Out of the Park Baseball 21 powers the MLB Dream Bracket

[andyhdz]

Originally Posted by Insomniac

Is it possible to re-create this on our own? Or will a QS/Template be available when the tourney is over? It would be awesome to run this...

This tines 1000

[andyhdz]

Originally Posted by Garlon

For anyone who wants to try something similar to this with OOTP, there is a mod on the Steam Workshop called Baseball Greats for OOTP21.

How can non steam users get this file???

[pstrickert]

Non-Steam users can get it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0v73bfc569...quick.zip?dl=0

[pstrickert]

Originally Posted by Insomniac

Is it possible to re-create this on our own? Or will a QS/Template be available when the tourney is over? It would be awesome to run this...

Markus said he expects to make it available after MLB concludes the tournament.

[andyhdz]

Did you notice the are not switching camera views in the twitch games? What a shame

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by andyhdz

Did you notice the are not switching camera views in the twitch games? What a shame

That was my call. I actually prefer watching the games like this.

[IanIachimoe]

love this & congrats on the much-deserved exposure! I've been hyping this game like crazy & this helps.

I can't get enough of this dream bracket & the game looks great!

[quickstep76]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

That was my call. I actually prefer watching the games like this.

I do too, but I think it would be nice for a larger audience to see all the new flexibility you have with camera angles.

[BrewCrew29]

Can't wait for this quickstart to be released!

[Henric]

The Yankees fans weren't pleased last night. Great exposure of the game, and a big congrats to the team!

[pstrickert]

I'm amazed at the professionalism of everyone associated with this project. MLB Network has really given it the royal treatment.

[Raidergoo]

**Mild spoiler alert for the Reds/Cardinals quarterfinals**


I am attempting to understand the logic behind Rogers Hornsby trying to lay down a sacrifice bunt. I then looked up his career sacrifice numbers, and they are insane. In the rabbit ball era, he was dropping more than 20 successful bunts a season. In one season, Hornsby had the same number of sacrifice hits as George Brett did in his career. Makes me wonder if the definition of sacrifice hit was changed over the last 90 seasons.



But, still...playing for a single run with a sacrifice?

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I still think the Brewers should have been on the AL side and the Astros on the NL side, and that the Orioles should have had representation from their Browns era. Also doubt the Reds all-time best players could beat a properly chosen Cardinals team in a setting like this, at least to a degree, for a best-of-seven series. Whoever chose certain players for certain teams likely made some mistakes with their choices, whoever they were or are. They certainly made some with their picks for the Cardinals.

Just a few of my related thoughts here, folks. Take them as you will, or not, of course. CD out.

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

**Mild spoiler alert for the Reds/Cardinals quarterfinals**


I am attempting to understand the logic behind Rogers Hornsby trying to lay down a sacrifice bunt. I then looked up his career sacrifice numbers, and they are insane. In the rabbit ball era, he was dropping more than 20 successful bunts a season. In one season, Hornsby had the same number of sacrifice hits as George Brett did in his career. Makes me wonder if the definition of sacrifice hit was changed over the last 90 seasons.



But, still...playing for a single run with a sacrifice?

Well, it was first and second with nobody out, which is actually the only time that bunting is a fairly solid net positive. However I would agree that it probably doesn't make sense to take the bat out of the hand of your best player.

[BigRed75]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

the Orioles should have had representation from their Browns era. Also doubt the Reds all-time best players could beat a properly chosen Cardinals team

There's only two Browns who could get a look in on a Orioles roster: George Sisler and Vern Stephens. Stephen's best season was actually with the Red Sox, and his best Browns seasons were during the war. I would still take Ripken and Belanger over him.

Sisler has a stronger case. His main competition would be Eddie Murray and Boog Powell. Murray is a fellow HOFer and deserves his spot. I can see taking Sisler over Powell, but Boog is a Baltimore legend so I can also see why he got a spot. Sisler is probably more deserving, and if the rosters were expanded to 30 then you definitely take all three.

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Also doubt the Reds all-time best players could beat a properly chosen Cardinals team

Would you like some cheese to go with that whine?

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Who says I'm whining? I may or may not have seen the story related to that matchup by now, but I'm not saying either way.

I agree that the Reds have been and are historically a good team with several well-deserved championships in their history, and numerous well-deserved stars and/or Hall of Famers, without a doubt. But whoever put these various rosters together definitely made some considerable mistakes in several cases on a fairly good number of these teams, in terms of who they put on them. With or without the DH in use, there were clearly some missing players who should have been included on the relevant rosters. Rolen definitely doesn't belong on the Cards roster for something like this. He should have been a Phillie, or even a Red, I think, for this, although I'd have put him on the Phillies, myself.

And what good is naming people to teams when they never get to play? If you look at the tournament for several of the teams until the Reds-Cardinals series, for instance, notice how many of the games and teams do not generally have the bench players utilized at all or even starting.

Take, for instance, the Cards games. Not once do we see Molina start, or even play, if memory serves. Now I know Simmons was a great Cards catcher while he was with the Cards, but come on. Surely his backup or backups should have been able to play as well, at least a little bit. And so should have any number of other players for the Cardinals, among other teams also in the tournament.

In my view, from what I've seen of the tournament so far, it has been flawed from the get-go, at least to a degree, because basically only the starters seem to be playing in the games, for a large portion of their team's innings, essentially wasting their bench players needlessly, especially with the DH in use here. Why name people to teams if you're never going to likely play them? Not logical here, for sure. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Here's how I would have likely seeded the tournament, had the Astros and Brewers likely been placed in their proper leagues, I think:

American League:

1. Yankees
2. Red Sox
3. Tigers
4. Indians
5. White Sox
6. Athletics
7. Orioles/Browns
8. Twins/Senators
9. Negro League
10. Royals
11. Blue Jays
12. Rangers/Senators
13. Angels
14. Brewers
15. Mariners
16. Rays

National League:

1. Dodgers
2. Cardinals (Yes, many of you probably thought I'd say the Cards here, but the Dodgers are almost as titled in certain ways as the Cards are, if not more so)
3. Giants
4. Cubs
5. Braves
6. Reds
7. Phillies (But only barely over the next team)
8. Pirates
9. Mets
10. Nationals/Expos
11. Astros
12. Padres
13. 25-Under
14. Marlins (Only by virtue of their two titles)
15. Diamondbacks
16. Rockies

Here's how I think the matchups would have likely ended up, if teams were properly rostered:

Yankees beat Rays
Red Sox beat Mariners
Tigers beat Brewers (Although it would be close, if Yount and Molitor and others played well)
Indians beat Angels
White Sox beat Rangers/Senators
Blue Jays beat Athletics
Orioles/Browns beat Royals (But series close, most likely)
Negro League beats Twins/Senators

Dodgers beat Rockies
Cardinals beat Diamondbacks (But series close, if teams rostered and managed properly)
Giants beat Marlins
Cubs beat 25-Unders
Braves beat Padres
Astros beat Reds (But very close series, if teams rostered and managed properly)
Nationals/Expos beat Phillies
Pirates beat Mets

Yankees beat Negro League
Red Sox beat Orioles/Browns
Tigers beat Blue Jays
White Sox beat Indians

Dodgers beat Pirates (But series close, if teams rostered and managed properly)
Cardinals beat Nationals/Expos
Astros beat Giants (But series close, if teams rostered and managed properly)
Cubs beat Braves

Yankees beat White Sox
Tigers beat Red Sox (But series close, if teams rostered and managed properly)

Cubs beat Dodgers (But series close, if teams rostered and managed properly)
Cardinals beat Astros

Yankees beat Tigers
Cardinals beat Cubs (But series close, if teams rostered and managed properly)

Cardinals versus Yankees (Toss-up, but Yankees perhaps with a bit of an edge for the most part)

Just a few thoughts here, folks. Take them as you will or not. CD out.

[jhogan9]

Is there anywhere that has the complete stats of this bracket? I see individual box scores but no total stat displays. I'd like to make some leader cards for my blog.

Also if anyone is interested, I created several cards of these Dream Teams on my blog. http://cardsthatneverwere.blogspot.com/



This is an example. I actually created around 150 cards using this design.

[dpjarvis]

I've created a Quickstart Game using the download provided by the OOTP team. I've exported the rosters...tried creating a new league, cleared all the rosters and tried importing from the export file created above. Game crashed on MacOS. Am I doing something wrong? or is this a bug?

[nickwatic]

If anyone is wondering I made a quickstart with the 32 teams in an actual league for season play in the OOTP mods section of the forum