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Originally Posted by DD Martin
Has to be the best starting 5 in MLB history, at least in the modern history say post WW1. Tough break losing to those great Earl Weaver O’s in back to back seasons.
Since I’m a Mariner fan since the beginning, nice to see them improve in year 2 by 7 games up to a whomping 58 wins. I started a sim taking them at the start of the 77 with the A’s drafted team. I’m not using the historical draft picks because I don’t think I could go through 18 seasons of horrible baseball. But maybe I’ll try it and see.
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Yeah I did notice that the AI Orioles still have Earl Weaver in there managing in my save, neat to see. They also currently have the #2 prospect in baseball, a "young kid" named Cal Ripken. Rickey Henderson is #1 for the A's.
I was interested in watching the Mariners and Blue Jays expansion draft. Man, they started with some awful teams in my universe, mostly due to bad pitching. I do like both of those teams in real life, living in British Columbia. I grew up in the Griffey era, and the Mariners had a lot of other cool players like the Big Unit and Edgar. Too bad they never made the World Series.
Historical draft picks is fun, and it saves a lot of time. Worth doing sometime. I'm sticking to all or mostly historical Rangers. I've still been able to assemble this all-time great rotation, but I'm worried if we don't win the World Series soon our window will close. I don't think there's as many great once-Rangers starting pitchers in the 80s and 90s.