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Originally Posted by congokurtz
So I don't know if you've noticed, but most of the players that played for the ECL are included in the NeL import, at least the star players, so if you want to put the work in you could create ECL teams and move the players into ECL team rosters...
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I will take your word for it. I have only looked at Pittsburgh, because that is the team I want to play. I have been adding photos of those players, although eventually I will add photos for all the other Negro National League teams.
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Originally Posted by congokurtz
So once again, I resign to be happy with what OOTP provides but set aside hope that vast improvements to the Negro Leagues will be coming
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Yes, I'm with you on that. But I have no hope that vast improvements will come in my lifetime.
The Negro League teams are really the only way I can play historical saves. I have tried to play historical over the years, but I just don't feel comfortable with segregated baseball, even in a game. The more I learn about what black ballplayers went through back then, the more uncomfortable I am. The few "historical" saves I have played start with Cleveland in 1947, and even then, as I have said many times on this forum, I strongly dislike the name my city's team had back then.
I have a long-running fictional game going that is based on an alternate history where MLB collapsed and revived itself by consolidating into a no-color-line league that included existing MLB teams and Negro League teams. That's the only way I can play pre-1947 OOTP. I did consider starting a game as the 1927 Yankees, but...
Others really like historical play, and that's fine. More power to them. There are many ways to enjoy this amazing game.