#1 Passes with 8 Pass votes and 1 abstaining #2 Passes with 8 Pass votes and 1 abstaining --- Vote Pass or Fail for Rules 1 and 2. ---- 1. The playoff tie-breaker clarification erroneously said we'd have a game for seeding teams C & D. I believe the spirit has always been to have a one game playoff only for playoff berths, not any seeding, even division titles. All seeding is done by tie-breaker list. Change this entry: Note: To clarify tie-breakers, if Team A and Team B each win their respective divisions and have the same record, the above tie-breaker list is used to determine seeding. If Team C and Team D tie for their division title and the wild card, they will play a one-game playoff to determine the division winner and wild card. To this entry. Note: To clarify tie-breakers, if Team A and Team B each win their respective divisions and have the same record, the above tie-breaker list is used to determine seeding. If Team C and Team D tie for their division title and the wild card, the above tie-breaker list is used to determine seeding. If teams D and E tie for final playoff spot, a one-game playoff is played. If teams D and E and F tie for final playoff spot, two one-game playoffs are played. Use MLB as precedence for seeing of one-game playoffs. For any weird situations (4 tied teams, etc.), use MLB as precedence. In 2014, teams B, C, and D tied at 81 wins for the final playoff spots. The tie-breaker list was first used to determine the division winner, then the tie-breaker list was used to determine the wild card winner. 2. Injury Pickup Clarification. In WM2011 ( http://www.apba.net/sl/11/RulesBallot11.txt ) , we decided to remove the " and must be the free agent's primary position" from the rule. It wasn't removed(?), and in 2014, Victor Martinez was mistakenly picked up by two teams. (Gregg and Greg) Original: When a team runs out of rated players at a position due to injury, the team is allowed to pick up a free agent for the duration of the need (until a rated player returns to the active roster). The acquired player must have a injury (J) rating equal to the highest injury rating available and must be the free agent's primary position. For example, if a J-0 is available at the position, a J-0 must be acquired. If a J-1 is the highest available rating, then a J-1 must be acquired. If the only player rated at the highest injury rating has a different primary position, he still must be required. For example, a primary-position first baseman with a J-0 who is rated 2B5 could be the lone J-0 available at 2B. In such a case, this player must be acquired. New: When a team runs out of rated players at a position due to injury, the team is allowed to pick up a free agent for the duration of the need (until a rated player returns to the active roster). The acquired player must have a primary position of the position of need, and have an injury (J) rating equal to the highest injury rating available. If more than one player qualifies at that J-rating, the GM/manager gets to choose from among those players. For example, if a J-0 is available at the position, a J-0 must be acquired. If a J-1 is the highest available rating, then a J-1 must be acquired. Etc. If the only player rated at the highest injury rating has a different primary position, he is NOT picked up. In 2014, J0 primary-positioned 1B2 and secondary-positioned C5-4 Victor Martinez was erroneously picked up twice when teams needed a catcher. He only was eligible at 1B. A. No rule, just a reminder that we use the same setup as previous 8-team years: 2014, 1997 - 8 teams - 2 4-team divisions - 26 in-division, 21 out