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Statistically Accurate Baseball developed by Joe Damore (c) Copyrighted 1987 by Joe Damore Statistically Accurate Baseball SABpcV3.ZIP This Document must always accompany the SABpc.exe or SABpcV3.exe and the 6 Team files that come with it these are shareware files and you can pass them to friends. But the Stats.prg and the Drafting Program and all the other teams are not public domain but must be purchased from me the author. Please honor this, my price for the programs and teams is more than fair. This version of Statistically Accurate Baseball is released as Shareware and works with only a Color Monitor included is four teams to start you off with. The 1988 CUBS, 1988 A's, 1988 BlueJays, 1988 GIANTS, 1950 REDSOX and the 1936 Yankees. If you find you enjoy this game then please send $14.00 and you will receive the Drafting Program that lets you form your own teams from any of the teams I have created, and also the Stats Compiler Program which compiles team stats and lets you view them or print them at any time. Last but not least you get the complete 1987 set of teams and also 47 great teams of the past with at least one team included for each city. Also there are no bad bugs in SABpcV1.exe, there are new enhancements like being able to view game stats at any time, pinch runners are now put on base correctly and, score sheet problems have been fixed. Also there is now a computer Manager you can play against and, if you want to play more than one game without rerunning the program you can. You get all this for a very low price so please support me, other games of this type sell for as high as $69.00 This money covers my three years of hard work, shipping, and a disk or disks. Also my wife might let me create a football program some day. A little bit about me. My name is Joe Damore I am 34 years old and I work for GTE Directories Corp. as a System Admin. on a Interleaf driven Sun system. I am happily married with 4 children ages 13, 6, 5, and 1. I have a Tandy 1000TX with a 720k 3 1/2 disk, 360k 5 1/4 disk, 768k ram, a 32meg harddrive and last but not least a VGA color system. Now a little info on my program. I worked 3 years to create a baseball fans baseball game. This game is statistically accurate if you were to play a 162 game season a player should bat very close to his average of that season or pitcher should be right on with his ERA. But you as the manager can make a difference in a teams season of about 10 games buy putting the right pinch hitter in or calling on the right relief pitcher etc. This game does not have fancy graphics but like I said it does have realism. Also one nine inning game can be played in 10 minutes or if you let the computer manager manage both teams a game can be played in less than 10 seconds this is great for baseball leagues or replays. At the end of the game it prints out a score sheet so you can enjoy the game and not keep the stats yourself. The program will also update a stats file too so you can track a whole season. NOTE: If you play a super teams league by drafting or with the old timer teams batting Averages will be lower than normal and pitchers ERA. will be higher this is normal and reflects the tougher competition in a league filled with super stars. My next release of teams is the complete 1989 baseball season witch I will have ready by middle Febuary 1990. The 1988 season witch is now ready. At a very low cost of only $8.00 the 1989 season. will also be $8.00. Also if you want a team created that I don't have in my best teams set I will create one for you at $5.00 per team with a two team minimum. Thank you very much and PLAY BALL ! Joe Damore Heres a list of all the teams I have created to date! 1930 A'S 1973 A's 1987 A's 1988 A's 1979 ANGELS 1986 ANGELS 1987 ANGELS 1988 ANGELS 1980 ASTROS 1986 ASTROS 1987 ASTROS 1988 ASTROS 1986 BLUE JAYS 1987 BLUE JAYS 1988 BLUE JAYS 1957 BRAVES 1987 BRAVES 1988 BRAVES 1982 BREWERS 1987 BREWERS 1988 BREWERS 1985 CARDINALS 1987 CARDINALS 1988 CARDINALS 1929 CUBS 1970 CUBS 1984 CUBS 1987 CUBS 1988 CUBS ALL TIME CUBS 1953 DODGERS 1962 DODGERS 1985 DODGERS 1987 DODGERS 1988 DODGERS 1979 EXPOS 1987 EXPOS 1988 EXPOS 1962 GIANTS 1987 GIANTS 1988 GIANTS 1968 INDIANS 1986 INDIANS 1987 INDIANS 1988 INDIANS 1986 MARINERS 1987 MARINERS 1988 MARINERS 1986 METS 1987 METS 1988 METS 1969 ORIOLES 1970 ORIOLES 1987 ORIOLES 1988 ORIOLES 1984 PADRES 1987 PADRES 1988 PADRES 1977 PHILLIES 1987 PHILLIES 1988 PHILLIES 1971 PIRATES 1987 PIRATES 1988 PIRATES 1986 RANGERS 1987 RANGERS 1988 RANGERS 1950 REDSOX 1970 REDSOX 1986 REDSOX 1987 REDSOX 1988 REDSOX ALL TIME REDSOX 1962 REDS 1970 REDS 1987 REDS 1988 REDS 1980 ROYALS 1987 ROYALS 1988 ROYALS 1968 TIGERS 1987 TIGERS 1988 TIGERS 1962 TWINS 1964 TWINS 1970 TWINS 1987 TWINS 1988 TWINS 1983 WHITE SOX 1987 WHITE SOX 1988 WHITE SOX 1927 YANKEES 1936 YANKEES 1941 YANKEES 1961 YANKEES 1962 YANKEES 1987 YANKEES 1988 YANKEES ALL TIME YANKEES Statistically Accurate Baseball To play ball at the dos prompt type SABPCV3, this will start the loading and running of the baseball program. When the program has finished loading you will see a message on the screen with a copyright notice. Now press any key to begin. Next pick the home team and then the visiting team by using your arrow keys to move the highlighted cursor on the team you want then press enter. After you have picked the teams you want, you will now select the starting pitchers the same way as you selected the teams. The next screen display will ask you if you want the computer to manage one of the teams or both of the teams. The computer will be no push over as it will play conservatively and by percentages. If you want the computer to manage both of the teams a game can be played very quickly. Set the delay setting to Warp, Medium, or Fast these settings control how quickly the game displays are shown. You would usually set the control to Warp, and watch it fly if the computer is against its self. Last but not least it is time to choose your starting lineups for each team. This menu screen will display each players name and their most important stats. It will also have a PRESET lineup. Now look over the stats and see if you want to use the PRESET lineup or select a lineup of your OWN choice. After you have selected both lineups you should now see the Main action screen. This is where every thing happens during the game. The top half of the Main action screen has the Scoreboard, Outs made in the inning and, the Base Runners on base situation. All this keeps you informed on the games progress inning by inning. The bottom half of the Main action screen is the area where both managers make their strategy decisions and, where you also see the outcome of each play. The defensive manager makes his decision first then the offensive manager makes his decision. You do this by Selecting the decision you want. Don't worry about keeping stats S.A.B. does that for you. And at the end of the game it will ask you if you want a printout if you have a printer, or you can print them to the screen if you don't. Also at any time during the game you can see the starting lineup for either team by clicking the mouse on DEF Change for the defensive team, or clicking the mouse on OFF Change for the offensive team. You are now ready to playball. Rules Built Into The Program There are certain rules built into the program pertaining to Strategy. If you accidentally violate one of these rules you will be see a alert box telling you what you did something wrong. SQUEEZE BUNT: Can only be used when there is a runner on 3rd base. SACRIFICE BUNT: Cannot be used with runner on 3rd base. STEALING: You cannot steal a base already occupied. INFIELD IN: You cannot use unless there is at least 1 runner on base. HOLDING A RUNNER ON BASE: You cannot use unless there is at least 1 runner on base. HIT&RUN: You cannot use with a runner on 3rd base. DESIGNATED HITTER: Each team has a Designated hitter in the lineup. DOUBLE STEAL: If a runner on 2nd base attempts steal 3rd base and there is a runner on 1st base this auto- matically starts a double steal attempt. Defensive Coaching Decisions PLAY NORMAL: Usually this is the most often defensive selection. Best situations to use would be with no men on or poor base stealer is on 1st base. HOLD RUNNER ON: You would use this to help prevent good base stealers from running on you. But this also improves a batters chance to get a base hit by leaving a hole between 1st and 2nd base. INT. WALK: You are allowed to intentionally walk any batter. Good situations would be with 1st base open and a runner on 2nd base to put you in the position for a doubleplay. Or with men on and a good hitter up with two outs. INFIELD IN: Playing the infield in decreases the scoring chances of a runner on 3rd base. It also decreases the chances of a player sacrificing a runner to scoring position. However it increases the batters chances of hitting safely if he swings away, and also decreases the chances of doubleplay. CORNERS IN: Playing the corners in decreases the chances of a player sacrificing a runner to scoring position. It increases the batters chances of hitting safely if he swings away, but it is less of a increase than playing your whole infield in. Also it doesn't decrease the chances of doubleplay as much. PLAYER CHANGE: A defensive manager buy picking this selection can view his starting lineup and make a player change during the game. He can also just view his players ratings during the game and go back to the main menu with out a change. VIEW STATS: View the stats for this game at any time. Offensive Coaching Decisions SWING AWAY: The batter just takes his cuts. This should be the most often used offensive play. BUNT: Used to advance base runners into scoring position in a close game. You can also bunt for hit if you want. STEAL: If you pick this play during the game,a screen will appear to ask you what base you want to steal. It will also tell you if the runner was safe or out. Also, if you are stealing 3rd base with a runner on 1st base a double steal will occur automatically. The catcher will throw at the man trying to steal 3rd base. HIT & RUN: It should be used with one or no outs. So that your base runners have a better chance to advance to the next base. But it also decreases a batters batting Average. SQUEEZE BUNT: It should only be used with one or no outs and a runner on 3rd base. A good bunter will have a good chance to score the runner on 3rd. PLAYER CHANGE: The offensive manager can pinch hit any time he wants. He can also pick this choice to view his staring lineup or bench to look at the player ratings. VIEW STATS: View the stats for this game at any time. Explanation of the Terms Used and How They Affect the Game On The Action Screen Homerun All base runners score. Triple All base runners advances 3 bases. Double* All base runners advance 3 bases. Double All base runners advance 2 bases. Single* All base runners advance 2 bases. 2BE All base runners advance 2 bases on a error. Single All base runners advance 1 base. Walk All base runners advance 1 base. Bunt Single All base runners advance 1 base. Sacrifice is Good All base runners advance 1 base. 1bE All base runners advance 1 base on a error. Grounded-Out (RA) Base runners advance 1 base if the infield is not in. If there are no base runners just a groundout. Grounded-Out (FC) Fielders choice batter is safe on 1st base, man going to 2nd is out other runners advance 1 base. If there are no base runners just a groundout. Also if there is a man on 3rd base and the infield is in and the runner on 3rd base is forced home he is out. Grounded-Out (DP) Doubleplay runner on 1st base is the out other runners advance 1 base. If there is no one on 1st base then there is just a groundout. Also if the infield is in the runner on 3rd base holds and the batter is out. Shallow Flyout All base runners hold. Deep Flyout Runner on 3rd scores all other runners hold. If there is no one on 3rd base then it is just a long flyout. Popout All Base runners hold. Lineout All Base runners hold. Fouled Out All base runners hold. Strikeout All base runners hold. Statistically Accurate Baseball developed by Joe Damore Copyrighted 1987, 1988, 1989 by Joe Damore Statistically Accurate Baseball SABpcV3.exe STATS PROGRAM: Version 3.0 is now out using color! The new stats program is easy to use all you have to do is make menu choices and the program does all the work for you. It will let you view a teams compiled stats and print them.It will let you create a baseball league or division of 15 teams or less, and then it will print the standings of the league on the screen or print them on your printer. This program makes it so easy to keep stats so that most of your time will be used on playing the game. In V3.0 of the STATS.prg all bugs are fixed and there is now a totals line on the bottom of the stats columns for both batters and pitchers. DRAFTING PROGRAM: Version 3.0 is now out using color! This new program is also easy to use and all your choices are menu selected. This program allows you to draft your teams from any of the current teams I have created which is 100 teams right now. It also lets you change the permanent lineup to one of your choice on any team that I have created or you have created. If you wish to view the pitching rotation with out making a change enter 99 return. This brings you to the main screen. NOTE: If you wish to view the pitching rotation in the DRAFTING.prg with out making a change enter 99 at the 1st prompt. This brings you to the main screen. NOTE: In all of my programs you may exit them at any time with Control-Break or on the Tandy as Cntrl-Hold NOTE: You must have a FOLDER called STATS and a FOLDER called TEAMS on your A:, B:, or C: drive at the root or top level of your directory for SABpcV1.exe. You then may place the PROGRAMS on your hard drive or A: drive. Also all the Teams must be in the TEAMS FOLDER and the STATS.STS files will be created and put in the STATS FOLDER by the S.A.B. program. Also all LEAGUE.LGE files must be kept in the STATS FOLDER. NOTE: Please tell me if you have a double sided 720k drive. or a 360k drive. If you don't have a hard drive tell me and I can set the config file for a one or two drive system for you. ORDER FROM FOR S.A.B. SEND TO: JOE DAMORE 5716 CHESAPEAKE WATAUGA, TEXAS 76148 YOUR NAME: ____________________________________________________________ ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________________ CITY, STATE,: ________________________________________ ZIP:_______________ COMMENTS: ____________________________________________________________ Drive type 720k or 360k please circle your choice. Thank You for your support and interest! Joe Damore COMMON QUESTIONS: Q. > How well do players field if they are out of position. A. > If a player who plays infield is put in the outfield or a outfielder is put in the infield then he will perform poorly but when you change a infielders position to a different infield position then they will perform only one rating worse, the same goes for the outfield. Q. > Why are some players performing at levels that are above or below real life. A. > There are three main reasons for this. First if you play only a short season say about 40 games which may seem like a lot, but its really not for baseball this will cause more variations than normal. Because just like in real life your players will have hot and cold streaks. But over a long season like the pros play statistics will level out to real life levels. Second even if you play a full season of 162 games but, you played only the good teams against the good teams or you had a draft league of say 10 teams which in affect gives you a super league. Pitchers ERA's should be higher and batters AVERAGES should be lower all other stats should be about the same. The third reason has to do with how you manage a team. if you bunt, steal, or hit & run more or less than in real life you will see different results. How you set your lineup will have a big impact on RBI and Run production too. Also how you handle your pitchers is very important to statistical out comes. NOTE: There is a new feature in SABpcV3.exe the Computer manager is now a better manager than before. If you let the Computer manager manage both teams in the WARP mode a game can be played in as fast as 3 seconds on a IBM 70-E 80386 computer! Not sure about something then please call me at home. after 7:00pm will be the best time to get a hold of me. (817) 485-9964 LICENSE / WARRANTY LICENSE _____________________________________________________________________ SABPCv3.ZIP is being distributed under the "shareware" or user supported concept. This software is NOT free software. The use or reproduction of this software outside of the limits specified in this license agreement is prohibited. This Document must always accompany the SABpc.exe or SABpcV3.exe and the 6 Team files that come with it these are shareware files and you can pass them to friends. But the Stats.prg and the Drafting Program and all the other teams are not public domain but must be purchased from me the author. Please honor this, my price for the programs and teams is more than fair. SABPCv#.ZIP must be copied in its original unmodified form. All of the files must be included in the copy. WARRANTY _____________________________________________________________________ I JOE DAMORE AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM make no warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, any warranties of merchantability and or fitness for a particular purpose. JOE DAMORE AUTHOR shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising from a failure of this program to operate in the manner desired by the user. JOE DAMORE THE AUTHOR shall not be liable for any damage to data or property which may be caused directly or indirectly by use of the program. IN NO EVENT WILL JOE DAMORE THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. Your use of this program is your agreement.