[USML Announce] Setting Lineups

Thu Apr 24 15:32:47 EDT 2008

Kerbs, I agree with you.
--BLJ

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:23 PM, <springkerb at aol.com> wrote:

> Mark Blocker has asked me to raise an issue with the league.
>
> I have discovered that the current website does not line up with our
> league's rule on position eligibility.  For 2007, the site requires the
> league to set a single value, so it cannot accomodate the normal rule which
> is based on either 20 games or the position at which the player appeared in
> the most games (if less than 20).  Currently, our default is set at 20,
> which means that a player that qualified at a position last year but did not
> play 20 games at that position cannot be activated at that position.
>
> I currently have this issue with Alberto Callaspo, who I'd like to roster
> at 3B based on 2007 games played.  It seems likely to me that several other
> players would potentially be affected as well.
>
> As noted below, I have proposed that we fix this glitch simply be resetting
> our default value to 1, and requiring the league's owners to take
> responsibility for positioning players consistent with our rules.  (The
> rule would not change, just the settings on the site.)  In effect, this is
> what we did for years before all this was automated.  Mark notes that we
> will essentially be on the honor system, which is correct and which I don't
> have a problem with.
>
> Mark's other concern is that any changes will be applied retroactively and
> might affect standings, etc.  Logically, that should not be a concern here,
> since it has been impossible to position any player based on less than 20
> games of 2007 playing time.  Therefore, there should be no transactions
> capable of being affected retroactively.  Mark agrees with this from a
> logical perspective, but would like me to get league concurrence in case
> something screwy happens if/when he makes the change.
>
> Does anybody have a problem with re-setting the 2007 eligibility default to
> 1 game and having us all take responsibility for position eligibilty for our
> own teams?  (Winick, of course, will be keeping an eye on all of us.)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: springkerb at aol.com
> To: announce at usml.net
> Sent: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 2:04 pm
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Setting Lineups
>
> Can we just re-set the 2007 number?  We could put it at 18, which would fix
> the situation with Callaspo, or we could put it at one and handle position
> eligibility on an honor system.  In either case, our rules say Callaspo is
> eligible at 3B, and that's where I want him.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at Sidley.com>
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>; MBBlocker at aol.com
> Sent: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:10 pm
> Subject: RE: [USML Announce] Setting Lineups
>
>  Mark:
>
>   This cannot be fixed.  The system determines position eligibility
> by number of games played at position in 2007 and 2008 (and we select what
> the number is).  As to 2007, the number is set at 20 and for 2008 the number
> is 1.  There is no setting for "most games played at a position."
>
>   -- Mark B.
>
>
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> *On Behalf Of *springkerb at aol.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:20 AM
> *To:* announce at usml.net; MBBlocker at aol.com
> *Subject:* [USML Announce] Setting Lineups
>
>  I'd like to activate Alberto Callaspo at 3B (and reserve Marte).  3B
> is Callaspo's primary position from 2007.  However, our website does not
> recognize him as eligible at 3B.  Can that get fixed?
>
> Mark
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