Broken Bat - Suggestions: Cosmetics

Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date	Function

#2586	01/27/2013 4:18:29 pm
Minnie Miñoso Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 42 Inactive	I think we need more last names. It's starting to happen quite often that Terrel is pitching to Terrel and Villanueva is pitching to Villanueva. In the play by play it says so and so comes into pitch instead of in to pitch. More city choices would be nice as well.

#2588	01/27/2013 4:47:50 pm
Minnie Miñoso Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 42 Inactive	Same grammar mistake with so and so comes into score instead of in to score.

#2597	01/28/2013 3:29:23 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Thanks, I actually looked it up and I learned some grammar today. In To vs Into Into and "in to" are different. Into indicates movement, action or transformation. "In to" is usually used to mean "in order to". When in and to are used as separate words, they are not a combined phrase. Steve

#2601	01/28/2013 3:38:39 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	I'll see what I can do to increase the number of names. Right now there are roughly 300 last/family names for players from Latin American countries. But that means there are still over 100 Villanueva's in the game. There are only 30 or so players will the last name of Terrell, but it is also used as a first name. Steve

#2603	01/28/2013 4:58:00 pm
Minnie Miñoso Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 42 Inactive	Another thing you may want to look into is the attendance display on the schedule. Seeing the next game's attendance seems to give away the result of the game before it, so you may want to hide it or maybe not have a direct correlation between attendance and the previous game's results. Thanks again for a really good game.

#2604	01/28/2013 5:24:03 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Actually, the correlation between the outcome of the very last game and the attendance of the next game is pretty small. Attendance has a lot more to do with overall winning percentage. I will study it though and consider leaving attendance blank until the score is revealed. Steve

#2605	01/28/2013 5:31:21 pm
Minnie Miñoso Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 42 Inactive	Some last names of actual Cuban players through out history: Acosta Almeida Aloma Alonzo Alvarez Amaro Amorin Amoros Aragon Arcia Arias Arocha Arrojo Azcue Baez Bauta Bellan Betancourt Bueno Calvo Campaneris Campos Canizares Canseco Cardenal Cardenas Casanova Castillo Cespedes Comella Consuegra Contreras Cuellar Cueto de la Cruz Deliz Destrade Diaz Escobar Estalella Estrada Fernandez Fleitas Fornieles Fossas Fuentes Garbey Garcia Grandal Guerra Echevarria Hernandez Herrera Iglesias Izquierdo Lauzerique Leon Luque Maestri Marrero Marsans Martin Martinez Maya Mejias Mendoza Menendez Minoso Miranda Monteagudo Montejo Morales Morejon Moreno Naranjo Noble Nunez Oliva Ordenana Ordonez Oropesa Ortega Ortiz Otero Palmeiro Pascual Pedroes Pena Perez Posada Prieto Ramirez Ramos Reyes Roche Rodriguez Rojas Ruiz Sanchez Sanit Santovenia Segui Soler Suarez Tartabull Tejera Tiant Toca Torres Tuero Valdes Valdespino Versalles Viciedo Zabala Zamora Zardon And of course some Cuban and other latin players have American names, like Chapman.

#2606	01/28/2013 5:36:38 pm
Minnie Miñoso Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 42 Inactive	Ok, then my bad on the attendance thing, I thought I noticed that better attendance for the next game meant a win and vice versa.

#2627	01/31/2013 5:59:02 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Okay...starting next season, there will be new players with these names. Gracias! Steve

#2948	03/31/2013 5:06:44 am
nobodyjones Joined: 12/28/2011 Posts: 170 Seattle Rickey IV.1	Great game, great progress, and overall great service provided for all of us who enjoy Brokenbat. Thank you for your time. Random suggestions/commentary on cosmetics Experience: x years - (Retro-calculate # of seasons appeared in as a Rookie or Veteran.) Veteran (x years with club) - (Season after Rookie. Retro-calculate years with club.) Rookie - (More than 130 at-bats, 50 IP, 45 game days.) Minor Leaguer - (Less than 130 at-bats, 50 IP, 45 game days.) MVP - Blue Star. Nice. Cy Young - Baseball. Nice. All-Star - Yellow Star. Nice. Possible Additions? Rookie of the Year Triple Crown Gold Glove Bold and italic league leading stats.