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Sharpie · 04-22-2017, 05:40 PM

If you could start baseball history all over again, what things would you change?

DH or no?
Roster size?
# of Games?

Padreman · 04-22-2017, 05:41 PM

Free bag of rice give-away at every game for every fan

mitchkenn · 04-22-2017, 06:56 PM

no DH.

no interleague.

discodude5 · 04-22-2017, 07:37 PM

No performance enhancing drugs.
Career leader boards would be authentic and have meaning.

80 to 100 game seasons, as long as it was always similar length for stats consistency.

JaBurns · 04-22-2017, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mitchkenn

no DH.

no interleague.

Ditto. Go to no more than 24 teams, 2 Leagues each with 2 6 team divisions.

Padreman · 04-22-2017, 09:29 PM

ok seriously
DH im fine with for one league
but No 1994 strike
no steroids
shorter 150 game season
no interleague play
color barrier broken about 12-15 years sooner
Padres should have kept Ozzie Smith, Dave Winfield, John Kruek, Roberto Alomar, Joe Carter, Fred McGriff, Gary Sheffield, Benito Santiago, Tony Fernandez, Kevin Brown, Adrian Gonzalez, Heath Bell, Longer by maybe 2-3 seasons each and would have kept Anthony Rizzo and Derek Lee in the system and had them come up

actionjackson · 04-22-2017, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Padreman

ok seriously
DH im fine with for one league
but No 1994 strike
no steroids
shorter 150 game season
no interleague play
color barrier broken about 12-15 years sooner
Padres should have kept Ozzie Smith, Dave Winfield, John Kruek, Roberto Alomar, Joe Carter, Fred McGriff, Gary Sheffield, Benito Santiago, Tony Fernandez, Kevin Brown, Adrian Gonzalez, Heath Bell, Longer by maybe 2-3 seasons each and would have kept Anthony Rizzo and Derek Lee in the system and had them come up

How the heck would you have been able to keep Alomar, Carter, McGriff and Fernandez simultaneously when they were all involved in the same crazy blockbuster deal?

Padreman · 04-22-2017, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by actionjackson

How the heck would you have been able to keep Alomar, Carter, McGriff and Fernandez simultaneously when they were all involved in the same crazy blockbuster deal?

Look it's my fantasy just let me be

RubeBaker · 04-23-2017, 12:02 AM

1) Integrated MLB from Day 1.
2) Pulling the plug on the 1994 season. The season would have played out & then, if we had to pull the plug on the 1995 season, so be it.
3) NEVER let Bud Selig become Commissioner of Baseball.
4) Banned PEDs from MLB.
5) Kept baseball in Montreal.

Spritze · 04-23-2017, 02:08 AM

1) keep the Pilots in Seattle so Bud Selig keeps selling cars.

The Game · 04-23-2017, 02:37 AM

DH in both leagues.
Free Agency from early on.
Negro Leaguers being purchased from their respective teams around the time Satchel Paige comes in.
All Star Game earlier.
Rookie of the year from 1901.
No PED's including Pud Galvin.
No strikes
Players do not go to war.
Fewer teams.
154 game schedule.
No Black Sox scandal.
No Bill Veeck owning and killing the 1959 Sox.
Cubs never winning a World Series, ever!
(The ring is still really cool though, especially up close)
No players dying during their careers.
Tavares is a beast in one of my leagues in 2026.
Old Comiskey is still standing on the South Side.

Greenbay · 04-23-2017, 02:44 AM

No players union, No free agency. And since this is fantasy, owners who are actually human beings with a soul and care more about people than profits. Dito for star players.

Kronos · 04-23-2017, 05:15 AM

PCL is absorbed as a major league no team movement after 1954.
Integration from day 1.
No multi purpose stadiums.

Reed · 04-23-2017, 08:27 AM

Season start Apr 15, end Sep 15 (no more than 140 games).
No FA, players somewhat loyal to teams, teams loyal players.
Teams have equal finances.
No color barrier ever.
Electronic system to call balls and strikes!
24 teams, two leagues, two divisions. Teams in Mexico, Canada, South America?
No wildcard teams in playoffs.
Same rules for all games (DH or no DH for all games, I slightly prefer DH to keep some good hitters in game longer).
No TV/radio blackouts.

Quinton_Upchurch · 04-23-2017, 09:03 AM

No segregation and...

mitchkenn · 04-23-2017, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by RubeBaker

3) NEVER let Bud Selig become Commissioner of Baseball. .

Amen to that!!!!!!

msupoke · 04-24-2017, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Padreman

ok seriously
DH im fine with for one league
but No 1994 strike
no steroids
shorter 150 game season
no interleague play
color barrier broken about 12-15 years sooner
Padres should have kept Ozzie Smith, Dave Winfield, John Kruek, Roberto Alomar, Joe Carter, Fred McGriff, Gary Sheffield, Benito Santiago, Tony Fernandez, Kevin Brown, Adrian Gonzalez, Heath Bell, Longer by maybe 2-3 seasons each and would have kept Anthony Rizzo and Derek Lee in the system and had them come up

I got to watch a lot of those guys play for the Beaumont Golden Gators in the 80's. Kruk, Santiago, Joey Cora, Ozzie Guillen, Sandy Alomar, Lance McCullers, Mark Williamson, Bill Long, and Shane Mack were all on the team that won the Texas League. Cora was stabbed after a game in San Antonio, too.

Padreman · 04-24-2017, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by msupoke

I got to watch a lot of those guys play for the Beaumont Golden Gators in the 80's. Kruk, Santiago, Joey Cora, Ozzie Guillen, Sandy Alomar, Lance McCullers, Mark Williamson, Bill Long, and Shane Mack were all on the team that won the Texas League. Cora was stabbed after a game in San Antonio, too.

Great experience

polydamas · 04-24-2017, 02:11 AM

Ban foreign substance on baseballs. Raise mound to current level. Replace baseballs after every half inning (minimum). Don't ban Shoeless Joe Jackson.

jpeters1734 · 04-24-2017, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by The Game

Negro Leaguers being purchased from their respective teams around the time Satchel Paige comes in.

LOL I know you didn't mean it like this but it reads like "keep them segregated until someone good comes around"

04-22-2017, 05:40 PM	#1
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Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,138	ok seriously DH im fine with for one league but No 1994 strike no steroids shorter 150 game season no interleague play color barrier broken about 12-15 years sooner Padres should have kept Ozzie Smith, Dave Winfield, John Kruek, Roberto Alomar, Joe Carter, Fred McGriff, Gary Sheffield, Benito Santiago, Tony Fernandez, Kevin Brown, Adrian Gonzalez, Heath Bell, Longer by maybe 2-3 seasons each and would have kept Anthony Rizzo and Derek Lee in the system and had them come up __________________ Chargers= Despicable Traitors

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Spritze OOTP Historical Czar Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Bothell Wa Posts: 7,253	1) keep the Pilots in Seattle so Bud Selig keeps selling cars. __________________ It's madness, madness, I tell you! For the love of God, don't do it!

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discodude5 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 370	No performance enhancing drugs. Career leader boards would be authentic and have meaning. 80 to 100 game seasons, as long as it was always similar length for stats consistency.

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RubeBaker All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: USA Posts: 642	1) Integrated MLB from Day 1. 2) Pulling the plug on the 1994 season. The season would have played out & then, if we had to pull the plug on the 1995 season, so be it. 3) NEVER let Bud Selig become Commissioner of Baseball. 4) Banned PEDs from MLB. 5) Kept baseball in Montreal.

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Greenbay Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: El Cajon, CA Posts: 175	No players union, No free agency. And since this is fantasy, owners who are actually human beings with a soul and care more about people than profits. Dito for star players.

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Kronos Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Northern Ky. Posts: 318	PCL is absorbed as a major league no team movement after 1954. Integration from day 1. No multi purpose stadiums.

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Reed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,367	Season start Apr 15, end Sep 15 (no more than 140 games). No FA, players somewhat loyal to teams, teams loyal players. Teams have equal finances. No color barrier ever. Electronic system to call balls and strikes! 24 teams, two leagues, two divisions. Teams in Mexico, Canada, South America? No wildcard teams in playoffs. Same rules for all games (DH or no DH for all games, I slightly prefer DH to keep some good hitters in game longer). No TV/radio blackouts.

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