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daveh2018 · 03-17-2022, 09:05 PM

Decided that now was as good of time as any to run a tournament.
Featuring every MLB team from the "Oughts" (2000 to 2009), we shall see which team from that decade comes out on top. I'll quick play most games until we get to the Final Four or so.

Since that decade has 300 different teams and to fit them into a tournament bracket of 256 remaining teams, I realized I needed some type of a play-in round. Decided to take the eight worst teams from each season plus the next eight worst teams to make up those 44 head-to-head matchups. Five MLB teams escaped the play-in round for that decade - the Angels, Athletics, Cardinals, Red Sox and Yankees will have ten shots at the title for the decade.
Not surprisingly, the Orioles, Pirates, Rays and Royals have the biggest number of entries in the play-in round.

All match-ups in the tournament will be randomly generated, except that the playoff teams in the decade will not be able to match up in the Round of 256.
I'll be using the Historical Exhibition setup in OOTP22 to run each match-up as a stand-alone seven game series.

Other items of note:

Home team is random during the play-in round, better team gets home field advantage in later rounds
Game era and strategy is random during the play-in round, better team gets game era in later rounds
DH being used and injuries are off
Home/away format is 2/2/1/1/1
Opening day rosters are utilized

At this point, about half (20) of the play-in round matchups have been completed. Not many highlights to date of note, except for the following:

The very first series (2009 Pirates at 2005 Devil Rays) featured the only series MVP from the losing team to date (LF Carl Crawford .423/.433/.692 1 HR 7 RBI)
Speaking of the Devil Rays, they have lost all five series they have participated in to date
Only one matchup of the same team against themselves (Brewers, with the 2001 squad taking out the 2002 squad)
Best pitching performance was a one-hitter by 2005 Los Angeles Dodger Jeff Weaver (over the 2003 Detroit Tigers)
So far, no pitcher has won the series MVP

Will continue to post updates to this thread as the tournament progresses.

03-17-2022, 09:05 PM	#1
daveh2018 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 139	We "Oughts" to Have a Tournament Decided that now was as good of time as any to run a tournament. Featuring every MLB team from the "Oughts" (2000 to 2009), we shall see which team from that decade comes out on top. I'll quick play most games until we get to the Final Four or so. Since that decade has 300 different teams and to fit them into a tournament bracket of 256 remaining teams, I realized I needed some type of a play-in round. Decided to take the eight worst teams from each season plus the next eight worst teams to make up those 44 head-to-head matchups. Five MLB teams escaped the play-in round for that decade - the Angels, Athletics, Cardinals, Red Sox and Yankees will have ten shots at the title for the decade. Not surprisingly, the Orioles, Pirates, Rays and Royals have the biggest number of entries in the play-in round. All match-ups in the tournament will be randomly generated, except that the playoff teams in the decade will not be able to match up in the Round of 256. I'll be using the Historical Exhibition setup in OOTP22 to run each match-up as a stand-alone seven game series. Other items of note: Home team is random during the play-in round, better team gets home field advantage in later rounds Game era and strategy is random during the play-in round, better team gets game era in later rounds DH being used and injuries are off Home/away format is 2/2/1/1/1 Opening day rosters are utilized At this point, about half (20) of the play-in round matchups have been completed. Not many highlights to date of note, except for the following: The very first series (2009 Pirates at 2005 Devil Rays) featured the only series MVP from the losing team to date (LF Carl Crawford .423/.433/.692 1 HR 7 RBI) Speaking of the Devil Rays, they have lost all five series they have participated in to date Only one matchup of the same team against themselves (Brewers, with the 2001 squad taking out the 2002 squad) Best pitching performance was a one-hitter by 2005 Los Angeles Dodger Jeff Weaver (over the 2003 Detroit Tigers) So far, no pitcher has won the series MVP Will continue to post updates to this thread as the tournament progresses. Last edited by daveh2018; 03-25-2022 at 07:41 PM.