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luckymann · 03-23-2022, 07:24 PM

My having finally honed my process to make the NeL hitters more reflective of their real-life selves has certainly brought them to prominence, as John Beckwith's stellar 1929 campaign is testament to. Which makes the timing of Josh Gibson's entry into the MLB ranks almost perfect.

I can understand - with Jimmie Foxx already there - why the Red Sox opted for Ben Chapman over Josh in the Draft just held, but I still would have taken him and found a way to make it work. Instead, we'll see a lot of him on the Reds, who now must be favourites to lock down numerous NL titles over the oncoming years.

It's not as if the Bucs have had a terrible dropoff in performance and I'm still utterly shocked to be back at the helm. We've got a few players - most notably Bill Foster and Pie Traynor - coming off contract over the next few seasons so I've some key decisions to make about who stays and who goes. The Wells acquisition really tightens up our D again, which was one area I do feel we've slipped dramatically in, and we could do with a few more like him. But the limitations I have placed on myself in this game mean we need to be smart in our roster management and extremely selective in who we take on board.

On the topic of which, I have decided to reduce from 2 to 1 the number of FA signings and from 3 to 2 the number of trades I'm allowed each season, just to ratchet up the difficulty another notch. As salaries continue to increase and budgets become more important, I'll also be looking at various ways to add challenges of a fiscal nature. Because I am adhering to historical salaries as much as possible, I'm reluctant to make league-wide changes to things like budgetary control. Instead I will be making manual changes to our finances that make it harder for us to keep and acquire players.

I have also reset our fan interest to the midpoint of 50, as it was up at 100 which was giving us some advantage I felt could and should be removed. Same with loyalty, which I have moved down from 10 to 5.

I'll keep tinkering with these along the way.

03-23-2022, 07:24 PM	#916
luckymann Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 13,631	The 1930s: No Joshing Around Now My having finally honed my process to make the NeL hitters more reflective of their real-life selves has certainly brought them to prominence, as John Beckwith's stellar 1929 campaign is testament to. Which makes the timing of Josh Gibson's entry into the MLB ranks almost perfect. I can understand - with Jimmie Foxx already there - why the Red Sox opted for Ben Chapman over Josh in the Draft just held, but I still would have taken him and found a way to make it work. Instead, we'll see a lot of him on the Reds, who now must be favourites to lock down numerous NL titles over the oncoming years. It's not as if the Bucs have had a terrible dropoff in performance and I'm still utterly shocked to be back at the helm. We've got a few players - most notably Bill Foster and Pie Traynor - coming off contract over the next few seasons so I've some key decisions to make about who stays and who goes. The Wells acquisition really tightens up our D again, which was one area I do feel we've slipped dramatically in, and we could do with a few more like him. But the limitations I have placed on myself in this game mean we need to be smart in our roster management and extremely selective in who we take on board. On the topic of which, I have decided to reduce from 2 to 1 the number of FA signings and from 3 to 2 the number of trades I'm allowed each season, just to ratchet up the difficulty another notch. As salaries continue to increase and budgets become more important, I'll also be looking at various ways to add challenges of a fiscal nature. Because I am adhering to historical salaries as much as possible, I'm reluctant to make league-wide changes to things like budgetary control. Instead I will be making manual changes to our finances that make it harder for us to keep and acquire players. I have also reset our fan interest to the midpoint of 50, as it was up at 100 which was giving us some advantage I felt could and should be removed. Same with loyalty, which I have moved down from 10 to 5. I'll keep tinkering with these along the way. __________________ HISTORICAL DO-OVERS A'S RED SOX DODGERS CUSTOM SAVES ECLIPSE LEAGUE MOON SHOT LEAGUE EVERYMAN LEAGUE LGB USBA Last edited by luckymann; 03-23-2022 at 09:20 PM.