[legofarley]

I currently have two active leagues going right now, one MLB and one fictional.

I always start an MLB league when a new version of OOTP comes out and play as the Mariners. I do this because I like to see what a GM with some balls could turn the M's into with a few years to work. Remember 2009? The M's were 61-101 (ish?) IRL. In my league I finished 2009 with a .500 record. 2010, 2011, and 2012 each finished within 1-1/2 games of making the playoffs. Ichiro retired in 2012 with a career .362 average, unfortunately not making it to HOF. Now at the start of 2013, my starting pitching staff is Felix Hernandez, Josh Beckett, Roy Halladay, Steve Cartier (currently in KC's minors IRL), and Madison Bumgarner. See what happens when you spend some time doing creative trades? I have the trading set to normal difficulty.

The other league is a fictional Washington State Only league with Majors, 3A, 2A fall league, and Rookie levels - each level has 24 teams. The 2A fall league was started in the third year of the league to give depth to the minor league system and to give me something fun to pay attention to while I wait out the offseason activities in the fall. My team is the Olympia Capitals and after 20 years as GM I've helped them to 7 WSBL championships.

I'm currently in the midst of setting up another league that will consist of 32 ML teams. The two subleagues will be the Cascadia League and the Rockies League. It will have 3A, 2A, and a fall Rookie league. The leagues will all be limited to the western half of the US excluding southern Cal. I might use southern Cal as expansion space or an independent league at some point in the future.