincyReds on AIM

JesseTerry · 04-21-2007, 10:50 AM

Bump, still looking for 1 owner.

KingYankee · 04-23-2007, 04:55 PM

I am interested in joining your league. I was in discussion with Bob (Fuhrman) back in February and I was set up but couldn't get my game working - I let him know he should find another manager. I contacted him a few times after that saying I was good to go but never heard back from him again.
I may have even posted on the forum but can't remember now.

Anyway, definitely interested - Cleveland? is it?

I'll send a message to your email with details.

Thanks,

Chris

01-18-2007, 12:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	Field of Dreams -- Late in 2nd Season, Open Teams Hi guys, I'm Bob Fuhrman (AIM-OfficerTimFisher/PTWarr18), the Asst. Commish of the Field of Dreams Baseball Simulation at www.fodsim.com We are a league that started up in August with the OOTP 2006 Software. When we started we had a full slate of owners but due to a problem with our league file that caused a 2 week hold up in simming before OOTP could fix it, we lost a lot of people. That was in Year 1. We are nearing completion of Year 2 (2007) of our league and still have quite a few openings I would like to have filled before the offseason. We have not been actively recruiting too much, but I think now is the time for us to fill this league for good. To give you a little info on our league, we sim every M-W-F and next season will begin simming 10 days per sim. WE USE THE IN-GAME UPDATE FUNCTION, so you do not have to download and unzip every file the old way. Our offseason is about three weeks of daily sims, Monday through Friday. We are using real MLB rosters from 2006 so the teams have all changed some since then, we have a salary cap in effect, with revenue sharing off. The only rules we have that are different from some leagues is that we have a limit on incentives in contracts. We are continually working to improve the rules by league discussion and voting to fix what we view as bugs in the gameplay. I am the Asst. Commish, and our Commish is Brian Nickerson (AIM- MakDaddy Nik). He and I are both very active in other leagues so you may have seen us around. We have a set up where we will alternate sim seasons. We think it is the best way to keep the league going without us getting burned out but not have a different person simming all the time which is how the 2006 season was run. He has run the 2007 season, and I will take over in the offseason and run sims until completion of the 2008 season. Another league member, Rob Hoffman, has volunteered to do everything involving the webpage and he has done a great job with it. It really takes a lot of the burden of us when we have a reliable guy like Rob running the web site for us. Now that I have given you some background information on our league, I will get to the open teams and give a brief summary of their history in the league. Once again our website is www.fodsim.com Baltimore Orioles- Currently sitting in last place in the AL East, Do have the #4 System in Baseball including the #5 Prospect who plays SS. Also have Ryan Zimmerman, Barry Zito, and Brady Penny. This team desperately needs their hitting prospects to develop or sign a few players in free agency to compete in the powerful AL East Chicago White Sox- First place team in the Central by a game. Led by Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Jason Botts, and Brian Anderson. Kazmir was their big acquisition last season. Choked in late 2006 to miss the playoffs, will it happen again? Cleveland Indians- Ah, the defending Champions are now unowned?!?! Former GM Jason Jung won the World Series and then disappeared in the offseason. The team has been on CPU control since then and they are 1 game back of the White Sox. They have made no trades since the start of this league so they are virtually the same team they were in 2006 when they won the World Series. Minnesota Twins- Another AL Central team with no owner. This team is only 2 back of the White Sox. Like the Indians they have not made any deals since the league started so they have the same core as 2006. Santana and Liriano have been good. I think the right owner could put this team over the top very quickly. Atlanta Braves- What happened to the Braves?? This team needs big time help. They just missed the playoffs last year but are now sitting in last place in the NL East. There is a lot of talent there though. You could either totally rebuild for the future, or go after some free agents, make a few trades and I can see this team competing again next year. (The first place Mets are very old in this sim) Florida Marlins- 4th Place in the NL East, #2 System in baseball. The Marlins have a fantastic system loaded with talent but are not ready to compete yet. They will have financial difficulty as the Marlins always do, but a good owner could turn this team into a powerhouse with the right approach. Washington Nationals- Another NL East team, they are in third place. This team is an all-around average team. No real superstars except Alfonso Soriano. I was not a fan of them trading Zimmerman but one of the key parts of that deal was Delwyn Young, and he is leading the team in Homers and RBI's, while being 2nd in average. St. Louis Cardinals- The Cards are currently 2 games over 500 and 6 back in the Central. They are lead by Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, Scott Rolen, Chris Carpenter, and Abe Alvarez (thanks to a very nice player development). The starters have the 3rd best ERA in the NL but the pen is dead last in the NL and that has been their downfall. Once again, my name is Bob Fuhrman. My AIM screen name is OfficerTimFisher. You can reach me via email at robert.fuhrman@email.stvincent.edu Our website is www.fodsim.com I really want to have this league filled fast because it makes everything much more enjoyable for everyone involved. As you can see our problem spots are the AL Central and NL East for whatever reason. Please email me and let me know your AIM, name, and a list of teams you would like to have an I will get back to you ASAP! __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy Last edited by ptwarr18 : 01-20-2007 at 08:13 PM.

01-18-2007, 03:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	Indians have a new owner! Remaining teams Balitmore Orioles Chicago White Sox Minnesota Twins Atlanta Braves Philadelphia Phillies Washington Nationals St. Louis Cardinals __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy

01-18-2007, 08:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	Florida Marlins have been filled Remaining Teams Baltimore Orioles Chicago White Sox Minnesota Twins Atlanta Braves Washington Nationals St. Louis Cardinals __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy

01-19-2007, 12:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	Minnesota Twins now have a new owner Available Teams Baltimore Orioles Chicago White Sox Atlanta Braves Washington Nationals St. Louis Cardinals __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy

01-21-2007, 02:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	Bump, Still have the Same 5 Open __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy

01-22-2007, 12:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	Cardinals have been filled. Open Teams Remaining Baltimore Orioles Chicago White Sox Atlanta Braves Washington Nationals __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy

01-23-2007, 01:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	Atlanta has been filled, and Baltimore has been put on reserve for 24 Hours Open Teams Left Chicago White Sox Washington Nationals Maybe the Baltimore Orioles __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy

01-23-2007, 06:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	White Sox have been filled, Baltimore is still on reserve. Only Opening Remaining Washington Nationals *If you wish to have the Orioles if this other guy doesn't take them, then let me know. __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy

01-26-2007, 04:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	We are now full. We have a few owners on the Danger list though. Will keep this updated. __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy

01-26-2007, 06:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	We have owners for every team but our Cleveland owner who joined a week ago has yet to become active. Cleveland is the defending World Series Champion and they are 1/2 game back in the Central with just over 2 weeks to play in the 2007 Season. I may soon do the same with the White Sox and Marlins; both have new GM's who have yet to do anything since joining but I have the quick hook on Cleveland since they are a team who needs an owner right away. I am opening up Cleveland to any takers. __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy Last edited by ptwarr18 : 01-26-2007 at 06:47 PM.

01-27-2007, 11:39 PM	#11 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	Still have defending champion, Cleveland Indians open. __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy

01-28-2007, 01:38 AM	#12 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	Indians Full __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy

01-31-2007, 10:50 AM	#13 (permalink)
ptwarr18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 136	We have 2 sims left in the regular season and will be transitioning to the offseason in a week in a half (real time). I have a few GM's who have been inactive since joining and if they don't export by Friday they will be replaced. If you want to join a good league, this is it, but I want people who will stay with it, the teams that are going to be open are all teams that I just filled. Please, don't join and then disappear!!! If your interested in the Marlins, Braves, White Sox, or Nationals then IM me at OfficerTimFisher or drop me an Email at robert.fuhrman@email.stvincent.edu The league webpage is www.fodsim.com __________________ It's summertime and the livin is easy

03-27-2007, 09:31 PM	#14 (permalink)
JesseTerry Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 133	Available Teams I'm the new Asst. Commish of FODSim (www.fodsim.com) and wanted to let you guys know that we have three teams open currently. If anyone is interested, post on the forum waiting list and we'll see about getting you in. We're currently in Aug. of our 2008, our second year. The team currently available: St. Louis (47-64), 19 games back in the NL Central and in 5th place in that division. Still have Pujols, Rolen, Carpenter, also have Manny and a very good Abe Alvarez. Owners of the 23rd best farm system. At least two more teams will be opening in the offseason, but as two of these teams are in the thick of the AL playoff race, we'd like to fill them and have no computer managed teams in the playoffs. There is talk, though nothing is official yet, about switching to OOTP2007 possibly during this upcoming offseason. You can check the status of that in the League Voting section of the FODSim Forum. I can be reached at irunjt@yahoo.com or on AIM PSBLCincyReds Again, www.fodsim.com, drop your info in the waiting list, and we'll go from there! Last edited by JesseTerry : 04-01-2007 at 08:54 AM. Reason: Philly taken.

03-30-2007, 09:03 PM	#15 (permalink)
mwallstar Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Edmods Posts: 137	My aim is ewarrior38 i would like to take over seattle. i was in this league before the file problem... and i was really active! glad to join back up __________________

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03-30-2007, 09:12 PM	#16 (permalink)
JesseTerry Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 133	Seattle got taken about 2hours ago Would you have any interest in a 1st place Philly team? We're looking to fill the playoff teams first and foremost. If so, please email me at irunjt@yahoo.com with your full name, AIM handle, and location, and we'll get you signed up. Let me know either way by email. Thanks. Jesse

04-05-2007, 07:17 AM	#17 (permalink)
JesseTerry Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 133	Albert Pujols an the Cards are still available, we're almost done with the regular season.

04-11-2007, 06:10 PM	#18 (permalink)
JesseTerry Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 133	Here's an update. Cleveland (78-84), 8th best system, still have Hafner, Sizemore, Sowers and Kouzmanoff. Finished tied for 3rd in AL Central. Irunjt@yahoo.com PSBLCincyReds on AIM Last edited by JesseTerry : 04-22-2007 at 10:54 PM. Reason: add

04-21-2007, 10:50 AM	#19 (permalink)
JesseTerry Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 133	Bump, still looking for 1 owner. Last edited by JesseTerry : 04-22-2007 at 10:54 PM.

04-23-2007, 04:55 PM	#20 (permalink)
KingYankee Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 41	I am interested in joining your league. I was in discussion with Bob (Fuhrman) back in February and I was set up but couldn't get my game working - I let him know he should find another manager. I contacted him a few times after that saying I was good to go but never heard back from him again. I may have even posted on the forum but can't remember now. Anyway, definitely interested - Cleveland? is it? I'll send a message to your email with details. Thanks, Chris