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Old 11-17-2011, 04:42 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Charlie Hough View Post
I think your first problem is that it should be the best teams from 1970 through the 1990s. Otherwise you leave out far too many teams to get down to 16 total and 8 in each league.

As far as I'm concerned, the 1980 Astros and 1980 Expos deserve consideration, as do the 1984 Padres. But if you're aiming for only 16 teams across 40 years, then you're hard pressed to really have a proper great teams list. It will be great teams minus a lot of other great teams.
I think that's the problem with leagues like that - you simply have to keep many deserving teams out.

BTW, speaking of the Astros - I'd rather take the 1986 team than the 1980 team
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