Here you will be able to follow the baseball history as it happen in real life via OOTP12. So expect nothing fictional as I use the real leagues and team rooster as they were (except for the line-up). The only real element of surprise is the injury factor and of course the OOTP factor.

Hope you will enjoy and don't hesitate to comment on special event that happen in those years (as we have real expert here it's a good way to learn about the baseball past history).

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The end of 71

Posted 08-01-2011 at 02:41 AM by AESP_pres

After a first season it is now evident that a professional league of baseball is a viable option. But sadly it was not viable for all the markets as three teams didn't survive after this season...

Fort Wayne had a lot of financial difficulty as the attendance was low wich brought a biggest problem as the players were poorly paid and many of them leaved the team. The team wasn't able to recover and played its last game the august 29 (a 7 to 6 win against Troy).

Rockford didn't make any profit during this seasons (mostly because of the high travelling cost), the departure of Cap Anson to Philadelphia was the final blow.

Chicago will not make it also next year, but in their case money had nothing to do with this. The team as most of the city was hardly hit by the great fire and the team did loose their ballpark the Union Base-Ball Grounds and was unable to find a new one. So without a ballpark a participation for the new season was impossible.

But not everything is negative as the league will welcome five new teams.