All Time Greats Coming Soon.

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All time Greats from 1900 to 2008 for historical gamers is now available ...

The "All Time Greats" database has been constructed to my personal preference of playing "era" baseball. That is, each of the 36 rosters that come with this database represents a particular team taken from an era close to that teams particular best won/lost percentage in history. Since newer teams can not compete either with enough greats to fill a roster or have never really had a great season, they have been replaced by teams who have. For example, among these replacement teams you will find the old Philidelphia Athletics ; (circa 1930's)and the Washington Senators; (circa 1930's)and the St. Louis Browns; (circa 1940's). Obviously, there are several teams who have had multiple great seasons over several eras. Some of these multiple era dynasties are included but assigned to different cities.

Hence, you will find the NY Giants playing in New Jersey as the New Jersey BlackSox. The reason they play in New Jersey is because the AL Eastern Division New York Yankees (circa 1990 to 2007) and the NL Eastern Division Brooklyn Bridegrooms; circa 1948 to 1959 (alias Dodgers) play in New York. (A note about the BlackSox - ; circa 1900 to 1920 - this NL Eastern Division team is a banjo hitting bunch that would hit and steal the cover off your grand-mothers baseball and slam the door in the face of your own hitters behind the great arms of Christy Mathewson and Joe McGinnity. This team always does well and if your playing in the National League, they will drive you nuts with their nickel and dime style of play).

Playing with this "ERA" league means that if you want a Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, Ty Cobb, etc., your going to have to scout the "Free Agent" pool and deal with "contract negotiations." This means you will ususally pay through the nose in order to sign up some super greats. However, there are tons of bargains to be found and sometimes great players will play for peanuts depending upon the year chosen in the League Manager menu. By the way, the majority of really great players are not assigned to any team - they are "free agents." The doors are wide open. Yet each team in is awesome and fiercely competitive on its own. Imagine how tough it gets if you let the A/I draft players from the FA pool! This league is not for the faint of heart or for those (like me) who hate to lose!

"The All Time Greats" includes every notable player from their single greatest season from 1900 to 2008. Ratings based upon player's whole career - the averages tell no lies! All data extracted from Lehman's.

The now completed "All Time Greats" database includes well over four thousand of baseball's greatest players ranging from 1900 to 2008.

Each player has been selected based on his best overall single season performance. In some cases, this has made for some tough decisions. However, batting average and/or total bases and RBI's or Stolen Bases have been tie breakers. In rare cases, the player's age has made the difference. But who really cares if you only have to import a few custom players and not hundreds or thousands?

With the exception of a few players, each player's year and the team he played for will be clearly identified. This will make roster creations a snap and a half! Now, anyone can create custom historical leagues, divisions, teams and rosters in a dramatically reduced length of time.

In an instant, compared to what you have to otherwise endure now, you will be able to create teams with their "All-Time" greatest lineups, or best teams and lineups by the decade or any other era.

Ever wonder who would be all time single season home run hitter? Would it be Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, Hank Greenberg, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Micky Mantle, Ryan Howard, Roger Maris, Harmon Killebrew, Hack Wilson, Willie Mays, Jose Canseco or any one of a dozen others? Or how about the single seasons best batting average? Would it be George Sisler, Ty Cobb, Wade Boggs, Pete Rose, Icherio, Ted Williams, Albert Pujois, Jeff Bagwell, or any one of a dozen other greats? How about single season strikeout king? Roger Clemens, Sandy Koufax, Walter Johnson, Nolan Ryan, Russ Ford, Jack Pfiester, Bret Saberhagen, etc? Now, you will have opportunity to play the all greats versus the all time greats and find out who is the king. I have played several seasons and there are surprises every time - the outcomes are never really the same.

For example, you might create the All-Time great Cincinnati Red's lineup ...
(C) J. Bench (1972); (1b) T Kluszewski (1954); (2b) Joe Morgan (1975); (SS) B Larkin (1996); (3b) Heine Groh (1917); (Lf) G Foster (1977); (Cf) Cy Seymour (1905); (Rf) F Robinson (1962); (SP) Bucky Walters (1939); (RP) Danny Graves (2000) - although I'd prefer (SP) T Seaver and (RP) R Dibble myself.

The possibilities are endless ... if there are a few players left out or, if you are unhappy with the particular year selected for a certain player, you can easily import him from Lehman's and do as you please with those whom you don't like. You can adjust player ratings as you like and attach player photos when and where you want them.

Follow the link at the bottom of my post in the MODS/ROSTER forum (All-Time Greats thread) to download a free copy of this amazing All-Time Greats database.

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