Random Box Score Twist ($140m) - FULL!!! Topic

Baseball-Reference now has boxscores going back as far as 1916: www.baseball-reference.com/boxes
 
I ran a few themes like this a few years back when I was more active at WiS, so I thought I'd bring it back.

When you sign up, I'll assign you a random date (via random.org). Go to b/r.com to view the box scores from that date in history.You will be allowed to twist any player who appears in any box score from your date to any season in his career. The player could appear as a pinch runner, pinch hitter, etc - as long as you see his name in the boxscore, he's eligible.

Caveat: I will ensure every date has at least SIX games played that day to ensure you have a sufficient pool of players to draw from. If not, I will generate a new date. Be warned, if you draw an early year, your pitchers could be extremely limited (6 or 7 games played may only yield 12-16 pitchers or so - but hey, it's luck of the draw).

The particulars:
  • $140m cap
  • No clones, no WW, no AA, no trades, no live play
  • Yes to DH
  • Ballpark must have been played in on your date
  • Allignment - Random

I'll be traveling Friday afternoon thru Sunday 11/8-11/10 - so I may be delayed in getting you your date if you sign up during that time, but I'll get it to you ASAP.

The first willing person to sign up can generate my date and post it to the forum (there are a couple of options on Random.org - you can run three random sequences (4-9 for month, 1-31 for day and 1916-2013 for year) or use the date generator (set range to 4/1/1916 - 9/30-2013) - obviously rerun if you get a date that's out of range.
11/8/2013 10:21 AM (edited)
Sign Up/Random Date
1. BCBSMA - August 20, 2007 (generated by Horus_6 - see post on pg2)
2. diligafdbp - June 7, 1935
3. 2chair - August 8, 2008
4. Fatboydad54 - September 29. 1934
5. horus_6 - May 25, 1922 ***
6. micksdad1 - August 30, 1980
7. splitter24 - May 23, 1933
8. jfranco77 - September 20, 1995
9, specsman - September 6, 1973
10. mulder - September 8, 1962
11. razorclams - August 23, 1960
12. dodgebob - September 16, 1937
13. yargespd1 - September 11, 1938
14. firecapt - July 7, 1935
15. sophiegiants - May 1, 1969
16. jmc44 - July 14, 1950
17. dlchow -      July 28, 1959
18. trd3 - July 10, 2013
19. jballot - August 14, 1999
20. finn2030 - May 31, 1971
21. mllama54 - April 23, 1999
22. minnow - July 6, 2012
23. dumpster - July 19, 2001
24.simisox - August 6, 1977

*** sitemailed Horus_6 - his date has 6 games, but 2 games were doubleheaders - i.e. only 10 teams (not 12) played that day - I'm giving him the option to re-draw or keep 5/25/1922 (EDIT - Horus_^ has elected to keep this date)


sitemail list: dilligafdbp; 2chair; fatboydad54; horus_6; micksdad1; splitter24; jfranco77; specsman; mulder; razorclams; dodgebob; yargespd1; firecapt; sophiegiants; jmc44; dlchow; trd3; jballot; finn2030; mllama54; minnow; dumpster; simisox
11/11/2013 3:01 PM (edited)
ok...
11/7/2013 5:52 PM
Sounds like fun
11/7/2013 5:58 PM

dilligafdbp - June 7, 1935

http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?select=1935&year=1935&month=6&day=7&submit=Find+Games

sorry - I neglected to paste the date stamp from random.org, but it is authentic

11/8/2013 8:43 AM (edited)
I will give this a shot.
11/7/2013 9:10 PM

fatboydad54:     September 29. 1934

http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?select=1934&year=1934&month=9&day=29&submit=Find+Games

Here is your calendar date:

September 29, 1934
 

It was picked randomly out of 35,612 possible dates between April 1, 1916 and September 30, 2013.

Timestamp: 2013-11-08 04:13:28 UTC

11/7/2013 11:22 PM (edited)
I'm in.
11/7/2013 11:36 PM
I'm in

11/7/2013 11:49 PM
horus6 - May 25, 1922
http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?select=1922&year=1922&month=5&day=25&submit=Find+Games

Here is your calendar date:

May 25, 1922
 

It was picked randomly out of 35,612 possible dates between April 1, 1916 and September 30, 2013.

Timestamp: 2013-11-08 04:50:27 UTC

11/7/2013 11:52 PM
Micksdad1 - August 30, 1980
http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?select=1980&year=1980&month=8&day=30&submit=Find+Games

Here is your calendar date:

August 30, 1980
 

It was picked randomly out of 35,612 possible dates between April 1, 1916 and September 30, 2013.

Timestamp: 2013-11-08 04:52:51 UTC

11/7/2013 11:55 PM
I'll play.
11/8/2013 7:38 AM
splitter24 - May 23, 1933 (the 30's are well represented so far):

http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?select=1933&year=1933&month=5&day=23&submit=Find+Games

Here is your calendar date:

May 23, 1933
 

It was picked randomly out of 35,643 possible dates between March 1, 1916 and September 30, 2013.

Timestamp: 2013-11-08 13:25:37 UTC

11/8/2013 8:28 AM
hit me. this sounds fun.
11/8/2013 10:03 AM
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