Author Topic: 2105 Season Thread (Read 24090 times)

Havana_Jake · « **Reply #50 on:** September 05, 2016, 02:49:49 PM »

So proud of "Fudd" Mitchell for his no-hitter. We needed a win badly.

Huckleberry · « **Reply #51 on:** September 05, 2016, 08:21:22 PM »

Active 37-game hitting streak in the ABL-AAA league:

http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_1641.html

reflections311 · « **Reply #52 on:** September 08, 2016, 09:02:03 AM »

Brisbane 53-20. 10 games in front. Looking good as a whole. Attendance is up 24 percent compared to the last year in Tokyo. Starting pitching is hitting on the good beat, but the bullpen is dominant with a 2.08 ERA. Defense is ranked 4th in effiency and hitting is lights out. Just added another power hitter so let's see what it looks like down the stretch. 15 players with at least a 1 WAR.
Who's coming to Brisbane for the playoffs?

Huckleberry · « **Reply #53 on:** September 14, 2016, 02:02:49 PM »

There will be a sim schedule change. We will not have a sim on Sunday and additionally next Monday night's sim will be late, most likely at or after 10:00 pm central instead of 9:00 like usual. This serves two purposes.

Gives owners a full three days to work out trade deadline deals.
Gets us to the one week voting period on the current amendment vote (or at least close enough as far as I'm concerned).

Regarding #2, if 90% of votes are YES at that time then the amendment will take effect immediately, meaning that trades of draft picks between leagues will be allowed on Monday night right before the trading deadline.

Huckleberry · « **Reply #54 on:** September 15, 2016, 08:28:09 AM »

I have installed the latest patch on my machine now. That means you must install it before exporting for tomorrow's sim or the team file won't import properly. And after tomorrow's sim you won't be able to download the updated league file if you haven't installed the latest patch.

Huckleberry · « **Reply #55 on:** September 26, 2016, 09:45:11 PM »

2 wild card spots in the ABL, 3 teams all within a game of each other.

Huckleberry · « **Reply #56 on:** September 27, 2016, 02:10:54 PM »

Oh, and congratulations to Washington for being the first to clinch their division this season. São Paulo is likely to join them in the next sim.

APMP · « **Reply #57 on:** September 27, 2016, 09:33:37 PM »

There are a ridiculous FIVE teams within 3.5 games of the second IBL wild card, with about 20 games left to play.

Huckleberry · « **Reply #58 on:** October 02, 2016, 08:24:52 PM »

Brisbane at Seoul apparently got postponed by weather so there is one final regular season game remaining. Then a playoff game for the 2nd IBL wild card spot will be scheduled between Karachi and Mumbai.

Huckleberry · « **Reply #59 on:** October 02, 2016, 08:28:41 PM »

Change of plans. Because OOTP scheduled the ABL playoffs to begin on 9/22, I will be manually adding the Karachi/Mumbai game to the schedule on 9/21 and re-uploading the league file in just a moment. I will post here when it's done.

The game will be played in Mumbai as they won the regular season series between the two teams 13-11.

Huckleberry · « **Reply #60 on:** October 02, 2016, 08:32:17 PM »

New league file is up, HTML reports updating now after addition of the wild card playoff game.

Huckleberry · « **Reply #61 on:** October 04, 2016, 07:05:39 AM »

ABL Semifinals:

Series begin Tuesday 9/22/2105, best of 7 in a 2-3-2 format

Rio de Janeiro (85-71) @ São Paulo (94-62)
Santo Domingo (83-73) @ Washington (102-54)

IBL Semifinals:

Series begin Wednesday 9/23/2105, best of 7 in a 2-3-2 format

Mumbai (83-74) @ Brisbane (103-53)
Singapore (92-64) @ Paris (81-75)

Huckleberry · « **Reply #62 on:** October 12, 2016, 08:05:55 PM »

Through Game 5 the home teams are 5-0 in the WBA Championship Series and Paris leads Rio de Janeiro 3 games to 2.

Draft pools were revealed during the sim tonight and are now available in-game (draft utility will not be fired up until the in-game calendar turns to 2106).

Huckleberry · « **Reply #63 on:** October 13, 2016, 08:00:10 AM »

Going back to the issue of level of offense in the WBA now that the season is complete. Remember that the settings are based on MLB in 1995. I will use the NL numbers from that year considering we have no designated hitters in the WBA.

1995 National League: 0.263 AVG, 0.331 OBP, 0.408 SLG, 4.63 R/G

Here are the historical ABL numbers, using a slash line format in the same order as above (so the 1995 NL was 0.263/0.331/0.408/4.63)

2100 - 0.247/0.325/0.386/4.15
2101 - 0.251/0.327/0.396/4.31
2102 - 0.257/0.333/0.396/4.34
2103 - 0.261/0.340/0.409/4.67
2104 - 0.254/0.329/0.395/4.43
2105 - 0.249/0.325/0.379/4.30

IBL Numbers:

2100 - 0.247/0.323/0.382/4.16
2101 - 0.253/0.326/0.391/4.28
2102 - 0.242/0.319/0.371/4.08
2103 - 0.246/0.318/0.381/4.11
2104 - 0.245/0.319/0.382/4.16
2105 - 0.237/0.309/0.369/3.81

There are the facts. Now we can discuss potential action.

Huckleberry · « **Reply #64 on:** October 13, 2016, 08:07:59 AM »

My personal opinion is that the ABL is on the borderline but still playable and reasonable. If I had a personal vote I might ride out the standard fluctuation one more year without anymore information.

However the IBL seems to be way out of whack and potentially in need of immediate attention. The 2105 IBL league batting average was lower than any real-life season in National League history. Only the 1967 and 1968 American League had lower batting averages, and that prompted the real-life change of lowering the mound.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/bat.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/bat.shtml

But because my intent has always been for the owners to run the league more than the commissioner in as many cases as possible, just like real life, we will have a vote for each league. I have no problem if the IBL wants to hit auto-calc while the ABL votes not to do so. Differences between the two leagues don't bother me. There's also another possibility while we take our standard short recruiting break once the offseason gets here - with the league owners' permission I could run some tests by simming 5 years in both of two cases. One where I hit auto-calc every year and one where I don't after turning all teams onto AI control. Would the leagues be interested in that prior to the votes?

Thoughts?

Karachi_GM · « **Reply #65 on:** October 13, 2016, 09:02:04 AM »

Sure, do that. It would be added info with which to decide how to vote.

Coop · « **Reply #66 on:** October 13, 2016, 09:27:19 AM »

Personally, I want to see batting averages increase in the IBL by at least 20 points. Whatever it takes to have that happen, I'm in favor of it. It's embarrassing to have my team hitting in the .220s. I used to show my team's stats to some buddies who are baseball buffs, but lately all I've been showing them is my won-lost record. If I showed them a lineup where all the hitters are around .230 (which is what I've got), they'd think I had assembled the worst team ever.

Claybor · « **Reply #67 on:** October 13, 2016, 09:49:19 AM »

I still think it's because the drafts have been slim on hitters, and this years draft looks much better in that regard to me. There seem to be more high star potential hitters this year then the last 2 in comparison to pitchers. I think it should be left alone as we are playing and making moves based on these 'numbers'. If we start monkeying with them that could all change, and not in good way in my opinion. To me it is all relative. the best re the best regardless of the actual numbers. I know I am in the minority here, but I just don't like it when leagues start messing with the numbers.

Karachi_GM · « **Reply #68 on:** October 13, 2016, 10:19:06 AM »

Although I asked to see the test runs, I am with Claybor totally. This isn't about whether someone is embarrassed to show his team stats to his friends. Messing with settings is not a good idea. And something that suddenly changes the equation might well make strategy and planning done over time instantly obsolete.

Coop · « **Reply #69 on:** October 13, 2016, 11:42:30 AM »

If the decision is made to stick with the status quo, it won't be the end of the world; it's still fun to run a team, to watch the pennant races play out, and so on. But as Huck points out, the IBL had a batting average of .237 this past year, which is lower than any batting average posted by the National League in its entire 140-year history. That even includes the deadball era. Part of the fun of playing OOTP is the feeling that you're running a real baseball team; these absurdly low batting averages make it seem less real. It's like the distance from home plate to first base in the IBL is 120 feet. If we have the opportunity to correct this and give our league historically accurate batting averages, instead of historically inaccurate batting averages, I think we should seize the opportunity. Let's not be afraid of change. Some changes are for the better.

Claybor · « **Reply #70 on:** October 13, 2016, 04:25:07 PM »

I am not so much against the change as afraid that it could have detrimental effect. If a change is decided on, perhaps something gradual in small steps?

Huckleberry · « **Reply #71 on:** October 13, 2016, 06:20:42 PM »

Unfortunately someone smarter than I would have to figure out small steps. My plan is to use the auto-calc modifiers button that is designed to keep stats in line with the historical league totals that the league is using. From what I understand, which isn't much when it comes to these settings, it may cause an instant jump toward 1995 levels.

I will go ahead and run the 5 season tests this weekend once the WBA Championship Series is over. That way everyone can have as much information as possible when voting.

Txhorns · « **Reply #72 on:** October 13, 2016, 09:58:12 PM »

I am completely in favor of changing whatever needs to be changed in order to make my team instantly the best in the league. But since not even God has that power I will withhold my vote until after the 5 year sim results from Huck.

claphamsa · « **Reply #73 on:** October 14, 2016, 12:41:14 PM »

I prefer more offense...but OOTP changes tend to have unintended consequences, and i dont like those. all IBL teams are on the same page, so be it (as long as it doesn't affect us in the championship)

Huckleberry · « **Reply #74 on:** October 14, 2016, 08:49:14 PM »

Paris wins the 2105 WBA Championship 5 games to 2.

I will be attempting to run the 5 season auto-calc tests this weekend and we also need a new owner for the Scottish Claymores.

Coop · « **Reply #75 on:** October 14, 2016, 08:55:40 PM »

Congratulations to Paris! The Afro-Euro Division rules!

Karachi_GM · « **Reply #76 on:** October 14, 2016, 10:03:38 PM »

Quote from: Coop on October 14, 2016, 08:55:40 PM

Congratulations to Paris! The Afro-Euro Division rules!

ditto and concur

Echo127 · « **Reply #77 on:** October 14, 2016, 10:18:46 PM »

Quote from: Coop on October 14, 2016, 08:55:40 PM

Congratulations to Paris! The Afro-Euro Division rules!

Boo.

Echo127 · « **Reply #78 on:** October 14, 2016, 10:19:27 PM »

Quote from: Karachi_GM on October 14, 2016, 10:03:38 PM

Quote from: Coop on October 14, 2016, 08:55:40 PM
Congratulations to Paris! The Afro-Euro Division rules!
ditto and concur

Also boo.

Coop · « **Reply #79 on:** October 15, 2016, 06:43:30 AM »

Actually I was just joking when I said that the Afro-Euro division rules. Our division had the worst cumulative record in the WBA. But one of our teams ended up as the world champ, so I've got to crow about that, at least.

Congratulations to Rio for not only posting its first-ever winning season, but making it all the way to the Finals. Now, that's progress. That's a team that's really starting to hit its stride.

Claybor · « **Reply #80 on:** October 16, 2016, 09:18:53 AM »

Congrats to Paris, and a great run by Rio.

sumhzrd · « **Reply #81 on:** October 19, 2016, 04:01:27 AM »

I've been travelling abroad for a while, so I'm a little late in weighing in on the topic of offseason adjustments. I'm OK either way - adjusted or not.

One influence that could be at play here that I haven't seen discussed in other posts is park factors. I know my park is definitely big, and definitely favors pitchers. I never really chose these factors intentionally in 2001, and have not changed them since. If the average park is big (with park factors << 1.000), we'll see depressed offense. For reasons unrelated to this overall issue, I'm planning on adjusting my park factors throughout my minors, and probably also at the ML level this offseason to factors that are closer to neutral

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