[The Game]

Originally Posted by rlsimpson2

Hello, I'm new to the game and loving it, but I have a question about running historical seasons. I wanted to start in 1983 because that's the year when as a six year old boy I fell in love with baseball.

I'm a Reds fan, so I started with them, and it appears they have basically their 40 man roster with all others in the organization fictional players. This was disappointing because I was hoping that players already in the real Reds' organization but not yet in the Majors would be in my farm system (Eric Davis, Tom Browning, Paul O'Neill, etc.) so that I could watch them progress through the Minors and call them up at the appropriate time, but they are not there. After simming to the draft I see that it appears players are made available the draft before they would enter the Majors in real life. For example, Eric Davis, Roger Clemens, Kirby Puckett, Jose Rijo, Bret Saberhagen, and Dwight Gooden all made their MLB debuts in 1984 in real life, and thus were in this 1983 draft on the game.

There's two problems I'm encountering and wondering if there's a work around. First, since all these players are eligible in the draft, almost none of them end up on the team they actually played for in real life. I would like for them to at least start on their correct team, and then whatever happens, happens. Second, these superstar guys (like the ones mentioned above) all enter the draft as 5 star potential and at least 3 star, and most 4-5 star actual player ratings, meaning they should be in the majors almost immediately after being drafted instead of getting to watch them develop over a couple years in the minors and deciding when to call them up. I assume that in commissioner mode I could control every team at the draft to at least insure that the right players go to the right teams, though that's a lot of work and still not accurate because of the issues I mentioned above. Does anyone else have a suggestion on how I can accomplish what I want to accomplish? Sorry for the long post. I do love the game and am looking forward to diving deeper into it. Thanks!

1. You need to turn off the Ammy draft in November and the players will go to their correct team. It is on by default. League Setup - Historical
2. You can use a Sprtize HS DB and you will get players the year they were drafted bit their ML debut year and that will give you some additional Reds.
3. As far as the ratings, that totally depends on your scout. Just because Doc might be a 5 star to your scout does not mean he is a 5 star to another. Also the more time they play their ratings will increase or decrease based on their play and ratings. under League setup - Global try using "Overall rating based on AI evaluation not pure ratings" I see it has mattered for my 1909 white Sox and some stars like Eddie Collins.

Also check out Reds1 uniform set for accurate uniforms 1970-2013. Find a p[ost by him it is in his signature. Also depending on what type of park you like, graphics or photo JRP has some good Riverfront stadiums