The (Revised) Old Time League!

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In case you don't know, I tried this out once before in a previous post. However the reason I quit that save was because I wanted to do the save on OOTP Go to get the seasons done quicker. So, without further ado, here are the teams for the revised Old Time League:

Federal League:
Providence Grays (12 Playoff Appearances, 2 World Series Titles)
Chicago Orphans (24 Playoff Appearances, 6 World Series Titles)
Cleveland Spiders (14 Playoff Appearances, 2 World Series Titles)
Louisville Grays (13 Playoff Appearances, 3 World Series Titles)
Hartford Dark Blues (13 Playoff Appearances, 3 World Series Titles)
New York Giants (0 Playoff Appearances, 0 World Series Titles)

United League:
Montreal Expos (9 Playoff Appearances, 3 World Series Titles)
Somerset Patriots (9 Playoff Appearances, 3 World Series Titles)
Washington Senators (23 Playoff Appearances, 7 World Series Titles)
St. Louis Browns (12 Playoff Appearances, 2 World Series Titles)
Philadelphia Athletics (1 Playoff Appearance, 0 World Series Titles)
Cincinnati Redlegs (22 Playoff Appearances, 7 World Series Titles)

In case you didn't realize, I have simulated about 50 years of history for this league. I used to do this on my School Bus and it was really something just to pass the time. I sorted the teams just now by their current record by the All-Star Game.

Another reason I wanted to restart the save is because I don't really want to do a Random Debut league. It's been done before. So, I decided that for this edition of the Old Time League, I will be randomly selecting seasons, then seeing who the rookies were in those seasons. For the first randomly selected rookie class, the random number generator gave me 1954. I'll introduce the players next post.

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1954 Players Imported to Draft Class:

Hank Aaron LF
Al Kaline RF
Ernie Banks SS
Ed Bailey C
Bill Skowron 1B
Camilo Pascual RP

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1959 OTL WORLD SERIES

The Old Time League champion for 1959 ends up being the Montreal Expos, as they would win in 5 games against the Providence Grays.
Series MVP: SS John Gibson

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For a while, we are just going to focus on the draft, by year 3 of me simulating, we will start actually looking at what's happening throughout the league.

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1960 OTL DRAFT

1/1 - New York Giants - 1B Bill Skowron - 4 Star Overall/5 Star Potential
1/2 - Cincinnati Redlegs - LF Hank Aaron - 3.5 Star Overall/5 Star Potential
1/3 - St. Louis Browns - SS Ernie Banks - 3.5 Star Overall/4.5 Star Potential
1/4 - Louisville Grays - RF Al Kaline - 3 Star Overall/4 Star Potential
1/5 Philadelphia Athletics - C Ed Bailey - 2.5 Star Overall/4 Star Potential
1/6 - Hartford Dark Blues - C Dave Herbert - 2 Star Overall/2.5 Star Potential
1/7 - Cleveland Spiders - C Greg Lawson - 0.5 Star Overall/2 Star Potential
1/8 - Somerset Patriots - SP Bob Schwarzkopf - 1 Star Overall/2.5 Star Potential
1/9 - Providence Grays - SP Matt Hurlburt - 0.5 Star Overall/2.5 Star Potential
1/10 - Washington Senators - CL Steve Gallo - 1.5 Star Overall/4.5 Star Overall

Later Picks with Historical Players:
3/2 - Cincinnati Redlegs - RP Carlos Pascual - 0.5 Star Overall/2.5 Star Potential

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LEAGUE LEADERS

Federal League:
Batting Average: LF Zach Nelson - Hartford Dark Blues - .336 Batting Average
Home Runs: 1B Josh Rutter - Chicago Orphans - 51 Home Runs
Earned Run Average: SP Kyle Tomes - Chicago Orphans - 2.49 ERA

United League:
Batting Average: 2B Jules Mackta-Smith - Philadelphia Athletics - .464 Batting Average
Home Runs: CF Andy Rhodes - Montreal Expos - 29 Home Runs
Earned Run Average: SP Kyle Porter - Philadelphia Athletics - 2.43 ERA

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OLD TIME LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Federal League Championship Series: Providence Grays vs Cleveland Spiders
United League Championship Series: Philadelphia Athletics vs Somerset Patriots

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World Series Matchup:
Cleveland Spiders vs Somerset Patriots

Spiders Win 4-2 in Series

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MVP AWARDS:

Federal League: 1B Josh Rutter - Chicago Orphans
United League: 2B Jules Mackta-Smith - Philadelphia Athletics

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HOF Voting Results:

SP Dave Mercado and Ian Pearsall both make the Old Time League HOF. Pearsall was drafted by the Senators, meanwhile Dave Mercado was a International Discovery by the Louisville Grays.

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Next Year's Rookie Class is... *drumroll* the 1978 Rookies!

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1978 Rookies Added to OTL Draft Class:

2B Lou Whitaker
SS Ozzie Smith
2B Paul Molitor
SS Alan Trammell
LF Willie Wilson
3B Carney Lansford
C Lance Parrish
SP Bob Welch
SP Jack Morris

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1961 OTL DRAFT:

1/1 - Montreal Expos - 2B Lou Whitaker - 2.5 Overall/5 Potential
1/2 - New York Giants - SS Ozzie Smith - 2.5 Overall/4 Potential
1/3 - Louisville Grays - 2B Paul Molitor - 2.5 Overall/4 Potential
1/4 - Hartford Dark Blues - SS Alan Trammell - 2 Overall/3.5 Potential
1/5 - Washington Senators - LF Willie Wilson - 2.5 Overall/3.5 Potential
1/6 - Cincinnati Redlegs - SP David Atkinson - 1.5 Overall/4 Potential
1/7 - St Louis Browns - SP Bill Studley - 1.5 Overall/4 Potential
1/8 - Chicago Orphans - C Lance Parrish - 2 Overall/3 Potential
1/9 - Philadelphia Athletics - 3B Carney Lansford - 2.5 Overall/3 Potential
1/10 - Providence Grays - 3B Steve White - 0.5 Overall/2.5 Potential

Other Historical Players selected in Draft:
1/12 - Cleveland Spiders - SP Bob Welch - 3 Star Overall/3 Star Potential
2/5 - Washington Senators - SP Jack Morris - 2 Star Overall/2.5 Star Potential

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OLD TIME LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Federal League Championship Series:
Cleveland Spiders vs Hartford Dark Blues
Spiders win in 5 games

United League Championship Series:
Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Athletics
Expos win in 7 games

World Series:
Cleveland Spiders vs Montreal Expos
Expos win in 6 games

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MVP AWARDS:

Federal League MVP: 1B Jerry Villalona, Louisville Grays
United League MVP: 2B Jules Mackta-Smith, Philadelphia Athletics

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Every third year, the Draft Classes are going to be fictional. Therefore, the 2062 OTL Draft Class is going to be a Fictional class with no Historical Players.

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OTL Expansion:

The Old Time League has announced for the 1962 season that they will expand westward. The first batch of expansion teams is this year, beginning with the Seattle Pilots and Hollywood Stars (Real life former PCL team). Then in 1964, the teams are planned to be the Kansas City Athletics and Vancouver Mounties (Again, another former PCL team).

Next up, we'll head to the draft pool announcement.

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Mid Season Report 1962:

Currently, here are the records of each OTL team by the draft:

Federal League:
Louisville Grays - 33-20
Providence Grays - 31-21
New York Giants 29-23
Hartford Dark Blues - 28-24
Cleveland Spiders - 26-26
Chicago Orphans - 18-34
Seattle Pilots - 18-35

United League:
Cincinnati Redlegs - 29-24
Montreal Expos - 28-24
Philadelphia Athletics - 28-24
Washington Senators - 27-26
Somerset Patriots - 25-27
St. Louis Browns - 24-28
Hollywood Stars - 22-30

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1962 OTL Draft:

For any of the Fictional Player drafts, we are only going to be listing the Top 7 draft picks. For whatever reason, OOTP Go Doesn't really generate that many good prospects, so I had to bump up a couple of players potential.

1/1 - Seattle Pilots - CF John Lester - 42 Overall/80 Potential
1/2 - Hollywood Stars - SP Jason Block - 38 Overall/80 Potential
1/3 - Washington Senators - 2B Phil McManus 31 Overall/69 Potential
1/4 - New York Giants - 1B Lance Blackman - 27 Overall/62 Potential
1/5 - Cincinnati Redlegs - SP Peter Wiggins - 40 Overall/65 Potential
1/6 - Chicago Orphans - RF Pat Duty - 34 Overall/51 Potential
1/7 - Louisville Grays - CF Tyler Grover - 42 Overall/51 Potential

Next Up: International FA

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1962 International Free Agents:

SP - Willis Sanchez - Mexico - 20 Overall/69 Potential
CF - Jerry Garcia - Dominican Republic - 20 Overall/57 Potential
CF - DJ Hastings - Venezuela - 20 Overall/53 Potential
1B - Philippe Bernard - Guadeloupe - 49 Overall/49 Potential