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webrian · 03-30-2016, 04:21 AM

Hi, gang ~

I have begun a 64-team Historical Exhibition tournament. I've hand-picked 64 of MLB's greatest single-season teams from 1919 to the present. I mostly skipped the "deadball era" because I wanted to break the 64 teams into 8 brackets and pick the teams almost evenly from 8 different decades/eras.

I intentionally steered clear of selecting too many teams from one franchise from the same decade. So, there's only two Yankees teams from the 1930s (1936, 1939), only one Dodgers team from the 1950s ... etc. I didn't want the 1932 Yankees playing the 1936 Yankees, or the 1953 Dodgers playing the 1955 Dodgers. Whenever possible, I tried to eliminate the possibility of a player having to play against his own self. Mostly, I succeeded.

I selected my "top" (or most interesting) 8 teams from each decade. I combined the 30s and 40s into one decade grouping and skipped teams from the WWII years (sorry, 1942 Cardinals fans).

I randomly put one team from each of the 8 decades into each bracket. Therefore, each bracket will have a representative from the 20s, 30s/40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00's. When you see my brackets, you'll know what I mean.

After randomly putting the eight 8-team brackets together, I divided them in two sections: 4 "old-timer teams" (20s-60s) and 4 "modern" teams (70s-00s) and then seeded the teams in each section 1-4.

Teams were seeded thusly: Number of wins + No. of playoff wins minus No. of playoff losses + 5 for winning the World Series and + 5 more for sweeping the World Series. For example, the 1976 Reds won 102 games, then went 7-0 in the postseason (109 points) and then won the World Series (114 points) and by a sweep as well (119 points).

No. 4 seeds start out against No. 1 seeds in a Best-of-Five format. No. 3 seeds take on No. 2 seeds also in a Best-of-Five.

After that, the winners play Best-of-Seven to determine which "old-timer" team and which "modern" team emerge to face each other for the Bracket Championship.

After all eight bracket championships are determined, I will then place those final eight champions into an All-Time Champions Bracket where every series will be Best-of-Seven.

See my next post for teams and brackets!

03-30-2016, 04:21 AM	#1
webrian Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 264	The Grinder: 64-team Historical Xibition Tourney! Hi, gang ~ I have begun a 64-team Historical Exhibition tournament. I've hand-picked 64 of MLB's greatest single-season teams from 1919 to the present. I mostly skipped the "deadball era" because I wanted to break the 64 teams into 8 brackets and pick the teams almost evenly from 8 different decades/eras. I intentionally steered clear of selecting too many teams from one franchise from the same decade. So, there's only two Yankees teams from the 1930s (1936, 1939), only one Dodgers team from the 1950s ... etc. I didn't want the 1932 Yankees playing the 1936 Yankees, or the 1953 Dodgers playing the 1955 Dodgers. Whenever possible, I tried to eliminate the possibility of a player having to play against his own self. Mostly, I succeeded. I selected my "top" (or most interesting) 8 teams from each decade. I combined the 30s and 40s into one decade grouping and skipped teams from the WWII years (sorry, 1942 Cardinals fans). I randomly put one team from each of the 8 decades into each bracket. Therefore, each bracket will have a representative from the 20s, 30s/40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00's. When you see my brackets, you'll know what I mean. After randomly putting the eight 8-team brackets together, I divided them in two sections: 4 "old-timer teams" (20s-60s) and 4 "modern" teams (70s-00s) and then seeded the teams in each section 1-4. Teams were seeded thusly: Number of wins + No. of playoff wins minus No. of playoff losses + 5 for winning the World Series and + 5 more for sweeping the World Series. For example, the 1976 Reds won 102 games, then went 7-0 in the postseason (109 points) and then won the World Series (114 points) and by a sweep as well (119 points). No. 4 seeds start out against No. 1 seeds in a Best-of-Five format. No. 3 seeds take on No. 2 seeds also in a Best-of-Five. After that, the winners play Best-of-Seven to determine which "old-timer" team and which "modern" team emerge to face each other for the Bracket Championship. After all eight bracket championships are determined, I will then place those final eight champions into an All-Time Champions Bracket where every series will be Best-of-Seven. See my next post for teams and brackets!