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I'm afraid I can't answer your game-related questions, but I can offer a bit of historical background.
As you noted, the PCL did have aspirations to achieve major league status, but it never worked out in reality, mostly because the existing majors didn't want it to happen. There were also legitimate concerns over how a three major league system would stage a post-season competition for the World Series.
Interestingly, in Nov. of 1952, an article in The New York Times mentioned how there were some plans being laid for a fourth potential major league. Frank Shaughnessy, then the president of the International League, was floating the idea that this proposed major league would involve the four largest cities from the American Association and the International League. Most likely this would have meant Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis from the former and Baltimore, Buffalo, Montreal, and Toronto from the latter would comprise this new major league.
A four major league setup would have simplified the post-season World Series competition.
In reality, this proposal died when the Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee and the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore, removing a prime city from each minor league.
It would make for an interesting alternate history where the PCL and this proposed fourth major league come to pass.
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