So I got bored because NOBODY was on live (that I had a games with) and started thinking how many times I've faced Walsh, Joss, Brown, Maddux, Pedro....and the list goes on and on over and over again in live games and decided I was going to come up with a new theme league that took the repetitiveness out of the game that I really do enjoy playing but have lost a little desire to do so because of the monotony....and so it was born!! THE SIX PACK!!

I thought long and hard how to separate the studs amongst 16 owners where all teams could still be competitive not only in the league but also in the TOC for those lucky enough to to get there. I went with $120 mil, no AAA, CLONES, DH, or TRADES (at this time) YES to PP, QS, 40 live to make the playoffs. I've also decided to allow any stadium at this point.

So I decided to take the top 60 or so SP sorted by WHIP# filtered by IN/162 greater than 100 less than 600 and HR/9# below .5. Then divided (as evenly as possible) them in groups of 3 trying to come as close to 750 IP. I managed to get all 16 groups between 740-760!! Now this group will make up your "can't cut list" (WW is open by the way), they must remain on your roster till the end. Also there are multiple occurrences of players in these groups so years listed are specific to each owner and also any player who appears in any group is blacklisted from the league. So when filling out the rest of your pitching staff you may not choose anyone who has been selected by me to be in a six pack even if they have other worthwhile seasons. You may not change the year assigned to the six pack either.

The hitters I chose to sort by RC27, you'll get 3 an OF, IN, and what I'm calling a PH. Same rules apply, can't cut these guys. Criterias for filtering IN and OF were below $10 mil, 600+ PA, .325+ AVG#, .375+ OBP#, SO/100AB 0-15, FIELDING and RANGE "B" and above. For the PH I chose the same except for they're all below $2 mil., 0-150 PA and dropped the F & R. I also weighed in that some of the PH's fielding and range might come in handy so I moved the ones with value to the top of the PH list.

I like the idea of the first go round letting owners select as they join just to see how people value the strengths and weaknesses of each group compared to the order in which I would pick, as I'm going to take the leftover pack, then going forward the groups can be modified and maybe groups even need added if 24 owners are interested. The salary differences should be the equalizer between packs, you'll have more money to spend on the remaining 19 players your going to pick if you have a weaker pack but looking at them I don't believe there's any one pack that can't win. I'll list the packs when I get the opportunity probably later today!! Thanks
OWNERS & PACK # (** = TEAM HAS BEEN ENTERED)
** 1. ARVID - 14. TEAM SCHOOLBOY
** 2. JOSHKVT - 1. TEAM CY
** 3. GUSV - 7. TEAM KIKI
** 4. TODDLEDUC - 3. TEAM NAP
** 5. XYGZ - 6. TEAM LUIS
** 6. TATO - 10. TEAM ELTON
** 7. TYMONROE2 - 13. TEAM HOWIE
** 8. VINMAN300 - 8. TEAM WADE
** 9. COYOTE522 - 5. TEAM LLOYD
**10. DAHSDEBATER - 4. TEAM DOC
**11. BRANDO46 - 12. TEAM ROCK
**12. VERYNICE - 11. TEAM DUTCH
**13. KORRIS10 - 9. TEAM ART [NEEDS TO CHANGE '87 RAINES]
**14. YANKS250125 - 2. TEAM TINY
**15. HOOPS101010 - 15. TEAM LUKE
**16. DUECE_DUECE - 16. TEAM ADDIE

XXXX CY 1. '00 Pedro, '05 C. Young, '14 Kershaw, '22 Cobb, '49 Kell, '90 Griffey Sr.

XXXX TINY 2. '13 W. Johnson, '40 Bonham, '85 Tudor, '97 Delahanty, '04 Loretta, '93 Hansen

XXXX NAP 3. '15 Alexander, '18 Toney, '97 Maddux, '18 Cobb, '06 Lajoie, '33 Hack

XXXX DOC 4. '95 Maddux, '86 Scott, '06 D. White, '79 Lynn, '92 Sheffield, '86 Valle

XXXX LLOYD 5. '99 Pedro, '08 Mathewson, '80 Richard, '27 Waner, '27 Frisch, '06 M. Anderson

XXXX LUIS 6. '10 Walsh, '68 Tiant, '92 Eldred, '29 Simmons, '28 Lindstrom, '68 Brown

XXXX KIKI 7. '94 Maddux, '96 K. Brown, '64 Koufax, '30 Cuyler, '82 Yount, '77 Freed

XXXX WADE 8. '09 Mathewson, '98 Maddux, '03 Schmidt, '44 Musial, '94 Boggs, '94 Tenney

XXXX ART 9. '04 R. Johnson, '14 Hendrix, '19 Nehf, '21 Speaker, '35 Myers, '97 Leahy

XXXX ELTON 10. '08 Walsh, '88 Chamberlain, '01 Pedro, '43 Musial, '30 Cronin, '23 Bell

XXXX DUTCH 11. '14 Leonard, '97 Pedro, '78 Guidry, '17 Speaker, '09 Collins, '88 Corkhill

XXXX ROCK 12. '08 M. Brown, '02 Pedro, '02 Lowe, '87 Raines, '04 Beltre, '42 Cullenbine

XXXX HOWIE 13. '68 Gibson, '63 Koufax, '43 Pollet, '94 Loften, '20 Collins, '90 Doran

XXXX SCHOOLBOY 14. '12 W. Johnson, '64 Horlen, '46 Rowe, '41 Reiser, '85 Brett, '96 Seitzer

XXXX LUKE 15. '09 M. Brown, '02 Bernhard, '08 Sabathia, '52 Musial, '37 Gehringer, '45 Appling

XXXX ADDIE 16. '08 Joss, '10 Ford, '98 R. Johnson, '71 Murcer, '75 Morgan, '02 Loretta

COMPLETE LIST OF BLACKLISTED PLAYERS (unless they are in your 6 pack)

PITCHERS

PETE ALEXANDER
BILL BERNHARD
TINY BONHAM
KEVIN BROWN
MORDECAI BROWN
ELTON CHAMBERLAIN
CAL ELDRED
RUSS FORD
BOB GIBSON
RON GUIDRY
CLAUDE HENDRIX
JOE HORLEN
RANDY JOHNSON
WALTER JOHNSON
ADDIE JOSS
CLAYTON KERSHAW
SANDY KOUFAX
DUTCH LEONARD
DERRICK LOWE
GREG MADDUX
PEDRO MARTINEZ
CHRISTY MATHEWSON
ART NEHF
HOWIE POLLET
J.R. RICHARD
SCHOOLBOY ROWE
C.C. SABATHIA
MIKE SCOTT
JASON SCHMIDT
ELMER STEELE
LUIS TIANT
FRED TONEY
JOHN TUDOR
ED WALSH
DOC WHITE
CY YOUNG

HITTERS

MARLON ANDERSON
LUKE APPLING
BELL
ADRIAN BELTRE
GEORGE BRETT
BROWN
WADE BOGGS
TY COBB
EDDIE COLLINS
POP CORKHILL
JOE CRONIN
ROY CULLENBINE
KIKI CUYLER
ED DELAHANTY
BILL DORAN
FREED
FRANK FRISCH
CHARLIE GEHRINGER
KEN GRIFFEY SR.
GEORGE KELL
STAN HACK
HANSEN
NAP LAJOIE
TOM LEAHY
MARK LORETTA
LINDSTROM
KENNY LOFTEN
MARK LORETTA
FRED LYNN
JOE MORGAN
BOBBY MURCUR
STAN MUSIAL
BUDDY MYERS
TIM RAINES
PETE REISER
KEVIN SEITZER
GARY SHEFFIELD
TRIS SPEAKER
AL SIMMONS
FRED TENNEY
DAVE VALLE
ED WANER
ROBIN YOUNT

A bit confused ... A Six Pack League? ... Teams required to draft players a number of players from six different set of skills in their line ups (e.g. low ERA/WHIP pitching? strike out king pitchers? excellent fielders? HR kings? 200+ hit hitters? base thieves? ... That would make a nice 24 team league with six divisions! ... Or in a 6-pack league are we just talking about players with drinking problems? ... 

Take a look at the first set, whichever set you select are exclusively yours, then you fill in the remaining roster with what's left of your $120 mil. But any player listed on the 16 packs is blacklisted, the individual not just the year.

Ok that's all 16, first come first serve, I'll take the last pack. I'll post the Blacklist in the reserved post tonight.

I'm in.  Gimme whomever, I don't care

Lol that's not the spirit!! I'll have my 3 year old pick one for you!!

He said you get Team Schoolboy!!

Team Cy for me.

Lucky 7 for me! ... I was confused before because I put my first post while you were typing in your second post ... LOL ... 

P,S.: Who is 77 Freed? Did you mean 77 Foster? ... 

1977 Roger Freed

Tx Josh ... Nice bencher ... Never heard of him, but I'll try him as required ... I picked #7 as I answered Deuce's inquiry in another post with 94 Maddux ...   

I'll go with# 3- team Nap

Team Luis