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07-10-2006, 08:32 PM | #1 |
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Expansion - I just want it to happen . . .
No bells or whistles, no fancy draft, I don't even care if the new teams get the "right" expansion players, especially since all my imported rookies go into a draft anyway. In my historical league (started w/ TF's 1901 quickstart) I am approaching the time in MLB history where they began to add franchises. I plan on taking over a team in the early 21st century after an alternate MLB history has occured.
So basically, by 2006 I want 30 teams (with real life team names/cities/etc). I am not a historical perfectionist though, I don't care if it's messy 1960-1998, I just want a believable 100 years of stats and a stable league alignment. If you haven't read this whole post, that's fine, here's the only important sentence : What's the easiest way to add a team, disregarding realistic, careful expansion? Thanks. |
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There is just one way to add a team - from the edit league structure screen - so I assume by add a team you mean populate it with players. If so, here is a quick method I used:
After I created my new expansion teams I would (in commissioner mode) go to the free agent pool and assign all the free agents to the expansion teams. I had free agency turned off so there were only a couple of dozen free agents in there at any time if I recall correctly but that gave the expansion teams a base of players. Next I went to every team in the league and manually moved 2 or 3 minor leaguers (or reserve roster if not playing with minor leagues) to each of the expansion teams. This can be done very quickly in commissioner mode simply by going to the player editor page and changing his team to your expansion club. I think the whole process took about 15 minutes for each year of expansion.
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I'm just about to 1961 so this will come in handy for me as well.
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On a related topic, is there an easier way to assign players to a team than to offer them all contracts and wait a few days?
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sorry I wasn't clear. By player editor I meant the edit tab.
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An Alternate Method
When I expand, I always add the team a year early, but don't schedule any games for them. So, for the 1960 season, I go ahead and add the Angels and the new Senators, but I don't click the generate schedule button.
That way, the teams exist, but sit out the year. They participate in the winter meetings and the ammy draft. At the beginning of 1961, I generate a schedule that includes the new teams. Then I add the Mets and the Colt .45s, but don't schedule them for the 1961 season, and the process repeats. Generally, the teams can fill their own rosters through free agency and the ammy draft.
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Yeah, that would help. And I'd also be afraid if in 1998 i added the D'Backs or the Devil Rays, and that season the division was really bad, and their .500 record (at 0-0) won them the division.
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It probably depends on when you add the team. You want to add the teams after the game generates the schedule for the season. |
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