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#10993	10/21/2014 1:02:43 pm		Ignore
pleflar Joined: 08/15/2014 Posts: 32 Inactive	Nope, there is at least one more. Though I only know this because I'm playing them in my next spring training series. http://brokenbat.org/history/452
#10994	10/21/2014 3:15:32 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	The history of team ownership doesn't go back to the inaugural year (it was implanted in the history records only 7-8 seasons ago). So all those teams may have had owners at one time or another. Teams with lousy finances have a tough time finding new ownership. Steve
#10997	10/21/2014 3:45:18 pm		Ignore
Jalapeno5 Joined: 06/01/2014 Posts: 226 Inactive	Ah... I see. Interesting you should say that, and not sure if this might be a bug or not, but I wondered what sort of shape Charlotte are in financially and they're not in the pick-list of available teams... Can't be because they've recently been bankrupt can it, as they've been bot-managed for years? Don't know if other teams might be affected.
#11018	10/22/2014 9:51:14 am		Ignore
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	... and Charlotte will be owned, because as soon as I have gone as far as I can with Raleigh, I will take them over. The reason I chose Raleigh was because Charlotte wasn't on the drop down list when I was looking through available NC teams. This is all premised on someone else not taking them over and sticking with them before I finish my Raleigh run.
#11019	10/22/2014 11:42:27 am		Ignore
Jalapeno5 Joined: 06/01/2014 Posts: 226 Inactive	Well good luck with that - you clearly like a challenge! ;o) I'm wondering if the reason they're not in the drop down is because they're in debt but avoiding bankruptcy; and therefore automatically having their debts wiped. A "poor" team's one thing, but I doubt Steve would want a new player starting with a negative balance. Given their average home gate seems to be about 4k fans it's possible, but I would have thought having been bot-managed for so long they'd have crawled out of the red by now through taking every available cost-saving measure. Sounds from the manual like that's the primary directive of a computer-controlled team. Anyway, good luck if you decide they're the team for you - look forward to seeing you in VI.29!
#11022	10/22/2014 3:01:44 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Charlotte is underwater. They will cut salary and either become economically viable or go through bankruptcy. Either way they will eventually become available. Steve
#11028	10/23/2014 5:23:08 am		Ignore
TheBaconator Joined: 08/03/2014 Posts: 70 Inactive	There are also the teams which DO have owners, but are pretty much neglected. http://brokenbat.org/team/20 The Cy Young-caliber starting rotation of Eduardo Carrillo (74 SI), Ricardo Aquirre (65 SI), Unas Signed (??? SI), Sebastiaan van der Scheer (64 SI), and Manuel Alvarez (63 SI) gives them an amazing chance of winning the division.
#11029	10/23/2014 7:11:37 am		Ignore
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	My minor leaguers somehow lost to that team, that is why I don't like spring training.
#11030	10/23/2014 8:06:04 am		Ignore
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2790 Novi Doubledays III.4	Word has it Unas Signed is a former East German Olympic medal winner in men's shot-put. Strong as an ox, and a handsome woman from what I hear :P
#11045	10/24/2014 4:37:22 am		Ignore
TheBaconator Joined: 08/03/2014 Posts: 70 Inactive	And it is officially bankrupt. Let's see what happens now.

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