Franchise moves in historical leagues

[Bishop]

How do you guys do the various team moves?

Do you move them the year they're supposed to, regardless of how well the team is doing?

It's 1977, and I've got still got the St. Louis Browns, since they've had 25 pennants and 14 world championships in their history. They've never had a really bad enough stretch where I could see them moving to Baltimore.

Also, the 2nd Senators went to the series in 1971, so sadly, no move to Arlington. I have no Rangers.

Anyone else do this? or just move them and standings be damned.

[Cowboys3356]

I am working on a 1901-2006 historical simulation and I am following all of the moves exactly as they happen. The game will automatically link your franchise if it moves so the organization will get credit for previous championships, etc.

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by Cowboys3356

I am working on a 1901-2006 historical simulation and I am following all of the moves exactly as they happen. The game will automatically link your franchise if it moves so the organization will get credit for previous championships, etc.

Right. I was more thinking along the lines of, "the Browns have great fan support, they're the greatest team in baseball history, what would possess them to leave St. Louis?" so, they don't end up moving. The 2nd Senators are doing all right in the early 70s, so they stay until a long slump mid to late 70s, then move to Arlington, that sort of thing.

[Brife71]

I moved mine as they happened as well. When I was moving em around I thought like you are why would a good team move....Then I recalled that not all teams move because they are doing poorly or have bad fan support...the Cleveland Browns are a great example of this....so I just kept moving em as history did

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by Bishop

How do you guys do the various team moves?

Do you move them the year they're supposed to, regardless of how well the team is doing?

It's 1977, and I've got still got the St. Louis Browns, since they've had 25 pennants and 14 world championships in their history. They've never had a really bad enough stretch where I could see them moving to Baltimore.

Also, the 2nd Senators went to the series in 1971, so sadly, no move to Arlington. I have no Rangers.

Anyone else do this? or just move them and standings be damned.

This is a matter of personal preference and nothing more. Some people play historical leagues and want complete accuracy. If that's your thing, then move the teams as they did historicaly. If you want historical/fanatsy/what if scenarios then do it as you are now.

That's one of the great things about this game, being able to do it the way you want to do it. There's no end to the fun that can be had.

[spark240]

Basically my approach to "historical" games is to pick one moment in time and try to model that one moment with the greatest possible detail and accuracy. Then I start the game, and everything I do from then on is based on what feels right in the context of that particular game.

If I were playing the game you describe, I can't imagine wanting to relocate the Browns.

[molarmite]

So do you have relocate them manually, or does it automatically do it?

[Carplos]

Manually.

[molarmite]

Originally Posted by Carplos

Manually.

Alright, but that would be a cool feature to see, If a team has poor fan interest, it automatically relocates to a new city. Of course this option can be turned off.