Here are the rosters for all the teams ending in 9 (1929-1979) using the league approved method. The official WIS roster takes preceedence if I made any error, but these are double checked. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KJpbfPW98bY28cuiP8ruPVFN85NV676-yKIv8-qsWI8/edit?usp=sharing

Draft order isn't relevant for daggers - instead the order becomes:
5. Build and submit a final roster within parameters (80m, 10x P, 5x OF/Util, 2x each C 1B 2B 3B SS) as measured by PRIMARY position - but players can start/play at any posiiton where they have a WIS fielding rating.
6. Receive league code backchannel after your roster is approved.

All 2nd daggers are thrown - we need rosters from these folks (some of whom just got their 2nd dagger tonight so I recognize it may take a day or two). I hope to realign and start early in the week.

kentol
Lennyistall
jstephen25
Ribbentrop
claytonengel
eman7400
vilefileman
calhoop

Drafted teams, by league (*=ready to submit roster) PlayerName in bold once team approved. League code messaged on roster approval.

AL East
1 jpeterso ..... 69 Orioles, 69 Padres, 39 Pirates, 29 Giants (Daggers - Davey Johnson, San Diego Stadium , Pep Young)
2 _jwillis ..... 69 Mets, 29 Red Sox, 79 Tigers,29 Senators (Daggers - Lou Whitaker, Shea, Aurelio Lopez)
3 kentol ..... 29 Athletics, 29 Braves, 29 Phillies, 69 Royals (Daggers - Wally Bunker, Braves Field, Bernie Friberg)
4 PReeves22 ..... 49 Dodgers, 39 Browns, 49 Braves, 59 Pirates (Daggers - Harvey Haddix, Braves Field, Mark Christman)
5 Beernoser ..... 79 Dodgers, 39 Phillies, 79 White Sox, 39 Cubs (Daggers - Chet Lemon, Dodger Stadium, Ed Farmer.)

AL West
*6 Lennyistall ..... 39 Yankees, 79 Athletics, 79 Mets, 49 Giants (Daggers - Lee Mazzilli, Yankee Stadium, Dave Revering)
7 jstephen25 ..... 29 Cubs, 49 Senators, 49 White Sox, 39 Tigers (Daggers - Tommy Bridges, Wrigley Field, Roberto Ortiz)
8 Ribbentrop ..... 49 Cardinals, 79 Blue Jays, 49 Pirates, 79 Royals (Daggers - George Brett ,Sportsman Park, Dave McKay)
9 3dayrotation..... 79 Reds, 69 Expos, 69 Red Sox, 29 Yankees (Daggers - Tom Seaver, Fenway, Rusty Staub)
*10 claytonengel ..... 79 Orioles, 69 Pilots, 69 Phillies, 59 Dodgers (Daggers - Don Drysdale, Memorial, Greg Goossen)

NL East
11 midknight ..... 59 Yankees, 79 Mariners, 69 White Sox, 79 Cards (Daggers - Mickey Mantle , Yankee Stadium, Carlos May)
*12 eman7400 .....39 Reds, 49 Reds, 29 Tigers, 59 Reds (Daggers - Bucky Walters, Crowsley, Yats Wuestling)
13 seay00 ..... 59 Giants, 49 Browns, 49 Athletics, 59 Braves (Daggers - Johnny Logan, Seals, Al Zarilla)
*14 vilefileman ..... 69 Twins, 59 Athletics, 49 Cubs, 69 gutpunch Yankess (Daggers - Harmon Killebrew, Yankee Stadium, Kent Hadley)
15 redcped ..... 59 Orioles, 69 Indians, 29 White Sox, 39 Cardinals (Daggers - Sam McDowell, Comiskey, Jose Cardenal)

NL West
16 calhoop ..... 79 Yankees, 79 Rangers, 29 Reds, 29 Cardinals (Daggers - Frankie Frisch, Yankee Stadium, Pat Putnam)
17 ermocito ..... 49 Red Sox, 39 Athletics, 39 Senators, 79 Astros (Daggers - Dutch Leonard, Astrodome, Bob Johnson)
18 whalers10 ..... 79 Red Sox, 79 Giants, 79 Braves, 69 Tigers (Daggers - Denny McLain, Candlestick, Phil Niekro)
19 dcpeterso ..... 79 Expos, 59 Red Sox, 39 Bees, 79 Padres (Daggers - Pete Runnels, Fenway, Lou Fette)
20 jbar8888 ..... 79 Pirates, 59 Cubs, 59 Indians, 69 Cardinals (Daggers - Dale Berra, Cleveland Stadium, Bill Henry)

Round 1
AL East
1 jpeterso SAT 8am-10am
2 _jwillis SAT 10am-12pm
3 kentol SAT 12pm-2pm
4 PReeves22 SAT 2pm-4pm
5 Beernoser SAT 4pm-6pm

AL West
6 Lennyistall SAT 6pm-8pm
7 jstephen25 SAT 8pm-10pm
8 Ribbentrop SAT 10pm-SUN 8am
9 BeAllEndAll SUN 8am-10am (jpeterso proxy)
10 claytonengel SUN 10am-12pm

NL East
11 midknight SUN 12pm-2pm
12 eman7400 SUN 2pm-4pm
13 seay00 SUN 4pm-6pm
14 vilefileman SUN 6pm-8pm
15 redcped SUN 8pm-10pm

NL West (after re-start)
16 calhoop MON 10am-12pm
17 ermocito MON 12pm-2pm
18 whalers10 MON 2pm-4pm
19 dcpeterso MON 4pm-6pm
20 jbar8888 MON 6pm-8pm

Round 2 (all times CENTRAL)
AL East
1 jpeterso screwed by _jwillis TUES 8am-10am
2 _jwillis screwed by kentol TUES 10am-12pm
3 kentol screwed by PReeves22 TUES 12pm-2pm
4 PReeves22 screwed by Beernoser TUES 2pm-4pm
5 Beernoser screwed by jpeterso TUES 4pm-6pm

AL West
6 Lennyistall screwed by jstephen25 TUES 6pm-8pm
7 jstephen25 screwed by Ribbentrop TUES 8pm-10pm
8 Ribbentrop screwed by BeAllEndAll TUES 10pm-WED 8am [Proxy for BeAll: jpeterso]
9 BeAllEndAll screwed by claytonengel WED 8am-10am
10 claytonengel screwed by Lennyistall WED 10am-12pm

NL East
11 midknight screwed by eman7400 WED 12pm-2pm
12 eman7400 screwed by seay00 WED 2pm-4pm
13 seay00 screwed by vilefileman WED 4pm-6pm
14 vilefileman screwed by redcped WED 6pm-8pm
15 redcped screwed by midknight WED 8pm-10pm

NL West
16 calhoop screwed by ermocito WED 10pm-THURS 8am
17 ermocito screwed by whalers10 THURS 8am-10am
18 whalers10 screwed by dcpeterso THURS 10am-12pm
19 dcpeterso screwed by jbar8888 THURS 12pm-2pm
20 jbar8888 screwed by calhoop THURS 2pm-4pm

Round 3 (all times CENTRAL)
NL West
1 jbar8888 screwed by ermocito FRI 8am-10am
2 dcpeterso screwed by calhoop FRI 10am-12pm
3 whalers10 screwed by jbar8888 FRI 12pm-2pm
4 ermocito screwed by dcpeterso FRI 2pm-4pm
5 calhoop screwed by whalers10 FRI 4pm-6pm
NL East
6 redcped screwed by eman7400 FRI 6pm-8pm
7 vilefileman screwed by midknight FRI 8pm-10pm
8 seay00 screwed by redcped FRI 10pm-SAT 8am
9 eman7400 screwed by vilefileman SAT 8am-10am
10 midknight screwed by seay00 SAT 10am-12pm
AL West
11 claytonengel screwed by jstephen25 SAT 12pm-2pm
12 BeAllEndAll screwed by Lennyistall SAT 2pm-4pm
13 Ribbentrop screwed by claytonengel SAT 4pm-6pm
14 jstephen25 screwed by BeAllEndAll SAT 6pm-8pm
15 Lennyistall screwed by Ribbentrop SAT 8pm-10pm
AL East
16 Beernoser screwed by _jwillis SAT 10pm-SUN 8am
17 PReeves22 screwed by jpeterso SUN 8am-10am
18 kentol screwed by Beernoser SUN 10am-12pm
19 _jwillis screwed by PReeves22 SUN 12pm-2pm
20 jpeterso screwed by kentol SUN 4pm-6pm

Round 4 (self pick) (all times CENTRAL)
NL West
1 jbar8888 SUN 8pm-10pm
2 dcpeterso SUN 10pm-MON 8am
3 whalers10 MON 8am-10am
4 ermocito MON 10am-12pm
5 calhoop MON 12pm-2pm

NL East
6 redcped MON 2pm-4pm
7 vilefileman MON 4pm-6pm
8 seay00 MON 6pm-8pm
9 eman7400 MON 8pm-10pm
10 midknight MON 10pm-TUES 8am

AL West
11 claytonengel TUES 8am-10am
12 BeAllEndAll TUES 10am-12pm
13 Ribbentrop TUES 12pm-2pm
14 jstephen25 TUES 2pm-4pm
15 Lennyistall TUES 4pm-6pm

AL East
16 Beernoser TUES 6pm-8pm
17 PReeves22 TUES 8pm-10pm
18 kentol TUES 10pm-WED 8am
19 _jwillis WED 8am-10am
20 jpeterso WED 10am-12pm

Dagger 1 (after 4 teams selected)
AL East
jpeterso daggered by PReeves22
_jwillis daggered by Beernoser
kentol daggered by jpeterso
PReeves22 daggered by _jwillis
Beernoser daggered by kentol
AL West
Lennyistall daggered by BeAllEndAll
jstephen25 daggered by claytonengel
Ribbentrop daggered by Lennyistall
BeAllEndAll daggered by jstephen25
claytonengel daggered by Ribbentrop (Don Drysdale, Memorial)
NL East
midknight daggered by vilefileman
eman7400 daggered by redcped (Bucky Walters, Crosley)
seay00 daggered by midknight (Johnny Logan, Seals)
vilefileman daggered by eman7400 (Harmon Killebrew, Yankee Stadium)
redcped daggered by seay00 (Sam McDowell, Comiskey)
NL West
calhoop daggered by dcpeterso (Frankie Frisch, Yankee Stadium)
ermocito daggered by jbar8888 (Dutch Leonard, Astrodome)
whalers10 daggered by calhoop (Denny McLain, Candlestick)
dcpeterso daggered by ermocito (Pete Runnels, Fenway)
jbar8888 daggered by whalers10 (Dale Berra, Cleveland Stadium)

Dagger 2 (after team is offered)
AL East
jpeterso daggered by Beernoser
_jwillis daggered by jpeterso
kentol daggered by _jwillis
PReeves22 daggered by kentol
Beernoser daggered by PReeves22
AL West
Lennyistall daggered by claytonengel
jstephen25 daggered by Lennyistall
Ribbentrop daggered by jstephen25
BeAllEndAll daggered by Ribbentrop
claytonengel daggered by BeAllEndAll
NL East
midknight daggered by redcped
eman7400 daggered by midknight
seay00 daggered by eman7400
vilefileman daggered by seay00
redcped daggered by vilefileman
NL West
calhoop daggered by jbar8888
ermocito daggered by calhoop
whalers10 daggered by ermocito
dcpeterso daggered by whalers10
jbar8888 daggered by dcpeterso



Divisions after random sort by sign up number
AL East
2 jpeterso
14 _jwillis
9 kentol
7 PReeves22
10 Beernoser

?AL West
19 Lennyistall
15 jstephen25
3 Ribbentrop
4 BeAllEndAll
20 claytonengel

NL East
12 midknight
18 eman7400
13 seay00
11 vilefileman
8 redcped

NL West
17 calhoop
1 ermocito
5 whalers10
16 dcpeterso
6 jbar8888

Sign up order
1 ermocito CONFIRMED
2 jpeterso CONFIRMED
3 Ribbentrop CONFIRMED
4 BeAllEndAll CONFIRMED
5 whalers10 CONFIRMED
6 jbar8888 CONFIRMED
7 PReeves22 CONFIRMED
8 redcped CONFIRMED
9 kentol CONFIRMED
10 Beernoser CONFIRMED
11 vilefileman CONFIRMED
12 midknight CONFIRMED
13 seay00 CONFIRMED
14 _jwillis CONFIRMED
15 jstephen25 CONFIRMED
16 dcpeterso CONFIRMED
17 calhoop CONFIRMED
18 eman7400 CONFIRMED
19 Lennyistall CONFIRMED
20 claytonengel CONFIRMED

Random Sequence Generator

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Timestamp: 2024-07-25 20:40:12 UTC

1929
American League
Philadelphia Athletics 104 46 0.693 — 57?–?16 47?–?30 kentol
New York Yankees 88 66 0.571 18 49?–?28 39?–?38 3dayrotation
Cleveland Indians 81 71 0.533 24 44?–?32 37?–?39
St. Louis Browns 79 73 0.52 26 41?–?36 38?–?37
Washington Senators 71 81 0.467 34 37?–?40 34?–?41 _jwillis
Detroit Tigers 70 84 0.455 36 38?–?39 32?–?45 eman7400
Chicago White Sox 59 93 0.388 46 35?–?41 24?–?52 redcped
Boston Red Sox 58 96 0.377 48 32?–?45 26?–?51 _jwillis

National League
Chicago Cubs 98 54 0.645 — 52?–?25 46?–?29 jstephen25
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 65 0.575 10½ 45?–?31 43?–?34
New York Giants 84 67 0.556 13½ 39?–?37 45?–?30 jpeterso
St. Louis Cardinals 78 74 0.513 20 43?–?32 35?–?42 calhoop
Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 0.464 27½ 39?–?37 32?–?45 kentol
Brooklyn Robins 70 83 0.458 28½ 42?–?35 28?–?48
Cincinnati Reds 66 88 0.429 33 38?–?39 28?–?49 calhoop
Boston Braves 56 98 0.364 43 34?–?43 22?–?55 kentol

1939
American League
New York Yankees 106 45 0.702 — 52?–?25 54?–?20 Lennyistall
Boston Red Sox 89 62 0.589 17 42?–?32 47?–?30
Cleveland Indians 87 67 0.565 20½ 44?–?33 43?–?34
Chicago White Sox 86 69 0.555 22 50?–?27 36?–?42
Detroit Tigers 81 73 0.526 26½ 42?–?35 39?–?38 jstephen25
Washington Senators 65 87 0.428 41½ 37?–?39 28?–?48 ermocito
Philadelphia Athletics 55 97 0.362 51½ 28?–?48 27?–?49 ermocito
St. Louis Browns 43 111 0.279 64½ 18?–?59 25?–?52 PReeves22

National League
Cincinnati Reds 97 57 0.63 — 55?–?25 42?–?32 eman7400
St. Louis Cardinals 92 61 0.601 4½ 51?–?27 41?–?34 redcped
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 69 0.549 12½ 51?–?27 33?–?42
Chicago Cubs 84 70 0.545 13 44?–?34 40?–?36
New York Giants 77 74 0.51 18½ 41?–?33 36?–?41
Pittsburgh Pirates 68 85 0.444 28½ 35?–?42 33?–?43 jpeterso
Boston Bees 63 88 0.417 32½ 37?–?35 26?–?53 dcpeterso
Philadelphia Phillies 45 106 0.298 50½ 29?–?44 16?–?62 Beernoser

1949
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 97 57 0.63 — 54?–?23 43?–?34
Boston Red Sox 96 58 0.623 1 61?–?16 35?–?42 ermocito
Cleveland Indians 89 65 0.578 8 49?–?28 40?–?37
Detroit Tigers 87 67 0.565 10 50?–?27 37?–?40
Philadelphia Athletics 81 73 0.526 16 52?–?25 29?–?48 seay00
Chicago White Sox 63 91 0.409 34 32?–?45 31?–?46 jstephen25
St. Louis Browns 53 101 0.344 44 36?–?41 17?–?60 seay00
Washington Senators 50 104 0.325 47 26?–?51 24?–?53 jstephen25

National League
Brooklyn Dodgers 97 57 0.63 — 48?–?29 49?–?28 PReeves22
St. Louis Cardinals 96 58 0.623 1 51?–?26 45?–?32 Ribbentrop
Philadelphia Phillies 81 73 0.526 16 40?–?37 41?–?36
Boston Braves 75 79 0.487 22 43?–?34 32?–?45 PReeves22
New York Giants 73 81 0.474 24 43?–?34 30?–?47 Lennyistall
Pittsburgh Pirates 71 83 0.461 26 36?–?41 35?–?42 Ribbentrop
Cincinnati Reds 62 92 0.403 35 35?–?42 27?–?50 eman7400
Chicago Cubs 61 93 0.396 36 33?–?44 28?–?49 vilefileman

1959
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 94 60 0.61 — 47?–?30 47?–?30
Cleveland Indians 89 65 0.578 5 43?–?34 46?–?31 jbar8888
New York Yankees 79 75 0.513 15 40?–?37 39?–?38 Midknight
Detroit Tigers 76 78 0.494 18 41?–?36 35?–?42
Boston Red Sox 75 79 0.487 19 43?–?34 32?–?45 dcpeterso
Baltimore Orioles 74 80 0.481 20 38?–?39 36?–?41 redcped
Kansas City Athletics 66 88 0.429 28 37?–?40 29?–?48 vilefileman
Washington Senators 63 91 0.409 31 34?–?43 29?–?48

National League
Los Angeles Dodgers 88 68 0.564 — 46?–?32 42?–?36 claytonengel
Milwaukee Braves 86 70 0.551 2 49?–?29 37?–?41 seay00
San Francisco Giants 83 71 0.539 4 42?–?35 41?–?36 seay00
Pittsburgh Pirates 78 76 0.506 9 47?–?30 31?–?46 PReeves22
Chicago Cubs 74 80 0.481 13 38?–?39 36?–?41 jbar8888
Cincinnati Reds 74 80 0.481 13 43?–?34 31?–?46 eman7400
St. Louis Cardinals 71 83 0.461 16 42?–?35 29?–?48
Philadelphia Phillies 64 90 0.416 23 37?–?40 27?–?50

1969
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
(1) Baltimore Orioles 109 53 0.673 — 60?–?21 49?–?32 jpeterso
Detroit Tigers 90 72 0.556 19 46?–?35 44?–?37 whalers10
Boston Red Sox 87 75 0.537 22 46?–?35 41?–?40 BeAllEndAll
Washington Senators 86 76 0.531 23 47?–?34 39?–?42
New York Yankees 80 81 0.497 28½ 48?–?32 32?–?49 vilefileman
Cleveland Indians 62 99 0.385 46½ 33?–?48 29?–?51 redcped

AL West
(2) Minnesota Twins 97 65 0.599 — 57?–?24 40?–?41 vilefileman
Oakland Athletics 88 74 0.543 9 49?–?32 39?–?42
California Angels 71 91 0.438 26 43?–?38 28?–?53
Kansas City Royals 69 93 0.426 28 36?–?45 33?–?48
Chicago White Sox 68 94 0.42 29 41?–?40 27?–?54 midknight
Seattle Pilots 64 98 0.395 33 34?–?47 30?–?51 claytonengel

NL East
(1) New York Mets 100 62 0.617 — 52?–?30 48?–?32 _jwillis
Chicago Cubs 92 70 0.568 8 49?–?32 43?–?38
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 74 0.543 12 47?–?34 41?–?40
St. Louis Cardinals 87 75 0.537 13 42?–?38 45?–?37 jbar8888
Philadelphia Phillies 63 99 0.389 37 30?–?51 33?–?48 claytonengel
Montreal Expos 52 110 0.321 48 24?–?57 28?–?53 BeAllEndAll

NL West
(2) Atlanta Braves 93 69 0.574 — 50?–?31 43?–?38
San Francisco Giants 90 72 0.556 3 52?–?29 38?–?43
Cincinnati Reds 89 73 0.549 4 50?–?31 39?–?42
Los Angeles Dodgers 85 77 0.525 8 50?–?31 35?–?46
Houston Astros 81 81 0.5 12 52?–?29 29?–?52
San Diego Padres 52 110 0.321 41 28?–?53 24?–?57 jpeterso

1979
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 102 57 0.642 — 55?–?24 47?–?33 claytonengel
Milwaukee Brewers 95 66 0.59 8 52?–?29 43?–?37
Boston Red Sox 91 69 0.569 11½ 51?–?29 40?–?40 whalers10
New York Yankees 89 71 0.556 13½ 51?–?30 38?–?41 calhoop
Detroit Tigers 85 76 0.528 18 46?–?34 39?–?42
Cleveland Indians 81 80 0.503 22 47?–?34 34?–?46
Toronto Blue Jays 53 109 0.327 50½ 32?–?49 21?–?60 Ribbentrop

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 88 74 0.543 — 49?–?32 39?–?42
Kansas City Royals 85 77 0.525 3 46?–?35 39?–?42 Ribbentrop
Texas Rangers 83 79 0.512 5 44?–?37 39?–?42 calhoop
Minnesota Twins 82 80 0.506 6 39?–?42 43?–?38
Chicago White Sox 73 87 0.456 14 33?–?46 40?–?41 Beernoser
Seattle Mariners 67 95 0.414 21 36?–?45 31?–?50 Midknight
Oakland Athletics 54 108 0.333 34 31?–?50 23?–?58 Lennyistall

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 98 64 0.605 — 48?–?33 50?–?31 jbar8888
Montreal Expos 95 65 0.594 2 56?–?25 39?–?40 dcpeterso
St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 0.531 12 42?–?39 44?–?37 midknight
Philadelphia Phillies 84 78 0.519 14 43?–?38 41?–?40
Chicago Cubs 80 82 0.494 18 45?–?36 35?–?46
New York Mets 63 99 0.389 35 28?–?53 35?–?46 lennyistall


NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 90 71 0.559 — 48?–?32 42?–?39 BeAllProxy
Houston Astros 89 73 0.549 1½ 52?–?29 37?–?44 ermocito
Los Angeles Dodgers 79 83 0.488 11½ 46?–?35 33?–?48 Beernoser
San Francisco Giants 71 91 0.438 19½ 38?–?43 33?–?48 whalers10
San Diego Padres 68 93 0.422 22 39?–?42 29?–?51 dcpeterso
Atlanta Braves 66 94 0.412 23½ 34?–?45 32?–?49 whalers10

extra 1

This league structure has run 8 times - welcome to #9. Nearly everything stays the same, except the following changes:
1. We have 20 managers, so both daggers stay in division
2. We are back to original team count (80), using 1929-1979.
We are using 16 more teams as a result of 4 more managers (96 not 80), and are adjusting the pool slightly by replacing 1928 with 1988 (taking the total teams available from 110 to 120. That means 80% will be used, but the person picking last will still have 26 options to pick from.

Here are some links to prior information for those wanting to browse:
https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=541596&page=1 (version 8 draft)
https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=540145 (version 7 draft)
https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=542746&TopicsPage=0 (version 9 enrollment)
https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=540853&TopicsPage=0 (version 8 enrollment and 1928/1988 discussion)

$ 80 million budget, no DH, no AAA.

The league is NOT a progressive league. It's just a one time shot that can be repeated. The rules are pretty complicated so it's probably not the right league for someone with a passing interest in WIS. It's better for the hard core owner. We have had a few engaged beginners do well because we have a mentoring program.

So here are the complicated rules.

Your final roster will be constructed from combining the rosters of four real life teams from a pool of all major league teams that played in 1929, 39, 49, 59, 69, or 79. For instance, you could build your final roster from players from the 1979 Mets, 1969 Dodgers, 1929 A's and 1979 Reds. Based on the number of players, we might add 1989 and/or drop 1929 - we want about 80% of all teams to be rostered. The rostering is not as simple as that. It is quite restrictive.

Once the season starts you can start a player at any position at which he has a WIS rating for that season. However on your final 25 man roster you must have exactly two players who have a primary position at catcher, 2x 1B, 2x 2B, 2x 3B, 2x shortstops, 5x outfielders and 10x pitchers. You can tell what position a player counts as by rostering in a team, say the 1969 Dodgers you see Ted Sizemore as a second baseman. That means if he makes your final roster he counts as one of your team's two second basemen. Once the season starts he can start at any position he has a WIS rating. Lucky you. Dick has a WIS rating at SS and OF in addition to he 3B primary rating. A guy with that flexibility is a very valuable guy in this league.

VERY IMPORTANT! We all have to be looking at the same information to make this league work. When you pick a team, you have to know who you get. Here's the only league approved way to do it. Look at a blank draft center page. See where it says 2015 Anaheim Angels? You can switch that to any team and any year. That's the only officially approved way to see who you get on your team. This is very important because there are two wrong ways to do it and people do it the wrong way every time and they make decisions thinking they have players they don't in fact have. One wrong way to do it is to go to baseball-reference.com and look at the 1969 Dodgers. That will give you a different set of players than the approved method. The other wrong way id to go to a blank WIS draft center page and click on a blank SP/RP spot and ask to see the 1969 Dodgers hitters. That will give you a wrong group of players also. Let's do an experiment. Ask WIS to call up the 1969 Dodgers the correct way by changing the 2015 Anaheim Angels to the 1969 Dodgers. Notice you get 14 hitters. Now let's do it the wrong way. Go to a blank screen, pick an empty batter spot and ask to see the 1969 Dodgers pitchers. Oops. There are 19 of them. There are 15 hitters and different versions of Fairly, Mota, Popovich & Wills - but you can only use the version that loads with the full team roster. If you do this the wrong way you'll think you have Ron Fairly when you don't. That really sucks! Then you'll be frustrated when you finally puzzle your final roster together and I'll tell you it's not a legal roster.. This is very important to get this right as people do it wrong every time.

On your final roster you must have 7 players from one of your four teams, and six from each of the other three. You can't have two versions of the same player on your final roster. For instance if you are using the 1969 Dodgers and 1979 Expos, you can't roster both versions of Maury Wills. You can use one or none. But a dagger (see below) against either will take out BOTH.

As soon as all owners are signed up you will be randomly assigned a draft order and division. The draft order goes 1-24, 1-24, 24-1, 24-1. Having an early pick in this draft is no particular advantage. Here's how the draft works.

Round One- Once your draft spot comes up you can pick any team from the available teams from 1929, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79. Once you pick a team, no one else can pick that same team. If you pick the 1979 Orioles, no one else can use the 1979 Orioles.

Round Two - One of your three division mates will be assigned the task of gifting you your second round team. He should look at your first round pick and find another team which meshes horribly with it. For instance let's say your first round pick was the 1969 Dodgers, great pitching but not much hitting. Maybe the 1949 Indians would be a bad match since they have Feller & Lemon but again, not much hitting. Maybe an even better match would be the 1949 Cubs who don't have a whole lot of pitching or hitting. They don't have many cheap backups that might help your budget. Anyway, you get the idea, and six of these guys will be on your final roster. Your second round pick will be awarded to you by a division mate who will try to screw you over the best he can.

Round Three - A second owner within your division will be assigned the task of gifting you the third round team that he expects will give you the most grief. The truly bad teams will be gone, but there are usually some terrible matchups.

Round Four - You get to choose your fourth round team that will make as much sense as you can out of the mess you have before you, knowing the dagger rounds are coming next.

First Dagger - Another owner of your division gets to throw two daggers. He will look at your four teams and can throw a dagger at one player removing him from your player pool. Who to dagger? Your only leadoff batter? Your best power hitter? Your only cheap backup 1B? Your only shortstop with over 300 at bats? Your fourth starter who's a bargain at 2.1 million? The only guy who plays four different positions? The possibilities are a puzzle. You might end up daggering someone who he wasn't planning on using anyway. IF your opponent has the 1969 and 1979 Amos Otis, daggering either kills them both. The second dagger is to remove one of your four stadiums.

Final Dagger - The final team in your division gets to throw one final dagger. It doesn't hurt as much as the first one though. You get to name which one of your four teams the dagger must hit.

I know this is complicated but we've run it many times over the years and it results in a very enjoyable draft. Prepare to do the research though as you'll pull your hair out trying to analyze your division mates teams before picking another team for them or daggering them I know it's complicated. It's a league for those who like complicated.

Mentors - I don't think we have anyone new this time - but if so, contact me and we can sort out a mentor. If someone is new to this league, they are allowed to have a mentor. Those must be declared before the league assignments and must NOT be in their own division. Mentors do NOT make ANY choices for a competitor, but may offer general advice based on past experiences.

I am getting better I think so lets start ...

Ready...I think.

Posted by Ribbentrop on 7/24/2024 3:44:00 PM (view original):
I am getting better I think so lets start ...

Sorry to hear you weren't doing well - welcome back!