There's another change in my baseball universe as we move into the 1932 season.
I've been noticing some problems with my minor league system. With 35-man rosters, it's tough for the AI to give playing time to everybody at the AAA level. The computer tends to play veteran journeymen instead of hot young prospects. There's no way, for example, that a human manager would ever play a 33-year-old who's had 55 major league at bats over a 20-year-old
Hank Greenberg. That's what the cybermoron who's managing the Atlanta Crackers did last year.
As a result, some players were having problems developing because they were stagnating, languishing on the bench and watching their ratings fall. Others were rushed to the majors before they were ready, panicked when they hit .154, and watched their skills erode along with their confidence.
What I've decided to do is fill out each team's minor league system by adding a Class AA and Class A league. I've generated enough fictional players to fill a 25-man roster at AAA, a 25-man roster at AA, and a 35-man roster at A. That means some fictional guys will undoubtedly appear on major league rosters in the future, but I can live with that. I actually enjoy having a few surprising new stars to follow, along with players I'm already familiar with, and I hope you who are reading the thread will enjoy that, too.
Over time, as the major leagues expand, the game will generate more and more "real" rookies. There should be less need for fictional players at that point; if the game is generating the players that debuted in a 30-team league, there should be more than a 24-team-league will need. We'll find out.
Anyway, here's a list of each major league team and its affiliates. The teams are based on real minor leagues from the 1940s. I was lazy and let the game determine the affiliations of the AA and A teams, so I ended up changing some nicknames. I almost always used a historical nickname, however.
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MLB TEAM CLASS AAA AFFILIATE CLASS AA AFFILIATE CLASS A AFFILIATE
Baltimore Richmond Virginians San Antonio Missions Saginaw Bears
Boston Birmingham Barons Hartford Chiefs Providence Grays
Brooklyn Montreal Royals Binghamton Triplets New Bedford Whalers
Chicago C Nashville Vols Beaumont Exporters Bremerton Bluejackets
Chicago W Memphis Chicks Fort Worth Cats Lancaster Red Roses
Cincinnati Syracuse Chiefs Greenville Spinners Wilmington Blue Rocks
Cleveland Mobile Sea Gulls Tulsa Oilers Yakima Stars
Detroit Buffalo Bisons Des Moines Plow Boys Hagerstown Owls
Hollywood Saint Paul Saints Williamsport Crosscutters Pawtucket Slaters
Kansas City Little Rock Travelers Albany Senators York White Roses
Los Angeles Houston Buffaloes Scranton Steelmen Flint Arrows
Milwaukee Atlanta Crackers Columbia Rebels Harrisburg Senators
New York G Jersey City Giants Shreveport Sports Portland Pilots
New York Y Newark Bears Lincoln Links Fort Wayne Generals
Oakland Louisville Colonels Oklahoma City Cowboys Tacoma Tigers
Philadelphia Toronto Maple Leafs Savannah Pirates Vancouver Capillanos
Pittsburgh New Orleans Pelicans Denver Bears Muskegon Clippers
Portland Minneapolis Millers Utica Blue Sox Lynn Shoemakers
Sacramento Toledo Mud Hens Macon Peaches Dayton Flyers
San Diego Indianapolis Indians Pueblo Bighorns Salem Grizzlies
San Francisco Dallas Eagles Augusta Green Jackets Springfield Rifles
Seattle Columbus Clippers Sioux City Soos Trenton Packers
St. Louis Rochester Red Wings Omaha Buffaloes Spokane Indians
Washington Chattanooga Lookouts Jacksonville Tars Grand Rapids Cereal Kings