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woodse2 · 05-24-2012, 01:06 PM

This dynasty is a recount of a tournament to find the champion of the last 8 years of baseball. The tournament will consist of 6 7 game rounds between teams that have made the playoffs the last 8 years. The last team standing is the winner.

League Set Up
This is a second attempt at a project to use the new capabilities to OOTP to make a big tournament. I found with previous experiences that 64 teams seem to be the maximum size for a playoff that works well. The league was created as a historical league, with all teams and free agents deleted. Then the playoff teams from the years 2011-2004 were added. I placed the teams in 2 32 team divisions because the playoffs set up better this way (it seems the computer will only seat 50 teams from a division). All teams were not allowed to make roster moves until the beginning of the playoffs, so no trades of free agent signings. The teams played a 4 game season of 1 game series to warm up for the playoffs. This mixed up the teams a bit so where teams fit in the alphabet did not affect who they met in the first round, but keep injuries to a minimum.
In retrospect I should have placed all AL teams in one league and NL in another, to set up the DH rule properly for the playoffs. Because I did not I am just using DH rule for all playoff games.

From here on out I will recount the results of the games, leading to the crowning of the best team of the modern era. Will it be one of 7 Yankee teams that made the playoffs the last 8 years, a historic champion like the 2004 Red Sox or 2005 White Sox, or an underdog like the 2011 Diamondbacks, read on to find out?

05-24-2012, 01:06 PM	#1
woodse2 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 30	MLB Tournament Modern Era-Playoffs This dynasty is a recount of a tournament to find the champion of the last 8 years of baseball. The tournament will consist of 6 7 game rounds between teams that have made the playoffs the last 8 years. The last team standing is the winner. League Set Up This is a second attempt at a project to use the new capabilities to OOTP to make a big tournament. I found with previous experiences that 64 teams seem to be the maximum size for a playoff that works well. The league was created as a historical league, with all teams and free agents deleted. Then the playoff teams from the years 2011-2004 were added. I placed the teams in 2 32 team divisions because the playoffs set up better this way (it seems the computer will only seat 50 teams from a division). All teams were not allowed to make roster moves until the beginning of the playoffs, so no trades of free agent signings. The teams played a 4 game season of 1 game series to warm up for the playoffs. This mixed up the teams a bit so where teams fit in the alphabet did not affect who they met in the first round, but keep injuries to a minimum. In retrospect I should have placed all AL teams in one league and NL in another, to set up the DH rule properly for the playoffs. Because I did not I am just using DH rule for all playoff games. From here on out I will recount the results of the games, leading to the crowning of the best team of the modern era. Will it be one of 7 Yankee teams that made the playoffs the last 8 years, a historic champion like the 2004 Red Sox or 2005 White Sox, or an underdog like the 2011 Diamondbacks, read on to find out? Last edited by woodse2; 05-24-2012 at 01:08 PM.