This is a league entering its 9th season in the non-live version created by ssupfoo, here with his permission... I've been in a couple of times and love the theme.
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There's a great story of baseball lore (which some have said isn't true, but baseball fans never let the truth get in the way of a good story) where Rickey Henderson, after playing with John Olerud on the Mets in 1999, was reunited with him on the Mariners in 2000 after signing with the team halfway through the season. Supposedly, Henderson went up to Olerud during batting practice one day and asked him why he wore a batting helmet for BP, to which Olerud explained to him that he'd had an aneurysm earlier in his career. Henderson said, "There was a guy I played with on the Mets that wore a batting helmet for BP." Which forced Olerud to remind Rickey that they were teammates on the Mets.
Whether it's true or not, it's a great (and believable) story. There are many examples of players reuniting as teammates in their careers after spending time apart. And thus, another theme is born!
Here are the rules:
Select two players who were teammates in two different, non-consecutive seasons (1945-present) in their careers. Then draft a team of players who were teammates of those players in those two seasons - spun to any season in their careers. For example, Derek Lowe was teammates with Russell Martin from 2006-2008 on the Dodgers and then again with the Yankees in 2012 - you can make your team out of the '06 Dodgers and '12 Yankees, the '07 Dodgers and '12 Yankees or the '08 Dodgers and '12 Yankees. $120MM cap. DH AL only. No waiver wire. AAA (6/4) - average. Name your team incorporating your teammates' names. Stadium must be one of the home stadiums from the two years you use.
Info that doesn't fit in the theme summary:
(1) No clones
(2) No trades
(3) Your main players must be on your roster - again, twisted to any season in his career; you can send these players to AAA once the season starts, but they must be on your initial roster.
(4) The Rickey-Olerud connection above wouldn't work - despite the fact that they were apart for a few months, they played together in consecutive seasons. HOWEVER, some of the more astute baseball-reference.com geeks might point out that Rickey and Olerud also played together on the 1993 Blue Jays. So you could do '93 Jays and '99 Mets or '93 Jays and '00 Mariners.
(5) Any pair of teammates/seasons used will be unique to the league and any future seasons - for example, in the scenario above, if someone used Rickey-Olerud '93 Jays-'99 Mets, no one else would be able to use that relationship. And since Al Leiter was also a teammate in those years, no one can use Leiter-Henderson, Leiter-Olerud or any other combination that would use the '93 Jays and '99 Mets.
(6) You have to decide AL (DH) or NL (no DH) when you claim your team, First-come, first-served on AL vs. NL.
(7) 40 games LIVE to qualify for playoffs; all playoff games must be played live.
SEASON 1
NL
1. joshkvt - Pedro Martinez/Trot Nixon — 2004 Red Sox/2008 Mets
2. dahsdebater -- Manny / Derek Lowe -- 2004 Red Sox / 2008 Dodgers
3. XYGZ - Jose Cardenal / Matty Alou - 1964 San Francico Giants / 1971 Cardinals
4. coyote522 - Ray sadecki / Lindy McDaniel, -- 1962 cards / 1967 giants
5. billyho1515 - Jim Corsi / Mark Portugal -- 1991 Houston Astros / 1999 Boston Red Sox
6. Tyler1151 - Orlando hernandez / Rickey Ledee -- 00 Yankees / 06 mets.
7. sjh0825 - Andruw Jones / Greg Maddux -- 96 Atlanta / 2008 LA Dodgers
8. gusv - Reggie Jackson / Catfish Hunter -- 1972 A-s / 1978 Yankees
AL
1. Steve9955 -- Andrew Miller / Burke Badenhop -- 2014 Red Sox / 2008 Marlins
2. szczubelek - Jim Northrup / Ron Woods -- 1969 Tigers / 1974 Expos
3. verynice - Randy Johnson / Alex Roidriguez -- 1997 seattle / 2005 Yankees --
4. braveboy73 - Mike Stanton / David Justice -- '95 Braves/'00 Yankees
5. XYGZ -- Derek Lowe / Nomar Garciaparra -- 2001 BoSox / 2006 Dodgers
6. dahsdebater -- Wayne Franklin / Russ Johnson -- 2000 Astros / 2005 Yankees
7. Tdiddy - Bob Grich / Don Baylor -- '72 Orioles / '82 Angels
8. 11kwyetman28 - Ron Perranoski / Johnny Roseboro -- 1963 Dodgers / 1969 Twins
Sitemail list -- Steve9955; joshkvt; szczubelek; dahsdebater; verynice; gusv; XYGZ; braveboy73; Tdiddy; coyote522; billyho1515; sjh0825; 11kwyetman28; Tyler1151
4/14/2015 3:34 AM (edited)