MLB: 1958 and Beyond...: Sign-up Thread

kenyan_cheena · 05-08-2008, 02:08 PM

This is the thread where I'll be taking sign-ups for community members to be included in my MLB: 1958 and Beyond... dynasty.

I've had a look at how others have approached this in the past and have decided on the format I'll be using. For position players you'll be able to choose two of the five rating categories (or Base Running) that will be outstanding and one that will be above average. Pitchers can choose one of the three rating categories (or Base Running) to be outstanding and another that will be above average. By outstanding I mean that the player's talent rating in that skill will be between 80 and 90 while above average will be between 60 and 75. As you'll all be rookies I'll be making your current ratings somewhere between 30% and 60% of your talent rating. This will be determined by a random number generator. I want your players to be talented enough so that they'll have a reasonable chance of making an impact in the big leagues, otherwise it's a waste of time including them in it. I know it doesn't always work out that like that in the game but I think the way I'm doing it will help their chances.

I'm planning to introduce six rookies each season, starting in 1960. As I've mentioned in the thread, I'm posting this dynasty on both the OOTP and TSWr boards so, depending on the interest there'll be an even split of players from each board.

To keep it realistic, I would prefer that your player is from somewhere in the United States as there were not a great amount of foreign players in MLB back in the '60s. Of course, as the dynasty progresses closer to modern times that will change. I'd also request not to pick and silly/unrealistic names for your player. You can use your real name if you wish but for those who have fighters in my TBCB dynasty I would prefer if you didn't use the same name you've used in that as this dynasty is set in the same "universe" as it. I will also say up front that I'll be giving initial preferences for the 1960 season to those who have taken an active interest in the dynasty by posting comments within the thread.

Please fill in the following details:

PLAYER NAME:
HOMETOWN:
BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED):
HEIGHT:
WEIGHT:
BATS (L/R):
THROWS (L/R):
POSITION:

SKILL RATINGS

POSITION PLAYERS
Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's, Base Running

CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS:
CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL:

PITCHERS
Stuff, Control, Movement, Base Running

CHOOSE ONE OUTSTANDING SKILL:
CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL:

***

I'll be letting the game take care of the Desire for Winner, Loyalty, etc. categories, aswell as the running and bunting ones.

Thanks to everyone who shows an interest in this. I'm looking forward to including your players in my dynasty.

Romdawg88 · 05-08-2008, 04:35 PM

PLAYER NAME: Romilio Alvarez
HOMETOWN: Belle Glade
BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): Dec 20th
HEIGHT: 6'0
WEIGHT: 180
BATS (L/R): R
THROWS (L/R): R
POSITION: 2B

SKILL RATINGS

POSITION PLAYERS
Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's

CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Contact and Gap Power
CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Avoid K's

Since I have a HBF character so I can't use my real name I'll just use my dad instead. I figure since it is in the same universe this should be a cool little connection you could use in the HBF or something.

kenyan_cheena · 05-08-2008, 06:16 PM

Thanks, Romy. I just need you to give the player a date of birth, eg. 10 May.

Romdawg88 · 05-08-2008, 06:23 PM

Opps, I misread the birth date and thought it said that it wasn't required and not just the year wasn't needed.

ifspuds · 05-08-2008, 06:29 PM

Hey, k_c... would it be possible to have speed as a skill we can juice up for position players?

kenyan_cheena · 05-08-2008, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ifspuds

Hey, k_c... would it be possible to have speed as a skill we can juice up for position players?

Are you talking about the base running speed?

ifspuds · 05-08-2008, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenyan_cheena

Are you talking about the base running speed?

Yes sir.

kenyan_cheena · 05-08-2008, 08:05 PM

I don't think that should be a problem. I'll add that into the original post. What will happen is that if you choose to have Baserunning as one of your above average or outstanding talents then the categories that apply to base running (including stealing and instincts) will all be boosted. However, it means you'll only be able to boost two of the five main skill categories.

Romy, if you'd like to make your guy a better than average base runner you can make an edit if you wish. You'll just have to drop one of the other categories.

kenyan_cheena · 05-10-2008, 11:53 PM

Bump for anyone who's interested and may have missed it.

Lawley · 05-11-2008, 03:39 AM

PLAYER NAME: Brian Lawley
HOMETOWN: Manteca
BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): Aug. 15
HEIGHT: 6'4
WEIGHT: 215
BATS (L/R): R
THROWS (L/R): R
POSITION: 3B

SKILL RATINGS

POSITION PLAYERS
Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's, Base Running

CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Gap Power and Eye
CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Contact

LFC1892 · 05-11-2008, 09:39 PM

PLAYER NAME: Shane Day
HOMETOWN: Decatur, Mississippi
BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): Jan 26
HEIGHT: 6'3
WEIGHT: 195
BATS (L/R): R
THROWS (L/R): R
POSITION: RF

SKILL RATINGS

POSITION PLAYERS
Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's

CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Contact and Home Run Power
CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Eye

Left-handed Badger · 05-11-2008, 11:55 PM

How many positions can I pick? I'd like to create my dad but he probably played just every position at some point. Can I at least pick 2 or 3?

kenyan_cheena · 05-12-2008, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Left-handed Badger

How many positions can I pick? I'd like to create my dad but he probably played just every position at some point. Can I at least pick 2 or 3?

I don't think version 6.12 allows you to specify an alternate position, so unfortunately you can only pick one.

JGil050 · 05-12-2008, 02:09 AM

PLAYER NAME: Jason Gilmartin
HOMETOWN: Laurel, Maryland
BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): Jan 10
HEIGHT: 6'1"
WEIGHT: 212
BATS (L/R): L
THROWS (L/R): L
POSITION: CF

SKILL RATINGS

POSITION PLAYERS
Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's, Base Running

CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Contact, Eye
CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Gap Power

Left-handed Badger · 05-12-2008, 04:31 AM

Name: Philip Kasey (Note: just one L in his first name
Hometown: Galax, VA
Born: 5/15/1941 (if you can make him 22 or so, he went into the Marines after high school, so I want to keep with that)
Ht: 5"10
Wt: 200
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Pos: SS (we'll go with this)

Outstanding skills: Contact, Eye
Above Avg. Skill: Gap power

Note: I would prefer 1963 as his debut. But, if later adjust birth year accordingly to keep him 22.

ifspuds · 05-13-2008, 12:41 PM

PLAYER NAME: Charlie "Lazy" Denton
HOMETOWN: Lafayette, IN
BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): 2/29
HEIGHT: 5'10"
WEIGHT: 135
BATS (L/R): L
THROWS (L/R): R
POSITION: Any OF

SKILL RATINGS

POSITION PLAYERS
Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's, Base Running

CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Baserunning, Contact
CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Avoid K's

The nickname is ironic: Denton doesn't do anything slowly. He talks fast, he's twitchy, he can't bear to be at the plate and not swing, he can't bear to be on the basepaths and not run. Lucky for him, his legs work as fast as his mouth, and as many swings as he's made since he first picked up a bat, he's pretty good at making contact on just about everything.

No Pepper · 05-13-2008, 01:05 PM

PLAYER NAME: Donny Maxwell
HOMETOWN: Milwaukee, WI
BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): 10/7
HEIGHT: 6'1"
WEIGHT: 190
BATS (L/R): R
THROWS (L/R): R
POSITION: SP

SKILL RATINGS

CHOOSE ONE OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Stuff
CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Movement

kenyan_cheena · 05-15-2008, 09:03 PM

Okay, this is the schedule for when those who have signed up so far will have their players introduced into the league. I know I said I'd introduce six each season but in order to bring you all in within the first two years I'm gonna make it seven.

1960 season

From OOTP boards

Romdawg88
LFC1892
JGil050
Jeff1787

From TSW boards

NBryant
SouthernWebb04
JGrover
Jason2679

1961 season

From OOTP boards

Lawley
ifspuds
No Pepper

From TSW boards

jc1399
peteg9699
Cooleyvol
cogs1

1963 season

OOTP boards

Left-handed Badger (his own request)

JGil050 · 05-17-2008, 04:36 PM

Excellent, it will be fun to watch our guys develop into this baseball world.

P.S. Are we able to give our guys nicknames and such? I know its only a minor thing, but fun none the less.

kenyan_cheena · 05-17-2008, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JGil050

P.S. Are we able to give our guys nicknames and such? I know its only a minor thing, but fun none the less.

Don't see why not. Of course, nicknames develop over time so they wouldn't be introduced when you're rookies.

05-08-2008, 02:08 PM	#1
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 9,037	MLB: 1958 and Beyond...: Sign-up Thread This is the thread where I'll be taking sign-ups for community members to be included in my MLB: 1958 and Beyond... dynasty. I've had a look at how others have approached this in the past and have decided on the format I'll be using. For position players you'll be able to choose two of the five rating categories (or Base Running) that will be outstanding and one that will be above average. Pitchers can choose one of the three rating categories (or Base Running) to be outstanding and another that will be above average. By outstanding I mean that the player's talent rating in that skill will be between 80 and 90 while above average will be between 60 and 75. As you'll all be rookies I'll be making your current ratings somewhere between 30% and 60% of your talent rating. This will be determined by a random number generator. I want your players to be talented enough so that they'll have a reasonable chance of making an impact in the big leagues, otherwise it's a waste of time including them in it. I know it doesn't always work out that like that in the game but I think the way I'm doing it will help their chances. I'm planning to introduce six rookies each season, starting in 1960. As I've mentioned in the thread, I'm posting this dynasty on both the OOTP and TSWr boards so, depending on the interest there'll be an even split of players from each board. To keep it realistic, I would prefer that your player is from somewhere in the United States as there were not a great amount of foreign players in MLB back in the '60s. Of course, as the dynasty progresses closer to modern times that will change. I'd also request not to pick and silly/unrealistic names for your player. You can use your real name if you wish but for those who have fighters in my TBCB dynasty I would prefer if you didn't use the same name you've used in that as this dynasty is set in the same "universe" as it. I will also say up front that I'll be giving initial preferences for the 1960 season to those who have taken an active interest in the dynasty by posting comments within the thread. Please fill in the following details: PLAYER NAME: HOMETOWN: BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): HEIGHT: WEIGHT: BATS (L/R): THROWS (L/R): POSITION: SKILL RATINGS POSITION PLAYERS Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's, Base Running CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS: CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: PITCHERS Stuff, Control, Movement, Base Running CHOOSE ONE OUTSTANDING SKILL: CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: *** I'll be letting the game take care of the Desire for Winner, Loyalty, etc. categories, aswell as the running and bunting ones. Thanks to everyone who shows an interest in this. I'm looking forward to including your players in my dynasty. Last edited by kenyan_cheena; 05-08-2008 at 08:07 PM.

05-08-2008, 04:35 PM	#2
Romdawg88 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Belle Glade, FL Posts: 4,182	PLAYER NAME: Romilio Alvarez HOMETOWN: Belle Glade BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): Dec 20th HEIGHT: 6'0 WEIGHT: 180 BATS (L/R): R THROWS (L/R): R POSITION: 2B SKILL RATINGS POSITION PLAYERS Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Contact and Gap Power CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Avoid K's Since I have a HBF character so I can't use my real name I'll just use my dad instead. I figure since it is in the same universe this should be a cool little connection you could use in the HBF or something. __________________ Romy "Iceman" Alvarez First TBCB Forum Tournament Champion, 10-6 (5). IBL: 13 - 4 (7) Henry Armstrong > You. Last edited by Romdawg88; 05-08-2008 at 06:22 PM.

05-08-2008, 06:23 PM	#4
Romdawg88 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Belle Glade, FL Posts: 4,182	Opps, I misread the birth date and thought it said that it wasn't required and not just the year wasn't needed. __________________ Romy "Iceman" Alvarez First TBCB Forum Tournament Champion, 10-6 (5). IBL: 13 - 4 (7) Henry Armstrong > You.

05-08-2008, 06:29 PM	#5
ifspuds Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 2,117	Hey, k_c... would it be possible to have speed as a skill we can juice up for position players? __________________ Jeff Watson Former dynasty writer and online league player, now mostly retired

05-08-2008, 08:05 PM	#8
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 9,037	I don't think that should be a problem. I'll add that into the original post. What will happen is that if you choose to have Baserunning as one of your above average or outstanding talents then the categories that apply to base running (including stealing and instincts) will all be boosted. However, it means you'll only be able to boost two of the five main skill categories. Romy, if you'd like to make your guy a better than average base runner you can make an edit if you wish. You'll just have to drop one of the other categories. Last edited by kenyan_cheena; 05-08-2008 at 08:10 PM.

05-08-2008, 06:16 PM	#3
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 9,037	Thanks, Romy. I just need you to give the player a date of birth, eg. 10 May.

05-10-2008, 11:53 PM	#9
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 9,037	Bump for anyone who's interested and may have missed it.

05-11-2008, 03:39 AM	#10
Lawley Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cali/Montana Posts: 381	PLAYER NAME: Brian Lawley HOMETOWN: Manteca BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): Aug. 15 HEIGHT: 6'4 WEIGHT: 215 BATS (L/R): R THROWS (L/R): R POSITION: 3B SKILL RATINGS POSITION PLAYERS Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's, Base Running CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Gap Power and Eye CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Contact

05-11-2008, 09:39 PM	#11
LFC1892 All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Global Posts: 963	PLAYER NAME: Shane Day HOMETOWN: Decatur, Mississippi BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): Jan 26 HEIGHT: 6'3 WEIGHT: 195 BATS (L/R): R THROWS (L/R): R POSITION: RF SKILL RATINGS POSITION PLAYERS Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Contact and Home Run Power CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Eye

05-11-2008, 11:55 PM	#12
Left-handed Badger Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: at the altar of the baseball god praying for middle infield that can catch the ball Posts: 2,036	How many positions can I pick? I'd like to create my dad but he probably played just every position at some point. Can I at least pick 2 or 3? __________________ -Left-handed groundball specialist -Strikeouts are for wimps

05-12-2008, 02:09 AM	#14
JGil050 Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: MD Posts: 10	PLAYER NAME: Jason Gilmartin HOMETOWN: Laurel, Maryland BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): Jan 10 HEIGHT: 6'1" WEIGHT: 212 BATS (L/R): L THROWS (L/R): L POSITION: CF SKILL RATINGS POSITION PLAYERS Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's, Base Running CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Contact, Eye CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Gap Power

05-12-2008, 04:31 AM	#15
Left-handed Badger Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: at the altar of the baseball god praying for middle infield that can catch the ball Posts: 2,036	Name: Philip Kasey (Note: just one L in his first name Hometown: Galax, VA Born: 5/15/1941 (if you can make him 22 or so, he went into the Marines after high school, so I want to keep with that) Ht: 5"10 Wt: 200 Bats: Right Throws: Right Pos: SS (we'll go with this) Outstanding skills: Contact, Eye Above Avg. Skill: Gap power Note: I would prefer 1963 as his debut. But, if later adjust birth year accordingly to keep him 22. __________________ -Left-handed groundball specialist -Strikeouts are for wimps

05-13-2008, 12:41 PM	#16
ifspuds Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 2,117	PLAYER NAME: Charlie "Lazy" Denton HOMETOWN: Lafayette, IN BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): 2/29 HEIGHT: 5'10" WEIGHT: 135 BATS (L/R): L THROWS (L/R): R POSITION: Any OF SKILL RATINGS POSITION PLAYERS Contact, Gap Power, Home Run Power, Eye, Avoid K's, Base Running CHOOSE TWO OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Baserunning, Contact CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Avoid K's The nickname is ironic: Denton doesn't do anything slowly. He talks fast, he's twitchy, he can't bear to be at the plate and not swing, he can't bear to be on the basepaths and not run. Lucky for him, his legs work as fast as his mouth, and as many swings as he's made since he first picked up a bat, he's pretty good at making contact on just about everything. __________________ Jeff Watson Former dynasty writer and online league player, now mostly retired

05-13-2008, 01:05 PM	#17
No Pepper All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,570	PLAYER NAME: Donny Maxwell HOMETOWN: Milwaukee, WI BIRTH DATE (YEAR NOT REQUIRED): 10/7 HEIGHT: 6'1" WEIGHT: 190 BATS (L/R): R THROWS (L/R): R POSITION: SP SKILL RATINGS CHOOSE ONE OUTSTANDING SKILLS: Stuff CHOOSE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE SKILL: Movement __________________ Uniforms compatible with OOTP23/24 Historical Major League Baseball 1901-current Historical Major League Baseball 1871-1900 Historical Federal League Historical Negro Leagues

05-15-2008, 09:03 PM	#18
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 9,037	Okay, this is the schedule for when those who have signed up so far will have their players introduced into the league. I know I said I'd introduce six each season but in order to bring you all in within the first two years I'm gonna make it seven. 1960 season From OOTP boards Romdawg88 LFC1892 JGil050 Jeff1787 From TSW boards NBryant SouthernWebb04 JGrover Jason2679 1961 season From OOTP boards Lawley ifspuds No Pepper From TSW boards jc1399 peteg9699 Cooleyvol cogs1 1963 season OOTP boards Left-handed Badger (his own request) Last edited by kenyan_cheena; 05-17-2008 at 11:05 PM.

05-17-2008, 04:36 PM	#19
JGil050 Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: MD Posts: 10	Excellent, it will be fun to watch our guys develop into this baseball world. P.S. Are we able to give our guys nicknames and such? I know its only a minor thing, but fun none the less.