historic leagues

Cave Troll · 04-15-2007, 02:29 AM

Several years ago I joined a league that used a database of all historical ML players and assigned them all salaries. We were then given a salary cap and we each set up a team. You could draft Ruth, but he'd probably cost half your cap. Or you could spend a bunch on great pitchers and fill the rest of your team with whatever you could afford. I felt I was leasrning a lot by comparing players from different eras.

We did the homework, designed our teams and then the league president determined the program we were using wasn't good enough to generate a realistic season and aborted the league (starting a traditional fictional league instead).

As I started reading the reviews for OOTP 2007 it sounds like it is capable of doing what we tried to do then. Is that true? Is anyone currently building thata kind of league?

Astros33Resurrected · 04-15-2007, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Cave Troll

Several years ago I joined a league that used a database of all historical ML players and assigned them all salaries. We were then given a salary cap and we each set up a team. You could draft Ruth, but he'd probably cost half your cap. Or you could spend a bunch on great pitchers and fill the rest of your team with whatever you could afford. I felt I was leasrning a lot by comparing players from different eras.

We did the homework, designed our teams and then the league president determined the program we were using wasn't good enough to generate a realistic season and aborted the league (starting a traditional fictional league instead).

As I started reading the reviews for OOTP 2007 it sounds like it is capable of doing what we tried to do then. Is that true? Is anyone currently building thata kind of league?

I haven't heard of anyone doing this yet but it is a neat idea.

Morty Ruth · 04-20-2007, 03:12 AM

"it sounds like it is capable of doing what we tried to do then. Is that true?"

In answer to this particular question, this could be done quite easily.

04-15-2007, 02:29 AM	#1
Cave Troll Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 3	historic leagues Several years ago I joined a league that used a database of all historical ML players and assigned them all salaries. We were then given a salary cap and we each set up a team. You could draft Ruth, but he'd probably cost half your cap. Or you could spend a bunch on great pitchers and fill the rest of your team with whatever you could afford. I felt I was leasrning a lot by comparing players from different eras. We did the homework, designed our teams and then the league president determined the program we were using wasn't good enough to generate a realistic season and aborted the league (starting a traditional fictional league instead). As I started reading the reviews for OOTP 2007 it sounds like it is capable of doing what we tried to do then. Is that true? Is anyone currently building thata kind of league?

04-20-2007, 03:12 AM	#3
Morty Ruth Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 48	"it sounds like it is capable of doing what we tried to do then. Is that true?" In answer to this particular question, this could be done quite easily.