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Originally Posted by Garlon
...you have to make sure al your teams have at least 3 pitchers which is another problem because thre were only like 10 pitchers in the league in 1871...
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Do you really HAVE to have 3 pitchers (for a "rotation")?
Shouldn't it be possible to schedule the games far enough apart to allow one primary starting pitcher to pitch the great majority of his team's innings?
I think the longest schedule any NA team ever played was about 82 games, but most--especially in the first couple years--were far shorter. I'm looking at 1871 standings now, and the most games for any one team is 33. I would think that with pitcher endurance set high, you could easily get through a season like that with maybe one primary starter and one reliever/spot starter.
I'm just thinking, though. I never tried to run anything historical before 1893 myself.