Trade news mentions every player as a "minor leaguer"

silvam14 · 04-21-2007, 09:29 AM

For some reason, when a trade happens and a news article is written, it mentions every player as a minor leaguer even if the trade involves players currently on the major league club.

Here is an example

Quote:

A trade between the <Colorado Mountaineers:team#17> and the <Texas Generals:team#19> was made official this morning. The <Colorado Mountaineers:team#17> have sent 37-year old minor league right fielder Buck Colley to the <Texas Generals:team#19> in exchange for 36-year old minor league starting pitcher Sim Dostie and 20-year old minor league catcher Isiah Ogbourne

Buck Colley and Sim Dostie are both major league players, but are referred to as minor leaguers. What gives here?

Tycobbler · 04-22-2007, 05:27 PM

Hmm just a guess but perhaps when they're removed from their repsective active rosters and dealt in a trade the game looks at them as minor leaguers since they are now off the previous team ML roster. That or perhaps the newspaper is on strike and using scab writers

bp_ · 05-09-2007, 02:15 PM

Do you have a screen shot of this? Are the team names missing like in your example?

It could be a token issue with a particular news story. I'd like the screen shot so I can attached it when I log this. Thx.

Cras · 05-10-2007, 09:05 PM

Can you double check to make sure and check that the league concerned is set to be a "Major". I had this issue once myself, and it was because the league that was supposed to be the big league was set to be a AAA league and not a major league.

Nutlaw · 05-20-2007, 10:59 AM

Silvam, since we haven't heard back from you on this issue in some time, I am going to close it. If you need any further assistance, please ask a moderator to re-open the thread. Thanks.

05-09-2007, 02:15 PM	#3
bp_ Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,804	Do you have a screen shot of this? Are the team names missing like in your example? It could be a token issue with a particular news story. I'd like the screen shot so I can attached it when I log this. Thx. __________________ Commish: Over The Mound

05-10-2007, 09:05 PM	#4
Cras Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: LEO Posts: 3,789	Can you double check to make sure and check that the league concerned is set to be a "Major". I had this issue once myself, and it was because the league that was supposed to be the big league was set to be a AAA league and not a major league. __________________ The Chicago White Sox 1906, 1917, 2005 World Series Champions 1900, 1901, 1906, 1917, 1919, 1959, 2005 American League Champions 2000, 2005, 2008 American League Central Division Champions 1983, 1993 American League West Division Champions OOTP \| Orbiter \| SSMS \| FSX \| LoL \| MLP:FIM!

04-22-2007, 05:27 PM	#2
Tycobbler All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 20 minutes from Comerica Park Posts: 1,955	Hmm just a guess but perhaps when they're removed from their repsective active rosters and dealt in a trade the game looks at them as minor leaguers since they are now off the previous team ML roster. That or perhaps the newspaper is on strike and using scab writers

05-20-2007, 10:59 AM	#5
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Silvam, since we haven't heard back from you on this issue in some time, I am going to close it. If you need any further assistance, please ask a moderator to re-open the thread. Thanks.