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Well when it comes to my scouting reports, about the only thing i dont get much of is carribean league reports. those are far and few between so when i get them sent to me i cherish them lol.......i get alot of scouting reports from the continental states and i get a hadful from foreign leagues across the Atlantic, like the leagues in Japan, Korea, Italy and a couple from Holland (really good pitching and a player named Greg Halman who can flat out hit). I have recently come across some reports from the Indie Leagues as well. Now when it comes to how much they influence how i do prospects and minor leaguers, if they are in the California League, Texas League, Eastern League, South Atlantic League, Pacfic Coast League, Pioneer League, Southern League and most of the International League, i use my scouting reports and i compare them with the ones i get and then i find a "majority" decision, but the real pain in the butt is when i have scouting reports on a certain player (perfect example is Jason Aspito of the Angels formerly of the White Sox and Scott Dunn of the same teams), the White Sox regret losing them yet they turn around and bash his ability to hit off-speed pitches and they say Dunn will never be able to be a starter and will have control problems. Well the Angels state that his control will get better as he goes along and that he CAN start. Well if you go by his stats, he walks over 5 batters every 9 innings, but when he gives up only 7 hits per nine innings, i say give him a shot and MAKE his control better. They dont influence my decisions totally but they do play a minor role unless i have scouted the players myself. I used to work for the Arkansas Travelers and i have made many friends and colleagues during that time so that also helps. I also have a pretty fair relationship with Tim Mead (Angels), Josie Arnold (Cardinals) and Eric Kubota (A's) and i have some "talking relationships with other teams but not as good as the execs i listed. Since OOTP uses stats to determine ratings and they use 550 ABs (i prefer 600 tho) to determine this, i have to go under each player and do the math as to what a player would do over a 550 AB season. Then here comes the hard part, i have to do more math (ask my wife, i hate math) to determine what (example) 30 HRs means in OOTP ratings which is what takes the most time when updating these sets every 3-4 weeks. What some people dont understand is that this roster set is not based solely on my opinion as i know some of these players personally and i know how they play. Like Jack Wilson of the Pirates is considered one of the top SS in the league and was awarded with his 1st all star nod (1 of many i think), but the game doesnt give him credit for his grittyness, his intelligence and scouts hammer his speed, but Jack has great ability in reading pitchers but he isnt paid to steal bases so McClendon doesnt run him often as i think he only has 19 SB's. Rick Ankiel is another player that we know of well. The game gives him anywhere from 1-1.5 stars but the game (and alot of people) dont register the fact that during his bouts of wildness and pitching troubles he was going through some horrendous family issues with his dad and the fact that during the regular season in 2000 in Sept., Tony LaRussa, Dave Duncan and Walt Jocketty wanted Rick to "adjust his delivery" so that the stress on his arm wouldnt be so bad. Well by doing this (in my opinion), they increased the stress on his arm causing his to tear his pitching elbow and cause him to end his 2002 season and part of 2003 season to surgery. They should have left his delivery alone because if its not broke, why fix it? Basically, i think i use to much info to create my set (that is what the wife says anyways lol). But i think that there is never "too much info" in a set that i want to be as perfect as possible. over 5000 unique downloads (just from my website as i dont know what other sites show) in a year have suggested to me that im doing something right lol
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