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injury log · 08-12-2007, 05:45 PM

I can, but I understand the ftp server is down today, so I'll try tomorrow. I've simmed forward a few years, so if that's an issue, I won't bother.

I've noticed something odd that may be related. This league is built off of a template, which is based on the 'Standard MLB League' that comes with the game- i.e. a 30-team league with complete minors. The AAA PCL is the only minor league which has two subleagues, like the Majors. The subleagues are called the 'American Conference' and the 'Pacific Conference'. So far, so good. However, both are given the same abbreviation: 'AC'. I think this confuses the game. If I go to the PCL league history, the first page, which lists all of the championship winners, is presented just like the Majors list, with two columns, one for each subleague. However, the right-hand column is completely empty; only the left-hand column has teams in it, and only half of the teams are in bold (i.e. half of the teams listed didn't even win the championship; they lost in the final series, something I've confirmed for the 2018 season). I've attached a screenshot. Note that in the far right, it says 'PC', but it did say 'AC' up until a minute ago- I changed the abbreviation in Game Setup to see if I could 'magically' retrieve the missing history- no luck.

When I go to the Awards section of the PCL History, there are 'American Conference Awards' and 'Pacific Conference Awards' links, but both lead to the same page. The pitcher Stafford I mentioned above isn't listed as the Best Pitcher for 2014 (though the award is in his player history), I'm guessing because the Awards list only contains the awards from one conference. The PCL certainly gives out 2 different Best Pitcher and Best Batter Awards each year, one for each subleague- I've checked the end-of-season news to confirm- but only one is listed in the League History.

All this is a long way of saying that I suspect the fact that the same league abbreviation 'AC' is used for both leagues is causing the PCL League History to be recorded incorrectly, and the abbreviation is stored in the MLB-standard league file that ships with the game (unless somehow I managed to change that, which seems very unlikely). Anyone could verify this just by creating a new game based on a 'Standard League', choosing 'Major American League', then immediately exiting the wizard ('Advanced Mode') and looking at the PCL league structure.

The fact that my pitcher won a best pitcher award may not be related to this, however, but it is making researching the league history difficult. I can ftp the files tomorrow if it would still be helpful.

08-12-2007, 05:45 PM	#4
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,162	I can, but I understand the ftp server is down today, so I'll try tomorrow. I've simmed forward a few years, so if that's an issue, I won't bother. I've noticed something odd that may be related. This league is built off of a template, which is based on the 'Standard MLB League' that comes with the game- i.e. a 30-team league with complete minors. The AAA PCL is the only minor league which has two subleagues, like the Majors. The subleagues are called the 'American Conference' and the 'Pacific Conference'. So far, so good. However, both are given the same abbreviation: 'AC'. I think this confuses the game. If I go to the PCL league history, the first page, which lists all of the championship winners, is presented just like the Majors list, with two columns, one for each subleague. However, the right-hand column is completely empty; only the left-hand column has teams in it, and only half of the teams are in bold (i.e. half of the teams listed didn't even win the championship; they lost in the final series, something I've confirmed for the 2018 season). I've attached a screenshot. Note that in the far right, it says 'PC', but it did say 'AC' up until a minute ago- I changed the abbreviation in Game Setup to see if I could 'magically' retrieve the missing history- no luck. When I go to the Awards section of the PCL History, there are 'American Conference Awards' and 'Pacific Conference Awards' links, but both lead to the same page. The pitcher Stafford I mentioned above isn't listed as the Best Pitcher for 2014 (though the award is in his player history), I'm guessing because the Awards list only contains the awards from one conference. The PCL certainly gives out 2 different Best Pitcher and Best Batter Awards each year, one for each subleague- I've checked the end-of-season news to confirm- but only one is listed in the League History. All this is a long way of saying that I suspect the fact that the same league abbreviation 'AC' is used for both leagues is causing the PCL League History to be recorded incorrectly, and the abbreviation is stored in the MLB-standard league file that ships with the game (unless somehow I managed to change that, which seems very unlikely). Anyone could verify this just by creating a new game based on a 'Standard League', choosing 'Major American League', then immediately exiting the wizard ('Advanced Mode') and looking at the PCL league structure. The fact that my pitcher won a best pitcher award may not be related to this, however, but it is making researching the league history difficult. I can ftp the files tomorrow if it would still be helpful. Attached Images