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Nowhere did Garlon claim this was the definitive way to run a historical sim. Heck, he didn't even claim if the results were good or bad. He ran a sim using very clearly defined settings listed out, and posted the results for anyone to see. I mean, I don't think Garlon was intending this to be anything close to "the definitive historical" setup, since it's pretty a-historical for McGwire to spend his career on Seattle (and still hit 69 HR!), for Mickey Mantle to be the big figure in the Red Menace, or the White Sox to be the dominant team in the 1920s.
There's lots of very interesting variations that people can run in their sims. They each have their advantages and disadvantages. That's why we leave things open for people, to run their sims in the way that they want. None of the ways is inherently better than another, since everyone will also wildly disagree even on which is the most accurate.
The above is meant for some fun, to click through, see which teams hit their dynasties when. Seeing which teams dominated for a stretch, and who were the key players for them. Kevin Brown leading the Expos to 2/3 World Series. The Blue Jays somehow winning the World Series in their inaugural season (We either need some work on the expansion draft, or they just got crazy lucky). Imagining what storylines you might write about the ghost of Honus Wagner basically creating Babe Ruth, as they overlapped for 4 years on the White Sox, and then Ruth effectively having his breakout batting season in Honus' last career year. Willie Mays desperately trying to get to 700 HR, only to retire at 698. You'd certainly have some questions about how McGwire could have a 62 HR season, be 12 short of Aaron, and decide to retire. And obviously the fun of having Rickey Henderson retire with 1234 SB, I'm guessing ending there because Rickey thought that was a fun number.
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