FBBL Retro: Entering 1992, need one!

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Gents,

The FBBL has been running since 2001 and we're currently on our third league. FBBL One ran from 2001-2004 (real time), FBBL 2 ran from 2004-2007 (real time) and FBBL Retro began in 2007 and we're presently going strong in the 1991 season. We've taken small breaks (1-4 months) but we've more or less been running strong since 2001. So, we're a stable league to say the least. Extremely active boards and members, too.

This is our first historical league as the previous two were modern day leagues. I've always wanted to run a historical league but never would because 6.5 and back had pretty horrible Historical options. I just couldn't dig George Brett making 25 mil per for six years. I didn't like there wasn't the complete history etc... when OOTP 2007/8 hit, I was inspired to run a historical league and to date, it's my favorite. We began in 1988 and we're currently in 1992. We're currently in the free agency period.

I don't know if such things are unique to our league but there are a few things you have to take into account as some new GM's seem to be put off by these precedents and rules.

- Our GM base is mainly 25 years old + but they are a passionate group about the league and the rules. Our league members usually enforce the rules for us... they catch more violators than I do.
- We base our finances off the real MLB finances for the year we're in. There's a website with a detailed study and numbers for revenue vs player salaries for each year dating back to 1985. We use this to setup our finances. As a result, we have rather stringent budgets right now for a lot of teams as we near the strike season. This has a ripple effect in both our trade market and free agency market.
- Trade-a-holics need not apply to our league. We have about 12-16 trades per season processed and most of which occur around the trade deadline and off-season, as in real baseball. It's not a rule or anything but that's just how it goes down. So, if you're one of those guys that likes to pull off a trade every single day then you probably won't be happy here.
- We also, as a group [ie. the entire league] re-rate our AMA drafts so they are as accurate as humanly possible. We also, as a group, discuss and devise all new league rules etc. James and myself are only dictators when we need to be... which, is extremely rare. We're pretty democratic about everything we do and allow for input from each and every owner so each person has a say in molding their league experience.

Our sim schedule is Monday, Wednesday and Saturday with 10 games per sim. The league is ran by James Jones and myself [Jason Howard] and we've both been in the OOTP community since 2000-2001. So, we're pretty stable in the fact that we're not going anywhere anytime soon. We can basically offer you a league that won't up and fold tomorrow. We're also open to newbie owners as well as experienced and anything in between. The only thing we really frown upon are GM's in a ton [read: 5+] of leagues. I've always had bad experiences with GM's that spread themselves that thin. We don't want the league to be married to you but we don't want it to be a bi-monthly fling, either.

Here's the open team.

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TEAM: San Francisco Giants - HOMEPAGE
1988 RECORD: 84-78
1989 RECORD: 68-94
1990 RECORD: 67-95
1991 RECORD: 66-96
FARM: 16th out of 26: Featuring Darryl Kile and Eric Young.
FINANCIALS: Fair shape. They're over budget right now but they've had so many seasons of positives they're sitting on 7.2 mil in cash. So there's room to maneuver.

ROSTER: 1988-1991 we had the same GM for the Giants, Brandon Dudley, who was with us all the way through FBBL Ver 2.0. Due to real-life issues he had to step down. Our latest GM had to quit due to time constraints. The good news is the roster is largely untouched from where it started. Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell, Matt Williams etc... are all still here. They have a great nucleaus that's young to build around. The problem comes in that they've added nothing to the roster so you'll have to come in and add the missing pieces. I'd like nothing better than to get a dedicated GM in here. Pretty much every franchise has stable, quality leadership in the league sans the Giants. The potential is here if someone was to take the time to run them right.

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