AH.Com North American Baseball Championship 2012

[elomire678]

It sounds like a fun way to do it. Definitely not realistic, but fun.

There are several online free baseball sites that we could probably do a private league on, but that'd totally depend on the level of investment that people want to do for this.

If we just want a more accurate simulator, I have most of a statistically accurate baseball simulator coded up in Matlab/Octave for a class project I did for my Stochastic Processes class. The problem with it now is that it would need to have pitching, running, and fielding added (it just assumes league average for those now). And that'd take a bit of time to get those right. So probably wouldn't be the best choice if we wanted to go really soon, or if no one else knows Matlab/Octave code to assure the other league members that the code's good.

[Slacker]

There is Out of the Park Baseball. It's a pretty ridiculous baseball sim game where you can construct teams, leagues, the whole nine. I imagine older versions are pretty cheap at this point, they do yearly releases.

[MatthewFirth]

Originally Posted by Slacker

There is Out of the Park Baseball. It's a pretty ridiculous baseball sim game where you can construct teams, leagues, the whole nine. I imagine older versions are pretty cheap at this point, they do yearly releases.

Hmmm intresting.

I'm not taking part in this, because I didn't want an event like this so sudden after Euro 2012. But, I do wish you well, and I hope it is sucessful.

[elomire678]

Speaking of which OotP 8 is totally free on their website.

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/ootp8/

[Mr.J]

While running the whole thing in Ootp might be fun, I think it'd be overkill for the small tournament of 10 or so teams we have at present.

If someone in the future wanted to run a whole AH.com fantasy baseball league, Ootp could be useful. But that sounds like way too much work for me.

So, if it's OK with everyone, I think I'll just use the dice-based system. We can start allocating points in a couple of days, once we've decided which teams are favorites, which are middle of the pack, and which are "wild cards" that barely got into the tournament.

[Mr.J]

Since we have 8 teams, it would make sense IMO to have two "favorite" teams, four middle-of-the-road teams, and two underdogs. Here's what I'm thinking for points:

- Favorites get 15 points to spend.
- Middle-of-the-road teams get 12 points.
- Underdogs get 9 points.
- Raising any stat over 5 costs 2 points: in other words, it takes 5 points to get Pitching, say, up to 5, but then 7 points to get to 6, 9 points to get to 7, etc.

[Dean501]

I claim a spot. I'll be able to do it in like half an hour. Reserve Cuba or Panama for me.

[Dean501]

Team: La Republique federale de Mexique
Team Name: Legionaries
Population: 139 Million
Language: 1st. Espances (French, Spanish mix), 2. Spanish, 3. English, 4. Spanish
Geography: OTL Mexico - Baja and Yucatan, Western Texas, Arizona, New Mexico.
History:
After the Napoleanic Wars, French fleeing now occupied France were given land in Mexico with help overthrowing the Mexican Emperor Agustin de Iturbide. Mexico became a bright place for the French people to free their home country. Espances, a mix between French and Spanish, became the language of many of the French-Spanish people (much like the Boer's and their Afrikaner language). In 1956 the Espance's, after being suppressed by the native Mexicans for over 100 years, rallied and overthrew the Government putting their own head of state Ninos Martin as La Presidente. But, their baseball team is good.






Oh, also I put everyone's nation on the map plus The Federal Republic of Mexico.

[Garbageman]

Updated map with my entry on:

[Future8]

Originally Posted by Deano1001

Oh, also I put everyone's nation on the map plus The Federal Republic of Mexico.

Do you mind if I take the land west of Sierra Madre Occidental?

[Dean501]

Originally Posted by Garbageman

Updated map with my entry on:

How dare you bring JPEGS to this land!

@Future8 sure, but someone should take up some of Central America and the Carribean.

[Future8]

- Your team nickname, mascot, and uniform, as well as optionally a team logo.

NAME: Republic of Southern California
POPULATION: 5,788,956
HISTORY: As the Espances took over Mexico, the Mexicans fled west of the Sierra Madre Occidental and into Baja California. The peninsula, which has previously been mostly unoccupied, was formed into a Mexican country. Eventually, they negotiated a treaty with Mexique and gained the land west of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
BASEBALL: Of all the teams that usually qualify for the NABC, South California is generally regarded as the worst one.

• Team Nickname: The Golfers (originally a joke made by the Canadians based on the Spanish spelling of Gulf.)
• Mascot: Gregory the Gopher

[Future8]

Also, how's this?

[Dean501]

Is this still happening?

[Mr.J]

Originally Posted by Deano1001

Is this still happening?

For sure, 9 teams is plenty to have a little competition. We'll probably start assigning favorites and underdogs tomorrow. Do you have any suggestions for host city(s)?

[kirrix]

I'd say Louisiana has a good crop of cities to host with. New Orleans, Houston, & Dallas come to mind.

[Future8]

I think perhaps California would be the best place to host it. There's San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and a bunch of awesome stadiums like the Dodger Stadium, AT&T Park and the Petco Park.

[blindgoose]

Just saw this. Consider this my submission.

Name: República Popular Americana (American People's Republic)

Population: 130,203,310

History: The result of years of close relations between Gran Colombia and the Gran República Cubana, it is founded on a strictly anti-imperialist and social basis, and though not explicitly Marxist, the popular national ideology of Martíismo-Bolivarianismo sees it often aligning itself with the more radical leftist polities in international settings.

Composition: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela

Team: Los Populares

• Perception: Los Populares are considered to have access to some of the worlds finest talent in baseball as well as the continents most prestigious professional league. They are the team to beat and have made it to more NABC Finals than any other team (counting appearances by GC and GRC).
• Mascot: Nuestra America (a female representation of the RPA)

[elomire678]

Originally Posted by Future8

I think perhaps California would be the best place to host it. There's San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and a bunch of awesome stadiums like the Dodger Stadium, AT&T Park and the Petco Park.

I do like the idea, but California doesn't have Dodger Stadium or the other stadiums in this timeline. We do have magnificent stadiums though, especially Cesar Chavez Memorial Park in Los Angeles. It's widely considered the best stadium in the world for baseball. 40000 seats, the best food, an unbelievable view of the Santa Monica coast. It is a pitcher's park though.

[Mr.J]

It looks to me like TTL baseball really caught on in 4 main areas: New England/Canada, the Deep South, the US Southwest, and the northern part of Latin America/the Caribbean.

With 10 teams, we have a tournament structure like this:

- Qualifying round, with 4 teams competing for 2 spots.
- Quarterfinals, with 8 teams.
- Semifinals, with 4 teams.
- The final.


The final can certainly go in California, but we could certainly hold some of the other games in other locations. Oh, and we should have a "homefield advantage" system where the home team (if there is one) gets a +1 to rolls in either offense or defense (team creator's choice). Won't change things massively, but will be fun.