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Originally Posted by Bristolduke
I am actually a big fan of historical baseball, but "how historical" is desired. As was pointed out, unless some balancing is done, only half the league will have any fun. Also, to be historical, re-calc needs to be used not OOTP player development. I have been in a couple that tried using development and when your favorite players go bust (e.g. Christy Mathewson is horrible and can't make a squad) then people lose interest.
The other side of re-calc is that you know what the player is close to performing before you start (e.g. 1 year wonders).
The other side of historical, is did you know that both Christy Mathewson and Babe Ruth should have started their careers in Cincinnati?
All that aside I'll throw this out. If there is 16 dedicated people who want a historical league, I can consider running it (particularly if I can have some help with the web site)
It would modify history in the following ways.
1. Start in 1901.
2. All teams would be on equal financial footing at the start,
3. Inaugural draft for all players.
4. Rookie draft for the new arrivals.
5. 1 year recalc.- to keep historical performance as close as possible.
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This is the ideal historical League format, finances should be kept equal or left out. As long as the commish is active and acts in the best interest of the league it will be successful. Specifically the commish should keep a close eye on trades and tanking, they are the two most league breaking factors. Tanking should always result in expulsion and trades that unbalance the competitive balance of the league should be denied by the commish.