Best Decade Team - Tournament Topic

The N.L. teams (i.e., older decades dominated in World Series play). Every 1900's, 1910's and 1940's team that made it to the Word Series won it.
3/17/2017 9:08 AM
Round 2A League Number

MLB118369
3/17/2017 9:14 AM
Interesting to look at the poll results. 1970s got zero support for best AL decade (and majority picked them to be the worst), but finished second. Majority got the 50s right as the worst NL decade though. The majority selected 1910s as the best NL decade, and they were close.
3/22/2017 2:01 PM (edited)
Don't forget to mention the surprising results by the 1940's. Not a single vote for best NL decade (and they were essentially tied for 2nd best).
3/22/2017 1:37 PM
Biggest surprise to me is a tie between the 1980's lack of success and the 2000's outperforming the 2010's
3/22/2017 1:56 PM
Posted by ozomatli on 3/22/2017 1:56:00 PM (view original):
Biggest surprise to me is a tie between the 1980's lack of success and the 2000's outperforming the 2010's
2010s is really surprising to me. I would have thought they'd do much better, especially with all the dominant, high-K relief options.
3/22/2017 2:02 PM
the hitting options pretty much stink - we were first in runs allowed but near the bottom in runs scored.
3/22/2017 11:08 PM
My 2010's team had an expected winning % of .536 (which was the bet in the AL), but finished 8 games under .500. We lost 30 1-run games (finishing 21-30), but that includes a late season surge of 6 straight wins in 1-run games.

The team finished 7th in runs scored, but ranked 2nd in runs scored on the road.
3/22/2017 11:19 PM
Posted by mildnhazy on 3/22/2017 11:08:00 PM (view original):
the hitting options pretty much stink - we were first in runs allowed but near the bottom in runs scored.
Makes sense. It's tough to find a defining characteristic among the hitters, other than good fielding/range. The 80s/90s have switch hitting speedsters, but the aughts and teens are not as fortunate
3/23/2017 12:23 AM
Yeah, the switch hitting speedsters are still the way to go in WIS it seems. I thought with the salary changes some of the deadball pitchers wouldn't be as powerful, and that would make the sluggers of recent years into better plays, but it wasn't to be.
3/23/2017 1:47 PM
I felt that one of the keys to my 1900s team was having Pat Moran and his A+ arm at catcher. He has 500+ PA/162 for only $4.0 million. Opponents stole successfully only about 54% of the time when he was behind the plate. I tried to play Nig Clarke and his stronger bat only against teams that didn't run much.

Could one of the reasons for the 1940s success be the relatively strong normalized hitting? TW, Joe D, and others have some very nice seasons that aren't super expensive. '48 TW is now $9.53 million and he produced .355/.449/.543 in Sportsman's Park III to help me win. Also, the better 40s pitchers tend to have low BB/9 and HR/9 (compared to post WW2 pitchers) which helps them to be more competitive. When you add in low K/9 for most of these pitchers, their salaries are very reasonable. With the better 20s and 30s pitchers generally not performing in the sim as they should, it essentially made the NL a race between the 00s, 10s, and 40s.
3/23/2017 8:20 PM
don't think I received my prize money for this yet.
5/23/2017 8:18 AM
I sent a ticket last week. Will follow up.
5/23/2017 8:24 AM
thanks
5/23/2017 10:03 AM
Here are the final results of Round 2A.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
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East W-L PCT GB MagN L10 STRK Home Away Live Owner LIVE
1900s Palace Guards 82-80 0.506 - x 4-6 W1 41-40 41-40 0-0 dougpalm
1900s Again 81-81 0.500 1 - 7-3 W4 38-43 43-38 0-0 PennQuaker
The 1910's 78-84 0.481 4 - 5-5 L1 41-40 37-44 0-0 schwarze
1940's II 76-86 0.469 6 - 5-5 W1 38-43 38-43 0-0 Relkcirts
StockRock 1940s 2A 75-87 0.463 7 - 5-5 L1 38-43 37-44 0-0 d_rock97
MH 1940's II 71-91 0.438 11 - 4-6 L4 37-44 34-47 0-0 ozomatli
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
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East W-L PCT GB MagN L10 STRK Home Away Live Owner LIVE
1900s MNH 98-64 0.605 - x 6-4 W1 49-32 49-32 0-0 mildnhazy
1900s Lakeport Freighters 94-68 0.580 4 - 5-5 L2 52-29 42-39 0-0 redwingscup
1910's III 91-71 0.562 7 - 5-5 W2 46-35 45-36 0-0 Relkcirts
1970s - Skyhooks 79-83 0.488 19 - 3-7 L2 35-46 44-37 0-0 brianjw
1940s Again 79-83 0.488 19 - 7-3 L1 36-45 43-38 0-0 PennQuaker
MH 1900's II 68-94 0.420 30 - 4-6 W2 37-44 31-50 0-0 ozomatli
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1900s Palace Guards beat 1900s MNH in World Series 4 to 3
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Here are the final results of Round 2B.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
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East W-L PCT GB MagN L10 STRK Home Away Live Owner LIVE
1910's II 88-74 0.543 - x 6-4 W1 44-37 44-37 0-0 Relkcirts
MH 1940's II, II 87-75 0.537 1 - 5-5 W4 45-36 42-39 0-0 ozomatli
1900s 85-77 0.525 3 - 5-5 W2 37-44 48-33 0-0 PennQuaker
1950s Braves Field Powderworks II 81-81 0.500 7 - 5-5 L2 39-42 42-39 0-0 redwingscup
1930s 76-86 0.469 12 - 3-7 L4 38-43 38-43 0-0 PennQuaker
MXC 1920's Red Winged Skunks II 73-89 0.451 15 - 6-4 L1 37-44 36-45 0-0 skunk206
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
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East W-L PCT GB MagN L10 STRK Home Away Live Owner LIVE
1980s 92-71 0.564 - x 5-5 W2 50-32 42-39 0-0 mildnhazy
2010s 91-72 0.558 1 - 4-6 L2 48-33 43-39 0-0 mildnhazy
1970s - Skyhooks 85-77 0.525 6.5 - 6-4 W2 44-37 41-40 0-0 brianjw
The 1960's 81-81 0.500 10.5 - 7-3 W1 39-42 42-39 0-0 schwarze
MXC 1990's Red Winged Skunks II 76-86 0.469 15.5 - 4-6 L1 41-40 35-46 0-0 skunk206
Millennium Magic (2000-2009) 58-104 0.358 33.5 - 4-6 L2 26-55 32-49 0-0 pedrocerrano
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1980s beat 1910's in World Series 4 to 1
5/23/2017 4:26 PM
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