Sometimes, themes out there can be overly restrictive or just uninteresting. Or sometimes you get an idea for a theme, but you know it would be nearly impossible or just boring to fill an entire league around that one theme idea. In this league, you get to avoid all those problems because you're the one choosing your theme, and no one else can use it.

Build a team entirely of guys named Dick, an all-Yankees squad, (almost) anything you want. If you want to pick a theme that uses some randomized variables, I'll be happy to do the randomization for you to get started.

League # sitemailed after signing up your theme

$120M Cap
No AAA
No DH
WW allowed within your chosen theme
No trades
No clones (unless your theme specifically involves clones)
Injuries on
Standard 24-team schedule
Any stadium
Live OK, not required

Additional rules:

Themes must affect all 25 players on your roster. No offense-only or pitching-only themes.
*Continuing this season* - No stat-based themes will be allowed. So nothing like "All my hitters will hit over .330 and my pitchers will have OAVs under .200". Your team should have an actual theme and not just stat restrictions.

Describe your theme details when signing up so I can verify rosters easily...I'll reserve the right to deny a theme if it offers virtually no restrictions at all (For example: "My team will not have any players named Zeke" is not a reasonable theme).

Please try to choose a team name that somehow identifies your theme.

Feel free to get creative or crazy. Have some fun and good luck to all who play!

Wall of Champions
I - Pfattkatt (Triples Theme)
II - Pfattkatt (Deadball Players Theme)
III - Skunk206 (All names had Mc, O', or -son)
IV - Skunk206 (All players shared a last name with a HOFer from another sport)
V - thurst63 (All hitters had fewer than 10 HR, all pitchers allowed fewer than 10 HR)
VI - josiah31 (All left-handed players)
VII - alleyviper (All players are former MVPs, Cy Youngs, RotYs and Rolaids Relief winners)
VIII - Skunk206 (All players cloned except the 25th man - "Walternates")
IX - uncleal (All players from seasons ending in 8)

TOC Champs
Season IV - Skunk206

Owners and their themes: (bold = team is entered and roster is OK, * = league number sent)

*1. Skunk206 - All players from seasons in which a Summer Olympics took place
*2. dodgebob - All players first and/or last names, as listed in the WIS database, will be that of either an animal or a color
*3. alston - All players are 30 or older in season used
*4. hoosfirst - All players one each from 25 randomly selected seasons
*5. yargespd1 - Last name alphabet soup (no X)
*6. uncleal - Every player will have either their last or first name start with one of the letters: K A O S
*7. teamtimms - Between 1-3 players from each decade 1900-2011
*8. flakfizer - One player each from 25 randomly selected birthdays
*9. theman3 - All players will come from teams managed by Connie Mack
*10. celticus - All lefthanded batters and pitchers
*11. dweigel - All players will have played for only one franchise in their career
*12. jmcoombs1 - All Reds and Yankees
*13. tgrun - All Chicago Cubs
*14. hacker7 - All players from the 1910s
*15. go_pre - The Beatles with a little help from their friends
*16. ejstockman - All players will have started their major league careers while still a teenager
*17. jblonda - All players from the 80s
*18. midknight - All Washington Senators/Nationals
*19. fatboydad54 - All player names will rhyme with Merrie (Merrie Melodies)
*20. finn2030 - All players will be a father, brother, or son of another major leaguer
*21. keyser_soze - All players from Chicago or New York teams
*22. leondurham - All players will have worn a 2 on their jersey 
*23. splash23 - All players played for a Canadian team or were born in Canada
*24. johnnyd0303 - All players from 1885-1939, the year johnnyd was born

As per my usual custom, I'll post my roster below for easy verification.

In the spirit of the ongoing London Olympics, I have decided to use players only from seasons in which a Summer Olympics took place. 

1900 Honus Wagner - Paris
1988 Wade Boggs - Seoul
1920 Joe Jackson - Antwerp
1996 Chuck Knoblauch - Atlanta
1956 Harvey Kuenn - Melbourne
2008 Joe Mauer - Beijing
1936 Paul Waner - Berlin
1904 Nap Lajoie - St. Louis
2008 Jose Bautista - Beijing
1912 John Dodge - Stockholm
1976 Luis Gomez - Montreal
2000 Dave Martinez - Sydney
2008 Jayson Nix - Beijing
1908 Addie Joss - London
1908 Mordecai Brown - London
2000 Pedro Martinez - Sydney
1968 Bob Gibson - Mexico City
1980 Ed Halicki - Moscow
1924 Babe Adams - Paris
1964 Bill Henry - Tokyo
2008 Joey Devine - Beijing
1988 Dan Schatzeder - Seoul
1992 Dennis Rasmussen - Barcelona
1960 Marshall Bridges - Rome
1992 Rod Beck - Barcelona

Would you accept a "horse of a different color" theme?
All players first and/or last names, as listed in the WIS database, will be that of either an animal or a color.

In. TBD

Posted by dodgebob on 8/4/2012 1:50:00 PM (view original):
Would you accept a "horse of a different color" theme?
All players first and/or last names, as listed in the WIS database, will be that of either an animal or a color.

OK

I'll get in. Can you randomize me 25 years and I'll use 1 player from each year?

Posted by hoosfirst on 8/4/2012 2:56:00 PM (view original):
I'll get in. Can you randomize me 25 years and I'll use 1 player from each year?

OK

Here are your random numbers:

1901 1931 2009 1974 1945 1990 1992 1997 1917 1989 1979 1981 1908 1940 1897 1916 1956 1992 1903 1926 1887 1944 1939 1885 1923

Timestamp: 2012-08-04 19:18:10 UTC

1992 got repeated on accident.  New season below:

 

Here are your random numbers:

1933

Timestamp: 2012-08-04 21:47:10 UTC

Lol. Season-related themes in vogue I see?

I'm in to try to defend. Theme TBA.

Dont know why I keep saying yes, prob because I like to draft, but I am in and wil let you know later today what my theme is

Ok after a quick check, I will do a ABC's theme.  one player last name per letter of the alphabet without a X because ther were none.

Posted by yargespd1 on 8/4/2012 5:04:00 PM (view original):
Ok after a quick check, I will do a ABC's theme.  one player last name per letter of the alphabet without a X because ther were none.

OK

Hey skunk:  Would like back in and will await league #.  Going to go with using every decade from 1900-2012, (12 decades with a rep from each decade and no more then 3 players from any one decade).

Posted by teamtimms on 8/4/2012 9:15:00 PM (view original):
Hey skunk:  Would like back in and will await league #.  Going to go with using every decade from 1900-2012, (12 decades with a rep from each decade and no more then 3 players from any one decade).

ok

I'll do a "lefty" theme.  All position players must bat left-handed and all pitchers must throw left-handed.