12 Players, 12 Seasons, Version 5
$120M Salary Cap
Post Expansion Era (Seasons 1961-2018 only)
All-Star Edition (you must use an All-Star season of your nominated player)

This theme is essentially two separate 12-team leagues, with separate player pools and separate drafts, but combined into one standard 24-team league. When you sign up, you will be in either the American League or National League depending on what player you nominate. From this point forward, all rules will be stated in terms of one 12-team group.

Each of the 12 owners will nominate 1 player that has played between 12-15 seasons (during the years 1961-2018) in the AL or NL. Normally, the rule is 12-15 seasons overall, but in this version, I will allow a player to be nominated who played 16+ seasons as long as he's played between 12-15 seasons in one league. In theory, the same player could be nominated in both leagues if he's played 24+ seasons with 12-15 in each league. For purposes of determining the league status for teams like Milwaukee or Houston, it's the league they were in during that season. Also, if a player has 17 seasons in the NL, but two of those seasons are before 1961, then he is eligible since its 12-15 NL seasons during the years 1961-2018. Note there could be players used in previous 16x16 themes that are eligible in this theme.

Once the 12 players are determined, each of the 12 owners will draft a different season of each player nominated to be on their team. So all 12 teams will own the same 12 players, but each with a different version of that player.

* Note that if a player played 11 seasons, but played for 2 different teams (same league) in one season, that counts as 12 seasons (you'll understand why after reading the remaining rules ).

Of the 12 nominated players chosen, we need 6 hitters and 6 pitchers. The six hitters should cover 6 of the standard 8 positions (i.e., we don't want three SS nominated). For players who played more than one position, there will be some leeway on which position you can nominate him at.

Upon signup, list your player in this forum and site-mail me which of his seasons you are going to use*. I will wait until ten owners select a player before I select mine. Once all 12 players are chosen, I'll post the seasons selected and the draft order. We will have an 11 round draft to select the other 11 seasons used for each player. Draft order for each round will be based on the lowest cumulative salary going into that round (i.e., lowest salary drafts first).

Here's where it gets fun...
Your remaining 13 roster spots must be filled with teammates of your drafted/nominated player(s). They must be from the same season as your drafted/nominated player. No Twisting. Players chosen in the draft are exclusive by season so they cannot be used as a teammate. If you draft a player season with 2+ teams, you choose which version of that season you want, partial or combined, and can only take teammates from that team (the version you don't take is off the board). This is how a player with 11 seasons, including one multi-team season can be allowed. Or similarly, a player with 10 seasons, w/ two multi-team seasons is allowed, etc. Unlike the 16x16 theme, you must roster at least one teammate per player drafted. 12 nominated players & 13 teammates means one of your players will bring along two teammates.

Salary Cap = $120 million
Seasons - 1961-2018
No AAA
No WW
No DH
No Trades
No Clones
No Injuries
No Live Play
Stadium = Any in use between 1961-2018
Random alignment, within the respective leagues

See blacklist below (blacklisted players may not be nominated players, but can be used as teammates).

* The season you select for your nominated player must be an All-Star season for that player.

Sign Up List

1. schwarze (Gaylord Perry, AL)
2. calhoop (Joe Mauer, AL)
3. mllama54 (Bob Wickman, AL)
4. barracuda3 (Don Mattingly, AL)
5. joerat1 (Lenny Dykstra, NL)
6. redcped (Jay Bruce, NL)
7. moses_K (Felix Hernandez, AL)
8. Chisock (Dwight Gooden, NL)
9. good_beef (Dave Cash, NL)
10. slainte (Justin Verlander, AL)
11. contrarian23 (Jay Bell, NL)
12. njbigwig (Jeff Bagwell, NL)
13. cholatse (Robinson Cano, AL)
14. pedrocerrano (Randy Johnson, AL)
15. royhobbs09 (Curt Schilling, NL)
16. happyhours (Darryl Kile, NL)
17. Jtpsops (Esteban Loaiza, AL)
18. mpitt76 (Jason Isringhausen, NL)
19. calhoop#2 (Mike Williams, NL)
20. schwarze#2 (Nolan Ryan, NL)
21. njbigwig#2 (Al Kaline, AL)
22. Lincoln15 (Willie Mays, NL)
23. fatboydad54 (Bucky Dent, AL)
24. reddtrain (Kenny Lofton, AL)

Sitemail List:
barracuda3; calhoop; Chisock; cholatse; contrarian23; fatboydad54; good_beef; happyhours; joerat1; Jtpsops; Lincoln15; mllama54; moses_k; mpitt76; njbigwig; pedrocerrano; reddtrain; redcped; royhobbs09; schwarze; slainte;

Nominated Players List (6 hitters, 6 pitchers for each league)
(bold = nominated season sitemailed to me)

American League

C - Joe Mauer (15 seasons) - calhoop
1B - Don Mattingly (13 seasons) - barracuda3
2B - Robinson Cano (14 seasons) - cholatse
SS - Bucky Dent (12 seasons) - fatboydad54
OF - Al Kaline (14 seasons) - njbigwig
OF - Kenny Lofton (13 seasons) - reddtrain

P - Justin Verlander (14 seasons) - slainte
P - Felix Hernandez (14 seasons) - moses_k
P - Randy Johnson (12 seasons) - pedrocerrano
P - Esteban Loaiza (12 seasons) - Jtpsops
P - Gaylord Perry (12 seasons) - schwarze
P - Bob Wickman (13 seasons) - mllama54

National League

1B - Jeff Bagwell (15 seasons) - njbigwig
2B - Dave Cash (12 seasons) - good_beef
SS - Jay Bell (13 seasons) - contrarian23
OF - Lenny Dykstra (13 seasons) - joerat1
OF - Jay Bruce (12 seasons) - redcped
OF - Willie Mays (14 seasons) - Lincoln15

P - Dwight Gooden (12 seasons) - Chisock
P - Darryl Kile (12 seasons) - happyhours
P - Nolan Ryan (13 season) - schwarze
P - Curt Schilling (14 seasons) - royhobbs09
P - Jason Isringhausen (12 seasons) - mpitt76
P - Mike Williams (13 seasons) - calhoop

Blacklist
These players can not be nominated (but they can be used as teammates)

C: Mickey Cochrane, Elston Howard, Victor Martinez, Charlie O'Brien, Jorge, Posada, Ossee Schreckengost, Jason Varitek, Hal Wagner

1B: Dick Allen, Cap Anson, Dolph Camilli, Cecil Cooper, Frank Howard, Frank Thomas

2B: Max Bishop, Bobby Doerr, Tom Herr, Tony Lazzeri

3B: Frank Baker, Ron Cey, Chipper Jones, Tony Lazzeri, John McGraw, Pie Traynor

SS: Jeff Blauser, Lou Boudreau, Nomar Garciaparra, Hughie Jennings, Rico Petrocelli, Arky Vaughan, Maury Wills

OF: Moises Alou, Tony Armas, Jesse Barfield, Vince Coleman, Larry Doby, Hugh Duffy, Billy Hamilton, Babe Herman, Baby Doll Jacobson, Fielder Jones, Roger Maris, Ron Northey, Tony Oliva, Kirby Puckett, Tilly Walker, Ken Williams, Hack Wilson

P: Johnny Allen, Rod Beck, Chief Bender, Jim Brewer, Mordecai Brown, Norm Charlton, Jack Chesbro, Ed Cicotte, Watty Clark, John Denny, Joe Dobson, Don Drysdale, Ryne Duren, Frank Dwyer, Wes Ferrell, Chick Fraser, Joe Gibbon, Left Gomez, Zack Greinke, Clark Griffith, Ron Guidry, Harvey Haddix, Jim Hearn, Rick Helling, Joe Heving, Catfish Hunter, Brickyard Kennedy, Sandy Koufax, Max Lanier, Cliff Lee, Bob Locker, Juan Marichal, Ramon Martinez, Sam McDowell, Jeff Montgomery, Johnny Murphy, Denny Neagle, Gene Nelson, Phil Regan, Allie Reynolds, Mike Scott, Clyde Shoun, Bob Stanley, Jesse Tannehill, Adonis Terry, John Tudor, Ugueth Urbina, Rube Walberg, Ed Walsh

To determine number of player seasons, select years 1961-2018, Select AL or NL and set Season Type = Full/Combined

For batters, also..
Choose Pos = ALL, Min Games = 0, Check "Include Secondary Positions"

Love it. In, of course!

In please, TBD.

In, player TBD.

Switching to Lenny Dykstra.

I'll play this one, too. Need a day or two for a nominee though.

16x16 was really a fun draft. And I like modern players better. So this should be excellent. Sign us up. Player tbd

Posted by barracuda3 on 1/22/2019 1:42:00 PM (view original):
In, player TBD.

Obviously, selections in these leagues are always tentative (until they're not), but I will tentatively go with one of my favorite players who I rarely use in the sim:

1B Don Mattingly

And here's a photo of a young barracuda3 with Donnie Baseball, or, as I like to call him, Donnie Photobomb:

in

Justin Verlander (for now)

To use words from the Terminator... I'll be Back!