Bookend Twist XXVI is now in the playoffs... time for another chapter.

If you like researching teams, this league may be for you... Take any player in the WIS database from 1885-2014 who played for at least 2 seasons or for at least 2 teams... then take his first and last teams as listed in http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ and twist any player who appears on the 2 rosters. Your bookend player must be on your team and you can use any season of his.  No 200K exemptions... twist only the players that appear on the 2 rosters.
Using Babe Ruth as an example, your player pool would be from the 1914 Red Sox and 1935 Braves, twisted to any season of course. Players are only exclusive for the purpose of making teams and can appear on other team's rosters. Choose any stadium your bookend player called home at any point in his career.


BLACKLIST... the bookend players from the first 26 seasons are blacklisted as bookend players... they can still appear on rosters for this season.

Salary Cap $110M
No to AAA, WW, DH, clones, trades or live play
Injuries turned off 
Random realignment
Choose a home stadium of your bookend player

When signing up, list your bookend player's first & last teams/seasons

BLACKLIST (updated through season XXVI) 

Bert Adams
Mike Aldrete
Pete Alexander
Moises Alou
Hank Aguirre
Dwain Anderson 
Fred Anderson
Jason Anderson
Luis Aparicio
Danny Ardoin
Alex Arias
Billy Ashley
Bobby Avila 
Cha-Seung Baek
Jeff Bagwell
Jeff Bailey 
Sweetbreads Bailey
Homerun Baker
Steve Balboni
Win Ballou
Dave Bancroft
Jack Barry
Bill Bartley
Stan Baumgartner 
Don Baylor
Walter Beall 
Jim Beauchamp
Johnny Beazley
Beals Becker
Steve Bedrosian 
Harry Bemis
Gary Bennett
Heinie Berger
Geronimo Berroa
Dante Bichette
Mike Bielecki
Rivington Bisland
Paul Blair
Vida Blue
Hiram Bocachica
Ping Bodie
Bobby Bonds
Bobby Bonilla
Daryl Boston
Ken Boswell
Oil Can Boyd
Ken Boyer
Kitty Bransfield
Sid Bream
Rube Bressler
Herman Bronkie
Scott Brosius
Jim Brower 
Bobby Brown
Ollie Brown
Eric Bruntlett
Bill Buckner
Don Buford
Al Bumbry
Bob Burda
Chris Burke 
Ellis Burks
George Burns 1914-1929 
Homer Bush
Joe Bush
Bud Byerly
Melky Cabrera
Ray Caldwell
Nixey Callahan
Ken Caminiti
Roy Campanella
Mike Capel
Rod Carew
Andy Carey
Steve Carlton
Roy Carlyle
Chris Carpenter
Giovanni Carrara
Mark Carreon
Paul Carter
Norm Cash
Carlos Castillo
Phil Cavarretta
Ron Cey
Elton Chamberlain
Spud Chandler
Norm Charlton
Virgil Cheeves
Randy Choate 
Eddie Cicotte
Will Clark
Boileryard Clarke
Sumpter Clarke
Dad Clarkson
Roger Clemens
Reggie Cleveland
Ty Cobb
Mickey Cochrane
Dick Coffman 
Rocky Colavito
Nate Colbert 
Eddie Collins
Jimmy Collins
Claude Cooper
Wilbur Cooper
Dick Cotter
Fritz Coumbe
Stan Coveleski
Wes Covington
Doc Cramer
Gavvy Cravath
Steve Crawford
Hughie Critz 
Bubba Crosby
Terry Crowley 
Jose Cruz
Bud Daley
Tom Daly - 1913-1921
Dave Danforth 
Kal Daniels
Doug Dascenzo
Chick Davies
Chili Davis
Kiddo Davis 
Andre Dawson
Doug DeCinces
Tom Delahanty 
Carlos Delgado
Don Demeter
Claud Derrick
Jim Deshaies
Al DeVormer
Blake DeWitt 
Einar Diaz
Bill Dickey
Bob Didier
Dick Dietz
Joe DiMaggio
Craig Dingman 
Larry Doby
Pat Donahue
Red Donahue
Mike Donlin 
Chris Donnels
Red Dooin
Octavio Dotel 
Tommy Dowd
Red Downs 
Dan Driessen
Don Drysdale
Jim Duffalo
Jermaine Dye 
Jimmy Dygert
Dennis Eckersley
Dave Eiland
Kevin Elster
Todd Erdos
Shawn Estes
Andre Ethier 
Dwight Evans
Scott Eyre
Red Faber
Bibb Falk
Bob Feller
Happy Felsch 
Rollie Fingers
Carlton Fisk
John Flaherty
Elmer Flick
Bryce Florie
Casey Fossum
George Foster 
Ryan Franklin
Roger Freed
Frankie Frisch
Rafael Furcal 
Len Gabrielson
Phil Gagliano
Eric Gagne
Andres Galarraga
Bob Ganley
Damaso Garcia
Larry Gardner
Ralph Garr
Ned Garvin
Lou Gehrig
Charlie Gelbert
Jim Gentile
Tom Gettinger
Bob Gibson 1983-1987 
Marcus Giles
Jim Gilliam
Joe Glenn
Wilbur Good 
Dwight Gooden
Tom Goodwin
Edgar Gonzalez
Juan Gonzalez
Joe Gordon
Rich Gossage
Mark Grace
Jack Graney
Mudcat Grant
Dick Gray
Craig Grebeck
Shawn Green
Vean Gregg
Bobby Grich
Ken Griffey Jr
Ken Griffey Sr
Alfredo Griffin
Mike Griffin 1979-89 
Burleigh Grimes
Dick Groat
Kip Gross
Lefty Grove
Henry Gruber 
Ad Gumbert
Ricky Gutierrez
Rip Hagerman
Roy Halladay 
Tim Hamulack
Jim Hardin
Mike Harkey
Bubbles Hargrave
Brendan Harris 
Mickey Harris
Zaza Harvey
Jack Hayden
Ken Henderson
Claude Hendrix
Bill Henry
Billy Herman 
Felix Hernandez
Keith Hernandez
Roberto Hernandez 1991-2007
Orel Hershiser
Buck Herzog
Otto Hess
Mike Heydon 
Charlie Hickman
Richard Hidalgo
Pinky Higgins
Carmen Hill 
Shea Hillenbrand
Solly Hofman 
Eddie Hohnhorst
Johnny Hopp 
Joe Horlen
Tyler Houston
Del Howard 
Frank Howard
Steve Howe
Dixie Howell 
Nat Hudson
Tim Hudson 
Terry Hughes
Catfish Hunter
Walt Huntzinger
Butch Huskey
Tom Hutton
Ham Hyatt
Raul Ibanez 
Fred Jacklitsch
Charlie Jackson
Joe Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Baby Doll Jacobson
Bill James - 1911-1919
Dion James
Hi Jasper
Steve Jeltz
Jackie Jensen 
Willie Jensen
Pete Johns
Deron Johnson 
Ernie Johnson
Hank Johnson 
Jason Johnson
Jing Johnson
Lance Johnson
Randy Johnson (Big Unit) 
Rankin Johnson
Russ Johnson 
Andruw Jones
Bobby M Jones 
Bumpus Jones
Chipper Jones
Sad Sam Jones 
Art Jorgens
Addie Joss
Jeff Juden
Oscar Judd 
Ralph Judd
Willie Keeler
Randy Keisler
Mick Kelleher
Charlie Keller 
Roberto Kelly
Matt Kemp
Bill Kennedy 1948-1957 
Jeff Kent
Clayton Kershaw
Darryl Kile
Red Killefer
Dave Kingman
Ralph Kiner
Jay Kirke 
Joe Klink
Brad Kocher 
Mark Koenig
Harry Krause
Sandy Koufax
Hiroki Kuroda
Nap Lajoie
Bill Lamar
Jack Lapp
Norm Larker 
Tony Lazzeri
Ricky Ledee
Joe Lefebvre
Nemo Leibold
Charlie Leibrandt 
Al Leiter
Dutch Leonard 1913-1925
Bryan Little
Gene Locklear
Kenny Lofton
James Loney
Terrence Long 
Davey Lopes
Fred Luderus
Julio Lugo
Hector Luna 
Fred Lynn
Ken MacKenzie
Garry Maddox 
Greg Maddux
Mike Maddux
Duster Mails
Pat Malone 
Al Mamaux
Mickey Mantle
Juan Marichal
Eli Marrero
Pepper Martin
Russell Martin
Dave Martinez 
Dennis Martinez
Pedro Martinez  1992-2009 
Sandy Martinez
Ted Martinez
Tino Martinez
Eddie Mathews 
Don Mattingly
Dal Maxvill
Darrell May
John Mayberry 
Carl Mays
Willie Mays
Windy McCall 
Tim McCarver
Moose McCormick 
Gil McDougald
Ed McFarland 
Joe McGinnity
Mark McGwire
Jack McMahon
Norm McMillan
Ken McMullen
Fred McMullin 
Mike McNally
Hal McRae
Joe Medwick
Ramiro Mendoza
Fred Merkle
Lou Merloni
Sam Mertes
Chief Meyers
Jim Middleton
Pete Mikkelsen
Bob Milacki
Felix Millan
Ward Miller
Billy Milligan
Randy Milligan
Dale Mitchell 
Willie Mitchell
Johnny Mize
Rick Monday
Jim Mooney 
Terry Moore
Wilcy Moore
Jack Morris
Manny Mota
Jamie Moyer
Bill Mueller
Jerry Mumphrey
Bob Muncrief
Peter Munro
Thurman Munson
Bobby Murcer
Calvin Murray
Eddie Murray
Eddie Murphy
Stan Musial
Randy Myers
Ray Narleski
Charlie Neal
Art Nehf
Roger Nelson 
Robb Nen
Jack Ness
Hal Newhouser
Bert Niehoff
Harry Niles
Otis Nixon
Trot Nixon
Jerry Nops
Billy North
Johnny Oates
Tom O'Brien
Ron Oester 
Jose Offerman
Paul O'Neill
Tip O'Neill
Eddie Onslow
Jim O'Rourke 
Al Orth
David Ortiz
Orval Overall
Juan Padilla
Andy Pafko 
Dave Parker
Ben Paschal 
Roger Peckinpaugh
Homer Peel
Joe Pepitone 
Melido Perez
Gaylord Perry 
Andy Pettitte
Jesse Petty
Jack Pfiester
Tony Phillips 
Mike Piazza
Ron Piche
Billy Pierce
Vada Pinson
Luis Polonia
Nels Potter
Ted Power 
Doc Powers
Albert Pujols
Billy Purtell
Dave Rader
Horacio Ramirez 
Willie Randolph
Morrie Rath
Pee Wee Reese
Pete Reiser 
Ed Reulbach
Jerry Reuss
Harry Rice 
Jim Rice
Pete Richert
Dave Righetti 
Topper Rigney
Ricardo Rincon
Hank Ritter 
Mariano Rivera
Bip Roberts 
Charlie Robertson
Jackie Robinson
Alex Rodriguez
Oscar Roettger 
Red Rolfe
Rolando Roomes
Buddy Rosar 
Pete Rose
John Roseboro 
Braggo Roth
Dick Rudolph
Dutch Ruether
Allan Russell 
Rosy Ryan
Bret Saberhagen
Vic Saier
Angel Salazar
Chico Salmon
Jack Salveson
Juan Samuel
Freddy Sanchez
Rey Sanchez
Ray Schalk
Admiral Schlei 
Jason Schmidt
Walter Schmidt 
Red Schoendienst
Pete Schourek
Skip Schumacher
Everett Scott
Jack Scott
Jim Scott
Scott Seabol
Jimmy Sebring 
George Selkirk
Hank Severeid 
Joe Sewell
Howie Shanks
Bob Shawkey
Dave Shean
Al Shealy
Ernie Shore 
Bill Shores
Chick Shorten
Ed Sicking
Ted Simmons 
Randall Simon
Ted Sizemore
Enos Slaughter
Aaron Small
Dwight Smith
Earl Smith 1916-1922
Jud Smith
Lonnie Smith
Ozzie Smith
Pop Boy Smith
Syd Smith
Duke Snider
Chris Snopek
Julio Solano
Mario Soto
Warren Spahn
Tris Speaker
By Speece
Chris Speier
Gerry Staley
Oscar Stanage
Joe Stanley
Dolly Stark
Farmer Steelman 
Riggs Stephenson
Kelly Stinnett
Milt Stock
Darryl Strawberry
Sailor Stroud 
Tanyon Sturtze
Jim Sullivan
Don Sutton
Ichiro Suzuki 
Bill Sweeney
Shingo Takatsu
Vito Tamulis
Bennie Tate
Jack Taylor 1898-1907
Birdie Tebbetts
Bill Terry
Zeb Terry
Roy Thomas 1899-1911 
Junior Thompson
Terry Tiffee
Bobby Tolan
Fred Toney
Specs Toporcer
Salomon Torres
Tom Tresh
Gus Triandos
Manny Trillo
Ramon Troncoso 
John Tudor
Larry Twitchell 
Bob Uecker
George Uhle
Tom Underwood
Bobby Veach
Randy Velarde 
Dario Veras
Dave Veres
Mickey Vernon
Cory Wade
Billy Wagner
Heinie Wagner
Chico Walker
Dixie Walker
Larry Walker
Bill Wambsganss
Hooks Warner
Gary Waslewski 
Allen Watson
Jimmy Walsh
Harry Weaver
Walt Weiss 
David Wells
Billy Werber
Dennis Werth 
David West
Steve Whitaker
Bill White - 1956-1969
Doc White
Gabe White
Roy White
Wally Whitehurst 
George Whiteman
Bill Wight 
Bernie Williams
Billy Williams
Brad Williams 
Cy Williams
Stan Williams
Maury Wills
Hooks Wiltse
Bob Wolcott
Mellie Wolfgang 
Smoky Joe Wood
Brad Woodall
Weldon Wyckoff
Carl Yastrzemski
Emil Yde 
Carroll Yerkes
Eric Young 1992-2006 
Geoff Zahn
Heinie Zimmerman

OWNER LIST - name in bold indicates team has been entered

01. finn2030 - Bill McCabe 1918 Cubs & 1920 Robins
02. tabasko - Jake Westbrook 2000 Yankees & 2013 Cardinals
03. toddcommish - Drew Hall 1986 Cubs & 1990 Expos
04. dlchow - Stan Javier 1984 Yankees & 2001 Mariners
05. dweigel - Doug Baird 1915 Pirates & 1920 Giants
06. bixman51 - Al Hrabosky 1970 Cardinals & 1982 Braves
07. SophieGiants - Jerry Hairston Jr 1998 Orioles & 2013 Dodgers
08. dcates - Ron Fairly 1958 Dodgers & 1978 Angels
09. malinowt - Ralph Branca 1944 & 1956 Dodgers
10. splitter24 - Simon Nicholls 1903 Tigers & 1910 Naps
11. fatboydad54 - Pinch Thomas 1912 Red Sox & 1921 Indians
12. kriz - Mike Norris 1975 & 1990 Athletics
13. dvorr80 - Charles Gipson 1998 Mariners & 2005 Astros
14. Yaz2Schill - James McDonald 2008 Dodgers & 2013 Pirates
15. bronxcheer - Mack Jones 1961 Braves & 1971 Expos
16. snuffy45 - Duke Farrell 1888 White Stockings & 1905 Americans
17. mamxet - Cesar Crespo 2001 Padres & 2004 Red Sox
18. richabbs - Jim Lemon 1950 Indians & 1963 White Sox
19. sevenfifty5 - George Kelly 1915 Giants & 1932 Dodgers
20. benfc - Johnny Broaca 1934 Yankees & 1939 Indians
21. Vindex24 - Mike Grady 1894 Phillies & 1906 Cardinals
22. gyrene - Ray Collins 1909 & 1915 Red Sox
23. dodgebob - Raul Casanova 1996 Tigers & 2008 Mets
24. nockahoma - Joba Chamberlain 2007 Yankees & 2014 Tigers

Congrats to malinowt and Hank Severeid, who bested toddcommish and Walt Weiss in the season 26 finals.

If you need a new owner to join, I'll try James McDonald who started with the 2008 Dodgers and ended with the 2013 Pirates.

Welcome Yaz2Schill!

dvorr80 is going with Charles Gipson 1998 Mariners & 2005 Astros.

I'LL TRY THIS AGAIN, DARN IT!

TBD

Welcome cresten... always a pleasure!

Duke Farrell: 1888 White Stockings and 1905 Boston Americans

Welcome back snuffy45!

have not worked out the full roster, but I am going to try to do this with Cesar Crespo - 2001 Padres and 2004 Red Sox

fun research!

Welcome mamxet!

League is now up and id has been sitemailed