Advice on player creation...

Dargone · 03-03-2003, 12:41 AM

I'm creating Roy Hobbs, from the natural, and putting him in Great Escape Baseball. However, I'm not sure if I should create him at 34 or let him enter Great Escape Baseball with a second chance at the tender age of 18. What do you guys think? Thanks

Steve Kuffrey · 03-03-2003, 12:44 AM

Young, I'd say w/ a world of potential but so-so ratings.....keep us posted on his progress.

hamonrye · 03-03-2003, 01:15 AM

i had a career half finished with roy hobbs in ootp4. i kinda went all out. if you freeze frame the dvd when the judge is showing police photos of hobbs, there is a date on the photographs. it's july 16, 1924. so i worked on several suppositions. hobbs doesn't get shot (for whatever reason), he has a try-out the next day with the cubs and has a tremendous batting practice display similar to the one he had for the knights and the day after, july 18th, he's in the starting lineup for the cubs in rightfield, as a 19 year old.

as for the ratings, there is a guy who writes for espn.com's page 2 named bill simmons aka the sports guy. someone asked him in a reader mail column what he thought hobbs stats were for his season with the knights (and i dare ask who among us has pondered the same question). he went through all the particulars, hobbs not having any protection in the lineup, his lack of speed, memo paris' mojo, his ridiculously hot start and these are the numbers he guessed at-400 at bats, 140 hits, 24 doubles, 2 triples, 44 homers, 75 walks, 85 strikeouts. this may be a good template to start with, it's what i used. you can probably look up the link in simmons' archive section at espn.com, page 2.

i made hobbs brilliant in all categories to help with his development. i gave him a lot of leeway because after all, the guy's the natural.

good luck with your created hobbs.

Katrina · 03-03-2003, 02:25 AM

What a great movie! One of my favorites. I know most people usually prefer the book, however I like the happy ending that the movie offers. Let us know how he turns out, sounds exciting

03-03-2003, 12:41 AM	#1
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	Advice on player creation... I'm creating Roy Hobbs, from the natural, and putting him in Great Escape Baseball. However, I'm not sure if I should create him at 34 or let him enter Great Escape Baseball with a second chance at the tender age of 18. What do you guys think? Thanks __________________ I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.-Margaret Mitchell

03-03-2003, 12:44 AM	#2
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03-03-2003, 02:25 AM	#4
Katrina Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California Posts: 221	What a great movie! One of my favorites. I know most people usually prefer the book, however I like the happy ending that the movie offers. Let us know how he turns out, sounds exciting __________________ OOTP5 Beta Tester OOL Rockford Peaches Anaheim Angels Fan MSN-girlprincess1@cox.net

03-03-2003, 01:15 AM	#3
hamonrye Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 335	i had a career half finished with roy hobbs in ootp4. i kinda went all out. if you freeze frame the dvd when the judge is showing police photos of hobbs, there is a date on the photographs. it's july 16, 1924. so i worked on several suppositions. hobbs doesn't get shot (for whatever reason), he has a try-out the next day with the cubs and has a tremendous batting practice display similar to the one he had for the knights and the day after, july 18th, he's in the starting lineup for the cubs in rightfield, as a 19 year old. as for the ratings, there is a guy who writes for espn.com's page 2 named bill simmons aka the sports guy. someone asked him in a reader mail column what he thought hobbs stats were for his season with the knights (and i dare ask who among us has pondered the same question). he went through all the particulars, hobbs not having any protection in the lineup, his lack of speed, memo paris' mojo, his ridiculously hot start and these are the numbers he guessed at-400 at bats, 140 hits, 24 doubles, 2 triples, 44 homers, 75 walks, 85 strikeouts. this may be a good template to start with, it's what i used. you can probably look up the link in simmons' archive section at espn.com, page 2. i made hobbs brilliant in all categories to help with his development. i gave him a lot of leeway because after all, the guy's the natural. good luck with your created hobbs.