Posted by specsman on 2/15/2017 12:58:00 PM (view original):
2018

Hey specsman,

I tried to put together a 2018 team but they have no catcher. Too bad Jorge Posada couldn't get 5% and remain on the ballot!

In a previous version of this theme we allowed AAA to fill in the gaps of some smaller ballots, particularly at the catcher position. Most of the teams from 2004-2009 don't have a regular catcher outside of using 1978 Dale Murphy.

Would everybody be okay with allowing AAA players in this league which you could draft to fill in your roster?

Is there a league # yet?

Posted by good_beef on 2/16/2017 9:24:00 AM (view original):
Is there a league # yet?

Now that the salary update is complete I will work on that!

Posted by razorclams on 2/16/2017 7:45:00 AM (view original):
I don't mind
can owners get two teams?

Yes two teams is just fine.

Posted by razorclams on 2/17/2017 6:12:00 PM (view original):
Need another

Any idea which year you want? Down to just 4 spots left!

Checking off my 2001 HOF Ballot really accentuated some things I've long suspected about HOF voting.

First off, Kirby Puckett is really a borderline HOFer at best. Put him under the Sandy Koufax school of short careers, small peak, etc.

I don't get what all the fuss is about Jack Morris. He is NOT a HOFer! He led the league in wild pitches 6 times so he has that going for him. Put a shrine on display for his 1991 WS game #7 performance but that's all that needs to be in Cooperstown for Morris.

Steve Garvey is a really solid candidate that should get really strong consideration from the Veteran's Committee. Now, Garvey isn't the prototypical power hitting first baseman, he hit a career high 33 HR's in 1977, but looking at his stretch from 1974-1981 and you would be hard pressed to find a more consistent and reliable hitter in the National League, outside of Pete Rose.

Bill Mazeroski is the worst HOF candidate ever! I'm struggling to even find a season worthy of a bench spot on my team. Again, he should have a shrine like Morris for his WS heroics, not a plaque next to Mantle, Aaron, and Mays!

While we're at it, Bruce Sutter, and Bert Blyleven are 1A and 1B for terrible HOF selections. Seriously, you're going to give those guys a plaque but not Roger Clemens or Barry Bonds? How can the leadership in Cooperstown accept these results?

If we're going to start putting in borderline NL OF's from the 1980's (I'm talking to you Tim Raines and Andre Dawson!) then Dale Murphy needs to be enshrined. Yes, his peak was very short, and he fell off a cliff after 1987, but it's hard to overlook back to back MVP's and the power displayed in that era.

Another candidate whom I often use in the SIM, Tom Henke, really has some dominant closer seasons. If we're going to start allowing the 1 inning specialist closer, Trevor Hoffman missed breaking that door down by 5 votes!, then Henke deserves reconsideration. He was way more dominant than Lee Smith, who doesn't feel like a HOFer to me. They better depict those coke bottle glasses on his HOF plaque!

Thanks for listening everybody. How are your ballots coming along?

Okay you got it!

I'll try 1996

I'm out, to long.

Ok Big Ben.....1980 for me

Posted by gilh14 on 2/24/2017 2:03:00 PM (view original):
I'm out, to long.

Sad face. Ballots take a long time to tally and sometimes are submitted late and need a recount!!

Chicks dig the longball! Lot's of pop in that 2017 ballot!

Position Players
		Pos	Player	B	PA/ 162	AB/ 162	HR	RBI	SB- CS	SO- BB	AB/ HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	F/R	Salary
		C	1999 Ivan Rodriguez	R	630	600	35	113	25-12	64-24	17.1	.332	.356	.558	B+/A	$7,092,698
		1B	1994 Jeff Bagwell	R	675	564	39	116	15-4	65-65	10.3	.368	.451	.750	C+/B-	$10,661,304
		2B	2000 Jeff Kent	R	695	587	33	125	12-9	107-90	17.8	.334	.424	.596	B+/C-	$6,856,260
		3B	2004 Melvin Mora	R	636	550	27	104	11-6	95-66	20.4	.340	.419	.562	C/B+	$6,343,736
		SS	2004 Carlos Guillen	S	583	522	20	97	12-5	87-52	26.1	.318	.379	.542	B/A-	$6,096,535
		OF	1999 Manny Ramirez	R	640	522	44	165	2-4	131-96	11.9	.333	.442	.663	C/D+	$6,858,399
		OF	1997 Larry Walker	L	664	568	49	130	33-8	90-78	11.6	.366	.452	.720	A/D-	$9,369,991
		OF	2000 Vladimir Guerrero	R	641	571	44	123	9-10	74-58	13.0	.345	.410	.664	D+/C	$6,909,841
		OF	2001 Barry Bonds	L	664	476	73	137	13-3	93-177	6.5	.328	.515	.863	C/D+	$15,394,634

Once the playoffs are completed in the State of Birth league I'll get a league number for us. Would prefer to use commissioner credit for this round!

We gonna fill???

put me down for 1978