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24 team Fictional League, using the starting year / settings from 1974, except for DH which is enabled for all teams.
Typical lineup
Dickie Thon / SS / 23
Greg Gross / RF / 21
Hank Greenberg / LF / 21
Mickey Mantle / CF / 23
Greg Brock / 1B / 26
Ken Boswell / 2B / 23
Cal McVey / C / 24
Peanuts Lowrey / 3B / 33
Emmet Heidrick / DH / 25
Rotation
Freddie Garcia / 26
Scott Stratton / 19
Mike Torrez / 23
Joe Presko / 22
Milo Lockwood / 26
Bullpen
Ray Crone / 22
Jose Melendez / 27
Stan Thomas / 24
I picked up Mantle with the 6th overall pick, although he only appeared in 95 games the first season due to injury. Hank Greenberg was my 2nd round pick, but he's ratings were really weird. He was probably worthy of a 5th or 6th round pick... as his "avoid K" rating was a dismal 2 out of 20 with no potential for improvement. For a HoF player that walked more than struckout in his career, this rubbed me the wrong way... so I fiddled with his ratings a bit and took him in the 2nd round. Being a loyal Tigers fan, I had to play god. He's hit .299 over three seasons with more walks than Ks, so I'm happy with the results.
I probably had better options available at the time for 3B, but how the heck can you pass up a guy named Peanuts?!?
I'm about to start my 4th season, so the lineups have changed a bit... but it's a lot of fun playing with the random debut. Ty Cobb entered the league as a 36 year old, he lasted two seasons before retiring. He hit .252 and came about 3,900 hits short of his real life accomplishments.
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