Best Decade Team – Tournament ($120M Salary Cap)

There will be twelve 2-person partnerships, where each person will build and manage 6 teams. Each partnership will enter a total of 12 teams, one from each of the following decades: 1900’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000’s, 2010’s. For purposes of this theme, a decade will be defined as 00-09, not 01-10. How your partnership decides which decade each of you will play is up to you. A matrix will be posted which shows which teams /partnerships will enter which leagues.

Round 1
Each league will be a 12-team league with two divisions of 6 (so only two teams make the playoffs / World Series). One division will consist of the 1900’s thru 1950’s while the other division will consist of the 1960’s thru 2010’s. So there will be 12 total leagues of 12 teams each (144 teams = 24 owners x 6 teams each).

The total regular season wins by each of the 12 teams owned by a partnership will be added up. Bonus points will be added for the two World Series participants (25 for winning, 15 for losing). The partnership with the most points after Round 1 will split $280 (i.e., $140 each).

Round 2A
The 12 World Series Winners from Round 1 will compete in another 12-team league. The division alignment will be based on league numbers (i.e., league numbers 1-6 in one division, 7-12 in the other division, regardless of decade). The World Series winner of this league will win $100. The World Series loser wins $35.

Round 2B
The team from each decade with the best W-L record will advance to compete in another 12-team league. If tied, bonus points are used. If still tied, then best expected winning percentage is used. The World Series winner of this league will win $100. The World Series loser gets $35.

And yes, it’s possible that there will be some teams that get to play in both 2A and 2B.
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League Assignment Matrix. Partnership letters will be assigned once the league fills.
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Decade

Lg1

Lg2

Lg3

Lg4

Lg5

Lg6

Lg7

Lg8

Lg9

Lg10

Lg11

Lg12

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1900's

H

G

F

E

D

C

B

A

L

K

J

I

1910's

G

F

E

D

C

B

A

L

K

J

I

H

1920's

E

D

C

B

A

L

K

J

I

H

G

F

1930's

J

I

H

G

F

E

D

C

B

A

L

K

1940's

C

B

A

L

K

J

I

H

G

F

E

D

1950's

K

J

I

H

G

F

E

D

C

B

A

L

1960's

B

A

L

K

J

I

H

G

F

E

D

C

1970's

D

C

B

A

L

K

J

I

H

G

F

E

1980's

L

K

J

I

H

G

F

E

D

C

B

A

1990's

F

E

D

C

B

A

L

K

J

I

H

G

2000's

A

L

K

J

I

H

G

F

E

D

C

B

2010's

I

H

G

F

E

D

C

B

A

L

K

J

I asked two different people to sort two lists for me. One person will sort the 12 partnerships. The other person will sort the letters A thru L. Then I will sync up the two sorted lists to determine which letter will be assigned to each partnership. The above table will tell you which league you will play each team in. League numbers will be provided below (once available)...
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League #1 --> MLB117643 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117643
League #2 --> MLB117597 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117597
League #3 --> MLB117645 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117645
League #4 --> MLB117598 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117598
League #5 --> MLB117642 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117642
League #6 --> MLB117640 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117640
League #7 --> MLB117596 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117596
League #8 --> MLB117641 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117641
League #9 --> MLB117637 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117637
League #10 --> MLB117644 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117644
League #11 --> MLB117638 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117638
League #12 --> MLB117639 --> http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=117639

From:

batandball

To:

schwarze

Received:

12/27/2016 3:18:00 PM

Subject:

RE: Random sort

Message:

here you go:

List Randomizer

There were 12 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
1.K
2.G
3.A
4.D
5.C
6.L
7.H
8.I
9.E
10.B
11.F
12.J

IP: 72.78.4.192
Timestamp: 2016-12-27 20:16:48 UTC

From:

dougpalm

To:

schwarze

Received:

12/27/2016 3:02:00 PM

Subject:

RE: Please sort...

Message:

buddhagamer/justinlee_24
njbigwig/pedrocerrano
mpitt76/calhoop
Jtpsops/dougpalm
ejstockman/d_rock97
batandball/Relkcirts
duece_duece/brianjw
skunk206/redwingscup
GuerillaZen1/zlionsfan
schwarze/ozomatli
slainte/PennQuaker
bardin/mildnhazy


-----Original Message-----
From: schwarze
To: dougpalm
Sent: 12/27/2016 12:48:00 PM
Subject: Please sort...

Can you please randomly sort the following 12 groups of names:

Code	Partnership
K	buddhagamer/justinlee_24
G	njbigwig/pedrocerrano
A	mpitt76/calhoop
D	Jtpsops/dougpalm
C	ejstockman/d_rock97
L	batandball/Relkcirts
H	duece_duece/brianjw
I	skunk206/redwingscup
E	GuerillaZen1/zlionsfan
B	schwarze/ozomatli
F	slainte/PennQuaker
J	bardin/mildnhazy

Sorted by Code...
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Code	Partnership
A	mpitt76/calhoop
B	schwarze/ozomatli
C	ejstockman/d_rock97
D	Jtpsops/dougpalm
E	GuerillaZen1/zlionsfan
F	slainte/PennQuaker
G	njbigwig/pedrocerrano
H	duece_duece/brianjw
I	skunk206/redwingscup
J	bardin/mildnhazy
K	buddhagamer/justinlee_24
L	batandball/Relkcirts

Here is a different way to display the league/partnership matrix...
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Code

1900's

1910's

1920's

1930's

1940's

1950's

1960's

1970's

1980's

1990's

2000's

2010's

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A

Lg8

Lg7

Lg5

Lg10

Lg3

Lg11

Lg2

Lg4

Lg12

Lg6

Lg1

Lg9

B

Lg7

Lg6

Lg4

Lg9

Lg2

Lg10

Lg1

Lg3

Lg11

Lg5

Lg12

Lg8

C

Lg6

Lg5

Lg3

Lg8

Lg1

Lg9

Lg12

Lg2

Lg10

Lg4

Lg11

Lg7

D

Lg5

Lg4

Lg2

Lg7

Lg12

Lg8

Lg11

Lg1

Lg9

Lg3

Lg10

Lg6

E

Lg4

Lg3

Lg1

Lg6

Lg11

Lg7

Lg10

Lg12

Lg8

Lg2

Lg9

Lg5

F

Lg3

Lg2

Lg12

Lg5

Lg10

Lg6

Lg9

Lg11

Lg7

Lg1

Lg8

Lg4

G

Lg2

Lg1

Lg11

Lg4

Lg9

Lg5

Lg8

Lg10

Lg6

Lg12

Lg7

Lg3

H

Lg1

Lg12

Lg10

Lg3

Lg8

Lg4

Lg7

Lg9

Lg5

Lg11

Lg6

Lg2

I

Lg12

Lg11

Lg9

Lg2

Lg7

Lg3

Lg6

Lg8

Lg4

Lg10

Lg5

Lg1

J

Lg11

Lg10

Lg8

Lg1

Lg6

Lg2

Lg5

Lg7

Lg3

Lg9

Lg4

Lg12

K

Lg10

Lg9

Lg7

Lg12

Lg5

Lg1

Lg4

Lg6

Lg2

Lg8

Lg3

Lg11

L

Lg9

Lg8

Lg6

Lg11

Lg4

Lg12

Lg3

Lg5

Lg1

Lg7

Lg2

Lg10

This is going to be fun. I'm sure we'll see many similar rosters but there are still some interesting choices to be made. $120 million is enough to get most of the top players from a decade, but not ALL of the top players.

All 6 are entered. Tinkering is probably not a good idea so I'm just rolling with my first drafts.

Once all the teams have been entered, I will post stats on the player distribution for each decade. I wonder which decade will have the most variability?

Roster deadline will be set for Sunday, January 15th. That's more than 2 weeks from today. Most everybody should be back from any holiday vacations.

Posted by schwarze on 12/29/2016 12:57:00 PM (view original):
Once all the teams have been entered, I will post stats on the player distribution for each decade. I wonder which decade will have the most variability?

My guess is 2010s. Even with only 7 years, there are so many position players, and relief pitchers, that are playable at this cap.

It looks like a number of partnerships went odd's and even's. ozomatli and I "drafted" our decades. How did other partnerships determine how the decades would be divided?

We went odds and evens. I like my teams a lot tho so no prob there