2006 LOTO Tournament Round I League B

[ArrylT]

2006 LOTO STRUCTURE AND RULES: Please Read...

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Basically a 3 round Elimination Tournament - 48 Players

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1st Round will be 4 - 12 team leagues (A, B, C, D) - beginning with the A League and using the Ratings system (Overall) Each invitee(Who accepts) will have their overall rating next to their name the day the 48th spot is filled.

The highest rated player will be in league A the 2nd highest in league B the 3rd in league C and the 4th in League D - The 5th in League A etc. until all 4 Leagues are assigned.

It doesn't matter what division, so each league can be filled at your leisure... The Ratings have absolutely nothing to do with any personal preference, but are just intended to distribute experience as evenly as possible without offending anybody, creating at least a semblance of balance across the 4 leagues. (For example, we wouldn't want the top 12 rated in 1 league and the bottom 12 in another in the 1st round.) 1st Round League Placement is not open to dispute.

The 2nd round will take the 6 best records(Using the usual tiebreakers if necessary)from League A and B to form the 1st 12 team League in the 2nd round. The 2nd 12 team league will be comprised of the 6 best records from Leagues C and D.

The 3rd Round(Finals Round) will be comprised of the 6 best records from each league in round 2.

The winner of Round 3 is the 06' LOTO CHAMPION.

The simple Rules:

All 3 Rounds are Simple Autodrafts...But with simple Ballpark and Cap Rule Differences. All 3 Rounds will use the DH, all 3 Rounds will have weighted waivers.

1st Round: 80M CAP, DH, Weighted Waivers, ANY Ballpark you want to play in. So Multiple BP's are acceptable. 10% Caphit on Add/Drop.

2nd Round: 100M CAP, DH, Weighted Waivers, Lottery for Ballparks, Unique Stadiums.(No 2 of the same ballpark allowed.) Standard 20% Caphit on Add/Drop.

3rd Round: 60M CAP, DH, Weighted Waivers, Unique Stadiums - In order of win pct. (Best to Last - So it pays to play hard and win. Stadium Choice in the Finals Round is a big deal - especially with the lower Cap.) Progressive Caphit (Like in BT 80's) 5%/10%/20%.

1 Last Rule: No Player may use the same Ballpark more than 1 Time. Anyone in the Finals League will have had to use 3 different Ballparks.

Those are the rules for 2006 LOTO...

I have designed this years Tour to be the most difficult as well as the most fair to everyone...It is simpler than last year, but requires a broad knowledge of the players and the flexibility and adaptability to win in 3 different Cap Structures...Once again, all in the simplicity of Autodrafts.

I hope everyone is up for this year's challenge...And I look forward to facing off with friends old and new...

Robert(Aka Swpsychic - aka the Commish)

[ArrylT]

Round 1 - League B:

1. BOBBY
2. Etdefender
3. J-PAV
4. Arryl T
5. Giddyup81
6. Alphonso
7. Edgecitytx
8. LMBOMBERS
9. DR Tax1
10. Robvoz
11. charliewb
12. gjtjeff

[ArrylT]

Team is ready to close out the West - just need the Pwd. :)

[ArrylT]

League B is now full ... we autodraft tonight!

[LMBombers]

My top several picks:

1. D Lee
2. Carpenter
3. M Cabrera
4. Smoltz
5. Glaus
6. Figgins

Yes a Minute Maid team.

[alphonso]

I left my draft list in my briefcase, but I think it was something like,

1. M.Cabrera
2. B.Giles
3. Peavy
4. Delgado
5. Figgins

Good Luck all,

Alphonso

[gjtjeff]

I know Pedro was up high on my draft list 1st or 2nd, and then Michael Young, Matsui, Shefield, and David Wright.

Jeff

[ROBERTVOZZA]

for setting up the thread, AT...

So where is everyone playing? I am at RFK...Expecting more than one M MAID - which seems to be the years favorite and thought I'd play role of Righty park spoiler.

I believe I took Jeter, Roberts, Floyd, Ryan and Shields - but it was so long ago I don't remember. R

[gjtjeff]

I'm playing at SBC. The only time I played there was in our Pre-Lotto 06 League and that team was the only one to make it to the post season for me in this set of cards !! Let's hope for my sake Lightning can strike twice ! :)

Jeff

[ArrylT]

I'm playing at Rogers Centre ... I think my top 5 are

A. Rodriguez
B. Abreu
P. Burrell
C. Utley
S. Shields

Shields could be as high as 4th or as low as 7th though ...