Originally created many moons ago by examinerebb, this league makes any franchise a contender, and a better group of owners can't be found on the site. There is much good-natured banter in the draft thread and the league chat, so bring your sense of humor. The rules are simple:

1. Each owner chooses a franchise. Franchise draft order is in inverse order of win percentage from the previous season for non-playoff teams, then inverse order of win percentage of non-World Series playoff teams, with the WS runner-up picking 31st, and the WS champ choosing last. New owners will be assigned the draft position of any previous owners who are not returning, with the first to sign up receiving the highest slot, and so on.

2. Each owner chooses five players he/she wishes to protect from that franchise (1969-2010) and submits that list via sitemail to me. Those players are the exclusive property of their respective owners.

3. After all lists are submitted, they will be posted and a three round modified Rule V draft will be held, with draft order being inverse order of each franchise's Rule V win percentage through all legs from which we have data (the worst teams pick first).  Many thanks to schwarze for compiling this data.  Each owner selects one unprotected player from any active franchise but their own (player seasons for franchises that were not chosen are not eligible). That player is also theirs exclusively. No more than two players may be taken from any one franchise in any one round.

4. At the end of the first and second rounds, each owner will choose an additional player they wish to protect. You will end up protecting seven in all, while drafting three. These ten players must appear on your roster. The rest of the roster is filled by players from your franchise during the given time period (1969-present day).

$120 Million Cap
No trades
No WW
No DH
NEW THIS LEG - No AAA

No clones (same player, same franchise - if a player played for more than one franchise, he is available once for each franchise)
If a player split time between multiple teams in a season (as listed at WIS) his full season is available once for each team
SLL limited to current series
Stadium must have been used by your franchise for at least one full season between 1969 and 2010
Tiebreaker for draft positions will be run differential from the previous season, worse differential picks first

For those new to the Rule V fold:

There is much good-natured ribbing during the draft (we try not to be too player-specific, so as not to influence the draft, but sometimes the temptation is too much). Do not take it personally. Pick a draft strategy and stay the course, regardless.

Glossary

He Who Must Not Be Named (HWMNBN) - A former player/manager/dirtbag for the Cincinnati Reds (and later, Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos) who defiled the grand game of baseball. No Rule V team has ever won a title with him, so heed jose's warnings about karma. I would imagine Lady Karma grows weary from teaching the same lesson over and over, as the ruler with which she raps offending knuckles seems to grow with each passing season.

The Single Most Overrated Pitcher of All Time (TSMOPOAT) - Nolan Ryan

Vegas - jose can u c - Our Rule V Prediction King

Here are the franchise winning percentages in the Rule V theme, compiled by schwarze, that we'll be using for draft order in the player draft:

Franchises already selected highlighted in red.

I've removed a team's best and worst season form the above table... and I've sorted from lowest winning % to highest.
 

Rank	Franchise	Years	_Wins_	Losses	Wining%	Prev
1	Rays	2	134	190	0.4136	1
2	D'backs	5	346	464	0.4272	2
3	Tigers	5	362	448	0.4469	3
4	Pirates	8	599	697	0.4622	4
5	Blue Jays	10	755	866	0.4658	5
6	Twins	14	1072	1197	0.4725	6
7	Rockies	6	462	510	0.4753	7
8	Padres	12	935	1009	0.4810	9
9	White Sox	4	317	331	0.4892	8
10	Angels	7	556	578	0.4903	10
11	Red Sox	14	1114	1155	0.4910	13
12	Brewers	14	1128	1142	0.4969	14
13	Phillies	14	1137	1134	0.5007	12
14	Rangers	9	731	728	0.5010	18
15	Giants	13	1058	1049	0.5021	11
16	Braves	14	1148	1120	0.5062	17
17	Mariners	14	1153	1116	0.5082	16
18	Orioles	8	660	637	0.5089	20
19	Expos	14	1156	1115	0.5090	15
20	Mets	13	1073	1034	0.5093	21
21	Indians	14	1157	1112	0.5099	22
22	Cardinals	14	1163	1106	0.5126	19
23	Cubs	11	914	868	0.5129	23
24	Marlins	10	847	775	0.5222	25
25	Royals	14	1186	1083	0.5227	26
26	Yankees	12	1019	925	0.5242	24
27	Dodgers	13	1127	980	0.5349	27
28	Reds	8	697	599	0.5378	28
29	A's	14	1225	1044	0.5399	29
30	Astros	14	1245	1024	0.5487	30

 

Here is the order for this season's franchise draft:

# playoff team last leg
& WS Runner-Up
@ WS Champ

1. spoonfed - 59-103 0.364
2. jose can u c - 61-101 0.377
3. tridentric - 61-101 0.377
4. mllama54 - 67-95 0.414
5. Robin4 - 70-92 0.432
6. mussopini23 - 72-90 0.444
7. newarkwilder - 72-90 0.444
8. Disco Dogs - 77-85 0.475
9. specsman - 79-83 0.488
10. shaybee - 79-83 0.488
11. ff09 - 79-83 0.488
12. alleyviper - 82-80 0.506\
13. jstewart281 - 85-77 0.525
14. llcoach - 87-75 0.537
15. sinfonian11 - 90-73 0.552
16. marlowe - 90-72 0.556
17. #holleybard - 85-77 0.525
18. #sgsmith - 86-76 0.531
19. #tjefferson - 91-72 0.558
20. #schwarze - 91-71 0.562
21. #thaneoffife - 91-71 0.562
22. #rbow923 - 101-61 0.623
23. &Cheno5 - 87-75 0.537
24. @moneybonn - 103-59 0.636
 

Franchise Draft Results (officially starts 7/19 12pm EDT)

1. spoonfed - Arizona Diamondbacks*
2. jose can u c - Houston Astros*
3. tridentric - San Francisco Giants *
4. mllama54 - Minnesota Twins*
5. Robin4 - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim*
6. mussopini23 - St. Louis Cardinals*
7. newarkwilder - New York Mets*
8. Disco Dogs - Toronto Blue Jays
9. specsman - Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals*
10. shaybee - Atlanta Braves*
11. ff09 - Los Angeles Dodgers*
12. alleyviper - Boston Red Sox*
13. jstewart281 - Cincinnati Reds*
14. llcoach - Detroit Tigers *
15. sinfonian11 - Texas Rangers*
16. marlowe - Florida Marlins*
17. holleybard - Pittsburgh Pirates*
18. sgsmith - New York Yankees*
19. tfefferson - Colorado Rockies*
20. schwarze - Philadelphia Phillies*
21. thaneoffife - Cleveland Indians*
22. rbow923 - Oakland Athletics*
23. Cheno5 - Baltimore Orioles*
24. moneybonn - Seattle Mariners*

* Keepers sent for third round

Division Alignment:

Cheno5 - Baltimore Orioles
alleyviper - Boston Red Sox
sgsmith - New York Yankees
Disco Dogs - Toronto Blue Jays

marlowe - Florida Marlins
thaneoffife - Cleveland Indians
coach - Detroit Tigers
mllama54 - Minnesota Twins

Robin4 - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
rbow923 - Oakland Athletics
moneybonn - Seattle Mariners
sinfonian11 - Texas Rangers

specsman - Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals
jschwarze - Philadelphia Phillies
newarkwilder - New York Mets
shaybee - Atlanta Braves

stewart281 - Cincinnati Reds
jose can u c - Houston Astros
holleybard - Pittsburgh Pirates
mussopini23 - St. Louis Cardinals

spoonfed - Arizona Diamondbacks
tfefferson - Colorado Rockies
ff09 - Los Angeles Dodgers
tridentric - San Francisco Giants

Owner list for easy sitemailing: spoonfed; jose can u c; tridentric; mllama54; Robin4; mussopini23; newarkwilder; Disco Dogs; specsman; shaybee; ff09; alleyviper; jstewart281; llcoach; sinfonian11; marlowe; holleybard; sgsmith; tjefferson; schwarze; thaneoffife; rbow923; Cheno5; moneybonn

Round One (officially starts noon EDT 7/22)                                                   Off the Board

1. spoonfed - Diamondbacks: Bill Singer - LAD
2. llcoach - Tigers: Kevin Brown - LAD                                                            Los Angeles Dodgers
3. holleybard - Pirates: Willie McCovey - SFG
4. Disco Dogs - Blue Jays: George Foster - CIN
5. mllama54 - Twins: Jim Palmer - BAL
6. tjefferson - Rockies: Roger Clemens - HOU
7. Robin4 - Angels: Ted Simmons - STL
8. alleyviper - Red Sox: John Olerud - TOR
9. schwarze - Phillies: Lance Berkman - HOU                                              Houston Astros
10. sinfonian11 - Rangers: Pedro Martinez - NYM
11. tridentric - Giants: Fred Lynn - BOS
12. shaybee - Braves: Kevin Mitchell - SFG                                                    San Francisco Giants
13. moneybonn - Mariners: Willie McGee - STL                                            St. Louis Cardinals
14. Cheno5 - Orioles: Catfish Hunter - NYY
15. specsman - Expos/Nationals: Mark Texeira - ATL
16. newarkwilder - Mets: Chase Utley - PHI
17. thaneoffife - Indians: Carlos Delgado - TOR                                            Toronto Blue Jays
18. mussopini23 - Cardinals: Robinson Cano - NYY                                    New York Yankees
19. marlowe - Marlins: Phil Niekro - ATL                                                         Atlanta Braves
20. sgsmith - Yankees: Mike Norris - OAK
21. ff09 - Dodgers: Rico Petrocelli - BOS                                                        Boston Red Sox
22. jstewart281 - CC Sabathia - CLE
23. rbow923 - Athletics: Roberto Alomar - BAL                                             Baltimore Orioles
24. jose can u c - Astros: Darren Daulton - PHI                                             Philadelphia Phillies

Second Round    (officially starts Tuesday 7/26 9am EDT)                           Off the Board

1. spoonfed - Diamondbacks: Darin Erstad - LAA
2. llcoach - Tigers: Ichiro Suzuki - SEA
3. holleybard - Pirates: Tim Hudson - OAK
4. Disco Dogs - Blue Jays: Carlton Fisk - BOS
5. mllama54 - Twins: Eric Gagne - LAD
6. tjefferson - Rockies: Larry Dierker - HOU
7. Robin4 - Angels: Cliff Lee - SEA                                                                        Seattle Mariners
8. alleyviper - Red Sox: Rickey Henderson - NYY
9. schwarze - Phillies: Jerry Koosman - NYM
10. sinfonian11 - Rangers: Bobby Murcer - NYY                                                New York Yankees
11. tridentric - Giants: Ivan Rodriguez - DET
12. shaybee - Braves: Howard Johnson - NYM                                                  New York Mets
13. moneybonn - Mariners: Pedro Guerrero - LAD                                            Los Angeles Dodgers
14. Cheno5 - Orioles: Jimmy Key - TOR
15. specsman - Scott Rolen - STL
16. newarkwilder - Mets: Lenny Dykstra - PHI
17. thaneoffife - Fergie Jenkins - TEX
18. mussopini23 - Gary Sheffield - ATL
19. marlowe - Marlins: Danny Jackson - CIN
20. sgsmith - Jim Edmonds - STL                                                                        St. Louis Cardinals
21. ff09 - Dodgers: JD Drew - ATL                                                                         Atlanta Braves
22. jstewart281 - Adrian Beltre - BOS                                                                  Boston Red Sox
23. rbow923 - Athletics: Victor Martinez - CLE
24. jose can u c - Astros: Kevin Mitchell - CIN                                                     Cincinnati Reds

Third Round     (Officially starts Friday 7/29 at 9am EDT)                                  Off the Board

1. spoonfed - Diamondbacks: Bert Blyleven - MIN
2. llcoach - Tigers: Mariano Rivera - NYY
3. holleybard - Pirates: Adam Wainwright - STL
4. Disco Dogs - Blue Jays: Randy Johnson - HOU
5. mllama54 - Twins: Scott Rolen - PHI
6. tjefferson - Rockies: Jerry Reuss - LAD
7. Robin4 - Angels: Jimmy Wynn - HOU                                                               Houston Astros
8. alleyviper - Red Sox: Hideo Nomo - LAD                                                           Los Angeles Dodgers
9. schwarze - Phillies: Tim Burke - MON
10. sinfonian11 - Rangers: Andrew Bailey - OAK
11. tridentric - Giants: Joey Votto - CIN
12. shaybee - Braves: Willie Stargell - PIT
13. moneybonn - Mariners: Andre Dawson - MON                                             Montreal Expos
14. Cheno5 - Orioles: Don Mattingly - NYY                                                           New York Yankees
15. specsman - John Valentin - BOS
16. newarkwilder - Mets: Mark Eichhorn - TOR
17. thaneoffife - Indians: Manny Sanguillen - PIT                                                Pittsburgh Pirates
18. mussopini23 - Cardinals: Dale Murphy - ATL
19. marlowe - Marlins: Grady Sizemore - CLE
20. sgsmith - Yankees: Edgardo Alfonso - NYM
21. ff09 - Dodgers: Will Clark - SFG
22. jstewart281 - Reds: Mark McGwire - OAK                                                     Oakland Athletics
23. rbow923 - Rico Carty - ATL                                                                                Atlanta Braves
24. jose can u c - Astros: Carlos Guillen - DET

Keepers/Draft Picks

spoonfed - Arizona Diamondbacks: Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Luis Gonzalez, Matt Williams, Tony Batista, Bill Singer - LAD, Brandon Webb, Darin Erstad - LAA, Orlando Hudson, Bert Blyleven - MIN

llcoach - Detroit Tigers: Alan Trammell, Magglio Ordonez, Tony Phillips, Miguel Cabrera, Willie Hernandez, Kevin Brown - LAD, Denny McClain, Ichiro Suzuki - SEA, Curtis Granderson, Mariano Rivera - NYY

holleybard - Pittsburgh Pirates: Barry Bonds, Brian Giles, Jay Bell, Jason Kendall, Rick Reuschel, Willie McCovey - SFG, Jim Rooker, Tim Hudson - OAK, Freddie Sanchez, Adam Wainwright - STL

Disco Dogs - Toronto Blue Jays: Roy Halladay, Dave Stieb, Roger Clemens, Roberto Alomar, Jose Bautista, George Foster - CIN, Tony Fernandez, Carlton Fisk - BOS, Duane Ward, Randy Johnson - HOU

mllama54 - Minnesota Twins: Joe Mauer, Kirby Puckett, Rod Carew, Chuck Knoblauch, Johan Santana, Jim Palmer - BAL, Joe Nathan, Eric Gagne - LAD, Lyman Bostock, Scott Rolen - PHI

tjefferson - Colorado Rockies: Troy Tulowitski, Todd Helton, Larry Walker, Ellis Burks, Ubaldo Jimenez, Roger Clemens - HOU, Vinny Castilla, Larry Dierker - HOU, Matt Holliday, Jerry Reuss - LAD

Robin4 - Los Angeles Angels: Bobby Grich, Tim Salmon, Andy Messersmith, Mike Witt, Frank Tanana, Ted Simmons - STL, Troy Percival, Cliff Lee - SEA, Vladimir Guerrero, Jimmy Wynn - HOU

alleyviper - Boston Red Sox: Wade Boggs, Carl Yastrzemski, Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez, Derek Lowe, John Olerud - TOR, Nomar Garciaparra, Rickey Henderson - NYY, Manny Ramirez, Hideo Nomo - LAD

schwarze - Philadelphia Phillies: Steve Carlton, Curt Schilling, Mike Schmidt, Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Lance Berkman - HOU, Bobby Abreu, Jerry Koosman - NYM, Mike Lieberthal, Tim Burke - MON

sinfonian11 - Texas Rangers: Alex Rodriguez, Ivan Rodriguez, Josh Hamilton, Cliff Lee, Nolan Ryan, Pedro Martinez - NYM, Buddy Bell, Bobby Murcer - NYY, Bert Blyleven, Andrew Bailey - OAK

tridentric - San Francisco Giants: Jeff Kent, Barry Bonds, Tim Lincecum, Juan Marichal, Jason Schmidt, Fred Lynn - BOS, Rich Aurillia, Ivan Rodriguez - DET, Pablo Sandoval, Joey Votto - CIN

shaybee - Atlanta Braves: Javy Lopez, Chipper Jones, Hank Aaron, Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, Kevin Mitchell - SFG, Kevin Millwood, Howard Johnson - NYM, Marcus Giles, Willie Stargell - PIT

moneybonn - Seattle Mariners: Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey, Jr., Edgar Martinez, Felix Hernandez, Randy Johnson, Willie McGee - STL, Bret Boone, Pedro Guerrero - LAD , Freddy Garcia, Andre Dawson - MON/WSH

Cheno5 - Baltimore Orioles: Chris Hoiles, Cal Ripken, Jr., Ken Singleton, Mike Mussina, Mike Cuellar, Catfish Hunter - NYY, Bobby Grich, Jimmy Key - TOR, Brady Anderson, Don Mattingly - NYY

specsman - Montreal Expos/ Washington Nationals: Gary Carter, Tim Raines, Vladimir Guerrero, Pedro Martinez, Dennis Martinez, Mark Texeira - ATL, Steve Rogers, Scott Rolen - STL, Pascual Perez, John Valentin - BOS

newarkwilder - New York Mets: Mike Piazza, Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Dwight Gooden, Tom Seaver, Chase Utley - PHI, John Olerud, Lenny Dykstra - PHI, Jose Reyes, Mark Eichhorn - TOR

thaneoffife - Cleveland Indians: Kenny Lofton, Albert Belle, Manny Ramirez, Roberto Alomar, Gaylord Perry, Carlos Delgado - TOR, Sam McDowell, Fergie Jenkins - TEX, Jim Thome, Manny Sanguillen - PIT

mussopini23 - St. Louis Cardinals: Albert Pujols, Mark McGwire, Joe Torre, John Tudor, Bob Gibson, Robinson Cano - NYY, Chris Carpenter, Gary Sheffield - ATL, Ozzie Smith, Dale Murphy - ATL

marlowe - Florida Marlins: Kevin Brown, Gary Sheffield, Hanley Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Piazza, Phil Niekro - ATL, Juan Pierre, Danny Jackson - CIN, Armando Benitez,  Grady Sizemore - CLE

sgsmith - New York Yankees: Ron Guidry, Fritz Peterson, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Paul O'Neill, Mike Norris - OAK, Dave Righetti, Jim Edmonds - STL, Bernie Williams, Edgardo Alfonso - NYM

ff09 - Los Angeles Dodgers: Mike Piazza, Steve Sax, Adrian Beltre, Fernando Valenzuela, Don Sutton, Rico Petrocelli - BOS, Orel Hershiser, JD Drew - ATL, Manny Ramirez, Will Clark - SFG

jstewart281 - Cincinnati Reds: HWMNBN, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Eric Davis, Tom Seaver, CC Sabathia - CLE, Barry Larkin, Adrian Beltre - BOS, Ken Griffey, Jr., Mark McGwire - OAK

rbow923 - Oakland Athletics: Vida Blue, Catfish Hunter, Dennis Eckersley, Rickey Henderson, Jason Giambi, Roberto Alomar - BAL, Reggie Jackson, Victor Martinez - CLE, Miguel Tejada, Rico Carty - ATL

jose can u c - Astros: Mike Scott, J.R. Richard, Don Wilson, Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Darren Daulton - PHI, TSMOPOAT, Kevin Mitchell - CIN, Billy Wagner, Carlos Guillen - DET

Is this thing on?

Sorry Boys, just got the sitemail... I am in with the Arizona Diamondbacks

excellent to see most of our owners returning, & away we go!!

No worries, spoonfed.  Thanks for getting your pick in, and we're underway!

Posted by mussopini23 on 7/19/2011 10:47:00 AM (view original):
excellent to see most of our owners returning, & away we go!!

That would be ALL of our owners returning, which I think is a first.  Off and running!

Vegas sets the line for AZ wins for leg 33 at 41.

We'll take the Astros. 

Posted by jose can u c on 7/19/2011 10:53:00 AM (view original):
Vegas sets the line for AZ wins for leg 33 at 41.

Ouch...we won 59 last year...no respect....no respect...

I'll try the Minnesota Twins.