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GoldenEagle · Post by **GoldenEagle** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:21 am

V-Mart. I can understand #45-50. But he's going #35 in some drafts. Yeah, he's the best, but he's not Mike Piazza in his prime (.320-40-110).

Terry H · Post by **Terry H** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:33 am

Will the NFBC ever offer a league, either auction or satellite, where a player can be removed from the the starting line-up and replaced with a player from the reserve roster, more than once a week?

[ February 01, 2006, 03:44 PM: Message edited by: Terry Haney ]

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:35 am

Originally posted by Terry Haney:

Will the NFBC ever offer a league, either auction or satellite, where a player can be removed the the starting line-up and replaced with a player from the reserve roster, more than once a week? Interesting question -- there was serious discussion of this several months back. Time to dig up the old thread?

pancho11 · Post by **pancho11** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:36 am

ok i have a thought on this -- you should get a chance each week on wednesday or thursday only for players who go on the dl that week to replace them with active players

thoughts/?

Quahogs · Post by **Quahogs** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:42 am

ok i have a thought on this -- you should get a chance each week on wednesday or thursday only for players who go on the dl that week to replace them with active playersThere is a rule that pertains to this...

13. Setting Starting Lineups:NFBC owners are allowed to change their starting lineups five minutes before the first game each Monday and that lineup remains intact for the rest of the week. However, owners are also allowed to remove a player (or players) who is officially on the DL from their starting lineup with one of their players from their reserve roster before each Friday's first game as long as the position eligibility works out. Players must officially be on the DL list according to STATS for this move (or moves) to take effect for the weekend games.

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pancho11 · Post by **pancho11** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:44 am

thanks quahogs i didnt even know that -- was that on books last year? -- i propose this be pushed up to thursday but still good to know

Terry H · Post by **Terry H** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:51 am

I don't mean the main event, it's to unpopular of an idea for that. But I would think that with 300 plus entrants that enough might be interested in daily or twice weekly moves to start a satellite league.

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:13 pm

I didn't know about the "Friday DL" rule change either. See what happens when you have your head in the football sand for too long?

Seriously, I can't believe I missed that one.

Greg, I think I mentioned this to you on the phone once, but it would be an excellent idea for you to highlight rule changes from the previous year (perhaps in a box at the bottom of the 2006 Rules page). There were a number of people who had no idea about the "10% rule" in football, and I would bet the same applies with this rule change for baseball. Food for thought...

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:14 pm

Originally posted by King of Queens:

I didn't know about the "Friday DL" rule change either. See what happens when you have your head in the football sand for too long?

Seriously, I can't believe I missed that one.

Greg, I think I mentioned this to you on the phone once, but it would be an excellent idea for you to highlight rule changes from the previous year (perhaps in a box at the bottom of the 2006 Rules page). There were a number of people who had no idea about the "10% rule" in football, and I would bet the same applies with this rule change for baseball. Food for thought... No problem. I believe there is a thread here from October that listed the rules changes, but I can dig it up again. Yup, the DL rule applies JUST for players in your starting lineup starting on Monday and you can ONLY replace them with players from your reserve squad. You might not be able to use this new rule more than a handful of times each year, but it might ease some of the pain from the news on Monday night that your team just put one of your players on the 15-day DL.

Plymouth · Post by **Plymouth** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:41 pm

Greg, question about the DL rule. Say my 3B, player A is hurt and goes on the DL on Tuesday. I don't have a player on the bench that can play 3B but I have player B who is on the banch and can play 1B. I have at 1B player C that qualifies at 1B and 3B, can I move him to 3B on Friday, move player B to 1B and bench player A? Thanks.

viper · Post by **viper** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:10 pm

I don't know the "official" answer but I would think that if one DL player went to your bench and just one bench player went to your active lineup, you should be able to move players around in order to have a valid lineup. The key would be that only Dled players could be replaced.

Assume Arod was your 3B and Wright was at UTIL. Arod goes on the DL on Tuesday. On Friday you should be able to move Wright to 3B and bring up any bench player to assume the UTIL spot in your lineup.

Hangtown · Post by **Hangtown** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:36 am

Originally posted by Plymouth:

Greg, question about the DL rule. Say my 3B, player A is hurt and goes on the DL on Tuesday. I don't have a player on the bench that can play 3B but I have player B who is on the banch and can play 1B. I have at 1B player C that qualifies at 1B and 3B, can I move him to 3B on Friday, move player B to 1B and bench player A? Thanks. Just a thought, but if allowing player C on the active roster to slide over to 3b, and then replacing player A with a bench player that can cover player C's position, will increase the values of players with multiple posistion eligibility. especially the scarce positions. Chone figgins might just then become a 1st round pick since him being able to slide to almost any position would be HUGE in my opinion?

Hangtown · Post by **Hangtown** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:46 am

Originally posted by viper:

I don't know the "official" answer but I would think that if one DL player went to your bench and just one bench player went to your active lineup, you should be able to move players around in order to have a valid lineup. The key would be that only Dled players could be replaced.

Assume Arod was your 3B and Wright was at UTIL. Arod goes on the DL on Tuesday. On Friday you should be able to move Wright to 3B and bring up any bench player to assume the UTIL spot in your lineup. Especially if Chone Figgins was in your utility slot... you could move him anywhere, probaly even Pitcher, LOL!!

[ February 02, 2006, 10:47 AM: Message edited by: Hangtown ]

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:46 am

Originally posted by Hangtown:

Chone figgins might just then become a 1st round pick since him being able to slide to almost any position would be HUGE in my opinion? thank you for telling us your strategy.

Hangtown · Post by **Hangtown** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:49 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Hangtown:

Chone figgins might just then become a 1st round pick since him being able to slide to almost any position would be HUGE in my opinion? thank you for telling us your strategy. [/QUOTE]Wait, I meant Ray Durham...

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:02 am

I, for one, don't care for this rule! Who voted for it? Soon - the only way to stay competitive - would be to have high stakes fantasy ball as your full-time job or one would have to be retired (hey Perry?) to keep up! (refering to constant computor access) Or like Gekko and be independantly whealthy!

Quahogs · Post by **Quahogs** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:49 am

Originally posted by Dak:

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I, for one, don't care for this rule! Who voted for it? Soon - the only way to stay competitive - would be to have high stakes fantasy ball as your full-time job or one would have to be retired (hey Perry?) to keep up! (refering to constant computor access) Or like Gekko and be independantly whealthy!this rule really requires minimal daily monitoring. Log in friday morn, check your team's roster, active player on the DL ?? yes or no, make the swap.

Q

Chest Rockwell · Post by **Chest Rockwell** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:54 am

Originally posted by Dak:

I, for one, don't care for this rule! Who voted for it? Soon - the only way to stay competitive - would be to have high stakes fantasy ball as your full-time job or one would have to be retired (hey Perry?) to keep up! (refering to constant computor access) Or like Gekko and be independantly whealthy! I agree with you completely and what you write makes perfect sense and completely supports your point.

Your point being talk is cheap- stop whining, the rule has been in place for months. He gave people plenty of time to voice their opinions.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:45 pm

Originally posted by Dak:

I, for one, don't care for this rule! Who voted for it? Soon - the only way to stay competitive - would be to have high stakes fantasy ball as your full-time job or one would have to be retired (hey Perry?) to keep up! (refering to constant computor access) Or like Gekko and be independantly whealthy! This rule change won't take any extra time to monitor or enact each week. The deadline will be on Thursday night, so nobody has to spend all day Friday doing searches to see if a guy was officially put on the DL or not. Basically, if you see one of your guys go on the DL Tuesday or Wednesday, you'll have 2-3 days to replace him in your starting lineup if you have a reserve that qualifies at his position. Easy enough. Click reserve, click start and your lineup is improved.

Hangtown · Post by **Hangtown** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:43 pm

Basically, if you see one of your guys go on the DL Tuesday or Wednesday, you'll have 2-3 days to replace him in your starting lineup if you have a reserve that qualifies at his position. Easy enough. Click reserve, click start and your lineup is improved. So no sliding the active guys, just the reserves... Thanks!!