Field of Dreams Franchise League- select from 32 possible franchises, each with a large player pool but each with unique restrictions. This will be standard 24 team league.
Player Seasons available 1903-current.
Minimum 15 players holdover to each season( May replace up to 10)- can use any season for holdovers. Can be different 15 “player keepers”each off season. (Example if you roster 1980 Reggie Jackson in Season 1, you could roster 1969 Reggie Jackson in Season 2 as one of your “keepers”)
NO AAA, NO INJURIES,YES DH. No clones
MINIMUM PLAYER SALARY IS 400k
Random realignment each season!
5 season commitment from each owner PLEASE! Do NOT sign up unless you are willing to play all 5 seasons.
100-110-115-120-130- Season 1 will be 100M cap, each season increases by 5M/10M. Seasons will be played one at a time.
EXISTING FRANCHISES TO BE CLAIMED
- Boston Olde Americans- all players born in New England (Fenway)
- TAKEN Montreal M&M’s- all players first OR last name starts with M (Olympic Stadium)TAKEN
- TAKEN New York Apizza Pies- all players born in New York State, or of Italian descent (New Yankee Stadium)TAKEN
- TAKEN Philadelphia Phanatics- all players first OR last name starts with P ( Veterans Stadium)TAKEN
- Baltimore Chops- all players first, last, or nick names associated with food ( Camden Yards)
- TAKEN Atlanta CrackerJacks- all players born in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi (Truist Park) TAKEN
- Chicago SouthSiders- all players first OR last name starts with S (Comiskey Park)
- TAKEN Miami Beach Bobsledders-all players born in Caribbean ( Marlins Park)TAKEN
- Milwaukee Brewmeisters- all players names associated with beer (Miller, Sam Adams, Bud, White Claw, Fosters, etc….also well known craft beers like Kings&Convicts, Stone, Bells,etc)…also players born in Wisconsin and Missouri(Miller Park)
- TAKENWashington Generals- all players share same first or last name as any US president (Nationals Park)TAKEN
- TAKEN Texas Twosteps- all players played in both American and National League, with a pro career of at least 8 seasons (per baseball reference)- (Arlington) TAKEN
- TAKEN San Francisco Soy Boys- all players born in California AND played for at least two different franchises (PAC Bell)TAKEN
- San Diego Mission- all players first or last names contain Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Timothy, Peter, Paul, James ,or Jesus (Qualcomm Stadium)
- TAKEN Tampa Bay Ghosts- all players died in Florida (Tropicana)TAKEN
- TAKEN St Louis Perfectos- all players appeared in the box score of any perfect game in MLB history - twist to any season(Busch Stadium 1)TAKEN
- TAKEN Houston Gamblers- all players born in Mexico or South America ( Minute Maid)TAKEN
- TAKEN Cincinnati Chili- all players first OR last names start with C (Great American) TAKEN
- TAKENSeattle Spitters- all players were team mates at some point of career of Gaylord Perry(use any season)- (Kingdome)TAKEN
- TAKEN Las Vegas Dice- all players wore #7 or #11, and/or born in Arizona or Nevada (Chase Field)TAKEN
- TAKEN Pittsburgh Pied Pipers- all players first OR last names begin with P (Three Rivers)TAKEN
- TAKEN Los Angeles Zeppelins- all players first OR last names match( loosely ok, like “Bob” for Robert) a Led Zeppelin band member and/or The Who, The Beach Boys, The Doors, and The Eagles (Dodgers Stadium)TAKEN
- TAKEN California Express- all players were team mates of Nolan Ryan at some point of career (use any season)- (Anaheim Stadium)TAKEN
- TAKEN Detroit Lakers- all players born in a state bordering Lake Michigan (Wisconsin, Michigan , Indiana, Illinois) - ( Tiger Stadium)TAKEN
- TAKEN Kansas City Monarchs- all players born in Kansas, Nebraska, or Oklahoma (Kauffman)TAKEN
- Wrigleyville Deep Dish- all players were team mates of Ferguson Jenkins at some point of career(use any season)- (Wrigley)
- Cleveland Rocks- all players first OR last names match any member of The Rolling Stones and/or The Beatles and/or born in Ohio (Jacobs)
- New Jersey Turnpike- all players first OR last names match any member of The E Street Band and/or Bon Jovi and/or born in New Jersey( Shea Stadium)
- TAKEN Louisville Sluggers- all players born in Kentucky, Tennessee, or The Carolinas (Crosley)TAKEN
- TAKEN Brooklyn Centers- all players were team mates of Willie, Mickey, or The Duke -twist to any season (Ebbetts) TAKEN
- TAKEN Portland Beavers- roster 5 player/managers, use any season of their career. The other 20 spots are players your 5 managers MANAGED, any season of their career…and must be minimum of 3 players for each manager.(example -one of your player/managers is Billy Martin, you would roster Martin. You then roster at least 3 players he managed-any season. You could roster 1969 Reggie Jackson if you wanted )(Whatif Park) TAKEN
- TAKEN.Toronto Knuckles- all players were at one time team mates of Hoyt Wilhelm- twist to any season (Rogers Centre)TAKEN
- TAKEN Green Bay Arctic Hares- all players were at one time team mates of Rabbit Maranville- twist to any season (County Stadium)TAKEN
BONUS 33. Texas Daddy-O’s- Use as many father- son combos as you like, with twisted team mates of them. (Astrodome)
BONUS 34. Minnesota North Stars- players born in Minnesota, Canada, and/or any player who has appeared in a Twins uniform (not Senators) ( Metrodome)
BONUS 35. Allegheny Moonshiners- choose 3 players who were known to imbibe in the hooch- the other 22 players were team mates(twisting ok) (Forbes Field)
When we are full I will ask admin to donate some GC to whoever wins the most games/ships over the 5 seasons.
Who wants to pilot a new fledgling franchise??
1/1/2023 6:29 PM (edited)