Injuries- ON or OFF?

waltwa · 04-19-2007, 11:13 AM

i have started my historical league twice so far and am about to start over making some changes. In the first 2 starts with the 58 SF Giants i lost Willie Kirkland to a career ender and then in the second start lost Mays for the season after 3 games. Both of these occurred in the first season.

I am wondering in my 3rd restart of the season if it makes more sense to play with injuries turned on or off?

mjj55409 · 04-19-2007, 11:54 AM

Depends on what you are looking for. An accurate recreation of the actual season? Then turn the injuries off. An alternate history? Then leave the injuries on.

waltwa · 04-19-2007, 12:04 PM

accurate recreation - thanks

Doughnuts? · 04-19-2007, 01:43 PM

put them on low.

Nukester · 04-19-2007, 07:49 PM

I also have mine set at low, and it seems like a reasonable amount. At normal it just seemed a bit too high, at least to me (without doing any studies or anything. I just simmed and said, hmm they seem a little too high...)

I also keep them as low as possible (sometimes completely off if simming the deadball era) during the first year or two of a historical import because you dont get a whole lot of extra players in the minors to work with (if using no fictional players). After a couple of years when my minors fill out alittle, I will switch them to low

Grammaticus · 04-22-2007, 09:54 AM

Question, I started a historical league and chose to use fictional players without blocking them access to the Majors.

In the first season, I started getting errors where the single A teams did not have enough players. I thought their was an unlimited pool of minors free agents for the league to pull from. I guess that is not the case.

I had to go into each team and populate the single A team with fictional players. Is there a setting in the league section that will have them do this as needed without me having to manually do it?

Nukester · 04-22-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Grammaticus

Question, I started a historical league and chose to use fictional players without blocking them access to the Majors.

In the first season, I started getting errors where the single A teams did not have enough players. I thought their was an unlimited pool of minors free agents for the league to pull from. I guess that is not the case.

I had to go into each team and populate the single A team with fictional players. Is there a setting in the league section that will have them do this as needed without me having to manually do it?

Could this have happened because the A league season is starting before the majors spring training is over, and teams still have their minor league players in the major squad ? If so, you can try going into the game setup, clicking on the minor league teams, go to the rules tab (I think its rules), and change the minor league seasons to start at a later date.

rasnell · 04-22-2007, 04:09 PM

If you have started a brand new league and want to stick with historical players, I turn injuries off for the first three seasons so that you don't run short of players and all teams can keep their rosters full.

After three years of drafting, I figure all teams have enough of a cushion. Then I set injuries to low.

04-19-2007, 11:13 AM	#1
waltwa All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 904	Injuries- ON or OFF? i have started my historical league twice so far and am about to start over making some changes. In the first 2 starts with the 58 SF Giants i lost Willie Kirkland to a career ender and then in the second start lost Mays for the season after 3 games. Both of these occurred in the first season. I am wondering in my 3rd restart of the season if it makes more sense to play with injuries turned on or off?

04-22-2007, 04:09 PM	#8
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04-19-2007, 11:54 AM	#2
mjj55409 All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,166	Depends on what you are looking for. An accurate recreation of the actual season? Then turn the injuries off. An alternate history? Then leave the injuries on.

04-19-2007, 12:04 PM	#3
waltwa All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 904	accurate recreation - thanks

04-19-2007, 01:43 PM	#4
Doughnuts? All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 704	put them on low.

04-19-2007, 07:49 PM	#5
Nukester All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newburgh, NY Posts: 1,934	I also have mine set at low, and it seems like a reasonable amount. At normal it just seemed a bit too high, at least to me (without doing any studies or anything. I just simmed and said, hmm they seem a little too high...) I also keep them as low as possible (sometimes completely off if simming the deadball era) during the first year or two of a historical import because you dont get a whole lot of extra players in the minors to work with (if using no fictional players). After a couple of years when my minors fill out alittle, I will switch them to low

04-22-2007, 09:54 AM	#6
Grammaticus Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South Posts: 3	Question, I started a historical league and chose to use fictional players without blocking them access to the Majors. In the first season, I started getting errors where the single A teams did not have enough players. I thought their was an unlimited pool of minors free agents for the league to pull from. I guess that is not the case. I had to go into each team and populate the single A team with fictional players. Is there a setting in the league section that will have them do this as needed without me having to manually do it?