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interesting. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AvNILJS6nOE971a5exWaw6E5nYcB?slug=ti-teixeira122108&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

- - John Perotto at BP http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=1121

-From BP http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=119 Too bad he's right-handed - looks like he can be gotten for a song (seriously, Jack Wilson?). He has been a bit disappointing and is not exactly an OBP machine, but hell, he's 22! I've also seen that Chad Tracy is available - he could probably play RF?

Where should I send it?

Its been fun but please find a new manager for my team next year.

Kicking the [expletive] out of Michigan in the Big House on national tv helps . . .

Sure would be nice to have him at 1b.

doubt it affects the playoff game saturday but . . . snow levels dropping below pass levels Ping!

any suggestions to take over Doug's team?

Care to change your team name now? :D

Does he ever post anything that isn't a bitch about other posters or the mods? What's the deal? And yes, I appreciate the irony of this post. Is it really that hard to ignore other posters (I know it is for you Adam :D ).

well, I bet ozzie would have fun with that!

Some are surprising and some are not.

He will take over Fishbulb's team. Fishbulb indicated he no longer enjoyed the league.

I have thoughts of going to three game series though I am not really sure how to implement that. The biggest problems are pitchers and days off.

Here is the proposed salary structure. It looks kind of complicated but in reality its just based on points scored over a time period with the most recent seasons weighted most heavily. The first three years are team control, years 4-6 are arbitration years, and after that, a player becomes a free agent. You can re-sign your free agents for the price listed in year 7 (calculated the same in succeeding years) but you must sign them for three years (ie three years at the listed price). Alternately, you can offer arbitration - if no one else signs the player to a longer deal, you can then sign them for one year at the listed price. If someone else signs them, you get a compensatory draft pick. You can download the spreadsheet and play with the salaries. Ok, I can't upload the file so I will email it to you guys. Players who become free agents, are auctioned off to the league. This may be a situation where teams can offer multi-year deals (we would have to establish a best offer criteria as a combination of years and total dollars) or we could just say all deals are three years and highest dollars wins. The way I see it now, the offseason cap would be $50 million and the in season cap probably about $150 million. Minor leaguers are free provided they never made your major league roster (then they would start their year count at the league minimum for that year). Players could be put on your minor league roster at any time in up to three years from their first major league realworld experience. A couple of considerations would be a start of year cap possibly increasing as the season wears on - perhaps each team win adds to your allowable cap. We may also want to consider a revenue bonus to the offseason cap on a per win basis and postseason appearance bonuses and a championship bonus.

How many major and minor leaguers? Active versus reserves? Injured list? 25 man and 40 man?

Options: 1. 8 2. 16 3. 10 etc. I am pretty happy with the player spread with 16 but you do end up with some less active managers. We could probably hand pick from now until the draft and come up with 16.

Some options: 1. Live draft similar to current league 2. Auction style draft 3. Offline draft through internet 4. Offline draft live somewhere - say phoenix in march

All, We will use this forum to discuss the rules for the new league. I am limiting membership here for the time being but if you have suggested additions, we can incorporate them. I chose you guys because you are active and very aware of the intricacies of the rules so you can provide a good sounding board. We can start from the first post in the thread that was transferred over. I suggest we have threads for discussion of various topics. I will start these tonight and we can add as needed.

what a piece of [expletive] performance by the cubs and lou today.

Yearly Keepers: Free agent eligible players can be re-signed at $20,000 times points scored that year. Arbitration and free agency clock per MLB rules: Year 1: $1000 per point Year 2:$2000 per point Year 3:$3000 per point Year 4:$10,000 per point Year 5: $12,500 per point Year 6:$15,000 per point >6 years: $20,000 per point Off-season salary cap is $50 million. Minor leaguers are free (up to 10). No limit on number of keepers. Draft: Two options here: 1) Auction Style draft 2) Pre-assign player salaries (say $15,000 times previous year points or $10,000 times previous years points but a discounted rate over keeping the player) Total salary cap is $105 million to start season. Probably allow increase of $5 million per month to allow trading or increase based on wins (generated revenue). To discourage huge sell-offs, bonuses for wins could also be awarded. Comments?

anyone looking for help at 2b? I need players with exemptions, minor leaguers or draft picks.

any interest in doing something like this to reduce unfair trades: The best solution for our league has been Open Market Trading. The main complaint most everybody had when a lopsided trade is made is they didn't even know the player was available. For years and years we'd have at least three different message board blowups over trades, usually with a common theme. 'You got ripped off, you could have got more,' or 'I would have paid more!' That's not a problem any more. Once a trade is agreed to, it goes to the message board for 48 hours. Any counter-offer that's made in public must be responded to before the trade goes through.

any opinions? I am looking to buy new irons and woods since I am playing enough now to be worth the investment. I saw saw Nike slingshot irons on sale - any one use these? I don't want to spend $1000 on irons so budget is an issue.