Classic Teams - MLB 16

**Knight165** · 04-27-2016, 07:48 AM

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Fantastic!
This should be a really fun set to play with!
Really nice variety.

boston.....I'm not sure if you've got all the teams set.(meaning edited...not which year you're using)
I started my 1985 set and have the 1985 Mets completed.
I'm about to start the Padres, and working them back one year when completed wouldn't be difficult if you need anything for this set.

M.K.
Knight165

**bostongahden** · 04-27-2016, 10:39 AM

Re: Classic Teams - MLB 16

Originally posted by Knight165

Fantastic!
This should be a really fun set to play with!
Really nice variety.

boston.....I'm not sure if you've got all the teams set.(meaning edited...not which year you're using)
I started my 1985 set and have the 1985 Mets completed.
I'm about to start the Padres, and working them back one year when completed wouldn't be difficult if you need anything for this set.

M.K.
Knight165

Yeah I do Knight but thanks very much for your offer. I really enjoy playing teams across eras. Loads of fun!

**td7** · 05-01-2016, 02:05 PM

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Can't wait to play with this roster! How's the progress coming along?

**bostongahden** · 05-01-2016, 02:55 PM

Re: Classic Teams - MLB 16

Originally posted by td7

Can't wait to play with this roster! How's the progress coming along?

Just finished re-rating a few teams. Just have to set the lineups and double check uni numbers. Could be ready tomorrow

**td7** · 05-01-2016, 03:17 PM

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Awesome news!

**tinpanalley** · 05-02-2016, 03:54 AM

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This is fantastic, but I do have a question/comment about the Blue Jays. Being a lifetime Jays fan, it always surprises me in baseball game modding that people choose the 92 Jays over the 93 team in these kinds of lists. Being from Toronto and having lived all those late 80s early 90s years, I can tell you that among those of us that are die-hard Jays fans, it's the 93 team that we really loved and that was infinitely a better all round team than the 92 team.

I guess people fixate on the 92 team because they won the first World Series but I can tell you that it's the 93 team Torontonians think about when we think about that era. The 93 team is the one that really captivated the city and all of baseball at the time. The sellout attendances, Molitor, Henderson, 5-All Star starters, Dave Stewart, the first time in 100 years that the top three hitters in the league were from the same team, Olerud's run with a .400 batting average for most of the season and ending at .363. There's just no comparison with 92. Even the playoffs were better. And I can also tell you with a bit of sadness, that at the time in 1992, for most of the season Torontonians did their typical ignoring of the Jays until it became clear they'd be going to the playoffs. Granted, the Leafs were doing much better back then but still, nobody batted an eye at the Jays until about late August, and then the bandwagon really got going.

Just my two cents having lived through it all, I was working at the Dome those two years, and I'm not at ALL knocking the efforts of modders in baseball game communities like this one, the 2K series, even MVP, but I would just find it really refreshing for once to see someone do the 93 Jays which were pretty inarguably a better team and unquestionably a more significant team for Toronto sports fans and Canadians.

**bostongahden** · 05-02-2016, 05:58 AM

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Originally posted by tinpanalley

This is fantastic, but I do have a question/comment about the Blue Jays. Being a lifetime Jays fan, it always surprises me in baseball game modding that people choose the 92 Jays over the 93 team in these kinds of lists. Being from Toronto and having lived all those late 80s early 90s years, I can tell you that among those of us that are die-hard Jays fans, it's the 93 team that we really loved and that was infinitely a better all round team than the 92 team.

I guess people fixate on the 92 team because they won the first World Series but I can tell you that it's the 93 team Torontonians think about when we think about that era. The 93 team is the one that really captivated the city and all of baseball at the time. The sellout attendances, Molitor, Henderson, 5-All Star starters, Dave Stewart, the first time in 100 years that the top three hitters in the league were from the same team, Olerud's run with a .400 batting average for most of the season and ending at .363. There's just no comparison with 92. Even the playoffs were better. And I can also tell you with a bit of sadness, that at the time in 1992, for most of the season Torontonians did their typical ignoring of the Jays until it became clear they'd be going to the playoffs. Granted, the Leafs were doing much better back then but still, nobody batted an eye at the Jays until about late August, and then the bandwagon really got going.

Just my two cents having lived through it all, I was working at the Dome those two years, and I'm not at ALL knocking the efforts of modders in baseball game communities like this one, the 2K series, even MVP, but I would just find it really refreshing for once to see someone do the 93 Jays which were pretty inarguably a better team and unquestionably a more significant team for Toronto sports fans and Canadians.

Hey interesting perspective from a Torontonian and thanks. Yeah I guess this being the first world title team is the reason why it gets more play. However, it wouldn't be hard to adjust this team to the '93 version. You'd just have to search out a '92 roster in the vault and make the player movements if you wish.

**tinpanalley** · 05-02-2016, 09:17 AM

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Originally posted by bostongahden

Hey interesting perspective from a Torontonian and thanks. Yeah I guess this being the first world title team is the reason why it gets more play. However, it wouldn't be hard to adjust this team to the '93 version. You'd just have to search out a '92 roster in the vault and make the player movements if you wish.

Well, a project I've been wanting to do for a long time is get a roster and fill maybe one division with some of what I think are the best Blue Jays teams and do a playoff with them. But it seems I can never find the years I want and not having ever created historic teams before I don't know anything about how you go about doing it. The ultimate dream is to fill a whole league with Blue Jays teams and have them play a shortened season and playoff. Just as a total stats-nerd, Jays fan, experiment.

**bostongahden** · 05-02-2016, 07:53 PM

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I'm happy to report that v1.0 of my classic teams set has been uploaded to the vault a few short minutes ago. I imported all my classic teams at the Double A level before moving them up to the MLB level for two reasons. First it preserves the 2016 players, and secondly, there are a couple of handfuls of duplications with a few players on multiple teams. Nothing serious especially if you are just using these for playoffs. I don't mind duplicate players in season play, but if they bother you simply bring the 2016 players up from the AA level to avoid that possibility and make the appropriate player movements to mirror current active rosters.

All teams are 25 man rosters and lineups and pitching rotations are set. You just have to download and play. If there are any errors, post them here so people can make the adjustments. I won't be reposting the rosters so folks can just check in here and make the changes on their own. I have placed the teams for v2.0 on the front page and hope to have those out by mid June. Now to actually enjoying playing the game for a while. I'll post my results here from time to time. Enjoy!

**doncropper** · 05-02-2016, 09:02 PM

Re: Classic Teams - MLB 16

Excellent Roster Set !

Much Appreciated !

Don

**td7** · 05-03-2016, 12:55 PM

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Great roster! What is the OOTP pitch calculator you are using?

**bostongahden** · 05-03-2016, 01:35 PM

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Originally posted by td7

Great roster! What is the OOTP pitch calculator you are using?

Thanks for the kind words! I take the values from OOTP 15 and plug them into a calculator created by doncropper.

**td7** · 05-03-2016, 01:46 PM

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Originally posted by bostongahden

Thanks for the kind words! I take the values from OOTP 15 and plug them into a calculator created by doncropper.

Is the calculator anywhere to download?

**raneman85** · 05-03-2016, 06:55 PM

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Nice job. Ramon Hernandez missing from my 1971 Pirates. Wish we could go custom schedule with this set. I also continued 14 2oth Century Teams franchise over from 15.

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