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[b:bdf8a415f5]Closing in on 300 ATGII teams [/b:bdf8a415f5]and there are some [b:bdf8a415f5]often[/b:bdf8a415f5] [b:bdf8a415f5]used [/b:bdf8a415f5]players that I [b:bdf8a415f5]never or rarely use[/b:bdf8a415f5]

Ive [b:bdf8a415f5]never used[/b:bdf8a415f5] hitters

[b:bdf8a415f5]J. Canseco[/b:bdf8a415f5](my favorite ATG player :( )

R. Smith (no great suprise but...)

G. Selkirk

G. Goslin (not even in dh leagues)

G. Hodges

T Gwynn

M. Mcgwire

[b:bdf8a415f5]J. Pesky [/b:bdf8a415f5](used him alot in ATG)

[b:bdf8a415f5]Avila [/b:bdf8a415f5](used him alot in ATG)

Lazzeri

[b:bdf8a415f5]Money[/b:bdf8a415f5](Rick and OT can't believe this)

Rosen

Slaughter

[b:bdf8a415f5]S. Oneill [/b:bdf8a415f5](am I missin something here)

[b:bdf8a415f5]L. Doby[/b:bdf8a415f5] (am I missin something here)

E. Bailey and M. Haas

F. Robinson

S. Crawford

G. Davis (used alot in ATG)

J. Rice

[b:bdf8a415f5]B. Oglivie[/b:bdf8a415f5] (used alot in ATG)

[b:bdf8a415f5]D. Bush[/b:bdf8a415f5] (used alot in ATG)

I've [b:bdf8a415f5]rarely used [/b:bdf8a415f5](less than 3 times)

[b:bdf8a415f5]T. Williams [/b:bdf8a415f5](once)

H. Greenberg (once)

C. Furillo (once, but will use again)

R. Collins (twice, alot in ATG)

J. Bench (twice)

[b:bdf8a415f5]J. Gordon [/b:bdf8a415f5](twice)

K. Boyer (twice)

[b:bdf8a415f5]D. Walling [/b:bdf8a415f5](twice)

Just curious . . . who have you used the most???

It's interesting how much things have changed ... I betcha Pesky and Ripper were used in 99.9% of ATG 1 leagues. I remember seeing Avila and Walling used pretty frequently but now they've fallen off the map.

I hope ATG III doesn't just keep expanding the talent pool, because it does get a little ridiculous.

Sheesh Nev, you need to expand your horizons ... I'm only around 100 teams and from your list and [b:33813c5aa3]I use the following guys on a regular basis[/b:33813c5aa3]:

[b:33813c5aa3]Doby[/b:33813c5aa3]

Hmmmm, I see your point! :wink:

In fairness, I too have used the following guys once in a while (though probably less than 3 times each):

Selkirk, Avila, Money, O'Neill, Oglivie, Bush, Collins, Boyer, Gordon

[quote:641c2603b0="tomwistar"]Just curious . . . who have you used the most???[/quote:641c2603b0]

FELIPE ALOU

Exactly right Coach!

Almost 50,000 abs for F. Alou. :D

Although my spreadsheet hasn't been updated to include about 25 completed seasons yet, and my 40 active teams so....in about 200 completed, updated seasons, I've used F. Alou 81 times.

I think you are missing something on O'Neill. I use him often on small ball teams. Yeah, his glacial speed is a drag. But his defense and arm is good, he gives me lots of doubles, often hits .285 +, OBP usually .380+, and his injury is on the 1.

As for Sam Crawford, I use him at 1B on small ball teams when I can't get who I want at there (Chance, Judge, etc.). I set him for a def replacement in late innings.

Here's a championship Forbes team that had O'Neill at C and Crawford at 1B:

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/atg2/team/team_other.html?user_id=46378

From the list Nev posted the one player Ive recently started using is Gwynn. Ive had pretty good success with him. Here are the 5 seasons Ive used him, all in varying degrees of completion:



455 75 21 8 38 48 35 1 .306 .422 .372

356 49 8 1 23 28 20 2 .295 .337 .344

180 32 4 1 19 24 18 0 .317 .411 .400

190 33 9 3 19 13 13 0 .379 .505 .413

683 125 20 4 70 48 62 2 .340 .433 .382

[quote:bf17d4a9ac]WOW! Congrats to the Ewe Twos. I've started 0-6 vs them and after 200+
teams I wouldn't draft half those guys. It just goes to show how many
different ways there are to win.......AND how little I know (lol)
[/quote:bf17d4a9ac]

Now I understand what you meant.

I had to go back and look - Boyer, O'Neill, and Furillo have each played for me on more than 20 teams - 13 times all three were on the same team!

Thanks for leaving them for me. :wink:

Havne't used Canseco once in ATG2.

In ATG1 he was on 8 championship teams.

Nev, you gotta find a way to use Selkirk once. :)

The huge talent pool is offset when you go with a smaller cap league. In my opinion, a 70m cap would have been perfect with the current pricing. That would allow just the right mix of stars and normal players.