Storyline 1
Player X wants to pursue a football career in addition to his baseball career.
Option: Team forbids player; player's morale drops or player may retire from baseball.
Option: Team allows player, enabling the following:
- Every February, X has a 1:32 chance of winning the Super Bowl, seeing an increase in his morale and popularity.
- Every year from October through February, the player has a chance of being injured due to football.
- Every year between ages 22 and 36, player may retire to pursue football career.
Storyline 2
Player X makes racist comments to the press. X's popularity immediately becomes Disliked.
Option: Team may reprimand X, leading to X losing morale.
Option: Team publicly sends X to therapy (costs money) to save face with the public. X has a 3:4 chance to become Unknown instead of Disliked.
Storyline 3
Player X's father is a former baseball player and coached his son throughout high school and college. He asks to join his son to help him continue training.
Option: Team denies father's request. Player loses morale. In the next year, without his father's influence, the team's coaches tweak his mechanics. X has a 1:10 chance to lose 5% from one tool's potential. X has a 1:8 chance to gain 5% for one tool's potential.
Option: Team agree's to father's request. Player gains morale. In the next year, the team's coaches are unable to tweak the player's mechanics. X has a 1:10 chance to lose 5% from one tool's potential. X is able to progress faster due to the extra feedback from his father. There is a 1:8 chance of gaining 5% to current/maximum ratings.
Storyline 4
Player X saved a local child from a burning building. Instant boost to popularity and morale. Over the next year there is a 1:12 chance that the player is rewarded by the family, granting an additional boost to morale.