Keyboard Coach needs to be configured to your specifications before running. This is a one time procedure that only takes a few minutes. Choices made now may be edited later using the LEAGUE EDITOR feature.
Begin installation now? An AUCTION LEAGUE is the "traditional" fantasy league. Players are sold at auction with the funds from the auction becoming the base for the league's prize fund A DRAFT LEAGUE may be played "just for fun" or for cash prizes. If CASH PRIZES are chosen, each team is charged an annual franchise fee which becomes the basis for the prize fund. The SALARY CAP is the amount owners can spend during the player auction. Players whose salaries are being carried over from previous years are deducted from this amount. The FRANCHISE FEE is the amount each team is charged prior to the draft. This becomes the base for the prize fund. There are no FRANCHISE, TRADE, or FREE AGENT fees in a "just for fun" draft league. The TRADE FEE is the amount each team involved in a player trade is charged, regardless of the number of players traded. The FREE AGENT FEE is the amount a team is charged to sign any unowned player after the draft or auction is over. The ROSTER MOVE FEE is the amount a team is charged to move a player from any non-starting position to the starting lineup. SALARY INCREASE determines a player's salary if he is signed to an extended contract.
EXAMPLE: if the salary increase is $5 and you sign a player whose current salary is $10 to a 3 year extension, that player's salary would become $25 (10+5+5+5). There are no player salaries and therefore no contract extensions in a draft league. There is no need for a SALARY INCREASE FEE. Use <TAB>, <SHIFT>-<TAB> or the mouse to change data fields. Use <DELETE> to reset data. Contract length determines how long a team will "own" a player before he is released as a free agent. Turn stats ON or OFF by clicking on them. Stats whose boxes are checked are considered ON. Make your choice by double clicking on it. Use mouse or up and down arrow keys to select. Use <TAB> to move to next series of choices. Keyboard Coach can be set up to pay weekly prizes based on the last weeks' statistics ONLY. This allows teams to compete for the weekly as well as season prizes. This allows teams who may no longer be in competition for the season prizes to have something to compete for and keeps interest in the league going for the entire season. Keyboard Coach can be played by from 2 to 20 teams. Please adjust the number of teams accordingly. You may use this screen to change a current teams information or to add teams but NOT TO DELETE teams.
Teams are assigned data files according to their team number, ie. TEAM5.DTX. Do not arbitrarily change a team's order after the player auction or draft. To do so will change the players the team owns.
Use the DELETE TEAM function under the League Edit menu to remove teams from your league. SEASON IN PROGRESS !
Choose CLOSE OUT SEASON (under Commissioner's Options) before holding your auction or draft. INSUFFICIENT FUNDS !
You don't have enough money left to sign this player at this salary. NO TEAM SELECTED !
You must select a team before choosing this option. Weekly prizes are available ONLY in Auction Leagues and Draft Leagues with a prize fund. Select the Help Icon a SECOND time after entering the weekly prizes to see an approximate prize distribution. SEASON STATS are the player's actual Major League Season totals.These are normally the ONLY stats you will need to enter.
BENCH, WEEK and ACTIVE stats are calculated by the program based on whether this player is a starter or not.
BENCH STATS are any stats accumulated before this team owned the player, or while this player occupied a RESERVE position.
WEEK STATS reflect the stats of the last 7 days ONLY if this player occupied a starting position.
ACTIVE STATS are the stats used to calculate Season Standings. You cannot edit Active Stats. Active Stats are derived by subtracting Bench Stats from Season Stats. To modify Active Stats, change either Season or Bench Stats. NO PLAYER CURRENTLY SELECTED!
You must select a player before using this option. PRIZE FUND TO DATE reflects the amount of prize money currently available. This amount will change as various fees are added during the course of the season.
AMOUNT DUE shows the amount of the fees and fines incurred by each team that have not yet been paid.
EXPENDITURES shows how much each team has spent thus far this season.
WINNINGS reflects the amount each team has won this season in weekly purses.Default or currently selected choice is highlighted. INSTALLATION COMPLETE!
Choose HOLD PLAYER DRAFT / AUCTION under Commissioner's Options to begin drafting players. You may enter the entire name or any part of the name you wish to search for. For example, a search for 'MAT' would turn up MATt Williams, Don MATtingly and Greg MAThews if all of these players were in your league. Choosing QUIT FOR TODAY will allow you to return at another time and complete your selection of players. Keep in mind that you must end your draft/auction by selecting CLOSE OUT DRAFT before beginning play for this season. Choosing CLOSE OUT PLAYER DRAFT will end the draft or auction for all teams. You must choose this option before beginning your season. CLOSE OUT PLAYER DRAFT ?
(Choose NO if you want to return at another time to finish your draft. Remember the draft must be closed before beginning season play.) In an Auction League, players contracts may be extended beyond the normal length. See SALARY INCREASE for details. Click on the position you wish this player to occupy. If the position is already occupied, the player in that position will automatically be moved to the Reserve List. PLAYER DRAFT OR AUCTION STILL IN PROGRESS!
You must close out the player draft or auction before beginning an update! Return to the player draft or auction, select any team and choose the CLOSE OUT DRAFT option. Input the name and location of your USA Today download files.
example 1: C:\USA\week3.cap
example 2: C:\USA\pitcher.cap AND
C:\USA\batter.cap
It is perfectly acceptable to have one download file containing both pitchers and batters stats. In this case use the same file name for both pitchers and batters.
If you are using separate files for pitchers and batters use the delete key to reset the batter's file name. It
!"#$%&'()*+,-. 12345678 :;<=>?@AB D FGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW YZ[ ]^_ abcd fghijk nopqrst The USA Today assigns each player a 4 digit number for identification purposes. The program needs this number to be sure that it is updating the correct player.
If you have a list of player ID's handy you may enter the ID number and press the FINISHED button.
If you would like to the program to search the download file(s) for the player's ID number, make sure that the player's last name, first initial are correct and press search.
If this player has not yet been assigned an ID number by the USA Today you may want assign him a number less than 1000.This will keep the program from stopping at this player's file each time you run an update. When the USA Today assigns him an ID use the VIEW CONTRACT STATUS option under INDIVIDUAL PLAYER OPTIONS to enter the correct ID number. When the program locates the correct player it will fill in the USA Today ID for you. Press NEXT PLAYER to resume the update process. The program is also able to search for part of a name. If you think you might have mispelled a name, sometimes it is a good idea to eliminate part of the name and press SEARCH again. TORDRVSYS áågDz DEVSWAP COM áåo─ öò ûùÿÖÜ ¢ £¥₧ƒáíóúñѪº¿⌐¬ ½¼ ¡«» ░▒▓│┤╡╢╖╕╣║╗╝╜╛┐ └┴┬├─┼╞ ╟╚ ╔ r $ ~ SaxÆ╞▄ " & 0 :!"" áR`xÆ╞▄ & 0 9!"" π P j 4 ² ²Ωαæ αxαäαuMany leagues play for weekly as well as season prizes. Keyboard Coach has the ability to calculate standings for both the season and for the previous week only so that you are able to determine weekly winners.
CALCULATE BOTH WEEKLY AND SEASON STATS? Many leagues allow teams to carry more players than allowed by the standard fantasy baseball lineup. Other leagues emulate Major League Baseball's September Roster Expansion by adding players after Sept 1.
Keyboard Coach allows you to add players to your roster by "activating" reserve players. An "activated" reserve player's stats count toward league standings just as if he were occupying a starting lineup position.
To "activate" or "de-activate" a player, click on the box by his name. Those players whose boxes are checked will be considered "active". Keyboard Coach will allow you to output to either directly to a printer or disk file where the resulting file can be loaded into your word processor and edited and then printed î╨ÉEUï∞ Ä╪â∞V vÜ ï≡ ÷uΦ¿ ï╞^MMïσ ]M╩ Éî╨ÉEUï∞ Ä╪â∞V v
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The file will be saved in your Keyboard Coach Directory
ENTER FILE NAME * Some standings are rounded off in the newsletter to either 2 or 3 places
for a uniform appearance. However, when league standings are calculated they
are carried out up to 7 places. This explains why some apparent ties are
not awarded the same points. Click on as many features as you wish to include in your newsletter. Keyboard Coach will assemble a text file containing the items of your choice which may then be printed. Select the players you wish to trade by clicking on them. If you select a player by mistake you may unselect him by clicking on him again. Select the players you wish to release by clicking on the box to the left of the player's position. If you make a mistake you may reset the player by clicking on him again. Before beginning your first manual update make sure you are familiar with the section MANUAL UPDATE in your users manual!
BEGIN UPDATE? To assign a player to the reserve list, select the button just to the right of the RESERVE label. Keyboard Coach is able to display each player's stats as he is updated. This allows you to view or even edit each player's stats. This does slow the update process considerably however.
Display each player? Keyboard Coach will allow you to split your update into several sessions if time doesn't permit you to finish now. If you choose not to finish at this time you will begin your update with the next Major League Team the next time you select Manual Update.
Can't find the General Manager's Program, GM.EXE.
This program is supplied when Keyboard Coach is registered at no additional charge.See Print Registeration Form under EXIT PROGRAM or the file ReadMe.1st on your distribution disk. PITCHER'S INNINGS: SEPARATE FULL INNINGS FROM PARTIAL INNINGS WITH A DECIMAL POINT. FOR EXAMPLE 182 and 1/3 INNINGS WOULD BE ENTERED AS 182.1 This player has not been assigned an ID number! Without an ID number his stats cannot be updated.
Load next player anyway? SEASON = actual MLB stats
BENCH = stats while player was inactive
LAST WEEK = stats since last update
ACTIVE = stats that count toward league standings You may edit Season, Bench and Last Week's stats by clicking on the stat you wish to change.
Remember:
ACTIVE = SEASON - BENCH UPDATE COMPLETE!
A printout of potential free agents is available under COMMISSIONER'S OPTIONS - PRINT... No league records found! League records are determined when WEEKLY standings are calculated.
You must calculate WEEKLY as well as SEASON STANDINGS in order to set league records.
To make a player an ACTIVE reserve, and have his stats count toward league standings, use the ROSTER EXPANSION option.You will find this option under MANAGER'S OPTIONS. Select the player you wish to work with by clicking on the box to the left of his position.You will then click on FINISHED to return to the main menu where you may re-click on MANAGER'S OPTIONS and then on IND. PLAYERS OPTIONS to see your options for this player. Prizes distributed as if the season ended today. Remaining prize fund is divided 40% for 1st place, 30% for 2nd, 20% for 3rd and 10% for 4th. Please enter the number of teams in the league and the weekly prizes so Keyboard Coach can calculate prize amounts. You may choose as few or as many stats as you like. Press <SPACE> to null out data in preparation for new stats.
Press <TAB> or <ENTER> to move to the next data field.
Press <SHIFT>-<TAB> to back up one data field. No standings files located
You must use CALCULATE LEAGUE STANDINGS to create standing files before using this option. UPDATE COMPLETE
Would you like to print a report detailing any problem players? READY TO BEGIN MANUAL UPDATE
As each player appears you will see his SEASON, WEEK and BENCH stats.
Under normal conditions you will only need to enter his SEASON (actual MLB) stats.
WEEK or BENCH stats will be changed automatically depending whether or not this player is a starter.
All players acquired in this trade have been assigned to the bench.
To move them to starting positions use CHOOSE PLAYER and then CHANGE POSITION under INDIVIDUAL PLAYER OPTIONS. Statistics accrued to this point by traded players are retained by their old team in the Released Players file. Any statistics from this point on are property of the new team. No player selected. Please use CHOOSE PLAYER (above) to select a player before choosing INDIVIDUAL PLAYER OPTIONS. Note that the strikeout stats are mutually exclusive. You may select STRIKEOUTS or STRIKEOUTS PER 9 INNINGS but not both.
If you have an existing league it can be adapted to the Keyboard Coach format. You will need a list of existing players and their contract statistics (IE: salary amount, year contract expires, etc.). If the season has already begun you will need the players statistics also.
ADAPT AN EXISTING LEAGUE? Please select a Major League team for this player from the list. Please select a position for this player from the list. The next time you choose ADAPT EXISTING LEAGUE you will be given the option of adapting the next team.
You must enter at least one player on each team before holding a player draft or stat update. You will find the option ADAPT EXISTING LEAGUE under COMMISSIONER'S OPTIONS.
You may break the Adapt League process into several sessions if you wish,but you must enter all of the players on any given team in one session.
If you wish to change player positions you may do so under INDIVIDUAL PLAYER OPTIONS after you finish adapting this team.
If your league allows more "active" players than the standard fantasy league, see Roster Expansion under MANAGER'S OPTIONS.Adapt League still in progress!
Do you wish to end the Adapt League process and begin a player draft? PLAYER NAME = 20 characters or less
USA ID# (optional) is used for automatic updating using USA TODAY download files. If you don't have the player's ID number handy, it can be entered during the first update.
Select a this player's POSITION and MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM by using the mouse or Up/Down Arrow Keys to change the selection in the box and pressing the left mouse button or <ENTER> to select. CONTRACT EXPIRES indicates the final year of the player's contract. A player whose contract expiration date is 1996 will play for his current team through the '96 season.
Statistics accrued before players are signed as free agents DO NOT count toward league standings!
Each player signed as a free agent must have his stats to date entered when he is signed so that the program can keep accurate track of active stats.
You have the choice of inputting these stats manually or allowing the program to locate them in a USA Today download file and entering them automatically. Player assigned to a Reserve position. Choose Assign Position under INDIVIDUAL PLAYER OPTIONS if you wish to make him a starter. Input the player's name using the format FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
Input the name and location of the download file you wish to search, ie:
C:\USA\WEEK3.CAP The RESTORE button can be pressed to set statistics back to what they were when this player was loaded. Select the disk drive that you will backup data to. The selected drive will become the default until you change it again. The RESTORE button can be pressed to set statistics back to what they were when this player was loaded. Select the disk drive that you will backup data to. The selected drive will become the default until you change it again. DBASE2 FRM ¬`Æ ╜<∞' SEARCH FRM º¿%: FEES FRM πpk All stats available in the download file will be shown.
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DRAFTOPTA printout of free agents (players not currently owned by any team) and their stats is available by selecting COMMISSIONERS OPTIONS and then PRINT... Player ID's must be between 1000 and 9999 There may be players who were not updated because they did not have stats in the download file or because their USA ID was incorrect. Would you like to print a report of any problem players? Player draft in progress! The draft must be closed out before beginning your season! If you choose to continue the draft will be ended for all teams.
CONTINUE? There may be players who were not updated because they did not have any stats in the download file or because their USA ID was incorrect.
Would you like to print a report of any problem playersKCBB DOC N▒, &ë$ BACK2A BAPlayer stats may be entered manually or the program can locate them automatically for you in a USA Today Information Center download file.
Input stats from download file? ADAPT LEAGUE procedure is still in progress! Do you wish to quit adapting teams? This player's contract is guaranteed! If you release this player the remainder of his contract must be paid into the prize fund!
Release this player? PLAYER NAME: up to 20 characters
USA ID: only required for automatic updating. The program can search for this number for you later if you don't have it handy now.
SALARY: only required for auction leagues. This is the amount payed for this player during the auction.
CONTRACT EXPIRES: indicates the final year a player will play for this team unless his contract is extended.
GUARANTEED CONTRACT: if 'YES', indicates this player's contract has been extended and if he is released the remainder of the contract must be payed into the prize fund. Corrupt file - GM.EXE. Program Ended. SLCTEAM FRM 9Y╔ " LEAD FRM ╦¿u d5╛ RECORDS DTX ê╫ ¢, MENU FRM √Üu r5z σEASON NWS uç╫ %)╠ SUBS FRM bùu s5╬ UPDATE FRM Ñp║ 3ñ6 PRIZEDISFRM ê{ UPDATE COMPLETE!
A complete list of potential free agents is available under COMMISSIONERS OPTIONS, PRINT ... Select the drive you wish to use for backup/restore by clicking on it.
If you choose drive C: you will be required to supply a directory name.
Please don't back up to the root directory of the C: drive. Choose a subdirectory by entering it into the text box. If you are using a directory below your current work directory, make sure you provide the full path. EXAMPLE: \KCBB\DATA Please don't back σELTEAM FRM à£╞ █J
σBASE MAK PæÄ╦J$ EXTERNALTXT £"6b σREEAGNTPRT %cß WMƒ ACTIVE PRN X╡ ╣= MAINFORMFRM hù ▄Jk NEWS DTX ╫æ∞ ─J σOMINFO FRM ò│ ▌J? EFFECT FRM ╫Öⁿ▐Jw PRINT FRM ╝~n ▀J⌠ SCRATCH |ô╤ ADAPT FRM `«¬ αJ⌡ σEES FRM ò│ ;K! TRANSACTDTX 7æ∞ ┌:n CONTRACTFRM There were cross indexed player files during this session. The files have been repaired but please print the report or load the file ACCESS.MCS into your notepad and report the problem to Rob Frawley at McS.
You may reach Rob at 707 725-6016, or send a copy of the printed report to:
McS Custom Software
attn. Rob Frawley
PO BOX 1032
Fortuna, CA 95540
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