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Tom Barrister · 08-02-2012, 01:23 PM

Active players die in real life, i.e. Clemente, Joss, Shocker, Lidle, etc. That should be programmed in. It may not happen often (about 70 times according to Wikipedia), but it would certainly be significant if the team's highest-paid superstar were killed in a plane crash.

Active players also have career-ending injuries. I'm still new to the game, so I don't know if it's programmed into the sim.

Many players have missed a game or two because they failed to get to the park on time or to a train/flight to go to the next city due to oversleeping, traffic, the Budweiser flu, etc. There have been cases of a player walking out on a team for days at a time. Some Jewish players (i.e. Greenburg, Koufax) have refused to play on Yom Kippur. Ken Griffey Jr. missed a game because the protective cup pinched a testicle. Roger Craig missed a game (as manager) because he cut his hand fooling with a bra strap (I'm not making these up). Brett Barberie missed a game because he got chili juice in his eyes. Maty Cordova missed a game because his face got sunburned in a tanning salon. Pascual Perez missed a game because he couldn't find the correct exit ramp. Lonny Frey missed the 1940 World Series because he dropped the iron lid of the water cooler on his foot.

And then there is pitcher Clarence Blethen, a 19-year minor-leaguer who played in 7 games in the majors. Mr. Blethen customarily took his false teeth out while he played and put them in his back pocket. He reached base once in 6 plate apperances. While sliding into second, his teeth connected with his posterior, causing bleeding and requiring the manager to take him out. Maybe a programming line can be added to the effect of:

Code:

injury:rand(1,40000000):text("self-inflicted butt bite").

If you want to be realistic, you can't have players from different eras compete against each other (using their in-prime stats) because they couldn't do that in real life. Nor can you have fictional players, because they didn't exist. In fact, if you want to be TOTALLY realistic, all historical players have to do the exact same thing that they did in real life on every pitch, at-bat, etc.

The point is, where do you draw the line?

08-02-2012, 01:23 PM	#100
Tom Barrister Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4	Active players die in real life, i.e. Clemente, Joss, Shocker, Lidle, etc. That should be programmed in. It may not happen often (about 70 times according to Wikipedia), but it would certainly be significant if the team's highest-paid superstar were killed in a plane crash. Active players also have career-ending injuries. I'm still new to the game, so I don't know if it's programmed into the sim. Many players have missed a game or two because they failed to get to the park on time or to a train/flight to go to the next city due to oversleeping, traffic, the Budweiser flu, etc. There have been cases of a player walking out on a team for days at a time. Some Jewish players (i.e. Greenburg, Koufax) have refused to play on Yom Kippur. Ken Griffey Jr. missed a game because the protective cup pinched a testicle. Roger Craig missed a game (as manager) because he cut his hand fooling with a bra strap (I'm not making these up). Brett Barberie missed a game because he got chili juice in his eyes. Maty Cordova missed a game because his face got sunburned in a tanning salon. Pascual Perez missed a game because he couldn't find the correct exit ramp. Lonny Frey missed the 1940 World Series because he dropped the iron lid of the water cooler on his foot. And then there is pitcher Clarence Blethen, a 19-year minor-leaguer who played in 7 games in the majors. Mr. Blethen customarily took his false teeth out while he played and put them in his back pocket. He reached base once in 6 plate apperances. While sliding into second, his teeth connected with his posterior, causing bleeding and requiring the manager to take him out. Maybe a programming line can be added to the effect of: Code: injury:rand(1,40000000):text("self-inflicted butt bite"). If you want to be realistic, you can't have players from different eras compete against each other (using their in-prime stats) because they couldn't do that in real life. Nor can you have fictional players, because they didn't exist. In fact, if you want to be TOTALLY realistic, all historical players have to do the exact same thing that they did in real life on every pitch, at-bat, etc. The point is, where do you draw the line? Last edited by Tom Barrister; 08-02-2012 at 02:01 PM.