History in the (re)making

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Based on this article (http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/smart-growth-and-mlb-a-virtual-history/), I got the idea to do my first historical dynasty in any baseball game.

I started in 1901 and simulate all the way through the years. Of course since it's Mogul, there is free agency from the start and all, but, we're going to make some other adaptations too.

In that, some of the teams that move might be different than in history and expansion will be different, too.

We'll just see what happens and where things go.

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Seemingly, dominance happens and goes in spurts in this new incarnation of MLB. The year is 1936 and the Chicago White Sox have won their 5th World Series title in six years, after going 109-45 this year.

The team is lead by 1B Lou Gehrig, a career .312 hitter in his sixth full season in the majors.

In the National League, the Boston Bees are just as dominant. The club has claimed 8 NL Pennants and 6 World Series titles since 1908 and lost in the 1935 World Series to the White Sox.

What about the New York Yankees? The club claimed AL pennants in 1925 and 1929, but have yet to win a World Series. The kings are New York are the Giants, who reeled off six straight World Series titles from 1902 until 1907. They've claimed three more NL Pennants since then, the last coming in 1920.

Meanwhile, the bottom basement franchise in the American League is the St. Louis Browns. They've finished last in the AL 4 out of the last 5 years and have had 10 straight years of finishing no higher than 6th.

In the National League, the Cincinnati Reds have done them one better. They've finished last 13 out of the last 16 years, including 10 straight bottom basement finishes.

Reds owner Morgan F. Fraley, has considered packing up his absymal franchise and taking it elsewhere. He's considered even making the team a barnstorming team, but cities he's offered to visit have rejected him outright.

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G.G. Shuttleworth, a magnate who started his career early with the JC Penney company out west, has purchased the Cincinnati Reds and has announced that he will move the team elsewhere.

This is the first move of a franchise since 1900, but the owners of other teams in the National League have welcomed the move, arguing that the new owner should have the opportunity to play in a city where the fans will welcome and support the team with open arms, as those in Cincinnati have failed to do.

"We will announce a kindly decision and agreement between our baseball club and another city in the coming days," said Shuttleworth.

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The Cincinnati Reds have announced their move to Rochester, NY for the 1937 season and beyond.

"We are proud to move to a new home in a city that is excited for us to be there," said Owner G.G. Shuttleworth.

No word on whether the "Reds" nickname would be changed.

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The relocated Cincinnati Reds will rename themselves the Rochester Royals.

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Glad to see another Dynasty Moguler. Welcome!

Actually, I was inspired by the exact same article to do the "Even the Braves" dynasty. Maybe we ought to start a thread in "Dynasties" called "Alternate Baseball Universes" where one can find resources.

--Pet

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1938
Attendance was at its highest rate ever at 1.9 million fans, but it wasn't enough for the Royals in the ballgame, as the team struggled to a 54-100 record, their 12th straight 100+ loss season. Despite that, the team improved its record for the fourth straight year (+11 wins from 1937) and stopped a streak of 11 straight last place finishes, finishing 7th in the NL in 1938.

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1938

The St. Louis Browns moved to Atlanta for the 1939 season, to renamed the Atlanta Robins.

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ROCHESTER - Despite an outcry by many of his fellow owners, at least privately, Rochester Royals owner G.G. Shuttleworth is rumored to be on the verge of signing two Negro baseball players to contracts.

"This is heresy" said one baseball writer from the New York Times. "That he thinks he can rewrite the rules upon which the game itself has been built upon, to this date is blasphemy and he should be banned for life from the game."

Despite the harsh language, Shuttleworth has yet to confirm his intentions, but had this to say.

"Until someone wants to pay premium dollar for the ball club I intend to build here in the great city of Rochester, they should close their mouths or pick up a bat and glove and come help us."

The Rochester Royals (NL) moved from Cincinnati last year and have been the time honored doormat in the National League for almost twenty years.

The team's move induced the American League's doormat, the St. Louis Browns to move to Atlanta for the upcoming season.

No word on how the move will affect the signing of black players visiting the segregated south.