Double Franchise League- 1981 - Hak champ! Vote on awards

[Hakmusic]

I think Cardinals is a very solid pick. I had Cardinals/Angels 7/8 on my list in either order. Really solid O and D througout the decade. I like the Expos pick too, I think they would have been way up there if Carter was around for more years.

Happy Birthday JSamia, its funny, I know exactly what stretch of road you are playing on, with the gocarts and trampolines and mini-golf etc. We take our kids there too.

Where in Central Mass are you? I live in Hopkinton.

[jsam9801]

I will have my work cut out for me in the late '80s with the Expos, but all in all, I should have a solid nucleus.

Hak: I live in Shrewsbury. Usually stay in Harwich about 1 mile from that stretch of Route 28. Fortunate enough to be able to mooch off my folks and stay for free, so makes it all the better :D

[roofinghorse]

and man am i looking forward to this league....it really should be a blast...

[Hakmusic]

How about that, I drive through Shrewsbury every day since my kids go to Worcester, and we played Shrewsbury the other day in my son's summer hockey league. We're practically neighbors. :D

[YountFan]

I hate the Cards and Willie McGee in particular. Man the '82 series still has me ticked. Also, their players stink!

Albert...take us around the corner

[roofinghorse]

i,m still a brewers fan....that world series sucked....matbe the next time we can knock whoever off..hopefully it,ll be them damn cards again.....wouldn,t that be a blast...
oh yeah,to make it worst,my goofy azz brother was(is) a cards fan....

[jsam9801]

I always have liked the Brewers. In the '70s and '80s they always had a solid group of hard-nosed, talented teams.

I feel your pain. I am a Red Sox fan, and quite honestly thought that I would never see the Sox win a series. Right after college I moved to New Jersey, smack in the middle of Yankees fans and Mets fans :x . Even worse was the fact that WPIX was 1 of 2 channels that my rinky dink antenna could pick up...and seemed to see highlights of the '86 series every rainy day :( .

I never blamed Buckner. He was a great clutch hitter, and without him the Sox would never have made it to the Series in 1986.

I do think that the Brewers are only a player or two away from contending. This could be the year (Mike Maddux is a great pitching coach, although I am not sure if he could help out his brother should he go to the Brewers).

[albert2b]

Sykes - NJ - 057 (NY YANKEES)
Hak - CT - 332 (Brewers)
Sean - NH - 354 - Boston Red Sox (via proxy)
Runnin' Rebel - CA - KANSAS CITY ROYALS
BJS - Indiana (Go Irish!) - 5 5 2 - Toronto Blue Jays
BC - Ontario - 5 7 8 - Detroit Tigers
Jablowmi - FL - 9 0 8 - LOS ANGELES DODGERS
YF - Wisconsin - 711 - California Angles
BigAlric - Delaware - 825 - Baltimore
Jsamia - Pennsylvania - 906 Montreal Expos
Crossingroads - KENTUCKY -692 -St Louis Cardinals
Albert - New York - Pittsburgh Pirates

Man this is TOUGH!!!! I will need another 10-15 minutes to make my 2nd pick. Got it narrowed down to 3 teams.

[Jablowmi]

I nailed the top 12 teams, although not the order!

And, on a Dodger note (man, I hate the Dodgers), an '81 Sutcliffe and '81-83 Stewart are available!

[BC Manager]

There are two teams I had in my top 12 that haven't been picked yet.

I obviously didn't trust my own rating system too much as I had St. Louis ranked 2nd and went ahead and picked Detroit who ranked behind them.