Hometown Theme League - Full

[Ducapa]

Hey all, jonesing for a new 2007 theme league.....I'm a Philly guy and never get any Phillies on my teams so I figured lets do a hometown league where you sign up and put your hometown next to your name. We are looking for a bit of honesty here, but when I say hometown I mean put town the geographically closest major leagur city. Example, if you live in Erie, PA you would put Pittsburgh (or Cleveland) which ever is closer. That city is your no. 1 team.....first come first serve, so if team one is from Philly and so is team 2 that signs up, then team two will have to pick the next closest town which is Baltimore, then NY, then DC and so on. After 12 owners have picked their hometown team, everybody gets a second franchise to use which would be the second closest major league franchise to their hometown city. So if you are from NYC and took the Yankees, but somebody already took the Mets bc they were from Newark, NJ then your second team would be Boston or Phila, etc....whoever is left. The remaining 8 teams are open for free agency. You can only put players from your two teams on your draft card. This will be a $200M league, waivers, DH, 5/10/20 where trades and FA are allowed. Waiver order will be determined by the actual 2007 MLB combined record of each owners two teams, with the worst overall record drafting first. Trades are unlimited and so our FA drops and pickups as long as each team has a maximum of 8 non hometown team roster spots....meaning if you have 28 players, 20 or more must be from your two franchise teams. Lets Playball!!
Oh, and the order of picking the 2nd team will be in reverse order of the 1st round. You must pick the team geographically closest to your hometown that is remaining, if their is no teams close and it is not clear what team is closest, then use your best judgement to pick the closest remaining team.



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[FRANKMANSUETO]

Hey all, jonesing for a new 2007 theme league.....I'm a Philly guy and never get any Phillies on my teams so I figured lets do a hometown league where you sign up and put your hometown next to your name. We are looking for a bit of honesty here, but when I say hometown I mean put town the geographically closest major leagur city. Example, if you live in Erie, PA you would put Pittsburgh (or Cleveland) which ever is closer. That city is your no. 1 team.....first come first serve, so if team one is from Philly and so is team 2 that signs up, then team two will have to pick the next closest town which is Baltimore, then NY, then DC and so on. After 12 owners have picked their hometown team, everybody gets a second franchise to use which would be the second closest major league franchise to their hometown city. So if you are from NYC and took the Yankees, but somebody already took the Mets bc they were from Newark, NJ then your second team would be Boston or Phila, etc....whoever is left. The remaining 8 teams are open for free agency. You can only put players from your two teams on your draft card. This will be a $200M league, waivers, DH, 5/10/20 where trades and FA are allowed. Waiver order will be determined by the actual 2007 MLB combined record of each owners two teams, with the worst overall record drafting first. Trades are unlimited and so our FA drops and pickups as long as each team has a maximum of 8 non hometown team roster spots....meaning if you have 28 players, 20 or more must be from your two franchise teams. Lets Playball!!
Oh, and the order of picking the 2nd team will be in reverse order of the 1st round. You must pick the team geographically closest to your hometown that is remaining, if their is no teams close and it is not clear what team is closest, then use your best judgement to pick the closest remaining team.



1. Ducapa - Philadelphia - Phillies
2. Frank M - Long Island, NY - Yankees
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[Ducapa]

Lots of looks only one taker so far :( .........is their something that i could change to make it more attractive to owners?

[DAVIDLEE 2]

Hey all, jonesing for a new 2007 theme league.....I'm a Philly guy and never get any Phillies on my teams so I figured lets do a hometown league where you sign up and put your hometown next to your name. We are looking for a bit of honesty here, but when I say hometown I mean put town the geographically closest major leagur city. Example, if you live in Erie, PA you would put Pittsburgh (or Cleveland) which ever is closer. That city is your no. 1 team.....first come first serve, so if team one is from Philly and so is team 2 that signs up, then team two will have to pick the next closest town which is Baltimore, then NY, then DC and so on. After 12 owners have picked their hometown team, everybody gets a second franchise to use which would be the second closest major league franchise to their hometown city. So if you are from NYC and took the Yankees, but somebody already took the Mets bc they were from Newark, NJ then your second team would be Boston or Phila, etc....whoever is left. The remaining 8 teams are open for free agency. You can only put players from your two teams on your draft card. This will be a $200M league, waivers, DH, 5/10/20 where trades and FA are allowed. Waiver order will be determined by the actual 2007 MLB combined record of each owners two teams, with the worst overall record drafting first. Trades are unlimited and so our FA drops and pickups as long as each team has a maximum of 8 non hometown team roster spots....meaning if you have 28 players, 20 or more must be from your two franchise teams. Lets Playball!!
Oh, and the order of picking the 2nd team will be in reverse order of the 1st round. You must pick the team geographically closest to your hometown that is remaining, if their is no teams close and it is not clear what team is closest, then use your best judgement to pick the closest remaining team.



1. Ducapa - Philadelphia - Phillies
2. Frank M - Long Island, NY - Yankees
3. djl3737- albany,ny - NY yankees
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[Ducapa]

Hey djl, Yanks already taken, if you want in you have the Mets.

1. Ducapa - Philadelphia - Phillies
2. Frank M - Long Island, NY - Yankees
3. djl3737- albany,ny - NY Mets
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[cwhug]

1. Ducapa - Philadelphia - Phillies
2. Frank M - Long Island, NY - Yankees
3. djl3737- albany,ny - NY Mets
4. Detroit BC - Detroit, MI - Tigers
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[Ducapa]

djl3737 - Hey man I didn't want to be a dick or anything and force you to take the Mets...just let me know that you are cool staying in the league knowing you have the Mets instead of the Yanks. :wink:

[Misterg78582]

1. Ducapa - Philadelphia - Phillies
2. Frank M - Long Island, NY - Yankees
3. djl3737- albany,ny - NY Mets
4. Detroit BC - Detroit, MI - Tigers
5. misterg -- Houston -- Astros
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[Ducapa]

bump

[Ducapa]

Hey, just a slight change in the rules....shouldn't matter too much though. Since we cannot determine waivers order, we will hold a one round draft here on the boards for a FA player not on a drafted franchise. The owner who selects the two franchise with the worst overall combined record (based on 2007 MLB stats) will get the first pick and so on down the line. The player each owner select is then the property of that owner and he/she can either place him on the autodraft card or pick him in FA (we will do a frenzy). Remember, you cannot pick up any players in FA that are on a franchise that was drafted.....you can only acquire them via trade.

LETS FILL UP!!! :wink: