Can a historical league mimic real life as it is today?

[mking55]

An interesting question and the answer to it is a resounding yes.

Like Major League Baseball, the ACL has been around for many seasons. It has a long and storied history. You could sit back and hear the oldtimers tell stories from the days of yore. You can hear about such names as Koufax, Robinson, Bagwell, and Musial.

You can follow the current exploits of players with names like Ruth, Williams, Mantle, Bonds, and Wagner.

But the biggest similarity right now between the ACL and MLB is that neither of us has an Expos owner. For some reason, we cannot get one. Some call, few answer. If another team comes open, there is no problem. But the Expos? Sacre bleu!

The Expos are a franchise in need of leadership. They do not have to be the dogs of summer (and spring, and fall, and winter). With the right manager they can claw their way back into the thick of things and regain the glory that was Rogers, Carter, Raines, and others.

If you can handle the weather, the language, and the challenge, drop me a line (email commish link on the site) and take over this team that cries out in the night for someone to love it.

[Ford Prefect]

You forgot Burleigh Grimes how can you

[mking55]

This gets weirder and weirder.

I get 3 or more (my memory stinks) responses from people saying they want to join. So I write them back and say what I usually say. "Great. Send me an email to confirm and you're in".

The first two don't write back. Why did they write in the first place? I suppose it's not my place to try and understand these things. The 3rd guy (or maybe he's the 4th) does actually write back and he's in the league. He tells me how much he wants to be in it, how great it looks, and blah, blah, blah.

First sim he doesn't send a lineup. I send him an email asking why since it was his first sim and I would think he would want to reshape the team. He replies that he just got overwhelmed and he was sorry and he would send one in for the next sim. It was a very polite email.

The 2nd sim comes along and he writes and says he has no team for this one sim, could I do an auto-lineup, and he will do a lineup from now on. He is very polite and writes a nice email. What could I say?

3rd siim coming up and he sends an email saying that he must resign. It was a very polite email. This person, whoever he is, has good manners.

This means that we still need an Expos owner. I have obviously set the bar too high to get in this league. (You can breath, you can type, you own the game). I will lower my standards and take even bigger losers than the 22 other guys in this league.

I just don't get it. Not every league is for everyone. Some like historical, some like fictional, some like Marilyn Monroe while others prefer Jayne Mansfield. (Personally I prefer breathing woman and not corpses, but I will not pass judgement on others).

But I would think that someone would want to join an old, stable and established league. Old as in a few years (2 or 3) and in it's 15th season. (We only sim 7 days at a time).

I am not begging, I am just trying to understand and I really don't. I see lots of posts from people looking for leagues. I get emails from people saying they want to join and then they disappear.

Does this happen to other people who run leagues? I saw a post from GDBL looking for an owner and it seems they couldn't get a bite. That is a really old league. I was in it about 100 years ago and quit it about 90 years ago and it's still around. What gives? Are stable leagues out of style? Should I fold my tent?

If you have a viewpoint please share it. I am curious and I will not insult you if I think your opinion is ridiculous.

Or, if you want to be the Expos, just email the commish from the ACL.

[Cooleyvol]

I say contraction is the answer.

[uktaurusbulba]

First sim he doesn't send a lineup. I send him an email asking why since it was his first sim and I would think he would want to reshape the team. He replies that he just got overwhelmed and he was sorry and he would send one in for the next sim. It was a very polite email.

The 2nd sim comes along and he writes and says he has no team for this one sim, could I do an auto-lineup, and he will do a lineup from now on. He is very polite and writes a nice email. What could I say?

3rd siim coming up and he sends an email saying that he must resign. It was a very polite email. This person, whoever he is, has good manners.


I just thought this was interesting because I had the exact same thing happen to me recently. I guess it's what is annoying about people in general. Me personally, I wouldnt join an online baseball league where you are gm and stick around for a month. Dont you want to go through a few drafts, make some trades, adjust your rotation and lineup. Maybe it sjust that they are into the game for a short period of time and tire of it like any other game. The thing is, OOTP is a different type of game and I dont know how you can find out who will be a good, active, long -term owner and who will aggravate you and waste your time. I think that one good solution is to get enough personal friends of yours and other core owners in the league so you have a group you can fall back on. Hopefully, as you churn through the others, you'll pick up a few good gms that way. But the thing is, everyone burns out. Or the guys that are really into the league are in like 5 leagues and they need to get rid of one or two. Oh well....maybe its a neverending process.
Anyway, I dont think you would have to end your league. You could play with a few owners missing and still have an enjoyable experience. Hopefully, guys that join in the future have the courtesy to stop wasting our time instead of thse lame cop-out emails where "they are having family problems" or some other bs.