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Rules For Holds

OK here's what I think would be fair for holds between AL and NL teams. From the end of the regular season up until the publication of Scoresheet lists, your players are still on their previous year's team. From the day that Scoresheet publishes their player lists - your team changes - any guys you had on your opposite league team are now on the team for whichever league Scoresheet designates, ie

• November 1 - Vlad Guerrero is on the Crooked K's - Lou's NL team. The K's are free to trade him to any other NL No Glory team and he can be held by the Crooked K's.
  
• December 1 - Vlad Guerrero signs with the Seattle Mariners. The Crooked K's STILL OWN HIM. He can be traded to any other NL No Glory team, but he likely won't be HELD by the K's.
  
• January 15 - Scoresheet lists come out and Vlad Guerrero is listed on the AL list as a member of the Seattle Mariners. On that day, he becomes the property of the Whistles Go Woo. The Whistles can trade him to any other AL No Guts team or hold him for next season.
  
• February 3 - The Mariners trade Vladi to the Florida Marlins. Vladi is still an AL No Guts player and stays on the Whistles Go Woo. Next year, the K's could pick him up once the new lists get published by Scoresheet.

I hope that's clear. We'll have the same rule in place for our minor leagues. This year's AL No Guts minor league draft, however, will be from scratch. There won't be any holds this year.

I will let Bingo the Monkey interview with any team for a 1st round draft pick. The genius behind such shrewd signings as Mark Carreon and Todd Hundley is perhaps best known for his well orchestrated trade of Barry Bonds for Henry Rodriguez. It is widely assumed that this move brought back fan interest at Jack Woofy stadium through "O Henry" candy bar promotions. Said Bingo, "you build a team with pitching and defense and doing the little things. In the case of H-Rod, he rarely grounded into a double play....more importantly, though, you need character and veteran leadership, intangibles that H clearly brought to the table.

It is this kind of mojo which separates the talented from the champions. Bingo can find the Paul Ah Yats, Jayhawk Owens, and Mike Cather's of the world. Sure Albert Pujols puts up numbers...but he doesn't put on rings.

Although I hate to tip my hand, I believe I could let Bingo go for a 1st rounder and a "sandwich" pick. Please contact me if interested.

Welcome Everyone!

This is going to be our public forum for general chat/commentary about the leagues. I think this will work better than the mass emails.

Sometime soon I will post the rules about player holds within the two league format.