We "Oughts" to Have a Tournament

daveh2018 · 03-17-2022, 09:05 PM

Decided that now was as good of time as any to run a tournament.
Featuring every MLB team from the "Oughts" (2000 to 2009), we shall see which team from that decade comes out on top. I'll quick play most games until we get to the Final Four or so.

Since that decade has 300 different teams and to fit them into a tournament bracket of 256 remaining teams, I realized I needed some type of a play-in round. Decided to take the eight worst teams from each season plus the next eight worst teams to make up those 44 head-to-head matchups. Five MLB teams escaped the play-in round for that decade - the Angels, Athletics, Cardinals, Red Sox and Yankees will have ten shots at the title for the decade.
Not surprisingly, the Orioles, Pirates, Rays and Royals have the biggest number of entries in the play-in round.

All match-ups in the tournament will be randomly generated, except that the playoff teams in the decade will not be able to match up in the Round of 256.
I'll be using the Historical Exhibition setup in OOTP22 to run each match-up as a stand-alone seven game series.

Other items of note:

Home team is random during the play-in round, better team gets home field advantage in later rounds
Game era and strategy is random during the play-in round, better team gets game era in later rounds
DH being used and injuries are off
Home/away format is 2/2/1/1/1
Opening day rosters are utilized

At this point, about half (20) of the play-in round matchups have been completed. Not many highlights to date of note, except for the following:

The very first series (2009 Pirates at 2005 Devil Rays) featured the only series MVP from the losing team to date (LF Carl Crawford .423/.433/.692 1 HR 7 RBI)
Speaking of the Devil Rays, they have lost all five series they have participated in to date
Only one matchup of the same team against themselves (Brewers, with the 2001 squad taking out the 2002 squad)
Best pitching performance was a one-hitter by 2005 Los Angeles Dodger Jeff Weaver (over the 2003 Detroit Tigers)
So far, no pitcher has won the series MVP

Will continue to post updates to this thread as the tournament progresses.

daveh2018 · 03-21-2022, 11:50 PM

CURRENTLY PLAYING
ROUND 1 Match-Ups (256 teams over 128 series)

Advancing Teams to Round 2
2000 San Francisco Giants (Playoff Team)
2006 Washington Nationals (Play-In Team)
2000 Chicago White Sox (Playoff Team)
2000 Atlanta Braves (Playoff Team)
2000 New York Mets (Playoff Team)
2000 Oakland Athletics (Playoff Team)
2000 Seattle Mariners (Playoff Team)
2000 New York Yankees (Playoff Team)
2001 Seattle Mariners (Playoff Team)
2001 Oakland Athletics (Playoff Team)
2006 Boston Red Sox
2001 Houston Astros (Playoff Team)
2007 St. Louis Cardinals
2000 Montreal Expos (Play-In Team)
2004 Florida Marlins
2000 San Diego Padres

Eliminated Teams in Round 1
2001 Minnesota Twins
2000 St. Louis Cardinals (Playoff Team)
2007 Atlanta Braves
2005 Pittsburgh Pirates
2008 Baltimore Orioles
2003 Arizona Diamondbacks
2003 Philadelphia Phillies
2006 Texas Rangers
2009 Washington Nationals
2005 Los Angeles Dodgers
2001 New York Yankees (WS Loser)
2008 Washington Nationals
2001 St. Louis Cardinals (Playoff Team)
2001 Arizona Diamondbacks (WS WINNER)
2001 Cleveland Indians (Playoff Team)
2001 Atlanta Braves (Playoff Team)

Round One Results
2000 San Francisco Giants defeats 2001 Minnesota Twins (4-3)
2006 Washington Nationals defeats 2000 St. Louis Cardinals (4-2)
2000 Chicago White Sox defeats 2007 Atlanta Braves (4-3)
2000 Atlanta Braves defeats 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates (4-0)
2000 New York Mets defeats 2008 Baltimore Orioles (4-3)
2000 Oakland Athletics defeats 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks (4-1)
2000 Seattle Mariners defeats 2003 Philadelphia Phillies (4-0)
2000 New York Yankees defeats 2006 Texas Rangers (4-3)
2001 Seattle Mariners defeats 2009 Washington Nationals (4-1)
2001 Oakland Athletics defeats 2005 Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0)
2006 Boston Red Sox defeats 2001 New York Yankees (4-3)
2001 Houston Astros defeats 2008 Washington Nationals (4-2)
2007 St. Louis Cardinals defeats 2001 St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)
2000 Montreal Expos defeats 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks (4-2)
2004 Florida Marlins defeats 2001 Cleveland Indians (4-1)
2000 San Diego Padres defeats 2001 Atlanta Braves (4-1)

daveh2018 · 03-21-2022, 11:51 PM

Play In Round Results (88 teams over 44 series)

2009 Pittsburgh Pirates defeats 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-3)
2008 Atlanta Braves defeats 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks (4-2)
2004 Colorado Rockies defeats 2008 Seattle Mariners (4-3)
2008 Baltimore Orioles defeats 2009 Houston Astros (4-2)
2003 Texas Rangers defeats 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates (4-3)
2002 Baltimore Orioles defeats 2009 Cleveland Indians (4-2)
2005 Los Angeles Dodgers defeats 2003 Detroit Tigers (4-2)
2004 New York Mets defeats 2002 Detroit Tigers (4-3)
2001 Milwaukee Brewers defeats 2002 Milwaukee Brewers (4-2)
2008 Detroit Tigers defeats 2005 Seattle Mariners (4-2)
2006 Washington Nationals defeats 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-1)
2002 Texas Rangers defeats 2007 Florida Marlins (4-1)
2004 Arizona Diamondbacks defeats 2007 Kansas City Royals (4-1)
2008 San Francisco Giants defeats 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates (4-2)
2005 Baltimore Orioles defeats 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-2)
2007 Houston Astros defeats 2006 Chicago Cubs (4-2)
2008 Pittsburgh Pirates defeats 2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-2)
2000 Montreal Expos defeats 2003 Milwaukee Brewers (4-1)
2002 Kansas City Royals defeats 2004 Montreal Expos (4-3)
2001 Colorado Rockies defeats 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-1)
2001 Cincinnati Reds defeats 2000 Milwaukee Brewers (4-3)
2001 Detroit Tigers defeats 2003 New York Mets (4-3)
2000 Houston Astros defeats 2007 Chicago White Sox (4-2)
2004 Toronto Blue Jays defeats 2005 Detroit Tigers (4-3)
2008 Cincinnati Reds defeats 2002 Chicago Cubs (4-2)
2007 Cincinnati Reds defeats 2008 San Diego Padres (4-2)
2009 Washington Nationals defeats 2007 Baltimore Orioles (4-3)
2003 Cleveland Indians defeats 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates (4-2)
2006 Kansas City Royals defeats 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates (4-3)
2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeats 2007 San Francisco Giants (4-2)
2006 Baltimore Orioles defeats 2001 Montreal Expos (4-1)
2009 Kansas City Royals defeats 2000 Philadelphia Phillies (4-2)
2000 Minnesota Twins defeats 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-3)
2004 Kansas City Royals defeats 2003 San Diego Padres (4-1)
2007 Pittsburgh Pirates defeats 2002 San Diego Padres (4-1)
2008 Washington Nationals defeats 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-2)
2005 Pittsburgh Pirates defeats 2004 Milwaukee Brewers (4-2)
2005 Kansas City Royals defeats 2001 Baltimore Orioles (4-3)
2000 Texas Rangers defeats 2009 Baltimore Orioles (4-3)
2005 Cincinnati Reds defeats 2005 Colorado Rockies (4-1)
2006 Colorado Rockies defeats 2003 Cincinnati Reds (4-2)
2009 New York Mets defeats 2000 Chicago Cubs (4-3)
2003 Baltimore Orioles defeats 2006 Milwaukee Brewers (4-1)
2004 Seattle Mariners defeats 2001 Kansas City Royals (4-2)

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daveh2018 · 03-22-2022, 12:04 AM

The completion of the play-in rounds had more of the same from the first 20 series that was in the original post:

Two series featured MVPs from the losing team
Two series featured highlight was a bench clearing brawl
2007 San Francisco Giant SP Matt Cain threw a 1-hit SO in G1, but his team lost the only series to a Tampa Bay Devil Ray team during the play-in round (TBR lost 7 of 8 series)
Still no MVP from a pitcher
Still no sweep from a team
2000 Minnesota Twins went down 3-0 and were down 9-8 in B9, two outs, no one on in G4 of the series - yup, they came back to win in seven

However, the Round 1 series got off to a March Madness type of start. Series #2 featured the 2000 St. Louis Cardinals (95-67) hosting the 2006 Washington Nationals (71-91).
The play-in winning Nats not only continued their winning ways they took out the first playoff team, 4 games to 2. The Nats survived two SPs with ERAs above 6 and rode MVP Alfonso Soriano to the series win.

daveh2018 · 03-22-2022, 10:20 PM

Two more series played this evening, with the 2000 Atlanta Braves dispatching of the 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates in the first series sweep of the tournament. Pirates got no redemption for Sid Bream in this match-up.

daveh2018 · 03-25-2022, 07:25 PM

Four more series played today to finish off all of the 2000 MLB playoff teams, with results having all four playoff teams advancing. Tomorrow, will see the 2001 MLB playoff teams getting their first action in Round 1 match-ups.

daveh2018 · 03-26-2022, 08:31 PM

The eight series featuring the 2001 playoff teams were not elite by any means, as a number of teams "St. Peter'd" their way into the 2nd round by knocking out those playoff teams.

First to lose were the 2001 New York Yankees, who despite 5 HRs and a .533 BA from Derek Jeter, in seven during Round 1. Even worse was that they lost to the 2006 Boston Red Sox, with a Curt Schilling pitching well but without any bloody sock showing up.

After the 2001 Houstron Astros displaced a scrappy 2008 Washington Nationals team 4-2, the Curt Flood-gates opened. Four straight 2001 playoff teams got dumped, starting with the Cardinals (who at least lost at the hands of the 2007 Cardinals squad). The 2001 WS winning Diamondbacks suffered the same fate of the Yankees they defeated, losing not to a bitter rival but becoming the first WS champ to get dumped and to add insult to injury, losing to the play-in series winning 2000 Montreal Expos.

The 2001 Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves managed to fall as well, showing that the real life struggles of those clubs carried over into this OOTP Make Believe land.

Through 16 series featuring the 2000 and 2001 playoff teams, those playoff teams went 10-6. Next up will be the 2002 playoff teams tomorrow.

03-17-2022, 09:05 PM	#1
daveh2018 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 139	We "Oughts" to Have a Tournament Decided that now was as good of time as any to run a tournament. Featuring every MLB team from the "Oughts" (2000 to 2009), we shall see which team from that decade comes out on top. I'll quick play most games until we get to the Final Four or so. Since that decade has 300 different teams and to fit them into a tournament bracket of 256 remaining teams, I realized I needed some type of a play-in round. Decided to take the eight worst teams from each season plus the next eight worst teams to make up those 44 head-to-head matchups. Five MLB teams escaped the play-in round for that decade - the Angels, Athletics, Cardinals, Red Sox and Yankees will have ten shots at the title for the decade. Not surprisingly, the Orioles, Pirates, Rays and Royals have the biggest number of entries in the play-in round. All match-ups in the tournament will be randomly generated, except that the playoff teams in the decade will not be able to match up in the Round of 256. I'll be using the Historical Exhibition setup in OOTP22 to run each match-up as a stand-alone seven game series. Other items of note: Home team is random during the play-in round, better team gets home field advantage in later rounds Game era and strategy is random during the play-in round, better team gets game era in later rounds DH being used and injuries are off Home/away format is 2/2/1/1/1 Opening day rosters are utilized At this point, about half (20) of the play-in round matchups have been completed. Not many highlights to date of note, except for the following: The very first series (2009 Pirates at 2005 Devil Rays) featured the only series MVP from the losing team to date (LF Carl Crawford .423/.433/.692 1 HR 7 RBI) Speaking of the Devil Rays, they have lost all five series they have participated in to date Only one matchup of the same team against themselves (Brewers, with the 2001 squad taking out the 2002 squad) Best pitching performance was a one-hitter by 2005 Los Angeles Dodger Jeff Weaver (over the 2003 Detroit Tigers) So far, no pitcher has won the series MVP Will continue to post updates to this thread as the tournament progresses. Last edited by daveh2018; 03-25-2022 at 07:41 PM.

03-21-2022, 11:51 PM	#3
daveh2018 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 139	Play In Round Results (88 teams over 44 series) 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates defeats 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-3) 2008 Atlanta Braves defeats 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks (4-2) 2004 Colorado Rockies defeats 2008 Seattle Mariners (4-3) 2008 Baltimore Orioles defeats 2009 Houston Astros (4-2) 2003 Texas Rangers defeats 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates (4-3) 2002 Baltimore Orioles defeats 2009 Cleveland Indians (4-2) 2005 Los Angeles Dodgers defeats 2003 Detroit Tigers (4-2) 2004 New York Mets defeats 2002 Detroit Tigers (4-3) 2001 Milwaukee Brewers defeats 2002 Milwaukee Brewers (4-2) 2008 Detroit Tigers defeats 2005 Seattle Mariners (4-2) 2006 Washington Nationals defeats 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-1) 2002 Texas Rangers defeats 2007 Florida Marlins (4-1) 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks defeats 2007 Kansas City Royals (4-1) 2008 San Francisco Giants defeats 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates (4-2) 2005 Baltimore Orioles defeats 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-2) 2007 Houston Astros defeats 2006 Chicago Cubs (4-2) 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates defeats 2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-2) 2000 Montreal Expos defeats 2003 Milwaukee Brewers (4-1) 2002 Kansas City Royals defeats 2004 Montreal Expos (4-3) 2001 Colorado Rockies defeats 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-1) 2001 Cincinnati Reds defeats 2000 Milwaukee Brewers (4-3) 2001 Detroit Tigers defeats 2003 New York Mets (4-3) 2000 Houston Astros defeats 2007 Chicago White Sox (4-2) 2004 Toronto Blue Jays defeats 2005 Detroit Tigers (4-3) 2008 Cincinnati Reds defeats 2002 Chicago Cubs (4-2) 2007 Cincinnati Reds defeats 2008 San Diego Padres (4-2) 2009 Washington Nationals defeats 2007 Baltimore Orioles (4-3) 2003 Cleveland Indians defeats 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates (4-2) 2006 Kansas City Royals defeats 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates (4-3) 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeats 2007 San Francisco Giants (4-2) 2006 Baltimore Orioles defeats 2001 Montreal Expos (4-1) 2009 Kansas City Royals defeats 2000 Philadelphia Phillies (4-2) 2000 Minnesota Twins defeats 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-3) 2004 Kansas City Royals defeats 2003 San Diego Padres (4-1) 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates defeats 2002 San Diego Padres (4-1) 2008 Washington Nationals defeats 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-2) 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates defeats 2004 Milwaukee Brewers (4-2) 2005 Kansas City Royals defeats 2001 Baltimore Orioles (4-3) 2000 Texas Rangers defeats 2009 Baltimore Orioles (4-3) 2005 Cincinnati Reds defeats 2005 Colorado Rockies (4-1) 2006 Colorado Rockies defeats 2003 Cincinnati Reds (4-2) 2009 New York Mets defeats 2000 Chicago Cubs (4-3) 2003 Baltimore Orioles defeats 2006 Milwaukee Brewers (4-1) 2004 Seattle Mariners defeats 2001 Kansas City Royals (4-2) Last edited by daveh2018; 03-25-2022 at 07:32 PM. Reason: Added all results

03-22-2022, 12:04 AM	#11
daveh2018 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 139	The completion of the play-in rounds had more of the same from the first 20 series that was in the original post: Two series featured MVPs from the losing team Two series featured highlight was a bench clearing brawl 2007 San Francisco Giant SP Matt Cain threw a 1-hit SO in G1, but his team lost the only series to a Tampa Bay Devil Ray team during the play-in round (TBR lost 7 of 8 series) Still no MVP from a pitcher Still no sweep from a team 2000 Minnesota Twins went down 3-0 and were down 9-8 in B9, two outs, no one on in G4 of the series - yup, they came back to win in seven However, the Round 1 series got off to a March Madness type of start. Series #2 featured the 2000 St. Louis Cardinals (95-67) hosting the 2006 Washington Nationals (71-91). The play-in winning Nats not only continued their winning ways they took out the first playoff team, 4 games to 2. The Nats survived two SPs with ERAs above 6 and rode MVP Alfonso Soriano to the series win. Last edited by daveh2018; 03-22-2022 at 10:23 PM.

03-21-2022, 11:50 PM	#2
daveh2018 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 139	CURRENTLY PLAYING ROUND 1 Match-Ups (256 teams over 128 series) Advancing Teams to Round 2 2000 San Francisco Giants (Playoff Team) 2006 Washington Nationals (Play-In Team) 2000 Chicago White Sox (Playoff Team) 2000 Atlanta Braves (Playoff Team) 2000 New York Mets (Playoff Team) 2000 Oakland Athletics (Playoff Team) 2000 Seattle Mariners (Playoff Team) 2000 New York Yankees (Playoff Team) 2001 Seattle Mariners (Playoff Team) 2001 Oakland Athletics (Playoff Team) 2006 Boston Red Sox 2001 Houston Astros (Playoff Team) 2007 St. Louis Cardinals 2000 Montreal Expos (Play-In Team) 2004 Florida Marlins 2000 San Diego Padres Eliminated Teams in Round 1 2001 Minnesota Twins 2000 St. Louis Cardinals (Playoff Team) 2007 Atlanta Braves 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates 2008 Baltimore Orioles 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks 2003 Philadelphia Phillies 2006 Texas Rangers 2009 Washington Nationals 2005 Los Angeles Dodgers 2001 New York Yankees (WS Loser) 2008 Washington Nationals 2001 St. Louis Cardinals (Playoff Team) 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks (WS WINNER) 2001 Cleveland Indians (Playoff Team) 2001 Atlanta Braves (Playoff Team) Round One Results 2000 San Francisco Giants defeats 2001 Minnesota Twins (4-3) 2006 Washington Nationals defeats 2000 St. Louis Cardinals (4-2) 2000 Chicago White Sox defeats 2007 Atlanta Braves (4-3) 2000 Atlanta Braves defeats 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates (4-0) 2000 New York Mets defeats 2008 Baltimore Orioles (4-3) 2000 Oakland Athletics defeats 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks (4-1) 2000 Seattle Mariners defeats 2003 Philadelphia Phillies (4-0) 2000 New York Yankees defeats 2006 Texas Rangers (4-3) 2001 Seattle Mariners defeats 2009 Washington Nationals (4-1) 2001 Oakland Athletics defeats 2005 Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0) 2006 Boston Red Sox defeats 2001 New York Yankees (4-3) 2001 Houston Astros defeats 2008 Washington Nationals (4-2) 2007 St. Louis Cardinals defeats 2001 St. Louis Cardinals (4-3) 2000 Montreal Expos defeats 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks (4-2) 2004 Florida Marlins defeats 2001 Cleveland Indians (4-1) 2000 San Diego Padres defeats 2001 Atlanta Braves (4-1) Last edited by daveh2018; 03-26-2022 at 08:34 PM. Reason: Updates for 3/26/2022

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daveh2018 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 139	Two more series played this evening, with the 2000 Atlanta Braves dispatching of the 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates in the first series sweep of the tournament. Pirates got no redemption for Sid Bream in this match-up.

03-25-2022, 07:25 PM	#13
daveh2018 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 139	Four more series played today to finish off all of the 2000 MLB playoff teams, with results having all four playoff teams advancing. Tomorrow, will see the 2001 MLB playoff teams getting their first action in Round 1 match-ups.

03-26-2022, 08:31 PM	#14
daveh2018 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 139	The eight series featuring the 2001 playoff teams were not elite by any means, as a number of teams "St. Peter'd" their way into the 2nd round by knocking out those playoff teams. First to lose were the 2001 New York Yankees, who despite 5 HRs and a .533 BA from Derek Jeter, in seven during Round 1. Even worse was that they lost to the 2006 Boston Red Sox, with a Curt Schilling pitching well but without any bloody sock showing up. After the 2001 Houstron Astros displaced a scrappy 2008 Washington Nationals team 4-2, the Curt Flood-gates opened. Four straight 2001 playoff teams got dumped, starting with the Cardinals (who at least lost at the hands of the 2007 Cardinals squad). The 2001 WS winning Diamondbacks suffered the same fate of the Yankees they defeated, losing not to a bitter rival but becoming the first WS champ to get dumped and to add insult to injury, losing to the play-in series winning 2000 Montreal Expos. The 2001 Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves managed to fall as well, showing that the real life struggles of those clubs carried over into this OOTP Make Believe land. Through 16 series featuring the 2000 and 2001 playoff teams, those playoff teams went 10-6. Next up will be the 2002 playoff teams tomorrow.