2009 NL Only "Wall Street League"

[Al Hogg]

Here's the official thread for our 2009 NL only league.

$80 million cap, no DH, 24-round draft (including a unique NL stadium) on www.diamonddope.com, autodraft the last two players, only players that Strat-o-Matic lists as being NL players allowed, "fluke" players not included, advanced, standard waivers, free agents 5%/10%/20% (not that there will be much to choose from).

Additional rulings added 5/24:

1. Three hours per pick after the first round is completed. Clock is off on weekends and between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m. Eastern.
2. Pure relievers must be dropped as soon as they reach 150 innings up until the end of game 141.
3. If you draft an American League player by mistake, you lose that draft pick and do not have access to that players' salary for the rest of the draft. You must replace that player in the autodraft.
4. If you draft an American League stadium by mistake, you lose that draft pick and still must pick a National League stadium in the draft. If you pick an AL stadium by mistake in the 24th round, you must wait until all other teams have selected an NL stadium before making your choice.

We do still need a league name. In keeping with the recent movie theme, maybe the Prince of Persia League? (Not released yet and likely not very good, but we've done Iron Man already. With Prince of Persia, you could choose any Middle East/South Asia related team name - and, of course, the whole team name keeping with league name is optional anyway.) I'm open to other suggestions.

[Edit: "Wall Street League" name established 5/22.]

I still favor just doing random number generators to do draft order and division assignments, but I am listing below the states people have volunteered in case people object:

1. Al - FL
2. Tom - NJ
3. SGT D - NY
4. Zim - CA
5. Cal - LA
6. Jason - MA (evening, by default)
7. Curt - IL
8. Turtle - TX
9. Meat - ?
10. Terry - ?
11. (Saved for Mark)
12.

Haven't heard yet from Mark that he's in, but we'll save a spot for him.

[TomSiebert]

Emailed Mark. He's in and will take Kansas, though I think the random number generator sounds fine with me.
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I would also like to see a 150 INNING MAX for relief pitchers. And I am open to the idea of a 300 INNING MAX for starting pitchers.[/b:807a52114a]

As for league names, I'm hearing that "Prince of Persia" SUCKS (has there ever been a good movie made from a video game?). Could be one of the summer's bigger bombs. Still, I do like the idea of Middle Eastern names for teams. But going thru the slot of summer flicks, I see Robin Hood, The A-Team, Toy Story, Shrek, Harry Potter, and, later in the fall WALL STREET. I think, considering all the crap that's been in the news over the past couple years, WALL STREET could provide the most fun names. But we could hold that for the AL league later, too. Maybe most of you don't care what we call the league, but if you do...weigh in.

1. Al - FL
2. Tom - NJ
3. SGT D - NY
4. Zim - CA
5. Cal - LA
6. Jason - MA (evening, by default)
7. Curt - IL
8. Turtle - TX
9. Meat - ?
10. Terry - ?
11. Mark - KS
12.

[TomSiebert]

How do you register on DiamondDope?

tws

[SGTD]

I agree with Tom.

SGT D

[merkelblunder]

1. Al - FL
2. Tom - NJ
3. SGT D - NY
4. Zim - CA
5. Cal - LA
6. Jason - MA (evening, by default)
7. Curt - IL
8. Turtle - TX
9. Meat - ?
10. Terry - ?
11. Mark - KS
12.Merkelblunder

[Al Hogg]

Having heard no objection, I'll do the random number generator thing rather than wait for states from those who did not provide them.

To register on DiamondDope, send a private message to agabriel. Here is a thread he started:

http://forums.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=604882

I just bumped it up to the top of the main message board, so it should be on the front page for a few days.

Love the Wall Street theme idea! Lots of ways you can go: That particular film; other movies of Oliver Stone; real-life corporate life; geographic references to New York City. I'll change the thread name.

Obviously, we need to decide the inning limit thing before the draft gets going too far. (I imagine Pujols will be number one regardless.) I'll certainly defer to the popular sentiment, but I'll put together a different post with why I don't like the limit idea. First, though, the draft and division orders!

[Al Hogg]

Here is your sequence:

8
1
5
9
6
10
12
7
2
11
3
4
Timestamp: 2010-05-22 11:37:13 UTC

[Al Hogg]

Here is your sequence:

7
10
5
3
6
11
4
8
1
12
2
9
Timestamp: 2010-05-22 11:38:09 UTC

[Al Hogg]

Draft Order:

1 - Tom
2 - Meat
3 - Mark
4 - MerkelBlunder
5 - SGT D
6 - Cal
7 - Turtle
8 - Al
9 - Zim
10 - Jason
11 - Terry
12 - Curt

Divisions:

East:
Meat
Mark
Zim
Curt

Central:
SGT D
Cal
Al
Turtle

West:
MerkelBlunder
Tom
Jason
Terry

[Al Hogg]

Found everyone already in the DiamondDope user list except for:

Tom
Jason
Curt
Mark
MerkelBlunder

I think everyone who played ATG prior than a couple of months ago was automatically put in there.

Let me know when you guys get signed up and I'll create the draft. (I recall Jason mentioned being out of town this weekend, so it might not be until after he is back.)