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LOOKING BACK AT THE FIRST 11 SEASONS THERE HAVE BEEN 3 DOMINATING FRANCHISES WHO ARE USUALLY IN THE PLAYOFFS VYING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP; THEY ARE THE GIANTS, DODGERS AND CARDINALS. I THUS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO CHANGE THINGS UP FOR THIS UPCOMING SEASON AND TRY TO EVEN THINGS OUT A BIT; I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BE FUN JUST TO DO SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT WITHOUT RUINING THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE LEAGUE.
SO HERE ARE THE CHANGES AND FOR THE MOST PART THEY ONLY EFFECT PLAYERS WITH MULTIPLE CARDS. THERE ARE 16 PLAYERS LISTED BELOW AND THEY WILL NOW BE THE PROPERTY OF A DIFFERENT FRANCHISE THAN PREVIOUSLY. SO AS IN PAST YEARS WHEN A PLAYER HAS CARDS WITH 2 DIFFERENT FRANCHISES THE TEAM WITH THE HIGHEST SALARIED CARD HAS HIS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS ( AT LEAST UNTIL OPENING DAY). THIS RULE WILL CONTINUE HOWEVER THERE WILL BE 16 EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE AND THEY ARE LISTED AS FOLLOWS. PLAYERS NAME ON LEFT FOLLOWED BY WHICH FRANCHISE WILL HAVE HIS RIGHTS.
1) BARRY BONDS ------------PIRATES
2) MARK MCGWIRE----------ATHLETICS
3)REGGIE JACKSON--------YANKEES
4) MIKE PIAZZA-------------METS
5) ROBBIE ALOMAR---------TORONTO
6) PAUL ONEIL--------------REDS
7) ANDY VAN SLYKE------CARDS
8 )OMAR VIZQUEL-------------GIANTS
9) ROBIN VENTURA------WHITESOX
10) DARRELL EVANS------TIGERS
11) RICO CARTY-----------INDIANS
12) GOOSE GOSSAGE-------PADRES
13) ZACK GREINKE---------ROYALS
14) BOBBY MURCER----CUBS
15) EDDIE MURRAY-------DODGERS
16) BERNIE CARBO---------CARDS
I BELIEVE THAT 12 OF THE 16 PLAYERS ACTUALLY HAVE CARDS FOR 2 DIFFERENT FRANCHISES AND THE OTHER 4 PLAYERS; PIAZZA, CARBO, MURRAY AND MURCER PLAYED AT SOME POINT IN THEIR CAREERS FOR THE THE TEAM FOR WHICH I ASSIGNED THEM. MOST OF THE TEAMS THAT LOST A PLAYER THEN GAINED A PLAYER. I REALIZE BONDS IS VIRTUALLY IRREPLACEABLE, BUT THE GIANTS ARE STILL LOADED WITH TALENT. ADDITIONALLY MR OCTOBER WILL GET TO PLAY WITH THE YANKEES AGAIN, THE BASH BROTHERS WILL BE REUNITED, GREINKE GOES BACK TO KC, AND THE DODGERS ARE STILL RICH WITH STARTING PITCHING. PIAZZA WILL MAKE THE METS A CHOICE FRANCHISE SOME OF THE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SELDOM USED IN THE PAST BECAUSE THEY WERE BURIED BEHIND AN ELITE PLAYER PREVIOUSLY.
THE FRANCHISES AND IN SOME CASES COMBINED FRANCHISES WILL BE THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS SEASON WHICH I WILL POST BELOW.