Posted by barracuda3 on 2/14/2024 1:24:00 PM (view original):
Since I'm sure that everyone is dying to know...
12 players would be chosen in accordance with the following classic cocktails:
Old-Fashioned: choose one player in one of their year 40+ seasons
Martinez: choose one player named Martinez
Martini: choose one player named Martini (yes, there's only one in the database: Nick. Deal with it. I'm not doing a cocktail league without Martini)
Gibson: choose one player named Gibson
Manhattan: choose one player in a season in which they played their home games in Manhattan (Polo Grounds, Hilltop Park)
Rob Roy: choose one player named Rob and another player named Roy (these need to be exact. The cocktail is a Rob Roy, not a Roberto Royster nor a Robert Royce nor even a Robb Royer)
Tom Collins: choose one player named Tom and another player named Collins (same caveat: exact matches only)
Harvey Wallbanger: Choose one player who played for the 1982 "Harvey's Wallbangers" Brewers (any season in their career is OK)
Ramos Gin Fizz: Choose one player named Ramos
Brandy Alexander: choose one player named Alexander (again, exact match)
That yields 12 players. For each of these players, choose exactly one teammate from the same team and season.
Your 25th player, it should go without saying, will be 1923 Jigger Statz.
No clones, no WW, no AAA. DH yes (with all this drinking a designated driver is in order, so a designated hitter seems like a good idea as well)
$110M cap
Choose a stadium in which one of your players played their home games in the season you chose
Of course, the Theme League Classifieds post would include cocktail recipes (measured in jiggers of course) and a brief (or not-so-brief) history of each cocktail.
If you want to expand to include beers, it creates more possibilities.
Dos Equis - must roster Jimmie Foxx
Miller - pick any (Huggins, Rick, Hack, etc)
Bud - pick any (Black, Byerly, etc)
Blue Moon - must roster Odom
Samuel Adams
etc