Hist Leagues - Ammy draft or not?

SittingDuck · 04-28-2008, 02:59 PM

Find out if people like to import players onto their historical teams or if they enjoy the opportunity to draft from the well of historical players.

I'll make a prediction and say about 2:1 prefer to hold an ammy draft.

Kelric · 04-28-2008, 06:18 PM

I run the draft. I don't play historical leagues to get the same results as history, I like taking it in a different direction.

Nukester · 04-28-2008, 11:26 PM

I always play "What if" type historical leagues, so I always have the draft.

Le Grande Orange · 04-29-2008, 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelric

I run the draft. I don't play historical leagues to get the same results as history, I like taking it in a different direction.

There's another "what if" that could be done if OOTP could be made to support it. And that's recreating the kind of amateur player signing bonus free-for-all which happened in MLB before the amateur draft started in 1965.

Basically, before the amateur draft, amateur players were free agents who could sign with any major league team (of course, once signed, they then fell under the reserve clause). The result was some pretty fierce bidding for these amateur free agents which naturally gave the more financially well off teams an advantage. (Things got so bad in the signing bonus wars that MLB passed various rules to try and curb the spending sprees, though with little success.)

SittingDuck · 04-29-2008, 08:33 PM

I've always thought the business of baseball from a contract standpoint was one of the most absurd things I've ever seen.

O/T here - what year was the Rule V Draft inaugurated?

View Poll Results: Amateur Draft or No?
Hold an Amateur Draft	14	58.33%
Import players onto historical parent teams	10	41.67%
Voters: 24. You may not vote on this poll

04-28-2008, 02:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Hist Leagues - Ammy draft or not? Find out if people like to import players onto their historical teams or if they enjoy the opportunity to draft from the well of historical players. I'll make a prediction and say about 2:1 prefer to hold an ammy draft.

04-28-2008, 06:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,983 Thanks: 7 Thanked 46x in 36 posts	I run the draft. I don't play historical leagues to get the same results as history, I like taking it in a different direction. __________________ Former Co-Commish and owner of the Boston Red Sox, 1783-1144, .609%, of the defunct Overlords Baseball League (1930-48). 17 Division wins, 9 ALCS wins, 5 World Series wins.

04-28-2008, 11:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Nukester All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newburgh, NY Posts: 1,930 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2x in 2 posts	I always play "What if" type historical leagues, so I always have the draft. __________________ Well, I don't really think that the end can be assessed as of itself as being the end because what does the end feel like? It's like saying when you try to extrapolate the end of the universe, you say, if the universe is indeed infinite, then how - what does that mean? How far is all the way, and then if it stops, what's stopping it, and what's behind what's stopping it? So, what's the end, you know, is my question to you.

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04-29-2008, 08:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	I've always thought the business of baseball from a contract standpoint was one of the most absurd things I've ever seen. O/T here - what year was the Rule V Draft inaugurated?