League Rules

1903 rules:

Conduct: Be respectful and polite to other owners, however trash talk is permitted. If you become a distraction or become rude you might get the boot.

No Drafts, Contracts, Free Agent Bidding
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Expansion:
We will be doing expansion in this League. We will hold an expansion draft from 1961 going forward with the following teams being added:
1961 LAA, WASH
1962 HOU, NYM
1969 MON, SD, KC, SEA/MIL
1977 SEA, TOR
1993 COL, FLA
1998 AZ, TB

* In an expansion year (after rookies are added) each team will select 20 players to be protected from being drafted. All protected players should be placed on the teams Major League Roster. Anyone not protected (in the minors) will be eligible to be selected in the expansion draft. For each round, each expansion owner will send me a list of their top 24 picks (maximum of one per team) in order of preference. I will alternate picks until each team has 12 players. No team will lose more than one player per round. The second round will follow the same format. Non-expansion teams will have a small window between rounds to change protected players if desired.
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Rosters: 25 major 6 minor

For sims (min. requirement to sim a game) 11-major hitters 9-major pitchers
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Change Stats

Each season you will be able to change your players' stats to the current year if it helps you.

Position requests will be granted to players who either played 33%+ of their career games at the desired position and/or 50%+ of the current season at that position.
=============================================================================================== Progression: random (with the option to change every players stats each year)

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regression-32
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Prospects: Rookies get imported each year to the team for which he had the most ABs/IPs. It is the individual owner's responsibility to make sure all of his team's rookies were imported correctly. The only way to lose a rookie is if you trade or drop them.
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Sims: Games will be simmed on a timer - every 4 hours
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Injuries: Batting-30 games Pitching-40 games
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Slump buster: 5 days
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Minimum "rookie" requirement to enter the league each year: At bats-125 Innings-35
Starters - must have 75+ innings pitched

All players whose real stats are less than 250 ABs or 40 IPs will be "doubled." (starting with 1964/65 offseason)
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Rotation: 4-man through 1974; 5-man starting in 1975
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Retirement: Age-40
If a player continued to play after age 40 IRL, he will continue to play in this league (using his real stats) until his actual retirement.
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Season Games:
1901-1960:154
1961-Present:162
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Trading: 99
If a trade is deemed unfair by the commissioner (or by multiple owners), he will solicit information regarding the trade from the owners involved. He will then put the trade up for vote by the league owners. If a majority of owners vote against the trade, it will be reversed and all players will be restored to their previous teams.

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Trade Deadline: Game-120 (24-hour stoppage)
Free Agents: May be signed via the waiver wire once the season starts based on "draft order."
Adds/Drops deadline - Game 150
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Stadium Effect: you may edit your stadium each year and adjust the LHB and RHB to get the desired effect.
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Post Season:
1901-61
The best team from each League will meet in the World Series.
If there is a regular season tie, there will be a 1 game playoff. Home field will be determined by the best overall run differential.

1962-Present
The best team from each division will meet.
7 game series
best record gets home field
(if there is a tie in wins, then runs differential will be the deciding factor)
2 days rest granted to all teams
rest granted after games 2 & 5

World Series:
7 game series
best record gets home field
(if there is a tie in wins, then runs differential will be the deciding factor)
2 days rest granted to all teams
rest granted after games 2 & 5
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Awards: MVP - CY YOUNG - TRIPLE CROWN
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Hall of Fame: Every off-season, players who meet HOF requirements (10+ years in majors; Top 25 in a major career stats category) will be added to the ballot (posted on home page). League owners will vote on inductees (those who receive 75% of votes cast). Those who receive less than 50% of the vote will be dropped.

League Settings

Year Range of Stats	1989 - 1989
Roster Size (Majors)	25
Roster Size (Minors)	6
Keepers	(31 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	(5 days)
On Fire	Classic
User Sims	(every 3 hours)