Team Doctor

bulldog55 · 03-28-2003, 12:37 PM

Could you PLEASE implement a team doctor into the coaching/scouting staff?

I'm really getting sick of getting an email saying my player is going to miss an extra two weeks, then getting an email the next day saying he's going to miss another week, then getting another email a few days later saying he's going to miss another 2 weeks.

This kind of thing simply would not happen on my team. I would pay top dollar for the best doctor in the league. It's really frustrating watching my players rot away on the DL. And of course, you never get the opposite email, "Hey, guess what! [Player] is recovering faster than I expected! He'll be back two weeks early!"

Gastric ReFlux · 03-28-2003, 12:44 PM

Cool. I would only hire guys who attended a correspondence course medical school.

bulldog55 · 03-28-2003, 12:53 PM

I'd hire Doctor Nick.

"The coroner?! I'm SO sick of that guy!"

TwinMonster · 03-28-2003, 12:57 PM

Doctors are the best. Ok, so they're the best so long as you don't have to visit one.... Seriously, a team doctor would be great.

Gastric ReFlux · 03-28-2003, 01:02 PM

Wouldn't it be great? Get the skankiest doctor available and mid-season get this series of emails:

--Joe Stud has a cold. He will be day-to-day for a week or more.

--Joe Stud is getting better. I expect him to be back to full strength tomorrow.

--Joe Stud has died from a staph infection.

LivnLegend · 03-28-2003, 01:10 PM

Dr. Frank Jobe
That guy's a miracle worker

Nirvana91 · 03-28-2003, 01:18 PM

One time a surgeon left a sponge inside me. Man did that suck.

Go Tribe · 03-28-2003, 01:42 PM

i wouldn't mind it if once in a while you got an email saying the guy was healing great and coming back early - actually at the rate that ootp5 sends those emails, i'd like to see it much more than once in a while

statfreak · 03-28-2003, 02:46 PM

Please do not add a team doctor, or at least make it a separate option (to be either a part of the coaches/scouts, not automatically included).

Some of us play this as an actual baseball sim and do not need team doctors, first / third base coaches, and bat boys added to the already onerous task of running a franchise.

Thank you,

sttfrk.

Gastric ReFlux · 03-28-2003, 02:51 PM

Bat boys! Those would be freaking cool.

TheRockCT · 03-28-2003, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gastric ReFlux
Bat boys! Those would be freaking cool.

Instead of manager mode spawning your kid as a future baseball player, this is usually what happens to the manager's kids.....see Dusty Baker.

BillyBuck · 03-28-2003, 03:49 PM

But seriously...what I got from this thread is that it would at least be awfully nice and realistic if, at least every once in awhile, your injured player would actually recover MORE quickly than expected rather than take longer.

5.1 Update! 5.1 Update! Hear ye Hear ye!

PyroFalkon · 03-28-2003, 04:11 PM

I've only played three seasons, but I've already encountered one e-mail by my team doctor that tells me a player is getting healthy sooner. He said something about the player healing one week sooner than expected. It may have something to do with the fact that I didn't put that player on the DL when he got injured (I was in September and just let him hang out with the others on the 40-man roster).

tcblcommish · 03-28-2003, 11:14 PM

Well, that's a new one on me. I have had loads of injuries and loads of "2weeks more" buit NEVER ever a "returning sooner"

sixto · 03-28-2003, 11:32 PM

I foresee in OOTP24 where each player has a drop-down box of toothpaste and toothbrush brands he likes to use, as well as a slider to indicate how often he brushes. Gingivitis is a potentially devastating condition.

03-28-2003, 12:37 PM	#1
bulldog55 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: California's Canada Warnings: 17 Posts: 2,481	Team Doctor Could you PLEASE implement a team doctor into the coaching/scouting staff? I'm really getting sick of getting an email saying my player is going to miss an extra two weeks, then getting an email the next day saying he's going to miss another week, then getting another email a few days later saying he's going to miss another 2 weeks. This kind of thing simply would not happen on my team. I would pay top dollar for the best doctor in the league. It's really frustrating watching my players rot away on the DL. And of course, you never get the opposite email, "Hey, guess what! [Player] is recovering faster than I expected! He'll be back two weeks early!" __________________ Commissioner, Trans-Continental Base Ball Association Owner/GM, Los Angeles Electrics (TCBA), Beaverton Rangers (OTBL), Portland Mavericks (Union League), and Los Angeles Superbas (Century League) Being smart, don't always make you popular.

03-28-2003, 12:53 PM	#3
bulldog55 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: California's Canada Warnings: 17 Posts: 2,481	I'd hire Doctor Nick. "The coroner?! I'm SO sick of that guy!" __________________ Commissioner, Trans-Continental Base Ball Association Owner/GM, Los Angeles Electrics (TCBA), Beaverton Rangers (OTBL), Portland Mavericks (Union League), and Los Angeles Superbas (Century League) Being smart, don't always make you popular.

03-28-2003, 01:10 PM	#6
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	Dr. Frank Jobe That guy's a miracle worker __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

03-28-2003, 02:46 PM	#9
statfreak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 2,434	Please do not add a team doctor, or at least make it a separate option (to be either a part of the coaches/scouts, not automatically included). Some of us play this as an actual baseball sim and do not need team doctors, first / third base coaches, and bat boys added to the already onerous task of running a franchise. Thank you, sttfrk. __________________ Roll out the barrel!

03-28-2003, 03:49 PM	#12
BillyBuck Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: KC, MO Posts: 436	But seriously...what I got from this thread is that it would at least be awfully nice and realistic if, at least every once in awhile, your injured player would actually recover MORE quickly than expected rather than take longer. 5.1 Update! 5.1 Update! Hear ye Hear ye! __________________ Kansas City Crows - FEBL Champions 2006 and 2007 Oslo Mountain Dawgs - WBL Champions 2004 and 2005

03-28-2003, 12:44 PM	#2
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Cool. I would only hire guys who attended a correspondence course medical school.

03-28-2003, 12:57 PM	#4
TwinMonster Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Minnepolis Posts: 325	Doctors are the best. Ok, so they're the best so long as you don't have to visit one.... Seriously, a team doctor would be great.

03-28-2003, 01:02 PM	#5
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Wouldn't it be great? Get the skankiest doctor available and mid-season get this series of emails: --Joe Stud has a cold. He will be day-to-day for a week or more. --Joe Stud is getting better. I expect him to be back to full strength tomorrow. --Joe Stud has died from a staph infection.

03-28-2003, 01:18 PM	#7
Nirvana91 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 162	One time a surgeon left a sponge inside me. Man did that suck.

03-28-2003, 01:42 PM	#8
Go Tribe All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,534 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	i wouldn't mind it if once in a while you got an email saying the guy was healing great and coming back early - actually at the rate that ootp5 sends those emails, i'd like to see it much more than once in a while

03-28-2003, 02:51 PM	#10
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Bat boys! Those would be freaking cool.

03-28-2003, 04:11 PM	#13
PyroFalkon Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 230	Hmm... I've only played three seasons, but I've already encountered one e-mail by my team doctor that tells me a player is getting healthy sooner. He said something about the player healing one week sooner than expected. It may have something to do with the fact that I didn't put that player on the DL when he got injured (I was in September and just let him hang out with the others on the 40-man roster). __________________ ~PF

03-28-2003, 11:14 PM	#14
tcblcommish Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,444	Well, that's a new one on me. I have had loads of injuries and loads of "2weeks more" buit NEVER ever a "returning sooner"

03-28-2003, 11:32 PM	#15
sixto Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,276	I foresee in OOTP24 where each player has a drop-down box of toothpaste and toothbrush brands he likes to use, as well as a slider to indicate how often he brushes. Gingivitis is a potentially devastating condition.