George Davis SS
Patsy Donovan RF
Nap Lajoie 2B
Dummy Hoy CF
John J. Anderson 1B
Kip Selbach LF
John J. McGraw 3B
Cy Young SP
Lou Criger C
! Ah you gotta love Fantasy Inaugural Draft!
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Originally Posted by Orcin
I suggest starting in 1920. Everything (stats, teams, league structure) in the real environment is pretty stable for 20 years, giving you a good environment to learn the game.
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Thanks Orcin, if I lose interest in my new 1902 Campaign or it turns out to be glitched somehow, I'll definitely consider a 1920 start date!\
ADDIT: so my team is the Cardinals with that fantasy lineup above. My best pitchers Cy Young, Frank Foreman, Jack W. Taylor, and then a couple not terrible relievers. I've got my pitching lineup set so Young is the only starter, Taylor is set to Emergency SP, and Foreman to Long relief. Fred Klodebanz as "setup" and Martin Glendon as closer.
I figure Young is just so good, and has that "Iron Man" endurance, so no point in diluting my defensive potency by having him rotate automatically. In general I'll startup all my games and see if he is exhausted, and if he is then just put Taylor in as starter and either play it manually or let the AI play it.
I believe I chose to play to auto-play to opening day but for some reason it stopped part way through the Spring training games. Young was exhausted so I put Taylor in as starter. He pitched a reasonably good game only gave up about 3 or 4 walks. Is there an easy way to see a players stats specific to a given game?
Anyway, with me calling all the shots, and that sweet lineup, Cardinals absolutely crushed the Boston Beaneaters 15 - 1 !
Don't know if this is a spurious observation or not, but it seems like you can harry the AI pitcher if you manage to get one or two fast base stealers on base, by alternating your offensive play calls. Also it seems like that "hit the batter" works pretty well to nullify the value of a slow power hitter in the opponent's lineup!