Welcome to the first update of the Create Your Own Player - Season. I originally planned on simming through 1 in game month per week, but because that would take way too long to sim out your players careers, i'll do half an ingame season per week. This week, because it involved the initial draft of your players, I simmed from June 1st, 2007 (Draft Day) to the end of the Major League Season. The next update will go from the beginning of 08 Spring Training to the 08 All Star Break.

I'll post an update once a week on Sunday.

If anyone just reading this for the first time wants to get involved, post here, and you'll be on the waiting list for the next time I allow new player made draftees.

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Inspired by something i've seen on an NHL forum I frequent I thought I would give this a try.

Using the Baseball Sim "Out Of The Park Baseball 8", I will allow the first 15 people to post here to create their own player (using the guidelines I will provide later in the fanpost) and then I will place that player as an 19 Year Old in the MLB First Year Player Draft and then once a week (in real life) I will sim through a month of the game and post the stats and happenings involving each player on this fan post (including who you were drafted by in the first week). If this works well, and people enjoy it, i'll gradually allow more people to sign up at the start of a new season. The first season starts at the beginning of the 2007 season (so, for instance, players like David Eckstein and Scott Rolen are still on the Cardinals). Also, while OOTP8 is pretty good about realism, it's not perfect and sometimes the ingame Managers / GM make some pretty crazy moves.

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Press Conference at 3pm.

This is per Bernie.

This freaking stinks. He isn't bad I suppose, but I thought Antonetti would be a step in the right direction for this organization.

Oh well, here's hoping Mo will prove me wrong.

Update [2007-10-31 13:10:56 by lboros]: mozeliak has some talent, and he might work out just fine --- it's too soon to say what he will do. he deserves a chance. but the troubling thing is that the cardinals wanted antonetti, and he turned them down. that's inauspicious, to say the least.

Update [2007-10-31 13:34:12 by lboros]: rec'd this e-mail from a source outside of st louis: "Shapiro might be stepping to CEO to give Antonetti the reigns. It's more about CLE than STL."

According to Derrick Goold. Normally i'd be against it, but let's face it, Pujols is already missing his homerun stroke, I doubt this will hurt it any more.

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http://www.stltoday.com/blogs/sports-bird-land/2007/07/pujols-to-swing-in-home-run-derby/

Bo Hart.....has joined the Cubs. 65 Year Old Women all over Cardinal nation shed a tear today.

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Second baseman Bo Hart has been picked up by the Cubs and assigned to their Triple-A affiliate in Iowa. In 32 games with the Barnstormers, Hart batted .245 with two homers and 12 RBIs. He's the first Lancaster player signed by an affiliate team this season.

Ok, maybe not, but this was pretty funny/interesting  from a recent article.

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Zambrano changing colors?
Pitcher jests about red shinguards from 'my next catcher'
By Paul Sullivan
Tribune staff reporter

June 14, 2007, 10:44 PM CDT

Mark Buehrle still gets heat for wearing a St. Louis Cardinals cap at a World Series game last October, but Carlos Zambrano one-upped Buehrle before Thursday's Cubs game.

Zambrano motioned to reporters standing around the clubhouse and pointed to a box that contained a pair of red shinguards.

"It's a gift from my next catcher, Yadier," Zambrano said.

Zambrano was referring to St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina, although he didn't specify whether he was going to St. Louis or Molina was coming to the Cubs.

Per DGoold.

1a. Clayton Mortensen RHP

5. Thomas Eager RHP
   
6. Oliver Marmol SS
   
7. Deryk Hooker RHP
   
10. Beau Riportella OF
    
13. Steven Hill 1B
    
14. Joshua Dew RHP
    
15. Chuckie Fick RHP
    
17. Matt Arburr 3B
    
18. Andrew Brown OF
    
20. Brian Cartie 3B
    
21. Brian Broderick RHP
    
23. Joseph Hage OF
    
26. Tony Cruz 3B
    
27. Brian Buck OF
    
28. Ross Oeder 2B
    
30. Nick Derba C
    
31. Dylan Gonzalez RHP
    
32. Nicholas Vera 3B
    
34. Steven Hill RHP
    
38. Adron Chambers OF
    
39. Rigoberto Lugo RHP
    
42. Mike Folli 2B
    
43. Davis Bilardello LHP
    
46. Robert Sanzillo C
    
47. Mateo Marquez OF

and he turned it down, because he wouldn't sign with the Astros rivals. Damn him and his loyalty.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/sports/baseball/22yankees.html?_r=2&ref=sports&oref=slogin &oref=slogin

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http://withleather.com/post.phtml?pk=1796

This is absolutely hilarious. I nearly died laughing, the subtitles are freaking amazing...............................
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The MLB Writers Association have decided to withhold allowing the All-star game to take place in St. Louis in 2009, stating the stadium is not fit to hold the event. Apparently their main beef was with the press box, which apparently is exposed, has no air conditioning or heating, and doesn't have a great view of the field. Therefore Dewitt and Co. will get a list of things they will have to improve in order for the Allstar Game to get reinstated back here for 2009.

Check it out, I found this link on Bernies Pressbox. Pretty cool.

http://johnrodriguez.mlblogs.com/

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Well, atleast it is official according to Bernie, per his forums:

Pitching coach says he doesn't think Izzy will pitch anymore this season.

Izzy and the brass confirm...

--B

This diary has to be 300 characters, so i'm writing a meaningless line right here to add more characters. Purple monkey dishwasher.

Can someone please explain what this is to me? I've looked it up, and I understand it's simulated baseball, but how exactly do you go about playing it?

Anyone who knows alot about it and can offer me some incite on it (i.e. leagues/how to get it/etc....), it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!!!!

I have faith in the Cardinals making some good trades/acquisitions. Maybe i'm a blind homer, but I really think all the negative press that management and the team have received this year, will force their hand. Do I think we'll sign Schmidt or Zito? No. But I do believe we will make some solid steps to fortify this team for 2007.

I'm probably just being overly optimistic, but I have faith. Last year had a poor FA crop, and their truly were very few reasonable deals we could've made at the trade deadline this year. This off season will be the test of the management.

Brief recap per Bernie's forum

Duncan: