Help Me Choose a Franchise Team (Official Thread)

[IndianSummer]

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PNC and then a toss up between the 30 yr old Globe Life park and Camden yards.

With that being said, I haven’t been to every park yet.

Wow….24, I am jealous too

[bkrich83]

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PNC and then a toss up between the 30 yr old Globe Life park and Camden yards.

With that being said, I haven’t been to every park yet.

Wow….24, I am jealous too

Actually it's 23 (current stadiums),I miscounted. My total is 26 but 3 (Candlestick, Qualcomm, previous Yankee Stadium) are no longer around or in use and Oakland is about to add to that list. When you're old like I am you get a lot of opportunities. I also travelled a lot for work back in the day, and when you're on the road by yourself, there's nothing better to do than catch a major league baseball game.

Camden is in my top 5 for sure, and imo has the best food of any I've been to.

[Instant C1a55ic]

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Choose Colorado

Only trick is, is to build a winning team the way they do it. I have tried, and failed so many times. Here are my rules:

-Can't sign any big free agent position unless they are past age 30, can NEVER sign big FA pitching.
-Pitchers: FA, or return trade capital, can not be above 75 ovr
-No players with A potential can be traded for, or signed in FA. Only way is to draft them
-Big extensions are allowed, however cannot have more than 3 for the entire team. Every offseason you have to do a dice roll, or random number selection. I do 1-10. Anything 7 or above, player has to be dealt.
-Coaches can be no higher than B, so they have to have a negative towards an attribute.

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[IndianSummer]

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Actually it's 23 (current stadiums),I miscounted. My total is 26 but 3 (Candlestick, Qualcomm, previous Yankee Stadium) are no longer around or in use and Oakland is about to add to that list. When you're old like I am you get a lot of opportunities. I also travelled a lot for work back in the day, and when you're on the road by yourself, there's nothing better to do than catch a major league baseball game.

Camden is in my top 5 for sure, and imo has the best food of any I've been to.

I never thought about the parks that have closed.
Sportsman’s Park, Busch Stadium cookie cutter, Arlington stadium, Globe Life and I will have Oakland to add as well.

[mrsaito]

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When you're old like I am you get a lot of opportunities. I also travelled a lot for work back in the day, and when you're on the road by yourself, there's nothing better to do than catch a major league baseball game.

I’m old too. I had the privilege of seeing a game at Wrigley Field in 1981, before they added lights, Jumbotrons and all of the other modern stuff.

Of course it was a day game. 😎

[smcamp3]

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Choose Colorado

Only trick is, is to build a winning team the way they do it. I have tried, and failed so many times. Here are my rules:

-Can't sign any big free agent position unless they are past age 30, can NEVER sign big FA pitching.
-Pitchers: FA, or return trade capital, can not be above 75 ovr
-No players with A potential can be traded for, or signed in FA. Only way is to draft them
-Big extensions are allowed, however cannot have more than 3 for the entire team. Every offseason you have to do a dice roll, or random number selection. I do 1-10. Anything 7 or above, player has to be dealt.
-Coaches can be no higher than B, so they have to have a negative towards an attribute.

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I've been considering them. Being a Reds fan, Cincinnati is the perfect team to be this year but I'm too invested in them in real life. Colorado is so bad but Nolan Jones is a young star, a couple good prospects, zero good pitchers. All shootouts.

[jcar0725]

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I've been considering them. Being a Reds fan, Cincinnati is the perfect team to be this year but I'm too invested in them in real life. Colorado is so bad but Nolan Jones is a young star, a couple good prospects, zero good pitchers. All shootouts.

I'm using colorado, still in year 1. It's a great challenge for sure LOL.

[bkrich83]

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I’m old too. I had the privilege of seeing a game at Wrigley Field in 1981, before they added lights, Jumbotrons and all of the other modern stuff.

Of course it was a day game. 😎

I didn't get to Wrigley until after the lights had been installed. That said I've never been to a night game there.

[smcamp3]

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I'm using colorado, still in year 1. It's a great challenge for sure LOL.

You make any trades to rebuild more?

[jcar0725]

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You make any trades to rebuild more?

I traded Ryan McMahan and Brendan Rodgers in separate package deals for young pitching help for the future. And basically gave away Kris Bryant for nothing so I can clear salary for 2025.

[FluffyTonka]

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I traded Ryan McMahan and Brendan Rodgers in separate package deals for young pitching help for the future. And basically gave away Kris Bryant for nothing so I can clear salary for 2025.

I'm using rockies and traded rogers too lol... who'd you trade bryant to? i might do something similar, since he barely hits for me.

[kinsmen7]

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I'm using rockies and traded rogers too lol... who'd you trade bryant to? i might do something similar, since he barely hits for me.

Nice to see a few other slogging through the muck with the Rockies!

In all of my years of playing the show franchise, my worst record was 72-90 with the A’s.

Early days still for me in year one, but with a 4-17 record, there’s a solid chance I’m about to suffer through the most painfully enjoyable season that I’ve ever had.

No major trades yet as I try not to go wild until around draft time, but this could be the year that I start dumping players and waiving the white flag early 😂

[tessl]

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Midwest Farmers. Farmers logos available - sunrise windmill on ballcap and Farmers on jersey.

Relocate whatever team you choose. If you have a favorite division I'd take a team from that division.

Play your home games in Country Mile Field which is also in the vault.

[Bgrd1080]

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Is there a middle of the road or better team with a promising top prospect and maybe a bigger homerun bat I could start with?

[ChaseB]

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Is there a middle of the road or better team with a promising top prospect and maybe a bigger homerun bat I could start with?

Nationals? You have Gallo who probably outplays his ratings and then Dylan Crews is another big bat that will be up soon. They're not middle of the road though, more bottom tier.