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NYY #23 · 04-09-2013, 12:34 AM

I played through the first two seasons as the Orioles before they became the Yankees to get a feel for things, such as how you are notified of transactions. I have to admit it was a little unnerving at times, such as the day in 1902 when six of the Orioles were let out of their contracts the same day. Nothing like losing half your lineup the same day, but that was the exception.

The point is there is no control over who is on the team and you have to make the best of what you've got. If I can milk more out of a player than what they did in real life I will, so I'm not worrying if playing time is accurate, just trying to get the best possible performance out of the players that I have. Injuries are set to low, but they could be a factor.

Looking at one example, the 1902 Pirates went 103-36 in real life, and 100-40 in the replay, so things were pretty close. The big differences seemed to be caused by injuries, which I'm ok with because I'm not looking for things to be perfectly exact, or I'd play with actual lineups if I didn't want to deal with injuries. If there's a difference between what happened and what's expected I'm ok with that, especially when there is an explanation for it.

We'll start with a look at the 1903 Highlanders Opening Day roster:

Rotation
Jack Chesbro
Jesse Tannehill
Clark Griffith
Barney Wolfe

Bullpen
Ambrose Puttman
Barney Wolfe
Snake Wiltse
Doc Adkins
Eddie Quick

Lineup
3B - Wid Conroy
LF - Lefty Davis
RF - Willie Keeler
2B - Jimmy Williams
1B - Tim Jordan
CF - Herm McFarland
SS - Herman Long
C - Monte Beville

Bench
C - Fred Holmes
C - Pat McCauley (Reserve)
C - Jack O'Connor
C - Jack Zalusky
1B - John Ganzel
3B - Paddy Greene
SS - Ernie Courtney
CF - Dave Foutz
RF - Elmer Bliss

We'll be playing our games at Hilltop Park:

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In real life the Highlanders finished with a 72-62 record in fourth place in the American League, 17 games back. Willie Keeler led the team with a .313 batting average, while Jimmy Williams drove in 82 runs.

Jack Chesbro led the pitching staff with a 21-15 record and a 2.77 ERA. The Yankees scored 579 runs while allowing 573. I'm honestly not too familiar with the early Highlander teams apart from the big name players such as Willie Keeler or Jack Chesbro.

While I don't think we'll reach the World Series with this team, it'll be an opportunity to learn a little bit more about the early days, and we'll try and ride Happy Jack's arm until it falls off.

04-09-2013, 12:34 AM	#2
NYY #23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 13,112	Introducing the Highlanders I played through the first two seasons as the Orioles before they became the Yankees to get a feel for things, such as how you are notified of transactions. I have to admit it was a little unnerving at times, such as the day in 1902 when six of the Orioles were let out of their contracts the same day. Nothing like losing half your lineup the same day, but that was the exception. The point is there is no control over who is on the team and you have to make the best of what you've got. If I can milk more out of a player than what they did in real life I will, so I'm not worrying if playing time is accurate, just trying to get the best possible performance out of the players that I have. Injuries are set to low, but they could be a factor. Looking at one example, the 1902 Pirates went 103-36 in real life, and 100-40 in the replay, so things were pretty close. The big differences seemed to be caused by injuries, which I'm ok with because I'm not looking for things to be perfectly exact, or I'd play with actual lineups if I didn't want to deal with injuries. If there's a difference between what happened and what's expected I'm ok with that, especially when there is an explanation for it. We'll start with a look at the 1903 Highlanders Opening Day roster: Rotation Jack Chesbro Jesse Tannehill Clark Griffith Barney Wolfe Bullpen Ambrose Puttman Barney Wolfe Snake Wiltse Doc Adkins Eddie Quick Lineup 3B - Wid Conroy LF - Lefty Davis RF - Willie Keeler 2B - Jimmy Williams 1B - Tim Jordan CF - Herm McFarland SS - Herman Long C - Monte Beville Bench C - Fred Holmes C - Pat McCauley (Reserve) C - Jack O'Connor C - Jack Zalusky 1B - John Ganzel 3B - Paddy Greene SS - Ernie Courtney CF - Dave Foutz RF - Elmer Bliss We'll be playing our games at Hilltop Park: In real life the Highlanders finished with a 72-62 record in fourth place in the American League, 17 games back. Willie Keeler led the team with a .313 batting average, while Jimmy Williams drove in 82 runs. Jack Chesbro led the pitching staff with a 21-15 record and a 2.77 ERA. The Yankees scored 579 runs while allowing 573. I'm honestly not too familiar with the early Highlander teams apart from the big name players such as Willie Keeler or Jack Chesbro. While I don't think we'll reach the World Series with this team, it'll be an opportunity to learn a little bit more about the early days, and we'll try and ride Happy Jack's arm until it falls off.