We Fixed the Tom Glavine Bug!

Some of you noticed that Tom Glavine is right-handed in Baseball Mogul 2021. I fixed this bug in the most recent patch, but you might be wondering why it took 3 months to fix.

(Most of you will find this boring, unless you are a programmer, or interested in editing or using the Baseball Mogul database.)

I started by opening "Master.csv" in Baseball Mogul's Database folder (inside the "Input" folder). This file stores the biographical information for every player (height, weight, batting hand, throwing hand, birthplace, birthdate, etc.). It is loaded when you start a new game in "Classic" mode.
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When I searched for "Glavine" (using Ctrl+F in Microsoft Excel) it brought me down to line 29628 where I saw that he was correctly listed as a lefty (with an 'L' in the "throws" column).

Tom Glavine

Bizarro Tom Glavine

Knowing that my data was accurate, I created a breakpoint in the debugger to ensure that the data was being loaded correctly — and it was. At this point I just gave up and went to work on other tasks (like the case of the missing pitch). Sometimes your brain just needs a break.

I came back to the Glavine bug over the weekend and saw the same thing: the data was correct and it was being loaded correctly. Then I clicked 'F4' in Excel and the cursor jumped all the way down to line number 90160 where Tom Glavine was listed a second time — but without the 'L' flagging him as a lefty. With a blank data field, Baseball Mogul was giving Glavine the default throwing hand (righty).

Oops.

I have no idea how this bad data ended up at the bottom of the "master.csv" file (for Glavine and ~8,200 other players whose last names start with 'G'). I get biograhical data from the Baseball Databank, and I guess I grabbed a file that hadn't been finalized yet.

Anyway, Version 24.13 fixes this bug by removing the bad data (although you will need to start a new game to see the changes). Sorry it took so long.

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(Published March 23, 2021)

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NEW LEADERS PAGE

Filter by season, league, team and/or level of play.

Examples of the lists you can display:

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• More than 2,600 active major league and minor league players.
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Football Mogul 21 is a complete football franchise simulator, putting you in charge of all aspects of the game, from free agent signings and draft picks to individual play calls on game day.

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