Changing Rules / Game

[meh]

I’m wondering what if any, rules or game setup can be changed in OOTP?

To be more specific:

Can I change the number of innings per game?
Can I set a league to allow ties?
Can I force pitchers to only be allowed a set amount of innings per game?
Can I set the game to be first to 5 runs wins?
Can I make a Champions League type competition from multiple national leagues?
Can I create a team like the Portland Mavericks and have them play as an Independent team in the real Minor Leagues?

Anything odd and quirky to make things a little different I’m looking for

Thanks

[Bluenoser]

1. No

2. Yes

3. You can limit the number of pitches

4. No

5. Yes

6. Yes

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by meh

Can I set a league to allow ties?

Originally Posted by Bluenoser

2. Yes

Regarding ties, how is winning percentage calculated when ties are allowed? Are they considered as half-won, half-lost, or are they disregarded entirely? E.g.:

6-3-1 .650 (ties counted as half-won, half-lost)
6-3-1 .667 (ties disregarded)

[thehef]

Regarding this one...

Originally Posted by meh

Can I create a team like the Portland Mavericks and have them play as an Independent team in the real Minor Leagues?

I recommending reviewing this thread: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=336921

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

Regarding ties, how is winning percentage calculated when ties are allowed? Are they considered as half-won, half-lost, or are they disregarded entirely? E.g.:

6-3-1 .650 (ties counted as half-won, half-lost)
6-3-1 .667 (ties disregarded)

You would have to ask Matt probably. I have never played with ties so no idea how they are programmed to work.

[Brad K]

If you play with ties does it stop the game after nine innings?

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by Brad K

If you play with ties does it stop the game after nine innings?

Your choice. Can play up to 15 innings if you like.
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[Brad K]

That would be neat. Who says there has to be a winner?

[Syd Thrift]

A TIE IS LIKE KISSING YOUR SISTER

ngl though in reality I’ve been solely tempted to add ties or the ghost runner in the early 70s save I’m running. I like to look at news of the day in parallel and one thing that happened in real life during the season I’m playing is that the Twins and Brewers played a 21 inning game one day (it was actually halted by curfew and resumed the next day) and a 15 inning one the next. Some might look at this as, like, tight and tense or something but I personally find a whole ass extra game of futility to be horribly boring and sometimes a bit frustrating when you’ve basically fired all the weapons you have available and are now watching some scrub long reliever facing off against the backup catcher and backup middle infielder, both of whom can’t hit .200, in the 16th.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by Brad K

That would be neat. Who says there has to be a winner?

I went through the 2019 MLB season and recalculated the standings based on games ending as a tie after 12 inning had been played (the rule used in the Asian leagues). This is what it would have looked like:

Team   G    W    L   T

AL East

NYA  162  102   59   1
TBA  162   94   65   3
BOS  162   82   76   4
TOR  162   66   94   2
BAL  162   53  106   3

AL Central

MIN  162  100   60   2
CLE  162   92   69   1
CHA  161   71   89   1
KCA  162   59  102   1
DET  161   47  111   3

AL West

HOU  162  105   53   4
OAK  162   95   64   3
TEX  162   78   84   0
ANA  162   72   87   3
SEA  162   67   92   3

NL East

ATL  162   95   65   2
WAS  162   93   68   1
NYN  162   85   73   4
PHI  162   78   80   4
MIA  162   57  103   2

NL Cental

SLN  162   91   70   1
MIL  162   85   71   6
CHN  162   82   77   3
CIN  162   75   86   1
PIT  162   68   92   2

NL West

LAN  162  106   55   1
ARI  162   82   76   4
SFN  162   73   83   6
COL  162   69   90   3
SDN  162   70   92   0

Something that people tend to forget is that tie games can happen in MLB and the minor leagues. It's just that, while the player and team statistics from tie games are counted, the result of the game in the standings is completely ignored. Tie games are also replayed if possible.

[Brad K]

I think it would be interesting to do ties after 9 and games not replayed.

[Dutch Alexander]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

Regarding ties, how is winning percentage calculated when ties are allowed? Are they considered as half-won, half-lost, or are they disregarded entirely? E.g.:

6-3-1 .650 (ties counted as half-won, half-lost)
6-3-1 .667 (ties disregarded)

Ties are disregarded when calculating Win%. I use ties after 12 innings in my fictional league. Looking at test files out of 105603 games 1606 ended in a tie.
That's once every 65.75 games or 2.5 ties per team over a 162 game schedule.

[meh]

Any news if you can make games shorter in terms of innings?