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Cross posted from general discussions - didn't receive a reply there

I'm considering doing a 1949 historical league and I am working on setting up the file to see how well it would work. I am not sure how to handle the minors. I don't want a ton of minor leagues because they're a pain to manage and there aren't that many minor leaguers in historical leagues in any event.

However, I would like to set things up to include iconic minor league franchises of the time without getting out of hand. I am fishing for suggestions as to what franchises to include. It was a a boom time for the minor leagues and independent baseball with the war and a major league that was mostly on the East Coast.

That brings me to my next issue, I'd like to set up the PCL which I would assume was entirely independent at the time. Is this a good idea? Also, I believe Henry (BigCity) had a database setup with historically accurate PCL players or at least he had the right kinds of settings for it. Does anyone know where it is and/or if it can be made compatible with this version?

Finally, the best way to handle the lack of complete historical minor leaguers is with ghost players who cannot advance to the majors - correct?