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I'm bringing in 16 Spritze players for the Inaugural Draft in , in order to add an extra round to it, and make it 45 rounds. The RNG said 6 Japanese Leaguers, 3 Korean Leaguers, 3 PCLers, and I always bring in 4 Negro Leaguers for the Inaugural Draft. For each Ammy Draft, I bring in two Spritzies, 1 non-Negro Leaguer, and 1 Negro Leaguer. As the league expands, I bring in more Spritzies, but never a crazy number. The 4 Negro Leaguers in the I.D. are Walter McCoy, Herbert Souell, James Zapp, and some 16-year old kid catcher from Buena Vista, GA, named Josh Gibson. Anyone ever heard of him before? Hope I can stick with this one. I've had a lot of trouble over many versions staying with games. Jackie Robinson and Frank Robinson are in there too.

I never replace old stars with their younger selves, so 42 year old Hoyt Wilhelm, 39 year old Craig Biggio, 39 year old Greg Maddux, 38 year old Tris Speaker, 36 year old Joe Start, 33 year old Nap Lajoie, 32 year old Bid McPhee, 32 year old Sam Crawford, 31 year old Pedro J Martinez, 30 year old Randy D Johnson (he broke out at age 29 IRL though, so he may be just fine), 30 year old Charles Bender, 30 year old Jackie Robinson (if he wasn't in the Inaugural, I'd be bringing him in Spritzie style at a much younger age than he debuted for obvious reasons), and 30 year old Jim Wynn will have to wait for another game to be young again. If I've learned anything in playing this game over the years, others will rise up to fill the void.

I guess I'll just have to console myself with the aforementioned Gibson, 19 year old Tim Raines Sr, 20 year old Sandy Koufax, 21 year old Barry Bonds, 22 year old Noodles Hahn, 22 year old Ted Simmons, 22 year old Paul Molitor, 23 year old Cal Ripken, 24 year old Vern Stephens, 25 year old Pete Rose Sr, 25 year old Kirby Puckett, 25 year old Roger Bresnahan, 25 year old Sal Bando, and 25 year old Lee Smith. The OOTP HRD gods giveth, and the OOTP HRD gods taketh away.