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msc123123 · 05-16-2022, 01:22 AM

I’ve decided to set out to determine who is the greatest team of all time according to OOTP. This has been done in the past but I want to do it differently. I’m making no prior assumptions about which teams should get to compete for the greatest team of all time. This is not a 64-team bracket. This is not the top 30 pre-determined teams. Who am I to say whether the 1939 New York Yankees or the 1884 Altoona Mountain Citys are more deserving of a spot in the final round? Which of the 3329 major league teams from 1871 to 2021 should get to compete for the greatest team of all time? I say all of them!

How will I do this? It’s a good question. The general plan is as follows, go from 3329 teams to 300 teams, go from 300 teams to 30 teams, and go from 30 teams to the greatest team of all-time. Within that general framework, teams will compete in randomly assigned leagues where the top teams will move on and the bottom teams will be eliminated. But when I say random, I don’t just mean just the teams. As an additional wrinkle, each league will be assigned a setting year to compete in. Using 2022 standard settings, would crush teams without strong relievers or a designated hitter and advantage newer teams. Randomly selecting the year will force teams to show they could compete no matter the era if they truly want to be the best.

I will be posting a league’s result every 1 or 2 days so stay tuned to see which teams are progressing and I will also include aggregate reports on teams/years/leagues so you can see how they compare over history.

05-16-2022, 01:22 AM	#1
msc123123 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 98	Determining the Greatest Team of All-Time (considering all 3329 teams) I’ve decided to set out to determine who is the greatest team of all time according to OOTP. This has been done in the past but I want to do it differently. I’m making no prior assumptions about which teams should get to compete for the greatest team of all time. This is not a 64-team bracket. This is not the top 30 pre-determined teams. Who am I to say whether the 1939 New York Yankees or the 1884 Altoona Mountain Citys are more deserving of a spot in the final round? Which of the 3329 major league teams from 1871 to 2021 should get to compete for the greatest team of all time? I say all of them! How will I do this? It’s a good question. The general plan is as follows, go from 3329 teams to 300 teams, go from 300 teams to 30 teams, and go from 30 teams to the greatest team of all-time. Within that general framework, teams will compete in randomly assigned leagues where the top teams will move on and the bottom teams will be eliminated. But when I say random, I don’t just mean just the teams. As an additional wrinkle, each league will be assigned a setting year to compete in. Using 2022 standard settings, would crush teams without strong relievers or a designated hitter and advantage newer teams. Randomly selecting the year will force teams to show they could compete no matter the era if they truly want to be the best. I will be posting a league’s result every 1 or 2 days so stay tuned to see which teams are progressing and I will also include aggregate reports on teams/years/leagues so you can see how they compare over history.