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The ISBL Constitution
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I. About the ISBL
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A. The ISBL will consist of 28 teams in 2 Leagues.
Each League will consist of 2 divisions with 7 teams in each.
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B. The ISBL Season consists of 162 games, played 6
or 7
games per week for 26 weeks
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C. The ISBL Post-Season consists of 3 rounds of
single-elimination competition.
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1. 4 teams from each league
make it into the playoffs. The top two teams from each Division will reach
the post-season.
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2. Teams are seeded with the second place team from each
division playing against the first place team from the opposing division. Home
Field advantage goes to the team with the better W/L record - except for the World Series,
which is hosted by the AL on Odd-Numbered Years and the NL on Even-Numbered Years.
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3. All Series are a
Best-of-Seven.
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D. Rosters consist of at least 25 players, and no more
than 40. No more than 25 players may be on the "active" roster at any
given time until Week 23, at which time all players who have not violated usage rules are
activated.
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E. The ISBL is run using the latest version
of Diamond Mind Baseball (DMB), available from http://www.diamond-mind.com
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II. DMB Setup
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A. Neither league uses the Designated Hitter..
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B. In both leagues, Actual Injuries are enabled.
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C. In both leagues, the bullpen warmup rule is not used.
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D. In both leagues, weather effects are used.
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E. Ballparks are to be used by no more than one team.
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III. League Operations
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A. Each owner is responsible for 2 major actions per week.
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B. Each owner is responsible for their team at all
times
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1. Informing league when they
are unable to run games
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2. Voting on topics/issues
that face the league
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3. Supplying an up-to-date
Manager Profile to the commissioner to keep in a public-access location incase deadlines
are missed.
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4. Meeting
deadlines
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5. Honesty!
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C. Gameplay
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1. The week begins Tuesday
morning when the Newsletter is E-Mailed
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2. You must send your EXPORTED Manager Profile to the owner
that your team is "Visiting" that week NO LATER THAN 12:00 Noon EST
Friday unless you have arranged "face to face" games.
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3. You must send all reports and stats back to the commissioner
NO LATER THAN 12:00 Midnight Monay
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4. The Statistics
will be compiled and results tabulated tuesdays.
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5. Import a manager profile
for the visiting team
** You may arrange "Face to Face" games on IRC servers, or other
services so that both managers can have direct impact on the games. It's wise to try
and schedule FTF games a week or so in advance, so that games won't be "missed"
because "There wasn't time"
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6. After all three games
have been played, select TRANSFER / EXPORT STATISTICS and export the
stats for the games.
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D. Newsletters
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1. Newsletters are published
on Tuesdays (unless something goes wrong).
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2. They show the
latest Standings
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3. They show matchups for the
current week
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4. They show the roster moves
of the past week.
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5. They show the results of
the past weeks' games
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E. Roster Moves
** No roster move is considered a 'done deal' until it appears in a weekly
newsletter
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1. Moves available year round:
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2. Moves available between the
end of the season, and prior to the 20th week.
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a.
Trades - must be agreed upon by both managers, and they must both send E-Mail to the
commissioner for the trade to be valid.
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b. Claims - free agents may be added to the auction block but
submitting the name(s) to the commissioner and the auction will take place as
normal.
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F. Player Eligibility and Player Carryover
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1. Any player listed in the
current player disk is available to be on an active roster - provided he meets minimum
AB/IP requirements.
** AB/IP Requirements
for 2002 - 20IP, 30AB **
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2. Any MLB player NOT listed in the current player disk may be
held if you had him on your roster the previous year as a 'NON-CARD'
player, who may not be played, but does take up a roster slot, for
ONE year maximum.
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3. Maximum Usage for any player
who is NOT considered an unlimited player remains at 110%. Players
exceeding 110% will be farmed by the LEAGUE prior to the beginning of
the following week's play.
Players whose usage is between 111-115%
will remain farmed for the balance of the season, but are ineligible for
post-season play and may NOT be traded during the season. However the
rights are retained by the owner and once the season is over, the player
may be traded or kept at the roster cut - no appeals are required.
Players whose usage exceeds 115% will
be farmed and slated for release in two weeks time, during which time
their release may be appealed to league officers. If the appeal is
successful, they will be considered as a player in the 111-115% group,
otherwise they will be released after a two-week period.
USAGE LIMIT EXEMPTIONS:
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During the 2002 season, batters with an OPS of .650 or less and
their OPS vsLHP or OPS vsRHP does not exceed .700 for either one are
exempt from usage limits
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During the 2002
season, batters with more than 500 Plate Appearances are exempt from
usage limits
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During the 2002
season, pitchers with an opponents OPS of .900 or more are exempt
from usage limits
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During the 2002
season, pitchers with more than 700 Batters Faced are exempt from
usage limits.
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4. At the end of the season,
any players who have not played at least 50% of their real life playing time are
ineligible for post-season.
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5.
For the 2002 season, players MAY
play out of position, but due to DMB's system, it is NOT
recommended.
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6.
In
order for a pitcher to start a game, he MUST be
rated as a Starting Pitcher. Any player (Starting Pitcher, Relief
Pitcher or Batter) can be used as a Relief Pitcher whether rated or
not as a Reliever.
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7. In order to play in
Post-Season, a player must not have violated any eligibility rules.
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IV. The Salary System
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A. At the end of every year (December 31st), owners make
their final roster cuts. They earn $50,000,000.00 to pay their player
salaries. This is added to their bank account. Any money not spent
is left in their bank account.
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1. Teams making
the Post-Season get a $500,000.00 bonus.
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2. The World
Series Champion gets a second $500,000.00 bonus.
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B. Players have salaries in increments
of $100,000.00.
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C. All players are acquired by
bidding. Their salary remains until they are released back to the Free
Agent Pool, but all players have a minimum salary of $100,000.00.
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D. If a player is kept on a roster
beyond December 31st, they automatically receive a 10% raise. However, if
there are minimum salaries for players who have been out of the free agent pool
for 3 years ($1,000,000.00), 5 years ($5,000,000.00) or 7 years
($10,000,000.00).
EG: A player is drafted at $300,000.00
Year 1: $300,000.00
Year 2: $400,000.00 (10% increase,
but $100,000.00 increments)
Year 3: $500,000.00 (10% increase,
but $100,000.00 increments)
Year 4: $1,000,000.00 (10% increase,
but $1,000,000.00 minimum)
Year 5: $1,100.000.00 (10% increase)
Year 6: $5,000,000.00 (10% increase,
but $5,000,000.00 minimum)
Year 7: $5,500,000.00 (10% increase)
Year 8: $10,000,000.00 (10% increase,
but $10,000,000.00 minimum)
Year 9: $11,000.000.00 (10% increase)
Year 10: $12,100,000.00 (10%
increase)
Year 11: $13,300,000.00 (10%
increase.. and so on)
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E. Cash in your bank account can be
spent for:
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1. Paying Contracts on January 1st.
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2. Bidding for
Free Agents in the pre-season auction and during the season
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3. Carrying
value in negotiating Trades.
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V. Miscellaneous
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