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[jg2977]

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[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Looks like Henry Clarence Freeman just basically needs at least one Pro Cup title to finish his career off, at least for the most part, sufficiently well. His hitting statistics look good too, even in the likely offense-dominated environments that you typically seem to prefer in your games, it seems to me, jg2977. I don't know how his fielding statistics are, just yet, either, but those can certainly wait to be seen until much closer to his likely retirement time, if not at it. I didn't propose him as a pitcher, so I won't expect to see him pitching in his career at all, unless, of course, he has had to, or will have to, pitch at times in your IPA during certain games, before his eventual retirement.

With him being almost thirty years older than Gordon, there's no way they'll play together. Of course, that also means that Gordon's brothers won't ever play with Henry either, you know. But perhaps Henry can somehow coach or manage his sons, whether it's with the Denton City Redbirds or the St. Louis Cardinals, supposing that you add MLB in time for the 1901 season, in truth.

Thank you for allowing Henry and the other players I've proposed or will propose for your IPA to play in it, whether or not they've debuted yet in it. To the best of my knowledge, there are only two more such players planned for this generation of your IPA yet to debut. And two specific teams in definite need of their services, once they're both out of college.

The earliest they will each debut in your IPA is 1887, and the latest 1888. Between now and then, Sugar Valley and Turon will have to wait for them to be ready to play for them. And hopefully, once they debut, they will have major impacts on their destination starting teams, just like Tanner Garber seems to have done for Kenwood this season, jg2977. CD out.

[jg2977]

Have you checked to see what happened in the 1884 Pro Cup and 1885 regular season? Look at my dynasty thread and let me know your thoughts.

Henry’s chances of winning a Pro Cup don’t look promising at the moment. Denton City finished at a paltry 62-100 in 1885. Either the Redbirds need to rebuild, or Henry will have to go to a team who has a chance to win.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Let's see if we can't help Denton City somehow actually do the former, because I really do want him to ultimately be a one-team player, if at all possible. While I don't actually plan to propose any more potential IPA players this generation past the eight total players we've so far agreed upon for it, I can most certainly propose at least one or two more soon, if you really want me to.

Let's take a full look at the teams with my players who haven't been in the postseason for at least a while, if not for their entire careers, who've already debuted. Perhaps we can figure out how best to help them legitimately enough. There are quite a few teams that need help all over the IPA, it seems. While you may like superteams, as is your right, of course, I think other teams should be able to periodically have a chance to compete for certain titles as well, for sure.

I'll try to have some proposed player profiles made up and sent your way for both Barrett Parverol and Simon Clairborne by the end of this next week, at the very latest, if at all possible. Hopefully, by then, you'll have not started 1887 yet at all, of course. But we'll have to see if that's the case here, you know, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

You may have to shift some players around all over your IPA, to help certain teams out better, but I'm quite sure you can do that easily enough, somehow. Perhaps after this season's postseason is done, you can do a retrospective on each team for a while, in terms of their history, et cetera. Just a thought, that's all. This season is and will have been the 15th season of your IPA, after all, in this current run-through of it. Or you can wait until the end of the 1890 season instead, if you prefer, you know. Entirely up to you, for sure, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

The University of Virginia at Charlottesville's ID number is 1567, which you can use for Tanner Garber's player profile. I'll look up the ID numbers for Barrett and Simon's respective schools sometime later, before I propose their profiles to you, jg2977. Just so you know. CD out.

[jg2977]

Ok, I updated the college.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

You may have to shift some players around all over your IPA, to help certain teams out better, but I'm quite sure you can do that easily enough, somehow. Perhaps after this season's postseason is done, you can do a retrospective on each team for a while, in terms of their history, et cetera. Just a thought, that's all. This season is and will have been the 15th season of your IPA, after all, in this current run-through of it. Or you can wait until the end of the 1890 season instead, if you prefer, you know. Entirely up to you, for sure, jg2977. CD out.

Like EC, I won't be doing analyses for all 64 teams. That's too cumbersome and overwhelming. We just want to play through our dynasties and see who wins championships, that's about it. Perhaps if I had a smaller dynasty like EC's 16-player South Island League, I would be able to do that.

Also, I won't be taking time to move players around. I said at the beginning of this dynasty, if the created players are on bad teams, then there's nothing we can do.

If you start your own dynasty, you'll be able to move players around as you wish and assist your family players in winning championships. But I'm not going to help any of my IPA teams win or lose. I did that in my first IPA and it ruined it because so many of the teams' titles, such as Glasco and the NY Yankees were manufactured, like cheating. I'm just letting my current IPA play out as is. I have added one of my own created players to my dynasty so far, Aloysius Devander Abercrombie, and although as a superstar he improved his team, Elnora, they were not good enough to make it to the postseason. And that's perfect for me.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Florida State University, where Simon Clairborne is now playing, has an ID number of 487. The University of Illinois, where Barrett is now playing, has an ID number of 625. At least as of OOTP 22, anyway, that is. I believe the same is true in OOTP 23, but I don't have that version of the game yet here, of course, for sure. Just so you know, for future reference, jg2977.

IF you want me to propose more potential players for the IPA beyond the eight we've already agreed upon here for the current generation of it, then please let me know, as you like and can. Thank you. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Fair enough, just a suggestion, that's all. Do as you like, of course. Thank you. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I do plan to have the Freemans and their allies and rivals appear in this Forlchul Baseball Society dynasty, in due time. However, Henry will not be debuting in it before 1874, and it's still 1872 in it. And the others will debut in time, if and whenever possible, of course, as well. I'm not sure yet just which team Henry will be debuting with, but we'll have to see which team drafts him when he's created and all, for sure. It might be my team, or not, which is currently the St. Peter Saints in that dynasty, in the 1873 first-year player draft, though.

I'll try to start up a related dynasty reports thread for that dynasty soon, I think. Even if certain teams and/or leagues don't yet have actual non-generic logos made up for them yet, or by that time. In the meantime, please keep an eye out for more designs related to certain teams I've found some items for, or seen items for. Of course, I might not be able to match their real-world items perfectly, if even a little bit at all, mind you, but as you know, I can be quite imaginative at times with my designs and all. CD out.

[jg2977]

Thanks for the University IDs, it makes it easier for me, CD.

As for your proposed players, 8 is enough for this generation. Let’s wait until the current players retire and then I’ll start the next generation for you, OK?

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Yes, as I thought, eight is enough for this generation, unless we both change our minds before sometime around the turn of the century in time. The second-generation players are starting to be born, and some of them are even a few years old now, in fact. A few still have to be born, of course, but I don't expect to see any of them debuting before circa 1900, at the earliest.

Several of the first-generation players will likely have multiple sons or nephews who may potentially be players in your IPA. And certain others not directly related to other side might be proposed in terms of the second generation of your dynasty. Whether it's for MLB teams, IPA teams, or any teams in other leagues you may choose to add to your dynasty, just so you know.

What teams are you thinking about including in your MLB if you decide to add it to your dynasty? Are you going to start them out in their classic locations with their classic team names? I'd do so, but of course, it's not my dynasty to control here, for sure.

Do you plan to have Association-style playoffs between the various baseball leagues you might ultimately add to your current IPA dynasty, such as between the champions of MLB and IPA, for instance? Just curious, that's all, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Post 2979 has the birthdates of the minimum eight players for the next generation of your dynasty, not counting my paternal grandfather's father, at least, as another potential player in your dynasty as well, or least some alternate version of him, anyway. In reality, I'm not quite sure what he did for a living, but I think he died just a little while after my Dad was born when he was, sometime in 1944, if memory serves me correctly here. However, I still include him periodically in various dynasties, or at least try to, with realistic ratings and all, of course.

Once we get at least a little bit closer to when the second generation of your dynasty begins, we will both start to decide the appropriate assignment rules for the appropriate players, of course, between each of us. Especially if you add more leagues to your dynasty to go along with the IPA, you know. But we still have time to plan such things out, I'm sure, Lord willing and all, in any case, jg2977. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Yes, as I thought, eight is enough for this generation, unless we both change our minds before sometime around the turn of the century in time. The second-generation players are starting to be born, and some of them are even a few years old now, in fact. A few still have to be born, of course, but I don't expect to see any of them debuting before circa 1900, at the earliest.

Several of the first-generation players will likely have multiple sons or nephews who may potentially be players in your IPA. And certain others not directly related to other side might be proposed in terms of the second generation of your dynasty. Whether it's for MLB teams, IPA teams, or any teams in other leagues you may choose to add to your dynasty, just so you know.

What teams are you thinking about including in your MLB if you decide to add it to your dynasty? Are you going to start them out in their classic locations with their classic team names? I'd do so, but of course, it's not my dynasty to control here, for sure.

Do you plan to have Association-style playoffs between the various baseball leagues you might ultimately add to your current IPA dynasty, such as between the champions of MLB and IPA, for instance? Just curious, that's all, jg2977. CD out.

I want to have the 30 current MLB teams, plus extra teams. They will be the Montreal Expos and Hartford Huskies. Then over time I will expand that league to 64 with the largest North American cities don’t have major league teams, plus some Game of Thrones teams for which I already have complete logo and uniform sets.

The IPA and MLB champions would meet in a best-of-7 World Series for the overall world title.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Hmm. I prefer the Senators over the Twins, so maybe another team could be in Minnesota instead of the Twins. Let me think here, please.

Do you want to go with 16 teams per subleague, in two divisions apiece? If so, please let me know. Thank you. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Hmm. I prefer the Senators over the Twins, so maybe another team could be in Minnesota instead of the Twins. Let me think here, please.

Do you want to go with 16 teams per subleague, in two divisions apiece? If so, please let me know. Thank you. CD out.

I prefer the Twins. My neighbor growing up was from Minnesota and a huge Twins fan. He and I had many discussions regarding them. I watched the Twins win two World Series, plus the Yankees faced them in several playoff series. So due to sentimental value, I will be using the Twins. The Senators do not interest me.

I will be setting up my league as I please.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Of course, we could go with 36 total teams, but that would require either three divisions per subleague of six teams each, or two divisions of nine teams each, I think. I'd prefer to see the classic teams start in their classic locations, and see the classic team names, at least at the start of things, but that's not something I can control here, obviously.

If you want to have 32 teams in your MLB to start with, whether you have things exactly like this here, I'd perhaps recommend something like this, if you start them in their classical locations and with their classical team names:

National League or Division:

Boston Braves
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals

American League or Division:

Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians or whatever you want to call them
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Washington Senators ((Don't like Nationals as a team name here much)

Federal League or Division:

Chicago Whales
Florida Marlins
Milwaukee Brewers
Montreal Expos
New Jersey Generals
New York Metropolitans (Mets)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Toronto Blue Jays

Continental League or Division:

Arizona Diamondbacks
California Angels
Colorado Rockies
Houston Astros or Colt .45s
Kansas City Royals
San Diego Padres
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers

As for the Twins, I'm not really a fan of them, even living in their territory now as I've done for over 40 years of my life. Plus, keep in mind that I still think they may perhaps have had a bit of an unfair advantage against my Cardinals and perhaps also the Braves with their Metrodome, seeing as I generally do not like non-retractable domed parks for baseball and football, even as cold as it often gets here in Minnesota.

However, if you want to include the Twins, for instance, then perhaps I might be able to come up with at least one other proposal that you like better than the above, if not more than one, in time. Let me consult my team list files, and I'll get back to you shortly, if I can, please. Thank you. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Fine, if you don't want to see my proposals for MLB later on here, then very well. I was just trying to give you some potentially helpful suggestions here to hopefully better help you out here and all, that's all. I'm certainly not trying to be a pest and all around here, so to speak, you know, jg2977. Sorry for bothering you here, if I was, about this sort of thing, then. CD out.

[jg2977]

I know, CD, don’t worry about being a pest. I have seen that setup of yours several times, however I am not interested in using it. I will be happier using my own ideas, thank you very much.

The one thing that I do like in your team list is to use the California Angels name instead of Los Angeles Angels or Anaheim Angels or Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.