Finals League Draft (2014 Players Champ): Pushpin you're up

Can someone message mcsoupy, I'm headed out. Thanks!

Standing by for McSoupy

Just shot gbrookes a message to weigh in when he gets a chance

Extracts from the rules, for the purposes of the finals:

"Subject to the commissioner's final discretion, it is intended that for the semi-finals, there will be a live draft for the ballpark only (not for player drafts). Not only will the re-use of ballparks from events 1-5 be prohibited for the semi-finals, but furthermore, we will require use of unique ballparks for the semi-final round, and the finals. The order of drafting in both the semi-finals and the finals will be based on the point scoring in events 1-5. The drafts will NOT be serpentine for the finals - i.e. the draft order will be repeated in each round. These "seeding" rules for the draft order provide an incentive and a reward for the managers who finish with the highest scores in events 1 through 5.

Re ballparks in semi-finals:

Since each semi-finalist will have already used 5 different ballparks in events 1-5, they may not re-use those ballparks in the semi-finals. So, if a manager is picking 12th for the live ballpark draft in the semi-finals, they will have to choose from one of the 14 remaining ballparks (30 minus 5, minus 11 ballparks already drafted in that semi-final event).

Re ballparks in the finals

Same as for the semi-finals, except they also cannot re-use the ballpark that they used in the semi-finals, so that they can choose from one of the remaining 13 ballparks.

Finals player/ballpark draft

The finals will use a live player/ballpark draft, consisting of 4 rounds, with round 1 being for the ballparks. Each player must draft a ballpark."

mp: They are assigned by seeding. The rules are posted in the semi-finals/finals rule thread under Players Championship.

I PM'd Keyzick that it's his pick. As people draft parks, please feel free to PM the next in line that it's their turn to draft. I'll be checking in here sporadically. thanks!

So, 1,6,7,12 .... 2,5,8,11 ... 3,4,9,10?

The division allocation seeding will be as set out by mpcharette.

Please note that the extract from the rules states that there will be a four round draft, with the first round being ballparks, and rounds 2-4 being drafts of players.

Please note that you cannot re-use a ballpark that you have previously used in any of events 1-5, or in the semifinals.

Re the draft order for the 4 round draft, the draft order will [b]not[/b] be serpentine. My reasoning for this is that the intention for the four round draft order is to provide an appropriate reward for the managers that finished highest in the standings. If the draft were serpentine, some might argue that this would actually reward the lowest seeded managers more than the highest seeded managers, since the lowest seeded managers would be first up to make player picks in round 2. So the 4 round draft will not be serpentine.

Meanwhile, mcsoupy remains MIA.

Meanwhile, mcsoupy remains MIA.

I sent a message in our semifinals league, I'm guessing he'll check in sometime soon to see the first two games in the playoffs.

Ostie! Un québécois dans le top 12!!

J'me trompe pas?

Go mpcharette!!!