[Loeffle]

Originally Posted by Astros33Resurrected

This is my Angels dynasty I had going for a while. Started in San Fran and did good till Barry retired. Ended up with the Angels and managed 7 hall of famers and one guy was in the 500/500 club.

Im sorry to ask, but where can I find such information like "basic skill, special skill" etc.?

[frogger6]

Originally Posted by Geiiga

So, how old do the kids have to be before they start showing baseball potential? Ambrose is three, and he's starting to worry me by being more into artsy stuff than the bat and the ball.

Well, I'm not sure. My son was hitting off a tee when he was a little past 1 yrs old. He's 2 now and hitting underhand pitches real good. he also pitches to me (overhand) so I can hit. I think maybe it's a bit ummm.... not normal, but I'm not complaining.
The only thing he really can't do at all is catch the ball, but he loves wearing his glove and we're working on that.
I have a video of him hitting and pitching on break.com...

http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=354560

[houheffna]

Maybe you all can tell me:

What if I don't want to GM and I just want to manage? How do I change the settings so that I can do that?

[hobbitrjw]

I am wondering the same thing how do I go about getting into this seemingly Extensive Manager Mode in OOTP 8 I cannot seem to find the button that does it.

[Andy]

I only manage my team, no GM duties at all. I am not at home, but I believe you go to the Manager Options screen and set all to AI except for setting the Depth Charts and Lineups.

Edit - And Manager Mode as it was in OOTP 6.5 no longer exists, no more getting married and all that stuff.

[hobbitrjw]

Originally Posted by Andy

Edit - And Manager Mode as it was in OOTP 6.5 no longer exists, no more getting married and all that stuff.

Well I think that should return for OOTP 9,as a completely seperate game mode that you can select on the main menu.

[SamP]

I'm seeing all this jibber jabber about married and children and what not and I get the impression that everyone's getting married as a manager in their game and stuff and I have no idea how to do this. Anyone wanna splain this to me? I seem to understand that it was only in 6.5 (which I didn't have)? I had ootp8, not 2007, if that makes a difference. Also, I would like to do manager only as well, no GM, or at least try it, too. Did anyone find this possible? It would also be kinda corny to still be a GM but set all the GM stuff to AI because then you're still responsible for trades and whatnot even though it's the comp doing it.

On point, I tried to bring the Pitsburg Pirates back to fruition for whatever reason and found that a majorly flawed experiment. Before year 2 I made this major 20-player trade with Arizona (firesale: LaRoche and Freddy Sanchez--couldn't afford them) and thought it would begin the major turn around. So much for that. Year 2 was the final of my tenure with the Pirates. Luckily the Red Sox had fallen out of grace and signed me. Whoever their AI GM had been before me was a nutjob. I came into some crazy rosters.

[DustinthePOWERHOUSE]

I don't have a screen shot, but I played the Mariners for 13 years and then went to the Diamondbacks for 10. I won 2 with the Mariners, and 3 with the Diamondbacks. Definitely my best, but I haven't really had a season like that since then.

[gollum65]

In case anyone hasn't noticed, there is a "manager mode" in OOTP9. If you create yourself as an unemployed GM/manager, then check job openings, you'll see all the minor league teams. If you apply as a manager of a minor league team, the parent MLB team controls all the roster moves, trades, etc...