Paul's Franchise League - 1962

West - Cardinals, Cubs, Dodgers, Giants

OMG the Cubs will be in last place every season. Very realistic.

I'd like to see real team names. I am going with 1962 Chicago Cubs.

East - Mets, Phillies, Red Sox, Yankees

Yanks may win 125 or more in 1962! LOL

I'd like to see real team names. I am going with 1962 Chicago Cubs.

I have already started a team for this league and I set up my team name exactly like that YF. 1962 Boston Red Sox. I plan to use this name and just change the year all the way through. This will make it more interesting to me to look back on past teams from this league as we progress.

CARDS NEW GM HITS GROUND RUNNING - CUTS MUSIAL

St. Louis (AP) In what he described as a numbers issue, new Cardinals GM Paul Wootten today cut veteran outfielder and surefire Hall of Famer Stan Musial. Musial, 41, has been a fixture in the Cardinals lineup since 1942.

In making the announcement today, Wootten praised Musial's selfless play and public service to the St. Louis community. "Stan has been the Babe Ruth of St. Louis," Wootten said. "He's a pillar of our community, so much so that I call him 'Stan the Man.' It's pretty catchy, don't you think?"

Musial, a decorated World War II veteran, had cleaned out his locker before teammates arrived at the Cardinals' spring training site. Seeing the empty locker drew strong comments from a number of teammates.

"Somebody's gonna pay for this," ace Bob Gibson said. "I'm gonna find the guy responsible and kick his #$%.

Julian Javier spoke through tears. "He was like a papa to me. I even plan on naming my son after him in a couple years."

Starting pitcher Ernie Broglio went so far as to ask for a trade. "Get me out of here," Broglio said through clenched teeth. "Even if you have to trade me to the Cubs!"

GM Wootten, speaking on the condition that his exact location not be disclosed, said it was an issue of too many players. "We can't keep everybody, and Stan was starting to slow down. He's been playing some first base, but Bill White will be there. There wasn't much else I could do. I'm certain most St. Louisans will understand."

Speaking of St. Louisans, there is a craft making class at the Ladies of Sorrows Church tomorrow at noon. Those attending are encouraged to bring concrete and shoe molds in size 10. After the meeting the group will make their way to the ballpark for a special visit with GM Wootten, after which they'll convene on the banks of the Mississippi for refreshments and swimming lessons.

I'd like to see real team names. I am going with 1962 Chicago Cubs.

I have already started a team for this league and I set up my team name exactly like that YF. 1962 Boston Red Sox. I plan to use this name and just change the year all the way through. This will make it more interesting to me to look back on past teams from this league as we progress.

I had started mine as Baltimore Orioles '62 but I can rename it. I think if we all start our teams with 1962 it will test the system since they use the first 3 characters of your team name for the abbreviation....maybe we'll break it, if they are all '196'.....

We can name them Chicago (62) Cubs, or I like the Chicago Cubs '62 also. We just need an agreed standard. You can also set your own abbreviation when you rename a team.

I select Joe Azcue. Really I do.

Round One
1. AllStarInc- Hank Aaron 2B
2. RobertLatorre - Mathews, Eddie
3. Gmac94 - Joe Azcue
4. sphilipp8
5. gbrookes
6. Yountfan
7. LMBombers
8. carlerik
9. pwootten
10. Faaron
11. Delbird
12. carlostevez

Round Two
1. carlostevez
2. Delbird
3. Faaron
4. pwootten
5. carlerik
6. LMBombers
7. Yountfan
8. geoffbrookes
9. sphilipp8
10. Gmac94
11. RobertLatorre
12. AllStarInc

East - Mets, Phillies, Red Sox, Yankees

Yanks may win 125 or more in 1962! LOL

I may make Casey Stengel look like a genius cause I'm gonna have a tough time winning even 40 games with this squad of Mutts...I mean Mets