Trying to build a Greatest Teams League!!!

[BD#9]

I need info on how to build (step by step) A Greatest Teams League (10 Teams,) Using players since 1871 to the present. We are already doing this in Diamond Mind and Digital Diamond, But, I would like to do it using OOTP also. We do not use injuries, or Finances, Salaries, Etc. We just use 40-man rosters, that (we already have in the other games,) and have been doing this since 1997 on Diamond Mind, and 2010 on Digital Diamond Baseball. This is certainly a LOT harder to figure out, than the other 2 games I mentioned. We just want a 10 team League with 162 games and Playoffs for the 1st 6 teams. I need to know if we can just appoint our players to our teams, or do we have to do a draft. Please give me the Step by Step procedure that I will need to pull this off. Thank you very much for your help.

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OK---We have everything figured out (I think,) except how to get The Draft Pool of all the players from 1871 through 2023 into our draft pool. So far I can only get a bunch of no names to appear in the pool, and only 660 of those although I asked for 1871 through 2023. Please give me some help, on how to get all players from 1871 through 2023 into our draft pool
Thank you very much.

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[Brad K]

I can see OOTP choking when asked to create a draft pool of 23k players.

You only need 400 and OOTP seems OK with 600. Maybe you could use export and import to filter your players so only the top 600 are in the game.

[BD#9]

Originally Posted by Brad K

I can see OOTP choking when asked to create a draft pool of 23k players.

You only need 400 and OOTP seems OK with 600. Maybe you could use export and import to filter your players so only the top 600 are in the game.

The thing of it is, the 600 they gave me were ALL no-name players (probably made-up/created players,) which do us No good whatsoever. So, on this import/export technique you are talking about, do you mean that I would have to do that with Every season, that our entire leagues players entail? That in itself, would also be a lot of work, and would the setting up of the game even allow me to do that? Also, is there a way to even do this while I am creating my game? Thank you for your time and efforts Brad.

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[BD#9]

Originally Posted by Brad K

I can see OOTP choking when asked to create a draft pool of 23k players.

You only need 400 and OOTP seems OK with 600. Maybe you could use export and import to filter your players so only the top 600 are in the game.

Is it Possible to use Baseball Reference, to create a Draft Pool? If so, How do I do that? Thanks Brad.

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[Brad K]

BBR might help you decide who should be in the pool but I believe the only way to get that info into OOTP is by the export - edit - import procedure. I'm no expert on this but I think the answer will be found in the direction of the export function.

[BD#9]

Originally Posted by Brad K

BBR might help you decide who should be in the pool but I believe the only way to get that info into OOTP is by the export - edit - import procedure. I'm no expert on this but I think the answer will be found in the direction of the export function.

Thank you Brad. I will give that all a try later on tonight. We are creating the league, using The Historical game. Is that a good decision or should I have used the Fictional game? Thank you again Brad, and GOD Bless you.

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[Brad K]

I have never done anything with the fictional game so I can't say which would be better.

[BD#9]

Originally Posted by Brad K

I have never done anything with the fictional game so I can't say which would be better.

Thank you Brad,------I am currently building our draft pool. A lot of work. Thank you very much, for your time and efforts.

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[BD#9]

Originally Posted by Brad K

I have never done anything with the fictional game so I can't say which would be better.

We will be using the historical game, it appears.

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