Anyone want in on a full-scale ESPN fantasy baseball league?
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:12 amREGULAR SEASON
162 games in 128 days (not including off days)
Every day when 10 or more MLB games are played, we will have a game
There will be one doubleheader each weekend for the first six weekends of the regular season, and then two each weekend (in other words, two on Saturday and two on Sunday) for each remaining weekend until the end of the fantasy regular season. There are no doubleheaders in the playoffs.
The standings and schedules are kept on a separate site, here:
http://www.leaguelineup.com/standings_baseball.asp?url=flexcapacitors&sid=169422269&divisionid=308891
Three leagues, each with its own player pool. Full interleague play. Four teams in each division, two divisions total, for a total of 8 teams each league. Total of 24 teams.
Each team plays its 3 division rivals 14 times for a total of 42 division games. Each team plays every other team in every league six times for a total of 120 non-division games.
The conference champions each receive a first round bye and a guarantee of home field advantage through the quarterfinals. The other three division winners receive only a guarantee of home field for the first round. In the pool of all three leagues, the division winner with the 4th best record also gets a first round bye.
The teams with the 5th through 10th best records all qualify for the playoffs. The teams with the 11th through 14th best records will play a 3-game wild card series. The winners of the wild card series will advance to what will then be the pool of 8 teams (with the aforementioned four division champions getting byes) in the eighth-finals.
The four winners of those series will then be pitted against the top four division winners in the quarterfinals. Those winners will advance to the semifinals, with the winners of the semifinals advancing to the championship series.
POST SEASON
CHAMPIONSHIP: September 27, 28, 29, 30; October 1, 2, 3
SEMIFINALS: September 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26
QUARTERFINALS: September 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18
EIGHTH-FINALS: September 4, 5, 7, 8, 9
WILD CARD: September 1, 2, 3
ONE-GAME PLAYOFF DAY (if necessary) August 31
UPDATE YOUR LINEUPS FOR THE FOLLOWING DAYS: (* indicates doubleheader)
April 7, 8*, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14*, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21*, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28*, 29, 30
May 1, 2, 4, 5*, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12*, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19*, 20*, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26*, 27*, 28, 29, 30
June 1, 2*, 3*, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9*, 10*, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16*, 17*, 19, 20, 22, 23*, 24*, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30*
July 1*, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7*, 8*, 13, 14*, 15*, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21*, 22*, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28*, 29*, 30, 31
August 1, 3, 4*, 5*, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11*, 12*, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18*, 19*, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25*, 26*, 27, 28, 29, 30
The three 8 team leagues (each with its own identical player pool) are the American League (which has 5 keeper players each year with an online draft for the remaining players and needs 2 new owners), the National League (which has 5 keeper players and uses a salary cap and free agent auctions for the remaining players and needs 1 new owner), and the International League (which has no keeper player and drafts from scratch every year and needs 6 new owners). Leave a message here or IM me if you want to join.
162 games in 128 days (not including off days)
Every day when 10 or more MLB games are played, we will have a game
There will be one doubleheader each weekend for the first six weekends of the regular season, and then two each weekend (in other words, two on Saturday and two on Sunday) for each remaining weekend until the end of the fantasy regular season. There are no doubleheaders in the playoffs.
The standings and schedules are kept on a separate site, here:
http://www.leaguelineup.com/standings_baseball.asp?url=flexcapacitors&sid=169422269&divisionid=308891
Three leagues, each with its own player pool. Full interleague play. Four teams in each division, two divisions total, for a total of 8 teams each league. Total of 24 teams.
Each team plays its 3 division rivals 14 times for a total of 42 division games. Each team plays every other team in every league six times for a total of 120 non-division games.
The conference champions each receive a first round bye and a guarantee of home field advantage through the quarterfinals. The other three division winners receive only a guarantee of home field for the first round. In the pool of all three leagues, the division winner with the 4th best record also gets a first round bye.
The teams with the 5th through 10th best records all qualify for the playoffs. The teams with the 11th through 14th best records will play a 3-game wild card series. The winners of the wild card series will advance to what will then be the pool of 8 teams (with the aforementioned four division champions getting byes) in the eighth-finals.
The four winners of those series will then be pitted against the top four division winners in the quarterfinals. Those winners will advance to the semifinals, with the winners of the semifinals advancing to the championship series.
POST SEASON
CHAMPIONSHIP: September 27, 28, 29, 30; October 1, 2, 3
SEMIFINALS: September 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26
QUARTERFINALS: September 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18
EIGHTH-FINALS: September 4, 5, 7, 8, 9
WILD CARD: September 1, 2, 3
ONE-GAME PLAYOFF DAY (if necessary) August 31
UPDATE YOUR LINEUPS FOR THE FOLLOWING DAYS: (* indicates doubleheader)
April 7, 8*, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14*, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21*, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28*, 29, 30
May 1, 2, 4, 5*, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12*, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19*, 20*, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26*, 27*, 28, 29, 30
June 1, 2*, 3*, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9*, 10*, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16*, 17*, 19, 20, 22, 23*, 24*, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30*
July 1*, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7*, 8*, 13, 14*, 15*, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21*, 22*, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28*, 29*, 30, 31
August 1, 3, 4*, 5*, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11*, 12*, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18*, 19*, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25*, 26*, 27, 28, 29, 30
The three 8 team leagues (each with its own identical player pool) are the American League (which has 5 keeper players each year with an online draft for the remaining players and needs 2 new owners), the National League (which has 5 keeper players and uses a salary cap and free agent auctions for the remaining players and needs 1 new owner), and the International League (which has no keeper player and drafts from scratch every year and needs 6 new owners). Leave a message here or IM me if you want to join.