The "MUST HAVE PLAYERS" who never get used any more ...

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The "MUST HAVE PLAYERS" who never get used any more ...

PostFri Sep 21, 2018 5:08 pm

I've been playing since ATG 1 and back in the day with the player pool being so small there were guys you could rarely get on your team because everyone wanted them. Nowadays most of them are sitting in free agency 95% of the time. Here are some of the guys off the top of my head:

Robin Yount, Ellis Valentine, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Jim Kaat, Frank White, Johnny Evers, Gary Carter, Pete Alexander.

Who else am I missing???
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Re: The "MUST HAVE PLAYERS" who never get used any more ...

PostFri Sep 21, 2018 6:03 pm

Felipe Alou, Woodie Fryman, the oft-injured Eddie Collins
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Re: The "MUST HAVE PLAYERS" who never get used any more ...

PostSat Sep 22, 2018 12:03 pm

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Re: The "MUST HAVE PLAYERS" who never get used any more ...

PostSat Sep 22, 2018 12:32 pm

Mays, Mantle and Alexander are always used and not available in caps over 100 mil.
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Re: The "MUST HAVE PLAYERS" who never get used any more ...

PostSat Sep 22, 2018 11:18 pm

J Alou as a platoon DH.
The nickel Dave Chalk and Solly Hoffman on the bench in every league.
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Re: The "MUST HAVE PLAYERS" who never get used any more ...

PostSun Sep 23, 2018 8:43 am

Going way back Ed Abbatichio (sp?) when he was .50 and played every position.
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Re: The "MUST HAVE PLAYERS" who never get used any more ...

PostSun Sep 23, 2018 10:22 am

Tex Hughson , Cecil Cooper , Home Run Baker , Lloyd Waner , Todd Worrell , to name a few .
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Re: The "MUST HAVE PLAYERS" who never get used any more ...

PostSun Sep 23, 2018 6:55 pm

In ATG II you had to put Yount as your first pick in the autodraft to have a chance of getting him.

I used Ripper Collins a lot in ATG II. Now, never. Steinfeldt and Dizzy Dean were almost always in use. Pete Rose.

I don't know that Mattingly ever got used much but now I never see him used outside of theme leagues

Kaat is still getting used and still overperforming.

Oil Can Boyd, Speer and Frock used much less frequently.

Mickey Cochrane. The cheap Coveleski. Guidry, Chris Short, Joe Birmingham, Mudcat Grant, Catfish Hunter, Don Wilson, Gene Garber, Blylevan, Roebuck, Fryman, Mel Harder, Max Bishop, Donie Bush, Jack Tobin.
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Re: The "MUST HAVE PLAYERS" who never get used any more ...

PostSun Sep 23, 2018 8:08 pm

In ATG1, once we figured it out, it was always Yount or Carter first. Mays and Aaron were close behind. For pitchers is was Kaat, Hughson, Fryman, Sadecki (I think he was in ATG1).


The good old days.


What hasn't changed? HAL being HAL. In the finals last night, against none other than the Last Druid. HAL calls an audible and decides to throw Andujar as the starter in game 2.

WTF??!!?@?@?@?#$%@#$@#%@#


I didn't set per game starters, my bad, but my rotation is Pete,Big Unit, Kaat,Andujar. HAL used Pete for game 1, why does Andujar get bumped up? Love it when a season comes down to HAL doing something like that. Now I get (potentially) two starts from my weakest link, against the best team and the best manager. Thanks a lot...

:?


...and now Kaat gets the injury roll that should have gone to Andujar. Done for the finals.
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Re: The "MUST HAVE PLAYERS" who never get used any more ...

PostMon Sep 24, 2018 8:37 am

Some great names from the ATG past. Tex Hughson, LOL, was it Munich Man that always used him and always got him to overperform?

Ripper, Dizzy, Oil Can, Speer some more good memories.
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