Major League Baseball Dreams is ready for a new season

ddold · 06-19-2019, 01:33 AM

You might think you want a brand new league; someplace that you can start fresh and build out your dream franchise from the beginning. It's always a great idea, until halfway through the first season when 2/3 of the GMs have started ghosting the league when their brilliant draft plans didn't pan out quite as well as they'd liked. The league limps along for another season half full of AI-run teams, and then folds.

Not Major League Baseball Dreams. 13 years of real-life running with a core group of GMs that have been there from the beginning and 3/4 of the league in at least their 5th season. We've got great rivalries, both meta and in-game, heroes (definitely me), and villains. It's a great league to settle down into and build for the long haul.

Originally established in 2006 with current MLB rosters, we're just about to start 2067 so all of those MLB stars are long gone, replaced with our own All Stars and gritty dogs. It's a well balanced league with multiple teams competitive until the final sim every year.

I'm newly taking over as commish to give our long standing captain a break to focus on just building a team for once, but we'll be just as committed to keeping a tight sim schedule as we always have been. We sim an in-game week every Sunday/Monday/Wednesday/Friday, with the weekday sims being broadcast live via StatsPlus to our Slack server.

We're a welcoming group, generally a bit more on the mature side although we've had GMs as young as high school age and they fit in just fine until puberty hit and OOTP stopped being as interesting as girls. We update every other OOTP revision (update on the even revisions - currently on OOTP20).

Full League Name (Initials): Major League Baseball Dreams (MLBD)
Main URL: mlbdreamsootpsim.com
Commissioner OOTP Forum Username(s): Dave Dold, "ddold", (Commissioner)
Email Address: mlbd.commissioners@gmail.com
OOTP Version: OOTP20, and we update on even numbered OOTP revs.
Game Needed: Required
Players: Originally historical, but now at this point there are no historical players remaining.
# of Teams: The 30 MLB teams , with full minor leagues, including a Winter Development League (AA)
Sim Schedule: during season - M, W, F, Su, weekdays around 4:30pm or 6pm, weekends around 7:30am. Offseason, we'll run almost every day or as close to as we can manage, given real life.
League Time Per Sim: 7 Days, varies in off season, but generally around 2 weeks (-ish), 1 week early in free agency
First Season: 2006 (game time and real life time)
Current Season: 2068
Special Rules & Settings: no coaches or scouts, we've implemented the new CBA. We don't use the amateur signing bonus having tried it and found it was more hassle than fun (sorry Markus).

Take a look at the web site and drop by the forum and look around. Links to the team reports are on the web site so you can check out the teams. If you like what you see, email the commissioner's email above (also linked on the web site) and let me know you are interested. I'm good at answering fairly quickly. If we fill up we'll be glad to put you on a waiting list, as some GMs come and go due to real life.

Teams currently available:

*edit* we're actually full up at the moment, but happy to meet new potential GMs in case something opens up.

Email the commissioner email above if you are interested in joining.

ThePretender · 09-07-2019, 06:13 PM

Bump. Message the commish above if you're interested. Rockies/Dbacks/Cleveland are available.

ddold · 09-10-2019, 09:35 PM

New season, new website for MLB Dreams. We have three openings now and are just getting to Opening Day for 2068. Come give it a look:

https://statsplus.net/mlbdreams/home/index.html

ThePretender · 10-01-2019, 06:06 PM

Dbacks and Rockies still available!

Ellaloves · 10-02-2019, 05:08 PM

Hi, I just sent an email to see about joining the league. exited to hear back from you, thanks.

Silvermane · 10-03-2019, 04:16 AM

Email sent to commish

ThePretender · 12-05-2019, 09:00 PM

Bump, looking for a Tigers and Rockies GM

ThePretender · 01-16-2020, 11:21 AM

Bump, looking for a SF Giants GM.

ThePretender · 01-26-2020, 08:16 AM

Looking for a Rockies and Braves gm.

ThePretender · 03-30-2020, 07:11 PM

Looking for a Rockies and a Cleveland GM.

ThePretender · 05-02-2020, 04:11 PM

Bump, looking for a Rockies GM.

Max · 05-03-2020, 03:12 PM

I'll take the Rockies

ThePretender · 05-09-2020, 11:24 AM

We're close to the playoffs, so a great time to join since you'll have time to look over your team and prepare for the off-season. Rockies are available.

ThePretender · 05-13-2020, 08:13 AM

Season is just about to end, looking for a Rockies GM. This league has been running for 60-70 seasons with a great core of GM's.

ThePretender · 05-24-2020, 11:45 AM

Bump, looking for a Rockies GM.

ddold · 08-10-2020, 01:07 AM

Heading into a new season starting this week, the San Diego Padres are open. Fresh of an NL West division crown and well positioned for a repeat.

https://statsplus.net/mlbdreams/team/29

ddold · 10-05-2020, 04:21 PM

Heading into our 2074 season, we have two open teams:

The Atlanta Braves - flirted with .500 all year and were in the WC hunt for most of the season. They are coming out of a long rebuild but the GM had to depart for personal reasons.

The San Diego Padres - back to back NL West champions with a great pitching staff and decent hitting. They've been the clear class of one of our weaker divisions.

We're simming M/W/F/Sat, 7 days per sim although we run an accelerated off season schedule to get back to the action as soon as possible. I run the league as a commish only and shepherded these two teams when the GMs had to leave but we'd love to get a dedicated owner for the both of them.

06-19-2019, 01:33 AM	#1
ddold Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 33	Major League Baseball Dreams is ready for a new season You might think you want a brand new league; someplace that you can start fresh and build out your dream franchise from the beginning. It's always a great idea, until halfway through the first season when 2/3 of the GMs have started ghosting the league when their brilliant draft plans didn't pan out quite as well as they'd liked. The league limps along for another season half full of AI-run teams, and then folds. Not Major League Baseball Dreams. 13 years of real-life running with a core group of GMs that have been there from the beginning and 3/4 of the league in at least their 5th season. We've got great rivalries, both meta and in-game, heroes (definitely me), and villains. It's a great league to settle down into and build for the long haul. Originally established in 2006 with current MLB rosters, we're just about to start 2067 so all of those MLB stars are long gone, replaced with our own All Stars and gritty dogs. It's a well balanced league with multiple teams competitive until the final sim every year. I'm newly taking over as commish to give our long standing captain a break to focus on just building a team for once, but we'll be just as committed to keeping a tight sim schedule as we always have been. We sim an in-game week every Sunday/Monday/Wednesday/Friday, with the weekday sims being broadcast live via StatsPlus to our Slack server. We're a welcoming group, generally a bit more on the mature side although we've had GMs as young as high school age and they fit in just fine until puberty hit and OOTP stopped being as interesting as girls. We update every other OOTP revision (update on the even revisions - currently on OOTP20). Full League Name (Initials): Major League Baseball Dreams (MLBD) Main URL: mlbdreamsootpsim.com Commissioner OOTP Forum Username(s): Dave Dold, "ddold", (Commissioner) Email Address: mlbd.commissioners@gmail.com OOTP Version: OOTP20, and we update on even numbered OOTP revs. Game Needed: Required Players: Originally historical, but now at this point there are no historical players remaining. # of Teams: The 30 MLB teams , with full minor leagues, including a Winter Development League (AA) Sim Schedule: during season - M, W, F, Su, weekdays around 4:30pm or 6pm, weekends around 7:30am. Offseason, we'll run almost every day or as close to as we can manage, given real life. League Time Per Sim: 7 Days, varies in off season, but generally around 2 weeks (-ish), 1 week early in free agency First Season: 2006 (game time and real life time) Current Season: 2068 Special Rules & Settings: no coaches or scouts, we've implemented the new CBA. We don't use the amateur signing bonus having tried it and found it was more hassle than fun (sorry Markus). Take a look at the web site and drop by the forum and look around. Links to the team reports are on the web site so you can check out the teams. If you like what you see, email the commissioner's email above (also linked on the web site) and let me know you are interested. I'm good at answering fairly quickly. If we fill up we'll be glad to put you on a waiting list, as some GMs come and go due to real life. Teams currently available: edit we're actually full up at the moment, but happy to meet new potential GMs in case something opens up. Email the commissioner email above if you are interested in joining. Last edited by ddold; 10-03-2019 at 04:38 PM.

12-05-2019, 09:00 PM	#7
ThePretender All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,304	Bump, looking for a Tigers and Rockies GM Last edited by ThePretender; 12-07-2019 at 10:36 AM.

09-07-2019, 06:13 PM	#2
ThePretender All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,304	Bump. Message the commish above if you're interested. Rockies/Dbacks/Cleveland are available.

09-10-2019, 09:35 PM	#3
ddold Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 33	New season, new website for MLB Dreams. We have three openings now and are just getting to Opening Day for 2068. Come give it a look: https://statsplus.net/mlbdreams/home/index.html

10-01-2019, 06:06 PM	#4
ThePretender All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,304	Dbacks and Rockies still available!

10-02-2019, 05:08 PM	#5
Ellaloves Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 1	Hi, I just sent an email to see about joining the league. exited to hear back from you, thanks.

10-03-2019, 04:16 AM	#6
Silvermane Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 1	Email sent to commish

01-16-2020, 11:21 AM	#8
ThePretender All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,304	Bump, looking for a SF Giants GM.

01-26-2020, 08:16 AM	#9
ThePretender All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,304	Looking for a Rockies and Braves gm.

03-30-2020, 07:11 PM	#10
ThePretender All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,304	Looking for a Rockies and a Cleveland GM.

05-02-2020, 04:11 PM	#11
ThePretender All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,304	Bump, looking for a Rockies GM.

05-03-2020, 03:12 PM	#12
Max Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 50	I'll take the Rockies

05-09-2020, 11:24 AM	#13
ThePretender All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,304	We're close to the playoffs, so a great time to join since you'll have time to look over your team and prepare for the off-season. Rockies are available.

05-13-2020, 08:13 AM	#14
ThePretender All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,304	Season is just about to end, looking for a Rockies GM. This league has been running for 60-70 seasons with a great core of GM's.

05-24-2020, 11:45 AM	#15
ThePretender All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,304	Bump, looking for a Rockies GM.

08-10-2020, 01:07 AM	#16
ddold Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 33	Heading into a new season starting this week, the San Diego Padres are open. Fresh of an NL West division crown and well positioned for a repeat. https://statsplus.net/mlbdreams/team/29

10-05-2020, 04:21 PM	#17
ddold Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 33	Heading into our 2074 season, we have two open teams: The Atlanta Braves - flirted with .500 all year and were in the WC hunt for most of the season. They are coming out of a long rebuild but the GM had to depart for personal reasons. The San Diego Padres - back to back NL West champions with a great pitching staff and decent hitting. They've been the clear class of one of our weaker divisions. We're simming M/W/F/Sat, 7 days per sim although we run an accelerated off season schedule to get back to the action as soon as possible. I run the league as a commish only and shepherded these two teams when the GMs had to leave but we'd love to get a dedicated owner for the both of them.