[Denny Lemaster]

While my last dynasty attempt was very 'hands-off', this era just begs me to be 'hands-on'. These are the years where I really became of fan, these are the players that, even with today's abundance of information, I feel I know the best. So, I'm probably going to over manage this league.

There also feels like there are stories here, stories a CPU adversary would not care about. Take Yaz for example. A 42-year old 1B in a league without a DH is a hard sell, especially if he wants multiple years. With the CPU, there is no drama. But acting as Boston and having to deciding on Yaz, that feels more real to me. That's one of the things I love about this game, different leagues should be played in different ways.

Here are some of the offers out there on the first of the year, 1982.

Atlanta
Cecil Cooper 1B, 3 yrs 3,750,000

Baltimore
Ron Davis MR, 2 yrs, 200,000
Jeff Reardon MR, 1 yr, 250,000
Mark Ross MR, 1 yr, 165,000
Joe Price SP, 2 yrs, 555,000
Jay Howell SP, 2 yrs, 450,000
Eddie Murray 1B, 3 yrs, 1,525,000

Boston
Rich Gossage CL, 2 yrs, 1,982,500
Steve Carlton SP, 2 yrs, 2,875,000
John Candelaria SP, 3 yrs, 2,675,000

Brooklyn
John Candelaria SP, 4 yrs, 2,750,000
Rollie Fingers CL, 2 yrs, 1,325,000
Bert Blyleven SP, 3 yrs, 1,883,333
John Lowenstein LF, 2 yrs, 3,050,000

Buffalo
Mike Schmidt 3B, 5 yrs, 2,650,000
Eddie Murray 1B, 2 yrs, 1,425,000
Reggie Jackson RF, 2 yrs, 2,462,000
Ron Kittle LF, 4 yrs, 742,500
Steve Carlton SP, 3 yrs 2,816,666
Al Holland MR, 2 yrs, 440,000
Rich Gossage CL, 2 yrs, 2,100,000