As I have said, 2011 will bring a lot of dream match-ups between all-time great baseball squads of yesteryear. A lot of them... most of them... okay, damn near ALL of them will involve Yankees teams. For one thing, I am an unabashed, unapologetic Yankee fan. For another, the Yanks have a lot of history... mostly successful history. History I've read about, been told about, but for the most part have never seen. Thus the pinstriped time-travel. I will try to branch out. I mostly want to see legends, Hall of Famers, and the many 'near' greats who perhaps have been forgotten and deserved to be resurrected and remembered.
To give credit where credit is due, the games are played with MLB Sim Matchup, an excellent game simulator put out by What-IF-Sports. I simply pick the two teams, arrange the line-up as closely as possible to the way the teams played during their respective seasons, and play a full season. The teams play 5-game series, at alternating home fields. When the 1927 Yankees play the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, it's actually 1927 when they play at New York and 1953 when they play at Ebbet's Field. Occasionally the two teams will play at a neutral site, but primarily, it's home-and-home.
Further 'rules' explanations will be interwoven into the actual seasons, rather than all listed here, as this post is already getting wordier than even I would like. I will say that although I find myself 'rooting for the Yanks on most occasions, I do not try and slant things in their favor!
Some of the Matchups?
Try these:
The 1921 New York Yankees vs The 1921 New York Giants
An all Polo Grounds affair and a rematch of the actual 1921 World Series. John McGraw's men beat Miller Huggins' Murderer's Row 5 games to 3. How will the two teams fare over a full 154 game tilt? Besides the 59 HR hitting young Bambino, the Series (and season) feature two brothers, Emil and Bob Meusel, on opposite sides.
The 1932 New York Yankees vs The 1954 New York Giants
An older Babe Ruth leads '32 Champs against the '54 Champs... The man with the 'Called Shot' plays the man who made 'The Catch' over a full season!
The 1946 Red Sox vs. The 1937 New York Yankees
Teddy Ballgame meets Joe DiMaggio one more time! Not only do two loaded offensive teams square off, but we get to see what might happen if these two baseball immortals DO get to play half a season in each other's ballparks. Does either slugger threaten Ruth's record?
The 1921 Yankees vs the 2002 San Francisco Giants
Babe Squares off against Barry!
Plus two old time teams time travel to Coors Field and play an entire season there, just to see what the excitement is all about. And excitement is what they get!
Stay tuned!
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