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ThatSeventiesGuy · 04-13-2013, 12:11 PM

I'm doing the same thing! I just took over the expansion 1977 Mariners after 16 seasons with the Senators/Rangers franchise (9 World Champs). They won the division with a great late season comeback in '77, won the World Series in '78, and lost the Series in 7 games (blew a 3-1 lead) to the Astros in '79. Good luck!

I lost patience with the expansion lineup when they were at .500 around the all-star break and traded for a bunch of my old Rangers and a few other pitchers. After losing over 100 games my first season with the Senators, I didn't want to risk going through that again.

I had Jones and Meyer when I started, too. I traded for Fred Lynn around June to replace Jones. Meyer didn't even last that long...by the middle of May, he was in the minors, and a OOTP-created 38-year old rookie named Gideon Williams took his spot at 1B.

04-13-2013, 12:11 PM	#5
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,429	I'm doing the same thing! I just took over the expansion 1977 Mariners after 16 seasons with the Senators/Rangers franchise (9 World Champs). They won the division with a great late season comeback in '77, won the World Series in '78, and lost the Series in 7 games (blew a 3-1 lead) to the Astros in '79. Good luck! I lost patience with the expansion lineup when they were at .500 around the all-star break and traded for a bunch of my old Rangers and a few other pitchers. After losing over 100 games my first season with the Senators, I didn't want to risk going through that again. I had Jones and Meyer when I started, too. I traded for Fred Lynn around June to replace Jones. Meyer didn't even last that long...by the middle of May, he was in the minors, and a OOTP-created 38-year old rookie named Gideon Williams took his spot at 1B. Last edited by ThatSeventiesGuy; 04-13-2013 at 12:14 PM.