We just finished booking the first round of the Post Season 3! Check out your team's group and games. If you didn't qualify don't fret Season 4 is right around the corner.
First to qualify:
Division Winners: divisions MLB - R, Managed Teams only.
Next to qualify:
Next Highest Ranked Teams: Based on League Rankings.
These are teams that did not win their regular season division.
Explained:
How a team qualifies can flux a little. For example the Sim removes absent managers (Managers not logged in in the past 4 weeks) before booking the playoffs, this could create a division of all sim teams and no division winner. In this senario more ranked teams will qualify until the field of 64 is filled. Good luck!
JUNE 13 FIRST ROUND GAMES BOOKED (Booked a little early)
Managers can view first round match-ups.
Tuesday June 14 FIRST ROUND KICKS OFF 12 Noon
Games will be booked for the next round after midnight of that day's games.
All rounds play approx every other day, except Semi-Finals and World Series, they both play back to back.
Midnight EDT
JUNE 20 - 11:59 EDT pm JUNE 25 FREE AGENT WEEK
This is where teams can make Free Agent contract offers to any player with an expiring contract. See Guide for more details
JUNE 27 SEASON 4 STARTS
RFA and Draftees appear on Roster.
Players age, contracts advance 1 year.
JUNE 29 First Game Season 4!
Additional Note:
Baseballczar keeps growing, as we grow the Division pyramid will grow. At the end of this season we will promote a lot of teams up that otherwise would not qualify for a higher division. This makes room in the Rookie Ball for new managers. Spread the word, everyone is welcome.
RG
Monday, May 23, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Inspired to Run
A departure from the baseballsim part of the blog:
On my run Tuesday in Central Park, I ran 5 miles. It was a good run by my standards. Walked twice, small walks to let out a little pain in my back and burning thighs. 5 miles is a lot, that is most don't run that much at least not for their normal run. Almost 15 miles in 5 days.
It takes me about a hour to do the 103rd street loop(as I call it). It starts out at Columbus Circle, near work, heads east Central Park Drive, past Hecksher Playground my daughters love to go, then turns north after 7th Ave, winding past the Sheep Meadow, Amphitheater, The Boat House, Cat Hill, and past The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art) to the Jackie O reservoir where Fred LeBow made running famous. At that point all the tourists are gone, and its just runners on a wet Tuesday.
Runs like this are hard with only the committed on the road pounding away the miles. I see 3 people coming at me running the bike lane. Clearly two women and a man. But the man has limp, severe limp. Dressed in a blue running suit, he's launching upwards on his left foot giving his right foot enough time to move forward. He repeats the process, at best, an awkward gait, contrasted by his smooth stride running partners.
At a 100 feet I notice he has no left foot, a prosthetic. The pants of the suit cover his legs enough so its visibly unnoticeable unless you look at his shoes. He was an inspiration. He has blond hair and relatively young, about my age. I get closer and I give him a thumbs up, he returns it. I imagine as runners go he gets that a lot, if not he should.
15 minutes later I cross another running pair on the West Drive next to the reservoir heading uphill, right before the stoplight. One man is dragging a foot on each stride. His running buddy is obviously very fit and talking a lot. A little of what I could hear was encouragement, coaching and reassuring. The nature of this runner's injury is less apparent. But he's struggling with a paralysis on his right side. His arm is curled a bit like my step father who suffered a stroke in 1999. He too is relatively young. But inspirational.
Maybe the similar age, the running or his injury, probably his injury but it really affected me emotionally. I choked up, eyes welled, my head started to throb. I wonder what it takes him to get to that particular point in his day: Running uphill on a misty wet Tuesday.
I pushed through my last mile and a half determined not to stop. Running has this positive effect on me. Watching everyday people move through life and tackle a task that isn't just a daily run but a monumental achievement. To finish is to live and confirm it with a check!
With running I try to take a selfless position. I want to give more than I get. Sharing the success I've personally found running a 9:30 mile, in a loop in central park is one way. At finish lines I double back to cheer, we owe it to other runners. I really believe cheering helps. That it provides strength to others in the last quarter mile of the race and reassure them the race officials are not moving the finish further down the road (I swear they do). The point is in running everyone can find and be an inspiration.
On my run Tuesday in Central Park, I ran 5 miles. It was a good run by my standards. Walked twice, small walks to let out a little pain in my back and burning thighs. 5 miles is a lot, that is most don't run that much at least not for their normal run. Almost 15 miles in 5 days.
It takes me about a hour to do the 103rd street loop(as I call it). It starts out at Columbus Circle, near work, heads east Central Park Drive, past Hecksher Playground my daughters love to go, then turns north after 7th Ave, winding past the Sheep Meadow, Amphitheater, The Boat House, Cat Hill, and past The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art) to the Jackie O reservoir where Fred LeBow made running famous. At that point all the tourists are gone, and its just runners on a wet Tuesday.
Runs like this are hard with only the committed on the road pounding away the miles. I see 3 people coming at me running the bike lane. Clearly two women and a man. But the man has limp, severe limp. Dressed in a blue running suit, he's launching upwards on his left foot giving his right foot enough time to move forward. He repeats the process, at best, an awkward gait, contrasted by his smooth stride running partners.
At a 100 feet I notice he has no left foot, a prosthetic. The pants of the suit cover his legs enough so its visibly unnoticeable unless you look at his shoes. He was an inspiration. He has blond hair and relatively young, about my age. I get closer and I give him a thumbs up, he returns it. I imagine as runners go he gets that a lot, if not he should.
15 minutes later I cross another running pair on the West Drive next to the reservoir heading uphill, right before the stoplight. One man is dragging a foot on each stride. His running buddy is obviously very fit and talking a lot. A little of what I could hear was encouragement, coaching and reassuring. The nature of this runner's injury is less apparent. But he's struggling with a paralysis on his right side. His arm is curled a bit like my step father who suffered a stroke in 1999. He too is relatively young. But inspirational.
Maybe the similar age, the running or his injury, probably his injury but it really affected me emotionally. I choked up, eyes welled, my head started to throb. I wonder what it takes him to get to that particular point in his day: Running uphill on a misty wet Tuesday.
I pushed through my last mile and a half determined not to stop. Running has this positive effect on me. Watching everyday people move through life and tackle a task that isn't just a daily run but a monumental achievement. To finish is to live and confirm it with a check!
With running I try to take a selfless position. I want to give more than I get. Sharing the success I've personally found running a 9:30 mile, in a loop in central park is one way. At finish lines I double back to cheer, we owe it to other runners. I really believe cheering helps. That it provides strength to others in the last quarter mile of the race and reassure them the race officials are not moving the finish further down the road (I swear they do). The point is in running everyone can find and be an inspiration.
Friday, May 13, 2011
New Landing Page
As part of an overall site redesign we have launched a new landing page. Special thanks to our designer Jessica Greenwalt. I am still getting some of the parts together but I'm very happy its up, and I feel, is a major improvement.
Also the new server is up and running. We should see a big bump in stability and response time. We were on a very old server which needed to go.
Enjoy!
Rod Griola | Founder Baseballczar
Also the new server is up and running. We should see a big bump in stability and response time. We were on a very old server which needed to go.
Enjoy!
Rod Griola | Founder Baseballczar
Monday, May 9, 2011
New Sever On the Way!
UPDATE:
Finsihed.
Baseballczar has experienced a lot of delayed games, trades and hiccups over the last few weeks. Today I ordered a new server that should alleviate the problems we've all been experiencing. My plan is to have it up and running by the end of this week. This may mean some down time on the site as we migrate over to the new server, but I'll try to minimize it as much as possible.
Overall my issue is too many background programs for the current server. This is also an older server beyond its expected life use, moving to a new server was inevitable. Over the last month I worked on automation of the site which will free up a lot of time for redevelopment of the game overall, and the sim (which needs it). There is also a new landing page on the way after we are moved to the new server.
Any questions just send them my way,
Thanks
RG
Finsihed.
Baseballczar has experienced a lot of delayed games, trades and hiccups over the last few weeks. Today I ordered a new server that should alleviate the problems we've all been experiencing. My plan is to have it up and running by the end of this week. This may mean some down time on the site as we migrate over to the new server, but I'll try to minimize it as much as possible.
Overall my issue is too many background programs for the current server. This is also an older server beyond its expected life use, moving to a new server was inevitable. Over the last month I worked on automation of the site which will free up a lot of time for redevelopment of the game overall, and the sim (which needs it). There is also a new landing page on the way after we are moved to the new server.
Any questions just send them my way,
Thanks
RG
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Games Delayed May 8 Update
Saturday some league games were played, some were not. I've been having some server issues that are more related to the Sim itself shutting down unexpectedly. This week I am expanding the existing server and this should solve the problem.
Thanks for playing.
RG
Thanks for playing.
RG
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Reminder RFA Trade/Release
Four days left in week 7. Managers wishing to rid themselves of Restricted Free Agents, players with 0 years in their contract, must release or put the player on the trade wire by this Sunday May 8th. On Monday any unwanted RFA's will stay on your roster for the remainder of the season, the Trade/Release option will be removed from those players.
For advice on posting players on the trade wire refer to this blog:
Trade Advice
Thanks and good luck
RG
For advice on posting players on the trade wire refer to this blog:
Trade Advice
Thanks and good luck
RG
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Games Delayed April 30, 2011
Saturday's games were delayed with a server issue. I am working on resolving the issue permanently, I am hopeful the problem will be resolved by next weekend.
Thanks for your patience,
RG
Thanks for your patience,
RG
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