Historical Progression Over Many Years

mayday10 · 01-13-2020, 01:10 PM

I apologize my first post is a question. I have searched, but I cannot find an exact answer to this question.

I want to start in 1901 and have an alternate history replay/dynasty. In 1901, there was no minor league system.

Over the years, as levels of minor league baseball and the teams pop-up, will they appear and be used in my replay? I believe they started popping up in the 30s and 40s?

scott1964 · 01-14-2020, 02:07 PM

Minors start in 1915 but you can add your own.

mitchkenn · 01-17-2020, 08:15 AM

1919 minors begin to appear in the game - peak in the 30's it's not until 32 0r 33 all teams have minors as the Phillies were slow to get on board it appears. ... Negro leagues start in 1920 if i recall correctly ...

Mr. Marlin · 01-17-2020, 02:44 PM

Minor league teams will appear, disappear, relocate, and change names as they did historically. So as you GM a team you will need to keep an eye on them. You might need to spend offseason time moving players around.

A big part of the appeal if you ask me!

mayday10 · 03-05-2020, 10:19 AM

I love this software/game FYI

I came from a long time of sports sim games. Played Strat o Matic Baseball, Hockey and Football as a kid, kind of got into more video-gamey sports games through college and after, but in my mid 30s returned home to strat o matic. The realism and history can't be replicated with any video game. I love to let things play out.

Discovered OOTP in January as I was looking for a decent NCAA football sim option. Baseball was on sale and grabbed that. It is amazing. Love almost everything about it. I also love how the developers put out videos and are always engaging the customers/users (been watching the Big Rich Machine as a tutorial, but its also interesting).

FM6 was also on sale and I picked that up. Love that as well. You can tell it isnt 21-version refined like baseball, but its pretty darn good.

01-13-2020, 01:10 PM	#1
mayday10 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2020 Posts: 175	Historical Progression Over Many Years I apologize my first post is a question. I have searched, but I cannot find an exact answer to this question. I want to start in 1901 and have an alternate history replay/dynasty. In 1901, there was no minor league system. Over the years, as levels of minor league baseball and the teams pop-up, will they appear and be used in my replay? I believe they started popping up in the 30s and 40s?

01-14-2020, 02:07 PM	#2
scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,620 Blog Entries: 19	Minors start in 1915 but you can add your own. __________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

01-17-2020, 08:15 AM	#3
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	1919 minors begin to appear in the game - peak in the 30's it's not until 32 0r 33 all teams have minors as the Phillies were slow to get on board it appears. ... Negro leagues start in 1920 if i recall correctly ... __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

01-17-2020, 02:44 PM	#4
Mr. Marlin All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,269	Minor league teams will appear, disappear, relocate, and change names as they did historically. So as you GM a team you will need to keep an eye on them. You might need to spend offseason time moving players around. A big part of the appeal if you ask me!

03-05-2020, 10:19 AM	#5
mayday10 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2020 Posts: 175	I love this software/game FYI I came from a long time of sports sim games. Played Strat o Matic Baseball, Hockey and Football as a kid, kind of got into more video-gamey sports games through college and after, but in my mid 30s returned home to strat o matic. The realism and history can't be replicated with any video game. I love to let things play out. Discovered OOTP in January as I was looking for a decent NCAA football sim option. Baseball was on sale and grabbed that. It is amazing. Love almost everything about it. I also love how the developers put out videos and are always engaging the customers/users (been watching the Big Rich Machine as a tutorial, but its also interesting). FM6 was also on sale and I picked that up. Love that as well. You can tell it isnt 21-version refined like baseball, but its pretty darn good.