[KevinTMC]

I've done some searching and seen folks working on various PCL-related scenarios in previous versions of the game. But some of the most interesting sites seem to have disappeared (e.g. Big City Baseball), and I don't see links to any roster files or data that people are sharing...for any version, much less OOTP 2007. Is any good stuff out there?

To explain my interest, I'll try to describe the alternate-history league I'm planning. The notion I have at the moment is to start my league in 1946, have the AL and NL simulate without interference through 1951--except for overseeing the PCL rosters carefully, helping them aggressively hang on to their best players during this time, with a view towards four teams (Seals, Angels, Stars, Rainiers) joining the AL and NL in 1952. (This would be instead of the step they did take in 1952, pursuing the "Open Classification" route towards major league status for the PCL as a whole. Not only did that not pan out historically, I can't quite see my way towards a fictional league where it could. Not least of the issues are: how on Earth would you handle the postseason then?)

I'm also thinking--since my league will veto the Athletics' move to Kansas City, and all other franchise moves, except for the Browns going back to Milwaukee--of absorbing the Kansas City Monarchs into the AL. (I'm pondering this because I don't like pure expansion teams when I can avoid them. I'd rather "promote" a PCL or Negro League.) Would there be enough players available to scrape together the nucleus of a passable team, or were the major-league-level players all cleaned out of the NAL by 1954-55? And do you suppose it would be possible to transition AAA teams somehow as well--such as bringing the Baltimore Orioles up from the International League?

Any resources, thoughts, or help would be appreciated. I haven't played around with any version of OOTP for several years now, so I'm coming at this feeling much like a newbie, and kinda overwhelmed.