Hangover League expanding soon for 1977 season Topic

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The Hangover League has a team available for our upcoming 1974 season.

The league follows MLB historical expansion, format and ballpark availability. We started with 16 teams in the 1946 season and have grown to our current 24 team format, with four six team divisions.  The AL has adopted the designated hitter in 1973.

The league operates under a simple structure.  Draft order is determined by W-L record at the end of the season.  Draft picks may be traded one draft cycle ahead.   

In a few months, we will be looking for two owners willing to take on the challenge of running an expansion franchise.  Our expansion procedure is posted below.

12/7/2015 3:44 PM (edited)
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The available franchise, the Oakland Athletics

Draft position is not yet official, but the team is looking at a top three pick in the 1974 draft.

The roster

Dave Chalk
Gene Clines
Jim Fregosi 
Ron Hunt
Rick Miller
Billy North
Manny Sanguillen
Eric Soderholm
Gary Thomasson
Cesar Tovar

Dick Baney
Doug Bird
Clay Carroll
Max Leon
Bob Miller
Marty Pattin
Ron Schueler
Jim Slaton
Paul Splittorff

and rights to Skip Jutze, Terry Harmon, Larry Christenson and Bill Gogolewski
11/24/2015 11:11 PM
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I'll take the team!
11/28/2015 8:49 PM
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Sold!  Welcome to the League!
11/28/2015 10:02 PM
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Leauge Expansion - 

The league has expanded three times in our history, adding two teams to the AL in 1961, two teams to the NL in 1962, and two teams each to the AL and NL in 1969.  The procedure for our upcoming 1977 AL expansion will be...

1977 Expansion:
 
As in each other case, all current franchises post their twelve man protection list. You may protect players on IR. All others are made eligible for the expansion draft.

The two expansion franchise owners determine selection order for the expansion draft and regular draft by means of rock/paper/scissors. Both owners sitemail their r/p/s choice to the commish to determine a winner. Winner chooses which draft he selects earlier in.

The expanison draft then begins. Each NL team will lose one player. The six AL teams with the lowest winning percentage in 1976 will lose one player. The AL teams with the six top winning percentages in 1976 will lose two players. These teams will protect one extra player after losing their first player.

All teams then post their keepers list for the regular draft. The two expansion teams will be placed after all teams with losing records. Any team finishing the 1976 season with a .500 record would select after both expansion teams.

To alleviate any PA/IP issues, the expansion teams would be granted extra picks after each odd numbered round, beginning with the first round
12/7/2015 3:50 PM
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I might have an interest..hit me up when all keepers are in
12/13/2015 6:11 PM
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