Season Two is done. On to Season Three!

Same rules as OL's (yes, $80M, AAA, trading, etc., etc.) except, since Champions Leagues are back in action (and very cool) ours is differentiated with... are you ready? no minimums, neither in PA/162 nor in IP/162, like it used to be (more strategic and tactical options! even cooler than Champs Leagues).

Other diffs: full selection of ballparks! (Hey, cooler still!) and real names in AAA (very cool).

Sign-ups and Entries
All these teams are in and waiting for yours.

1. hey, I'll join
2. mjkrunner
3. just4me
4. Lewb
5. thunder1008
6. babad13
7. jtvaughey
8. mensu1954
9. hebdomad
10. redwingscup
11. sford
12. Area51man
13. dwotle
14. dhanson32
15. besterateam
16. northof49
17. gbkjr
18. grizzly_one
19. doubletruck
20. fillies
21. humdogs
22. ML_dad
23. 3dayrotation
24. Unlucky

Had indicated but no teams in at time of checking: Humdogs, davidp, jocked_out32

We couldn't get the minimums to exactly match Open Leagues, even when we tried. Now you're on your own! As with most themes, this takes discipline.

The gist on rewards for OL's vs Champs Leagues vs. Theme Leagues is shown in SLB's "Help, Prizes" link at the top on the SLB pages. I'll cut and paste it in the post below.

Under 5 total SLB championships of any kind? Then play Open Leagues.

More than 5? Then play Champs Leagues.

Any of the above and want to compete with top flight "owners?" Then play this, or play this too. Try new things. No minimums, so adjust your teams through the Waiver Wire and freer trading as you wish.

REWARDS BREAKDOWN (copied from "Help, Prizes" in SLB)

Prizes

Beyond the glory, pride and spot in the Tournament of Champions, there are prizes for all playoff participants in SimLeague Baseball.

The World Series winner receives 4,000 Reward Points* (Approximately $27.00 value) that can be redeemed for seasons of any of our games, gift cards, t-shirts or other items in our online Rewards Center.

All other owners that made it to the playoffs will receive a credit on their account good toward the purchase of your next SLB team. Credits will be given out as follows:

• Teams losing in the Division Championship Series: $3.00*
• Teams losing in the League Championship Series: $6.00*
• Teams losing in the World Series: $10.00*

The two teams that participate in the World Series are also entered into the Tournament of Champions with a chance to win additional prizes.

* Note that these rewards change for Standard and Diamond Legends Career Open Leagues depending on the number of times an owner has reached the World Series in any league.

• The 1st - 5th trips to the World Series yield the full value of the prizes mentioned above (100%).
• The 6th - 10th trips to the World Series yield 75%.
• The 10th trip and beyond yields 50%.

Remember, these limitations are for Standard and DL Career Open Leagues only -- Theme Leagues and Champion Leagues will always yield 100% of the prize values! In addition, Champions Leagues see a 50% increase in prizes.

We're keeping data on successive seasons as if this were a progressive theme. Here's just a bit on what we did. I hope to record more after a bit.

Season One: WS winner: ArlenWilliam 8-)

• In our inaugural season I thought I'd set it up to maintain the OL minimums for PA/162 and IP/162 but it defaulted to zip. I asked owners to hold the line. No one said it became a big problem.

Season Two: WS winner: redwingscup (he beat me; imagine the nerve of this hockey fan)

• Here, I came as close as possible under the OL minimums (4500 vs. 4800 PA/162 and 1150 vs 1200 IP/162). Thru the course of the season it became sensible to just shuck the minimums and play the way OL's used to be. There is more flexibility that way, in use of the Waiver Wire and in trading, too.

More to come....

After the disappointment of my (season 2) 104 win squad being bounced in the divisional series, you can definitely count me in for season 3...

I know what that tough luck's about. Welcome MKR!

sign me up...

You are so in.

Pencil me in...

More class, more style.

And now we have.... thunda.

And Humdogs and babad13 are in like lightning!

Attention: jtvaughey is now in the leagues.

Davidp. Excellent. Nine for the very start. Getting word out further in a bit...

Yes - someone has to lose 100 with bad drafting strategies!

This could finally be the time I force myself to go with less IP at 80M. Sign me up, AW!