60s-1.5 team challenge-week 1 results/meet the owners

I have a question?

Ron Fairly has played every season in the 60's with the Dodgers, how come he is on the Angels roster???

E-1 if you are scoring. Ron Fairly should have been assigned to the Dodgers. I will update the salary impact and Ron will be a member of the Dodgers/Athletic club.

KaiserWill4 is up to pick.

6-JJB92-Milwaukee Braves
4-KaiserWill4-Cincinnati Reds-Kansas City/Oakland pitchers
12-DWG-Detroit Tigers and Houston Astro pitchers
1=LMBombers - Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies hitters
11-Davesodu-Boston Red Sox and Angels pitchers
9-YCBill - San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros hitters
10-Cabrera24 - Los Angeles Dodgers and Kansas City/Oakland hitters
2-Drabb9529 NY Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies Pitching
7-Nol15736 - Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians Pitching
8-MemphisJohn - St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs hitters
5-BurleyNorseman-Baltimore Orioles (via proxy) New York Mets Pitching (via proxy)
3-NewGuy1912–Minnesota Twins and Chicago Cubs pitchers

6-JJB92-Milwaukee Braves-Washington Senators hitting
4-KaiserWill4-Cincinnati Reds-Kansas City/Oakland pitchers
12-DWG-Detroit Tigers and Houston Astro pitchers
1=LMBombers - Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies hitters
11-Davesodu-Boston Red Sox and Angels pitchers
9-YCBill - San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros hitters
10-Cabrera24 - Los Angeles Dodgers and Kansas City/Oakland hitters
2-Drabb9529 NY Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies Pitching
7-Nol15736 - Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians Pitching
8-MemphisJohn - St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs hitters
5-BurleyNorseman-Baltimore Orioles (via proxy) New York Mets Pitching (via proxy)
3-NewGuy1912–Minnesota Twins and Chicago Cubs pitchers

Divisions based on salaries available to each team

East:

Los Angeles Dodgers-Athletic hitters: $166,460,000
Chicago White Sox-Phillies hitters: $165,240,000
Milwaukee Braves-Senators hitters: $149,070,000
San Francisco Giants-Astros hitters: $143,020,000

Central:

Minnesota Twins-Cubs pitching: $142,170,000
St. Louis Cardinals-Cubs hitting: $140,740,000
Detroit Tigers-Astros pitching: $137,920,000
Cincinnati Reds-Oakland pitching: $128,790,000

West:
Pittsburgh Pirates-Indians pitching: $127,120,000
New York Yankees-Phillies pitching: $126,030,000
Baltimore Orioles-Mets pitching: $125,600,000
Boston Red Sox-Angels pitching: $123,220,000

A few reminders---please be sure to pick the stadium of your primary team or the supplement squad.

Players associated with the following teams will be available for the mid-season draft:
Los Angeles Angels hitters (please note that Ron Fairly is listed incorrectly as a member of the Angels on the roster sheet--that is not correct. Ron is property of the Dodgers)
Washington Senators pitchers
Cleveland Indians hitters
New York Mets hitters

Teams in the East can use up to $1,500,000 to acquire up to 2 players
Teams in the Central can use up to $4,000,000 to acquire additional players--the funds can be used for one or more players based on owners discretion
Teams in the West can use up to $9,000,000 to acquire additional players

The season starts 2 days after the draft. Since rosters are already known, we will be using the frenzy option. If you are assigned a player who is not available to you, please drop them as soon as possible.

There are no trade restrictions--trades between divisional rivals are allowed.
Enjoy the preseason.

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I'm in. The league is full and ready to go!!

Thanks to everyone for your efforts in getting everything finalized. Everyone is in/ready to draft. I've assigned teams to their respective division based on team salaries. The draft will occur tonight and the season starts on Saturday night. This will provide 2 full days to finalize your roster and trades before the games start.

Good luck to everyone and may the cards be in your favor.

Games played: 18
Interesting fact---the sun never sets on this league. With players living in cities ranging from Newcastle United Kingdom to Honolulu Hawaii, daylight is always available to someone in this league.

The first round of divisional play concluded last night---here's a look at the league after 18 games along with an introduction to the owners who accepted the challenge of managing 1.5 teams from the 1960s player set.

East---this is the division with the four highest player salaries available to them--the high rent district.

Cabrera24 returns from the 70s league to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers team supplemented by the Kansas City/Oakland Athletic hitters. This is the 26th team from the 60s set lead by Cabrera24----5 of the clubs made the playoffs and two were champions. The club is off to an exceptional start with a league best record of 14-4. The Dodgers are tied for the best run differential at +29. Don Sutton is off to a 4-0 start--1.41 ERA/.78 WHIP and Sandy Koufax is 3-0. 3.75 ERA/1.42 WHIP. Don Drysdale is 3-1 with an ERA of 1.86/WHIP OF 1.00.

YCBill returns to the theme league circuit. YC has led 15 teams with an impressive win percentage of .519, 6 playoff teams and 3 championships. YC leads the San Francisco Giant team supplemented by the Houston Astros offensive squad. The Giants are 12-6 and are tied for the league best run differential of +29. The 4 primary starters are an impressive 12-4 with the highest ERA being 3.07 (Mike McCormick) and best being Juan Marichal (2.27). The offense is lead by WIllie McCovey .333/.377/.614, Rusty Staub (.359/.452/.491 and Orlando Cepeda .409/.435/.591. What's scary is Willie Mays hasn't started hitting yet--.246/.329/.449.

LMBombers is leading the Chicago White Sox team with the Philadelphia Phillies hitting squad. LM has led 59 clubs using hte 60s player set of which 23 teams have made the playoffs and 6 took home the crown. The White Sox are currently 7-11, 7 games off the pace. Gary Peters was released after going 1-2 with an ERA of 9.45/WHIP of 2.03. On the bright side, Tony Gonzales leads the club in hitting at .292/.306/.542. The White Sox have only made 4 errors in the first 18 games--3 by Nellie Fox which is a surprise.

JJB92 had the first pick in the team draft and went with the Milwaukee Braves and supplemented the club with the hitters of the Washington Senators. This is JJB's 6th team from the 60s--3 of the first 5 made the playoffs but he is still seeking his first championship. The season has not been kind to the Braves as evidenced by a record of 3-15 and a league worst run differential of -48, by far the worst in the league. Supposed staff ace Phil Niekro has managed to lost his first 5 starts despite a respectable ERA of 3.79. Lew Burdette 0-2, 4.91/1.91 and Ron Reed 0-2 7.25/1.83 and Bob Hendley 23.60, 3.75 have all been released. Things can only get better I suppose.

Central Division

KaiserWill4 is making his debut using the 60s Superstar set. He leads the Cincinnati Reds team supplemented by the KC/Oakland Athletics pitching squad. The Reds are off to a nice start at 12-6. Gerry Arrigo--a .75 pitcher--has been involved in a lot of outcomes---Gerry is 4-3 with 2 saves in the 9 games he's appeared in. Gerry has an ERA of 2.25/WHIP of .95 and qualifies as an early surprise. The center field posiiton has been impressive---it's a platoon situation with Vada Pinso pacing the offense (.460/.460/.595) and Tommy Harper supplementing that at .487/.548/.784. The team run differential is only +3 but the Reds are feasting on right handed pitching winning 7 of 8 games.

DWG joins the theme league fun with his entry of the Detroit Tigers team/Houston Astros pitching. DWG has led 24 clubs from the 60s set making the playoffs twice and winning championships both times. The Tigers are 11-7, just one game behind the Reds. Bill Freehan has paced the offense--he leads the league with 7 home runs and has already driven in 22 runs. His slash line is .313/.387/.672. Willie Horton has added to the offensive fun--he's at .333/400/.704. The Tigers can look forward to improved production from Al Kaline---Al is only hitting .219/.286/.453 so as he improves, so should the Tigers.

MemphisJohn joins the theme league fun---leading the St. Louis Cardinals team supplemented with the Chicago Cubs hitters. Memphis has led 40 previous teams from the 60s, making the playoffs an impressive 25 times and winning 10 championships. The Cards/Cubs are off to an 8-10 start. Bob Gibson is off to a good start at 2-1 with an ERA of 3.02 but a WHIP of only .89. On the other end of the spectrum, Steve Carlton is off to a tough start at 0-3 5.94/1.62. Offensively, the third base combo of Ken Boyer (.268/.400/.711) and Ron Santo (.306/.457/.472) have made it tough to choose a starter at 3rd base. Curt Flood is at .321/.337/.469 while Ernie Banks has launched 5 home runs in the first 18 games.

With the last pick in the team draft, NewGuy1912 selected the Minnesota Twins and supplemented them with the Chicago Cubs pitching. While the pick looked good, the results have not matched the hope. The Twins are off to a 5-13 start for NewGuy who is making his 60s superstar debut. Camilo Pascual was released after going 0-3 with an 8.27/1.69 line. Offensively Harmon Killebrew has hit 5 home runs to pace the offense. Jim Merritt has pitched well 2-1 2.68/.76.

West: The 4 teams with the lowest salary available to them.

The Baltimore Orioles team/New York Mets pitchers are led by BurleyNorseman and lead the division with a record of 11-7. Burley won the 70s team challenge and is leading his 3rd team from the 60s set. Burley reached the playoffs once and is seeking his first championship in this set. Jerry Koosman is off to a good start--he's 2-0 with an ERA of 2.31/WHIP of .95. Jim Gentile is off to a good start--he's at .307/.463/.565 with 5 home runs and 18 walks. Whitey Herzog is at .310/.417/.310 helping the offense. The Oriole/Mets have a run differential of +15.

Drabb9529 leads the New York Yankee team/Philadelphia Phillies pitchers--the club is 10-8, just one game off the pace. Drabb is making his debut in the 60s player set. Chris Short is off to a good start--he's 2-1 with a 1.87/1.07 ERA/WHIP. Mickey Mantle is off to a .271/.434/.424 start so as he improves, so should the offense. Roger Maris is off to a tough start--he's at .159/.234/.362. Roy White is making it tough to keep him out of the lineup--he's at .417/.462/.583 thus far.

Nol15736 leads the Pittsburgh Pirates team/Cleveland Indians pitchers. Nol has led 10 previous teams in the 60s set but is still seeking his first playoff appearance. Teams have to be careful trying to take the extra base on the Pirates offense---the Pirates acquired Reggie Jackson from the Dodger/Athletics which allows Nol to have an outfield of Roberto Clemente -6, Reggie Jackson -4 and Willie Stargell -4 if desired. Sam McDowell is off to a great start--he's aat 3-1 but has 52 strike outs in 38 innings. Roberto Clemente is packing the offense---he's at .333/.373/.580. Reggie Jackson has contributed 6 home runs and 16 RBI. The Pirates are currently 9-9 with a run differntial of +1.

Davesodu leads the Boston Red Sox team/Los Angeles Angels pitching staff. Davesode has led 5 teams from the 60s set making the playoffs 2 times and winning one championship. The Red Sox are 6-12 paced by Dean Chance and his 3-2 record 2.19/1.05 WHIP. Rico Petrocelli has launched 6 home runs/driving in 12 runs thus far. Carl Yastremski is off to a good start too--he's hit 4 home runs and driven in 12. THe Red Sox have a run differntial of -9 thus far.