Stop Killing My Precious Team

This is a message intended for jasonbhag1, who is already taking my beloved Long Angeles Anteater franchise into the crapper. I'll spare the existing owners from sounding like jerks and do the job for them. They already attempted to advise you against big moves like this and you refused to listen. Your trade was stupid. Almost every new owner has learned this lesson, including me. Yet new owners continue to ignore veterans' sage advice. Dude, I left very explicit and helpful instructions on how to manage through the team, and I also wrote a sitemail that you haven't read that offered help if you needed it. But instead you trade two above average ML's with manageable short-term contracts for two duds, one of which is a 1B that is worse than your existing cheap 24 year-old Juan Romero (so where is the new guy going to play???) and the other is a guy that you could have picked up in the Rule 5 draft if you really needed to but won't ever be a ML SS and probably just shouldn't be on a ML team. Let's not forget that possibly both Cerda and Ozuna would be likely Type A/Type B candidates in FA (Cerda maybe a B, Ozuna likely an A or a for sure B) that would have netted you draft picks. Not awesome draft picks in all liklihood, but better than the S*** sandwich you just traded for. All of this for...$6M more in the Intl market? Are you f'ing kidding me? You are nowhere close to being able to afford the best Intls that would make this worthwhile. You traded two assets for basically nothing. Congratulations. Can't wait to see how else you take the franchise down the toilet. Schnoogens out.

GW1 Hall of Fame proposal for S27

After not inducting anybody to the Hall of Fame in Season 25, we went back to the method we had been using in Season 26 and inducted four players. I propose that we continue using that method.

As we discussed in the world chat in past seasons, there are too many deserving players on the Hall of Fame ballot, especially since we can only vote for five. This causes some problems for people who enjoy the Hall of Fame and want to see it work. First, the more deserving players on the ballot, the less likely players get in, because people won't necessarily vote for the same deserving players at the same time. Second, the fewer players get in this season, the worse the situation will be next season, when it's likely that more deserving players will join the ballot.

So, in an effort to clear the backlog of deserving players, I'm proposing we do our best to induct five players this season. Below I'm going to list 13 players, with some brief stats (if you want to know more about them, click the link to their player card). To the right is a poll with the same 13 players. Please vote for the five players you think are most deserving of a spot in the Hall of Fame. Please only vote once. The poll will close at the end of the day Tuesday.

At that point, I'll post the names of the five players who got the most votes in the poll and propose that we all vote for those five players. Obviously, you don't have to. But if you want to clear the backlog of (what should be) sure Hall of Famers, this is the best way to do it.

Jesus Benitez, 1B, COF

.365 OBP, .506 SLG, .871 OPS in 8,401 at-bats
25 +, 4 - plays in 5,800 innings at 1B
8 +, 25 - plays in 5,800 innings at LF
1 plus, 20 - plays in 4,100 innings at RF

Alex Bravo, LF
, 1B
.355 OBP, .538 SLG, .893 OPS in 8,822 at-bats
77 +, 12 - plays in 16,400 innings at LF
30 +, 0 - plays in 2,000 innings at 1B

Abraham Davis, SP

3.75 ERA with 2,500 strikeouts in 3,550 innings

Lou Duff, LF

.349 OBP, .529 SLG, .878 OPS in 8,187 at-bats
43 +, 10 - plays in 12,300 innings at LF

Sid Fleming, 3B/CF

.325 OBP, .519 SLG, .844 OPS in 8,816 at-bats
43 +, 5 - plays in 6,562 innings at 3B
12 +, 46 - plays in 7,040 innings at CF

Rob Hutch, RP

3.16 ERA with 953 strikeouts in 1,123 innings

Crash Miller, RP

2.78 ERA with 2,332 strikeouts in 2,635 innings

Harry Navarre, CF

.361 OBP, .481 SLG, .842 OPS in 6,889 at-bats
45 +, 39 - plays in 12,584 innings at CF

Mitch Nunnally, C

.363 OBP, .529 SLG, .892 OPS in 6,502 at-bats
27.6 percent caught stealing rate in 10,884 innings at C

Marino Reyes, COF

.356 OBP, .445 SLG, .801 OPS in 9,584 at-bats
33 +, 16 - plays in 13,200 innings at RF
10 +, 19 - plays in 5,600 innings at LF

Sal Roosevelt, SP

3.89 ERA with 2,894 strikeouts in 4,110 innings

Richard Stocker, 1B

.387 OBP, .573 SLG, .960 OPS in 7,566 at-bats
16 +, 22 - plays in 13,380 innings at 1B

Clay Young, SP

3.62 ERA with 2,567 strikeouts in 2,971 innings

GW1 Hall of Fame proposal

After inducting nine players into the Hall of Fame in seasons 23 and 24, we didn't induct anybody in season 25 because we didn't use the method we had used in those two seasons. So, I'm reintroducing what we did in seasons 23 and 24.

As we discussed in the world chat in past seasons, there are too many deserving players on the Hall of Fame ballot, especially since we can only vote for five. This causes some problems for people who enjoy the Hall of Fame and want to see it work. First, the more deserving players on the ballot, the less likely players get in, because people won't necessarily vote for the same deserving players at the same time. Second, the fewer players get in this season, the worse the situation will be next season, when it's likely that more deserving players will join the ballot.

So, in an effort to clear the backlog of deserving players, I'm proposing we do our best to induct five players this season. Below I'm going to list 15 players, with some brief stats (if you want to know more about them, click the link to their player card). To the right is a poll with the same 15 players. Please vote for the five players you think are most deserving of a spot in the Hall of Fame. Please only vote once. The poll will close at the end of the day Wednesday.

At that point, I'll post the names of the five players who got the most votes in the poll and propose that we all vote for those five players. Obviously, you don't have to. But if you want to clear the backlog of (what should be) sure Hall of Famers, this is the best way to do it.

Jesus Benitez, 1B, COF

.365 OBP, .506 SLG, .871 OPS in 8,401 at-bats
25 +, 4 - plays in 5,800 innings at 1B
8 +, 25 - plays in 5,800 innings at LF
1 plus, 20 - plays in 4,100 innings at RF

Albert Brooks, COF

.365 OBP, .544 SLG, .909 OPS in 7,811 at-bats
2 +, 50 - plays in 9,800 innings at RF
6 +, 23 - plays in 5,700 innings at LF

Joel Croushore, RP

3.37 ERA with 2,397 strikeouts in 2,881 innings

Abraham Davis, SP

3.75 ERA with 2,500 strikeouts in 3,550 innings

Lou Duff, LF

.349 OBP, .529 SLG, .878 OPS in 8,187 at-bats
43 +, 10 - plays in 12,300 innings at LF

Sid Fleming, 3B/CF

.325 OBP, .519 SLG, .844 OPS in 8,816 at-bats
43 +, 5 - plays in 6,562 innings at 3B
12 +, 46 - plays in 7,040 innings at CF

Tony Guerrero, LF/1B

.354 OBP, .556 SLG, .910 OPS in 8,220 at-bats
31 +, 26 - plays in 11,700 innings at LF
76 +, 2 - plays in 6,100 innings at 1B

Al Iglesias, OF

.395 OBP, .556 SLG, .951 OPS in 8,100 at-bats
53 +, 3 - plays in 7,200 innings at RF
8 +, 23 - plays in 6,800 innings at CF
6 +, 6 - plays in 2,600 innings at LF

Ronald Levrault, 2B/LF

.390 OBP, .509 SLG, .899 OPS in 10,022 at-bats
33 +, 22 - plays in 12,800 innings at 2B
24 +, 20 - plays in 6,700 innings at LF

Aaron McGowan, RP

3.37 ERA with 1,072 strikeouts in 1,259 innings

Marino Reyes, COF

.356 OBP, .445 SLG, .801 OPS in 9,584 at-bats
33 +, 16 - plays in 13,200 innings at RF
10 +, 19 - plays in 5,600 innings at LF

Sal Roosevelt, SP

3.89 ERA with 2,894 strikeouts in 4,110 innings

Doug Rueter 2B/SS/CF

.339 OBP, .477 SLG, .816 OPS in 8,832 at-bats
20 +, 8 - plays in 6,795 innings at 2B
5 +, 21 - plays in 3,919 innings at SS
4 +, 11 - plays in 4,330 innings at CF

Richard Stocker, 1B

.387 OBP, .573 SLG, .960 OPS in 7,566 at-bats
16 +, 22 - plays in 13,380 innings at 1B

Clay Young, SP

3.62 ERA with 2,567 strikeouts in 2,971 innings