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May 29, 2003
1975
Voting results in
FRANKFORT,
IN - All SPB IV Managers, The 1975 season Awards voting has
now been tabulated, and it is my privilege to announce the winners
of these Annual League Awards. Thanks to all who voted.
Sorry for the problems encountered with the Bravenet voting
site. I know it was a hassle to have to go back and revote.
Rest assured these problems will be addressed by next season.
Click HERE
for the rest of the article. Click HERE
for Awards results. Click HERE
for All-Star results.
May 20, 2003
1981
Strike year player limits posted
DAYTON
OH - Gentlemen...for those of you who do advance planning on your
players, I have posted the full-season extracted/extrapolated
player limits for each hitter and pitcher for the 1981
strike-shortened season. It is located on the left bar under
OTHER. Enjoy!
May 20, 2003
1975
Voting deadline extended
FRANKFORT,
IN - The voting booth deadline has been extended until the 24th of
May at 10PM.
May 17, 2003
1976
Rosters and Rookies posted
FRANKFORT,
IN - The first installment of 76 rosters and Rookies have been
posted for the 1976 season. Gentlemen, start your scouting!
May 12, 2003
1975
Final year players
FRANKFORT,
IN -Click HERE for a
listing of those players who saw their SPB careers come to an end
with the 1975 season.
May 12, 2003
1976
Draft order announced
FRANKFORT,
IN -Draft order for the 1976 draft has been announced. The
link is on the left bar, with the first round listed on the
right. All draft order picks have been updated through trade
# 269.
May 9, 2003
1976
Draft date set
FRANKFORT,
IN -The date has been set, and the gala event has already attracted many
inquiries ahead of time, from managers wanting to attend the 1976 rookie & Phase II drafts. Saturday, August 9th, at my place in Frankfort, Ind. will be the place to be. I encourage all of you to attend this annual bash! If you've never made it here for a draft before, or if you attend as many as possible, then this draft will be the one you don't want to miss.
Frankfort is just 45 minutes away from the Indianapolis airport, or I am certainly willing to give driving instructions to all. Free shuttle to an from airport, free room and board, whatever more can you ask for? :-)
Some of the managers already saying they will be here on August 9th are: Rick Ryan, Marc Robinson, John Turnbull, Steve Ehresman, Mike Galbreath, Greg Stillwagon, Terry Baxter, Dave Parsons, Mike See, and myself. Those who are trying to get it worked out to attend are: Dave Lauer, Chris Williams, Steve Brunner, and Jerry Cada.
If your not on either of these lists, please let me know ASAP that you either will attend, or stand a good chance of trying to be here on that day, or have no chance of getting here for this draft.
We will go out as a group for dinner on Friday evening, so be sure to arrive in plenty of time to kick off our 1976 draft weekend with a bang!! There is plenty of room to stay at either Hotel Plunkitt or Hotel Ryan. If those accomodations are not what your looking for, Frankfort has a very nice Holiday Inn Express, and Motel 6, just a mere 10 minutes away from draft central. I hope you will consider this event, and mark it on your calenders now. I look forward to hearing from all of you.
Best,
Gary
May 5, 2003
1975
Voting booth now open
FRANKFORT,
IN -This is to let you know that the voting booth for the SPB V 1975 Awards & All-Stars has now been added to the webpage. Please be sure and submit your ballots for BOTH of these areas as soon as you can. The deadline date for having these votes in will be
Sunday MAY 18th by 6:00 P.M. Don't forget to imput your name and team for each of these ballots.
Both Rod Witten & Mike Boling are eligible to vote for these awards. Rod managed the Lumberjacks through 1975, and Mike can also vote as a new manager of this team in 1976.
April 18, 2003
5-O's
vs. Mud Hens in 75 Series
DAYTON,
OH -The Hawaii 5-O's and the Toledo Mud Hens face off in the SPB-4
1975 World Series. There is an extra added bonus in the
scores for this series, with the BASE 3.0 Play by Play added on to
the end of each boxscore. Enjoy!
April 5, 2003
New
manager for 76
FRANKFORT,
IN -Now that the leagues play-offs are finished, and the W.S. has not yet began, this should be a good time to announce a manager change that is effective officially once the 1975 World Series is finished.
The new manager is Mike Boling, who is taking over for long time SPB manager Rod Witten. Rod notified me some time ago that he would be leaving at the close of this season, and we wish him the best, now that he is officially leaving.
Mike can be reached at the following email address, in case you wish to welcome him to the league: mboling@planetkc.com. He has decided to rename the team and move into one of the vacant stadiums. The team name beginning with the 1976 season will be the Kansas City Barons, and they will play their home games in KC's Royals Stadium. I personally welcome Mike to our league, and hope he spends many seasons with us in SPB. Mike will become manager upon completeion of the 75 W.S., and will be able to bring the team through all drafts and trading periods in preparation for the 1976 season.
The Leagues vacant stadiums are now: Fulton County Stadium (Atl-NL), and Metropolitan Stadium (Minn-AL).
Now back to the preparation for the 1975 W.S.
Best,
Gary
March 30, 2003
1975
Under usage / Use or lose
FRANKFORT,
IN - Click HERE
to find out if your team has any players affected.
March 24, 2003
1975
Final stats posted
DAYTON,
OH - The final stats for the 1975 season are now posted.
Congratulations goes out to the four division winners Jim Bendik,
Rich Applegate, Chris Williams and Terry Baxter. The playoff page
will be posted next week.
January 19, 2003
New
manager for the Oaks
FRANKFORT,
IN -
Greg Stillwagon will be taking over as manager for the Oakland Oaks replacing long time SPB manager Tom Falduto, who passed away suddenly on Friday night. Thanks to Greg for speaking up promptly and taking this team.
Be sure to send all May manager profiles for the Oaks to Greg at: Stillwagon@M33Access.com . Be sure to make this change for May's play ASAP.
December 24, 2002
1975
June stats posted
TUCSON,
AZ - The 1975 June stats and power rankings are now posted.
Sorry for the delay this month. Happy Holidays!!
October 31, 2002
A.P.B.
out for Barry Foote's bat
KENOSHA,
WI -
Here's something you won't find on the 1975 leaders board:
Fully 50% of Comets' catcher Barry Foote's hits have been doubles! That's the good news.
The bad news is that he has only 1 double in his first 61 AB's! Yes, fans: 2-for-61 to start the season. That's .033 for those weak in math. In clutch situations, PITCHERS bat for him. He's even walked ONCE in those 62 trips to the plate! An .047 OBP! My 85-year-old mother could do better. I knew not to expect much out of a .194 hitting catcher except at bats, but I didn't expect ZERO!
If anybody finds a Barry's bats, please forward them to the Comets home office.
Dave Lauer
September 24, 2002
75
Predictions by Tim Johnson
TUCSON,
AZ - Tim was gracious enough to put together a set predictions
based on Bill James' Win-shares theory. You can access the
predictions by clicking HERE.
Thanks again to Tim for his hard work, and maybe we can make this
a regular occurrance.
August 24, 2002
75
Trade deadline set
FRANKFORT,
IN -
The trading deadline for the 1975 season will occur at 10P.M. EST on Saturday, September 28th. By this time you must be sure to have all your pitching starts by then as well as your relief appearances. Also be sure to cover your at bats for every position. It is SPB recomendations that you have 625 at bats for all 8 positions. Pitching usage rules are still the same.
But remember, when figuring player at bats now, any player batting .250 or above is limited to exact at bats. Further, any player below the .250 mark can make up to the next exact 100 of his at bats. Example: Joe Blow hits .247 with 108 real life at bats, he can now make up to 200 SPB at bats since his average is below .250. His brother Jim Blow hits .233 with 385 at bats, he can now have up to 400 SPB at bats. Players unlucky enough to have exactly 200, 300, etc. real life at bats do not get the extras. They must have 101, or 201, etc. to qualify for the increase.
August 19, 2002
75
Free agent claims
FRANKFORT,
IN - All SPB 1975 Managers, 11 of the 22 free agents were signed by other teams, and will remain in SPB-IV for the 1975 season. 11 also went unclaimed and will be released (deleted) from SPB-IV.
The players signed are as follows:
Mike Adams, (76) 3b-of - Firebugs
Luis Alvarado, (76) 2b - Mud Hens
Hal Breeden, 1b - Lemmings
Bob Gallagher, of - Lemmings
Tom Heintzelman, (77) inf - Firebugs
Bob Johnson, rp (77) - Mountain Men
Dal Maxvill, ss - Comets
Dick McAuliffe, 3b - Comets
Rich McKinney, 1b - Firebugs
Jimmy Rosario, (76) of - Firebugs
Herb Washington, pr - Mountain Men
The 11 released (deleted players) are:
Dick Billings
Billy Grabarkawitz
Bob Hansen
Dave Hilton
Jim Nettles
Horacio Pina
Gaylen Pitts
Charlie Sands
Jim Shellenback
Earl Stephenson
Frank Tepedino
Say good by to these players. Only Hansen will return for 1976. All others are finished.
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