Last chance to make Contract Extensions - BluesGM on Thursday, 17 July 2008

Only a few days to make last minute offers to your players with ending contracts.

World Series Complete! - BluesGM on Thursday, 17 July 2008

---Game 1---
TOK 4 TOR 7
W - Cardenas
L - Manzella
S - Guerin

2B Sobukwe - 2/4, 2 doubles, 2 RBI, 1 run


---Game 2---
TOK 6 TOR 10
W - Arguelles
L - Genji

LF Rousseau - 2/3, HR, 2 RBI, 3 runs


---Game 3---
TOR 1 TOK 3
W - Piasu
L - Walter
S - Kuraku

SP Piasu - 6.2 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR


---Game 4---
TOR 9 TOK 5
W - Garnier
L - Akiyoria

Tokyo scored 4 in the bottom of the 9th but still far off.
SP Garnier - 7.2 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 HR

---Game 5---
TOR 1 TOK 2

W - Fuschida
L - Kirchoff
S - Kuraku

Toronto scored only 1 on the top of the 9th, not enough.
SP Fuschida - 8 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 9 K

---Game 6---
TOK 3 TOR 4 (10 innings)
W - Guerin
L - Shouji

RF Danville - 3/4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, double, triple
In the bottom of the 10th, with men on 1st and 3rd, Shouji throws a wild pitch scoring Ducate to win the World Series!

OOTP offers $10 discount on OOTP9 - SportingNews on Tuesday, 15 July 2008

See thread for details:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-9-general-discussions/170139-special-offer-save-10-a.html

SIM: Division Championships Completed - BluesGM on Monday, 14 July 2008

SIM: Division Championships
Completed

Missing Exports...
Playoff Teams: None!

Next Sim: World Championships

World Championship Series
TOR @ TOK

Next Sim Reminders:
TAI may miss a few exports and does not want the computer managing his team.
CAI out of town until July 21 (or later).

Regional Series Complete - BluesGM on Friday, 11 July 2008

---Game 1---
SD 8 LA 3 (W Bjorgensen, L Moniz)
In the top of the 14th inning, Santo Domingo scores 5 runs to beat Los Angeles 8-3.

HAV 1 TOR 10 (W Garnier, L Cervantes)
Jugdish Bisht - 3/5, HR, 2 runs, 2 RBIs
J. Garnier - 8.1 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

KOR 7 ROM 4 (W Chevrier, L Zanardi, S Lebeuf)
F. Tremblay - 2/4, HR, 3 RBI

LON 3 TOK 5 (W Fuschida, L Anthony, S Manzella)
J. Parilla - 2/3, HR, 3 RBI
K. Fushchida - 8 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 12 K (career high)


---Game 2---
SD 7 LA 2 (W Ben Balla, L Hobbs)
Santo Domingo scores 5 in the top of the 8th.
SD leads series 2-0

HAV 5 TOR 6 (W Guerin, L Vermudez)
TOR scores 3 in the bottom of the 9th to tie and in the bottom of the 10th Danville

singles to left to score Quijano for the win!
TOR leades series 2-0

KOR 5 ROM 0 (W Klatt, L Rankins)
T. Klatt shuts out Rome! 9 IP, 3 H, 0 BBs
KOR is doing the impossible by leading the series 2-0

LON 1 TOK 3 (W Genji, L Bishop, S Hyata)
Genji - 6.2 IP, 1 H, 4 BB, 11 Ks
TOK leads the series 2-0


---Game 3---
LA 3 SD 6 (W Macario, L Biondi, S de Baptiste)
SD scores another big inning in the 6th with 6 runs!
SD leads the series 3-0!

TOR 2 HAV 6 (W Provenzano, L Walter)
D. Siatoh - 3/3, HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB
TOR leads the series 2-1

ROM 5 KOR 0 (W DeRosa, L Perez)
DeRosa shuts out Korea giving up only 3 hits and 3 walks while striking out 7.
KOR leads the series 2-1

TOK 4 LON 6 (W Anthony, L Kuraku)
With the bases loaded and down by two in the bottom of the 9th, Tanko triples to the gap

in left-center to defeat Tokyo!
A. Tanko - 3/4, 2 triples, 4 RBI


---Game 4---
LA 4 SD 3 (W Castillo, L Ramos, S Nyambek)
Ramos' losing streak reaches a career high 5 consecutive decisions.
P. Jiminez - 3/5, 1 RBI
Los Angeles stays in the series winning their first game.
SD leads 3-1

TOR 2 HAV 1 (W Guerin, L Abdul-Rahman)
Down 0-1 in the top of the 9th, Toronto's Rousseau homers to right to tie the game at one

run a piece.
Tied at 1-1 in the top of the 10th, Toronto's Marquand triples down the right field line

to score Bisht, pulling ahead 2-1.
Felix Guerin, Toronto's closer, scores a 1-2-3 bottom of the 10th for a TOR win!
TOR leads the series 3-1

ROM 0 KOR 9 (W Cruz, L Galatti)
Korea is doing what some have claimed impossible! Korea pitching shut out Rome and are

only one win away from advancing to the Division Championships!
H. Cruz - 6 IP, 4 H, 5 K (Note that Cruz has been on the trading block for a good portion

of the season)
KOR leads the series 3-1

TOK 3 LON 4 (W Montemayor, L Vittorio, S Mackelby)
Tokyo only scores 2 in the top of the 9th, not enough.
R. Montemator - 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
The series is tied at 2 games a piece.


---Game 5---
LA 1 SD 2 (W Gonzalez, L Aguirre, S de Baptiste)
Santo Domingo advances to the Division Championships!
Down by 2 in the top of the 9th LA came close.
With one out, PH Zeno singles. PH Cepeda walks. CF Odom singles to load the bases. 2B

Onwuasoanya grounds into a FC scoring Zeno. With 2 outs and men on the corners, SD's

Baptiste gets Bopape to line out to the third basemen!

TOR 3 HAV 6 (W Lopez, L Kirchoff, S Shukishi)
D. Saitoh - 2/3, HR, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 1 BB
A. Danville was ejected in the 8th for arguing a strike three call!
TOR leads the series 3-2

ROM 1 KOR 5 (W Corlett, L Zanardi)
Korea defeated Rome! What an upset! Korea came into the series winning 28 games less than

Rome.
Korea's SP Chiwk only pitched 2 innings but Korea's bullpen managed to only give up 1 run!
M. LaFleur - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI

TOK 2 LON 3 (W Maghie, L Kuraku)
Tied in the bottom of the 10th, London's LF Gottschalk doubles to the gap in left-center.

2B Santora sacrifice bunts Gottschalk to third. CF Grant is intentionally walked. The new

pitcher Morihei gives up a pop fly to right-center to 3B Tanko to score Gottschalk!
E. Masatarou - 4/4, 1 RBI
LON leads the series 3-2


---Game 6---
HAV 2 TOR 5 (W Walter, L Cervantes)
Toronto advances to the Divisional Championships!
Havana scores too little too late with one in the 8th and one in the 9th.
In the top of the 9th, down by four runs with Rome's Cardenas on the mound, PH Badaloo

strikes out. Glover gets a solo HR to deep left field. Down by three and only 2 outs away

from winning the series, Rome sends in CL Guerin. PH Borges strikes out swinging. RF

Schlesinger grounds out to the second baseman for a Rome win!
Q. Walter - 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K

LON 6 TOK 8 (W Manzella, L Sigman, S Crumpet)
PH K. Makioka tagged a three-run HR in th 8th inning to take the lead.
The series is tied at 3 games a piece.


---Game 7---
LON 3 TOK 5 (W Keiichi, L Spradlin, S Shouji)
Tokyo advances to the Divisional Championships!
Down by 2 in the top of the 8th, London ties it up with a bases loaded walk from pitcher

Crumpet to CF Grant and a sacrifice pop fly from 1B Vandervent.
Tied at 3 runs a piece and 3 games a piece, Tokyo mounts a drive in the bottom of the 8th.

With London's Spradlin on the mound and one out, Kikuchi singles to center. Kukuchi steals

second and reaches third with a throwing error by the catcher. Zaijirou walks. London

sends Maghie to the mound. Parilla walks to load the bases. Masatarou grounds into a FC,

scoring Kikuchi. Chideha singles to right scoring Zaijirou.
In the top of the 9th, Tokyo's Shouji closes the door with a 1-2-3 inning!


---Divisional Series---
SD @ TOR
KOR @ TOK

SIM: End of Regular Season Complete - BluesGM on Wednesday, 9 July 2008

SIM: End of Regular Season
Completed

Missing Exports: BOG (3), CAS, GUA (4), LAG (12), LON, LA (12), NY (11), PC (4), ROM (11), SP (11), SYD, TOK (2), KOR (3)

Out of Town Missing Exports: TAI (4)

Next Sim: Playoffs Round 1

*I have "Run Computer Manager on Entire Team" for the following teams: GUA, LAG, LA, NY, PC, ROM, & SP

Playoff Teams
SD @ LA
HAV @ TOR
KOR @ ROM
LON @ TOK

Next Sim Reminders:
TAI may miss a few exports and does not want the computer managing his team.
CAI out of town until July 21 (or later).

SIM: September 25 - October 1 Complete - BluesGM on Monday, 7 July 2008

SIM: September 25 - October 1
Completed

Missing Exports: BOG (2), CAI, GUA (3), LAG (11), LA (11), NY (10), PC (3), ROM (10), SP (10), TOK, KOR (2)

Out of Town Missing Exports: TAI (3)

Next Sim: Through end of season (to 1st day of playoffs)

*I have "Run Computer Manager on Entire Team" for the following teams: LAG, LA, NY, ROM, & SP


Next Sim Reminders:
TAI may miss a few exports and does not want the computer managing his team.

SIM: September 17 - 24 Complete - BluesGM on Friday, 4 July 2008

SIM: September 17 - 24
Completed

Missing Exports: BOG, GUA (2), LAG (10), LA (10), NY (9), PC (2), ROM (9), SP (9), KOR

Out of Town Missing Exports: TAI (2)

Next Sim: September 25 - 31

*I have "Run Computer Manager on Entire Team" for the following teams: LAG, LA, NY, ROM, SP

...reminder for next sim. TAI may miss a few exports and does not want the computer managing his team.

SIM: September 10 - 16 Complete - BluesGM on Wednesday, 2 July 2008

SIM: September 10 - 16
Completed

Sachi Satapathy - 500 HRs!
Tokyo is only one game away from clinching the EHE
Rome is two wins from 100

Missing Exports: CAI (3), CAS (4), GUA, LAG (9), LON, LA (9), NY (8 ), PC, ROM (8 ), SP (8 ), SYD (8 ), TAI

Next Sim: September 17 - 24

*I have "Run Computer Manager on Entire Team" for the following teams: CAS, LAG, LA, NY, ROM, SP, SYD

SIM: September 2 - 9 Completed - BluesGM on Monday, 30 June 2008

Missing Exports: BOG, CAI (2), CAS (3), LAG (8), LA (8), NY (7), ROM (7), SP (7), KOR (2)

Next Sim: September 10 - 16

*I have "Run Computer Manager on Entire Team" for the following teams: CAS, LAG, LA, NY, ROM, SP

**GUA was over the cap: Fronteras & Shafranov were released.

SIM: August 30 - September 1 Complete - BluesGM on Friday, 27 June 2008

SIM: August 30 - September 1 (no games on Sept 1)
Completed

Missing Exports: CAI, CAS (2), LAG (7), LA (7), NY (6), PC (2), ROM (6), SP (6), SHA (2), SYD (2), TAI (6), TOK (4), KOR

Next Sim: September 2 - 9
Be sure to bring up those minor leaguers as your 40-Man Rosters are now open!

*Teams with 3 exports missing in a row are possibly available for new GMs. If this is a mistake send me a message immediately.

**I have "Run Computer Manager on Entire Team" for the following teams: LAG, LA, NY, ROM, SP, TAI, TOK

SIM: August 22 - 29 Complete - BluesGM on Wednesday, 25 June 2008

SIM: August 22 - 29
Completed

Missing Exports: BOG, CAS, GUA (2), LAG (6), LA (6), NY (5), PC, ROM (5), SP (5), SHA, SYD, TAI (5), TOK (3)

Next Sim: August 30 - September 5

*Teams with 3 exports missing in a row are possibly available for new GMs. If this is a mistake send me a message immediately.

**I have "Run Computer Manager on Entire Team" for the following teams: LAG, LA, NY, ROM, SP, & TAI

SIM: August 15 - 21 Complete - BluesGM on Monday, 23 June 2008

SIM: August 15 - 21
Completed

Missing Exports: GUA, LAG (5), LA (5), NY (4), ROM (4), SP (4), TAI (4), TOK (2), KOR (3)

Next Sim: August 22 - 29

*Teams with 3 exports missing in a row are possibly available for new GMs. If this is a mistake send me a message immediately.

**I have "Run Computer Manager on Entire Team" for the following teams: LAG, LA, NY, ROM, SP, & TAI

SIM: August 7 - 14 Complete - BluesGM on Friday, 20 June 2008

SIM: August 7 - 14
Completed

Missing Exports: BOG, CAI (3), CAS (3), GUA, LAG (4), LA (3), NY (3), PC, ROM (3), SP (3), SHA, SYD, TAI (3), TOK, KOR (2)

Next Sim: August 15 - 21

*Teams with 3 exports missing in a row are possibly available for new GMs. If this is a mistake send me a message immediately.

**I am considering hitting the "Run Computer Manager on Entire Team" for GMs that fail to make three exports in a row.

***Shanghai - I received an "Invalid or old export-file!" message upon importing.

SIM: July 31 - August 6 Complete - BluesGM on Wednesday, 18 June 2008

SIM: July 31 - August 6
Completed

Missing Exports: CAI (2), CAS (2), LAG (3), LA (2), NY (2), ROM (2), SP (2), SYD (3), TAI (2), KOR

Next Sim: August 7 - 14

*Teams with 3 exports missing in a row are possibly available for new GMs. If this is a mistake send me a message immediately.

Final Trade Deadline Warning - BluesGM on Wednesday, 18 June 2008

The deadline has officially passed, but I have not run the sim yet. So you literally have minutes until I begin the process of simming to make final trades!

SIM: No Games Played - BluesGM on Monday, 16 June 2008

SIM: No Games Played
Completed

Missing Exports: CAS (3), LAG (4), [b]LON (4)[/b], [b]LA (3)[/b], NY (3), PC, ROM (3), SP (3), SHA, TAI (3), TOK, KOR (2)

Next Sim: July 31 - August 6

I extended the trade deadline as it appears GMs are just now returning after the switch of commissioners in addition to new GMs taking over. Some have even requested an extension.

A new file has been posted with all current exports, trades, and free agent signings.

Read This - BluesGM on Sunday, 15 June 2008

The following information was originally posted here:
http://wlb.leagueserver.net/forum1/viewtopic.php?t=162

Fellow WLBers,

As many of you have seen, I have been using the forum & homepage to disseminate information and news about the WLB. I prefer this method over email for the following reasons.

1) Everything posted is in one central location and can be accessed easily.
2) Conversations are more focused on forums rather than email.
3) The information is 100% available to all participants.
4) The information is available to prospective GMs and fans.
5) Less email received.
6) No upkeep of email addresses.

So as long as you check the WLB webpage and forums you will get all the information 100% of the time.

Thanks,
Riley

SIM: July 22 - 20 Complete - (Last chance to make trades) - BluesGM on Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Sydney's Donald Wells (8-9, 3.63) pitches a 2-hit shutout against Lagos.

POW:
Sachi Satapathy (SD) - .400, 11 RBI (12th time)
Shimei Arihyoshi (TOK) - .440, 3 HR, 10 RBI

Los Angeles' Derek Aguirre (12-6, 2.68) throws a 2-hit shutout against Guadalajara.

New York's Samuel Miller (.241, 27 HR) slams three homeruns against Sao Paulo.

Next Sim: July 31 - August 6
Lineups Due: Monday, June 16 at 12p (CST)

TRADE DEADLINE is upon us!

SIM: July 16 - 22 Complete - BluesGM on Monday, 9 June 2008

SP P. Biondi (LA) pitched a no-hitter against Chicago! He struck out 13, but missed the perfect game with 1 walk.

2B Gerald Siegrist (KOR) has moved to #21 on the alltime HR list with 375. He is currently tied with Paul Spencer and 1 HR away from tying Arturo Albino.

Next Sim: July 23 - 30 (last sim before the trade deadline)
Lineups Due: Wednesday, June 11 at 12p (CST)