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Old 08-16-2007, 06:20 PM   #20 (permalink)
Le Grande Orange
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Suggestion:

Historically accurate spring training schedules.

Reason:

While the regular seasons for historical leagues use the real schedules, the spring training period is entirely created by OOTP. Why not bring the spring training schedules up to the same level of real-world accuracy? The spring training schedules of years past in the majors were quite different in character than those played currently, with some teams playing each other numerous times.

I have onhand almost all of the actual MLB spring training schedules from the early 1930s onwards. While the earlier years might pose a few issues due to the spring training schedules featuring a lot of games against minor league opponents, certainly from the early 1950s onwards MLB spring training schedules played almost exclusively against other major league teams so they certainly could be used for historical leagues.

Priority:

Medium/High.

(The regular season schedules are the proper real-world ones. I really want to get the spring training and post-season schedules up to that same standard of accuracy!)
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