The Bowling League

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

One Shining Moment

March is always a magical month - a time of baseball Spring Training, fantasy baseball drafting, and of course NCAA March Madness ending with “One Shining Moment.” With the early start to the MLB season in Japan this year, March has brought ‘one shining moment’ to the Bowling League as well.

With the beginning of the season, all 10 teams in Los Angeles were tied atop the standings. As the Crazy 88 so rightly pointed out, this meant that we were faced with our first sign that the apocalypse was upon us…the Rude Boys (aka Ghetto Revival, aka the Rule of the Wrist) in 1st.

However, after the first game of the MLB season, the Rude Boys have already lost their grip on first place. His place atop the standings is much like the appearance of Haley's Comet...not as bright as it should have been, visible only briefly, and won't happen again for 75 years.

This has to be fake. It has to be.

"Can the Cubs Mend my Broken Heart?"

http://www.withleather.com/post.phtml?pk=5345


















Surely this is fake. Right?

Yup.












The Rude Boys are in 1st place. Granted, we all are, but still.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Teabags Sell Lemons, Make Profit

Anyone else interested in some less than fresh produce, direct inquiries to the Boston Teabag Party. A supply of Darryl Kyle is still available!

Friday, March 14, 2008

Matsui Hopes to Avoid DL, Unpadded Barstools

Story here.

More embarrassing "injuries" are difficult to imagine. I mean, players can always chalk up "wrist fatigue" to extended BP. Anal fissures aren't one of those injuries that are just "part of baseball."

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Draft time!

You got a date Thursday at 8:30 PM baby! WHOOOOOHOOO!

Saturday, March 01, 2008

2008 LACBL League Rules

  • All permanent changes to league rules must be decided by a supermajority of owners (7 out of 10).

  • This season (2008) each team is allowed to select up to 4 players as 'franchise' players and 2 players as 'keepers' that must have been acquired in the previous (2007) season.
    • Beginning in 2009 each team is allowed to keep up to 6 players from their previous season’s roster with no restrictions.
    • Each owner designates these players keeper selection deadline before the beginning of each season.
    • Each owner must designate a minimum of 2 batters and 2 pitchers - thus, allowing for the following configurations: 3 pitchers/3 batters; 2 pitchers/4 batters; 4 pitchers/2 batters

  • We will now allow for the trading of draft picks under the following conditions:
    • Teams may only trade 'next year's' picks
      • For the 2008 season, you can only trade 2009 picks, not 2010 or later
    • Teams must trade an equal number of picks - this ensures everyone has the same number of picks in each draft for even rosters after the draft.

  • After this year, the league draft order will be determined based on the previous season's order of finish with the following exceptions:
    • The 1st round draft order will be determined each year by a lottery system (similar to the NBA draft lottery)
      • The 7 teams that do NOT finish “in the money” will participate in the Draft Lottery.
      • The number of entries is determined by the team finish the previous year: 10th - 7 entries, 9th - 6 entries, 8th - 5 entries, 7th - 4 entries, 6th - 3 entries, 5th – 2 entries, 4th – 1 entry
      • The 1st team name drawn receives the 1st pick in the draft. The 2nd team name drawn receives the 2nd pick in the draft. The 3rd team name selected receives the 3rd pick in the draft. After the top 3 picks are selected, the remaining draft order will be based on the previous season’s final standings.
        • Thus, the top 3 teams will automatically receive the 8, 9, 10 picks in the first round. The team with the worst record is guaranteed no worse that the 4th pick in the draft.
      • In all subsequent rounds, the order is based strictly on the snake-format based on the 1st round order.
      • This system is being adopted to create some risk for those seeking to tank the season in order to secure the #1 overall pick.

  • The current entrance fee is $42.50 – which reflects the $30 league fee and $12.50 for the Yahoo Plus league. The payout structure is the following: 1st - $200, 2nd - $70, and 3rd - $30.