I have also decided that my Heritage League that has 36 teams, will likely cut their first season in half to make a few less projects. The 2nd-half schedule is a duplicate of the first half anyways, so no competitive balance is sacrificed. The 2nd Season and beyond for the Heritage League will all take place on APBA BBW (Baseball for Windows) here on out -- Once I acquire all the GTOP volumes & BATS 2 (Baseball All-Time Stars) on disks. I just think it will be more fun and easier to keep the stats for that particular league, plus if I ever decide to add real-life members who want to manage in the league as well.
I currently own the first two volumes of the GTOP's, and have already constructed the divisions and league formats for a league called the Stars & Stripes League or "Crazy 48's". 2 Leagues with 4 divisions of 6 teams each (Yes, 48 teams)! The playoff format will be that of the NFL of all things, the top two teams will get first-round series byes. The home teams during series will have pitchers bat if they are a National League team or a pre-DH era American League team, so that teams can still stay true to their teams' natures on the most part. I will do a separate post with more details on this league & it's rules pretty soon here -- but here are the teams (with their Pythagorean winning percentages) that will be involved in this crazy project down below:
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| The 06' Cubs went 116-33, and have an all-Grade A APBA rotation with solid infield. |
STARS LEAGUE
Division I
1927 New York Yankees (.708)
1931 Philadelphia Athletics (.638)
1912 New York Giants (.662)
1929 Chicago Cubs (.618)
1934 St. Louis Cardinals (.588)
1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords (N/A)
Division II
1942 St. Louis Cardinals (.695)
1937 New York Yankees (.669)
1946 Boston Red Sox (.630)
1940 Cincinnati Reds (.627)
1937 New York Giants (.586)
1944 St. Louis Browns (.571)
Division III
1969 Baltimore Orioles (.679)
1975 Cincinnati Reds (.660)
1968 Detroit Tigers (.636)
1971 Pittsburgh Pirates (.623)
1962 Los Angeles Dodgers (.588)
1971 San Francisco Giants (.543)
Division IV
2001 Seattle Mariners (.673)
1998 Atlanta Braves (.654)
1985 Toronto Blue Jays (.615)
1993 Philadelphia Phillies (.574)
1981 Montreal Expos (.556)
1999 Texas Rangers (.543)
STRIPES LEAGUE
Division I
1906 Chicago Cubs (.757)
1904 New York Giants (.693)
1912 Boston Red Sox (.671)
1917 Chicago White Sox (.656)
1925 Washington Senators (.596)
1914 Boston Braves (.582)
Division II
1954 Cleveland Indians (.674)
1953 New York Yankees (.669)
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers (.643)
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates (.597)
1971 Oakland Athletics (.590)
1969 New York Mets (.568)
Division III
1986 New York Mets (.636)
1984 Detroit Tigers (.611)
1977 Philadelphia Phillies (.605)
1983 Baltimore Orioles (.593)
1980 Kansas City Royals (.568)
1976 Los Angeles Dodgers (.543)
Division IV
1998 New York Yankees (.667)
1995 Cleveland Indians (.646)
2007 Boston Red Sox (.623)
1993 San Francisco Giants (.605)
2002 Oakland Athletics (.593)
1998 San Diego Padres (.574)
I tried to place the teams in time periods to balance things out, and avoided same team names in same divisions, Boston will be represented twice in the Stripes (Division I) with the 1912 Boston Red Sox & 1914 Boston Braves. I also questioned if I was biting off more than I can chew, and actually went along the league layout and thought of sacrificing some teams to make it easier on me, but I think each team (even the 1944 St.Louis Browns) will bring out interesting story-lines & twists to the season. Teams like the 1984 Tigers would probably get hammered if they are stuck with nothing but .620/.630 and above winning percentages, so that's why teams such as the Browns, 37' Giants, 62' & 76' Dodgers, 98' Red Sox, 80' Royals, and 98' Padres are involved as well. The wife encouraged me to keep all 48, she knew that I would regret it, if I made cuts.
Like I have said before, I will have more information in a future post on this project.
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