Sunday, December 27, 2015

League Calibrations

In the first year using OOTP baseball to replace the APBA software, The Major and Superior Leagues overall had a successful season.  Attendance and revenue records were shattered, and the wealth is obviously flowing to the players after the recent contracts given to Hamburg, Lewis, and Salbacca.  We had another exciting playoff rounds that culminated with the Bay Area Bandits winning their first ever championship.  The addition of extended minor leagues ensures the talent pipeline will continue to flow, while providing real statistics for minor league players and entertainment for the imaginary fans in smaller cities.

But not all is perfect.  Among the chief complaints for the season was a rash of injuries and an extremely low success rate on stolen base attempts.  Commissioner Manfred undertook an investigation as his first order of business since beginning his term in office.

Manfred set out to measure the distance between first and second base, and found that in each of the 30 OOTP stadiums, it was incorrectly set to 91 feet.  For 2016, Manfred will return the basepaths to their historical distance of 90 feet each.

As for the injuries, all teams are urged to look into their medical teams and adopt best practices from each other.  In addition, a switch was found in the league settings page, where injuries had been set to standard (3rd option out of 5).  For 2016, injuries will be set to option 2, reduced injuries.  However this change may only be effective for one year.  A study will be done to determine whether the 2015 injury experience or the 2016 is more realistic, and consistent with the injury frequency in another baseball league, MLB.

After a season where only 33 homeruns lead both leagues, the league's Ewok slaves on the manufacturing planet of Endor will be whipped and beaten until they learn to wind the balls a bit more tightly.

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