ATG III Team Teaser #7

[bernieh]

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Online's All-Time Greats III, coming soon to a browser near you.

New team teaser #7!

[url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1921.shtml]1. 1921 New York Giants[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1978.shtml]2. 1978 New York Yankees[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1906.shtml]3. 1906 Cleveland Naps[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/1982.shtml]4. 1982 Atlanta Braves[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1966.shtml]5. 1966 Baltimore Orioles*[/url] (replaces '70 Orioles)
[url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/1927.shtml]6. 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CAL/1979.shtml][color=darkred:a454d30ccd][b:a454d30ccd]7. 1979 California Angels[/b:a454d30ccd][/color:a454d30ccd][/url]

featuring Bobby Grich, Carney Lansford, Rod Carew, Don Baylor, Brian Downing...

(Willie Aikens and Nolan Ryan will be taken off this team and represented on other teams)

I acknowledge that this edition of Carew does not do the man justice... but I do like the cavalcade of other '70s Angels stars on this team.


* Whether a year's card set is [b:a454d30ccd]Super-Advanced[/b:a454d30ccd] or not was a significant factor in our team decisions. SA card sets are sets that Strat-O-Matic officially created and released for that year, which include more accurate data (such as ballpark HR and clutch tendencies) than non-SA years. The 1966 Orioles (SA) replacing the 1970 Orioles (non-SA) is an example of such a move.

Other notes:

- Please refer to [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=96862]this thread[/url] for where I previously announced that ATG III will feature the option to play any of a number of pre-defined subsets of the master player pool, if you don't want to play with the entire pool.

- Since the team pool is growing so large, we are somewhat relaxing our "Greatest Teams" criterion for selecting new teams, and shifting the focus a little more towards the players. It's not a dramatic shift, but I just wanted to explain why you'll be seeing some 3rd place teams making the cut for ATG III.

- Error ratings WILL BE NORMALIZED across era, so you'll no longer have to worry about guys like Honus Wagner committing 50 errors a year.

[Valen]

One exciting thing about this post is the statement that Aikens and Ryan will be taken off and represented by another team. This Aikens hit 21 HR so I assume the one used will be better. And I am hopeful that Ryan being taken off means we will get one of the Ryan cards that approached 400 Ks. If so finally a Ryan who is what our mind envisions when we think of Ryan. :D

[rjohaire]

We're losing the Twins Carew - why, tell me why.

[tkl33]

I have to honestly say that I just don't care for this pick at all. :roll:

[PJ Axelsson]

Grich and Baylor look good, and Carew will give us another cheap small ball style 1b.

Still, not very sexy. Let's hope the best are coming last!

:D

[Roosky]

I like Grich, baylor, and downing looks pretty nice. Plus carew needs to be in ATG even if it is not a great year.

[cplake]

[quote:339fda9f5f](Willie Aikens and Nolan Ryan will be taken off this team and represented on other teams) [/quote:339fda9f5f]

Then perhaps we are replacing the '80 Royals with the '82 Royals and the '86 Astros with the '80 Astros?

[cplake]

Wow.....tough crowd.....I like this pick.

[Free Radicals]

Unimpressive . Carew had so many good good years , this one seems very mediocre. You could have given out the 77 White Sox and had better results . BUT they can't all be great great teams so I 'll use some of these guys to see what they offer . :D

[aceventura55369]

Getting Grich, a 2B with over 900 OPS is nice, but have to agree with the Carew comments. Clearly one of his weaker years. :?