The 2007 Team Icon needs one new owner for the Oakland Athletics. We're currently in the middle of the First Round of the 2007 Draft and had an owner have to step away. The team roster is below. Basically in this league you can only draft or trade for players who played for your team at some point in their career. Any players who played their whole career for your team (or only played for you and defunct teams) you will get automatically without drafting them. Let me know if you are interested and you can jump right in.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS 2007 SEASON

21 KEEPERS (Need 4 Picks)

2007 DRAFT PICKS
* = Picks owned for use in this draft

1 - (OAKLAND) traded to DETROIT
2 - (OAKLAND) traded to DETROIT
*2 - (WAS) acquired from NYM
*3 - (OAKLAND)
*4 - (DETROIT) acquired from DETROIT
*4 - (OAKLAND)

KEEPERS (21)

C Ramon Hernandez (OAK,SDP,BAL,COL,LAD,CIN)
1B Scott Hatteberg (OAK,BOS,CIN)
2B Mark Ellis (OAK,COL,LAD,STL)
3B Eric Chavez (OAK,NYY,ARZ)
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff (OAK,COL,TEX,SDP,CLE)
3B Scott Spiezio (OAK,CAL,SEA,STL)
SS Miguel Tejada (OAK,BAL,HOU,SDP,SFG,KCR)
OF Eric Byrnes (OAK,BAL,COL,ARZ,SEA)
OF Jack Cust (OAK,BAL,COL,SEA,ARZ,SDP)
OF Scott Hairston (OAK,ARZ,SDP,NYM,CHC,WSH)
OF Hideki Matsui (OAK,NYY,LAA,TAM)
OF Jay Payton (OAK,BAL,NYM,COL,SDP,BOS)
OF Shannon Stewart (ATHLETICS CK/TI)

P Jeremy Accardo (OAK,SF,TOR,BAL,CLE)
P Lenny DiNardo (OAK,BOS,KCR)
P Tim Hudson (OAK,ATL,SFG)
P Ted Lilly (OAK,NYY,TOR,CHC,LAD,MON)
P Kenny Rogers (OAK,TEX,DET,NYM,MIN,NYY)
P Luis Vizcaino (OAK,ARI,MIL,CWS,COL,NYY,CHC,CLE)
P Michael Wuertz (OAK,CHC)
P Barry Zito (OAK,SF)

CUT/RETIRED (11)

OF Jeremy Hermida
P Brad Halsey
P Kirk Saarloos
3B Esteban German
1B Dan Johnson
P Ruddy Lugo
OF Jeff DaVanon
OF Emil Brown
P Ron Flores
UT Mike Piazza
UT Mike Sweeney

INJURED RESERVE (1)

P Justin Duchscherer (ATHLETICS CK/TI) Returns 2008

AAA (5)

P Dallas Braden (ATHLETICS CK/TI)
P Andrew Brown (ATHLETICS CK/TI)
P Kevin Cameron (ATHLETICS CK/TI)
P Jay Marshall (ATHLETICS CK/TI)
1B Daric Barton (ATHLETICS CK/TI)

FUTURE DRAFT PICKS

2008 1st traded to PITTSBURGH
2008 2nd acquired from NY METS
2008 3rd - Acquired from PITTSBURGH

I currently run the Reds as well as the Devil Rays in this league and am trying to cut back to only one team since running the league takes alot of time to prep. If anyone is interested in the Reds here is their roster. I just drafted Josh Hamilton in the First Round of the 2007 Draft and we're about to start the 2nd Round.

2007 Cincinnati Reds
22 Players
3 Picks Needed

C Dioner Navarro (TBR, LAD, TOR, CHC, CIN, NYY, CHW)
1B Paul Konerko (CHW, CIN, LAD)
2B Brandon Phillips (CIN, CLE, ATL, BOS, LAA)
3B Edwin Encarnacion (TOR, CIN, CLE, NYY, SEA)
3B Felipe López (CIN, WSN, STL, MIL, TOR, ARI, TBD, BOS)
SS Cesar Izturis (LAD, BAL, CHC, PIT, STL, CIN, WSN, TOR, MIL)
OF Adam Dunn (CIN, CHW, WSN, ARI, OAK)
OF Ken Griffey Jr. (SEA, CIN, CHW)
OF Jose Guillen (KCR, TBD, PIT, WSN, CIN, ARI, SFG, OAK, LAA, SEA)
OF Josh Hamilton (TEX, LAA, CIN)
OF Norris Hopper REDS CK
OF Ryan Ludwick (STL, CIN, CLE, TEX, SDP, PIT)

SP Bronson Arroyo (CIN, PIT, BOS, ARI)
SP Zach Duke (PIT, STL, WSN, CIN, CHW, MIN, ARI, SEA, MIL)
SP Josh Fogg (PIT, COL, CIN, CHW)
SP Aaron Harang (CIN, OAK, NYM, PHI, ATL, LAD, SDP, SEA)
SP Kip Wells (PIT, CHW, KCR, COL, STL, TEX, SDP, CIN, WSN)
SP Edinson Vólquez (TEX, CIN, KCR, SDP, PIT, LAD, FLA)
RP Jeremy Affeldt (SFG, KCR, COL, CIN)
RP Ryan Dempster (CHC, FLA, CIN, BOS, TEX)
RP Sean Marshall (CHC, CIN)
RP David Weathers (CIN, FLA, MIL, NYM, NYY, TOR, CLE, CHC, HOU)

AAA
1B Joey Votto REDS CK
SP Homer Bailey REDS CK
SP Bobby Livingston REDS CK
SP Tom Shearn REDS CK
RP Jon Coutlangus REDS CK


IR:
OF Shin-Soo Choo (CLE, TEX, SEA, CIN) IR until '08
P Luke Hudson REDS TI (CIN, KCR) KCR in '06
RP B.J. Ryan (BAL, TOR, CIN) IR until '08

Cut:
C Javier Valentin (CIN, MIN, TBD)
1B Rich Aurilia (SFG, CIN, SDP, SEA)
OF Juan Encarnacion (DET, FLA, STL, LAD, CIN)
RP Mike Stanton (NYY, ATL, NYM, BOS, WSN, CIN, SFG, TEX)

Retired
SP Brandon Claussen REDS CK
SP Elizardo Ramirez REDS CK

Still looking for owners. The draft is just about over and the league is starting shortly.

Great opportunity for an owner who likes progressives & wants a challenge by only having players who played for the franchise available to draft or acquire.

Active ownership & format that encourages it.

Teams rarely are available.

Come join us!

can you start any year of the player? Or it must be the 2008 season version of said player?

We progress one year at a time. So the 2008 season is only their 2008 season, then next year the 2009 season, etc.