Oh what the hell....

Manny Ramirez

Alfonso Soriano - 2B

Here's the scoring system and roster positions for the league as it stands right now.  (This can be changed up to March 1st when the draft commences)

Single = 1 point
Double = 2 points
Triple = 3 points
Homer = 4 points
RBI = 1 point
Stolen Base = 1 point

Win = 7 points
Loss = -5 points
Walk = -1 point
Earned Run = -1 point
K = 1 point
Shutout (9 innings, zero ER) = 5 points

1B
2B
3B
SS
C
Utility (any hitter)
OF
OF
OF

SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
RP
RP

5 bench spots any position.

The owner who accumulates the most points at the end of the season wins.

Hopefully we can start the draft on March 1st, posting pick by pick in this thread.  The draft order will be chosen by writing each owner's name on a piece of paper and drawn from a hat, and the draft order will be posted here Sunday February 27th, 2 days before the draft commences.

Is this the final scoring system?

Also, does scoring work Rotisserie style like in the Fantasy Basketball league?

You don't need to worry about that, we're going to draft right here in this thread over the course of the next several days or weeks - just check in often enough that you can post your picks here, or if you know you'll be gone for a long time, send a few ranked choices to someone you trust.

Hey... I drafted right in the middle in football, and 2nd from last in Basketball, and here I am drafting 2nd from last again...

Who do I have to kill to get a top half of the order pick?

No, you don't get charged a game played until the player spends 1 second of official time on the court.

Good to know.

Now I'm gonna push my way into the top 5!

I'm gonna drop a fortune on April 2nd...

Way too much money...

$300.00+ if all I buy is the 24 basic figures (in duplicate) assuming Walmart is still only charging $5.88

Then tack on two of each of the deluxe, one of each of the Unleashed, one of each of the playets, one of each of the vehicles and you're looking at around $600...

Which might just be too rich for my blood - I might have to spread some of that junk out.

I almost shat myself when I read this:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/hockey/nhl/02/16/nhl.lockout.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

The league and players' union traded a flurry of proposals and letters Tuesday night, but could never agree on a cap. The players proposed $49 million per team; the owners said $42.5 million.

These schmoes got to within 6.5 mil of each other and couldn't just split the f'n' difference?

What a bunch of jerks - the lot of them.