If you could only keep 10...

bamf909 · 04-08-2002, 11:26 AM

If you could only keep ten teams, say, for an online league using rolen's rosters, which 10 teams would you pick? also, why would you leave out any teams in particular?

Draft Dodger · 04-08-2002, 11:42 AM

why do you ask, Mr Selig?

J P Falcon · 04-08-2002, 12:02 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Draft Dodger:
why do you ask, Mr Selig?<hr /></blockquote>Ha! Good one!

jor31 · 04-08-2002, 12:11 PM

1) Mets- DUH!
2) Braves- We need more 9 run innings

3) Yankees- Gotta keep the hope for a subway series alive!
4) Florida- A great Staff
5) WhiteSox- Represent AL Central, decent power team
6) Astros- Nice Lineup, good rotation
7) Cubs- You need someone in the basement! who better than the Cubbies???
8) Montreal- Keep that avg attendence low <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
9) A's- Great team!
10) Marineers- 116 W's in 2001, Possibly 90 in '02

koohead · 04-08-2002, 12:16 PM

I'd probably get rid of all the "expansion" teams...go back to the originals. Don't know how many that is, but I'd keep as many of the original franchises as possible...Yankees, Giants, Dodgers, A's, Twins Red Sox, White Sox
..yada yada...gone would be Montreal, Toronto, Florida, Arizona, Colorado, Tamba Bay...you get the point

hellfrozeover · 04-08-2002, 12:34 PM

1. Cubs....of course
2. Yankees
3. Cardinals
4. Braves
5. Dodgers
6. D'Backs
7. Indians
8. White Sox
9. Red Sox
10. Phillies

bamf909 · 04-08-2002, 01:58 PM

Thanx for the suggestions guys, this should help me decide who is going to stick around in the online league that my friend and i are planning to make.

Kelric · 04-09-2002, 06:12 PM

Yankees
Red Sox
Braves
Giants
Cardinals
Athletics
Mariners
Mets
Marlins
Phillies

Bald Eagles · 04-10-2002, 07:59 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by jor31:
1) Mets- DUH!
2) Braves- We need more 9 run innings

3) Yankees- Gotta keep the hope for a subway series alive!
4) Florida- A great Staff
5) WhiteSox- Represent AL Central, decent power team
6) Astros- Nice Lineup, good rotation
7) Cubs- You need someone in the basement! who better than the Cubbies???
8) Montreal- Keep that avg attendence low <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
9) A's- Great team!
10) Marineers- 116 W's in 2001, Possibly 90 in '02<hr /></blockquote>The Cubs have moved from the basement to the penthouse. They spent most of the 2001 season at #1 (only to fall a couple floors).

Cubs (one of the oldest teams in baseball)
WhiteSox (there's your 'EL' series!)
D'Backs (The youngins, plus that killer rotation)
Cardinals (For all them historians)
Yankees (the other historian)
Mariners (to balance out the map and Ichiro)
Rockies (must be the thin air)
Indians (someone has to play the Mariners)
Expos (for the Canadiens, eh)
Twins (in case there's an option to relocate)

Geiiga · 04-10-2002, 08:42 PM

Well, the Royals...Kauffman Stadium is the only good field built between 1960-1992. Plus...George Brett > *.*

Apart from that...
Mariners
Rangers
Rockies
Giants
Dodgers
Indians
White Sox
Cardinals
Astros

ISiddiqui · 04-10-2002, 09:45 PM

1) New York (A)
2) Boston
3) Chicago (A)
4) Oakland
5) Texas
6) Atlanta
7) St. Louis
8) Chicago (N)
9) San Francisco
10) Los Angeles

Linenoise · 04-11-2002, 08:53 AM

If I had to only keep ten teams I would turn my league into a novelty act and keep the following:

1) NY Yankees
2) NY Mets
3) CHI Cubs
4) CHI W.Sox
5) STL Cardinals
6) KC Royals
7) TEX Rangers
8) HOU Astros
9) SF Giants
10) OAK A's

With these 10 teams I could exploit the intra-state rivalries. However, were I to be more serious I would replace the Mets, Royals, & Astros with teams that have more history (more specifically; Boston, LA, Atl)

Oaky..okay..so Texas has no history but that is my fav team and I would like to retain a little interest in the league ;P

IatricSB · 04-11-2002, 10:56 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Geiiga:
Kauffman Stadium is the only good field built between 1960-1992<hr /></blockquote>I just choked on my hamburger. That post should come with a warning <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

fluharty · 04-11-2002, 10:59 AM

the 10 oldest... which would include my pirates!!

ISiddiqui · 04-11-2002, 01:21 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Linenoise:
If I had to only keep ten teams I would turn my league into a novelty act and keep the following:

1) NY Yankees
2) NY Mets
3) CHI Cubs
4) CHI W.Sox
5) STL Cardinals
6) KC Royals
7) TEX Rangers
8) HOU Astros
9) SF Giants
10) OAK A's

With these 10 teams I could exploit the intra-state rivalries. However, were I to be more serious I would replace the Mets, Royals, & Astros with teams that have more history (more specifically; Boston, LA, Atl)

Oaky..okay..so Texas has no history but that is my fav team and I would like to retain a little interest in the league ;P<hr /></blockquote>How can you have the Giants without the Dodgers?!

Edit: And the Yankees without the Red Sox!!

[ 04-11-2002, 07:38 PM: Message edited by: ISiddiqui ]

LivnLegend · 04-11-2002, 01:31 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Geiiga:
Well, the Royals...Kauffman Stadium is the only good field built between 1960-1992.<hr /></blockquote>Was this a joke?

Dodger Stadium is celebrating its 40th anniversary of use this season. And as any fan that has been to a few ballparks will tell you, it is definitely the crown jewel of all stadiums built in the 1960’s!

hellfrozeover · 04-11-2002, 01:39 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Baldeagles:

Cubs (one of the oldest teams in baseball)
WhiteSox (there's your 'EL' series!)
<hr /></blockquote>Technically speaking you can still call it a subway series since the State Street EL (Red line/Dan Ryan Line/Howard St. Line all the different names I can think of for that EL line, all the same, but the colors confuse me sometimes) runs underground (a subway) through the loop. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

Although I prefer calling it an EL series myself.

LivnLegend · 04-11-2002, 01:42 PM

Here's what I'd do...I'd take the 16 original franchises and use those that have the deepest histories and richest traditions...

AL
Yankees
Red Sox
Tigers
Indians
Athletics

Out: Twins, Orioles (1st AL alternate), ChiSox

NL
Braves
Cubs
Dodgers
Cardinals
Reds

Out: Giants (1st NL alternate), Phillies, Pirates,

Shorty · 04-11-2002, 05:44 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by LivnLegend:
Here's what I'd do...I'd take the 16 original franchises and use those that have the deepest histories and richest traditions...

AL
Yankees
Red Sox
Tigers
Indians
Athletics

Out: Twins, Orioles (1st AL alternate), ChiSox

NL
Braves
Cubs
Dodgers
Cardinals
Reds

Out: Giants (1st NL alternate), Phillies, Pirates,<hr /></blockquote>Is he the only one that realizes you need to keep the first ever major league team of baseball?

Y'all bastards. I get passionate bout my Reds now. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

Geiiga · 04-11-2002, 05:52 PM

Oh, I forgot about Dodger Stadium...I'll revise to say it's the only good field out of the age of the multipurpose cookie-cutters.

04-08-2002, 11:42 AM	#2
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04-08-2002, 12:02 PM	#3
J P Falcon Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 406	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Draft Dodger: <strong>why do you ask, Mr Selig?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Ha! Good one!

04-08-2002, 12:11 PM	#4
jor31 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 204	1) Mets- DUH! 2) Braves- We need more 9 run innings 3) Yankees- Gotta keep the hope for a subway series alive! 4) Florida- A great Staff 5) WhiteSox- Represent AL Central, decent power team 6) Astros- Nice Lineup, good rotation 7) Cubs- You need someone in the basement! who better than the Cubbies??? 8) Montreal- Keep that avg attendence low <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> 9) A's- Great team! 10) Marineers- 116 W's in 2001, Possibly 90 in '02 __________________ Not affiliated but these sites are good- <a href="http://www.ootpworld.com" target="_blank">http://www.ootpworld.com</a> <a href="http://www.ootplinks.com" target="_blank">http://www.ootplinks.com</a> <a href="http://www.bigcitybaseball.com/bigcitybaseball/" target="_blank">http://www.bigcitybaseball.com/bigcitybaseball/</a>

04-08-2002, 12:16 PM	#5
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04-08-2002, 12:34 PM	#6
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04-08-2002, 11:26 AM	#1
bamf909 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: fargo, nd Posts: 34	If you could only keep 10... If you could only keep ten teams, say, for an online league using rolen's rosters, which 10 teams would you pick? also, why would you leave out any teams in particular? __________________ save the expos!

04-08-2002, 01:58 PM	#7
bamf909 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: fargo, nd Posts: 34	Thanx for the suggestions guys, this should help me decide who is going to stick around in the online league that my friend and i are planning to make. __________________ save the expos!

04-09-2002, 06:12 PM	#8
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Yankees Red Sox Braves Giants Cardinals Athletics Mariners Mets Marlins Phillies

04-10-2002, 07:59 PM	#9
Bald Eagles Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Waveland & Sheffield Posts: 402	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by jor31: <strong>1) Mets- DUH! 2) Braves- We need more 9 run innings 3) Yankees- Gotta keep the hope for a subway series alive! 4) Florida- A great Staff 5) WhiteSox- Represent AL Central, decent power team 6) Astros- Nice Lineup, good rotation 7) Cubs- You need someone in the basement! who better than the Cubbies??? 8) Montreal- Keep that avg attendence low <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> 9) A's- Great team! 10) Marineers- 116 W's in 2001, Possibly 90 in '02</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">The Cubs have moved from the basement to the penthouse. They spent most of the 2001 season at #1 (only to fall a couple floors). Cubs (one of the oldest teams in baseball) WhiteSox (there's your 'EL' series!) D'Backs (The youngins, plus that killer rotation) Cardinals (For all them historians) Yankees (the other historian) Mariners (to balance out the map and Ichiro) Rockies (must be the thin air) Indians (someone has to play the Mariners) Expos (for the Canadiens, eh) Twins (in case there's an option to relocate)

04-10-2002, 08:42 PM	#10
Geiiga Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 195	Well, the Royals...Kauffman Stadium is the only good field built between 1960-1992. Plus...George Brett > . Apart from that... Mariners Rangers Rockies Giants Dodgers Indians White Sox Cardinals Astros __________________

04-10-2002, 09:45 PM	#11
ISiddiqui Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Decatur, Georgia, USA Posts: 30	1) New York (A) 2) Boston 3) Chicago (A) 4) Oakland 5) Texas 6) Atlanta 7) St. Louis 8) Chicago (N) 9) San Francisco 10) Los Angeles

04-11-2002, 08:53 AM	#12
Linenoise Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 121	If I had to only keep ten teams I would turn my league into a novelty act and keep the following: 1) NY Yankees 2) NY Mets 3) CHI Cubs 4) CHI W.Sox 5) STL Cardinals 6) KC Royals 7) TEX Rangers 8) HOU Astros 9) SF Giants 10) OAK A's With these 10 teams I could exploit the intra-state rivalries. However, were I to be more serious I would replace the Mets, Royals, & Astros with teams that have more history (more specifically; Boston, LA, Atl) Oaky..okay..so Texas has no history but that is my fav team and I would like to retain a little interest in the league ;P

04-11-2002, 10:56 AM	#13
IatricSB Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California Posts: 3,493	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Geiiga: <strong>Kauffman Stadium is the only good field built between 1960-1992</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I just choked on my hamburger. That post should come with a warning <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> __________________ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body; but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow! What a Ride!" Chicago(N) - Boys of Summer Oakland - 20th Century League Bakersfield - Wild Things Brooklyn - QBA Dodge City - NBSL California - ABC Dodger's Senioriest fan on the OOTP Boards

04-11-2002, 10:59 AM	#14
fluharty All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Morgantown, WV Posts: 1,023	the 10 oldest... which would include my pirates!!

04-11-2002, 01:21 PM	#15
ISiddiqui Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Decatur, Georgia, USA Posts: 30	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Linenoise: <strong>If I had to only keep ten teams I would turn my league into a novelty act and keep the following: 1) NY Yankees 2) NY Mets 3) CHI Cubs 4) CHI W.Sox 5) STL Cardinals 6) KC Royals 7) TEX Rangers 8) HOU Astros 9) SF Giants 10) OAK A's With these 10 teams I could exploit the intra-state rivalries. However, were I to be more serious I would replace the Mets, Royals, & Astros with teams that have more history (more specifically; Boston, LA, Atl) Oaky..okay..so Texas has no history but that is my fav team and I would like to retain a little interest in the league ;P</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">How can you have the Giants without the Dodgers?! Edit: And the Yankees without the Red Sox!! <small>[ 04-11-2002, 07:38 PM: Message edited by: ISiddiqui ]</small>

04-11-2002, 01:31 PM	#16
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Geiiga: <strong>Well, the Royals...Kauffman Stadium is the only good field built between 1960-1992.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Was this a joke? Dodger Stadium is celebrating its 40th anniversary of use this season. And as any fan that has been to a few ballparks will tell you, it is definitely the crown jewel of all stadiums built in the 1960’s! __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

04-11-2002, 01:39 PM	#17
hellfrozeover All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,130	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Baldeagles: <strong> Cubs (one of the oldest teams in baseball) WhiteSox (there's your 'EL' series!) </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Technically speaking you can still call it a subway series since the State Street EL (Red line/Dan Ryan Line/Howard St. Line all the different names I can think of for that EL line, all the same, but the colors confuse me sometimes) runs underground (a subway) through the loop. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> Although I prefer calling it an EL series myself. __________________ FBA Chicago Syndicate Former Owner: WBL Minnesota Twins 2004 - 2007 AL Central Division Champs OOL Chicago Whales 2006, 2009 UL East Champs; 2006, 2009 United League Champs IBA Lehigh Valley Diamonds 2006 Governor's Cup Champions VSLB New York Yankees 2001, 2002 AL East Division Champs ILBL Commissioner/Chicago Cubs 2002 NL Central Division Champs; 2002 National League Champs ASBL New York Yankees 2006 AL East Division Champs

04-11-2002, 01:42 PM	#18
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	Here's what I'd do...I'd take the 16 original franchises and use those that have the deepest histories and richest traditions... AL Yankees Red Sox Tigers Indians Athletics Out: Twins, Orioles (1st AL alternate), ChiSox NL Braves Cubs Dodgers Cardinals Reds Out: Giants (1st NL alternate), Phillies, Pirates, __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

04-11-2002, 05:44 PM	#19
Shorty All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 992	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by LivnLegend: <strong>Here's what I'd do...I'd take the 16 original franchises and use those that have the deepest histories and richest traditions... AL Yankees Red Sox Tigers Indians Athletics Out: Twins, Orioles (1st AL alternate), ChiSox NL Braves Cubs Dodgers Cardinals Reds Out: Giants (1st NL alternate), Phillies, Pirates,</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Is he the only one that realizes you need to keep the first ever major league team of baseball? Y'all bastards. I get passionate bout my Reds now. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> __________________ Here we go Redlegs here we go!

04-11-2002, 05:52 PM	#20
Geiiga Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 195	Oh, I forgot about Dodger Stadium...I'll revise to say it's the only good field out of the age of the multipurpose cookie-cutters. __________________