The Late 20th Century League is looking for expansion owners. We are a
retro league that is currently starting the 1969 season. The league has
a simple contract system to facilitate player movement over the years.
The league is now in its 19th season and we play 3 seasons in a
calendar year. We have many members who have been around for most of
those seasons. This is not an All Star league as we have the same amount
of teams as in real life. This forces teams to use all players in the
league and makes it, in my mind, more realistic since you have to fill
in positions with lower quality players and try to manage around
weaknesses. We use 110% usage and have some unlimited players (Players
with an OPS of .600 or lower and greater then 50 AB's are unlimited to
help with usage.
We are now moving into the expansion phase of Major League baseball
and will be expanding at the same time MLB did. We have all ready
expanded in 1961 and 1962 and it went very well. Based on the way the
league is set up the expansion teams won within 3 seasons and all had
won at least a division in 5 seasons.
For the 1969 Season we will be adding 4 more teams (Royals, Expos,
Padres, and Pilots). Two of the four are accounted for but we still
need one more. We are at the end of the 1968 season which means that
the expansion draft is a mere couple of weeks away. With the system
currently in place it should not take too long far an expansion team
to do well.
If interested I will send the constitution and the contracts page that
will give you a better understanding of how the league works. We have
many owners who can also help with the rules etc.
To manage to get through 3 -3.5 seasons a year the pace is pretty
fast. Each interval (block of games) lasts 5 days and each team plays
around 8-9 games and would be responsible for playing 4-5 of those
games an interval, so while the pace seems fast the amount of games
involved to play is relatively few. Also there is some Net Play if you
are inclined (about 6-9 owners play) but it is optional. There is a
small amount of Auto-play to make sure we get through seasons at the
desired pace. We Auto-play the middle 48 games of the season. We begin
the season playing the first 57 games as most people love the
beginning of the season and we play the last 57 games for the pennant
run.
If you are interested in a fast paced retro league that is playing in
the 60's please contact me at rcanderson@....
