Divison Layouts

[PitchingWinsGames]

How should we break them down? East/West? North/South? Something else? (Please provide example)

This is a rough outline of what either would look like:

East/West
DH East: PitchingWinsGames 2.0, DColtsfan, Ralph, Joe Cool, Swift
DH West: Moss, nny, MiamiHomer, Knuckleballs, AdamRavs

no DH East: CrimsonCane, Madman81, bobbob1313, Mainge, pdub858
no DH West: Flum, fishfan79, mbaamin08, Sandroimbuto, Maybin

North/South
DH North: DColtsfan, nny, AdamRavs, Knuckleballs, Swift
DH South: Moss, Ralph, Miami Homer, Joe Cool, PitchingWinsGames 2.0

no DH North: CrimsonCane, Madman81, Maybin, Flum, Maybin
no DH South: fishfan79, mbaamin08, Sandroimbuto, pdub858, bobbob1313

Based on Moss's lovely map:

[Chewford]

Go Honolulu team! ^_^

[MiamiHomer]

I think East/West makes the most sense when dividing up the teams.

[KnuckleBalls]

Agreed.

[Fishfan79]

I would say if gonna do DH or no DH dont split NL/AL style half and half just go fully one way or the other. The DH does strengthen american teams overall it seems.


as for the split upgotta be East vs West there N/S would be rough travel for some teams

[Madman81]

My thoughts: I like East/West rather than North/South, and I'd prefer to either be all DH or no DH. At least split the DH with East and West, not within the individual East and West.

[MiamiHomer]

I would say if gonna do DH or no DH dont split NL/AL style half and half just go fully one way or the other. The DH does strengthen american teams overall it seems.


as for the split upgotta be East vs West there N/S would be rough travel for some teams

That was already decided in the voting thread with advantages expressed for each side regarding finances and other aspects.

[PitchingWinsGames]

Not to mention, in TBBC 1, a DH team won year 1, and a non DH league won year 2... and in the real MLB, over the past 10 years, the split is 4 NL WS champs to 6 AL.

I don't have interleague splits handy for TBBC1, but realistically, all that matters is winning the championship, and the end result seems rather fair.

[pdub858]

I think East/West is the way to go, Looking at the map it balances out alot better.

[Omar]

Why do you have to have divisions? Splitting it by league makes tons of sense because of DH conflict, but I'm not aware of OOTP having travel issues and fatigue for going from one city to the next. Just throw everyone from each league into one big division and play each other equally to arrive at the most fair playoff picture.

Or, if you're going to have divisions, at least have balanced scheduling. The cities are chosen arbitrarily anyways so it's kind of unfair to have unbalanced schedules.

/outsider opinion

[PitchingWinsGames]

Why do you have to have divisions? Splitting it by league makes tons of sense because of DH conflict, but I'm not aware of OOTP having travel issues and fatigue for going from one city to the next. Just throw everyone from each league into one big division and play each other equally to arrive at the most fair playoff picture.

Or, if you're going to have divisions, at least have balanced scheduling. The cities are chosen arbitrarily anyways so it's kind of unfair to have unbalanced schedules.

/outsider opinion

To the best of my knowledge, there is no travel/fatigue issue from going cross country (hence us allowing a Hawaiian team).

The divisions would break down like ML, maybe I put them in the wrong order or something, but there would effectively be an AL and an NL league, then subdivisions in them, the only time the non-DH teams and DH teams would meet up would be during the WS, ASG and Interleague, and there is a balanced schedule option.
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Also, I prefer divisions because they breed more rivalries. If we have one league of 1 "division" of 10 teams, it's just a royal rumble. A division of 5 teams allows more urgency towards winning the division, and creates more direct, lasting rivalries...

Rivalries = Fun

I should also mention, with 2 divisions in each league... there'd be 2 division winners in the playoffs AND 2 wildcards as a league, not by division.

[nny]

Don't know if this is the place to do it but I would be against the wild card to put more of a emphasis on season play, or atleast make it only 1 wild card and the team with the best record sits out the first series.

doing two wild cards means 8 teams out of 20 make the playoffs, or 40%

Only 25% in the MLB make it.

25% of 20 = 5 teams, so you can either have 4 (only division winners) or 6 (divison winners plus one wild card per league)

too easy to make the playoffs with 8
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oh and shit I HAVE to be in flums divison so definitely put me no dh

[PitchingWinsGames]

Don't know if this is the place to do it but I would be against the wild card to put more of a emphasis on season play, or atleast make it only 1 wild card and the team with the best record sits out the first series.

doing two wild cards means 8 teams out of 20 make the playoffs, or 40%

Only 25% in the MLB make it.

25% of 20 = 5 teams, so you can either have 4 (only division winners) or 6 (divison winners plus one wild card per league)

too easy to make the playoffs with 8

I don't think OOTP will allow 1 wildcard because it won't allow a "Bye" series in the playoffs.

And, I dunno about anyone else, but, I'd rather have the 8 playoff teams than the 4, you hate upsets and the crapshoot that is the playoffs, but I happen to think it's more fun.

But, as it stands, the only options are 2 playoff teams per division or 4 playoff teams per division.

[MiamiHomer]

I'd want to be in the same division as my brother but I don't think there is a way to make it work. (I wouldn't care if it meant having no DH.)

[pdub858]

gotta have wild cards...