New League Starting In 1901

heckman · 09-29-2003, 11:53 AM

Premier League Baseball: Starting in 1901...

Details below, if you're interested email me at: premier@heckmac.com

It seems that something strange is happening with Tripod domain email... so please email me at: heckman@cfl.rr.com

OOTP Settings:
o Ankit Modified Database
o Coaches / Scouts Disabled
o Ratings: Reduced
o Team Cash Max: $5M
o Salary Cap: None
o Minimum Player Salary: $100K
o Deadball Era (ERA changes in line with historical patterns)
o Amateur Draft: 5 rds, pre season
o Trading Difficulty: Hard, favor prospects
o 154 Game Season
o Top 2 teams in each League playoff in 7 game LCS
o 7 game World Series

Inaugural draft process:

1. The 1901 Ankit historical league will be created.

2. The starting positional and pitching players will be released from each team. Starters based on Baseball Reference:

Chicago Orphans sample: http://www.baseballreference.com/teams/CHC/pos.shtml

3. Each owner will chose a base franchise on a first come, first served basis.

4. Each owner can submit a total of three fictional names to be randomly created as prospects within their organization.

5. An inaugural draft will be held with ~15 rounds. This draft will be entirely list based, with one round's list due each

day at NOON until the draft is completed.

6. All team markets will be adjusted using the League setup button when the draft is completed.

Premier League Rules adapted from Global Manager's Challenge Rules

Participation
In order to qualify for Participation Rewards, Owners MUST submit lineups (with full 25 man rosters) and league business

(free agency, drafts) on time. All team adjustments can be accomplished via FTP or email.

Participation Rewards
Each time a team participates - either by sending in a team file or an email citing "no changes" or whatever (or takes care

of their team in terms of the amateur draft, contract extensions or free agent bidding), they get a checkmark beside their

name. At the end of the season, the total is added up and participation rewards are handed out. There will be three tiers of

participation: 75%, 85% and 95%.

Tier I, 75%, the team gets one reward from the choices below
Tier II, 85%, the team gets two rewards from the choices below
Tier III, 95%, the team gets three rewards from the choices below

The Rewards:

$100k added to your merchandising revenue stream.
250 seats added to your stadium.
$250k added to your local television contract.
5 point increase in Fan Interest.

Schedule
Sims are twice a week, 2 weeks of game time per sim (that's 4 weeks of gameplay per real-time week). An email will be sent

out informing owners when the sim is complete, the league file is up and web page is uploaded.

If you do not want to make any changes please still send an email at premier@heckmac.com stating "no changes for the next

sim". All emails MUST include franchise identification.

Sim 1: Monday afternoon/evening. Lineups due by Monday at noon EST/EDT, trading deadline for that sim would be at the same

time.
Sim 2: Thursday afternoon/evening. Lineups due by Thursday at noon EST/EDT, trading deadline for that sim would be at the

same time.

Spring Training
Spring Training team plan files are exported and then emailed to the commish (Teamst5.exp instead of Team4.exp, for example).

Coaches/Scouts
We are not using the coaches/scout option.

Amatuer Draft
Amateurs are imported via Ankit's Modified Lahman database. The draft is 5 rounds in length with the first two rounds done on

the clock and the remaining rounds done via list. The Amateurs draft is done via email. In order to make sure the draft is

completed within the week, Round 1, each team has a 4 hour clock, the clock runs from 6 AM to Midnight EST/EDT. I strongly

urge teams to send in lists to me and avoid the computer pick. Any team without lists gets the computer pick treatment when

the clock runs out. In Round 2, the clock is 2 hours, and lists will be pretty much necessary. A team list can be specific or

general - a player, best SS, best guy with A in hits, etc. Anything you want. In Rounds 3 through 5, a minimum of one

complete round will be accomplished each calendar day based on lists. If your list is late or runs out before your pick, the

computer will draft for you.

Undrafted amateur's will become free agents after the Amatuer draft.

Player Limitations
There are no player limitation rules at this time other than those the game imposes (such as MRs can only start IF they have

a SP duration rating and vice versa).

Renaming Franchises
You can rename a team in the off-season. If you are moving a franchise or renaming it, you must have a logo first.

Ticket Prices / Coaching Tendencies
Can be altered at the GMs convenience.

League Expansion
The League will expand in line with historical expansions.

Trading
Trades can include players, cash or draft picks up to Round 5 in the season the league is currently playing and the two

following. Trading deadline in OOTP5 is July 31.

All trades must be announced and confirmed on the League mailing list. Trades will go into effect immediately upon being

confirmed. League members not involved in the trade may request that a trade be reviewed for balance. When this request is

made and seconded by two other owners, the League will review the terms of a completed trade and may add some compensation

picks or cash adjustment to balance the trade.

All trades will be processed AFTER the relevant sim. In any trade, DO NOT alter your file.

Financial Reset Ability
For those teams who have killed off their fan base so horribly that something has to be done - for $50m a team gets to reset

their Team Market to Average, Fan Loyalty to Average and Fan Interest to 50...

Promotion Days
Teams are able to send in their own promotions by email or with their exportable team file.

Retro Day ($75K) - Once per Season - 15% increase in attendance
Baseball Cap Day ($100K) - Once per month - 20% increase in attendance
Bat Day ($125K) - Once per month - 25% increase in attendance
Glove Day ($150K) - Once per Month - 30% increase in attendance
Noddin Head Doll Day ($175K) - Once per month - 45% increase in attendance

Stadium Seating Expansion
Teams are able to add seats to their stadiums in order to increase attendance, though adding seats is expensive. The maximum

seating capacity a stadium can have is 65,000. However, teams can go above 65,000 seats, up to a maximum of 67,500 through

participation rewards. Seats are purchased in blocks of 1,000 and seating expansion must be done prior to the start of a

season.

From 45,000 to 50,000 - Additional seats may be added for $1K per seat
From 51,000 to 55,000 - Additional seats may be added for $2K per seat
From 56,000 to 60,000 - Additional seats may be added for $4K per seat
From 61,000 to 65,000 - Additional seats may be added for $6K per seat

Stadium Upgrades
Teams can alter their Ballpark Factors - 2B, 3B, Avg of RHB, HR of RHB, Avg of LHB, HR of LHB - for $50k per point

Player Contracts
Teams can keep players as long as they can afford them or as long as the player wants to stay with the franchise. Teams have

to send me in email all contract extensions - don't do it yourself. Extensions can be anytime after the first sim. You can

sign players in their last year to extensions as long as they will accept what you offer in the game. Be a good GM and build

your team with savvy drafting and trades. Remember veteran players may refuse assignment to the minors, and players eligible

for salary arbitration will get 1-year contracts at a price the arbiter determines. To avoid arbitration, the player must be

released at the end of a season.

Releasing Players
If you want to release a player, post it on the list and send a copy to the Commish. DO NOT release the player yourself. If

you release a player, you are responsible for the full balance of the contract. A better option is to arrange a salary dump

trade with another team.

Free Agency During the Season
Free Agents can be signed on a first-come, first-served basis by posting on the message board. Free Agents signed during the

season will be signed to a 1-year contract. You can, of course, negotiate for a longer deal after signing them.

Free Agency in the Off-season
The Free Agency period is 30 days in length. Each team sends me their FA bids via email as per usual. There will be 4 rounds

of free agency - Days 1-4, 5-10, 11-20, 21-30. Deadline for FA bids is NOON EDT/EST with all bids sent via email or FTP.

Jeremy Weimer · 09-29-2003, 08:49 PM

I was with you until I read about the player draft to start things out. I think leagues are better when they start with the original rosters. It's all good though, have fun running your league.

grindz601 · 09-29-2003, 09:27 PM

Did you run some sims on the site to test everything out. Because I hope we didn't start the season yet.

heckman · 09-29-2003, 11:37 PM

It has not started yet.

There are two months of sample sims on the site right now.

- C

heckman · 10-02-2003, 02:49 PM

We've got 9 of 16 franchises committed, with 1 or 2 owners getting organized. We'll be starting our initial draft in a matter of days. Anyone want to jump in before the draft starts? Let me know asap.

- Charlie

Aussie Mark · 10-03-2003, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by heckman
Premier League Baseball: Starting in 1901...
Trading Difficulty: Hard, favor prospects

No teenage owners? Great !!!

heckman · 10-05-2003, 01:51 PM

www.heckmac.com/premier

Nap Lajoie first player picked overall, followed shortly after by some kind from Bucknell named Mathewson.

We've got a few openings left and our draft is now running 1 round per calendar day.

- Charlie

scotto313 · 10-05-2003, 02:00 PM

Who's left?

grindz601 · 10-05-2003, 02:37 PM

Scotto this is a great league I hope you get in it.

Jadetorc · 10-05-2003, 03:06 PM

Interested. I sent you an email.

scotto313 · 10-05-2003, 04:32 PM

I really wanted the Spiders and I see they are taken. Too bad. I see you can use a custom Boston logo. Boston Beaneaters stolen from Logo and Graphics forum.

heckman · 10-05-2003, 11:49 PM

Scotto,

Thanks for the logo! I'll apply it in the next day or so.

Available teams are:

White Sox
Senators
Boston (N)
Chicago (N)
St. Louis

BUT, I've got 2-3 prospective owners so it's first claimed, first served...

- Charlie

Jadetorc · 10-08-2003, 11:51 PM

As of noon today we still need 2 owners, right?

heckman · 10-09-2003, 10:05 AM

We have two openings:

The White Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals

- C

Tekneek · 05-29-2004, 04:42 PM

Did this league survive? The website appears to be dead.

09-29-2003, 11:53 AM	#1
heckman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 39	New League Starting In 1901 Premier League Baseball: Starting in 1901... Details below, if you're interested email me at: premier@heckmac.com It seems that something strange is happening with Tripod domain email... so please email me at: heckman@cfl.rr.com OOTP Settings: o Ankit Modified Database o Coaches / Scouts Disabled o Ratings: Reduced o Team Cash Max: $5M o Salary Cap: None o Minimum Player Salary: $100K o Deadball Era (ERA changes in line with historical patterns) o Amateur Draft: 5 rds, pre season o Trading Difficulty: Hard, favor prospects o 154 Game Season o Top 2 teams in each League playoff in 7 game LCS o 7 game World Series Inaugural draft process: 1. The 1901 Ankit historical league will be created. 2. The starting positional and pitching players will be released from each team. Starters based on Baseball Reference: Chicago Orphans sample: http://www.baseballreference.com/teams/CHC/pos.shtml 3. Each owner will chose a base franchise on a first come, first served basis. 4. Each owner can submit a total of three fictional names to be randomly created as prospects within their organization. 5. An inaugural draft will be held with ~15 rounds. This draft will be entirely list based, with one round's list due each day at NOON until the draft is completed. 6. All team markets will be adjusted using the League setup button when the draft is completed. Premier League Rules adapted from Global Manager's Challenge Rules Participation In order to qualify for Participation Rewards, Owners MUST submit lineups (with full 25 man rosters) and league business (free agency, drafts) on time. All team adjustments can be accomplished via FTP or email. Participation Rewards Each time a team participates - either by sending in a team file or an email citing "no changes" or whatever (or takes care of their team in terms of the amateur draft, contract extensions or free agent bidding), they get a checkmark beside their name. At the end of the season, the total is added up and participation rewards are handed out. There will be three tiers of participation: 75%, 85% and 95%. Tier I, 75%, the team gets one reward from the choices below Tier II, 85%, the team gets two rewards from the choices below Tier III, 95%, the team gets three rewards from the choices below The Rewards: $100k added to your merchandising revenue stream. 250 seats added to your stadium. $250k added to your local television contract. 5 point increase in Fan Interest. Schedule Sims are twice a week, 2 weeks of game time per sim (that's 4 weeks of gameplay per real-time week). An email will be sent out informing owners when the sim is complete, the league file is up and web page is uploaded. If you do not want to make any changes please still send an email at premier@heckmac.com stating "no changes for the next sim". All emails MUST include franchise identification. Sim 1: Monday afternoon/evening. Lineups due by Monday at noon EST/EDT, trading deadline for that sim would be at the same time. Sim 2: Thursday afternoon/evening. Lineups due by Thursday at noon EST/EDT, trading deadline for that sim would be at the same time. Spring Training Spring Training team plan files are exported and then emailed to the commish (Teamst5.exp instead of Team4.exp, for example). Coaches/Scouts We are not using the coaches/scout option. Amatuer Draft Amateurs are imported via Ankit's Modified Lahman database. The draft is 5 rounds in length with the first two rounds done on the clock and the remaining rounds done via list. The Amateurs draft is done via email. In order to make sure the draft is completed within the week, Round 1, each team has a 4 hour clock, the clock runs from 6 AM to Midnight EST/EDT. I strongly urge teams to send in lists to me and avoid the computer pick. Any team without lists gets the computer pick treatment when the clock runs out. In Round 2, the clock is 2 hours, and lists will be pretty much necessary. A team list can be specific or general - a player, best SS, best guy with A in hits, etc. Anything you want. In Rounds 3 through 5, a minimum of one complete round will be accomplished each calendar day based on lists. If your list is late or runs out before your pick, the computer will draft for you. Undrafted amateur's will become free agents after the Amatuer draft. Player Limitations There are no player limitation rules at this time other than those the game imposes (such as MRs can only start IF they have a SP duration rating and vice versa). Renaming Franchises You can rename a team in the off-season. If you are moving a franchise or renaming it, you must have a logo first. Ticket Prices / Coaching Tendencies Can be altered at the GMs convenience. League Expansion The League will expand in line with historical expansions. Trading Trades can include players, cash or draft picks up to Round 5 in the season the league is currently playing and the two following. Trading deadline in OOTP5 is July 31. All trades must be announced and confirmed on the League mailing list. Trades will go into effect immediately upon being confirmed. League members not involved in the trade may request that a trade be reviewed for balance. When this request is made and seconded by two other owners, the League will review the terms of a completed trade and may add some compensation picks or cash adjustment to balance the trade. All trades will be processed AFTER the relevant sim. In any trade, DO NOT alter your file. Financial Reset Ability For those teams who have killed off their fan base so horribly that something has to be done - for $50m a team gets to reset their Team Market to Average, Fan Loyalty to Average and Fan Interest to 50... Promotion Days Teams are able to send in their own promotions by email or with their exportable team file. Retro Day ($75K) - Once per Season - 15% increase in attendance Baseball Cap Day ($100K) - Once per month - 20% increase in attendance Bat Day ($125K) - Once per month - 25% increase in attendance Glove Day ($150K) - Once per Month - 30% increase in attendance Noddin Head Doll Day ($175K) - Once per month - 45% increase in attendance Stadium Seating Expansion Teams are able to add seats to their stadiums in order to increase attendance, though adding seats is expensive. The maximum seating capacity a stadium can have is 65,000. However, teams can go above 65,000 seats, up to a maximum of 67,500 through participation rewards. Seats are purchased in blocks of 1,000 and seating expansion must be done prior to the start of a season. From 45,000 to 50,000 - Additional seats may be added for $1K per seat From 51,000 to 55,000 - Additional seats may be added for $2K per seat From 56,000 to 60,000 - Additional seats may be added for $4K per seat From 61,000 to 65,000 - Additional seats may be added for $6K per seat Stadium Upgrades Teams can alter their Ballpark Factors - 2B, 3B, Avg of RHB, HR of RHB, Avg of LHB, HR of LHB - for $50k per point Player Contracts Teams can keep players as long as they can afford them or as long as the player wants to stay with the franchise. Teams have to send me in email all contract extensions - don't do it yourself. Extensions can be anytime after the first sim. You can sign players in their last year to extensions as long as they will accept what you offer in the game. Be a good GM and build your team with savvy drafting and trades. Remember veteran players may refuse assignment to the minors, and players eligible for salary arbitration will get 1-year contracts at a price the arbiter determines. To avoid arbitration, the player must be released at the end of a season. Releasing Players If you want to release a player, post it on the list and send a copy to the Commish. DO NOT release the player yourself. If you release a player, you are responsible for the full balance of the contract. A better option is to arrange a salary dump trade with another team. Free Agency During the Season Free Agents can be signed on a first-come, first-served basis by posting on the message board. Free Agents signed during the season will be signed to a 1-year contract. You can, of course, negotiate for a longer deal after signing them. Free Agency in the Off-season The Free Agency period is 30 days in length. Each team sends me their FA bids via email as per usual. There will be 4 rounds of free agency - Days 1-4, 5-10, 11-20, 21-30. Deadline for FA bids is NOON EDT/EST with all bids sent via email or FTP. Last edited by heckman; 09-29-2003 at 12:45 PM.

10-05-2003, 01:51 PM	#7
heckman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 39	4-5 OPENINGS LEFT, DRAFT IS STARTED www.heckmac.com/premier Nap Lajoie first player picked overall, followed shortly after by some kind from Bucknell named Mathewson. We've got a few openings left and our draft is now running 1 round per calendar day. - Charlie

10-05-2003, 02:37 PM	#9
grindz601 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 142	Scotto this is a great league I hope you get in it. __________________ There's NO crying in Baseball!

10-05-2003, 03:06 PM	#10
Jadetorc Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 50	Interested. I sent you an email. __________________ "Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania." -- Vin Scully

10-05-2003, 04:32 PM	#11
scotto313 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,220	I really wanted the Spiders and I see they are taken. Too bad. I see you can use a custom Boston logo. Boston Beaneaters stolen from Logo and Graphics forum. Attached Images Last edited by scotto313; 10-05-2003 at 04:42 PM.

09-29-2003, 08:49 PM	#2
Jeremy Weimer Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 3,411	I was with you until I read about the player draft to start things out. I think leagues are better when they start with the original rosters. It's all good though, have fun running your league.

09-29-2003, 09:27 PM	#3
grindz601 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 142	Did you run some sims on the site to test everything out. Because I hope we didn't start the season yet.

09-29-2003, 11:37 PM	#4
heckman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 39	It has not started yet. There are two months of sample sims on the site right now. - C

10-02-2003, 02:49 PM	#5
heckman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 39	We've got 9 of 16 franchises committed, with 1 or 2 owners getting organized. We'll be starting our initial draft in a matter of days. Anyone want to jump in before the draft starts? Let me know asap. - Charlie

10-05-2003, 02:00 PM	#8
scotto313 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,220	Who's left?

10-05-2003, 11:49 PM	#12
heckman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 39	Scotto, Thanks for the logo! I'll apply it in the next day or so. Available teams are: White Sox Senators Boston (N) Chicago (N) St. Louis BUT, I've got 2-3 prospective owners so it's first claimed, first served... - Charlie

10-08-2003, 11:51 PM	#13
Jadetorc Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 50	As of noon today we still need 2 owners, right? __________________ "Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania." -- Vin Scully

10-09-2003, 10:05 AM	#14
heckman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 39	We have two openings: The White Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals - C

05-29-2004, 04:42 PM	#15
Tekneek Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: GA, USA Posts: 455	Did this league survive? The website appears to be dead.