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What Baseball League should I start?

Started by Syt, December 14, 2009, 12:29:24 PM

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December 21, 2009, 01:44:55 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 21, 2009, 01:31:55 AM
Quote from: Syt on December 20, 2009, 01:45:42 AM
Note to self: create a Turtledove League Baseball of Union League vs. Confederate League some time.
Actually baseball didn't take off in that timeline, it was just a regional (New England) sport.

American Football became big early.

Cricket and Rugby were the big games in the US before the civil war.
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December 21, 2009, 01:45:24 PM
Quote from: katmai on December 21, 2009, 01:20:48 PM
Ya know I'm not sure i agree with that sentiment. Yeah rosters have doubled, but looks at the size of available talent pool as well?

That presumes that the talent pool developed evenly and in line with the majors. But looking at minor leagues their number fluctuated between 300-450 in the 1940s and is currently down to 240 (though it appears to keep changing). 200 +/-50 seems most common, and seems to indicate that the overall players in majors and minors haven't changed all that much.

This of course doesn't include schools or colleges, and I'd gladly be corrected by someone with more knowledge of the subject matter. :
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December 21, 2009, 04:52:24 PM
Don't forget the massive influx of talent from the rest of the Western Hemisphere and Japan that wasn't there in the 1960's or only a tiny fraction of what it is now.
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