MLB Opening Day 2007 League - Post Season Analysis!!

[ArrylT]

The Yearly Tradition continues!! For the [b:17fc05ab47]FIFTH[/b:17fc05ab47] consecutive season I will be running a SOM 200x league (the first being 2003, then 2004, 2005 & 2006) that will start its season as close as possible with the MLB Season. This is usually my [b:17fc05ab47]FIRST[/b:17fc05ab47] league of the new card season, and I almost always have a losing record in it. ;)

[b:17fc05ab47][u:17fc05ab47]IMPORTANT:[/u:17fc05ab47][/b:17fc05ab47] The season for this league will start on Monday April 2nd, to coincide as close as possible to the beginning of the MLB Season.

[b:17fc05ab47]Do [u:17fc05ab47]NOT[/u:17fc05ab47][/b:17fc05ab47] expect this league to start before then. It will [b:17fc05ab47]NOT[/b:17fc05ab47] start on March 12th, 19th or March 26th.

This [b:17fc05ab47]WILL[/b:17fc05ab47] mean the league will [b:17fc05ab47]NOT[/b:17fc05ab47] close [b:17fc05ab47]EARLIER[/b:17fc05ab47] than [u:17fc05ab47]Saturday March 24th[/u:17fc05ab47] and [b:17fc05ab47]NO LATER[/b:17fc05ab47] than [u:17fc05ab47]Friday March 30th[/u:17fc05ab47].


[b:17fc05ab47]Rules:[/b:17fc05ab47]

1 - 80m Salary Cap

2 - DH (last year we used NO DH so time for a change)

3 - Unique Ballparks with a twist - Maximum of 6 AL and 6 NL Parks. After 6 AL Parks have been chosen the remaining owners will have to choose from the NL & vice versa.

4 - Ballparks & Divisions will be determined by SEPERATE Pick III Lotteries. The First Lottery will determine Ballpark Draft Order. After the Ballparks are drafted the 2nd Lottery will be run to determine Division Assignments.

5 - The Lottery Results for BOTH drafts will be Low to High. 1/4/7/10, 2/5/8/11 & 3/6/9/12 will be the Divisional setup.

6 - Advanced Skill Level (50 Manager Rating Points)

7 - Variable Free Agent Drop Penalty - games 1-41: 5%, games 42-80: 10%, games 81+: 20%
Due to the relative newness of 2007 I have decided to go with a more lenient Free Agent Drop Penalty

9 - Please use Baseball related Theme name if possible

10 - Do not forget your Pick III State when signing up.

[ArrylT]

[b:eb62213ccf]Owners list:[/b:eb62213ccf]

1 - ArrylT - NJ
2 - the splinter -GA.
3 - ggapp - KY
4 - Stoney18 - KS
5 - C2- WA
6 - CATom - TX
7 - Vince0501-MI
8 - Jeep - SC*
9 - bigmahon - NH
10 - Frank M - NY
11 - MoCrash - MO
12 - Detroit Tigers - CA

[the splinter]

AT

Have you posted the divisions anywhere....yet?

[ArrylT]

Nope - was going to do that in a couple of days. I had not expected the league to fill as fast as it did ... we have over a week to kill almost so no sense in rushing things.

[cummings2]

I thought divisions would be formed by pick 3 after the pick 3 to determine parks. Just going by Rule 4 up above 8)

[the splinter]

AT.....that's cool I wasn't sure if I had missed the posting ...no hurry but I would like to start on my team this weekend. Sometimes it helps to know who I'm up against.

C2....that post was from yesterday and I wasn't sure if AT posted results from last night.

[packleader]

I am going to be on vacation from Monday AM 3/19 to Monday AM 3/26 so I would prefer closing the league Sat 3/24 or later. I believe they have the internet in Puerto Rico so I should be able to enter my team sometime during that week so as to not delay everyone else. Any of you folks ever been to Puerto Rico?
Greg

[ArrylT]

We'll go with tonights lottery results to determine ballpark draft order.

The Lottery Results for BOTH drafts will be Low to High.

[ArrylT]

1 - ArrylT - NJ - 736
2 - the splinter - GA - 005
3 - ggapp - KY - 059
4 - Stoney18 - KS - 345
5 - C2 - WA - 514
6 - CATom - TX - 507
7 - Vince0501 - MI - 474
8 - Jeep - SC - 599
9 - bigmahon - NH - 887
10 - Frank M - NY - 694
11 - MoCrash - MO - 151
12 - Detroit Tigers - CA - 531

[ArrylT]

[b:e1ac9464f2]Ballpark Draft Order Result:[/b:e1ac9464f2]

the splinter - GA - 005
ggapp - KY - 059
MoCrash - MO - 151
Stoney18 - KS - 345
Vince0501 - MI - 474
CATom - TX - 507
C2 - WA - 514
Detroit Tigers - CA - 531
Jeep - SC - 599
Frank M - NY - 694
ArrylT - NJ - 736
bigmahon - NH - 887