So I made my "fictional" 1986 league by starting with that year and re-drafting all the historical players into a smaller twenty team major league. Keeps the quality level up a bit.
Even with pretty good players my poor Dodgers have spent the first few years getting repeatedly spanked but I finally started getting strong performance from a core of famous names, including Bo Jackson, the only guy on my team with both power and speed.
I get about 3/4 into the 1989 season and Bo Jackson has a career ending injury! First I was

, but then I was

.
Oh, OOTP. Sometimes you're a bit
too realistic.