Hello and welcome to the 2010 All Time League Blog!!

This will be a 32 team, 4 division (East and West in 2 leagues (AL & NL)) baseball league being played using Strat O Matic's Version 15 computer game. Each of 32 teams (the 30 existing MLB teams PLUS two teams created from Strato's new Negro League Set) has had their all time team selected (51 man rosters, for reasons which will be revealed soon). They will play a 162 game schedule (14 against each team in the division, 8 outside the division-no interleague play) and after that, the division winners will meet in a best of 5 LCS, followed by a best of 7 World Series to determine the league champion. When it's all over, there will be another season played next year with the players from the 2010 season added, along the 1958 season ('58 was chosen primarily since that is the only season from 1954 on which has not been recreated to date); the same in 2012, and so on.

The players were selected from Strato's recreated past seasons as follows: 1911, 1920, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1948, 1950-51, 1954-57 and 1959-2009. The Strat Hall of Fame set was used to fill in some gaps where Hall of Fame players best years were not represented in these seasons (all HOF players, except for those from the 19th century, have reserved roster spots). In addition, to even out the leagues at 16 teams each, two teams were created from the 103 player Negro League Set that came out recently. One pitcher, the legendary Satchel Paige, was placed with Cleveland since he was the only player in this set who spent any significant amount of time in the majors. The other 102 players were divided up into two teams of 51 players each. The other 30 teams had their 51 players selected from all of the seasons listed above (for all 14 expansion teams this covers their entire history, the "Original 16" were covered from 1911 on plus any HOF stragglers who were not found in these sets).

What will follow over the next few posts will be a preview of the league (division by division, beginning with the American League East). Then, it will be time to PLAY BALL!! I will be managing the New York Mets (my favorite team), while the computer will manage the other 31 teams. Look for day by day results, standings and comments, and weekly leader board updates.

Until next time...