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This is the story of the Brooklyn Robins, 1958 and on. It is a "what if" story, asking what would have happened if the Dodgers had never left Brooklyn. Here’s how it will work:

The Dodgers, renamed the Robins (mostly so I could give the name to Los Angeles later, which will be interesting), will remain in Brooklyn in 1958. Rookies will enter each year with their original teams. I have revised the database so that Brooklyn will receive what would have been Los Angeles’ teams until 1961. In 1962, instead of an expansion New York team, the Los Angeles Dodgers will be the expansion team. From 1962 on, the Robins will receive all the Mets’ rookies and the Dodgers will get the Dodger rookies. I did this in order to get all the subsequent Dodger players in LA and Met players in New York. So Dwight Gooden will come up with the Robins, while Mike Piazza will come up with the Dodgers.

I will try to follow history as far as managerial and stadium changes, except, of course, for Brooklyn. They will stay in Ebbets field until such time as I decide to create a new stadium for them.

I’m using the real 1958 schedule (including doubleheaders), but may or may not do the same for 1959. I haven’t decided yet. Coaches and scouts are disabled. Financials are enabled, as are all the financial rules except for the Rule 5 draft. Injuries are normal and trade frequency is low. I plan to sim most games, but will play out opening days, playoffs, and several larger games as I desire. Reports will be a mix of single game, weekly, event-based (like trades and injuries and monthly, depending on how interesting things are in a particular period of time. I’ll also give occasional reports about the rest of the league.

Hopefully I can keep this going for a while.