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Hurkman · 12-13-2005, 08:22 PM

The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.~Terence Mann, Field of Dreams

Yes baseball. America's sport, not only now, but well back before any of us were even born. It's survived everything, from wars, to gamblers and the greatest economic bust in the history of man. Yet, like the quote, it has always been there.
The premise here is quite simple; folllow the passage of Major League Baseball from 1901 until 2005. Along the way, we will be looking at some of the best prospects and current players that the game has to offer. We will see dynasties rise and fall, sudden ends to great careers, and rises to those who we never thought we'd see play. All the names; Cobb, Ruth, Dimaggio, Young, Williams, Musial, Foxx, Mantle, Mays, Aaron, and many more. Will they all be successes? Will the players you create surpass those names? Let's find out.

(I will start taking players in 1902, because I already started the 1901 season. So go and sign up!)

12-13-2005, 08:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hurkman All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 714 Thanks: 3 Thanked 7x in 7 posts	Hurkman's Baseball-An Interactive Journey Throughout the Century The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.~Terence Mann, Field of Dreams Yes baseball. America's sport, not only now, but well back before any of us were even born. It's survived everything, from wars, to gamblers and the greatest economic bust in the history of man. Yet, like the quote, it has always been there. The premise here is quite simple; folllow the passage of Major League Baseball from 1901 until 2005. Along the way, we will be looking at some of the best prospects and current players that the game has to offer. We will see dynasties rise and fall, sudden ends to great careers, and rises to those who we never thought we'd see play. All the names; Cobb, Ruth, Dimaggio, Young, Williams, Musial, Foxx, Mantle, Mays, Aaron, and many more. Will they all be successes? Will the players you create surpass those names? Let's find out. (I will start taking players in 1902, because I already started the 1901 season. So go and sign up!)