New 1970's Theme League: Draft 2 MLB Teams

[jayhawk81]

I'm disappointed jmc, thought you would take the Mets and save $ on the minor league/major league travel costs by having both NY teams.

[ALANVON BEHREN]

"I agree completely with the Braves. A total steal at 15. On the other hand, the first pick of the pair, the Tigers, seems like a giant reach at 10th. Maybe Alan is from the Motor City, Motown, Paris of the Midwest? Neither Detroit or Atlanta had a decent SS in the 70s."


Strat-o-matic is a game of strategy, and this site does a good job of allowing its players to employ real-life strategy for choosing players, ballparks, lineups, pitching rotation, managerial strategy.

Likewise, there is all kinds of strategy that each of us are using to pick our MLB teams. That's why I thought it would be cool to create a web page that shows all of the players available to each of the MLB teams. Looking thru the teams, I can see how some teams would be more appealing than others, depending on the type of team each owner would like to build. I had my reasons for picking the Tigers, but at #10 I was really looking at the Twins and Braves, too. I guess I will be weak at SS, and this may cost me.

The draft will be interesting too, since there is a lot of overlap with players belonging on two or more teams. Everyone will probably get players they wanted and not get other players they wanted. This will likely cause weaknesses that we all will need to deal with.

I played several seasons of the ATG and all of my teams were mostly awful. Then I switched to the '70's and my 1st team won the wild card spot on the last games of the regular season, finishing 91-71. This team went on to upset the team with the best record in the 1st round and ended up losing the 7th game of the championship 7-6. My next team went 71-91. The team in this league will be only my 5th 70's team, so I'm no expert.

[The Senators]

Alan, I have to disagree about your SS. I have used Eddie Brinkman as my starting SS on some really good teams and at his price, I believe he is one of the better bargains in Strat-0. He won't take advantage of the hitters parks that you'll be in but his defense is as good as it gets for the minimum salary. Besides, rumor has it that you're really Alan Trammell. :wink:

[sphilipp8]

Braves TAKEN
Orioles TAKEN
Red Sox TAKEN
Angels TAKEN
Cubs TAKEN
White Sox TAKEN
Reds TAKEN
Indians
Tigers TAKEN
Astros TAKEN
Royals TAKEN
Dodgers TAKEN
Twins TAKEN
Expos TAKEN
Mets TAKEN
Yankees TAKEN
A's TAKEN
Phillies TAKEN
Pirates TAKEN
Cardinals TAKEN
Padres TAKEN
Giants TAKEN
Mariners/Blue Jays (both started in 1977)
Pilots/Brewers (Pilots moved to Milwaukee)
Senators/Rangers (Senators moved to Texas) TAKEN


1st pick: franky35 REDS
2nd pick: Delbird ORIOLES
3rd pick: sphilipp8 REDSOX
4th pick: Free4allfree2001 PIRATES
5th pick: Billings Ballers LA DODGERS
6th pick: jayhawk81 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
7th pick: jmc316 NY YANKEES
8th pick: The Senators ASTROS
9th pick: pwootten ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
10th pick: alanv25 DETROIT TIGERS
11th pick: fatdaddy054 KANSAS CITY ROYALS
12th pick: LMBombers OAKLAND A'S
13th pick: LMBombers CHICAGO CUBS
14th pick: fatdaddy054 - MINNESOTA TWINS
15th pick: alanv25 ATLANTA BRAVES
16th pick: pwootten MONTREAL EXPOS
17th pick: The Senators SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
18th pick: jmc316 CHI WHITE SOX
19th pick: jayhawk81 CA ANGELS
20th pick: Billings Ballers SENATORS/RANGERS
21st pick: Free4allfree2001 NY METS
22nd pick: sphilipp8 PADRES
23rd pick: Delbird
24th pick: franky35

[pwootten]

[quote:0ef88bcc61="The Senators"]Alan, I have to disagree about your SS. I have used Eddie Brinkman as my starting SS on some really good teams and at his price, I believe he is one of the better bargains in Strat-0. He won't take advantage of the hitters parks that you'll be in but his defense is as good as it gets for the minimum salary. Besides, rumor has it that you're really Alan Trammell. :wink:[/quote:0ef88bcc61]

I'm Bo Jackson.

[The Senators]

[quote:790e1a1a47="pwootten"][quote:790e1a1a47="The Senators"]Alan, I have to disagree about your SS. I have used Eddie Brinkman as my starting SS on some really good teams and at his price, I believe he is one of the better bargains in Strat-0. He won't take advantage of the hitters parks that you'll be in but his defense is as good as it gets for the minimum salary. Besides, rumor has it that you're really Alan Trammell. :wink:[/quote:790e1a1a47]

I'm Bo Jackson.[/quote:790e1a1a47]Nice hips...

[ALANVON BEHREN]

Everyone needs to fill this in, too. (Pick your ballpark.)

"So we do post our stadium now or not until we draft?? We can determine divisions now if we choose our stadiums now."


As I mentioned, I was going to use the cities of the 1st teams picked to determine the divisions, but I like this idea better. Let's go by the geographical locations of the ballparks to determine which division each of our teams will be in.

To make it easier to choose your ballpark now, I added all of the ballparks to the bottom of the webpage: www.franchises1970s.com#ballparks


Team Nickname / Ballpark

RedsTBD /
OriolesTBD /
RedSoxPadres /
PiratesMets /
DodgersRangers /
PhilliesAngels /
YankeesWhiteSox /
AstrosGiants /
CardinalsExpos /
TigersBraves / TIGER STADIUM
RoyalsTwins /
A'sCubs /

Also, when you choose your team nickname, please use the format shown above. This will make it easier to know which team is which during the season.

[The Senators]

RedsTBD /
OriolesTBD /
RedSoxPadres /
PiratesMets /
DodgersRangers /
PhilliesAngels /
YankeesWhiteSox /
AstrosGiants / ASTRODOME
CardinalsExpos /
TigersBraves / TIGER STADIUM
RoyalsTwins /
A'sCubs /

[pwootten]

RedsTBD /
OriolesTBD /
RedSoxPadres /
PiratesMets /
DodgersRangers /
PhilliesAngels /
YankeesWhiteSox /
AstrosGiants / ASTRODOME
CardinalsExpos / BUSCHHHHHHHH
TigersBraves / TIGER STADIUM
RoyalsTwins /
A'sCubs /

[Delbird]

Braves TAKEN
Orioles TAKEN
Red Sox TAKEN
Angels TAKEN
Cubs TAKEN
White Sox TAKEN
Reds TAKEN
Indians TAKEN
Tigers TAKEN
Astros TAKEN
Royals TAKEN
Dodgers TAKEN
Twins TAKEN
Expos TAKEN
Mets TAKEN
Yankees TAKEN
A's TAKEN
Phillies TAKEN
Pirates TAKEN
Cardinals TAKEN
Padres TAKEN
Giants TAKEN
Mariners/Blue Jays (both started in 1977)
Pilots/Brewers (Pilots moved to Milwaukee)
Senators/Rangers (Senators moved to Texas) TAKEN


1st pick: franky35 REDS
2nd pick: Delbird ORIOLES
3rd pick: sphilipp8 REDSOX
4th pick: Free4allfree2001 PIRATES
5th pick: Billings Ballers LA DODGERS
6th pick: jayhawk81 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
7th pick: jmc316 NY YANKEES
8th pick: The Senators ASTROS
9th pick: pwootten ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
10th pick: alanv25 DETROIT TIGERS
11th pick: fatdaddy054 KANSAS CITY ROYALS
12th pick: LMBombers OAKLAND A'S
13th pick: LMBombers CHICAGO CUBS
14th pick: fatdaddy054 - MINNESOTA TWINS
15th pick: alanv25 ATLANTA BRAVES
16th pick: pwootten MONTREAL EXPOS
17th pick: The Senators SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
18th pick: jmc316 CHI WHITE SOX
19th pick: jayhawk81 CA ANGELS
20th pick: Billings Ballers SENATORS/RANGERS
21st pick: Free4allfree2001 NY METS
22nd pick: sphilipp8 PADRES
23rd pick: Delbird INDIANS
24th pick: franky35