League Rules

Welcome to the Everybody's Equal, Baby League! This is a non-contract league. Each owner will have one team, your favorite team. Players are yours until you cut them. Here's the twist: your starting team will be a season of your listed favorite team (BabeRuth21's team is Houston, though it is no longer listed.) The starting season (I have picked it out for you after hours of research) is one where your team is horrible, so we are all equal, and our bad teams will be better because we are all bad. Furthermore, the 5th season for everyone will be a winning team for imports. One of us (I forget who) had a favorite team that had a 500+ season within the first 4, so his 6th season will be a good team.

League composition: There will be 10 to 12 owners and teams. 162 games in the regular season

Teams: 26/40 rosters; 5 man rotation. You must field a complete team, one for which the sims will run, or you forfeit until you can field a team that allows sims to run.

Imports: Season 1: 20 IP, 50 AB. Season 2 and thereafter: 35 IP, 100 AB.

Progressions: Unpredictable. Also, whereas most leagues “plateau” from 28 - 32, this league will plateau from 30 - 34. This is in an effort to more closely mimic real life while still being new and different. You can stat change no more than 2 players per year -- you will all start at different seasons, so this is an effort to make things manageable.

Beginning in year 4, Teams must be down to roster limits by game 1. After game 2, Commissioner will fix any roster not in compliance.

Playoffs: League will use the "OldBobcat patented" 10 team method.

Ties: If teams tie for a playoff spot:

⇒ If both teams would be “in”, use head to head record as a tiebreaker. 2nd tie breaker is run differential. If a 3rd tie breaker is necessary, it will be an arbitrary decision by the commissioner based on which team he likes better.

⇒ If one is in, the other is out, 1 game playoff (@ head 2 head winner)
⇒ In seeding, Division winners get the nod over wild card teams.

10(!) teams make the playoffs:
a) The top 4 seeds get a bye in the first round. 5 hosts 10, 6 hosts 9, and 7 hosts 8 in a best-of-3 round.
b) reseeding occurs: 2 hosts 7, 3 hosts 6, and 4 hosts 5 (1 gets a bye). Best-of-5.
c) reseeding occurs: 1 hosts 4, 2 hosts 3 -- best-of-7 round.
d) World Series: best-of-7.

STARTING IN YEAR 7: THERE WILL BE 2 6-team leagues. In each league, a regular season champion and 4 wild cards make the playoffs. The 4 wild card teams in each league will play best-of-3 series until 1 wild card team remains. That remaining wild card team will face the Regular Season Champion in a 7-game LCS to see which team advances to the World Series against their counterpart from the other league.

STARTING IN SEASON 9, there will be a regular season champion, and 4 wild card teams. The wild card teams play best-of-3 series until one wild card remains to challenge the regular season champion in a best-of-7 World Series.

GENERAL RULES: Each offseason, you can switch a SP to RP based on need. You can switch a player’s primary and secondary positions if they played 40% or more games THAT season at their secondary position, or at least 25% of their games for their career at their secondary position. Additionally, a DH can be swapped to his secondary position IF he has a fielding percentage. YOU CAN ALWAYS SWITCH A PLAYER TO THE POSITION THAT HE PLAYED THE MOST DURING HIS CAREER.

If there are any issues about which team a player is on, it must be raised before the season starts. Once games begin, and a player has "been in uniform" for even one game for a team, the right to appeal is quashed.

CONDUCT

Please keep all conversations clean
Please don't be rude to fellow owners
Please be active, if not active for 14 days you may be removed from the league
We all love baseball and that's why we're here. So Just have fun and enjoy!


OFF SEASON DUTIES:

Clear the free agent pool.

Unpredictable progression after world series. Players with less than 35 IP or 100 AB will have their stats doubled. Plateau range is 30 - 32 years of age. 33 begins decline.

Owners can choose up to 2 players to have their stats switched from last season’s progressed stats to the next season’s actual stats. Minimums for stat switching: 100 AB/35 IP. Must be done before the new season begins.

Imports: Your next years players will be imported on your roster as long as they have 100 AB or 35 IP.

No Trades or waiver claims.

Elastic Clause: The Commissioner reserves the right to create any new rules necessary to keep the league running smoothly.

League Settings

Year Range of Stats	1871 - 2024
Roster Size (Majors)	26
Roster Size (Minors)	14
Keepers	(40 keepers)
Change Stats Allowed
Free Agency
Drops
No-Drop List
Player Fatigue
Batter Injuries	(5 games max)
Pitcher Injuries	(7 games max)
Use Pitcher's HR Allowed Stats
Allows Max Surprise Bunts
Min Batters Pitcher Must Face	1
Slump Buster	(15 days)
On Fire	Uses WAR
User Sims	(every 3 hours)