$70m, franchises, are we using the 1901-02 Orioles as 1903-2025 Yankees?

$100m, I assume if your teams park is not available then we would use WIS Park?

Posted by just4me on 4/25/2026 5:57:00 PM (view original):
$70m, franchises, are we using the 1901-02 Orioles as 1903-2025 Yankees?

Because BB-Ref does not, we will not. See the post from rtg at the top of page 2.

Posted by just4me on 4/25/2026 6:05:00 PM (view original):
$100m, I assume if your teams park is not available then we would use WIS Park?

Correct. Thank you.

Posted by redcped on 4/25/2026 7:03:00 PM (view original):

Posted by just4me on 4/25/2026 5:57:00 PM (view original):
$70m, franchises, are we using the 1901-02 Orioles as 1903-2025 Yankees?

Because BB-Ref does not, we will not. See the post from rtg at the top of page 2.

So, are we not including the Yankees and doing an original 15?

[edited to add] or, I guess, Yankees just have fewer seasons to work with?

and it was the linked thread that made me ask. I didn’t know what “Original 16 Franchises” meant and that thread doesn’t clarify. In looking it up externally, I saw the Yankees listed, but knew the Orioles were no longer considered part of their history, which was what led me to asking for clarification.

You can use the Yankees, but you have fewer seasons to pick from in the first 5-year interval.

Is alignment random for all themes?

Posted by barracuda3 on 4/26/2026 9:30:00 AM (view original):
Is alignment random for all themes?

Yes, it is. I thought that I had that in there, but I must have missed it. Will add to the initial post.

In the $100M theme it states "You cannot skip numbers". I assume numbers are years or seasons.

My question is, say I have a team who has a player 14 years removed from his special season. I must then also have players inserted into slots representing a 13-, 12-, 11-, 10-year gap as well? I can't just go 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and then skip to 14?

Posted by WillHaysnoe on 4/26/2026 2:19:00 PM (view original):
In the $100M theme it states "You cannot skip numbers". I assume numbers are years or seasons.

My question is, say I have a team who has a player 14 years removed from his special season. I must then also have players inserted into slots representing a 13-, 12-, 11-, 10-year gap as well? I can't just go 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and then skip to 14?

Correct. Can’t twist anyone 14 years away unless you have already twisted 13 other players 1,2,3……13 years away.

Posted by redcped on 4/24/2026 12:57:00 PM (view original):

100M

Twisting in a Straight Line

Pick any historical team. The base of your roster will be members of that historical team from that specific season. You can also twist as many players as you choose under this restriction: one player can be twisted one season, one can be twisted two seasons, one can be twisted three seasons, etc. You cannot skip numbers. You can twist in either direction. Everyone you don’t twist must use their season with the selected historical team. You may use <300k players either if your historical team doesn’t have enough eligible players or you just prefer them to fill out roster spots.

Any player who appears on the Baseball-Reference page with a game played or inning (or partial) pitched for that team is eligible to be twisted. They do not need to have a sim-eligible season to be used as a twist.

DH: No

Seasons: All

Park: Use your selected team’s home ballpark.

Clones: No

300K exception: Yes

Team name: Include your historical team

Example:
You choose the 1927 Yankees. You can use one twist to 1926 or 1928, then one to 1925 or 1929, then one to 1924 or 1930, etc. So twists could be:

11: 1916 Bob Shawkey

10: 1917 Herb Pennock

9: 1918 Urban Shocker

8: 1919 Dutch Ruether

7: 1920 Joe Dugan

6: 1921 Bob Meusel

5: 1922 Pat Collins

4: 1931 Babe Ruth

3: 1930 Lou Gehrig

2: 1929 Tony Lazzeri

1: 1926 Ray Morehart

Then the other 14 players on your roster would all be members of the 1927 Yankees or 300K exceptions.

Let's say Player A played for the 2000 Yankees and Cubs. He has a partial with each team and a full season with the Cubs.

If you take the 2000 Yankees, can you use his Cubs full or only his Yankees partial?

Posted by Jtpsops on 4/27/2026 3:55:00 PM (view original):

Posted by redcped on 4/24/2026 12:57:00 PM (view original):

100M

Twisting in a Straight Line

Pick any historical team. The base of your roster will be members of that historical team from that specific season. You can also twist as many players as you choose under this restriction: one player can be twisted one season, one can be twisted two seasons, one can be twisted three seasons, etc. You cannot skip numbers. You can twist in either direction. Everyone you don’t twist must use their season with the selected historical team. You may use <300k players either if your historical team doesn’t have enough eligible players or you just prefer them to fill out roster spots.

Any player who appears on the Baseball-Reference page with a game played or inning (or partial) pitched for that team is eligible to be twisted. They do not need to have a sim-eligible season to be used as a twist.

DH: No

Seasons: All

Park: Use your selected team’s home ballpark.

Clones: No

300K exception: Yes

Team name: Include your historical team

Example:
You choose the 1927 Yankees. You can use one twist to 1926 or 1928, then one to 1925 or 1929, then one to 1924 or 1930, etc. So twists could be:

11: 1916 Bob Shawkey

10: 1917 Herb Pennock

9: 1918 Urban Shocker

8: 1919 Dutch Ruether

7: 1920 Joe Dugan

6: 1921 Bob Meusel

5: 1922 Pat Collins

4: 1931 Babe Ruth

3: 1930 Lou Gehrig

2: 1929 Tony Lazzeri

1: 1926 Ray Morehart

Then the other 14 players on your roster would all be members of the 1927 Yankees or 300K exceptions.

Let's say Player A played for the 2000 Yankees and Cubs. He has a partial with each team and a full season with the Cubs.

If you take the 2000 Yankees, can you use his Cubs full or only his Yankees partial?

If your selected team is the 2000 Yankees, then he has to use a partial or combined that's a Yankees season. He couldn't use the Cubs season.

If this is a twisted season (say your historical team is from 2002 and this is your 2-year increment twist), then any franchise or split is fine.

In the 110m league, are the Indians and Guardians considered the same franchise??

Posted by pumped on 4/28/2026 10:14:00 AM (view original):
In the 110m league, are the Indians and Guardians considered the same franchise??

Yes.
And the Twins include the pre-1960 Senators; the Phillies include the 1940s Blue Jays; the Athletics include the Oakland, Philly and KC versions, etc.
The following link shows which teams are part of the same franchise for the purposes of both the 70m and 110m themes:
https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=463788

This is probably obvious to everyone, but just in case...I highly recommend that everyone start working on the 100M and 140M themes ASAP. Both will take time. The 100M obviously gives you thousands of possible teams to choose from and my over/under is that 25% of rosters that are submitted will need to be redone because someone didn't follow the twist rules correctly. The 140M will either take a lot of time (if you just focus on the version listed here) or a megaton of time (if you are also building your round 2, 80M version simultaneously). Soup themes are never quick builds...