Jubilee Progressive

The Jubilee progressive is based on the concept that every 7 years, in times gone by, slaves were freed, debts forgiven and property restored. That final point is the concept the Jubilee Revisited Progressive League (JRPL) is based. League owners have the player rights to their chosen franchise returned to them every seven seasons. During the six seasons between, via rookie draft and trades, owners try to improve their franchise beyond what their MLB counterparts were able to field and best that MLB Won/Loss Percentage. That is a personally satisfying (or discouraging) unique challenge to the league. The other challenge is much more traditional....make the playoffs, win the World Series.

We’re finishing up our 1974 season, heading into the jubilee year of 1975, and we will need 1 new owner. This is a great time to join the league, because you’ll get to start with a clean slate of the actual roster of whichever team you choose. There are 7 franchises to choose from, listed below. NOW FULL - HOPEFULLY. ONE OWNER HAS NOT CONFIRMED THEIR RETURN.

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you are interested in one of these franchises.

California Angels (sigblend)
33 players (If you took over the California franchise, you would need to release 8)

Balaz, John

Bochte, Bruce

Chalk, Dave

Collins, Dave

Doherty, John

Egan, Tom

Etchebarren, Andy

Garrett, Adrian

Hampton, Ike

Harper, Tommy

Lahoud, Joe

Llenas, Winston

Meoli, Rudy

Miley, Mike

Nettles, Morris

Ramirez, Orlando

Remy, Jerry

Rivers, Mickey

Rodriguez, Ellie

Smith, Billy

Stanton, Leroy

Sudakis, Bill

Valentine, Bobby

Dobson, Chuck

Figueroa, Ed

Hassler, Andy

Hockenbery, Chuck

Kirkwood, Don

Lange, Dick

Ryan, Nolan

Scott, Mickey

Singer, Bill

Tanana, Frank

Chicago White Sox (unowned)
26 players (If you took over the White Sox franchise you would have to release 1)

Bradford, Buddy

Dent, Bucky

Downing, Brian

Hairston, Jerry

Henderson, Ken

Johnson, Deron

Kelly, Pat

May, Carlos

Melton, Bill

Muser, Tony

Nyman, Nyls

Orta, Jorge

Squires, Mike

Stein, Bill

Varney, Pete

Bahnsen, Stan

Forster, Terry

Gogolewski, Bill

Gossage, Rich

Hinton, Rich

Jefferson, Jesse

Kaat, Jim

Osborn, Ozzie

Osteen, Claude

Upshaw, Cecil

Wood, Wilbur

Cleveland Indians (unowned)
29 players (If you were to take over the Cleveland franchise, you would need to release 4 players)

Ashby, Alan

Bell, Buddy

Brohamer, Jack

Carty, Rico

Crosby, Ed

Duffy, Frank

Ellis, John

Gamble, Oscar

Hendrick, George

Kuiper, Duane

Lowenstein, John

Manning, Rick

McCraw, Tommy

Powell, Boog

Robinson, Frank

Spikes, Charlie

Beene, Fred

Bosman, Dick

Brown, Jackie

Buskey, Tom

Eckersley, Dennis

Hood, Don

Kern, Jim

Laroche, Dave

Perry, Gaylord

Perry, Jim

Peterson, Fritz

Raich, Eric

Waits, Rick

Milwaukee Brewers (ooooohdoggie)
30 players (If you took over the Milwaukee franchise, you would need to release 5 players)

Aaron, Hank

Bevacqua, Kurt

Briggs, Johnny

Coluccio, Bob

Garcia, Pedro

Hegan, Mike

Johnson, Tim

Lezcano, Sixto

Mitchell, Bobby

Money, Don

Moore, Charlie

Porter, Darrell

Scott, George

Sharp, Bill

Sheldon, Bob

Thomas, Gorman

Yount, Robin

Anderson, Larry

Augustine, Jerry

Austin, Rick

Broberg, Pete

Castro, Bill

Champion, Bill

Colborn, Jim

Hausman, Tom

Murphy, Tom

Rodriguez, Eduardo

Slaton, Jim

Sprague, Ed

Travers, Bill

Montreal Expos (unowned)
28 players (If you took over the Montreal franchise, you would need to release 3 players)

Bailey, Bob

Biittner, Larry

Carter, Gary

Dwyer, Jim

Foli, Tim

Foote, Barry

Frias, Pepe

Jorgensen, Mike

Lintz, Larry

Lyttle, Jim

Mackanin, Pete

Mangual, Pepe

Morales, Jose

Parrish, Larry

Scanlon, Pat

Scott, Tony

White, Jerry

Blair, Dennis

Carrithers, Don

Demola, Don

Fryman, Woodie

McNally, Dave

Murray, Dale

Renko, Steve

Rogers, Steve

Scherman, Fred

Taylor, Chuck

Warthen, Dan

New York Mets (fatguyrd has agreed to run this team)
30 players (If you took over the Mets franchise, you would need to release 5)

Alou, Jesus

Clines, Gene

Garrett, Wayne

Grote, Jerry

Harrelson, Bud

Heidemann, Jack

Jones, Cleon

Kingman, Dave

Kranepool, Ed

Millan, Felix

Milner, John

Phillips, Mike

Staub, Rusty

Stearns, John

Torre, Joe

Unser, Del

Vail, Mike

Apodaca, Bob

Baldwin, Rick

Hall, Tom

Koosman, Jerry

Lockwood, Skip

Matlack, Jon

Parker, Harry

Sanders, Ken

Seaver, Tom

Stone, George

Swan, Craig

Tate, Randy

Webb, Hank

San Diego Padres (unowned)
28 players (If take over the San Diego franchise, you will need to release 3 players)

Davis, Bob

Fuentes, Tito

Grubb, Johnny

Hernandez, Enzo

Hundley, Randy

Huntz, Steve

Ivie, Mike

Kendall, Fred

Kubiak, Ted

Locklear, Gene

McCovey, Willie

Roberts, Dave

Sharon, Dick

Tolan, Bobby

Torres, Hector

Winfield, Dave

Folkers, Rich

Foster, Alan

Freisleben, Dave

Frisella, Danny

Greif, Bill

Johnson, Jerry

Jones, Randy

McIntosh, Joe

Siebert, Sonny

Spillner, Dan

Strom, Brent

Tomlin, Dave

Posted by fatguyrd on 7/6/2021 1:14:00 PM (view original):
I’m a Philly guy, so naturally I’ll take the Mets.

Thanks, fatguy! Makes total sense to me! I'm just now taking over running this league, but as soon as I'm able, I'll add you to the private forum so you can get all the details on the league.

So this is a straight progressive league? How does thedraft work

Except for the jubilee every seven seasons, when the rosters revert to real-life rosters, it is a pretty normal progressive. The only draft in 1975 is for those teams who don’t have 25 keepers in the WIS system. Other seasons, the draft order is determined by the worst-to-best records of the real-life teams. League records have no bearing on draft order.

What about the players on the teams not taken ?

They will not be in the league for 1975, but will be part of the free agent pool in 1976, which will help the worst teams recover more quickly.

One of the cool things about this league is that you get to play with a lot of your favorite franchise's big name players. I just finished up a stretch with the Tigers with Al Kaline, Norm Cash, Bill Freehan, Mickey Lolich, and several other big name guys. Pick your team out of the six remaining, and join us!