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Old 05-07-2019, 11:13 PM   #1
tklem321
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Best teams of the 1970s and 1980s

I'm planning to play a one-season tournament of the best teams for each franchise from roughly 1970-1988 (the period I watched the most MLB). I've tried to pick the best season for each of 24 franchises and I'm going to play a large round robin tournament. Every team will play every other team 6 times. I will be managing my childhood favorite Reds and playing out all of their games.

Does anyone see anything terribly wrong with the choices below?

NL East
1977 Philadelphia Phillies
1979 Montreal Expos
1979 Pittsburgh Pirates (alternate: 1971 Pirates)
1984 Chicago Cubs
1985 St. Louis Cardinals (alternate: 1982 Cardinals)
1986 New York Mets

NL West
1971 San Francisco Giants
1974 Los Angeles Dodgers
1976 Cincinnati Reds
1982 Atlanta Braves
1984 San Diego Padres
1986 Houston Astros

AL East
1970 Baltimore Orioles
1977 New York Yankees
1978 Boston Red Sox (alternate: 1975 Red Sox)
1982 Milwaukie Brewers
1984 Detroit Tigers
1985 Toronto Blue Jays

AL West
1970 Minnesota Twins
1973 Oakland A’s
1977 Texas Rangers
1977 Kansas City Royals
1982 California Angels
1983 Chicago White Sox

I've omitted the Indians and Mariners since I needed to remove two teams to fit the format and both franchises were woeful in this period.

I'm particularly torn on the Phillies. They won the WS in 1980 but had much better records in 1976 and 1977. Any Phillies fans have an opinion?

Edited to replace 1987 Twins with 1970 Twins.
Edited to replace 1988 Dodgers with 1974 Dodgers.
Edited to add 1971 Pirates as an alternate choice.
Edited to add 1975 Red Sox as an alternate choice.
Edited to add 1982 Cardinals as an alternate choice.

Last edited by tklem321; 05-11-2019 at 12:51 AM.
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