League Rules

This is a keeper league, using classic progressions and the ability to change stats to the current season. There are no contracts. Each year teams will acquire rookies through imports.

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Expectations of Owners

-Keep all conversations clean
-Don't be rude to fellow owners
-Try to improve your team (no tanking)
-Be active, 14 days of inactivity may result in removal from the league
-Notify commissioner if there is going to be an extended leave of absence.
-Have Fun

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GM's CALENDAR
*Start Season
*All Stars Break (Around Day 96)
*Trade Deadline around Day 150 (Trades and Drops turned off)
*Player and Season Awards given (Penants, MVP, Cy Young, ROY)
*Playoffs
*Championship Ring awarded
*Hall of Fame Inductions (beginning 1992)
*Players progression applied
*Players imported (In case of player with multiple teams, player goes to the team with more AB/IP)
*Trades Turned On
*Drops Turned On
*Players Retired
*Request for position changes open
*Ability to change stats to current season turned on
*Teams to Drop Rosters to 30 Players before draft (Teams not in compliance will automatically lose players)
*Supplemental Free Agent Draft (3 Rounds only)
*Manual Waiver Round
*Request for position changes closed.
*Playball

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Players
- Classic Progression to age 28. Regression starts at age 32.
- Players with under 100 AB will have their stats doubled.
- Stats can be changed to current season.
- Retirement: Age 40, including rostered players
- Players who played past the age 40, will retire the season they retired in real life.
- FA will retire at the beginning of their year 40 season.
- Rostered players will retire at the end of their year 40 season.

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Owners are forbidden from intentionally sabotaging players stats.

Definition:
An owner will be considered to have violated the sabotaging stats rule if...
1. An owner changes a players stats to the current season if the owner does all of the following...
a) Both the players Offence and Defence rankings decrease.
b) The decrease in the players overall ranking decreases by more than 10.
c) Within 30 days of the owner making the stat change, the player is dropped into the Free Agent Pool.

Should it be determined that a players stats have been sabotaged the following steps are to take place.
a) The players stats are to adjusted my the Commissioner (within PC limitations) to the original stats.
b) A player on the team that committed the sabotage will have a player of equal or greater overall ranking of the dropped players original rank, suspended for a period of 100 game days. The suspension will be applied via injury.
c) Repeat offenders risk being removed from the league.

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Rosters
Roster Limits: Majors 25, Minors 10

*Import Minimums: 100 AB, 50 IP
1981 - 1991 - 100 AB, 35 IP
1980 - 75 AB, 30 IP
1977 - 1979 - 50 AB, 25 IP

*subject to change in order to adjust size of FA pool.

1. Rookies will be imported to their respective teams in accordance with playing minimums.
a) In a case where a rookie has played on multiple teams, player will go to team with most playing time AB/IP

2. Players can swap their primary and secondary position or select a position they played during the current season.

3. Pitchers can switch between SP and RP if their WHIP is above 1.30.
a) SP --> RP; Stamina will be cut in half
b) RP --> SP: Stamina will double (minimum stamina: 60)

Year 1 Imported Teams to increase FA Pool: 1906 Boston Americans, 1917 Chicago White Sox, 1927 Philadelphia Athletics, 1935 Detroit Tigers, 1943 Chicago Cubs, 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1952 St Louis Browns, 1958 New York Yankees, 1969 San Francisco Giants
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League Play

-4 Man pitching rotation 1977 - 1979; 5 Man pitching rotation: 1980 - present)
- Fatigue: On
-Maximum Trades per season: 10
-Injuries set to Batters: 30 Days Pitchers: 30 Days
-Slump Buster - 10 days
-Sims - Regular Season: Autoplay 5 Hours; Playoffs: Manual 2 or 3 per day.
-Minimum Rosters to Sim: Batters: 11, Pitchers: 9
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All Star Break

-All Stars selected
-3 days off granted
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Post Season

1 day off between end of season and Wild Card game. Wild Card winner plays division winner with the best record.
There will be a 1 day off granted for travel days during playoffs. 2 days off will be granted at the end of each series.

Playoff seeding: (1) Division Winner, (2) Division Winner, (3) Division Winner (4) Wild Card Winner

Tie Breakers: (1) Division Winner, (2) Best Record, (3) Head to head record, (4) Run Differential, (5) Runs Scored

In the event of a tie for the division title or last wild card slot, a 1 game playoff will be played. Home field advantage will be determined based on the tie breaking formula. The tie breaker game(s) will be included in the count of off days, at the end of the season.

In the event of a more complicated tie breaker MLB rules will be used to determine which teams play each other.

MLB tie breaking rules

Wild Card Series - Best of 1 Series
LDS - Best of 5; 2-2-1 Format
LCS - Best of 7; 2-3-2 Format
World Series - Best of 7: 2-3-2 Format
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Supplemental Draft

Teams will drop to 35 players after imports, before a 3 round supplemental draft takes place.
Teams not in compliance with roster size, will automatically have players removed from their team.
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Stadium

Stadium Dimensions can be changed during the off season. It is requested that owners keep in mind, the actual stadium effects into account when making requests. (ie. Setting a hitters park to disadvantage)

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Hall of Fame

The commissioner will select up to 4 players to be enter the Hall of Fame each season. (Beginning 1992)

*Qualifications for Eligibility:
-Retired/Not playing for at least 3 Seasons.
-Top 20 career leader in the following categories: R, H, HR, RBI, SB, D / W, IP, Sv, K, CG, SHO, QS, G

*eligibility subject to change as the league evolves

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Expansion: There will be expansion in the league.

Colorado Rockies 1993
Florida Marlins 1993
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1998
Arizona Diamondbacks 1998

League Settings

Year Range of Stats	2003 - 2003
Roster Size (Majors)	25
Roster Size (Minors)	10
Keepers	(35 keepers)
Change Stats Allowed	(not allowed while under contract)
Free Agency
Drops
No-Drop List
Player Fatigue
Batter Injuries	(30 games max)
Pitcher Injuries	(30 games max)
Use Pitcher's HR Allowed Stats
Allows Max Surprise Bunts
Min Batters Pitcher Must Face	0
Slump Buster	(1unlimited days)
On Fire	Classic
User Sims