Pasttime: An Alternative MLB History - Page 9

darkcloud4579 · 09-04-2007, 01:25 PM

Salt Lake City won this series in seven games, claiming the first title in their franchise history, knocking off the juggernauts from Boston, who were looking for their 16th World Series. This Series was akin to the Marlins beating the Yankees in real life, except the Bees really weren't that great and if you went up and down their roster, the talent was comprised largely of veterans and a few key young guys, but it was mostly a bunch of castoffs who played REALLY well together.

Boston had the 2nd highest payroll in baseball and Salt Lake City were 32nd I believe. So it was truly David v. Goliath. But to make it that far, you have to peak exceptionally and manage to navigate three other rounds just to get there.

darkcloud4579 · 09-04-2007, 01:59 PM

2024 PLAYOFFS

AL EAST: New York Nine (106-56)
AL WEST: Nevada (92-70)
AL SOUTH: Miami Marlins (83-79)
AL CENTRAL: Chicago Cyclones (97-65)
AL WILD CARD:
Cleveland Blues (92-70)
Columbus Clippers (88-74)
Arizona Sidewinders (87-75)
Seattle Pilots (86-76)

NL EAST: Heroes of New York (119-43)
NL WEST: Salt Lake City Bees (86-76)
NL CENTRAL: Atlanta Firecrackers (99-63
NL NORTH: Detroit Mustangs (96-66)
NL WILD CARD:
Minnesota Mets (91-71)
Omaha Royals (88-74)
Colorado Rancheros (85-77)
Green Bay Giants (85-77)

darkcloud4579 · 09-04-2007, 02:01 PM

AMERICAN LEAGUE
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Seattle v. New York
Chicago v. Columbus
Arizona v. Nevada
Cleveland v. Miami

NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Green Bay V. New York
Atlanta v. Colorado
Omaha v. Detroit
Minnesota v. Salt Lake City

darkcloud4579 · 09-04-2007, 02:07 PM

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CHICAGO (def. Columbus 2-0) V. SEATTLE (def. New York 2-1)
ARIZONA (def. Nevada 2-0) v. CLEVELAND (def. Miami 2-0)

The defeat of the top two seeds in the AL, will likely result in a change to the playoff format next season. But the benefactors of the best-of-three game Wild Card series include Arizona (who beat Nevada) and Seattle, who edged out top-seeded New York in the Wild Card Series.

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GREEN BAY (def. Heroes of NY 2-0) v. ATLANTA (def. Colorado 2-1)
DETROIT (def. Omaha 2-0) v. SALT LAKE CITY (def. Minnesota 2-0)

Not only did the top two seeds in the AL lose, but the #1 seed in the NL lost and well, that's just not going to fly, because one of the criticisms of the new playoff format is that it diminishes the importance of the regular season in a way that baseball isn't used to.

Proponents say that the regular season is still meaningful, but that feasting upon bad teams in the regular season shouldn't be as important as beating the best teams each league has to offer during the playoffs.

Either way, Green Bay, the 8th seed in the NL, are pleased that the format is how it is and took advantage of it.

darkcloud4579 · 09-04-2007, 02:14 PM

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ARIZONA (def. Cleveland 4-2) v. CHICAGO (def. Seattle 4-0)

The #2 seed facing off against the #7 seed.

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GREEN BAY (def. Atlanta 4-3) v.
DETROIT (def. Salt Lake City 4-3)

The #3 seed taking on the #8 seed. Needless to say, this isn't what the God's had in mind for baseball playoffs.

Lower attendance has baseball officials scrambling at a new solution for the 2025 season. But at the same time, having three mid-western teams in baseball's Final Four has been an exciting boost for TV audiences in that part of the country.

Others are complaining that the long playoffs are bad for rotations and teams that are already tired and that a shorter season would be in order.

darkcloud4579 · 09-04-2007, 02:32 PM

#7 v. #8 isn't normally something to warm the hearts of many. But the storyline of the team from Green Bay was enough to reign in fans from the Midwest and the southwest packed the house for the Sidewinders, who since 2009 are the only AL team other than the Boston Yankees to win a World Series.

The experience of the Sidewinders came through, as they won their 2nd World Series in franchise history, knocking off the upstart Giants in five games to capture their first title since 2016.

darkcloud4579 · 09-04-2007, 05:48 PM

2025 SCHEDULE CHANGES
For the 125th season of Major League Baseball, we're going to go a different route. We're keeping the same alignment, but for the first time ever we're playing just a 120 game schedule. The 40-man roster expansion date is now August 1st (from September 1st) and the trade deadline has been moved back to July 15st (from August 15th).

The Wild Card Series is now a best-of-seven game series, meaning teams have to win an unprecedented 24 games to win the World Series.

I know that on paper, this will affect things negatively in that, a lot of records won't ever get broken again.

But if it weren't OOTP, I'd be able to start a new record book to assuage that and it would alleviate the pain of the steroid era (had we had one..) and make things anew heading into the next 125 years of baseball history.

To compensate, we're going to 4-man rotations again, normal endurance for pitchers and I've lengthened the aging for players so guys last longer than they ordinarily would, allowing to break records that they'd otherwise not break.

And 120 games, the season is still longer than that of any other sport and makes baseball more like a long endurance race, than a slogging series of meaningless games in April and September. Right now, the season will end on August 31st, meaning that September is now playoff month in baseball and the World Series should start in early October at the latest, meaning that folks can stop watching baseball just around the time that the football season starts to heat up.

This article makes my argument for me.

We've also changed the 40-man roster to a 50-man roster, though teams can still only call up 40 guys at a time after August 1st and the active roster size is now 27-man from 25. This was a concession the owners made due to the shortened season and the fact that teams would simply have guys that probably wouldn't play as much.

darkcloud4579 · 09-04-2007, 07:29 PM

The economics of this league might be a mystery and so, to clarify...the way that the teams are able to survive in far-flung places is pretty simple.

In this particular universe, the media money from all of MLB's teams -- radio rights, internet broadcast rights, TV rights and such alike -- local and national are negotiated by MLB Media Properties, LLC.

This company would collect these funds, negotiate rates and then disburse the funds equally to all of the clubs in the game. This allows teams in Wichita, to survive, the same way it gives money to big-market teams to spend.

Can an owner funnel his own cash into the team? Sure. There is no salary cap. But that's how media money is distributed and of course, ticket money is spread across the league too, but it's split 75/25 in favor of the home team.

darkcloud4579 · 09-05-2007, 10:56 AM

2025 SEASON
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AL EAST: New York (72-48)
AL WEST: Nevada (67-53)
AL SOUTH: Miami (69-51)
AL CENTRAL: Chicago (77-43)
AL WILD CARD:
Cleveland (65-55)
Seattle (65-55)
Austin (64-56)
Boston (63-57)

NL EAST: Heroes of New York (78-42)
NL WEST: Portland (59-61)
NL CENTRAL: Texas (75-45)
NL NORTH: Green Bay (72-48)
NL WILD CARD:
Detroit (69-51)
Minnesota (68-52)
Atlanta (65-55)
Orlando (62-58)

ALDS
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Chicago def. Austin 4-3
Miami def. Nevada 4-3

NLDS
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New York def. Atlanta 4-2
Green Bay def. Portland 4-1

ALCS
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Miami def. Chicago 4-2

NLCS
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Green Bay def. New York 4-3

2025 WORLD SERIES
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GREEN BAY def. Miami 4-0
First title in franchise history for the Giants of Green Bay.

darkcloud4579 · 09-06-2007, 11:23 AM

For the 2027 season, I've decided to create my own schedule. It'll be 136 games (6 inter-division games, 12 intra-division, no-interleague) because the schedule I'd been using for the past two years at 120 games was a balanced schedule and I hate that, especially given how important the divisional setup is in a league with four divisions and the impact on seeding and stuff.

So that's what we have to look forward for the '26 season.

darkcloud4579 · 09-06-2007, 11:27 AM

2026 playoffs
ALWCS
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New York def. Cleveland 4-1
Chicago def. Miami 4-3
Seattle def. Austin 4-2
Cheyenne def. Florida 4-2

NLWCS
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Heroes of NY def. Boise 4-3
Atlanta def. San Diego 4-1
Texas def. Albuquerque 4-0
Indiana def. Orlando 4-3

ALDS
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New York def. Chicago 4-2
Seattle def. Cheyenne 4-2

NLDS
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Heroes of NY def. Atlanta 4-2
Texas def. Indiana 4-3

ALCS
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Seattle def. New York 4-3

NLCS
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New York def. Texas 4-3

2026 WORLD SERIES
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Seattle def. New York 4-2

Seattle's first World Series title since 1970, 2nd in franchise history.

burnstuff · 09-13-2007, 12:57 AM

Wait, I'm confused. What are the new team nicknames? What are the new divisions? What's happened since 2020?

09-04-2007, 05:48 PM	#167
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,688	2025 SCHEDULE CHANGES For the 125th season of Major League Baseball, we're going to go a different route. We're keeping the same alignment, but for the first time ever we're playing just a 120 game schedule. The 40-man roster expansion date is now August 1st (from September 1st) and the trade deadline has been moved back to July 15st (from August 15th). The Wild Card Series is now a best-of-seven game series, meaning teams have to win an unprecedented 24 games to win the World Series. I know that on paper, this will affect things negatively in that, a lot of records won't ever get broken again. But if it weren't OOTP, I'd be able to start a new record book to assuage that and it would alleviate the pain of the steroid era (had we had one..) and make things anew heading into the next 125 years of baseball history. To compensate, we're going to 4-man rotations again, normal endurance for pitchers and I've lengthened the aging for players so guys last longer than they ordinarily would, allowing to break records that they'd otherwise not break. And 120 games, the season is still longer than that of any other sport and makes baseball more like a long endurance race, than a slogging series of meaningless games in April and September. Right now, the season will end on August 31st, meaning that September is now playoff month in baseball and the World Series should start in early October at the latest, meaning that folks can stop watching baseball just around the time that the football season starts to heat up. This article makes my argument for me. We've also changed the 40-man roster to a 50-man roster, though teams can still only call up 40 guys at a time after August 1st and the active roster size is now 27-man from 25. This was a concession the owners made due to the shortened season and the fact that teams would simply have guys that probably wouldn't play as much. Last edited by darkcloud4579; 09-04-2007 at 07:29 PM.

09-05-2007, 10:56 AM	#169
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,688	2025 SEASON --- AL EAST: New York (72-48) AL WEST: Nevada (67-53) AL SOUTH: Miami (69-51) AL CENTRAL: Chicago (77-43) AL WILD CARD: Cleveland (65-55) Seattle (65-55) Austin (64-56) Boston (63-57) NL EAST: Heroes of New York (78-42) NL WEST: Portland (59-61) NL CENTRAL: Texas (75-45) NL NORTH: Green Bay (72-48) NL WILD CARD: Detroit (69-51) Minnesota (68-52) Atlanta (65-55) Orlando (62-58) ALDS -- Chicago def. Austin 4-3 Miami def. Nevada 4-3 NLDS --- New York def. Atlanta 4-2 Green Bay def. Portland 4-1 ALCS --- Miami def. Chicago 4-2 NLCS --- Green Bay def. New York 4-3 2025 WORLD SERIES ---- GREEN BAY def. Miami 4-0 First title in franchise history for the Giants of Green Bay. Last edited by darkcloud4579; 09-06-2007 at 11:40 AM.

09-06-2007, 11:23 AM	#170
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,688	For the 2027 season, I've decided to create my own schedule. It'll be 136 games (6 inter-division games, 12 intra-division, no-interleague) because the schedule I'd been using for the past two years at 120 games was a balanced schedule and I hate that, especially given how important the divisional setup is in a league with four divisions and the impact on seeding and stuff. So that's what we have to look forward for the '26 season. Last edited by darkcloud4579; 09-06-2007 at 11:41 AM.

09-06-2007, 11:27 AM	#171
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,688	2026 playoffs ALWCS --- New York def. Cleveland 4-1 Chicago def. Miami 4-3 Seattle def. Austin 4-2 Cheyenne def. Florida 4-2 NLWCS --- Heroes of NY def. Boise 4-3 Atlanta def. San Diego 4-1 Texas def. Albuquerque 4-0 Indiana def. Orlando 4-3 ALDS --- New York def. Chicago 4-2 Seattle def. Cheyenne 4-2 NLDS --- Heroes of NY def. Atlanta 4-2 Texas def. Indiana 4-3 ALCS ---- Seattle def. New York 4-3 NLCS --- New York def. Texas 4-3 2026 WORLD SERIES ---- Seattle def. New York 4-2 Seattle's first World Series title since 1970, 2nd in franchise history. Last edited by darkcloud4579; 09-06-2007 at 11:42 AM.

09-04-2007, 01:25 PM	#161
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,688	Salt Lake City won this series in seven games, claiming the first title in their franchise history, knocking off the juggernauts from Boston, who were looking for their 16th World Series. This Series was akin to the Marlins beating the Yankees in real life, except the Bees really weren't that great and if you went up and down their roster, the talent was comprised largely of veterans and a few key young guys, but it was mostly a bunch of castoffs who played REALLY well together. Boston had the 2nd highest payroll in baseball and Salt Lake City were 32nd I believe. So it was truly David v. Goliath. But to make it that far, you have to peak exceptionally and manage to navigate three other rounds just to get there.

09-04-2007, 01:59 PM	#162
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,688	2024 PLAYOFFS AL EAST: New York Nine (106-56) AL WEST: Nevada (92-70) AL SOUTH: Miami Marlins (83-79) AL CENTRAL: Chicago Cyclones (97-65) AL WILD CARD: Cleveland Blues (92-70) Columbus Clippers (88-74) Arizona Sidewinders (87-75) Seattle Pilots (86-76) NL EAST: Heroes of New York (119-43) NL WEST: Salt Lake City Bees (86-76) NL CENTRAL: Atlanta Firecrackers (99-63 NL NORTH: Detroit Mustangs (96-66) NL WILD CARD: Minnesota Mets (91-71) Omaha Royals (88-74) Colorado Rancheros (85-77) Green Bay Giants (85-77)

09-04-2007, 02:32 PM	#166
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,688	#7 v. #8 isn't normally something to warm the hearts of many. But the storyline of the team from Green Bay was enough to reign in fans from the Midwest and the southwest packed the house for the Sidewinders, who since 2009 are the only AL team other than the Boston Yankees to win a World Series. The experience of the Sidewinders came through, as they won their 2nd World Series in franchise history, knocking off the upstart Giants in five games to capture their first title since 2016.

09-04-2007, 07:29 PM	#168
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,688	The economics of this league might be a mystery and so, to clarify...the way that the teams are able to survive in far-flung places is pretty simple. In this particular universe, the media money from all of MLB's teams -- radio rights, internet broadcast rights, TV rights and such alike -- local and national are negotiated by MLB Media Properties, LLC. This company would collect these funds, negotiate rates and then disburse the funds equally to all of the clubs in the game. This allows teams in Wichita, to survive, the same way it gives money to big-market teams to spend. Can an owner funnel his own cash into the team? Sure. There is no salary cap. But that's how media money is distributed and of course, ticket money is spread across the league too, but it's split 75/25 in favor of the home team.

09-13-2007, 12:57 AM	#172
burnstuff Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 53	Wait, I'm confused. What are the new team nicknames? What are the new divisions? What's happened since 2020?