Here Comes RABA and its IPO

Fredrocker · 04-12-2020, 12:43 PM

What is RABA - RABA WEBSITE for more info (in flux of ongoing development) (See RULES which contains a lot of the below, plus additional detailed information...)

RABA caters to all types of GM's from the newest newbie, to the most skilled veterans of the game... So get registered...

If Interested PM me here or go to the CONTACT Page at website…. Looking at a May 3rd Start... League will utilize Slack for communications, StatsPlus for all its goodies, Website/Reports/Draft Trade Tables/etc ... Will be using the new in-game Trade Feature...and other items to assist in a completely fun experience...

A quick background on how RABA has gotten to January 1st, 1910. RABA was originally setup in 1901 with 16 Organizations, each with a ML, Triple A, and Single A team forming the franchises. An initial draft was setup before the start of 1901’s season. The Draft Pool consisted of players from 1890-2018 from a Random Draft in a test league I created. The AI performed a serpentine draft for 75 Rounds and the franchises were formed.

A main thing became obvious; 95% of the players were 24 and under, with only a few moving in on their 30’s. I decided to Setup First year player drafts of 12 rounds and 15 rounds of Random Debut players… I then ran 10 seasons of AI to develop a core of players with ages, etc more realistic for a startup… in fact in the 1910 Inaugural Draft, 47 yr old Cap Anson is on the downside of his career but is still a good player… There are only a handful of other players over 40 yrs old who will probably be drafted, some I will convert into ‘Personal/Managers/Coaches/etc’ after the draft…

One of the things I wanted in this league is a good 'buy in' from the core group of GMs… I proceeded to release all players (they are dumped into the Inaugural draft pool), I removed all history of the 10 AI seasons. So in theory RABA is an upstart league in 1910, granted HOFers wont be ready for a good 12-15-18 years, but season and career records will start on day 1. This way the GMs are basically in charge of their franchise as a blank slate from day 1

The Inaugural Draft will be 90 Rounds (serpentine) performed in StatsPlus on Kickoff Sunday (Approximately May 3rd, 2020). Draftee’s are currently available for preliminary review at the RABA Website. The are grouped by Batters and Pitchers. Note there is no overall rating in this league, only a potential rating of 20-80(5 point increments), although all other player ratings are on a 1-100 scale.

All Scouting and Coaching is turned on, but the organizations will have to bid on Scouts and Coaches, etc after the Inaugural Draft. Thus all ratings at this point are OSA, meaning all the GM’s will have the same data/accuracy on players in this draft. After that Scouts, Managers, Coaches, Trainers will be your own hires….

List of BATTERS and PITCHERS in the Inaugural Draft (Give pages a second to load...)

As far as the future, I am big on letting the whole league decide on certain aspects, such as expansion (Major and Minor), Re-location and branding, roster aspects, etc... (edited)

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SIM INFO

Sims are one week long during the regular season (exceptions include sims to deadlines) and are run on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.. Currently around 0800 EST (Tuesday) 1100 EST (Wednesday) and Fridays SIM will be around 1330 EST. Exports are due 1 hour before the SIM time. I try to announce in advance if sim times are going to change. Completed SIMs will be posted in the forum; League Sim Info (all info posted will also transfer to the Slack channel #sim_info_and_schedule). On occasion that I cant post a change in Schedule, just please be patience.

Off season sims lengths vary - generally will be 5-20 days (depending on what league events are involved most of the time they are 7 days) and if possible will be run every day, except Sundays, around 0800 EST to 1330 EST depending on the day. The offseason sim schedule will be posted in the RABA website (HERE) and via the Slackbot with a ‘?Schedule’ (Sample OFF SEASON SCHEDULE)

Playoffs usually run every day, and the playoff schedule will be posted within the off-season schedule (see above).. For the Playoffs and World Series if both players agree, we can generally run multiple sims and move through the WS quickly. These games will be run as Live Sims at a slower than normal pace or potentially as a LIVE 3D Broadcast for special game 7’s or All-Star games. Might also run special 'Replays in 3D' at night from 'Games of the Week'

I'll try to keep everyone informed but please bear with me. I will try to run regular Live Sim’s if my schedule allows it. All SIMs will be LIVE unless noted.

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Below is a list of the Available Franchises along with their league and division:

CHADWICK LEAGUE STANDINGS
Spalding Division
Brooklyn Dodgers - Taken
Philadelphia Phillies - Taken
New York Giants - Taken
Boston Braves - Taken

Rawlings Division
St. Louis Cardinals - Taken
Pittsburgh Pirates - Taken
Cincinnati Reds - Taken
Chicago Cubs - Taken

DOUBLEDAY LEAGUE STANDINGS
Reach Division
New York Yankees - Taken
Washington Senators - Taken
Philadelphia Athletics Taken
Boston Red Sox - Taken

Wilson Division
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox - Taken
St. Louis Browns - Taken
Cleveland Indians - Taken

OOTP Version: OOTP v21 (always the latest)

GLOBAL SETTINGS
Complete Scouting System – On
Scouting Reports – Monthly
Scouting Accuracy – Normal
Ratings - 1 to 100
Overall Rating —OFF
Potential Rating – 20 to 80 (increments of 5)
Complete Coaching System – On
Owner Goals – On
Top Prospect List – Dynamic
Storylines – Enabled
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Injury Frequency – Low
Delayed Injuries – Off
Player Fatigue – Average
Suspensions – On – Very Low
Batter Aging - .900
Batter Development – 1.125
Pitcher Aging - .850
Pitcher Development – 1.100
Talent Change Randomness – 90

LEAGUE SETTINGS
NO DH
Roster – 25
Secondary (40 Man) – 40
Expansion – 30
Spring Training – 50
Waiver Period – 15 Days
DFA Period – 21 Days
Injured List – 10 Days/60 Days
Enable Options Years ON
Rule 5 Draft – December
10/5 Rule – On
Allow – Trading Injured, Wavier Trades, Draft Pick Trading (Current/and Next Season)
Amateur Draft – Historical 1901-2018
Draft – June 1st—In StatsPlus started Opening day
Rounds – 15, Players for 18
Draft Reveal – Day After Pre-Season Starts
Advance Draftee Signings – Off
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MONEY
Financials – 1947
Financial System – On – (-2% to +5%)
Cut Player – 15%
Min Days for 1 Year Service 172
Media Contracts – Market Size
Revenue Sharing – Luury Tax
Tax above Soft Cap – 20%
Cash Max - $25,000
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Schedule - 162 (2S-2D-4T) 16 total teams
22 games against 3 teams in division (11H/11A)
12 games against 4 teams in other division (6H/6A)
6 games against 8 teams in other sub leagues (3H/3A)

Playoffs – 4 Division Winners (LCS – 5 Games, LWS – 7 Games)

STATS – 1947 – Very High Detail
Hooks SP/RP – Default
Use RP – Normal
Use CL – Sometimes
Use Openers – Never
Stamina – High

NORMAL FOR THE FOLLOWING
Pinch Hit Pitchers/Position Players
Defensive Subs
Stealing Bases
Hit and Run
Bunting
Infield Shifts – Very Rarely

Fredrocker · 04-12-2020, 02:20 PM

If Interested... send contact info to via PM or Contact Form... and also post here what team you would like ... I will List them taken in the above Thread as they are taken...

The Current Franchises have nothing (Draft Order for Inaugural Draft will be picked day the draft starts and will be serpentine, After the inaugural draft, then its about 2-3 SIMs to pre-season to sign Scouts, and Managers, etc and then Pre-Season and a 4 week Spring Training and then start of season… Also there will be a 15 round Amateur Draft in S+ when Opening day is upon us for June 1st Placement in Orgs…

donlooky · 04-12-2020, 06:08 PM

I would like the St. Louis Browns

Fredrocker · 04-12-2020, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donlooky

I would like the St. Louis Browns

I had them for myself but I will give them to you.... PM me your email so I can send you a slack invite...

Jasonk1971 · 04-12-2020, 06:27 PM

I would take Washington..

Jasonk1971 · 04-12-2020, 06:29 PM

PM sent for the Washington.

dadoctor · 04-12-2020, 08:18 PM

I had sent in the RABA contact/join form earlier today.

If accepted, I would like the Phillies.

Thanks.

Fredrocker · 04-12-2020, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dadoctor

I had sent in the RABA contact/join form earlier today.

If accepted, I would like the Phillies.

Thanks.

Send me a PM with your email address as I didnt get anything from the contact from you,,,, unless your someoneelse...

Thanx - Pillies are yours

Fredrocker · 04-13-2020, 09:27 PM

Link to a zip file that contains open source spreadsheets of the Batters and Pitchers in the inaugural RABA Draft... All ratings are OSA and will not change before the draft...

Draftee's Here

MScott1275 · 04-14-2020, 12:32 AM

PM sent for the Cubs. Hoping they are still available!

Beirnej1 · 04-14-2020, 12:50 AM

PM sent for the Yankees if possible

SloberKnocker · 04-14-2020, 08:06 AM

I’ll take the Red Sox if still available - PM sent

Fredrocker · 04-15-2020, 11:30 AM

The Following teams are still in need of GM's';

Detroit Tigers

Chicago White Sox

Contact me via a PM here or at the League Website...

jorgegc21 · 04-15-2020, 02:02 PM

Would like the indians

Jorgegc21@gmail.com

Fredrocker · 04-17-2020, 08:40 AM

RABA has two openings for the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers

The Ratafied American Baseball Association is starting with 1629 historical players from the 1890's to 2018... These players will be part of a Inaugural Draft in StatsPlus of 90 rds.

RABA currently has 14 of 16 Positions filled, so its a good time to jump on board and be an original GM... We are shooting for a Draft Kickoff date of no later than April 26th, 2020...

The 1629 players can be reviewed HERE

Also, in the off-season for RABA and the XFBL and MTBA, (besides having their normal championships) each league will have their respective playoff teams compete for the FBN Championship in a modified double elimination tournament (New Format to be determined...

We utilize Slack as our primary communications vehicle and the RABA Forum for posting trades and other pertinent information...

Our Website is HERE You can find the RULES, REPORTS, FORUM, StatsPlus, Schedules etc at the Website or via "?Links" commands within Slack.

We use all StatsPlus (SITE HERE) features Drafting, Voting, Export Tracking etc....

We LIVE SIM Tuesday at 0800 EST, Wednesday at 1100 EST, and Friday at 1330 EST... (7-day LIVE SIMs) .... and in the off-season we run SIMs every day except Sundays... SAMPLE SCHEDULE

We will be introducing some 3D Games during the Season All-Star, HR Derby, and World Series, along with a potenial 'Game of the Week... all which will be on the Fredrock Baseball Network

If Intersted Contact me via PM here or the contact link on the website....

Fredrocker · 04-17-2020, 01:40 PM

White Sox filled

Only the Detroit Tigers are left...

Fredrocker · 04-17-2020, 09:22 PM

all positions filled

if you want on the waiting list, contact me...

04-12-2020, 12:43 PM	#1
Fredrocker Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Winchester, KY Posts: 491	Here Comes RABA and its IPO What is RABA - RABA WEBSITE for more info (in flux of ongoing development) (See RULES which contains a lot of the below, plus additional detailed information...) RABA caters to all types of GM's from the newest newbie, to the most skilled veterans of the game... So get registered... If Interested PM me here or go to the CONTACT Page at website…. Looking at a May 3rd Start... League will utilize Slack for communications, StatsPlus for all its goodies, Website/Reports/Draft Trade Tables/etc ... Will be using the new in-game Trade Feature...and other items to assist in a completely fun experience... A quick background on how RABA has gotten to January 1st, 1910. RABA was originally setup in 1901 with 16 Organizations, each with a ML, Triple A, and Single A team forming the franchises. An initial draft was setup before the start of 1901’s season. The Draft Pool consisted of players from 1890-2018 from a Random Draft in a test league I created. The AI performed a serpentine draft for 75 Rounds and the franchises were formed. A main thing became obvious; 95% of the players were 24 and under, with only a few moving in on their 30’s. I decided to Setup First year player drafts of 12 rounds and 15 rounds of Random Debut players… I then ran 10 seasons of AI to develop a core of players with ages, etc more realistic for a startup… in fact in the 1910 Inaugural Draft, 47 yr old Cap Anson is on the downside of his career but is still a good player… There are only a handful of other players over 40 yrs old who will probably be drafted, some I will convert into ‘Personal/Managers/Coaches/etc’ after the draft… One of the things I wanted in this league is a good 'buy in' from the core group of GMs… I proceeded to release all players (they are dumped into the Inaugural draft pool), I removed all history of the 10 AI seasons. So in theory RABA is an upstart league in 1910, granted HOFers wont be ready for a good 12-15-18 years, but season and career records will start on day 1. This way the GMs are basically in charge of their franchise as a blank slate from day 1 The Inaugural Draft will be 90 Rounds (serpentine) performed in StatsPlus on Kickoff Sunday (Approximately May 3rd, 2020). Draftee’s are currently available for preliminary review at the RABA Website. The are grouped by Batters and Pitchers. Note there is no overall rating in this league, only a potential rating of 20-80(5 point increments), although all other player ratings are on a 1-100 scale. All Scouting and Coaching is turned on, but the organizations will have to bid on Scouts and Coaches, etc after the Inaugural Draft. Thus all ratings at this point are OSA, meaning all the GM’s will have the same data/accuracy on players in this draft. After that Scouts, Managers, Coaches, Trainers will be your own hires…. List of BATTERS and PITCHERS in the Inaugural Draft (Give pages a second to load...) As far as the future, I am big on letting the whole league decide on certain aspects, such as expansion (Major and Minor), Re-location and branding, roster aspects, etc... (edited) ------------------------ SIM INFO Sims are one week long during the regular season (exceptions include sims to deadlines) and are run on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.. Currently around 0800 EST (Tuesday) 1100 EST (Wednesday) and Fridays SIM will be around 1330 EST. Exports are due 1 hour before the SIM time. I try to announce in advance if sim times are going to change. Completed SIMs will be posted in the forum; League Sim Info (all info posted will also transfer to the Slack channel #sim_info_and_schedule). On occasion that I cant post a change in Schedule, just please be patience. Off season sims lengths vary - generally will be 5-20 days (depending on what league events are involved most of the time they are 7 days) and if possible will be run every day, except Sundays, around 0800 EST to 1330 EST depending on the day. The offseason sim schedule will be posted in the RABA website (HERE) and via the Slackbot with a ‘?Schedule’ (Sample OFF SEASON SCHEDULE) Playoffs usually run every day, and the playoff schedule will be posted within the off-season schedule (see above).. For the Playoffs and World Series if both players agree, we can generally run multiple sims and move through the WS quickly. These games will be run as Live Sims at a slower than normal pace or potentially as a LIVE 3D Broadcast for special game 7’s or All-Star games. Might also run special 'Replays in 3D' at night from 'Games of the Week' I'll try to keep everyone informed but please bear with me. I will try to run regular Live Sim’s if my schedule allows it. All SIMs will be LIVE unless noted. ------------------------- Below is a list of the Available Franchises along with their league and division: CHADWICK LEAGUE STANDINGS Spalding Division Brooklyn Dodgers - Taken Philadelphia Phillies - Taken New York Giants - Taken Boston Braves - Taken Rawlings Division St. Louis Cardinals - Taken Pittsburgh Pirates - Taken Cincinnati Reds - Taken Chicago Cubs - Taken DOUBLEDAY LEAGUE STANDINGS Reach Division New York Yankees - Taken Washington Senators - Taken Philadelphia Athletics Taken Boston Red Sox - Taken Wilson Division Detroit Tigers Chicago White Sox - Taken St. Louis Browns - Taken Cleveland Indians - Taken *OOTP Version: OOTP v21 (always the latest)* GLOBAL SETTINGS Complete Scouting System – On Scouting Reports – Monthly Scouting Accuracy – Normal Ratings - 1 to 100 Overall Rating —OFF Potential Rating – 20 to 80 (increments of 5) Complete Coaching System – On Owner Goals – On Top Prospect List – Dynamic Storylines – Enabled ----------------------- Injury Frequency – Low Delayed Injuries – Off Player Fatigue – Average Suspensions – On – Very Low Batter Aging - .900 Batter Development – 1.125 Pitcher Aging - .850 Pitcher Development – 1.100 Talent Change Randomness – 90 LEAGUE SETTINGS NO DH Roster – 25 Secondary (40 Man) – 40 Expansion – 30 Spring Training – 50 Waiver Period – 15 Days DFA Period – 21 Days Injured List – 10 Days/60 Days Enable Options Years ON Rule 5 Draft – December 10/5 Rule – On Allow – Trading Injured, Wavier Trades, Draft Pick Trading (Current/and Next Season) Amateur Draft – Historical 1901-2018 Draft – June 1st—In StatsPlus started Opening day Rounds – 15, Players for 18 Draft Reveal – Day After Pre-Season Starts Advance Draftee Signings – Off —————————— MONEY Financials – 1947 Financial System – On – (-2% to +5%) Cut Player – 15% Min Days for 1 Year Service 172 Media Contracts – Market Size Revenue Sharing – Luury Tax Tax above Soft Cap – 20% Cash Max - $25,000 ------------------------------- Schedule - 162 (2S-2D-4T) 16 total teams 22 games against 3 teams in division (11H/11A) 12 games against 4 teams in other division (6H/6A) 6 games against 8 teams in other sub leagues (3H/3A) Playoffs – 4 Division Winners (LCS – 5 Games, LWS – 7 Games) STATS – 1947 – Very High Detail Hooks SP/RP – Default Use RP – Normal Use CL – Sometimes Use Openers – Never Stamina – High NORMAL FOR THE FOLLOWING Pinch Hit Pitchers/Position Players Defensive Subs Stealing Bases Hit and Run Bunting Infield Shifts – Very Rarely __________________ ---------------------------- Commissioner - FRBA GM - XFBL - Arizona GM - LGS - Arizona Last edited by Fredrocker; 04-17-2020 at 01:41 PM. Reason: More info

04-12-2020, 02:20 PM	#2
Fredrocker Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Winchester, KY Posts: 491	If Interested... send contact info to via PM or Contact Form... and also post here what team you would like ... I will List them taken in the above Thread as they are taken... The Current Franchises have nothing (Draft Order for Inaugural Draft will be picked day the draft starts and will be serpentine, After the inaugural draft, then its about 2-3 SIMs to pre-season to sign Scouts, and Managers, etc and then Pre-Season and a 4 week Spring Training and then start of season… Also there will be a 15 round Amateur Draft in S+ when Opening day is upon us for June 1st Placement in Orgs… __________________ ---------------------------- Commissioner - FRBA GM - XFBL - Arizona GM - LGS - Arizona Last edited by Fredrocker; 04-12-2020 at 05:04 PM.

04-13-2020, 09:27 PM	#9
Fredrocker Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Winchester, KY Posts: 491	Link to a zip file that contains open source spreadsheets of the Batters and Pitchers in the inaugural RABA Draft... All ratings are OSA and will not change before the draft... Draftee's Here __________________ ---------------------------- Commissioner - FRBA GM - XFBL - Arizona GM - LGS - Arizona

04-14-2020, 12:32 AM	#10
MScott1275 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3	Cubbies PM sent for the Cubs. Hoping they are still available!

04-15-2020, 11:30 AM	#13
Fredrocker Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Winchester, KY Posts: 491	The Following teams are still in need of GM's'; Detroit Tigers Chicago White Sox Contact me via a PM here or at the League Website... __________________ ---------------------------- Commissioner - FRBA GM - XFBL - Arizona GM - LGS - Arizona Last edited by Fredrocker; 04-15-2020 at 02:04 PM.

04-12-2020, 06:08 PM	#3
donlooky Bat Boy Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: York, PA Posts: 14	I would like the St. Louis Browns

04-12-2020, 06:27 PM	#5
Jasonk1971 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2019 Posts: 29	I would take Washington..

04-12-2020, 06:29 PM	#6
Jasonk1971 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2019 Posts: 29	PM sent for the Washington.

04-12-2020, 08:18 PM	#7
dadoctor Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 11	I had sent in the RABA contact/join form earlier today. If accepted, I would like the Phillies. Thanks.

04-14-2020, 12:50 AM	#11
Beirnej1 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 115	PM sent for the Yankees if possible

04-14-2020, 08:06 AM	#12
SloberKnocker Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 7	I’ll take the Red Sox if still available - PM sent

04-15-2020, 02:02 PM	#14
jorgegc21 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 4	Would like the indians Jorgegc21@gmail.com

04-17-2020, 08:40 AM	#15
Fredrocker Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Winchester, KY Posts: 491	Last Two Openings.... RABA has two openings for the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers The Ratafied American Baseball Association is starting with 1629 historical players from the 1890's to 2018... These players will be part of a Inaugural Draft in StatsPlus of 90 rds. RABA currently has 14 of 16 Positions filled, so its a good time to jump on board and be an original GM... We are shooting for a Draft Kickoff date of no later than April 26th, 2020... The 1629 players can be reviewed HERE Also, in the off-season for RABA and the XFBL and MTBA, (besides having their normal championships) each league will have their respective playoff teams compete for the FBN Championship in a modified double elimination tournament (New Format to be determined... We utilize Slack as our primary communications vehicle and the RABA Forum for posting trades and other pertinent information... Our Website is HERE You can find the RULES, REPORTS, FORUM, StatsPlus, Schedules etc at the Website or via "?Links" commands within Slack. We use all StatsPlus (SITE HERE) features Drafting, Voting, Export Tracking etc.... We LIVE SIM Tuesday at 0800 EST, Wednesday at 1100 EST, and Friday at 1330 EST... (7-day LIVE SIMs) .... and in the off-season we run SIMs every day except Sundays... SAMPLE SCHEDULE We will be introducing some 3D Games during the Season All-Star, HR Derby, and World Series, along with a potenial 'Game of the Week... all which will be on the Fredrock Baseball Network If Intersted Contact me via PM here or the contact link on the website.... __________________ ---------------------------- Commissioner - FRBA GM - XFBL - Arizona GM - LGS - Arizona

04-17-2020, 01:40 PM	#16
Fredrocker Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Winchester, KY Posts: 491	White Sox filled Only the Detroit Tigers are left... __________________ ---------------------------- Commissioner - FRBA GM - XFBL - Arizona GM - LGS - Arizona

04-17-2020, 09:22 PM	#17
Fredrocker Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Winchester, KY Posts: 491	all positions filled if you want on the waiting list, contact me... __________________ ---------------------------- Commissioner - FRBA GM - XFBL - Arizona GM - LGS - Arizona