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tetonj · 05-31-2007, 02:55 PM

Not the city, but my team I'm managing in my first fictional league. I am last in just about everything. I keep losing close games, and I've already done two major trades involving multiple 5 star, multi-million dollar players.

Needless to say, I'm having a great time. Which is partly the reason why I haven't been as diligent in posting to this forum -- too busy playing when I can, which means lots of late night games after a newborn goes to sleep, and when I should be sleeping as well.

I still consider myself a noobie to the game, so here are some observations and questions. I ask anyone with insight or comments to chime in. Note: These are after approx. 25 games of my first season. I generally play out each game in one pitch mode (pitch-by-pitch too time consuming).

* Stealing is exceptionally easy. Five of my guys are already lapping the league in steals. However, it only seems to work when I Run & Hit. If I do plain old "steal," the runner almost never leaves the bag.

* My pitchers are strike-out machines, with 3 of the 5 starters avg. 1+ K per inning. Two of those are 5 star pitchers, with experience, who have control ratings around 15 (in a 20 rating system), and other ratings over 10. But they also give up lots of runs, all with ERAs over 6.00. Why is this? My defenders are solid to great. They seem to dominate, then give it all up in one inning. Is it leadership? Coaching ratings? Work ethic? Or just dumb luck?

* Two of my so-called studs, who are 5 star vets, are dogs at the plate, with batting avg. hovering around .200 and 2-3 HRs. But my young prospects that are rated 1-2 stars (4-5 star potential) are doing well, hitting in the mid-.300s, stealing bases, and getting a multi-base hit or HR about once per game. Same question as for pitchers: why?

* I noticed that none of my field players had good leadership ratings, although 2-3 pitchers did. Does this impact team performance? Thinking it did, I went out and found a 20 rated leadership player who also filled other needs -- mainly my need for a reliable 2-3 spot hitter. It hasn't helped, however, especially in those close games my team always seems to lose. (I also discovered my first game play peeve, in that I couldn't look at leadership ratings in the player rosters. Instead, I had to click through each of the players. Am I missing something?)

* Morale is low, although almost all of the players are happy except for team performance. How quickly will this change if the team starts winning? Days? Weeks? Ditto for fan interest, which is only average right now (an attitude I see reflected in my game attendance, which sits about 5,000 people lower than when I play a road game).

* Scouting is a frustration. Initially, I had my scouts looking at all of the other teams, but lost track of who had been scouted. Additionally, these reports didn't seem to help me a lot, but maybe I'm not looking at them right. Now, I've simply decided to send the scouts to look at other countries for players. Am I hurting myself by not continually scouting my league? Are there other tasks that I am missing that need to be done? (I only have one minor league, by the way).

* Finally, contract extensions. I'm going to check the manual on this to see if I can divine more info, but how important are incentives as opposed to a basic salary? Also, how can I customize incentives, i.e. certain number of Ks or Ws for a pitcher? Right now, I only can choose an inning pitched incentive or the Outstanding Pitcher Award incentive. Both seem like poor incentives, especially for relievers.

05-31-2007, 02:55 PM	#7
tetonj Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 6	Vancouver Sucks Not the city, but my team I'm managing in my first fictional league. I am last in just about everything. I keep losing close games, and I've already done two major trades involving multiple 5 star, multi-million dollar players. Needless to say, I'm having a great time. Which is partly the reason why I haven't been as diligent in posting to this forum -- too busy playing when I can, which means lots of late night games after a newborn goes to sleep, and when I should be sleeping as well. I still consider myself a noobie to the game, so here are some observations and questions. I ask anyone with insight or comments to chime in. Note: These are after approx. 25 games of my first season. I generally play out each game in one pitch mode (pitch-by-pitch too time consuming). * Stealing is exceptionally easy. Five of my guys are already lapping the league in steals. However, it only seems to work when I Run & Hit. If I do plain old "steal," the runner almost never leaves the bag. * My pitchers are strike-out machines, with 3 of the 5 starters avg. 1+ K per inning. Two of those are 5 star pitchers, with experience, who have control ratings around 15 (in a 20 rating system), and other ratings over 10. But they also give up lots of runs, all with ERAs over 6.00. Why is this? My defenders are solid to great. They seem to dominate, then give it all up in one inning. Is it leadership? Coaching ratings? Work ethic? Or just dumb luck? * Two of my so-called studs, who are 5 star vets, are dogs at the plate, with batting avg. hovering around .200 and 2-3 HRs. But my young prospects that are rated 1-2 stars (4-5 star potential) are doing well, hitting in the mid-.300s, stealing bases, and getting a multi-base hit or HR about once per game. Same question as for pitchers: why? * I noticed that none of my field players had good leadership ratings, although 2-3 pitchers did. Does this impact team performance? Thinking it did, I went out and found a 20 rated leadership player who also filled other needs -- mainly my need for a reliable 2-3 spot hitter. It hasn't helped, however, especially in those close games my team always seems to lose. (I also discovered my first game play peeve, in that I couldn't look at leadership ratings in the player rosters. Instead, I had to click through each of the players. Am I missing something?) * Morale is low, although almost all of the players are happy except for team performance. How quickly will this change if the team starts winning? Days? Weeks? Ditto for fan interest, which is only average right now (an attitude I see reflected in my game attendance, which sits about 5,000 people lower than when I play a road game). * Scouting is a frustration. Initially, I had my scouts looking at all of the other teams, but lost track of who had been scouted. Additionally, these reports didn't seem to help me a lot, but maybe I'm not looking at them right. Now, I've simply decided to send the scouts to look at other countries for players. Am I hurting myself by not continually scouting my league? Are there other tasks that I am missing that need to be done? (I only have one minor league, by the way). * Finally, contract extensions. I'm going to check the manual on this to see if I can divine more info, but how important are incentives as opposed to a basic salary? Also, how can I customize incentives, i.e. certain number of Ks or Ws for a pitcher? Right now, I only can choose an inning pitched incentive or the Outstanding Pitcher Award incentive. Both seem like poor incentives, especially for relievers.