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Originally Posted by Kiko1313
If I want minor leagues to be similar to the way they are today, would you just add AAA, AA, A (or 2 A's) and a rookie ball (or 2) for each team right from the start? I don't really know the history of minor leagues and how they worked over time and when minor league teams actually became affiliated with major league teams, etc., so I don't know that I'd want to bother with all of that (unless there's a relatively easy way). Seems like it would be easier to just do it the way it is today from the start. Thoughts?
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I'm toying with the idea of trying to introduce minor leagues according to when they actually showed up. Now, you can go through the trouble of putting in EVERY minor/independent league that existed, but I find it much more manageable to put in today's leagues, from when they actually were founded. It helps to make quickstarts for the leagues that didn't exist in 1901.
And according to the MILB website, leagues weren't affiliated until 1921. And St. Louis was the team that really exploited the use of the minors early on. I haven't dug deep enough to know exactly how that is quantified, but I want to find out. Now, obviously, there's no roster set for the Pacific Coast League in 1901, so I just use the fictional players and go from there. I'm debating about using high school feeder leagues early on, with college leagues coming up in the 50's and 60's.
The historical simulation is pretty open-ended because you can do so many different things. For instance, you could create a series of leagues in the early years, and then when the depression comes, you could start to fold them up. And then you could "kill" draft-eligible players during the war as you see fit.
Seeing as you can alter the history text, you can enter in information about certain players missing 12-18 due to active duty requirements. Many poor souls wouldn't make it back. Of course, it would hit the minor league ranks harder than the majors.
It's a lot of fun...
