Little League?

AndrewG · 11-11-2009, 01:07 PM

I get my best ideas.. wait.. STRANGEST ideas when I am at lunch at work away from OOTP.

I am pondering a ltttle league level. Similar to feeder I suppose, but you have different levels. 10-12 year sold and 13-15. You set strict limits to age and keep orsters and games minimum. You have fiannacials off for this level or at $1 per player ect ect...

They then can move to college/hgih school feeder than the bigs..

woudl it work?

spleen1015 · 11-11-2009, 01:57 PM

Feeder leagues can't feed other feeder leagues.

AndrewG · 11-11-2009, 02:46 PM

Actually its not really for a feeder league.. more of a minor pro thing...

It can be dinged as an independant league at any level and have a younger age group.

I perosnally already have a separate indepentant professional league that pays very little. Older vets who cant get a break in Bigs anymore go here.

Create the same league with even smaller salaries and low age range, and see what happens. WONT be feeder, in fact I dotn know why I mentioned it. I dotn use feeder leagues.

The younger players become free agents when they are too old. they can progress.

Variables

League 1 10-15 year olds. (lowest finanacials possible) no minor leagues
League 2 Independant league 16-45 year olds (lower finanacials) No minor leagues
League 3 The Bigs! 18-45 (MLB money) Full minor league structure

Once a player is too old for league 1, they become a free agent (right?) then here the only option is to go to league 2. Once they hit 18 they can stay in league 2 or go to league 3 as free agent. (Or trade since I allow inter league trading)

I already have a League with League 2 and 3 in it. (Except minimum age in league 2 is 18 and in league 3 21)

People might no tlike this set up because good league 2 free agents get almost always gobbled up by the bigs, but thats what rreal life is like.

I am just wondering if the young league woudl work at all.. the reality is I will give it a beta test in the next few days and see what happens.

jmknpk2 · 11-12-2009, 07:38 AM

Interesting idea. For some reason, though I'm thinking minimum age is 14. Hope you can get it set up. Would really be neat to track a player from little league to the Hall of Fame.

ukhotstove · 11-12-2009, 08:02 AM

Keep us updated, I just tried a quick game set up with an 11-14 and that works age wise although bit weird to see an 11 year old with full facial hair

ukhotstove · 11-12-2009, 08:04 AM

Something to take note of if you do try is that I just checked the free agent pool out and they are all 20+ age wise.

fhomess · 11-12-2009, 11:54 AM

I've tried this in OOTP9. I got a little annoyed at the ways player transactions were handled, since MLB style transactions don't really seem natural in that age group. Development was a bit odd, too, but that was to be expected. I found that players didn't progress through the league levels quite as smoothly as I would've liked. They'll often get released mid-season when they hit the age limit. I've actually been thinking of giving it another go in OOTPX.

Athletics17 · 11-12-2009, 12:16 PM

Keep me updated on this.

JTSMOOTH · 11-12-2009, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Feeder leagues can't feed other feeder leagues.

While true, you can manually move players between the leagues...Tedious for sure, but if someone really wanted to make it happen....

AndrewG · 11-13-2009, 09:35 AM

I set up the basics last night, will sim a few seasosn this weekend to see how it looks at that level.

11-11-2009, 01:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
AndrewG Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pointe Claire, PQ, CANADA Posts: 313 Thanked 25x in 11 posts	Little League? I get my best ideas.. wait.. STRANGEST ideas when I am at lunch at work away from OOTP. I am pondering a ltttle league level. Similar to feeder I suppose, but you have different levels. 10-12 year sold and 13-15. You set strict limits to age and keep orsters and games minimum. You have fiannacials off for this level or at $1 per player ect ect... They then can move to college/hgih school feeder than the bigs.. woudl it work?

11-11-2009, 01:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
spleen1015 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 5,020 Thanked 85x in 50 posts	Feeder leagues can't feed other feeder leagues. __________________ GM Indianapolis 500s- Classic Baseball Union

11-12-2009, 08:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 5,486 Blog Entries: 5 Thanked 200x in 146 posts	Keep us updated, I just tried a quick game set up with an 11-14 and that works age wise although bit weird to see an 11 year old with full facial hair __________________ Wigan Athletic only team never to be relegated from the top division in England

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ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 5,486 Blog Entries: 5 Thanked 200x in 146 posts	Something to take note of if you do try is that I just checked the free agent pool out and they are all 20+ age wise. __________________ Wigan Athletic only team never to be relegated from the top division in England

11-12-2009, 11:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
fhomess Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2,724 Thanked 255x in 119 posts	I've tried this in OOTP9. I got a little annoyed at the ways player transactions were handled, since MLB style transactions don't really seem natural in that age group. Development was a bit odd, too, but that was to be expected. I found that players didn't progress through the league levels quite as smoothly as I would've liked. They'll often get released mid-season when they hit the age limit. I've actually been thinking of giving it another go in OOTPX. __________________ StatsLab11 - PHP/MySQL based utilities for Online Leagues Other Mods: 19th Century: Schedules, FaceGen BBCards: 1887 Allen & Ginter, 1934 Goudey, 1988 Score, 1996 fhomess, 2005 fhomess FaceGen: 1960-Pres MLB, 32 Colleges, Backgrounds PEBA - Connecticut Nutmeggers Last edited by fhomess; 11-12-2009 at 11:56 AM.

11-11-2009, 02:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
AndrewG Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pointe Claire, PQ, CANADA Posts: 313 Thanked 25x in 11 posts	Actually its not really for a feeder league.. more of a minor pro thing... It can be dinged as an independant league at any level and have a younger age group. I perosnally already have a separate indepentant professional league that pays very little. Older vets who cant get a break in Bigs anymore go here. Create the same league with even smaller salaries and low age range, and see what happens. WONT be feeder, in fact I dotn know why I mentioned it. I dotn use feeder leagues. The younger players become free agents when they are too old. they can progress. Variables League 1 10-15 year olds. (lowest finanacials possible) no minor leagues League 2 Independant league 16-45 year olds (lower finanacials) No minor leagues League 3 The Bigs! 18-45 (MLB money) Full minor league structure Once a player is too old for league 1, they become a free agent (right?) then here the only option is to go to league 2. Once they hit 18 they can stay in league 2 or go to league 3 as free agent. (Or trade since I allow inter league trading) I already have a League with League 2 and 3 in it. (Except minimum age in league 2 is 18 and in league 3 21) People might no tlike this set up because good league 2 free agents get almost always gobbled up by the bigs, but thats what rreal life is like. I am just wondering if the young league woudl work at all.. the reality is I will give it a beta test in the next few days and see what happens.

11-12-2009, 07:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
jmknpk2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 664 Thanked 96x in 54 posts	Interesting idea. For some reason, though I'm thinking minimum age is 14. Hope you can get it set up. Would really be neat to track a player from little league to the Hall of Fame.

11-12-2009, 12:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
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11-13-2009, 09:35 AM	#10 (permalink)
AndrewG Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pointe Claire, PQ, CANADA Posts: 313 Thanked 25x in 11 posts	I set up the basics last night, will sim a few seasosn this weekend to see how it looks at that level.

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