BAL moving to 15

Bristolduke · 05-28-2014, 09:11 AM

The Baseball Association League is just completing it's 8th season. We will move to OOTP15 next week at the conclusion of the play offs.

OVERVIEW:
The Baseball Association League is built off the historical start to professional baseball. In the latter part of the 19th century, the National Association, National League, and American Association all started operations. The premise here is that the 16 teams that started out (no more than 1 team per city) and became professional baseball.

The Baseball Association League is the first of the Lords of the realm series and is set up to be a challenging and fun league at the GM level. While you can manage yourself, the league is set up to compete at the GM level. The league will have 16 teams, 8 teams will make the playoffs each season. No expansion is planned. Each GM will control what type of scout you want, hire the manager to get the most out of his team, hire coaches, determine scouting and player development strategies for the organization, and make player moves. The league will use the historical/fictional managers developed by Robert McGraw. These managers have the strategy settings pre-set. Thus you will want to hire a manager that fits the style of player you envision for the franchise. Individual managing/overriding the manager settings is allowed but not recommended. Squad, lineup and pitching settings are still done by the GM. The financial parameters each GM will have to manage will be very tight. To consistently succeed you must be better than your peers at both on and off field performance (e.g. win titles and make profits).

The league uses historical teams at the start of baseball, with fictional players and a set of historical players. The historical players used had to be in the majors for at least 4 years (no cup of coffee guys). Historical players will always start at 18 years of age (e.g. using the Spritze HS database). The historical players will come in at a rate of about 25% to the fictional players. Historical players arrive randomly.

League Operation

I sim 7 days every day of the week early in the morning (so you have all day and night to make your changes)

You can find the league here

http://bal-online.com/ootp15/lgrepor..._100_home.html

Our website with rules and details is here
http://bal-online.com

We have 1 team open at the moment

Indianapolis - Playoff team

We have a strong set of core owners and are looking for some committed replacements. post here or PM me name/e-mail and team.

Best of luck.

Bristolduke · 05-28-2014, 08:13 PM

Four teams open

Bristolduke · 05-28-2014, 09:52 PM

3 teams remaining

blang13 · 05-30-2014, 03:34 AM

Do you have a link to your rules?

Bristolduke · 05-30-2014, 06:52 AM

Here they are

Baseball Association League Rules - BAL - League Information - GM Games Forums

Bristolduke · 05-30-2014, 11:11 AM

Down to 2 open teams.

Eddie Paxil · 05-30-2014, 07:04 PM

This league has a rock solid commissioner who sims like clockwork. I've enjoyed my time in the league.

Bristolduke · 06-02-2014, 06:32 AM

Only one team remains. The conversion to 15 will start tomorrow.

Bristolduke · 06-05-2014, 07:34 AM

Some one had to leave due to personal issues so we have two (2) openings.

We are on 15. The previous season ended, so we are just starting the off season. The first year player draft is about to start.

Bristolduke · 06-10-2014, 09:22 PM

Indy the only team remaining.

Bristolduke · 06-14-2014, 09:18 AM

Thanks for the interest. We are full at the moment.

05-28-2014, 09:11 AM	#1
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	BAL moving to 15 The Baseball Association League is just completing it's 8th season. We will move to OOTP15 next week at the conclusion of the play offs. OVERVIEW: The Baseball Association League is built off the historical start to professional baseball. In the latter part of the 19th century, the National Association, National League, and American Association all started operations. The premise here is that the 16 teams that started out (no more than 1 team per city) and became professional baseball. The Baseball Association League is the first of the Lords of the realm series and is set up to be a challenging and fun league at the GM level. While you can manage yourself, the league is set up to compete at the GM level. The league will have 16 teams, 8 teams will make the playoffs each season. No expansion is planned. Each GM will control what type of scout you want, hire the manager to get the most out of his team, hire coaches, determine scouting and player development strategies for the organization, and make player moves. The league will use the historical/fictional managers developed by Robert McGraw. These managers have the strategy settings pre-set. Thus you will want to hire a manager that fits the style of player you envision for the franchise. Individual managing/overriding the manager settings is allowed but not recommended. Squad, lineup and pitching settings are still done by the GM. The financial parameters each GM will have to manage will be very tight. To consistently succeed you must be better than your peers at both on and off field performance (e.g. win titles and make profits). The league uses historical teams at the start of baseball, with fictional players and a set of historical players. The historical players used had to be in the majors for at least 4 years (no cup of coffee guys). Historical players will always start at 18 years of age (e.g. using the Spritze HS database). The historical players will come in at a rate of about 25% to the fictional players. Historical players arrive randomly. League Operation I sim 7 days every day of the week early in the morning (so you have all day and night to make your changes) You can find the league here http://bal-online.com/ootp15/lgrepor..._100_home.html Our website with rules and details is here http://bal-online.com We have 1 team open at the moment Indianapolis - Playoff team We have a strong set of core owners and are looking for some committed replacements. post here or PM me name/e-mail and team. Best of luck. __________________ Commish of the Home Nations Baseball Association Commish of the Baseball Association League Commish of the League of WAR Commish of the On-Line Dynasty League SIMBL2 - Westbury Cannons Great Lakes Baseball - Toledo Neptunes World Baseball - Guantanamo Marines OMLB - Cincinnati Reds Last edited by Bristolduke; 06-13-2014 at 08:54 AM.

05-28-2014, 08:13 PM	#2
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	Four teams open __________________ Commish of the Home Nations Baseball Association Commish of the Baseball Association League Commish of the League of WAR Commish of the On-Line Dynasty League SIMBL2 - Westbury Cannons Great Lakes Baseball - Toledo Neptunes World Baseball - Guantanamo Marines OMLB - Cincinnati Reds

05-28-2014, 09:52 PM	#3
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	3 teams remaining __________________ Commish of the Home Nations Baseball Association Commish of the Baseball Association League Commish of the League of WAR Commish of the On-Line Dynasty League SIMBL2 - Westbury Cannons Great Lakes Baseball - Toledo Neptunes World Baseball - Guantanamo Marines OMLB - Cincinnati Reds

05-30-2014, 06:52 AM	#5
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	Here they are Baseball Association League Rules - BAL - League Information - GM Games Forums __________________ Commish of the Home Nations Baseball Association Commish of the Baseball Association League Commish of the League of WAR Commish of the On-Line Dynasty League SIMBL2 - Westbury Cannons Great Lakes Baseball - Toledo Neptunes World Baseball - Guantanamo Marines OMLB - Cincinnati Reds

05-30-2014, 11:11 AM	#6
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	Down to 2 open teams. __________________ Commish of the Home Nations Baseball Association Commish of the Baseball Association League Commish of the League of WAR Commish of the On-Line Dynasty League SIMBL2 - Westbury Cannons Great Lakes Baseball - Toledo Neptunes World Baseball - Guantanamo Marines OMLB - Cincinnati Reds

05-30-2014, 03:34 AM	#4
blang13 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 20	Do you have a link to your rules?

05-30-2014, 07:04 PM	#7
Eddie Paxil Major Leagues Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana Posts: 411	This league has a rock solid commissioner who sims like clockwork. I've enjoyed my time in the league. __________________ Eddie Paxil OOTP since 2007 Commissioner of the OMLB GM of the OMLB New Jersey Pioneers Commissioner of the NBBU GM of theNBBU Hoboken Knickerbockers Follow the NBBU Dynasty Thread Here.

06-02-2014, 06:32 AM	#8
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	Only one team remains. The conversion to 15 will start tomorrow. __________________ Commish of the Home Nations Baseball Association Commish of the Baseball Association League Commish of the League of WAR Commish of the On-Line Dynasty League SIMBL2 - Westbury Cannons Great Lakes Baseball - Toledo Neptunes World Baseball - Guantanamo Marines OMLB - Cincinnati Reds

06-05-2014, 07:34 AM	#9
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	Some one had to leave due to personal issues so we have two (2) openings. We are on 15. The previous season ended, so we are just starting the off season. The first year player draft is about to start. __________________ Commish of the Home Nations Baseball Association Commish of the Baseball Association League Commish of the League of WAR Commish of the On-Line Dynasty League SIMBL2 - Westbury Cannons Great Lakes Baseball - Toledo Neptunes World Baseball - Guantanamo Marines OMLB - Cincinnati Reds

06-10-2014, 09:22 PM	#10
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	Indy the only team remaining. __________________ Commish of the Home Nations Baseball Association Commish of the Baseball Association League Commish of the League of WAR Commish of the On-Line Dynasty League SIMBL2 - Westbury Cannons Great Lakes Baseball - Toledo Neptunes World Baseball - Guantanamo Marines OMLB - Cincinnati Reds

06-14-2014, 09:18 AM	#11
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	Thanks for the interest. We are full at the moment. __________________ Commish of the Home Nations Baseball Association Commish of the Baseball Association League Commish of the League of WAR Commish of the On-Line Dynasty League SIMBL2 - Westbury Cannons Great Lakes Baseball - Toledo Neptunes World Baseball - Guantanamo Marines OMLB - Cincinnati Reds