Rogue Baseball

 

LEAGUE RULES

 

CONTENTS
1.0 LEAGUE STRUCTURE
2.0 GAMEPLAY

3.0 ROSTERS
4.0 PLAYER USAGE LIMITS

5.0 POST SEASON
6.0 OFF SEASON

7.0 PRE-DRAFT

8.0 TRADES
9.0 OWNERS

 

1.0 LEAGUE STRUCTURE

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1.1 THE ROGUE BASEBALL LEAGUE IS MADE UP OF 20 TEAMS AND 20 OWNERS USING THE LATEST VERSION OF THE DIAMOND MIND BASEBALL GAME. ALL OWNERS MUST OWN THE LATEST GAME VERSION ALONG WITH THE CURRENT DATA DISK!

1.2 WE USE THE DH IN THE 10 AL PARKS ONLY. THERE IS INTER-LEAGUE PLAY.

1.3 EACH FRANCHISE WILL OWN THE RIGHTS TO ALL ROOKIES THAT FINISHED THE SEASON WITH SAID FRANCHISE.

1.4 OUR SEASON RUNS MARCH THROUGH OCTOBER

1.5 WE USE THE WEATHER SYSTEM FROM THE GAME SETTINGS MENU AS WELL AS THE CLUTCH SYSTEM. WE DO NOT USE THE WARM-UP RULE NOR REAL-LIFE TRANSACTIONS OR LINE-UPS.

1.6 PLAYER USAGE LIMITS ARE USED LEAGUE WIDE.

1.7 INJURIES ARE SET TO OFF. 

1.8 HEAD-TO-HEAD PLAY IS NOT MANDATED BUT IS ENCOURAGED.

1.9 RBL WILL MAINTAIN A HISTORIC ENCYLOPEDIA FOR REFERREANCE.

1.10 ROSTERS WILL TRIM TO 30 PLAYERS PRIOR TO EACH ANNUAL 10 ROUND DRAFT.

 

2.0 GAMEPLAY

 

2.1 WE PLAY A 162 GAME SEASON. THE HOME TEAM IS RESPONSABLE FOR THE WEEKLY SERIES.

2.2 WEEKLY SERIES WILL TYPICALLY BE PLAYED WEDNSDAY - SUNDAY. PLAY BALL FILE TO BE ISSUED WEDNSDAY WITH RESULTS DUE SUNDAY BY MIDNIGHT. AT THIS TIME TEAMS WILL BE ABLE TO ADJUST ROSTERS AND MP'S. THESE CHANGES ARE DUE TUESDAY BY MIDNIGHT FOLLOWED BY THE RELEASE OF THE NEXT PLAY BALL FILE. RINSE AND REPEAT.

2.3 LATE FILES: ANY LATE RESULTS FILES WILL RESULT IN THE LEAGUE OFFICE PLAYING THE GAMES FOR THE DELINQUENT OWNER. ANY LATE MP FILES WILL BE SEEN AS NO CHANGES UNLESS ACCEPTED & APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO SEND THE MP ON TIME/EARLY OR A "NO CHANGES" NOTE TO SPEED UP FILE TRANSFERS.

2.4 SHOULD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AFFECT A SERIES WHEREBY THE SERIES NEEDS TO BE REPLAYED, THE SERIES WILL BE AUTOPLAYED BY THE LEAGUE OFFICE. ALL REPLAY SITUATIONS WILL BE AUTOPLAYED OR SIMMED BY THE LEAGUE OFFICE.

2.5 PENALTIES: THE LEAGUE OFFICE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO IMPOSE PENALTIES RANGING IN VARIOUS FORMS OF DRAFT PICKS &/OR PLAYER LOSSES, PER OCCURRENCE, FOR ABUSE OF THE FILE EXCHANGE PROCESS OR LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE LEAGUE OFFICE.

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*PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE NO CHANGES ALLOWED IN THE MIDDLE OF ANY SERIES. CHANGE MP'S REFLECT ANY & ALL CHANGES FOR A TEAM FOR THE NEXT SERIES OF PLAY. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS THAT APPLY IN THE POSTSEASON. PLEASE SEE THE POSTSEASON PLAY SECTION.

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3.0 ROSTERS

 

3.1 THE ROSTER LIMITS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 26 MAJOR LEAGUE, 14 FARM TEAM FOR A TOTAL OF 40.

3.2 MAJOR LEAGUE ROSTERS: ALL TEAMS ARE TO HAVE 26 PLAYERS ON THEIR MAJOR LEAGUE ROSTERS. MAJOR LEAGUE ROSTERS EXPAND TO 40 ONCE WE REACH GAME 132 PLAYED. THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE BY THE LEAGUE OFFICE.

3.3 MINOR LEAGUE ROSTERS: THERE IS A 14 PLAYER FARM TEAM FOR EACH MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM. THIS FARM ROSTER IS LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 14 PLAYERS. ANY PLAYERS ABOVE 14 MUST BE WAIVED TO GET TO THE SET LIMIT. MINOR LEAGUE ROSTERS MAY GO BELOW 14 AFTER OPENING DAY. IT IS AN OWNERS DECISION TO HAVE LESS PLAYERS.

3.4 FREE AGENTS: EACH FRANCHISE MAY CLAIM ONE FREE AGENT PER WEEK. IF CLAIMING A FREE AGENT PUTS A ROSTER ABOVE 40 THAT TEAM MUST SUBMIT A PLAYER TO BE RELEASED. ALL FREE AGENTS ARE SUBJECT TO LEAGUE USAGE RULS. FREE AGENT CLAIMS ARE DUE SUNDAY BY MIDNIGHT AND WILL BE AWARDED BASED ON TEAMS WIN/LOSS PERCENTAGES. 

3.5 TEAMS MAY KEEP PLAYERS THAT WERE NOT CARDED DUE TO MISSING AN ENTIRE MLB SEASON. PLAYER MUST HAVE FINISHED THE PREVIOUS ROGUE SEASON IN GOOD STANDING (SEE PLAYER USAGE LIMITS). THIS PLAYER WILL COUNT TOWARDS YOUR 40 MAN ROSTER. 

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*PLEASE NOTE: FREE AGENT DEADLINE; TRADE DEADLINE; AND ROSTER EXPANSION OCCUR AT GAME 132.

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4.0 PLAYER USAGE LIMITS

 

4.1 WE WILL USE THE DMB PLAYING TIME LIMITS AS FOLLOWS.
BATTERS:
PLATE APPEARANCES: 105% WITH SPLITS SET AT 150%. 
PITCHERS:
BATTERS FACED: 105%.

4.2 PLAYING TIME RULES TO PROTECT PLAYERS:

ALL PLAYERS MUST MEET A 50% MINIMUM PLAY TIME BUT NOT GO OVER THE 150% MAXIMUM OR THEY WILL BECOME FREE AGENTS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE WORLD SERIES.

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*PLEASE NOTE: 150% IS THE LEAGUE RULE MAXIMUM USAGE. HOWEVER, PERFORMANCE IS AFFECTED BY THIS LIMIT PLAYING TIME FEATURE AT 105%. EXPECT REPLACEMENT LEVEL PERFORMANCE BEYOND 105%.

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5.0 POST SEASON

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5.1 POST SEASON: THERE ARE 8 PLAYOFF TEAMS. THE 4 DIVISION WINNERS & 4 WILDCARDS, (2 IN EACH LEAGUE). THE WILDCARDS ARE THE 2 TEAMS WITH THE BEST RECORDS THAT DID NOT WIN A DIVISION IN EACH LEAGUE. POSTSEASON PLAY CONSISTS OF DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS, LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS, & THE WORLD SERIES. THE DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF SERIES IS THE ONLY 5 GAME SERIES, (BEST RECORD BETWEEN THE TEAMS = H, H, A, A, H). THE OTHER PLAYOFF SERIES ARE 7 GAME SERIES', (BEST RECORD BETWEEN THE TEAMS = H, H, A, A, A, H, H).

POSTSEASON TEAMS ARE GIVEN 2 DAYS OFF IN THE SCHEDULE BEFORE THE START OF THE DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS & BEFORE THE LCS. WORLD SERIES TEAMS ARE GIVEN 2 DAYS OFF IN THE SCHEDULE BEFORE THE START OF THE SERIES.
5.2 TIES FOR PLAYOFF SPOTS. IN THE CASE OF TIES WE WILL USE THE MLB TIE BREAKER SYSTEM AS IT CURRENTLEY STANDS.

5.3 HEAD TO HEAD PLAY IS PREFERRED BUT NOT MANDATORY IN THE POSTSEASON. A SUBSTITUTE, PREFERRABLY FROM THE SAME ORGANIZATIONAL LEAGUE CAN BE REQUESTED IF UNAVAILABLE TO PLAY OR DAY TO DAY FILE EXCHANGES. GAME BY GAME FILE EXCHANGES CAN BE OPTED FOR GIVING TEAMS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGES WITHOUT PLAYER MOVEMENT TO & FROM THEIR FARM TEAM. IN THIS SITUATION OWNERS WILL TAKE TURNS PLAYING GAMES WITH THE SCHEDULED HOME TEAM PLAYING GAME 1. GAME 2 WILL BE PLAYED BY THE TEAM THAT DID NOT PLAY GAME 1 AND SO ON UNTIL THE SERIES IS COMPLETE.
5.4 ALL ROSTERED PLAYERS ARE ELIGIABLE FOR THE PLAYOFFS. PLAYER USAGE RULES WILL TAKE EFFECT ONCE 10% AND/OR 15% BATTER SPLITS OF MLB REGULAR SEASON USAGE HAS BEEN OBTAINED. PLAYERS CAN BE USED BEYOND THIS BUT WILL PREFORM AT LEAGUE REPLACEMENT LEVEL. USAGE RESETS FOR EACH NEW SERIES.
5.5 PLAYERS THAT HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR USAGE LIMIT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PLAY IN THE POSTSEASON.
5.6 SP’S NOT RATED AS RP’S MAY BE USED AS RP’S.
5.7 POSTSEASON PROMOTIONS/DEMOTIONS CAN ONLY BE DONE BETWEEN EACH SERIES. PLAYERS MUST MEET POSTSEASON, QUALIFYING CRITERIA IF BEING ADDED TO THE PLAYOFF ROSTER.

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*PLEASE NOTE THE WORLD SERIES WINNER WILL RECIEVE A CREDIT FROM DMB TOWARDS NEXT SEASONS DATA FILE!

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6.0 OFF SEASON

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6.1 THE OFF SEASON BEGINS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE WORLD SERIES.

6.2 WE WILL BEGIN BY TAKING INVENTORY OF THOSE RETURNING. IF WE HAVE AN OWNERS/OWNERS THAT WILL NOT RETURN WE WILL LOOK TO FILL THE VACANT FRANCHISE. IF WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE VACANCY ALL PLAYERS ON THOSE ROSTERS WILL BE RELEASED AND THE NEW OWNERS WILL DRAFT NEW 30 MAN ROSTERS.

6.3 ONCE ALL 20 FRANCHISES HAVE OWNERS WE WILL LOOK AT ANY POSSIBLE RULE CHANGES FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.

6.4 OFFSEASON ROSTERS: THIS IS A CONTINUOUS OWNERSHIP LEAGUE. TEAM OWNERS WILL KEEP ALL PLAYERS ON THEIR ROSTERS AT EACH SEASON'S END THAT HAVE MET ALL USAGE REQUIREMENTS.

6.5 TRADE WINDOW IS OPEN DURING THE OFF SEASON.

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7.0 PRE-DRAFT

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7.1 PLAYERS THAT DID NOT MEET USAGE REQUIREMENTS BECOME FREE AGENTS.

7.2 TEAMS CUTDOWN TO 30 PLAYERS. 
7.3 TEAMS  THAN "SIGN" DEBUT PLAYERS, (1ST TIME EVER CARDED), FROM THEIR MLB AFFILIATED TEAMS ROSTER.

7.4 DEBUT PLAYER SIGNINGS: TEAMS OWN THE RIGHTS TO ALL ROOKIES. ROOKIES ARE AWARDED TO THE TEAM THAT SAID ROOKIE MADE HIS MLB DEBUT WITH. TEAMS CAN SIGN AS MANY ROOKIES AS THEY LIKE (MAX OF 10) SIGNING ROOKIES WILL COUNT TOWARDS YOUR TEMAS DRAFT PICKS AS FOLLOWS: 1 ROOKIE=1 DRAFT PICK COUNTING BACKWARDS FROM ROUND 10. TRADED DRAFT PICKS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED IE PHILLIES SIGNS 5 ROOKIES BUT HAD TRADED AWAY PICKS 10 AND 8 PHILLIES DRAFT WILL BE AS FOLLOWS ROUNDS 1-3. PRIOR TO OPENING DAY, PLAYERS ARE WAIVED, AS NECESSARY, IN ORDER TO KEEP ROSTERS AT OR BELOW 40.
7.5 10 ROUND PRE-SEASON DRAFTS TAKE PLACE. THE DRAFT ORDER IS WORST TO FIRST HOME RECORDS FROM THE PREVIOUS SEASON.

7.6 IF AT THE CONCLUSSION OF THE DRAFT A TEAM IS UNDER 40 PLAYERS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FILL THEIR ROSTER WITH WEEKLY FA SIGNINGS WHICH WILL BEGIN AFTER WEEK ONE OF THE REGULAR SEASON.

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*ROOKIES ARE AWARDED TO THE TEAM THAT SAID ROOKIE MADE HIS MLB DEBUT WITH

 

8.0 TRADES

 

8.1 TRADES ARE ANNOUNCED VIA THE LEAGUE MAILING LIST & CONFIRMED VIA SAME.  TRADE ANNOUNCEMENTS & CONFIRMATIONS MUST BE IN BY THE WEEKLY RESULTS DATE OR TRADE WILL BE REGONIZED THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

8.2 ALL OWNERS INVOLVED IN A TRADE MUST NOTIFY & CONFIRM THE DEAL WITH THE COMMISSIONER VIA THE LEAGUE MAILING LIST FOR THE TRADE TO GO THROUGH. DEADLINES FOR FILES WILL NOT BE DELAYED WHILE WAITING ON A TRADE CONFIRMATION. THE LEAGUE FILES WOULD GO OUT AS USUAL IF ANY OF THE OWNERS FAILED IN CONFIRMING A TRADE, OR WERE LATE IN DOING SO, WITHOUT THE TRADE BEING PROCESSED. THE TRADE WOULD BE PUT THROUGH IF, & WHEN, ALL PARTIES CONFIRMED.

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* TEAMS MAY TRADE DRAFT PICKS UP TO 1 SEASON AHEAD

 

9.0 OWNERS

 

9.0 OWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS OR LACK THERE OF. YOU SHOULD MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH ALL LEAGUE RULES. THIS LEAGUE IS INTENDED TO GIVE US A BREAK FROM THE DAILY GRIND AND SHARE OUR PASSION FOR BASEBALL. RESULTS WILL VARY AND AS IN THE MLB THE BEST TEAM DOESN'T ALWAYS WIN, THAT'S WHY WE PLAY THE GAME. ENJOY THIS LEAGUE TO IT'S FULLEST AND STAY FROSTY!

 

REVISED THIS DAY, BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER WITH APPROVAL OF LEAGUE MEMBERS: 1/11/2022