[DSnellen]

I'm trying something similar. I think stl_jason hit the big points. I'm still a newbie and this has been a major source of frustration for me.

Some other things I would look at:

--make sure you play as commissioner
--you don't have to be a manager of any team
--go through all the options and make sure you disable anything that might affect the rosters: AI trades, free agents, etc.
--IMPORTANT: If you want to replay the league be sure to make a backup as soon as you are done creating the league No matter how many option screens you dig through, you're bound to miss something. If you don't restore from a backup you'll have to recreate the league from scratch. At least, that's my experience.

The point stl brought up is critical. The first time I tried simming a league I didn't carefully inspect the options and I had people hitting 200 home runs and batting .600. In my league, the 09 Pirates were the "number 1 seed" so I made all the settings based on 1909 and that turned out a lot better.

This is eventually going to lead to the "well these logos and uniforms aren't correct" downward spiral. Don't get me wrong, it's a fun spiral to explore but it will consume much much more time than actually putting the league together. :-)

One thing I've never been able to figure out is how to make the DH rule specific to teams rather than subleagues. It would be nice to use the DH for the '98 Yankees but not for the '27 Yankees, even though they might be in the same subleague. The only approach I can think of is to use the default for whoever is the highest seed, but that seems profoundly unfair.

This last problem has brought my project to a grinding halt. :-(