2003 Baseball Overview

The season is nigh upon us. 

 - You will play each team in the league twice.
 
 - Your head-2-head match-up goes from Sunday-Saturday.  You start you 'next game' next Sunday.
 
 - There are 24 head-2-head categories.  It is your CUMULATIVE Weekly Scores, based upon your weekly performance in these categories, that determine your standing in the league.
 
- The Top 6 finishers will compete in the "Championship Playoffs".    The bottom six will be banished to the consolation playoffs.
 
- I keep team W/L records just for the purpose of determining who the Head-2-Head W/L champ is.   Last year it was PowerWave.    This title, a.k.a "the Al Gore Award",  does not have any impact in the overall standings.
   
Changes:   

a.  Player Pool moves are now capped at 40 per team for the season.
  - This rule is designed to slow player rotations, increase strategy and promote trades.

b.  Minimum Innings Pitched now = 20.
  - Yahoo now allows for a number greater than 10  (yay!)..... 20 seems like a fair number try for the season.
 
 
Good luck All!!
 

1.  Defending Champion:     Hidden Dragons (formerly:  PowerWave)

 

  

2.  2002 Comparables  (a.k.a "Ye Olde Measuring Stick")

Hitting Stuff AB Runs Hits 1B 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K FPCT AVG
Avg Per Week 198.0 30.5 55.4 35.2 11.3 1.1 7.8 29.5 3.8 22.8 34.4 .984 .280
Best Per Week 211.1 34.5 62.2 39.6 13.6 1.5 10.0 33.0 5.1 30.4 30.9 .989 .295

 

Pitching Stuff W L W% Saves CG SHO IP K K/BB GIDP HBP ERA WHIP
Avg Per Week 3.0 2.6 .540 2.8 0.40 0.17 48.6 37.5 2.70 4.2 1.8 3.86 1.272
Best Per Week 4.7 1.8 .626 3.7 0.59 0.27 69.7 53.9 3.36 5.6 1.0 3.46 1.214

 

3.  Draft Order
The draft order has been set.  The results are:

  Team Manager Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
1. Ruby's Raiders Ralph Ruby Randy Johnson Nomar Garciaparra Shawn Green Rafael Palmiero
2. Hidden Dragons Xin Bi Curt Schilling Derek Lowe Derek Jeter Torii Hunter
3. Ludville 9 Tim/Blake Moore Alex Rodriguez Mark Mulder Matt Morris Jeff Bagwell
4. Beachtown Bobos Mark Bazell Jason Giambi Troy Percival Mike Mussina Troy Glaus
5. Da Bums Dan Grayson Vladimir Guerrero Miguel Tejada Eric Gagne Matt Clement
6. Southlake Slackers Greg Venne Pedro Martinez Bobby Abreu Jeff Kent John Smoltz
7. Gladiators Roman Lubynsky Barry Zito Mike Piazza Manny Ramirez Garret Anderson
8. GotBoost? Doug Grayson Barry Bonds Lance Berkman Jim Thome Robb Nen
9. Raging Trout Larry Bruder Alfonso Soriano Ichiro Suzuki Bernie Williams Eric Chavez
10. Lethal Lobsters Larry Reed Magglio Ordonez Carlos Beltran Brian Giles Larry Walker
11. BigV Wei Li Albert Pujols Sammy Sosa Mark Buehrle Greg Maddux
12. Purple Pecans Ivan Packer Todd Helton Roy Oswalt Chipper Jones Tim Hudson

 

 

4.  Draft Time
The draft is set for Tuesday, March 25 at 8:40pm Eastern.
  - An Enter Live Draft link will appear on the Yahoo league page.
  - Please arrive ten minutes early as your draft will start promptly at the assigned time.
  - Pre-Ranking will help you get the players you desire................

 

5.  Team Changes
Hello:  
Larry Reed, Lethal Lobsters

Goodbye: 
R.Wottrich, Ball Whackers 

 

Head-2-Head Ties:   
Will be broken with the following tiebreaker  (Yahoo Playoff H2H tiebreak).

In the event that a playoff game ends in a tie, the deadlock will be broken using the following system:
1.  Team ERA
2.  Team BA

 

6.  League Overview

6.1.  Lineup
20 players per team.  (9 Starting Hitters + 2 SP's + 1 RP + 2 P's + 6 Bench).

Hitting Slots Pitching Slots
1 - C 2 - SP
1 - 1B 1 - RP
1 - 2B 2 - P
1 - SS
1 - 3B
3 - OF
1 - Util

 

 

6.2  Championship Playoffs
The top six teams will make the playoffs.
 - #1 and #2 receive a first round bye
 - Teams 3-6 begin playoffs in week 23.
 

6.3  Games/Format
22 Regular Season games total.

You will play each team twice. 22 Games

 


6.4  Stat Categories

Offensive Cats

Pitching Cats
R Runs Scored IP Innings Pitched
H Total Hits W Wins
1B Singles *L Losses
2B Doubles CG Complete Games
3B Triples SHO Shutouts
HR Home Runs SV Saves
RBI Runs Batted In *HBP Hit By Pitcher
SB Stolen Bases K Strike Outs
BB Walks GIDP Ground Into Double Plays
*K Strike Outs *ERA Earned Run Average
FPCT Fielding Percentage *WHIP (Walks + Hits) / IP
AVG Batting Average K/BB Strikeout to Walk Ratio
*The team with the 'least' strikeout wins this category. *The team with the 'lower' number wins these cats.

   

6.5  Head-2-Head Ties:   
We hate wearing them and we hate them in games therefore:  Ties will be broken with the following tiebreaker  
(Yahoo Playoff H2H tiebreak).

In the event that a playoff game ends in a tie, the deadlock will be broken using the following system:
1.  Team ERA
2.  Team BA

  

6.6  Other Rules
a.  No glassware by the pool.
b.  Lifeguard is not provided.  Please mind your children.
c.  Flotation devices ARE NOT to be used as toys.
d.  Monday is "Chlorine Day".