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STATMAN Fantasy/Rosisserie Baseball
FANTASY SPORTS SOFTWARE
c/o Data Exchange
5427-C Ginger Cove Drive
TAMPA FLORIDA 33634
Version 2.12
This shareware version is being released for distribution in March
1994. This shareware version is fully functional and is meant to be
tested by those interested in using STATMAN for their leagues. If your
league plans on using the STATMAN STATS Service, try using this
sample first to get an idea how easy STATMAN handles weekly
stats entries.
We are including the (official) FIRST four weeks of stats for 1993,
in order for you to see exactly how STATMAN loads statistics
automatically. These stats were included for demonstration purposes
only. Once the real season starts you can either delete everything and
do a re-install, or go to sub-menu #1, "Reset" database, and delete
everything in do it from there. Once you import the first REAL week's
statistics from 1994, your rosters should be current as of that date,
minus those players that may not be in the database already, and have
not yet played. Once they do play, they, too, will be added
automatically.
BEFORE YOU ADD ANY STATISTICS, you must Configure STATMAN and
give the season START and END dates. For the start date you MUST
type 04/10/93, (if you use the stats from Opening Day) and the season
END DATE will be 10/10/93. I believe this is the correct ending
date; however, I do not have a season's schedule, but if it is
incorrect, type in the Sunday following the last game that the
Major Leagues play, this is the season's end date. For example,
if they finished on Monday, October 5th and that Sunday is
October 11, you would type 10/11/94. If you load the stats
BEFORE setting the START and END dates, your statistics may
not load properly.
During the actual 1994 season, we post on Data Exchange, the the first
4 weeks of statistics FREE to try. It will cost you nothing but the
phone call to use STATMAN Stats FREE. We figure by then you will either love
us or want something else. We believe the former, and feel you will want to
register with us to continue this great service for the entire year.
To get started with your actual League, you MUST set-up your league to reflect
the 1994 start and end date, etc. You are now ready to download the REAL
stats from Data Exchange and start the season. You load the REAL stats the
sameway as you did the sample ones. Before loading any STATS, make sure you
delete the OLD Fantasy League database you were using to sample the program.
Make sure you have created your Fantasy League, Teams, and conducted your
draft before actually adding the STATS. If players are drafted that are not
part of the current database, don't fret as STATMAN will add them to the
database and update their statistics when they finally acquire some. Just
make sure your draft is backed up on paper, computer, or something so everyone
knows who drafted whom. It usually takes about 3 to 4 weeks of the season to
get everyone entered into the database. We recommend that your draft be
conducted manually (on paper) and kept until all the players have received
stats. At that time, you should go into STATMAN and do your draft inside the
program to make everything up-to-date.
After you have tried the program and are satisfied that this is
the easiest way to keep track of your league and want to continue,
please call DATA EXCHANGE at (813)882-9613, V32bis. Data Exchange is Home
Plate for STATMAN. Each week we update the previous week's stats and put them
online for downloading. The STATS are from Monday thru Sunday and normally
available for downloading by midnight on Monday.
Please be aware that the latest version of STATMAN will always be
available on the following boards: (All have minimum high-speed
connects at 14,400 bps) Support can be offered thru Rusty & Eddies BBS,
as well.
Data Exchange - (813)882-9613 (Home Plate for STATMAN)
Rusty & Eddies BBS - (216)726-3589
PC-Help! BBS - (813)949-6588
(813)949-4993
(813)949-3392
(813)949-0750
Canada Remote Systems
(Toronto) - (416)213-6002
PC-Ohio BBS - (216)381-3320
Please see REGISTER.ME for registration information.
STATMAN BASEBALL
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PART 1. INTRODUCTION
====================
Welcome to STATMAN BASEBALL. STATMAN is designed to assist you in
managing your Fantasy/Rotisserie League on your personal computer.
STATMAN will maintain your entire league from the draft to the end of
the season.
Following are some of the features of STATMAN:
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Utilizes BOTH Major Leagues during draft, if desired
Many different print functions
Keeps complete league records including statistics, points
standings and league treasury
Automatically calculates team standings
Enforces Official Rotisserie League Rules (but allows the rules to
be customized)
Allows for Farm Teams, Long Player contracts, season expansion of
rosters
Allows for adding/deleting/changing of Major League teams in the
event of Expansion, sale, or move
Provides for automatic update of league statistics. (Our statistics
service imports and updates statistics from both leagues in less
than 5 minutes each week!)
Provides a complete set of options for maintaining teams (draft,
injured/reserve, trade, release, waiver, activation, free-agent
pool)
Teams drafted with National League, American League, or BOTH rosters
Prints Rosters, Standings, Transactions and Statistics by
Rotisserie Team or Major League Team
Notepad function for entering reminder notes
Configurable for your specific needs
Complete context sensitive help
Intuitive design using pop-up windows and menus
System Requirements
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STATMAN Baseball requires the following minimum configuration:
An IBM Personal Computer or "compatible" running the MS-DOS or PC-
DOS operating system version 2.1 or later, or OS/2 version 1.0 or
later.
Monochrome or Color Display, Hercules, CGA, EGA or VGA.
One floppy disk drive and a hard disk drive with approximately one
megabyte free space.
At least 312K of free memory (after DOS and any TSRs are loaded).
PART 2. Installing STATMAN
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The Shareware version of STATMAN Baseball is distributed in a single,
compressed-format file. The name of the file is STATxx.ZIP (x is the
version number). To load STATMAN on your hard drive, follow these
directions:
1) Create a temporary directory on your hard disk. If you don't
know how to do this, see your DOS manual.
2) Copy the file STATxx.ZIP into that directory. Using PKUNZIP.EXE
(from PKWARE, available on almost all BBS's as part of PKZxxx.EXE) unzip
the STATxx.ZIP file.
3) PKUNZIP will uncompress STATxx.ZIP so that you will now have many files
in your STATMAN directory including STATMAN.EXE, README.1ST, etc.
You should now remove STATxx.ZIP from your STATMAN
directory.
4) At the DOS prompt type INSTALL C: and press the "Enter" key.
After STATMAN creates the directories and files, move the *.UPD files
into the UPDATE directory.
5) Enter STATMAN at the DOS prompt to start STATMAN.
The databases have been pre-loaded with the National League and American
League players. If your league runs from either the American or National
Leagues only, no problem, STATMAN is configurable to run from one or the
other or BOTH leagues, depending on your league rules. Its ready to run
as-is, but now you may want to configure STATMAN for your particular
needs.
The software makes extensive use of pop-up windows for data entry and
menus. The menus list the options that are available. You may select any
of the options by highlighting it; press the up and down arrow keys and
then press the enter key to execute the option. You may also execute an
option by pressing the number (or letter) next to the option on the
menu.
The Escape key can be used to abort any operation in STATMAN. If you
make a mistake while entering data and just want to start all over
again, press the escape key. You can also press the Escape key to back
out of a menu (return to the next higher menu).
If you need assistance, you can press the F1 key at any time. This will
pop-up a help window that will provide additional information and
assistance.
STATMAN is the result of many hours of programming and testing to
ensure the software is not crippled in any way. It is the same as the
commercial version except for the opening screen. We encourage you to
try it for 30 days to see if you like it. There is even sample
statistics so that you can see how easy it is to enter statistics.
If you do like STATMAN and use it beyond the 30 day limit, you are
obligated to register your copy of the program. The cost of
registration is $75 per league - not per team. Upon registering,
you will receive the latest version of the program along with
with documentation. You may send payment to
Fantasy Sports Software, 5427-C Ginger Cove Drive, Tampa FL 33634.
Please make check or money order payable to:
Jim Unroe
NOT Fantasy Sports Software
You may also use your Master Card or Visa and order through
our on-line Bulletin Board Service, DATA EXCHANGE. Read the paragraph
below for log-on information. PLEASE NOTE: All credit card orders
are process by "PET STOP" and not Fantasy Sports Software. The Pet Stop
is kind enough to help us out with credit card processing.
FANTASY SPORTS SOFTWARE's Statistics Service
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We are proud to announce StatService, our on-line statistics service.
This service is available only to registered STATMAN users. It allows
you to automatically enter Major League baseball statistics on a weekly
basis.
Each week you will receive a complete set of statistics for all major
league players. The statistics will be in STATMAN format. STATMAN reads
the information and updates the player's database. The statistics are
used to compute and calculate standings, print reports for the Owners of
the league and update Major League rosters. The whole process, from
start to finish, takes a few minutes per week! This low-cost service
can save hundreds of hours of research and data input each season.
There are two ways to receive the weekly statistics:
1. You can contact our on-line Bulletin Board Service, DATA EXCHANGE,
and download the weekly stats (available each Tuesday). The
statistics are for all games through the prior Sunday. To contact our
BBS, you must have a modem (300/1200/2400/9600/19200 baud). The
telephone number for DATA EXCHANGE is (813) 882-9613. DATA EXCHANGE
does NOT charge an on-line connect fee, but
telephone toll charges will apply if calling long-distance.
2. If you wish, you can have a diskette mailed to you each week
(Wednesday) If you chose the mail option, your disk will be sent
from Tampa by first-class mail. Since Tampa is an important post-
office hub, it usually takes 1 to 3 days for mail to arrive in most
major metropolitan areas. Mail to smaller towns and sparsely
populated areas may take 1 or 2 additional days. The fee for this
service is $150.00 per season (April through October). This fee is
all inclusive. For those who wish overnight delivery, Federal Express
service is also available. Please write for details.
SERVICE FEES:
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If you have a modem and would rather receive your stats faster, then you
can download the statistics each week from DATA EXCHANGE. We normally
have the prior weeks' statistics available for downloading beginning
each Tuesday morning. The fee for the Bulletin Board Service is
$100.00 per season. This fee will also allow the user access to the
STATMAN conference where you will get online technical support regarding
STATMAN and the files needed to download.
FREE STATISTICS! The first month of the season, STATS ARE FREE! Yes,
you can receive the first 4 weeks for free. Just download them from our
BBS. If you don't have a modem, we will mail them to you on 5.25",
360k diskettes for a nominal $10 shipping and handling charge.
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LOGON PROCEDURES FOR DATA EXCHANGE
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Since you are using the BEST Rotisserie League software available
anywhere, we would like to offer each of you a look-see at our online
statistics service. For a limited time we are allowing those purchasers
of STATMAN that have a modem to dial in and have access to the season's
first 4 weeks of statistics. This means you don't have to pay anything
until you decide whether or not the stats service is for you. We
believe that after you try the service you will never want to enter
statistics manually again. However, if you choose not to continue using
the stats, that's fine, too. Please read the information in the LOGON
flyer as to how to log on, etc. Try the Statistics Service for a couple
of weeks and if you decide you want to continue using the online
service, we suggest that you make sure that FANTASY SPORTS SOFTWARE
receives your payment in the amount of $100.00 before the final week of
the trial stats.
To access DATA EXCHANGE, you will need a computer equipped with a modem.
DATA EXCHANGE is a 24 hour, 7 days per week Bulletin Board System
operating in Tampa, Florida. We can accommodate modems from 300 baud
to 19,200 baud. To call DATA EXCHANGE dial (813) 882-9613. We can be
reached via PC-Pursuit (city code is FLTAM).
When you first call the system, you will be required to answer a few
questions in order to be registered to the system. Upon reaching the
MAIN MENU, type J;7 and press the enter key. You will be transferred to
the STATMAN conference. To read STATMAN messages, type R and press the
enter key. Follow the instructions to view those messages that you want
to read. To leave a message for STATMAN, type E and press enter. Make
certain that your message is addressed to SYSOP. If you want to download
STATMAN files, type D and press enter. You will be prompted for the file
name. If you don't know the file name, press enter and the software will
take you back to the STATMAN CONFERENCE prompt. From there, you can type
F and press enter to view the names of the files available. DATA
EXCHANGE uses PC Board software, version 15.1. This is the best
bulletin board program available. We hope that you enjoy it.
Your comments and suggestions, PRO and CON are always welcome. Thanks
again for joining "Our" team.
Sincerely,
Fantasy Sports Software
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STATMAN REGISTRATION FORM
Name: ____________________________________________________________
Address:___________________________________________________________
:____________________________________________________________
City: ___________________________ State: ______ Zip: ___________
Phone: (_____) _________________________
These funds are US Funds only. Our Canadian friends will have to make
available US funds for their payments.
[ ] REGISTRATION ............................. @ $ 75.00 $ ______
acknowledges use of STATMAN; the latest registered
version of the program; entitles you to free BBS
support and to major upgrades at reduced rates. All
minor upgrades are FREE.
[ ] UPGRADE... (Upgrade for STAT135 Users ONLY) @ $ 50.00 $ ______
this is available to those STAT135 users that wish
to upgrade to version 2.1.
[ ] BBS STAT SERVICE .......................... @ $ 100.00 $ ______
allows unlimited calls during the current baseball
season to DATA EXCHANGE computer bulletin board for
the purpose of down-loading statistics.
[ ] MAIL STAT SERVICE ......................... @ $150.00 $ ______
weekly statistics updates will be sent on 5.25" diskette
via 1st class mail during the current baseball season.
(note: Canadian addresses require $170 in US funds)
[ ] TRIAL MAIL STAT SERVICE ................... @ $ 20.00 $ ______
same as above, but limited to 1st 4 weeks of baseball
season.
[ ] Purchase of a 14400 Baud, V32bis internal modem $ ______
Hayes compatible, 2 year warranty @ $120.00.
Florida residents, add 7.00% sales tax...........Tax $ ______
TOTAL $ ______
Payment by: [ ] Check [ ] MC [ ] Visa [ ] Discover
Card #: ________ - ________ - ________ - ________ Expires: ____/____
Signature of cardholder: ____________________________________________
NOTE: If you are using a credit card for payment, please be
aware that your charge will be billed to the account
of "PET STOP". We process all our Credit Card
charges through "PET STOP", so don't be alarmed when you get
your bill. By all means, DON'T notify your charge company
of a problem for a chargeback. Please understand.
ALSO: If you are paying by check or money order, please make
them payable to JIM UNROE and NOT Fantasy Sports Software
or Data Exchange.