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Greatest Teams Tournament, 2007

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EVIL~! alkeiper

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Last year I ran a tournament of the greatest teams in MLB history. The '95 Cleveland Indians prevailed with a win in the finals over the '39 New York Yankees. I quite liked that tournament, and with the College World Series nearly upon us I'd like to try it again. The format is fairly simple. The 64 team field is divided into 16 four-team brackets. Each bracket is double-elimination. The 16 winners advance to Super Regionals, which are best-of-three affairs. The eight winners advance to the College World Series, but we'll have a different name for that.

 

I don't have the full brackets worked out, but here are the groupings I've worked out so far. We're taking the Regionals at face value this time, and trying to group teams mainly by geography.

 

BRONX Regional: '98 Yankees, '61 Yankees, '12 Giants, '54 Giants.

BROOKLYN Regional: '41 Dodgers, '55 Dodgers, '27 Yankees, '77 Yankees

QUEENS Regional: '69 Mets, '86 Mets, '39 Yankees, '53 Yankees

BOSTON Regional: '12 Red Sox, '46 Red Sox, '67 Red Sox, 2004 Red Sox

PHILADELPHIA Regional: '50 Phillies, '80 Phillies, '29 Athletics, '11 Athletics

CHICAGO Regional: '06 Cubs, '84 Cubs, '19 White Sox, 2005 White Sox

LOS ANGELES Regional: '63 Dodgers, '78 Dodgers, 2002 Angels, '98 Padres

OAKLAND Regional: '74 Athletics, '88 Athletics, 2002 Athletics, 2003 Giants

ST. LOUIS Regional: '34 Cardinals, '42 Cardinals, '67 Cardinals, '82 Cardinals

CLEVELAND Regional: '95 Indians, '54 Indians, '75 Reds, '40 Reds

PITTSBURGH Regional: '09 Pirates, '79 Pirates, '70 Orioles, '24 Senators

DETROIT Regional: '68 Tigers, '84 Tigers, '92 Blue Jays, '94 Expos

KANSAS CITY Regional: '85 Royals, 2001 Mariners, '82 Brewers, '65 Twins

ATLANTA Regional: '98 Braves, '57 Braves, '48 Braves, '14 Braves

HOUSTON Regional: '98 Astros, '99 Rangers, 01 Diamondbacks, '95 Rockies

MIAMI Regional: '97 Marlins, '04 Devil Rays, '32 Yankees, 2004 Cardinals

 

Any suggestions/comments?

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Smues

I certainly understand having the 98 Braves in there (that starting rotation was just ungodly good), but it just seems odd not having the 95 team.

 

Edit: And wouldn't the 48 and 14 teams be in the Boston regional?

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EVIL~! alkeiper
I certainly understand having the 98 Braves in there (that starting rotation was just ungodly good), but it just seems odd not having the 95 team.

 

Edit: And wouldn't the 48 and 14 teams be in the Boston regional?

Obviously there had to be a '90s Braves team in there. There were three teams that easily ranked on their own merits, as well as the '95 and '97 clubs when you consider the dynasty as a whole. Actually the '95 team is an underrated one, since they would probably have won 100+ games if not for the strike. I chose the '98 club simply due to their winning percentage, the highest in club history. 1993 was close but that team had their record inflated by a 13-0 mark against the Rockies.

 

You'll note the '57 team came from Milwaukee as well. The bottom line is that I wanted to keep all those Sox teams, and I felt it would make things simpler to do an All-Braves regional from all three cities. Some of the regionals aren't an exact representation of the area. It's just better to get the teams in that you need here and there, as you see in the Miami grouping.

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Smues
1993 was close but that team had their record inflated by a 13-0 mark against the Rockies.

 

Ahh yes I remember that fondly. I thought it was 10-0, but I knew we didn't lose a game all season to them. And considering we won the division by 1 game, I loved the Rockies back in 93.

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kkktookmybabyaway

Shittsburgh/Washington/Baltimore seems a bit of a stretch; Cleveland is closer to Shittsburgh than Cincinnati.

 

Bronx/Queens/Brooklyn? OMG EAST COAST BIAS~!

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Shittsburgh/Washington/Baltimore seems a bit of a stretch; Cleveland is closer to Shittsburgh than Cincinnati.

 

Bronx/Queens/Brooklyn? OMG EAST COAST BIAS~!

Yeah, but there's obvious ease in just putting the Ohio teams in against one another. Cleveland's closest MLB neighbor is Detroit. Sometimes you have to make concessions for the sake of putting everything together.

 

Oddly enough, my original conception had 16 NYC teams. I think my senses got the better of me since.

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