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webrian · 05-06-2026, 06:47 PM

I've been hovering here for a few days.

This is a tremendously ambitious project. Not just the scope, but the stat-keeping posted to Excel contains so much information. I've enjoyed going over that, and especially the Tourney Notes. Seriously, who let the 1906 Superbas in?? They were shown the door rather rudely.

I am not sure I completely understand it all. I can see that you've compiled a system that melds real-world results with full-season, full-history OOTP results, then spits out 2560 teams divided into 40 64-team tournaments. After all 40 of those tournaments have played out, you will shave off the lowest 8 "winners" to form a 32-team bracket of tournament champions, and those 32 teams will participate in a tournament for the ultimate championship.

What you have posted so far is one of those 64-team tournaments. A sample. You had to re-arrange the finalists because A-Rod and Elly De La Cruz both ended up on the 1943 Yankees and the 00 Reds. You DQ'ed those two teams.

So, the "1943 Yankees" aren't the historical 1943 Yankees, not with Elly and A-Rod showboating in their dugout. How much do these team rosters change in the full historical replays that happen before the brackets are set? I am asking because: unless we understand the rosters and personalities of these teams, we can't engage with them as readers. If Corbin Carroll and Jose Canseco end up playing on the 1927 Yankees, that fundamentally changes who the "1927 Yankees" are, and thus, it fundamentally changes everything else.

The 1932 Philadelphia Athletics defeated the 1985 Toronto Blue Jays in the Best-of-Nine championship series. I am really interested in knowing who was on those teams, especially if 120 years of OOTP simulations has significantly altered the rosters.

Then again, I might be completely missing something or mis-reading something. Nevertheless, I am definitely interested and following along.

05-06-2026, 06:47 PM	#3
webrian Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 351	I've been hovering here for a few days. This is a tremendously ambitious project. Not just the scope, but the stat-keeping posted to Excel contains so much information. I've enjoyed going over that, and especially the Tourney Notes. Seriously, who let the 1906 Superbas in?? They were shown the door rather rudely. I am not sure I completely understand it all. I can see that you've compiled a system that melds real-world results with full-season, full-history OOTP results, then spits out 2560 teams divided into 40 64-team tournaments. After all 40 of those tournaments have played out, you will shave off the lowest 8 "winners" to form a 32-team bracket of tournament champions, and those 32 teams will participate in a tournament for the ultimate championship. What you have posted so far is one of those 64-team tournaments. A sample. You had to re-arrange the finalists because A-Rod and Elly De La Cruz both ended up on the 1943 Yankees and the 00 Reds. You DQ'ed those two teams. So, the "1943 Yankees" aren't the historical 1943 Yankees, not with Elly and A-Rod showboating in their dugout. How much do these team rosters change in the full historical replays that happen before the brackets are set? I am asking because: unless we understand the rosters and personalities of these teams, we can't engage with them as readers. If Corbin Carroll and Jose Canseco end up playing on the 1927 Yankees, that fundamentally changes who the "1927 Yankees" are, and thus, it fundamentally changes everything else. The 1932 Philadelphia Athletics defeated the 1985 Toronto Blue Jays in the Best-of-Nine championship series. I am really interested in knowing who was on those teams, especially if 120 years of OOTP simulations has significantly altered the rosters. Then again, I might be completely missing something or mis-reading something. Nevertheless, I am definitely interested and following along.