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Originally Posted by Westheim
Side note: I am planning for expansion for 1996 or 1997. Probably the latter, that would give us neatly round 20 seasons with the original setup. So far no schedule exists for what I want to do, and nobody has sprung to help in the mods board so far, either. 
In a first step, I will expand the Continental League to 14 teams in two divisions of seven. (After a few years, the Federal League should follow suit). One team will be added to both leagues, and one FL team will switch to the CL. I don't have everything worked out perfectly so far as far as expansion teams and the switching team go, mainly because there is no perfect solution. When I set this league up, I whipped it up without much thinking about where teams would actually belong. The teams are neatly distributed across North America, but not where there are actually people living. |
A logical way to get a fresh start:
If you ever change your mind about expansion, you should have "your" Racoons relocate a) east and/or abroad and b) to the FL, and take over as GM of "the" new portland CL expansion team two or three years down the road. I think the Cheapskate Portland Owner leaving for a superior market is a realistic plot line.
I'd personally have the Portland Racoons become the
Tokyo Tanuki -- the mascot has regional feel and the team colors wouldn't have to change (
given the similarities, you could even use the same logo!).
Then, you'd get a fresh start with an expansion team and an owner who can't possibly be as bad as the Mexican Money-Grubber is -- he has to be the worst ever I've seen in five years of OOTP.