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[Spencer]

What do people think about division realignment? I don't have a strong opinion

Do you mean redistributing the teams in the divisions to break up the stacked Waveland party? Or going with a different format? I wouldn't be against reducing the number of divisions to four. But like you, I don't really have a strong opinion on it.

I was thinking more along the lines of switching to four divisions and having more wildcards available instead of just three. May make it so a 14-8 team isn't seeded lower than a 12-10 team (not like it mattered at all this year since Sam won). But, I don't really care either way and it's not really a pressing concern for me.

[hansman1982]

WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION!?!?!?!?!?!

I liked the scoring overall, would like more points for crazy things like 4HR, Perfect Game, Cycle, etc... and an approach more similar to wOBA where points are weighted towards how they impact RL scoring.

The areas I really want addressed is a mid-week DL roster swap ability, continue with weekly roster locking and mid-season callups/additions to FFL database.

In terms of divisional realignment I don't want annual realignment based on record, at least not yet. We may have 1 or 2 divisions that are consistently the best of the best and we may want to break it up then, but for now let's see how the keepers affect everything. I would be supportive of reducing from 6 to 4 and then having 2 leagues wherein you only play within your league until the playoffs.

[Cubbie Blues]

WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION!?!?!?!?!?!

I liked the scoring overall, would like more points for crazy things like 4HR, Perfect Game, Cycle, etc... and an approach more similar to wOBA where points are weighted towards how they impact RL scoring.

The areas I really want addressed is a mid-week DL roster swap ability, continue with weekly roster locking and mid-season callups/additions to FFL database.

In terms of divisional realignment I don't want annual realignment based on record, at least not yet. We may have 1 or 2 divisions that are consistently the best of the best and we may want to break it up then, but for now let's see how the keepers affect everything. I would be supportive of reducing from 6 to 4 and then having 2 leagues wherein you only play within your league until the playoffs.

-wOBA would be awesome.
-Looks like I am in the minority in wanting roster locks, but a DL roster swap is a good compromise.
-I think 4 divisions would be better, but still have some inter-league play.

[T C]

Quick update:

looked into what fleaflicker allows for lineup changes mid-week, and there's no way to set how many lineup edits you can make in a week. its either daily or weekly, and no inbetween. Seeing that makes me think we should just keep lineup changes a weekly thing.

Other things for consideration: the draft order can be customized as either a snake draft or in order of worst-best record for every round. There are also options to make the draft worst-best for the first couple of rounds, and then it snakes after that.

My thoughts on division realignment: I'd be okay with moving to 4 divisions, or simply redistributing the teams randomly into new divisions. I'm not a fan of the idea of moving the best teams into different divisions, making sure each division has bad and good teams, just seems weird to me.

The Two League idea, though, really intrigues me. It'd be a lot of fun and would mimic the current MLB structure, and having a legit world series would be awesome. That said, I don't think its possible without making Sam and MG do a *lot* of schedule editing.

speaking of the championship, would anyone else be in favor of removing a regular season game and making the world series a full two weeks long? I think it would even out advantages due to double starts, and reduce the whole SSS problem that weekly games have

[Edgar]

Before we get all crazy with changes we should put some kind of schedule with deadlines. I say we take a week to discuss each change that way we are active during the winter. We have a topic each week, discuss it, then decide on the change and vote. Count the votes on sundays and then make the change.

We can along the lines of

Week of
10/8-pitching scoring changes
10/15-hitting scoring changes
10/22-line up changes
10/29-division realignment

and so on. that way its gives time for all of the owners to see.

[T C]

Before we get all crazy with changes we should put some kind of schedule with deadlines. I say we take a week to discuss each change that way we are active during the winter. We have a topic each week, discuss it, then decide on the change and vote. Count the votes on sundays and then make the change.

We can along the lines of

Week of
10/8-pitching scoring changes
10/15-hitting scoring changes
10/22-line up changes
10/29-division realignment

and so on. that way its gives time for all of the owners to see.

I like the idea of having a set schedule, and we should definitely keep weeks inbetween votes so everyone can participate, but I think hitting/pitching scoring changes absolutely have to be done together so we can see how they affect each other

[Cubbie Blues]

The Two League idea, though, really intrigues me. It'd be a lot of fun and would mimic the current MLB structure, and having a legit world series would be awesome. That said, I don't think its possible without making Sam and MG do a *lot* of schedule editing.

speaking of the championship, would anyone else be in favor of removing a regular season game and making the world series a full two weeks long? I think it would even out advantages due to double starts, and reduce the whole SSS problem that weekly games have

-Since MG doesn't spend much time on here now, he should have plenty of spare time.
-Making it a full two weeks would make it much more like the rest of the year. It really did make for some different decisions on who to start. So, I am definitely for making it a full two weeks.

[Spencer]

Before we get all crazy with changes we should put some kind of schedule with deadlines. I say we take a week to discuss each change that way we are active during the winter. We have a topic each week, discuss it, then decide on the change and vote. Count the votes on sundays and then make the change.

We can along the lines of

Week of
10/8-pitching scoring changes
10/15-hitting scoring changes
10/22-line up changes
10/29-division realignment

and so on. that way its gives time for all of the owners to see.

I like the idea of having a set schedule, and we should definitely keep weeks inbetween votes so everyone can participate, but I think hitting/pitching scoring changes absolutely have to be done together so we can see how they affect each other

Good idea, otherwise this is going to get really ADHD. Don't forget awards and drafting the constitution has to be done too.

[Spencer]

-Since MG doesn't spend much time on here now, he should have plenty of spare time.

Cannot tell if joking.

[Cubbie Blues]

-Since MG doesn't spend much time on here now, he should have plenty of spare time.

Cannot tell if joking.

Yes joking. Sorry, I tend to have a dry sarcastic since of humor.

[Spencer]

-Since MG doesn't spend much time on here now, he should have plenty of spare time.

Cannot tell if joking.

Yes joking. Sorry, I tend to have a dry sarcastic since of humor.

lol ok thought so. hard to tell on the interwebs.

[fromthemitten]

worst to best every round in the draft

I want this because of reasons

[TWC]

I want this because of reasons

I love this phrase

[King Jeff]

worst to best every round in the draft

I want this because of reasons

I agree because of reasons that may or may not be different from your reasons.

[Rick Vaughn 99]

worst to best every round in the draft

I want this because of reasons

I would only go along with that if we increased the number of keepers.