THE DRAFT
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Draft Wednesday March 29, 2006, 6:00 p.m. Centre Village Party Room
16 teams in the league, full franchise fee ($50.00) paid before draft.

Draft order to be determined by draw on night of the draft.

Draft will proceed 1 to 12, 12 to 1, 1 to 12, etc.

17 rounds (18th roster spot to be filled with 1st Supplementary Draft)

You must fill the following 9 positions by the end of the 9th round.
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Outfielder_____________________  Please note:
Outfielder_____________________  ONLY ONE PITCHING STAFF ALLOWED.
Outfielder_____________________
1st Base  _____________________
2nd Base  _____________________
Shortstop _____________________
3rd Base  _____________________
Catcher   _____________________
Pitching  _____________________ 

All players, including AL DH's will have 1 positional designation at the draft. In the event that
they fail to play said position at least once in 21 games, they will lose their status as a positional
player and only be eligible to DH. DH's can reacquire positional status only by playing regularly
(4 out of 7 games) at a position. 

The final 7 rounds can be used for any position except a 2nd pitching staff.
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Suggested positions:
Outfielder_____________________
Outfielder_____________________  
Outfielder_____________________  
1st Base  _____________________
2nd Base  _____________________
Shortstop _____________________
3rd Base  _____________________
Catcher   _____________________

Rosters will consist of 17 players plus pitching staff.

SUPPLEMENTARY DRAFTS, DISABLED LIST, AND TRADES
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Supplementary drafts (one player can be picked up and one player dropped)
will occur after weeks 1, 2, and 3, then every other week.  Draft order
will be in reverse order of YTD points, then reverse order of wins and
inversely subsorted by  draft number. The team with the lowest YTD point total,
fewest wins and highest draft number draws 1st, the team with the highest
YTD point total, most wins and lowest draft number draws 12th.

At the end of the first supplementary draft all teams must carry 17 players
and 1 pitching staff on their roster. Draft day will be Wednesday by 9:00 a.m.
starting with April 13th. Email picks to sperry@mn.rr.com or call Steve 
at 612-287-9141.

There will be a total of 12 players maximum taken on draft day. There will
be no trades allowed to improve your draft position. Players drafted have to
be on active major league rosters.

Disabled List:  A player can be placed on DL if he has not been appearing in
the box scores.  Players can be activated from the DL at anytime.  However,
if you do activate a player, you must drop a player to return your roster
to 17 players.  Players on your DL list must be activated of course if they
start playing again.  If a player on the DL begins appearing in boxscores,
he must be activated before the SECOND supplemental draft following his
activation (unless he goes on the DL again, of course.) Any such player not
activated by the second supplemental draft may be claimed "off waivers" by
any other team as part of that draft.  

Trades will be player(s) for player(s) only.  No draft picks or cash. Once
a player is traded, the player cannot be traded back to the  same team for
a period of 6 weeks. To maintain the integrity of the game, all trades must
be approved by the board of commissioners.  Trade deadline is midnight Sunday
of week 19.  There will be a trade cap of 24 players/team for the year.

LEAGUE PLAY (Starts April 7)
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Each team turns in a starting lineup by E-mail 
no later than by 9:00 a.m. on Friday.
If no lineup is turned in, the previous week's lineup will be used.

Starting lineup includes:

3 Outfielders, 1st Base, 2nd Base, Shortstop, 3rd Base, Catcher, DH,
and the Pitching Staff.  DH can be from any position.
Each team also will designate 3 bench players (any position) to be
used as tiebreakers.   Turn in lineups by e-mail to: jake@jakenmel.com
or call Jake at 651-771-1958 (or call Jason at 612-225-3457). 
 
Play will include only Friday, Saturday, and Sunday games.
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Each day will begin a  new game.  3 games/weekend.

Points are scored as follows:
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Plus 1 point for each RUN scored by your player.

Plus 1 point for each RBI scored by your player.

Minus 1 point for each RUN ALLOWED by your team pitching staff.
(Includes both earned runs and unearned runs.)

Rain Out Rule - If a pitching staff is rained out, that pitching 
staff receives the same pitching score as the opponents pitching
staff for the day, up to a maximum of 4 runs.

Tie Breaker
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In the event of a tie game, total runs & RBIs for the 3 bench players
(in aggregate) will be used to break the tie. If the game is still
tied, refer to HRs, 3Bs, 2Bs, then total hits by the starters. If still
tied, team with the lowest draft number wins.

Positional Eligibility
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You may add to a player's positional eligibility, if that player
has  been regularly playing in another position.  Regular is defined
as 4 out of 7 consecutive games in which that player appears in the
box score. Once qualified at another position, the player may be
freely inserted into the lineup at any position for which they are
eligible under our 1 in 21 rule. Once a player fails to play 1 in 21
at a position, they lose their status there.   

Double-Header Rule
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  In the case of double-headers the second game will not count, unless 
it is needed to complete three games for the weekend.  In that case 
both games will count.  The first game of the double-header will count
for the day and the second will be used as the makeup game if needed.
If there are two double-headers on the weekend, the first double-header
will be used if needed to complete the 3 game series.  If only 2 games 
are scheduled for the weekend only those games will count unless the 3rd

game is played either Thursday prior to the weekend or Monday after 
the weekend.  In that case the Thursday or Monday game will be used as 
the makeup game for the Fri Sat or Sun game that was not scheduled.