Upon entering league each owner will add ONE rule to the league.
It will be 24 teams with No Clones, no AAA. everyone use wrigley field for home park.
You cannot undo any rules that an owner puts into play.

we will use random realignment since it was not discussed in rules
RULES:
1 genemock91- each team must have one Chicago Cub from my lifetime (1972-present)
2 amerk1180- each team has a cap of $160 million
3 cstrohmier- you must have one RP with the initials RP, this pitcher cannot start a game
4 thebubbaq- You must draft Babe Ruth as a pitcher and he must start a minimum of 30 games to qualify for the playoffs. |
5 jtpsops- each owner must draft one season of BOTH Ted "Teddy Ballgame" Williams and Teddy Higuera's careers
6 ejstockman -NO DH
7 mattedesa at least one player on your team must be named Ed (or some form thereof - Eddie, Edward, etc.).
8 danscleaners must have at least 2 switch hitters amongst your position players.
9 jedijeff- Aside from Ruth NO other pitchers on your roster who played before 1950.
10 bklynborn must have one player/manager on your team. must use season they were a player/manager
11 terry00- You must draft four players total - 2 pitchers and 2 hitters - from the five-year pitcher dominated era of 1968-72.
12 xxevilivexx- aside from babe ruth and ted williams no other hall of fame players can be used
13 bluecrew2- the min. value of all players is 1.0 mil
14 tdoak- No one named in the Mitchell Report - or Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, A-Rod, or Sammy Sosa - may appear on anyone's roster.
15- 5pointtoss- NO yankee player seasons!
16- River_Rats You must have one player on your team who is a twisted version of a teammate of the player/season who satisfies Rule #1(Chicago Cub 1972-09). Name your team after this pair of players.
17 masterdebate- must have a platoon of OF's Rob Deer and either Brian Hunter. Each must get 300 PA's to qualify for the post season.
18- tkcronin SS must have a gold glove the season you use him
19- canesyanks13- You must have a pitcher or player from a year the Yankees lost the World Series, and it must be from the team that beat them (Ex. 2001 Schilling, 2003 Beckett, etc.)
20 nin311ff all crosstown rivals Chicago White Sox players are blacklisted.
21 verbal kint Everyone must have a player from the 1989 Bay Bridge World series. You have to take a player from either the 89 A's or Giants. You can twist to any season of that player.
22 teal_leo instituting a two round exclusive player draft.
23 tridentric no hitter may have more than 22 hrs or 22 steals.
24 msheaf1 everyone must have a player born in Vermont.
I'm going to have to make a commish decision and allow for ANY Ted Williams, Rob deer, Brian Hunter season in light of 22HRS or above rule. since these specific players MUST be on each roster. they are not affected by this rule.

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RD 1

1 amerk1180 PLuis Tiant
2 jtpsops P greg Maddux
3 jedijeff P Pedro Martinez
4 mattedesa 3b Larry Gardner
5 tridentric P Jason Schmidt
6 nin311ff P Randy Johnson
7 ejstockman P Vida Blue
8 verbal kint P Mike Scott
9 cstrohmier OF Gavvy Cravath
10 bluecrew2 P Dean Chance
11 tdoak INF/OFPete Rose
12 teal_leo P Ron Perranoski
13 bklynborn SSAlan Trammell
14 tkcronin P Bob Friend
15 danscleaners P Rafael Perez
16 river_rats P Bret Saberhagen
17 terry00 P Dave McNally
18 5pointtoss P Johan Santana
19 masterdebate P Denny Mclain
20 msheaf1 P Andy Messersmith
21 genemock91 P Dwight Gooden
22 thebubbaq P John Tudor
23 xxevilivexx SS Jay Bell
24 genemock91 P JR Richard



RD 2
25 genemock91 1b Mark Grace
26 xxevilivexx P Fernando Valenzaula
27 thebubbaq P Orel Hershiser
28 genemock91 P Tim Lincecum
29 msheaf1 SS jim Fregosi
30 masterdebate P Don newcombe
31 5pointtoss SS Orlando Cabrera
32 terry00 P Roger Nelson
33 river_rats P Derek Lowe
34 danscleaners UT Tony Phillips
35 tkcronin 3b Bill Madlock
36 bklynborn P Chris Carpenter
37 teal_leo Bill Joyce.
38 tdoak 1b ed morgan
39 bluecrew2 OF Cy Seymour
40 cstrohmier 1b Derek Lee
41 verbal kint P Curt Schillling
42 ejstockman SS Edgar Renteria
43 nin311ff P carlos Zambrano
44 tridentric DH Edgar Martinez
45 mattedesa P Mark Prior
46 jedijeff P Mike Cuellar
47 jtpsops P Tom gordon
48 amerk1180 OF Randy Winn

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from teal_leo:
Alright gents, after looking at the current rules I've predicted that we'll see 24 starting rotations with Greg Maddux. Bollocks to that. This league needs some variety. So for my rule I'm instituting a two round exclusive player draft. Standard serpentine variety (1-24, 24-1).

For those who aren't familiar with player exclusivity, it means when you draft a player (eg. Greg Maddux) you become the only team that can use him. He's off limits to the other 23 owners.

I've asked our fearless commissioner to assist with the running of the draft. He'll randomize the draft order to ensure it's on the up and up. Right now we're planning for a four day draft (12 picks a day). If that time frame is problematic for anyone, I'd be happy to adjust it.

Owners, begin your strategizing.

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I knew my luck would be non-existant I guess we will see how round one works out

What about the players we MUST have on the roster, for example Babe Ruth as a pitcher? There are only 3 possible seasons to use. How do we avoid those three seasons being picked in the draft, making it impossible for everyone else to complete their team under the rules? I think the Ruth example is the one most likely to cause a problem, but others might arise.

I haven't been paying attention the last few days - just getting caught up. So, I'm just putting this out there and you guys tell me if it's off base.

In my limited WIS experience, I've found a draft works best if the first three rounds are a modified serpentine draft (1-24 / 24-1 / 24-1). This seems to be more fair to the players at the end of the draft and provides better parity (I believe TheJuice used to run his drafts this way).

[Disclaimer: I am near the middle of the bottom half of the draft, so it will have some effect on me, but more so for the people in the 20 and up draft slots.]

Would teal_leo be willing to change his rule to be a three-round modified draft? Does anybody else agree with me here?

A) Keep it as is.
B) Make it a 3-round modified snake draft.

I will go either way, just trying to make things fair across the board for everyone. Thanks!

I think a three round draft kills my chances at getting fair players

Two round is the way to go.

that'd be like asking me to change my rule to include torii hunter.

Can we get a little prep time for this? This isn't going to be a simple draft considering all the rules. I don't want to just do some half-assed winging on the picks.