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SEASON RULES AND PROCEDURES – 2023 SEASON
DATE |
DAY |
GAME(S) |
Sep 21st |
Thu |
Playoffs for Reg. Season Ties |
Sep 22nd |
Fri |
Off Day |
Sep 23rd |
Sat |
Wild Card Games 1 |
Sep 24th |
Sun |
Wild Card Games 2 |
Sep 25th |
Mon |
Wild Card Games 3 (if
needed) |
Sep 26th |
Tue |
Off Day |
Sep 27th |
Wed |
1st Round Games 1 |
Sep 28th |
Thu |
1st Round Games 2 |
Sep 29th |
Fri |
Off Day |
Sep 30th |
Sat |
1st Round Games 3 |
Oct 1st |
Sun |
1st Round Games 4 |
Oct 2nd |
Mon |
1st Round Games 5 (if needed) |
Oct 3rd |
Tue |
Off Day |
Oct 4th |
Wed |
1st Round Games 6 (if needed) |
Oct 5th |
Thu |
1st Round Games 7 (if needed) |
Oct 6th |
Fri |
Off Day |
Oct 7th |
Sat |
LCS Games 1 |
Oct 8th |
Sun |
LCS Games 2 |
Oct 9th |
Mon |
Off Day |
Oct 10th |
Tue |
LCS Games 3 |
Oct 11th |
Wed |
LCS Games 4 |
Oct 12th |
Thu |
LCS Games 5 (if needed) |
Oct 13th |
Fri |
Off Day |
Oct 14th |
Sat |
LCS Games 6 (if needed) |
Oct 15th |
Sun |
LCS Games 7 (if needed) |
Oct 16th |
Mon |
Off Day |
Oct 17th |
Tue |
WS Game 1 |
Oct 18th |
Wed |
WS Game 2 |
Oct 19th |
Thu |
Off Day |
Oct 20th |
Fri |
WS Game 3 |
Oct 21st |
Sat |
WS Game 4 |
Oct 22nd |
Sun |
WS Game 5 (if needed) |
Oct 23rd |
Mon |
Off Day |
Oct 24th |
Tue |
WS Game 6 (if needed) |
Oct 25th |
Wed |
WS Game 7 (if needed) |
The regular season ends on Sunday, September 17th. Five teams from each
league will qualify for the playoffs - the three division winners and the two
non-division winners with the best won-lost percentage (wild cards). CALENDAR
DAYS ARE IMPORTANT FOR BOTH STARTING PITCHER UTILIZATION AND PLAYING THESE
GAMES!!!
Regular Season Ties
Ties which effect only the
playoff match-ups and home field advantage, but do not effect which five teams
qualify for the playoffs will be decided by: (1) head-to-head records; (2)
won-lost records excluding inter-league games; (4) Differential in runs scored
and runs allowed; (5) coin flip. Ties that affect which five teams qualify for
the playoffs will be decided by one-game playoffs. The home team for this game
will be decided by: (1) head-to-head records; (2) won-lost records excluding
inter-league games; (4) Differential in
runs scored and runs allowed; (5) coin flip. The two managers involved in this
one game playoff will play this game via NetPlay. If they are unable to play this game no later than two days after
the calendar date for which it is scheduled, Commissioner (or other neutral
manager selected by the Commissioner) will play the game using computer
managers supplied by managers of the participating teams. All player usage
rules applicable to post-season games will apply to this play-off game (see
below).
Wild Card Series, First Round Series,
League Championship Series and World Series
Post-season games will be
played according to the schedule at the right.
The Wild Card Series will
be a best-of-three series, with the team with the poorer record hosting Game 1
and the team with the better record hosting Games 2 and 3.
In each league, the first
round series match-ups will be:
Winners of the first round series
will play each other in the League Championship Series. Winners of the League
Championship will meet in the World Series. In each series (other than the Wild
Card Series), the team with the better won-lost record will have the home field
advantage and will be the home team for games 1, 2, 6 and 7, except a Wild Card
team cannot have home field advantage against any team other than the another
Wild Card team in the World Series. The team with the poorer won-lost
percentage will be the home team for games 3, 4 and 5. All games will be played via Netplay, unless
the manager of the visiting team chooses not to play his away games via
Netplay. In such case, the home team
manager shall play the game using a computer manager supplied by the visiting
team manager.
Post-Season Player Usage Rules
Calendar days ARE
important! Starting pitchers must have at least four calendar days off between
starts, even if these starts are in different series - but the exception is
that each starting pitcher may start one time (and one time only) in the entire
post season with just three days rest. For example, if your team is forced to
go to a 6th game in the League Championship series and you start Cy
Young in Game 6 on Saturday, October 14th, you can't start Cy in the World
Series until Game 3 on Friday, October 20th - unless you decide to use Cy's one
post-season start on three days rest in which case he could start Game 2 of the
World Series on Wednesday, October 18th. So the team that wins its series in
four or five games has an advantage in the next series if its opponent had to
go seven games to win. NO WHINING - its called real life! All post-season usage
rules are repeated below.
9. POST SEASON GAMES
A. The following rules apply to all post-season games, for
both home and away teams.
a.
The Active Roster for any post-season series must consist of no more than 26
players who were on the 32-man Active Roster at the beginning of the regular
season and who received in SOM's printed card set. (Players activated for just September games and players with
"computer only" cards are not eligible for Post-Season Games). Active Rosters may be changed in between
post-season series, but not during a post-season series.
b.
All players in the starting line-up (excluding pitchers) must have been
eligible to play in at least 50 games during the just-completed PGL regular
season and must have played in at least 35 games at the position at which they
are starting during the previous real-life season. To start at DH, a player
only needs to have been eligible to play in at least 50 games during the
just-completed PGL regular season.
c.
All starting pitchers must be eligible to be a #1 through #5 starter in road
games (see Section 7.D.). Starting pitchers must have at least four calendar
days rest between starts, but each starting pitcher may start a game with only
three calendar days rest one time during the entire post season. No pitcher can
be used in relief during a series in which he starts any game.
B. For each post
season game, the road manager will decide whether to play the game via NetPlay
or not. If the road manager chooses
NetPlay and the home manager is unwilling or unable to play the games via
NetPlay, the Commissioner will appoint another manager to manage the home team
for those games and those games will be played via NetPlay. If the road manager does not choose NetPlay,
the road manager will send the home manager a fully programmed computer manager
for the road team and the home manager will play the games using that computer
manager.
C.
Statistics reporting requirements for Post Season Games are the same as for
Regular Season Games.
Playing Post-Season Games
As soon as playoff
participants and wild card match-ups are determined, the Commissioner will send
the Post Season League Files to participating managers. Don't use the regular
season league files for post-season games.
Updated files will be sent after each round of the post-season to
managers still competing for the title.
Computer managers, fully
programmed including starting lineups and starting pitchers, are to be e-mailed
by each manager to the opposing manager at the start of each series. Note a new
computer manager, which can be changed if you so desire, is required for each
series.
Games are to be played on
or before the date scheduled. Game result files and box scores are to be
e-mailed to the Commissioner, the opposing manager, and all other playoff
participants on the day that game is scheduled. It is permissible to send these
earlier if your schedule requires you to do so. Our goal is to play and report
these games on a real-time basis. I will also be updating the web site on a
daily basis as these results come in. This real-time reporting will make it far
more interesting for both participating managers and non-participating managers
to follow the post-season action.
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