Winning a league championship in Sim League Baseball doesn’t get old. The competition is tremendously good, and since most leagues are 24 teams the odds are just never in your favor no matter how well you build your team. Most players will tell you that playoffs are little more than a crapshoot, where the best teams frequently falter and upsets happen all the time.
So today is a celebration day because I won my 23rd title. I have completed 253 seasons in my just under four years on this site, so I’ve emerged on top in exactly 1 out of every 11 seasons. This ratio is definitely not the best on the site, as a search of several top owners showed they’ve averaged close to 1 title every 9 seasons.
For comparison’s sake, my division mates in this league have these totals: 9 titles in 95 seasons, 14 titles in 283 seasons, and 2 titles in 422 seasons. My opponent in the World Series has 113 titles in 1,413 seasons (one every 12.5 seasons) and is 14th in site history in championships.
People play for a lot of different reasons and try out different kinds of leagues where the degree of difficulty can vary significantly. Some just love baseball history and exploring the possibilities. A bad record is no indictment, nor is a great record proof that you’re a master either.
I have made the playoffs in 126 of my 253 seasons, reached the finals (World Series) in 46, and converted exactly half of those into titles. There are experienced owners who have so much confidence in making the playoffs they can build teams designed to win once they get there. I’m not there yet; I aim to get there and then hope for the best.
