The Connecticut Shore League is, not surprisingly, made up of teams representing eight towns along the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound. The teams are divided into two four-team divisions:
EASTERN DIVISION
Groton Green Sox
Mystic Clippers
Stonington Brawlers
Waterford Conchs
WESTERN DIVISION
Branford Barbers
Guilford Corgis
Madison Republicans
Old Saybrook Privateers
I wanted the teams to have fun, unique nicknames and cool logos, and I found exactly what I was looking for among the
"miscellaneous" logos created by justafan. They're stickied on the "OOTP Mods-Logos, Graphics, and HTML" page of this forum, and they are really great. I asked justafan for a new logo to match a nickname I wanted to use, and he created it for me within a few hours.
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The Connecticut Shore League plays a 154-game regular season. The division winners will meet in the best-of-seven Shore Series.
Here are a few of the other rules and settings I'm using:
- There is no DH in the Shore League.
- The league will begin in 1932, but it's designed to "look" like 1980s baseball. I'll recalculate the league modifiers every spring training, so things stay pretty much the same over time.
- League evolution is off, at least for now.
- Financials are on, with Reserve Clause Era settings. I picked a financial setup from the mid-1950s, so most CSL players will make between $10,000 and $75,000 a year.
- I'm not using any minor leagues; the teams will have reserve lists instead.
- Coaching is on, scouting is off.
- I'm playing in Commissioner mode, as the Great Baseball Deity who is watching his creation unfold.
- Storylines are enabled.
- Trading and injuries are both set to "low."
I'm going to play the first ten seasons or so "behind the scenes," so the league will have some history before I begin to tell its story in the forum. That way, if things don't turn out the way I want them, I can fix them in advance.