$70M: The Worst Picks First (Again)
The top 6 owners for Round 1 will take part in a three round serpentine draft (1-6, 6-1, 1-6). They will choose from the remaining 18 owners, and get to pick what division the owners they choose play in. They can choose their own, or someone else's. However, only one owner can be added to each division per round.

Then, the lowest ranked owner in each division will create their best roster with no restrictions. They will sitemail that roster, with ballpark, to the other owners in their division. Then, the second lowest ranked owner will repeat the process, but with the 25 players and stadium chosen by the first owner blacklisted. The process repeats until all four owners in each division have their unique teams and stadiums.

Players may be used in each division, they just cannot be used more than once per division.

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Any, restricted (based on division blacklist)
300K Exception: No
Team Name: No restrictions
Division Alignment: Structured based on Round 1 finish and draft selections. NL East will have the owner ranked #1, AL West owner #2, AL East owner #3, NL West owner #4, NL Central owner #5, and AL Central owner #6.

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$90M: Pentagon Franchise Puzzle
Pick five franchises. You must roster one player who played their entire career for each franchise. You must also roster two players who played for every pair of franchises. Here is a helpful tool.

Example: You pick the Astros, Mariners, Giants, Red Sox and Cubs. Your roster must be made up of the following:

1 lifetime Cub
1 lifetime Red Sox
1 lifetime Giant
1 lifetime Mariner
1 lifetime Astro
2 HOU / SEA players
2 HOU / Giants players
2 HOU / BOS players
2 HOU / CHC players
2 SEA / Giants players
2 SEA / BOS players
2 SEA / CHC players
2 Giants / BOS players
2 Giants / CHC players
2 BOS / CHC players

Other Specifics
Seasons: 1920 - 2017
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Use a stadium that was used by one of your chosen franchises
300K Exception: No
Team Name: Reference your franchises
Division Alignment: Random

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Q: Can your players have played for franchises other than the two they are representing?
A: Yes, players can have played for other franchises.

Q: Can you use seasons of your players from years that they were NOT on any of your chosen franchises?
A: No, all players must come from your chosen franchises. No twisting.

Q: Are we only counting WIS-eligible seasons, or is a player's full playing history counted? What about minor league games?
A: Major league appearances only. We will use Baseball Reference as our source of truth (not WIS-eligible only).

$100M: Round 1 Blacklist
There were 2,945 unique players used in Round 1. They are all blacklisted for this theme. All stadiums used in Round 1 are also blacklisted.

The full blacklist is available here.

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Restricted, must have not been used in Round 1 by anyone
300K Exception: No
Team Name: No restrictions
Division Alignment: Random

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$110M: Wait & See, pt. 2
Using different seasons of the 25 players you used for the 255M theme in Round 1, create your best 110M team. You must use the same park you used in Round 1.

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: You must use the same park you used in Round 1
300K Exception: No
Team Name: No restrictions
Division Alignment: Random

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$130M: Law of Averages
The database runs from 1885 to 2017. Halfway between those years is 1951. The years used by your pitching staff and your hitters whose salaries are above 500k both must separately average out to 1951.

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Any
300K Exception: No
Team Name: No restrictions
Division Alignment: Random

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Q: Does 1951 average mean exactly 1951 or rounded to 1951?
A: Exactly 1951.

Q: What happens if the 2018 players get released?
A: They will be eligible, and we will shift from needing to exactly average 1951 to needing to be between 1951 and 1952.

$140M: Live by the Sword...
Choose 12 players. For each of them, draft two seasons. For each player, one of the seasons you draft must cost at least double what the other season costs.

Your 25th player must cost more than the most expensive of the 12 cheaper seasons, and cannot be the most expensive player on your roster. Your 25th player also cannot be the same as one of your 12 cloned players.

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: Yes, with restrictions
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Use the ballpark that your 25th player called home during the season of his that you choose
300K Exception: No
Team Name: Reference your 25th player
Division Alignment: Random

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"You must also roster two players who played for every pair of franchises."

Can they have played for other franchises as well? For example, "HOU/SEA"...can the players you choose have played for HOU, SEA and BAL, or just HOU and SEA?

"Pick five franchises. You must roster one player who played their entire career for each franchise. You must also roster two players who played for every pair of franchises."

Does a player who only appears in WIS for one franchise, but played a handful of games for other franchises, count? Do those other games have to be major league games?

Posted by Jtpsops on 9/21/2018 10:00:00 AM (view original):
"You must also roster two players who played for every pair of franchises."

Can they have played for other franchises as well? For example, "HOU/SEA"...can the players you choose have played for HOU, SEA and BAL, or just HOU and SEA?

They can have played for other franchises. There are no restrictions other than they need to have played for at least two of the franchises you picked.