It seems this time of year there’s a “bracket” for everything, modeled after the NCAA basketball tournament. Some work well (SI.com’s “Best in Swimsuit”), some not as well (The Big Lead’s “Culture Bracket”).
Two baseball “bracket” setups are coming this week, as Was Watching is preparing a “Greatest/Favorite” Yankees tournament. I hope that site proprietor Steve Lombardi decides on one of the two, because they are quite different questions. I look forward to participating.
The other is on Baseball Daily Digest, which is teaming with Strat-O-Matic for a comprehensive, bracket-type elimination tournament with the 64 best teams of all time. I’d be interested to see if they seed by record, or a subjective perceived greatness, or weighing teams against their own competition, rather than against teams all time. I don’t know if those generally accepted superteams like the ‘27, ‘61 and ‘98 Yankees, ‘75 Reds, ‘84 Tigers and late-80s A’s teams translate to Strat. And will the deadball era Cubs, Pirates and Red Sox be included? “Selection Show” coming soon.
