[IBL] 2016 mid-season ballot

[Alex Campbell]

my .02 for anyone who cares.

Regarding: Special Pitcher Activations in case of extra
innings/doubleheaders.  I am voting NO; my reasons are as follows:

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.

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.

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.

as far as equitable handling of pitcher rest, i am voting yes on both
options.

AC

On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 9:41 AM, Sean Sweda <sweda at ibl.org> wrote:

>
> On Jul 19, 2016, at 3:16 PM, Sean Sweda wrote:
>
> > This is very brief ballot to address a couple of issues.  If passed,
> these rules will take effect immediately.
> >
> > Schedule:
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> > Tue 7/19 thru Thu 7/22, Discussion Period
> > Fri 7/22 thru Thu 7/29, Debate Period
> > Fri 7/29 votes due
> >
> > The Discussion Period is for questions about wording, how the rule(s)
> work, etc., in order to allow for an opportuntity to edit for clarity and
> address unintended consequences.  If you wish to advocate for, or argue
> against a proposal please wait for the Debate Period.  If any of the
> proposals are edited as a result of the Discussion Period an updated ballot
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>
> Since there have not been any questions about the rule proposals I'm going
> to close the Discussion Period.  The proposals will remain as written.  The
> Debate Period is now in effect, feel free to discuss the merits of the
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