Posted 3-2-20

Gentlemen,

An unbelievable regular season has just been completed!

Now the fun starts.

Who will be the Season 2 MOBL World Series Champion?

LINK TO MOBL SEASON 2 PLAYOFF BRACKETS

Here is all the information you need  to start playing your playoff matches.

First Round Games are a do or die best of 3.

Second and Third Round Games are a best of 5.

League Championship and MOBL World Series are a best of 7.

We need to play this quickly.

Like super quick.

All first round play in matches should be played in the next 2 days.

Any second round match ups that are set should start immediately.

Get a hold of your opponents ASAP.

PITCHING ROTATIONS

Just like the regular season you are to use a 4 or 5 man starting pitching rotation.

All rotations start fresh for the playoffs, there is no carry over from the regular season.

If you make it to round 2 the rotation does not reboot it continues.

Rotations will be recorded on your team pages.

STATS

The same game stats report is to be used for the playoffs

LINK TO GAME STATS REPORT

TEAM PAGES

Unlike the regular season there are 2 team pages 1 each for the American and National Leagues

LINK TO AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM PAGES

LINK TO NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM PAGES

The Team Stats Page has another link also

LINK TO TEAM STATS PAGE

SEASON 3

I have what I think is a pretty good plan for Season 3 due to the fact that San Diego Studios is bringing back a slim downed version of Online Leagues.

Wednesday night at 1000 PM EST I will introduce the method to the group.

There will be leagues using the 40 man rosters and leagues for all you Diamond Dynasty lovers.

That is it for now get playing men.

I cannot tell you how important it is that we whip through this playoff the new game comes out for early release in 9 days, full release in 13.

Any questions please ask.

Trev

Posted 2-27-20

Dear MOBL Team Owner,

SEASON 2 END DATE

Season 2 will officially end Sunday night at 1159 Pacific Standard Time.

I have added 1 additional day till Sunday.

SEASON 3 ONLINE LEAGUES

The new game early release date is March 13th.

Today we are supposed to hear the exact details from San Diego Studios how the online leagues will work.

Season 3 will be fun and exciting, but I do want to establish one thing going forward.

Some of you have done an outstanding job getting your games played and managing 2 teams.

Some have done alright.

A couple not so good.

Going forward I am not sure what the system will allow us to do with the Online Leagues but I do know this:

Activity and will be the most important factor going forward.

I have many applications for people to play from our Madden and NHL groups.

No doubt a % of these people will wash out and quit hopefully it is a low %, but the history of online leagues are that people disappear or quit because they cant handle losing. Our NHL leagues have grown to 8 leagues now because we screen and weed out these types.

The same will hold true for the MOBL.

So if your not going to be actively playing your not going to be in the group.

I have watched everyone improve at the game this year, and no doubt there will be a break in period to figure things out when MLB 21 is released.

SEASON 2 PLAYOFFS

As stated earlier for every game not played you will lose 1/2 game in the standings, just as we did last season.

That being said you have 4 days to pump out as many games as you can.

For every un-played game played it will decrease your un-played games by 1/2 game in the standings.

I have posted on the standings page enhanced standings as of this morning with 1st round play in matchups.

LINK TO MOBL STANDINGS PAGES WITH ENHANCED STANDINGS

These could change dramatically if you are actively getting games these last 4 days or inactive.

It is very easy to be bounced into the play in brackets a dicey best of 3.

Second round matchups will be a best of 5 up until the World Series which will be a Best of 7

We have a very short window to get the games played like 3 days per series maximum.

People that are AWOL will be disqualified so make sure you have set times to play and to play the entire series not 1 game then cya later.

The final playoff pairings will be posted Sunday night as soon as they are posted any play in series may begin.

Ask any questions you may have all I can say is play your asses off these last 4 days boys.

Trev

POSTED 2-23-20

Guys,

I want to thank all of you that have taken part in season 2.

I think we have a great core group here going forward and hopefully when San Diego Studios announces what they are doing with online leagues we will have a clearer outlook on what we will do next season.

I have over 100 registration form for MLB so I am sure an additional 30 some people will join our group so we can set up 2 leagues.

As far as this season goes, the season will end Saturday 2-29 night.

Playoffs will begin Sunday.

Like last season any un played game will cost you 1/2 game in the standings so try to pump as many as you can out this last week.

I will be available as now that hockey is set up I have much ore time for MLB.

We have a great group of guys here and I look forward to the growth we will have going forward.

Trev

Posted 1-9-20
Gentlemen,

The season will officially end on February 22nd at 1159 PST.

That leaves 44 days to get as many games in as you can.

The playoffs will begin immediately the next day on the 23rd.

The MLB 21 release date is March 17th.

The outlook for next season is as follows:

The website is getting a total redesign by our web developer Alex.

All stats entered will automatically update for each team as soon as you enter your stats.

There will be 2 leagues next season of Franchise/Versus.

One for above average or elite players, another for casual or average players.

In addition there will be a Diamond Dynasty Group.

I went through all of the forms of people hat have joined our NHL Leagues and have 117 people that play MLB alone there.

If 40 of those join we will be in good shape.

In addition the Play Station MLB community continues to grow and will always be a feeder system of new blood to the group.

If San Diego Studios drops the MLB17 servers like they did with the MLB 16 servers when 19 was released we will be off the charts busy for 20.

The outlook is bright for the MOBL.

Most of you were here from the start and I appreciate you being here greatly.

Lets wrap up this season with alot of activity and have a great playoff next month.

Trev

Posted December 12, 2019

Gentlemen,

We have two new fellows to the group.

Sky and Josh W.

Both are energetic and ready to play.

Everyone needs to start pumping out games, as we are looking at mid February for a season end.

An exact date will be posted in January.

You need to be very active now as the Xmas, Hanukkah, and Festivius holidays approach.

No longer will a game a week be sufficient.

So lets get in the chat and out of Diamond Dynasty as we want to finish this season strong.

We have tested this system out and it works great, but activity in any online video game league is always the key.

I expect the MLB 17 servers to drop this year as MLB 16 dropped last year.

Of course we are all keeping our fingers crossed The Show adds back in Franchise online play but the chances of that are slim and none.

So I am looking for an explosion in our group and we will be doing what we did in NHL, setting players in leagues based on game play ability.

The superstars in one league and the average guys in another.

So lets go now and get playing.

Trev

Posted October 26th, 2019

Dear MOBL Team Owners,

Congratulations to Jason The Season 1 MOBL World Series Champions defeating the powerhouse Yankees and Steve C 4 games to 2.

Season 2 as you all know is underway.

Now that season 1 has been completed its time to turn up the game play and lets get some games rolling.

Players that have been in the league at the start of the season should be somewhere around the 20 games mark right now, give or take a few.

If your not, its time to get rolling, and actively look for games.

My goal is to have a deadline of the end of the year for the regular season then a month of playoffs in January.

MLB 21 is scheduled to be released mid March so that will give everyone a little off period for a few weeks.

Of course we are all hoping they put the Franchise mode back in for MLB 21 but I think it is very doubtful.

I am hoping to expand things to a Diamond Dynasty League also, in addition to our current group.

If the MLB 17 servers drop which I have been told should happen I am thinking we will be able to support 2 leagues.

The MLB 16 servers were dropped when MLB 21 was released, so rumor has it MLB 17 will be gone when MLB 21 is released.

We will see and play it as it happens.

Trev

Dear League Owners,

I have moved the draft onward, we await the Cubs Rockies Series with Cubs up 3-0.

I am going out on a limb that the Cubs will advance, but we will see stranger things have happened.

In regards to this Nick the Cubs owner has been available pretty much for 2 weeks, as Rob has had some things he is dealing with.

We have gotten to the point of the time it will take me to set up the site with the schedule for season 2 is way past the time I have available the next week to do so. That being said I have posted the schedule of the draft for next season.

DRAFT BOARD LINK

Please private message me your picks and I will try to update the server as fast as I can, in addition make your pick announced in the chatroom.

Thanks guys if any questions please ask.

Trev

Sent 9-7-19

Dear MOBL Owner,

PLAYOFFS

Not sure what you guys think but most of the games and series have been great.

Some really exciting games and a lot of the series have gone to the max.

As we grow going forward I think things will be much more exciting, remember we are in still in our infancy, and MLB play starts to ease as Madden, NHL, and the new FIFA games are released.

I am confident the MOBL will be an established group going forward.

DRAFT

The playoffs are moving. I can only put it as slowly but I am able to put together a preliminary draft list.

What I am going to do is do what we do in our NHL Leagues.

That being once the final 4 is set the draft will be based on regular season team record for the final 4 participants.

All other team drafts are based on your team record in the regular season and when you were eliminated in the playoffs.

So we await the Astros/Yankees series and the Cubs/Rockies series to finish hopefully by this weekend for the full draft.

For players that had 2 teams last season I used the team they had their worst record with as a reward for double dipping.

This season once everyone selects a team we will allow others to select a second team if they wish to do so in the opposite league if they are available.

Here is the current DRAFT LIST LINK. 

Please private message me on Groupme with your selection as players select teams.

If you have any questions regarding the draft please ask.

DIAMOND DYNASTY TOURNAMENT

We will kick off our DD play with a tournament on October 1st.

If you wish to participate in the first MOBL DD Tournament please reply to this email.

That's it for now kids.

Trev

Gentlemen,

It was a very good first season and a good learning experience for me for what works and what doesn't work going forward.

The playoff brackets are posted.

MOBL SEASON 1 PLAYOFF BRACKETS

There was a couple of ties even after using the 1/2 games played deduction for unplayed games.

The tie breaker was head to head, followed by higher win/loss %.

1st round or 2nd round(If Match up is set) playoffs may begin.

All rules are in place from the regular season including pitching rotation.

1st round games are a best of 5 with higher seed home for games 1-2 and 5 if necessary.

2nd round games are a best of 7 with higher seed home for games 1-2-5 &7

Please send me a private message on Groupme if you want to play season 2.

Changes will be a shorter schedule, and we will vote if we should change the settings to Hall of Fame from All Star.

Please message me with your thoughts and comments.

Good luck in the playoffs.

Trev

Dear MOBL Owners,

The end of the season for the MOBL is this Sunday night at 1159 EST.

Playoff brackets will begin the next day Monday.

Once again I would like to review a few things and update you to where we are at.

As stated previously each player that was in the season at the start of the season must have 50 games played minimum to be playoff eligible with a 1/2 game penalty in the games back column for every game not played at the 68 games played level.

For players added late in the season there will be some adjustments made to this minimum, based on an individual basis.

So 4 days to get your games in!
 

Trev

Dear MOBL Team Owner,

We are nearing the end of the season for the MOBL.

Once again I would like to review a few things and update you to where we are at.

The season slated to end on August 7th will be extended through that weekend to Sunday night the 11th due to a couple of reasons.

My hospitalization has slowed me down a bit and I understand the NHL Beta is out and people are trying out that game as avid players.

As stated previously each player must have 50 games played minimum to be playoff eligible with a 1/2 game penalty in the games back column for every game not played at the 68 games played level.

For players added late in the season there will be some adjustments made to this minimum, based on an individual basis.

For players here the majority of the season this rule holds true.

The Cleveland owner Walt became unresponsive to requests to communicate and in keeping with the Leaguesonline Leagues rules, when people do this or go into what we call Ghost mode, and fail to respond to numerous messages on the play station and they are on the console, groupme messages, and emails they get removed.

All players who had un-played games with Cleveland got wins for the games.

I have been delayed setting up the Diamond Dynasty Mode as my web guy is on vacation for another week in Slovakia. Once he returns I will get it set up.

 

Thats it for now get playing kids 2 weeks from today season ends.

Trev

Gentlemen,

I have come up with the formula for the end of the season playoffs,

The season will end in roughly 30 days on August 7th at 1159 PST.

Minimum of games played to be playoff eligible 50 games.

For every game not played between 50 and 66 you will lose 1/2 game in the standings per game not played.

I talked this over with Steve and he agrees its fair to all.

I will be looking at each and every player in the league this next week and to be honest with you all anyone not active will be getting the boot.

If worse comes to worse I will have players double up with teams 1 in each league.

So this is where we are at.

Trev

SEASON DEADLINE

I am getting ready to set a deadline for season end next weekend.

Please amp up your activity.

I have many registrations forms on hold from the PS Community.

The goal is to open a second league where we can separate people by ability to make the games more fun and closer contests.

Once the playoffs are set we can pretty much open up league 2.

PLAYOFF FORMAT REVIEW

I want to review the playoff format so everyone is aware how the playoffs work.

1- All teams make the playoffs.

2- Top 4 teams in each league get a first round bye.

3-Bottom 8 will square off in a best of 5 playoffs.

Rotations for the winners of the bottom 8 will carry over to their first round matchups against the top 4.

4-All series from that point on will be a best of 7 and rotations will carry on from series to series.

Any questions please ask.

Trev

WELCOME TO THE SHOW TOM!
Lots of new and old friends participated in a successful draft with a few more people to add we are are looking good !

Please look for an email tonight/or tomorrow regarding Schedule and Season Opener.

IN OTHER NEWS
TREV WELCOMED TOM TO THE MOBL WITH A 5-4 EXHIBITION GAME WIN OF FAVORITE TEAMS CUBS VS JAYS

RIZZO GOES YARD WITH A 2 RUN SHOT  AND THREE RBI FOR THE GAME