We are back for the 19th season of this theme-themed theme.

Sometimes, themes out there can be overly restrictive, complicated, or just not interesting. Or sometimes you get an idea for a theme, but you know it would be nearly impossible or simply too boring to fill an entire league around that one theme idea. In this league, you get to avoid all those problems because you're the one choosing your theme, and no one else can use it.

Build a team entirely of guys named Dick, an all-franchise squad, (almost) anything you want. If you want to pick a theme that uses some randomized variables, I'll be happy to do the randomization for you to get started.

League # sitemailed after signing up your theme

$120M Cap
No AAA
No DH
No Waiver Wire
No trades
No clones (unless your theme specifically involves clones)
Injuries on
Standard 24-team schedule
Any stadium

Additional rules:

Themes must affect all 25 players on your roster. No offense-only or pitching-only themes.
No stat-restriction themes will be allowed. So nothing like "All my hitters will hit over .330 and my pitchers will have OAVs under .200". Your team should have an actual theme and not just stat restrictions.

Describe your theme details when signing up so I can Ok it and verify rosters more easily...I'll reserve the right to deny a theme if it offers virtually no restrictions at all (For example: "My team will not have any players named Zeke" is not a reasonable theme).

Please try to choose a team name that somehow identifies your theme.

Feel free to get creative or crazy. Have some fun and good luck to all who play...

Wall of Champions
I - Pfattkatt (Triples Theme)
II - Pfattkatt (Deadball Players Theme) 2-time champ
III - Skunk206 (All names had Mc, O', or -son)
IV - Skunk206 (All players shared a last name with a HOFer from another sport)
V - thurst63 (All hitters had fewer than 10 HR, all pitchers allowed fewer than 10 HR)
VI - josiah31 (All left-handed players)
VII - alleyviper (All players are former MVPs, Cy Youngs, RotYs and Rolaids Relief winners)
VIII - Skunk206 (All players cloned except the 25th man - "Walternates")
IX - uncleal (All players from seasons ending in 8)
X - dweigel (All players played their entire career for one franchise)
XI - Skunk206 (All players from Chicago franchises) 4-time champ
XII - alston (Franchise soup)
XIII - jbar8888 (All batter first names and pitcher last names start with J, B, A, or R)
XIV - finn2030 (All players were 6'1" per bb-r.com)
XV - ozomatli (All players from cities where ozomatli has lived (New York, Philadelphia, Miami, Los Angeles)
XVI - ozomatli (All players must have a last name that begins with a letter in his first name (Michael))
XVII - ozomatli (All players played for 4 or more franchises in their career)
XVIII - 2chair (All players born, died, or buried in Missouri or Ohio)
XIX - ozomatli (All players were traded mid-season, twisted to any year of their career) 4-time champ

TOC Champs
Season IV - Skunk206
Season XIII - jbar8888

Owners and their themes: (bold = team is entered and roster is OK, * = league number sent)

*1. Skunk206 - All players from the World Series champion Chicago Cubs franchise
*2. celticus - All players from a season they played in Philadelphia (Phillies, Athletics, Blue Jays, etc.)
*3. ozomatli - No Time to Pack - All players who were traded mid-season, twisted to any year
*4. cdhaynes00 - All players from the Dodgers franchise, with twisting allowed
*5. 2chair - 4:20; All players wore 4 or 20 as their jersey number during their career
*6. finn2030 - All player first or last names begin with C
*7. clocktower - All players from the Cardinals franchise
*8. dweigel - All players born or died in years ending with 7
*9. rjj4191 - All players twisted from the rosters of franchises in the first year after relocation (e.g. 1903 Yankees, 2005 Nationals)
*10. fatboydad54 - All players born outside the USA
*11. GuerillaZen1 - No Righties: All batters are LH or SH and all pitchers are LH.
*12. zorse - 21st Century: All players from 2000-2016
*13. mapleleafs4l - All players will have German ancestry
*14. flakfizer - All players will fit at least one of flakfizer's previous CYOT themes
*15. dodgebob - All players will be mentioned in the 1980 Terry Cashman classic "Talkin' Baseball"
*16. alston - All players will share a last name with at least one other player on the roster
*17. national - All players will be of Italian-American descent
*18. sohio4ever - All players must have played for at least 7 different teams in their career
*19. sabbath87fan - All players from the inaugural season of the last 10 expansion franchises
*20. fan41 - Leave it to Seaver - All games started by Tom Seaver clones, and all other players drafted from 1967-1986 covering Seaver's career
*21. burningcouch - Native Americans - All players from the Indians or Braves
*22. patco_1981 - All player seasons will be the player's rookie year
*23. mfumar - All players from the strike-shortened 1981 season
*24. legaldh - All players from the rival Yankees and Red Sox franchises

As customary, I'll post my roster for verification and transparency:

Not an original theme, but with the Chicago Cubs now winning the World Series, I'm using all players from the Chicago Cubs franchise.

1896 Bill Dahlen
1922 Ray Grimes
1929 Rogers Hornsby
1930 Gabby Hartnett
1972 Billy Williams
1929 Riggs Stephenson
1912 Heinie Zimmerman
1929 Kiki Cuyler
1911 Kitty Bransfield
1939 Phil Cavarretta
1957 Dee Fondy
1993 Doug Jennings
1956 Jerry Kindall
2004 Neifi Perez
1961 Mel Roach

1908 Mordecai Brown
1905 Ed Reulbach
2015 Jake Arrieta
1906 Jack Pfiester
1915 Phil Douglas
1938 Dizzy Dean
1977 Bruce Sutter
2016 Pedro Strop
1968 Bill Stoneman
2016 Aroldis Chapman

In TBD

Id like to join with a twisted los angeles dodgers franchise team.

In TBD

Can I use all players are from a different season?

I'll try an "all switch-hitter" theme for all batters. With no DH is this OK?

All players will have first names or last names that begin with the letter "C".

Sorry, just noticed my theme is not allowed.

How about all players from the StL Cardinals franchise?

Skunk—if you would be willing to randomize for me years ending in 0-9, I’d like to go with all players either born or died in seasons ending in ___.

how about a MOVING ON UP theme all team rosters in there 1st season of their new home twisted 1903 to present

ie: 03 yanks 53 braves,54 orioles,55 A's 59 giants and dodgers 61 twins 66 braves 68 A's 70 brewers 72 rangers 05 nationals

movers only no expansions i think i listed all available teams will double check for errors

Thanks for the quick interest, guys. Had a busy night but I'll get everything updated at some point tomorrow and get the league number out.

I will do "Legal Aliens"

All players born outside the United States.