Original rules as set by Boddicker. whose idea was the origin of this league.

We will have an initial draft of players from 1903-1909....you take a player and you own him for his entire career.You can keep any and all of your roster to play Season 2, if they are still active, which will be seasons 1910-1916. We will draft all the new players after Season 1.....so you keep who you want, and fill out your roster with players active from 1910-1916 during a pre-season 2 draft....and so on and so on. So as an example, say you draft TY COBB....maybe you use his 1907 season for SEASON 1....you keep him for SEASON 2 and use his 1911 season....you keep him for SEASON 3 and use his 1917 campaign...SEASON 4 comes around and you use his 1924 year....his last season is 1928 so he retires for SEASON 5, opening a roster spot on your squad.Unlimited keepers and cuts, manage your team as you see fit.......We will have these leagues to play, one at a time:
SEASON 1- 1903-1909
SEASON 2- 1910-1916
SEASON 3- 1917-1923
SEASON 4- 1924-1930
SEASON 5- 1931-1937
SEASON 6- 1938-1944
SEASON 7- 1945-1951
SEASON 8- 1952-1958
SEASON 9- 1959-1965
SEASON 10- 1966-1972
SEASON 11-1973-1979
SEASON 12- 1980-1986
SEASON 13- 1987-1993
SEASON 14- 1994-2000
SEASON 15- 2001-2007
SEASON 16- 2008- 2014
SEASON 17- ??

OTHER RULES- 16 TEAMS/OWNERS, NO WW, YES AAA- average to help with fatigue, especially first couple seasons, 120 CAP, TRADES ARE OK. NO CLONES.NO DH UNTIL SEASON 11..... ONCE WE HAVE 16 OWNERS, WE WILL HAVE A RANDOM DRAFT FOR ACTIVE BALLPARKS. YOUR BALLPARK MUST BE ACTIVE DURING THE TIME FRAME PLAYED(to have 16 different unique stadiums, inaugural stadium draft will encompass seasons 1 and 2 ballparks available)....FUTURE CHANGES OF BALLPARKS WILL BE DURING PLAYER DRAFT-FIRST COME-FIRST SERVED(you would draft a ballpark instead of a player). INITIAL DRAFT IS SERPENTINE (1-16; 16-1), ALL OTHER DRAFTS ARE NORMAL, WORST TO FIRST BY RECORD( 50 WIN MINIMUM BY GAME 150 TO AVOID A TOTAL TANK JOB)....some interesting strategies will be in play every off-season draft, you can bet on that...and with only 16 clubs, as RL baseball expands, our team salaries will increase. Also, let's shoot for realistic team names, please( city and mascot)......

Additional rules covering available player rules, draft protocols etc. are available in the league private forum, as will be the available player list for 1924-1930 in early August. The 1917-1923 season does not end until August 7. Interested owners will be given temporary access to the league private forum.

Preliminary Keeper List-Pittsburgh Pirates (subject to change by a new owner).

Keepers (15):
C Johnny Gooch
1B Joe Judge
2B Rogers Hornsby
3B Willie Kamm
SS Chick Galloway
OF Goose Goslin, George Harper, Harry Hooper, Baby Doll Jacobson, Charlie Jamieson
P Ted Blankenship, Rip Collins, Joe Genewich, Elmer Jacobs
RP Claude Jonnard

Cut (3):
P Dennis Burns, Dutch Leonard, Rube Marquard

Retired (7):
C Patsy Gharrity
1B Ivy Griffin
P Ray Fisher, Oscar Horstmann, Frank Miller, Slim Sallee, Red Shea

Need 10 Draft Picks

The team will be playing in Forbes Field until 1970 (5 or 6 more league seasons).

There are an unusually large number of returning players (18, 15 keepers and 3 suggested cuts) because the prior owner, like myself, clearly tried to draft players with multiple league seasons. It is not unusual to see teams drafting 15-19 players. The team's biggest need will be at pitcher, as there are returning starters at all C/IF/OF positions. In 1931-1937, there will be only 3 players returning who may be starters (Hornsby, Kamm and Goslin) so there will be a large makeover of the team.

There will be plenty of players available in the draft There were 499 players who retired after the 1917-1923 season, 149 from teams and 350 free agents. There will be at least 516 players available for the draft, including 458 rookies and 58 returning free agents (typically few if any of the returning free agents are drafted). Players cut during the keeper posts will also be available, although again few of those are ever drafted.

Because of the rapid turnover of players, rapid improvements (and declines) of teams is common in this league.

Maintaining the large team rosters, available player lists and draft schedules is time consuming but I really enjoy this league as do our league members. Try it and I think you will like it !

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