Setting the scene

I've been playing APBA's Baseball for Windows for several years, using various combinations of the best teams of all time in the "Cloverland Leagues". I use one team per franchise, where the St. Louis Browns and Baltimore Orioles count as different franchises, for instance. I'm near completion of my third season, and figured I'd put up a blog rather than send email to various potentially interested parties. I hope to keep this blog going through the end of the regular season and through the CL playoffs and World Series, and hopefully through some other game projects and beyond to CL season 4...

There are basically two and a half weeks left in the 162-game regular season. There are two leagues (American and National), divided into two divisions each. The NL has Eastern and Western divisions. The AL has "Classic" and "Modern" divisions, with the Modern division using DH in their home games. The 1970 Twins are caught on the wrong side of the divide, but all the other AL teams use the DH or not as they historically did (or didn't). The majority of teams are managed by computer managers, but I've taken on four teams as my own: the 1939 Yankees, 2001 Mariners, 1897 Beaneaters, and 1942 Cardinals.

The Yankees were running away with the AL Classic division, but hit a serious snag of late and have just been caught by the 1970 Orioles (with the 1912 Red Sox close behind). The 1995 Indians have maintained a healthy lead in the AL Modern division, with the Mariners hanging around behind. In the NL, the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers led much of the year, before a tailspin put them behind the Beaneaters and the currently-leading 1902 Pirates in a wild Eastern Division. In the NL West, it's been all 1906 Cubs, all year.

In an attempt to get this up and going, I'll stop here and include the current standings. Sorry about the small size on the standings, but clicking on them gives you a bigger version. Further core dumps will follow...