It was interesting to read about the new relief rest rule, after all these years.  I know from time-to-time over the last many years there is a tweak or two to the rules, but I was surprised to see this one at this late date.  Not a bad thing, though.  We never felt like the “can’t pitch more than two consecutive games” was the right answer.

 

In our league, for many years we’ve had two relief rules, highlighted below in blue.  But a few years ago, we started thinking about how we had no limit on innings that pitchers could throw over a two-game span, so we added those highlighted in red. 

            

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also have a rule that a starting pitcher must pitch at least 3 innings or until he gives up 4 runs, whichever comes first. And the only time we ever allow a non-pitcher to pitch is if the last eligible pitcher runs up to the one of the maximums above (or gets injured while batting).

 

 

I would like to suggest providing team colors for the background and fonts (I only play the baseball game but this may be applicable to other games).  For example, the Dodgers might have a white background with blue font, the Orioles a black background with orange font, etc.  Of course they should be defaults with the ability to customize.  This would give the game a whole new face and (being a retired systems analyst) I can assure would be extremely easy to program.  

 

 

            The computer football games – pro and college – already display team uniform colors on the player icons, but those aren’t names. Chances are, some of those baseball color combinations will make the player names much tougher to read than what we have currently. But the option would be nice to have.

 

I was wondering if SOM might create a source on-site for compiling the “errata” slip info that occasionally appears with various products. Having received the 2010 Baseball hall of Fame set recently, I noticed the slip of paper with nine corrections that need to be made to various cards.

 

One source for all of that collected info would be very helpful, particularly for gamers who have purchased their cards from a third party (through eBay, etc.).  I’d guess that those little pieces of paper don’t always survive a transfer of that nature.

 

If they could just go to the website, and enter a “card corrections” section, they could make sure their sets have all the correct data. Maybe it could be arranged by sport/year/set.  The occasional card that requires heavy correction could be displayed in full. When info comes in on a card error that wasn’t discovered until it was too late, there could be a section to acknowledge the discovery, and even credit the gamer who reported it.

Jeff Woodhouse, Seattle, WA

           

 

 

 

 

            Some gamers have reported success running SOM games on the Mac using Windows simulators, but SOM does not guarantee success doing so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            I had so much fun playing those ’88 teams that I’d like to give ’86 and ’87 a spin, but haven’t gotten to those yet. Anyway, here are the ’87 teams: