Cardinals Run Home Record to 15-0 Behind Trip Aces

The South Carolina Cardinals continued their hot start in Week 5, going 4-2 against the New York Underdogs to maintain a seven-game lead in the Union League and sweeping the home half at Ameriquest Field to run their home record to 15-0 on the season.

The Cardinals have done it with pitching, sporting an ISBL-best 2.95 ERA. Randy Johnson (6-0, 0.98, 71 Ks), A.J. Burnett (5-0, 3.13) and Derek Lowe (4-0, 2.38) have led the team to a 16-1 record in games they've started, the lone loss coming after Lowe left his April 13 start with a 3-2 lead.

All series are SEVEN games, scheduled 5/9-15 (EXCEPT Interleague, SIX games, 5/10-15).

First team listed is the away team for the first three games.

 

Be sure to get in contact with your opponent early ("e-mail him before he can e-mail you" is always a good rule to follow) and figure out if you're going to NetPlay or MP them, then schedule accordingly.

 

SENIOR CIRCUIT NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE INTERLEAGUE

JUNIOR CIRCUIT FEDERAL LEAGUE UNION LEAGUE INTERLEAGUE

 

Players who exceed 110% usage for the year will be posted here. New additions are in bold. They have been mandatorily farmed for the year, can not be traded, and are ineligible for postseason and cup play. These players are noted in your roster with the coding ++NAME++.

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MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CUT YOUR ROSTER DOWN TO 25 MEN BEFORE STARTING THIS WEEK. 

BE CAREFUL TO KEEP PLAYERS ON DISABLED LIST FOR MINIMUM 15 DAYS. Check the DL listings below to be sure what date players are eligible to return. PLEASE NOTE: The game program allows players to be brought back before they've served 15 days. ISBL DOES NOT, so please consult the DL listings to ensure that you're bringing players back on the correct date.

DON'T MAKE NON-DL-RELATED MID-SERIES ROSTER MOVES. The only moves you can make during a series are to put someone on the DL or to take them off (and an accompanying promote/farm to cover THAT player). And be sure to consult the list below to see when your player is eligible to come off the DL.

CHECK YOUR MANAGER PROFILE

Remember what Troy always says. Recheck your manager profile weekly to make sure phantom zeros aren't popping into your usage limits. Check to see if you have injured players, or players eligible to be reactivated. Be sure to check that your roster is at 25, especially if you have acquired new players through trade or free agency, as the game tends to make all of these players active.

We would advise those of you that constructed preseason manager profiles (before the Week 1 disk was released) to double check them to ensure that playing limits are correct. The last preseason disk that was posted showed several players with settings of zero, and the CM will pass over many of these players when your team is away. You can see this on the final page of the profile where the players are listed. The playing limits were corrected to the actual usage numbers on the Week 1 disk. If you put together an MP using an older V9 disk, you can correct the playing limits this way:

1. Click on the "Other Actions" button in the lower right corner of either the "Pitching," "Saved Lineup" or "Depth Chart" page of your Manager Profile.
2. Click on "Generate Manager Profile."
3. Uncheck everything EXCEPT "Generate playing time limits," keeping that one checked, and click OK. This should retain your other settings while ensuring that the playing time limits are correct.

Of course, once you've corrected these playing time limits, you can manipulate them as needed to make sure that players are used only in the specific roles you want them to play (i.e. if you have a pitcher rated both to start and relieve, and you only want him used as a starter, you can set his relief appearances to zero). Also, be sure to note that in Version 9, there's a new page for setting player-specific tendencies, as well as team tendencies.

PAY ATTENTION TO OPPONENT'S INSTRUCTIONS

If an owner takes the time to send you an MP and/or instructions as to how to install his pitchers/lineups, take care to use these. Seen a couple of instances this year where MPs have been sent, only to be ignored/looked over/forgotten by opponents. If they're sending you an MP, it means they have changes from what's on the disk that may affect their rotation, or player usage, or whatever. So use them. Otherwise, you're risking having to play the games over again. And might get fined for repeated occurances.

SOME ADDITIONAL DIRECTION ON PLAYING IN NETPLAY

If you have any additional questions about V9 play, please direct them to stats@isbl.com.

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You can track your finances, as well as your payroll ceiling, at the ISBL Finances page (see link above).

SENIOR PITCHER: Jarrod Washburn (Meat Possums)

JUNIOR BATTER: David Ortiz (Pioneers)