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ISBL HOME ENCYCLOPEDIA DISKS PAST GAZETTES TheISBLog.com AUCTION SITE AUCTION RESULTS/FINANCES 2005 TRANSACTIONS 2005 CALENDAR
SECOND ROUND OF AUCTION STARTS NEXT WEEK There are still 58 batters and 79 pitchers available in the second round of the auction, which will take place next week. The second round will work the same as the first round, in that players will available for three days of bidding, with highest bid winning the player. Details to follow ... 2005 ISBL JUNIOR DRAFT The 2005 ISBL Junior Draft is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, March 20, at 3pm Eastern. The draft order is as follows (with picks reversing for the second round):
The draft will consist of two rounds, with the selection order reversed for the second round. The draft will be conducted after the conclusion of the ISBL2005 Auction. Teams selecting Jr. Draft players must have a 40-man roster spot available for each player selected (although these players will NOT count toward the "18 batter/14 pitcher" minimums), and must have $200k in salary available to pay to to each player. Junior Draft players are not eligible to play in the regular season or playoffs, but are eligible for Cup play. Should a drafted player not achieve eligibility for the ISBL2006 season, the teams loses the rights to that player at the conclusion of the ISBL2005 season. Players eligible for the 2005 Junior Draft are those that appeared in the MLB2004 season who
Players who previously qualified as low unlimiteds in ISBL may be among those in the draft; however, teams who currently hold those players' rights may elect to keep them as uncarded players for ISBL2005, provided they pay that player's salary. The players eligible for the 2005 Junior Draft are:
For all of you who have been looking for a place where you could go on and on about your team ... BEHOLD, TheISBLog.com!!! Now every team has its own blog to post their triumphs and travails. Click on the banner, enter your team name in e-mail style (i.e. finns, meatpossums, dirtdogs, etc.) and isbl (it's cap-sensitive, so all lowercase) as the password to enter this brave new world. Once you've logged in, change your password to something you'll remember, and have at it. There might be some bugs in the first couple days, and Chris McMains (the blog creator) will probably follow with an e-mail with further instruction, but hopefully this new element to the wonderful world of ISBL will take root for all to enjoy. Thanks to Chris for his efforts. Oh, and it runs on a different server. BE MINDFUL OF YOUR CASH AND NEEDS Click on the 2005 AUCTION RESULTS link above and be sure to keep an eye on how many players you need (batters, pitchers and overall) and what cash you have remaining. Budget management is very important this time of year. Don't get caught short, and for god's sake, don't make a bid larger than your max bid allowed, or you'll get the big fat nasty $1m fine. NOTE ON TRADES & MONEY Please remember that you have already paid the salaries of those players that you kept at the deadline, and that any trades you make here on out do not relieve you of their salaries for 2005. In other words, if you trade a $6m player for a $600k player, you don't get money back unless you ask for it in the trade. Buyer beware ... 2005 GAZETTE TEAM LINKS ARE IN PLAY Click on the team names to the left and right (or the league logos, for that matter) and you can find current rosters (as of the most recent disk release), even if you don't have access to the disk. Ah, the ISBL, dedicated to finding new ways to lower work productivity ... NEW LOGOS FOR 2005
If you've surfed the ISBL site of late, you may have noticed that a few teams have a new look for the coming season. That's the registrar with too much time on his hands. If you think you might like something new for 2005, buzz him and -- time willing -- he might cook up something for you. (Hey, at least it's an excuse to hone my Photoshop skills.) CONTRACT CODING (revised post-deadline) The coding seems to confuse a lot of owners, so here's a quick index of the codes. x : Contract Year
Players showing a single digit are restricted to 110% of their MLB2004 PA (plate appearances) or BF (batters faced) in ISBL2005 play. 999x : High-unlimited player
These players have no restriction on usage in ISBL2005 play. 666x : Low-unlimited player
These players have no restriction on usage in ISBL2005 play. 777x : Junior Draft-eligible player
These players are ineligible for the ISBL2005 regular season, but can be used in the ISBL2005 Diamond Cup. Their rights are secured in a special draft exclusive to Junior Circuit teams, at a salary of $200k each. They can only be traded to other Junior Circuit teams. Any undrafted 777x player is deleted from the disk. If a drafted player does not qualify for the ISBL2006 regular season, the team that drafted him loses his rights. 555x : Ineligible player
These players are ineligible for the ISBL2005 regular season, but can be used in the 2005 Diamond Cup, provided that they accumulated stats in the MLB2004 season. (i.e. Richie Weeks is ineligible for the Cup, but the rest of the 555x players are eligible.) Their rights are retained by their owner (who has already paid their ISBL2005 salary), but are lost if they do not qualify for the ISBL2006 regular season. These players are allowed to be traded to other teams, regardless of circuit affiliation. |
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