SIM COMPLETE - 1988 - Regular Season 21

[Andrew]

Next sim: Friday (noon)

[Spear]

We had a good run.........

Gugierrez out 4 months....

[Clay]

We had a good run.........

Gugierrez out 4 months....

Meet ya on the course.

[rubisco43]

awesome sim. season has been bad.. this is just the stamp on it.

[Jake]

Yep, me too. 1-5 sim. I was probably out of it anyways, now I am for sure. Offense fell flat on it's face.

[Gyrodork]

It's never too early for bad news in Los Lunas...I'm losing my closer, Jerry "Godzilla" Kraft, to Free Agency. Apparently he was insulted by my contract offer EVEN THOUGH I MET HIS DEMAND. This is the 2nd or 3rd time a player has either gone FA or raised his demand after I offered to meet his demand. I don't get it; and it's starting to bug me.

[Spectre]

3-3 sim for Mississippi

Pitching has been solid, offense still the weak link. Cisco Garcia had a bad debut, including an 0-7 game with 4 Ks. Ouch! Good news is that my sleeper prospect Joe Rojas entered the top 100- my scout loves him now as well so hopefully he's gonna slide in as DH next season.

[Matt]

2-4

Our pitchers got rocked against Washington and Windy City.

[Carlos]

Both Indy and Denver can't seem to either separate or gain ground in the past three weeks. Ridiculous.

And there's Dallas, just inching in slowly after a great month.

[Jistic]

Picked up a game, still 2 back.

I never thought I'd say this but the hitting and bullpen are carrying us lately, now if we could only get some starting pitching!

[Pat]

5-1 SIM, 2-1 @ Batavia, 3-0 @ Carolina
Pretty dominant week against two lesser opponents. About what one would expect.

The Good
-MAP is on fire. Since returning from the DL, he is hitting .337 with a 1.067 OPS.
-Starting pitching outside of Joe Rodriguez, continues to be really good. Martin Carlton gave up 2 ER his last start...I think that's the first time since June that he gave up more than 1 ER. Incredible.

The Bad
-Dave Robbins returned from the DL...and is 0/16 with two walks. My scout updated his scouting report on Robbins is well. Said he is verrrry streaky. Dominant one week. Non-existant the next. Greaaat! Him and (3B replacement) Brody Whiteley combined to go 1/32.
-SP Joe Rodriguez can't get it right. Fourth straight start giving up 5 ER or more. Hopefully it's an "August Slump" otherwise, he will be in the pen for the stretch run/playoffs.

The Injured
-Dave Robbins returned this past week, and this next sim I am getting 3B Pete Summers back. He will slide right into both starting lineups. Hopefully he doesn't come off the injury in a slump.
-Jerry Fortin got hurt this week. He will miss four weeks. Return right before the playoffs, hopefully find his swing and provide a boost off the bench.

The Minors
-My Double-A and Single-A teams are up 3-2 in their 7-game series.
-Top prospect SS Clint Johnston strained his oblique (don't ask) and will miss the next five weeks. Not a huge loss, but my Triple-A team is tied for first with two games left, plus, he was likely a September call-up. Oh well, see you in Spring Training!

[Clay]

I can't bring myself to put the SIM into any kind of format.

The team was BAD, BAD, BAD. No power. 0 HRs at home in 6 games is disgusting. I do credit the Pitchers, but this team should never go an entire SIM without a HR.

Starting Pitching was BAD, BP was worse.

Danny Nelson is injured again.

If we didn't still have 3 games left to play against Philly, I would say it's over... but... it's pretty darn close.

[Pat]

I can't bring myself to put the SIM into any kind of format.

The team was BAD, BAD, BAD. No power. 0 HRs at home in 6 games is disgusting. I do credit the Pitchers, but this team should never go an entire SIM without a HR.

Starting Pitching was BAD, BP was worse.

Danny Nelson is injured again.

If we didn't still have 3 games left to play against Philly, I would say it's over... but... it's pretty darn close.

It's over. You still have seven games to play against DC.

[Clay]

It's over. You still have seven games to play against DC.

You can talk shit about every other team in the league... but 6-5 head-to-head doesn't really give you much room to toot too loudly. Now... come out of this next SIM 10-5... then feel free to blow all you want.

[Pat]

You can talk shit about every other team in the league... but 6-5 head-to-head doesn't really give you much room to toot too loudly. Now... come out of this next SIM 10-5... then feel free to blow all you want.

Not trying to talk shit...I'm not even sayin', I'm just sayin'...your team has 33 games left to play. Almost 1/4 of them are coming against the team with the best record. I wish you luck.