New positions: 447 Wigginton,Ty (OF 2.05); 528 Amezaga,Al (2B 4.24); 770 Mientkiewi,Do (OF 2.04);
4016 Ward,Da (1B 1.81).
Scoresheet Baseball August 25th, 2008
Hi All: The Scoresheet trading deadline is 1 PM Eastern/10
AM Pacific time, September 1st (Labor Day). That is also the
deadline for turning in lineups to be used for next week's games
of September 1st thru the 7th and also for 'playoff only' lineups.
(The first major league games on Labor Day start at 1 PM Eastern/
10 AM Pacific time, so that is the deadline for lineups and trades.)
If you make a trade, please do report it to us by the deadline so
that we can put it thru! And like always, please only make trades
that are designed to help your team, not a friend's!
**Labor Day is also the deadline to turn in a 'playoff only' lineup.**
You do NOT have to turn in a special lineup for the playoffs. If you
do not turn in a special playoff lineup then we simply use whatever
lineup you have in effect for games of September 1st thru 7th as
your lineup for the playoffs. To get to the 'playoff only' lineup
form on the web just click the link at the top of your regular lineup
form. If sending in a playoff only lineup by postal mail, fax or e-
mail that you want only used for the playoffs, and NOT for regular
Scoresheet games that week, make sure you clearly mark
'PLAYOFF ONLY' at the top of the lineup so we don't miss it. If
you want your lineup used for BOTH regular season games and the
playoffs do not write 'playoffs' on your lineup card. The lineup used
for the week's games beginning September 1st will automatically be
used for the playoffs - if you actually write the word playoff on your
lineup card then we assume you do not want it used for any regular
season games!
Please note that September 1st is Labor Day, meaning it is a
federal holiday, so Post Offices are closed. In the interest of
fairness to other members of your league, any lineups and trades
turned in on Tuesday September 2nd will *NOT* be used for
the games that week, nor will any playoff lineups turned in on the
2nd be used. After all, that would not be fair to your fellow league
members since you would have had the advantage of seeing your
player's stats from major league games played on Monday
September 1st. So if you normally turn in lineups or trades from
work, and will not be working on Labor Day, then please make sure
you either turn in your lineup or trade from home by/ before
Monday morning, or from work on Friday August 29th. And if
using postal mail to send in your lineup please make sure you
put your lineup in the mail by Saturday August 30th since most
Post Offices will not be issuing postmarks on Monday the 1st!
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Once again - how much a guy can play in the Scoresheet
playoffs is solely based on how much he plays in the majors the last
4 weeks of the season. In every series hitters can get up to 40% of
the number of at-bats they got in the majors the last 4 weeks of the
regular season and pitchers can get up to 45% of their innings
pitched. How well the players will do is based 40% on how they
do in the majors the final 4 weeks of the season, and 60% on how
they did in the majors the first 5 months, assuming they play about
the same amount of time per week all season long. Also, we only let
pitchers start a game in the playoffs if they start a game in the
majors in the last 4 weeks of the season. Major league teams don't
use middle relievers to start playoff games, and we figure Scoresheet
teams shouldn't do so either.
Yes, we do realize you'd probably make a different playoff
lineup if you were turning it in in October, and knew exactly what
all your players did in September. But the reason that we have you
submit your lineup with 4 weeks left in the season is we want to
keep the element of prediction in our game - we want you to decide
who to play BEFORE you see how players actually do in the majors
the last 4 weeks. This is especially true for rookie call ups. If you
have a young minor leaguer, and he is called up in September, he
can play for you in the playoffs, based on his September playing
time. However, you have to have the guts to stick him in your
lineup before you see how he does. Deciding how to use your
players before you see how they do is one of the most important
parts of Scoresheet!
NEW THIS YEAR: For the playoff only lineups please just
list 4 starting pitchers in your rotation (instead of the old way of
listing 5 starters and also putting the 5th starter in the bullpen.) If
you don't turn in a playoff only lineup and so we are using your
regular lineup, then if your 5th starter is not needed to start a playoff
game he will automatically be moved to the top of the bullpen with
an earliest inning of 1, a hook of 3, and a rank of 5 versus both
RHBs and LHBs. To avoid using those assigned numbers you will
need to turn in a 'playoff only' lineup
Have a great week! - Jeff Barton
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