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Old 12-11-2009, 04:41 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SteveP View Post
3. There was no draft in the 60's, so if you have one you are doing something that is unhistorical. Also, the historical rookies had already been signed a year or two earlier (IRL) than when they show up in the game, so to have them in a "draft" the year they first played in the majors is also unhistorical. Those are two good reasons to not have an amateur draft. Some OOTPers do it anyway, of course, so it is up to you. If you have a draft, the expectation is that you want some or all rookies to end up in teams different from what happened IRL.
The draft started in '65.
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