League Setup
This is a 12-team league, broken into two 6-team divisions. The two division winners meet in the seven game Confederate Series for the league championship.
(Stadiums c/o Teflon Skies)
Western Division
Dallas Drifters (Good market) - Mercury Field
Houston Buffaloes (Good) - Entergy Park
Memphis Blues (Below Average) - The Fabulous Avalon
Nashville Hounds (Below Average) - Capitol Field
New Orleans Pelicans (Below Average) - Bridge Street Park
San Antonio Missions (Below Average) - Alamo Field (a/k/a Old Fort Field)
Eastern Division
Atlanta Flames (Above Average) - Lexus Park
Carolina Flyers (Below Average) - State Park Field
Jacksonville Ospreys (Below Average) - Humana Park
Miami Meteors (Above Average) - UTC Ballpark
Norfolk Clippers (Below Average) - Harbor Stadium
Tampa Tomahawks (Average) - Teflon Park
Basically, everything is enabled.
Ability Ratings: 1-10
Talent Ratings: 1-10
Other Ratings: 1-5
No Salary Cap
Cash Maximum: $25 million
Nat'l TV Contract: $15 million
Only use Nat'l minimum: YES
Minimum Salary: $300,000
Trades: Low Frequency, Hard Difficulty, Favor Prospects
I simmed out about 40 test seasons to get league-wide numbers comparable to the early 80s NL. It's hard to turn down the offense quite that much, though, unless you like your HR leaders to have less than 30.
League Totals
AB - 100000
H - 27150
2B - 6150
3B - 450
HR - 4200
BB - 7500
HBP - 1450
K - 21000
BABIP - .303
Era Settings
Bunting - Very Often
Hit & Run - Normal
Stealing Bases - Often
Pinch Hitting - Normal
Use Relievers - Often
Pitcher Endurance - Fair
Typical Rotation - 5 Men
Leadoff Lineup AI - Favor Speed
Creation Modifiers
Player Speed: -8%
Player Stealing: -4%
Player Evaluation AI:
Jan-Apr: 40/0/40/20
May: 40/8/35/17
Jun: 40/16/29/15
Jul: 40/24/24/12
Aug: 40/32/20/8
Sep-Oct: 40/40/20/0
Injuries: VERY HIGH
Position Player Fatigue: ENABLED
Draft: June, 7 rounds (reduced to 5 rounds on draft day)
Minors filled after initial draft
I'm also stealing Gordy Hulten's idea of creating managers to fill out the Catobase stats, but I don't want any subjectivity in hiring/firing/retiring (since it might include me!), so...
Manager is fired when:
Looking backwards over his tenure, if you can find a point where over the last X years, this manager is 20 or more games under .500 cumulatively.
Manager retires when:
After being fired, he has a negative point total over his career
Points: 1st place = 3, Champion = +3, 2nd place = 1, 5th place = -1, 6th place = -2
OR
Manager's career is 16 years + 1 year for each division won + 2 year for each championship won (MAXIMUM of 26 years)
Hiring Managers:
Vacancies filled in order of minor league ranking with highest point value manager available (no re-hiring within five years)
Manager of the Year:
(Games over .500) + (Diff. from Pyt. Rec.) + (1-Run Games over .500) + (Improvement from last year)
[I'm not sure I like this formula. It seems slanted in favor of the division winners, but then again, so is the real-life Manager of the Year.]
Finally, I plan to take over a team in 1981, but it might take a while to get there.