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Greatest Baseball Team [Winner: magneto_acolyte]

Postby barterer2002 on Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:37 pm

Freemiums welcome

So here's the project. Determine the greatest baseball team of all time.

The methodology-I've cut the list to 64 top teams. Here are the requirements I used. First we went through and selected one representative from each team. Yes, like the all star game, every team is represented. We included Giants in SF and NY, Senators, A's in PHL and OAK, Braves in MIL, ATL, and BOS, Browns, as well as Dodgers in BKN and LA. This gives us 37 teams with automatic entry (marked with an *). We then went and selected 27 at large teams. For the at large portion we selected only teams that had won a World Series. For the auto selection we gave preference to teams that had advanced furthest but occasionally went with a team that didn't win it all ('06 Cubs for example). We also were only selecting one team from an era. Thus the Yankees teams that won 5 straight pennants would only put one team into our field. This brought us to the list of 64 teams below. They were then sorted into regions according to year and seeded as you can see. Finally we've added home parks that should have some connection to the team. If they play in a city with a map of that city-that's the home park, otherwise we tried to get something that at least listed the city on it.

The Gameplay:
Games are 1v1, double elimination format (like the college World Series) The championship series will face the winner of the winner's bracket vs. the winner of the loser's bracket. It will be a best of 4 set with the team advancing from the loser's bracket starting the series with 1 loss. This will take us to the finals with 4 bracket champions. The finals would then have 4 teams remaining. The winner of bracket I will play a three game series against the winner of Bracket II with the third game being on Classic. Similarly the winner of Bracket III will play Bracket IV.
The finals will be another three game series with the final game on Classic again (the first two are on the home fields of each team)

In all cases the higher ranked team is the home club (so yes there is really no reason for a 16th seed to have a home stadium because they won't play on it but don't tell me that-I'm having fun here).

Games are
Sunny
Sequential
no cards
chained

Sign ups shall begin as soon as I have the teams all listed in the second post.
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby barterer2002 on Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:38 pm

To view the brackets, here is the link

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=287451

Red teams are eliminated
Green teams are in the loser bracket
Bracket 1 (1900-1930) FULL

1. 1927 New York Yankees * (110-44) WS (New York City) MEK
2. 1906 Chicago Cubs * (116-36) NL (Prohibition Chicago) Godd
3. 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates * (109-42) WS (Great Lakes) Bagwellthegreat
4. 1905 New York Giants * (105-48) WS (New York City) Hoodoo Operator
5. 1929 Philadelphia Athletics * (104-46) WS (Great Lakes) c3po
6. 1915 Boston Red Sox (101-50) WS (RailUSA) jpcloet
7. 1903 Boston Americans (91-47) WS (RailUSA) keiths31
8. 1917 Chicago White Sox * (100-54) WS (Prohibition Chicago) mountainbill
9. 1910 Philadelphia Athletics (102-48) WS (Great Lakes) gannable
10. 1920 Cleveland Indians (98-58) WS (Great Lakes) hammyshawn
11. 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates (95-58) WS (Great Lakes) zissou2
12. 1921 New York Giants (94-59) WS (New York City) heatz
13. 1919 Cincinnati Reds (96-44) WS (RailUSA) bigdaddyslim2
14. 1924 Washington Senators * (92-62) WS vragus
15. 1906 Chicago White Sox (93-58) WS (Prohibition Chicago) Gamefreakguy
16. 1914 Boston Braves * (94-59) WS (RailUSA) AtreidesHouse

Region II (1931-1965) FULL
1. 1961 New York Yankees (109-53) WS (New York City) brhsoccer14
2. 1939 New York Yankees (106-45) WS (New York City) murphy16
3. 1946 St. Louis Cardinals * (105-49) WS (RailUSA) NickJP
4. 1954 Cleveland Indians * (111-43) AL (Great Lakes) thedoggdakdes
5. 1931 St. Louis Cardinals (101-53) WS (RailUSA) KingConan
6. 1962 San Francisco Giants * (103-62) NL (San Francisco) ultraman
7. 1954 New York Giants (97-57) WS (New York City) peanutsdad
8. 1950 New York Yankees (98-56) WS (New York City) elfcasino
9. 1933 New York Yankees (91-61) WS (New York City) taxmanjle
10. 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers * (99-63) WS (RailUSA) Kaplowitz
11. 1935 Detroit Tigers (93-58) WS (Great Lakes) Tripitaka
12. 1957 Milwaukee Braves * (95-67) WS (RailUSA) spoofer
13. 1948 Cleveland Indians (97-58) WS (Great Lakes) solar
14. 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers * (98-55) WS (New York City) Hamilton2
15. 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates (95-59) WS (Great Lakes) amazzony
16. 1944 St. Louis Browns (89-65) AL (RailUSA) Sweko

Bracket III (1965-1988) FULL
1. 1975 Cincinnati Reds * (108-54) WS (RailUSA) magneto_acolyte
2. 1970 Baltimore Orioles * (108-54) WS (American Civil War) dtellis
3. 1984 Detroit Tigers * (104-58) WS (Great Lakes) SouthernWarrior
4. 1986 New York Mets * (102-54) WS (New York City) Plowable_Earth
5. 1969 New York Mets (100-62) WS (New York City) santymar
6. 1968 Detroit Tigers (103-59) WS (Great Lakes) chopsiu
7. 1967 St. Louis Cardinals (101-60) WS (RailUSA) reahma
8. 1977 New York Yankees (100-62) WS (New York City) indy62
9. 1973 Oakland A's * (94-68) WS (San Francisco) shaneramma
10. 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers (94-67) WS (RailUSA) denominator
11. 1982 St. Louis Cardinals (92-70) WS (RailUSA) VermiciousDad
12. 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates (98-64) WS (Great Lakes) dfp2dep
13. 1980 Philadelphia Phillies * (91-71) WS (Great Lakes) RedBaron0
14. 1985 Kansas City Royals * (91-71) WS (Dust Bowl) mushin
15. 1982 Milwaukee Brewers * (95-67) AL (RailUSA) elmerfudd
16. 1981 Montreal Expos * (60-48) NLCS (Montreal) kingpin01

Region IV (1989-present)
1. 1998 New York Yankees (114-48) WS (New York City) arkaxow
2. 1995 Atlanta Braves * (90-54) WS (RailUSA) BaldAdonis
3. 1989 Oakland A's * (99-63) WS (San Francisco) barterer2002
4. 1992 Toronto Blue Jays * (96-66) WS (Canada) Deech
5. 1991 Minnesota Twins * (95-67) WS (Great Lakes) miandw
6. 2004 Boston Red Sox * (98-63) WS (RailUSA) geigerm
7. 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks * (92-70) WS (USA) Drunk_Idiot
8. 1996 Florida Marlins * (92-70) WS (Caribbean Islands) Serbia
9. 2002 Anaheim Angels * (99-63) WS (North America) Bones2484
10. 2005 Chicago White Sox (99-63) WS (Prohibition Chicago) Evil Semp
11. 1998 San Diego Padres * (98-64) NL (USApocalypse) WinslowEagle
12. 2005 Houston Astros * (89-79) NL (Texan Wars) jaybebo
13. 2007 Colorado Rockies * (90-73) NL (Dust Bowl) ESQuire
14. 2001 Seattle Mariners * (116-46) ALCS (Puget Sound) icefog99
15. 1999 Texas Rangers * (95-67) ALDS (Texan Wars) saetjw
16. 2008 Tampa Bay Rays * (Ameican Civil War) IMepic

OK Semifinals

1919 Cincinnati Reds (bigdaddyslim2) vs. 1944 St. Louis Browns (Sweko)
1975 Cincinnati Reds (Magneto_acolyte) vs. 2005 Chicago White Sox (Evil Semp)
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby barterer2002 on Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:38 pm

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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby Bones2484 on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:24 pm

You know what I'm taking...

2002 Angels please!
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby barterer2002 on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:24 pm

When signing up pick yourself a team to play for the honor of.

I'll give others a chance to get started before making my own pick
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby whitestazn88 on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:29 pm

it looks like a good idea, but i'll pass.

imo, there are too many teams with the same maps... you could throw in usa, canada, great lakes, etc
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby MEK on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:29 pm

27 Yankees please
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby Miandw on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:36 pm

91 Minn Twins
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby chopsiu on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:38 pm

68 detroit tigers
thanks
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby SWeko on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:42 pm

I'll take 1944 St. Louis Browns
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby shaneramma on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:50 pm

I'll take the 1973 Oakland A's * (94-68) WS (San Francisco)
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby ultraman on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:52 pm

1962 Giants please
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby geigerm on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:53 pm

'04 Red Sox, please.
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby magneto_acolyte on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:53 pm

I'll play for 1975 Reds though I hate map would have preferred Great lakes
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby hammyshawn on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:57 pm

Put me in as random please
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby barterer2002 on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:00 pm

hammyshawn wrote:Put me in as random please


You randomly got the 1920 Indians. Famous for Bill Wambagnass turning the only unassisted triple play in World Series history.
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby Icefog99 on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:02 pm

2001 Seattle Mariners please
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby SouthernWarrior on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:04 pm

1984 tigers please
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby Hamilton2 on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:06 pm

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers, please.
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby BagwellTheGreat on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:19 pm

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1909 Pittsburgh Pirates * (109-42) WS (Great Lakes)
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby Drunk_Idiot on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:43 pm

2001 D-backs if taken then 1992 Blue Jays
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby Ryall55 on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:45 pm

1906 chicago cubs :P

Map is ummmmmmmmmmmmmm SEIGE!
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby reahma on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:46 pm

1967 Cardinals please.
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby barterer2002 on Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:04 pm

Ryall55 wrote:1906 chicago cubs :P

Map is ummmmmmmmmmmmmm SEIGE!


Team is Chicago=map is Chicago
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Re: The Greatest Baseball team ever

Postby Godd on Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:04 pm

sure I'll join

1906 Chicago Cubs

edit: any team then
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