Cuppa Joe Twist II is now in the playoffs... time to order up another venti americano.
There have been well over 900 players in MLB history who have appeared in just one game... think Moonlight Graham. Baseballreference.com has that list of players with the years and dates of those games in their "Frivolities" section under
Cups of Coffee. I've played in various Coffee leagues here over the years and they're always fun to research. This one will play out thusly:
We'll be using players who appeared in just one game from
1885-2012. Select a player from the "Coffee" list and note the year, date & team of his one appearance. Then go to that team's page (by year) and click on
"Schedules & Results" to find out which team he appeared against on that date. You can use both rosters for that year to make your team. Use any player that appears on either roster according to bbr.com, twisted to any season.
There will be 6/2 below average AAA and depending on whether your Cup of Coffee guy was a pitcher or hitter, each team will call up one (and only one) AAA player and rename them to your Coffee guy's actual name. Your Cup of Coffee AAA callup must remain on the big league roster all season and have at least 25IP or 50AB during the regular season for your team to qualify for the playoffs. I will allow each team to draft
ONE 200K player if there aren't any twistable low salary guys on your 2 rosters... this player MUST be sent down for your one Cup of Coffee callup.
Blacklist - The 48 Cup of Coffee players used in seasons I & II are blacklisted.
When signing up, list your Coffee player's appearance date, year, team played for and against and stadium played in.
$110M salary cap
AAA - 6/2 below avg but only one may be called up
No WW, DH, clones, trades or live play
Injuries turned off
Use the stadium your Cup of Coffee guy played in
Random realignment
BLACKLISTED "CUP OF COFFEE" PLAYERS
Walter Alston
Honey Barnes
Lou Bauer
Travis Chapman
Joe Cobb
Art Corcoran
Ed Corey
Art Daney
Bob Daughters
Radhames Dyckhoff
Jake Eisenhart
Rick Engle
Russ Ennis
Ramon Fermin
Larry Fritz
Adam Greenberg
Lee Gronkiewicz
Mickey Harrington
Bob Hegman
Greg Heydeman
Harley Hisner
Earl Howard
Jesse Hudson
John LeRoy
John Lickert
Clem Llewellyn
Steve Lomasney
Ramon Manon
Bob Mavis
Heinie Odom
Mike Palagyi
Kewpie Pennington
Leroy Reams
Jim Rutherford - Season I champion
Jay Sborz
Ray Shook
Dave Skeels
Irv Stein
Dick Thoenen
Allan Travers
Matt Tupman
Frank Verdi
Eduardo Villacis
George Washburn
Buck Washer - Season II champion
Stefan Weaver
Terry Wilhusen
George Yantz