Need 2 for Sweet 16 League Version 3-filled Topic

We need 7 new members for the Sweet Sixteen League Version 3. We are just completing the 16th and final season of Version 2 and 8 of the 16 participants in Version 2 have already announced they will return for Version 3. Incidentally, this was 8 of the 12 who participated in all 16 seasons of Version 2.

In version 1 of the Sweet Sixteen league, 16 participants took turns in owning all-star teams for each of the 16 original franchises. Each season each owner got a different franchise and could select any player from 1901-2010 (2010 was the latest season available at the inception of the league) who played for that franchise, using only seasons they played for that franchise. If a player played for more than one franchise in the year you want to use him, you can use only the partial season he played for your franchise.
Thus every owner got a turn owning the Yankees, Cardinals, Dodgers etc. Each season all 16 of the original franchises must be selected. The test will be to see which owner can do the best job of managing 16 different franchise all star teams. At the end of the 16th season, I gave a total of $60 in gift certificates to the owner with the most World Series Wins and $40 in gift certificates to the owner with at least 12 seasons completed who achieved the best W/L Pct. I posted cumulative W/L records for each owner and each franchise after every season.

In version 2, which will complete it's 16th and final season on September 6, Instead of using any player in franchise history, each owner used a particular season for each franchise. They could use any season from 1901-2012 in the franchise history. For example, for the Yankees they could use 1927, 1939, 1998 or any other season they wished. For franchises which have moved cities, they could use any season as well-for example for the Senators/Twins they could use the 1925 or 1933 Senators or the 1965, 1991 or 2004 Twins (or any other season in franchise history). If a player played for more than one team, you may only use the partial season that he played for your chosen franchise and season.

The test was to see which owners could select the correct "best" team for each franchise.

In version 2, WIS agreed to give $100 in gift certificates after season 16 (provided at least 9 members of the league were in the league for all 16 seasons).


This prize money will be distributed as gift certificates to the 4 owners with the best W/L Pct. as follows:

Best W/L Pct. $40
2nd Best W/L Pct. $25
3rd Best W/L Pct. $20
4th Best W/L Pct. $15

I anticipate that WIS will agree again to distribute $100 in prize money after season 16.


As Commissioner, I am not eligible for these prizes, so if I qualify the next owners immediately below me all move up.

Owners must have competed for at least 12 seasons to be eligible for prize money


Version 3 will be similar to version 2 in that for each of the 16 seasons owners will select one of the 16 original franchise and select which season from 1901-2015 in that franchise's history they wish to use. However, they will be permitted 4 "wild card" players who must have played for the team selected in their wildcard season with the following additional criteria:
1. There may be I infielder or catcher, 1 outfielder, 1 starting pitcher (more than 50% of games as a starter) and 1 relief pitcher (more than 50% of games as a reliever)
2. The wildcard player may not be on the primary team selected (i.e if your primary team is the 1944 Cardinals you may not twist Stan Musial to a different season or add a clone from a different season). No twists and no clones !
3. If your primary team has 22 or more players, you may drop players of your choice to reduce the roster to 25.
4. If your primary team has 20 or fewer players, your first 4 additions must be your wildcard players. Additional players as required must be from your primary season from any team with salaries less than $500,000.


So imagine having the 1944 Cardinals and adding 1924 Rogers Hornsby, 1937 Joe Medwick, 1968 Bob Gibson plus either 1981 Bruce Sutter or 2002 Jason Isringhausen.

Or imagine the 1939 Yankees with 1921 Babe Ruth, 1927 Lou Gehrig, 1978 Ron Guidry and 1996 Mariano Rivera.

While I understand that health, family or financial issues may arise that necessitate an owner to drop from the league, because of the nature of the league after a few seasons it becomes difficult to replace owners so I DO REQUEST THAT YOU NOT SIGN UP FOR THE LEAGUE UNLESS YOU CURRENTLY ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FOR ALL 16 SEASONS.

As indicated above, 8 participants from Version 2 have already signed up for Version 3 leaving 8 openings as follows:
1.dspahlinger
2. jmc44
3. Darth Durron
4. pmars2001
5. bev148
6. specsman
7. vark48
8. winterhawk
9. grayfoxx
10.erne6
11.BlueTufts
12.mikemundt
13.rmarsh915
14.bmbigdog44
15.
16.
9/10/2016 2:39 PM (edited)
FRANCHISES AND POSSIBLE TEAM NAMES:

1. Atlanta Braves 1966-2015, Milwaukee Braves 1953-1965, Boston Braves 1941-1952 & 1912-1935, Boston Bees 1936-1940, Boston Doves 1907-1910 and Boston Beaneaters 1901-1906

2.Baltimore Orioles 1954-2015, St. Louis Browns 1902-1953, Milwaukee Brewers 1901

3. Boston Red Sox 1908-2015, Boston Americans 1901-1907

4. Chicago Cubs 1903-2015, Chicago Orphans 1901-1902

5. Chicago White Sox 1901-2015

6. Cincinnati Reds 1901-2015

7. Cleveland Indians 1916-2015, Cleveland Naps 1903-1914, Cleveland Blues 1901-1902

8. Detroit Tigers 1901-2015

9. Los Angeles Dodgers 1958-2015, Brooklyn Dodgers 1931-1957 & 1911-1913, Brooklyn Robins 1914-1930, Brooklyn Superbas 1901-1910

10. Minnesota Twins 1961-2015, Washington Senators 1901-1960

11. New York Yankees 1913-2015, New York Highlanders 1903-1912, Baltimore Orioles 1901-1902

12. Oakland Athletics 1968-2015, Kansas City Athletics 1955-1967, Philadelphia Athletics 1901-1954

13. Philadelphia Phillies 1946-2015, Philadelphia Blue Jays 1944-1945, Philadelphia Phillies 1901-1943

14. Pittsburgh Pirates 1901-2015

15. St. Louis Cardinals 1901-2015

16. San Francisco Giants 1958-2015, New York Giants 1901-1957

Division alignment will be geographic and will vary from season to season based on the teams selected-
for example, a Brooklyn Dodgers team will be placed in the NL East while a Los Angeles Dodgers team will be placed in the NL West.

Seasons 1901-2015, Salary Cap $150 Mil, No clones, WW, AAA or DH.
9/10/2016 9:51 AM
If interested please sign up below. I will be happy to answer questions either below or by site mail.
9/10/2016 9:52 AM
It should be obvious, but note that in both version 1 and version 2 some teams (Yankees, Cardinals, Cubs, Orioles) performed better than others. However, everyone will get each of the good teams once and each of the bad teams once. You have to try to do better than everyone else with both the good and bad teams.
9/10/2016 9:53 AM
Once we have 16 owners, there will be a random lottery to determine the order of franchise selection for season 1. However, remember that everyone will have every franchise once, so if you wind up with a bad team you will be likely drafting early in season 2 etc.
9/10/2016 9:56 AM
Need only 2 now !!
9/10/2016 2:39 PM
Looks like a great group of owners. I would like to join.
Question: no salary cap?
9/10/2016 8:03 PM
I would like to play, and also am curious about the salary cap (or lack thereof).
9/10/2016 8:08 PM
Just saw the $150mm cap posted at the bottom of the available franchise list post.
9/10/2016 10:39 PM
If you have a wait list, put me on it, for this or any future season.
9/11/2016 5:45 AM
Posted by fatboydad54 on 9/11/2016 5:45:00 AM (view original):
If you have a wait list, put me on it, for this or any future season.
You are #1 on the wait list
9/11/2016 9:22 AM
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