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NYYANKS98 · 08-23-2015, 09:17 PM

What about a team in Mexico or Cuba? I know it sounds crazy but I had a game where I added a Havana team in the 50s and just pretended Castro never rose to power, as I recall reading somewhere that the MLB considered a Cuban franchise before the Communist Revolution. Havana could also be a good market, especially 100 years in the future.

xepicx2729 · 08-23-2015, 09:52 PM

Any idea of a projected draft round for Williams?

darkcloud4579 · 08-23-2015, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by xepicx2729

Any idea of a projected draft round for Williams?

If he's draft eligible, I can't see how he goes anything other than in the Top 5 picks.

NCAA guys can't get drafted until age 20. NAIA guys can go at 19. So you and Shane Scott are in the same class.

Meanwhile, Greg Graff is going to be waiting a while, but I wanted someone to test the Little League to JUCO to pro pipeline. JUCO guys can be drafted at 17. It's not "realistic" but it's mostly just a test league anyway.

darkcloud4579 · 08-23-2015, 10:06 PM

I'm playing stats mostly when I start managing a team, which means I turn off potential ratings and can only see current ratings, FYI. When I play fast-sim, I turn real ratings on at 1-100 because it makes life easier for me.

darkcloud4579 · 08-23-2015, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYYANKS98

What about a team in Mexico or Cuba? I know it sounds crazy but I had a game where I added a Havana team in the 50s and just pretended Castro never rose to power, as I recall reading somewhere that the MLB considered a Cuban franchise before the Communist Revolution. Havana could also be a good market, especially 100 years in the future.

This league is so nuts and long-lasting that we've had teams in Cuban and in Puerto Rico in the past. One way to think of this league is that it's essentially "always" in the present day. The years are just a function of simming a long time. I started in 1800, figuring I'd get to modern time a lot slower than I did. I never expected to be still simming the league into its 300th season. Occasionally I think about rebooting entirely and I have other sideleagues, but this one is the most interesting and it's hard to abandon.

But yeah, we've done those places before and since I want this team to be a "fan-blog" story blog, I'd prefer not to pick an international team in a non-English speaking place because it'll make it hard for me to really channel that as well without it being weird or boring.

But it's not a bad idea in general.

xepicx2729 · 08-23-2015, 10:15 PM

I don't know how you did this, but it's insanely cool. Thanks for that, by the way.

darkcloud4579 · 08-23-2015, 11:21 PM

A bunch of years ago I had a team called the Sherbrooke Grocers and for some odd reason, I really liked that team. Apparently I never wrote about them, because the name is kinda silly.

Anyway...I spent a while trying to decide what to do with this Memphis team and I liked the suggestion from you all that we put the team in a market that'd never get a real team in real life because this is fictional fun. But I don't really want to move this team again if I don't have to, so...I'd like it to really work for me.

So after kicking around the idea of giving the team a traditional major league name (like moving a fictional Yankees or Red Sox or something) to a non-traditional market, I decided that I'd bring back my Grocers.

But rather than put them in Canada, we're sticking them in Southern Vermont in a town called Brattleboro, which is along the West River and bordering MA and NH. It's a summer vacation town for people from as far as New York state. The entire micropolitan area is about 217k, at present but that doesn't include Brattleboro or the surrounding counties which would bump it to closer to 300k. Still a small town, but none of that matters.

The largest employer in Brattleboro? A large regional grocery chain.

So my crazy nickname from back in the day actually works. The backstory should be interesting, though.

So we're gonna fan blog the Brattleboro Grocers. I started to name them the New England Grocers, but the Green Bay Packers aren't called the Wisconsin Packers, so let's just embrace the small town and let the league grow around it.

In a league with some unique markets, this is surely the most radical one I've attempted in the modern era.

darkcloud4579 · 08-23-2015, 11:44 PM

While the team is officially the Brattleboro Grocers, it'll be a lot like when the Philadelphia Phillies spent a few years as the Philadelphia Blue Jays.

The Grocers are the Grocers but also the Blue Sox.

Mostly because I found a Blue Sox jersey and logo haha...but also because it sounds better. I'm just not changing the name because I like this backstory.

The new ownership group will officially take over the ballclub at the start of free agency and thus will begin the new era of Brattlebro Grocers history!

darkcloud4579 · 08-24-2015, 12:32 AM

Obviously we don't honor the 75 miles agreement for major league teams in my leagues, but Brattleboro is 90 minutes from Albany, an hour from Springfield, MA, about an hour and a half to Hartford. So all of those areas being nearby and us replacing the Worcester team that used to play in the league (it moved to Pittsburgh) and giving the Boston Yanks a legit regional rival should at least give us a lot to work with here.

xepicx2729 · 08-24-2015, 12:37 AM

Lookin good.

darkcloud4579 · 08-24-2015, 01:11 AM

The first Grocers fan blog is called Blue Street Market.

Signing on - Blue Street Market | A Brattleboro Grocers fan blog

darkcloud4579 · 08-24-2015, 01:31 AM

I'm not usually in the habit of running small market teams. If I do, I tend to take them over and spend my way to a title. Or I pilfer prospects and cobble together talent to make it work. With this Brattleboro club, the idea is going to be to really stick to the small market model. It'll make for a much better fan blog if I do it that way.

All of the moves and everything that happens will effectively be reported through the fan blog, I won't really chime in unless there's a special case. This is a different model. But we'll see how to do it. If I can sustain it, I'll probably start a separate thread to make it easier to follow along, because nobody checks those blogs on the OOTP site.

baseballonly · 08-24-2015, 11:00 AM

I can't help but say it....I LOVE the Grocers nickname. I guess I'm just a huge fan of quirky, unused, minor league-type team nicknames. I wouldn't feel bad about it at all. I mean, there's a team in Modesto called the "Nuts"

darkcloud4579 · 08-24-2015, 01:44 PM

I think I might make a separate thread for the fan blog version of this dynasty. Newcomers will show up here and be really confused, plus it makes it easier to use this to speak out of character.

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...e-dynasty.html

darkcloud4579 · 08-25-2015, 10:09 AM

For context. Here are league payrolls for this upcoming year (2142, 342nd season of ABA baseball) I moved the financial modifier from .250 to .500, so if you've been paying attention that's why salaries seem higher than they were.

darkcloud4579 · 08-25-2015, 10:10 AM

I think I'm going to also work on one of those "choose your favorite ABA club" features where I go through the various franchises and talk about them a bit to help "someone" decide which clubs they should root for, their histories in very brief and going from there.

darkcloud4579 · 08-25-2015, 10:30 AM

I've alternated with the DH throughout the years, but I think the practicality overrides the novelty of pitchers hitting to me in the simulation at the moment. Mostly because it allows me to make otherwise useful guys extend their careers.

Injuries in this league were off for almost all of the first 300 or so years, as I ran it fast-sim style. In recent years, I've modified things slightly and had injuries on (hence why many of the numbers now are lower career wise than historical guys) but then I turned them off again a few years ago. My current model is to have injuries on when I play with teams, because I like the variability it creates, but when I'm not playing with an active team, I turn them off again.

darkcloud4579 · 08-25-2015, 11:54 AM

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darkcloud4579 · 08-25-2015, 01:51 PM

Both Shane Scott and Jake Williams are draft eligible this year (2142) but neither is the projected #1 pick.

darkcloud4579 · 08-25-2015, 03:40 PM

Shane Scott went 46th overall (Supplemental 1st rounder) to the Las Vegas Aces.
Jake Williams went 93rd overall (3rd round) to the Brattleboro Grocers.

I couldn't believe he was STILL on the board in the 3rd rounder, though I do enjoy the realism of it. There's a world we can actually find a way to use him, if he turns out decent, but if nothing else, he's decent trade bait and for a 3rd rounder, couldn't beat it.

08-23-2015, 09:52 PM	#542
xepicx2729 Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: USA Posts: 390	Any idea of a projected draft round for Williams? __________________ I'm that guy you might see at a ballgame.

08-23-2015, 10:15 PM	#546
xepicx2729 Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: USA Posts: 390	I don't know how you did this, but it's insanely cool. Thanks for that, by the way. __________________ I'm that guy you might see at a ballgame.

08-24-2015, 12:32 AM	#549
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	Obviously we don't honor the 75 miles agreement for major league teams in my leagues, but Brattleboro is 90 minutes from Albany, an hour from Springfield, MA, about an hour and a half to Hartford. So all of those areas being nearby and us replacing the Worcester team that used to play in the league (it moved to Pittsburgh) and giving the Boston Yanks a legit regional rival should at least give us a lot to work with here. __________________ ------ My Mods OOTP Advanced Stats & DFS Suite Managerial Strategy Pack Competitive Balance Tax Calculator Major League Women's Baseball (OOTP24) quickstart Indian Premier League \| 300+ years of baseball quickstart \| Expatriate League quickstart \| Off-Field Injuries Update \| Women's Name File for OOTP \| ---- Dynasty classics: Centurion comes to OOTP5 \| DC Moneyball Dynasty (2004)

08-24-2015, 12:37 AM	#550
xepicx2729 Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: USA Posts: 390	Lookin good. __________________ I'm that guy you might see at a ballgame.

08-24-2015, 01:11 AM	#551
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	The first Grocers fan blog is called Blue Street Market. Signing on - Blue Street Market \| A Brattleboro Grocers fan blog Last edited by darkcloud4579; 08-24-2015 at 01:34 AM.

08-23-2015, 09:17 PM	#541
NYYANKS98 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 128	What about a team in Mexico or Cuba? I know it sounds crazy but I had a game where I added a Havana team in the 50s and just pretended Castro never rose to power, as I recall reading somewhere that the MLB considered a Cuban franchise before the Communist Revolution. Havana could also be a good market, especially 100 years in the future.

08-23-2015, 10:06 PM	#544
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	I'm playing stats mostly when I start managing a team, which means I turn off potential ratings and can only see current ratings, FYI. When I play fast-sim, I turn real ratings on at 1-100 because it makes life easier for me.

08-23-2015, 11:21 PM	#547
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	A bunch of years ago I had a team called the Sherbrooke Grocers and for some odd reason, I really liked that team. Apparently I never wrote about them, because the name is kinda silly. Anyway...I spent a while trying to decide what to do with this Memphis team and I liked the suggestion from you all that we put the team in a market that'd never get a real team in real life because this is fictional fun. But I don't really want to move this team again if I don't have to, so...I'd like it to really work for me. So after kicking around the idea of giving the team a traditional major league name (like moving a fictional Yankees or Red Sox or something) to a non-traditional market, I decided that I'd bring back my Grocers. But rather than put them in Canada, we're sticking them in Southern Vermont in a town called Brattleboro, which is along the West River and bordering MA and NH. It's a summer vacation town for people from as far as New York state. The entire micropolitan area is about 217k, at present but that doesn't include Brattleboro or the surrounding counties which would bump it to closer to 300k. Still a small town, but none of that matters. The largest employer in Brattleboro? A large regional grocery chain. So my crazy nickname from back in the day actually works. The backstory should be interesting, though. So we're gonna fan blog the Brattleboro Grocers. I started to name them the New England Grocers, but the Green Bay Packers aren't called the Wisconsin Packers, so let's just embrace the small town and let the league grow around it. In a league with some unique markets, this is surely the most radical one I've attempted in the modern era.

08-23-2015, 11:44 PM	#548
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	While the team is officially the Brattleboro Grocers, it'll be a lot like when the Philadelphia Phillies spent a few years as the Philadelphia Blue Jays. The Grocers are the Grocers but also the Blue Sox. Mostly because I found a Blue Sox jersey and logo haha...but also because it sounds better. I'm just not changing the name because I like this backstory. The new ownership group will officially take over the ballclub at the start of free agency and thus will begin the new era of Brattlebro Grocers history!

08-24-2015, 01:31 AM	#552
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	I'm not usually in the habit of running small market teams. If I do, I tend to take them over and spend my way to a title. Or I pilfer prospects and cobble together talent to make it work. With this Brattleboro club, the idea is going to be to really stick to the small market model. It'll make for a much better fan blog if I do it that way. All of the moves and everything that happens will effectively be reported through the fan blog, I won't really chime in unless there's a special case. This is a different model. But we'll see how to do it. If I can sustain it, I'll probably start a separate thread to make it easier to follow along, because nobody checks those blogs on the OOTP site.

08-24-2015, 11:00 AM	#553
baseballonly All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 806	I can't help but say it....I LOVE the Grocers nickname. I guess I'm just a huge fan of quirky, unused, minor league-type team nicknames. I wouldn't feel bad about it at all. I mean, there's a team in Modesto called the "Nuts" __________________ Former OOTP Leagues: CBL-Admirals (2016-17 Champs) MMB-Phillies

08-24-2015, 01:44 PM	#554
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	I think I might make a separate thread for the fan blog version of this dynasty. Newcomers will show up here and be really confused, plus it makes it easier to use this to speak out of character. http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...e-dynasty.html Last edited by darkcloud4579; 08-24-2015 at 02:05 PM.

08-25-2015, 10:09 AM	#555
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	For context. Here are league payrolls for this upcoming year (2142, 342nd season of ABA baseball) I moved the financial modifier from .250 to .500, so if you've been paying attention that's why salaries seem higher than they were.

08-25-2015, 10:10 AM	#556
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	I think I'm going to also work on one of those "choose your favorite ABA club" features where I go through the various franchises and talk about them a bit to help "someone" decide which clubs they should root for, their histories in very brief and going from there.

08-25-2015, 10:30 AM	#557
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	I've alternated with the DH throughout the years, but I think the practicality overrides the novelty of pitchers hitting to me in the simulation at the moment. Mostly because it allows me to make otherwise useful guys extend their careers. Injuries in this league were off for almost all of the first 300 or so years, as I ran it fast-sim style. In recent years, I've modified things slightly and had injuries on (hence why many of the numbers now are lower career wise than historical guys) but then I turned them off again a few years ago. My current model is to have injuries on when I play with teams, because I like the variability it creates, but when I'm not playing with an active team, I turn them off again.

08-25-2015, 11:54 AM	#558
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	. Last edited by darkcloud4579; 08-25-2015 at 01:48 PM.

08-25-2015, 01:51 PM	#559
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	Both Shane Scott and Jake Williams are draft eligible this year (2142) but neither is the projected #1 pick. Last edited by darkcloud4579; 08-25-2015 at 01:59 PM.

08-25-2015, 03:40 PM	#560
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	Shane Scott went 46th overall (Supplemental 1st rounder) to the Las Vegas Aces. Jake Williams went 93rd overall (3rd round) to the Brattleboro Grocers. I couldn't believe he was STILL on the board in the 3rd rounder, though I do enjoy the realism of it. There's a world we can actually find a way to use him, if he turns out decent, but if nothing else, he's decent trade bait and for a 3rd rounder, couldn't beat it.