<t> There *really* ought to be a steal-success rating to go with a steal-attempt rating. Maybe include a new stat for next year like "intelligence" that encapsulates this. A more intelligent runner will better know when to hold up or take the extra base. Perhaps this rating could give a boost to a ...

How did homeruns look in year 15 or so? Seriously. I'm hoping and praying that they didn't leap like Carl Lewis on a windy day.

All WHIP is is walks + hits per innings pitched. It's a roto-league stat. The first I saw of it, in fact, was in an old Rotisserie League handbook. Interesting tidbit: one of the creators of that "game" is NY Times ombudsman Daniel Okrent.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd<br/>
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Well I don't think it matters, orton. Thx for the help, but it seems my request has fallen on deaf ears.<br/>
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I'll struggle along trying to find the answers and asking about.
<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>Are you asking what the ratings ...

Yep. Sandbox mode, meat.

There's a mod of the Lahman database that allows you to import players their age-18 years rather than their debut seasons. I'm not sure whether or not this would work with PS, but it's worth a try. Do a google search on "Gambo database".

<t> Both PS and OOTP have their good and bad points. I pre-ordered OOTP and (obviously) bought PS. I think it's a good idea to support both if you can, because if you do then both developers will eventually make them even better.<br/>
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I'll just re-iterate my biggest problem with the PS AI ...

I know, I know, easiest way to find out is to just try to do it... but can you?

<t> Since this game plays a lot like FPS: Baseball Pro... yes, a CH 90 player will be a better hitter than a CH 80 guy, all things being equal, but all things are never equal. The scouts are designed, I think, to look at the interplay between CH and PH and eye and speed and figure out from that who ...

<t> I'd really like to get better access to WP, HBP, and PB data for pitchers, and SH and SF data for hitters. It'll help to get eras even more right.<br/>
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I would also really, really like to have more control over pitcher usage in the XML. Right now, no matter what other settings you make ...

Add my XML to your site, fubaduba!

<t> <?xml version="1.0"?><br/>
<!DOCTYPE PURESIM SYSTEM "ps.dtd" []><br/>
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PureSim Baseball 2007 - Engine Settings File v5.0<br/>
(c)2002-2006 Shaun Sullivan<br/>
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DO NOT CHANGE THIS FILE ...

<t> What's different between this XML and the one I created for 2k5:<br/>
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- Tweaked the league results so it's (hopefully) even more accurate than before.<br/>
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- Errors, errors, and more errors! As many ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>I didn't believe this when I read it & sure enough baseball-reference has Rip Sewell <br/>
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The Goose, hell. Where are Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker?

<t> Yeah, I know. And Shawn's been working on it since... jeez, since Sierra shut down the Front Page Sports series. I think I still have a copy of FPEdit somewhere on my hard drive. However, in terms of it being out as a finished product that one can make a case for against the aforementioned games ...

In the last version, I also upped the injuries, but for pitchers that also wreaked some havoc with IPs/start. Please adjust those back down to 0.72 for pitchers only; for now, keep hitters' injuries up.

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<t> So far as I know, no there isn't. This is a brand new game so as of yet it doesn't have all the support stuff that other titles on the market do. However, it's also quite a bit more customizeable than all the other games, so don't be surprised if within the next couple years, what's out there ...

<t> I like to play in what I call "God Mode", where I control all the teams and make roster decisions for them, set lineups, etc. Very rarely do I actually play the games, and when I do I use a method developed by Eugene Church over in OOTP: I sim until the 7th inning and take over at that point ...