Baseball Mogul 2007 Feature Poll

[SFSteveG]

There are a few defensive lines I'd liek to see like when an OF turns a DP which is usually newsworthy. Also, a reliever going 3+ innings off the bench such as "SP was knocked out after 2 innings giving up 6 runs but RP stopped the bleeding with 5 shutout innings" or the like.

[swamilee]

I would really like to participate in the expansion draft. Now that would be cool. I could build my own team when it expands.

I agree with the waivers, rule v etc.

This game is for the true baseball geek!!!

[Chipper_Jones]

So the articles are made from SENTENCE templates, not entire news story templates. It's easy to add to these templates. In fact if you have sentences you'd like to see, just post them and/or e-mail them and I'll include them (this in fact would be a good new thread IMHO).

The harder part is looking for new interesting things. If you write sentences about how the Angels defense turned 5 double plays, or Manny Ramirez won the game with a walk-off homer in the 11th, or the Yankees stranded 17 runners, then we have to write some more code that looks through the game recaps for these kinds of events.

Clay

Things I'd like to see:

Jimmy Ray hit for the cycle in his game against Cleveland tonight ...

Nobody stops Bo Ryder! The veteran pitcher threw for his tenth no hitter tonight, smoking every Yankee bat he saw ...

Johnny Walker hit his 500th homerun tonight! The 32 year old has hit .324 over his career, and could be the best slugger in baseball!

With a four homer game against Cleveland, Johnny Walker slams his way into a tie for the homerun crown! He now has 54 four-baggers, tied with Boston's Buck Strickland, with just ten games left in the season ...

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Then you could have rumors and occasional features ...

Dave Fenwick has spent the last fifteen years in Boston's minor league system, and is considering retiring before ever playing in the majors ...

With more then 300 wins under his belt, 44 year old Mick Liger has few regrets in a long major league career. He plans to retire this season after 24 years in the majors.

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Then if you add firings to the game ...

Cleveland's been struggling this year, with a miserable 45-100 record to date. And team owner [insert our name here, you already have it typed in] says if the team can't reach 60 wins by the end of the season he will be hunting for a new GM ...

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And what about major player injuries? If a 38 year old has an ACL tear in late August, the articles in the paper should be talking potential retirement! If a guy gets his first start at 17 and slugs his way to 400 homers by 25, there should be articles saying "Player X is currently on track for Y homers and could retire now as a hall of fame player ..." etc.

Just stuff that makes it more fun to check this stuff out But the key is that now that we have milestone notes in player cards, there needs to be some kind of article written wihen a player reaches a key milestone (hitting or pitching).

[BigBubba]

This one just came to mind but how about adding an Indepentant league (IND) or even Japan (JAP) either one would work. Then any player in free agency plays there and stats would be posted like the AAA, AA, A, R . This way it will force the young rookies that have been fired to play and maybe improve or finally force the vets to retire. Either way players will not waste away in free agency.

[SFSteveG]

This one just came to mind but how about adding an Indepentant league (IND) or even Japan (JAP) either one would work. Then any player in free agency plays there and stats would be posted like the AAA, AA, A, R . This way it will force the young rookies that have been fired to play and maybe improve or finally force the vets to retire. Either way players will not waste away in free agency.

This would also be a great way of eliminating the annoying little mediocre players disappearing.

[daves]

To be able to edit the schedule, league format, playoff series length, and number of playoff teams would be very beneficial!

[robinhoodnik]

I just got another idea! This would compliment the fan favorite and make it a more relevant and measureable thing. A team chemistry rating. You could actually see that say, Gary Sheffield has a negative effect on a team where Derek Jeter would be a plus.

[Blinkbizkit21]

This game really needs a few things in order to be great. BBM2K6 was a big step forward, we need to continue that move forward with these things.

1. 40 and 25 Man Rosters, Waiver Wire, Designated for Assignment, Minor League Options for callup and send downs, Complete Waiver Rules (Revocable and Irrevocable Waivers, August 31 Waiver Trade Deadline)

2. Rule 5 Draft in all its glory.

3. A better version of the DL, where there is a seperate DL list with a 15 day, 60 day DL and when you place a player on the 15 day dl you can call up another player and when a player is on the 60 day DL, they are removed from the 40 man roster so you can add another.

4. Enhanced arbitration. Every Free Agent can be offered binding arbitration from the team they are potentially leaving. If the player accepts they go into binding arbitration and are awarded a 1 year deal. If the player declines, the team may recieve draft pick compensation depending on the rating of the player.

5. Draft Pick Compensation.

6. Team Chemistry, and for those stadiums and teams failing to draw in alot of fans, how about promotion nights, like bobblehead night, or reduced ticket price night to draw more attention.

7. The ability to get a player to waive their no trade clause (whether it be some additional money, or some talking to over time)

8. Better methods of signing free agents. Free agents shouldnt sign right away when you give them an offer. Teams should all submit their offers and the player decides which offer is their best. It shouldn't really be first come first serve.

9. If this game is going to have coaches included, have a way to have players that are old and on the verge of retirement be able to be kept on as coaches, or offered a contract as a coach. This would be a GREAT thing to do if coaches were included.

10. PLEASE make the trade offers by the AI better. This would really really really help this game out.

Other tidbits-Make OBP a searchable item, Naming Rights money for stadium names, players asking for a trade from a team, ability to renegotiate contracts before the last year of the deal

[killebrewfan]

I would like a more historical game. I usually start with the 1961 Minnesota Twins and have to trade Killebrew, Allison and others to stay out of the red.
So, we need to turn off free agaency, have the reserve clause. If a player wants more money and Calvin Griffith gives a take it of leave the player happiness might drop, or he retires. Sometime around 1975 the free agent era starts.

There is a model for what we are talking about called Ultimate Soccer Manager by Sierra games, it has been out of print since 2000. It had all the bells and whistles we want, build your own stadium, getting money from the city to build, a deeper neogation models. I had one player that I stalled so long, when I was finally ready to give a new contract he refused and went on the List. I tried to resign hinm and he refuse to ever play for Roma again. I suggest to Clay in an email to get a copy of Ultimate Soccer Manager and check it out...thats's where the next generation of Mogul needs to go.

If it's a hockey sim, don't forget the Wolrd Hockey Assoc. of the 70's. That would be interesting...a player signing war between leagues.

[Bgsexy66]

I would like to see an injury clause put into the contract negotiations. Basically it would reduce a players contract if the injury reduces player ratings, or if the player misses any significant time. This is something that would control huge contracts and help out small market teams if implemented. I'm not sure how hard this would be to implement, but it would be a nice improvement to Baseball Mogul and Baseball Mogul Online. Maybe in commish mode you could set it to a percentage reduced to contracts in BBMO?



Bgsexy66

[henry296]

I would like to see an injury clause put into the contract negotiations. Basically it would reduce a players contract if the injury reduces player ratings, or if the player misses any significant time. This is something that would control huge contracts and help out small market teams if implemented. I'm not sure how hard this would be to implement, but it would be a nice improvement to Baseball Mogul and Baseball Mogul Online. Maybe in commish mode you could set it to a percentage reduced to contracts in BBMO?





Bgsexy66

Do you know of any real life players who have such a clause? That is one of the risks of long term contracts.

However, teams do have some of the contracts covered by insurance like in the case of Albert Belle, is that what you mean?

[Bgsexy66]

Do you know of any real life players who have such a clause? That is one of the risks of long term contracts.

However, teams do have some of the contracts covered by insurance like in the case of Albert Belle, is that what you mean?

I believe that is what it was, but I think Randy Johnson also has that in his contract also?

[forbes]

I would like to see an injury clause put into the contract negotiations. Basically it would reduce a players contract if the injury reduces player ratings, or if the player misses any significant time. This is something that would control huge contracts and help out small market teams if implemented. I'm not sure how hard this would be to implement, but it would be a nice improvement to Baseball Mogul and Baseball Mogul Online. Maybe in commish mode you could set it to a percentage reduced to contracts in BBMO?



Bgsexy66

I don't think this actually exists in real life. There are however performance clasues, ie so many plate appearances, saves, games played, etc. This could potentially be used to reduce the risk of high injury risk players.

[Kotov]

It could be an interesting additions to be able to include draft picks in trade proposals.
I'm no programmer, but this function should not be too difficult to implement in the game.

[Kotov]

I'd like to see this function implemented in Baseball Mogul: the possibility to simulate a game between teams of different eras. For example, what would be the result of a game between the 1993 Expos and the 1980 Yankees?

I don't know if this idea has already been discussed in the forum, but it could be a great addition to the game.