Major League Baseball 8

Sounds good. Is there an official rules page? Is the player pool the ATG 8? I ask because I was just looking at the Atlanta Braves and I didn't find any players on the Seattle Pilots...

Here are the rules:
1. Please enter your member name next to franchise of your choice below.

2. If you wish to change the name of your franchise to one of your minor league affiliates you may do so however the team name must be the actual name of one of your major league clubs. Here is an example: If your a Baltimore Orioles fan and prefer Baltimore Orioles in place of Boston Americans, Boston Red Sox, or St Louis Browns you may change your franchise name.

3. Please select your team's home park from the list of stadiums where home games were played during your selected franchise or affiliates team's history.

4. Your managers name should reflect a former manager of your one of your franchises.

5. Fill out your draft list with players that have played during their major league career with one or more of the teams listed in your organization, please do not select Negro League players, Negro League cards are not available until waiver selections are made with the exception if they have played a regular season game with one of the major league teams you have chosen to enter into league. If you have more than one Negro League card after draft please release the highest priced Negro League card first from your roster before any other.

6. If you have a player that is eligible for your club as well as another franchise in the league and the same is true for the player your acquiring then a trade prior to the waivers is allowed. You can not benefit from trading a player that shouldn't be on your roster and is not eligible to play on your roster, they must be released during waiver acquisitions. Remember you can not trade a player who is not eligible to play for one of your franchises even if your acquiring a player card who may be eligible.

7. I know you can only release one player before waivers however all roster discrepancies are easily corrected with the players that are not eligible for your club being listed as player to be released into free agency during the waiver process which occurs two days after draft at 5:00 PM Eastern.

8. Please understand that the Strat-O-Matic Card has only a few seasons listed and may not have all the eligible teams listed for a particular player. There are several baseball websites that will list a players career statistics and their teams history, you will have to do your homework.

9. Players injured during a series must serve the the entirety of the injury or if you choose you may release player into free agency. If your player is eligible for other teams they must acquire card showing the current injury, after injury is completed then all seasons are available.

10. The league will load teams based on division beginning with the Eastern Division, if your selection is a Central Division club you will enter league in openings 5, 6, 7, and 8, if your a Western Division club, you have to wait until slots 9, 10, 11, or 12 are available before joining league.

Whether a player is eligible for your roster is decided by the clubs he played for in real life. Any player that played at least 1 game with any of the franchises chosen are eligible to be drafted by that franchise regardless of whether they have a strat card with that franchise. So Babe Ruth played for Boston RS, NYY, and Bos Braves. Any of the three franchises in this league can try to draft any of Ruth's cards. No other franchise may put Ruth on their draft list, nor retain him after the waver period.

Does that help answer some of your questions?

Major League Baseball 8 - Password is MLB8

Eastern Division teams can begin entering....

EASTERN DIVISION

Manager: budabear78
Franchise #1: Philadelphia Phillies
Minor League Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds

Manager:
Franchise #2: Boston Red Sox
Minor League Affiliates: Milwaukee Brewers 1884 & 1901 Only, St Louis Browns 1902-1953 / Baltimore Orioles 1954-2016

Manager: DougT
Franchise #3: New York Yankees
Minor League Affiliate: New York Mets

Manager:
Franchise #4: Detroit Tigers
Minor League Affiliate: Toronto Blue Jays / Montreal Expos 1969-2004 / Washington Nationals 2005-2016

CENTRAL DIVISION

Manager:
Franchise #5: St Louis Cardinals
Minor League Affiliate: Kansas City Royals 1969-2016 / Miami Marlins 1993-2016

Manager: Luker1971
Franchise #6: Pittsburgh Pirates
Minor League Affiliates: Houston Colt .45s 1962-1964 / Houston Astros 1965-2016 / Tampa Bay Rays 1998-2016 -

Manager:
Franchise #7: Chicago Cubs 1903-2016
Minor League Affiliate: Philadelphia Athletics 1882 - 1890 Only, Chicago White Sox 1901-2016

Manager:
Franchise #8: Cleveland Indians
Minor League Affiliates Washington Senators 1961-1971 / Texas Rangers 1972-2016 / Washington Senators 1901-1960 / Minnesota Twins 1961-2016

WESTERN DIVISION

Manager: Dodgers42
Franchise #9: Oakland Athletics 1968-2016
Minor League Affiliates: Philadelphia Athletics 1901-1954 / Kansas City Athletics 1955-1967 / Arizona Diamondbacks 1998-2016

Manager: bontomn
Franchise #10: San Francisco Giants 1958-2016
Minor League Affiliates: New York Giants 1885-1957/ San Diego Padres 1969-2016, Seattle Mariners 1977-2016 -

Manager: Gamiam
Franchise #11: Los Angeles Dodgers 1958-2016
Minor League Affiliates: Brooklyn Dodgers 1932-1957 / California Angels / Colorado Rockies

Manager:
Franchise #12: Atlanta Braves 1966-2016
Minor League Affiliates: Boston Braves 1941-1952 / Milwaukee Braves 1953-1965 / Seattle Pilots 1969 / Milwaukee Brewers 1970-2016

Here are the rules:

5. Fill out your draft list with players that have played during their major league career with one or more of the teams listed in your organization, please do not select Negro League players, Negro League cards are not available until waiver selections are made with the exception if they have played a regular season game with one of the major league teams you have chosen to enter into league. If you have more than one Negro League card after draft please release the highest priced Negro League card first from your roster before any other.

Does that help answer some of your questions?

Yes, thanks! So, just to make sure I understand the player pool. If we look at team 12 which is the Atlanta Braves 1966-2016 / Boston Braves 1941-1952 / Milwaukee Braves 1953-1965 / Seattle Pilots 1969 / Milwaukee Brewers 1970-2016, there is no current player listed in the ATG 8 pool that is assigned the team of the Seattle Pilots in 1969. But, if I do some homework and find out what the roster was for the Pilots that year and I find a player that was on that team but is in the ATG 8 pool as on a different team/year, I can draft that player. Is that right?

I guess that I will take team 12 since I am focusing on that team right now.

I listed only a few years for each franchise, the Braves players can be from any of the teams listed below:

Atlanta Braves (4174-3944 W-L, 1966 - 2016)
Milwaukee Braves (1146-890 W-L, 1953 - 1965)
Boston Braves (2459-3005 W-L, 1912 - 1935, 1941 - 1952)
Boston Bees (355-406 W-L, 1936 - 1940)
Boston Rustlers (44-107 W-L, 1911)
Boston Doves (219-389 W-L, 1907 - 1910)
Boston Beaneaters (1742-1465 W-L, 1883 - 1906)
Boston Red Stockings (299-226 W-L, 1876 - 1882)

Baseball Reference is a good website to research your players and teams.

We also have a couple team names that need to be corrected, remember that you can choose any name that was associated with one of your selected franchises but they can not be combined. Here is an example, check the list above for the Braves, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Boston Braves, Boston Bees, Boston Rustlers, Boston Doves, Boston Beaneaters, or Boston Red Stockings. You can choose any team that played as the Braves during their history. Franchise 12 could also play as Seattle Pilots or Milwaukee Brewers.

My Philadelphia Athletics are in the Eastern Division until we have a manger for Franchise #4 and then I will exit and wait my turn.

Major League Baseball 8 - Password is MLB8

Central Division teams can begin entering....

EASTERN DIVISION

Manager: budabear78
Franchise #1: Philadelphia Phillies
Minor League Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds

Manager: dr.red
Franchise #2: Boston Red Sox
Minor League Affiliates: Milwaukee Brewers 1884 & 1901 Only, St Louis Browns 1902-1953 / Baltimore Orioles 1954-2016

Manager: DougT
Franchise #3: New York Yankees
Minor League Affiliate: New York Mets

Manager:
Franchise #4: Detroit Tigers
Minor League Affiliate: Toronto Blue Jays / Montreal Expos 1969-2004 / Washington Nationals 2005-2016

CENTRAL DIVISION

Manager: dharmabums
Franchise #5: St Louis Cardinals
Minor League Affiliate: Kansas City Royals 1969-2016 / Miami Marlins 1993-2016

Manager: Luker1971
Franchise #6: Pittsburgh Pirates
Minor League Affiliates: Houston Colt .45s 1962-1964 / Houston Astros 1965-2016 / Tampa Bay Rays 1998-2016 -

Manager: scorehouse
Franchise #7: Chicago Cubs 1903-2016
Minor League Affiliate: Philadelphia Athletics 1882 - 1890 Only, Chicago White Sox 1901-2016

Manager: JoeyC
Franchise #8: Cleveland Indians
Minor League Affiliates Washington Senators 1961-1971 / Texas Rangers 1972-2016 / Washington Senators 1901-1960 / Minnesota Twins 1961-2016

WESTERN DIVISION

Manager: Dodgers42
Franchise #9: Oakland Athletics 1968-2016
Minor League Affiliates: Philadelphia Athletics 1901-1954 / Kansas City Athletics 1955-1967 / Arizona Diamondbacks 1998-2016

Manager: bontomn
Franchise #10: San Francisco Giants 1958-2016
Minor League Affiliates: New York Giants 1885-1957/ San Diego Padres 1969-2016, Seattle Mariners 1977-2016 -

Manager: Gamiam
Franchise #11: Los Angeles Dodgers 1958-2016
Minor League Affiliates: Brooklyn Dodgers 1932-1957 / California Angels / Colorado Rockies

Manager: bpiela
Franchise #12: Atlanta Braves 1966-2016
Minor League Affiliates: Boston Braves 1941-1952 / Milwaukee Braves 1953-1965 / Seattle Pilots 1969 / Milwaukee Brewers 1970-2016

Somebody knocked me off of the Cardinals when they posted their choice.

I listed only a few years for each franchise, the Braves players can be from any of the teams listed below:

Atlanta Braves (4174-3944 W-L, 1966 - 2016)
Milwaukee Braves (1146-890 W-L, 1953 - 1965)
Boston Braves (2459-3005 W-L, 1912 - 1935, 1941 - 1952)
Boston Bees (355-406 W-L, 1936 - 1940)
Boston Rustlers (44-107 W-L, 1911)
Boston Doves (219-389 W-L, 1907 - 1910)
Boston Beaneaters (1742-1465 W-L, 1883 - 1906)
Boston Red Stockings (299-226 W-L, 1876 - 1882)

Baseball Reference is a good website to research your players and teams.

We also have a couple team names that need to be corrected, remember that you can choose any name that was associated with one of your selected franchises but they can not be combined. Here is an example, check the list above for the Braves, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Boston Braves, Boston Bees, Boston Rustlers, Boston Doves, Boston Beaneaters, or Boston Red Stockings. You can choose any team that played as the Braves during their history. Franchise 12 could also play as Seattle Pilots or Milwaukee Brewers.

My Philadelphia Athletics are in the Eastern Division until we have a manger for Franchise #4 and then I will exit and wait my turn.

Major League Baseball 8 - Password is MLB8

Central Division teams can begin entering....

EASTERN DIVISION

Manager: budabear78
Franchise #1: Philadelphia Phillies
Minor League Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds

Manager: dr.red
Franchise #2: Boston Red Sox
Minor League Affiliates: Milwaukee Brewers 1884 & 1901 Only, St Louis Browns 1902-1953 / Baltimore Orioles 1954-2016

Manager: DougT
Franchise #3: New York Yankees
Minor League Affiliate: New York Mets

Manager:
Franchise #4: Detroit Tigers
Minor League Affiliate: Toronto Blue Jays / Montreal Expos 1969-2004 / Washington Nationals 2005-2016

CENTRAL DIVISION

Manager: dharmabums
Franchise #5: St Louis Cardinals
Minor League Affiliate: Kansas City Royals 1969-2016 / Miami Marlins 1993-2016

Manager: Luker1971
Franchise #6: Pittsburgh Pirates
Minor League Affiliates: Houston Colt .45s 1962-1964 / Houston Astros 1965-2016 / Tampa Bay Rays 1998-2016 -

Manager: scorehouse
Franchise #7: Chicago Cubs 1903-2016
Minor League Affiliate: Philadelphia Athletics 1882 - 1890 Only, Chicago White Sox 1901-2016

Manager:
Franchise #8: Cleveland Indians
Minor League Affiliates Washington Senators 1961-1971 / Texas Rangers 1972-2016 / Washington Senators 1901-1960 / Minnesota Twins 1961-2016

WESTERN DIVISION

Manager: Dodgers42
Franchise #9: Oakland Athletics 1968-2016
Minor League Affiliates: Philadelphia Athletics 1901-1954 / Kansas City Athletics 1955-1967 / Arizona Diamondbacks 1998-2016

Manager: bontomn
Franchise #10: San Francisco Giants 1958-2016
Minor League Affiliates: New York Giants 1885-1957/ San Diego Padres 1969-2016, Seattle Mariners 1977-2016 -

Manager: Gamiam
Franchise #11: Los Angeles Dodgers 1958-2016
Minor League Affiliates: Brooklyn Dodgers 1932-1957 / California Angels / Colorado Rockies

Manager: bpiela
Franchise #12: Atlanta Braves 1966-2016
Minor League Affiliates: Boston Braves 1941-1952 / Milwaukee Braves 1953-1965 / Seattle Pilots 1969 / Milwaukee Brewers 1970-2016

Central is loaded. Just need somebody to take the Tigers. Not a bad last choice actually.

Somebody knocked me off the Indians - my team is entered.

JoeyC

I think we're down to the Tigers franchise.