[b:6103f443f4]The Players’ Championship Tournament[/b:6103f443f4] (formerly the [b:6103f443f4]Players’ Tour,[/b:6103f443f4] hence [b:6103f443f4]“the Tour”[/b:6103f443f4]) has been around long enough to be something of a tradition by now, but a lot of old tournament info was lost forever with the old TSN message boards.
So, here’s a small contribution to post-Tour-ity….
[b:6103f443f4]The Tour[/b:6103f443f4] was first organized on the boards in 2003, by TSN/SOM community members. For the first couple of years, an informal “Tour board” set formats and rules. Fun was emphasized over competition, and the few rules were loosely enforced.
By 2005, [b:6103f443f4]Commissioner Teepack[/b:6103f443f4] was running the Tour. It became “official” under his tenure in 2006, when TSN changed the name and began promoting the [b:6103f443f4]Players’ Championship Tournament[/b:6103f443f4] and offering prizes. [b:6103f443f4]Teepack[/b:6103f443f4] took his well-earned retirement after the 2008 tourney, and 2006 Champ [b:6103f443f4]Cummings2[/b:6103f443f4] ably filled the breech as Commish for 2009. In 2010, [b:6103f443f4]thisisdan26[/b:6103f443f4] grabbed the reins and began his career as Commish just in time to rescue a late-starting 2010 P.C Tournament, which is now well underway.
The tournament’s format and scoring have evolved over the years, but there have always been 4-7 events played over the course of the MLB season, more or less. Events have included various autodraft, live draft, theme and even live auction leagues, with cumulative point systems deciding who meets in a final championship league. Since 2008, the Top 36 managers in point standings have met in three [b:6103f443f4]Semifinals Leagues,[/b:6103f443f4] with the 12 playoff managers advancing to the [b:6103f443f4]Champions League[/b:6103f443f4] to play for the tournament [b:6103f443f4]Championship.[/b:6103f443f4]
Below, listed by tournament year (card season), are all the
[b:6103f443f4]Champions:
2010 (’09) - ?
2009 (’08) - hendrix08
2008 (’07) - luckeroll
2007 (’06) - AZHawg
2006 (’05) - Cummings2
2005 (’04) - uncle ny
2004 (’03) - Woods007
2003 (’02) - edgecitytx[/b:6103f443f4]
Here are the 12 Championship Finalists for each year, ranked by point standings if available.
For 2008 and after, finalists are ranked by finals seeding, with point rank in parentheses:
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2009 ('08) 2008 ('07) 2007 ('06)
1. crs76 (1) 1. Deelyo (1) 1. Terry101
2. deeznuts515 (2) 2. springer0432 (3) 2. cristano1
3. Marklen (3) 3. weinberg (7) 3. Detroit-Tigers
4. Detroit-Tigers (5) 4. luckeroll (9) * 4. Roscodog
5. hendrix08 (6) * 5. ajbke5 (14) 5. AZHawg *
6. mesquiton (11) 6. Stoney18 (15) 6. James Schubert
7. weinberg (12) 7. mesquiton (20) 7. keyzick
8. bbasebrawl (15) 8. thisisdan26 (22) 8. stevep107
9. TexasKen (22) 9. deeznuts515 (25) 9. hendrix08
10. DonFESQ (26) 10. Coffeeholic (29) 10. fjzahn
11. exwallman (27) 11. Roscodog (31) 11. uncle ny
12. WJS6768 (30) 12. Dhowser (32) 12. akindian
2006 (’05) 2005 ('04) 2004 ('03) 2003 ('02)
1. mcsoupy 1. cristano1 1. CollegeKid realshemp
2. qksilver 2. etdefender 2. Qdocter greatunwashed
3. marcus wilby 3. Woods007 3. GreatUnwashed snoppy pete
4. spicki17 4. marcus wilby 4. JAMIE399 mike p
5. LMBombers 5. kaviksdad 5. Bkoron qksilver
6. maligned 6. uncle ny * 6. Woods007 * edgecitytx *
7. cminton 7. mesquiton 7. RiggoDrill fowldawg
8. stevep107 8. coffeeholic 8. Edbazo jaserd
9. Cummings2 * 9. RiggoDrill 9. pacoboy luckyman
10. odieworks 10. UTBill 10. Moodywoody foggyone
11. sknsfan 11. spicki17 11. brad0007 moon
12. kaviksdad 12. bigmahon 12. tycobb11 pacoboy
* Champion
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Here, for as long as they work, are links to the Champions Leagues, Semifinals Leagues and final Tour Point Standings for each year still available. ([b:6103f443f4]Marcus wilby[/b:6103f443f4] has also posted Champs League standings for early years farther down on this thread.)
[b:6103f443f4]Champions Leagues:[/b:6103f443f4]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=97161][b:6103f443f4]2009 Champions League[/b:6103f443f4][/url][b:6103f443f4] - [/b:6103f443f4][url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=97161][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=68380][b:6103f443f4]2008 Champions League[/b:6103f443f4][/url][b:6103f443f4] - [/b:6103f443f4][url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=68380][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2007/league/standings.html?group_id=9528][b:6103f443f4]2007 Champions League[/b:6103f443f4][/url][b:6103f443f4] - [/b:6103f443f4][url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2007/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=9528][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/league/standings.html?group_id=6083][b:6103f443f4]2006 Champions League[/b:6103f443f4][/url][b:6103f443f4] - [/b:6103f443f4][url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=6083][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2005/league/standings.html?group_id=11446][b:6103f443f4]2005 Champions League[/b:6103f443f4][/url][b:6103f443f4] - [/b:6103f443f4][url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2005/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=11446][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2003/league/standings.html?group_id=16373][b:6103f443f4]2004 Champions League[/b:6103f443f4][/url][b:6103f443f4] - [/b:6103f443f4][url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2003/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=16373][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[b:6103f443f4]2003 Champions League - Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4]
[b:6103f443f4]Semifinals Leagues:[/b:6103f443f4]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=90301][b:6103f443f4]2009 Semifinals League 1[/b:6103f443f4][/url] [b:6103f443f4]-[/b:6103f443f4] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=90301][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=90302][b:6103f443f4]2009 Semifinals League 2[/b:6103f443f4][/url] [b:6103f443f4]-[/b:6103f443f4] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=90302][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=90321][b:6103f443f4]2009 Semifinals League 3[/b:6103f443f4][/url] [b:6103f443f4]-[/b:6103f443f4] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=90321][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=60720][b:6103f443f4]2008 Semifinals League 1[/b:6103f443f4][/url] [b:6103f443f4]-[/b:6103f443f4] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=60720][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=60640][b:6103f443f4]2008 Semifinals League 2[/b:6103f443f4][/url] [b:6103f443f4]-[/b:6103f443f4] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=60640][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=60620][b:6103f443f4]2008 Semifinals League 3[/b:6103f443f4][/url] [b:6103f443f4]-[/b:6103f443f4] [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=60620][b:6103f443f4]Playoffs[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[b:6103f443f4]Tour Point Standings:[/b:6103f443f4]
[url=http://forums.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=575588][b:6103f443f4]2009 Final Standings[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://forums.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=466289][b:6103f443f4]2008 Final Standings[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://forums.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=318077][b:6103f443f4]2007 Final Standings[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://forums.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=155578][b:6103f443f4]2006 Final Standings[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[url=http://forums.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=56279][b:6103f443f4]2005 Final Standings[/b:6103f443f4][/url]
[b:6103f443f4]2004 Final Standings[/b:6103f443f4]
[b:6103f443f4]2003 Final Standings[/b:6103f443f4]
Alphabetical list of all finalists to date, sorted by Champions League appearances:
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Finalists Appearances Champion Runner-up
weinberg/cristano1 4 2007,09
marcus wilby/luckyman 3 2003,05
mesquiton 3
Coffeeholic 2
deeznuts515 2
Detroit-Tigers 2
GreatUnwashed 2
hendrix08 2 2009
kaviksdad 2
pacoboy 2
qksilver 2
RiggoDrill 2
Roscodog 2
spicki17 2
stevep107 2 2006
uncle ny 2 2005
Woods007 2 2004
ajbke5 1
akindian 1
AZHawg 1 2007
bbasebrawl 1
bigmahon 1
Bkoron 1
brad0007 1
cminton 1
CollegeKid 1 2004
crs76 1
Cummings2 1 2006
Deelyo 1
Dhowser 1
DonFESQ 1
Edbazo 1
edgecitytx 1 2003
etdefender 1
exwallman 1
fjzahn 1
fowldawg 1
James Schubert 1
JAMIE399 1
jaserd 1
keyzick 1
LMBombers 1
luckeroll 1 2008
maligned 1
Marklen 1
mcsoupy 1
mike p 1
Moodywoody 1
moon 1
odieworks 1
Qdocter 1
realshemp 1
sknsfan 1
snoppy pete 1
springer0432 1 2008
Stoney18 1
Terry101 1
TexasKen 1
thisisdan26 1
tycobb11 1
UTBill 1
WJS6768 1
wockenfuss/foggyone 1
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Managers who have finished at least 2 of the last 5 Tours, listed with point standings ranks for years completed, sorted by number of Tours completed and ranked by average final standings:
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Completed 5 Tours:
Manager Avg 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
1. weinberg 10.4 12 8 2 29 1
2. spicki17 12.0 8 2 35 4 11
3. Detroit-Tigers 24.4 5 38 3 57 19
4. uncle ny 27.8 57 50 12 14 6
5. Jack377 31.6 31 18 34 36 39
6. Stoney18 35.0 24 15 39 41 56
7. Sykes25 39.0 67 27 38 18 45
8. Zimharry 40.2 4 77 61 44 15
9. J-Pav 42.0 53 7 51 86 13
10. wockenfuss 44.2 7 55 30 68 61
11. edgecitytx 47.4 47 23 37 62 68
12. bob711 47.4 66 28 31 78 34
Completed 4 Tours:
Manager Avg 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
1. stevep107 11.3 25 4 8 8
2. mesquiton 15.0 11 20 22 7
3. hendrix08 19.3 6 9 34 28
4. bbasebrawl 32.5 15 10 40 65
5. Deelyo 33.8 75 1 29 30
6. Coffeeholic 33.8 29 26 72 8
7. Jamie399 38.0 26 36 27 63
8. durantjerry 39.3 16 51 42 48
9. Jeepdriver 41.8 35 34 73 25
10. sjkorte 42.8 44 45 50 32
11. luckeroll 44.5 38 9 49 82
12. fjzahn 44.8 58 56 11 54
13. ggapp 45.8 10 62 52 59
14. BthnyBchBum 48.0 50 53 65 24
15. teepack 51.5 49 68 43 46
16. wwwetz 62.3 40 31 64 114
17. errormagnate 69.5 76 82 56 64
18. gstanis 81.8 76 83 56 112
Completed 3 Tours:
Manager Avg 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
1. Terry101 13.3 14 1 25
2. springer0432 18.7 39 3 14
3. Roscodog 19.0 23 30 4
4. akindian 21.7 17 10 38
5. bigmahon 21.7 11 42 12
6. dadnsam 22.7 18 32 18
7. AZHawg 23.3 19 5 46
8. UNCtarheel 23.7 52 6 13
9. Cummings2 27.3 45 28 9
10. fowldawg 28.0 15 15 54
11. Arryl T 30.3 48 19 24
12. keyzick 39.3 42 69 7
13. Ryno2390713 47.0 64 44 33
14. Bbrool 47.7 33 55 55
15. ZARKOV 48.0 54 44 46
16. colorado99 48.3 16 80 49
17. mtarbell 48.7 60 25 61
18. sknsfan 49.7 41 97 11
19. JohnMRoss 51.0 63 63 27
20. Woods007 53.0 72 84 3
21. McBurns 57.3 29 85 58
22. pacoboy 57.3 76 76 20
23. Red Beards 61.0 59 41 83
24. jaydingess 66.3 79 79 41
25. PML97 72.3 62 103 52
26. BigAlric 77.3 102 113 17
27. Cubit 78.3 101 63 71
28. BED 81.7 36 100 109
29. WARRIOR0510 83.3 70 108 72
30. alphonso1 96.0 84 93 111
Completed 2 Tours:
Manager Avg 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
marcus wilby 3.5 3 4
mcsoupy 5.0 9 1
kaviksdad 8.5 12 5
deeznuts515 13.0 2 24
LMBombers 13.5 22 5
giddyup81 14.5 13 16
James Schubert 21.5 6 37
albert2b 22.0 24 20
ksher58 23.0 16 30
rgimbel 23.5 12 35
exwallman 24.0 27 21
RiggoDrill 24.5 40 9
Qksilver 25.0 2 48
etdefender 26.0 50 2
The Turtle 28.0 13 43
barnak 28.0 36 20
leehaak 34.0 25 43
jmoore1966 34.5 64 5
thisisdan26 35.0 48 22
salmonbellies 36.0 37 35
Rigged Splits 38.0 47 29
nhsteven 40.0 57 23
ajbke5 41.5 14 69
gcaraballo 41.5 32 51
TomSiebert 45.5 33 58
Great Unwashed 46.0 78 14
thisisray 47.5 49 46
Dhowser 48.0 33 63
jtyler7 52.0 83 21
raiders91sc 52.5 66 39
dneedle 53.0 88 18
TexasKen 54.0 22 86
BoDean 54.0 77 31
JakeTheSnake1 57.5 20 95
Delbird 58.5 56 61
hk mossy 58.5 53 64
Brad0007 59.0 58 60
coachteel 61.0 42 80
DEZMan 63.5 68 59
Woody5 64.0 77 51
Aray0113 65.0 78 52
superflymacdad 65.5 74 57
tersignf 65.5 66 65
duffyone 66.0 65 67
abnerdoubleday 66.0 99 33
RWhite411 68.0 62 74
Ineluki 68.0 69 67
caimrisek 68.5 70 67
SteadyEddie33 70.5 60 81
Danville2002 72.5 55 90
Assmeriten 74.5 96 53
jehale 82.0 71 93
Betthemax 83.5 98 69
bobschwartz22 85.0 81 89
tmm6883 88.0 75 101
sabeanmel 89.5 87 92
Mr Groundhog 95.5 94 97
rickzeller 99.5 89 110
*Champion
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If you have additional info, corrections, anecdotes or tales of Tours past, or just want to brag a little about your own tournament exploits, please post.