League Rules

League Rules

1. Basic Pitch: A non-contract league based on the 1982 season where we own and operate multiple teams. You may not trade players between your teams.

Put the letter of your desired draft slot in the chat box. The draft order snakes.


2. How are players acquired?

First season USED? 1982

Minimum AB/IP? 20 IP and 50 AB for 1982, and 35 IP and 100 AB after that.

Are duplicate players allowed? Yes, in 1982. In import classes, a player goes to the team for whom he played the most (AB or IP) Also, if there are 2 Ed Farmer’s (God forbid!) in 1982, and 1 is on the Indians and the other is a free agent, I will delete the free agent to cut back on duplicates in the league.

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

Imports and Minimums? 100 AB, 30 IP

Stat changing? Once games start, if a player is caught having stat-switched 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? Yes, as many as you want, until Game 140. No trades, or waivers, between game 140 and the end of the World Series.


Is there a draft? Only if you consider waiver claims to be a draft.

Free agents/waivers? Yes.



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

League set up to be determined by the number of owners and teams. [2 leagues, 3 4-team divisions each] 162 games. 4 man rotations in year 1, 5 man rotations thereafter. 5 (hitters)/8 (pitchers) for injuries.



5. Playoffs:

There will be two 7-team divisions (with an interleague series every day.) In each division there will be a regular season champion, and 4 wild card teams. The wild card teams will play a best-of-3 series until 1 wild card team remains. This wild card team will play a best-of-7 series at the regular season champion to see who goes to the World Series (also best-of-7.)


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)

In addition to a Cy Young and a MVP Award, there will also be a Manager of the Year Award given to the owner with the best combined record. In the event that some owners own more teams than some other owners, it will be the best combined winning percentage.




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:

Name Manager of the Year.

Empty the free agent pool

Year 1: double the stats.

Unpredictable progression after world series. 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, 100 AB

Cuts to a certain roster limit: 26 major, 10 minor by opening day.

Turn drops and trades on

Opening Day



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	1984 - 1984
Roster Size (Majors)	26
Roster Size (Minors)	10
Keepers
Change Stats Allowed
Free Agency
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	Uses WAR
User Sims	(every 3 hours)