1869 (Season 32) FBI Season Preview

Young Drachma · 02-09-2013, 04:33 PM

OVERVIEW
It seems that SLOP is maturing in some ways, but not in others. Salaries are down for the first time ages. Gone are the days of $50m one-year contracts instead teams are signing more homegrown talent to longer-term deals than ever before, guys with bad deals are stuck with their own teams until they end and so, more and more owners are more cautious about the sort of moves they make.

The new financial structure has seen talent disperse across the league and with the end of FFP, it seems draft picks are worth more now than ever before.

What these leaves us with is parity and the rise of a new order where teams like St. Louis, Gettysburg, Columbus and Winnemucca represent as close to the old guard as possible, while upstarts like Chicago, Los Angeles and Las Vegas try to break through.

One change to this season is the death of the Conditional Playoff Rule, so teams will need to be top 3 in their league or no dice. The days of a wild card forcing the playoffs open for everyone are over.

Season 32 will be interesting, as there are no true frontrunners and there are so many scenarios that could happen this year.

Young Drachma · 02-09-2013, 04:41 PM

PRE-SEASON AWARDS
NL PRE-SEASON MVP: Jimmy Speegle, Columbus
NL PRE-SEASON PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Braiden Boles, Columbus
NL PRE-SEASON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Zach Neil, Lake Tahoe

Young Drachma · 02-09-2013, 04:45 PM

PRE-SEASON AWARDS
AL PRE-SEASON MVP: Joey Moore, St. Louis
AL PRE-SEASON PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Erik Doucet, Winnemucca
AL PRE-SEASON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Pat Walters, St. Louis

Young Drachma · 02-09-2013, 04:50 PM

1869 SEASON PREDICTIONS

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NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Gettysburg Gomers	99	63	.611	-
Carolina Kings		83	79	.512	16.0
Brooklyn Titans		81	82	.497	18.5
Portland Thorns		65	97	.401	34.0
Washington Grays	64	98	.395	35.0

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Columbus Crusaders	113	49	.698	-
Los Angeles Villains	91	71	.562	22.0
Lake Tahoe Syndicate	82	81	.503	31.5
Denver Crows		69	93	.426	44.0
Wyoming Plowboys	64	98	.395	49.0

ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago Hornets		85	77	.525	-
New York Skyliners	82	81	.503	3.5
Cuyahoga Spiders	80	82	.494	5.0
Memphis Smokers		79	84	.485	6.5
Cleveland Laborers	78	84	.481	7.0

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Aviators	93	69	.574	-
Winnemucca Lake Monsters91	71	.562	2.0
Las Vegas Aces		78	84	.481	15.0
Joplin Miners		78	84	.481	15.0
Rio Grande Rough Riders	67	95	.414	26.0

Young Drachma · 02-09-2013, 04:51 PM

PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS
NLES: Los Angeles over Gettysburg 3 games to 2
ALES: Chicago over Winnemucca 3 games to 2

NLCS: Columbus over Los Angeles 4 games to 1
ALCS: Chicago over St. Louis 4 games to 3

SUNSET SERIES XXXII: Columbus over Chicago 5 games to 3

claphamsa · 02-09-2013, 06:24 PM

were #1 Were #1!

Subby · 02-10-2013, 09:45 PM

163 game season ftw!!!

tg.carlssonootp · 02-11-2013, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

1869 SEASON PREDICTIONS

Code:

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division    W    L    PCT    GB
Gettysburg Gomers    99    63    .611    -
Carolina Kings        83    79    .512    16.0
Brooklyn Titans        81    82    .497    18.5
Portland Thorns        65    97    .401    34.0
Washington Grays    64    98    .395    35.0
 
Western Division    W    L    PCT    GB
Columbus Crusaders    113    49    .698    -
Los Angeles Villains    91    71    .562    22.0
Lake Tahoe Syndicate    82    81    .503    31.5
Denver Crows        69    93    .426    44.0
Wyoming Plowboys    64    98    .395    49.0
 
ASSOCIATED LEAGUE STANDINGS
Eastern Division    W    L    PCT    GB
Chicago Hornets        85    77    .525    -
New York Skyliners    82    81    .503    3.5
Cuyahoga Spiders    80    82    .494    5.0
Memphis Smokers        79    84    .485    6.5
Cleveland Laborers    78    84    .481    7.0
 
Western Division    W    L    PCT    GB
St. Louis Aviators    93    69    .574    -
Winnemucca Lake Monsters91    71    .562    2.0
Las Vegas Aces        78    84    .481    15.0
Joplin Miners        78    84    .481    15.0
Rio Grande Rough Riders    67    95    .414    26.0

huh?

claphamsa · 02-11-2013, 08:21 PM

you need a closer... trade for McCann

tg.carlssonootp · 02-11-2013, 08:23 PM

Closers are overrated.

claphamsa · 02-11-2013, 08:31 PM

lame!

tvan · 02-11-2013, 09:05 PM

who would sign someone to a 1 year deal worth 50 million? would have to be someone crazy.... and forgetful

Young Drachma · 02-12-2013, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Subby

163 game season ftw!!!

Tiebreaker game last year means the game thinks we need one this year too. I will delete that extra game.

02-09-2013, 06:24 PM	#6
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	were #1 Were #1! __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-10-2013, 09:45 PM	#7
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	163 game season ftw!!! __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

02-11-2013, 08:21 PM	#9
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	you need a closer... trade for McCann __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-11-2013, 08:23 PM	#10
tg.carlssonootp n00b Join Date: Jul 2012	Closers are overrated. __________________ T. Carlsson Rio Grande LOSERS Cup Winner 1863

02-11-2013, 08:31 PM	#11
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	lame! __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-09-2013, 04:41 PM	#2
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	PRE-SEASON AWARDS NL PRE-SEASON MVP: Jimmy Speegle, Columbus NL PRE-SEASON PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Braiden Boles, Columbus NL PRE-SEASON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Zach Neil, Lake Tahoe

02-09-2013, 04:45 PM	#3
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	PRE-SEASON AWARDS AL PRE-SEASON MVP: Joey Moore, St. Louis AL PRE-SEASON PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Erik Doucet, Winnemucca AL PRE-SEASON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Pat Walters, St. Louis

02-09-2013, 04:51 PM	#5
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS NLES: Los Angeles over Gettysburg 3 games to 2 ALES: Chicago over Winnemucca 3 games to 2 NLCS: Columbus over Los Angeles 4 games to 1 ALCS: Chicago over St. Louis 4 games to 3 SUNSET SERIES XXXII: Columbus over Chicago 5 games to 3

02-11-2013, 09:05 PM	#12
tvan n00b Join Date: Oct 2012	who would sign someone to a 1 year deal worth 50 million? would have to be someone crazy.... and forgetful

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