Friday, June 3, 2011
Owner Hall of Fame
I know I'm a little behind on this but I figure better late than never. Congrats to our latest entrant, bjohara1. bjohara1, has been an owner in the league since season 5 and has had pretty good success since entering the league. A World Series champ back in season 12, and 7 time division champion with the Charleston Riverdogs. The team has also reached the World Series 3 times, the NLCS 5 times and has made the post season in all but 1 season. Since taking over the franchise, they have gone 1035-747 and have posted three 100 win seasons with a high of 106 in season 11. The only time the team has had a losing record was the first season for this owner back in season 5 with a respectable record of 74-88. bjohara1, has been one of the more successful owners in Pine Tar over his tenure in the league and surely deserves this honor as our latest entrant into the Pine Tar Hall of Fame.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Hall of Fame Review-Rich Meyers
Well, it's time for my final review of the season 15 Hall of Fame inductee's. The only pitcher elected this season was star pitcher Rich Meyers. Meyers had a great career in Pine Tar and is another of the three that more than deserved this honor. This crafty pitcher from Princeton, WV, surely had the career to enter the Pine Tar Hall of Fame.
Meyers got his start in Pine Tar back in season 1 with the Salt Lake City Slop Tarts. He pitched in Salt Lake City for his first 2 seasons before being traded to Philadelphia in season 3 when his original franchise moved to Portland. He would go on to pitch the rest of his career in Philadelphia. He pitched his last game for the franchise in season 11. For as dominant a pitcher as he was, Meyers played his career for very little money considering he could have made much more if he tested free agency. He made a total of 71.8 million dollars in his 11 seasons as he chose to resign twice with Philadelphia by giving them a hometown discount.
Meyers displayed really good control throughout his career and was especially tough on right handed hitters. Early in his career he was a power pitcher, but a couple injuries in his career forced him to be more crafty later on. He was a pitcher that kept the ball down in the zone a featured a good fastball to go with a decent slider and change up. He had an excellent 4th pitch with his curveball and had a cut fastball he would throw in their that wasn't very good and used more to get batters thinking.
This is the first pitcher to win a Cy Young in Pine Tar as he did so in season 1 and then repeated it in season 8. He also had 6 all star appearances in his career. The first Cy Young came after pitching 35 games and finishing 5 of those. He had a 25-5 record and pitched 264.2 innings. Opponents batted a .203 and he had an ERA of 2.41. His second Cy Young came after pitching 31 games, and going 19-6. In 184.2 innings he allowed opponents to hit .234 and had an ERA of 2.49.
The career stats for Meyers are 326 starts and 333 games, with 16 complete games. He finished 170-55 and also had 2 saves. In 2068.1 innings he struck out 1736 batters. Hitters batted only a .235 and had an OBP of .288. His final ERA was an outstanding 3.08 for his career. He had 20 wins twice, over 200 strike outs 3 times, and a sub 3.00 ERA seven times. His 25 wins in season 1 are still the record for most wins in a season.
Meyers got his start in Pine Tar back in season 1 with the Salt Lake City Slop Tarts. He pitched in Salt Lake City for his first 2 seasons before being traded to Philadelphia in season 3 when his original franchise moved to Portland. He would go on to pitch the rest of his career in Philadelphia. He pitched his last game for the franchise in season 11. For as dominant a pitcher as he was, Meyers played his career for very little money considering he could have made much more if he tested free agency. He made a total of 71.8 million dollars in his 11 seasons as he chose to resign twice with Philadelphia by giving them a hometown discount.
Meyers displayed really good control throughout his career and was especially tough on right handed hitters. Early in his career he was a power pitcher, but a couple injuries in his career forced him to be more crafty later on. He was a pitcher that kept the ball down in the zone a featured a good fastball to go with a decent slider and change up. He had an excellent 4th pitch with his curveball and had a cut fastball he would throw in their that wasn't very good and used more to get batters thinking.
This is the first pitcher to win a Cy Young in Pine Tar as he did so in season 1 and then repeated it in season 8. He also had 6 all star appearances in his career. The first Cy Young came after pitching 35 games and finishing 5 of those. He had a 25-5 record and pitched 264.2 innings. Opponents batted a .203 and he had an ERA of 2.41. His second Cy Young came after pitching 31 games, and going 19-6. In 184.2 innings he allowed opponents to hit .234 and had an ERA of 2.49.
The career stats for Meyers are 326 starts and 333 games, with 16 complete games. He finished 170-55 and also had 2 saves. In 2068.1 innings he struck out 1736 batters. Hitters batted only a .235 and had an OBP of .288. His final ERA was an outstanding 3.08 for his career. He had 20 wins twice, over 200 strike outs 3 times, and a sub 3.00 ERA seven times. His 25 wins in season 1 are still the record for most wins in a season.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Owner Hall of Fame Voting Rules
We are going to do another vote for owner hall of fame. All 32 owners in the league are eligible to vote, and I will outline the rules as originally posted by prez. The votes of current Hall members toe64, Starbuckdc, greygoose123 and rxw1 will be used to break a tie (with the vote of greygoose123, the most recent member, ultimately prevailing in the event that the decision is still deadlocked).
As per the original rules post:
"...in order to qualify, an owner must have had his team for at least 5 years (unless no suitable candidates exist with 5 years' experience to round out the 5 nominees). Length of time with the league and amount of success are both factors for nomination-- owners who have taken their team to the playoffs many times, and those who have had success while in the playoffs, will be preferred, although exceptions may be made for owners who have only been to the playoffs a few times but have reached or won the World Series multiple times. Also, an owner must still be with his team at the time of the vote in order to qualify for nomination; bpdelia, for example, is not eligible for nomination even though he brought home 2 championships because he is no longer an active owner in the league."
There will still be an option for "blank ballot." If that option ends up winning, there will be no inductee into the Owner Hall of Fame that year (so as to not force owners to vote someone in if they feel no one is deserving).
Voting ends on Wednesday May 11th at 8:00 PM, so make sure you think long and hard about your decision and get your votes in by then!
As per the original rules post:
"...in order to qualify, an owner must have had his team for at least 5 years (unless no suitable candidates exist with 5 years' experience to round out the 5 nominees). Length of time with the league and amount of success are both factors for nomination-- owners who have taken their team to the playoffs many times, and those who have had success while in the playoffs, will be preferred, although exceptions may be made for owners who have only been to the playoffs a few times but have reached or won the World Series multiple times. Also, an owner must still be with his team at the time of the vote in order to qualify for nomination; bpdelia, for example, is not eligible for nomination even though he brought home 2 championships because he is no longer an active owner in the league."
There will still be an option for "blank ballot." If that option ends up winning, there will be no inductee into the Owner Hall of Fame that year (so as to not force owners to vote someone in if they feel no one is deserving).
Voting ends on Wednesday May 11th at 8:00 PM, so make sure you think long and hard about your decision and get your votes in by then!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Hall of Fame Review-Kane Hobbes
Kane Hobbes is our next hall of famer review. I'll take a look at his career and give a little insight as to why he was elected. With 3 members of the inaugural class, I'm breaking this up over a few weeks to give you guys that read these posts something to keep you busy. Keep an eye on the blog over the next few days as we will also start the voting for our next member of the owner Hall of Fame.
1B Kane Hobbes
Hobbes made his way into the league back in season 1 when it all started. He broke in with a very successful team in Fargo and played out his first 4 full seasons there. In season 5 he was with Fargo until being traded to the AL's Washington D.C. Bullets. Before the start of season 6 he was traded to Minnesota, another very successful team. He would go on to play his next 2 seasons in Minnesota before leaving in free agency before season 8. In season 8 he signed with the Chicago Unions. He would remain with that franchise for the next 3 seasons. In season 9 the franchise moved to Hartford and he played there for through season 10. In season 11, the franchise picked up and moved to Atlanta and half way through the season they traded him away to Milwaukee. Milwaukee is where Hobbes would end his career after season 12.
In 12 seasons, Hobbes had 1228 runs scored with a career high in season 6 with 133. He racked up 1953 hits with a high of 191 in season 7. He had 362 doubles with 46 as a career high in season 3. He had 39 triples, and while he wasn't known for hitting them, he had at least one in every season. He ended with 323 homers as he hit over 20 in every season of his career with a high of 34 in season 11. He added 1110 rbi with 4 seasons over 100 and a high of 114 in season 12. He was great at drawing walks as he finished with 1094 and 7 seasons over 100. He also never struck out more than 100 times in a season. He wasn't a speedster but still managed to steal 157 bases. Hobbes finished his career as a .294 hitter with an OBP of .398, and a SLG of .506. Hobbes was also pretty good in the post season. In 81 post season games he hit 20 homers, had 69 rbi, 57 runs, .278 average and .352 obp.
Hobbes earned his only World Series ring with Fargo Wood Chippers in season 3. That same season, he was the All Star game MVP. He won 3 gold gloves at firstbase. Hobbes was a 7 time allstar as well. That is quite a few accomplishments for this Hall of Famer. To add to that, he stands 2nd in career walks. Hobbes was a very well established player in his career and well deserving of his enshrinement. He goes in as the first player to enter the hall wearing a hat for the very successful Fargo Wood Chipper franchise.
1B Kane Hobbes
Hobbes made his way into the league back in season 1 when it all started. He broke in with a very successful team in Fargo and played out his first 4 full seasons there. In season 5 he was with Fargo until being traded to the AL's Washington D.C. Bullets. Before the start of season 6 he was traded to Minnesota, another very successful team. He would go on to play his next 2 seasons in Minnesota before leaving in free agency before season 8. In season 8 he signed with the Chicago Unions. He would remain with that franchise for the next 3 seasons. In season 9 the franchise moved to Hartford and he played there for through season 10. In season 11, the franchise picked up and moved to Atlanta and half way through the season they traded him away to Milwaukee. Milwaukee is where Hobbes would end his career after season 12.
In 12 seasons, Hobbes had 1228 runs scored with a career high in season 6 with 133. He racked up 1953 hits with a high of 191 in season 7. He had 362 doubles with 46 as a career high in season 3. He had 39 triples, and while he wasn't known for hitting them, he had at least one in every season. He ended with 323 homers as he hit over 20 in every season of his career with a high of 34 in season 11. He added 1110 rbi with 4 seasons over 100 and a high of 114 in season 12. He was great at drawing walks as he finished with 1094 and 7 seasons over 100. He also never struck out more than 100 times in a season. He wasn't a speedster but still managed to steal 157 bases. Hobbes finished his career as a .294 hitter with an OBP of .398, and a SLG of .506. Hobbes was also pretty good in the post season. In 81 post season games he hit 20 homers, had 69 rbi, 57 runs, .278 average and .352 obp.
Hobbes earned his only World Series ring with Fargo Wood Chippers in season 3. That same season, he was the All Star game MVP. He won 3 gold gloves at firstbase. Hobbes was a 7 time allstar as well. That is quite a few accomplishments for this Hall of Famer. To add to that, he stands 2nd in career walks. Hobbes was a very well established player in his career and well deserving of his enshrinement. He goes in as the first player to enter the hall wearing a hat for the very successful Fargo Wood Chipper franchise.
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