Howdy!
Sean Clifford here, I found my way over to this message board from the Fast Break Basketball community. I've been playing OOTP for about 5 months now, but never realized that this message board existed! I'm at the point where I think I can make a great Sim League, as I have the time, and the knowledge of OOTP4 to start off a good league.
I have always loved baseball, and loved everything about the game, but I am twisting the baseball game around with this league. I have always loved football sim leagues, just because of the game by game excitement. Therefore, I am combining baseball with some football ideas, and turning it into 1 sim league!
Here's how it works. We will use 16 teams to start off (expansion in the future), and I will only use about 50% of the MLB player database. Teams will then be randomly drafted by the computer.
Here's where the craziness begins. Each team will only play a 16 game schedule, just like a football league. We will sim each week on Sundays, including a Monday Night Game of the Week, where we will sim it in a AIM chatroom, and have a play by play.
Also, each team will only have 1 starting pitcher, with no relievers or closers. The starting pitcher will be like a quarterback, pitching in every game, and every inning. I will set up the league so that they do not get fatigued.
You will have a 15 man roster, and a 5 man minor league system. On the minor league system, you can have 2 backup pitchers, in case of an injury to your SP, or bad performance. The other 3 minor leaguers will be back up hitters.
We will conduct a 2 round rookie draft each year, and all rookies will be "MLB ready", meaning it will not take them 4-5 years in the Minors to develop.
All in all, this is a completely different league compared to baseball, but that is why I made it. I want people to have fun, and get together in a chatroom, talking, and just simply having fun! This league will be a breather from normal baseball leagues, where you have to scroll through 15 days of box scores a week. In this new league, every game will count.
If interested in this new league, email me at
mondaynightbaseball@yahoo.com with the following info:
First/Last Name:
Email:
AOL Screen Name (required for live chats):
Age:
5 Teams of Choice:
Whatever MLB team you choose, you will get their logo and team name only. You will not get their players, as we are doing a draft, and you will not get their stadium, because everyone will make their own stadium.
A website will be up by the end of the day at a temporary location. I will buy my own web domain once the league is close to filled.
Thanks for your time,
Sean Clifford