Would this super random theme work? Topic

I was thinking about starting a theme league, it would be the first one I would run. This league would be called "There is no crying in baseball" where you would first be assigned a random team alphabetically (from random.org ) and then assigned a random year (by using random.com & baseball-reference.com rk#). So in this league you get what you get and you dont throw a fit!   You could get a 1927 Yankees team or a 1991 Royals or a 1887 Pittsburg Allleghenys team and you get all the players from that year.  I was thinking that the teams that are not that good that can somehow get better AAA players just to give them some incentive to compete. Will this league work? 

Another idea I had was the same thing but instead of getting any squad I keep pulling random numbers until you get a first place team. For instance if the Phillies are your random team then I use random.com to keep pulling numbers to untill you get a first place Phils team.  There may be a chance two owners get the same team and that is ok too. 

Yet another idea with the same concept is that you must take 15 players from the team you recieve and the rest can be AAA u-pick em.

What do you guys think of this idea?
12/14/2011 5:46 PM (edited)
ok, was this a terrible idea or do you guys not understand what I am intending?  How about this.... You get 3 random teams from the history of baseball.  Lets say a 2005 White Sox, 1921 Yankees and a 2007 Marlins.  You must take these three random teams and make a 25 man roster.  For integrity no matter what teams you get you must stick with them.  It may be considered the luck of the draw but even if you get stuck with some poor teams good management may help you advance to the playoffs.  Yes, no or maybe so?
12/16/2011 3:55 PM
It seems like finn already had this league "Random Winning Percentage Twist League III" which is kind of what I had in mind.  So now I dont have to make a league, I may join one like this!
12/16/2011 10:54 PM
If there's no twisting, you could make your league work with WAA AAA based on winning percentage. Assign everyone 6/6 of them or 12/6 or whatever, and then you could use 6 if your team's winning % was below .350, 5 for .350-400, 4 for .400-.450, 3 for .450-500, 2 for .500-.550 and 1 above .550. Maybe none above .600. Something like that, but they need to be WAA so they're really worth using. 

Or maybe you could just pick the players, say anyone you want under 8mil. Could the '91 Royals with 6 extra good players beat the '27 Yankees? Maybe.
1/3/2012 8:46 AM
Would this super random theme work? Topic

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