Welcome back to the 6th season of Random Champs & Chumps!  Its been a while since I ran the league, but I have a little more time now with the holiday season here. 

In Random Champs & Chumps,  owners have all the fun of building a solid team from a random pool of players, with the added challenge of having to pick 75% of the roster from a pool of teams that finished at or under .500.

Each owner will be given four random pools of teams from 1964-2013. These pools are NL and AL leagues for a given season. For example, you might get the following draw:

NL 1977
AL 2003
NL 1987
NL 1966

After receiving four random leagues, each owner must choose one league to designate as their “Champs league.” The rest of the groups will be designated as “Chumps leagues.”

You may build your team using players from any team that finished over .500 in your Champs league (these players are referred to as Champs) and players from any team that finished at* or under .500 in your Chumps leagues (these players are referred to as Chumps).  Each roster must have exactly six Champs with the rest of the roster composed of Chumps. At least six players must be chosen from each remaining chump league. Players may not be twisted. You must use the players from the years you draw.

If a player you wish to draft split time between leagues, you may not use that player's full season.  However if you are considering the full season of a player who split time between two of your chump teams, or two of your champ teams, then you may use the full season. 

*New Rule:  Previously, teams that finished at exactly .500 were off limits.  As a result of feedback from our managers, players from these teams will now be considered eligible chumps.

League Number: MLB 107779

$100M Cap
No AAA
No DH
No WW
No Trades
No Clones
Live OK, not required
Stadium- Choose a ballpark that one of your players called home.

Standard 24 team league.

I will send out a league number when we have at least 10 owners that have signed up. Also, I will ask one of the first several HOF owners that sign on to randomize me.

Also, if anyone remembers who won season 5 will you let me know? 

So lets get started building that team!

Special thanks to alleyviper for keeping records for the first four seasons!

Owners: Big_T; thaneoffife; mulder; coachgreat1; 2chair; winterhawk; horus_6; alleyviper; llcoach; dippedncrack; dlchow; national; cholatse; finn2030; bklynbruzer; gardenald; sakensei; splitter24; hoopsrus; reddtrain; specsman; toddcommish; fatboydad54; puttys_cubez

Champs & Chumps Hall of Fame Wall
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Season 1:
League #: MLB92126
Winner: ddodge02
Runner up: thebubbaq

Season 2:
League #: MLB93583
Winner: alleyviper
Runner up: mnfnkdstny

Season 3: 
League #: MLB94847
Winner: pecota_redux
Runner up: coachgreat1

Season 4:
League #: MLB96312
Winner: pecota_redux
Runner up: covman2003
 

I'm back! I've always liked this theme!

Count me in - this is a great theme! Thanks...

Also, i'm pretty sure Pecota redux won season 5, but I have no idea who the runner up was (it might have been me, but it was 2 years ago now, so I don't remember!)

An old favorite so I am in

Wow, I was actually thinking about how I enjoyed this league a few days ago. 2 years has flown by. I'm in Big_T. 

I am in

Welcome back, thaneoffife.  I think you have participated in every season thus far.  Here is your random draw for season 6:

1. 2011 AL
2. 2001 NL
3. 1994 NL
4. 1972 NL

Good to have you back, Kentol.  Here is you random draw:

1. 1980 NL
2. 1972 AL
3. 2010 NL
4. 2005 AL

Sure

Welcome back, mulder.  You got an interesting draw. 

1. 1995 AL
2. 1995 NL
3. 1966 NL
4. 1983 NL

Welcome back, coachgreat1.  See what you can do with this draw:

1. 1966 AL
2. 1996 NL
3. 2005 NL
4. 1989 NL

I would like a spot.

Welcome horus_6.  Here is your draw:

1. 1998 NL
2. 2006 NL
3. 1965 AL
4. 1984 AL

Thanks for joining, 2chair.  Here is your draw:

1. 1992 NL
2. 1986 NL
3. 1986 AL
4. 1978 NL