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Post subject: Steroid Era (1986-2005) Tournament: JENNY LEWIS HITMEN WIN!
Posted: Mon November 07, 2016 1:25 am
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Joined: Wed March 13, 2013 12:48 am Posts: 14366
The Official Jose Canseco Steroid Era (1986-2005) WhatIf Tournament
DETAILS
This tournament will include all seasons from 1986-2005. The links to our previous tournaments for those who aren't familiar with all of this are below.
1. There will be 25 rounds of picks. Each team needs at least 12 position players (C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, three OFs, and four utility players of any position as designated by the site) and 6 pitchers.
2. A player can only appear on one team, even though you ultimately decide on a single season for them. So for instance, whoever picks Pedro Martinez gets whichever Steroid Era Martinez season he wants, and no one else can take a different one. You don't have to decide which season of theirs you want until we begin the tournament, though.
3. You need to pick and designate a home ballpark, since the site takes that into consideration in its simulations.
4. Each person has two hours to make their picks. The clock is suspended between 10PM & 8AM Eastern time. Picks can still be made in that window, but people whose clocks start AFTER 10 can't be skipped until the clock starts again (If you are on the clock before 10, even if it is 9:59, you will be skipped after two hours). We do still strongly encourage you to send a few proxy picks to someone who isn't picking again until after you before you head to bed.
5. If your turn comes up and you're still on the hook for a previous pick where your time ran out, you'll receive a one hour slot instead of two. If you're on the hook for two picks and your turn comes up a third time, you'll be skipped instantly till you return and pick. Once you catch up, you're back to the standard two hours. This means if you have bookend picks (at either end) and you don't pick by the time your two hours are up for the first one, you get another hour (for your second one) before you are completely skipped over.
SEASON GUIDELINES:
1. We will have a regular season before the tournament. Everyone will play everyone else ten times, five times at home and five times on the road.
2. The playoffs will be best-of-seven series. We will use the same rules about pitching rotations/rest as we did in the every other tournament. You will have the option to start someone on two games' rest twice during the playoffs. You will have the option to do it four times during the regular season as well (where the same three games' rest rule applies). A pitcher CANNOT start on two games' rest in consecutive starts. He needs a full three games before he can start again after starting on short rest. Rotations will reset at the All-Star break and the start of the playoffs.
3. The top three teams in the standings at the end of the season will make the playoffs. Tie-breakers for the third spot will be settled via play-in game. These games are considered part of the regular season, so pitchers in them are subjected to regular season rest restrictions. Tie-breakers for the other spots will be based on head-to-head record. If the teams split their meetings, the tie will be broken by whoever had the better record against the highest seeded team overall (this will carry down in the standings until the tie is broken). The second and third place teams will play a best-of-seven series for the right to face the first place team in the World Series.[/spoiler]
Lament (User name: Lament, Team name: Jenny Lewis Hitmen, Home stadium: Comiskey Park) 1. Barry Bonds 16. Dennis Eckersley 17. Mariano Rivera 32. Eric Gagne 33. Billy Wagner 48. Randy Myers 49. Jason Schmidt 64. Pascual Perez 65. Derek Lowe 80. Carlos Baerga 81. Mike Schmidt 96. Rich Aurilia 97. Darren Daulton 112. Scott Garrelts 113. Frank Thomas 128. Tim Salmon 129. Mark Buehrle 143. Ray Lankford 144. Robin Ventura 161. Chris Hoiles 162. Willie Randolph 176. George Bell 177. Ellis Burks 199. Dante Bichette 200. Ozzie Guillen
CopperTom (User name: CopperTom, Team name: Say No To Drugs, Home stadium: Turner Field) 2. Greg Maddux 15. Johan Santana 18. Ivan Rodriguez 31. Craig Biggio 34. Kirby Puckett 47. Kevin Millwood 50. Ben Sheets 63. Jason Giambi 66. Kenny Lofton 79. Andruw Jones 82. Miguel Tejada 95. Terry Pendleton 98. Rafael Furcal 111. Brad Lidge 114. Rob Dibble 127. Tim Burke 130. Jay Bell 145. Edgar Martinez 146. Gabe White 159. Chris Carpenter 160. Rheal Cormier 175. Paul O'Neill 178. Gregg Jeffries 189. Lance Johnson 191. Mickey Tettleton
TBAMTS (User name: c_lars87, Team Name: Sabo's Goggles, Home stadium: Riverfront Stadium) 3. Pedro Martinez 14. Rickey Henderson 19. Roberto Alomar 30. Dwight Gooden 35. Barry Larkin 46. Gary Sheffield 51. Orel Hershiser 62. Jeff Bagwell 67. Jimmy Key 78. Eric Davis 83. Andre Dawson 94. Jorge Posada 99. Juan Gonzalez 110. Paul Molitor 115. Mark Davis 126. Joe Nathan 131. Tim Hudson 142. Victor Martinez 147. Dave Righetti 158. Michael Young 163. Jeff Nelson 174. David Justice 179. Chris Sabo 190. Mike Hampton 193. Julio Franco
phil (User name: joemaximus, Team Name: Phil City Pritchards, Home stadium: Jarry Park) 4. Randy Johnson 13. Mike Piazza 20. Kevin Brown 29. Scott Rolen 36. Nomar Garciaparra 45. Luis Gonzalez 52. Mark Prior 61. Darin Erstad 68. Ryne Sandberg 77. Mike Mussina 84. Duane Ward 93. John Wetteland 100. Jim Edmonds 109. Rod Beck 116. David Cone 125. John Olerud 132. Chuck Knoblauch 141. Carlos Beltran 148. Lance Berkman 157. Brian Giles 164. Mike Sweeney 173. Jason Isringhausen 180. Edgar Renteria 192. Vince Coleman 194. Tom Henke
skitchP (User name: SkitchP, Team name: SkitchPvsRHP/SkitchPvsLHP, Home stadium: Coors Field) 5. Roger Clemens 12. Cal Ripken, Jr. 21. Sammy Sosa 28. Larry Walker 37. Chipper Jones 44. Mark McGwire 53. Jose Rijo 60. Pat Hentgen 69. Mark Langston 76. Kevin Mitchell 85. Bret Boone 92. Brady Anderson 101. Jim Thome 108. Jeff Montgomery 117. Octavio Dotel 124. Justin Thompson 133. Mark Gubicza 140. Howard Johnson 149. Robin Yount 156. Dontrelle Willis 165. Rick Wilkins 172. Lou Whitaker 181. Jason Kendall 188. Mark Eichorn 195. Kerry Wood
chud (User name: pnclarke, Team Name: The Chudville Nine, Home stadum: PNC Park) 6. Alex Rodriguez 11. Teddy Higuera 22. Ken Griffey, Jr. 27. Adrian Beltre 38. Tony Gwynn 43. Curt Schilling 54. Roy Halladay 59. Tim Raines 70. Vlad Guerrero 75. Jason Varitek 86. Chase Utley 91. Nolan Ryan 102. Tom Gordon 107. Jake Peavy 118. John Franco 123. Norm Charlton 134. Ozzie Smith 139. Bartolo Colon 150. Will Clark 155. Fred McGriff 166. Gary Gaetti 171. Joe Carter 182. Steve Bedrosian 187. Mike Schooler 196. Jose Mesa
Argo (User name: argonaut645, Team name: Argonauts, Home stadium: Yankee Stadium) 7. John Smoltz 10. Brett Saberhagen 23. Ichiro 26. Albert Pujols 39. Trevor Hoffman 42. Fernando Valenzuela 55. Jeff Kent 58. Derek Jeter 71. Ken Caminiti 74. Hideo Nomo 87. Derrek Lee 90. Javy Lopez 103. Rob Nen 106. Bernie Williams 119. Arthur Rhodes 122. Carlos Delgado 135. Doug Jones 138. Carl Crawford 151. Jesse Orosco 154. Alfonso Soriano 167. Paul Lo Duca 170. Jeff Cirillo 183. Carlos Guillen 186. Juan Pierre 197. Odalis Perez
numbers (User name: somenumbers, Team name: Chud Loves Schill, Home stadium: Minute Maid Park) 8. Mike Scott 9. Albert Belle 24. Tom Glavine 25. Manny Ramirez 40. Wade Boggs 41. Francisco Rodriguez 56. Kevin Appier 57. Todd Helton 72. Andy Petitte 73. Jose Canseco 88. Todd Hundley 89. Alan Trammell 104. John Valentin 105. Keith Foulke 120. Barry Zito 121. Lenny Dykstra 136. Troy Glaus 137. Jeff Reardon 152. Bob Welch 153. Mo Vaughn 168. BJ Ryan 169. Dale Murphy 184. Kelly Gruber 185. Mike Myers 198. Terry Steinbach
FINAL STANDINGS Sabo’s Goggles 43-27** Say No To Drugs 41-29* Jenny Lewis Hitmen 40-30* SkitchP 38-32 Phil City Pritchards 37-33 The Chudville Nine 28-42 Argonauts 27-43 Chud Loves Schill 26-44
** - Clinched World Series spot/Regular Season Champions * - Clinched playoff spot
POSTSEASON
SEMIFINALS (2) Say No To Drugs vs. (3) Jenny Lewis Hitmen (Jenny Lewis Hitmen win series, 4-2)
Now is good time to revisit the trades/waiver debate.
Also, if the league is only eight teams, I may switch up the two games per day format. With a small enough league it might be feasible to do a three game series every day.
Post subject: Re: 2016 Post-Strike Tournament: Sign Up
Posted: Mon November 07, 2016 1:48 am
Commissioner
Joined: Wed March 13, 2013 12:48 am Posts: 14366
The Argonaut wrote:
Thanks, Lament.
I could never break a promise to chud.
cutuphalfdead wrote:
This might be too wild an idea for you folk, but what if instead of repeating post strike era, we do a "steroid era" and define it 1985-2005?
I'm glad you said this. I had been thinking about trying to frame a similar time period in a different way to keep it from being essentially the same pool of players as last time. "Steroid Era" is better than anything I came up with (my best suggestion was gonna end up being just straight-up decades, and doing either the 90s or 00s). I'm 100% down with this.
I chose those years because MLB started testing for real in 2006, and 1985 gives us a nice 20 year window that includes the late 80s with the clearly roided out bash brothers teams.
Post subject: Re: 2016 Post-Strike Tournament: Sign Up
Posted: Mon November 07, 2016 1:53 am
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Joined: Wed March 13, 2013 12:48 am Posts: 14366
Canseco was a rookie in 1986, right? Seems like starting it in 1986 could be a nice tribute to him. I can't think of any pre-Canseco juicers off the top of my head.
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