<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I think I heard that Kevin wants to rejoin the league<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 22, 2021, at 2:48 PM, Kevin Greenberg <greenbergk@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">I’m an outsider now, but I promise we will finish the 2016 season some time soon!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I’ll refrain from commenting on the actual proposal. But I always hated waiting for several weeks for the AC to finish its wild card series. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 4:37 PM Sean Sweda <<a href="mailto:sweda@ibl.org">sweda@ibl.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">Just so everyone is aware, the statutory deadlines for playoff series in the Constitution date back to the original conception of the league where all games were played by MIS (i.e. team with home field plays first two games of series by MIS one week, then opponent plays the games at their park the next week, etc). IMO the Commissioner shouldn’t feel bound by these artificially long deadlines. Two weeks should be plenty of time to play a series that can’t have any more than 7 games. Furthermore, in the past our regular season schedule has been extended by 4 real time off weeks. Assuming the other proposal passes that changes how IP penalties are accrued we will be able to reduce the number of these off weeks and start the playoffs sooner.<div><div><div><div><div><br><div><div><div><div dir="ltr">Sean<div>< via mobile ></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 22, 2021, at 4:09 PM, D <<a href="mailto:genny429@gmail.com" target="_blank">genny429@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Thanks Rusty, enforcing the individual series deadlines sounds good. One question:<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If the individual series deadlines are added, they total eleven weeks allotted for the playoffs from the start of the wild card series to the end of the championship. This past IBL season, I believe week 27 was played in or about the last week of October. Eleven weeks would run through the end of the calendar year. How would the December 15 hard deadline be reconciled with the cumulative eleven-weeks time allotted owners for individual series in the Constitution?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks, the discussion around the proposal is much appreciated!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">David</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 2:38 PM Mike Monostra <<a href="mailto:monostram1@gmail.com" target="_blank">monostram1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">Thank you Rusty. With that clarification, I fully support the proposed change and hope others do the same.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">NJR Mike</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 3:16 PM Russell Peltz <<a href="mailto:peltz38@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">peltz38@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div>To (hopefully) clarify: <br></div><div><br></div><div>I intend to start enforcing the playoff deadlines, because I am not happy with the playoffs dragging into the next year. I may still allow some leeway if there are difficulties finding a time for FTF. If there aren't any penalties specified in the rules, I guess this just means I'll nag more.<br></div><div><br></div><div>But if the ballot item passes and late playoff results can result in a team losing position in the draft due to forces outside of their control, then I will be even more strictly enforcing the deadlines to make sure that doesn't happen. That includes mandating MIS games if FTF can't be arranged.<br></div><div><br></div>-Rusty<div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:07 AM Russell Peltz <<a href="mailto:peltz38@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">peltz38@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div>The Constitution has rules for when playoff series results are due, but we haven't strictly enforced them. If there are consequences for late playoff results, I will make sure to enforce the deadlines. If someone is not making themselves available to play a playoff series FTF in a timely manner, their opponent will be allowed to play the games by MIS. The Constitution specifies two weeks to play a five-game Wild Card series and three weeks for all other series, which allows plenty of time to complete them.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-Rusty<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 9:48 AM Mike Monostra <<a href="mailto:monostram1@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">monostram1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">As someone who has been hurt by repeat 100% injuries, I still don’t think we should change the injury rules. I 100% agree with everything Larry said, owners receive enough benefits in regard to playing time flexibility. I also agree with his thoughts on the suspension proposal.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The one item I was uncertain about was 2021-06. I agree with others that something needed to be done about the playoffs all winter long. After some deliberating, I ultimately voted in favor of the proposal even though I shared similar concerns to David and Brent. It’s hard to predict if it will have the intended effect of speeding up the playoffs or not, I think it needs to be put into practice. If we have to amend it later, than we can certainly do that</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">NJR Mike</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:20 AM Larry Selleck <<a href="mailto:lms4th@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">lms4th@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">Hello all,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I’m voting No on getting to choose when to serve TEST / SUSP because (a) it shouldn’t be a choice and (b) in the MLB, when a player is suspended for testing positive, even if their suspension ends, they are still not allowed to play in the playoffs. As a side note, because the roll is quite rare, i suspect most players with test / susp don’t end up getting hit with it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In regards to any rule to limit injuries to substantially no more than a player actually had, I’m against as well. We already get enough benefits by being able to exceed player usage by 33% (or more) than what hey had and we have no requirement to rest our players ... yes, our stud catchers (and any position player) can play 36 games in a row without rest and both ends of a double header. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As a side note, I did play in a league once where injury days were equated to days they were actually injured in MLB (I.e. if a player missed first 3 weeks of the season in MLB, they missed equivalent of first 3 weeks of the sim season). It made planning easier, but roster construction a bit more of a challenge and end of season a real challenge.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just my 2 pence,</div><div dir="auto">Larry</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 at 04:14, <a href="http://imap.mail.rcn.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">imap.mail.rcn.net</a> <<a href="mailto:noel.steere@rcn.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">noel.steere@rcn.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">[As an aside, I am strongly in favor of changes to the injury rules that would mitigate the chances a player suffers substantially more injury days than they did in real life in the prior MLB season. That would be a higher priority for me than softening the blow only of a test/suspension.]<br>
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I’ve been meaning to make a suggestion regarding this: After a player has served the number of injury days listed on their card, any further injury rolls are treated as if they have 0 injury days.<br>
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I’d have to look at the charts, but I believe this limits a player to 18 further injury days on a single roll, and the 2d10 scenarios are less likely as the player’s durability rating increases. So more durable players still have an advantage, but players who have already served, say, half a season on the IL can play a season that resembles what they actually played.<br>
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