<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I don’t remember why it was voted down. I voted in favour but other folks must’ve decided they didn’t like it or figured some people around here would try and abuse it.<div><br></div><div>—</div><div>Chris<div><div><br>On May 1, 2018, at 10:41 AM, Doug Palmer <<a href="mailto:aeronutty43@gmail.com">aeronutty43@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Do you happen to remember what the argument against that rule was? I’m trying to imagine the downside or the way to game the system by utilizing such a rule.<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On May 1, 2018, at 10:39 AM, Chris Hartjes <<a href="mailto:chartjes@littlehart.net">chartjes@littlehart.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">We had a vote on a rule change like this a few years back and it got voted down.<br><br><div>—</div><div>Chris</div><div><br></div><div><br>On May 1, 2018, at 7:27 AM, Doug Palmer <<a href="mailto:aeronutty43@gmail.com">aeronutty43@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">IBL’ers,</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Had a series of events in this weeks BAL/POR series that
bordered on the ridiculous and turned what was an exciting, back and forth
matchup into a farce.<span> </span>And I would like
to throw a proposal out there for consideration.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">In G2 of the series, George (POR) had an inordinate amount
of bad luck with injuries as he had 2 pitchers go down with injuries within the
first 3 innings.<span> </span>Not the “roll when he’s
pulled” variety but rather, “roll now and check”.<span> </span>That, in and of itself, is bad luck but we’ve
all been there.<span> </span>The game went back and
forth and eventually went to extra innings.<span>
</span>During the course of the game, I used up relievers as did George.<span> </span>Although the score was 4-4 heading into
extras, there were a lot of men left of base and usage was becoming an
issue.<span> </span>Then the game went 17
innings.<span> </span>8 pitchers used by POR and 5
used by BAL.<span> </span>Most all of the pitchers
used had eaten up their usage so that they would be unavailable the next
game.<span> </span>Now, for me, you could chalk it up
to not having enough long men or maybe not carrying enough pitchers (I carry
11) but that’s not the case with George (he also carries 11 but had more long men it seemed).<span> </span>He got screwed by the rapid fire injuries
combined with the extra innings.<span> </span>I got
burned by losing a reliever in G1 due to a blowout (so I went into the rest of
the series down 1 pitcher) and then burned by having 2 pitching slots occupied
by starters that couldn’t pitch due to being tired.<span> </span>But that’s not the craziness!<span> </span></font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">The bull&^%$$ comes in G3.<span> </span>Due to the 17 inning affair, I went into G3
with only 2 pitchers available.<span> </span>George
only had 4.<span> </span>Would that EVER happen in a
real game?<span> </span>That a team would go into a
game with only 2 or 4 pitchers capable of pitching?<span> </span>Of course not.<span> </span>Oh, and the kicker to all of this, with 2
outs in the top of the 9</font><sup><font size="2">th</font></sup><font size="3">, BAL tied it with a grand slam which sent
the game to extras.<span> </span>Yeah.<span> </span>2 pitchers available and extra innings.<span> </span>Better still, POR ran out of players.<span> </span>An exhausted pitcher had to play left
field.<span> </span>And had the game gone another
inning, POR would have had to forfeit as he had no bench players (to pitch) and
would have been out of available pitchers.<span>
</span>I was 1 inning away from losing my reliever and having to use an
outfielder as a pitcher.<span> </span>But this was
ridiculous.<span> </span>It lost it’s cuteness and
became outright frustrating that the rules are such.<span> </span>And not only did it affect this series, now
we’re both screwed (to varying degrees) for the next series.</font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">We referred to the constitution and 3.5 outlines that you
can replace injured players, but that’s only to create a legal lineup (luckily
Sean was around last night and watched our game).<span> </span>NOT to address losing your pitching
staff.<span> </span>What I would like to consider and
would like to start a discussion about would be to add a rule into the constitution
which would allow a team to make emergency call ups if, at the beginning of a
game, they have 4 or fewer available pitchers (to reach a situation where they‘d
have no more than 5).<span> </span>It would not be
mandatory, but it would give the owner the option to make emergency call
ups.<span> </span>The players deactivated would be
subject to the 2 week rule, just like it is now, so an owner may not want to
bring up a total of 5, but would have that option.<span> </span>But it would prevent a situation like the one
that happened last night.<span> </span>It would ONLY
affect pitchers as we already have a rule (3.5 in the constitution) that
affects positional players.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">What should have been a good and fun series with late inning
heroics and come from behind victories instead left a sour taste in my mouth (I
won’t speak for George here, but I didn’t get the sense that he was having fun
there, losing players left and right).</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Thoughts?<span> </span>Decent
idea?<span> </span>Or is it one of those things that
happens so infrequently, that we don’t need to bother?<span></span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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