by mrharryc » Sun May 22, 2011 11:05 pm
Your interest in all-time teams is shared by many and as such there have been a multitude of franchise leagues that have played and are playing. Some have been at the 80 mil cap but most of these leagues are at the 100 mil to 140 mil range.
Keep an eye on the boards for the next ones; many of us are involved in such leagues with multiple-season commitments whereby each owner rotates to manage a different team each time (e.g. Pirates, then Reds, then Yankees, etc).
The franchise leagues are popular and often involve slightly different rules in each variation, such as how to assign all-time greats who have multiple teams, etc. Usually the Negro League players constitute a separate franchise in these leagues, but there have been a number of intriguing innovations.
While the Cubs indeed have a number of great players most other franchises do also, so competition is fierce. For the exercise of it (and good prep for jumping into such a league) take a shot at building your own all-time teams from each franchise and look at the results. ( Just to make explicit what is implicit here, these franchise leagues typically involve the long-standing franchises and not the newer or expansion ones unless they are lumped together to form one squad. For example a Seattle Mariners all-time team would not fare too well against the Yankees or Cardinals!)
Anyway, it looks like you are new to Strat so I hope you enjoy the fun! Folks are generally most helpful on this site so never hesitate to seek some counsel.