New Managers Sought
January 27, 2010
NEW MANAGERS SOUGHT
PSCB is always looking for potential managers should openings in our 24-team league arise. Please contact commissioner Ernie Brandt if you're interested in running a ball club.
About PSCB
January 27, 2010
The Puget Sound Computer Baseball league (PSCB) is a Seattle-based face-to-face "fantasy" draft league (see history). The league features a continuing roster base and two drafts (see rules). The league currently uses Diamond Mind Baseball as its game of choice; Diamond Mind is not affiliated with PSCB or this Web site.
The league tries to emulate all aspects of Major League Baseball possible under the fantasy format. The league is currently undergoing a major change in structure to meet the changing environment of technology and personnel.
Play Ball
January 27, 2010
The 2010 PSCB season will begin next week. The link to the schedule conversion is
here. Computer night will, as I said earlier during this offseason, will be broken up into two sections, all of which will still take place in one week's time.
I will be sending out an updated database shortly. What I need from each of you is a manager profile showing a starting roster of 25 players. Remember that you must have an active backup rated at each defensive position. If you can send me those profiles by this Sunday night, it would be appreciated. Otherwise, I will farm out enough players to start the first week's action while complying with our roster rules.
Also remember that we have an early trade deadline after the second week of league play. Time to finish any trades you've been working on.
Remember that it is the visiting team manager's responsibility to try and coordinate play. A lot of people like to play online, so that is preferred. Some prefer not to play online, and that is also fine. However, all it takes is a simple email or two to discuss availability.
Just make an effort to reply to another manager's request, and pay specific attention to any updated manager profiles. Any questions, please feel free to ask. Ernie
Winter Draft Completed
January 4, 2010
Trading is now open. Remember that trades must end with each team having 33 men on their active roster. D-squad players can, of course, be exchanged in uneven numbers so long as no team has more than 5 players on their D-squad. Please report any trades that have been made during the draft starting now. I have not kept track of trades reported during the draft.
Winter Draft Results 2009
Summer Draft
August 8, 2009
League Champion Crowned
July 26, 2009
Congrats to Scott Felt, owner of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, our 2009 World Series champion. Congrats also to Lloyd and the Seattle Mariners as this year's runner-up.
Season Completed, Stats Final
June 8, 2009
Congrats to the division champs, New York Yankees, Anaheim, St. Louis and Seattle, and to the wild cards Florida, the White Sox, the Cubs and Baltimore. The first week playoff schedule is included in this database.
Before playing the first week series, please confirm your 25 man rosters, and make sure and re-read the playoff eligibility rules on the website.
Rule Restatements
November 26, 2008 by Ernie
The Rule Restatements will be incorporated into the written rules as set forth on the website.
No player may be played at a position for which he is not rated, except as set forth in the language contained in this restatement. This is not a new rule, but simply a more detailed explanation of the balanced roster requirement contained in the original rules. This has been the practice of the PSCB since my involvement (at least) and has been relied upon by managers throughout the existence of the rule. Furthermore, all of the responses from those managers who contributed to the discussion acknowledged the existence of the belief that this is the rule as it has been enforced in the past, either explicitly or by implication.
While this language was not explicitly set forth previously, it has been communicated to all owners by explanation of the commissioner, and understood by most owners as a necessary implication of the rules as previously written. A "balanced roster" would, by definition, be meaningless if the characteristics that constitute "balance" can simply be ingnored at a manager's discretion. While it is certainly true that major league teams are free to move players from position to position at will, that seems to have little bearing on a simulation league where the results of a player's previous season determine his inviolate profile for purposes of our league.
Any manager may propose a modification of the roster or eligibility rules in accordance with the rules set forth on the website. The first step in that process is to submit the written text of a proposed new rule prior to our World Series. It would then be voted upon following the World Series for application in the next season.
These restatements are made to provide clarification for new owners, and prospective new owners, and to answer situations that have arisen in previous seasons. While I am reluctant to change any language in the rules that have governed this league so effectively for well over a decade (or two), I deem these clarifications necessary to provide an effective basis for enforcement of the balanced roster rule on a go forward basis.
Rule Restatements
- Regarding freeze lists.
Previous language: Each franchise
will retain all rights to those players on their roster, (38 players
maximum after the season has started) until their freeze list is due
December 1.
Modified language: Each franchise
will retain all rights to those players on their roster, (38 players
maximum after the season has started) until their freeze list is due,
as set by the Commissioner. The freeze list shall be due no sooner
than November 1 and no later than December 1.
- Regarding team rosters.
Previous language: Each franchise
must keep (on their active roster) at least 9 but no more than 12 pitchers
(until the rosters are expanded to 33). In addition, managers must keep
a normal allotment of players (backup catcher, infielders). The commissioner
will have the power to order changes to a team's roster if this doesn't
take place.
Modified language: Each franchise
must keep on their active roster at least 9 but no more than 12 pitchers
(until rosters are expanded to 33). In addition, managers must
keep a normal allotment of players. A normal allotment of players
means that managers must have a starter and a backup rated for each
defensive position. One player may be considered a backup for
multiple defensive positions. The commissioner will have the power
to order changes to a team’s roster if this doesn’t take place.
- Regarding Regular Season Position Player Eligibility.
Previous language: Players will
be eligible to start 100% of as many games as they did in real life,
or up to 100% of their plate appearances.
Modified language. Players will
be eligible to appear in 100% of as many games as they did in real life,
or up to 100% of their plate appearances. Managers are prohibited
from starting a player at a position for which they are not rated defensively
by Diamond Mind. After a game has begun, a manager may use an
unrated player at a defensive position only after all possible alternatives
have been exhausted. This requirement, however, shall not be interpreted
to require a manager to use a player defensively if that player is already
in the game as a designated hitter.
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