Relive Baseball History with Players of the Past

How would you like to enjoy this off-season pondering trades such as Niekro for Sanguillen? Or deciding if you want Maury Wills batting leadoff, or instead use the combination of speed and power of a Bobby Bonds at the top of the order? Instead of spending the off-season with no baseball, now you can have fun drafting, trading, and managing a team of players from the years 1969-1972.

Join a National League and maybe you'll get Aaron to bat fourth, or Jim Brewer as your ace closer. You could choose to spend your top pick on Seaver, or go for maybe the best catcher who ever played - Johnny Bench. In the American League, such players as Powell, Bando, Reggie Smith and Andy Messersmith will all go in the first few rounds.

Just as in our regular Scoresheet Baseball game, your team will play complete simulated games, based on your players' major league performances from 1969-1972. Drafting will begin in early November and go until mid-December, and the 12-week season runs from late December thru early March (taking you right up to spring training). We'll use 1969 stats for the first 3 weeks, then 1970 stats for the next 3 weeks, 1971 stats for 3 more weeks, and '72 stats for the last 3 weeks. Changing the stats used every 3 weeks will keep you supplied with fresh challenges, as you trade or change your lineup to get the most from your team. And in this off-season game all trades and lineup changes are free! Of course, all the games are played on our computer - you just get the fun of running the team.

As in all of our games, a player can only be drafted by one team in each league. Once the draft is over, we have found that trading in these winter leagues hits a fever pitch! This is your chance to discuss blockbusters such as Cepeda for Sadecki (a real trade Giant fans hate to this day), or Aaron for a package of pitchers and hitters such as Dick Allen and Jerry Koosman. You'll get to see exactly how your trades work out as your read over your results each week. And to help refresh your memory of these past players, we do print year by year statistics for each player in the draft packet.

Your team will play 12 games a week, for a full 144 game schedule. We'll send you a complete scoresheet for every game your team plays. You'll also receive all of the same information we supply during the regular Scoresheet Baseball season: league standings, individual and team stats, trade offers and results, a weekly newsletter, league leaders, team-vs-team records, and the best and worst team stats in all of Scoresheet. Each league will have its own web page, and games can also be viewed on the web in a text based play by play format.