<div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the .02 Alex ... with the recent drop in the UK £, that is worth a lot more over here!</div><div><br></div><div>I agree that the Special Pitcher Activation, whilst more reflective of real life, will be a lot more complex to administer, can cause a lot more complexity in MIS (lots of "if DH or extra inning game, then active XYZ), and is open to abuse by being able to swap out 1, 2 or even more of your pitching staff in the middle of a series ... hmmm, I can collect lots of RP a stash them as inactive knowing I'll have plenty of opportunities to swap them on and off the roster. Could also, in theory, go into a series with a scheduled DH with just 2 active SP and swap for an inactive SP after each game. I am using more extreme examples to make a point, but it is all possible. I agree with Alex that I think it needs more discussion and should be re-visited in the off-season.</div><div><br></div><div>Larry </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 3:37 AM, Alex Campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arc213@gmail.com" target="_blank">arc213@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>my .02 for anyone who cares.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regarding: Special Pitcher Activations in case of extra innings/doubleheaders. I am voting NO; my reasons are as follows:<br><br></div><div>if you have a doubleheader in a given week; plan for it by increasing the number of relievers. And if you have a marathon extra inning game and your bullpen gets used up, then that is part of the game. I see a lot of teams that try to get by with 5 (and even one or two that carry 4) relief pitchers and if you are carrying a short pitching staff you should pay the price if you go in to an extra inning game. Emergency transactions are allowed already in the case of injury; that is understandable. Since we get to make transactions every 3 games, I think this is over kill. <br><br></div><div>In the NC, we have a lot of MIS play. If I have an extra inning game I don't want to have to wait for the opposing owner to respond to an email deciding whether or not they want to make a transaction.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am willing to revisit this in the off-season but I don't think it should be instituted during the middle of a season. <br><br></div><div>as far as equitable handling of pitcher rest, i am voting yes on both options. <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>AC<br></div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 9:41 AM, Sean Sweda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sweda@ibl.org" target="_blank">sweda@ibl.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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