Do you relish the great History of baseball? Do you wish you had been there to see Cy Young, Deacon Phillippe, Tinker to Evers to Chance, or the original Ossee--Schreckengost? Well our league is the place for you.
The Alexander Joy Cartwright League is in need of two owners for the NL side of this walk through the history of baseball. The league is
unique in that
there are two 8 team leagues (AL and NL) with no interleague play, trading, or trash talking -- well maybe a bit of trash talking.
Each league has all players open to draft (IE two Ruths, Two Cobbs, Two Wagners, Two Otts, Two Vances). We endeavor to move quickly from one season to the next and the drafts move quickly also.
Our league rules are fairly normal but see bottom of page if you are interested. Please feel free to contact me also.
We are ready to get drafts underway. We just need you.
Below are the three rosters available. I need two owners but ideal would be finding three as I have been running two teams since taking over the league 5 seasons back.
Brooklyn Hoboes..................17 kkeepers..................2 IR...............need 8
Keepers:
C Harry Bemis
C Pat Moran
1b Kitty Bransfield
2b Jimmy Williams
3b Art Devlin
ss George Davis
OF Roy Thomas
OF Harry Bay
OF Patsy Dougherty
OF Solly Hofman
Pitchers:
Nick Altrock
Ed Reulbach
Bill Dinneen
Tom Hughes
Ed Killian
Case Patten
Jack Powell
IR:
P Frank Corridon
P Patsy Flaheraty
CUBS KEEPERS: 17 Keepers need 8
pitchers:
George Mullin
Jack Taylor
Addie Joss
Mordecai Brown
Bill Bernhard
Deacon Phillippe
Charlie Moore
C John Warren
C George Gibson
1b Fred Tenney
1b George Stovall
2b Germany Schaeffer
2b Nap Lajoie
2b Frank Isbell
ss Mickey Doolan
of Del Howard
of Chick Stahl
Philadelphia Frogs............ 20 keepers......... need 5 ............................1 on IR
Keepers:
Pitchers:
Vic Willis
Bob Rhoads
Rube Waddell
Bill Duggleby
Barney Peltry
Hooks Wiltse
Dummy Taylor
Mike Lynch
C Frank Bowerman
C Admiral Schlei
1b Hal Chase
2b Miller Huggins
3b Bill Bradley
ss Monte Cross
ss Bill Dahlen
ss Terry Turner
of Matty McIntyre
of Jimmy Sheckard
of Homer Smoot
of John Anderson
IR: Ed Abbaticchio
Concept:
Aexander Joy Cartwright League is designed to follow baseball through its history. Not only will the Iconic players of each era be featured but also the career backups, one year wonders and not-so successful role players of those same seasons. We expect all owners to respect each other, the integrity of the game, and the following rules.
General Rules:
Please be an active owner!
ROSTERS:
1. At its outset the
AJCPL will have two leagues featuring all players available in both leagues....ie two Ruth's, Cobbs, Youngs, Otts....etc.
a. This rule will be reconsidered when there are enough players available in the WIS database to supply all 16 teams with 25 players.
2.
AAA players will be available featuring Below Average C, 1b, 2b, 3b, SS, OF and 2 Pitchers.
a. These players will be generated with ficticious names.
b. These players can be traded.
3. There is
no Waiver Wire.
4. Salary Cap: There is none.
5. No DH
6. Injuries on
7. Era specific stadiums tied to franchises/teams.
KEEPERS:
1. There is no limit to keepers. An owner may opt to keep all 25.
2. Any player with WIS stats for that season must be kept or released.
3. IR players have no limit but are governed by above rule (see 2).
4. Listing Keepers, and
final verification of that list compared to draft's Available Players,
is the responsibility of the team's owner.
5. SNOOZE YOU LOOSE RULE:
a. In the event that
a player is omitted from your keeper list and the draft starts that
player cannot be added to your keeper list.
b. In the event that the commissioner does not correctly remove players from available players list, and an owner discovers the omission, that
player can be reclaimed at any time
unless drafted by another team.
c.
OWNERS MUST DOUBLE CHECK THE COMMISSIONER'S WORK TO HELP THE DRAFT MOVE SMOOTHLY AND AVOID UPSET OWNERS.
DRAFTS:
1. Drafts will be held at the end of each season.
2. Reverse order of finish determines draft position except the division winners pick in
last two slots with WS participants picking last.
3. Progressives are meant to progress so we will always endeavor to keep the timed portion of drafts starting as quickly as possible after W.S. teams have been determined.
4. Draft picks are owned by a team and can be traded at any time up until that rounds slot has passed.
5. In the event of a tie:
a. Head to Head competition is first tie breaker.
b. if Head to Head is even then the previous season's team who had the better selection would pick in the lower slot (larger number) in the current draft.
6. NO TEAM CAN have the 1st overall selection more than two consecutive drafts.
7. Drafting owners are responsible to check back to last "UPDATE" to ensure player they select is still available.
8. Proxies are encouraged...both through other owners or self/open proxies.
9. Obviously, no rule can make an owner site mail the next two or three up in a draft but we want our quality owners to do quality things. Please site mail.
COMPETIVE BALANCE RULE:
1.
Missed first round picks will be made by the commissioner after the 1st and within the last hour prior to the 2nd round.
a. this pick will be decided entirely upon who the commissioner has rated the highest of all players remaining.
b. There will be at least 12 hours scheduled between the 1st and 2nd rounds.
TRADES:
1. Trades are encouraged.
a.
Players and picks can be traded.
2. Trades
cannot be made more than 3 seasons in advance.
3. All trades are subject to league approval requiring
6 vetoes to override proposed trades.
4. There will be
no interleague trading
a. thus there will be no clones.
5. Some trades are not always in the best interest of the league, your division, or your team.
It is okay to use your veto. All owners are encouraged to develop a veto philosophy and stay with it. Some may never veto, some may always veto, some may veto only in their own division and some veto any time the difference in ca$h exceeds a certain amount. Any philosopy is okay. Just try to be objective and look at each trade with an eye towards: first how it effects your team, second your league's season, and third the good of the league in general.