#42 Not Retired for MLB Expansion Teams

dishnet34 · 12-02-2014, 03:39 PM

(If this thread is in the wrong section, let me know.)

Something puzzling I found today...the number 42, retired throughout MLB, can be given to any player on an MLB expansion team.

Now, I can see why this would happen; not many people that I know of tend to create expansion teams in MLB by themselves, and I wouldn't think it's hard-coded to give every new expansion team the same retired number when the franchise just started, but I'm still a bit surprised that it can happen.

I will probably just retire the number myself, and that'll work for now, but I hope this gets fixed in later versions of the game.

baseballonly · 12-02-2014, 08:06 PM

Just retire it yourself...is it really that big of a deal?

dishnet34 · 12-02-2014, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by baseballonly

Just retire it yourself...is it really that big of a deal?

I most certainly will. I know I shouldn't nitpick like I've been doing, I like this game, but it's just something I don't think has been brought up, and that I found intriguing.

Padreman · 12-02-2014, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dishnet34

I most certainly will. I know I shouldn't nitpick like I've been doing, I like this game, but it's just something I don't think has been brought up, and that I found intriguing.

Hear! Hear! I do declare

RchW · 12-02-2014, 09:15 PM

Are you suggesting it should be unavailable by default in the game? I certainly hope not.

Padreman · 12-02-2014, 09:37 PM

Plus it was retired but there were players still using it

Ike348 · 12-02-2014, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Are you suggesting it should be unavailable by default in the game? I certainly hope not.

Probably only in the MLB quickstart.

Pacoheadley · 12-03-2014, 12:34 AM

I'm surprised nobody has brought up this future solution - have league wide retired numbers be a feature.

BradC · 12-03-2014, 07:28 PM

Have you mentioned this in the Suggestions for OOTP 16 forum?

dishnet34 · 12-03-2014, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BradC

Have you mentioned this in the Suggestions for OOTP 16 forum?

No, I haven't, and I probably should have.

baseballonly · 12-03-2014, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Padreman

Hear! Hear! I do declare

What is this supposed to mean?

Padreman · 12-03-2014, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by baseballonly

What is this supposed to mean?

That I hear him and I can see his frustration

BIG17EASY · 12-04-2014, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Padreman

Plus it was retired but there were players still using it

Not the same at all. When MLB retired 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, it allowed all current players wearing 42 to continue if they chose to, hence Mariano Rivera wearing 42 for the rest of his career.

The OP is specifically talking about expansion teams, which are all instances of 42 being newly given to players.

RchW · 12-04-2014, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Padreman

That I hear him and I can see his frustration

Isn't frustration a little hyperbolic.

Padreman · 12-04-2014, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Isn't frustration a little hyperbolic.

It is. Honestly I was bored and I was typing I can care less about the issue

. I was waiting for me wife to come froma store and I just wanted pass time

12-02-2014, 03:39 PM	#1
dishnet34 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,165	#42 Not Retired for MLB Expansion Teams (If this thread is in the wrong section, let me know.) Something puzzling I found today...the number 42, retired throughout MLB, can be given to any player on an MLB expansion team. Now, I can see why this would happen; not many people that I know of tend to create expansion teams in MLB by themselves, and I wouldn't think it's hard-coded to give every new expansion team the same retired number when the franchise just started, but I'm still a bit surprised that it can happen. I will probably just retire the number myself, and that'll work for now, but I hope this gets fixed in later versions of the game. Last edited by dishnet34; 12-02-2014 at 08:58 PM.

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