1989 Old Time Luck of the Draw - FULL Topic

$100M - No WW - No Trades - Yes to AAA (average quality) - No to DH

There is a progressive twist that has been going since 1901, where you get a random team assigned from each year and twist them. Teams are assigned by Luck of the Draw.

League Owners who played last season have first crack at joining the league.

The divisions will be aligned by the winning percentage the team actually had that season. The way we align, even the rotten teams have a better shot at the playoffs, and we all know that anything can happen in the playoffs. Each season the divisions will be realigned according to the winning percentage the teams had. If there is a tie, we'll rank the teams by Pythagorean W-L record, then by run differential, then by runs scored, and if necessary alphabetically.

Once we are full, I'll use the last 2 digits of your owner rating to give out the teams. The lowest number gets the best team. If there is a tie, I'll use the 3rd digit to break it, with the lowest getting the best team. Each year we'll get different teams using the same method.

This is a standard twist league, which means you can use anyone who played for your team that season according to Baseball-Reference.com. You can use any season of their career as long as they made at least one appearance for your team that year. You can use any $200K-225K player from any franchise to fill out your roster. You don't have to take the backups from your actual roster if you want to use $200K-225K players instead.

You must use the stadium your team played in that year. If they used 2 stadiums, you get to pick the one you want.


AAA is allowed (average).

No Waiver Wire.

No Trades.

No clones.

Only one team per manager.

Format: 4/4/4, 4//4/4 w/ 8 playoff teams
Interleague Play – Yes

rchisholm won the 1988 World Series and will be the commissioner for the 1990 season.
Whoever wins 1989 will be the commish for 1991.

9/25/2025 5:38 PM (edited)
We have 21 of 24 owners from last season confirmed back for 1989, plus 1 owner from the 1988 waitlist who gets first chance at taking a team.
9/15/2025 8:29 PM
Back from 1988:
1. rchisolm
2. akira_hokuto
3. kstober
4. tywebb3
5. redwingscup
6. happyhours
7. hersheybear
8. keth
9. combalt
10. stroh23
11. Jesters
12. halo23
13. Poddy
14. vilefileman
15. specsman
16. footballmm11
17. jkorn
18. SAKABAKBRG
19. cstrohmier
20. Jdh34
21. mfumar

New owners:
22. patchanb
23. jbar8888
24. mensu1954

Waiting list for 1990:
thebubbaq
9/27/2025 2:58 PM (edited)
Razorhawg1 declined from the waiting list so we need 3.
This is a great long running league that gives everyone a chance to win depending on which team: you draw each season
9/17/2025 10:45 AM
awesome league, come join us!
9/18/2025 7:37 PM
I'd like to play, if there's room. Thanks!
9/19/2025 1:11 PM
You’re in patchanb
Need 2 more.
9/20/2025 9:06 AM
Back to needing 3. We lost mfumar
9/23/2025 11:45 AM
Not a huge deal to me either way, but in this version we've had a $100 million cap every season in the past, and last season was the only season we've ever used DH.
9/24/2025 7:50 PM
I’m fine going back to $100M with no DH. That might bring back mfumar.
One of the LOTD leagues has the alternating DH/no DH and since I’m in both, I can never remember which one
9/25/2025 11:38 AM
I am in if there is an opening.
9/25/2025 2:03 PM
There is - you’re in jbar8888
9/25/2025 5:39 PM
I will play...thanks!
9/25/2025 6:00 PM
Posted by tywebb3 on 9/25/2025 11:38:00 AM (view original):
I’m fine going back to $100M with no DH. That might bring back mfumar.
One of the LOTD leagues has the alternating DH/no DH and since I’m in both, I can never remember which one
Sounds good. I know, I am in both too and it does get hard to keep the rules straight.
9/25/2025 7:03 PM
I will play if you need 1
9/26/2025 9:09 AM
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