Bookend Twist League XIV will soon be in the playoffs. If you like researching teams, this league may be for you... Take any player in the WIS database from 1885-2011 who played at least 2 seasons... then take his first and last teams as listed in http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/ and twist any player who appears on the 2 rosters. Your bookend player must be on your team and you can use any season of his.  No 200K exemptions... twist only the players that appear on the 2 rosters.
Using Babe Ruth as an example, your player pool would be from the 1914 Red Sox and 1935 Braves, twisted to any season of course. Players are only exclusive for the purpose of making teams and can appear on other team's rosters. Choose any stadium your bookend player called home at any point in his career.

BLACKLIST... the bookend players from the first 14 seasons are blacklisted as bookend players... they can still appear on rosters for this season.

Salary Cap $110M (down from $120M in previous seasons)

No AAA, DH, WW, clones, trades or live play
Injuries turned off
Random realignment
Choose a stadium your Bookend guy called home at any point in his career


When signing up, list your bookend player's first and last team/seasons.

BLACKLIST (updated through season XIV) 

Bert Adams
Pete Alexander
Hank Aguirre
Fred Anderson
Billy Ashley
Jeff Bagwell
Homerun Baker
Steve Balboni
Win Ballou
Dave Bancroft
Jack Barry
Don Baylor
Johnny Beazley
Harry Bemis
Gary Bennett
Dante Bichette
Mike Bielecki
Vida Blue
Ping Bodie
Bobby Bonds
Bobby Bonilla
Kitty Bransfield
Sid Bream
Rube Bressler
Herman Bronkie
Scott Brosius
Bobby Brown
Bill Buckner
Ellis Burks
Homer Bush
Joe Bush
Melky Cabrera
Ray Caldwell
Nixey Callahan
Ken Caminiti
Roy Campanella
Andy Carey
Steve Carlton
Roy Carlyle
Giovanni Carrara
Mark Carreon
Norm Charlton
Virgil Cheeves
Eddie Cicotte
Will Clark
Boileryard Clarke
Dad Clarkson
Roger Clemens
Reggie Cleveland
Ty Cobb
Mickey Cochrane
Rocky Colavito
Eddie Collins
Jimmy Collins
Fritz Coumbe
Stan Coveleski
Wes Covington
Bubba Crosby
Jose Cruz
Tom Daly
Kal Daniels
Doug Dascenzo
Chick Davies
Chili Davis 
Andre Dawson
Carlos Delgado
Al DeVormer
Einar Diaz
Bill Dickey
Bob Didier
Joe DiMaggio
Larry Doby
Red Donahue
Chris Donnels
Tommy Dowd
Dan Driessen
Don Drysdale
Jimmy Dygert
Dennis Eckersley
Dave Eiland
Kevin Elster
Todd Erdos
Shawn Estes
Dwight Evans
Scott Eyre
Red Faber
Carlton Fisk
John Flaherty
Elmer Flick
Bryce Florie
Casey Fossum
George Foster 
Ryan Franklin
Rafael Furcal 
Len Gabrielson
Phil Gagliano
Eric Gagne
Damaso Garcia
Lou Gehrig
Charlie Gelbert
Marcus Giles
Jim Gilliam
Dwight Gooden
Tom Goodwin
Juan Gonzalez
Joe Gordon
Rich Gossage
Mark Grace
Craig Grebeck
Shawn Green
Vean Gregg
Bobby Grich
Ken Griffey Jr
Ken Griffey Sr
Lefty Grove
Ad Gumbert
Tim Hamulack
Mike Harkey
Bubbles Hargrave
Mickey Harris
Jack Hayden
Claude Hendrix 
Felix Hernandez
Buck Herzog
Charlie Hickman
Pinky Higgins 
Shea Hillenbrand
Eddie Hohnhorst
Johnny Hopp 
Joe Horlen
Tyler Houston
Del Howard 
Frank Howard
Steve Howe
Dixie Howell 
Nat Hudson
Terry Hughes
Walt Huntzinger 
Fred Jacklitsch
Charlie Jackson
Joe Jackson
Baby Doll Jacobson
Bill James - 1911-1919
Hi Jasper
Steve Jeltz
Pete Johns
Ernie Johnson
Jason Johnson
Lance Johnson
Rankin Johnson
Russ Johnson 
Andruw Jones
Bumpus Jones
Chipper Jones
Art Jorgens
Addie Joss
Jeff Juden
Oscar Judd 
Ralph Judd
Willie Keeler
Randy Keisler
Charlie Keller 
Roberto Kelly
Jeff Kent
Dave Kingman
Joe Klink
Harry Krause
Sandy Koufax
Jack Lapp
Tony Lazzeri
Ricky Ledee
Nemo Leibold
Al Leiter
Dutch Leonard 1913-1925
Kenny Lofton
Terrence Long 
Davey Lopes
Fred Lynn
Greg Maddux
Duster Mails 
Al Mamaux
Mickey Mantle
Juan Marichal
Russell Martin 
Dennis Martinez
Pedro Martinez
Dave Martinez
Sandy Martinez
Don Mattingly
Darrell May
John Mayberry 
Carl Mays
Tim McCarver
Gil McDougald
Joe McGinnity
Jack McMahon 
Mike McNally
Hal McRae
Joe Medwick
Ramiro Mendoza
Fred Merkle
Lou Merloni
Sam Mertes
Chief Meyers
Billy Milligan 
Willie Mitchell
Johnny Mize
Terry Moore
Jack Morris
Jamie Moyer
Bill Mueller
Jerry Mumphrey
Thurman Munson
Bobby Murcer
Calvin Murray
Eddie Murray
Eddie Murphy
Stan Musial
Art Nehf
Hal Newhouser
Otis Nixon
Trot Nixon
Jerry Nops
Billy North
Johnny Oates 
Jose Offerman
Paul O'Neill
Tip O'Neill
Al Orth
David Ortiz
Orval Overall
Juan Padilla
Dave Parker
Roger Peckinpaugh
Melido Perez
Andy Pettitte
Jesse Petty
Jack Pfiester
Mike Piazza
Doc Powers
Albert Pujols
Dave Rader 
Willie Randolph
Pete Reiser 
Ed Reulbach
Jerry Reuss
Harry Rice 
Jim Rice
Dave Righetti 
Topper Rigney
Ricardo Rincon
Mariano Rivera
Oscar Roettger
Charlie Robertson
Jackie Robinson
Alex Rodriguez
Red Rolfe
Buddy Rosar 
Pete Rose
Braggo Roth
Dutch Ruether
Allan Russell 
Bret Saberhagen
Vic Saier
Juan Samuel
Freddy Sanchez
Rey Sanchez
Jimmy Sebring
Ray Schalk
Jason Schmidt
Red Schoendienst
Pete Schourek
Everett Scott
Jack Scott
Jim Scott
George Selkirk
Joe Sewell
Howie Shanks
Bob Shawkey
Al Shealy 
Bill Shores
Chick Shorten
Ed Sicking
Ted Simmons 
Randall Simon
Enos Slaughter
Aaron Small
Dwight Smith
Duke Snider
Mario Soto
Warren Spahn
Tris Speaker
By Speece
Joe Stanley
Riggs Stephenson
Darryl Strawberry
Tanyon Sturtze
Jim Sullivan
Don Sutton
Bill Sweeney
Vito Tamulis
Bill Terry
Zeb Terry
Junior Thompson
Fred Toney
Salomon Torres
John Tudor
Larry Twitchell 
Bob Uecker
George Uhle
Tom Underwood
Bobby Veach 
Dario Veras
Mickey Vernon
Cory Wade
Billy Wagner
Dixie Walker
Larry Walker
Jimmy Walsh
David Wells
Billy Werber
Dennis Werth 
David West
Bill White - 1956-1969
Gabe White
Roy White 
George Whiteman
Bernie Williams
Cy Williams
Stan Williams
Maury Wills
Hooks Wiltse 
Smoky Joe Wood
Weldon Wyckoff 
Carroll Yerkes
Heinie Zimmerman

OWNER LIST - name in BOLD indicates team has been entered

01. finn2030 - Sweetbreads Bailey 1919 Cubs & 1921 Robins
02. dodgebob - Oil Can Boyd 1982 Red Sox & 1991 Rangers
03. dlchow - Joe Lefebvre 1980 Yankees & 1986 Phillies
04. splitter24 - Jing Johnson 1916 & 1928 Athletics
05. ctorkelson - Ned Garvin 1896 Phillies & 1904 Highlanders
06. malinowt - Terry Tiffee 2004 Twins & 2008 Dodgers
07. dweigel - Bud Daley 1955 Indians & 1964 Yankees
08. SophieGiants - Bud Byerly 1943 Cardinals & 1960 Giants
09. tabasko - Kip Gross 1990 Reds & 2000 Astros
10. bbondsmvp - Earl Smith 1916 Cubs & 1922 Senators
11. jm1618 - Jack Graney 1908 Naps & 1922 Indians
12. mac195 - Billy Purtell  1908 White Sox & 1914 Tigers
13. fatboydad54 - Rollie Fingers 1968 Athletics & 1985 Brewers
14. jjper1 - Ollie Brown 1965 Giants & 1977 Phillies
15. specsman - Shingo Takatsu 2004 White Sox & 2005 Mets
16. gyrene - Geoff Zahn 1973 Dodgers & 1985 Angels
17. mllama54 - Felix Millan 1966 Braves & 1977 Mets
18. frank_drebin - Geronimo Berroa 1989 Braves & 2000 Dodgers
19. dskantor - Dion James 1983 Brewers & 1996 Yankees
20. derek2hof - Claude Cooper 1913 Giants & 1917 Phillies
21. eastonest - Ted Sizemore 1969 Dodgers & 1980 Red Sox
22. gees51 - Carl Yastrzemski 1961 & 1983 Red Sox
23. plangster - Angel Salazar 1983 Expos & 1988 Cubs
24. snuffy45 - Jim Beauchamp 1963 Cardinals & 1973 Mets

I'll join with Jack Graney (1908 Naps, 1922 Indians).

Welcome jm1618.

Billy Purtell (1908 White Sox, 1914 Tigers)

Welcome mac195.

Okay, I will try Rollie Fingers this time. 1968 Oakland A's and 1985 Milwaukee Brewers.

Welcome fatboydad54.

going with Downtown Ollie Brown - '65 Giants & '77 Phillies...thanks

Welcome jjper1.

Shingo Takatsu 2004 ChiSox & 2005 Mets

...and now I realize why Jerry Remy had yet to be used.
The new President of MY nation will be Oil Can Boyd (82 BOS - 91 TEX)

Welcome specsman.

dodgebob,  change noted

I'm in with Geoff Zahn, '73 Dodgers and '85 Angels