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ednote · 06-22-2005, 11:10 AM

By means of an update, I am waiting for the patched version of 6.5 to be released before launching this league.

I have been putting together logos and generating managers for the league.

I will act solely as a commissioner for this league and will not have direct control over any of the franchises therein. I have already tracked the future movement of franchises.

Some of the ground rules:

--Because I will be not managing any of the teams, I will play with coaches/scouts on...if they make good or bad hires, the scouting and development of the teams will reflect this. Additionally, these coaches and scouts will have familiar names ... I am assembling a database of living former major leaguers circa 1905 and will bring them into the game as coaches and scouts, with players from the league added to that database at the time of their retirement.

--Injuries will be set to normal. I will use SkyDog's aging modifiers on initial setup.

--I will sim games one at a time, take copious notes and post monthly updates.

--The All-Star Game will not be played until 1933 and will pit All-Star squads from the American and Federal leagues.

--The leagues will begin with a 154-game schedule and remain on that schedule until expansion, which will mirror the expansion of the real Major League timeline. The American League expansion timeline will be exact; the Federal League will be similar, but will involve some markets not historically represented in the actual MLB. Teams from the Federal League that will need to vacate markets to make room for American League team movement (Baltimore and Kansas City for starters) will be moved well in advance of the AL team's arrival in that city, to avoid the history book being full of Minnesota Twins-expansion Washington Senators type entries.

--Players who begin their careers in the American League will be imported as rookies. Players who were traded or signed with National League teams will leave the league for the duration of their stay in the NL. Players who move from the National League to the American League will be imported as free agents and will be free to sign with any team in the American or Federal leagues.

--I am still toying with the idea of running the National League as a standalone league concurrent with this structure, but I haven't quite decided whether or not to do that. If anyone has any feedback or a preference, I would be open to that.

I'm looking forward to running this, if just as a sort of "what if" scenario. The blend of fictional and historical players, I hope, will give this league its own unique flavor -- a nice blend of names we all recognize and names we never knew before.

06-22-2005, 11:10 AM	#2
ednote Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ironwood, Mich. Posts: 222	By means of an update, I am waiting for the patched version of 6.5 to be released before launching this league. I have been putting together logos and generating managers for the league. I will act solely as a commissioner for this league and will not have direct control over any of the franchises therein. I have already tracked the future movement of franchises. Some of the ground rules: --Because I will be not managing any of the teams, I will play with coaches/scouts on...if they make good or bad hires, the scouting and development of the teams will reflect this. Additionally, these coaches and scouts will have familiar names ... I am assembling a database of living former major leaguers circa 1905 and will bring them into the game as coaches and scouts, with players from the league added to that database at the time of their retirement. --Injuries will be set to normal. I will use SkyDog's aging modifiers on initial setup. --I will sim games one at a time, take copious notes and post monthly updates. --The All-Star Game will not be played until 1933 and will pit All-Star squads from the American and Federal leagues. --The leagues will begin with a 154-game schedule and remain on that schedule until expansion, which will mirror the expansion of the real Major League timeline. The American League expansion timeline will be exact; the Federal League will be similar, but will involve some markets not historically represented in the actual MLB. Teams from the Federal League that will need to vacate markets to make room for American League team movement (Baltimore and Kansas City for starters) will be moved well in advance of the AL team's arrival in that city, to avoid the history book being full of Minnesota Twins-expansion Washington Senators type entries. --Players who begin their careers in the American League will be imported as rookies. Players who were traded or signed with National League teams will leave the league for the duration of their stay in the NL. Players who move from the National League to the American League will be imported as free agents and will be free to sign with any team in the American or Federal leagues. --I am still toying with the idea of running the National League as a standalone league concurrent with this structure, but I haven't quite decided whether or not to do that. If anyone has any feedback or a preference, I would be open to that. I'm looking forward to running this, if just as a sort of "what if" scenario. The blend of fictional and historical players, I hope, will give this league its own unique flavor -- a nice blend of names we all recognize and names we never knew before. __________________ The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again. Oh people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come. --Terence Mann, somewhere in a cornfield in Iowa