Baseball Madness

Being involved in kneeneighbor's Survival League has made me realize maybe we don't take enough advantage of some of the free play we can get here on live.

This may be a bit too ambitious but I would like to see if we can get 64 owners to play a single elimination tournament based on the NCAA basketball format.

My initial idea is to have 64 teams play down to 2, with all of them being within 30 pct points of each other. The seeding would be random. I am thinking for the first one owners selecting a team with a winning pct of .520 to .550. If this catches on we could change that up and do different versions.

This is just to get a little feedback and see if the interest is out there.
I am also thinking this might be a way to get players who don't play live to at least try it out. If any positive feedback is given I would advertise in the other forums to get owners.

Let's hear what you have to say.

BASEBALL MADNESS
TOURNAMENT RULES

We will need 64 owners to play the tournament.

For the first version owners can select any team from history with a winning pct in the range of .520 to .550.

Teams are exclusive.

I will be sending out a sitemail soon to those who have signed up announcing that team selection is open. It is first come first serve for team selection.

Teams will be seeded randomly. The lower seed in each pairing is home team. (example in the #1 and #16 game #1 would be home team)
After the pairings are posted the 2 owners for each game will need to set a time to play their game. At this time no time limit is in effect for getting the game played. Hopefully everyone can get them in in a timely matter so the tourney can move along at a good pace.

Any pitcher who pitches 5 innings or more must sit out the next game. He would then be eligible to pitch the following game if your team is still alive.
This in effect allows you to use a 2 man rotation if you would like. You may use as many starters as you want-the only restriction is the 5 IP rule.

After the game is played both owners must post the results and list any of their pitchers who pitched 5 innings or more.

I will set up a new thread when the time comes for posting games.

Interested owners:

1.szczubelek
2.joshkvt
3.aljon1331
4.dahsdebater
5.hbomb23
6.acketyack
7.btown
8.steve9955
9.staindman
10.deltagorfers
11.toddleduc
12.kneeneighbor
13.steveymer
14.tycobb32
15.jrig21
16.harrelson
17.SpotSell
18.kevo21
19.whoscraig
20.gonzos
21.DodgerDon
22.eman7400
23.BastanRedSox
24.coltonrocks
25.habsfan1
26.smithyy34
27.duece_duece
28.arvidjosef
29.zbrent716
30.braveboy73
31.tdoak
32.pstrnutbag44
33.sloadrock
34.bulls7210
35.markdidonato
36.tajohn
37.evil_twin
38.Crowe66
39.Jesters
40.wlj3B
41.cstrohmeier
42.Conan's Dad
43.gerlin88
44.FishNasty
45.jying98
46.5pointtoss
47.leeelci
48.cjnuss7
49.johnsonak87
50.natural_one
51.besterateam
52.caman
53.jflo65
54.dtownlove10
55.fwcinmo
56.cleonjones
57.hoses
58.hoser1
59.mrnelson10
60.frozen_rope
61.jocked_out32
62.tonywin33
63.domisgod
64.sdhizzle

Wait List
dubrightway

Quote: Originally posted by jpoulos2003 on 12/20/2009play simball.com its free but I don't like it at all though

Huh? Are you saying "Try this, but it sucks"?

I'm in

I'll play

I would do it.

josh well i would say it is not as good as this but its ok i guess but free as many teams as you want I have four teams in now

I'm in

I'm in

SZCZ ..........I'm in, should be a sweet little league. and without the drama of survivor.

lol..im in

And dont try simball...it's horrible

I'm in

i am in but dont try soxball it sucks too

I am definitely in. You should advertise in the main baseball forum as well. As it is free I think you would get a few takers there...could maybe get em hooked.

IN

Did he mention the FREE part ?