I am interested as well.

Please sitemail me if there is any room .

I would prefer AL.

Thanks

Okay if you have not recived an sm from me I need to know

Have you played before?

AL/NL/Either

Prefered park:

Ill change to Vancouver and ill try AL

Hey Knee- HBD Newbie... stadium TBD... no League preference.

Hey Knee -

Probably wrong place, but can you quickly describe what tyout camp pitchers are. Starting my 4th season and I don't understand how they work.

Thanks

Quote: Originally Posted By FishNasty on 5/04/2010
Hey Knee -

Probably wrong place, but can you quickly describe what tyout camp pitchers are. Starting my 4th season and I don't understand how they work.

Thanks

from the HBD FAQ



General Description - From this page, you may view pitchers that have recently tried out at big league camps across the country. These pitchers were not drafted out of high school or college and don't offer much potential for reaching the big leagues but could provide some much needed depth at the lower levels of the minor leagues. Tryout Camps are held after the regular season begins and occur anytime the pool drops below 16 players.

$ - The dollar amount listed represents the player's demands.

Action - To begin negotiating with a player, please click 'Negotiate Contract.' You will be taken to a negotiation page where you may make him an offer. You may only offer players from tryout camp a contract once the regular free-agency period begins.

Quote: Originally posted by FishNasty on 5/04/2010Probably wrong place, but can you quickly describe what tyout camp pitchers are.  Starting my 4th season and I don't understand how they work.

Think of beer-league softball players who show up at tryout camps believing they can pitch in the big leagues. They're cannon fodder to eat up innings so your decent young pitchers don't burn themselves out pitching at 0%. They play for virtually nothing and are worth about the same in ability, but can give you some innings in Rookie and Low-A ball. Unlike SimLeague Live, players at 0% pay a heavy price in injuries, so you need to spend some time making sure you have enough arms in the minors.

As in Sim ball having a burned out pitching staff will fatigue your opponents' hitters, but in HBD that leads to injuries for them and thus some rather unhappy owners.

This is really interesting to me but honestly, to be good, how much time am I going to need to dedicate to this. I am a stats guru and I'm am on WIS all the time but this looks like it takes a crazy amount of work?? Josh, Knee I have played many live games with both of you and I trust your opinion, how much time do you spend on this sort of team??

It doesn't take all that much time, more a matter of checking in fairly regularly. I look over my minor-league fatigue twice a week early and once a week late in the season, spending maybe 15-20 minutes on it. Probably two hours getting ready for the season (promoting players, looking at free agents, Rule 5 draft work, etc.) over the course of a week or two, and about 10-15 minutes a day looking at scores and stats for my two teams.

It takes about the same or not much more time than drafting and running a typical live team that requires some work to avoid fatigue (i.e. not a $140/160M type league). You can set Sparky to do day-to-day shuffling of minor leaguers on and off the inactive list to avoid fatigue as long as you start with enough players.

Quote: Originally posted by duece_duece on 5/05/2010This is really interesting to me but honestly, to be good, how much time am I going to need to dedicate to this.  I am a stats guru and I'm am on WIS all the time but this looks like it takes a crazy amount of work?? Josh, Knee I have played many live games with both of you and I trust your opinion, how much time do you spend on this sort of team??

Josh's assessment was accurate. The majority of the "work" is done early in the season. Once you get your roster set it just takes a quick peak here and there to make sure its all still running the way you want.

Because a few have asked here is the reasoning behind the rules:

Win floor is 55 wins or 120 over a two year span. If you fail to meet one of these marks you may appeal to the board of directors as to why you should stay. Tanking can be an issue. There is nothing worse than a guy holding all his stars in AAA to make a big run.

No buying of prospects. We will allow cash in trades but you will not be allowed to trade a career minor league player and 2 million in cash for a future prospect. The A's couldnt do it in the 70's and neither can you. The reason behind this is that it renders the budgeting process meaningless if you can sell prospects. It also is a way to slash and burn a team and then dump it. If team A is continually selling prospects to increase their payroll eventually they will have nothing to operate with.

I would prefer all teams stay in their stadiums for the duration of the league even if a new owner takes over. If you wish to move you may appeal to the board of directors. 2 reasons here. 1. It is very confusing to look at a players stats and see 4 different home parks only to realize he never switched teams, they just kept moving. 2. It prevents someone form switching stadiums because the team they have does not fit their stadium.

No tardy team names.

Minor League pitching must be maintained. No 0(0) pitching. Warnings will be issued. If we have to issues several warnings to you, you will not be invited back the following season. (Please note there is no win floor in the minors so you can sign all the try out camp pitching you need to fill spots) This is not too hard to do. as long as you stock the minors at the beginning of the year it can be put on auto pilot. I know it may happen now and then for some people but we just want to avoid nothing but 26-22 games in AA.

Quote: Originally Posted By kneeneighbor on 5/05/2010

Quote: Originally posted by duece_duece on 5/05/2010 This is really interesting to me but honestly, to be good, how much time am I going to need to dedicate to this. I am a stats guru and I'm am on WIS all the time but this looks like it takes a crazy amount of work?? Josh, Knee I have played many live games with both of you and I trust your opinion, how much time do you spend on this sort of team??

Josh's assessment was accurate. The majority of the "work" is done early in the season. Once you get your roster set it just takes a quick peak here and there to make sure its all still running the way you want

That is absolutely true, but the time requirement during the start up period is significant. The game is very very interesting (I have over 78 HBD seasons) but does require a considerable time commitment during the start up phase, which lasts about 2 weeks. After that, 5-15 minutes a day is sufficient. The strategy level of the game is amazing- I highly recommend it. I have 5 teams currently.

I'm interested in joining. I would like Richmond Virginia - The Diamond Stadium. I prefer NL but will play AL.

knee -- sent you a sitemail, but to make this noted on the board:

I have played before.

I don't have a league preference, but it seems that there is a larger need for NL, so you can put me there if you like.

I would like Wichita, if possible.

ratatat- for now I will keep you open on which league. And since Witchita can play in any division that leaves us with several options.