Post by CSCommish on Jul 8, 2017 7:45:20 GMT -5
File and pages are up. Next sim is tomorrow, Sunday, morning, an 8-day sim to get us to 8/23/1976; get your exports in by 8:00 AM Eastern.
Waiver Trade Deadline is at the end of the regular season.
Welcome Camulet as owner of the Giants!!!
Shale, you can go ahead and calculate and distribute points for Trade Frenzy --- all of the stickied trades qualify. 10 for 1st, 5 for all other trades for each team.
Breaking News
Monday 8/15/1976: California's Horton wins Player of the Week award
Tony Horton from California wins his 2nd Player of the Week award for putting up the best numbers this week in the American League. Horton helped his team with an average of .524 and 10 RBI in 21 at bats. It's the 1st time that the National League Player of the Week award goes to New York (N)'s third baseman Hector Espino. He hit .417 with 6 RBI and slugged .792 in 24 at bats. He now has homered in 3 consecutive games as well! Espino has hit 18 taters this year while batting .281. He adds 26 doubles, along with 55 runs scored.
Tuesday 8/9/1976: Skip Guinn pitches his 1st shutout of the season
CLEVELAND - New York (A)'s lefty Skip Guinn will never forget this day. The 31-year old recorded his first career shutout, a 1-hitter, against Cleveland on Tuesday. Guinn (3-14) struck out 8 and walked 3, throwing 62 of 110 pitches for strikes. 'Well, the ball went where I wanted it. I was able to hit the corners with all of my pitches.' Reggie Jackson helped Guinn at the plate, he collected 3 hits in 4 trips to the plate, blasting a homerun, and driving in 2 runs. New York (A) improved its record to 45-67, scoring 4 runs on 8 hits.
Monday 8/8/1976: Beck and Bulling win Player of the Week award
The American League's best player of the week was Boston's Rich Beck, who wins the award for the 8th time in his career. Rich went 2-0 with an ERA of 0.53, while fanning 10 in 17 innings of work. He hurled a shutout as well. In 28 starts this year Rich struck out 130 batters in 220.2 innings of work. His ERA is 2.98, his record 19-5. Rich has pitched 7 shutouts and 9 complete games. He's 8th in the American League in ERA and 1st in wins! It's the 1st time that the National League Player of the Week award goes to Pittsburgh's catcher Bud Bulling. Bulling helped his team with an average of .444 and 8 RBI in 27 at bats. While compiling an on base percentage of .313, Bud hit .282 and slugged .423. He has collected 16 runs batted in this year.
General News
Monday 8/8/1976 :
American League-Player of the Week:
P Rich Beck (BOS)!
He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 17 innings with an ERA of 0.53, fanning 10.
National League-Player of the Week:
C Bud Bulling (PIT)!
He batted .444 in 27 AB, with 3 HR and 8 RBI.
Tuesday 8/9/1976 :
NYA: Skip Guinn pitches a 1-hit shutout against Cleveland!!
Wednesday 8/10/1976 :
CAL: Bobby Bonds has homered in 6 straight games!
Friday 8/12/1976 :
CHN: Burt Hooton pitches a 3-hit shutout against St. Louis!!
Monday 8/15/1976 :
American League-Player of the Week:
3B Tony Horton (CAL)!
He batted .524 in 21 AB, with 2 HR and 10 RBI.
National League-Player of the Week:
3B Hector Espino (NYM)!
He batted .417 in 24 AB, with 3 HR and 6 RBI.
Transactions
Sunday 8/7/1976 :
Chicago (A) : Mickey Rivers has been signed to a contract extension, $1,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Chicago (A): Released LF Mickey Rivers.
New York (A): Released LF Joe Charboneau.
Chicago (A) : Free agent Joe Charboneau has been signed to a contract of $0 per year, for 0 years.
New York (A) : Free agent Mickey Rivers has been signed to a contract of $471,429 per year, for 1 years.
New York (A) : Mickey Rivers has been signed to a contract extension, $1,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Injuries
Sunday 8/7/1976 :
NYA: Pat H. Kelly was injured while running the bases.
Diagnosis: Inflamed Thigh Muscle.
He is out for about one week.
MON: Steve J. Kline was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Strained Bicep Muscle.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 3 weeks.
Monday 8/8/1976 :
TEX: Fred Newman was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Strained Back Muscle.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 3-4 weeks.
Tuesday 8/9/1976 :
DET: John E. Kennedy was injured being hit by a pitch.
Diagnosis: Bruised Hand.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 4 days.
Wednesday 8/10/1976 :
MIL: Adolfo Phillips was injured while making a catch.
Diagnosis: Pinched Nerve Neck.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take one week.
PIT: Bud Bulling was injured while throwing a ball.
Diagnosis: Pulled Elbow Ligament.
He will be OK in about one week.
Saturday 8/13/1976 :
BAL: Ron Schueler was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Stiff Shoulder.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take one week.
Sunday 8/14/1976 :
MIN: Lee Lacy was injured while running the bases.
Diagnosis: Pulled Achilles Tendon.
He will be OK in about 5 weeks.
Waiver Trade Deadline is at the end of the regular season.
Welcome Camulet as owner of the Giants!!!
Shale, you can go ahead and calculate and distribute points for Trade Frenzy --- all of the stickied trades qualify. 10 for 1st, 5 for all other trades for each team.
Breaking News
Monday 8/15/1976: California's Horton wins Player of the Week award
Tony Horton from California wins his 2nd Player of the Week award for putting up the best numbers this week in the American League. Horton helped his team with an average of .524 and 10 RBI in 21 at bats. It's the 1st time that the National League Player of the Week award goes to New York (N)'s third baseman Hector Espino. He hit .417 with 6 RBI and slugged .792 in 24 at bats. He now has homered in 3 consecutive games as well! Espino has hit 18 taters this year while batting .281. He adds 26 doubles, along with 55 runs scored.
Tuesday 8/9/1976: Skip Guinn pitches his 1st shutout of the season
CLEVELAND - New York (A)'s lefty Skip Guinn will never forget this day. The 31-year old recorded his first career shutout, a 1-hitter, against Cleveland on Tuesday. Guinn (3-14) struck out 8 and walked 3, throwing 62 of 110 pitches for strikes. 'Well, the ball went where I wanted it. I was able to hit the corners with all of my pitches.' Reggie Jackson helped Guinn at the plate, he collected 3 hits in 4 trips to the plate, blasting a homerun, and driving in 2 runs. New York (A) improved its record to 45-67, scoring 4 runs on 8 hits.
Monday 8/8/1976: Beck and Bulling win Player of the Week award
The American League's best player of the week was Boston's Rich Beck, who wins the award for the 8th time in his career. Rich went 2-0 with an ERA of 0.53, while fanning 10 in 17 innings of work. He hurled a shutout as well. In 28 starts this year Rich struck out 130 batters in 220.2 innings of work. His ERA is 2.98, his record 19-5. Rich has pitched 7 shutouts and 9 complete games. He's 8th in the American League in ERA and 1st in wins! It's the 1st time that the National League Player of the Week award goes to Pittsburgh's catcher Bud Bulling. Bulling helped his team with an average of .444 and 8 RBI in 27 at bats. While compiling an on base percentage of .313, Bud hit .282 and slugged .423. He has collected 16 runs batted in this year.
General News
Monday 8/8/1976 :
American League-Player of the Week:
P Rich Beck (BOS)!
He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 17 innings with an ERA of 0.53, fanning 10.
National League-Player of the Week:
C Bud Bulling (PIT)!
He batted .444 in 27 AB, with 3 HR and 8 RBI.
Tuesday 8/9/1976 :
NYA: Skip Guinn pitches a 1-hit shutout against Cleveland!!
Wednesday 8/10/1976 :
CAL: Bobby Bonds has homered in 6 straight games!
Friday 8/12/1976 :
CHN: Burt Hooton pitches a 3-hit shutout against St. Louis!!
Monday 8/15/1976 :
American League-Player of the Week:
3B Tony Horton (CAL)!
He batted .524 in 21 AB, with 2 HR and 10 RBI.
National League-Player of the Week:
3B Hector Espino (NYM)!
He batted .417 in 24 AB, with 3 HR and 6 RBI.
Transactions
Sunday 8/7/1976 :
Chicago (A) : Mickey Rivers has been signed to a contract extension, $1,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Chicago (A): Released LF Mickey Rivers.
New York (A): Released LF Joe Charboneau.
Chicago (A) : Free agent Joe Charboneau has been signed to a contract of $0 per year, for 0 years.
New York (A) : Free agent Mickey Rivers has been signed to a contract of $471,429 per year, for 1 years.
New York (A) : Mickey Rivers has been signed to a contract extension, $1,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Injuries
Sunday 8/7/1976 :
NYA: Pat H. Kelly was injured while running the bases.
Diagnosis: Inflamed Thigh Muscle.
He is out for about one week.
MON: Steve J. Kline was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Strained Bicep Muscle.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 3 weeks.
Monday 8/8/1976 :
TEX: Fred Newman was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Strained Back Muscle.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 3-4 weeks.
Tuesday 8/9/1976 :
DET: John E. Kennedy was injured being hit by a pitch.
Diagnosis: Bruised Hand.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 4 days.
Wednesday 8/10/1976 :
MIL: Adolfo Phillips was injured while making a catch.
Diagnosis: Pinched Nerve Neck.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take one week.
PIT: Bud Bulling was injured while throwing a ball.
Diagnosis: Pulled Elbow Ligament.
He will be OK in about one week.
Saturday 8/13/1976 :
BAL: Ron Schueler was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Stiff Shoulder.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take one week.
Sunday 8/14/1976 :
MIN: Lee Lacy was injured while running the bases.
Diagnosis: Pulled Achilles Tendon.
He will be OK in about 5 weeks.
