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[jg2977]

Is there a team leaderboard screen that shows more than just the basics on the team home page?

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

So do you think GC will go in mainly as a pitcher or a hitter, in terms of his plaque, if and when he makes the Hall? I'm thinking pitcher, but we'll have to see, of course, jg2977. CD out.

We'll have to see. But at the rate we're going now, it will be quite a while before we get to 1985, with the expanded playoffs to four best-of-7 rounds and 16 teams.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

If you're using any items I've done by the time a player with my real name enters your IPA for Denton City, and they're still the Redbirds then, I'd like to start with that team, and see what happens, please. I know they'd not actually be the Cardinals, of course, but that's the closest name in your IPA to what the Cardinals are in reality, you know.

When and if I appear in a hypothetical sense, at least, in your IPA, with my real name, I'd like to break in with Stan Musial, Albert Pujols, obviously Bruce Sutter, and perhaps either Darrell Porter or Yadier Molina, on the same team.

I had two brothers in reality, and still do, even though one of them has now departed this world to be with Jesus forever. I might suggest two more Follises for your IPA, but they certainly will not have my real brothers' names, for obvious reasons, if and when proposed, for sure.

Around the time when the first of those other two Follises might perhaps appear in your IPA, if approved, I'll submit at least three other players, including the applicable Follis, for your possible approval as players in your IPA. A second should follow about four or so years after the first of the other two Follises is proposed, I think.

As for other potential player names, to enter at certain times yet to be determined by you, I'd suggest you consider using names of certain people, whether real or fictional, in your IPA, as follows:

Keitaro Urashima (Love Hina)

Mamoru Chiba and/or Darien Shields (Sailor Moon)

Seido(u) players (Ace of Diamond and Ace of Diamond: Act Two)

Seido(u) rivals (Ace of Diamond and Ace of Diamond: Act Two)

Civilization video game series male leaders

Alpha Centauri video game series male leaders

Famous male writers/authors/poets

Famous male game show hosts

Famous male artists

Famous male military people

Famous male fictional characters

Famous male explorers/astronauts/et cetera

Famous male scientists

Famous male inventors

Famous male philosophers

Famous male political people

Famous male musicians/composers/et cetera

Famous male theologians/et cetera

Famous movie directors/et cetera

Famous male anime and/or manga and/or comic book creators/et cetera

Male Super Sentai Warriors/Rangers except those from Mahou Sentai Magiranger, at least

Male Power Rangers Rangers except those from Power Rangers Mystic Force, at least

Any other male character or person you can think of, whether real or fictional

Thank you for your time and attention and all here, as always, jg2977. Talk more later, as time permits and all, I'm sure. Lord willing and all here, of course, that is. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Originally Posted by jg2977

Is there a team leaderboard screen that shows more than just the basics on the team home page?

I believe there is, and I think it's accessible through the Info tab and the History subtab, at the very least, if memory serves me correctly. I'll try to find you the information when I have a chance, both that information and other information you may currently not know where to find, as soon as I can.

I don't know if it will be today, mind you, but I'll still try to help you out with finding out certain information as soon and as best as I can. As for the career leaderboards, for your entire IPA history, they can be accessed, I believe, through League History, at the very least. Find the appropriate item in the menu that then appears, and click on it. That should allow you to see that screen. And then you can drill down and view the leaderboards, both for a single season or a career, for whatever statistic or statistics you want to view the applicable leaderboard or leaderboards for, if memory serves me correctly enough here, jg2977. CD out.

[jg2977]

I've been using some names of characters from my favorite tv series and movies, especially baseball movies such as Major League and Bull Durham. I also have classical music composers, artists and jazz legends, as I love both classical and jazz music.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Okay, it looks like AG got started a year later than originally planned or hoped for, not three or so years later than that. He started in 1955, not 1954 when I was hoping he could start playing, evidently. So I guess I was a bit mistaken about when he started, after all, for all this time here, somehow.

So GC should have something like 26 years and change for service time when he's finally done as a player, if he ends his career after the awards are given out for 1979. And AG should probably have something like 25 years of service time, as well, by then.

What do you think will happen to them if they become coaches or managers or other kinds of staff in your IPA, once they're done as players? Just wondering, that's all. I could perhaps see GC as a pitching coach, at least, in the future. I'm thinking AG could perhaps be a hitting coach, at least, as well.

Talk more later, as time permits and all, I'm sure. Thank you again for your time and attention and all here, of course, jg2977. That's all for this post here, then, I think. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is probably my favorite foreign classical music composer, while I'd probably have to say George Gershwin is probably my favorite American classical music composer, to date. At least from musical standpoints, that is, anyway.

I like some older Willie Nelson music, along with Randy Travis and Lionel Cartwright, to name just a few male country music singers I like, from a musical standpoint, at least. I'm glad to see that the Lord has preserved Randy's life this long, even after all the troubles he's had in his life, a number of them self-caused, of course. I would probably have to say my favorite Randy Travis song to date could very well be "I Thought He Walked On Water," if another song of his isn't my favorite of his.

I don't generally like rap, or rock music, and certainly not hair or death metal music, for instance, for obvious reasons. I love many praise and worship songs, among other music, in my life. One of my recent favorite praise and worship songs to hear is probably "This Is Amazing Grace," for instance. Look it up on YouTube, and I think you'll really enjoy watching the video or videos for it. Especially with a young man who was born blind prematurely, while weighing only 28 ounces at birth, in 2001 named Christopher Duffley singing the song, for sure, jg2977. God sure blessed the world with him, when Christopher was born, and there's absolutely no doubt in my mind at all about that here.

Talk more later, as time permits and all, I'm quite sure, jg2977. Thank you for your time and all, as always, of course. That's all for this post, at least, then. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Okay, it looks like AG got started a year later than originally planned or hoped for, not three or so years later than that. He started in 1955, not 1954 when I was hoping he could start playing, evidently. So I guess I was a bit mistaken about when he started, after all, for all this time here, somehow.

So GC should have something like 26 years and change for service time when he's finally done as a player, if he ends his career after the awards are given out for 1979. And AG should probably have something like 25 years of service time, as well, by then.

What do you think will happen to them if they become coaches or managers or other kinds of staff in your IPA, once they're done as players? Just wondering, that's all. I could perhaps see GC as a pitching coach, at least, in the future. I'm thinking AG could perhaps be a hitting coach, at least, as well.

Talk more later, as time permits and all, I'm sure. Thank you again for your time and attention and all here, of course, jg2977. That's all for this post here, then, I think. CD out.

I don't know, does the game tend to put Hall-of-Fame players in various coaching positions? Can I make them coaches or managers manually? I'm not exactly sure how all that works.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is probably my favorite foreign classical music composer, while I'd probably have to say George Gershwin is probably my favorite American classical music composer, to date. At least from musical standpoints, that is, anyway.

I like some older Willie Nelson music, along with Randy Travis and Lionel Cartwright, to name just a few male country music singers I like, from a musical standpoint, at least. I'm glad to see that the Lord has preserved Randy's life this long, even after all the troubles he's had in his life, a number of them self-caused, of course. I would probably have to say my favorite Randy Travis song to date could very well be "I Thought He Walked On Water," if another song of his isn't my favorite of his.

I don't generally like rap, or rock music, and certainly not hair or death metal music, for instance, for obvious reasons. I love many praise and worship songs, among other music, in my life. One of my recent favorite praise and worship songs to hear is probably "This Is Amazing Grace," for instance. Look it up on YouTube, and I think you'll really enjoy watching the video or videos for it. Especially with a young man who was born blind prematurely, while weighing only 28 ounces at birth, in 2001 named Christopher Duffley singing the song, for sure, jg2977. God sure blessed the world with him, when Christopher was born, and there's absolutely no doubt in my mind at all about that here.

Talk more later, as time permits and all, I'm quite sure, jg2977. Thank you for your time and all, as always, of course. That's all for this post, at least, then. CD out.

I'm a huge fan of Gustav Mahler's symphonies. I have multiple recordings of each symphony, including more than 20 each of #5 and #6. However, I like nearly all classical/romantic era music, and don't really have a favorite composer. It changes depending on what I'm listening to at the moment. Also, I listen to music differently than most other people. Because I have a vast, deep knowledge of music history and theory, I listen to music in an analytical sense.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Well, once GC and AG are done as players, let's just see what the game actually does with them both, of course. That's about all we perhaps might be able to do, at least at the start of things, I think, without going into the editor and all, that is, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I just added two lines to the list of potential player name suggestions in post 5263 of this thread, jg2977. I may add at least a few more lines later, of course, to my list of player name suggestions, you know.

As far as the maps go, I'd like to have at least two town or city locations marked per area, even if you never have actual teams for your IPA present in those locations, if possible. There are at least a few locations near Valka and Bayview on the first-quarter map, I believe, for instance, that need to be named. If you have any good names for those locations, whether they're cities or towns or whatnot, I'd gladly add them to the list, and to the relevant map or maps in question, of course, where and when I can and all, jg2977. Please let me know what you might have in mind for those places' names, if and whenever possible and all. Okay? CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Perhaps various male athletes' names can also be used, if they haven't already been used in your IPA, depending on where the people came from in our real world, of course, jg2977. But you should try to remember to use those names only for players from each applicable country the real-world athletes came from or come from, I think. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

For team leaderboards, do as follows for the relevant team or teams, as you so choose, and as you can:

1. Go to the chosen team or teams' home page or pages and click on info.

2. Click on history.

3. Click on Batters or Pitchers in the Leaders section.

4. View leaderboards in those areas, for various statistical categories, taking screenshots as desired

There are other areas in team history, of course, that you can click on at times, too, if and when you like and can, for more screenshots that you can perhaps take at times.

For league-wide leaderboards, at least, do this instead:

1. Select the league you want to see the leaderboards for, from the middle area, in this case, the IPA.

2. Once the IPA name/abbreviation is seen at the top of things, go down to League History, and click on it, or move to the arrow attached to that line. That should show you a submenu to select from. The next line you want will be Season & Career Records, at least, I believe.

3. Click on the desired line or lines. Doing so should lead you to one or more other screens to look at, whether they're leaderboard screens or not.

4. Dozens of potentially clickable areas should appear on the next screen, perhaps, especially if you click on the Season & Career Records line, at least. Even ones that lead to certain people's player pages, of course.

5. If you are on the Season & Career Records page, and you want to examine certain leaderboards more closely, then you can certainly do that, I'm sure, as much as you like and can, taking more screenshots as you like and can, of course.

Other areas under League History should provide other information at times that you and/or others may also be potentially interested in here, jg2977. Just so you know.

Hope all this information helps you out quite considerably here, and in the future, of course, you know.

As for how you can restrict the AI from making moves, at least in part, if not entirely, it may be possible to be done globally in a league under League Settings and the Functions tab, it seems. For a specific team, like Glasco, for instance, you should make sure the desired team is selected in the fifth of the six sections at the top of the screen, and then go to Team Settings, or it can be accessed through the Team Home Page and the Setttings sub-tab.

Once you are at that screen, look for the Roster AI line. There should be a box there which says, "Prevent any AI roster changes." Hopefully that will help at least a little with whatever team you want to keep the AI from making changes to here, as long as that box is checked. I think Player Strategy settings for players work too, at times, if their game strategy settings are set as needed and all, come to think of it.

I think in order to have a two-way player, in any league where two-way players are allowed, their applicable game strategy settings have to have the Lock to current minor league team box checked, but I'm not entirely sure about that, to be honest. To make sure that GC pitches, then, you may have to have that box checked for him. Along with making sure you're using 7-day lineups for Glasco, et cetera.

When I use the 7-day lineups tab for any or all teams in a league, I generally use the following options in that part of the screen for any team I use the tab for here:

Use 7-day lineups: YES
Allow use of alternative lineup: YES, if handedness doesn't match
Allow use of depth chart: YES, allow starting subs
Sit starting pitcher if tired: YES, allow SP sub
Clear lineup after use: No

Below that section and the active roster section are areas where you can set each day's lineup as you so choose. Any empty spots will likely be filled by the AI, if they have that capability, I think. You do not have to fill in every spot, but if you have an empty spot showing, that may be where your pitcher may bat, if all the other spots are filled, perhaps.

You can fill depth charts and lineups, et cetera, through asking the AI or setting them yourself, of course, as you like and can. But be aware that the AI may not always use your preferred lineups, you know. IF you want to make sure your preferred lineups are always used, even when you have restricted AI moves, to at least some degree, you may have to do it from a particular game's starting screen, though, I think.

Talk more later, as time permits and all here, I'm sure. Thank you very much, yet again, for all your time and attention and all here, of course, jg2977. That's all for this post here, then, I suppose. CD out.

[jg2977]

Thanks for the advice, I will experiment a lot with this information this weekend.

I'm noticing that during my games there are too many guys getting thrown out trying to steal bases. How can I cut down on the number of stolen base attempts? The way that my league is, with major advantages to the batters, I'd rather just let the hitters hit. It's frustrating when a baserunner on first gets caught stealing second base, when the batter up has a great chance of ripping a double into the gap and scoring the baserunner anyway.

In the words of Billy Beane in the Moneyball movie, "I pay you to get on first, not get thrown out at second."

UPDATE: I think I figured it out. In the Stats & AI section of the league settings I can set stolen base attempt frequency. If I switch it to "Very Rarely" that should work.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I think you can perhaps adjust it under team strategy for teams at times, or even player strategy for certain players on certain teams. You might check the forums for numerous other related comments about certain strategy settings for teams and/or players, for much more reliable information about such things here, at least, jg2977. Just a suggestion or two here, if not also thoughts about such things here, you see. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

You don't necessarily need to lower the stolen base attempt frequency, I think, if strategy settings for certain teams and/or players are set properly enough. But I could be wrong about that, of course, to at least some degree, jg2977. As I said, though, you might check the forums for comments along those lines, at least, that might be more informative for you here than any comments along those lines that I may have already made or am making or will make here on the forums. CD out.

[jg2977]

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[jg2977]

Tuckanarra is now known as the Blue Jays. I'll use Knuckler's uniforms until CD makes uniforms for me.

[jg2977]

The 1979 season has begun. After 16 games of play, about 10% of the season has been completed.

The RU North is tight. River City, Glasco and Taranto are tied for first at 10-6, while Kikenny and Far Mountain are only a game behind.

In the RU South, Overland Park and Joliet lead the division with 12-4 marks.

In the RU East, the New Yerby Yankees have sprinted out of the gate with a 15-1 record. Sugar Valley and Wynnamac are playing well, just two and three games back, respectively.

Finally, in the RU West, the Rocky Rapids Snappers are a big surprise, bursting out of the gate with an impressive 14-2 mark. Sligo and Forest City are also playing good ball with 12-4 and 11-5 records.

[jg2977]

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