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A Brooklyn Story
INTRODUCTION
In 1993, MLB expanded by two teams. One of the teams was placed in Denver, Colorado. The other was placed in Washington, D.C. Denver had a tough time coming up with financial backers and when several possibilities fell through, it scrambled to find a money man — a Youngstown, Ohio, drug store magnate named Michael Monus. His presence — and so-called money, $26 million worth from him and his investors — clinched the bid for Denver. Well, it turned out Monus' money was built on fraud. A year after Denver had been awarded the bid, Monus had to pull out because he was charged with embezzling funds and falsifying profits at his Phar-Mor Inc. drugstore chain. Scrambling for new investors for their not-yet-fielded ballclub, the Colorado investors were forced to punt to a New York based investor named Wyatt Evans, who purchased their expansion franchise and decided to move it to Brooklyn, N.Y. Through legal problems, the team was placed in Newark, rather than New York to avoid the potential lawsuits that would follow. But Evans kept planning for his ballpark in Brooklyn. Both the Yankees and Mets balked at Newark, but two district court judges threw out challenges by the teams on anti-trust considerations, saying that the fact that New Jersey is an entirely different state did not prove that a team in Newark would not prove such claims. In 1995, a bill to repeal baseball's antitrust exemption was torpedoed by MLB lobbyists, but was later added a rider to a farm competitiveness bill and was passed in a late-night session, ushering a whole new era to Major League Baseball, rife with a variety of 'market corrections' to place teams in other markets, given that previously, all of the team moves in MLB had been orchestrated largely because of lawsuits or owner greed. It was at the end of that season that the Newark Rens, playing in a converted minor league stadium, announced a move to Brooklyn, returning major league baseball to the section of New York for the first time since the end of the 1957 season. The team, working with Borough President Nora Martinez, agreed on a deal to build a privately financed stadium -- the first in modern MLB -- called MetLife Stadium of Brooklyn to be located at the site for the Atlantic Yards, ironically a locale that was once considered for a stadium for the longlost Brooklyn Dodgers. The ballpark was finished in early 1997 and the team began their first season 40 years after the Dodgers started their last season in Brooklyn. Dimensions of MetLife Stadium (or simply "The Yard", who here irate at the name, afraid that some would be confused by the name and think the Mets had moved to Brooklyn..)  Quote:
Brooklyn's Hall of Champions: 1890 (NL), 1899 (NL), 1900 (NL), 1916, 1920, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955 (WS), 1956 The team also retired the numbers of four Brooklyn Dodgers, referring to them instead as the "Brooklyn Four". The four were Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson and Duke Snider.     The team named itself the Brownstones, after the iconic residences that are famous in Brooklyn. "We wanted a name that represented our city past, present and future. Something everyone could rally around," said Evans.  In a concession to the Yankees and Mets, the newly named Brooklyn Brownstones agreed not to broadcast their games anywhere on New York City television stations for five years from the time they moved to Brooklyn. Team officials stated from the start that "the goal is to bring a title to Brooklyn." The team said that it would not be "inhibited by the ghosts of our past. We're here to be successful, we're here to rekindle the flame of Brooklyn baseball into a whole new generation and this time, we're not going anywhere." This Is A Brooklyn Story. Last edited by darkcloud4579; 11-02-2007 at 03:00 PM. |
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Nice, Brookyln baseball again.
Did you use Coors Field for the new ballpark design?
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11-03-2007, 02:31 PM
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Yeah, that's what tipped me off.
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Great beginning! I've always liked the idea of having a number of teams back in New York. When I lived in Melbourne I thought it was so cool that they had 8 or so footie teams based out of one city and how the fan rivalries were so heated because of it. The closest we have now I'd say is Boston - New York, but it's not quite the same as 2 teams in the same division in the same city. Ah, to have been a fan when the Dodgers, Giants and Yankees all played in NYC.
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A NEW DAY DAWNS IN BROOKLYN
D.C. Daly took the job as General Manager of the Brooklyn Brownstones during the 2008 season, after nearly a decade with the Toronto Blue Jays organization in a host of roles. The Jersey-born Daly said that he's "thrilled" to be part of a franchise with "a legacy that goes well beyond its years. I'm hoping to be part of the success here in Brooklyn for many, many years to come. When he arrived in 2008, the franchise had lost its three overall and second consecutive World Series. The losses -- despite the team's relative success during the decade the team had been in Brooklyn -- led New York area tabloids to brand the team the "Dem New Bums". Team ownership were adamant about what they called "Project 2020", which basically wrote that by the Year 2020, the Brownstones needed to be the #1 franchise in the NY Metro Area. This short document was based on a few tenets: Quote:
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After taking over in 2008, I decided to simulate an entire decade before taking over. Part of that, is because I wanted to get connected to the team, I wanted to get rid of most of the real players and gather a storyline for where the team will go into its third decade, after assessing the results of now until 2020 or so. So how this will work, is I'll be simming seasons until I get to the time where I want to begin telling a more detailed account of what's gone on. So what I'll do for each season is give a basic rundown of what happened, highlights if there were any and things that were important related to the ballclub that year. While the rest of the league is important, I'm going to attempt to narrow my focus a lot more on what's going on in Brooklyn to almost immerse you into the world of the Brownstones. Here is MLB's alignment as of the 2008 season: Quote:
Since arriving in Brooklyn in 1997, the Brownstones have now won seven division titles and have averaged about 3.7 million fans during that span, going over 4 million three times (2001, 2003, 2007). Despite returning the National League pennant to Brooklyn three times since 1999 (1999, 2000, 2007), the one problem the team had was a lack of execution at critical times. To hear it from new GM D.C. Daly, the team just suffered from cohesion issues. "We were a really good squad of individual players. I mean, from top to bottom we were good. We weren't great, because there wasn't any synthesis to how the team was constructed. When I got here, I thought it was important to build with a purpose." The dominoes started to fall into place once Cardinals first baseman Ryan Howard, a 28-year slugger who has star cred written all over him and a five-time all-star demanded a trade away from his hometown team. Daly said making the deal to get him was "something that doesn't fall into your lap too often. But once he visited us here, he knew he wanted to be part of The Brooklyn Experience." And what an experience it was. In his first season with the 'stones, Howard hit 61 homerrs, the most in Brooklyn franchise history. He became just the second player in modern history to hit 170+ RBI in a season, Carols Delgado's 174 in 2002 was the most ever, but Howard's 170 puts him #2 on that particular list. But Howard wasn't the only player that the team acquired who made an impact in his first year in Brooklyn. Despite the fact that some said he wouldn't like the "hardscrabble" nature of life in Brooklyn, Japanese ace Diasuke Matsuzaka adapted extremely well after being signed to a 6-year/$54 million deal in the off-season, that brought him to America and sushi to MetLife Park. The park offers all of Dice-K's favorite dishes at the park for fans to purchase at a sushi bar out in the Champions Pavillion. "It's a little more uptown than it is Brooklyn. But fans seem to love it, so we're glad we thought of it," said Daly. The 2008 season set a franchise record for wins - 113 - for a team that had never won 100 games before and last won 90 games back in 2002. "We told the guys that we were proud of what they'd done, but that without bringing a title back to Brooklyn, it'd be all for naught. I think they went into this year inspired by how much this borough loves this team." But the love for the Brownstones doesn't just stop when you hit the BQE. More and more, you see the Brooklyn "B", both old and new when you're walking throughout Manhattan and especially in Jersey, where the team has become the worst nightmare of the Yankees, who were afraid a team in Jersey would steal their market. Instead, it's the team that came from Jersey on its way to Brooklyn, that has captured the imagination of the large fanbase in North Jersey. "We love 'em. The boys are just a hard nosed team and fans love that out here," said Michael Franti, who writes for the Courier-News (Bridgewater). The Brownstones still play a three-game series each year against the Mets in Newark, the team's temporary home for three years. LEGENDS OF THE FALL Brooklyn won its four NL pennant after a hard-fought seven game series win over the Colorado Rockies, who won the World Series in 2006. The Brownstones faced off against the Detroit Tigers for the 2008 World Series title. The Tigers last appeared in the Fall Classic back in 2003, losing to San Francisco. The team's main lineup is one that if you look at the guys in it from top to bottom, you'd understand why fans are so enthuastic about a team that's probably one of the most dominant ever. Quote:
With future Hall of Famer and Brownstones legend Curt Schilling injured for most of the post-season, the World Series appearance by the Brownstones gave "Dirt" as he's affectionately known by fans in Brooklyn, one last chance to capture that ever elusive World Series ring -- not just for himself -- but for Brooklyn. "The people here are just downright amazing. When I came here in '97, I had no idea what I was getting into. Most people told me that playing in New York would be a bit much and the thing is, this isn't like playing in New York. It's like playing in front of 40,000 of your closest friends, who are with you when you suck and when you don't. Especially when you don't." The three-time Cy Young Award winner ('96, '99, '03) might not be a first-ballot guy, but 173 career wins are most in franchise history, #2 on the list? Is a guy with 374 career wins by the name of Roger Clemens, who spent the last 10 years of his career here. Why is Brooklyn such a draw for star players? To hear Daly explain it, he says they tell him it's like baseball mecca. "A lot of sports have that one locale that's the iconic place where that embodies the game more than anywhere else. In hockey, it's Montreal. Football, I'd say Green Bay. But in baseball? No place is better than Brooklyn. And we've proven through what this team has accomplished in a short period of time, that this is a great place to play baseball and guys are attracted to that, especially since -- when it's all said and done -- we're as much a part of New York as anywhere else. And that part helps a heck of a lot." Quote:
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11-03-2007, 05:31 PM
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Holy Crap, You Put Nick Swisher to Brooklyn but not Oakland A's, That Hurts.
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11-03-2007, 10:49 PM
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I didn't put him anywhere. I let the game run its course in terms of free agency, drafting and the such. So a lot of guys weren't on their original RL teams. I didn't have anything to do with it other than setting the gears in motion when the universe first began.
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11-03-2007, 11:29 PM
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 CURT SCHILLING (1997-2008) CURT SCHILLING RETURNS TO THE YARD, HAS HIS DAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 BROOKLYN -- It was a proud, proud day for the Brooklyn faitfhul, as they were able to see one of their own enshrined into a place where "many more will someday be remembered as fine example and pillars of Brooklyn greatness." The first player to receive that honor was hurler Curt Schilling. He spent the last 11 years of his career with the Brownstones, after starting in Philadelphia and holds the franchise record for wins and strikeouts. He went out a winner, as part of the 2008 World Series championship team last year. "Man, I never in a million years thought this would be such a great run or such a fantastic place to play. I mean, Brooklyn means so much to baseball and I can't tell you all how much it means to me and my family to know that I'll forever be part of the lore of the Brooklyn Brownstones. And to be the first player to wear the Brown to get a retired number is...wow." Some of the New York media were critical of the team's decision to retire Schilling's number just a year after he retired, saying that the team was too new and that it needed a criteria like the Boston Red Sox (10 years with the club and induction to the Hall of Fame) or else, they'd eventually end up like the Yankees, who have retired more numbers than any team in baseball. "I really like the idea -- and always have -- of remembering the greats. I just feel like it's paying homage to those who came before you. It's why we retired the numbers of former Brooklyn players before we stepped foot here. This is hallowed ground and rather than forget, we want to always remember," said Daly about the decision to enshire Schilling. He said that the team does have a criteria it uses to determine whose numbers to retire and that he would not share it with the general public. But that it was important to give the fans and the former player closure, especially in the case of a guy like Schilling who was madly popular in Brooklyn and who retired after the team's long-awaited title drought ended. "Why wait ten years to rekindle the fire? We're trying to make newer memories in the future and so, this was a good thing to do and a good time to do it." |
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HOME SWEET HOME, THE 2009 SEASON
The 2009 season ended with another 100-win season, a batting title for a member of the Brownstones (Troy Tulowitzki) and Ryan Howard dominating capturing leaving the baseball world in the dust with nearly 50 HRs (he had 49.) But the Brownstones are quickly becoming a lot like their rivals in the Bronx, who measure season success on whether or not they won a title, versus moral victories of this and that. For a lineup that was pretty potent in 2008, it was more of the same in 2009 for first-year skipper Don Mattingly. Quote:
The difference between this year's team and last year's championship squad? "I think that last year's team was a little bit less heralded in terms of its offense and yet, they managed to put together the right moves at the right time. This year, you can say that about our pitchers. I mean, besides Dice-K, who is an import and [Jonathon Papelbon] Pap, you can't really say that the rest of our guys are household names yet. But we kinda prefer it that way. Saying that he didn't "intentionally go out and seek stars," that the team was still the same core of guys, but that he hoped they would be even more poised down the stretch to capture a title. "I think that if I had to say one thing, it's that last year we hoped to win it all and this year, we're expecting it. Maybe that's a jinx, but...I just think that we've got all of the talent in the world and the fact that we didn't make any deadline deals proves that we like where the ballclub is and feel a lot more comfortable about the future than at any point. But I've only been here two years, so it's hard for me to say much of anything." CRUISE CONTROL The Browns flew through the playoffs, sweeping the Giants in four games and then taking out the Nationals -- who finished 9 games behind them in the NL East -- in five, to reach the Fall Classic for the third straight year. But getting to the World Series to face off against the Toronto Blue Jays -- a franchise looking for its fourth title and that has never lost in the World Series -- was going to be more than Mattingly's boys saw after their relative blitzing of the National League. "I think it immediately exposed our lack of team speed compared to what we had last year," said D.C. Daly, the architect of the ballclub. Down 3 games to 2 to the Jays, the 'Stones rallied in the bottom of the 10th with their season on the line, to pull out a 4-3 victory and to force a Game 7. Brooklyn sent Japanese ace Daisuke Matsuzaka to the mound in the deciding game. While there is always a lot of anxiety over big games, D.C. Daly said being around his team, you'd feel like it was just 'another game'. Brooklyn -- who play outstanding baseball at home (an astounding 58-19 this year), really showed their polish as the game went on. After getting out to a 3-0 lead after just an inning, the game stayed that way until the 5th, when the Browns put up 2 more runs, then 4 in the sixth and the game got completely out of hand in the bottom of the eighth after tempers flaired a bit with the Brownstones up 13-0 and heading into the 9th inning. The teams calmed down and the celebration experienced Brownstones headed to the mound and craziness got underway, as Brooklyn defended its World Series title. How does a team that showed up to a town that hadn't had a major league team since the 50s and win two World Series titles back to back explain itself? "I think some people saw the whole story of baseball back in Brooklyn as some sort of novelty act that needed to be approached with...I don't even know. But this is really serious business and I think America is starting to realize that we're not joking around, that this means just as much to us here as it does to fans in Boston or in the Bronx or wherever else. So in other words, they're probably going to start hating us just as much as they hate those other teams before too long," said Manager Don Mattingly, who was enjoying his first World Series title as a player or manager. What will the future be for the Brownstones? Will Brooklyn's finest become the newest team to hate from New York? Will they be dubbed the Evil Empire Strikes Back? Or will the self-professed "blue collar club with a rich uncle' make these days nothing more than a memory as the future takes root and the franchise begins to languish? The answer is one that we'll have to wait to discover. The next time we join the team, it'll be into that very future to find out what's happened and what's next for the team as the legends of the present retire and usher in a new era of Brooklyn baseball. The best is yet to come? |
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MOST DIVISION TITLES (1994-2017)
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- The Los Angeles Angels rebranded themselves back to the California Angels and moved to 34,000-seat Motorola Park in San Bernardino, CA for the 2018 season. - The Oakland Athletics moved to Vancouver, BC into a new 55,000 seat retractable roof stadium that replaced BC Place called EA Place, the stadium was the first privately financed ballpark in Canada and the team was sold to Canadian investors. ED NOTE: There is no Cisco Field in Fremont, just as there is no Miller Park in Milwaukee - The Chicago White Sox are looking for a new ballpark to replace Verizon Park (formerly New Comiskey) which is nearly 30 years old. - The Florida Marlins now play in Orlando at a baseball stadium at the Disney Wide World of Sports called Polaroid Park, a 33125 seat stadium. - The Minnesota Twins moved into their new open-air stadium which was named 'Park Nicollet Minneapolis' after Park Nicollet clinics recieved the naming rights to the new park. It's referred to by fans as "The Nick" - The Washington Nationals play at GEICO Park. Nicknamed "The Gecko" - Fenway Park and Wrigley Field were both deemed national landmarks and were not razed, but in 2020, both teams will move into new ballparks, neither of which has been named yet. The Red Sox new park will be on the Boston Harbor. WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS SINCE 2009 Quote:
I'm preparing to take over the team in earnest for the 2018 season and will begin focusing more on the details of the team, what's going on with the players and really just the entire process of running the ballclub in Brooklyn into its second generation. I'm also going to load my financial system now. I've not run it up until now, largely because it's very time consuming. But I think now would be a good time to get it all together and so, that's what the plan for the 2018 season is. I'm trying to cut back on the extraneous information I provide in these dynasties, though it's hard for me because I'm pretty detail orientated, except I like more bizarre details than most. Next, I'll get right into the story of where the Brownstones are and what's ahead. Code:
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AT A CROSSROADS IN BROOKLYN
November 11, 2017 As Brooklyn is still abuzz after capturing the second title in franchise history of the Brownstownes this past year, the front office of the Brownstones have more difficult decisions to make. The Brownstones had the highest payroll this past year in MLB and the team is trying to assess whether it's time to cut bait with some of its stars and begin the process of rebuilding in earnest. It's the one thing that the team since its inception has truly failed to do in a significant way. "I don't think it was an intentional issue of neglect, as much as we were trying to from the start attempt to find a place in which we could have a measure of success and when you're always "so close" to a title, you never want to blow the whole thing up. But once you achieve the goal, having been through this once before, it's logical to assess where you're headed next and what to do." After all, despite being one of the most valuable franchises in baseball, the team could spend, spend, spend and yet...it would neglect the fact that the team has some glaring problems with some players aging and not a groundswell of talent to replace them in the coming years. "It's not really about whether we can compete for the next 2-3 years. I think we can definetely do that. But on some level, the strategy has to be about buying low and selling high and needless to say, we've spent a good decade buying high and not selling much at all," said D.C. Daly, the team's G.M. BROOKLYN BROWNSTONES ACTIVE ROSTER AS OF 17 NOVEMBER 2017 Code:
POS # Name Age NAT HT WT B T OVR POT SS 3 Troy Tulowitzki 33 USA 6' 3" 195 lbs Right Right 79 79 1B 6 Ryan Howard 37 USA 6' 3" 242 lbs Left Left 61 61 CF 8 Alistair Forbes 25 CAN 6' 2" 165 lbs Right Right 78 79 SP 9 Andrew Miller 32 USA 6' 5" 224 lbs Right Left 63 63 RF 13 J.C. Sánchez 27 CUB 6' 1" 155 lbs Left Left 46 80 3B 13 Kel Snyder 26 USA 5' 10" 188 lbs Right Right 45 49 SP 17 Jimmy Johnson 34 USA 6' 5" 200 lbs Right Right 76 76 3B 18 Bobby Cartwright29 AUS 6' 0" 196 lbs Left Right 76 76 SP 23 Álex Solís 21 CUB 6' 3" 215 lbs Right Right 67 67 2B 25 Tom Kelly 27 USA 5' 10" 187 lbs Left Right 77 77 3B 25 Lendon Larkin 25 USA 6' 2" 205 lbs Right Right 78 78 3B 26 Matt Vanier 26 CAN 6' 3" 210 lbs Left Right 67 69 RF 27 Teagan Ketcheson23 CAN 6' 4" 185 lbs Left Left 61 68 SP 28 Ramiro Valentín 28 PUR 6' 6" 204 lbs Right Right 41 41 MR 29 Manny Sevilla 22 USA 6' 4" 170 lbs Right Right 72 72 C 33 Jack Duchesne 29 CAN 6' 0" 218 lbs Right Right 20 20 MR 36 Juan Guevara 31 USA 6' 0" 188 lbs Right Right 57 57 MR 36 Pedro López 27 USA 6' 2" 223 lbs Left Left 37 37 RF 37 Jared Burton 28 USA 6' 3" 199 lbs Left Left 48 76 SP 46 Arlen Goodyear 30 CAN 6' 2" 191 lbs Right Right 20 20 2B 46 Rubén Sánchez 29 ARU 5' 10" 190 lbs Left Right 43 77 RF 48 Clarence Austin 25 USA 6' 0" 190 lbs Right Right 79 79 MR 63 Monty Coker 25 USA 6' 5" 212 lbs Left Left 57 57 CL 73 Wally Davenport 25 USA 6' 3" 213 lbs Right Right 20 20 EXPANSION TO COME IN 2022 For the first time since 1998, Major League will expand by two teams in 2022. The move to expand was preciptated by a spate of cities wooing teams that are currently for sale. "The owners have been contemplating add two teams to the league to give us a total of four eight-team divisions and so, we believe now it the time to make this move," said the MLB Commissioner yesterday. The two cities have yet to be chosen, but an annoucement is expected around June of next year. WHITE SOX, MILWAUKEE OFFICIALS MEET MILWAUKEE (UPI) -- The city of Milwaukee, which lost the Brewers back in 2008, are ready to return to baseball. The city passed a bond initiative last year to build a publicty financed retractable roof stadium, the first public stadium in MLB since CitiField was built in New York for the Mets in 2010. The new ballpark would only be built if a new team is wooed to the city and the Stadium Authority has a year left to find that team. The city is zeroing in on the White Sox, who have previously played games in the city and who are looking for a stadium to replacing their aging facility on the South Side of Chicago. "We're evaluating our options," said White Sox owner Dr. Marshall Pauck. White Sox fans are irate at the team's considering another move and yet, others have said that they'll still support the team if they move. "I'm a Sox fan. As long as they don't become the Brewers or something or move to Canada or something. I'll still support them." Meanwhile, Chicago's city council is preparing proposals that might give the team what it's look for to stay in the city -- a new ballpark -- that would be built by 2021. But no information on the plan was available at press time. Last edited by darkcloud4579; 11-06-2007 at 02:23 PM. |
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Good luck in Brooklyn, DC.
 I saw that J.J. Hardy was a DH of all things in 2009. What got him there, what was he hitting? With 3 teams in NY, why not have an exhibition city series of sorts? I'll be following your dynasty to see how your financial model works out. Looks very interesting!
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FANS WANT TO KNOW...
WHAT BROOKLYN PLAYERS ARE SLATED TO HAVE THEIR NUMBERS RETIRED IF THEIR CAREERS ENDED TODAY? So far, the only slam dunk is Ryan Howard. He's the franchise leader in career games player, runs, hits, home runs, RBI and 10th in batting. He's been here over a decade now and is the face of the franchise. So for sure, you can be no one will wear #6 ever again in Brooklyn. Short of him? Umm...Troy Tulowitzki and Daisuke Matsuzaka are on the bubble. Dice-K is the all-time franchise leader in ERA, third in wins (134) and fourth in strikeouts. I think the fact that he's such a stellar guy (212 wins in his career) and the fact that he was so successful for his time here including being the one that propelled us over the top to our first World Series and stayed a while, makes me think that the #16 could head for the rafters, despite the fact that he only spent six years with us. Meanwhile, Tulo is still only 33 and only played with us for about five full seasons. Given that he's only been productive during his time in Brooklyn, it makes me believe that he'd have a strong case, provided the rest of his career is solid. But it'still too early to say for him. Besides those two? I can't see anyone right now. They need to be an icon that fans remember and that had a lasting impact on the franchise and our history. But then, that's a good thing maybe. |
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Wow. I love this dynasty. Your writing is what makes it great.
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11-06-2007, 08:32 AM
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This is an interesting dynasty so far. Great attention to detail, and time put into things like a stadium seating chart just enhances it. I'd been thinking about starting another dynasty up that takes place in Brooklyn, but reading this has been entertaining enough that it has kept me from doing that (not just for saturation purposes - I was just kind of hungering for Brooklyn baseball stories).
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11-06-2007, 02:38 PM
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Very cool.
I guess the only thing I might have done differently is call the team the Atlantics after the old Brooklyn club of the 19th Century. Brownstones sounds a little stodgy to me, and you run the risk of fans shortening the nickname to the (eep) Browns.
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