PEBA - One of OOTP's most immersive leagues - wants to hear from you!

rleb · 03-15-2021, 08:23 PM

ONE OF OOTP'S MORE IMMERSIVE LEAGUES WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU!

PEBABaseball.com

PEBA is a dynasty report and online league, all rolled into one!
Check out our website for latest league-wide news!

PEBA is a long-running OOTP league which is now in it's 15th year and, soon, it's 27th season!
We are looking for GM's that enjoy the immersion of this great game !

Are you that GM? Then PEBA is for you!

Current PEBA champions, the West Virginia Alleghenies

The 2033 season is almost ready to go ... and the West Virginia Alleghenies, once one of the biggest PEBA powerhouses never to win it all, won their 2nd championship in 3 seasons!

OOTP Version: 21 ... moving to 22 in mid-summer.
Format: Fictional
First Season: 2007
Current Season: 2032-33 Off-season
Days Per Sim: 7
Sims Per Week: 2 or 3, depending on time of year. We usually complete two seasons in an actual calendar year.

Our goal is to create an immersive and highly entertaining fictional baseball environment. We welcome any GM who enjoys contributing to that goal regardless of experience level. If you're an enthusiastic OOTP newbie or a seasoned vet looking for a new group of friendly people to compete against, the PEBA may be the perfect landing spot for you!

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League Origin Story

The year was 2007, and America was starved for its National Pastime. The PED Scandal and greed on all fronts broke the nation's trust in Major League Baseball, and an Institution of well over 100 years folded up shop and closed their doors. In came John Rodriguez, Sr and a group of wise businessmen who brought baseball back to the forefront – eschewing the big city lights and bringing the game back to the people.

It's hard to believe that was over 25 years ago.

Since it opened its doors, PEBA has had its share of controversy and tragedy; dynasty and Cinderella. It’s the home to ‘Fireworks’, ‘The King’, ‘Big Shot’ and ‘The Moon Dog’. It is a shared dynasty of 30 like-minded souls who have crafted a universe – a PEBAverse, like none other – and now you can become part of that legend.

What We're Like

League Structure

- 30 teams ... divided between the Imperial League (14 teams) and Sovereign League (16 teams) ... with no interleague play.
- Each major league team has 5 minor league affiliates (Triple-A, Double-A, Full Season-A, Short Season-A, Rookie)
- 4 feeder leagues: 2 college (International and US), and 2 high school (again, International and US)
- 4 independent AI leagues.

Playoff Structure

- 10 teams make the playoffs (the 3 division winners + 2 wild cards in each league)
- Division winners in each league advance directly to the Division Series.
- Wild Card Series is best of 5.... then Divisional, League, and Rodriguez Cup each best of 7.

The PEBA is a unique participation-based league – we pride ourselves with immersion that not only covers the game, but takes us out of the dugout and, at times, into the sublime. 2 or 3 sims a week means we move fast enough to enjoy ourselves, but give you enough breathing space to explore the depths of your team. Nowhere else do you find a GM running his club from a mental hospital, a team broadcaster heading to a foreign land to rekindle his game – only to be hunted for drug smuggling, a team hiring a GM and world-travelling manager, both trying to revive 'dead ball' baseball in modern times, and a pair of buddies heading out on the road to visit every ball park – and ending up becoming a real life published book!

The PEBA even has it's own podcast ... the PEBAcast!

The first 4 episodes featured Ken (Florida GM) and Reg (New Orleans GM),
You can find them here :
Episode 1 - 2023 Playoff Preview
Episode 2 - 2023 Championship Edition
Episode 3 - 2023 Awards Review
Episode 4 - 2024 Preview

Starting in the 2028 season, Ken and Reg partnered up with R.J. (Crystal Lake GM) to revive it!
Episode 5 - Early season/May 2028 review
Episode 6 - 2028 Draft/Mid season review
Episode 7 - 2028 Late season - Trades, IFAs, and Geezers Oh My!
Episode 8 - 2028 Playoff predictions!
Episode 9 - 2028 Playoff Review/Free Agency Preview!
Episode 10 - 2028-29 Winter Meetings Bring Spring Trades
Episode 11 - The Weirdness that is 2029
Episode 12 - 2029 Special Draft edition : PEBACast LIVE!!!
Episode 13 - July edition : "Steve Hott 2029!"
Episode 14 - The 2029 Season Wrap-Up Extravaganza!
Episode 15 - And Now For Something A Little Different... (Offseason Free Agency preview)
Episode 16 - A 3 Hour Tour of 2030
Episode 17 - "The Reno Ascension"
Episode 18 - 2030 Playoffs Edition!
Episode 19 - 2030 PEC Preview Edition!
Episode 20 - Offseason 2030/31 - The Weather Outside is Frightful, But the Trades Are So Delightful
Episode 21 - PEBA now has a Hall of Fame!
Episode 22 - Hello? Is this thing on?
Episode 23 - 2032 Playoff Predictions!

PEBAcast founder Ken was also featured in episode 61 the official 'OOTP Now' podcast, with Rich Grisham!

What are "Contribution Points"?

We use a Contribution Points reward system. These are points accumulated annually based on a GM's activity, such as, for example, writing about one's team (or the league in general), or being involved in the forum discussions.

These Contribution Points can then be used to make teams your own – be it through ballpark adjustments, good old fashioned cash, sending players to winter ball to ‘hone their skills’, or simply giving your favorite player a nickname – Just ask Michel ‘Train A-rollin’ Provost about that!

Our goal is to produce an environment that reflects realism. We play with Coaching and Scouting ON. Make personnel decisions that matter and prepare for the "fog of war" when judging prospects! It will be your skill and keen eye for talent that will separate you from the pack. Every GM has to rely on his scout’s opinion and his own gut feeling – everyone has their own opinion about a player – no cookie-cutter ratings here! Do you like to trade? Our bustling trade environment shows that if you can't swing a trade here, you can't swing a trade anywhere!

As part of our participation concept, we conduct our winter meetings and amateur draft live in our unique chat room. Shoot the breeze with your fellow GMs or lay the groundwork for that blockbuster deal. We have been fortunate to attract a quality group of friendly owners – a stable core group that has been together long enough to create an extremely rewarding environment, and now you can find out why for yourself!

We're always interested in getting to know more like-minded individuals with an interest in joining in our fun and would love to hear from you.

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Website

HTML Reports

Forum

Click here to join the PEBA!

If you have any questions about the league, feel free to send me a PM here!

rleb · 03-15-2021, 08:25 PM

Available Teams

Scottish Claymores
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
2032 Team Record : 61-101
Home Stadium : The Castle (capacity: 40,000)
(click above for team report)

The team now known as the Scottish Claymores began life halfway across the world in the Japanese
LRS league, as the 'Fushigi Yigi Celestial Warriors'. A respectable club, they won the Japanese
championship twice in the 2010s. In 2021, in order to create a true 'worldwide' league,
the PEBA and LRS merged, and the team decided to move to the USA in order to ensure future growth.

That year, the team settled in Dayton, Ohio as the 'Dayton Flyers', and prepared to take on
the best baseball teams in the world. However, the team inherited their LRS roster, and growing pains
were expected. The limited resources in Dayton meant that the team was never able to financially grow
past a modest 50-60 million dollar player payroll, and thus struggled to keep up.

One man who believed in the team was Philadelphia businessman Sam Hayes. After the 2023 season, he
bought the team, and negotiated to relocate them to Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. As crazy
as the idea sounds, the UK had already become baseball fans over the past two decades
thanks to the PEBA's London Underground (who even captured Europe's first PEBA title in 2018).
The team plays out of "The Castle"; a middle-age-style stone structure that needs to be seen to be be believed!

Not long after the move to Europe, the team was sold again. This time to eccentric industrialist Brad Kern
in time for the 2027 season ... and that's when the team really took flight! The following year, the
'Cinderella Scotsmen' improved from 63 to 96 wins, qualified for the playoffs, and made it all the way
to the League Championship Series .. eventually losing to the powerful West Virginia Alleghenies in 7 games.

A few years later, the aging team gradually began it's rebuild. This year, the team shed a lot of it's
roster in order to start fresh, with lots of budget room available! The team is now looking for
a new GM that wants to build towards contention ... and beat the boys in London along the way

Fun Fact: When they introduce players on opening day, they are all dressed in proper Scottish
kilts, giving photographers a chance to snap some unique group pictures. Of course, to avoid
any wardrobe malfunctions, they quickly change back to a full baseball uniform before the game begins!

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Current PEBA Teams
(See here for latest standings)

-- IMPERIAL LEAGUE --

Seaboard Division

Arlington Bureaucrats
Hartford Harpoon
Manchester Maulers
West Virginia Alleghenies

Dixie Division

Charleston Statesmen
Florida Farstriders
Kentucky Thoroughbreds
New Orleans Trendsetters
San Antonio Calzones of Laredo

Trans-Atlantic Division

Amsterdam Lions
Havana Leones
London Underground
San Juan Coqui
Scottish Claymores

-- SOVEREIGN LEAGUE --

Great Lakes Division

Crystal Lake Sandgnats
Duluth Warriors
Fargo Dinosaurs
Kalamazoo Badgers
Madison Malts

Desert Hills Division

Aurora Borealis
Bakersfield Bears
Palm Springs Codgers
Reno Zephyrs
Tempe Knights
Yuma Arroyos

Rising Sun Division

Neo-Tokyo Akira
Niihama-shi Ghosts
Okinawa Shisa
Shin Seiki Evas
Toyama Wind Dancers

rleb · 03-17-2021, 09:17 PM

As a reminder, PEBA willl be moving to OOTP 22 in the following off-season ... which should come in summer 2021!

mayberrb · 03-18-2021, 10:36 AM

Baseball players come
Baseball players go
But baseball writers
Live forever!

Come join the best damn baseball league of writers you'll ever find. Follow our stories, create your own. Join a witty roundup of fellow scribblers and make your mark.

PEBA for writers!

ukhotstove · 03-18-2021, 11:52 AM

Pity you can't thank posts anymore, so a thank you for the Claymores and a thank you to Vic a class act, you are missed.

NerdGasem · 03-20-2021, 07:15 PM

Completed the form on your site.

03-15-2021, 08:23 PM	#1
rleb Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 311	PEBA - One of OOTP's most immersive leagues - wants to hear from you! ONE OF OOTP'S MORE IMMERSIVE LEAGUES WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU! PEBABaseball.com PEBA is a dynasty report and online league, all rolled into one! Check out our website for latest league-wide news! PEBA is a long-running OOTP league which is now in it's 15th year and, soon, it's 27th season! We are looking for GM's that enjoy the immersion of this great game ! Are you that GM? Then PEBA is for you! Current PEBA champions, the West Virginia Alleghenies The 2033 season is almost ready to go ... and the West Virginia Alleghenies, once one of the biggest PEBA powerhouses never to win it all, won their 2nd championship in 3 seasons! OOTP Version: 21 ... moving to 22 in mid-summer. Format: Fictional First Season: 2007 Current Season: 2032-33 Off-season Days Per Sim: 7 Sims Per Week: 2 or 3, depending on time of year. We usually complete two seasons in an actual calendar year. Our goal is to create an immersive and highly entertaining fictional baseball environment. We welcome any GM who enjoys contributing to that goal regardless of experience level. If you're an enthusiastic OOTP newbie or a seasoned vet looking for a new group of friendly people to compete against, the PEBA may be the perfect landing spot for you! ----- League Origin Story The year was 2007, and America was starved for its National Pastime. The PED Scandal and greed on all fronts broke the nation's trust in Major League Baseball, and an Institution of well over 100 years folded up shop and closed their doors. In came John Rodriguez, Sr and a group of wise businessmen who brought baseball back to the forefront – eschewing the big city lights and bringing the game back to the people. It's hard to believe that was over 25 years ago. Since it opened its doors, PEBA has had its share of controversy and tragedy; dynasty and Cinderella. It’s the home to ‘Fireworks’, ‘The King’, ‘Big Shot’ and ‘The Moon Dog’. It is a shared dynasty of 30 like-minded souls who have crafted a universe – a PEBAverse, like none other – and now you can become part of that legend. What We're Like League Structure - 30 teams ... divided between the Imperial League (14 teams) and Sovereign League (16 teams) ... with no interleague play. - Each major league team has 5 minor league affiliates (Triple-A, Double-A, Full Season-A, Short Season-A, Rookie) - 4 feeder leagues: 2 college (International and US), and 2 high school (again, International and US) - 4 independent AI leagues. Playoff Structure - 10 teams make the playoffs (the 3 division winners + 2 wild cards in each league) - Division winners in each league advance directly to the Division Series. - Wild Card Series is best of 5.... then Divisional, League, and Rodriguez Cup each best of 7. The PEBA is a unique participation-based league – we pride ourselves with immersion that not only covers the game, but takes us out of the dugout and, at times, into the sublime. 2 or 3 sims a week means we move fast enough to enjoy ourselves, but give you enough breathing space to explore the depths of your team. Nowhere else do you find a GM running his club from a mental hospital, a team broadcaster heading to a foreign land to rekindle his game – only to be hunted for drug smuggling, a team hiring a GM and world-travelling manager, both trying to revive 'dead ball' baseball in modern times, and a pair of buddies heading out on the road to visit every ball park – and ending up becoming a real life published book! The PEBA even has it's own podcast ... the PEBAcast! The first 4 episodes featured Ken (Florida GM) and Reg (New Orleans GM), You can find them here : Episode 1 - 2023 Playoff Preview Episode 2 - 2023 Championship Edition Episode 3 - 2023 Awards Review Episode 4 - 2024 Preview Starting in the 2028 season, Ken and Reg partnered up with R.J. (Crystal Lake GM) to revive it! Episode 5 - Early season/May 2028 review Episode 6 - 2028 Draft/Mid season review Episode 7 - 2028 Late season - Trades, IFAs, and Geezers Oh My! Episode 8 - 2028 Playoff predictions! Episode 9 - 2028 Playoff Review/Free Agency Preview! Episode 10 - 2028-29 Winter Meetings Bring Spring Trades Episode 11 - The Weirdness that is 2029 Episode 12 - 2029 Special Draft edition : PEBACast LIVE!!! Episode 13 - July edition : "Steve Hott 2029!" Episode 14 - The 2029 Season Wrap-Up Extravaganza! Episode 15 - And Now For Something A Little Different... (Offseason Free Agency preview) Episode 16 - A 3 Hour Tour of 2030 Episode 17 - "The Reno Ascension" Episode 18 - 2030 Playoffs Edition! Episode 19 - 2030 PEC Preview Edition! Episode 20 - Offseason 2030/31 - The Weather Outside is Frightful, But the Trades Are So Delightful Episode 21 - PEBA now has a Hall of Fame! Episode 22 - Hello? Is this thing on? Episode 23 - 2032 Playoff Predictions! PEBAcast founder Ken was also featured in episode 61 the official 'OOTP Now' podcast, with Rich Grisham! What are "Contribution Points"? We use a Contribution Points reward system. These are points accumulated annually based on a GM's activity, such as, for example, writing about one's team (or the league in general), or being involved in the forum discussions. These Contribution Points can then be used to make teams your own – be it through ballpark adjustments, good old fashioned cash, sending players to winter ball to ‘hone their skills’, or simply giving your favorite player a nickname – Just ask Michel ‘Train A-rollin’ Provost about that! Our goal is to produce an environment that reflects realism. We play with Coaching and Scouting ON. Make personnel decisions that matter and prepare for the "fog of war" when judging prospects! It will be your skill and keen eye for talent that will separate you from the pack. Every GM has to rely on his scout’s opinion and his own gut feeling – everyone has their own opinion about a player – no cookie-cutter ratings here! Do you like to trade? Our bustling trade environment shows that if you can't swing a trade here, you can't swing a trade anywhere! As part of our participation concept, we conduct our winter meetings and amateur draft live in our unique chat room. Shoot the breeze with your fellow GMs or lay the groundwork for that blockbuster deal. We have been fortunate to attract a quality group of friendly owners – a stable core group that has been together long enough to create an extremely rewarding environment, and now you can find out why for yourself! We're always interested in getting to know more like-minded individuals with an interest in joining in our fun and would love to hear from you. ------------------ Website HTML Reports Forum Click here to join the PEBA! If you have any questions about the league, feel free to send me a PM here! __________________ Former GM, New Orleans Trendsetters PEBABaseball.com Pro Baseball in Atlantic Canada? Yup! Follow the fictional Atlantic Baseball League! goldensailsbaseball.ca Watch on YouTube! Last edited by rleb; 03-17-2021 at 09:15 PM.

03-15-2021, 08:25 PM	#2
rleb Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 311	Available Teams Scottish Claymores Location: Edinburgh, Scotland 2032 Team Record : 61-101 Home Stadium : The Castle (capacity: 40,000) (click above for team report) The team now known as the Scottish Claymores began life halfway across the world in the Japanese LRS league, as the 'Fushigi Yigi Celestial Warriors'. A respectable club, they won the Japanese championship twice in the 2010s. In 2021, in order to create a true 'worldwide' league, the PEBA and LRS merged, and the team decided to move to the USA in order to ensure future growth. That year, the team settled in Dayton, Ohio as the 'Dayton Flyers', and prepared to take on the best baseball teams in the world. However, the team inherited their LRS roster, and growing pains were expected. The limited resources in Dayton meant that the team was never able to financially grow past a modest 50-60 million dollar player payroll, and thus struggled to keep up. One man who believed in the team was Philadelphia businessman Sam Hayes. After the 2023 season, he bought the team, and negotiated to relocate them to Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. As crazy as the idea sounds, the UK had already become baseball fans over the past two decades thanks to the PEBA's London Underground (who even captured Europe's first PEBA title in 2018). The team plays out of "The Castle"; a middle-age-style stone structure that needs to be seen to be be believed! Not long after the move to Europe, the team was sold again. This time to eccentric industrialist Brad Kern in time for the 2027 season ... and that's when the team really took flight! The following year, the 'Cinderella Scotsmen' improved from 63 to 96 wins, qualified for the playoffs, and made it all the way to the League Championship Series .. eventually losing to the powerful West Virginia Alleghenies in 7 games. A few years later, the aging team gradually began it's rebuild. This year, the team shed a lot of it's roster in order to start fresh, with lots of budget room available! The team is now looking for a new GM that wants to build towards contention ... and beat the boys in London along the way Fun Fact: When they introduce players on opening day, they are all dressed in proper Scottish kilts, giving photographers a chance to snap some unique group pictures. Of course, to avoid any wardrobe malfunctions, they quickly change back to a full baseball uniform before the game begins! ----- Current PEBA Teams (See here for latest standings) -- IMPERIAL LEAGUE -- Seaboard Division Arlington Bureaucrats Hartford Harpoon Manchester Maulers West Virginia Alleghenies Dixie Division Charleston Statesmen Florida Farstriders Kentucky Thoroughbreds New Orleans Trendsetters San Antonio Calzones of Laredo Trans-Atlantic Division Amsterdam Lions Havana Leones London Underground San Juan Coqui Scottish Claymores -- SOVEREIGN LEAGUE -- Great Lakes Division Crystal Lake Sandgnats Duluth Warriors Fargo Dinosaurs Kalamazoo Badgers Madison Malts Desert Hills Division Aurora Borealis Bakersfield Bears Palm Springs Codgers Reno Zephyrs Tempe Knights Yuma Arroyos Rising Sun Division Neo-Tokyo Akira Niihama-shi Ghosts Okinawa Shisa Shin Seiki Evas Toyama Wind Dancers __________________ Former GM, New Orleans Trendsetters PEBABaseball.com Pro Baseball in Atlantic Canada? Yup! Follow the fictional Atlantic Baseball League! goldensailsbaseball.ca Watch on YouTube! Last edited by rleb; 03-15-2021 at 10:23 PM.

03-17-2021, 09:17 PM	#3
rleb Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 311	As a reminder, PEBA willl be moving to OOTP 22 in the following off-season ... which should come in summer 2021! __________________ Former GM, New Orleans Trendsetters PEBABaseball.com Pro Baseball in Atlantic Canada? Yup! Follow the fictional Atlantic Baseball League! goldensailsbaseball.ca Watch on YouTube!

03-18-2021, 11:52 AM	#5
ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	Pity you can't thank posts anymore, so a thank you for the Claymores and a thank you to Vic a class act, you are missed. __________________ Detroit Diesel Dynasty San Antonio Calzones of Laredo Dynasty Last edited by ukhotstove; 03-18-2021 at 12:27 PM.

03-18-2021, 10:36 AM	#4
mayberrb Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Oceanside, CA Posts: 33	Baseball players come Baseball players go But baseball writers Live forever! Come join the best damn baseball league of writers you'll ever find. Follow our stories, create your own. Join a witty roundup of fellow scribblers and make your mark. PEBA for writers!

03-20-2021, 07:15 PM	#6
NerdGasem Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 1	Completed the form on your site.