OOTP Developments Forums http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ Out of the Park Developments is the creator of the baseball management simulation Out of the Park Baseball for PC and Mac and the PC boxing game Title Bout Championship Boxing. en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:54:42 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/images/misc/rss.jpg OOTP Developments Forums http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ First ballpark try http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-logos-graphics-html/201992-first-ballpark-try.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:48:32 GMT This is my first attempt at a custom ballpark - also my first real attempt at Sketchup in general. I used Layton is my Homeboy's template.




The idea is vintage, so the foul poles are missing on purpose. ]]> OOTP Mods - Logos, Graphics, and HTML spartacus007 http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-logos-graphics-html/201992-first-ballpark-try.html Too many tabs? http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-11-new-game/201991-too-many-tabs.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:51:18 GMT There are way too many tabs all over the place in this game... I imagine there are just certain pages you visit often and other than that you rarely visit... Im more of a stats guy so I'd rather look at how players do vs others etc... What are the main tabs you always look at?

And once again how can I see my 8 batters strenghts all at once so I can decide who bats 1-8 w/o having to customize and type all 8 players last names ]]> OOTP 11 - New to the game? Cubfan2001 http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-11-new-game/201991-too-many-tabs.html RIP Art Hernandez http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/tbcb-general-discussions/201990-rip-art-hernandez.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:31:56 GMT Subject: RIP Art Hernandez OnMilwaukee.com Sports: Saying farewell to a boxing legend (http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/arthernandez.html?23673) Take Care, Bob Caico Article printed from OnMilwaukee.com: Subject: RIP Art Hernandez

OnMilwaukee.com Sports: Saying farewell to a boxing legend

Take Care,
Bob Caico

Article printed from OnMilwaukee.com:


05:29 a.m. Sept. 05, 2010
Saying farewell to a boxing legend
by Pete Ehrmann, Special to OnMilwaukee.com


Middleweight Art Hernandez fought 10 times in Milwaukee during his career.
There hadn't been professional boxing in Milwaukee for three years -- the longest drought in the onetime ring stronghold going back to the 1880s-- when a chunky, soft-spoken Omaha middleweight brought the game back to life in 1966. Art Hernandez beat Doug MacLeod at the then-Milwaukee Auditorium on January 13, and over the next six years Hernandez fought here 10 more times, became a top-ranked 160-pound contender and one of Milwaukee's favorite adopted sons.
"This is my lucky city," said Hernandez before he won his sixth straight main event here, a 10-round decision over Rudy Rodriquez at the Auditorium on May 27, 1968. In an interview 10 years ago, Hernandez recalled, "The people of Milwaukee were great and treated me with the utmost respect."
Hernandez died on August 26 in Omaha. He was 69.
Born in Minatare, Nebraska on January 17, 1941, Hernandez and his two-year-older brother, Ferd, learned how to box as toddlers from their father Perfecto, a former fighter. Ferd also went on to become a middleweight contender.
The Hernandez brothers both won preliminary fights on a card at the Milwaukee Arena on March 7, 1963. Then Ferd relocated to Las Vegas, and though Art fought a draw with former middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson in Omaha in 1964, his career stalled as boxing there went in the doldrums.
His fights in Milwaukee revived the sport here and Hernandez's career. His biggest local win was a 10-round decision over third-ranked middleweight Gomeo Brennan at the Auditorium on September 21, 1967. But Hernandez's most memorable Milwaukee fight was against local Hispanic middleweight Vidal Flores at the Eagles Club on February 3, 1969.
"He was a countryman," said Hernandez in an interview 10 years ago. "I never liked to go against a fellow countryman." But that wasn't all of it.
Flores was 34, and the fight was only his 18th as a pro and his first 10-rounder. Hernandez, 27, was a veteran of 46 bouts against the best middleweights in the world.
They fought at a bristling pace, and going into the final round it was even. Hernandez won the 10th round and the decision after he knocked Flores' mouthpiece out with a right uppercut in the final minute and then split open the local fighter's mouth with another hard right.
"He made me fight my hardest to win a decision," recalled Hernandez in 2000. "He could really take a punch. In fact, the uppercut I hit him with split my glove. After the fight, my dad hung up that pair of gloves and when they dried out, two of Vidal's teeth fell out of that split glove. That gives you an idea of how hard a hit he could take."
Ten stitches closed the cut on Flores' lip, and up to his own death in 2007, Flores would look at the scar in the mirror every morning at shaving time and say, "Hello, Art!"
While Hernandez won the North American Boxing Federation middleweight title, he never fought for a world title. Another fight that never happened was the one proposed when Nebraska observed its centennial as a state in 1967, and somebody thought it would be a fun to commemorate the occasion by matching Nebraska's two middleweight contenders named Hernandez.
Art and Ferd agreed to fight, but a higher power intervened, Art later recalled.
"Mom said no."



Web address: OnMilwaukee.com Sports: Saying farewell to a boxing legend ]]> TBCB General Discussions jofre http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/tbcb-general-discussions/201990-rip-art-hernandez.html <![CDATA[Forever 80's]]> http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-dynasty-reports/201989-forever-80s.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:16:03 GMT My favorite way to play OOTP is to start a league in 1876 and mimic real life baseball using fictional franchises and players. But I've found that I don't really like the stats from 19th century baseball and I'm always rushing through the years to get past WWII where I can start to enjoy the numbers. But I do like the evolution that goes on in the early days of baseball and I miss that by starting a league in 1969.

So, I thought, what if they played 80's baseball from the get go?

And this league was born.

We're starting in 1876 with an 8 team National League and we'll be matching the structural changes that baseball has made over the years, but the stats and finances will always be from the 80's. We also won't be playing the abbreviated schedules of those days. Each season will be 154 games until 1961 (or as close to 154 we can get without going over and keeping the schedules balanced).

Player and team names will be appropriate for the actual year of the league, not from the 1980's.

I also plan on matching the minors to the times, but not exactly, as OOTP doesn't handle it well when a franchise has multiple teams at a given level.
For the 19th century minor league data is sketchy, so I'll be using the "Independent Team Alliance" as the default league for a level if there aren't enough real life teams to give everyone a spot. In 1876, there are NO real life leagues, so all minor league teams are in the "ITA"s. Think of the ITA as an abstraction. It is not meant to be an actual league. It's where we put teams, whose actual leagues cannot exist for some reason, but in our imagination they are in those other leagues, not in the ITA. Confused? Good. By the time we get to the 20th century the need for the ITA's will evaporate.

All franchises for the major leagues are chosen at random, with larger cities having a better chance at landing a team. Population in the year we need to fill a spot is used as the criteria. The only caveat is that a city must be at least a market size of 2 to qualify (I have a formula to determine market size) and if a team moves or folds, its city must sit out at least one season.

Also, one of the bugs in OOTP has led to a fortuitous thing. I have never liked the idea of using feeder leagues. However, there is a bug in OOTP that makes editing player ratings impossible unless you disable finances. And editing ratings is so important to me that I have always disabled finances in my leagues. However, I have found that you can edit the ratings of players in the feeder leagues and still keep finances in the majors. And I have come to love my feeder leagues!

For this league we have two feeder leagues: HS and College. The NHSAA is made up of 60 high schools and the NCAA has 24 universities. For the high schools, I've chosen the best programs in the country over the past decades to be included and the NCAA is made up of the SEC and the All-American Conference, which is what I thought were the 12 best non-SEC baseball programs of the recent past.

Anyway, I'm tired of explaining. I've been working for the past few weeks getting everything set up and I'm ready to play. I've decided that I will not take a team until 1962, when I will join one of the expansion National League teams and play out every game. Until then, I will be simming weekly and posting updates at least monthly (game time). ]]> OOTP Dynasty Reports Questdog http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-dynasty-reports/201989-forever-80s.html gimp help... http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-logos-graphics-html/201985-gimp-help.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:13:18 GMT does anyone know how to add a border around a logo in gimp such as the white border around the following logo... does anyone know how to add a border around a logo in gimp such as the white border around the following logo...
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]]> OOTP Mods - Logos, Graphics, and HTML dcpcarmona http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-logos-graphics-html/201985-gimp-help.html historical/fictional with Spritze http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-11-historical-leagues/201984-historical-fictional-spritze.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:28:23 GMT I have never tried historical play before and I have been reading trying to understand how it all works. What I want to do is start at the beginning on the 1991 season with my Atlanta Braves and pilot them through their golden years. I am using the Spritze DB with Real Teams, High School, No Asians... I have never tried historical play before and I have been reading trying to understand how it all works. What I want to do is start at the beginning on the 1991 season with my Atlanta Braves and pilot them through their golden years. I am using the Spritze DB with Real Teams, High School, No Asians from the Padresfan site. Essentially I want a fictional sim but with real players, so the players are drafted with their real team and then the development engine kicks in and they have to navigate their way through the minors. The main problem I am having is that when I loaded the database tons of top players are in the free agent pool. Whole teams are missing most of their teams to free agency. The Yankees have a bunch of 22 year olds starting for them and Don Mattingly is a free agent. What did I do wrong? ]]> OOTP 11 - Historical Leagues wildcatrevival http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-11-historical-leagues/201984-historical-fictional-spritze.html 1871/1872 National Association http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-schedules/201982-1871-1872-national-association.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:43:15 GMT anyone feel like making an 1871/1872 accurate NA schedule? i might give it a try to make my 1871 league which i will make available as a quickstart when i finish it in a few days. but doing an 100% accurate schedule looks to be a daunting task....plus not all teams played 28 games some teams... anyone feel like making an 1871/1872 accurate NA schedule?

i might give it a try to make my 1871 league which i will make available as a quickstart when i finish it in a few days. but doing an 100% accurate schedule looks to be a daunting task....plus not all teams played 28 games some teams played 23 whether that was because of rainouts or something else i don't know.

here is the link for 1871 Philadelphia Athletics schedule

1871 Philadelphia Athletics Schedule, Box Scores and Splits - Baseball-Reference.com ]]> OOTP Mods - Schedules Chicagofan76 http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-schedules/201982-1871-1872-national-association.html How can this be? http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-11-general-discussions/201981-how-can.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:38:02 GMT This is my first time playing OOTP, I have the newest version, and Im about 1 month into my first season in a fictional league. I play out all of my games and I have an odd problem. While all of my infielders have a defensive rating of 70 or above on a 1-100 scale and my outfielders a 60 or above... This is my first time playing OOTP, I have the newest version, and Im about 1 month into my first season in a fictional league. I play out all of my games and I have an odd problem. While all of my infielders have a defensive rating of 70 or above on a 1-100 scale and my outfielders a 60 or above rating I have yet to have an inning where the opposing team gets less than 2 hits. The ratings of my pitchers are about average for the league and my ace has very high stuff and movement ratings. Whenever the AI team is batting and they make contact its either a ground ball thru the gap, a fly ball my fielders cant get to or an error. And whatsmore if they hit a dribbler to the mound or something by my count they beat the throw from the pitcher 3 out of 5 times. And often times the runner has a terrible speed rating and he still beats the throw. How can this be? What makes it worse is every time Im up to bat its a 1-2-3 inning. I thought maybe I had a terrible scout and my players were much worse than I thought but he is rated as "excellent" across the board. Is this some kind of bug? Do ratings count for anything in this game? Why would my fielders rarely make outs when they have good defensive ratings and are supposedly in Great moods and never show any lack of effort in their personality? Im just wondering if this is how it is or if its possibly just some fluke that my players are playing terrible defense right now or what cause I feel like im playing mlb 2k or something even though at this point mlb2k seems a little more believable and thats saying something. ]]> OOTP 11 - General Discussions dankk http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-11-general-discussions/201981-how-can.html 99% Accurate 1871 NA 1871-2010 mlb http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-rosters-photos-quick-starts/201980-99-accurate-1871-na-1871-2010-mlb.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:19:06 GMT I am in the process of creating a 99% accurate 1871 NA league which will become 1871-2010 mlb. So far all teams are 100% accurate with No Pepper NA jersey set I am working on making sure owners and managers are accurate, i havent decided what to do yet with coaches and scouts. Let me know... I am in the process of creating a 99% accurate 1871 NA league which will become 1871-2010 mlb.

So far all teams are 100% accurate with No Pepper NA jersey set

I am working on making sure owners and managers are accurate, i havent decided what to do yet with coaches and scouts.

Let me know if u r interest6ed i plan on posting an uploading.com link and send it to padresfan also.

i will leave it predraft but am not 100% sure that without an AL league it will work. I deleted the AL after league creation and moved the teams to the NA that belong there.

let me know what else might be needed.
When i play the league i plan on having good players on the Chicago White Stockings and eventually on the White Sox. so i will not draft the players to their accurate teams, but you can. ]]> OOTP Mods - Rosters, Photos, and Quick-Starts Chicagofan76 http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-rosters-photos-quick-starts/201980-99-accurate-1871-na-1871-2010-mlb.html MLB 1871-2010 setup questions http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-11-general-discussions/201978-mlb-1871-2010-setup-questions.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:33:18 GMT whats a good way to setup mlb from 1871 heres the teams from the NA in 1871 1871 National Association Season Summary - Baseball-Reference.com (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NA/1871.shtml) what can i do with the AL? if i remember right i can delete the AL after i start the league... whats a good way to setup mlb from 1871 heres the teams from the NA in 1871

1871 National Association Season Summary - Baseball-Reference.com

what can i do with the AL?
if i remember right i can delete the AL after i start the league prior to the draft but not sure.

if i can delete the AL will i be able to manually put in the AA in 1882?

i plan on doing manual expansion up until 1901.

someone had the way to do this properly but i cant find it. ]]> OOTP 11 - General Discussions Chicagofan76 http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-11-general-discussions/201978-mlb-1871-2010-setup-questions.html Need ideas for NCAA-as-pro league http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-11-general-discussions/201976-need-ideas-ncaa-pro-league.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:14:08 GMT I'm trying to create an NCAA-type league, but with pro's instead of college-level players.

What I've done so far: created a ~340 team league (1 subleague, 32 divisions) with each of the D1 NCAA schools.

I'm working on the financials of it - I'd like to see a disparity between teams, ie Texas or FSU beating up on some tiny Atlantic-10 school, and I think financials is the way to do it.

Would setting each team's market size based on the school's enrollment work? Maybe set the market size by conference (Big 10=20, MAC=5, something like that?)

Looking for creative ideas!
Thanks! ]]> OOTP 11 - General Discussions BearMtn61 http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-11-general-discussions/201976-need-ideas-ncaa-pro-league.html Chasing Jack Chase http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/tbcb-general-discussions/201975-chasing-jack-chase.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:29:20 GMT boxer: Jack Chase
Global ID 9995
sex male
birth date 1915-01-27
death date 1972-03-23
division middleweight
height 5′ 8″ / 173cm
alias Young Joe Louis
country United States
residence Walsenburg, Colorado, United States
birth place Sherman, Texas, United States
birth name Isaiah James Chase
won 76 (KO 33) + lost 25 (KO 4) + drawn 11 = 114

In case you didn't catch Springs Toledo's excellent article on Jack Chase on thesweetscience.com here is a link to the pdf copy of the series posted on the IBRO website. Springs is a member of IBRO. Jack Chase | IBRO ]]> TBCB General Discussions jofre http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/tbcb-general-discussions/201975-chasing-jack-chase.html League Logo Request http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-logos-graphics-html/201974-league-logo-request.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:09:43 GMT The acronym for the league is CUBE and it stands for Creative Universe Baseball Experience. I'm giving complete artistic freedom to the designer and I'll throw in some good vibes his way ;)

If you could include this color #120574 to match our board, it would be great! ]]> OOTP Mods - Logos, Graphics, and HTML CUBEicle http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-logos-graphics-html/201974-league-logo-request.html New Logos and Uniforms for 2011 http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-logos-graphics-html/201973-new-logos-uniforms-2011-a.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:51:16 GMT The Fort Myers Miracle (Single A-Twins) will have a new look in 2011.

]]> OOTP Mods - Logos, Graphics, and HTML reds1 http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-logos-graphics-html/201973-new-logos-uniforms-2011-a.html 2003 Montreal Expos: The Final Years...or not? http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-dynasty-reports/201972-2003-montreal-expos-final-years-not.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:02:39 GMT Hey guys. I just joined the forums and also just started a historical season as the 2003 Expos. I then thought it would be a cool idea to make a dynasty out of it. I will put the roster I currently have up and will update my events every month (in the game, not IRL). It would also be... Hey guys. I just joined the forums and also just started a historical season as the 2003 Expos. I then thought it would be a cool idea to make a dynasty out of it.

I will put the roster I currently have up and will update my events every month (in the game, not IRL).

It would also be appreciated if you could give me as much feedback and comments as possible. That would be awesome.

Thanks :D. ]]> OOTP Dynasty Reports Rokran http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-dynasty-reports/201972-2003-montreal-expos-final-years-not.html