I'd like to thank everyone for stopping by and checking us out. It makes me almost as happy as finding out one of my owners is enjoying himself as much as he is.
That's what makes this commish gig worthwhile.
As for the league and all of its 'house' rules, I have to admit it's not for everyone. If pressed, I'd have to say the old nintendo game 'Baseball Stars' (to this day the greatest baseball video game ever made) is the ambition behind the whole thing. I *LOVED* the fact you could make your own team and name it and the players whatever you wanted. Oh, to have the endless hours me and my friends burned on the ol' Nintendo in college. To this day, I can hum that friggin' music...
FEBL's been through a lot. It started as a replacement to a league I used to play in a few years ago (HCBA - Sierra's BBPro98). Back then it was just a small handful of us with a lot of CPU teams. We went to OOTP because of its finances and game engine, and have come all the way up with OOTP 3. We crashed out just after our first season and had to restart. Then we had a format of 14 teams (3 divisions only) and didn't get playoffs. After *that* restart, we converted to OOTP 3 and our league data would not import correctly so we had to restart AGAIN. Yes, it sucked...and sucked hard. That's the reason we only have one year of history for our league but in actuality we've played five. I like to think that we're here with that track record, so that should say alot about the dedication we have to keep it going.
Most of the rules I've seen in other leagues that I browsed when originally figuring out exactly what OOTP was. I wish to this day I could remember where I saw the manager thing, but I can't, so whoever you are, I love it
Sure, names like 'Jabba T. Hut' are NOT baseball names. But hey, he plays for the 'Star Warriors'. That team owner had something he wanted to do, and God bless 'im, he did it. That's the core of this league. Just a bunch of guys enjoying the game for what it is. I like to give a lot of flexibility to owners and let them do whatever they wish with their teams (as long as it does not ruin the actual running of the game).
The bottom line is it's fun. Heck, a lot of you probably scoff at the whole idea. I have absolutely no problem with that. I can totally understand where you're coming from.
We've got an alternative league to say the least, but we do play baseball and have a lot of owners who do it quite well (last season the entire Atlantic League was in the playoff race with only 1 week to go). Here's our recipe:
2 parts baseball
1 part comic books
1 part movies/pop culture
Find 1 dedicated commish
Find 15 dedicated owners
Blend for 15 minutes on 'Frappe'
Results:
FEBL.
Serves 16.
-Garner Traher
FEBL Commish
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