[IBL] Hello and Thoughts on Ballot Voting

[Mike Monostra]

Thank you Rusty. With that clarification, I fully support the proposed
change and hope others do the same.

NJR Mike

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 3:16 PM Russell Peltz <peltz38 at gmail.com> wrote:

> To (hopefully) clarify:
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> -Rusty
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:07 AM Russell Peltz <peltz38 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> -Rusty
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 9:48 AM Mike Monostra <monostram1 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> NJR Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:20 AM Larry Selleck <lms4th at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Just my 2 pence,
>>>> Larry
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 at 04:14, imap.mail.rcn.net <noel.steere at rcn.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> [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.]
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> > On Mar 17, 2021, at 2:49 PM, D <genny429 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > [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.]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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