[Leo_The_Lip]

What I usually do is start simming at least 5 years before I want to start. I find this necessary for getting the total number of players on a team's roster up to a decent size. This is particularly important if you want to start out with an expansion team and redo the expansion draft.

If I am starting before WWII, I will usually start in 1901 and sim to the mid-1930's; take over the worst team and then select (hopefully) Dimaggio and/or Williams and go on from there.