Number	Owner	Exclusive Player	Year	Must Get	Park	Franchise/Decade	Key Players Can't Use:
1	contrarian23	Kirby Puckett	1985	744 PA	Coors	30-39 Browns
2	fatboydad54	Will Clark	1993	567 PA	Mile High	50-59 Athletics
3	finn2030	Bob Johnson	1945	624 PA	Hilltop	61-69 Angels
4	schwarze	Mike Griffin	1897	782 PA	Kingdome	80-89 Padres	Gwynn
5	jfranco77	Eddie Plank	1914	198 IP	Baker Bowl	00-09 Rays
6	trentonjoe	Kid Nichols	1894	500 IP	Fenway	91-99 Senators
7	rickysdad44	Tony Gwynn	2001	112 PA	Wrigley (LA)	60-69 Athletics
8	ArlenWilliam	Ed Reulbach	1912	183 IP	Sicks	01-09 Senators
9	frazzman80	Lou Gehrig	1931	782 PA	Safeco	40-49 Phillies
10	reddtrain	Christy Mathewson	1915	199 IP	Memorial (LA)	80-89 Mariners
11	fire13	Jackie Robinson	1955	413 PA	Ameriquest	50-59 Cubs
12	razorclams	Brooks Robinson	1975	550 PA	POTF	70-79 Expos
13	uncleal	Robinson Cano	2008	634 PA	Jarry	20-29 Red Sox
14	tridentric	Joe DiMaggio	1951	508 PA	PNC	10-19 Athletics	Plank, Collins
15	Big_T	Larry Walker	1990	478 PA	AFCS	40-49 Reds
16	eastvanmungo	Dom DiMaggio	1948	791 PA	Redland	20-29 Braves
17	scruffy308	Hugh Duffy	1896	744 PA	South Side Park 3	20-29 White Sox	Jackson, Collins
18	RWHAY	Miguel Cabrera	2003	346 PA	Yankee 3	2000-09 Pirates
19	jpccr	Eddie Collins	1908	386 PA	OPACY	2000-09 Reds
20	bandits5	Joe McGinnity	1908	196 IP	Great American	50-59 Pirates
21	odalisgagne	Joe Jackson	1918	102 PA	Orioles Park 4	00-09 Royals
22	techmobo	Mickey Mantle	1951	407 PA	Griffith	30-39 Phillies
23	redwingscup	Wade Boggs	1992	598 PA	Petco	30-39 Braves
24	rmarsh915	Rod Carew	1970	204 PA	Busch 2	20-29 Phillies

Sitemail list: contrarian23; fatboydad54; finn2030; schwarze; jfranco77; trentonjoe; rickysdad44; ArlenWilliam; frazzman80; reddtrain; fire13; razorclams; tridentric; uncleal; Big_T; eastvanmungo; scruffy308; RWHAY; jpccr; bandits5; odalisgagne; techmobo; redwingscup; rmarsh915

Trash talk, whining, updates, etc can all be posted here.  If there is enough interest we can use this thread to store a blacklist for subsequent seasons and keep track of league records, etc.

Migrating the discussion for future seasons.

Ideas:

How about making a 1 million dollar minimum salary?.......I know I used 7 sub 500k guys that make my team better than it should be.

All good suggestions guys.  I am thrilled there may be interest in having this be a recurring theme.  Let's see how everyone is feeling about that as season plays out... if there is sufficient interest in making this an ongoing thing, I'll propose some ways to do it and we can discuss.  Feel free to keep the ideas coming.

Other things we could think about:
-- Lower cap (70M or 60M would add a LOT of strategy to thinking about your exclusive player...getting saddled with a $10M-$12M season at those caps will be a real problem)
-- MIgrating from "decade" defined as 00-09 to "any consecutive 10-year stretch of the same franchise." This would significantly open up the number of choices, we could potentially allow some overlap between choices (say max 3 seasons overlap? So if Owner A gives Owner B the 1932-41 Braves, we could still allow Owner C to give Owner D say the 1925-34 Braves).  This would also allow us to use the 1880s, the 2010s, etc.  And would be more fair because rather than the 1960s Mets (only 8 seasons to choose from) we could give someone the 1962-71 Mets (10 seasons to choose from).
-- Lower the min salary requirement for the exclusive player (currently must have at least 1 season of $7M or higher)
-- Require that each player, in addition to have at least one season with a min salary of $6M or $7M, also have at least 1 season under $1M or $2M.
-- Reduce (or increase) the number of WIS seasons required of the exclusive player
-- Get 24 owner signups and then randomize the draft order (otherwise there is a slight disincentive to sign up too early, as you get saddled with, say, the 1930s Browns.  Not that I'm bitter or anything :) )
-- Have each owner, upon joining the league, choose an exclusive player and a decade/franchise.  But instead of that owner assigning the franchise to someone, we randomly assign the 24 franchises after everyone has signed up.
-- We could randomly assign the franchises first, then have everyone choose their exclusive player (which could make for VERY interesting strategy).  We might want to make a rule that says no owner can lose more than 2-3 players from his assigned franchise/decade.

I like the concept of one good turn (of the screw) deserves another. How about if after you are given your ten year franchise you get to give that person one player from that period? They would have use that person with the same rules as their exclusive player. Turn about is fair play after all.

Excellent stuff...keep those ideas coming.

My thoughts:
Exclusive players (2): At least 7 seasons with at least one season over $5M. One hitter and one pitcher. Pick one and nominate one - the nominated one will be awarded randomly.
Any ten-season period for any franchise. No overlap permitted.
Reverse screw: Franchise recipient gives the franchise assignor one player from his franchise. Player must have at least 3 seasons with the franchise in the time period. That player is exclusive as well.
Allow trades of anyone except exclusive players.

Eligible Parks for Season Two:

Park	City	Team	Years	1B	2B	3B	HRL	HRR	PF
Mile High Stadium	Denver, CO	Colorado Rockies	1993-1994	3	1	4	2	1	1.43
Coors Field	Denver, CO	Colorado Rockies	1995-2014	3	3	3	4	4	1.37
Wrigley Field	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Angels	1961-1961	3	1	-1	3	3	1.29
Oriole Park (IV)	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore Orioles	1901-1902	3	1	0	0	0	1.15
Baker Bowl	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Phillies	1895-1938	0	4	1	2	1	1.14
Hilltop Park	New York, NY	New York Yankees	1903-1912	3	3	3	0	-3	1.14
Ameriquest Field in Arlington	Arlington, TX	Texas Rangers	2004-2014	2	1	2	1	1	1.14
Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Dodgers	1958-1961	1	2	0	2	3	1.12
Atlanta Fulton County Stadium	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta Braves	1966-1996	2	0	-2	3	3	1.12
Enron Field	Houston, TX	Houston Astros	2000-2001	0	0	2	2	1	1.10
League Park (II)	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Indians	1910-1946	2	3	0	-2	-2	1.09
Fenway Park	Boston, MA	Boston Red Sox	1912-2014	2	4	0	1	0	1.09
Palace of the Fans	Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati Reds	1902-1911	2	4	3	-3	-3	1.08
Bank One Ballpark	Phoenix, AZ	Arizona Diamondbacks	1998-2005	1	1	3	0	0	1.08
Sportsman's Park (III)	St. Louis, MO	St. Louis Cardinals	1920-1966	0	3	0	0	1	1.08
Metropolitan Stadium	Minneapolis, MN	Minnesota Twins	1961-1981	2	0	2	1	1	1.07
Jarry Park	Montreal, QU	Montreal Expos	1969-1976	2	-1	0	2	2	1.07
Yankee Stadium (III)	Bronx, NY	New York Yankees	2009-2014	1	-1	-3	3	4	1.07
Humphrey Metrodome	Minneapolis, MN	Minnesota Twins	1982-2009	0	2	2	0	0	1.07
Exhibition Stadium	Toronto, ON	Toronto Blue Jays	1977-1989	-2	2	2	1	1	1.07
South End Grounds III	Boston, MA	Boston Braves	1894-1914	2	0	1	-1	-1	1.07
Municipal Stadium	Kansas City, MO	Kansas City Athletics	1955-1967	1	3	3	-4	-4	1.06
Kauffman Stadium	Kansas City, MO	Kansas City Royals	1994-2014	1	2	3	-2	-2	1.06
Dolphin Stadium	Miami, FL	Florida Marlins	2006-2008	0	-1	2	-2	-2	0.94
RFK Stadium	Washington, DC	Washington Senators	1962-1971	-2	-1	0	-2	-2	0.94
Griffith Stadium	Washington, DC	Washington Senators	1911-1960	0	-1	1	-2	-2	0.94
Cleveland Stadium	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Indians	1932-1993	1	-1	-2	1	1	0.94
Busch Stadium (II)	St. Louis, MO	St. Louis Cardinals	2006-2014	-2	-1	-1	-3	-3	0.94
American League Park (II)	Washington, DC	Washington Senators	1903-1910	-2	0	1	0	0	0.94
Lloyd Street Grounds	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee Brewers	1901-1901	-2	0	1	0	0	0.93
Seals Stadium	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Giants	1958-1959	-1	0	0	0	-1	0.93
Sportsman's Park (II)	St. Louis, MO	St. Louis Browns	1902-1908	-2	0	1	0	0	0.93
Shea Stadium	New York, NY	New York Mets	1964-2008	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0.93
Angel Stadium	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Angels	2004-2014	-1	-1	-2	-1	-1	0.92
Memorial Stadium	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore Orioles	1954-1991	-1	0	-2	0	0	0.92
Citi Field	Queens, NY	New York Mets	2009-2014	-2	-1	1	-2	-1	0.92
Jack Murphy Stadium	San Diego, CA	San Diego Padres	1980-1996	0	-2	-1	0	-1	0.90
Riverfront Stadium	Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati Reds	1970-1996	-2	2	0	1	1	0.90
Yankee Stadium (I)	New York, NY	New York Yankees	1923-1973	-2	0	1	-1	-1	0.90
South Side Park (III)	Chicago, IL	Chicago White Sox	1901-1910	-3	-1	1	0	0	0.90
Oakland Coliseum	Oakland, CA	Oakland Athletics	1968-2000	-1	-2	-2	-1	-1	0.89
Braves Field	Boston, MA	Boston Braves	1915-1952	-1	-1	-2	-1	0	0.89
Astrodome	Houston, TX	Houston Astros	1965-1999	-1	0	1	-4	-4	0.89
Safeco Field	Seattle, WA	Seattle Mariners	1999-2014	-2	-2	-1	-2	-2	0.88
Dodger Stadium	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Dodgers	1962-2014	2	-4	-3	-1	-1	0.87
Colt Stadium	Houston, TX	Houston Colt 45's	1962-1964	-2	-1	1	-1	-1	0.87
Pacific Bell Park	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Giants	2000-2003	1	0	2	-3	-3	0.86
Petco Park	San Diego, CA	San Diego Padres	2004-2014	-3	-3	2	-3	-3	0.82

Here's what I am thinking about for Season Two.  Comments welcome.

24 owners will sign up in the forums.  Upon signup, owners will nominate one position player and one pitcher.

The position player must:
-- Have at least 10 WIS-eligible seasons (seasons means seasons, not versions.  1989 Rickey Henderson is 1 season, not 4)
-- Have at least 1 season with a salary of $6M or greater

The pitcher must:
-- Have at least 10 WIS-eligible seasons
-- Have at least 1 season with a salary of $7M or greater

All exclusive players from season 1 will be blacklisted. This blacklist only applies for the purposes of selecting the 24 exclusive position players and 24 exclusive pitchers for season 2.  Once all players have been chosen, and franchise-decades have been assigned, owners CAN use any season 1 blacklist player on their rosters.  Owners CAN NOT use anyone else's season 2 exclusive players on their rosters. So for example, since Kirby Puckett was an exclusive player in season 1, he may not be nominated as an exclusive player in season 2.  However, if someone is assigned the 1976-1985 Twins as their franchise decade in round 5 of the draft (described below), they MAY use Puckett if they so choose.

Once 24 owners are in and all exclusive players have been nominated, we will have a 6 round serpentine draft, with random order generated from random.org (I will ask a well known HOF owner who is not in the league to generate the draft order.)

The draft will proceed as follows:
Round 1 (1-24) Select your exclusive position player from the list of 24 

Round 2 (24-1) In this round you will do two things.  You will select your exclusive pitcher, and you will assign a season for the exclusive position player for the owner who drafts after you.  So owner 24, drafting first in this round, will assign a season for the exclusive position player chosen by owner 23 in round 1. Owner 1, drafting last in this round, will assign a season for the exclusive position player chosen by owner 24 in round 1.

Round 3 (1-24)  Assign a season for the exclusive pitcher for the owner who drafts after you.  So owner 1, drafting first in this round, will assign a season for the exclusive pitcher chosen by owner 2 in round 2. Owner 24, drafting last in this round, will assign a season for the exclusive pitcher chosen by owner 1 in round 2.

Round 4 (24-1) Assign an exclusive park (from the above list) to the owner who drafts 12 slots after you.  So owner 24, drafting first in this round, will assign an exclusive park to owner 12.  Owner 23 will assign a park to owner 11, etc.  Owner 12 will assign a park to owner 24, owner 11 will assign to owner 23, etc.

At this point we will have done four rounds, and each owner will have screwed 2 other owners, and been screwed by them in return.

Round 5 (1-24) Assign an exclusive franchise-decade to an owner of your choice.  Obviously each owner can only be assigned 1 franchise-decade.  So owner 1, drafting first in this round, will assign an exclusive franchise-decade to any owner he chooses.  Owner 2 will pick another owner and do the same, etc.  

For this round we will allow owners to choose any 10-consecutive-year period (from 1885-2014) for the franchise they assign. The franchise must have been active for all 10 of those seasons. We will use www.baseball-reference.com as the definitive source for franchise lineage.  Again, franchise-decades are exclusive; there can be no overlap with any other franchise-decade.

But choose carefully, because in round 6 turnabout once again becomes fair play.

Round 6 (order does not matter). The owner to which you have assigned a franchise-decade may choose any player-season from that franchise-decade and assign it back to you. You must roster this player, and he must get at least as many PA/162 (or IP/162 if a pitcher) as he had in real life.  

So for example, if in round 5 an owner assigns me the 1976-85 Twins, I can choose in round 6 to assign him 1985 Kirby Puckett in return.  He must then use '85 Puckett, and Kirby must get 744 PA for him, or else his team is ineligible for the playoffs.

After that, rules will be the same as season 1:
- No AAA, No WW, No trades, No DH, No Clones, no live play
- injuries on
- Random realignment
- $80m cap
- Your THREE exclusive players (the position player you chose, the pitcher you chose, and the player who was assigned to you in round 6) ALL must meet or exceed their real-life PA/162 or IP/162 totals.  If any of the three fail to do so, your team is ineligible for the playoffs.  In the event a team wins enough games to make the playoffs, but any of their exclusive players fail to match/exceed their PA/162 or IP/162, the forfeited playoff spot will go to the team with the next-best record from the same league (most wins not already in the playoffs). Tiebreaker will be Expected Winning Percentage as found in the advanced standings…so a small but important incentive for no one to play silly games with fatigued players.  In the extremely unlikely event that we still have a tie, we will use random.org to decide the winner.

We need a rule to prevent self-assignment in round 5 -- especially if a person is picking 24th and hasn't been picked, that needs to be clarified to not be possible.

Is it not possible to have WIS schedule tiebreakers to break ties for a playoff spot after teams are declared ineligible, just as they would for the actual first place teams?

Not totally sure it's wise to allow 19th century options because of inning imbalance/roster construction issues, unless a 200K exception is granted. (I know I stayed away from 19th century teams in juice's current tournament for this exact reason -- they don't play nicely with the same caps as 1901+ teams.)