It was over three years ago when I did my original
Home Run dynasty, where the focus was pretty simple, who would be the all-time home run king. A simple idea that I think worked pretty well. I've made a couple other attempts at doing something similar that have failed for one reason or another, but sometimes it's hard when you try and do too much, and sometimes it works just tracking a single stat, and moving along fairly quickly.
So a few versions later maybe it's time to just get back to basics - and then maybe move on to another category once this is done. We'll start at the beginning and move quickly through the dead ball era until we get to up to 1914 when some guy named Ruth will make his debut. From there I will move year by year up until present day and beyond until the last of real players is retired.
Last time Albert Pujols finished on top with 803 career home runs, 19 players reached the 400 club in real life and in the replay, 26 members of the real life 400 club failed to hit 400 home runs again, 26 players who didn't hit 400 in real life did so in the replay, and 26 players hit 400 home runs who were still active. There were big disappointments (Willie Mays and Hank Aaron), and big surprises (Phil Clark and Liu Rodriguez), but I had fun with it and there was a clear beginning and end.
The main difference this time (other than using version 13) is that I'll be using the Spritze database, so we'll get a chance to see integration from the beginning, and see how someone like Sadaharu Oh stacks up. Recalc will be off so we'll be using the OOTP talent engine to determine who ends up on top.
Can Pujols defend his title? Can Ruth or Aaron hold off all challengers? Will someone from the steroid era like McGwire or Bonds come out on top? Or will someone come out of left field to become the all-time home run king?
Feel free to make any predictions, and stay tuned to find out…..