The Scheduling Glitch is actually a GOOD thing!

[Jimbo614]

I've heard there is a glitch in Franchise Scheduling where the same divisions play each other year after year..
If so, I have to say I like that.
I'm not an Interleague fan at all. Call me Old School.
The main reason is that Interleague has killed the mystery of the World Series.
When I was a boy, I remember The Reds playing in the 75 World Series.. All you heard about was Luis Tiant and the Green Monster.
We'd never played at Fenway. It messed with our heads. And we'd never seen Tiant's Herky Jerky Windup and Delivery. It was all brand new to us.
It was like "Who are these guys?"
In 72, Could Campaneris steal on Bench? The WILD Oakland Uniforms, the facial hair... We knew NOTHING about the A's leading into that Series except they had this pitcher named Vida Blue.
But now.. If you only see the same five teams every year, that means there's ten teams you won't see.
So in the end, just by accident, I kinda get 2/3s of what I want. Imagine getting to the Series, and FINALLY getting to play at Fenway or Yankee Stadium for the first and only time. It makes it special.
I know it's not accurate, but it works for me. Besides, it also works for Divisional Races balance.

[1stpitchhacker]

I don't like interleague either. Nor do I like the DH rule (remember when pitchers could actually hit?). The "closer" designation is so stupid. If I have an awesome lefty reliever in the 'pen and the other guys have three lefties coming up in a one run game in the ninth, sorry but I'm putting in that lefty even though he isn't the "closer". Stupid "position". Pitch and inning ceilings (wow).

Even though I'm 30 and only got to partially witness it, man do I miss old school baseball. Everything's becoming so robotic and generic now (in all sports really, look at hockey every single team plays the same boring dump and chase). Wish I could've witnessed the MLB from the '20s through '70s. Ok I'm done ranting now.

[mistertony25]

I have a hard time believing you'd know nothing about a team from the other league, in this day and age. Given the ease of watching games every day and not just on Saturdays like back in the day. The internet, fantasy leagues, etc. I guess I'm biased since, as a Brewers fan, I've been able to see both leagues in person over the years. I wish they'd fix the glitch, since inter-league scheduling is a part of our reality now. I'd like it to be somewhat accurate.

[Spanky]

Quote: Originally Posted by mistertony25

I have a hard time believing you'd know nothing about a team from the other league, in this day and age. Given the ease of watching games every day and not just on Saturdays like back in the day. The internet, fantasy leagues, etc. I guess I'm biased since, as a Brewers fan, I've been able to see both leagues in person over the years. I wish they'd fix the glitch, since inter-league scheduling is a part of our reality now. I'd like it to be somewhat accurate.

Agreed. I hope the interleague schedule rotates properly in MLB 14. If you're going to have interleague play (it's here to stay) then every team should play every team within a three-year period, just like real life.

And you're right that it's impossible not to know anything about the other league in this day and age. Every game is available on TV, highlights of every game are on all the time. You will see every player, every stadium.

It's a far cry from the old days (1970s and before), when there were only a max of 2 national games per week, usually showing only the better teams. So if you lived in an AL city, you could go a whole year without seeing some NL teams. That's what made the All-Star game so great, you'd see players you'd never seen play before.

Those days are long gone.

[RandyBass]

Would be great if they let you customize the league in this game: number of divisions, number of teams per division, number of teams in the league overall, number of games played in a season, number of games played versus other division including inter league, and so on and so forth.

[Jimbo614]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spanky

Agreed. I hope the interleague schedule rotates properly in MLB 14. If you're going to have interleague play (it's here to stay) then every team should play every team within a three-year period, just like real life. And you're right that it's impossible not to know anything about the other league in this day and age. Every game is available on TV, highlights of every game are on all the time. You will see every player, every stadium. It's a far cry from the old days (1970s and before), when there were only a max of 2 national games per week, usually showing only the better teams. So if you lived in an AL city, you could go a whole year without seeing some NL teams. That's what made the All-Star game so great, you'd see players you'd never seen play before. Those days are long gone.

In Reality, you're absolutely correct. Even in the game, I can play any game I want from the schedule.
I guess what I'd hope for would be the ability to toggle off Interleague play and the DH. On most PC games, you have these options. Hopefully PS4 will have the same capability.
All I was saying is that unintentionally, the glitch has given me half of what I wanted, it's not perfect, but in this case, half is better than none.
And BTW, I went years without knowing what the Seattle Pilots and Texas/Washington Rangers looked like. Baseball cards used to just blot out the new logos and only gave close-ups

[birthday_massacre]

Quote: Originally Posted by mistertony25

I have a hard time believing you'd know nothing about a team from the other league, in this day and age. Given the ease of watching games every day and not just on Saturdays like back in the day. The internet, fantasy leagues, etc. I guess I'm biased since, as a Brewers fan, I've been able to see both leagues in person over the years. I wish they'd fix the glitch, since inter-league scheduling is a part of our reality now. I'd like it to be somewhat accurate.

He said when he was a kid and back then there was no internet.

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jimbo614

In Reality, you're absolutely correct. Even in the game, I can play any game I want from the schedule. I guess what I'd hope for would be the ability to toggle off Interleague play and the DH. On most PC games, you have these options. Hopefully PS4 will have the same capability. All I was saying is that unintentionally, the glitch has given me half of what I wanted, it's not perfect, but in this case, half is better than none. And BTW, I went years without knowing what the Seattle Pilots and Texas/Washington Rangers looked like. Baseball cards used to just blot out the new logos and only gave close-ups

You can have no DH right now.....just FYI.

M.K.
Knight165