Lunar New Year is January 28th this year... year of the Rooster. I've hosted a number of Lunar/Chinese Zodiac leagues here over the years. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the Chinese Zodiac consists of 12 animals that correspond with years in our Gregorian calendar.

My idea for this league is to use the years from 1897 to 2016 with the more recent years as "Modern" teams and the older years as "Classic". The Classic teams will be in the NL for the season and the Modern teams will be in the AL. There will be five years available for each team and the player pool can be from ANY league - National, American, Federal, etc... we will end up with 24 unique teams. The only stipulation is that you must have five players from each year.

When signing up, indicate which animal and either Classic or Modern. Teams are first come, first served... alignment will be by order of signup and I will wait and take the last team standing.

Salary Cap - $110M
No AAA, WW, DH, clones, trades or live play
Injuries will be turned off
Choose any stadium

Here are the teams:

CLASSIC ROOSTER - 1897 - 1909 - 1921 - 1933 - 1945 - CLOSED
MODERN ROOSTER - 1957 - 1969 - 1981 - 1993 - 2005 - CLOSED

CLASSIC DOG 1898 - 1910 - 1922 - 1934 - 1946 - CLOSED
MODERN DOG 1958 - 1970 - 1982 - 1994 - 2006 - CLOSED

CLASSIC PIG 1899 - 1911 - 1923 - 1935 - 1947 - CLOSED
MODERN PIG 1959 - 1971 - 1983 - 1995 - 2007 - CLOSED

CLASSIC RAT 1900 - 1912 - 1924 - 1936 - 1948 - CLOSED
MODERN RAT 1960 - 1972 - 1984 - 1996 - 2008 - CLOSED

CLASSIC OX 1901 - 1913 - 1925 - 1937 - 1949 - CLOSED
MODERN OX 1961 - 1973 - 1985 - 1997 - 2009 - CLOSED

CLASSIC TIGER 1902 - 1914 - 1926 - 1938 - 1950 - CLOSED
MODERN TIGER 1962 - 1974 - 1986 - 1998 - 2010 - CLOSED

CLASSIC RABBIT 1903 - 1915 - 1927 - 1939 - 1951 - CLOSED
MODERN RABBIT 1963 - 1975 - 1987 - 1999 - 2011 - CLOSED

CLASSIC DRAGON 1904 - 1916 - 1928 - 1940 - 1952 - CLOSED
MODERN DRAGON 1964 - 1976 - 1988 - 2000 - 2012 - CLOSED

CLASSIC SNAKE 1905 - 1917 - 1929 - 1941 - 1953 - CLOSED
MODERN SNAKE 1965 - 1977 - 1989 - 2001 - 2013 - CLOSED

CLASSIC HORSE 1906 - 1918 - 1930 - 1942 - 1954 - CLOSED
MODERN HORSE 1966 - 1978 - 1990 - 2002 - 2014 - CLOSED

CLASSIC RAM 1907 - 1919 - 1931 - 1943 - 1955 - CLOSED
MODERN RAM 1967 - 1979 - 1991 - 2003 - 2015 - CLOSED

CLASSIC MONKEY 1908 - 1920 - 1932 - 1944 - 1956 - CLOSED
MODERN MONKEY 1968 - 1980 - 1992 - 2004 - 2016 - CLOSED


Name in BOLD indicates team has been entered

CLASSIC TEAMS


NL EAST
1. frankallen - Ram
2. Matthew007 - Monkey
3. good_beef - Dog
4. dodgerblue65 - Horse

NL CENTRAL
1. midkight - Dragon
2. dweigel - Tiger
3. timstout - Pig
4. 0soup4u - Rabbit

NL WEST
1. specsman - Snake
2. mapleleafs4l - Rat
3. fatboydad54 - Rooster
4. finn2030 - Ox

MODERN TEAMS

AL EAST
1. Got_Worms - Dragon
2. rhatch - Monkey
3. redcped - Dog
4. GuerillaZen1 - Ox

AL CENTRAL
1. winterhawk - Tiger
2. alston - Rooster
3. schwarze - Horse
4. odalisgagne - Ram

AL WEST
1. Boddicker - Rabbit
2. Mapleleafs4l - Rat
3. ddodge02 - Snake
4. bbarrett - Pig

Good late evening Bill , Once again the magical mind of yours works up a new theme again. I enjoy your leagues even though I am one of the weakest links in Sim Baseball but a challenge none the less so for this round I will go with Classic Ram.

Best Regards My Friend,

Frank

I'll use the year I was born 1976, and the modern Dragon!

I will take the Classic Monkey.

I really wanted the classic Monkey (did research on it, etc.) But Mathew007 beat me to the punch -- so... I'll settle for the Classic DOG instead, for a speeder Sisler (the player I was targeting) instead of the HR hitting Sis

Welcome aboard frankallen, Got_Worms, Matthew007 & good_beef... thanks for starting this off!

This is a great concept.

I'll take Classic - Horse

Thanks...

I'll play - Classic Dragon

Modern Monkey, please.

Welcome dodgerblue65, midknight & rhatch!

Modern Dog, please

Welcome redcped!

Modern Ox

Welcome GuerillaZen1!

Classic Tiger