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Ten Years of Tigers History - An "Every-Pitch" The Show Franchise!

Hello everyone, and thanks for taking a look at my new franchise thread for MLB: The Show 2012!

Most of the regular users of The Show forums here on Operation Sports have heard about my "franchise plan" -- so in this post, I'll fill you in on some background about me, my franchise histories, and more -- so you know that it is worth your time to start reading this franchise story, and that you can expect that time to be filled for probably the next 4-5 years. :)

My name is Jay Jackson, I used to post here under that name, and also on MaddenMania and other "oldschool" sports gaming forums. I'm a diehard "realism" franchiser, so baseball has been a very tough sell for me over the last few years. I currently have (and just retired with the purchase of Show 12) two franchises in MVP 2005 (heavily modified to 2011), that I have played every single pitch with the franchise team for 5 seasons at least. My Tigers franchise is currently in 2018, and my Braves franchise is in 2017. So, I am not someone who starts something he won't finish.

More background: I bought the PS3 strictly for this game, and have ZERO problem with playing this game for the next four to five years with a great franchise. I will of course buy the new versions, starting with 13, but more to play with friends and online. I guess this is a good point to bring you up to speed on "The Plan!"

Ten Years of Tigers History -- "The Plan"

The plan is actually very simple. I do like and see the value of those players who play one game, and then sim five so they get a rotation of starters. I'm just a "realistic-stats" freak that I get frustrated, especially in a game like baseball with so many games -- that the stats accrued aren't MINE! I usually will run a "play one, sim five" alongside my main franchise, just for low pressure fun -- but I digress.

The plan is to play TEN SEASONS with the Detroit Tigers, playing EVERY PITCH in EVERY TIGERS GAME for those ten seasons. I estimate at my general pace of play, that it will take probably 3.5 years at the earliest point, and 5 years at the most. You can play a maximum of 20 playoff games in each postseason, if you go to the final game in each series, for a total of **1820 POSSIBLE GAMES WITH NO LESS THAN 1620 GAMES** over the course of this franchise.

I had just played a 3 game set with a "test" franchise to make sure my Freezing issues were alleviated completely, and now I will be starting my Ten Years of Tigers History in the next 3 posts. I am going to go reply to this message twice to get two editable messages so I can post the lineups and pitching rotations for Opening Day and beyond.

After the initial update, I will be updating every *10* games, and doing a "leaguewide" update every 25 games, so you will be able to see how MLB develops over a long period of time, with user input in every game.

Updates will be EXTREMELY screen-shot intensive, it may take me a few days to get a system for how I am going to post screenshots, but I am well prepared with a new flash drive, and think that is the easiest way to post lots of information for all to see.

I thank you for beginning this journey with me, and I look forward to many years of fun with all of you.