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Originally Posted by David Watts
Well, excuse me for asking. You have to remember there are three million ways to play this game, so it's sometimes hard to decipher what someone is trying to accomplish. It's also been light years since I've managed or played the game as a GM, so when I've run expansion drafts it's been as a spectator and was fictional in nature. Then add the fact that I'm not the sharpest pine cone in the fruit salad and things really get lost in the shuffle.
I now understand what your asking for and I think you should definitely beat the drum for this to be added as new feature. I've played as the 62 Colt 45's, but I always did so with actual roster.
I wonder what happens if you create a historical league in 1961 using real transactions. Turn injuries off completely. Turn development off completely. Then sim till the last day of the season. Turn real transactions off. The main issue here would be if you are still able to select the option for an expansion draft on the last day of the season. If you can, you may be able to start as the Mets with an expansion draft and also very little change to the actual MLB. Another issue would be financial. Ugh, so wish I had a solution.
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That's actually a really good idea. It would at least keep rosters as close as possible. Might not get a Reds/Yankees WS and the stats might be a bit different (Maybe Maris doesn't hit 61) but it would narrow things a bit.
Have folks had issues with shutting off real transactions and playing afterwards? I recall trying this once and either not being able to switch the real transactions off or having some other side effect but it was probably very late one night and I was on my 5th drink.