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World Series
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Player Valuation: £35m
That's worse than football. Do they trade players like football?
NickD
Player Valuation: £1.5m
No mate its abit complicated
Found this on Wikipedia which explains it better than i could
Trades:
Teams may trade only players currently under contract, except those players who have been drafted in the last year. From the end of the previous World Series through July, trades between two or more major league teams may freely occur at any time. In August, trades may only be made after all players in the trade clear waivers or are not on 40-man rosters. Players acquired after August 31 are ineligible for the postseason roster unless they replace an injured player. Unlike in the NFL, NHL and the NBA, teams may not trade draft choices, but may purchase the rights to Rule 5 Draft Picks.
If a player has been on an active major league roster for ten full seasons and on one team for the last five, he may not be traded to another team without his consent (known as the 10 & 5 rule). Additionally, some players negotiate to have no-trade clauses in their contracts that have the same effect.
In some trades, one of the components is a "player to be named later" which usually turns out to be a minor league player. The unnamed player is included as part of a trade when the teams cannot immediately agree on a specific player or when the player is not yet eligible to be traded. In these cases, the player in question must be named within six months. Cash or other considerations may be exchanged in lieu of the player to be named later. For example, during the 1994 Major League Baseball strike, the Minnesota Twins traded Dave Winfield to the Cleveland Indians at the trade deadline. Among the conditions of the trade were that if the Indians played no more games in 1994, "Indians general manager John Hart must write a check for $100 made out to the Minnesota Twins and take Twins general manager Andy MacPhail out to dinner."
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cleary mr bosman needs to have a word about this trading business, biggest free-market in the world and they cant just do transfers in the normal way ?
so is there no such thing as "on a bosman" over there ?
so is there no such thing as "on a bosman" over there ?
NickD
Player Valuation: £1.5m
There is a Bosman in baseball its called a free agent, although its not as simple as our system
Am not that sure myself on the rules so Check this out
Major league free agency:
A player with six or more years of major-league service (on the team's 40-man roster) who is not under contract for the following season is eligible to file for free agency.
Teams can receive compensation for the player with a draft pick in the following year's draft in June. To receive compensation, the team must offer the player salary arbitration.
It is then up to the player to either accept arbitration or sign with another team. The team must offer salary arbitration to the player by early December or the team will not be allowed to negotiate with or sign the player until the following May 1. After arbitration is offered, the player has two weeks to accept or refuse salary arbitration. If it is refused, the player can only negotiate with the club until Jan. 7. after which no more negotiation can take place until May 1.
Top free agents are classified as Type A (the top 20 percent at their position as determined by the Elias Sports Bureau), Type B (between 21 and 40 percent at his position). If a Type A free agent who had been offered arbitration signs with another team, the team receives two first-round draft picks the following June – either a first- or second-round pick of the new team (depending on a team's record the previous season) and a “sandwich” pick between the first and second rounds. Type B free agents earn just a “sandwich” pick.
If there are 14 or fewer Type A or Type B free agents available, no team can sign more than one type A or B player. If there are between 15-38, no team can sign more than two. If there are between 39 and 62, there's a limit of three. However, teams can sign as many Type A or B free agents as they've lost, regardless of the limits above.
Other rules:
A player with five years or more major-league service who is traded in the middle of a multi-year contract can, during the offseason, require his new team to either trade him or let him become a free agent. If the player is eventually traded, he's not eligible to demand a trade again under the current contract and loses free agency rights for three years.
NickD
Player Valuation: £1.5m
MLB players Can't use performance enhancers
its a sore point in baseball at the moment as there has been some steroid use in the past,
only about 6months ago, the guy who earns $275 million dollars for 10 years (Alex Rodriguez-probably the best Batter/player in the game at the moment) admitted to taking them between 2001-2003. Rodriguez is not subject to suspension by baseball, because he failed his test before punishments were enacted.
Over most of the course of Major League Baseball history, steroid testing was never a major issue. However, after the BALCO steroid scandal, which involved allegations that top baseball players had used illegal performance-enhancing drugs, Major League Baseball finally decided to issue harsher penalties for steroid users. The policy, which was accepted by Major League Baseball players and owners, was issued at the start of the 2005 season.
In November 2005, MLB owners and players approved even tougher penalties for positive tests than the ones in place during the 2005 season. Under the new rules, a first positive test would result in a 50-game suspension, a second positive test would result in a 100-game suspension, and a third positive test would result in a lifetime suspension from MLB.
These new penalties are much harsher than the previous ones. The new steroid policy finally brings MLB closer in line with international rules, as well as with the NFL, which has long taken a tough stance on those caught using steroids
Basketball : The game for tall people
Game Rating : Great when you had your Barkleys, your Jordans, your Hardaways and your David Robinsons. Now, just an over gangstered overpaid egotistical shell of its former self.
Best thing to come out of Nth America: Ice Hockey.
If the best basketball players you're coming up with are Barkley, Jordan (no contest at all), Hardaway (please tell me this at least this is Penny and not Tim) and the Admiral, you've missed basketball entirely.
Over gangstered?
Kobe?
Bron Bron?
D-Wade?
You should start watching again and at least pay attention this time.
How could you forget Magic, Bird, Doc J and 'Nique? If your nickname is "Magic", you are fecking amazing.
Game Rating : Great when you had your Barkleys, your Jordans, your Hardaways and your David Robinsons. Now, just an over gangstered overpaid egotistical shell of its former self.
Best thing to come out of Nth America: Ice Hockey.
If the best basketball players you're coming up with are Barkley, Jordan (no contest at all), Hardaway (please tell me this at least this is Penny and not Tim) and the Admiral, you've missed basketball entirely.
Over gangstered?
Kobe?
Bron Bron?
D-Wade?
You should start watching again and at least pay attention this time.
How could you forget Magic, Bird, Doc J and 'Nique? If your nickname is "Magic", you are fecking amazing.
Having played baseball all my life, steroids do not make you a better baseball player. You recover quicker from wear/tear and injuries and obviously, batters are stronger and can swing harder. But that does not a good player make.
Steriods do not help you hit a baseball - stand 60 feet 6 inches away from a guy throwing a ball at you at 100 miles per hour. You have less than 2 tenths of a second to: figure out what pitch is being thrown (i.e., two seam fastball, 4 seam fastball, cutting fastball, slider, overhand curve, knuckle curve, change-up, split-finger fastball, knuckleball - all of which move one way or another and can vary in speeds up to 20mph between pitches); whether the pitch is a strike or ball; where the pitch may or may not cross the plate; decide to swing or not and decide to try to pull the ball, hit it up the middle or take it the opposite way. Now, after you've figured all that out, you have to hit a moving round object with a round bat.
Think it's the hardest thing to do in sports especially to do it well. If you hit .300 for your career (which means you failed to get a hit 7/10 times), you'd be considered an excellent hitter.
For pitchers, steroids helps the arm/shoulder recover but it won't add mph to your fastball (maybe 1-3 mph) but the ability to throw a ball 90+ mph is purely genetic.
Please save the statistical comparisons (Rafael Palmeiro, Brady Anderson, etc...) Palmeiro had one of the prettiest swings ever - juice may have helped him. Remember McGwire's rookie year when he weighed 160 pounds soaking wet - still hit 49 dingers.
Steriods do not help you hit a baseball - stand 60 feet 6 inches away from a guy throwing a ball at you at 100 miles per hour. You have less than 2 tenths of a second to: figure out what pitch is being thrown (i.e., two seam fastball, 4 seam fastball, cutting fastball, slider, overhand curve, knuckle curve, change-up, split-finger fastball, knuckleball - all of which move one way or another and can vary in speeds up to 20mph between pitches); whether the pitch is a strike or ball; where the pitch may or may not cross the plate; decide to swing or not and decide to try to pull the ball, hit it up the middle or take it the opposite way. Now, after you've figured all that out, you have to hit a moving round object with a round bat.
Think it's the hardest thing to do in sports especially to do it well. If you hit .300 for your career (which means you failed to get a hit 7/10 times), you'd be considered an excellent hitter.
For pitchers, steroids helps the arm/shoulder recover but it won't add mph to your fastball (maybe 1-3 mph) but the ability to throw a ball 90+ mph is purely genetic.
Please save the statistical comparisons (Rafael Palmeiro, Brady Anderson, etc...) Palmeiro had one of the prettiest swings ever - juice may have helped him. Remember McGwire's rookie year when he weighed 160 pounds soaking wet - still hit 49 dingers.
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SuitsBlueX2
Player Valuation: £8m
World Series? Which parts of the US are fighting this out? The World Cup on the other hand...
SuitsBlueX2
Player Valuation: £8m
What position are the 'Saddam Stealers' in?
Touche. They're moving up the table, BTW.
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