Time to vote for the owner of the year for this past season. Once again, I had to go through and decide who to include and who to leave out. There are some owners that got left off the list that had good seasons, but I didn't want to go over 10 choices. The list leaves off some owners that made the post season and has an owner that didn't, but I had good reasons. I'll explain why I think each owner that was included is on the list.
prezuiwf (Syracuse)
Being included on this list is routine for prez. Each season, putting out one of the best teams in the world. Once again, Syracuse was a force in Pine Tar. Finishing 109-53 was good for the second best record this season. The team did miss out on a third consecutive World Series appearance, but that doesn't take away from the fact that this team dominated for 162 games of the regular season. In what is the best division in the league, pulling off a 100 win season and another division title is once again impressive.
jquick1 (Milwaukee)
jquick1 may have finished 3rd in the division this season, but that didn't stop them from making it to the ALCS. This team finished 88-74, and finished 3rd in the division, but this is a brutal division. jquick1 can be over looked sometimes being in such a tough division and never winning the division title, but this owner has produced in the post season. 2 of the last 4 seasons jquick1 has been in the ALCS and has now made 5 straight post season appearances. Just another something to keep in mind when voting.
radkison (Atlanta)
radkison has now ran the team in Atlanta for 5 seasons and has brought this team back to prominence. After posting an impressive 104 wins a couple seasons ago, they followed it up with 95 wins this season. Winning the division by 19 games, radkison has dominated the division for the past 2 seasons now. They haven't taken that next step in the post season yet, but that shouldn't deter you from voting for this owner that has got this team on the map. The team is right up there as one of the best in the league.
bnags (Nashville)
bnags has done something very impressive in this world, and it's not the fact that they are the current World Champs. Nashville has now improved their record for 8 straight seasons. With 112 wins this season, I think they can possibly do it again next season. What a run for this franchise? Now having won 4 consecutive division titles the team finally reached the top of the mountain and added that World Championship. Any other reasons to vote for this team? This is one heck of a team that bnags has put together.
bobswagger91 (LA)
In his first season running this franchise, bobswagger91 found a way to get them into the post season for the 3rd time in franchise history. They improved the win total from the previous season by an impressive 24 games and won the division for just the second time in franchise history. With an 88-74 record, it may be the lowest total of teams to make the list, but based on the history of this franchise, it is very worthy of some votes.
Starbuckdc (Fargo)
A season after not winning the division for the first time, this team took it's place atop the division once again. Surely the most impressive franchise in league history, this owner continually finds ways to make a mark in the league. The runner up for the Championship, this team participated in their 5th World Series this season. At 90-72 during the regular season, Fargo didn't look like the team to beat in the post season, but everyone should have known better. 10 times this team has made the NLCS now.
qtip32 (Trenton)
This is the only team on the list that didn't make the post season. With a record of 89-73, the team improved their record by 28 games this season. It was also only the second time in franchise history that they finished second in the division and third time posting a winning record. qtip32 has done a great job at setting this team up to challenge for the division title. They finished 1 game behind Fargo this season and was very close to making sure that Fargo didn't even have a chance to make the World Series. A pretty good season any way you look at it.
greygoose123 (Jacksonville)
This team appeared to be on the decline a couple seasons ago, but they came back and improved their record by 19 games this season and finishing 93-69. Making it back to the top of the division once again after a 1 season layoff, this team has now won 9 division crowns and 5 of the last 6. They fell just short of the World Series, losing to Fargo in the NLCS. It was their fifth trip to the NLCS. greygoose123 did a great job again this season in getting this team back into the upper class of the league.
bobbyj7 (Jackson)
In his third season bobbyj7 got this team to win just their second division title and second post season appearance. Improving 14 games from season 14 they finished 97-65 for a franchise best record. Taking over a franchise that has seen many owners through the seasons, bobbyj7 seems to have brought some stability to this embattled franchise. This is another owner that is well deserving of some consideration as owner of the year.
ghutton9 (Seattle)
Seriously, do not vote for me. The only reason I included myself was because I had to. After having the best regular season record in the NL with a 98-64 record, this team once again disappointed in the post season. Getting handled by Fargo in the DCS was enough to not include me, but I didn't feel right about it after getting the #1 seed. Still a good season, but their are many more deserving candidates.
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!
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