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CBL-Commish · 09-10-2002, 12:47 PM

Yes and Yes.

I'm in the 15th calendar year of the Continental League, and the 15th season. It started out on PureStat baseball on my Commodore 64 in 1988. 14 fictional teams with fictional players. Then in 1989 it moved to Earl Weaver Baseball on an old IBM. In 1990 the league expanded to 16 teams. In 1992 I moved it to Earl Weaver II. In 1995 the league again expanded, this time to 20 teams.

I'm still not sure how I ever got those Earl I seasons finished. I only had one other "owner" helping out, and there was no fast sim mode. We had to manually start each and every game in a 162-game, 16 team league.

Somewhere along the way I put together a spreadsheet of every player and season in CBL history.

In 2000 I made the arduous conversion over to OOTP2, which was somewhat simplified by adding the players from my spreadsheet to the Lahman database, then importing all 1000 or so players, one at a time.

The 2001 season was played on OOTP3. The 2002 season is currently underway on OOTP4. There are still about a dozen original players from the '88 season still active. One guy has over 3000 CBL hits, another has 500+ HRs, another has 285 wins. I've "known" some of these guys since I was in high school; I'm 31 now. You better belive I'm attached to them...

09-10-2002, 12:47 PM	#18
CBL-Commish All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,999	Yes and Yes. I'm in the 15th calendar year of the Continental League, and the 15th season. It started out on PureStat baseball on my Commodore 64 in 1988. 14 fictional teams with fictional players. Then in 1989 it moved to Earl Weaver Baseball on an old IBM. In 1990 the league expanded to 16 teams. In 1992 I moved it to Earl Weaver II. In 1995 the league again expanded, this time to 20 teams. I'm still not sure how I ever got those Earl I seasons finished. I only had one other "owner" helping out, and there was no fast sim mode. We had to manually start each and every game in a 162-game, 16 team league. Somewhere along the way I put together a spreadsheet of every player and season in CBL history. In 2000 I made the arduous conversion over to OOTP2, which was somewhat simplified by adding the players from my spreadsheet to the Lahman database, then importing all 1000 or so players, one at a time. The 2001 season was played on OOTP3. The 2002 season is currently underway on OOTP4. There are still about a dozen original players from the '88 season still active. One guy has over 3000 CBL hits, another has 500+ HRs, another has 285 wins. I've "known" some of these guys since I was in high school; I'm 31 now. You better belive I'm attached to them... __________________ For the best in O's news: Orioles' Hangout.com Last edited by CBL-Commish; 09-10-2002 at 12:50 PM.