Tour Finals Chat Thread & Discussion

I'm ready (obviously), but will not be available tomorrow.

Will be back ready to rock on Thursday.

I am also on UK time, which is 5 hours ahead of EST.

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I'm ready. I was looking at the rules regarding ballpark choice and this is what I found:

IX. Ballpark Requirements

A manager must not re-use a ballpark during the Tour Championship. For example, if he used Fenway in Event I, he may not use Fenway in Events II-V, nor may he use Fenway in any playoff round.

There can be more than one player using the same ballpark in the same event and/or league. For example, player X and player Y may both use Fenway in Event I - League I (in theory, the same ballpark could be used by all 12 teams in any qualifying league or event). The prohibition relates to the same player using the same ballpark twice during the Tour Championship.

Is the draft choice needed because ballparks are exclusive in the finals, unlike the other leagues?

In the tour playoffs, i.e., the semis round and the finals round, the ballparks are unique.

So...you may not re-use a ballpark in any single event, and in the playoff rounds you must select a unique ballpark that also cannot be used by any one else in that particular event.

If you're drafting for ballparks, typically it's understood that it's because the ballparks must be unique; however, re-reading the rules thread, this could be better spelled out for next year (paging Commissioner keyzick!)

I am ready. However, I will be traveling on Thursday afternoon and evening. Will also be tied up a portion of Friday. Will check in, and if I see I am close to picking will send my list for the given round to J-Pav. Good luck to all.

I'm ready will have trouble with Thursday night thru Friday night will hope to check in at these times just cant promise I can make picks

Okey dokey, ready whenever.

We can start the draft tonite at the conclusion of the last semis playoff game, Game 7, between bbfan and uncle ny. The outcome will determine the final two draft picks - an uncle ny victory tonite gives him pick 11, however, if bbfan prevails, rickburr has the tiebreaker (one ring, two finals, one semi).

Not everyone has checked in yet, and it looks like we have some busy people who will be off the grid for the next few days. Looking ahead, at this time I am considering setting Saturday morning, January 23rd, as the load date. This will give us ten days to draft comfortably, load the league on January 23-24, and start the first games on February 1st. That is, we will NOT try and beat a Friday 10pm deadline and have the league start 72 hours later.

IF...by some miracle the draft goes exceedingly fast and we're ready to load this weekend or very shortly thereafter, we'll revisit loading the league to start gameplay on January 25th. I just want to be sure everyone has a reasonable time to deal with their teams prior to games officially starting.

Just looking over last year's five pick draft, it covered 8-10 days. I still think we should be able to load teams on or about the weekend of January 23-24, if we can keep things moving along. Even if it should take an extra day or two, you'll still have plenty of time after the autodraft to work on your teams.

So that's the theory part of the plan...!

As to the execution part of the plan...

Draft order:

1. Jack377: checked in
2. ycbill: checked in
3. bigmahon: checked in
4. mpcharette:
5. bbfan:
6. wjb23: checked in
7. rudys raiders: checked in
8. mesquiton: checked in
9. Stoney18:
10. Gilbo:
TBD rickburr:
TBD uncle ny: checked in

Division assignments:

East: Jack377, wjb23, rudys raiders, TBD
Central: ycbill, bbfan, mesquiton, TBD
West: bigmahon, mpcharette, Stoney18, Gilbo

Reminder:

The draft order is 1-12, 1-12, 1-12, etc. It is NOT a serpentine draft. There are eight rounds, any one of which must be a unique ballpark selection. It cannot be a ballpark used by you previously in any other round, to include the semis, and it cannot be a ballpark selected by another finalist. To repeat: The finals will have 12 unique ballparks. You must not re-use a ballpark you used previously. If onlinegamesupport can't fix your screw up prior to gameplay beginning, you will be disqualified from the finals and ineligible to be the Tour Champion. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION.