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[Scholes]

Alright, so I have 2 slots left in the Premier League for my Diamond Mind All-Time Franchise All Star League. Help me out and pick two.

Cincinnati Reds:

LINEUP

2B Joe Morgan
LF Pete Rose
RF Frank Robinson
1B Ted Kluszewski
C Johnny Bench
CF Eric Davis
3B Tony Perez
DH Edd Roush
SS Barry Larkin

ROTATION

LH Noodles Hahn
RH Carl Mays
LH Don Gullett
RH Jim Maloney
RH Gary Nolan

KEY RELIEVERS

RH Clay Carroll
RH Rob Dibble
RH Red Lucas
RH Pedro Borbon

KEY RESERVES

OF Pete Browning
C Ernie Lombardi
OF Vada Pinson

Pittsburgh Pirates

LINEUP

SS Honus Wagner
DH Arky Vaughan
LF Ralph Kiner
RF Willie Stargell
CF Roberto Clemente
3B Bill Madlock
2B George Grantham
1B Jake Beckley
C Smokey Burgess

ROTATION

RH Deacon Phillippe
RH Babe Adams
LH Wilbur Cooper
RH Howie Camnitz
RH Pud Galvin

KEY RELIEVERS

RH Roy Face
RH Dave Giusti
LH Rod Scurry
RH Kent Tekulve

KEY RESERVES

OF Dave Parker
3B Pie Traynor
OF Paul Waner

Atlanta Braves

LINEUP

CF Hugh Duffy
DH Chipper Jones
3B Eddie Mathews
1B Hank Aaron
RF Dave Justice
LF Dale Murphy
C Joe Torre
SS Rafael Furcal
2B Felix Millan

ROTATION

LH Warren Spahn
RH Greg Maddux
RH John Smoltz
LH Tom Glavine
RH Joe Niekro

KEY RELIEVERS

RH Lew Burdette
RH Cecil Upshaw
LH John Rocker
RH Gene Garber

KEY RESERVES

OF Andruw Jones
SS Rabbit Maranville
OF Wally Berger

Detroit Tigers

LINEUP

CF Ty Cobb
2B Charlie Gehringer
DH Harry Heilmann
1B Hank Greenberg
RF Al Kaline
LF Kirk Gibson
SS Alan Trammell
3B George Kell
C Johnny Bassler

ROTATION

LH Hal Newhouser
RH Bill Donovan
RH Denny McClain
LH Mickey Lolich
RH Jack Morris

KEY RELIEVERS

RH Virgil Trucks
RH Mike Henneman
LH Hank Aguirre
LH Willie Hernandez

KEY RESERVES

OF Sam Crawford
2B Lou Whitaker
1B Norm Cash


There you have it. Only two can join the big boys: Boston, New York, Oakland, San Francisco, St. Louis and Los Angeles.

[gstelmack]

Atlanta + Cincy.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I'd have to agree with gstelmack, Atlanta & Cincinnati from those choices.
Detroit would be my 3rd choice.

[I. J. Reilly]

My two cents:

Reds
Tigers
Braves
Pirates

[gstelmack]

I don't see how you can put any of those teams over just the Braves' pitching staff. That's quite the rotation they have set up there.

[Radii]

Cincinnati seems a no brainer to me, Detroit second in a tough decision.

The other three after Cinci seem about equal. Pittsburgh's lineup is incredible, Atlanta's pitching staff is incredible + Hank Aaron, but I guess I'll rank Detroit second overall ahead of them for balance. I can't get past Cobb, Greenberg, Kaline and Denny McClain in their primes.

[Wolfpack]

Why not settle it on the field? Quick double-elimination-type setup. Pair them up, then winners play winners for one spot. Losers play to send one team down. Loser of the winners game and winner of the losers game play for the second top division spot with the loser of that one joining the loser of the losers game in the second division.

[rowech]

Atlanta and Cincy

[Scholes]

Why not settle it on the field? Quick double-elimination-type setup. Pair them up, then winners play winners for one spot. Losers play to send one team down. Loser of the winners game and winner of the losers game play for the second top division spot with the loser of that one joining the loser of the losers game in the second division.

Okay, so I did exactly this, but I did best of five series for all of the matchups.

Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh in the first round, and Detroit beat Atlanta.

Atlanta beat Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati cemented their place in the Premier League by beating Detroit.

That set up a rematch of the first round series with the winner moving to the Premier League.

The series went to five games, with each team blowing each other out every other game.

Game five was a thriller, including two rain delays of 28 and 66 minutes, with the Tigers eventually prevailing in the 10th inning on a Hank Greenberg RBI single. (This was a computer simmed game). Cincy and Detroit it is.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
2007 Braves 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 8 1 7 2
2007 Tigers 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 9 2 7 1

Braves AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Duffy,H rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 1 0 0
Justice,D ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Berger,W lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0
Jones,Cpr 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 4 0 0
Aaron,H 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 12 2 1 0
Murphy,Dle dh 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0
Jones,A cf 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 3 0 0 0
Lopez,J c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0
Furcal,R ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 6 0 0
Millan,F 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 4 4 0 0
Mathews,E ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Maranville,R 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Spahn,W p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0
Wohlers,M p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
36 3 8 3 1 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 20 1 0

Tigers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Cobb,Ty cf 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 2 0 1 0
Gehringer,G 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 5 0 0
Heilmann,H dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Greenberg,H 1b 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 9 1 0 0
Kaline,Al rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 0 0 0
Crawford,S lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 1 2 0 0
Kell,G 3b 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 3 0 0
Trammell,A ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 3 1 0
Freehan,B c 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 9 0 0 0
Newhouser,H p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Lopez,Aur p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
35 4 9 4 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 15 2 0

Braves INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Spahn,W L 9.1 8 4 4 3 1 108 70 37 0 0 0 0 2 3.86
Wohlers,M 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 13 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.2 9 4 4 4 2 121 76 40 0 0 0 0 2

Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Newhouser,H 7.0 7 3 3 3 4 112 68 30 0 0 0 0 0 3.86
Lopez,Aur W 3.0 1 0 0 1 3 40 24 10 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
10.0 8 3 3 4 7 152 92 40 0 0 0 0 1

ATL: Mathews,E batted for Millan,F in the 9th
Maranville,R inserted at 2b in the 9th
Justice,D batted for Duffy,H in the 10th
Justice,D moved to rf in the 10th

GWRBI: Greenberg,H
Temperature: 59, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: in from right at 10 MPH,
Rain Delays: 28 and 66 minutes.




Thanks for all of your thoughts, maybe I'll do a dynasty on this league in the future.