NOTES FOR SECOND LINEUP

I promise I won't write a dissertation every week, but I've been able to add a lot of changes; this will be worth reading through before you enter this weeks' lineup.

TRADE COMPLETION FUNCTION.  You may have a trade where a player who is involved in the trade is not available.  This can happen because they have been injured and have no stats or because they were a minor leaguer.  As soon as the player becomes available, the team that traded him should complete the trade by sending him over.  This can be accomplished by (1) logging in, (2) going to the trade page, and (3) clicking the link at the top of the page that starts "Click here to add players to an existing trade..."  If an injured player appears, transfer him over too.  A key part of the process is that you can now add comments to indicate any players who will be included at a later date, and edit those comments to indicate that the player arrived later.  If all the players involved in the trade were available, there's no reason to use the comment function.  The comments box appears at the bottom of the trade page, so you may have to scroll down to find it.  Depending on the browser you're using, it might be kind of small.  If a player has become available that you acquired in a trade but he hasn't been transferred to your roster, contact the owner who owes you the player and ask them to make the transfer.  If that doesn't work, contact Leo.  Keep in mind that the notes in the comments section is what will let Leo know that you are, in fact, owed the player.

WAIVERS ARE ACTIVE.  Please review the waiver rules; essentially, all healthy players who are removed from the active roster must be protected with a free wavier or exposed to waivers.  They will show up as claimable with the results.  If you promote a player by accident and want to demote him, you still have to follow the waiver process. 

"DO NOT PITCH" FUNCTION IS ACTIVE.  You can keep a pitcher on the active roster but specify that he never pitch.  You may want to make sure that your bullpen is not over-used before you select this option for any pitcher.

YOU CAN SUPPRESS THE SCORES ON THE BOX SCORE LIST.  If you want to build some drama by watching your week unfold, don't review the standings and go to the box score link.  Next to the team selection list is a box that says "hide scores."  Click that button before you click the "Load scores" button and the scores will not appear; you can then click on the box scores in reverse order (bottom first) and watch your week unfold.  By default, only the last 7 games appear.  You can display the entire season by clicking the appropriate box.

MINOR LEAGUERS ARE AVAILABLE THIS WEEK.  They will appear on your roster and be indicated as "false" in the "InMajors" or "MajorLeaguer" column.  Remember that you are limited to 3 minor leaguers total and only 1 pitcher.

THE STATS PAGES CAN NOW SORT.  By default, the player will be sorted in "performance" order; best to worse batting average or ERA.  There is now a box to check that says "Order by use," so you can see your most over-used players first.

FIELDING RATINGS AND THE REAL STATS FOR INACTIVE PLAYERS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE BATTER AND PITCHER COMPARISON PAGES.  I have nothing to add to that.

FANTASY BATTING AND PITCHING TEAM STATS ARE AVAILABLE.  These are pulled from the box scores, so they show all the results from your fantasy team on the field.  If you trade a guy, you still get the stats for the time they played for you.  If you acquire a guy, only his performance for you will show up on these pages.  It will give you a good idea where you need to improve.  You can tell, for example, that Leo's collection of monsters, beasts, and behemoths leads the league in runs scored (141) while my paltry Mets rank 30th out of 30 (61 runs).  Similar comparisons can be made for batting average, defense, homers, stolen bases, etc.

SOME UP-TO-DATE STAT ACCURACY INFO: The actual major league batting average is .267, but since the ASFBL owners sit all the guys hitting their body weight the average batting average of a hitter coming to the plate in the ASFBL is .281 (weighted for at-bats).  That's 14 points higher.  The real major league ERA is 4.58, but the average ASFBL pitcher (weighed for innings) has an ERA of 4.22.  That's 35 points lower.  It is obviously impossible for our league to both have a batting average 15 points higher than the majors but also have a league average ERA that's 35 points lower and maintain any integrity.  League-wide, pitchers seem to be bearing the brunt of the difference, and I continue tweaking.  However, it's reasonable to expect that, due to the higher quality of ASFBL lineups, most pitchers will be about a half-run over their actual ERA.  Do keep in mind that's a difference of 1 run over 18 innings.