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struggles_mightily · 01-23-2006, 06:44 AM

Here we go.

Dominican Winter League (DWL)
Teams: 6
Structure: One six-team division.
Roster Restrictions: Don't seem to be any, team pages just make long lists of players, with no obvious restrictions.
Regular Season: Fifty game schedule, each team plays each other ten times. It begins on the nineteenth of October and ends on the 22nd of December.
Postseason: The top four advance to a further round robin of eighteen games (6 against each other, two three game series). The top two from this round robin go to a nine-game championship series. A difficult format to recreate on OOTP, that one.
Allstar Game: There is an allstar game (and break) which comes forty games into the season. The break begins on the 10th of December, with the game itself on the 12th. The game actually matches the Dominican Winter League all-stars against the best players from the Puerto Rican Winter League. Again, not very OOTP-friendly, unless we consider these two sub-leagues of a general Winter League. There is also a Home Run derby, with three players from each team taking part (this is on the same day as the game). The ASG has an MVP.
Tryouts / Draft: Each year there is a rookie draft. As there is no free agency, plenty of players remain on the same team for life. So all DR MLB players have an assigned Winter League team if they should choose to come over and play, as this is decided in their youth. If they come back to DR after a long break, they still play with the team they were originally assigned to (excepting if they are traded or released of course) Note: Many MLB players from the DR do not play the whole Winter League season even if they do play. They often play only from mid-November onwards.
Awards: MVP, Manager of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Pitcher of the Year. All awards have official (league-awarded) versions, and 'Dominican First', highly-regarded but unofficial, awards which can only be awarded to DR-born players.
Salaries: *INFORMATION REQUIRED*
Teams:
Cibao Eagles Santiago, DR
Cibao Giants San Francisco de Macoris, DR
Eastern Bulls La Romana, DR
Eastern Stars San Pedro de Macoris, DR
Escogido Lions Santo Domingo, DR
Licey Tigers Santo Domingo, DR
Venues:
Cibao Eagles - Estadio Cibao (Capacity - 18,000, Dimensions - 335ft to left and right, 385 to centre)
Cibao Giants - Estadio Julian Javier (Capacity - 12,000)
Eastern Bulls - Estadio Francisco Michelli (Capacity - 12,000)
Eastern Stars - Estadio Tetelo Vargas (Capacity - 11,000, Dimensions - 330 to left and right, 385 to centre)
Escogido Lions and Licey Tigers - Estadio Quisqueya (Capacity 15,000- 335 to left and right, 411 to centre)
All open ballparks, natural grass.

So, info on salaries would be great, as would the dimensions for the Michelli and the Javier. Roster restrictions are also uncertain, I have a vague feeling their may be a foreign player limit. It's also a little hard to believe that they have no general limit whatsoever.

01-23-2006, 06:44 AM	#16 (permalink)
struggles_mightily Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 195 Thanks: 6 Thanked 10x in 6 posts	Here we go. Dominican Winter League (DWL) Teams: 6 Structure: One six-team division. Roster Restrictions: Don't seem to be any, team pages just make long lists of players, with no obvious restrictions. Regular Season: Fifty game schedule, each team plays each other ten times. It begins on the nineteenth of October and ends on the 22nd of December. Postseason: The top four advance to a further round robin of eighteen games (6 against each other, two three game series). The top two from this round robin go to a nine-game championship series. A difficult format to recreate on OOTP, that one. Allstar Game: There is an allstar game (and break) which comes forty games into the season. The break begins on the 10th of December, with the game itself on the 12th. The game actually matches the Dominican Winter League all-stars against the best players from the Puerto Rican Winter League. Again, not very OOTP-friendly, unless we consider these two sub-leagues of a general Winter League. There is also a Home Run derby, with three players from each team taking part (this is on the same day as the game). The ASG has an MVP. Tryouts / Draft: Each year there is a rookie draft. As there is no free agency, plenty of players remain on the same team for life. So all DR MLB players have an assigned Winter League team if they should choose to come over and play, as this is decided in their youth. If they come back to DR after a long break, they still play with the team they were originally assigned to (excepting if they are traded or released of course) Note: Many MLB players from the DR do not play the whole Winter League season even if they do play. They often play only from mid-November onwards. Awards: MVP, Manager of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Pitcher of the Year. All awards have official (league-awarded) versions, and 'Dominican First', highly-regarded but unofficial, awards which can only be awarded to DR-born players. Salaries: INFORMATION REQUIRED Teams: Cibao Eagles Santiago, DR Cibao Giants San Francisco de Macoris, DR Eastern Bulls La Romana, DR Eastern Stars San Pedro de Macoris, DR Escogido Lions Santo Domingo, DR Licey Tigers Santo Domingo, DR Venues: Cibao Eagles - Estadio Cibao (Capacity - 18,000, Dimensions - 335ft to left and right, 385 to centre) Cibao Giants - Estadio Julian Javier (Capacity - 12,000) Eastern Bulls - Estadio Francisco Michelli (Capacity - 12,000) Eastern Stars - Estadio Tetelo Vargas (Capacity - 11,000, Dimensions - 330 to left and right, 385 to centre) Escogido Lions and Licey Tigers - Estadio Quisqueya (Capacity 15,000- 335 to left and right, 411 to centre) All open ballparks, natural grass. So, info on salaries would be great, as would the dimensions for the Michelli and the Javier. Roster restrictions are also uncertain, I have a vague feeling their may be a foreign player limit. It's also a little hard to believe that they have no general limit whatsoever.