Who here has tried this? (Yankees long-term)

AZTarHeel · 05-05-2008, 12:07 AM

Just curious if anyone has taken over the Yankees (or any other franchise for that matter) in their inaugural year and tried to manage them for decades and decades. I'm pondering something like that for a dynasty story (Yanks beginning in 1903). Just wondering how folks did... Thanks

AZ

Nukester · 05-05-2008, 12:48 AM

Not quite as long as decades and decades (although Ive run the Yankees in previous versions), my latest league had me take over the Yankees (Highlanders) in 1903 and run a "what-if" scenario (amatuer draft with recalc off) currently in the offseason before the 1914 season. I sim one week at a time, adjusting the roster if needed, and also play as the team GM. In the 11 seasons of the league, so far I have 4 AL Pennants (1905, 10, 11, 13) and 2 World Series (1905 and 1913).

I have a few house rules that I use though, and edited the Highlanders to average fan loyalty, average fan interest, and average market size, and cut down my budget to the bottom 3rd of the league, before starting the league

SittingDuck · 05-05-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AZTarHeel

Just curious if anyone has taken over the CUBS in their inaugural year and tried to manage them for decades and decades. I'm pondering something like that for a dynasty story. Just wondering how folks did...

Fixed that for ya... lol

AZTarHeel · 05-05-2008, 04:07 PM

The challenge I'm pondering for a dynasty story (obviously a very long term story) is to try and match or better the Yanks 26 World Championships and 39 AL Pennants ... also have the short-term goals of beating the Yanks yearly season record as well as seeing if each manager can match or better his real-life record while directing the club for a set number of years ...

anyways, I started in 1903, and am pretty woeful with the original Highlanders (we started 8-24 in year one). Even after some trades, we're well below .500 in mid-summer... pitching is terrible aside from Jess Tannehill...

05-05-2008, 12:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
AZTarHeel All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,100	Who here has tried this? (Yankees long-term) Just curious if anyone has taken over the Yankees (or any other franchise for that matter) in their inaugural year and tried to manage them for decades and decades. I'm pondering something like that for a dynasty story (Yanks beginning in 1903). Just wondering how folks did... Thanks AZ __________________ Check out some of AZTarHeel's dynasty works: Life After Death: The Todd Rutledge Story (College Football) The Arizona League: Real Players. Fictional Teams Tall Tales: The Andrew Zarzour Story Win At All Costs: The 2004 Boston Red Sox Tournament Dreams College Basketball: The Steve Victory Story

05-05-2008, 12:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nukester All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newburgh, NY Posts: 1,869	Not quite as long as decades and decades (although Ive run the Yankees in previous versions), my latest league had me take over the Yankees (Highlanders) in 1903 and run a "what-if" scenario (amatuer draft with recalc off) currently in the offseason before the 1914 season. I sim one week at a time, adjusting the roster if needed, and also play as the team GM. In the 11 seasons of the league, so far I have 4 AL Pennants (1905, 10, 11, 13) and 2 World Series (1905 and 1913). I have a few house rules that I use though, and edited the Highlanders to average fan loyalty, average fan interest, and average market size, and cut down my budget to the bottom 3rd of the league, before starting the league __________________ 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. Last edited by Nukester : 05-05-2008 at 12:50 AM.

05-05-2008, 04:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
AZTarHeel All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,100	The challenge I'm pondering for a dynasty story (obviously a very long term story) is to try and match or better the Yanks 26 World Championships and 39 AL Pennants ... also have the short-term goals of beating the Yanks yearly season record as well as seeing if each manager can match or better his real-life record while directing the club for a set number of years ... anyways, I started in 1903, and am pretty woeful with the original Highlanders (we started 8-24 in year one). Even after some trades, we're well below .500 in mid-summer... pitching is terrible aside from Jess Tannehill... __________________ Check out some of AZTarHeel's dynasty works: Life After Death: The Todd Rutledge Story (College Football) The Arizona League: Real Players. Fictional Teams Tall Tales: The Andrew Zarzour Story Win At All Costs: The 2004 Boston Red Sox Tournament Dreams College Basketball: The Steve Victory Story

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