[Psitticine]

Yo Mike!

This sounds like a really promising project. I think just the thing that'd make baseball more interesting is the ability for the batter to keep the bat with him and have to FIGHT for those bases. <eg>

Seriously, though, maybe the basemen should have a chance to block (ala football, or maybe as even even more OTT Version, ala certain Jackie Chan movies <g>) incoming runners.

The image of the game-play that pops to my mind is a chance for the pitcher to put it over the plate, or aim for the batter. If he hits the batter, there's a chance for injury. (And detailed injury locations that effect player performance are a must!) The batter would get a walk though, and not get challenged by the baseman. If the pitcher throws it over the plate, there's a check to see how the swing goes, and if it goes far enough, the batter has to contend with the basemen. And, if one side wants to just mess up a star hitter, they might walk him and let a bruiser baseman go over-the-top in his defense, get ejected, but put the batter out of the game for the series . . .

Yeah . . . just picture it . . . the CARNAGE! <weg>

Oh, and team managers, doctors, trainers, etc. would be a great addition. Maybe stats like team spirit could add in to "morale checks" while training gives boosts to skills. The doctor would get a chance to rehab players between games (or even between innings for minor injuries) and there might also be a physical trainer to build up toughness as well as a skill trainer for hitting/batting/etc.

Fertile area for a game . . .

(Gives me a mod idea too! The martial arts add-on! Will the Shaolin Sluggers with their Snake Fist style outpitch the Kung Fu Klubbers with their Dragon Fist batting technique?!? OK, maybe that's going too far . . . <g>)