My added two cents:
This situation is perhaps helped by the fact I have been in another league (the CBL) with KQ76 for years. In this instance he knows me, knows I am a respectable owner and could probably convince the commish of that league to boot me if I decided to be an idiot with this file
My point is it's not like I am some unknown who could be trying to sabotage or cheat a league so in this case I could be cut a bit more slack I think.
As for this league being unique and probably being 9lives property (versus any other commish that came later) I wholeheartedly agree! In fact it hadn't even occurred to me to contact anyone who took over the league after him until KQ76 suggested it. That is in no way a disrespect to them but as 9lives pointed out this league was his creation. I think every GM and commish that ever played in that league would agree with that statement too so it shouldn't offend anyone. When he left we just tried to carry on his work... but it was still his, we could never do it authentically. He handcrafted a world, the cities, provided a standard for naming players and brought the whole thing to life for us. As 9lives stated if this was your regular MLB league with random players I don't think it would be the same ... likely the last commish trumps the creator. But in this case 9lives WAS the league.