Yanks Tribute League

[SilverBlue]

A league is available that pays tribute to most dominant team in baseball...the Yankees and to the teams that have defeated the Bronx bombers.  The Yankees have won 23 World Series in the past century and appeared in the Series about 40 times.  Yankee teams for the tribute league were selected by distinct era with no overlap in players.  The 27, 39, 55, 61, 77 and 00 World Champion Yankees team were selected.  Five Yankee oponents were selected based on the following criteria;

1.  They had to be within the same decade as a selected Yanks team.
2.  They had to have beat the Yankees in divisional play, a penant race or a World Series championship.
3.  They had to have won the World Series for that particular year.
4.  Teams were preferentially selected for power.

The teams of the league are;

27 Yankees
Hall of Famers (Hofers): Ruth, Gehrig and Others
Strengths:
Hitting features Ruth and Gehrig both with top shelf power.
Meusal, Combs and Lazzeri provide a supporting role.
Weaknesses:
Outside the top players there is little power.
Pitching

30 Athletics
Hofers:  Foxx, Cochrane, Simmons and Grove
Strengths:
If the 27 Yanks are murderers row then Lefty Grove is the lethal injection.  He went 28-5 in 30 and also saved 5 games.  Foxx and Simmons have 2nd shelf power.
Weakness:  Outside of Foxx, Simmons there is little power.  Outside of the dominant Grove, the pitching is weak.

39 Yankees
Hofers:  Dimaggio, Dickey
Strengths:
Dimaggio 56 game hitting streak in 39 is one of the most amazing feats in baseball history.
Every player in the starting lineup of the team has at least 10 HRs
Weaknesses:
Pitching
Lots of warning track power

55 Dodgers
Hofers:  Snider, Robinson, Campanella, Reese
Strengths:
Features 4 hitters with 2nd shelf power; Snider, Campanella, Hodges, Furillo and a pitcher that hits like Kirby Puckett (Newcombe .359 7 HRs in 111 ABs)
Weakness
Pitching

(con't)

[TbT]

wheres the option for the RBI arcade version yanks?

They were pretty damn good. not so hot pitching wise, but pretty damn good.

[SilverBlue]

con't

61 Yanks
Hofers: Mantle, Maris, Ford
Strengths:
This is a truly dominant team featuring two players with top shelf power (Mantle and Maris) and two wily lefty pitchers (Ford and Arroyo).
This team also has a lineup with 7 or 8 players with HR power!

Weakness:  Other than Mantle, no speed, although when everyone hits the ball a 1000 feet who needs speed.

76 Reds
Hofer caliber: Morgan, Bench, Rose
Strengths:  Morgan is the fastest player out of the 10 teams and is a true SB threat.  Rose is a solid contact hitter that follows.  The team has some pop with Foster, Morgan, Perez and Bench.
Weakness:
Pitching

77 Yankees
Hofer caliber: Jackson, maybe Munson
Strengths:  Features top shelf power of Jackson who hit 3 HRs in a row in the 77 series.  Nettles is a legit HR threat and Chambliss, Rivers and Munson can hold there own.
Weakness: 
Not as powerful as some teams, the pitching is ok

93 Blue Jays  Developed for Canadians that hate the Yankees
Hofer caliber:  Molitor, Henderson, Alomar
Strengths:  This team is fast, Henderson and Alomar stole over 100 bases combined.  Olerud, Molitor, Carter along with Henderson and Alomar all are hitting threats.
Weakness:
Pitching

00 Yankees
Hofer caliber: Jeter, Clemmens, Rivera
Strengths:  This is a truly amazing team with great pitching; Clemmens and Rivera, great hitting, and a powerful bench.
Weaknesses: 
no top shelf power

04 Red Sox
A Yankees tribute League cannot be complete without an underdog Red Sox team.
Hofers: Ramirez, Martinez
Strengths:  Two 2nd shelf HR threats Ramirez and Ortiz, Martinez is dominant and wily.  Wakefield has some crazy stuff.
Weaknesses: 
No top shelf power

04 Red Sox

[Attezz]

The Yankees have won 23 World Series in the past century and appeared in the Series about 40 times.

I love this.

[BeefMaster]

Roger Maris is not in the Hall of Fame.

Neat idea, though.  Do you have the ROM available anywhere?

[ultimate7]

Your power rankings seem very low, I think the top 3 teams looking at the ROM data are the 60 Yanks, the 2000 Yanks and the '04 Red Sox

[Shooty]

'93 Blue Jays

[BeefMaster]

Your power rankings seem very low, I think the top 3 teams looking at the ROM data are the 60 Yanks, the 2000 Yanks and the '04 Red Sox

Holy cow - just finally looked at the ratings, and I agree.  Not much speed, either.

[ultimate7]

How the hell is Joe Morgan faster than Rickey Henderson?

[Attezz]

Jackie Robinson's only a 140 speed.

PeeWee Reese should be hitting second for the Dodgers.

Other than the ridiculously slow players. Great work with (some) of the pitcher's hitting stats.

[ultimate7]

Other than the ridiculously slow players. Great work with (some) of the pitcher's hitting stats.

Uh, Don Newcombe has the 16th most power in the game (top 10%), I'm not sure the pitchers hitting stats are all that accurate

[Attezz]

I just checked it out, and I think Newcombe and Red Ruffing are the only pitcher hitting stats that were changed.

So great work should read "what are you, an idiot?"

[BeefMaster]

I just checked it out, and I think Newcombe and Red Ruffing are the only pitcher hitting stats that were changed.

So great work should read "what are you, an idiot?"

Some of the other contact ratings were changed, but very few power ratings (other than one guy who got moved down to 600).

Attezz will probably disagree, but I don't like that Mantle has a higher power rating than Maris.

[ultimate7]

I've don't have much problem with Mantle having a higher power rating (I think he certainly had more power than Maris, Mantle hit enormous HRs while Maris pulled most of his over the short fence in RF), but Mantle should not be that much faster than Maris (or the rest of the team for that matter).

[Mike D.]

'04 Red Sox.

and '06 Red Sox

and 1990 Red Sox.

[RedBarron]

1906 Cubs (who gives a fuck about WS wins anyway?)

[TempoGL]

why are the 04 red sox considered one of the greatest teams ever by this guy?

east...coast...bias

edit: i guess they meet his criteria, but the 04 red sox are annoying to no end. 

[Attezz]

Attezz will probably disagree, but I don't like that Mantle has a higher power rating than Maris.

You doubt my love for Maris?

[BeefMaster]

Attezz will probably disagree, but I don't like that Mantle has a higher power rating than Maris.

You doubt my love for Maris?

I guessed that your opinions of Mantle and Maris may have been shaped by your father, who you mentioned before was a huge Mantle fan and used to deface Maris' baseball cards.

[TempoGL]

wasn't it the other way around?