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Benchwarmer News
3/15/10
- Leagues are full for 2010 - We've filled The Kings of
Queens and won't be starting up any additional leagues for 2010
(the draft process takes a couple of weeks). Please check
back in 2011!
- But there are still a few Orphan
Teams available!
3/14/10
- Recently Read from our
Experts: (and view the
Experts League)
- We're still looking for three more experts to take over 3 orphan teams
in the
Experts League. Do you know anyone in Radio/TV who
talks baseball? And need one more person affiliated with a
web site/blog.
- The Kings of Queens Draft
Central - Visit this page as a central repository of all
draft results. Until the draft begins, you can view links
to previous drafts as examples. Draft lists due
Tuesday, March 16 at midnight Pacific.
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3/13/10
- Murderers Row League Draft
Central - Phase Two, Part Three picks are posted.
Draft complete
- Kings of Queens League - Your league was moved to a
different federation to balance out the system (important for
the post-season Benchwarmer Bash). Your "remember me"
functionality won't work initially...either use the switch
leagues function or, if you only have one team, please logout
and then login again.
- Use It or Lose It: You cannot carry more than 5
million in cash into the season. Any cash balances over 5
million after the Week Zero transactions will be cut down to
that maximum level. This does not apply to brand new
leagues for 2010!!
- Contract Extensions?? Extensions have been
open for 2-3 weeks, but we haven't publicized it yet. At
this stage...unless you are trying to get below that 5 million
cash maximum (see above), we suggest holding off on extensions.
- If you're brand new to BWB (or need some reminders),
please check out these notes on contract extensions before
trying to submit them.
- Week -3 Transactions
Posted - Week -2 deadline is Friday night, 3/19 at
midnight Pacific. You have three weeks of transactions
left before your roster needs to be complete for Opening Day.
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Did You Know?
To email an owner, click on his/her name on the team's roster page
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3/11/10
3/8/10
3/7/10
- We're nearing the point where all new teams are going to
need to consolidate into a single league. We will draft
one more league this spring. If you haven't joined a
league yet, do it now!!
- Four Star League Draft
Central - Phase Two, Part Three draft results posted.
Draft Complete!!
3/2/10
- One little bonus - the financial updates for Week -5
included minor league results for 2009. This is a
highly inexact competition, but is a way to provide a small
reward for having a good minor league roster (only stats earned
in the minors count). There is a link on every league's
home page to take you to results. (Brand new leagues for
2010 have the link too, but that page will have an error for
now)
2/21/10
2/5/10
2/3/10
2/1/10
- Did you take over an Orphan team for 2010? Now
that the Redistribution Draft is over, what next? It's
likely you're in a league now with very experienced players.
In many cases, your best first move may be nothing (but that's
not always true - some of you have significant holes to fill).
In order to assist with some of the tricky parts of the game,
the roster, cash balances, and what the heck are these contract-thingeys?
- check out a series of entries in the
Benchwarmer Baseball Blog: Orphan School (people
drafting brand new teams might find it useful too).
- Redistribution Draft Complete - Rosters and cash balances
now updated.
Redistribution Draft Index
- Free agency and trades now open. Weekly
transaction deadlines are Friday nights, midnight Pacific.
1/31/10
- Redistribution Draft - Results Posted: Experts League
- Experts League:
- Welcome to a new expert - Adam Ronis from
Newsday (and other outlets) - who completes the Print
Division for 2010 by taking over Rock Ridge.
- Thought we had the remaining three slots filled, but I can't
get confirmations, and one guy backed out. We still have
openings in the Airwaves Division (looking for connections with
Radio/TV, including Internet radio) and the Web Division.
If you know of anyone, please let me know or if you know them
personally, talk them up on the idea.
- Recently Read from our
Experts:
1/30/10
- Redistribution Draft -
Results Posted: Redbirds League and Longball League
- 2010 Payment:
- New Leagues and Owners: Owners joining for the first time in 2010 must pay before
joining a league. See the Payment Summary
to handle that.
- Returning Leagues: Payment is not due until
Opening Day, visit your Payment Summary
when you're ready to take care of it.
1/29/10
- Redistribution Draft - Results Posted: Deuces Wild League and Bleed Dodger Blue League
- Get a team for FREE - Be a Benchwarmer Blogger -
share your thoughts, strategies, results, etc.
Email for details, but
see Dave Regan's
Dinks and Dunks and Jacob Vass with
Save
the Dome as potential models.
1/28/10
- Redistribution Draft - Results Posted: Golden
Throat League and Reality Bites
1/27/10
- Redistribution Draft - Results Posted: Beer
League and Hall of Fame League
1/26/10
- Redistribution Draft - Results Posted: Chevy Chase League and Triple Crown League
1/24/10
- I'm not yet sure how/why/when this will be used, but BWB is
now on Twitter...I finally catch up a little bit with 2009:
- And a personal Twitter take on things: find me at
jonswansonMN
- Redistribution Draft -
Results Posted: Commissioners League, Shadowball, and Blue and
Gray
1/23/10
- Redistribution Draft - Results Posted: Three of a
Kind & Beatleball
- I forgot - thankfully I automated most of the Redistribution
Draft process last season...so it's a lot quicker to do this
than it used to be. But expect to see about 2-3 leagues
posted per day for the next week. In the meantime, enjoy
the NFL Playoffs.
1/22/10
- Redistribution Draft - K Street results
posted
- Waiting for the draft results? New to the game?
You can work with a
sample score and change your roster/batting order to get a
feel for how to set up your team's roster later this spring.
1/16/10
- 2010
Rule Changes
- Returning Leagues: Redistribution Draft picks are due
Monday night, Jan 18, midnight
Pacific.
- Access the form to draft players from your team roster.
- The draft is optional, but is your best chance to rebuild
your team this winter.
- See last
season's draft results
1/13/10
- There's a new filter on the player selection lists that was
suggested: "Major Leaguers with salary <= 250" - what this
allows you to do is find players who can be stashed on your
minor league roster but are still able to be plugged into your
lineup when needed. Keep in mind that at this time of
year, all players on the 40-man roster have designation of
"major league" and as they are sent down in Spring Training, the
designation will change back to minor league. So, this
may be more useful later on.
- There have been a few other suggestions (such as not
showing any free agents or injured players) and we'll look at
adding those soon.
1/12/10
- By original design (and maybe that will change next year)
there is no "change your lineup" link on your roster during the
Redistribution Draft phase. But you can find a link to do
that on the transactions
page so that you can better analyze your current roster.
1/8/10
1/3/10
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New Feature -
If you are drafting more than one team, you now have the ability
to copy the draft list from one team to another. This
option is available only as long as there are entries for a team
in its startup draft list. Once the Phase One draft is
processed for a league, those entries are cleared. The
option will appear at the bottom of the draft page for your
team.
- Four Star League - 7 of the 16 league slots are filled.
Your draft lists will be due about a week after the league is
full. Create your draft list now, so that we're not
waiting on you at the deadline. Visit your league's
draft central.
See the News Archive
for older headlines.
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