You kids get off my lawn!

[Padreman]

Originally Posted by ra7c7er

How does the AI typically breakdown a 28 man roster?

Good everyone gets good amount of playing time. I set my line up I do notice on teams that don't get too many injuries they will have pitchers thay only played 7-9 games the whole season

[Orcin]

Great thread, David! I am playing in the 60's right now, and I really enjoy the style of play.

[NoOne]

Originally Posted by Padreman

35 I wish I can hit the ball like I was able too when I was 17.18,19,20 I very active back then. I like playing mostly fictional back to the time when the legal small only about 8to 10. Teams but then gradually expand and see my creation on full before my eyes

i'm 36 and i still hit a golf ball 280-yards, does that count?

at 5'6" it's quite a feat, actually. i hit like corey paven! LoL tall people cheat!

[NoOne]

Originally Posted by David Watts

I like using a 5 man rotation, but I always use "always start the highest rested."

I have a question for you and anyone else that would like to chime in. Do you think when playing OOTP that DH leagues make better use of their entire roster? By this, I mean giving regulars more rest. Playing backups etc. Probably a case of confirmation bias, but it often seems to me that in non DH leagues a lot of guys, only enter games as pinch hitters.

i think a non dh-forces you to use your bench more, as in real life.

guys get ABs even when they are not starting often, because they still get to bat for pitchers quite often. relative to the manager and other forces, they still start as much as the AL, i bet. some managers use their bench more than others.

i am neither pro nor con DH. i just prefer uniformity, regardless of the decision they make. otherwise, it's two different games in my mind.

[IsaacR]

16. I've used settings from 2015, 2005, 1998, 1993, 1980, and 1966. All were enjoyable, but 1966 was my favorite, which is why I'm planning on finishing my fictional MLB 1966 settings league setup today.

[kingtut313]

Originally Posted by Questdog

They need to do away with the warm up pitches a reliever gets from the mound. Such a bore to slog through an inning with 2 or 3 pitcher changes.......

But the network needs you to see that car/beer/insurance commercial you only saw 5 times already during the game!

[Assos]

Holy Cow! I must have seen this commercial 1 million between games on WPIX and WWOR in between innings and pitching changes. I swear most Yankees game must have been underwritten by the Money Store. Perhaps it is the regional networks, ESPN, and Fox driving up the use of relief changes to sell more commercial time!

[Raidergoo]

I really like the offensive environment that MLB has today. It is very reminiscent to the mid-1980s. I am happy that there are new stadiums all across the league, with great sight lines and natural grass fields. It is great to see that Fenway and Dodger Stadium have been renovated, and that Wrigley is following suit. I would like the pace of the game to pick up slightly, and MLB expansion. Since 1998, the USA has added 45 million people, and Canada has added 2 million. The USA is almost 40% wealthier, and Canada more than 150%. There should be at least six teams added to MLB.

[NoOne]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

I really like the offensive environment that MLB has today. It is very reminiscent to the mid-1980s. I am happy that there are new stadiums all across the league, with great sight lines and natural grass fields. It is great to see that Fenway and Dodger Stadium have been renovated, and that Wrigley is following suit. I would like the pace of the game to pick up slightly, and MLB expansion. Since 1998, the USA has added 45 million people, and Canada has added 2 million. The USA is almost 40% wealthier, and Canada more than 150%. There should be at least six teams added to MLB.

financially it might make sense, but the talent pool would be quite depleted. you'd be better off tying expansion to participation rates of kids each year (obviously offset by quite a few years).

the population may be 1/7th larger give or take, but that doesn't mean they are all playing baseball at the same rates as before.

[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by NoOne

financially it might make sense, but the talent pool would be quite depleted. you'd be better off tying expansion to participation rates of kids each year (obviously offset by quite a few years).

the population may be 1/7th larger give or take, but that doesn't mean they are all playing baseball at the same rates as before.

There's a half billion more people in Latin America and Asia. And besides, professional football has started a slow-motion implosion with concussion concerns. Moms aren't letting their kids to play growing up.

[IsaacR]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

There's a half billion more people in Latin America and Asia. And besides, professional football has started a slow-motion implosion with concussion concerns. Moms aren't letting their kids to play growing up.

And having them play soccer, not baseball, instead.


What needs to happen is more programs like RBI, and not just for inner city kids. Then you need more coaches to put time in, and in my opinion some of these coaches ought to be paid. Maybe even an academy which would function as a sort-of boarding school. (I create something like this in OOTP as a feeder, players created from 14-17, eligible from ages 18-22.) Regardless, the current Little League/travel leagues aren't enough, especially as middle school sports are being fazed out.
Personally, I quit after back-to-back knee injuries at 14-15 (turns out I have a degenerative knee issue), but I would love to turn to coaching kids and promoting baseball among all kids after I finish school. If more people would turn to establishing new programs, I believe baseball's popularity among kids would rise up again.

[MarkInCincy]

Originally Posted by rjl518

"lets play two"
they really don't do that anymore...

I am so old...46...well my 18 year old says so

so do both my 25 yr olds (I am 55)

[NCBeachBum]

I struggle with anything past 1919, and really prefer pre-1901.

[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by NCBeachBum

I struggle with anything past 1919, and really prefer pre-1901.

https://twitter.com/OldHossRadbourn/...55309283192832

"59 wins in '84."

[Giants44]

I am an old fart too, but I actually enjoy the changing of strategy over time. game has changed so much in my lifetime and I imagine it will continue to do so.

[Questdog]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

I really like the offensive environment that MLB has today. It is very reminiscent to the mid-1980s. I am happy that there are new stadiums all across the league, with great sight lines and natural grass fields. It is great to see that Fenway and Dodger Stadium have been renovated, and that Wrigley is following suit. I would like the pace of the game to pick up slightly, and MLB expansion. Since 1998, the USA has added 45 million people, and Canada has added 2 million. The USA is almost 40% wealthier, and Canada more than 150%. There should be at least six teams added to MLB.

Baseball today is NOTHING like baseball in the 80's. Back then the ball was put into play a LOT more often and you got to see a lot more of what you go to the ballpark to see: great defensive plays and aggressive base running.

[Friendly_Beaver]

Originally Posted by David Watts

Ugh! Am I an old man at 50? A stick in the mud, grumpy old fool that longs for the good ole days? I'm starting to think so. No matter how hard I try to get into it, I just can't play OOTP past about the mid 80's. In fact, once the use of relievers gets to "often" I start to cringe. I think Normal Normal Normal might be my favorite period of play. When managers start yanking relief pitchers just for the sake of doing so, the game loses its appeal. Damn kids and their rock music and their complicated shoes

I'm 31 and while I do think using Left specialists etc is ok and even adds a bit to the strategy for me. I hate the shift, with a passion and think it should be outlawed, can't stand wild cards, especially this 1 game play off crap after a team plays 162 games and finishes 5 ahead of a team why should they be subject to a 1 game playoff is just, well stupid.

I like to use today's game but realign the divisions to just East and West winner of each division is in the playoffs. I usually add 1 team to each league to balance out 2 8 team divisions per league, get rid of the DH and interleague play.

[Questdog]

Originally Posted by Friendly_Beaver

....can't stand wild cards, especially this 1 game play off crap after a team plays 162 games and finishes 5 ahead of a team why should they be subject to a 1 game playoff is just, well stupid.

I don't like wildcards at all, but I like the 1 game playoff better than what they used to do. It means that winning the division has a lot more value now.

[Friendly_Beaver]

Originally Posted by Questdog

I don't like wildcards at all, but I like the 1 game playoff better than what they used to do. It means that winning the division has a lot more value now.

Hmmm never thought of it that way, that's a good way of looking at it. Wild Cards in general annoy me in baseball, you play 162 games that should be enough to determine who's deserving and who isn't. Go back to 2 divisions and let the division winners duke it out. That cuts down the amount of playoff teams though and money for the MLB so it will never happen.