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Originally Posted by Cryomaniac
I agree, I think it's doable eventually. It does raise some potentially interesting database issues (the kind of thing that could lead to file corruption, probably) if it's not done properly though.
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The way I see it working is that there'd be two schedule files for a season. The first is the 'original' or 'planned' schedule file, which would be the same as it is now. When the regular season is about to begin, OOTP makes a copy of that schedule file—this copy would be the 'dynamic' schedule file. It is in this 'dynamic' file that OOTP would mark off postponed games and add the dates for the rescheduled contests. Thus the original schedule file is always there, preserved unchanged, and can be reused each season to generate a new schedule just as it does now. The day-to-day changes are handled in the 'dynamic' copy. This separation makes sense from a procedural point of view, and it should eliminate the chance of the day-to-day changes caused by postponement and rescheduling possibly corrupting the base schedule file.
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Originally Posted by ToTheBackstop
Interesting stuff. Surprised to learn that it's as high as 1.5%, but I don't doubt your figures at all.
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There is a small difference between the majors and minors. I don't have exhaustive data; but I did use what I have, which are the day-by-day results for MLB from 2009-13 and the affiliated minor leagues (excluding the AZL and GCL) for 2013.
Once the 2014 season is done that'll add another year to both the majors and minors.
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Originally Posted by ToTheBackstop
Absolutely. In fact, it'd be nice if in addition to unplanned doubleheaders caused by postponements, the season scheduler would support planned doubleheaders, complete with all the fatigue-related consequences.
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Yes, there would have to be some GUI changes within OOTP to properly reflect doubleheaders.
There should also be recognition by OOTP of the two types of doubleheaders: the standard two-for-one, single admission type and the split, day-night, separate admission type. The difference between these would have an impact on the RTS feature, amongst other things, due to the different start times involved. (Two-for-one twin bills have the second game starting 30 minutes after the first game ends, while day-night affairs have defined starting times for each game.)