The 1999 rules



1. Rotations for every team for every game must be sent to me by the second

day (either the 16th or the 2nd, depending on the month) of each month.

I will keep track of starts, and rotations for each team. Remember that

your rotation for each month must take into account your rotation for the

previous month (Kevin Brown can't start the last day of April and the

first day of May).



2. Jim Satrape has volunteered to send out V4 rosters for Month 1.  You

must use these rosters, and not those created by you.  If you use another

set of rosters, all of the league data will be thrown off.  You will only

use these rosters for the first month of the season.  Do not play any

games for Month 2 with the rosters Jim will sent you.



   For each month, I will send complete V4 roster and stat files to each

owner.  These will contain full stat reports for all previous months

(league leaders, individual team stats), as well as updated rosters.

Again, you will receive new files once a month, so do not play ahead of

the schedule.



    Jim, please make sure that the 2 digit abbreviation for NASA is 'NS'

this season.  Joe Sheehan is also a member of the NABL, and they already

use 'NA' as an abbreviation.



    Mike Cha, is, I believe, the only owner not using V4.  Mike, what I

need from you each month is the play-by-play from each of your home

games, so that I can enter them into the computer game.  You obviously

cannot use the rosters that Jim will send out, so you can create your own.





3.  By the fifth day of the month, instructions must be sent to all

road opponents (not to me, unless I'm your opponent). You may send

detailed instructions, or HAL instructions.



4. By the last day of the month, all games must be completed.  Make sure

that you save results for your own team in a subset file.  You must

send boxscores and subset stats (except for Mike) to each road opponent.

Please send results (not stat files, just W-L results) to Joe and me.

You must also send all of your subsets for the month, including your own

team's subsets to me.  Please do the following:



A. Create a zip file that contains all subsets from the Month.  Please,

if possible, do not send me loose subset files.



B. Mail that zipped file to yankees473@aol.com.  This address is for

stats only, so please do not send any messages to this address.



C. Keep copies of all subsets for the entire season, in case of computer

failure.



D. Mike, please send your PBPs to this address.  No one else should send

me PBPs or boxscores of games that do not include my team.





5.  Penalty Points. I will very nebulous about this last year, but I will

be firm this year.  How you get penalty points:



Late rotation: 1 point per day late

Late instructions: 1 point per day late

Late results: 1 point per day per late series



Player Usage Penalty Points:



Full time players: 5 points for each game over the

limit.

Full time starters: 5 points for each start over the limit.

Part-time players: 1 point for every AB or IP over their limit.



(If someone has used a full time player inappropriately (contrary to your

instructions) let me know, and the executive committee will review the

situation and award exemptions where necessary.  These penalties are

strict, but there is very little good excuse for overusing  full time

players, other than mistaken usage by a road opponent.  Plan usage out in

advance).



Penalty Point Breakdown:



0-5 points: No penalty

6-10 points: Lose #2 FA pick.

11-13 points: Lose 2000 #6 rookie

14-16 points: Lose #1 FA pick

17-19 points: Lose 2000 #4 rookie

20-22 points: Lose 2000 #3 rookie

23-25 points: Lose 2000 #2 rookie

> 25 points:  Executive committee will determine penalty, owner's future

          in NASA



If an owner does not have the specific pick, the executive committee will

determine an appropriate penalty.



6. Lateness.  There will be NO lateness this year. If I do not receive

rotations by the end of the fifth day of the month, I will set them for

you.  If instructions are not received by the tenth day of the month, I

will send your generic instructions.  If results are not received by the

third day of the next month, I (or a duly appointed representative) will

play those games for you using your generics.  We cannot fall behind this

year, because one late owner will delay the distribution of the monthly

files, and thus will hold up the whole league.



Let's have a great season guys!



Kenny