[IBL] Additional comments on mid-season ballot

[Sean Sweda]

A couple of clarifications:

re: 2014-05)  There's a fairly simple way to look at this:  Vote YES if you want to be able to use all defensive ratings on the card.  Vote NO if you want there to be an IBL requirement that a player must have played the position in MLB in order to use a defensive rating.

re: 2014-08)  The only requirements are that the HOME team announce their subs & non-default strategies prior to rolling.  It's pretty simple, if you've decided to do something write it out before you roll.  The away team's subs/strategies are locked in by the instructions in the MIS so there's no requirement to announce them.  You can only request a replay if a required announcement was skipped and it was material to the outcome of the play.

Sean


On Aug 1, 2014, at 9:37 PM, Noel Steere wrote:

> I announce once per game, and if I failed to announce for my team before a Down The Line play I don't add the range bonus.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Aug 1, 2014, at 3:30 PM, Larry Merithew <bear60ibl at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Phrasing it as "always guard 3B line vs Rp/Lo hitters" could qualify as a default defense, IMO. As you saw from our recent series (SFP at SDQ), though, a periodic reminder wouldn't hurt.
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>> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 17:50:58 +0100
>> From: lms4th at gmail.com
>> To: members at lists.ibl.org
>> Subject: [IBL] Additional comments on mid-season ballot
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> First of all thanks to Chris for clarifying the lf/rf.  I do think it won't just be for emergencies and that there will be some teams that will frequently shift their OF defence around in I6+ ... but not sure if people think that makes a material difference.
>> 
>> In regards to IRC logging, I had mis-interpreted what the ballot item said in that any non-default defence (for example, guarding the line) would have to be announced before each and every roll.  The wording states that it is merely before rolling, so I interpret that to mean some defences can be stated at the beginning of the game an applied throughout (e.g. always guard 3B line vs Rp/Lo hitters).
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Larry