farleyfustle,

Anywhere else I looked for the dagger, your 2B bench situation, your bullpen, still left you with a very affordable Babe Ruth at $6.5 M and an OPS in excess of 1.000.
Sure, Rogers Hornsby is there too, but at an unusable $15M.
That'll leave you with all-or-nothing Ralph Kiner and Leon Wagner in the middle of the lineup.

Babe Ruth is daggered.
Sportsman's Park is daggered.

NOTE: [edited from original post!]

To compete with the Hummingbirds and to honor my having lived in Japan, I will go with the Yakult Swallows as follows:
C: Roy Campanella (52 Dodgers 1), Al Evans (42 Senators 1)
1B: Gil Hodges (52 Dodgers 2), Kurt Bevacqua (82 Padres 1)
2B: Jackie Robinson (52 Dodgers 3), Ellis Clary (42 Senators 2)
SS: Larry Bowa (82 Cubs 1), Jimmy Pofahl (42 Senators 3)
3B: Bobby Estalella (42 Senators 4), Pat Tabler (82 Cubs 2)
OF: Duke Snider (52 Dodgers 4), Leon Durham (82 Cubs 3), Roy Cullenbine (42 Senators 5), Tony Gwynn (82 Padres 2), Gary Wood (82 Cubs 4)
SP: Carl Erskine (52 Dodgers 5), Billy Loes (52 Dodgers 6), John Montefusco (82 Padres 3), Eric Show (82 Padres 4)
RP: Joe Black (52 Dodgers 7), Lee Smith (82 Cubs 5), Mike Proly (82 Cubs 6), Ray Scarborough (42 Senators 6), Dave Dravecky (82 Padres 5), Luis Deleon (82 Padres 6)
Park: Ebbets Field
Hitter Salaries: $43,704,907
Pitcher Salaries: $36,067,638
Total: $79,772,546
Available cash: $227,455

3dayrotation

3 teams from 1972 and one from 1952

Strong SP, probably the best in the division, but expensive. A dagger here would not do much good.

Not much power in your lineup. I thought a lot about C Ted Simmons, but then I saw the flaw in your roster.
No backup 3B. Four very capable starters, but zero backups. Beer please tell me I am not missing anything. I pulled up the rosters a few times to make sure.

3B Joe Torre can also play 1B, but the other 3 only play 3B. Correction, Bando plays 2B at D-/D-.
That is an expensive 2B with 50+ errors, hopefully.

Start the roster juggling now.

Stadium dagger: Oakland Colisium

Beernoser, I hate to do this since I love the idea of this league and the work you've put behind it, but your dagger seems pretty obvious. Your 4 teams, each only have 1 shortstop. I could kill the only good one of the bunch, but Hollacher costs almost $7 million, so if you can fit him, you can use. McMillan and Foli are in the $3 million range and not very good, so I will cut Johnny Pesky and his $1 million salary. You'll have to carry a $3 million backup and $10 million on shortstops combined, or punt the position.

I'll also dagger the most moderate stadium, Crosley Field

Blew it the first time by not reading all the rules carefully enough (my kids would be so disappointed), so here's Version 2.0 with differently wasted PA and more of them!

C Dick Billings, 72 Rangers (1) $3,599,428
C Hal King, 72 Rangers (2) $782,184
1B Dolph Camilli, 42 Dodgers (1) $4,970,521
1B Don Mincher, 72 Rangers (3) $1,358,382
2B Vic Harris, 72 Rangers (4) $590,507
2B Ted Kubiak, 72 Rangers (5) $449,600
3B Arky Vaughan, 42 Dodgers (2) $3,465,462
3B Johnny Berardino, 42 Browns (1) $503,639
SS Pee Wee Reese, 42 Dodgers (3) $5,233,506
SS Eddie Joost, 42 Reds (1) $3,271,227
OF Wally Judnich, 42 Browns (2) $6,650,733
OF Chet Laabs, 42 Browns (3) $4,828,092
OF Pete Reiser, 42 Dodgers (4) $4,686,291
OF Frankie Kelleher, 42 Reds (2) $667,850
OF Tony Criscola, 42 Browns (4) $986,426
Hitting: 6115 PA, .259/.346/.387, $42,043,848

P Johnny Vander Meer, 42 Reds (3) $8,043,919
P Ray Starr, 42 Reds (4) $7,436,645
P Whit Wyatt, 42 Dodgers (5) $6,308,041
P Johnny Niggeling, 42 Browns (5) $5,391,088
P Hugh Casey, 42 Dodgers (6) $3,047,494
P Frank Biscan, 42 Browns (6) $1,099,988
P Pete Appleton, 42 Browns (7) $517,840
P Joe Beggs, 42 Reds (5) $2,589,529
P Clyde Shoun, 42 Reds (6) $2,169,159
P Jim Shellenback, 72 Rangers (6) $1,266,856
1,417 IP, 2.57 ERA, .219 OAV, 1.18 WHIP, 0.35 HR/9, $37,870,559
Available Cash: $85,593
Park: Arlington Stadium

hey Dodgerdon. I think you have to roster the 42 White Sox, not the 42 Senators. That's my team.

Posted by evil_twin on 5/9/2020 11:06:00 PM (view original):
farleyfustle,

Anywhere else I looked for the dagger, your 2B bench situation, your bullpen, still left you with a very affordable Babe Ruth at $6.5 M and an OPS in excess of 1.000.
Sure, Rogers Hornsby is there too, but at an unusable $15M.
That'll leave you with all-or-nothing Ralph Kiner and Leon Wagner in the middle of the lineup.

Babe Ruth is daggered.
Sportsman's Park is daggered.

You are truly evil...but actually I was fairly sure from beginning Ruth would be daggered

Playing at Redland Stadium
C Ernie Lombardi 32 Reds 1
C Clyde Manion 32 Reds 2
1b Dan Driessen 82 Red 1
1b Harry Spillman 82 Astros 1
2b Phil Garner 82 Astros 2
2b Jim Gilliam 62 Dodgers 1
SS Dickie Thon 82 Astros 3
SS Craig Reynolds 82 Astros 4
3b Daryl Spencer 62 Dodgers 2
3b Andy Carey 62 Dodgers 3
Of Babe Herman 32 Reds 3
Of Larry Bittner 82 Reds 2
Of Lee Walls 62 Dodgers 4
Of Frank Howard 62 Dodgers 5
OF Willie Davis 62 Dodgers 6

Pitchers
Eppa Rixey 32 Reds 4
Red Lucas 32 Reds 5
Jack Ogden 32 Reds 6
Don Sutton 82 Astros 5
Joe Niekro 82 Astros 6
Randy Moffitt 82 Astros 7
Mario Soto 82 Reds 3
Brad Lesley 82 Reds 4
Tom Hume 82 Reds 5
Ben Hayes 82 Reds 6

Salary Cap: $80,000,000
Current Payroll: $79,936,358
Position Salaries: $40,409,570
Pitcher Salaries: $39,526,788
Available Cash: $63,642

Now that I have my dagger (and it was a well-thrown dagger), I will work on my team. Once I have it, I will set up a league and then start clearing rosters. Please don't enter the league until I've cleared your roster.

C Johnny Edwards ‘72 Houston Astros (1)
C Fred Kendall ‘72 San Diego Padres (1)

1B Nate Colbert ‘72 San Diego Padres (2)
1B Duane Josephson ‘72 Boston Red Sox (1)

2B Derrel Thomas ‘72 San Diego Padres (3)
2B Skeeter Webb ‘42 Chicago White Sox (1)

SS Luis Aparicio ‘72 Boston Red Sox (2)
SS Leo Wells ‘42 Chicago White Sox (2)

3B Rico Petrocelli ‘72 Boston Red Sox (3)
3B Dave Roberts ‘72 San Diego Padres (4)

OF Bob Watson ‘72 Houston Astros (2)
OF Cesar Cedeno ‘72 Houston Astros (3)
OF Jimmy Wynn ‘72 Houston Astros (4)
OF Andy Kosco ‘72 Boston Red Sox (4)
OF Bill Mueller ‘42 Chicago White Sox (3)

P Marty Pattin ‘72 Boston Red Sox (5)
P Don Wilson ‘72 Houston Astros (5)
P Larry Dierker ‘72 Houston Astros (6)
P Clay Kirby ‘72 San Diego Padres (5)
P Luis Tiant ‘72 Boston Red Sox (6)
P Mike Corkins ‘72 San Diego Padres (6)
P George Culver ‘72 Houston Astros (7)
P Orville Grove ‘42 Chicago White Sox (4)
P Lee Thornton ‘42 Chicago White Sox (5)
P Pete Appleton ‘42 Chicago White Sox (6)

Total Salary: $78,814,689
Hitters Salary: $40,485,091
Pitchers Salary: $38,329,598
Stadium: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA

Posted by Peekay on 5/10/2020 12:39:00 AM (view original):
3dayrotation

3 teams from 1972 and one from 1952

Strong SP, probably the best in the division, but expensive. A dagger here would not do much good.

Not much power in your lineup. I thought a lot about C Ted Simmons, but then I saw the flaw in your roster.
No backup 3B. Four very capable starters, but zero backups. Beer please tell me I am not missing anything. I pulled up the rosters a few times to make sure.

3B Joe Torre can also play 1B, but the other 3 only play 3B. Correction, Bando plays 2B at D-/D-.
That is an expensive 2B with 50+ errors, hopefully.

Start the roster juggling now.

Stadium dagger: Oakland Colisium

nope. i need that beer. torre was supposed to be my savior.

contrarian23 after looking over your teams you really only have 2 power hitters. Hank Sauer and Ted Williams. I’ll let you keep Ted and his almost 12 mil salary and dagger the more economical Hank Sauer and his ball park Wrigley

Position Players

		Pos	Player	B	PA/162	AB/162	HR	RBI	SB-CS	SO-BB	AB/HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	F/R	Salary
		C	1982 Jim Sundberg	R	530	470	10	47	2-6	57-49	47.0	.251	.322	.383	B+/B-	$3,912,209
		1B	1952 Dee Fondy	L	618	583	10	67	13-11	60-28	55.4	.300	.334	.424	C+/A-	$4,431,461
		2B	1982 Julio Cruz	S	617	549	8	49	46-13	71-57	68.6	.242	.316	.344	A-/C	$3,833,432
		3B	1952 Bill Serena	R	458	411	15	61	1-0	83-39	26.0	.274	.345	.469	A/C+	$3,855,546
		SS	1942 Johnny Pesky	L	732	661	2	51	12-7	36-42	310.0	.331	.375	.416	C/A	$6,482,485
		OF	1942 Lou Finney	L	460	424	3	61	3-3	11-29	132.3	.285	.335	.383	C/C	$2,693,799
		OF	1982 George Wright	S	599	557	11	50	3-7	78-30	50.6	.264	.305	.377	B-/A-	$3,929,254
		OF	1982 Johnny Grubb	L	358	308	3	26	0-3	37-39	102.7	.279	.368	.370	D+/D-	$1,778,975
		1B	1942 Jimmie Foxx	R	128	107	5	14	0-0	15-18	20.0	.270	.392	.460	C-/B	$817,699
		3B	1942 Skeeter Newsome	R	112	102	0	9	2-1	5-9	95.0	.274	.337	.337	C/B	$602,415
		SS	1982 Paul Serna	R	178	169	3	8	0-5	13-4	56.3	.225	.246	.296	D/D-	$602,135
		C	1982 Don Werner	R	65	59	0	3	0-0	7-3	59.0	.203	.242	.237	C/C-	$241,421
		2B	1982 Doug Flynn	R	283	270	0	19	6-2	14-4	270.0	.211	.221	.248	B+/D	$954,275
		OF	1982 Bruce Bochte	L	586	509	12	70	8-5	71-67	42.4	.297	.380	.409	B+/D-	$3,484,980
		OF	1942 Pete Fox	R	305	273	3	42	8-7	28-20	85.3	.262	.323	.395	D+/D-	$1,605,065
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
Batting Totals					6029	5452	85	577	104-70	586-438	62.4	.274	.332	.384	C+/C	$39,225,151

Pitching Staff

		Role	Player	T	W-L-S	IP/162	ERA	OAV	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	K-BB	Salary
		SP	1942 Tex Hughson	R	22-6-4	300	2.59	.245	1.19	3.62	2.40	0.32	113-75	$8,068,686
		SP/RP	1952 Bob Rush	R	17-13-0	264	2.70	.216	1.14	5.64	2.91	0.50	157-81	$8,756,064
		SP/RP	1952 Warren Hacker	R	15-9-1	195	2.58	.212	0.95	4.09	1.51	0.83	84-31	$6,272,937
		SP/RP	1952 Dutch Leonard	R	2-2-11	71	2.16	.235	1.20	5.00	3.24	0.41	37-24	$1,808,282
		SP/RP	1952 Willie Ramsdell	R	2-3-0	71	2.42	.173	0.97	4.03	3.22	0.67	30-24	$2,367,420
		SP/RP	1982 Ed Vande Berg	L	9-4-5	76	2.37	.207	1.13	7.11	3.79	0.59	60-32	$2,258,616
		SP/RP	1982 Bill Caudill	R	12-9-26	96	2.35	.192	1.05	10.44	3.29	0.85	111-35	$3,207,538
		SP/RP	1982 Bob Stoddard	R	3-3-0	68	2.41	.205	0.98	3.21	2.41	0.94	24-18	$1,897,882
		SP/RP	1982 Dave J. Schmidt	R	4-6-6	110	3.20	.279	1.30	5.66	2.05	0.41	69-25	$2,462,533
		SP/RP	1942 Bill Butland	L	7-1-1	119	2.51	.206	1.06	3.72	2.67	0.65	46-33	$3,420,751
		SP/RP	optional
		SP/RP	optional
		SP/RP	optional
Pitching Totals					93-56-54	1,370	2.58	.223	1.11	5.02	2.60	0.57	731-378	$40,520,709

7 players from the 1942 Red Sox, 6 from everyone else
Playing in Arlington Stadium, TX

C	Ray Fosse	1972 Cleveland (1)	$3,577,961
C	Jerry Moses	1972 Cleveland (2)	$1,393,109
1B	Joe Hague	1972 St. Louis (1)	$523,789
1B	Donn Clendenon	1972 St. Louis (2)	$521,188
2B	Eddie Leon	1972 Cleveland (3)	$904,247
2B	Larry Brown	1972 Oakland (1)	$566,639
3B	Eddie Yost	1952 Washington (1)	$4,561,089
3B	Sal Bando	1972 Oakland (2)	$5,104,596
SS	Pete Runnels	1952 Washington (2)	$4,746,338
SS	Dal Maxvill	1972 St. Louis (3)	$1,194,594
OF	Jim Busby	1952 Washington (3)	$4,456,229
OF	Frank Campos	1952 Washington (4)	$495,538
OF	Tommy McCraw	1972 Cleveland (4)	$3,205,272
OF	Reggie Jackson	1972 Oakland (3)	$4,839,032
OF	Matty Alou	1972 Oakland (4)	$728,253
P	Sleater, Lou	1952 Washington (5)	$937,993
P	Marrero, Connie	1952 Washington (6)	$4,665,222
P	Hilgendorf, Tom	1972 Cleveland (5)	$636,752
P	Perry, Gaylord	1972 Cleveland (6)	$12,330,002
P	Locker, Bob	1972 Oakland (5)	$2,587,995
P	Hunter, Catfish	1972 Oakland (6)	$11,848,067
P	Cloninger, Tony	1972 St. Louis (4)	$229,439
P	Drabowsky, Moe	1972 St. Louis (5)	$328,531
P	Grzenda, Joe	1972 St. Louis (6)	$466,959
P	Gibson, Bob	1972 St. Louis (7)	$9,062,516
	Total Salary	$79,911,350
	Hitters Salary	$36,817,874
	Pitchers Salary	$43,093,476
	Stadium	Busch Stadium

Detroit Daggers
Tiger Stadium

C ‘22 Hank Severeid
C ‘72 Bill Freehan
1B ‘72 Norm Cash
1B ‘82 Joe Rudi
2B ‘22 Marty McManus
2B ‘82 Dave McKay
3B ‘42 Bob Elliott
3B ‘22 Herman Bronkie
SS ‘22 Wally Gerber
SS ‘42 Alf Anderson
OF ‘22 Ken Williams
OF ‘72 Al Kaline
OF ‘42 Vince DiMaggio
OF ‘42 Bud Stewart
OF ‘22 Chick Shorten

Pitchers

’72 Joe Coleman
’22 Elam Vangilder
’42 Bob Klinger
’72 Tom Timmermann
’72 Woodie Frymam
’82 Dave Beard
’42 Hank Gornicki
’82 Jeff Jones
’82 Preston Hanna
’82 Steve Baker