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Originally Posted by dfsteele
Since he has been mentioned, I will go ahead and ask the standard Babe Ruth questions (and sorry if you covered this already, I was lazy and decided not to do any research). Assuming that you want to share this information with us right now. How are you going to handle Babe Ruth? Are you going to have two players or just one?
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Funny you should ask. I've simmed ahead several seasons of where I am with my write-ups and have already dealt with the Babe. Or my case, the Babes. So I might as well share it now:
I'm playing an older version of OOTP and am using one of Ankit's DBs. I remember reading when I downloaded it that the DB had split Ruth into two players - George Ruth the pitcher and Babe Ruth the right fielder.
I decided early on that I would go ahead and let it be two players and call them twin brothers or something in my storyline. So when it came time to draft in 1915, there was George Ruth the pitcher ready to go. I figured Ruth didn't have enough major league at-bats at that point for his alter ego to come aboard yet.
But in 1916, I went to do my draft and no Babe Ruth the RF. I wondered then if maybe I goofed in some way or if maybe this database didn't really have him split into two players. I panicked a bit as I hadn't really backed things up for a few seasons. I really wanted Babe Ruth as a hitter, so I created my own Babe, using his career numbers as my basis. He was drafted in 1916, ending up in the same league but not with the same team as his "bro."
So then 1917 comes and goes, and 1918 rolls around and I get ready for my draft, and there among the players ready to be picked is Babe Ruth from the database! I guess he still didn't have enough at-bats, so his entry year was 1918 instead. So now what? Three Babes in the Arizona League? The Ruth Triplets?
I pondered leaving this third Babe in my league and naming him "Gabe Ruth," and seeing how the dueling Babes would end up in the history books. But that got a bit ridiculous. So I did edit his ratings way down and in 1918 will introduce my first fictional player into the game. I'll leave that story line as a mystery for now ...
Anyways, hope that all makes sense. Do the newer versions of OOTP solve this problem of pitchers also being position players? Another reason to upgrade if it does...
Az