77Yanks (11) upset 53Yanks(6) after being down 7 games to 5

The 77Yankees come back from series deficits of 3 to 0, 6 to 2 and 7 to 5 to win the series 8 games to 7.  Including winning 6 of the last 7.  Most of the games were low scoring and Reggie Jackson was real quiet.  It was Ron Guidry and Don Gullett leading the way.

Games:
1. 53 Yanks-6  77 Yanks -5 MVP-Hank Bauer 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs
2. 53 Yanks-7 77Yankes-4  MVP-Joe Collins 3 RBIs
3. 53 Yanks-6 77 Yanks-4  MVP-Ed Lopat 6 IP 1 ER for the win
4. 77Yankes-5 53Yanks-2 MVP-Willie Randolf drives in 2 runs including GW run in top of 10th
5. 77Yanks-8  53Yanks-6  MVP-Chris Chambliss goes 5 for 5
6. 53Yanks-12 77Yanks-5  MVP-Joe Collins 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs
7. 53Yanks-5 77Yanks-2  MVP-Gil McDougald 3 for 3 with 3 RBIs
8. 53Yanks-4  77Yanks-1  MVP-Ed Lopat 6 IP 1 ER for the win
9. 77Yanks-7 53Yanks-4  MVP-Ron Guidry 8 IP 3 ER fo the win
10. 77Yanks-5  53Yanks-2  MVP-Don Gullett 7IP 0 ER for the win
11. 77Yanks-6  53Yanks-3  MVP-Roy White 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs
12. 53Yanks-4  77Yanks-2  MVP- Vic Raschi 7 IP 0 ER for the win
13.  77Yanks-4  53Yanks-1  MVP-Ed Figuero goes 7 IP for the win
14. 77Yanks-3  53Yanks-1  MVP- Bucky Dent drives in GW run
15.  77Yanks-5  53Yanks-2  MVP- Ron Guidry goes 8 IP 2 ER for the win

Series MVP: Ron Guidry win 2 games, 2 game MVPs including game 15

1922 Giants (11) win a squeaker over the 1942 Brooklyn dodgers (6)

The Giants had a 7 games to 4 lead but lose 3 straight and go down 3 to 0 after 7 innings but score 4 in the 8th to win the game and the series 8 games to 7.  George Kelly wins MVP for some big games including a 3 run HR in the 8th in the final game.

Games:
1. Giants-5 Dodgers-3 MVP-Geoge Kelly- 1 HR and 2 RBIs
2. Giants-7 Dodgers-3 MVP-Irish Meusal 3 for 5 with 4 RBIs
3. Giants-6 Dodgers-1 MVP-Phil Douglas 6 IP 0 ER for the win
4. Dodgers-15 Giants-5 MVP-Dixie Walker 1 triple 1 HR with 6 RBIs
5. Dodgers-8 Giants-4 MVP-Max Macon 6 IP 2 ER for the win
6. Giants-3 Dodgers-2 MVP-George Kelly 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs
7. Giants-5 Dodgers-1 MVP-Jesse Barnes 7.2 IP 1 ER for the win
8. Giants-3 Dodgers-0 MVP-Frank Snyder GW RBI
9. Dodgers-8 Giants-2 MVP-Dixie Walker 2 for 4 1 HR 4 RBIs
10. Dodgers-5 Giants-4 10 Innings MVP- Dolph Camilli 3 for 5 with 5 RBIs
11. Giants-5 Dodgers-3 MVP-Irish Meusal 3 RBIs
12. Dodgers-8 Giants-2 MVP Whit Wyatt 9 IP 2 ER for the win
13. Dodgers-5 Giants-1 MVP-Curt Davis 7 IP 1 ER for the win
14. Dodgers-10 Giants-3 MVP- Pete Reiser 4 for 5 with 4 RBIs
15. Giants-4 Dodgers-3 MVP-Art Nehf 9 IP 3 ER for the win. George Kelly hits 3 run homer in top of 8th to go up 4 to 3.

Series MVP - George Kelly Won two game MVPs along with driving in 3 in the top of the 8th of game 15 with a homerun.

As expected, the 1902 Pirate (6) beat down the (11) 1913 A's

The 1902 Pirates(6) were just too tough for the 1913 A's.  Pirates win the series 8 games to 4.  Kitty Bransfield was the hero, winning three game MVPs, while Jack Chesbro leads the way pitching with 2 complete games.


Games:
1. Pirates-5 A's-3 MVP-Jack Chesboro 9 IP 3 ER for the win
2. Pirates-7 A's-3 MVP-Kitty Bransfield 3 RBIs
3. A's-8 Pirates-7 MVP-Eddie Collins 3 for 5 2 R 2 RBIs
4. Pirates-7 A's-3 MVP- Kitty Bransfield 2 for 3 with 5 RBIs
5. Pirates-3 A's-2 MVP-Ed Doheny 8 IP 2 ER for the win
6. Pirates-3 A's-2 12 innings MVP-Honus Wagner GW RBI in the 12th
7. A's-4 Pirates-3 MVP-Rube Oldring drives in GW run
8. A's-9 Pirates-1 MVP-Frank Baker goes 5 for 5
9. A's-11 Pirates-5 MVP-Wally Schang goes 4 for 5
10. Pirates-13 A's-1 MVP-Jack O'Connor goes 3 for 5 with 1 HR and 5 RBIs
11. Pirates-5 A's-3 MVP-Kitty Bransfield drives in winning runs
12. Pirates-4 A's-3 MVP-Jack Chesbro 9 IP 3 ER for the win

Series MVP- Kitty Bransfield- wins 3 game MVPs.  Drove in 5 runs in one game, 3 in another and the GW runs in game 11.

93 Giants (10) upset the (7) seed 88 A's 8 games to 6.

In the battle of the big homerun guys, we see Barry Bonds taking on McGwire and Canseco.  All 3 contributed and we saw a lot of HR's and runs scored.  A's had a 5 games to 3 lead but the Giants won 5of the last 6 to take it.


Games:
1. A's-6 Giants-5 MVP-Mark Mcgwire drives in winning run in bottom of 9th
2. Giants-9 A's-1 MVP-Bill Swift 9IP 1 ER for the win.  Bonds goes 2 for 2 with 3 RBIs and 1 HR and 3 BB
3. A's-5 Giants-4 MVP-Storm Davis 8IP 4 ER for the win.  Lansford 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs and Bonds 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs
4. Giants-11 A's-0 MVP-Dave Martinez hits 3 run HR.  Clark and Thompson also get 3 RBIs each. Bonds 2 for 4.
5. Giants-4 A's-3 MVP-Royce Clayton 2 for 4 1 HR 2 RBIs
6. A's-3 Giants-2 MVP-Steve Ontiveros 7 IP 1 ER for the win.
7. A's-3 Giants-1 Dave Stewart 9 IP 1 ER for the win.  McGwire hits 2 HRs and goes 3 for 4.
8. A's-15 Giants-6 MVP-Mark McGwire goes 3 for 5 with 5 RBIs
9. Giants-8 A's-4 MVP-Matt Williams 3 for 5 with 4 RBIs.  Canseco hits 2 HRs
10. Giants-7 A's-6 MVP-Willie McGee drives in winning run in bottom of the 9th.  Canseco 2 more HRs
11. A's-3 Giants-2 MVP-Todd Burns 6 IP 1 ER with the win.
12. Giants-4 A's-2 MVP-Willie McGee drives in winning runs and gets 2 RBIs going 2 for 4
13. Giants-2 A's-1 15 innings  MVP Barry Bonds 3 for 5 with walkoff HR in the 15th
14. Giants-9 A's-4 MVP- Bill Swift 9 IP for the win.  Robby Thompson 3 run HR

Series MVP-Bill Swift - 2 complete game wins

72 A's (10) hang on to beat the 62 Giants(7) 8 games to 7!

In our first series going 15 games, the A's hang on to win the series on the 62 Giants 8 games to 7.  The A's had leads of 4 games to 1 and 7 games to 5 but the Giants kept battling back.  Catfish Hunter picks up wins in games 12 and 15 to clinch it for the A's.


Games:
1. A's-4 Giants-3 MVP-Ken Holtzman-9 IP 3 ER for the win.  Duncan goes 3 for 4 with 1 HR
2. Giants-5 A's-3 MVP-Jack Sanford 8 IP 2 ER for the win. Alou goes 3 for 4.
3. A's-7 Giants-1 MVP-Blue Moon Odom 6 IP 0 ER for the win and 1 HR
4. A's-6 Giants-3 MVP- Angel Manguel 1 HR 4 RBIs and goes 2 for 2
5. A's-8 Giants-6 MVP- Reggie Jackson goes 3 for 4.  Manguel gets another HR
6. Giants-10 A's-0 MVP- Billy O'dell tosses 3 hit shutout.  Alou gets 2 HR and 5 RBIs
7. Giants-3 A's-2 MVP-Jack Sanford 9IP 1 ER for the win
8. A's-3 Giants-2 MVP-Tim Cullen.  down 2 to 1 in the bottom of the 9th.  men on 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs, Tim Cullen drives a single to score both.
9. Giants-7 A's-3 MVP-Willie Mays goes 2 for 5 with 1 HR and 3 RBIs
10. A's-5 Giants-0 MVP-Dave Hamilton 7 IP 1 H 0 ER for the win
11. Giants-3 A's-2 MVP-Billy O'dell 8.1 IP 2 ER for the win
12. A's-6 Giants-0 MVP-Catfish Hunter tosses 6 hit shutout
13. Giants-10 A's-2 MVP-Juan Marichal 9IP 2 ER and goes 3 for 5 with 4 RBI's with the win.
14. Giants-9 A's-5 MVP-Tom Haller 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs
15. A's-5 Giants-2 MVP-Catfish Hunter 8 IP 1 ER for the win

Series MVP-Catfish Hunter. Pitches 4 games, including wins in games 12 and 15.  Pitched well in the first 2 but incredible in last 2 to win the series.

1946 Redsox (7) hang on to beat the 1924 Senators (10) in offensive showdown, 8 games to 6

Eight times a team scored double digits in these high scoring games.  Walter Johnson however was able to hold the Redsox to under 2 ER per game while they scored 8.5 runs in the other games.  Johnny Pesky with a few huge games early on going 4 for 5 and 5 for 6 and collectively their offense just overpowered the Senators offense.

Games:
1. RedSox-4 Senators-3 MVP- Dave Ferris 6 IP 1 ER for the win. Goslin gets 2 hits and 2 RBIs and 1 HR
2. Senators-8 RedSox-5 MVP-Joe Judge 3 RBI's.  Down 5 to 0 after 8, Washington scores 8 in the 9th.
3. RedSox-13 Senators-3 MVP-Johnny Peskey goes 4 for 5 with 4 RBIs
4. RedSox-13 Senators-7 MVP-Johnny Peskey goes 5 for 6 with 3 RBIs
5. Senators-16 Redsox-12 MVP-Sam Rice 2 for 4 with 4 runs and 4 RBIs
6. Senators-4 RedSox-0 MVP-Walter Johnson tosses 5 hit shutout.
7. Senators-13 RedSox-8 MVP-Ossie Bluege goes 4 for 6 with 3 RBIs
8. RedSox-10 Senators-9 MVP-Pinky Higgins goes 2 for 4 with GW RBI in bottom of 9th. Pesky with 4 RBIs
9. RedSox-12 Senators-10 MVP-Dom Dimaggio goes 4 for 4 with 3 RBIs
10. Senators-14 RedSox-9 MVP-Goose Goslin goes 4 for 6 with 6 RBIs
11. Senators-2 RedSox-1 MVP- Walter Johnson goes 8 IP 1 ER for the win
12. RedSox-2 Senators-1 MVP - Dom Dimaggio drives in GW Run
13. RedSox-7 Senators-5 MVP-Bobby Doerr goes 2 for 3 with 3 RBI's including walkoff HR
14. RedSox-4 Senators-1 MVP- Joe Dobson 6 IP 0 ER for the win

Series MVP- Walter Johnson - In a losing effort 8 games to 6, his pitching kept Washington in it.  Redsox scored 5 total runs in the 3 games he pitched but scored 95 runs in the other 11 games.

Down 4 games to 2, the 1912 Giants (7) comeback to beat the 1917 WhiteSox (10) 8 games to 4.

The 1912 Giants(7), after being down 4 games to 2, win the final 6 games to beat the 1917 WhiteSox(10).  Giants gave up 5 runs over a 5 game stretch to beat down the Whitesox.  Lead by Christy Mathewson and Jeff Tesreau who both got 2 wins, took down the WhiteSox.


Games:
1. WhiteSox-4 Giants-2  MVP-Eddie Cicotte 8 IP 1 ER for the win.
2. WhiteSox-8 Giants-3 MVP-Red Faber 8.1 IP 2 ER for the win.
3. Giants-6 WhiteSox-1 MVP-Fred Snodgrass scores 4 runs.  Tesreau pitches 9 IP 1ER for the win.
4. Giants-5 WhiteSox-4 MVP-Red Ames 6 IP for the win.  Doyle goes 3 for 4 with 1 HR and 2 RBIs
5. WhiteSox-6 Giants-5 MVP-Buck Weaver 4 for 5 with 3 runs scored. Collins gets 3 RBIs.
6. WhiteSox-2 Giants-1 MVP-Eddie Cicotte 9IP 1 ER for the win.
7. Giants-4 WhiteSox-2 MVP-Christy Mathewson 7.2IP 2 ER for the win.
8. Giants-5 WhiteSox-0 MVP-Jeff Tessreau pitches 5 hit shutout. Doyle goes 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs and 1 HR
9. Giants-10 WhiteSox-1 MVP-Red Murray goes 3 for 5
10. Giants-5 WhiteSox-1 MVP-Larry Doyle 3 RBIs
11. Giants-5 WhiteSox-1 MVP-Rube Marquard complete game 1 ER for the win
12. Giants-6 WhiteSox-4 MVP-Christy Mathewson goes 8.2 IP 0 ER for the win.

Series MVP- Christy Mathewson win 2 games

1980 Phillies (9) overrun the 1993 Braves(8). Phillies score 8 or more 6 times!

The 1980 Phillies shock the 1993 Braves by basically taking apart their great pitching staff.  They won 8 games to 3, including 6 times scoring 8 runs or more.  The Braves didn't know what hit their staff!

Games:
1. Phillies-5 Braves-1 MVP-Steve Carlton 9 IP 1 ER 10 K for the win
2. Phillies-11 Braves-7  MVP-Garry Maddox 2 for 5 with 4 RBIs and 1 HR
3. Phillies-5 Braves-4 MVP-Larry Bowa 3 SB  Schmidt homers and gets 2 RBIs
4. Braves-5 Phillies-4 MVP-Jeff Blauser goes 4 for 5 with 3 RBIs including the game winner in the bottom of the 9th
5. Phillies-13 Braves-6 MVP-Manny Trillo who goes 2 for 5 with 6 RBIs
6. Philles-11 Braves-10 MVP-Garry Maddox who gets 4 hits.  Schmidt and Boone homer.  Phillies score 5 in the top of the 9th to go up 11 to 10.
7. Phillies-8 Braves-7 MVP- Bake McBride goes 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs.  Schimidt homers.
8. Braves-7 Phillies-1 MVP-Mark Lemke 2 for 3 with a homer and 3 RBIs.
9. Braves-16 Phillies-0 MVP-David Justice 3 for 6 with a homerun and 5 RBIs.  Smoltz goes 8 2/3 for the win.
10. Phillies-11 Braves-4 MVP-Mike Schmidt 2 HR 3 RBIs
11. Phillies-9 Braves-7 MVP-Manny Trillo goes 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs.

Series MVP- Garry Maddox/Mike Schmidt.  Maddox won 2 game MVPs but Schmidt collected 5 homeruns.

68 Tigers (8) beat the 49 Yankees (9) 8 games to 4. Norm Cash was money in extra innings!

After taking a 2 games to 0 lead, the Yankees fell apart and ended up lsoing the series 8 games to 4.  Norm Cash was the hero of games 6 and 7 with the game winning RBIs in extra innings.  McClain pitched 2 masterpieces also.

Games:
1. Yankees-8 Tigers-3 MVP- Yogi Berra- Goes 3 for 5 with 2 HR's and 4 RBI's.  Henrich also goes 3 for 5 with 1 HR and 2 RBIs
2. Yankees-5 Tigers-3 MVP-Allie Reynolds 7 IP 3 E for the win.  Berra and Dimaggio with homers and 2 RBIs each.
3. Tigers-9 Yankees-2 MVP-Dick McAullife goes 2 for 4 with a HR and 5 RBIs
4. Tigers-13 Yankees-8 MVP-Norm Cash 2 for 4 with 1 HR and 4 RBIs.
5. Tigers-2 Yankees-0 MVP-Denny McClain 4 hit shutout
6. Tigers-3 Yankees-2  11 Innings  MVP- Norm Cash with a walk off HR in the 11th
7. Tigers-6 Yankees-5  13 Innings MVP-Norm Cash goes 2 for 6 with 2 RBIs including the game winner in the 13th.
8. Yankees-12 Tigers-5 MVP-Jack Phillips goes 2 for 5 with 4 RBIs and 1 HR.  Byrne also gets 4 RBIs.
9. Tigers-6 Yankees-3 MVP-Denny McClain - 9IP 3 ER Complete game win. Cash with a HR and 3 RBIs
10. Tigers-8 Yankees-1 MVP-Willie Horton 2 for 4 with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs.
11. Yankees-6 Tigers-3 MVP- Vic Raschi 7.1 IP 3 ER for the win.  Rizzuto with 1 HR and goes 3 for 5.
12. Tigers-9 Yankees-1 MVP-Willie Horton 1 HR

MVP of series: Norm Cash - He won 3 game MVP's for games 4,6 and 7.  Drove in the winning run in extra innings in both games 6 and 7.  That turned the series around.  Mr Clutch is his new name.

(8) 1942 Yankees over the (9) 1936 Giants 8 games to 0 SWEEP!

The 1942 Yankees take apart the 1936 Giants 8 games to 0.  Charlie Keller leads the way by getting MVP in 3 of the games and becomes the series MVP.  Keller had 3 games of going 3 for 4, once going 4 for 5 and once going 2 for 4.  A few other Yankees had some nice games inclduing Buddy Hassett and Jerry Priddy.  These Yankees look real tough going into round 2 verse potentially the #1 seed overall, the 1927 Yankees.

Games:
1. Yankees-2 Giants-0 MVP-Tiny Bonham 8IP 0 ER for the win.  Henrich drives in both runs.
2. Yankees-11 Giants-1 MVP-Charlie Keller 3 for 4 scores 4 runs 1 HR.  Henrich drives in 3 more runs and Dimaggio goes 3 for 5 with 2 R and 2 RBIs.
3. Yankees-8 Giants-5 MVP-Tommy Henrich 2 for 4 with 3 RBI's.  Priddy and Hasset also get 3 hits.
4.  Yankees-3 Giants-1 MVP - Phil Rizzuto 3 for 4 with 2 runs.  Keller drives in 2 RBI's.
5. Yankees-4 Giants-3 12 Innings  MVP-Charlie Keller 4 for 5, 2 runs, 2 RBI;s including the winning run.  Dimaggio 3 for 5 with 2 RBI's.
6. Yankees-6 Giants-4 MVP-Buddy Hassett 2 for 4 with 3 RBI's.  Keller goes 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's.
7. Yankees-8 Giants-3 MVP-Charlie Keller 3 for 4 with 3 RBI's.  Bill Dickey also goes 3 for 4.
8. Yankees-11 Giants 6 MVP-Jerry Priddy 4 for 5 with 2 RBIs.  Keller and Hassett go 3 for 4 with 3 RBI's.  Ruffing pitches 7 innings with 1 ER for the win.

(8) 1910 Philly - 8 games to (9) 1916 Redsox - 2 games

In the first series, the 8th seeded 1910 Philadelphia A's beat the 1916 Boston Redsox 8 games to 2.  This one wasn't even close.  After the series was tied 2 to 2, Philly rattled off 6 straight wins, lead by series MVP Harry Krouse.  Him and Jack Coombs both got 2 wins.  On the batting side, Eddie Collins got double digit hits in 3 of the games.

Games:
1. Philly-4 Boston - 2  MVP - Jack Coombs - He pitched 8 innings and gave up 2 runs.
2. Boston-3 Philly-0  MVP-Dutch Leonard - Tosses a 7 hit shutout. Tilly Walker goes 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's.
3. Philly-6 Boston-4  MVP-Eddie Collins - He goes 3 for 3 with 3 RBI's.  Ernie Shore and Hary Davis also get 3 hits.
4. Boston-3 Philly-2 MVP- Carl Mays - Pitches 8 innings with 1 run for the win.  Boston scores 3 in the top of the 9th to win the game.
5. Philly-3 Boston-1 MVP-Harry Krouse - 6 IP 1 ER for the win.
6.  Philly-5 Boston-3 MVP-Jack Coombs- 8 IP 2 ER for the win . Jack Coombs and Rube Oldring goes 3 for 3.
7. Philly-5 Boston-1 MVP-Cy Morgan 7 IP 1 ER for the win.  Eddie Collins goes 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's.
8. Philly-7 Boston-2 MVP-Eddie Plank 8 IP 1 ER for the win.  Danny Murohy 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's.
9. Philly-4 Boston-3 12 Innings  MVP - Ben Houser drives in winning run in bottom of the 12th.
10. Philly-7 Boston-1 MVP-Harry Krouse 7 IP 0 ER for the win.  Eddie Collins and Ribe Oldring go 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's each.

Series MVP-Hary Krouse 15 IP 2 ER 2 Wins.

Let the games begin...

Im going to start the first series.  Just a few notes.  The first 2 rounds are 15 game series.  The first 7 are at the higher seeds stadium .  The next 7 are at the lower seed's stadium.  The final game is at the higher seed's stadium.  Once a team wins 8 games, the series is over.  I will also rotate the pitching staff each game.

Let's get started...

The Brackets

My Predictions on who will win the Best Baseball team Alltime Tourney

Picking who will win this tournament is extremely difficult.  Below is the list of divisions. 

1901-1919	1920-1947	1948 - 1979	1980-2011
1.Pitts Pirates 1909	1. NYYankees 1927	1. Cincinnati Reds 1975	1. NYYankees 1998
2. Chicago Cubs 1906	2. Philadelphia A's 1931	2. Cleveland Indians 1954	2. Seattle Mariners 2001
3. NYGiants 1904	3. NYYankees 1932	3. NYYankees 1961	3. NY Mets 1986
4. Boston RedSox 1912	4. NYYankees 1939	4. Baltimore Orioles 1969	4. Atlanta Braves 1998
5. Chicago Cubs 1909	5. St Louis Cards 1942	5. Brooklyn Dodgers 1953	5. StLouis Cards 2004
6. Pittsburgh Pirates 1902	6. Brooklyn Dodgers 1942	6. NYYankees 1953	6. Detroit Tigers 1984
7. NYGiants 1912	7. Boston RedSox 1946	7. SF Giants 1962	7. Oakland A's 1988
8. Philadelphia A's 1910	8. NYYankees 1942	8. Detroit Tigers 1968	8. Atlanta Braves 1993
9. Boston Redsox 1916	9. NYGiants-1936	9. NY Yankees-1949	9. Philadelphia Philles 1980
10. Chicago WhiteSox 1917	10. Washington Senators-1924	10. Oakland A's-1972	10. SF Giants 1993
11. Philadelphia A's - 1913	11. NYGiants-1922	11. NYYankees-1977	11. Oakland A's 2002
12. Boston Braves - 1914	12. NYYankees-1923	12. StLouis Cards-1964	12. NYYankees 2009
13. Chicago WhiteSox-1919	13. Detroit Tigers-1935	13. Milwaukee Braves-1957	13. Toronto BlueJays 1992
14. Detroit Tigers - 1909	14. Cincinnati Reds-1940	14. Brooklyn Dodgers-1949	14. Boston RedSox 2004
15. Boston Redsox-1918	15. StLouis Cards-1926	15. LA Dodgers-1963	15. Baltimore Oriolies 1983
16. NY Giants-1917	16. Cleveland Indians-1920	16. NY Mets-1969	16. Milwaukee Brewers 1982

Im going to give you my predictions on who will win and when it's done Im sure they will be completely off.  Well here goes.

In the first divsion, we have a ton of great pitching duels here.  The 1909 Pirates are the #1 seed in this divison and they very well could take this division.  If I had to choose a sleeper, I like the 13th seeded 1919 Chicago Whitesox.  The Blacksox.  They start off against the 1904 Giants and I think they can beat them.  I don't see them going all the way but I can see them winning maybe the first 2 rounds.  But in the end, I think the 1906 or 1909 Cubs are going to end up winning this division.  I feel they can survive these long Best of 15 matchups better than anyone else here.

My Prediction #2 1906  Chicago Cubs over #5 1909 Chicago Cubs in the division finals.

In the second division, you have 3 of the top four seeded teams as NYYankees.  The 1927 Yankees have long been regarded among historians as the best team ever and its hard to argue that.  Thats why they come in as the #1 seed in their division and a 3 to 1 favorite to win it all.  While I think they are one of the greatest, I just don't think they can beat out the 1939 Yankees.  There's some very tough matchups here.  As a sleeper, I like the #10 seed Washington Senators beating the #7 seed 1946 Redsox and then moving on at least one more round.  The 31 A's will pose some great challenges too, but in the end, I see

My Prediction: #4 NYYankees 1939 over the #1 NYYankees 1927

In the third division, we have a very diverse group of teams.  To start off with an upset, I like the Miracle Mets of 1969 beating the #1 seed 1975 Cincinati Reds in a stunner.  I also think the #10 seeded 72 A's will make it real far in this tournament.  However, to make a choice,...

My Prediction: #5 Brooklyn Dodgers 1953 over the 1968 Detroit tigers. 

On to the final division..  This division will have some big fireworks and high scoring games.  First off, I think I will pick a sweep by the #1 seed 98 Yankees over the 82 Brewers.  This one wont even be close.  Those 98 Yankees will definitely move on far in this tournament.  I like the matchup of the 88 A's and the Bash Brothers taking on the 93 Giants.  But in the end I think pitching is going to overcome

My Prediction: #8 Atlanta Braves 1993 over the #5 St Louis Cards

So my final four is :

1906 Cubs
1939 Yankees
1953 Dodgers
1993 Braves

I see the Cubs and Ed Walsh and that pitching staff outlasting the 1939 Yankees in a squeaker.  And I like the tough 1953 Brooklyn dodgers to beat up on those Atlanta Braves.


So in the finals, I like the 1906 Cubs to beat the Dodgers and be reigned as the World Champion!

So we'll see what happens.  The first of the serieses will start soon!

Here's a brief summary of the teams in the tourney.  The NY Yankees by far lead all teams with 11 entries.  After that comes the Giants and the Red sox with 5 entries and then down to  4 entries with Detroit and  St Louis and the Dodgers.  Most of the teams are spread out in years, so you wont see 3 seasons in a row of a team, even if they won 3 world series in a row.  So you probably wont see more than 2 instances of any player.  Although it looks like Babe Ruth will mutliple entries in there as there are 3 Yankee teams from the 20s and early 30s in there along with a few of his RedSox teams when he was a pitcher.  So we have a very diverse competition, it should be very interesting.  Soon Ill make a post telling who I think is going to win each division.

Atlanta Braves 1993

Atlanta Braves 1998

Baltimore Orioles 1969

Baltimore Oriolies 1983

Boston Braves - 1914

Boston RedSox 1912

Boston Redsox 1916

Boston RedSox 1946

Boston RedSox 2004

Boston Redsox-1918

Brooklyn Dodgers 1942

Brooklyn Dodgers 1953

Brooklyn Dodgers-1949

Chicago Cubs 1906

Chicago Cubs 1909

Chicago WhiteSox 1917

Chicago WhiteSox-1919

Cincinnati Reds 1975

Cincinnati Reds-1940

Cleveland Indians 1954

Cleveland Indians-1920

Detroit Tigers - 1909

Detroit Tigers 1968

Detroit Tigers 1984

Detroit Tigers-1935

LA Dodgers-1963

Milwaukee Braves-1957

Milwaukee Brewers 1982

NY Giants-1917

NY Mets 1986

NY Mets-1969

NY Yankees-1949

NYGiants 1904

NYGiants 1912

NYGiants-1922

NYGiants-1936

NYYankees 1927

NYYankees 1932

NYYankees 1939

NYYankees 1942

NYYankees 1953

NYYankees 1961

NYYankees 1998

NYYankees 2009

NYYankees-1923

NYYankees-1977

Oakland A's 1988

Oakland A's 2002

Oakland A's-1972

Philadelphia A's - 1913

Philadelphia A's 1910

Philadelphia A's 1931

Philadelphia Philles 1980

Pitts Pirates 1909

Pittsburgh Pirates 1902

Seattle Mariners 2001

SF Giants 1962

SF Giants 1993

St Louis Cards 1942

StLouis Cards 2004

StLouis Cards-1926

StLouis Cards-1964

Toronto BlueJays 1992

Washington Senators-1924

How am I choosing the best baseball teams

Who is the best baseball team ever?  That is the age old question.  There's no definitive way to determine this.  Great teams were in different eras with different players and cultures, which makes it impossible to compare exactly.  What I want to do is to run a simulation of the top teams and see who comes out on top.  This will not answer the question, but it will be fun and interesting trying.

March madness ended a few weeks back so it gave me an idea of doing a tournament with the top 64 teams of all time.  I will break these out into 4 brackets, just like the tournament.  I feel the best way to break out the teams is by era.  Overall, I want to find the best team from 1901 to today, 2012.  I don't want to try to start comparing pre 1900.

So I will break out the tournament into 4 time periods.  Division one will be the Deal Ball era, and Ill use 1901 to 1918.  Division two will be the time period of 1919 to 1947.  1947 was the year that black athletes were allowed to play baseball, so that adds a dimension of added competition.  Then to break the last two divisions, I don't have any set event to break them out, so Ill just take the remaining years, (2012-1947 = 65 yrs) and split them in half.  So division three is 1948 to 1979 and Division four is 1980 to today.

To actually simulate the games, I am going to use the Sim Matchup engine from www.Whatifsports.com. There I can play all the games and get full outputs on each.  In rounds 1 and 2, I will play a best of 15 series.  I feel that should be enough to decide a winner accurately.  I will rotate pitchers each game.  In rounds 3 and 4, I will use best of 19 and in rounds 5 and 6, I will use a best of 25.

This is going to take me quite awhile to simulate all of these and report on each, but I am going to try to at least get a few series in each week, so hopefully I can have this done in a few months.

The Teams:

1901-1919	1920-1947	1948 - 1979	1980-2011
1.Pitts Pirates 1909	1. NYYankees 1927	1. Cincinnati Reds 1975	1. NYYankees 1998
2. Chicago Cubs 1906	2. Philadelphia A's 1931	2. Cleveland Indians 1954	2. Seattle Mariners 2001
3. NYGiants 1904	3. NYYankees 1932	3. NYYankees 1961	3.  NY Mets 1986
4. Boston RedSox 1912	4. NYYankees 1939	4. Baltimore Orioles 1969	4. Atlanta Braves 1998
5. Chicago Cubs 1909	5. St Louis Cards 1942	5. Brooklyn Dodgers 1953	5. StLouis Cards 2004
6. Pittsburgh Pirates 1902	6. Brooklyn Dodgers 1942	6. NYYankees 1953	6. Detroit Tigers 1984
7. NYGiants 1912	7. Boston RedSox 1946	7. SF Giants 1962	7. Oakland A's 1988
8. Philadelphia A's 1910	8. NYYankees 1942	8. Detroit Tigers 1968	8. Atlanta Braves 1993
9. Boston Redsox 1916	9. NYGiants-1936	9. NY Yankees-1949	9. Philadelphia Philles 1980
10. Chicago WhiteSox 1917	10. Washington Senators-1924	10. Oakland A's-1972	10. SF Giants 1993
11. Philadelphia A's - 1913	11. NYGiants-1922	11. NYYankees-1977	11. Oakland A's 2002
12. Boston Braves - 1914	12. NYYankees-1923	12. StLouis Cards-1964	12. NYYankees 2009
13. Chicago WhiteSox-1919	13. Detroit Tigers-1935	13. Milwaukee Braves-1957	13. Toronto BlueJays 1992
14. Detroit Tigers - 1909	14. Cincinnati Reds-1940	14. Brooklyn Dodgers-1949	14. Boston RedSox 2004
15. Boston Redsox-1918	15. StLouis Cards-1926	15. LA Dodgers-1963	15. Baltimore Oriolies 1983
16. NY Giants-1917	16. Cleveland Indians-1920	16. NY Mets-1969	16. Milwaukee Brewers 1982