Thursday, December 15, 2011

Season 23 Hall of Fame Voting Results

Here are the complete results for Hall of Fame voting for season 23:
  1. Erick Hatcher - 24 (Elected)
  2. Lawrence Brown - 22 (Elected)
  3. Sherm Roberts - 20 (Elected)
  4. Russ Feller - 18 (Elected)
  5. Domingo Pizzaro - 9
  6. Paul Ishii - 7
  7. Rob Becker - 6
  8. Derek Taylor - 3
  9. Joseph Yoshii - 3
  10. Albert Lecuona - 3
  11. Philip Ray - 1
  12. Howie Curtis - 1
  13. Jim Tatum - 1
  14. John Blake - 1
  15. Esteban Tejada - 1
  16. Victor Vargas - 1
  17. Fausto Sanchez - 1
  18. Marc Holmes - 1
  19. Cam Lincoln - 1
  20. Carlos Gonzalez - 1

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Commissioner's Challenge Award (S22)

The "Commissioner's Challenge Award" is given to the team that had the most wins during the season without making the playoffs.

I'm happy to announce the season 22 winner of a $5 WIS Gift Certificate is repsher of the Detroit Tigers, whose 86 wins was a mere two games short of earning a post-season appearance.

1) 86 wins - Detroit Tigers (repsher)
2) 85 wins - San Diego Seagulls (ericsomsel)
3) 83 wins - New Britain Blood Brothers (malewell)
4) 80 wins - Trenton Titans (KGS77)
5t) 79 wins - San Francisco Oles (evegoe)
5t) 79 wins - Washington D.C. Metros (jmaese)
7) 78 wins - Charlotte Moose Hunters (jmil397)
8t) 77 wins - Scranton Apollos (tecwrg)
8t) 77 wins - Milwaukee Suds (battmann)
10) 76 wins - Oakland Polish Hammers (goodtymes31)
11) 74 wins - Little Rock Cigars (shanklsa)
12) 73 wins - Buffalo Blizzard (sir_slamalot)
13) 71 wins - Jackson Bootleggers (rugrat)
14) 70 wins - Sacramento Sunshine (hbdgirl)
15t) 67 wins - Durham Bulls (bertrand93)
15t) 67 wins - Oklahoma City Power Failure (coneheads)
17) 65 wins - Albuquerque Bleeding Noses (tedwmoore)
18) 64 wins - Monterrey Sugar Kings (drichter)
19) 63 wins - Colorado Springs Mile High Marines (brendanjod)
20) 54 wins - Jacksonville Seminoles (mbooker)

Friday, September 16, 2011

Season 22 Hall of Fame Voting Results

Here are the complete results for Hall of Fame voting for season 22:
  1. Felix Ellis - 20 (Elected)
  2. Julio Lee - 14
  3. Sherm Roberts - 12
  4. Bart Kirby - 11
  5. Erick Hatcher - 10
  6. Lawrence Brown - 9
  7. Domingo Pizzaro - 7
  8. Russ Feller - 6
  9. Bey Meacham - 5
  10. Sal Stark - 3
  11. Stew Frazier - 2
  12. David Santayana - 2
  13. Albert Lecuona - 2
  14. Jay Carmona - 2
  15. Derek Taylor - 2
  16. Cookie Holt - 1
  17. Matt Flair - 1
  18. Steve Burks - 1
  19. Philip Ray - 1
  20. Marc Hodges - 1
  21. Jim Tatum - 1
  22. Raul Santos - 1
  23. Cam Lincoln - 1
  24. Odalis Lopez - 1
  25. Miguel Vazquez - 1
  26. Fausto Sanchez - 1

Friday, September 9, 2011

Updated Win Minimum Rules Adopted

After a fair amount of discussion in the World Chat that the original Win Minimum rules were too weak, and therefore ineffective, it was proposed that the rule be changed from 110 wins over two consecutive seasons to a four season rule of 55/120/185/260. What this means is that there would be a minimum of 55 wins required each season. A minimum of 120 wins over any two consecutive seasons. A minimum of 185 wins over any three consecutive seasons. And finally, a minimum of 260 wins over any four consecutive seasons. Failure to meet these minimums would result in forfeiture of a franchise for an owner.

Yes - 21 votes (77.8%)
No - 6 votes (22.2%)
No preference - 5 votes (not included)

Results: PASSED - rule to be adopted starting in season 22, with season 22 as the first of the four seasons

Monday, August 15, 2011

Commissioner's Challenge Award (S21)

The "Commissioner's Challenge Award" is given to the team that had the most wins during the season without making the playoffs.

I'm happy to announce the season 21 winner of a $5 WIS Gift Certificate is tomq of the Chicago Black Sox, whose 89 wins was a mere two games short of earning a post-season appearance.

1) 89 wins - Chicago Black Sox (tomq)
2) 87 wins - Rochester Rochy Road Rochstars (indiansrck27)
3) 86 wins - Minnesota Mighty Men (raidersfan)
4) 82 wins - Milwaukee Suds (battmann)
5) 81 wins - Washington D.C. Metros (jmaese)
6) 80 wins - Little Rock Cigars (shanklsa)
7t) 78 wins - Jacksonville Seminoles (mbooker)
7t) 78 wins - Scranton Apollos (tecwrg)
9) 76 wins - Charlotte Moose Hunters (jmil397)
10) 75 wins - San Diego Seagulls (ericsomsel)
11) 74 wins - Sacramento Sunshine (hbdgirl)
12t) 73 wins - Colorado Springs Mile High Marines (brendanjod)
12t) 73 wins - Vancouver Fighting Skeletons (diryn)
14) 72 wins - Scottsdale Fighting Artichokes (MikeT23)
15) 71 wins - Albuquerque Isotopes (sculley)
16) 69 wins - Jackson Bootleggers (rugrat)
17) 67 wins - Buffalo Blizzard (sir_slamalot)
18) 66 wins - Oklahoma City Power Failure (coneheads)
19t) 60 wins - Monterrey Sugar Kings (drichter)
19t) 60 wins - Pittsburgh Pandas (silentpadna)

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Season 21 Hall of Fame Voting Results

Following up on what I did last season, I sent a ticket to WIS to get the vote totals of the Hall of Fame voting for this season. Here are the results:
  1. Kevin Mullins - 21 (Elected)
  2. Julio Valenzuela - 21 (Elected)
  3. Brent Meche - 17 (Elected)
  4. Julio Lee - 14
  5. Bart Kirby - 12
  6. Domingo Pizzaro - 11
  7. J.D. Acosta - 9
  8. Andy Scott - 4
  9. David Santayana - 3
  10. Bey Meacham - 3
  11. Cam Lincoln - 2
  12. Miguel Vazquez - 2
  13. Bob Mays - 2
  14. Albert Lecuona - 1
  15. Marc Holmes - 1
  16. Fausto Sanchez - 1
  17. Stephen Ball - 1

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Season 21 - Minimum Win Requirements

In season 19, we adopted a win minimum rule of 110 wins over a rolling two-season period. Season 20 was the first season that this took effect, so season 21 is where the rubber starts to meet the road. Nobody is in any grave danger of falling short, but the purpose of this post is to document the targets for each franchise for the upcoming season.

AL North

Detroit (repsher) - 16
Chicago (tomq) - 18
Scranton (tecwrg) - 23
Kansas City (rbedwell) - 32

AL East

Baltimore (reps) - 8
Durham (bertrand93) - 24
Pittsburgh (silentpadna) - 32
Buffalo (sir_slamalot) - 50

AL South

Richmond (dgtrache) - 9
Jacksonville (mbooker) - 30
Jackson (rwright) - 45
Charlotte (jmil397) - 48

AL West

Colorado Springs (brendanjod) - 26
San Francisco (evegoe) - 26
San Diego (ericsomsel) - 39
Scottsdale (MikeT23) - n/a *

NL North

New York (jonas1102) - 11
Minnesota (raidersfan) - 19
Milwaukee (battmann) - 39
Trenton (KGS77) - 40

NL East

Boston (neilg) - 9
Rochester (indiansrck27) - 20
New Britain (malewell) - 21
Washington (jmaese) - 30

NL South

Florida (welsh5) - 25
Little Rock (shanklsa) - 28
Oklahoma City (coneheads) - 40
Monterrey (drichter) - 48

NL West

Albuquerque (sculley) - 23
Oakland (goodtymes31) - 40
Vancouver (diryn) - 43
Sacramento (hbdgirl) - n/a *

* Please note that as first season owners, both Scottsdale (MikeT23) and Sacramento (hbdgirl) are not at risk from the MWR this season, but S21 is the first of their two rolling seasons.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Commissioner's Challenge Award (S20)

The "Commissioner's Challenge Award" is given to the team that had the most wins during the season without making the playoffs.

I'm happy to announce the season 20 winner of a $5 WIS Gift Certificate is malewell of the New Britain Blood Brothers, whose 89 wins was a mere one game short of earning a post-season appearance.

1) 89 wins - New Britain Blood Brothers (malewell)
2) 86 wins - Durham Bulls (bertrand93)
3) 84 wins - San Francisco Oles (evegoe)
4) 82 wins - Little Rock Cigars (shanklsa)
5t) 80 wins - Jacksonville Seminoles (mbooker)
5t) 80 wins - Washington D.C. Metros (jmaese)
7) 79 wins - Sacramento Boo A's (lightmn13)
8t) 78 wins - Kansas City Blues (rbedwell)
8t) 78 wins - Pittsburgh Pandas (silentpadna)
10) 75 wins - Portland Poltergeists (selmer)
11t) 71 wins - San Diego Seagulls (ericsomsel)
11t) 71 wins - Milwaukee Suds (battmann)
13t) 70 wins - Oakland Polish Hammers (goodtymes31)
13t) 70 wins - Oklahoma City Power Failure (coneheads)
13t) 70 wins - Trenton Titans (KGS77)
16) 67 wins - Vancouver Fighting Skeletons (diryn)
17) 65 wins - Jackson Bootleggers (rwright)
18t) 62 wins - Charlotte Moose Hunters (jmil397)
18t) 62 wins - Monterrey Sugar Kings (drichter)
20) 60 wins - Buffalo Blizzard (sir_slamalot)

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Waiver Wire and Minor League Pitching Staff Rules Adopted

Two additional rules for Mantle World were proposed, voted upon, and adopted for implementation starting in season 21.  The two rules are described below:

1)  "Waiver Wire Rule" - After the trade deadline has passed, teams may have no more than 7 players on the waiver wire at any one time. This does not include players who have been released (who automatically show up on the waiver wire). This is for true waivers only. First violation will result in a warning. Second violation will result in being removed from the world.

2)  "Minor League Pitching Staff Rule" - Each franchise is expected to keep healthy pitching staffs at all minor league levels. If a violation is noticed, the owner will be given four days from notification to get their minor league staffs in order. If still not addressed, the owner will be on probation and if the problems are still not corrected after seven days, the owner will be removed from the world unless he can show that meaningful steps were taken to attempt to address the situation.

Both rules passed by receiving over 60% of the votes cast (excluding any votes of "no preference").  They will start to be enforced during season 21.  Full voting results can be found at:

http://mantleworldhbd.blogspot.com/2010/07/proposed-rules-and-voting-results.html

As commissioner, I do not intend to actively police all 32 teams to ensure that these rules are constantly being enforced.  I am looking for other owners in the world to bring any perceived violations to my attention if and/or when they see violations occurring.  At that time, I will take over responsibility for addressing enforcement with the violating owner.

I will remind all owners of these rules at the beginning of each season.  I intend to also document these rules with the purpose of informing all potential incoming new owners of these rules in our recruitment thread in the "HBD Classifieds" forum.  Should we ever have the need to bring in a mid-season replacement, those owners will also be informed directly by me of these rules to make sure they understand the expectations.

Finally, concerning the "Minor League Pitching Staff Rule", I will consider extenuating circumstances because I know that sometimes "real life" gets in the way and we cannot be as attentive to our teams as we want.    As long as the explanation for violation seems reasonable, I will take that into consideration as part of the process.  However, blatant violation of the rule without a reasonable explanation will be subject to full enforcement of the rule as described above.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Misusing Numbers in New and Interesting Ways

I recently had a couple of days in which I had WAY too much free time on my hands, so I decided to compile some stats on which teams have scored and allowed the most runs over the course of Mantle's first 19 seasons.  Don't think it's very meaningful other than as a useless piece of trivia, but it's kind of fun to review.

First, over 19 seasons, a total of 518,946 runs have been scored at the Major Level.  Going by current franchise names, the leaders are:

Most Runs Scored (Seasons 1 through 19):
  1. Detroit Tigers - 18,106 runs
  2. Chicago Black Sox - 17,685
  3. Albuquerque Isotopes - 17,614
  4. Portland Poltergeists - 17,589
  5. Florida Lockdown - 17,534
Fewest Runs Scored (Seasons 1 through 19):
  1. Oklahoma City Power Failure - 14,637 runs
  2. San Diego Seagulls - 14,725
  3. Oakland Polish Hammers - 14,893
  4. Jacksonville Seminoles - 15,007
  5. Valcouver Fighting Skeletons - 15,076
Fewest Runs Allowed (Seasons 1 through 19):
  1. Detroit Tigers - 14,479 runs
  2. Florida Lockdown - 14,685
  3. Minnesota Mighty Men - 14,907
  4. New York Apples - 14,953
  5. Kansas City Blues - 15,142
Most Runs Allowed (Seasons 1 through 19):
  1. Charlotte Moose Hunters - 18,673 runs
  2. Jackson Bootleggers - 18,604
  3. San Diego Seagulls - 18,584
  4. Albuquerque Isotopes - 18,278
  5. Boston Minutemen - 17,725
So after I had all these numbers, it was simple enough to then calculate the Expected Win Percentage for each franchise in Mantle over the first 19 seasons to see who the biggest over-achievers (actual wins above expected wins) and who the biggest under-achievers (actual wins below expected wins) were.  The results were somewhat surprising:

Over-Achievers (Actual Wins above Expected Wins):
  1. Jackson Bootleggers - +86 wins
  2. Boston Minutemen - +52 wins
  3. Baltimore Blast - +41 wins
  4. Sacramento Boo A's - +35 wins
  5. Pittsburgh Pandas - +26 wins
Under-Achievers (Actual Wins below Expected Wins):
  1. Detroit Tigers - (-67 wins)
  2. Portland Poltergeists - (-53 wins)
  3. Florida Lockdown - (-52 wins)
  4. Monterrey Sugar Kings - (-33 wins)
  5. Chicago Black Sox - (-28 wins)
It was this last category that I found most surprising.  The Detroit franchise, which through 19 seasons has (a) the most wins in all of Mantle, (b) scored the most runs in all of Mantle, and (c) allowed the fewest runs in all of Mantle, is (statistically speaking) the biggest under-achieving team in the history of Mantle.

In fact, of the five winningest teams in Mantle history, four of them are on the under-achiever list.  The only "outlier" from this group would be the Scranton Apollos, who have the third most wins in Mantle history (1,719) and come in at +9 wins above expectations.  That must say something about their stellar ownership.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Season 20 Hall of Fame Voting Results

On jonas's prompting, I sent a ticket to WIS to get the vote totals of the Hall of Fame voting for this season.  Here are the results:
  1. Bart Kirby - 14
  2. Brent Meche - 13
  3. Domingo Pizzaro - 12
  4. J.D. Acosta - 10
  5. Julio Lee - 10
  6. Stan Hunt - 9
  7. David Santayana - 7
  8. Andy Scott - 7
  9. Albert Lecuona - 5
  10. Tom Daly - 4
  11. Bey Meacham - 4
  12. Miguel Vazquez - 3
  13. Jay Carmona - 3
  14. Lawrence Rhodes - 2
  15. Horace Gulan - 2
  16. Steve Burks - 1
  17. Philip Ray - 1
  18. Julio Valenzuela - 1
  19. Cookie Holt - 1
  20. Sal Stark - 1
  21. Jim Tatum - 1
  22. Stephen Ball - 1

Monday, February 14, 2011

Commissioner's Challenge Award (S19)

The "Commissioner's Challenge Award" is given to the team that had the most wins during the season without making the playoffs.

I'm happy to announce the season 19 winner of a $5 WIS Gift Certificate is rwright of the Jackson Bootleggers, whose 89 wins was still 5 games short of earning a post-season appearance.

1) 89 wins - Jackson Bootleggers (rwright)
2t) 86 wins - Detroit Tigers (repsher)
2t) 86 wins - Florida Lockdown (welsh5)
4) 82 wins - Jacksonville Seminoles (mbooker)
5) 79 wins - Chicago Black Sox (tomq)
6t) 76 wins - Charlotte Moose Hunters (jmil397)
6t) 76 wins - Milwaukee Suds (battmann)
8t) 75 wins - Rochester Rochy Road Rochstars (indiansrck27)
8t) 75 wins - Oklahoma City Power Failure (coneheads)
10) 73 wins - Sacramento Boo A's (lightmn13)
11t) 72 wins - San Diego Seagulls (ericsomsel)
11t) 72 wins - Oakland Polish Hammers (goodtymes31)
13t) 69 wins - Colorado Springs Mile High Marines (brendanjod)
13t) 69 wins - Little Rock Cigars (shanklsa)
15) 67 wins - Vancouver Fighting Skeletons (diryn)
16t) 63 wins - Buffalo Blizzard (sir_slamalot)
16t) 63 wins - San Francisco Oles (evegoe)
18) 61 wins - Trenton Titans (KGS77)
19t) 60 wins - Kansas City Blues (rbedwell)
19t) 60 wins - Washington D.C. Metros (jmaese)

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Minimum Win Rules Adopted

After a couple of weeks of voting, Mantle World has adopted a rule that mandates that a franchise must win a minimum of 110 games over two consecutive seasons, starting in season 20.  Failure to win 110 wins over two seasons will result in an owner leaving Mantle.

Owners who fail to meet the requirements and leave Mantle can be considered for reinstatement in Mantle after one season away, though there will be no guarantee that they will be able to return  or be able to take over the franchise of their choice.

Any replacement owner that comes in after the regular season has started will be exempt from the rule for that season only.  Any replacement owner that comes in before the regular season has started may be considered for exemption at the discretion of the commissioner.

The commissioner will send a sitemail at the beginning of each season to all owners reminding them of how many wins they need in the upcoming season to meet the minimum win rule requirements.  A copy of this sitemail will also be sent to WIS via a ticket as documentation of the rule in the unlikely event of an owner being unwilling to leave despite failing to meet the requirements.  Hopefully, that never happens.