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Tiger Fan · 05-30-2003, 08:56 PM

My current league is a combined fictional-historical league.

<b>THE PREMISE</b>

WINTER 1921-22
Baseball has reached unprecedented popularity thanks to the mighty bat of Babe Ruth. Fans are heading out to ballparks everywhere, major and minor league, to get a taste for the game. The Black Sox scandal of a couple years ago is a distant memory thanks to the likes of Ruth and his Yankee teammates. However, nowhere is baseball more popular than in California where the Pacific Coast League, although not a 'major' league, reigns supreme.

The PCL owners see this surge in popularity as their opportunity to declare themselves a 'Major League'. Naysayers among them warn of the ill-conceived Federal League but those in the know explain that one of the Federal League's biggest errors was choosing to go head-to-head with the big boys. "Our league," they counter "will focus only on untapped cities and exist primarily west of the Mississippi.

In 1921 the Pacific Coast League had teams based in Oakland, Sacramento, Salt Lake, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Vernon and San Francisco. All except Sacramento and Vernon will join the new Western Baseball Alliance. In addition San Diego, Hollywood and Vancouver will be accepted to the loop. The Kansas City Blues bolted the International League to join the new professional alliance. Other larger centres were approached and as a result teams were awarded to Dallas, Houston, Alburquerque, Denver, New Orleans and Phoenix bringing the alliance total to 16 teams.

The 16 clubs would be arranged in 2 leagues:

MOUNTAIN LEAGUE
Alburquerque Arrows
Dallas Texans
Denver Bears
Houston Buffaloes
Kansas City Blues
New Orleans Pelicans
Phoenix Roadrunners
Salt Lake Bees

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood Stars
Los Angeles Angels
Oakland Oaks
Portland Ducks
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Seals
Seattle Rainiers
Vancouver Mounties

Play will commence with the 1922 season. All initial players will be fictional as generated by the OOTP5 engine. Rookies will be imported using CTorg's fictional database. This will allow others who use the same database to compare their players results with mine.

It will be classic baseball: 154 game schedule with a best-of-7 Western Series to determine the winner.

At the same time the major leagues will be simmed in a seperate league. Finances will be turned off initially and all rookies will be assigned to their original real life team. I will be using Ankit's modified Lahman 5 database for this.

Using Pierre's player and team import utility, several players will begin jumping leagues in the late 1930's. By the forties, free agency is turned on and both leagues will be in a bidding war for many players. Salaries will begin to spiral out of control and by the early 50's the Major Leagues will see the value of western expansion and the two leagues will merge.

The Dodgers and Giants will not head west in this alternate history, as several existing Western Alliance teams will be absorbed by the major leagues. It will result in a single 24 team organization combining real life rookies and fictional rookies I will add each season.

Here is the likely layout of this new super league although depending upon franchise performance some teams may changed. Taking a page from the NHL, which in 1970 moved only the original 6 Chicago Black Hawks to the west division, the baseball execs will opt to move the Chicago White Sox to the newly formed Western League where they will join 11 WBA teams. The National and American Leagues are no longer, as the league with 12 'real' MLB teams will be called the Eastern League.

Code:


                  <b>WESTERN LEAGUE

Pacific Division              MidWest Division</b>
Los Angeles Angels            Chicago White Sox
Oakland Oaks                  Dallas Texans
Portland Ducks                Denver Bears
San Diego Padres              Houston Buffaloes
Seattle Rainiers              Kansas City Blues
San Francisco Seals           Salt Lake City Bees


Folded teams: Albuquerque Arrowheads, Hollywood Stars,
 Phoenix Roadrunners, New Orleans Pelicans, Vancouver 
 Mounties
       

<b>            EASTERN LEAGUE

Central Division              Atlantic Division</b>
Chicago Cubs                  Boston Red Sox
Cincinati Reds                Brooklyn Dodgers
Cleveland Indians             New York Giants
Detroit Tigers                New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates            Philadelphia Athletics
St Louis Cardinals            Washington Senators

Folded  Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and St Louis Browns

I am documenting this league's progress in the Dynasty section and have reached the early thirties in both leagues now.

05-30-2003, 08:56 PM	#12 (permalink)
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 5,443 Thanked 3x in 2 posts	My current league is a combined fictional-historical league. <b>THE PREMISE</b> WINTER 1921-22 Baseball has reached unprecedented popularity thanks to the mighty bat of Babe Ruth. Fans are heading out to ballparks everywhere, major and minor league, to get a taste for the game. The Black Sox scandal of a couple years ago is a distant memory thanks to the likes of Ruth and his Yankee teammates. However, nowhere is baseball more popular than in California where the Pacific Coast League, although not a 'major' league, reigns supreme. The PCL owners see this surge in popularity as their opportunity to declare themselves a 'Major League'. Naysayers among them warn of the ill-conceived Federal League but those in the know explain that one of the Federal League's biggest errors was choosing to go head-to-head with the big boys. "Our league," they counter "will focus only on untapped cities and exist primarily west of the Mississippi. In 1921 the Pacific Coast League had teams based in Oakland, Sacramento, Salt Lake, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Vernon and San Francisco. All except Sacramento and Vernon will join the new Western Baseball Alliance. In addition San Diego, Hollywood and Vancouver will be accepted to the loop. The Kansas City Blues bolted the International League to join the new professional alliance. Other larger centres were approached and as a result teams were awarded to Dallas, Houston, Alburquerque, Denver, New Orleans and Phoenix bringing the alliance total to 16 teams. The 16 clubs would be arranged in 2 leagues: MOUNTAIN LEAGUE Alburquerque Arrows Dallas Texans Denver Bears Houston Buffaloes Kansas City Blues New Orleans Pelicans Phoenix Roadrunners Salt Lake Bees PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Hollywood Stars Los Angeles Angels Oakland Oaks Portland Ducks San Diego Padres San Francisco Seals Seattle Rainiers Vancouver Mounties Play will commence with the 1922 season. All initial players will be fictional as generated by the OOTP5 engine. Rookies will be imported using CTorg's fictional database. This will allow others who use the same database to compare their players results with mine. It will be classic baseball: 154 game schedule with a best-of-7 Western Series to determine the winner. At the same time the major leagues will be simmed in a seperate league. Finances will be turned off initially and all rookies will be assigned to their original real life team. I will be using Ankit's modified Lahman 5 database for this. Using Pierre's player and team import utility, several players will begin jumping leagues in the late 1930's. By the forties, free agency is turned on and both leagues will be in a bidding war for many players. Salaries will begin to spiral out of control and by the early 50's the Major Leagues will see the value of western expansion and the two leagues will merge. The Dodgers and Giants will not head west in this alternate history, as several existing Western Alliance teams will be absorbed by the major leagues. It will result in a single 24 team organization combining real life rookies and fictional rookies I will add each season. Here is the likely layout of this new super league although depending upon franchise performance some teams may changed. Taking a page from the NHL, which in 1970 moved only the original 6 Chicago Black Hawks to the west division, the baseball execs will opt to move the Chicago White Sox to the newly formed Western League where they will join 11 WBA teams. The National and American Leagues are no longer, as the league with 12 'real' MLB teams will be called the Eastern League. Code: <b>WESTERN LEAGUE Pacific Division MidWest Division</b> Los Angeles Angels Chicago White Sox Oakland Oaks Dallas Texans Portland Ducks Denver Bears San Diego Padres Houston Buffaloes Seattle Rainiers Kansas City Blues San Francisco Seals Salt Lake City Bees Folded teams: Albuquerque Arrowheads, Hollywood Stars, Phoenix Roadrunners, New Orleans Pelicans, Vancouver Mounties <b> EASTERN LEAGUE Central Division Atlantic Division</b> Chicago Cubs Boston Red Sox Cincinati Reds Brooklyn Dodgers Cleveland Indians New York Giants Detroit Tigers New York Yankees Pittsburgh Pirates Philadelphia Athletics St Louis Cardinals Washington Senators Folded Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and St Louis Browns I am documenting this league's progress in the Dynasty section and have reached the early thirties in both leagues now. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles My current dynasty - Fictional Breda Baseball League Last edited by Tiger Fan; 05-30-2003 at 09:00 PM.