League Rules
Welcome!Champions League Rules:
Great effort has been made to collect the most successful owners with their favorite teams. This league is the result.
You get your favorite franchise. You pick the season you want, between 1977 and 2024. You get that roster, plus the next roster, every player with 100 AB or 35 IP. You can have only 1 Ivan Rodriguez on your team, but there may be more than 1 Pudge in the league – he played for a lot of teams. After 2024, your next year's imports would be 1977.
We will use unpredictable progression – it is the only way I can guarantee you a unique experience here. And, even if your favorite team isn’t very good, the future is still unwritten. Plateau range to be 30 - 34: at 35, players begin to regress.
No trades, no waivers or free agents, and no stat changing. But you get your whole roster (as long as the players meet the minimums), and there’s no forced retirement age.
I will give you (at least) 48 hours notice of any deadline. If you need an extension, message me; I am generally fairly reasonable, or so I think. I will not be reasonable about deadlines missed where there was no extension request. Fair is fair, guys.
1) The expectation is a 162 game season. Each series is 3 games. 5-man rotations. I am hoping for 2 12-team leagues, but this, and the season length, and the playoff format, may vary based on participation.
2) A player is yours until he is cut.
3) Roster limits: 26 major league, 14 minor league. Rosters must be trimmed after imports and before opening day. Owners will be given a day’s grace (24 hours from first pitch) to fix their rosters; after 24 hours, and after game 2, any team that is over roster limits will be trimmed by me. I can trim them by any process I choose, but I cannot leave you with fewer than 9 pitchers, or 11 position players when I am finished (I.e. I cannot cause a forfeit.)
4) Unpredictable progression will be used. 30 - 34 will be the plateau period. This will make this league different than any other favorite team/favorite season league you have played in: You won’t know what 1983 Dusty Baker will look like in 1978. And, having 4 SP under 25 years of age in 1986 does not guarantee you anything in 1991, except that all 4 should still be under 30.
5) Playoffs: The method will be announced once I know how many teams we will have. I tend to favor a lot of teams making the playoffs (about half), with byes for the best records. This keeps the vast majority of owners interested, while affording some protection for, and still giving meaning to, division winners.
PLAYOFFS: 3 division winners, and 8 wild cards. The 8 wild cards play best-of-3 series until 1 wild card team remains in each league. The wild card team and the 3 division winners play 2 7-game series to determine the league champion.
6) Tie breakers: If both teams would make the playoffs, then the tie is resolved by run differential. If one team is in, and the other out, then it will be a single game, winner take all tiebreaker. No team that is tied for a playoff berth will be eliminated without a chance to win their way in (or lose their way out.)
General Rules:
7) A player can have his primary and secondary positions switched if he played half the games in his current season, or 25% of his career games at the position desired. A player can be switched to the position he played most in his career even if it is not his primary or secondary position when he was acquired. A SP can be switched to RP as needed, but only during the offseason. If a player is listed as primary DH, he can be switched to his secondary position if he has a fielding percentage.
8) Any dispute about whether a player should be on your team, or any position change, must be raised before game 1. I will not make changes after Game 1 of any season, until the next offseason.
Expectation of owners:
9) Owners are expected to read messages on a daily basis. Owners will be given a minimum of 48 hours from the time of posting to complete the act required. After the 48 hours, it is not a defense for the owner to say that he did not see the message.
10) 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.
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!
Offseason duties:
Empty the cut player pool.
Unpredictable progression, plateau period is 30 - 34.
Imports, 100 AB or 35 IP.
Teams must be down to roster limits by game 1 (26 ml, 9 minor league). 24 hours after first pitch, and after game 2, Commissioner will fix any roster not in compliance. CHECK EACH ROSTER FOR DUPLICATES.
Elastic Clause: I reserve the right to add any additional rules necessary to make the league run smoothly.
Some leagues use fictional player progression. To learn more about how players progress, check the Player Potential page.
League Settings
| Year Range of Stats | 1871 - 2024 |
| Roster Size (Majors) | 26 |
| Roster Size (Minors) | 14 |
| Keepers | |
| Change Stats Allowed | |
| Free Agency | |
| Drops | |
| No-Drop List | |
| Player Fatigue | |
| Batter Injuries | |
| Pitcher Injuries | |
| 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) |
