League Rules

1939 “No Yankees” League

1. Basic Pitch: This is a non-contract league starting with the 1939 season, and not involving the NY Yankees. Each person may have 1 team. Put the team you want in the chatbox: first come, first served.

2. How are players acquired?

We start with the 1939 season. All players on your roster with 20 IP and 50 AB are imported. Duplicates are permitted in the first season (meaning John Doe might be on the Reds and the Tigers), but not in the import cohorts: whichever team an imported player played for the most (in terms of AB or IP) gets the imported player.

ANY ISSUE ABOUT WHICH TEAM A PLAYER BELONGS ON MUST BE RAISED PRIOR TO THE FIRST GAME, OR THE RIGHT TO APPEAL IS WAIVED. Once a player “suits up” for a game, he belongs to that team.

3. Updating personnel:

Progressions: type: Unpredictable. Plateau range: 30 - 32

Import Minimums: 35 IP, 100 AB

Stat changing: Yes, unlimited, as long as you are switching to stats that are at least 35 IP or 100 AB.

Once games start, if a player is caught stat-switching to a year where the minimums are not met, the player will be removed from the league for the season, and will only return if imported. I make a distinction between an owner turning himself in before games start, and the Commissioner or another owner catching him during the season.


Trades: 999 per year.

Anyone can question the fairness of a trade, and forward a review request to the trade review committee. I will name a trade review committee from the members of the league, and majority rules. If for some reason there is a tie (as with an abstention), the Commissioner will break the tie. The Commissioner will oversee the performance of this committee. Requests to have trades reviewed must be made within 1 week or 20 games from the trade, whichever comes first.”

Free agents/waivers: After imports, and before game 1, all teams must cut down to 26 players. The cut players form a free agent pool. Waivers will run based on the outcome of the previous season. Waivers will run from game 1 on. This will replace a formal draft. This will prevent teams from stockpiling talent, and will make bad teams more desirable.

4. League set up, number of games, rotation size, injury length, and roster size:

1 15-team league, whether teams are owned, or are bots. 3 divisions, 5 teams each. 154 games until, and if, expansion hits in 1961 or later. 4-man rotations will be used until 1975. Injuries are 8 games for pitchers, 5 for everyday players. Rosters start the season 26/0, and can increase to 26/10 during the season.


5. Playoffs:

1 regular season champion, and 8 wild cards. The wild cards play best-of-3 series until 1 wild card remains. The Wild Card champion plays the Regular Season Champion in the World Series.

Rules about ties for a playoff spot:

A wild card team never hosts a series against a non-wild card team.

If teams tie for a playoff spot:
⇒ If both teams would be “in”, use head to head record as a tiebreaker. Run differential is the 2nd tie-breaker.
⇒ If one is in, the other is out, 1 game playoff (@ head 2 head winner)


MY BASIC EXPECTATIONS OF EACH OWNER:

⇒ Your commitment is season to season. When you join, you will be expected to actively run your team until the end of the season, which is when the regular season ends for non-playoff teams, or when your playoff team is eliminated. If you quit mid-season without my blessing, I will share this information with other commissioners.

⇒ Actively running your team means that you read messages once per day, meet all deadlines, and communicate any difficulties to the commissioner.

⇒ I will provide a minimum of 48 hours between a posting of a deadline, and the deadline. Ignorance of the deadline will not be an excuse for failing to meet the deadline.

⇒ If you will be away, and unable to get your messages, give the commissioner advance notice. Inactivity for ten (10) days, or repeated failure to meet deadlines, may result in your being booted from the league.

⇒ Every owner is expected to field a team (9 pitchers and 11 fielders) every game. Failure to do so, making the sims not run, results in a forfeit.


⇒ Read and be familiar with the rules immediately upon joining: it may affect your desire to be in the league, or your desire to pick a certain team.

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!


General rules:

Each offseason, you can switch a SP to RP, or a RP to a SP, but stamina will remain “as is.”. You can change it back the next offseason if you like, but no changes between first pitch and the last out of the World Series.
You can switch a player’s primary and secondary positions if they played 50% or more games THAT season at their secondary position, or at least 25% of their games for their career at their secondary position.
During an offseason, a player can be switched to the position they played most in their career, regardless of the requirements of General Rule #2.
You can switch a DH to his secondary position, as long as he has a fielding percentage.


Off season duties:

Empty the free agent pool.

Progression after world series. Unpredictable. Plateau range: 30 - 32

Imports: You get all the imports from the next season that are not already in the league (35 IP/100 AB minimum)

Stat changes: unlimited with minimums for importing: 35 IP or 100 AB.

Cuts to a certain roster limit. Rosters need to be at 26 players after imports and before game 1. I will make the cuts if you don’t.

Opening Day: Waivers begin with game 1. The order is based on last season’s finish. Waivers take the place of a formal draft.

Elastic Clause: I reserve the right to create new rules as necessary to deal with problems as they arise.

League Settings

Year Range of Stats	1942 - 1942
Roster Size (Majors)	26
Roster Size (Minors)	10
Keepers
Change Stats Allowed	(not allowed while under contract)
Free Agency	(waivers)
Drops
No-Drop List
Player Fatigue
Batter Injuries	(5 games max)
Pitcher Injuries	(8 games max)
Use Pitcher's HR Allowed Stats
Allows Max Surprise Bunts
Min Batters Pitcher Must Face	1
Slump Buster	(1unlimited days)
On Fire	Classic
User Sims	(every 3 hours)