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DYNASTY League Baseball Tour Tournament event Petco Park September 5-6
Thank you to all of the great fans of Pursue the Pennant and DYNASTY League Baseball for 31 fantastic fun years of playing!
Some of the history of Pursue the Pennant and DYNASTY League Baseball is captured at the DYNASTY League Baseball reviews and feature link
We are celebrating 31 years of Pursue the Pennant and DYNASTY League Baseball during the Petco Park Tour Tournament Express September 5-6.
Your invitation to this amazing event is right here! We have had some of our biggest tour tournament participation in California.
The Petco Park Tour Tournament leads off Saturday September 5 from Union Station in Los Angeles, CA at 8:30 AM where we will board Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner which travels on the shores of the Pacific Ocean to San Diego. You can join us at the stop in Anaheim or from north of Los Angeles via Metrolink connections in Oxnard into Union Station.
If you live in the San Diego area there is an opportunity to join us on Saturday, September 5-6 for the Tour of Petco Park, Greatest Teams bracket tournament and Dodgers vs. Padres games.
All of you native Padres fans we want you to join our group coming from Los Angeles!
If you live in other parts of the country please contact us so we can help you connect into Los Angeles.
Our Greatest Teams Board version tournament will allow you to select from any of the great teams. I’ll be on the tour tournament event and will be skippering the 1985 Cardinals. You’ll have your chance to play me with your favorite greatest team as well as all the other fans on the trip which will be some of the top competition.
Our Greatest Team Tournament will be held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt right next to Petco Park – the same hotel the Los Angeles Dodgers will be staying at so you may ride the elevator with Clayton Kershaw and Don Mattingly.
On Saturday September 5 we’ll head out to Petco Park for a 12:30 PM tour. On your behind-the-scenes ballpark tour of sensational Petco Park, the home of the San Diego Padres, you will get to go places only the players and staff go including:
The Field Warning Track
The Dugouts
Indoor Batting Cages
The Visitors’ Clubhouse
The Press Box
The Luxury Suite
A Bullpen
Ballpark Features and Views including the Western Metal Supply Building
After our afternoon tournament action, our group will see the Dodgers battle the Padres at Petco Park at 5:40 PM
At the league page there are links to recaps of previous tour tournaments which have some incredible stories to be told.
Petco Park Itinerary:
Saturday, September 5
Dp Los Angeles, CA 8:30 AM Union Station Pacific Surfliner
Dp Anaheim, CA 9:09 AM Artic Station
Petco Park Tournament on Pacific Surfliner
Ar San Diego, CA 11:22 AM
Petco Park Tour 12:30 PM
Petco Park Tournament 2:00 PM
Dodgers at Padres 5:40 PM Petco Park
Petco Park Tournament 9:00 PM
Sunday, September 6
Dodgers at Padres 1:10 PM
Dp San Diego, CA 6:45 PM Pacific Surliner
Ar Anaheim, CA 9:04 PM
Ar Los Angeles, CA 9:45 PM
Petco Park Express Tour Tournament includes:
– Greatest Teams tournament
Team selections are at this MLB.com News Blog:
https://mlblogsdynastyleaguebaseball.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/fenwaydugout096-thumb-400×271-11505911.jpgarchives/2009/04/new_greatest_teams_tournament.html
– Round trip rail fare
– One night Manchester Grand Hyatt (same hotel the Los Angeles Dodgers will be staying at)
– Tour of Petco Park
– Two Tickets to Padres vs. Dodgers September 5-6.
Double occupancy: $399
Triple occupancy $369
Tour, Tournament and Games only on September 5-6 for local DYNASTY League Baseball fans in the San Diego area: $197
Space is limited…
Team selections on first come basis.
Deadline for reservations is Monday June 15, 2015
Call 561-494-2711 or email orders@designdepot.com
See you in September!
– Mike
Preview of the new Manager Profiles | Is your Manager Profile identity Weaver, Herzog, Guillen, Maddon?
One of the most interesting and fun aspects of playing DYNASTY League Baseball is developing your Manager Profile identity of the tactics you use when managing your team. When you play a game with the DYNASTY League Baseball Board version or Online version you are developing your own Managerial profile. Do you play for the big inning and the three run HR like Earl Weaver or use one run tactics like stealing and the suicide squeeze like Whitey Herzog? Now your Manager profile identity can be entered into the new DYNASTY League Baseball Online Manager profile. You’ll see some of my profile selections from my SNBL draft league St. Louis Cardinals franchise in this blog post.
The new Manager profiles are targeted to be available for DYNASTY League Baseball Online in late March. You will be able to select and use your Manager profile right away in a Greatest Team league and also in the upcoming draft leagues.
Manager profiles are important because they allow you to have your team managed according to the tactical profile that you select if you can’t play your scheduled series live for that given week.
iPad and iPhone
Even though you can’t play a game of DYNASTY League Baseball on your iPhone or iPad (Apple does not allow the Silverlight plug-n) you can view your stats, box scores, game summary and leaders with the iPad and iPhone. You can also change or update your Managerial profile on the iPad or iPhone.
Lineups
The Lineups tab allows you to select your saved lineups and assign them to one of the four primary default lineup categories:
Default Lineups:
vs Right DH: | None Selected vs. RH vs. LH |
vs Right no DH: | None Selected vs. RH vs. LH |
vs Left DH: | None Selected vs. RH vs. LH |
vs Left no DH: | None Selected vs. RH vs. LH |
View Saved Lineups
vs. RH vs. LH
1. | Rickie Weeks | 2B |
2. | Jon Jay | CF |
3. | Chipper Jones | 3B |
4. | Albert Pujols | 1B |
5. | Ryan Braun | LF |
6. | Victor Martinez | C |
7. | Jack Cust | RF |
8. | Brendan Ryan | SS |
9. | P |
What happens when a player is injured or is not eligible to be in my default lineup? The Lineup Slot Preferences section allows you to select various parameters using sliding scales that total 100% Want your leadoff man to have a high OBP and be good at stealing 2nd? Slide the scale to weight these preferences more heavily.
Lineup Slot Preferences
BA OBP SLG Power Baserunning Clutch SB Steal 2nd Hit & Run Bunt | 50% | |
Unused BA OBP SLG Power Baserunning Clutch SB Steal 2nd Hit & Run Bunt | 20% | |
Unused BA OBP SLG Power Baserunning Clutch SB Steal 2nd Hit & Run Bunt | 5% | |
Unused BA OBP SLG Power Baserunning Clutch SB Steal 2nd Hit & Run Bunt | 0% | |
Unused BA OBP SLG Power Baserunning Clutch SB Steal 2nd Hit & Run Bunt | 25% |
Pitching
Managers in recent years are including more pitchers on their roster than in previous years. 15 Batters and 10 pitchers used to be the standard, but today some managers have as many as 13 pitchers on their roster. You’ll be able to select the depth or pitching on your roster by selecting the Number of Pitchers to carry on active roster at the top of the Pitching tab.
Do you want to go with a 5 or 4 man rotation and do you want any of your pitchers to pitch on short rest? The defacto standard used to be a 4 man rotation – now it is 5. Just remember your pitcher Durability rating is reduced by 7 on short rest so you’ll need a deeper bullpen if you decide to go with a 4 man rotation. You can select 4 or 5 man rotation at the Starting Rotation Size menu option.
Starting Rotatation Size: 5-Man Rotation 4-Man Rotation
Select Starting Rotation allows you to slot in your starting rotation and also check off if you want any of your pitchers to start on short rest.
1. | Not Selected Greinke, ZackHapp, J.A.Matsuzaka, DaisukeWainwright, AdamWillis, DontrelleWolf, Randy |
Start on short rest
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2. | Not Selected Greinke, ZackHapp, J.A.Matsuzaka, DaisukeWainwright, AdamWillis, DontrelleWolf, Randy |
Start on short rest
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3. | Not Selected Greinke, ZackHapp, J.A.Matsuzaka, DaisukeWainwright, AdamWillis, DontrelleWolf, Randy |
Start on short rest
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4. | Not Selected Greinke, ZackHapp, J.A.Matsuzaka, DaisukeWainwright, AdamWillis, DontrelleWolf, Randy |
Start on short rest
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5. | Not Selected Greinke, ZackHapp, J.A.Matsuzaka, DaisukeWainwright, AdamWillis, DontrelleWolf, Randy |
Start on short rest
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Sparky Anderson was nicknamed “Captain Hook”. Here are your Managerial profile Early/Late hook options:
Early/Late hook:
Always pinch-hitting for the starting pitcher if there are runners in scoring poisition and his endurance is down to: Never 0 1 2 3 4 5The bullpen settings allow enough flexibility for any era of bullpen tactics style you wish.Bullpen Settings:
Closer: Not Selected Benoit, JoaquinBraddock, ZachMasset, NickPerez, ChrisSoriano, RafaelWheeler, DanWillis, Dontrelle
Closer Use: Allow Closer in 8th inning if rested Never use Closer before 9th inning
Setup Man: Not Selected Benoit, JoaquinBraddock, ZachMasset, NickPerez, ChrisSoriano, RafaelWheeler, DanWillis, Dontrelle
Setup Use: Allow Setup Man in 7th inning Never use Setup Man before 8th inning
Baserunning
Here you can set your Manager profile to be aggressive like Whitey Herzog or Joe Maddon or conservative like Earl Weaver.
Baserunning Aggressiveness:
Up 5+ runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Up 3-4 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Up 2 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Up 1 run: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Tied: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 1 run: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 2 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 3-4 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 5+ runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Stealing Aggressiveness:
Up 5+ runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Up 3-4 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Up 2 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Up 1 run: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Tied: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 1 run: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 2 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 3-4 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 5+ runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Defensive Throwing Aggressiveness:
Up 5+ runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Up 3-4 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Up 2 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Up 1 run: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Tied: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 1 run: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 2 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 3-4 runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Down 5+ runs: | Super Aggressive Very Aggressive Aggressive Slightly Aggressive Normal Slightly Conservative Conservative Very Conservative Super Conservative |
Bunting
Eschew or advocate the sacrifice or suicide squeeze bunt? You can choose different selections for different base and out situations.
Sacrifice/Squeeze Bunt
Situation: Runner on 1st Runners on 1st and 2nd Runner on 2nd Suicide Squeeze No Outs 1 Out
Bunt Frequency (in bunting siutations) | |||
Name | Rating | vs Left | vs Right |
Ryan Braun | F | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Michael Cuddyer | F | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Jack Cust | F | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Travis Hafner | F | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Jon Jay | B | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Chipper Jones | F | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Victor Martinez | F | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Cameron Maybin | D | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Jorge Posada | F | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Martin Prado | C | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Albert Pujols | F | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Edgar Renteria | C | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Brendan Ryan | A | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Freddy Sanchez | B | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Skip Schumaker | C | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Jason Varitek | F | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Rickie Weeks | F | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Dewayne Wise | D | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever | DefaultAlwaysFrequently50-50SometimesRarelyNever |
Pinch Hit/Run
Decide which players on your roster are eligible to be pinch hit or pinch run for.
Allow the player to be removed for: | ||
Name | Pinch Hitter | Pinch Runner |
Ryan Braun | NoYes | NoYes |
Michael Cuddyer | NoYes | NoYes |
Jack Cust | NoYes | NoYes |
Travis Hafner | NoYes | NoYes |
Jon Jay | NoYes | NoYes |
Chipper Jones | NoYes | NoYes |
Victor Martinez | NoYes | NoYes |
Cameron Maybin | NoYes | NoYes |
Jorge Posada | NoYes | NoYes |
Martin Prado | NoYes | NoYes |
Albert Pujols | NoYes | NoYes |
Edgar Renteria | NoYes | NoYes |
Brendan Ryan | NoYes | NoYes |
Freddy Sanchez | NoYes | NoYes |
Skip Schumaker | NoYes | NoYes |
Jason Varitek | NoYes | NoYes |
Rickie Weeks | NoYes | NoYes |
Dewayne Wise | NoYes | NoYes |
If you manage like Joe Maddon who lead the AL in pinch hitting appearances from 2008-2010, you’ll want to select Very Frequent or Frequent for Pinch Hit Frequency.
Pinch Hitting:
Earliest inning to pinch hit for a positional player: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+
Pinch Running:
Defense
Defensive Positioning
Set up your guidelines for when to play the infield in (or just corners in) in various situations.
Situation: Runner on 3rd Runners on 1st and 3rd Runners on 2nd and 3rd Bases Loaded No Outs 1 Out
Inning | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | or later |
Ahead by | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+ | run(s) or less |
OR behind by | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+ | run(s) or less |
Defensive Substitutions:
Consider replacing any player that has: | ||
Range of: | B+ B C+ C D F | or worse. |
Error Rating of: | 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 | or less. |
OF with arm of: | 0 1 2 3 4 | or worse. |
C with arm of: | 0 1 2 3 4 | or worse. |
Defensive Evaluation
Unused Range Error Rating Arm DP Pivot PB rating Pitcher Handling | 60% | |
Unused Range Error Rating Arm DP Pivot PB rating Pitcher Handling | 10% | |
Unused Range Error Rating Arm DP Pivot PB rating Pitcher Handling | 10% | |
Unused Range Error Rating Arm DP Pivot PB rating Pitcher Handling | 10% | |
Unused Range Error Rating Arm DP Pivot PB rating Pitcher Handling | 10% |
Position Offfense/Defense Balance
Position | Offense | Defense | |
C | 40% | 60% | |
1B | 60% | 40% | |
2B | 50% | 50% | |
3B | 50% | 50% | |
SS | 50% | 50% | |
LF | 60% | 40% | |
CF | 40% | 60% | |
RF | 60% | 40% |
The case of the missing Scouting Report player ratings in today’s analytic Baseball world
If you’ve read the annual THE SCOUTING REPORT or THE SCOUTING NOTEBOOK that Harper & Row, STATS Inc., and The Sporting News published from 1983-2006 you know just how in-depth the scouting reports were that evaluated player “tools”.
Unfortunately those publications are no longer published and while Baseball Prospectus is a great read, it doesn’t completely replace the detailed scouting reports that THE SCOUTING REPORT and THE SCOUTING NOTEBOOK provided. Yes, we have stats and lots of them. Baseball statistics have never been as accessbile as they are now. It was a totally different Baseball world in 1982 when the first Bill James Baseball Abstract was published for national distribution and the Elias Sports Bureau tried to claim Baseball statistics as it’s own private domain.
There never has been a Baseball publication that provided player ratings like the incredible Rick Barry Pro Basketball Scouting Report, but perhaps DYNASTY League Baseball is the closest thing to it for Baseball in terms of providing Major League Baseball player rating grades.
A tremendous amount of effort goes into the creation of the DYNASTY League Baseball season player ratings to give you the best possible replication of a players strengths and weaknesses. I’ve been rating and grading players for 27 years for not only each season player card set for Pursue the Pennant and DYNASTY League Baseball since the 1984 season, but also several past seasons including 1957, 1967, 1970-1974, 1982 and three Greatest Teams sets from 1906-1988. That’s about 35, 000 different players and when you multiply that times about a dozen or so player ratings per player that comes to almost 500,000 individual player ratings. OK, Dan Treuden has been helping rate the pitchers for quite a few years, but still that is a lot of players and player ratings to evaluate!
You can now find almost of these player ratings easily accesible at: DYNASTYLeagueBaseball.com
Most player ratings are based on a 1-10 scale or A-F including A+, B+ and C+ (Error ratings go from 5-100) to give you a broad spectrum of ratings and precise statistical accuracy using historical scales. The player ratings are derived from thoroughly researched and tested formulas and computer calculations.
In some cases though, you simply can’t devise a formula that will take all factors into account. Defensive Range ratings are a good example. If you only used a players zone rating (UZR), you would come up with many misleading ratings simply because this defensive metric doesn’t account for variables such as the vagaries of the scorer’s zone judgement, the adjacent fielder, how hard the ball is hit, size of the outfield and defensive shifts. There isn’t any single defensive metric that is reliable enough to be used alone to assign defensive range ratings. That’s why it is important to look at more than one defensive metric and use “old school” scouting reports as a cross check. In the case of DYNASTY League Baseball, the primary defensive metrics used are Bill James Range factor, John Dewan’s Baseball Bible plus minus and Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR).
It’s this kind of effort combined with the foremost knowledge and insight into the game that makes DYNASTY League Baseball’s player ratings the most realistic of any baseball simulation.