Creating an Organization
An organization links two leagues so they can share a common set
of rules and options, play inter-league games, and meet in
post-season play. If you want to use the Diamond Mind features that
support post-season play between two leagues, you need to make
those leagues part of an organization before the season starts.
Just because you link two leagues through an organization,
however, you are not required to play inter-league games
during the regular season. You can set up the organization just to
share the rules and options for post-season play. It is also
possible to mirror real-life and use the DH in one league within an
organization, but not in the other.
If you do choose to set up an organization, you will be required
to name the two leagues that compose it. Both leagues must be in
the same database as the organization, and you can create only one
organization per database.
To create an organization:
1. Click View on the DMB menu bar and
select Organizer. When the DMB Organizer
screen appears, select the Orgs tab.
2. To create a new organization, click the button labeled
New. The following tabbed window
appears:
3. Enter a name for the organization and
a year. The
year has no particular significance, so you can fill it in as you
wish.
4. Select the two leagues that will compose
the organization.
6. Click the inter-league play box if you wish
teams in the two leagues to meet during the regular season. Leave
the schedule category unchanged. Later in the process, when you create a
schedule, you will link it to your organization.
7. Now click on the Rules/options tab at the top of
the window. A new screen comes forward, leaving you with an
important series of choices
to make. (This link carries you to another topic in this Help
file; when done reading it, click on the Back button to
return.)
NOTE: The rules of an
organization take precedence over those of a league, so your
selections here will dictate play for both leagues. It is possible,
however, to allow the DH in one league but not in the other. First,
the teams in the DH league must be individually designated "DH Ok"
while those in the non-DH league are individually designated "No
DH." Then, under the Rules/options tab for the organization, set
the DH rule to "HomeTeam DH Rule."
8. Click OK
to add the organization to the database,
or Cancel to
quit without saving this new organization. You don't need to set
the Post Season
information until you are ready to begin post-season play. (This
link carries you to another Help file; when done reading it, click
Back on your browser to return.)
Now you are ready
to line up your
teams.
|