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FMJRA 2.0: Cramming For The Draft

— compiled by Wombat-socho A little less than two weeks to go until it’s time to get up early and take part in the 1974 draft in Pete’s Dynasty Baseball League. Unless someone stepped up last night, it looks like the Cubs will be managed by the robot manager after Pete drafts for them. We’ll […]

FMJRA 2.0: Morning Glory Milking Farm

— compiled by Wombat-socho I may not have done a book post in quite a while, but as longtime readers can attest (and this website as well) this book by C.M. Nascosta is not anywhere near my normal tastes in books. However, being the public benefactor I am, I felt obligated to give this book […]

FMJRA 2.0: Agonizing Reappraisal

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, after looking over the 1974 cards for my players (and those available to me as rookies) I posted my keepers: SP Pat Dobson SP Bill Lee SP Carl Morton SP Jim Kaat RP Charlie Hough 1b Dave Kingman 2b Cookie Rojas 3b Bill Madlock ss Ed Brinkman cf Del Unser […]

FMJRA 2.0: Preparing For The Draft

— compiled by Wombat-socho I’m actually feeling pretty good about the upcoming 1974 draft in Pete’s league. Aside from having given away my second-round pick for Steve Braun (boy, that was dumb) I have a solid front four and a stud reliever, plus a solid infield bolstered by rookies Mike Hargrove at first and Jim […]

FMJRA 2.0: Birds Win! Birds Win!

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Reds took it to seven games, but in the end Al Bumbry and Rich Coggins were unstoppable and the O’s won the World Series in the 1973 season of Pete’s DLB league. We’ll probably get a week or two off until Pete gets the 1974 cards sorted, assigns the rookies, […]

FMJRA 2.0: World Series ’73 Week Two

— compiled by Wombat-socho As I write this the Cincinnati Reds & Baltimore Orioles are tied at two games apiece for the World Championship in Pete’s Dynasty League Baseball League. We’re still looking for managers for next season’s Cubs and Expos. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. RussiaGate: ‘But I Didn’t Know […]

FMJRA 2.0: 1973 World Series

— compiled by Wombat-socho While I’m sorting through my roster trying to figure out which ten -I think it’s ten- players I want to keep*, the Cincinnati Reds are playing the Baltimore Orioles for all the marbles in Pete’s league. The Chicago Cubs (79-83) and Montreal Expos (66-96) are looking for new managers, so if […]

FMJRA 2.0: Wait Until Next Year

— compiled by Wombat-socho Ironically, though both Pittsburgh and I wanted to play our last series hands-on, the Dynasty League computers had other ideas, and we logged in Thursday night to find the games had already been played. I dasn’t complain too loudly; while we lost the opening game 4-3 when Dave Sells coughed up […]

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