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chimanbj · 10-19-2006, 02:44 PM

I don't believe that the game is currently designed to do what you're seeking to do.

What I've been doing is to initially set up all of the leagues that you want to have at the end, and then associate the appropriate teams as time goes on. I'm a bit more lazy, so I went ahead and filled in all of the minor league teams so that they all have a history from 1901.

I suppose you could make up a minor league that had teams that would go away when your "legitimate" teams came onto the scene.

For instance, you have your major league and AAA levels. Create a AA league, but fill it with 4 teams that mean nothing. You can imagine they're a summer sandlot league that plays a simple schedule of say, 16 games, with a championship. Then, say, 10 years later, when it comes time to expand the minor league system, delete the teams, and create brand new ones, affiliated properly. You can rename the league if you wish at this point, but I dont' think that will show up in the history. But the teams will have histories from the time when you changed everything over, plus the AA league will have a neat little backstory about how the league started out as nothing, and then became the famed Carolina League (if there is such a thing...)

Just a thought...

10-19-2006, 02:44 PM	#2
chimanbj All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Chicago, by way of Philly Posts: 791	I don't believe that the game is currently designed to do what you're seeking to do. What I've been doing is to initially set up all of the leagues that you want to have at the end, and then associate the appropriate teams as time goes on. I'm a bit more lazy, so I went ahead and filled in all of the minor league teams so that they all have a history from 1901. I suppose you could make up a minor league that had teams that would go away when your "legitimate" teams came onto the scene. For instance, you have your major league and AAA levels. Create a AA league, but fill it with 4 teams that mean nothing. You can imagine they're a summer sandlot league that plays a simple schedule of say, 16 games, with a championship. Then, say, 10 years later, when it comes time to expand the minor league system, delete the teams, and create brand new ones, affiliated properly. You can rename the league if you wish at this point, but I dont' think that will show up in the history. But the teams will have histories from the time when you changed everything over, plus the AA league will have a neat little backstory about how the league started out as nothing, and then became the famed Carolina League (if there is such a thing...) Just a thought... __________________ People ask if I'm a Cubs or White Sox fan...I tell them, proudly, I'm a Phillies Phan!