[Leo_The_Lip]

I take the standard MLB quickstart, disable story lines so the AI can't expand before I'm ready (and it WILL if you don't do this. You have been warned!). Then I sim 10 seasons and stop just before the WS. That enables me to slowly go to the last day of the season so I can expand to Montreal and Vancouver and switch to two 8 team divisions in both leagues with only the top two finishers making the playoffs.

I'll take over one of those, do the expansion draft, Rule 5 and Free agency (mostly International signings) and off to a running start. Need to check the minors for sanity and add a DSL team around the third season.