Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

With much thanks and appreciation to Falcon29, here are the league assignments for event 2. I'll be setting up the leagues over the next couple of days:

League 1
1 Brothersatm
1 chess2899
1 DAVIDSUNDERMAN
1 dcmt
1 Icterus Galbuli
1 killermarc
1 Red Beards
1 SteadyEddie33
1 Studmeister
1 tgmfp
1 The Conndor (closer)
1 YettieJohnston (closer)

League 2
2 azcsuram
2 boudha08
2 djkalle
2 Ducky
2 fakesportsfan
2 mastermosser56
2 mditka891
2 mikemartinfl
2 Moodywoody
2 ScumbyJr (closer)
2 TallEd
2 YountFan (closer)

League 3
3 ashleyjoe
3 BigAMcInroy
3 bk7171
3 Brent65 (closer)
3 Death_From_Above (closer)
3 JMROZINSKI
3 mds6101
3 Pepsi
3 PowellCrosleyJr
3 RICHARDGAGNON
3 SOM
3 unclerowser

League 4
4 BC15NY
4 bmcgruder
4 franky35 (closer)
4 Gawgaped
4 gbrookes (closer)
4 merkle08
4 Phila01
4 Rjnewman
4 samh0711
4 sganser
4 Spyboy147
4 Barkeeper47S

League 5
5 bigdinkent
5 G_MONEY
5 gymshoe
5 John Carter
5 jugslavin
5 KJZ722
5 mburatti76
5 mesquiton (closer)
5 Moodymets
5 TexasKen (closer)
5 twonewb
5 albert2b

League 6
6 Betthemax
6 birdey44593
6 chrisfu
6 dinsdale
6 elammando
6 FALCON29
6 fench33
6 Great Unwashed (closer)
6 Supersore
6 treybeckiii
6 WJS6768
6 a1lionfan (closer)

League 7
7 agapeball
7 Dscire2929
7 HoustonMetFan (closer)
7 jayhawk81
7 jcheney
7 kihoover
7 madal
7 rudys raiders
7 sakdl4
7 waynick (closer)
7 yankeefan1222
7 Ballbuster

League 8
8 BretHOF
8 buzz082308
8 chris_s
8 dc irish
8 Delbird (closer)
8 echo22
8 gustavvs
8 herpad1959
8 McMAC
8 Spider 67 (closer)
8 stratorat
8 bmilner

League 9
9 brian straub
9 eadlew (closer)
9 hallerose
9 Harold Homers
9 jddoug
9 Jimmy_C (closer)
9 jomboy78
9 laughren.francis
9 markmorrison
9 tomaxe
9 torque
9 BruceF

League 10
10 budabear78
10 DoctorGonzo
10 ed1447
10 ggrover15
10 Lee300
10 pushpin76
10 roodhome1234
10 Rosie2167 (closer)
10 Say Hey
10 sphilipp8 (closer)
10 Takanahana
10 andysiny

League 11
11 carlerik (closer)
11 daveaq31
11 davehaller
11 Pdixon0101
11 jamespoohbear
11 joeedrott
11 LMBombers (closer)
11 RangerJoe
11 Rigged Splits
11 Rube
11 seanreflex
11 (filler)

it appears there are 13 teams in league #1

League 1
1 1 Brothersatm
2 1 chess2899
3 1 DAVIDSUNDERMAN
4 1 dcmt
5 1 Icterus Galbuli
6 1 killermarc
7 1 Pdixon0101
8 1 Red Beards
9 1 SteadyEddie33
10 1 Studmeister
11 1 tgmfp
12 1 The Conndor (closer)
13 1 YettieJohnston (closer)

Icterus Galbuli wrote:it appears there are 13 teams in league #1

League 1
1 1 Brothersatm
2 1 chess2899
3 1 DAVIDSUNDERMAN
4 1 dcmt
5 1 Icterus Galbuli
6 1 killermarc
7 1 Pdixon0101
8 1 Red Beards
9 1 SteadyEddie33
10 1 Studmeister
11 1 tgmfp
12 1 The Conndor (closer)
13 1 YettieJohnston (closer)

Ooops! Thanks for noticing. By random selection, I have moveed Pdixon0101 to league 11 for event 2. The chart is adjusted.

Geoff,

Tournament page states 2/10 for the entry date for event two. Is that accurate or are we shooting for an earlier load date?

Thanks,

Mike

Newbie Question - What does closer mean in the league assignments?

Regards,
Ken

Ducky wrote:Geoff,

Tournament page states 2/10 for the entry date for event two. Is that accurate or are we shooting for an earlier load date?

Thanks,

Mike

Yes, we are shooting for an earlier load date. I regard feb 10 as the straggler date for people that are travelling or can't otherwise load earlier. I would like to load teams ASAP and have leagues filling as soon as possible on or after this Saturday February 4.

TexasKen wrote:Newbie Question - What does closer mean in the league assignments?

Regards,
Ken

Thanks for asking.

Traditionally in this tournament, I think it's accurate to say that the closer was the person that was entrusted with making sure that the league had the right (assigned) entries before closing it.

While that is still one of the roles of being a closer, I am also wanting to make sure that the leagues don't **accidentally** close too early - ie. before the Saturday that falls before the event deadline.

I am strongly encouraging all participants to load their teams as soon as possible after the leagues are assigned. To be blunt, this makes my job as commissioner ***much*** easier. Being commish isn't generally easy, so if anything can make this job easier, it is really important. So please load your teams in the ***correct*** leagues as soon as you possibly can! This is a big big thank you from me for doing this!!!

But with teams loading early (thank you again!), it is important for the closers to make sure that the leagues don't fill too early. Thanks to the closers for doing this!

I have appointed 2 closers (instead of the traditional 1 closer) to avoid the very unfortunate event of people loading into the wrong leagues and closing (i.e. filling) them at the same time! This happened at least one, maybe twice, last year, with the unfortunate and unfair result of the closers being shut-out of their own assigned leagues! With 2 closers, this is much less likely to happen.

Make sense?

Great reply. Thank you.

My team is ready and will verify and close on Saturday.

Regards,
Ken

TexasKen wrote:Great reply. Thank you.

My team is ready and will verify and close on Saturday.

Regards,
Ken

Ken, as a "closer" I believe you will want to wait until the other 10 teams in your league have loaded before you load your team. If you load on Saturday and then an incorrect 12th team loads after that, the league will be created with the wrong participants. I am suggesting that everyone start posting messages in their Event 1 leagues to get the word out to start loading Event 2 this Saturday.

Thanks for the follow up. By verifying and closing, I meant that I will verify on Saturday that the 10 other teams are correct and co-ordinate with mesquiton to post the 11th and 12th teams.

Regards,
Ken