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gstatman · 06-03-2011, 01:40 AM

Greatest Team Tournament - Part One: The 1970s

Have you ever watched a great team play, perhaps your favorite team, and wondered how that team stacked up against other great teams of that era? How about how that team would measure against the all-time great teams? Could a one-year wonder capture the flag over Murderers’ Row or the Big Red Machine? Even great teams that stay intact for years have that signature season. But, could that signature season be good enough to beat a ragtag bunch of players that had the talent to win the pennant, but just fell short?

The Greatest Team Tournament will look to test the mettle of those perennially great teams with flashes in the pan, other great teams from other eras, and consistently good teams that never got over the hump. Greats will share the field across seasons and eras. Some teams may even face their past or future selves from another year!

The tournament starts with the Preliminary Round, which is run decade-by-decade from the 1900s to the 1990s and will determine the best teams of each ten-year period in a 162-game regular season and three rounds of playoffs. The tournament will culminate in a 64-team, 162-game Elimination Round, where teams will play 162 games against each other to see who will advance. The winner will be crowned the greatest team in the 20th century.

Our first decade will be the 1970s (1970-1979). We take 32 of the best teams between 1970 and 1979 and pit them against each other to find out which team is the decade's best. All 20 World Series finalists are represented, as well as 12 other teams that came up short.

Will one of the Big Red Machine teams of Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, and Tony Perez win out over the great Thurman Munson-led Yankee teams or the Reggie Jackson-led Athletic dynasty of the ‘70s? Will the Earl of Baltimore helm his team to the title, will Tommy Lasorda’s family in Los Angeles win, or will it be the “We Are Family” Pirates with Willie Stargell? Will the Phillies or Royals teams that just missed the Series catch lightning in a bottle and finally beat the Reds, Dodgers, or Yankees teams that held them back in real life?

Coming up in the next post: the format of the Greatest Team Tournament for the 1970s.

06-03-2011, 01:40 AM	#1
gstatman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 24	Greatest Team Tournament Greatest Team Tournament - Part One: The 1970s Have you ever watched a great team play, perhaps your favorite team, and wondered how that team stacked up against other great teams of that era? How about how that team would measure against the all-time great teams? Could a one-year wonder capture the flag over Murderers’ Row or the Big Red Machine? Even great teams that stay intact for years have that signature season. But, could that signature season be good enough to beat a ragtag bunch of players that had the talent to win the pennant, but just fell short? The Greatest Team Tournament will look to test the mettle of those perennially great teams with flashes in the pan, other great teams from other eras, and consistently good teams that never got over the hump. Greats will share the field across seasons and eras. Some teams may even face their past or future selves from another year! The tournament starts with the Preliminary Round, which is run decade-by-decade from the 1900s to the 1990s and will determine the best teams of each ten-year period in a 162-game regular season and three rounds of playoffs. The tournament will culminate in a 64-team, 162-game Elimination Round, where teams will play 162 games against each other to see who will advance. The winner will be crowned the greatest team in the 20th century. Our first decade will be the 1970s (1970-1979). We take 32 of the best teams between 1970 and 1979 and pit them against each other to find out which team is the decade's best. All 20 World Series finalists are represented, as well as 12 other teams that came up short. Will one of the Big Red Machine teams of Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, and Tony Perez win out over the great Thurman Munson-led Yankee teams or the Reggie Jackson-led Athletic dynasty of the ‘70s? Will the Earl of Baltimore helm his team to the title, will Tommy Lasorda’s family in Los Angeles win, or will it be the “We Are Family” Pirates with Willie Stargell? Will the Phillies or Royals teams that just missed the Series catch lightning in a bottle and finally beat the Reds, Dodgers, or Yankees teams that held them back in real life? Coming up in the next post: the format of the Greatest Team Tournament for the 1970s.