Twisted Reality 2009 League- Great Equalizer-Team Draft DONE

[mbrake]

[b:d42ccbb0bf]I made the suggested change in trade allowances for carded players in original rules. I will bold-face all rule cahnges as they occur.[/b:d42ccbb0bf]

See above for specific details.

[mbrake]

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Sounds interesting and I'm in. For clarification I would like to know whether the roster sizes will all have to be 25 or can we go to the Strat limits? Using the Nationals as an example, does it mean that the Nationals general manager is limited to 69.25M not the usual 80.00M? Does it mean, in effect, that the two round initial draft is limited to players from the six teams not included among the 24 excepting of course those players already designated to one of the 24 teams? If some of these questions sound rather basic cut me some slack - I'm a Baltimore/Washington baseball fan and things have been rather lean around here recently.

Carl[/quote:9d611ce9f2]

No, each team will have a maximum $80M salary cap with no mimimums. The dollar amounts next to each team name is their total cumulative team payroll for all of their carded players from the 2009 unleashed set plus any assigned players or minus affected luxury tax players as applicable.

Your team roster can be any number between 24-28. That is your choice.

The two round "live draft" is limited to eligible players from the Royals, Indians, Orioles, Astros, Pirates, Reds (minus those players already assigned to other teams) and including the four remaining luxury tax free agent players.

For example, the Nationals hold the #1 pick in the first and second rounds of the live draft. Since they had the worst win-loss record in baseball and have the second lowest payroll of the eligible teams in this league, the draft will be used to equalize the payrolls up to $80M cap and balance the talent differences so they can compete with the Yankees on a relatively even playing level hopefully.

[toronto50]

MBAKE that answered a lot of questions for me. Thanks for the clarity. I hope i get the Blue Jays now!!! or the Twins..just kidding MBRAKE

[KEVINEHLE]

Cool. Now we only need 17 more guys who have a lot of time to peruse through the rules and sign up.

Kev

[toronto50]

I predict a june opening day. We have to just keep bumping it up and recruiting in our other leagues. MBrake do you have a cutoff date to make this a 12 teamer. I don't think it wud be as interesting tho as a 12 teamer

[mbrake]

I'm not going to put any artificial deadline on what I hope turns out to be a very fun and challenging league. I've have kind of gotten real bored with the run-of-the-mill 12 team basic auto-leagues. Hopefully, patience will pay off as we get a good mix of solid owners who enjoy the challenge of a reality based league with a few twists that are intended to equalize the playing field for everyone. Let other owners that like theme leagues or reality leagues know.

[gbrookes]

re the Pirates - sure - actually I would LOVE to take the Pirates! I really like PNC, and the strategy opportunities it has. I would miss not having the PNC park in the league.

For me, this would be mostly about the pure enjoyment of the strat game. I have played out whole seasons for underdogs teams before, even manually!
I'd love to see what I could make happen for them, even if that doesn't mean making the playoffs. I can burn the entrance fee for that kind of fun!

BUT, this could all get too complicated, so if the Pirates are out, so be it! Let's get this party started if we can!

I vote for making it a 24 team league and just marketing the heck out of it. (I can get going on that as of this weekend). But I can go along with a 12 team league if we just can get 24 teams going.

Cheers!
Geoff Brookes

[mbrake]

I only created this league two days ago. We have plenty of time to fill er' up. I don't think a 12 team would do justice to the intent and challenge this format offers. I really don't care if I end up with a crappy team. I am much more interested in quality competition and the challenge of building a winning team without having unlimited resources. It is a lot more realistic to have to work with an imperfect lineup with glaring holes and patchwork pitching with obvious weaknesses like real MLB teams have to more often than not. I am hoping that the format, divisions and rules create plenty of parity.

[mbrake]

Take on this unique challenge and fill er' up!

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