Mantle - Season 44 - Need Replacement Topic

Mantle World will be rolling into season 44 in early March (March 5-7 or so). Chronologically, it is the oldest world in all of HBD and will be the first world (public or private) to roll to season 44.

Mantle was without a doubt the finest public world in all of HBD for it's first 17 seasons and has since become private, making us one of the finest private worlds in all of HBD. We traditionally have among the lowest turnover from season to season (high of 7, low of zero multiple times) of all HBD worlds (public or private), and still have 4 original owners who have been here since day one through our first 43 seasons. We've even had a couple of original owners come back after spending a couple of season away from HBD altogether.

The average tenure of our 32 current owners is 15 seasons in Mantle. This includes 9 owners who have 20+ seasons of commitment to Mantle World. We've also only had one team repeat as World Series champions through the first 43 seasons.

Mantle is world #5, and consistently sims within minutes of the start of each cycle. You can set your watch by us!

Since turning private, Mantle has adopted the following five rules that all owners are required to abide:
  1. There is a four-season rolling minimum win requirement of 55/120/185/260. Failure to meet this requirement will result in forfeiture of the franchise to a new owner at the end of the season.
  2. After the trade deadline has passed, teams may place no more than 7 players on the waiver wire at any one time. This is to avoid flooding the wire with players in order to try to "sneak" players through after the deadline. First offense results in a warning. A second offense will result in forfeiture of the franchise to a new owner at the end of the season.
  3. Owners are expected to keep their minor league pitching staffs in good order, i.e. no running chronically fatigued pitching staffs at any level. An owner in violation of this rule will be given an opportunity to set things straight. Failure to address or correct the problem within a reasonable amount of time without a valid explanation will result in forfeiture of the franchise to a new owner at the end of the season.
  4. The amount of cash received by a team in a trade cannot exceed the total amount of salary being received by that team in that trade at the time the trade is completed.
  5. No cash may be included in any trade accepted before the end of the free agency period (i.e. before the Rule 5 draft).

We currently have one confirmed opening for S44 at the present time, and are accepting names for our wait list should there be any last minute surprises at rollover.

My preference for new owners would be a somewhat experienced owner (10+ seasons) with a record of commitment (multiple seasons spent in the same world), and a moderate level of success.

If you are interested in being placed on our wait list, please post here or send me a site mail.

Interested:

1. dsmba
2.
3/5/2017 7:23 AM (edited)
Available teams:

NL South: Little Rock franchise
2/27/2017 7:56 PM
Reserved
2/27/2017 7:57 PM
Reserved
2/27/2017 7:57 PM
We completed our World Series this morning, we should roll on Tuesday morning. We only need one new owner, so join now and start playing in a couple of days.
3/4/2017 12:08 PM
We're just finishing spring training, and we have an owner who needs to step away for personal reasons. Looking for an immediate replacement for ther St Louis team in the NL. Please sitemail me if you are interested. My preference would be for a long-term owner. Please familiarize yourself with our world rules detailed in the first post above.
3/21/2017 11:52 AM
Mantle - Season 44 - Need Replacement Topic

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