MONEY
Entry costs are $52. Send your
dues to Tim Huelsman, Dept. of Psychology, Appalachian State University,
Boone, NC, 28608. Weeks won prior to payment of dues will result
in prize money being forfeited back into the "kitty." Please get your dues
in before the season begins!
THE DRAFT
The draft will begin via e-mail, with untimed picks, beginning some time near March 20th. We will finish drafting in a chat room session on Saturday, March 31st at 9:00 am ET. The Commissioner will create a random order of owners to determine draft position. The draft will commence by the top
positioned owner making his/her pick and continuing through the owner with
the last positioned pick. The second round will begin at the bottom position
and work its way back up. The draft rounds will alternate directions until
complete. Warn your family of March 31st, and turn off your pager; no excuses will be
accepted.
30 players will be picked for each
team. Each team should have as a minimum: 1 for each field position
(1,2,3,ss,c), 3 outfielders (any of position), 5 starting pitchers, and
1 relief pitcher. The other 16 players will provide backup players, designated
hitter positions, and pitcher rotations
(most owners pick between 8-12 pitchers).
Current owners get to freeze three
players from last year if they wish. This means that these three players
will be on their roster this year. However, they will lose a pick in the
round the player was drafted in last year minus the number of years the
player has been frozen. For example, I picked Alex Rodriguez the 12th round
last year. When I freeze him this year I will use my 8th round pick since
this is the 4th year he has been frozen.
New owners get a choice of either:
(a) an extra pick in the average of the freeze pick rounds based on
each owner’s highest position freeze, second highest, and third highest
(e.g., if the average of the highest-position freezes of current owners
is 11...then the new owners get two picks in the 11th round...then we average
the second-highest freezes, lets say 15...then new owners get two picks
in the 15th and so on). If choosing this option, new owners do not get
a draft pick in the final three rounds (28-30).
or (b) freeze picks from the "leftovers" after the old owners have made
their freeze selections. These would be from any previous rosters, based
on the draft position from the previous year.
WAIVER DRAFTS
At the first of every month we
will initiate a waiver draft. Owners can designate a player on their roster
to drop (put on waivers), then we will complete a draft of unsigned players
in reverse order of standings. Players picked up in the waiver draft are
considered a 31st pick for next year’s freeze considerations. However,
if you pick up a player on waivers who was initially picked in the preseason
draft they will carry their original draft position into next year.
HOW TO PLAY
Send in your lineups to The Commish
by Monday noon of each week. If you do not do this then we will use your
previous week lineups. The lineups apply for the next Monday-Sunday week.
The lineups should include: one
1B, one 2B, one 3B, one SS, one C, three OF, and 1 DH for hitters. All
positions must be filled by a player who is eligible at that position.
Each player starts eligible at only one position at the beginning of the
season based on the position they played the most games in last season.
Once a player starts over 5 games at a position this season they will be
eligible at that position the rest of the season. The DH can come from
any position or from actual MLB DHs
You will also submit in your lineups
5 pitchers and 1 relief pitcher. One strategy used often is to submit pitchers
who will pitch twice in the Mon-Sun week.
Owners will then tally the points
for the Mon-Sun week. The points are tallied as follows for players in
your lineup:
For Field Positions:
Hit = 2 points
Run = 1 point
RBI = 2 points
HR = 2 points
SB = 2 points
BB or HBP = 1 point
(a HR with no one on base is worth
7 points- hit-2 + Run-1 +RBI-2 + HR-1)
For Pitchers
Strikeout = 1 point
Win = 35 points (unless it follows
a blown save)
Loss = -10 points
Save = 15 points
Complete Game = 10 point bonus
Shutout = 10 point bonus
No-hitter = 10 point bonus
Owners will tally their own points
for each Mon-Sun week for players in their lineup for that week. Team points
for the week are due to Commish by Wednesday of the following week. Late
point reports will be fined 25 points a day until submitted with a maximum
of 100 points deducted. So arrange for a friend to tally and submit your
points if you are going to be out of town.
TRADES
After August 15th no trades will be allowed. This will help us avoid
any end of season trades that may cause problems with fair competition
in light of the freeze rule and the potential that some owners may not
play the following year.
Otherwise, trades may occur at any time between any teams. The only
limitations are that (a) equal numbers of players must be traded, e.g.,
two for two. Waiver draft picks may be traded for players, but not picks
for the following season. Players received in trades are ineligible
until the start of the week after the trade is consummated. Points from
players dealt away in mid-week trades still count until the end of the
week in which they were traded. The Commish reserves the right to veto
a trade that is clearly not in the spirit of competition (i.e., a deal
that involves one team "selling out" to another).
WINNINGS
The winner of the first half of
the season will get 80$.
Second place of the first half
will get 40$
The winner of the second half
of the season will get 80$
Second place of the second half
will get 40$
The rest of the pot is divided
by 26 to produce the amount weekly winners get:
weekly winner = ($52 x 11) - $240
= $332/26 = $12.77
2001 DATES TO REMEMBER
March 15th - Freezes due
March 18th - New owners' freezes due
March 31st, 9am ET - draft begins
April 1st - $ in hand
April 2 - opening day
Rules
