UBA (new dynasty started)

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Detroit, Boston Locales for New Franchises

October 5, 1914

Yesterday, Roger Cooley had announced that the two new franchises will be located in Boston and Detroit.

The Detroit franchise will be known as the Wolverines. They will wear white uniforms, with an orange hat and orange socks.

The Boston franchise will be called the Shipbuilders. The team will wear white uniforms with red socks and a blue cap.

In February, 1915 an expansion draft will take place to stock the rosters of the two teams.

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Boston's Clough Park

December 18, 1914

Clough Park
Home of the Boston Shipbuilders

Dimensions:

Left Line: 311'
Left Field: 344'
Left-Center: 361'
Center Field: 414'
Right-Center: 338'
Right Field: 313'
Right Line: 307'

Capacity: 15,600

This brand new ballpark, home to the brand new Shipbuilders, is a beauty. It lies right in front of rail-road tracks, where train operators have parked box cars to get a good view of the construction. We won't be surprised if they do the same during games.

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Detroit's Custer Grounds

January 2, 1914

Custer Grounds
Home to the Detroit Wolverines

Dimensions:

Left Line: 339'
Left Field: 370'
Left-Center: 421'
Center Field: 439'
Right-Center: 417'
Right Field: 370'
Right Line: 332'

Capacity: 14,200

The Detroit Wolverines are named after the Michigan Brigade, who George Custer famously named The Wolverines.

The ballpark is not new, and was used previously in other baseball leagues, but it is being heavily renovated for use by the Wolverines.

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United Baseball Association 1915 Opening Day

April 18, 1915

PLAY BALL!

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For anyone following along, I'm going to resurrect this when OOTP 10 comes out and start over. I'm absolutely loving the idea for this league though, so it'll pretty much be the same.

It's a shame because I really learned to like these players a lot. Something happened in my game that I can't really explain. I did some testing but I think I accidentally used the wrong file.

Anyway, thanks for checking it out if you have. The United Baseball Association will be back soon.

[laser]

Great dynasty. I'll be reading when the UBA returns.

What settings did you use when setting up the league?

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Originally Posted by laser

Great dynasty. I'll be reading when the UBA returns.

What settings did you use when setting up the league?

Thanks!

Basically, I turned off 40-man rosters, waivers, rule 5, any stuff that felt too "modern" for me. I did allow free agency, however.

As for the other stuff, I had the game updating financials, strategy, player creation modifiers, and league totals every year.

My first try at this dynasty did not have that going for it, and I didn't like seeing millions spent in 1913 and I wanted to watch the different eras of baseball pass by.

My next dynasty will most likely see the same events happening in the first few years, with two teams folding after one year (most likely the same teams, as well). However, I'm really working on more backstory. I want to develop owners for each team, personalities for players, etc. This was a good trial run, but the next go around should be even better.