entrance fees hae been received from all teams.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Incomplete OR Ineligible lineups
The problem: Generals inadvertently did not submit a 1b, 2b, 3b position players this week. The solution was to take the only players available to plug in off the bench.
I agree Tony/Kenny have a point that Generals lineup should be reconfigured to be as ineffective as possible however, the prevailing system is to construct a legal lineup with the least effort and advantage to the inadvertent perpetrator.
To populate lineups with Unfilled Position Players once play has begun:
* Leave everyone submitted at ltheir eligible position where they are
* Fill in the Open slots with bench players eligible at vacant positions.
* The Eligible bench player who scores The Least points is he who fills the vacancy.
If Desmond did quality at a vacant slot, he would/could be inserted, but the availalble slots were 1b-2b-3b. There were four players on bench. Desmond was the only of the four who does not quality at the Unfilled slots without moving legally started players Out of the lineup.
I realise this explanation may not seem satisfactory.
Either system has its plusses or minuses, I think its just pick your poison.
Based on my experience the last dozen years or so this works but Im game for a change if desired.
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Note: If one of the 8 players in Generals lineup had been started at an Ineligible slot, that player would be removed and replaced by the worst performing player eligible from bench.
Note: You may start less than 8 pitchers without having the holes mandatorily patched, but you do need 8 pitchers on your roster.
I agree Tony/Kenny have a point that Generals lineup should be reconfigured to be as ineffective as possible however, the prevailing system is to construct a legal lineup with the least effort and advantage to the inadvertent perpetrator.
To populate lineups with Unfilled Position Players once play has begun:
* Leave everyone submitted at ltheir eligible position where they are
* Fill in the Open slots with bench players eligible at vacant positions.
* The Eligible bench player who scores The Least points is he who fills the vacancy.
If Desmond did quality at a vacant slot, he would/could be inserted, but the availalble slots were 1b-2b-3b. There were four players on bench. Desmond was the only of the four who does not quality at the Unfilled slots without moving legally started players Out of the lineup.
I realise this explanation may not seem satisfactory.
Either system has its plusses or minuses, I think its just pick your poison.
Based on my experience the last dozen years or so this works but Im game for a change if desired.
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Note: If one of the 8 players in Generals lineup had been started at an Ineligible slot, that player would be removed and replaced by the worst performing player eligible from bench.
Note: You may start less than 8 pitchers without having the holes mandatorily patched, but you do need 8 pitchers on your roster.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Secret to Blind Bid Auction Bidding
How to Bid in Blind Bid Auction prior to 10am Thursdays?
1) Do Not Cut the Same Player in More than One Bid in an auction
If you do this, there is no Guaruntee which Bid the System will Read or what will happen.
Example Below of a MISTAKE of Cutting Same player in more than one bid.
In this case, Vizquel is listed as the player to be waived or cut in each version of the bid and this will screw everything up!:
Bbid 1- Waive Vizquel: Add: Carlton 23, Schmidt, 13, Bowa 4 *
Bid 2- Waive Vizquel: Add: Schmidt 13, Bowa 4, McBride 2.
If you submit Vizquel as the player to be waived in two separte bids, the system may choose bid 1 or bid 2 to execute, depending on what other owners do. In any event, it screws things up.
The SOLUTION :
Only Use Vizquel as the player to waive in ONE BID ONLY, and if there are multiple players you would accept when you cut Vizquel, ADD THEM ALL into ONE BID.
The trick on site:
Keep choosing players to add WITHOUT clicking SUBMIT, until all your choices for the Vizquel cut are in
Then hit Submit.
EXAMPLE OF CORRECT CONDITIONAL BID:
bid 1 - Waive Vizquel (just click him once): Add Carlton 23, Schmidt 13, Bowa 4, McBride 3. (submit now)
bid 2 - Waive Ripken: Add Schmidt 13, Bowa 4, McBride 2, Griffey 1 (submit now).
1) Do Not Cut the Same Player in More than One Bid in an auction
If you do this, there is no Guaruntee which Bid the System will Read or what will happen.
Example Below of a MISTAKE of Cutting Same player in more than one bid.
In this case, Vizquel is listed as the player to be waived or cut in each version of the bid and this will screw everything up!:
Bbid 1- Waive Vizquel: Add: Carlton 23, Schmidt, 13, Bowa 4 *
Bid 2- Waive Vizquel: Add: Schmidt 13, Bowa 4, McBride 2.
If you submit Vizquel as the player to be waived in two separte bids, the system may choose bid 1 or bid 2 to execute, depending on what other owners do. In any event, it screws things up.
The SOLUTION :
Only Use Vizquel as the player to waive in ONE BID ONLY, and if there are multiple players you would accept when you cut Vizquel, ADD THEM ALL into ONE BID.
The trick on site:
Keep choosing players to add WITHOUT clicking SUBMIT, until all your choices for the Vizquel cut are in
Then hit Submit.
EXAMPLE OF CORRECT CONDITIONAL BID:
bid 1 - Waive Vizquel (just click him once): Add Carlton 23, Schmidt 13, Bowa 4, McBride 3. (submit now)
bid 2 - Waive Ripken: Add Schmidt 13, Bowa 4, McBride 2, Griffey 1 (submit now).
Normal Weekly League Transactions/Calendar
The Normal weekly transaction window has two sgegments Thurs morning until Friday at noon:is as
1- The Blind Bid Auction (FAAB) runs automatically every Thursday Morning at 10am. Any player in the NL majors or minors can be bid on in full dollar increments. You put in bids earlier in the week and up to Thursday morning and system sorts the winning blind bids at 10am Thursday. You can put in as many bids as you want, but system is hard for some to figure out at first - tho its well docuemented on message bd and with help 610.348.7972.
*advice- in the beginning, novices, keep your bidding real simple and back it up with an email to commissioner if you want the first time. They system will NOT Read your intent, instructions must be followed not intuited. Docmentation on how to do complex bids ins on the league website and message boards.
2-- Following the auction being sorted by the system, we have a period called IFA running post auction til noon Friday. During IFA, each team may sign ONLY one current major league player, first come, first-serve, for a $1 fee from the play fa money account starting at 100. This is typically a time to balance your roster if need be, after the auction.
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.Calendar.
Thu 10am
FAAB blindbid
auction exectures
Thu 10am - Friday Noon
IFA, May sign/drop one player only.
flat rate per move is $1.
Friday Noon. Lineups due for FRI-SUN matchup
(all lineup changess submitted after Frinday 12pm ET are too late for the weekend and will apply to mon-thu).
Monday Noon. Lineups due for MON-THU matchup
(all lineup changes submitted after 12pm ET Monday are too late for the weekdays series and will apply to next fri-sun),
1- The Blind Bid Auction (FAAB) runs automatically every Thursday Morning at 10am. Any player in the NL majors or minors can be bid on in full dollar increments. You put in bids earlier in the week and up to Thursday morning and system sorts the winning blind bids at 10am Thursday. You can put in as many bids as you want, but system is hard for some to figure out at first - tho its well docuemented on message bd and with help 610.348.7972.
*advice- in the beginning, novices, keep your bidding real simple and back it up with an email to commissioner if you want the first time. They system will NOT Read your intent, instructions must be followed not intuited. Docmentation on how to do complex bids ins on the league website and message boards.
2-- Following the auction being sorted by the system, we have a period called IFA running post auction til noon Friday. During IFA, each team may sign ONLY one current major league player, first come, first-serve, for a $1 fee from the play fa money account starting at 100. This is typically a time to balance your roster if need be, after the auction.
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.Calendar.
Thu 10am
FAAB blindbid
auction exectures
Thu 10am - Friday Noon
IFA, May sign/drop one player only.
flat rate per move is $1.
Friday Noon. Lineups due for FRI-SUN matchup
(all lineup changess submitted after Frinday 12pm ET are too late for the weekend and will apply to mon-thu).
Monday Noon. Lineups due for MON-THU matchup
(all lineup changes submitted after 12pm ET Monday are too late for the weekdays series and will apply to next fri-sun),
Monday, March 21, 2011
Draft/Transcations Free Agents During Season.
Regular draft, not auction. We draft 99.9% from scratch each year except for a couple rules twists regarding primarily, younger players. 26 rounds/ serpentine.
Orderly is determined randomly prior to draft on Sunday March 27th at 815pm.
Attending the ONLINE live draft start to finish 2.5- 3 hours is mandatory.
We have 26 man rosters, constructed how you see fit but you must have an eligible starter for each starting postion.
Position eligibility. 10 games previous season, 5 games current season.
Any player NOT in NL majors or NL minors is eligible to be drafted or acquired in the weekly auction and free agent period.
Most of our teams have one or two enticing triple A players on the bench and we use about 80% of active AL players to fill our rosters.
Transactions are free -- each team gets 100 Fantasy bucks to spend during the year in the weekly auction/free agent signing period. When you see a number next to a player on the site, that is how much was paid for him in fantasy dollars at the Weekly Automated Blind Bid Auction that the system sorts Thursday mornings.
a) We have a weekly blind bid "auction" that automatically sorts winning bids entered during the week each Thursday morning. You can bid on minor leaguers, anyone who is AL property.
b) From Thursday Noon til Friday Noon you may Add/Drop One Player at a flat rate of $1,.
You may only add Current Major Leaguers during this Instant Free Agency (IFA) period.
Anyone AL major/minor leaguer be bid on during the Faab.
Then from Noon Thurs til Noon Friday we have the IFA period, where each team may sign one current major leaguer for $1. Minor leaguers mush be acquired via Thurs morning auction and not during IFA.
These are the essential rules, but just about everything that can come up in the past 13seasons has and has a documented solution. Unfortunately there is no comprehensive bible that addresses every arcane situation, but thru the miracle or email archiving and our archived message board, documentation is available.
Orderly is determined randomly prior to draft on Sunday March 27th at 815pm.
Attending the ONLINE live draft start to finish 2.5- 3 hours is mandatory.
We have 26 man rosters, constructed how you see fit but you must have an eligible starter for each starting postion.
Position eligibility. 10 games previous season, 5 games current season.
Any player NOT in NL majors or NL minors is eligible to be drafted or acquired in the weekly auction and free agent period.
Most of our teams have one or two enticing triple A players on the bench and we use about 80% of active AL players to fill our rosters.
Transactions are free -- each team gets 100 Fantasy bucks to spend during the year in the weekly auction/free agent signing period. When you see a number next to a player on the site, that is how much was paid for him in fantasy dollars at the Weekly Automated Blind Bid Auction that the system sorts Thursday mornings.
a) We have a weekly blind bid "auction" that automatically sorts winning bids entered during the week each Thursday morning. You can bid on minor leaguers, anyone who is AL property.
b) From Thursday Noon til Friday Noon you may Add/Drop One Player at a flat rate of $1,.
You may only add Current Major Leaguers during this Instant Free Agency (IFA) period.
Anyone AL major/minor leaguer be bid on during the Faab.
Then from Noon Thurs til Noon Friday we have the IFA period, where each team may sign one current major leaguer for $1. Minor leaguers mush be acquired via Thurs morning auction and not during IFA.
These are the essential rules, but just about everything that can come up in the past 13seasons has and has a documented solution. Unfortunately there is no comprehensive bible that addresses every arcane situation, but thru the miracle or email archiving and our archived message board, documentation is available.
Draft/Rosters/Points
We will draft online via a combination web interface/ free teleconference, which I find really helps make things go smoother. Draft is about 2.5 hours and is 815pm March 27th so please save the appointment.
All our owners are busy and everyone needs to attend the draft to make this league work. For some this is the only league we play and we want/need it to be good based on mutual respect of time.
I will make draft materieals, tools, cheat sheets available for anyone who needs them to help in this tremendous crap shoot/talent grab that is a fantasy draft. Draft is not an auction and order is randomly determined reveresed every round..
Roster sizes are 26 players and you start 11 hitters and any combination of 8 starting or relief pitchers each series.
Hitters include: C 1B 2B SS 3B 4OFS also one additional middle infielder and one additional corner inf.
Batting Points: 1b-2, 2b-3, 3b-5, HR-6, RBI-1, BB-1, R-1, SB-2, also subtract -.5 for each AB, -1 for strikeout.
Pitching Points: W-10, SV-10, QS-10, IP-1, K-1, HOLD-4, also,subtract: L-5, BS-5, ER-1,
All our owners are busy and everyone needs to attend the draft to make this league work. For some this is the only league we play and we want/need it to be good based on mutual respect of time.
I will make draft materieals, tools, cheat sheets available for anyone who needs them to help in this tremendous crap shoot/talent grab that is a fantasy draft. Draft is not an auction and order is randomly determined reveresed every round..
Roster sizes are 26 players and you start 11 hitters and any combination of 8 starting or relief pitchers each series.
Hitters include: C 1B 2B SS 3B 4OFS also one additional middle infielder and one additional corner inf.
Batting Points: 1b-2, 2b-3, 3b-5, HR-6, RBI-1, BB-1, R-1, SB-2, also subtract -.5 for each AB, -1 for strikeout.
Pitching Points: W-10, SV-10, QS-10, IP-1, K-1, HOLD-4, also,subtract: L-5, BS-5, ER-1,
2 (Best of 3 Series Per Week)
The key element of this custom game is that it is head-head and point based with two head-head matchups each week.
We play a head-head 3-game series running Mon thru Thurs.
Then your franchise squares off against a different opponent Fri-Sun, just like in the majors.
What separates this league from all others is how we mirror the regular season schedule/format/rhythym and also that every single nite of the season your team will be battling for a game in the standings.
No major commericial site has been able to reproduce this riveting adrenalin pumping format.
In each 3-game series:
*Most/Least combined batting points is worth one Win/lLoss in the standings,
*Most/Least pitching points is worth one Win/Loss in the standings,
*Most/Least combined Total pitch/bat points is worth one Win/Loss in the standings.
Standings are updated the morning after each series is over, so that is Mon and Fri morning you will either sweep/get swept/ or split 2-1 or 1-2 your 3-game series.
Our regular season is 45 head-head series or 135 games and ends 3 weeks prior to MLB regular season so we have quality playoffs.
We play a head-head 3-game series running Mon thru Thurs.
Then your franchise squares off against a different opponent Fri-Sun, just like in the majors.
What separates this league from all others is how we mirror the regular season schedule/format/rhythym and also that every single nite of the season your team will be battling for a game in the standings.
No major commericial site has been able to reproduce this riveting adrenalin pumping format.
In each 3-game series:
*Most/Least combined batting points is worth one Win/lLoss in the standings,
*Most/Least pitching points is worth one Win/Loss in the standings,
*Most/Least combined Total pitch/bat points is worth one Win/Loss in the standings.
Standings are updated the morning after each series is over, so that is Mon and Fri morning you will either sweep/get swept/ or split 2-1 or 1-2 your 3-game series.
Our regular season is 45 head-head series or 135 games and ends 3 weeks prior to MLB regular season so we have quality playoffs.
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