Baseball Mogul 2007 Feature Poll

[HoustonGM]

Also, in the History window, it'd be nice if it showed you what place you got even if you made the playoffs. Like if you won the ALDS, 1st ALDS Winner or 2nd ALDS Winner, this can help track streaks like the Braves current streak of 14 Division titles.


ALSO: In a player's biography, list the amount of each type of "title" they won (Strike outs, home runs, batting, etc). This makes it easier than having to count in the transactions page.

[mooseman74]

Not sure if this has been mentioned....didn't have time to read this entire thread all the way through.....but would it be possible to have cities bid on where a team moves? What I mean is if you choose to move your team....click a "move team" button and like on the trading block screen a list of bidding cities show up....and each offers different incentives (cash, types of stadiums/features etc...). Might not be possible but thought I'd suggest it.

[HoustonGM]

Not sure if this has been mentioned....didn't have time to read this entire thread all the way through.....but would it be possible to have cities bid on where a team moves? What I mean is if you choose to move your team....click a "move team" button and like on the trading block screen a list of bidding cities show up....and each offers different incentives (cash, types of stadiums/features etc...). Might not be possible but thought I'd suggest it.

That's a cool idea! Adds realism I Think.

Also, I'm not sure if this is in 2006 since i haven't tried it (i know it is for historical sims), but the expansion draft. In 2006, if I add a team to the league, does it automatically conduct an expansion draft like it does in the historical sims? if not, that might also be a good idea.

[HoustonGM]

One more thing, in the appropriate news page, announce if a player breaks a record. For example, if somebody hits his 74th homer of the season (this of course assuming you're starting after Bonds hit 73), announce "Broke single season HR record." Same goes for career records. If a player hits his 756th homer, announce "Broke career HR record."

Also, a cool feature would be at the end of every season, have a list of players that retired that season, and keep that list til the end of next season, so if you want you can review a player's scouting report and career stats one last time

Edit 2: This may be able to be fixed with a patch, but probably isn't worth it, but in the History section, expansion teams get stats of 0 for every year you played taht they were not in. The averages then are skewed. It's 2004 and Arizona has an average record of 14-26, because they have like 18 years of 0-0 records


Edit3: The team stats that you can view in the standings screen, make them sortable.

Edit4: One small addition to the scouting report that might be cool is a 162-game average for every stat, and a career high line for each stat.

[Bgsexy66]

Something else that has been bothering me for a while is that fact that Medical, Scouting, and Farm Budgets don't have more of an impact on the game. I think this is crucial for the game becuase whats the point of having them if they don't help create more superstars when they are getting more money to do so. A cool little addition could be that with medical being payed more that a player regains health ratings after his injuries are behind him.

[Bgsexy66]

Just out of curiousity Clay I was wondering how many of the top features were going to be implemented, so that we can all drool over the new additions to BBM 2K7??

[DrDoom]

Clay,

Based on the way Baseball Mogul is currently coded, how difficult would it be for you guys to code in a plugin feature like the one in puresim? If it is something that could be done without too much effort, I think that it would be a great addition to Baseball Mogul.

[HoustonGM]

i see: Manager Signings/Firings in the poll. I think this could be expanded to also include pitching and batting coaches, which would have an effect on their respective group of players.

Also, following hit streaks might be cool.

[daves]

Single season player and team records is a must! It would be nice to know if a player broke the home run record, stolen base, ERA or some other single season record. It would also be nice to know your team had the highest winning percentage in history or the highest single season batting average, etc.

[goyanks225]

What about an option on the Standings screen for Record vs. NL teams, or Record vs. AL East, or Record vs. Red Sox. Something like that?

[SFSteveG]

Here's an idea. GET AN INTERN! I'm sure there's a programing student somewhere that would love to do an internship with you guys and you sure could use some extra help.

[Lunch]

Media Interaction

I'd like to see the media having a bigger role in the game.

Also like to see individual players being more pro-active. Stating openly how unhappy they feel and this perhaps having a knock-on effect with the team, temporarily lowering the morale of certain players - then the story makes it into a news report.

[Lunch]

Also would like to see some delay in time between a player being signed and when they are ready to start a game for you.

[petrel]

Some of the features I'd like to see:

Suspensions: A player gets into trouble of some kind -- on the field, trouble with the law, with drugs, and gets suspended for X number of days. This could include suspensions for steroids. (A little syringe could be added next to the smileys of players who juice.)

Deaths: Occasionally, players die during the season (Willard Herschburger is the only in-season suicide for the 1940 Reds) or in the off season (the deaths of Steve Olin and Tim Crews in 1993 during a boating accident in the Cleveland Indians spring-training season).

A partial list can be found here at

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/lege...too_soon.shtml

The second might be too much to ask, but it would be great to see suspensions...or fines!!

--Pet

[HoustonGM]

One other thing, I think this has been mentioned before, but it'd be nice to rate each player for fielding each position. So, give each player like a slider or something for each person in the edit player screen, and if the player does not play that position, you'd turn the slider to 0, and then say for a utility infielder, make his outfields 0, catcher 0, and then rate his ability at each infield position.

Also, more realistic playoffs. Playoff rosters should be implemented, and they can only be editted in between series. I see far too many players making their major league debut in the playoffs, and by far too many I mean I've definitely seen 2, and i'm sure theres more, but thats still more than 0. Has that ever happened? Major league debut in playoffs?