Can you use real players in an entirely fictional league?

[cfgenesis]

I know you can start a historical game and then randomize team cities and names, but I want to be able to start a fictional league with real players and have it develop and evolve organically with expansions, relocations and rules changes, rather than follow the fixed development of real baseball.

[Bluenoser]

Yes you can, but you'd have to import them one at a time and they won't be part of your draft class.

[cfgenesis]

I did come across an option in League Setup in my fictional league to automatically import real historical rookies. I am hoping that that means the league I just began in 1900 with fictional players will start using real players with each amateur draft.

[RonCo]

Technically, they're all fictional leagues.

[cfgenesis]

Originally Posted by RonCo

Technically, they're all fictional leagues.

When you play it long enough it becomes very real!

[Mr. Capo]

Originally Posted by cfgenesis

I know you can start a historical game and then randomize team cities and names, but I want to be able to start a fictional league with real players and have it develop and evolve organically with expansions, relocations and rules changes, rather than follow the fixed development of real baseball.

I think you can do this by unchecking "automatically expand league" under league setup/historical. I hope you can, because that is what I am planning to do, too. To be doubly sure, you might also delete the "historical team ID" and "historical franchise ID" under team/options and ballparks, although that part might not be necessary, it wouldn't hurt.

Then I believe whatever names, cities, logos etc. you apply to the teams will remain, and expansion and such will be up to you.