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P R O S P E C T U S
Three new owners are primed to join the league in
T he 2009 fantasy baseball season brings a 2009, while the league mourns the loss of team
owner Andy Croasmun (who?). The purpose of this
familiar cast of characters as well some new faces,
prospectus is to provide those new owners with the
well known rivalries and newly forged storylines –
information needed to smoothly transition to the
one thing’s for sure: We cannot let Dennis win. Ever.
league. Hopefully, they don’t run for the hills. Rules
Never ever. It would cause a titanic rip in the space‐
for expansion were set at during the 2009 owners
time continuum. It can’t happen. It won’t happen.
meetings, and they stipulate that potential owners
Ever.
individually bid for the rights to Mr. Croasmun’s
Last year, the league featured the perennial power .Beer team. Prospective owners must submit a silent
Bill’s Bitches once again squaring off with the upstart bid to the league commissioner prior to the keepers
Those Guys in an epic rematch of the 2007 deadline (March 4, 2009). The minimum bid for the
championship game. While Bill’s Bitches retained the .Beer team is $20, owners must bid in whole dollar
League of Dorks Championship trophy for the amounts, and must submit one offer that represents
second consecutive year, 9 out of 10 pundits agree their first, best, and final offer. The winning bidder is
that the Bitches have no fucking chance in hell of awarded the .Beer franchise. The losing bidders have
three‐peating (See Fig 1). the option of managing an expansion team (good
luck with that).
Fig 1: Can Bill's Bitches Three‐Peat? The League of Dorks draft is tentatively scheduled
Unsure
10% for Monday, March 23, 2009 at 8:00 PM. Every
league team is allowed to lock six keeper players in
exchange for their draft picks (e.g. a team that keeps
six players loses the rights to their first six draft picks
and selects their first pick in the 7th round).
Expansion team owners are awarded the first picks
of the draft in lieu of keepers.
No
90% Good luck, good riddance. Play ball!
3rd Annual League of Dorks League Settings
BASIC SETTINGS
League Manager WILLIAM CROASMUN
League Name 3rd Annual League of Dorks
Privacy Private
Scoring Type Head to Head Points
Teams in League 8 (+2 Potential Expansion Teams)
Game Type Custom
OWNER INFO
Invitation Information 7 Invites Sent / 7 Joined
ROSTER
Current Roster Size: 21 POSITIONS STARTERS MAXIMUM
Total Starters: 16 Catcher (C) 1 No Limit
Total On Bench: 5 (1 DL)
First Base (1B) 1 No Limit
Second Base (2B) 1 No Limit
Third Base (3B) 1 No Limit
Shortstop (SS) 1 No Limit
Left Field (LF) 0 No Limit
Center Field (CF) 0 No Limit
Right Field (RF) 0 No Limit
Outfield (OF) 3 N/A
Designated Hitter (DH) 0 No Limit
Utility (UTIL) 1 N/A
Pitcher (P) 1 N/A
Starting Pitcher (SP) 4 No Limit
Relief Pitcher (RP) 2 No Limit
Bench (BE) 5 N/A
Disabled List (DL) 1 N/A
GAME LIMITS
Enforce Game Limits No, allow unlimited games for all slots
SCORING
Batting Total Bases (TB) 1 Walks (BB) 1
Runs Scored (R) 1 Runs Batted In (RBI) 1
Game Winning RBI 2 Stolen Bases (SB) 1
(GWRBI)
Caught Stealing (CS) -1 Strikeouts (K) -1
Hitting for the Cycle 10
(CYC)
Pitching Innings Pitched (IP) 3 Hits Allowed (H) -1
Walks Issued (BB) -1 Earned Runs (ER) -2
Strikeouts (K) 1 Wins (W) 10
Losses (L) -5 Saves (SV) 5
Complete Games (CG) 2 No Hitters (NH) 10
LEAGUE RULES
Player Universe All MLB Players
Season Start Date Sunday, April 5 (First Day of Regular Season)
Lineup Changes Daily - Slots Lock Individually at Scheduled Gametime
Roster Changes Daily - Rosters Lock at First Game of Day
Observe ESPN's Undroppable Yes
Players List
Make League Viewable to Public No
Trade Limit 20
Trade Deadline Friday, August 14, 12PM ET (Week 19)
Trade Review Period 24 Hours
Votes Required to Veto Trade 6
Free Agent/Waiver Acquisition 60
Limit
Waiver Period 2 Days
Waiver System Move To Last After Claim, Never Reset Order
KEEPERS
2009 Keepers Per Team 6
2009 Keeper Lock Date Wednesday, March 4, 5PM ET
2010 Keepers Per Team 6
2010 Keeper Lock Date Wednesday, February 17, 5PM ET
Keeper Note None
FEES
League Entry Fee $15.00
Misc League Fee $0.00
Cost Per Loss $0.00
Cost Per Trade $1.00
Cost Per Acquisition $0.00
Cost Per Drop $1.00
Cost to Move Player to Active $0.00
Cost to Move Player to DL $0.00
SCHEDULE & PLAYOFFS
Start Of Regular Season Week 1
Regular Season Weeks 24 (Playoffs start Week 25)
Matchup Tie Breaker Team With Better R Category
Home Field Advantage None
Playoff Seeding Tie Breaker Head To Head Record
Playoffs Weeks 2
Playoff Rounds 2 (1 week per round)
Playoff Teams 4
First Round Byes 0
DRAFT
Draft Type Live Draft
Draft Date March 23, 2009 8:00 PM ET
Seconds Per Pick 60
Allow Draft Pick Trading Yes
Draft Order Manually Set by League Manager
COSTS PER TRANSACTION
League Entry Fee $15
Misc League Fee $0
Cost Per Loss $0
Cost Per Trade $1
Cost Per Acquisition $0
Cost Per Drop $1
Cost to Move Player to Active $0
Cost to Move Player to DL $0
Historical Standings & Financial Information
2008 League Fee Summary
TEAM ENTRY TRADE DROP TOTAL PAID WINNINGS DUE
Bill's Bitches $15 (1) $0 (0) $59 (59) $74.00 $0.00 $298.00 ($224.00)
Those Guys $15 (1) $0 (0) $27 (27) $42.00 $0.00 $100.00 ($58.00)
Double Wrappers $15 (1) $0 (0) $60 (60) $75.00 $0.00 $50.00 $25.00
Team Kofron $15 (1) $1 (1) $48 (48) $64.00 $0.00 $0.00 $64.00
Team Fail $15 (1) $1 (1) $32 (32) $48.00 $0.00 $0.00 $48.00
Clean Shaven Cats $15 (1) $0 (0) $38 (38) $53.00 $0.00 $0.00 $53.00
. Beer $15 (1) $0 (0) $14 (14) $29.00 $0.00 $0.00 $29.00
Team rue $15 (1) $0 (0) $48 (48) $63.00 $0.00 $0.00 $63.00
League Rosters
. Beer
Bill’s Bitches
Clean Shaven Cats
Team Fail
Team Kofron
Team Legendary Awesomeness (FKA: Double Wrappers)
Team Rue
Those Guys