5 SEASON 2 FRANCHISE + 1/2 FRANCHISE DRAFT

1. Artie4121 - NY Yankees
2. Musial6 - Boston Red Sox
3. lev.cohen - St. Louis Cardinals
4. Thisisray - Texas Rangers
5. krazykat - Atlanta Braves
6. bbfan - phils
7. rolanzeut - TB Rays
8. Toronto50- Cincinnati REDS
9. boblues41 - Detriot Tigers
10. Thisisdan - Colorado Rockies
11. JimZim - San Francisco
12. george barnard - Oakland A's

1. george barnard - Los Angeles Dodgers
2. JimZim - Los Angeles Angels
3. Thisisdan - Toronto Blue Jays
4. boblues41
5. Toronto50
6. rolanszeut
7. bbfan
8. krazykat
9. Thisisray
10. lev.cohen
11. Musial6
12. Artie4121

1. Artie4121 - NY Yankees
2. Musial6 - Boston Red Sox
3. lev.cohen - St. Louis Cardinals
4. Thisisray - Texas Rangers
5. krazykat - Atlanta Braves
6. bbfan - phils
7. rolanzeut - TB Rays
8. Toronto50- Cincinnati REDS
9. boblues41 - Detriot Tigers
10. Thisisdan - Colorado Rockies
11. JimZim - San Francisco
12. george barnard - Oakland A's

1. george barnard - Los Angeles Dodgers
2. JimZim - Los Angeles Angels
3. Thisisdan - Toronto Blue Jays
4. boblues41 - Arizona D-backs
5. Toronto50
6. rolanszeut
7. bbfan
8. krazykat
9. Thisisray
10. lev.cohen
11. Musial6
12. Artie4121

1. Artie4121 - NY Yankees
2. Musial6 - Boston Red Sox
3. lev.cohen - St. Louis Cardinals
4. Thisisray - Texas Rangers
5. krazykat - Atlanta Braves
6. bbfan - phils
7. rolanzeut - TB Rays
8. Toronto50- Cincinnati REDS
9. boblues41 - Detriot Tigers
10. Thisisdan - Colorado Rockies
11. JimZim - San Francisco
12. george barnard - Oakland A's

1. george barnard - Los Angeles Dodgers
2. JimZim - Los Angeles Angels
3. Thisisdan - Toronto Blue Jays
4. boblues41 - Arizona D-backs
5. Toronto50- Milwaukee Brewers
6. rolanszeut
7. bbfan
8. krazykat
9. Thisisray
10. lev.cohen
11. Musial6
12. Artie4121

1. Artie4121 - NY Yankees
2. Musial6 - Boston Red Sox
3. lev.cohen - St. Louis Cardinals
4. Thisisray - Texas Rangers
5. krazykat - Atlanta Braves
6. bbfan - phils
7. rolandzeut - TB Rays
8. Toronto50- Cincinnati REDS
9. boblues41 - Detriot Tigers
10. Thisisdan - Colorado Rockies
11. JimZim - San Francisco
12. george barnard - Oakland A's

1. george barnard - Los Angeles Dodgers
2. JimZim - Los Angeles Angels
3. Thisisdan - Toronto Blue Jays
4. boblues41 - Arizona D-backs
5. Toronto50- Milwaukee Brewers
6. rolandzeut - Washington Nationals
7. bbfan
8. krazykat
9. Thisisray
10. lev.cohen
11. Musial6
12. Artie4121

Maybe I missed this, what salary cap will we use?

I haven't looked, but the "waivers" period will be meaningless for us. We will simply have our 2 1/2 team pool from which to choose.

I didn't check but did the Commish set this to "Frenzy" so we could just get down to the business at hand: assembling our teams?

If there has been no mention, unless I am misreading the rules, a "frenzy" on the night this league fills would be great.

Artie

A frenzy would be good - no waiting two days or whatever. The reason I asked about the salary cap was if it would be high enough so that we could drop and pick up players without worrying about running out of $ because of the drop penalty. Or will we be stuck pretty much with our opening day lineups?

Maybe I missed this, what salary cap will we use?

Here's the scoop on it from Toronto50's original thread!
And I might add - we are using the REGULAR rosters - NOT THE UNLEASHED rosters

THEME-5 Year, 2 Franchise + 1/2 franchise 2009 to 2013
-12 team league/100 million/dh/5/10/20
-Draft 1 full franchise at a time (hitting and pitching of one team), serpentine draft
-After drafting 2 complete franchises you can draft one of the remaining 1/2 franchises (Pitching or hitting) to augment your other 2 franchises

-Your first 2 Franchises will be yours for the entire 5 year stretch. Your 1/2 franchises will go back into the drafting pool for the following season. So if you select the Yankees full franchise, Phillies full franchise and Blue Jays hitting in 2009 start year, you will have the Yanks and Phils for 2010 season. A new 1/2 franchise will be drafted based on criteria of:
1. worst record of 8 non-playoff teams, worst record of 2 losing semi teams, finalist and champion drafts last of course. Tie breakers will be fewest scored, most allowed.

-No trades or pickups from the free agent pool unless players are from your designated franchises
-You must use a stadium from one of the franchises you have selected.

I am hoping to emulate the struggle of maintaining a winner, ups and downs of the players, free agent signings (your new 1/2 franchise would be simulate your needs for following/new season) and the short and long term winning perspective.

So if you are interested please sign up. I am aware that this 5 year team commitment will take about a year. However I expect it might be very interesting because of the swing of team talent every year.

krazy kat brings up a good point as well.

Since we are restricted to the players we can pull from -- which is a real great feature -- if the cap were put at $140 or $200 then managers don't have to worry about dropping and picking up players. I've played in keeper leagues like this.

Thoughts everyone?

I think we would have to have a vote on it. The original rules state $100m and that is what we all signed up for.