It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to - an alternate reality dynasty

rem · 05-27-2005, 11:57 PM

In a development, which is obviously shocking, the Walton family has purchased Major League Baseball for the hefty sum of seventeen billion dollars. Each of the five members of the Walton family – Robson, John, Jim, Helen, and Alice – has an estimated net worth of eighteen billion dollars and, consequently, each family member is part of a virtual five way tie for the eleventh richest person in the world. Before the purchase of Major League Baseball, the family had a combined wealth of ninety-one billion dollars. That total is nearly double that of the world’s richest man – Bill Gates, who has an estimated net worth of forty-six billion. The Walton’s wealth was inherited from Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart.

The Walton family has announced that it intends to return baseball to its glory days when it was the true national pastime. Toward that end, the Walton’s will not sell any of the individual clubs to outside investors but will instead appoint a director, with commissioner like duties, to oversee all of the franchises and ensure some co-operation, with the goal of producing the best product possible. The director they have selected is Stephan Glass, who is not best known for his love of the game. Glass is reported to have pitched the idea to the Waltons at a DC area restaurant, the Palm.

The events depicted in this thread are entirely fictional and any similarity to any real persons or organizations is purely coincidental.

rem · 05-28-2005, 12:34 AM

The Associated Press has obtained the details of the settlement reached between Major League Baseballs owners to divide the money:

New York Yankees: 2B
Boston Redsox: 1.5B
New York Mets: 1B
Anaheim Angels: 750M
St. Louis Cardinals: 750M
Chicago Cubs: 750M
Los Angeles Dodgers: 750M
San Francisco Giants: 750M
Arizona Diamondbacks: 500M
Houston Astros: 500M
San Diego Padres: 500M
Atlanta Braves: 500M
Florida Marlins: 500M
Philadelphia Phillies: 500M
Baltimore Orioles: 500M
Detroit Tigers: 500M
Toronto Blue Jays: 500M
Texas Rangers: 500M
Seattle Mariners: 500M
Cleveland Indians: 500M
Chicago Whitesox: 500M
Oakland Athletics: 300M
Cincinnati Reds: 300M
Kansas City Royals: 300M
Tampa Bay Devil Rays: 300M
Minnesota Twins: 300M
Pittsburgh Pirates: 300M
Milwaukee Brewers: 300M
Colorado Rockies: 200M
Washington Nationals: N/A

The measure passed after a 25-4 vote, with 86% of the votes in favor of selling and the payment distribution agreement. George Steinbrenner and John Henry were philosophically opposed to giving up their teams. Athletics owner Lewis Wolff and Rockies owner Charles Monfort were not happy with their shares. Regardless, the measure had enough votes to pass. Nevertheless, Steinbrenner and Henry are promising legal action – Monfort and Wolff have not yet accepted any money but are unsure if they will pursue legal action.

cknox0723 · 05-28-2005, 12:45 AM

i'm crashing your party. no crying in baseball, even if it is an alternate reality!!!

but you will have at least one reader. looking forward to seeing where this goes.

rem · 05-28-2005, 12:58 AM

Thanks Craig!

Major League Baseball announced today that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Kansas City Royals, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, and Seattle Mariners will be disbanded on the grounds that they can not compete because of either talent or financial reasons or both. Additionally, Director Stephen Glass has determined that it is in the best interests of the league that the Chicago Whitesox, Cleveland Indians, Anaheim Angels, Texas Rangers, and New York Mets be disbanded. The elimination of these teams will reduce the number of teams to nineteen. However, the creation of five new teams will be announced shortly to bring the league to a total of twenty-four teams.

rem · 05-28-2005, 01:13 AM

The first of the new teams, the New Orleans Clowns:

(Thanks to Fastlane for the logo!)

rem · 05-28-2005, 01:29 AM

And the next new team to be introduced is Salt Lake Shepherds:

(Thanks to scotto313 for the logo!)

copper888 · 05-28-2005, 01:36 AM

D00D!!! You can't 'disband' the Cleveland Indians!!! This is a travesty...I mean give me a break...the Clowns?!

metsgeek · 05-28-2005, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by copper888

D00D!!! You can't 'disband' the Cleveland Indians!!! This is a travesty...I mean give me a break...the Clowns?!

There's actually a historical precedent for the name Clowns, notably the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro Leagues.

rem · 05-28-2005, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by copper888

D00D!!! You can't 'disband' the Cleveland Indians!!! This is a travesty...I mean give me a break...the Clowns?!

Yeah, well it's my party.

I got rid of most the teams that I didn't care for and kept the ones that I liked. I almost kept the Indians out of respect for Bob Feller, but no dice. Clowns is an aces name but I'm not a really a fan of Shepherds.

rem · 05-28-2005, 11:17 AM

The 3rd new team will be the Las Vegas Vice:

Logo courtesy of Enuttage.

rem · 05-28-2005, 11:21 AM

Also the Salt Lake Shephers have all-ready been renamed the Cowboys:

Once again, Logo is courtesy of Enuttage.

rem · 05-28-2005, 11:24 AM

Next up, the Dallas Eagles:

Again, the logo comes from enuttage's logo bank.

rem · 05-28-2005, 11:28 AM

Finally, we have the Oklahoma City Wranglers:

The logo was the work of Cardinal Rule.

rem · 05-28-2005, 11:45 AM

Now that the new teams have been named, the league’s new alignment can be announced:

The Eastern League

The North Division

New York Yankees
Boston Redsox
Detroit Tigers
Toronto Blue Jays

The Central Division

Minnesota Twins
Baltimore Orioles
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates

The Southern Division

St. Louis Cardinals
Florida Marlins
Atlanta Braves
New Orleans Clowns

The Western League

The Northern Division

Chicago Cubs
Las Vegas Vice
Oklahoma City Wranglers
Salt Lake City Cowboys

The Central Division

Houston Astros
Arizona Diamondbacks
Cincinnati Reds
Dallas Eagles

The Southern Division

San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Oakland A's
San Diego Padres

rem · 05-28-2005, 12:52 PM

Hirings/Firings

Director Glass announced that four general managers and three managers have been released. Ed Wade and Charlie Manuel from Philadelphia, Dave Littlefield and Lloyd McClendon from Pittsburgh, Jim Hendry and Dusty Baker from Chicago, and Dan O’Brien from Cincinnati are all out.

Mark Shapiro, formerly of the Cleveland Indians, and Willie Randolph, formerly of the New York Mets, will take over in Philadelphia. Bill Stoneman and Mike Scioscia, formerly of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, will take over Pittsburgh. Ranger’s duo John Hart and Buck Showalter will get the call in Chicago. Finally, Doug Melvin is the new head man in Cincinnati.

As for the new teams, the New Orleans Clowns will have Rob Neyer as General Manager and Tony Pena as manager. John Sickles will be the Salt Lake Cowboys' General Manger while Frank Robinson will manage the team. Bill James will serve as the General Manager for Dallas Eagles and Ned Yost will manage the team. Gerry Hunsicker, former Astros' General Manger, and Wally Backman, who very briefly held the position of Diamondbacks' Manager, will take the reigns of the Las Vegas Vice. Last, and in this case least, John Kruk has been named Oklahoma City Wranglers' GM and he has selected Ozzie Guillen to manage the team.

rangers85 · 05-28-2005, 02:04 PM

I guess I'll have to root for the Dallas team since you disbanded the Rangers. Question though, why disband the Rangers just to place another team in the same area?

rem · 05-28-2005, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rangers85

Question though, why disband the Rangers just to place another team in the same area?

Easy, I got rid of the teams I didn't want and then figured out where to put the new ones. I hope no one takes offense to me not keeping their team.

rem · 05-28-2005, 06:43 PM

The General Manager of each new team met with Director Glass and negotiated the assignment of four unemployed players, two pitchers and two hitters, to their respective teams.

New Orleans - Neyer/Pena

3B Dallas McPherson
SP Ben Sheets
SS Micheal Young
SP C.C. Sabathia

Salt Lake - Sickles/Robinson

CF Grady Sizemore
SP Zach Greinke
3B Ian Stewart
SP Scott Kazmir

Las Vegas - Hunsicker/Backman

RF Vladimir Guerrero
SP Pedro Martinez
1B Todd Helton
SP Tony Armas Jr.

Dallas - James/Yost

SS BJ Upton
SP Mark Buehrle
3B Mark Teixeira
SP Livan Hernandez

Oklahoma City - Kruk/Guillen

RF Ichiro Suzuki
SP Freddy Garcia
LF Garret Anderson
SP Bartolo Colon

rem · 05-28-2005, 06:58 PM

Once those players had been assigned, each established team was assigned an unemployed player. The Redsox and the Yankees did not receive a player because their former owners received an injunction to have their respective franchises rosters frozen until the dispute is settled.

San Diego Padres - CF Carlos Beltran
Arionza Diamondbacks - CF Rocco Baldelli
Atlanta Braves - 1B Travis Hafner
Oakland A's - LF Aubrey Huff
Baltimore Orioles- LF Brad Wilkerson
Boston Redsox - N/A
Chicago Cubs - RF Jose Guillen
Cincinnati Reds - SP Jeremey Sowers
Detroit Tigers - 1B Prince Feilder
Florida Marlins - CL Francisco Rodriguez
Houston Astros - C Mike Piazza
Los Angeles Dodgers - 3B David Wright
Minnesota Twins - 2B Rickie Weeks
New York Yankees - N/A
Philadelphia Philies - 3B Adrian Beltre
Pittsburgh Pirates - RF Delmon Young
San Francisco Giants - 3B Hank Blalock
St. Louis Cardinals - C J.D. Closser

CBLCardinals · 05-29-2005, 12:51 AM

remangii, as a person who lives about 15 minutes from the Wal-Mart HQ's in Bentonville, this is a quite interesting idea

05-27-2005, 11:57 PM	#1
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to - an alternate reality dynasty In a development, which is obviously shocking, the Walton family has purchased Major League Baseball for the hefty sum of seventeen billion dollars. Each of the five members of the Walton family – Robson, John, Jim, Helen, and Alice – has an estimated net worth of eighteen billion dollars and, consequently, each family member is part of a virtual five way tie for the eleventh richest person in the world. Before the purchase of Major League Baseball, the family had a combined wealth of ninety-one billion dollars. That total is nearly double that of the world’s richest man – Bill Gates, who has an estimated net worth of forty-six billion. The Walton’s wealth was inherited from Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart. The Walton family has announced that it intends to return baseball to its glory days when it was the true national pastime. Toward that end, the Walton’s will not sell any of the individual clubs to outside investors but will instead appoint a director, with commissioner like duties, to oversee all of the franchises and ensure some co-operation, with the goal of producing the best product possible. The director they have selected is Stephan Glass, who is not best known for his love of the game. Glass is reported to have pitched the idea to the Waltons at a DC area restaurant, the Palm. The events depicted in this thread are entirely fictional and any similarity to any real persons or organizations is purely coincidental. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

05-28-2005, 12:34 AM	#2
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	The Associated Press has obtained the details of the settlement reached between Major League Baseballs owners to divide the money: New York Yankees: 2B Boston Redsox: 1.5B New York Mets: 1B Anaheim Angels: 750M St. Louis Cardinals: 750M Chicago Cubs: 750M Los Angeles Dodgers: 750M San Francisco Giants: 750M Arizona Diamondbacks: 500M Houston Astros: 500M San Diego Padres: 500M Atlanta Braves: 500M Florida Marlins: 500M Philadelphia Phillies: 500M Baltimore Orioles: 500M Detroit Tigers: 500M Toronto Blue Jays: 500M Texas Rangers: 500M Seattle Mariners: 500M Cleveland Indians: 500M Chicago Whitesox: 500M Oakland Athletics: 300M Cincinnati Reds: 300M Kansas City Royals: 300M Tampa Bay Devil Rays: 300M Minnesota Twins: 300M Pittsburgh Pirates: 300M Milwaukee Brewers: 300M Colorado Rockies: 200M Washington Nationals: N/A The measure passed after a 25-4 vote, with 86% of the votes in favor of selling and the payment distribution agreement. George Steinbrenner and John Henry were philosophically opposed to giving up their teams. Athletics owner Lewis Wolff and Rockies owner Charles Monfort were not happy with their shares. Regardless, the measure had enough votes to pass. Nevertheless, Steinbrenner and Henry are promising legal action – Monfort and Wolff have not yet accepted any money but are unsure if they will pursue legal action. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

05-28-2005, 01:13 AM	#5
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	The first of the new teams, the New Orleans Clowns: (Thanks to Fastlane for the logo!) Last edited by rem; 05-28-2005 at 01:26 AM.

05-28-2005, 01:29 AM	#6
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	And the next new team to be introduced is Salt Lake Shepherds: (Thanks to scotto313 for the logo!) __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

05-28-2005, 11:17 AM	#10
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	The 3rd new team will be the Las Vegas Vice: Logo courtesy of Enuttage. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

05-28-2005, 12:58 AM	#4
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Thanks Craig! Major League Baseball announced today that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Kansas City Royals, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, and Seattle Mariners will be disbanded on the grounds that they can not compete because of either talent or financial reasons or both. Additionally, Director Stephen Glass has determined that it is in the best interests of the league that the Chicago Whitesox, Cleveland Indians, Anaheim Angels, Texas Rangers, and New York Mets be disbanded. The elimination of these teams will reduce the number of teams to nineteen. However, the creation of five new teams will be announced shortly to bring the league to a total of twenty-four teams.

05-28-2005, 01:36 AM	#7
copper888 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 36	D00D!!! You can't 'disband' the Cleveland Indians!!! This is a travesty...I mean give me a break...the Clowns?!

05-28-2005, 11:21 AM	#11
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Also the Salt Lake Shephers have all-ready been renamed the Cowboys: Once again, Logo is courtesy of Enuttage. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

05-28-2005, 11:24 AM	#12
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Next up, the Dallas Eagles: Again, the logo comes from enuttage's logo bank. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

05-28-2005, 11:28 AM	#13
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Finally, we have the Oklahoma City Wranglers: The logo was the work of Cardinal Rule. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

05-28-2005, 11:45 AM	#14
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Now that the new teams have been named, the league’s new alignment can be announced: The Eastern League The North Division New York Yankees Boston Redsox Detroit Tigers Toronto Blue Jays The Central Division Minnesota Twins Baltimore Orioles Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates The Southern Division St. Louis Cardinals Florida Marlins Atlanta Braves New Orleans Clowns The Western League The Northern Division Chicago Cubs Las Vegas Vice Oklahoma City Wranglers Salt Lake City Cowboys The Central Division Houston Astros Arizona Diamondbacks Cincinnati Reds Dallas Eagles The Southern Division San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Dodgers Oakland A's San Diego Padres __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

05-28-2005, 12:52 PM	#15
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Hirings/Firings Director Glass announced that four general managers and three managers have been released. Ed Wade and Charlie Manuel from Philadelphia, Dave Littlefield and Lloyd McClendon from Pittsburgh, Jim Hendry and Dusty Baker from Chicago, and Dan O’Brien from Cincinnati are all out. Mark Shapiro, formerly of the Cleveland Indians, and Willie Randolph, formerly of the New York Mets, will take over in Philadelphia. Bill Stoneman and Mike Scioscia, formerly of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, will take over Pittsburgh. Ranger’s duo John Hart and Buck Showalter will get the call in Chicago. Finally, Doug Melvin is the new head man in Cincinnati. As for the new teams, the New Orleans Clowns will have Rob Neyer as General Manager and Tony Pena as manager. John Sickles will be the Salt Lake Cowboys' General Manger while Frank Robinson will manage the team. Bill James will serve as the General Manager for Dallas Eagles and Ned Yost will manage the team. Gerry Hunsicker, former Astros' General Manger, and Wally Backman, who very briefly held the position of Diamondbacks' Manager, will take the reigns of the Las Vegas Vice. Last, and in this case least, John Kruk has been named Oklahoma City Wranglers' GM and he has selected Ozzie Guillen to manage the team. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

05-28-2005, 02:04 PM	#16
rangers85 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX...home of the mighty TCU Horned Frogs Posts: 909	I guess I'll have to root for the Dallas team since you disbanded the Rangers. Question though, why disband the Rangers just to place another team in the same area?

05-28-2005, 06:43 PM	#18
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	The General Manager of each new team met with Director Glass and negotiated the assignment of four unemployed players, two pitchers and two hitters, to their respective teams. New Orleans - Neyer/Pena 3B Dallas McPherson SP Ben Sheets SS Micheal Young SP C.C. Sabathia Salt Lake - Sickles/Robinson CF Grady Sizemore SP Zach Greinke 3B Ian Stewart SP Scott Kazmir Las Vegas - Hunsicker/Backman RF Vladimir Guerrero SP Pedro Martinez 1B Todd Helton SP Tony Armas Jr. Dallas - James/Yost SS BJ Upton SP Mark Buehrle 3B Mark Teixeira SP Livan Hernandez Oklahoma City - Kruk/Guillen RF Ichiro Suzuki SP Freddy Garcia LF Garret Anderson SP Bartolo Colon __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

05-28-2005, 06:58 PM	#19
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Once those players had been assigned, each established team was assigned an unemployed player. The Redsox and the Yankees did not receive a player because their former owners received an injunction to have their respective franchises rosters frozen until the dispute is settled. San Diego Padres - CF Carlos Beltran Arionza Diamondbacks - CF Rocco Baldelli Atlanta Braves - 1B Travis Hafner Oakland A's - LF Aubrey Huff Baltimore Orioles- LF Brad Wilkerson Boston Redsox - N/A Chicago Cubs - RF Jose Guillen Cincinnati Reds - SP Jeremey Sowers Detroit Tigers - 1B Prince Feilder Florida Marlins - CL Francisco Rodriguez Houston Astros - C Mike Piazza Los Angeles Dodgers - 3B David Wright Minnesota Twins - 2B Rickie Weeks New York Yankees - N/A Philadelphia Philies - 3B Adrian Beltre Pittsburgh Pirates - RF Delmon Young San Francisco Giants - 3B Hank Blalock St. Louis Cardinals - C J.D. Closser

05-29-2005, 12:51 AM	#20
CBLCardinals OOTP Roster Team Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,041	remangii, as a person who lives about 15 minutes from the Wal-Mart HQ's in Bentonville, this is a quite interesting idea