The 1978 Team Icon needs one team for the 1978 season. The open team is the Pittsburgh Pirates. The basic premise of the league is that you can only draft or trade for players who played for your team at some point in their career. Here is the Pirates 1978 Roster before cuts and the 1978 Draft.

1978 Pittsburgh Pirates

C Duffy Dyer (PIT, NYM, MON, DET)
C Milt May (PIT, DET, SFG, HOU, CHW)
C Ed Ott (PIT, CAL)
1B Willie Stargell PIRATES CK
2B Rennie Stennett (SFG, PIT)
3B Ken Reitz (STL, SFG, CHC
SS Bill Almon (SDP, NYM, MON, OAK, CHW, PIT, PHL)
SS Tim Foli (NYM, PIT, MON, CAL)
OF Tony Armas (OAK, BOS, CAL, PIT)
OF Sixto Lezcano (MIL, STL, SDP, PHL, PIT)
OF John Milner (NYM, PIT, MON)
OF Al Oliver (PIT, TEX, MON, SFG, PHI, LAD, TOR)
OF Bill Robinson (PIT, PHI, NYY, ATL)
OF Richie Zisk (PIT, CHW, TEX, SEA)

P Doug Bair (CIN, STL, PIT, DET, OAK, PHI, TOR)
P Ken Brett (BOS, MIL, PHI, PIT, NYY, CHW, CAL, MIN, LAD)
P Bert Blyleven (MIN, TEX, PIT, CLE, CAL)
P Terry Forster (CHW, PIT, LAD, ATL, CAL)
P Gene Garber (PIT, KCR, ATL, PHL)
P Mark Lee PIRATES TI (PIT, SDP)
P Bruce Kison (PIT, CAL, BOS)
P Doc Medich (NYY, PIT, NYM, OAK, SEA, TEX, MLW)
P Paul Moskau (CIN, PIT, CHC)
P Eddie Solomon (LAD, CHC, STL, ATL, PIT, CHW)
P Enrique Romo (SEA, PIT) *ROOKIE* - T1

AAA
SS Mario Mendoza (PIT, SEA, TEX) PIRATES TI (< 150 PA)

IR
DH - Mike Easler (CAL, PIT, BOS, NYY, HOU, PHL) ('79)
1B Bob Robertson (PIT, SEA, TOR) - T1 ('78)

Released
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Retired
P Larry Demery PIRATES CK

Draft Picks Traded or Acquired
Traded 1978 3rd Round Pick & Dock Ellis P to Oakland for Doc Medich P
Acquired Houston 2nd Round Pick 1978 for SS Craig Reynolds

The Rookies they have to draft from are below:
C Lance Parrish (DET, CAL, PHI, CLE, PIT, SEA, TOR)
2B Jim Morrison (PIT, CHW, PHI, DET, ATL)
2B Ken Oberkfell (STL, ATL, PIT, HOU, SFG, CAL)
3B Dale Berra (PIT, NYY, HOU)
SS U.L. Washington (KCR, PIT, MON)
OF Miguel Dilone (PIT, CLE, OAK, MON, SDP, CHC, CHW)
P Victor Cruz (CLE, PIT, TEX, TOR)
P Mickey Mahler (ATL, CAL, PIT, TEX, MON, DET, TOR)
P Larry McWilliams (ATL, PIT, KCR, PHI, STL)
P Don Robinson (PIT, SFG, PHI, CAL)
P Ed Whitson (SDP, SFG, PIT, NYY, CLE)

So any time you make a trade it has to be for someone who has played for ( in this case) The Pirates? Same thing when it comes to drafting?

Posted by jmarino2 on 8/11/2019 11:44:00 AM (view original):
So any time you make a trade it has to be for someone who has played for ( in this case) The Pirates? Same thing when it comes to drafting?

Yes. Fun league if u like the extra rules. Lots of trade activity as u have to grab picks in the years you have players from your franchise available on the draft.

Icon leagues are the most entertaining progressives I have played in. The drafts are wild.

Posted by DodgerDon on 8/11/2019 9:47:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jmarino2 on 8/11/2019 11:44:00 AM (view original):
So any time you make a trade it has to be for someone who has played for ( in this case) The Pirates? Same thing when it comes to drafting?

Yes. Fun league if u like the extra rules. Lots of trade activity as u have to grab picks in the years you have players from your franchise available on the draft.

Yes, there is a lot of trading. Makes it a very fun league!! One thing that wasn't mentioned is that you get any players that only have seasons for your team. No draft pick required to draft them(i.e. Willie Stargell). Also, for your most important future player, only the Pirates & Giants can draft them. So, you just have to outmaneuver them to get Bonds in 1986.

seems like an interesting idea. I'll give it a try

Posted by sinatra on 8/16/2019 11:39:00 PM (view original):
seems like an interesting idea. I'll give it a try

Sorry, this team got taken

Posted by epup1975 on 8/17/2019 2:24:00 AM (view original):

Posted by sinatra on 8/16/2019 11:39:00 PM (view original):
seems like an interesting idea. I'll give it a try

Sorry, this team got taken

That's a shame. It's good protocol to post that when it happens so this kind of thing doesn't occur

Posted by sinatra on 8/17/2019 3:36:00 AM (view original):

Posted by epup1975 on 8/17/2019 2:24:00 AM (view original):

Posted by sinatra on 8/16/2019 11:39:00 PM (view original):
seems like an interesting idea. I'll give it a try

Sorry, this team got taken

That's a shame. It's good protocol to post that when it happens so this kind of thing doesn't occur

Sorry about that. The commish is a teacher & probably just got busy with the new school year & forgot to.

Sinatra would be a good Icon guy.