It is 22 November in alt-1924. Thanksgiving will be coming up this coming Thursday, when the first Macy's Thanksgiving Parade will be held in New York City. The players on the Barnstorming Tour will enjoy a day off, sailing from Hong Kong to Taipei. The Caribbean Developmental League will have nearly a full slate of games, though all the US-based teams will be in the USA on the holiday.
Out of game, I've been mulling the next goals the Yankees would have, and also what goals I might have for the game. The Yankees are on top of the mountain--reigning World Series champions, winners of five straight pennants and record holders for most wins in a season as well as highest winning percentage in a season. As I've said in a few recent posts, the team seems pretty well set for the better part of the next decade. Is that challenge enough?
I think the answer is yes, actually. Even in the near-term, I think members of this Yankees team and the management would find some unfinished business. The Yankees have never won even back-to-back World Series, let alone the three in a row that the Rustlers have done. Five pennants in a row was accomplished in real life by the Yankees of the 50s, but six in a row has never been done.
I've also got some thoughts about setting up additional affiliated and non-affiliated leagues, which aren't in-game challenges but still things to actually do. Plus I'd like to commemorate the in-game sesquicentennial somehow, which I plan to talk about more in a later post. Plus, expansion to 12 teams per league (and two divisions per league) is coming up soon enough. It should be imminent by this time next (real) year...
