Prefect League has become cheezie-fest - Page 2

lindholmes · 10-14-2020, 05:54 PM

Just piling on, but I absolutely love the idea of park cards. One of the most fun aspects of this game is learning about players I didn't know, and I'm so interested in the history of the game - finding out about old, long-disappeared ballparks would just be so cool.

PlayBall2020 · 11-02-2020, 07:19 PM

No more cheese. Yeah!

2tango2 · 11-05-2020, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by PlayBall2020

Not everyone can sit in front of the PC and micromanage 162 games.

I was fortunate enough to be off work the week I played in PL....didn't help much as I won only 70 games

3 time PEL champ Warbirds won the PL title with a neutral park as well as the Las Vegas Gamblers a couple of seasons ago....it can be done.

Bunktown Ballers · 11-05-2020, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by PlayBall2020

Nearly all teams have cheezie ballparks, lineups and strats. Is this really what OOTP wants the supposed elite level of its PT game to be? Not everyone can sit in front of the PC and micromanage 162 games.

Meanwhile, tournament mode uses standard parks and and only default defensive positions.

This seems backwards to me.

I agree on the line usage. I've played so many teams with players playing positions they've never played in real life just because they can train them up to be better than original position they played exclusicely IRL.

Does anyone really know how many games Jeff Bagwell has played in at 3rd base in MLB career? ZERO...Bagwell has never played 1 inning at 3rd but he can train there?

Jeff Bagwell in OF....only 7 inninigs in OF

There are so many instances that skew the game, but I'm a sucker that keeps on playing

Kushiel · 11-05-2020, 10:19 AM

The problem in PT park factors IMHO is that everybody tries to get the same best players and build the park factors to fit that meta. If we had park cards, then it would be more realistic in that you build your team to fit your park instead of your park to fit your team. Then I believe that we would see more variety in lineups.

dkgo · 11-05-2020, 10:31 AM

I said it in a different thread but it's the way park factors work that are ridiculous. A left handed slap hitter gets the same benefit as a left handed heavy pull flyball hitter because all that matters is changing a number, it doesn't have to have any correlation to what an actual park would look like.

chazzycat · 11-05-2020, 01:11 PM

I don't think that is very accurate. the park factors are applied to BABIP as far as I can tell...so it affects hitters with different ratings profiles differently. Slap hitters with good avoid K benefit more than sluggers since strikeouts are unaffacted

HRBaker · 11-05-2020, 02:05 PM

There's been somewhere around 150-200 ballparks in the MLB since the late 1890s - plenty of options to create ballpark cards from. Your initial team pull could include one ballpark card, and they can be pulled and sold just like any other card in the game.

dkgo · 11-05-2020, 02:09 PM

Yes it changes impact based on babip, but the point is it just gives a constant boost based on handedness and not where they would physically hit a ball. A left handed hitter who pulls the ball can get a 10% average boost while a right handed hitter who goes the opposite way gets a 10% penalty even though those balls are hit in the same place.

chazzycat · 11-05-2020, 02:18 PM

ah gotcha, yeah that's a fair point

Hwilensky · 11-05-2020, 07:28 PM

I like the idea of being able to change your ball park factors to either suit your team or recreate your favorite field. What I think is unfair, is that you have only 10 "days" into a season to change them. I work a full time job, and I am not around a computer within the first few hours of the start of a season to change mine. I think I was off one Monday for a holiday, and I was able to change it, and for now I am stuck with them. I just think there needs to be a better option to change them.

dkgo · 11-05-2020, 07:36 PM

You can do them anytime on sunday too

Dogberry99 · 11-06-2020, 04:11 AM

Who would the devs need to negotiate with to license the use of historical ballparks?

mcdog512 · 11-08-2020, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kushiel

I wish they would use real ballparks both new and historical for a pool we could choose from. Ballpark cards would be cool to collect. You choose one from the cards that you have collected. Just my druthers but nothing I expect.

I like that idea!

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10-14-2020, 05:54 PM	#21
lindholmes Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 14	Just piling on, but I absolutely love the idea of park cards. One of the most fun aspects of this game is learning about players I didn't know, and I'm so interested in the history of the game - finding out about old, long-disappeared ballparks would just be so cool.

11-02-2020, 07:19 PM	#22
PlayBall2020 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 41	No more cheese. Yeah!

11-05-2020, 10:19 AM	#25
Kushiel All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Deep in the Heart of Texas Posts: 1,810	The problem in PT park factors IMHO is that everybody tries to get the same best players and build the park factors to fit that meta. If we had park cards, then it would be more realistic in that you build your team to fit your park instead of your park to fit your team. Then I believe that we would see more variety in lineups.

11-05-2020, 10:31 AM	#26
dkgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,152	I said it in a different thread but it's the way park factors work that are ridiculous. A left handed slap hitter gets the same benefit as a left handed heavy pull flyball hitter because all that matters is changing a number, it doesn't have to have any correlation to what an actual park would look like.

11-05-2020, 01:11 PM	#27
chazzycat All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,685	I don't think that is very accurate. the park factors are applied to BABIP as far as I can tell...so it affects hitters with different ratings profiles differently. Slap hitters with good avoid K benefit more than sluggers since strikeouts are unaffacted

11-05-2020, 02:05 PM	#28
HRBaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,359	There's been somewhere around 150-200 ballparks in the MLB since the late 1890s - plenty of options to create ballpark cards from. Your initial team pull could include one ballpark card, and they can be pulled and sold just like any other card in the game.

11-05-2020, 02:09 PM	#29
dkgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,152	Yes it changes impact based on babip, but the point is it just gives a constant boost based on handedness and not where they would physically hit a ball. A left handed hitter who pulls the ball can get a 10% average boost while a right handed hitter who goes the opposite way gets a 10% penalty even though those balls are hit in the same place.

11-05-2020, 02:18 PM	#30
chazzycat All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,685	ah gotcha, yeah that's a fair point

11-05-2020, 07:28 PM	#31
Hwilensky All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 687	I like the idea of being able to change your ball park factors to either suit your team or recreate your favorite field. What I think is unfair, is that you have only 10 "days" into a season to change them. I work a full time job, and I am not around a computer within the first few hours of the start of a season to change mine. I think I was off one Monday for a holiday, and I was able to change it, and for now I am stuck with them. I just think there needs to be a better option to change them.

11-05-2020, 07:36 PM	#32
dkgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,152	You can do them anytime on sunday too