CBLCardinals Version 1.3 OUT!

[CBLCardinals]

Get it here!




Info on the file up shortly.....

[ScottZ]

Thanks for the work put in!!!!

[Hotwheelz]

Going to check these out. Will be the first time using these rosters

I just might start up a franchise to keep me going until OOTP6 comes out

[And1pg2]

Looks good i am p;aying but i g2g

[pleming]

I'm a daily reader, quarterly poster- but I've been eagerly anticipation the fruits of your labor... Thanks!

pleming

[JimboJones]

Thanks alot!!!!

[CBLCardinals]

First off, let me thank the following for their contributions to the roster set:

Michael Green- creating the REAL 2004 MLB Schedule
David C Helper- providing information on market size/loyalty/fan attendance/TV Rev.
Mike Pacetti- Salary/contract info
Winston Han- Stadium info and misc. info.
Jim Wisenberg- Misc info.


Gentlemen,

It’s been a long, long journey. The end is finally here!
After starting on this project in late December, I finally “feel” like I can enjoy the fruits of the labor involved! Hundreds upon HUNDREDS of hours were invested into this beast, and I hope everyone will enjoy the roster file!

Version 1.3 is now OUT!!!

GO GET IT!! (I encourage Joe and others with large server space to please place the file on your server!!)

Version 1.2 features:


* 2003 stats
* Splits for over 800+ players based on 3 year averages (2001, 2002, 2003).
* REAL MLB 2004 schedule
* Realistic finances; Large market teams earn more-Small market less.
* Salaries set to 70%
* 40 man rosters (might have missed a few). Should be close to 98-99% accurate as of January.
* League histories updated with information from 2003 season. (MVP, Gold Gloves, etc)
* Career leaders feature the real MLB all-time leaders.

Version 1.3 includes:

* ALL Prospects in John Sickels 2004 Baseball Prospect Book. Yep, that’s right…nearly 1,000 PROSPECTS!!!
* MOST Non-Roster Spring Training invitees
* Up-to-date major injuries as of March 15th, 2004.
* Teams feature anywhere from 55-75 players on their ROSTER!
* Prospects placed approximately at the level they should be! (* I tried my best on information provided…most should be at the level they will compete at this year, or ended 2003 at.)


Here is my chart I used to interpret John Sickels scouting reports on prospects. John gives the prospect anywhere from an “A” (ie SUPER elite) to “C-“ (fringe player at best)



To convert his letters into “Stars”, here is a general chart I followed:
Sickels Letter grade – OOTP STARS

A: 4.5-5.0
A-: 4.0-4.5
B+:3.5-4.0
B: 3.0-3.5
B-: 3.0
C+: 2.5
C: 2.0-2.5
C-: 2.0



I’ve also entered appropriate velocity, and pitches per information I was provided.

Same with hitters; some fielders I was not provided with ample information on fielding/arm ratings…. For most of these players I set them to “average” (C range, C arm)

Sadly, this is now the end of my journey with you. Due to work and college, I will not be able to update this set.


Some things I wanted to get to, but didn’t:
• Alter Birthdates (to NOT be in ALL CAPS)
• Assign correct jersey numbers for players.

Both of these are purely “eye-candy”, and were left out.

If you disagree with any ratings/talents, feel free to change them to whatever you want!!!

Thanks to everyone for your support!


-Heath

CBLCardinals

[General Mike]

Thanks for all the hard word CBLCards

[danwaechter]

Wow! Awesome job cardinals, thanks a ton for all the work put into this.

[mandersen]

Can't seem to get any ratings on the file. Changed ratings to traditional and still no star ratings. Is there something I need to do?

[Big Willis 16]

Thanks a lot to all who helped and espescially to you CBLCardinals....you guys are great!

[lgkeeper]

Originally posted by mandersen
Can't seem to get any ratings on the file. Changed ratings to traditional and still no star ratings. Is there something I need to do?

I think you have to hire a scout first.

[KILLERBS24]

Good work, one concern though is that the financials seem to be off. Haven't simmed anything out so I don't know how it will work but you have the teams National TV Deal at only 10 million. And the local contracts are bigger than the National contract which except for a few markets can't happen. I was just looking through real quick, the one that caught my eye was Anaheim with a 33 million local deal and a 10 mill national.

[blackrussian]

far out; thanks for all the work!

v'

[DCHepler25]

Great work Heath and all the other helpers and congrats on getting this done!

One little note: You misspelled my last name... its Hepler, not Helper! But no worries, everyone does it!

[Bears5122]

Helluva job, thanks a lot!

[Ghorticus]

I've uploaded the file to my server, if you need a mirror:

www.etaonline.net/CBL_1.3.zip

Note that I only have 1GB monthly transfer limit, but I should be able to support about 400 downloads of this file per month.

Thanks again for all the hard work put into this, I'm sure it will be great!

Brandon Parker,
Original Head-to-Head OOTP6 Baseball League Commissioner [oh2h.suddenlaunch.com]

[Joe Shlabotnick]

Hey, when I open the file with WinZip, I have hundreds of files, all of them (I think) either 'html' or 'txt' or 'dat' files. Now what do I do? I tried creating a "2004.lg" folder and putting everything in there, but I got an "invalid player file" message.

[CH4OS]

Simply extract all files to the OOTP directory. Then click on Open League. It should appear CBL_1.3.lg

[JoeRockEHF]

Great work! I'll have it up on my site very shortly!

Joe