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Tribe1450 · 01-10-2021, 12:02 PM

Major League Baseball
Thursday, March 4, 1954

Spring Training 1954

The Spring Training schedule was created by OOTP. It was adjusted/ edited to reflect all day games (1:05 pm) game times. I went into the schedule editor section of the league settings. You can not do this until the first day of Spring Training.

I also created a new ballpark from scratch using the ballpark creator in game. The “minor league” park was created using default settings and the ballpark was set in Arizona.

The Spring Training schedule was further adjusted to reflect all games being played at the new Spring Training ballpark. You can do this just like changing the game times - using the edit schedule function located in the team settings.

It should also be noted that I generated a new regular season schedule to reflect my division / subleague set up. As it turns out there are schedules available (in game or through the schedule mod section) that can be added to the game and then when you "clear" the schedule - set your schedule parameters in the league set up area - then create a new fictional schedule you should be good to go.

It took me a few times to move the starting date of the schedule to make sure the season ended on the last Sunday in September.

Once the regular season scheduled was created, I used the in game edit schedule function to change game times. Kind of tedious, but not too bad with only 16 teams. All weekends are now day games and most Thursday's are day games. Biggest pain was making all the Cubs games day games.

All in all in probably took me less than 20 minute to change.

I also adjusted the All-Star game in the league set up pages to reflect the game being played in Cleveland in 1954. I then double checked the regular season schedule to make sure it reflected the American League as the home team.

Regular season schedule clearing / re-creating needs to be done BEFORE the first day of Spring Training or you could have some serious issues with your Spring Training games. I am sure you can add them in manually easily enough, but that would be time consuming.

The last two games of the spring training schedule for each team (Games 29 & 30) – which ends on a Saturday and Sunday – were reworked to reflect interleague games / rivalries in a home and home series. I also changed the ballparks being used for the games to reflect the correct 1954 ballparks. This will give a great chance to easily "watch" those game to get a good feel for the ballparks and era just before the start of the regular seaon.

Red Sox / Braves
Yankees / Giants
Phillies / Athletics
Senators / Dodgers
Orioles / Cardinals
Indians / Reds
Tigers / Pirates
White Sox / Cubs

The game created a standard five-week spring training (30 games) – starting on Thursday, March 4th. Starting in 1955 (next year), the regular season schedule will begin on or after April 1st – moving it up one week compared to 1954. I changed the start date information in the league set up section on the first day of Spring Training - I will double check once the off-season gets here to make sure the change remains in place. This way I should not have to remember to change it later.

If I had changed the starting date to April 1st for this first year of my sim, it might have caused issues with spring training schedules since the sim universe started on February 27th. It might not have had enough days to create the five week minor league and I didn't want to tempt fate.

League news and notes will be updated on a week by week basis.

There are no injuries anywhere in the league at the start of the league season.

01-10-2021, 12:02 PM	#20
Tribe1450 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Sandusky, Ohio Posts: 152	Major League Baseball Thursday, March 4, 1954 *Spring Training 1954* The Spring Training schedule was created by OOTP. It was adjusted/ edited to reflect all day games (1:05 pm) game times. I went into the schedule editor section of the league settings. You can not do this until the first day of Spring Training. I also created a new ballpark from scratch using the ballpark creator in game. The “minor league” park was created using default settings and the ballpark was set in Arizona. The Spring Training schedule was further adjusted to reflect all games being played at the new Spring Training ballpark. You can do this just like changing the game times - using the edit schedule function located in the team settings. It should also be noted that I generated a new regular season schedule to reflect my division / subleague set up. As it turns out there are schedules available (in game or through the schedule mod section) that can be added to the game and then when you "clear" the schedule - set your schedule parameters in the league set up area - then create a new fictional schedule you should be good to go. It took me a few times to move the starting date of the schedule to make sure the season ended on the last Sunday in September. Once the regular season scheduled was created, I used the in game edit schedule function to change game times. Kind of tedious, but not too bad with only 16 teams. All weekends are now day games and most Thursday's are day games. Biggest pain was making all the Cubs games day games. All in all in probably took me less than 20 minute to change. I also adjusted the All-Star game in the league set up pages to reflect the game being played in Cleveland in 1954. I then double checked the regular season schedule to make sure it reflected the American League as the home team. Regular season schedule clearing / re-creating needs to be done BEFORE the first day of Spring Training or you could have some serious issues with your Spring Training games. I am sure you can add them in manually easily enough, but that would be time consuming. The last two games of the spring training schedule for each team (Games 29 & 30) – which ends on a Saturday and Sunday – were reworked to reflect interleague games / rivalries in a home and home series. I also changed the ballparks being used for the games to reflect the correct 1954 ballparks. This will give a great chance to easily "watch" those game to get a good feel for the ballparks and era just before the start of the regular seaon. Red Sox / Braves Yankees / Giants Phillies / Athletics Senators / Dodgers Orioles / Cardinals Indians / Reds Tigers / Pirates White Sox / Cubs The game created a standard five-week spring training (30 games) – starting on Thursday, March 4th. Starting in 1955 (next year), the regular season schedule will begin on or after April 1st – moving it up one week compared to 1954. I changed the start date information in the league set up section on the first day of Spring Training - I will double check once the off-season gets here to make sure the change remains in place. This way I should not have to remember to change it later. If I had changed the starting date to April 1st for this first year of my sim, it might have caused issues with spring training schedules since the sim universe started on February 27th. It might not have had enough days to create the five week minor league and I didn't want to tempt fate. League news and notes will be updated on a week by week basis. There are no injuries anywhere in the league at the start of the league season.