Team Name
About Half Stanky

Yankee Stadium

$ 79, 618, 399

48 Braves (6)

2b - Eddie Stanky $3,488,106
O- Jeff Heath $4,551,004
1b- Frank McCormick $804,606
P- Warren Spahn $6,902,618
P- Nels Potter $2,808,903
P- Vern Bickford $4,001,814

58 Senators (6)

1b- Julio Becquer $543,689
SS- Ossie Alvarez $699,536
O- Roy Sievers $5,191,024
P- Camilo Pascual $4,417,541
P- Dick Hyde $3,729,284
P- Tex Clevenger $2,645,640

48 Cubs (6)

C- Rube Walker $1,678,597
2b- Gene Mauch $615,687
3b- Andy Pafko $5,341,931
O- Bill Nicholson $3,551,741
P- Jess Dobernic $2,218,393
P- Doyle Lade $1,686,149

48 Yankees (7)

C- Yogi Berra $4,221,030
SS- Phil Rizutto $3,118,928
3b- Bobby Brown $2,642,885
O- Tommy Henrich $6,116,091
O- Charlie Keller $1,767,519
P- Vic Raschi $6,248,783
P- Randy Gumpert $626,900

I guess my first pick of the 48 Braves wasn't the best as I only used 1 1/2 of their hitters in my final roster. I tried so hard to get Johnny Sain onto my staff but it just couldn't be done within budget. What my roster pool was missing was the 50 inning decent reliever. My 100 inning relievers gave me 1550 innings even if I could have gotten Sain in the budget.

Both screw teams did good jobs giving me not much to play with. I got an outfielder Roy Sievers from the Nats who I'll play mostly at 1B. From the Cubs I have two starters who are both worse than my Braves starters but I had to get some Cubs in there, I ended up needing a lot from my final team, the 48 Yankees. Young Yogi will catch, and Tommy Henrich will be in the outfield. Since Alvin Dark was daggered, young Phil Rizutto will play short. There's a break for the Yankees. DiMaggio didn't make the cut and wasn't even a close call. I tried to squeeze in Sain, but didn't even try for Joltin Joe. I had good outfield options without him. The secret weapon of the Yankees was 3B Bobby Brown who also plays second, and short. I wanted to play Eddie Stanky but at 350 at bats I needed someone to split the at bats with him and I didn't have anyone. I didn't want to have to play Snuffy Stirnweis who wasn't bad but would make me not roster Stanky's 455 OBP. Bobby Brown will platoon with Stanky at 2B with a 383 OBP but bad defense.

The first dagger of Senators pitcher Johnny Schmitz was a killer as he was going right into the rotation and was a Senator. The second dagger of Alvin Dark I thought hurt a lot because Rizutto was a major downsize, but with my budget woes, I may have had to go with Phil regardless.

My pitching staff is better than it normally is but I only have three pitchers with over 160 innings which may cause me to do too much juggling for a 10 man staff. Losing Schmitz really hurt. So did losing Johnny Sain to budget concerns. I tried my best but couldn't get him in. He ballooned me up to 1550 innings and I didn't have the low inning good relievers to compensate elsewhere. I guess that's cause all my teams were from the pre-bullpen days.

Overall I have I think a good team, but I always think that and then finish below 500. We'll see.

jonstephen25- Rip Radcliffe

Alright! that means we are down to two final daggers from BeAllEndAll and LennyIStall. Then we all can finalize our teams and start the mayhem.

Calhoop… say goodbye to 1958 Duke Snider!

I thought about daggering a RP from this Dodgers team, but Snider is far too productive at his price point to not hit… best of luck this season!

Manny Screwing Manny
79 887 343
78 LA Dodgers
2b Davey Lopes
3b Ron Cey
Of Reggie Smith
Of Vic Davalillo
P Burt Hooton
P Terry Forster
P Bob Welch

38 Browns
1b George Mcquinn
SS Red Kress
2b Roy Hughes
P Jack Knott
P Ed Linke
P Les Tietje

38 Indians
C Frankie Pytlak
C Rollie Hemsley
SS Skeeter Webb
Of Moose Solters
Of Earl Averill
P Mel Harder

78 Pirates
1b Willie Stargell
3b Ken Macha
Of Dave Parker
P John Candelaria
P Bert Blyleven
P Ken Tekulve

I have been in this league the last 6 or 7 years never has a Screw pick hurt so much when Razorclams screwed 1b Manny Sangullien Leaving me to take 3.5 Willie Stargell as an expensive Pinch hitter.
Offence is solid overall led by Parker, Cey, Averill and Reggie Smith.
Pitching is Ok some Good SP Hooten Blyleven but my 2 screw picks 38 Browns and 38 Indians were well thought of will little good secondary pitcher leaving me with very little good depth.
Overall Im defenitly in a tough division with Beernoser Razor and NebHusker and wouldn't be suprised if I'm at the bottom.

Mistakes on the Lake
Cleveland Stadium
$79,985,539

1948 Cleveland Indians (7)
C Jim Hegan $3,940,739
2B Joe Gordon $5,583,207
2B Johnny Berardino $629,974
OF Dale Mitchell $6,226,658
P Bob Feller $7,102,028
P Steve Gromek $3,391,230
P Satchel Paige $2,275,317

1978 Toronto Blue Jays (6)
1B John Mayberry $2,925,771
3B Roy Howell $3,610,150
SS Tim Johnson $287,981
OF(U) Rico Carty $2,440,337
OF Tom Hutton $824,100
P Victor Cruz $1,651,371

1988 Cleveland Indians (6)
C Chris Bando $418,626
OF Cory Snyder $4,008,062
P Greg Swindell $6,283,099
P Tom Candiotti $4,697,994
P Doug Jones $3,321,419
P Brad Havens $941,570

1988 Detroit Tigers (6)
1B Ray Knight $1,091,505
3B Tom Brookens $2,514,934
SS Alan Trammell $4,732,806
OF Chet Lemon $3,522,913
P Jeff M Robinson $4,812,600
P Mike Henneman $2,751,148

I liked having the 2nd pick in the draft and the 1948 Indians gave me many options to build a team. I didn't like having the 2nd pick because my 4th round pick was late and the 2nd and 3rd round picks gifted me were garbage. The 1978 Blue Jays should be illegal. Ken Keltner was an excellent dagger by dcpeterso. I feared he would take out Alan Trammell from the 88 Tigers leaving me with a $12M Lou Boudreau or Mutt & Jeff from the 78 Blue Jays and 88 Indians. But if he had axed Trammell, I would have had Keltner in my lineup and probably better off at the end of the day.

I tried six ways to Sunday to have Bob Lemon at the top of my rotation. I had him once in a progressive theme and he is a horse that can pitch every 3rd day in many of his seasons. I love this guy, but I guess not enough to keep him on my roster. I found with a rotation of Feller, Swindell, Candiotti, and Jeff M Robinson, I was more solid than anything I could piece together with Lemon. Steve Gromek will be my long relief and Doug Jones will close. Mike Henneman, Victor Cruz and Satchel Paige will be my set-up guys. And hopefully Brad Havens will do nothing but mop-up. And yes, I love having Satchel Paige on the team.

My hitting is very average. Dale Mitchell will leadoff, and I'll bat Joe Gordon in the three slot. I've got some modest power with Cory Snyder, Rico Carty and John Mayberry but nothing to write home about. I'll need to get Carty his at bats and will need to come up with some kind of a rotation with Snyder and Chet, not Bob, Lemon in the outfield. Alan Trammell had a decent year at the plate but with only 523 PAs, I'll need to bat him down in the lineup to keep him from tiring too much. Roy Howell at 3rd is below average in many ways but he's serviceable. Jim Hegan isn't the worst catcher I've ever had and he should be able to start most games.

I'm glad Exhibition Stadium was daggered because I want as little to do with the 78 Blue Jays as possible. I've never liked Tigers stadium which left me with two choices from Cleveland. I went with the 88 version of Cleveland Stadium since it is pitching friendly but provides some boost to my power hitters.

Good luck to all!

"The 78 Blue Jays should be illegal." . . . . midknight that made me seriously LOL.

Crazy Eights
Fenway Park
$79,971,453

1948 Red Sox (7)
C - Birdie Tebbetts - $3,470,059
1B - Jake Jones - $404,423
3B - Johnny Pesky - $4,600,971
SS - Verne Stephens - $6,192,561
OF - Ted Wiliams - $9,711,811
C - Matt Batts - $1,608,369
SP - Mel Parnell - $5,458,575

1938 White Sox (6)
1B - Joe Kuhel - $3,310,994
OF - Gee Walker - $3,307,380
2B - Jackie Hayes - $2,322,272
OF - Larry Rosenthal - $666,444
RP - Harry Boyles - $415,952
RP - Bill Dietrich - $763,302

1968 Phillies (6)
OF - Dick Allen - $4,324,040
OF - Doug Clemens - $227,197
SP - Larry Jackson - $5,890,844
SP - Woody Fryman - $4,716,461
RP - Grant Jackson - $1,200,610
RP - Gary Wagner - $2,052,159

1968 Twins (6)
2B - Rod Carew - $2,786,037
SS - Rick Renick - $464,827
3B - Ron Clark - $766,703
SP - Dean Chance - $9,264,750
RP - Jim Perry - $3,893,322
RP- Al Worthington - $2,151,390

Will provide commentary tomorrow.

Not much of a write-up this time. Sorry about that. I took a quick glance at vilefileman's team and then the 88 Rangers. They don't look much like a screw pick. But then again, they're nothing to write home about either. The guys I would for sure be considering in that team are: Ruben Sierra, Pete O'Brien, Scott Fletcher, Steve Buechele, Jose Guzman, Craig McMurtry, Charlie Hough, and Bobby Witt. Most of your pitching will come from Baltimore but you may take one or 2 of these starters. You have options. Same at 1B and SS. Sierra can be easily replaced, So it's Buechele or McMurtry. This doesn't hurt that badly but Buechele is who I would want at 3B so bye-bye Steve Buechele. Good luck!

I'll be on the road through Friday evening. I'll get my team posted on Saturday.

Nine rosters await approval. I am hoping we get the other 8 before Saturday so I can start re-alignment once BeAll is off the road.
lennyistall
calhoop
Preeves22
mavioric12
eman7400
BeAllEndAll
claytonengel
vilefileman
C_Burns04

C_Burns04
$79,449,105
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Team Name: Lenny is Short

1948 Detroit Tigers
SP Hal Newhouser $8,274,115
SP Virgil Trucks $5,728,638
SP Fred Hutchinson $5,460,144
OF Hoot Evers $5,209,174
OF Pat Mullin $4,456,494
OF Dick Wakefield $2,744,121

1988Cal Angels
2B Johnny Ray $4,615,303
1B Wally Joyner $4,501,318
RP Bryan Harvey $2,519,956
RP Greg Minton $2,412,406
RP Jack Lazorko $545,454
OF George Hendrick $465,506

1978 Cincinnati Reds
SP Tom Seaver $6,763,546
3B Pete Rose $4,735,260
C Johnny Bench $4,606,087
SS Dave Concepcion $4,592,594
RP Doug Bair $2,467,719
SS Rick Auerbach $617,280
3B Ray Knight $201,142

1988 Chicago White Sox
OF Dave Gallagher $3,321,786
C Carlton Fisk $2,460,530
2B Donnie Hill $900,650
RP Shawn Hillegas $888,182
1B Mike Diaz $594,435
RP Donn Pall $367,265

Cheap Thrills
Candlestick Park
$79,958,990

1968 SF Giants (6)
1b - Willie McCovey
2b - Nate Oliver
3b - Jim Ray (Piece of My) Hart
P - Gaylord Perry
P - Bobby Bolin
P - Frank Linzy

1958 LA Dodgers (6)
1b - Steve Bilko
3b - Dick Gray
SS - Don Zimmer
OF - Jim Gilliam
P - Babe Birrer
P - Don Newcombe

1978 Houston Astros (7)
C - Luis Pujols
SS - Rafael Landestoy
OF - Jesus Alou
P - Joaquin Andujar
P - JR Richard
P - Vern Ruhle
P - Joe Sambito

1938 Washington Senators (6)
C - Rick Ferrell
2b - Buddy Myer
OF - George Case
OF - Sam (Fillmore) West
OF - Taffy Wright
P - Dutch Leonard

I could not resist taking the 1968 San Francisco Giants with my first pick. Local band Big Brother and the Holding Company recorded the classic album "Cheap Thrills" during the early part of the season and it reached Number 1 on the Billboard charts two days after the end of the 1968 World Series, where it remained for several weeks. Anybody who knows me will realize that Jim Ray Hart was untouchable during the rostering process as a tribute to the hit single from the album released during the season. He is a dreadful fielder at both 3b and OF and will be playing a Combination of the Two positions this season. And, of course, we had to include Gaylord Perry from these Giants, since he was so well-known for the use of illegal substances (on the mound, that is). Other members of the Giants to make the team were a studly Willie McCovey, Nate Oliver, Bobby Bolin and Frank Linzy. Very disappointing not to have Willie Mays or Juan Marichal represented here.

The first team that I was gifted was the 1958 LA Dodgers. I did not realize how bad that team was. They have no usable pitching unless you call sub-500k players usable (but they are in this league). Two such pitchers, Babe Birrer and Don Newcombe. Cheap Steve Bilko will back up McCovey at 1b, Dick Gray will see as little as possible activity at 3b. Don Zimmer will be my primary shortstop. My only listed OF on the squad is Jim Gilliam, who will play almost exclusively at 3b while we try to hide Hart in the OF. I have no doubt that history will repeat itself and a fly ball will be treated as a soccer ball as it bounces off his head. I offered this team for my second dagger and Duke Snider was eliminated from consideration. Not sure if he would have made the final roster.

The second team that I was gifted was the 1978 Houston Astros. I considered quite a few of their players but eventually wound up with seven total: four pitchers (JR Richard, Joaquin Andujar, Joe Sambito and Vern Ruhle), a super cheap catcher in Luis Pujols, a platoon shortstop in Rafael Landestoy, and OF Jesus Alou. Interestingly, a more expensive Jesus Alou was also available on the 1968 Giants. In fact, he was the last remaining family member on that team since both of his Big Brothers had gone on to other teams. But I digress. Unsurprisingly, the Astrodome was daggered but this team had to be based in Candlestick anyway.

My final team was the 1938 Washington Senators. I desperately needed help at several positions and was lucky that this team was available. At the time, it was the only 1938 team left on the board and it filled several needs. Catcher Rick Ferrell was a lock to make the team. So were middle infielders Buddy Myer and Cecil Travis (one of my very favorite SIM players). Sadly, Travis was daggered and that one hurt. There were several OF to try out and three of them, Taffy Wright, George Case and Sam West will be regulars. Dutch Leonard (the right-handed one) rounds out the starting rotation.

What a shame you couldn’t roster Joe Benz.

It saves me significant time in verifying rosters if you list the salary for each player. If our numbers are different, it helps me identify the discrepancy.