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Starting this thread here to gauge interest in starting a new TCDB fantasy baseball league on Yahoo where the top finishers would win card prizes. Here's a prelimary plan:

1. The league would mostly likely be a Head-to-Head (H2H) league. If there's overwhelming interest in a roto league, we could do that instead of or in addition to a H2H.
2. The specific type of H2H is TBD. Perhaps it would be best to just copy most of the settings of a current TCDB league (divisional setup and playoff format may or may not be different).
3. Draft date/time would most likely be set at a time that does not conflict with the other TCDB draft dates/times. MLB Opening Day is Thursday, March 26. It would probably be best to aim for a draft to be held a few days before that date.
4. Each team manager would be required to commit a card or sealed pack of cards to the league prize pool. The value of the card or card product should be $10. I realize nailing down card values can be tricky. I suggest we use ebay "sold" values to determine card values (keeping in mind that there is room for error and values can change).
5. Distribution of card prizes will depend on how many teams are in the league. As an example, a 10-team league would have 10 cards/packs in the prize pool. Prizes could be distributed as follows:

• First place gets first choice of four of the 10 prizes.
• Second place gets their choice of three of the remaining six prizes.
• Third place gets their choice of two of the remaining three prizes
• Fourth place gets the last remaining card.

I will step up and be the commissioner of the league (I've been a league commissioner in previous Yahoo baseball leagues in the past). I welcome any input/questions so that we can finalize details. fwiw, current TCDB commissioners Dan (vroomed) and Bob (BOBCARDZ) approve a new league but just don’t have the time to run a league with prizes.

If you're interested in joining, please private message me with your email address so I can get invitations sent.

Alright, got one signed up already (besides myself). Who else is game?

Yes Please ... I'll send my info in a minute

Sent PM..

Just to reiterate - this league is in addition to the other 5 leagues we currently have going on (and may possibly be growing again!).

But, yes, bbcardz has our blessing to open up another league with a "card entry fee". I'll need to sit this one out. But I do wish you all the best of luck in your season, and have a great time!

Thanks Dan, much appreciated. We're now up to five team managers with room for more. And it will be a H2H (Head-to-Head) league. One manager has even suggested to me that we put a combination of $ and cards in the prize pool. Thoughts?

I've also sent in a PM. 

PM received. I'm currently finalizing some details and expect to send out league invitations tomorrow (Sunday). We still have room for more team managers.

The TCDB H2H Prize League has been officially created on Yahoo and invitations have gone out to those that have PM'd me with their email addresses. Since this is the first season of TCDB's H2H Prize League, I think it would be a good idea to begun with baby steps for this season. Unless there's overwhelming opposition from the other team managers, here's what we will go with:

1. Each team manager will submit one BASEBALL card (must be MLB licensed with a minimum $10 average ebay "Sold" value) to the prize pool. I will determine each card's average ebay "Sold" value and suitability for the prize pool (input from other team managers is encouraged). Damaged cards will not be accepted.
2. Prize pool cards are to be mailed to me before the start of the MLB season to hold and then distribute to the winning team managers. This will ensure that no team manager "welches' on submitting a card to the prize pool. (I expect that most team managers are honest and dependable but I want to eliminate any "one bad apple" situation.)

It has been suggested to me that we add $25 per manager to the prize pool. fwiw, I'm all for this but don't want this to be a dealbreaker for anyone considering joining the league. After we get 8 or more managers, I'll post a poll in the league message board to see if managers want to send $0/10/15/20/25 to the prize pool. If we just go with cards only, that is fine with me too. We can always make adjustments next season.

Regarding our league's settings, for simplicity's sake I went ahead and just copied the settings from the TCDB_H2H2 league and set the draft date to Friday, March 20 at 6:00 pm Pacific (9:00 pm Eastern). As far as I know, that draft date does not conflict with the other TCDB draft dates. Here are the league settings:

League Name:   TCDB H2H Prize League

Auto-renew Enabled:    Yes

Draft Type:         Live Standard Draft

Draft Time:         Fri Mar 20 6:00pm PDT

Live Draft Pick Time:       1 Minute

Cash League Settings:    Not a cash league

Max Teams:       12

Scoring Type:     Head-to-Head

Player Universe:               All baseball

New Players Become Available:                As soon as Yahoo adds them

Max Acquisitions for Entire Season:         No maximum

Max Trades for Entire Season     No maximum

Trade End Date:                August 9, 2020

Allow Draft Pick Trades:                No

Waiver Time:     2 days

Waiver Type:     Continual rolling list

Waiver Mode:   Standard

Allow injured players from waivers or free agents to be added directly to injury slot:       Yes

Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo Sports

Trade Review:   League Votes

Trade Reject Time:          1 day

Post Draft Players:           Follow Waiver Rules

Max Acquisitions per Week:       7

Min innings pitched per team per week:               30

Weekly Deadline:            Daily - Tomorrow

Start Scoring on:               Week 1

Playoffs:              8 teams - Week 23, 24 and 25 (ends Sunday, Sep 27)

Playoff Tie-Breaker:        Higher seed wins

Playoff Reseeding:          Yes

Lock Eliminated Teams:                 No

Divisions:             No

Make League Publicly Viewable:               No

Invite Permissions:          Commissioner Only

Send unjoined players email reminders:               Yes

Roster Positions:              C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, IL, IL, IL, NA

Batters Stat Categories:                Runs (R), Hits (H), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Total Bases (TB), On-base Percentage (OBP)

Pitchers Stat Categories:               Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP)

PM Andy [bbacrdz], to get an invite.

 Send your PM here >>>>>> bbcardz

10-12 Teams are needed, as of am today 6 teams, with alot of interest as the day progressed.