A few housekeeping things before we get rolling:
* I did an inaugural draft, with a randomized order. The Raleigh Capitals picked first and -- I thought this was cool -- selected a player from the little town of Dunn, N.C. He’s a lefty pitcher named
Jerry Parker, age 25. It will be interesting to see how this home-grown product fares. He‘s mesmerized by how big the capital city of Raleigh is.
* For now, I’m using 25-man active rosters, with everyone else on reserve rosters. Injuries will be low and trading will set to be low for now. I may create a minor league system at some point so some of these prospects have a place to play and get better…
* Teams will play a 120-game schedule (24 games against each of the other clubs), roughly what they played back in 1913 in the NCSL. The first games will be played in early April.
* There will be a playoff series, best-of-three, between the top two clubs at the end of the season
* No DH in this league … settings are, for the most part, set to mimic 1913 professional baseball … I like good pitching, so I made it a little tougher on hitters by tweaking the settings to favor the pitchers a bit more (mostly in the power department)
* As always, if there is anything folks want to know about anyone or anything, don’t hesitate to ask … feedback is definitely welcome…