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Back to the Progressive Theme League Classifieds...hat in hand

The WESPL now has 1 1944 team available - a Cincinnati team that plays at Crosley Field

this league is finishing up the World War II era of Major League baseball when many of the stars were in the military..this era will be followed by a resurgence in the game once the stars return....

see the roster below

The WESPL was designed to minimize the benefit of losing games to gain an advantage in the next draft (also referred to as "tanking")...there is no reward in the WESPL for losing...but there is a reward for winning...so over the course of the league - going into it's 81st season!! - there have not been "fights/arguments" over "tanking"

about the WESPL itself......

The league rules reward winning - there is no incentive to tank during the season since losing only worsens a teams potential draft slot

The drafts are often deep because quality players who might be keepers in other progressive leagues are often cut due to the player's impact on team salary

Rules

This is progressive league playing dual eras. Each season we play a season from 2 different years, but we keep those years completely separate by league (except for interleague play). We play each era simultaneously, one in the NL and one in the AL. In effect we are playing two progressive leagues, separated by league boundary.

- drafted players will be owned until they are cut, are traded, or retire

- stadiums will be owned for the life of the league, unless you appeal for a stadium change.

· each team may carry over as many players as it likes to the following season (standard progressive- For instance, the team who had 1923 Babe Ruth in 1923, would have 1924 Babe Ruth in 1924. )

- keeper lists will be due before 136 game of the current season. Late keeper lists will have all possible keepers counted against their DPR (see below), and if not submitted by the start of the draft- all possible keepers retained.

- players who miss a WIS season in mid-career can be retained on the DL until their career resumes. for instance, if you draft P O'doul in 1923, you can retain him until he comes back. (you have to keep him or cut him the season he comes back with a WIS season)

· each season there will be a separate non-snake rookie/free agent drafts to fill out rosters in each league/year. a drafted player will be owned by its drafting team until that player is traded, is cut, or retires.

The draft order formula is:

Total salaryYr1 at Game 81 (Millions to the tenth x2) + salaryYr2 from posted keepers before Game 136 (Millions to the tenth X1) - Wins at Game 140/2= DPS (draft power score)

the lowest possible salary that can be entered into the formula will be 55 million. For instance, if your salary from year 1 (or yr 2) was 39 million, 55 million would be used in the formula. (there is no draft position advantage to holding a firesale to get below 55 million in salary)

Lowest DPS drafts first, highest last

trading draft picks for players or other picks is allowed.

·at no point in any season will a team from one league/year be able to have a player from another year. for instance, a 1923 team will have all 1923 players. there will be no inter-year trading between 1923 and 1946 teams. (trading between teams of the same year will, of course, be legal and encouraged).

·Team names will begin with the current year, followed by the city of your stadium, followed by a nickname of your choice (can be the real name, or a name of your choice.) for instance, if you drafted wrigley field in the 1946 draft, your team name could be: '46 Chicago Cubs, or '46 Chicago River Rats etc. it could not be don's dingers, or tallahassee tigers etc.

·AAA will be set to below-average, so as to provide fatigue relief, but at replacement-player level ability (similar to real life minor leagues).

·The NLCS will be considered the WS of the '97 era, and ALCS will be considered the WS of the '38 era. The LCS winners will be proclaimed "champions" of their respective eras, and the world series will be a time-travel exhibition match for WIS rewards, personal stats, and bragging rights.

·Live play will be legal, although there will never be any sort of requirement to play live. completely up to the owner. SLLive will be allowed for the current series.

·No DH

If you have any questions, please sitemail gonoles777

To claim the team just post your claim in this thread and/or sitemail gonoles777

Thanks for looking
11/25/2021 12:07 PM (edited)
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1944 Cincinnati - team plays at Crosley Field - CLAIMED by bluesguy

this team is not a "dump job," the previous owner went MIA...actually, it has the strongest returning pitching staff of any of the 1944 teams in the league

the 1944 available players for the roster are:

21 potential keepers - 1 draft pick for each less than 25 players

C - Mickey Owen, Al Lopez
1B - Joe Kuhel, Max Macon
2B -
3B - Mark Christman, , Billy Jurges
SS - Frankie Gustine
OF - Wally Moses, Stan Spence, George Case, Tommy O'Brien

P - Allie Reynolds, Jim Tobin, Ed Heusser, Russ Christopher, Clyde Shoun, Jesse Flores, Harry Gumbert, Thornton Lee, Jake Wade, Ed Hanyzewski

I/R - Johnny Sain P (1946), Kirby Higbe P (1946), Dave Koslo P (1946)
11/25/2021 1:15 PM (edited)
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1944 Cleveland - team plays at League Park II - CLAIMED by fillies

the team has many World War II era players on I/R...so the "calvary" is coming....

the 1944 available players for the roster are:

17 potential keepers - 1 draft pick for each less than 25 players

C - Roy Partee
1B - Dick Siebert
2B - Don Gutteridge
3B -
SS - Skeeter Newsome, Bobby Bragan
OF - Ron Northey, Johnny Barrett, Joe Medwick, Chuck Workman

P - Dizzy Trout, Al Javery, Nick Strincevich, Fritz Ostermueller, Bill Dietrich, Vern Kennedy, Jim Bagby, Jr., Dale Matthewson

the staff has 1360 potential innings pitched available

I/R - Peanuts Lowrey OF (1945), Elbie Fletcher 1B (1946), Joe Gordon 2B (1946), Ray Lamano C (1946), Pete Suder 3B (1946), Dutch Meyer 2B (1946), Murry Dickson P (1946), Phil Marchildon P (1946)
11/25/2021 12:07 PM (edited)
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Interested in Cleveland. Sitemail sent
11/25/2021 8:15 AM
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