{"id":377,"date":"2009-05-18T13:35:24","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T18:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=377"},"modified":"2009-05-18T13:35:24","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T18:35:24","slug":"fantasy-baseball-management-simyardcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2009\/05\/18\/fantasy-baseball-management-simyardcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Baseball Management: Simyard.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I discussed this last year, but it&#8217;s worth mentioning again.  I play this game on line called Simyard.  It&#8217;s similar to fantasy baseball, except it&#8217;s more of a management simulation.  You get a team full of players with various stats, not real MLB players, and then you set up a lineup and rotation and play them against other teams. <\/p>\n<table style=\"width:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/ceetar\/Simyard?feat=embedwebsite#5337233499362274002\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_WiYnnqmj-NY\/ShGplvzNqtI\/AAAAAAAAFa0\/dgsa5G8n-o4\/s800\/simyardgame.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/ceetar\/Simyard?feat=embedwebsite\">Simyard<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Then there is the option of leagues.  You can join a league with other managers and go through the whole process of building a team like a GM would, signing new players from free agents, the minor leagues, or other teams.  Each month, which equates to a baseball year, you play a full schedule of 162 games and follow that up with however many rounds of playoffs your league is set up for.  You can build a stadium, set up seating prices, and earn money towards paying players and ultimately becoming one of the dominant franchises.   It&#8217;s a close-knit and friendly place, and the owner is actively involved and even runs a team of his own. (of course, it&#8217;s a crappy team..) We have an irc channel on coldfront where we hang out.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/ceetar\/Simyard?feat=embedwebsite#5337233497068408930\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_WiYnnqmj-NY\/ShGplnQUEGI\/AAAAAAAAFa4\/lpnJz5TIDQM\/s800\/simyardstandings.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/ceetar\/Simyard?feat=embedwebsite\">Simyard<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simyard.com: A fantasy baseball management simulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[2968,336,733,530,734,527,735,529],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}