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Friday, February 12, 2010

Yahoo fantasy sabr league

By Tangotiger, 12:46 AM

Tom,

I am wanting to start a hardcore Yahoo fantasy baseball league and I thought of you. If you are interested and/or know others who would be, please email me back. Here’s what I have in mind.

An ongoing 10 to 12 team league.
Live draft
The draft order will be random the first year, after that, it will be in reverse order of the previous year’s finish.
Managers can designate 4 keepers at the end of each year.
Trades must be approved by 50% of league managers.
Thinking about offering engraved bobble head trophies for top 3 finishers.

Positions : C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, LF, CF, RF, UTIL,
5 SP
5 RP
6 Bench spots

Scoring (Offense)
AB -1
1B 4
2B 6
3B 8
HR 10
SB 2
CS -3
BB 2
HBP 2

Scoring (Pitching)
IP 7
BB -2
HBP -2
SB -2
1BA -3
2BA -5
3BA -7
HR -9
CG 15

All suggestions for ways to improve the league (scoring, positions, etc.) are greatly appreciated and encouraged.
I want this to be a high quality league with managers who are dedicated, enthusiastic, and understand things like linear weights, VORP, etc.

* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shane
shanemeredith at yahoo dot com

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