Do You Stack Your Team?

GForce22 · 10-14-2002, 01:21 PM

I'm curious about this...do you guys like to stack your team when playing OOTP. As good as the game is, you can certainly stack your team via trades or free agency if you are set on doing so. Personally, I have never found it to be fun to stack a team of all-stars in games. I always liked it being a challenge. I have friends who just try to put superteams together and crush their opponents. That gets old very quickly for me. I just wanted to see how others felt.

GH

jtb · 10-14-2002, 03:09 PM

I don't stack although I love to pick up young talent from teams.(you never know if they will pan out) I kind of like to utilize speed and defense so no earl weaver ball. I like to keep the opposition on edge by stealing bases and taking extra bases.

yasky · 10-14-2002, 04:07 PM

I think the object of the game is to assemble the best team and crush the rest of the league. I also wish it was more challenging to do so. I started a League running the Red Sox. I started in 1955 and in 1956 the Red Sox won the World Series. The came in 2nd place in 1957 and in 1958 which I just completed lost to St, Louis in the World Series. The only major deals I made in 1956 was trading Ted Williams and Jimmy Piersall to Milwaukee for Hank Aaron and I signed Yogi Berra as a free agent. Would those 2 deals qualify as stacking my team?

GForce22 · 10-14-2002, 04:14 PM

I wouldn't classify giving up players of equal or similar talent stacking. Yes, you want to build the best team. But I see guys who seem to have every top star in the league on their team and make some pretty unrealistic trades. This isn't just OOTP. It's something a LOT of guys do in football games. My friends do it with Madden all the time.

GH

SSG Troyer · 10-14-2002, 04:25 PM

I get the best I can for the money I have. I don't always have the best players in the league, but I put together the best I can ... and when I take the WS two years in a row, I take over one of the worst, poorest teams in the league and build them up.

KWizard · 10-14-2002, 05:56 PM

For a real challenge, trade all your pitchers for hitters and have non-pitchers pitch all of your games. From what I have seen, non-pitchers will give up around 15-20 runs a game. The best pitching performance by a non-pitcher for me was Toby Hall who only gave up 5 runs in a complete win. The worst was also by Toby Hall who got rocked for 45 runs in Coors. The 23 walks he gave up clearly hurt his chances of winning.

Dargone · 10-14-2002, 08:16 PM

I tend to play the commish of solo leagues I create, creating players and seeing how they pan out etc... However, when I do pilot a team I do not stack the team.

View Poll Results: Do You Stack Your Team?
Yes, I want to crush the rest of the league	5	15.63%
No, I want winning to be a challenge	27	84.38%
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10-14-2002, 01:21 PM	#1
GForce22 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	Do You Stack Your Team? I'm curious about this...do you guys like to stack your team when playing OOTP. As good as the game is, you can certainly stack your team via trades or free agency if you are set on doing so. Personally, I have never found it to be fun to stack a team of all-stars in games. I always liked it being a challenge. I have friends who just try to put superteams together and crush their opponents. That gets old very quickly for me. I just wanted to see how others felt. GH

10-14-2002, 04:25 PM	#5
SSG Troyer All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somewhere to the left of 2nd base Posts: 1,598	I get the best I can for the money I have. I don't always have the best players in the league, but I put together the best I can ... and when I take the WS two years in a row, I take over one of the worst, poorest teams in the league and build them up. __________________ MWT Did Tennesee Delaware Mississppi's New Jersey? Idaho ... Alaska!

10-14-2002, 05:56 PM	#6
KWizard Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 30	For a real challenge, trade all your pitchers for hitters and have non-pitchers pitch all of your games. From what I have seen, non-pitchers will give up around 15-20 runs a game. The best pitching performance by a non-pitcher for me was Toby Hall who only gave up 5 runs in a complete win. The worst was also by Toby Hall who got rocked for 45 runs in Coors. The 23 walks he gave up clearly hurt his chances of winning. __________________ NGBL - Milwaukee Brewers FAST - Chicago Cubs CCIBL - San Francisco Giants http://www.ccibl.com/ NSBL - Pittsburgh Pirates http://nsbl.ootp-leagues.com/

10-14-2002, 08:16 PM	#7
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	I tend to play the commish of solo leagues I create, creating players and seeing how they pan out etc... However, when I do pilot a team I do not stack the team. __________________ I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.-Margaret Mitchell

10-14-2002, 03:09 PM	#2
jtb All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 595	I don't stack although I love to pick up young talent from teams.(you never know if they will pan out) I kind of like to utilize speed and defense so no earl weaver ball. I like to keep the opposition on edge by stealing bases and taking extra bases.

10-14-2002, 04:07 PM	#3
yasky Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fitchburg, MA Posts: 8	I think the object of the game is to assemble the best team and crush the rest of the league. I also wish it was more challenging to do so. I started a League running the Red Sox. I started in 1955 and in 1956 the Red Sox won the World Series. The came in 2nd place in 1957 and in 1958 which I just completed lost to St, Louis in the World Series. The only major deals I made in 1956 was trading Ted Williams and Jimmy Piersall to Milwaukee for Hank Aaron and I signed Yogi Berra as a free agent. Would those 2 deals qualify as stacking my team?

10-14-2002, 04:14 PM	#4
GForce22 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	I wouldn't classify giving up players of equal or similar talent stacking. Yes, you want to build the best team. But I see guys who seem to have every top star in the league on their team and make some pretty unrealistic trades. This isn't just OOTP. It's something a LOT of guys do in football games. My friends do it with Madden all the time. GH