Baseball Association League

Bristolduke · 06-20-2014, 08:49 AM

The Baseball Association League is getting ready to start its 11th season

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 two openings,

Middletown - Playoff team
Hartford - rebuilding - has a great potential pitching staff.

Contact me if you would like to be added to our waiting list

blackbird · 07-12-2014, 02:06 AM

Hi, I'm interested in managing Harford. However I'm very new to online leagues. Is it still cool if I give it a go?

Bristolduke · 08-02-2014, 08:59 PM

Looking for 2 as we head to our 10th season.

trident · 08-05-2014, 11:43 AM

Looks great Bristol, glad things are going very well!

Killerbootsman · 08-05-2014, 06:21 PM

Sounds interesting, I've done an online league like five years ago but none since then and would love to get in a good league if possible

Bristolduke · 08-06-2014, 09:58 AM

We are full. Thanks for all the interest.

If you would like to be added to our waiting list you can contact me here on the forums.

Bristolduke · 09-06-2014, 09:40 AM

We have two openings. One due to personal issues and one due to technical problems. Middletown and Hartford are open.

We are currently in out 11th season.

Bristolduke · 09-29-2014, 09:03 AM

Middletown and Hartford are still open.

Hartford will have #1 pick in the draft. Middletown still in playoffs.

Our 11th season will start in a week.

08-02-2014, 08:59 PM	#3
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	Looking for 2 as we head to our 10th season. __________________ 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

08-05-2014, 11:43 AM	#4
trident All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: GM Games Posts: 537	Looks great Bristol, glad things are going very well! __________________ General Manager (GM) Games Website \| Reddit \| Discord \| YouTube

08-06-2014, 09:58 AM	#6
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	We are full. Thanks for all the interest. If you would like to be added to our waiting list you can contact me here on the 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

09-06-2014, 09:40 AM	#7
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	We have two openings. One due to personal issues and one due to technical problems. Middletown and Hartford are open. We are currently in out 11th season. __________________ 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; 09-29-2014 at 09:02 AM.

09-29-2014, 09:03 AM	#8
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	Middletown and Hartford are still open. Hartford will have #1 pick in the draft. Middletown still in playoffs. Our 11th season will start in a week. __________________ 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

06-20-2014, 08:49 AM	#1
Bristolduke All Star Starter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,404	Baseball Association League The Baseball Association League is getting ready to start its 11th season 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 two openings, Middletown - Playoff team Hartford - rebuilding - has a great potential pitching staff. Contact me if you would like to be added to our waiting list __________________ 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; 09-29-2014 at 09:02 AM.

07-12-2014, 02:06 AM	#2
blackbird Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 3	Hi, I'm interested in managing Harford. However I'm very new to online leagues. Is it still cool if I give it a go?

08-05-2014, 06:21 PM	#5
Killerbootsman Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 8	Sounds interesting, I've done an online league like five years ago but none since then and would love to get in a good league if possible