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Old 07-02-2007, 04:15 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by thbroman View Post
What I want to suggest is the implementation of league structures that more closely resembles the baseball universe of the the 1920s through 1960s, with more levels of minor leagues, independent minor leagues, purchase of contracts from those leagues, etc. It would require changing the ree agent system to some extent, I think, but the real advantage would be to offer much more interesting scope for sending your scouts to look for raw talent in those bush leagues.

Does Le Grande Orange or someone else who really knows the history have anything to suggest along these lines?
I heartily agree with the basic concept, and have a few general ideas, but it's hard to make more specific suggestions since they rely on certain other areas of the game being modified (e.g. the major-minor relationship, classification levels, etc.).

Without knowing which of these other areas are open to being altered to work with the enhanced minor leagues idea, it's hard to know which specific concepts should be put forth.

But certainly the idea of making the major league-minor league relationship in the game more reflective of how that relationship has evolved and changed in real life is a priority to me. It's an area that may be more useful being discussed in general terms first in a thread somewhere...

...that said, maybe I'll try to scrape together more specific proposals anyway.
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