Wow, I am very embarrassed. He probably would have helped my team not lose to the 82-win '64 Braves team in the first round of the playoffs.

Posted by calhoop on 12/28/2024 10:29:00 AM (view original):

Posted by schwarze on 12/28/2024 8:18:00 AM (view original):

Posted by calhoop on 12/28/2024 2:06:00 AM (view original):
1915 Boston Braves

In Round 1, the Braves team one year removed (1916) finished 24th out of 24. We have a lot of the same players.

In Round 1, the Braves team two years removed (1917) was the number one overall draft pick and finished number one overall with 107 wins. Of course, the two best pitchers and arguably the best hitter on that roster were not on the Braves team in 1915. Funny thing is, schwarze did not even bother to roster the hitter I refer to and still ran away with the top prize.

OK - you have me stumped. Which hitter did I forget to roster?

That would be Jack "Chief" Meyers.

Baseball reference does not use certain nicknames that WIS uses.

I’ve had this happen a couple times and it’s so annoying.

There’s a player named John, whose nickname was Jack. He’s Jack on B-R and John in WIS.

1908 Detroit Tigers

i can jump ahead because i would like the 2011 braves (yes, 2011 for real... thinking about multiple teams and the holidays gets messy...)

That closes out the Braves. Jtpsops can select the last Brave team anytime. The other three picks are Tigers years.

I’ll pick shortly. I want no part of those early teams though, so apologies to joerat.

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schwarze - 1911 Boston Braves
ronthegenius - 1913 Boston Braves
calhoop - 1915 Boston Braves
joerat1 - 1970 Atlanta Braves

My Sesame street is rusty, but I think it goes:
One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn’t belong…

Posted by Jtpsops on 12/28/2024 12:01:00 PM (view original):
I’ll pick shortly. I want no part of those early teams though, so apologies to joerat.

my pick was very much to avoid both the first two divisions

Posted by calhoop on 12/28/2024 10:29:00 AM (view original):

Posted by schwarze on 12/28/2024 8:18:00 AM (view original):

Posted by calhoop on 12/28/2024 2:06:00 AM (view original):
1915 Boston Braves

In Round 1, the Braves team one year removed (1916) finished 24th out of 24. We have a lot of the same players.

In Round 1, the Braves team two years removed (1917) was the number one overall draft pick and finished number one overall with 107 wins. Of course, the two best pitchers and arguably the best hitter on that roster were not on the Braves team in 1915. Funny thing is, schwarze did not even bother to roster the hitter I refer to and still ran away with the top prize.

OK - you have me stumped. Which hitter did I forget to roster?

That would be Jack "Chief" Meyers.

Baseball reference does not use certain nicknames that WIS uses.

Meyers was for quite a long time considered the best baseball player to come out of Riverside, CA, the city I've lived in the past ~25 years. He was in the inaugural class of the city's sport hall of fame.

Some kid born in 1964 here surpassed Meyers' fame, primarily by hitting the most home runs in a season and a career.

Still, if you ask the locals to name the best athlete to come out of these parts, they'll tell you it was Cheryl Miller.

Nice break in the action courtesy of Redcped….thanks

That said

1912 Detroit Tigers

It's so hard to pass up Freeman and Hamels in 2020, but I like the overall roster composition (especially on the pitching side) in 2022.

2022 Braves