2016 Alphabet League Rules, Chat, and Draft Summary
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 12:01 pmWelcome to my second go around of the ABC as easy as 123 Strat-O-Matic Alphabet League.
For those curious how the draft would look, take a gander at our last draft:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=637560&hilit=alphabet
Prerequisites for this league are simple
A) you need to know your ABC's
B) you need to be committed to a LIVE DRAFT on the message boards for a full 26 rounds with a 3 hr clock from 9 AM to 8 PM EST M thru F.
…..proxies acceptable.
C) READ THE RULES BELOW CAREFULLY before agreeing to play
If you can agree to those criteria, then let's play.
RULES:
1 - We are playing an ATG 8 FULL SET league with a $120 mil cap - with DH - 80/20 drop penalty - no waivers, set frenzy time.
2 - Starting with a random letter (explained later) we will begin with a draft order as determined by the sign-up sheet.
…you can put your name on any of the 12 slots and that's your draft position.
3 - Each owner in-turn drafts a player who's last name begins with the letter we are up to.
EXAMPLE: if "B" is the first letter, then you can draft "B"ONDS, BARRY.
4 - When making a pick, please make your pick CLEAR for everyone by stating the letter you are using and the players full name.
EXAMPLE: "B" - BONDS, Barry - 12.95 mil
5 - Please, as you can see above, list the SALARY of the player next to the pick. You'd be smart to list the LOWEST of their salaries because you can always adjust later….but the salary you list, is the salary you keep for the draft.
7 - this is a PROFESSIONAL style draft where we go from 1-12 and then back to 1. NOT a SNAKE. I repeat, this is NOT a snake draft.
8 - Each owner, in-turn, drafts an appropriate player (or STADIUM - yes, you are drafting a STADIUM with the same criteria) who's name starts with the letter up at your turn.
9 - Each owner is allowed 3 FREE SKIPS. A SKIP = you are allowed to SKIP to the NEXT LETTER if you don't like what you are delt. You get 3 and only 3 skips.
ONLY ONE SKIP per turn. You can not use 2 SKIP's to move 3 letters down the road unless one is a FREE skip due to no letters left for that spot or you've already take that letter before (noted as LETTER SKIP or LS).
Using the above example, the next in line after BONDS would be "C". You can say something like this:
"C" - SKIP (1) "C" and pick "D" - DiMaggio 11.57 Mil …please keep track of your SKIPS so we know
NOTE- the guy after you normally is very pissed off ! (that's part of the fun)
9a - In the event you come to a letter than you already have, you may skip that letter w/o penalty (w/o using one of your 3 free skips) to go to the next available letter. You may only use this to move to 1 letter down the road - only 1 LETTER SKIP per turn. All other rules above apply.
10 - with the exception of "I", "Q", and "X" - most letters have a decent amount of choices (not that they are all very good)….but once a letter is depleted then you get a FREE SKIP
Example: If half-way thru we get the letter "I" and all 5 "I's are gone, then that owner would say:
"I", free skip to "J" - Jackson, Bo - 2.13
11 - You must compile a LEGAL team ready to load into the SOM draft engine for all HITTERS/PITCHERS/RP only / 2 Catchers criteria + a unique stadium (Yes, stadiums are drafted in the same manner...thus they must start with the letter you are on at that turn
12 - If you happen to run out of Salary Cap room during the draft OR if you wind up at the end and notice that you don't have a legal team you MUST FIX your team the following way:
a) drop the HIGHEST SALARIED PLAYER you have and re-pick an available player at the same letter that fills your requirement. If there are no players at that letter, move to the next one
until you get a legal pick. If your issues is that you have one too many Pitchers, you drop your HIGHEST Salaried Pitcher to pick a hitter. Same goes with Hitters to take a pitcher, Hitters to take a Cacther, or SP's to take an RP. ….etc..
When in doubt, ask me and I will make a ruling.
b) your replacement pick is immediate and then you continue until you have a legal team
c) please try and not let this happen !
…..if would be very helpful if you can keep a running total of your salary after each pick. However, I will be monitoring myself nightly.
d) the player thrown back is not available to be picked. Again, let's not let this happen because this is another problem that gets people annoyed.
13 - CLOCK. As stated before, this is a LONG LONG draft. Its' a 3 hr clock starting at 9AM the morning after this fills. If your clock runs out then you get the next available letter automatically. If that letter
puts you over a CAP or makes you fill out an illegal team, then you are subject to the ABOVE rules. If the guy after you SKIPS a letter, then you are free to pick the letter you were supposed to or SKIP to the next one if you have SKIPS left.
9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Standard Time. Mon thru Fri. Weekends and nights there are no clock.
POST DRAFT:
14 - NO waivers (SET TIME DRAFT FRENZY) but yes, add/drops both in PRE SEASON and during are allowed….. but trust me, I didn’t' just put you all thru a week or two of drafting to simply dismantle your team in seconds.
No, EVERY SINGLE ADD/DROP must but the SAME LETTER. NO EXCEPTIONS. You can NOT drop Bonds and pick up Gibson ! …you can drop Bond for Bailor or Buhner, or even Blylevn if legal….but must be a B for a B.
If you have MANTLE and JETER and want to pick up MAYS and JACKSON you must do DROP MANTLE, PICK UP MAYS and then DROP JETER and pick up JACKSON.
…you can NOT drop MANTLE to get JACKSON and then later pick up MAYS for JETER. The waiver wire must be LETTER for LETTER - no exceptions.
….very tricky to manuver so I suggest you pick wisely. (DROPPING A CHEAPER RUTH for a MORE EXPENSIVE RUTH is easy…that's why I say to pick the LOWEST salaried player if you can….but then again, trying to build a team later may be hard)
COMPLETED ROUNDS
Round 1
1 - ITCHY - "B" Barry Bonds 11.47
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "C" Ty Cobb 9.99
3 - cminton - "D" Joe Dimaggio 9.46
4 - pacoboy - "E" Dennis Eckersley 4.59
5 - bcp7 - "F" Bob Feller 8.76
6 - YountFan - "G" - Josh Gibson 11.49
7 - visick- "H" Rogers Hornsby 11.53
8 - dilgreene13-"I"--Isbell, Frank 0.50
9 - Frank M (PROXY)- "J" Walter Johnson 8.64
10 - BFoster "K" Sandy Koufax 9.76
11 - unclerowser "L" Nap Lajoie 8.21
12 - malamutt2002 "M" Stan Musial 5.59
Round 2
1 - ITCHY - Proxy "N" - Gene Nelson 1.70
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "O" - Roy Oswalt 6.30
3 - cminton - "P" - Satchel Paige 5.60
4 - pacoboy - Free Skip (FS1) "Q", "R" - Babe Ruth 13.03
5 - bcp7 - "S" - Tris Speaker - 11.91
6 - YountFan - "T" - Frank Thomas 6.70
7 - visick - "U" Free Skip (FS1), "V" Arky Vaughn 5.25
8 - dilgreene13-"W"--Wagner, Honus 6.55
9 - Frank M - Letter Skip "X" Carl Yastrzemski 5.85
10 - BFoster - Free Skip "Z" (FS1) "A" Pete Alexander 7.20
11 - unclerowser - "B" Gates Brown 5.07
12 - malamutt2002 -"C" Eddie Collins 7.30
Round 3
1 - ITCHY - Rob Dibble 4.01
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "E" - Johnny Evers 2.79
3 - cminton - "F" - Jimmie Foxx - 9.46 (by proxy)
4 - pacoboy - "G" - Lou Gehrig - 10.74
5 - bcp7 - "H: Elston Howard - 6.98
6 - YountFan - "I" - Jason Isringhausen 3.02
7 - visick - "J" Chipper Jones 7.40 (by proxy)
8 - dilgreene13-"k"--Clayton Kershaw--9.98
9 - Frank M - - "L" Barry Larkin 5.12
10 - BFoster - "M" Greg Maddux 7.71
11 - unclerowser - "N" Ray Narleski 1.85
12 - malamutt2002 - "O" Mel Ott 7.63
Round 4
1 - ITCHY -"P"--Lance Parrish 2.82
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "Q" - Qualcomm Stadium '00
3 - cminton - "R" -Reulbach 5.40
4 - pacoboy - "S" - Duke Snider 9.66
5 - bcp7 - "T" - John Tudor 8.78
6 - YountFan - "U" Chase Utley 5.63
7 - visick - "V" (already have a V) skip to "W"- Ted Williams 9.10
8 - dilgreene13- "X" skip; "Y"--Cy Young 7.22
9 - Frank M - Skip "Z" (FS1) - "A" - Hank Aaron 7.17
10 - BFoster - "B" - ThreeFinger Brown 9.44.
11 - unclerowser - "C" Roberto Clemente 5.59
12 - malamutt2002 - "D" Bill Dahlen 2.67
Round 5
1 - ITCHY - "E" Dwight Evans 7.44
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "F" -Frank Frisch - 2.18
3 - cminton - "G" - Charlie Gehringer - 7.15
4 - pacoboy - "H" - Billy Hamilton - 4.01
5 - bcp7 - Skip "I" (S1), "J" - Hughie Jennings - 8.94
6 - YountFan - "K" - Ralph Kiner 6.64
7 - visick - "L" Kenny Lofton 4.92
8 - dilgreene13- "M"--Mickey Mantle 8.96
9 - Frank M - "N" - Jeff Nelson 2.28
10 - BFoster - "O" - Jose Oquenda 2.62
11 - unclerowser - "P" Doc Prothro 1.87
12 - malamutt2002 - "Q" Free Skip #1 - "R" Muddy Ruel .76
Round 6
1 - ITCHY - "S" Brett Saberhagen 5.13
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "T" Troy Tulowitzki 7.72
3 - cminton - Skip "U", FS1, "V" - Hippo Vaughn - 4.39
4 - pacoboy - "W" Phil Weintraub - 2.39
5 - bcp7 - Free skip "X" - "Y" - Matt Young - 0.55
6 - YountFan - (FS1-Z) - "A" - Luke Appling 4.23
7 - visick - "B" Ellis Burks 5.25
8 - dilgreene13- "C"--Oscar Charleston 7.58
9 - Frank M - "D" Bill Dickey 6.29
10 - BFoster - "E" Jumbo Elliot .50
11 - unclerowser - "F" George Foster 2.28
12 - malamutt2002 "G" Tom Glavine 6.06
Round 7
1 - ITCHY - "H" Bruce Hurst 5.58 totql 28.15
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT -"I"--Monte Irvin 5.35 (via proxy post)
3 - cminton - "J" Reggie Jackson - 3.84 (via proxy)
4 - pacoboy - "K" Rusty Kuntz - 2.15
5 - bcp7 - "L" Bob Lemon 6.94
6 - YountFan - "M" - Pedro Martinez 5.60
7 - visick - "N" Hideo Nomo 8.82
8 - dilgreene13- "O"--Johnny Oates 0.70
9 - Frank M - "P" Mark Prior 7.75
10 - BFoster - skip Q (2)"R" Phil Rizzuto 2.25
11 - unclerowser - "S" Bruce Sutter 5.05
12 - malamutt2002 "T" Cecil Travis 1.21
Round 8
1 - ITCHY - "U" Cecil Upshaw 1.13
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT--"V" - Ellis Valentine 3.81 (proxy in Chat thread)
3 - cminton - "W" - Willie Wells - 8.48
4 - pacoboy - "Y" - Bobby Young - 0.50
5 - bcp7 - "Z" Zobrist - 7.19
6 - YountFan - "A" - Babe Adams 6.14
7 - visick- "B" (Have B already, SKIP) "C" Roger Clemens 7.15
8 - dilgreene13 --"D"--Hugh Duffy, 0.95
9 - Frank M - "E" Al Evans .50
10 - BFoster - "F" Joe Ferguson 1.01
11 - unclerowser - "G" Eric Gagne 4.38
12 - malamutt2002 "H" Dan Haren 7.86
ROUND 9
1 - ITCHY - "I" Chris Ianetta 2.45
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "J" Joe Jackson 7.16
3 - cminton - "K" Al Kaline 4.92
4 - pacoboy "L" Dutch Leonard 10.81
5 - bcp7 - "M" Willie Mays 11.69
6 - YountFan - "N" - Charlie Neal .85
7 - visick- "O" Blue Moon Odom 1.42
8 - dilgreene13- "P"--Jack Pfiester 5.10
9 - Frank M (PROXY) - "Q" Jack Quinn 2.63
10 - BFoster skip "R" (already have an "R") "S" George Sisler 7.67
11 - unclerowser - ""T" Joe Torre 3.76
12 - malamutt2002 "U". Jose Uribe .66
Round 10
1 - ITCHY - "V" - Justin Verlander 8.61
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT--"W"--Hoyt Wilhelm 4.19 (proxy on chat thread)
3 - cminton - "Y" Eddie Yost - 3.58
4 - pacoboy - "Z" Jerry Zimmerman - 0.60
5 - bcp7 - "A" - Moises Alou - 7.78
6 - YountFan - "B" - Kevin Brown 5.22
7 - visick-"C" (Have C pass to D) "D"- Martin Dihigo 5.65
8 - dilgreene13 - "E" --Paul Erickson 0.77
9 - Frank M (PROXY)"F"- Nellie Fox 3.97
10 - BFoster "G" Tony Gwynn 3.9
11 - unclerowser "H" Guy Hecker 8.36
12 - malamutt2002 "I" Skip #2 "J" Baby Doll Jacobson 2.84
Round 11
1 - ITCHY -"K" KINGDOME 78
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "L" Max Lanier 3.76
3 - cminton - "M" - Dale Murray 5.99
4 - pacoboy - "N" - Hal Newhouser - 6.26
5 - bcp7 - "O" Jesse Orosco - 4.61
6 - YountFan - "P" - Andy Pafko 1.06
7 - visick "Q"- Dan Quisenberry 2.56
8 - dilgreene13 - "R"--Mariano Rivera 5.35
9 - Frank M (PROXY) - "S" Al Simmons 8.85
10 - BFoster "T" Christobal Torriente 7.68
11 - unclerowser "U" US Cellular Field
12 - malamutt2002 "V" Dave Valle .82
Round 12
1 - ITCHY - "W" Hack Wison 9.38
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT -"Y"--TJ Young 4.15 (proxy on chat)
3 - cminton - "Z" Gus Zernial - 4.23
4 - pacoboy - "A" FS2, "B" - Lady Baldwin - 9.56
5 - bcp7 - "C" Mike Cuellar - 7.12
6 - YountFan - "D" - Atley Donald 2.45
7 - visick- "E" George Earnshaw 3.33
8 - dilgreene13 - "F"(FS#1) - "G"--Ken Griffey Jr. 9.24
9 - Frank M - "H" Andy Hassler .54
10 - BFoster skip 1 (3) Oscar Heavy Johnson 7.15
11 - unclerowser "K" Harmon Killebrew 3.89
12 - malamutt2002 "L" Cliff Lee 7.12
Round 13
1 - ITCHY - "M" Morrie Martin 1.00
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "N" Robb Nen 5.01
3 - cminton -"O" S2, "P" - Mike Piazza - 7.40
4 - pacoboy -"Q" Frank Quilici - 0.61
5 - bcp7 - "R" Jackie Robinson - 6.17
6 - YountFan - "S" - Ron Santo 3.89
7 - visick- T"- Junior Thompson 2.32
8 - dilgreene13 -"U"--Jim Umbricht 0.50
9 - Frank M (PROXY) "V" Dazzy Vance 1.99
10 - BFoster - "W" Paul Waner 7.85
11 - unclerowser no "X" - "Y" Robin Yount 4.74
12 - malamutt2002 "Z" Richie Zisk 3.16
Round 14
1 - ITCHY - "A" Jerry Adair .77
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "B" Jeff Bagwell 10.18
3 - cminton - "C" Candy Cummings - 7.47
4 - pacoboy - "D" Dunn Field '20
5 - bcp7 - "E" Ebbets Field '57
6 - YountFan - "F" - Carl Furillo 4.08
7 - visick- "G"- Ralph Garr .87
8 - dilgreene13 -"H"--Kirby Higbe 3.74
9 - Frank M - "I" - Garth Iorg 1.82
10 - BFoster LS "J" (Already have it) "K" Joe Kelley 4.84
11 - unclerowser "L" Sam Leever 1.14
12 - malamutt2002 "M" Mark McGwire 3.75
Round 15
1 - ITCHY - "N" - Scott Nielson .55
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "O" Tony Oliva 4.87
3 - cminton - "P" Polo Grounds '11
4 - pacoboy - LS "Q" (Quilici), "R" - Dick Ruthven 0.50
5 - bcp7 - skip "R" - "S" Dick Selma 2.08
6 - YountFan - "T" - Danny Tartaball 3.50
7 - visick- "U"- Bob Uecker .55
8 - dilgreene13 - "V"- Robin Ventura 4.74
9 - Frank M - "W" - Chuck Ward .50
10 - BFoster "Y" Ross Youngs 6.09
11 - unclerowser "Z" free skip 1 "A" Doc Ayers 5.80
12 - malamutt2002 "B" John Beckwith 9.81
Round 16
1 - ITCHY - "C" Orlando Cepeda 4.52
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT -"D"--Harry Danning 0.50
3 - cminton - "E" Jake Early (by proxy) 0.52
4 - pacoboy - "F" Lonny Frey 3.29
5 - bcp7 - "G" Mike Gallego .50
6 - YountFan - "H" - Hilltop Park '11
7 - visick - "I" COMPLETED- "J"- HAVE ALREADY, Free Skip to "K"- Ray Knight .54
8 - dilgreene13 -"L"--League Park '34
9 - Frank M - "M" - Willie McCovey 4.43
10 - BFoster -"N" Win Noyes .5
11 - unclerowser - "O" Steve O'Neill 3.35
12 - malamutt2002 - "P" Jonathan Papelbon 4.84
Round 17
1 - ITCHY - skip "Q" to "R" Willie Randolph 2.66
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "S" Kid Speer 2.37
3 - cminton - "T" Ron Taylor 1.82
4 - pacoboy - "U" Del Unser .91
5 - bcp7 - "V" Valdespino .64
6 - YountFan - "W" - Tony Walker .86
7 - visick -"Y"- Pep Young .50
8 - dilgreene13 -"Z"--Chief Zimmer 4.26
9 - Frank M - Skip A(Aaron) "B" - George Brett 6.15
10 - BFoster - "C" Earl Combs 4.70
11 - unclerowser - "D" Wild Bill Donovan 3.22
12 - malamutt2002 "E" Dick Egan .54
Round 18
1 - ITCHY - "F" Larry French 4.63
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "G"--Joe Gibbon 1.55 (proxy on chat thread)
3 - cminton - "H" Terry Harmon 0.50
4 - pacoboy - "J" Randy Johnson 9.20
5 - bcp7 - "K" King Kelly 3.64
6 - YountFan - "L" - Danny Litehiler .82
7 - visick -"M" Mike Marshall .50
8 - dilgreene13 - "N"- Les Nunamaker 0.66
9 - Frank M - "O" - Jack J. O'Brien .50
10 - BFoster - "P" Tony Phillips .94
11 - unclerowser - "Q" free skip (2) - "R" Bugs Raymond 1.08
12 - malamutt2002 "S" John Smoltz 5.25
Round 19
1 - ITCHY - "T" Hank Thompson 4.07
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "U"- FS(1); "V" - LS(Valentine); "W" - Mark Williamson 1.16
3 - cminton - "Y" Steve Yeager 1.48
4 - pacoboy - LS "Z" (Zimmerman), "A" Ed Appleton 0.75
5 - bcp7 - "B" Lou Boudreau 7.12
6 - YountFan - "C" - David Cone 4.84
7 - visick- "D"- John D'Aquisto .73
8 - dilgreene13 - "E"--LS (Erickson) "F"- John Franco 1.35
9 - Frank M - "G" - Dave Giusti 1.78
10 - BFoster -'H" Harry Heilman 8.95
11 - unclerowser - "I" completed - "J" Ruppert Jones 2.33
12 - malamutt2002 "K" Bob Keegan .54
Round 20
1 - ITCHY - "L" Pop LLoyd 7.49
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "M" Don McMahon 0.97 (by Proxy)
3 - cminton - "N" Kid Nichols 8.06
4 - pacoboy - "O" Ivy Olson 0.53
5 - bcp7 - "P" Joe Page 2.23
6 - YountFan - FS2 (Q) - "R" - Dave Roberts 1.05
7 - visick-"S"- Joe Sewell 1.96
8 - dilgreene13 -"T"--Jesse Tannehill 6.55
9 - Frank M - "U - Bob Unglaub .85
10 - BFoster "V" Andy Van Slyke 4.34
11 - unclerowser -"W" Sammy White .54
12 - malamutt2002 "Y" Yankee Stadium 05
Round 21
1 - ITCHY -"Z" Don Zimmer .52
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "A" Red Ames 3.58
3 - cminton - "B" Joe Beggs 1.09
4 - pacoboy - "C" Mickey Cochrane 7.14
5 - bcp7 - "D" Frank Delahanty .73
6 - YountFan - "E" - Andy Etchebarren .70
7 - visick- "F"- Ed Farmer .54
8 - dilgreene13 -"G"--Kid Gleason 0.59
9 - Frank M - (LS) "H", "I" Complete, (FS) "J", "K" - Jim Kern .77
10 - BFoster "L" Dave Laroche .50
11 - unclerowser"M" - Doc Medich .53
12 - malamutt2002 "N" Joe Nathan 4.73
Round 22
1 - ITCHY - "O" Billy O" Dell 4.24
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "P" Joel Pinero 4.96 (by Proxy)
3 - cminton - FS (3) "Q", LS (Reulbach) "R", "S" Jeff Staley 0.50
4 - pacoboy - "T" Bill Trotter 0.73
5 - bcp7 - skip "U", "V" Bill Virdon .88
6 - YountFan - "W"- Ralph Works .72
7 - visick- "Y"- Curt Young 1.14
8 - dilgreene13 -"Z"--LS(Zimmer); "A"--FS#2; "B"--Wade Boggs 7.32
9 - Frank M - "C" - Tim Conroy .53
10 - BFoster "D" Ed Delahanty 8.31
11 - unclerowser "E" Marshall Edwards .56
12 - malamutt2002 - "F" Rollie Fingers 2.67
Round 23
1 - ITCHY - "G" Jim Gantner 1.19
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "H" Sol Hofman 1.52
3 - cminton - "I" complete, LS "J" (Reggie), "K" Joe Klink 0.98
4 - pacoboy - LS "L" (Leonard), "M" Eddie Mathews 8.00
5 - bcp7 - "N" Hal Naragon .52
6 - YountFan - "O" - Mickey Owen .86
7 - visick- "P" Tom Pagnozzi .50
8 - dilgreene13 -"Q" (FS#3); "R"--LS (Rivera); "S"--Willie Stargell 4.84
9 - Frank M - "T" - Tiger Stadium '75
10 - BFoster "U" George Uhle .67
11 - unclerowser - "V" Free skip (3) - "W" Rick Wise .50
12 - malamutt2002 - "Y" is for Yuck, Carroll Yerkes .66
Round 25
1 - ITCHY - Have a "Z" Zimmer SKIP#2 "A" to "B" Wally Berger 4.22
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT "C" - LS(Cobb); "D" - Tommy Davis .52
3 - cminton - "E" LS(Early), "F" Tim Foli 0.52
4 - pacoboy - "G" Ozzie Guillen 1.88
5 - bcp7 - "H" Jack Harper .05
6 - YountFan - LS (Isringhausen) - "J" - Julian Javier .58
7 - visick- "K"- Ed Kranepool .93
8 - dilgreene13 -"L-LS(League Park); "M"--Christy Mathewson 7.52
9 - Frank M - "N" LS(Jeff Nelson), "O" Al Oliver .50
10 - BFoster - "P" re-pick Alphonso Pulido .50
11 - unclerowser "Q" Jamie Quirk.65
12 - malamutt2002 - "R" LS (Ruel) "S" Don Sutton 1.32
For those curious how the draft would look, take a gander at our last draft:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=637560&hilit=alphabet
Prerequisites for this league are simple
A) you need to know your ABC's
B) you need to be committed to a LIVE DRAFT on the message boards for a full 26 rounds with a 3 hr clock from 9 AM to 8 PM EST M thru F.
…..proxies acceptable.
C) READ THE RULES BELOW CAREFULLY before agreeing to play
If you can agree to those criteria, then let's play.
RULES:
1 - We are playing an ATG 8 FULL SET league with a $120 mil cap - with DH - 80/20 drop penalty - no waivers, set frenzy time.
2 - Starting with a random letter (explained later) we will begin with a draft order as determined by the sign-up sheet.
…you can put your name on any of the 12 slots and that's your draft position.
3 - Each owner in-turn drafts a player who's last name begins with the letter we are up to.
EXAMPLE: if "B" is the first letter, then you can draft "B"ONDS, BARRY.
4 - When making a pick, please make your pick CLEAR for everyone by stating the letter you are using and the players full name.
EXAMPLE: "B" - BONDS, Barry - 12.95 mil
5 - Please, as you can see above, list the SALARY of the player next to the pick. You'd be smart to list the LOWEST of their salaries because you can always adjust later….but the salary you list, is the salary you keep for the draft.
7 - this is a PROFESSIONAL style draft where we go from 1-12 and then back to 1. NOT a SNAKE. I repeat, this is NOT a snake draft.
8 - Each owner, in-turn, drafts an appropriate player (or STADIUM - yes, you are drafting a STADIUM with the same criteria) who's name starts with the letter up at your turn.
9 - Each owner is allowed 3 FREE SKIPS. A SKIP = you are allowed to SKIP to the NEXT LETTER if you don't like what you are delt. You get 3 and only 3 skips.
ONLY ONE SKIP per turn. You can not use 2 SKIP's to move 3 letters down the road unless one is a FREE skip due to no letters left for that spot or you've already take that letter before (noted as LETTER SKIP or LS).
Using the above example, the next in line after BONDS would be "C". You can say something like this:
"C" - SKIP (1) "C" and pick "D" - DiMaggio 11.57 Mil …please keep track of your SKIPS so we know
NOTE- the guy after you normally is very pissed off ! (that's part of the fun)
9a - In the event you come to a letter than you already have, you may skip that letter w/o penalty (w/o using one of your 3 free skips) to go to the next available letter. You may only use this to move to 1 letter down the road - only 1 LETTER SKIP per turn. All other rules above apply.
10 - with the exception of "I", "Q", and "X" - most letters have a decent amount of choices (not that they are all very good)….but once a letter is depleted then you get a FREE SKIP
Example: If half-way thru we get the letter "I" and all 5 "I's are gone, then that owner would say:
"I", free skip to "J" - Jackson, Bo - 2.13
11 - You must compile a LEGAL team ready to load into the SOM draft engine for all HITTERS/PITCHERS/RP only / 2 Catchers criteria + a unique stadium (Yes, stadiums are drafted in the same manner...thus they must start with the letter you are on at that turn
12 - If you happen to run out of Salary Cap room during the draft OR if you wind up at the end and notice that you don't have a legal team you MUST FIX your team the following way:
a) drop the HIGHEST SALARIED PLAYER you have and re-pick an available player at the same letter that fills your requirement. If there are no players at that letter, move to the next one
until you get a legal pick. If your issues is that you have one too many Pitchers, you drop your HIGHEST Salaried Pitcher to pick a hitter. Same goes with Hitters to take a pitcher, Hitters to take a Cacther, or SP's to take an RP. ….etc..
When in doubt, ask me and I will make a ruling.
b) your replacement pick is immediate and then you continue until you have a legal team
c) please try and not let this happen !
…..if would be very helpful if you can keep a running total of your salary after each pick. However, I will be monitoring myself nightly.d) the player thrown back is not available to be picked. Again, let's not let this happen because this is another problem that gets people annoyed.
13 - CLOCK. As stated before, this is a LONG LONG draft. Its' a 3 hr clock starting at 9AM the morning after this fills. If your clock runs out then you get the next available letter automatically. If that letter
puts you over a CAP or makes you fill out an illegal team, then you are subject to the ABOVE rules. If the guy after you SKIPS a letter, then you are free to pick the letter you were supposed to or SKIP to the next one if you have SKIPS left.
9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Standard Time. Mon thru Fri. Weekends and nights there are no clock.
POST DRAFT:
14 - NO waivers (SET TIME DRAFT FRENZY) but yes, add/drops both in PRE SEASON and during are allowed….. but trust me, I didn’t' just put you all thru a week or two of drafting to simply dismantle your team in seconds.
No, EVERY SINGLE ADD/DROP must but the SAME LETTER. NO EXCEPTIONS. You can NOT drop Bonds and pick up Gibson ! …you can drop Bond for Bailor or Buhner, or even Blylevn if legal….but must be a B for a B.
If you have MANTLE and JETER and want to pick up MAYS and JACKSON you must do DROP MANTLE, PICK UP MAYS and then DROP JETER and pick up JACKSON.
…you can NOT drop MANTLE to get JACKSON and then later pick up MAYS for JETER. The waiver wire must be LETTER for LETTER - no exceptions.
….very tricky to manuver so I suggest you pick wisely. (DROPPING A CHEAPER RUTH for a MORE EXPENSIVE RUTH is easy…that's why I say to pick the LOWEST salaried player if you can….but then again, trying to build a team later may be hard)
COMPLETED ROUNDS
Round 1
1 - ITCHY - "B" Barry Bonds 11.47
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "C" Ty Cobb 9.99
3 - cminton - "D" Joe Dimaggio 9.46
4 - pacoboy - "E" Dennis Eckersley 4.59
5 - bcp7 - "F" Bob Feller 8.76
6 - YountFan - "G" - Josh Gibson 11.49
7 - visick- "H" Rogers Hornsby 11.53
8 - dilgreene13-"I"--Isbell, Frank 0.50
9 - Frank M (PROXY)- "J" Walter Johnson 8.64
10 - BFoster "K" Sandy Koufax 9.76
11 - unclerowser "L" Nap Lajoie 8.21
12 - malamutt2002 "M" Stan Musial 5.59
Round 2
1 - ITCHY - Proxy "N" - Gene Nelson 1.70
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "O" - Roy Oswalt 6.30
3 - cminton - "P" - Satchel Paige 5.60
4 - pacoboy - Free Skip (FS1) "Q", "R" - Babe Ruth 13.03
5 - bcp7 - "S" - Tris Speaker - 11.91
6 - YountFan - "T" - Frank Thomas 6.70
7 - visick - "U" Free Skip (FS1), "V" Arky Vaughn 5.25
8 - dilgreene13-"W"--Wagner, Honus 6.55
9 - Frank M - Letter Skip "X" Carl Yastrzemski 5.85
10 - BFoster - Free Skip "Z" (FS1) "A" Pete Alexander 7.20
11 - unclerowser - "B" Gates Brown 5.07
12 - malamutt2002 -"C" Eddie Collins 7.30
Round 3
1 - ITCHY - Rob Dibble 4.01
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "E" - Johnny Evers 2.79
3 - cminton - "F" - Jimmie Foxx - 9.46 (by proxy)
4 - pacoboy - "G" - Lou Gehrig - 10.74
5 - bcp7 - "H: Elston Howard - 6.98
6 - YountFan - "I" - Jason Isringhausen 3.02
7 - visick - "J" Chipper Jones 7.40 (by proxy)
8 - dilgreene13-"k"--Clayton Kershaw--9.98
9 - Frank M - - "L" Barry Larkin 5.12
10 - BFoster - "M" Greg Maddux 7.71
11 - unclerowser - "N" Ray Narleski 1.85
12 - malamutt2002 - "O" Mel Ott 7.63
Round 4
1 - ITCHY -"P"--Lance Parrish 2.82
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "Q" - Qualcomm Stadium '00
3 - cminton - "R" -Reulbach 5.40
4 - pacoboy - "S" - Duke Snider 9.66
5 - bcp7 - "T" - John Tudor 8.78
6 - YountFan - "U" Chase Utley 5.63
7 - visick - "V" (already have a V) skip to "W"- Ted Williams 9.10
8 - dilgreene13- "X" skip; "Y"--Cy Young 7.22
9 - Frank M - Skip "Z" (FS1) - "A" - Hank Aaron 7.17
10 - BFoster - "B" - ThreeFinger Brown 9.44.
11 - unclerowser - "C" Roberto Clemente 5.59
12 - malamutt2002 - "D" Bill Dahlen 2.67
Round 5
1 - ITCHY - "E" Dwight Evans 7.44
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "F" -Frank Frisch - 2.18
3 - cminton - "G" - Charlie Gehringer - 7.15
4 - pacoboy - "H" - Billy Hamilton - 4.01
5 - bcp7 - Skip "I" (S1), "J" - Hughie Jennings - 8.94
6 - YountFan - "K" - Ralph Kiner 6.64
7 - visick - "L" Kenny Lofton 4.92
8 - dilgreene13- "M"--Mickey Mantle 8.96
9 - Frank M - "N" - Jeff Nelson 2.28
10 - BFoster - "O" - Jose Oquenda 2.62
11 - unclerowser - "P" Doc Prothro 1.87
12 - malamutt2002 - "Q" Free Skip #1 - "R" Muddy Ruel .76
Round 6
1 - ITCHY - "S" Brett Saberhagen 5.13
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "T" Troy Tulowitzki 7.72
3 - cminton - Skip "U", FS1, "V" - Hippo Vaughn - 4.39
4 - pacoboy - "W" Phil Weintraub - 2.39
5 - bcp7 - Free skip "X" - "Y" - Matt Young - 0.55
6 - YountFan - (FS1-Z) - "A" - Luke Appling 4.23
7 - visick - "B" Ellis Burks 5.25
8 - dilgreene13- "C"--Oscar Charleston 7.58
9 - Frank M - "D" Bill Dickey 6.29
10 - BFoster - "E" Jumbo Elliot .50
11 - unclerowser - "F" George Foster 2.28
12 - malamutt2002 "G" Tom Glavine 6.06
Round 7
1 - ITCHY - "H" Bruce Hurst 5.58 totql 28.15
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT -"I"--Monte Irvin 5.35 (via proxy post)
3 - cminton - "J" Reggie Jackson - 3.84 (via proxy)
4 - pacoboy - "K" Rusty Kuntz - 2.15
5 - bcp7 - "L" Bob Lemon 6.94
6 - YountFan - "M" - Pedro Martinez 5.60
7 - visick - "N" Hideo Nomo 8.82
8 - dilgreene13- "O"--Johnny Oates 0.70
9 - Frank M - "P" Mark Prior 7.75
10 - BFoster - skip Q (2)"R" Phil Rizzuto 2.25
11 - unclerowser - "S" Bruce Sutter 5.05
12 - malamutt2002 "T" Cecil Travis 1.21
Round 8
1 - ITCHY - "U" Cecil Upshaw 1.13
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT--"V" - Ellis Valentine 3.81 (proxy in Chat thread)
3 - cminton - "W" - Willie Wells - 8.48
4 - pacoboy - "Y" - Bobby Young - 0.50
5 - bcp7 - "Z" Zobrist - 7.19
6 - YountFan - "A" - Babe Adams 6.14
7 - visick- "B" (Have B already, SKIP) "C" Roger Clemens 7.15
8 - dilgreene13 --"D"--Hugh Duffy, 0.95
9 - Frank M - "E" Al Evans .50
10 - BFoster - "F" Joe Ferguson 1.01
11 - unclerowser - "G" Eric Gagne 4.38
12 - malamutt2002 "H" Dan Haren 7.86
ROUND 9
1 - ITCHY - "I" Chris Ianetta 2.45
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "J" Joe Jackson 7.16
3 - cminton - "K" Al Kaline 4.92
4 - pacoboy "L" Dutch Leonard 10.81
5 - bcp7 - "M" Willie Mays 11.69
6 - YountFan - "N" - Charlie Neal .85
7 - visick- "O" Blue Moon Odom 1.42
8 - dilgreene13- "P"--Jack Pfiester 5.10
9 - Frank M (PROXY) - "Q" Jack Quinn 2.63
10 - BFoster skip "R" (already have an "R") "S" George Sisler 7.67
11 - unclerowser - ""T" Joe Torre 3.76
12 - malamutt2002 "U". Jose Uribe .66
Round 10
1 - ITCHY - "V" - Justin Verlander 8.61
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT--"W"--Hoyt Wilhelm 4.19 (proxy on chat thread)
3 - cminton - "Y" Eddie Yost - 3.58
4 - pacoboy - "Z" Jerry Zimmerman - 0.60
5 - bcp7 - "A" - Moises Alou - 7.78
6 - YountFan - "B" - Kevin Brown 5.22
7 - visick-"C" (Have C pass to D) "D"- Martin Dihigo 5.65
8 - dilgreene13 - "E" --Paul Erickson 0.77
9 - Frank M (PROXY)"F"- Nellie Fox 3.97
10 - BFoster "G" Tony Gwynn 3.9
11 - unclerowser "H" Guy Hecker 8.36
12 - malamutt2002 "I" Skip #2 "J" Baby Doll Jacobson 2.84
Round 11
1 - ITCHY -"K" KINGDOME 78
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "L" Max Lanier 3.76
3 - cminton - "M" - Dale Murray 5.99
4 - pacoboy - "N" - Hal Newhouser - 6.26
5 - bcp7 - "O" Jesse Orosco - 4.61
6 - YountFan - "P" - Andy Pafko 1.06
7 - visick "Q"- Dan Quisenberry 2.56
8 - dilgreene13 - "R"--Mariano Rivera 5.35
9 - Frank M (PROXY) - "S" Al Simmons 8.85
10 - BFoster "T" Christobal Torriente 7.68
11 - unclerowser "U" US Cellular Field
12 - malamutt2002 "V" Dave Valle .82
Round 12
1 - ITCHY - "W" Hack Wison 9.38
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT -"Y"--TJ Young 4.15 (proxy on chat)
3 - cminton - "Z" Gus Zernial - 4.23
4 - pacoboy - "A" FS2, "B" - Lady Baldwin - 9.56
5 - bcp7 - "C" Mike Cuellar - 7.12
6 - YountFan - "D" - Atley Donald 2.45
7 - visick- "E" George Earnshaw 3.33
8 - dilgreene13 - "F"(FS#1) - "G"--Ken Griffey Jr. 9.24
9 - Frank M - "H" Andy Hassler .54
10 - BFoster skip 1 (3) Oscar Heavy Johnson 7.15
11 - unclerowser "K" Harmon Killebrew 3.89
12 - malamutt2002 "L" Cliff Lee 7.12
Round 13
1 - ITCHY - "M" Morrie Martin 1.00
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "N" Robb Nen 5.01
3 - cminton -"O" S2, "P" - Mike Piazza - 7.40
4 - pacoboy -"Q" Frank Quilici - 0.61
5 - bcp7 - "R" Jackie Robinson - 6.17
6 - YountFan - "S" - Ron Santo 3.89
7 - visick- T"- Junior Thompson 2.32
8 - dilgreene13 -"U"--Jim Umbricht 0.50
9 - Frank M (PROXY) "V" Dazzy Vance 1.99
10 - BFoster - "W" Paul Waner 7.85
11 - unclerowser no "X" - "Y" Robin Yount 4.74
12 - malamutt2002 "Z" Richie Zisk 3.16
Round 14
1 - ITCHY - "A" Jerry Adair .77
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "B" Jeff Bagwell 10.18
3 - cminton - "C" Candy Cummings - 7.47
4 - pacoboy - "D" Dunn Field '20
5 - bcp7 - "E" Ebbets Field '57
6 - YountFan - "F" - Carl Furillo 4.08
7 - visick- "G"- Ralph Garr .87
8 - dilgreene13 -"H"--Kirby Higbe 3.74
9 - Frank M - "I" - Garth Iorg 1.82
10 - BFoster LS "J" (Already have it) "K" Joe Kelley 4.84
11 - unclerowser "L" Sam Leever 1.14
12 - malamutt2002 "M" Mark McGwire 3.75
Round 15
1 - ITCHY - "N" - Scott Nielson .55
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "O" Tony Oliva 4.87
3 - cminton - "P" Polo Grounds '11
4 - pacoboy - LS "Q" (Quilici), "R" - Dick Ruthven 0.50
5 - bcp7 - skip "R" - "S" Dick Selma 2.08
6 - YountFan - "T" - Danny Tartaball 3.50
7 - visick- "U"- Bob Uecker .55
8 - dilgreene13 - "V"- Robin Ventura 4.74
9 - Frank M - "W" - Chuck Ward .50
10 - BFoster "Y" Ross Youngs 6.09
11 - unclerowser "Z" free skip 1 "A" Doc Ayers 5.80
12 - malamutt2002 "B" John Beckwith 9.81
Round 16
1 - ITCHY - "C" Orlando Cepeda 4.52
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT -"D"--Harry Danning 0.50
3 - cminton - "E" Jake Early (by proxy) 0.52
4 - pacoboy - "F" Lonny Frey 3.29
5 - bcp7 - "G" Mike Gallego .50
6 - YountFan - "H" - Hilltop Park '11
7 - visick - "I" COMPLETED- "J"- HAVE ALREADY, Free Skip to "K"- Ray Knight .54
8 - dilgreene13 -"L"--League Park '34
9 - Frank M - "M" - Willie McCovey 4.43
10 - BFoster -"N" Win Noyes .5
11 - unclerowser - "O" Steve O'Neill 3.35
12 - malamutt2002 - "P" Jonathan Papelbon 4.84
Round 17
1 - ITCHY - skip "Q" to "R" Willie Randolph 2.66
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "S" Kid Speer 2.37
3 - cminton - "T" Ron Taylor 1.82
4 - pacoboy - "U" Del Unser .91
5 - bcp7 - "V" Valdespino .64
6 - YountFan - "W" - Tony Walker .86
7 - visick -"Y"- Pep Young .50
8 - dilgreene13 -"Z"--Chief Zimmer 4.26
9 - Frank M - Skip A(Aaron) "B" - George Brett 6.15
10 - BFoster - "C" Earl Combs 4.70
11 - unclerowser - "D" Wild Bill Donovan 3.22
12 - malamutt2002 "E" Dick Egan .54
Round 18
1 - ITCHY - "F" Larry French 4.63
2 -MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "G"--Joe Gibbon 1.55 (proxy on chat thread)
3 - cminton - "H" Terry Harmon 0.50
4 - pacoboy - "J" Randy Johnson 9.20
5 - bcp7 - "K" King Kelly 3.64
6 - YountFan - "L" - Danny Litehiler .82
7 - visick -"M" Mike Marshall .50
8 - dilgreene13 - "N"- Les Nunamaker 0.66
9 - Frank M - "O" - Jack J. O'Brien .50
10 - BFoster - "P" Tony Phillips .94
11 - unclerowser - "Q" free skip (2) - "R" Bugs Raymond 1.08
12 - malamutt2002 "S" John Smoltz 5.25
Round 19
1 - ITCHY - "T" Hank Thompson 4.07
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "U"- FS(1); "V" - LS(Valentine); "W" - Mark Williamson 1.16
3 - cminton - "Y" Steve Yeager 1.48
4 - pacoboy - LS "Z" (Zimmerman), "A" Ed Appleton 0.75
5 - bcp7 - "B" Lou Boudreau 7.12
6 - YountFan - "C" - David Cone 4.84
7 - visick- "D"- John D'Aquisto .73
8 - dilgreene13 - "E"--LS (Erickson) "F"- John Franco 1.35
9 - Frank M - "G" - Dave Giusti 1.78
10 - BFoster -'H" Harry Heilman 8.95
11 - unclerowser - "I" completed - "J" Ruppert Jones 2.33
12 - malamutt2002 "K" Bob Keegan .54
Round 20
1 - ITCHY - "L" Pop LLoyd 7.49
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "M" Don McMahon 0.97 (by Proxy)
3 - cminton - "N" Kid Nichols 8.06
4 - pacoboy - "O" Ivy Olson 0.53
5 - bcp7 - "P" Joe Page 2.23
6 - YountFan - FS2 (Q) - "R" - Dave Roberts 1.05
7 - visick-"S"- Joe Sewell 1.96
8 - dilgreene13 -"T"--Jesse Tannehill 6.55
9 - Frank M - "U - Bob Unglaub .85
10 - BFoster "V" Andy Van Slyke 4.34
11 - unclerowser -"W" Sammy White .54
12 - malamutt2002 "Y" Yankee Stadium 05
Round 21
1 - ITCHY -"Z" Don Zimmer .52
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "A" Red Ames 3.58
3 - cminton - "B" Joe Beggs 1.09
4 - pacoboy - "C" Mickey Cochrane 7.14
5 - bcp7 - "D" Frank Delahanty .73
6 - YountFan - "E" - Andy Etchebarren .70
7 - visick- "F"- Ed Farmer .54
8 - dilgreene13 -"G"--Kid Gleason 0.59
9 - Frank M - (LS) "H", "I" Complete, (FS) "J", "K" - Jim Kern .77
10 - BFoster "L" Dave Laroche .50
11 - unclerowser"M" - Doc Medich .53
12 - malamutt2002 "N" Joe Nathan 4.73
Round 22
1 - ITCHY - "O" Billy O" Dell 4.24
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "P" Joel Pinero 4.96 (by Proxy)
3 - cminton - FS (3) "Q", LS (Reulbach) "R", "S" Jeff Staley 0.50
4 - pacoboy - "T" Bill Trotter 0.73
5 - bcp7 - skip "U", "V" Bill Virdon .88
6 - YountFan - "W"- Ralph Works .72
7 - visick- "Y"- Curt Young 1.14
8 - dilgreene13 -"Z"--LS(Zimmer); "A"--FS#2; "B"--Wade Boggs 7.32
9 - Frank M - "C" - Tim Conroy .53
10 - BFoster "D" Ed Delahanty 8.31
11 - unclerowser "E" Marshall Edwards .56
12 - malamutt2002 - "F" Rollie Fingers 2.67
Round 23
1 - ITCHY - "G" Jim Gantner 1.19
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT - "H" Sol Hofman 1.52
3 - cminton - "I" complete, LS "J" (Reggie), "K" Joe Klink 0.98
4 - pacoboy - LS "L" (Leonard), "M" Eddie Mathews 8.00
5 - bcp7 - "N" Hal Naragon .52
6 - YountFan - "O" - Mickey Owen .86
7 - visick- "P" Tom Pagnozzi .50
8 - dilgreene13 -"Q" (FS#3); "R"--LS (Rivera); "S"--Willie Stargell 4.84
9 - Frank M - "T" - Tiger Stadium '75
10 - BFoster "U" George Uhle .67
11 - unclerowser - "V" Free skip (3) - "W" Rick Wise .50
12 - malamutt2002 - "Y" is for Yuck, Carroll Yerkes .66
Round 25
1 - ITCHY - Have a "Z" Zimmer SKIP#2 "A" to "B" Wally Berger 4.22
2 - MIKEARCHAMBAULT "C" - LS(Cobb); "D" - Tommy Davis .52
3 - cminton - "E" LS(Early), "F" Tim Foli 0.52
4 - pacoboy - "G" Ozzie Guillen 1.88
5 - bcp7 - "H" Jack Harper .05
6 - YountFan - LS (Isringhausen) - "J" - Julian Javier .58
7 - visick- "K"- Ed Kranepool .93
8 - dilgreene13 -"L-LS(League Park); "M"--Christy Mathewson 7.52
9 - Frank M - "N" LS(Jeff Nelson), "O" Al Oliver .50
10 - BFoster - "P" re-pick Alphonso Pulido .50
11 - unclerowser "Q" Jamie Quirk.65
12 - malamutt2002 - "R" LS (Ruel) "S" Don Sutton 1.32