Baseball Mogul 2007 Feature Poll

[Bret]

Sorry if it's already been mentioned:

When moving players around in the Minor Leagues, I frequently find myself wishing I could edit the criteria used by Auto-Sort. For example, I would like to have the option of Auto-Sorting all newly drafted HS players to Rookie league for a minimum of x number of games or innings.

Auto-Sort Lock combined with editable Auto-Sort criteria could make managing league assignments and player development even more interesting and less of a chore.

Bret

[boomboom]

Originally posted by Bret
Sorry if it's already been mentioned:

Auto-Sort Lock combined with editable Auto-Sort criteria could make managing league assignments and player development even more interesting and less of a chore.

Bret

I totally agree with your Bret, and hope this does get implemented, in 2k6 patch, and not wait till 2k7.

[robinhoodnik]

Maybe the occasional player could approach your team wanting to go to the home town like Griffey and Bonds, or want to play for a chance at a ring / go out on a winner?

[robinhoodnik]

Or Owner, GM, and Manager options. Buying and selling teams would also be really cool kinda like a tycoon game. You could start out owning any team you want and try to make it to the majors or just play plain old BBM. Railroad Tycoon 2 is a good illustration of how the basics of this could be set up.

[BigBubba]

I was thinking maybe Team All-Time Records. could be displayed like the Transaction page just a list with the stat catagories and the leaders name with numbers.

[SFSteveG]

Originally posted by BigBubba
I was thinking maybe Team All-Time Records. could be displayed like the Transaction page just a list with the stat catagories and the leaders name with numbers.

That sounds good. I don't think this could be imported from the lahman database but I'm sure it could be implemented for seasons played.

[SFSteveG]

A manager mode might be fun if interactive play-by-play is added next year. Basically you'd only be the manager and that's it. You wouldn't control any of the finances just the players as an actual manager does. Maybe varying degrees of influence as some managers do in real life.

The only way I think this would be entertaining though would be if a 40-Man Roster, Pitch-by-pitch interaction, More severe personality effects, Triple Plays, Double Switches, Editable Number of Pitchers Per Team and Roster Sizes, Platoon splits, and Waivers were inserted as well.

Does this seem like something top be used inside the current engine?

[dolfanar]

Use a Pitcher as a Position Player or Vice Versa

+ Pitcher AND batter predicted stats for every player

[adam]

my wish list:

1) Everything in there now to work properly. This game has so many logical holes in it now.

2) Roster composition issues..allow you to have 9, 10 or 11 pitchers...set up platoons, etc.

3) Double-switches/reasonable AI managerial and roster moves.

4) a moderation of salary requests, particularly pre-1947 (no tv) and pre-1975 (no free agency) to allow the game to work financially.

5) expansion drafts that work, and that a human can participate in.

6) the ability to expand your park without building a new one

7) no trading of draft picks for one year. This is a MLB rule, and it'd make the game much more difficult.

8) NO fictional rookies in a historical game. There are enough players to make the database, and the fictional players mess it up badly.

9) Better stats to fix the zero home run leagues, or the zero strikeout leagues in the past. Tweaking of the data inside would fix this.

10) Read Bill James again. Use what he teaches in the game. Heck, sign him up if you can afford it

[liveandletdie]

Originally posted by adam
[B]
8) NO fictional rookies in a historical game. There are enough players to make the database, and the fictional players mess it up badly./B]

Actually, the reason they put the fictional rookies into the historical seasons is because they didnt have enough players for those given years. What I do think should be done though is make all the fictional players added in not very good.

[liveandletdie]

Forgot to mention. One feature i would really like to see in here is a realistic hall of fame. To be able to add an average of 2 players a year, and actually have a voting thing. Instead of already saying there inducted when they retire.

[Jeff Olsen]

Hey, I like not having to wait ten years after retirement to see if my favorite players make it. Other than that, it would be nice to have more realistic Hall of Fame inductions and something like a Veterans Committee as well.

[liveandletdie]

But technically, they don't make the hall of fame, they're just in there before there actual induction, which is kind of dumb. Sure we say that some players are hall of fame bound, but never actually say a sure thing before it actually happens. And sometimes, they never make it

[robinhoodnik]

Maybe a list in the "News" section of where the potential HOF candidates are at in the voting. Could a tab be added to the corner of the Headlines page in the same to simulate turning the page to make it easier to peruse the Baseball Mogul Times? I'd like to see the News dropdown utilized more and made faster to use. Possibly tabs on the side of the paper to facilitate switching sections quickly. You know, like a real newspaper make it familiar and VERY convenient to use. Everything centralized and at your fingertips.

[SFSteveG]

Originally posted by robinhoodnik
Maybe a list in the "News" section of where the potential HOF candidates are at in the voting. Could a tab be added to the corner of the Headlines page in the same to simulate turning the page to make it easier to peruse the Baseball Mogul Times? I'd like to see the News dropdown utilized more and made faster to use. Possibly tabs on the side of the paper to facilitate switching sections quickly. You know, like a real newspaper make it familiar and VERY convenient to use. Everything centralized and at your fingertips.

I'm diggin' this cause it would kinda help keep realism in the game and allow you to follow your retired players instead of them just retiring and entering.