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Post by graymar on Apr 27, 2011 9:07:27 GMT -4
I actually went back to APBA dice & cards (well, skeetersoft)..following actualy lineups and trades...
Through May 31
East New York 27-18 - Pittsburgh 28-20 0.5 St. Louis 26-21 2 Chicago 26-23 3 Philadelphia 18-25 8 Montreal 17-27 9.5
West Cincinnati 27-17 - San Fransisco 28-19 0.5 Los Angeles 25-21 3 Houston 25-26 5.5 Atlanta 22-23 5.5 San Diego 11-40 19.5
Disappointed in ATL showing so far...SD is right on track in wins...but is hitting .195 as a team!
Leaders
Hrs McCovey, SF 16 Wynn, Hou 13 Aaron, Atl 12
RBI McCovey, SF 53 May, L., Cin 40 Johnson, A., Cin 36
Ave Staub, Mtl .390 Johnson, A., Cin .367 Tolan, Cin .354
Wins Gentry, NYM 8 Dierker, Hou 7 Hands, CHC 7 Holtzman, CHC 7 Marichal, SF 7 Singer, LA 7
Saves Brewer, LA 7 Gladding,, Hou 7 Face, Mtl 5 Regan, CHC 5 Upshaw, Atl 5
ERA Singer, LA 1.72 Dierker, Hou 1.80 Carlton, STL 1.82 Perry, SF 1.82
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Post by wildfire on Apr 27, 2011 10:32:20 GMT -4
I've never done an actual 'replay' with the real lineups used... I tend to just do the research to get the starting point and coach them as I would.
Do you do the 'extreme' method, and have the guys pitch the same amount of innings and such, or just use the lineups then coach the game.
Is Skeetersoft the old DOS version? I think I had that at one point. I use Broadcast Blast.. it's nice, you have to hit a button for every play, so it's sorta like rolling dice, and it does all the stats, and even has rest built in (for pitchers and position players)
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Post by graymar on Apr 27, 2011 11:04:08 GMT -4
I used Baseball Reference for the lineups... www.baseball-reference.com/I let the dice/my management decide on player usage. Skeetersoft comes with a workable pitcher fatigue system that seems to work well. Skeetersoft has both a computer and a card version. Not used their computer...so I can't be sure as to the base... skeetersoftinc.com/I have Broadcast Blast and have completed a few seasons with it...however, after the migration from 32 to 64 bit...I've not been able to get it to work. It was great in that I had the encyclopedia so with a touch of a button, I could load data from any year up to the mid-90s. Loved the product back when I could get it to work. When I used the BB, I would run through the season a couple of times automatically, make adjustments, then run through the season slower. Any hints/patches to make it work on 64 bit?
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Post by wildfire on Apr 27, 2011 11:50:41 GMT -4
I've never had any trouble... it just worked. If fact, I re-installed it last night (had to do a system restore last week).
It did tell me there may be problems with the operating system, but there wasn't any.
I DID have some trouble getting my season back in... I had to re-import it from the encyclopedia (which i had that! I only have the demo) and set it up as if I was starting over then copy the files over.
What OS do you have?
Baseball Reference (the reference sites for all the sports really) have really made it easy to play whatever you want... I remember in the old days it was really hard to find old info (stats, schedules and such).
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Post by wildfire on Apr 27, 2011 11:55:37 GMT -4
That skeetersoft guy looks familiar... I think his stuff used to be free back maybe 10 years ago (probably before APBA changed stuff).
How are his stats and such as compared to say, the homebrewed stuff on Table top? I'm especially intrigued by the 'advanced pitching system'.. that was always the biggest flaw in the original game.
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Post by graymar on Apr 27, 2011 14:33:21 GMT -4
I'll get you an example tonight from the chart on how the advanced pitching works.
I don't remember his name but the Skeetersoft guy, as I recall, was a long time APBA employee before the the old man's death and sale.
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Post by graymar on Apr 28, 2011 7:29:32 GMT -4
Forgot to bring an example...but here is basically the way it operates...
Based upon the pitchers grade and Q rating, the pitcher will stay at the beginning grade for a time, drop to a second grade until they give up some number of baserunners, then drop to a third grade.
For example, a pitcher may be a 14 for the first 5 innings he stays the second grade until he gives up two baserunners. We'll use 12 in the example. Then he drops to the third grade, lets say 3, after he gives up 2 baserunners after the 5th inning.
Relievers work the same except its based upon batters instead of innings.
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Post by wildfire on Apr 28, 2011 9:15:20 GMT -4
ahhh.. that's how Sherco does it... that's a nice improvement.
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