Francis Rose announced that the rules for the 2012 Convention Tournament have now been posted. You can see them at the Convention website.
Nothing too dramatically different. First of all, you’re not limited as far as team selection:
“Any STOCK team from a complete season card set issued by APBA from the 1901 season through and including the 2011 season will be eligible, be they original issues or re-issues. However, ALL team rosters will be limited to 20 players.”
Only the Great Teams of the Past will not be eligible.
As far as actual playing rules, everything looks pretty standard if my memory serves. 3-man rotation, Long and short relievers, and the DH will be used. There will be a usage limit of three times for the hit and run per nine inning game. Also, a shaker or tower must be used for all dice rolls. No hand rolling, guys! Things do get a little Bud Selig-esque at one point.
All games will be limited to ten (10) innings. Games tied at the end of the regulation 10 innings will be resolved in the following manner: The roll for the “11th inning” lead-off batter will be made with the result being, at the minimum, a double. That is, the batter could hit a triple or a homerun, but any other result puts him on second base regardless of what result was rolled. ALL SUBSEQUENT BATTERS WILL BE FACING A GRADE C PITCHER WITH NO STRIKEOUT OR WALK LETTERS AND A FIELDING RATING OF ONE (1). Once the Visiting Team has completed its turn at bat, the Home Team will follow the same procedure.. The process will be repeated until the tie is broken.
I kid. I kid. I understand the reason for it. Got to keep everything on schedule.
Thanks to Francis Rose and all the other convention organizers for their hard work on this!!
What team do you all plan on managing? I’d love to hear a roll call.
“Only the Great Teams of the Past will not be eligible. ”
Not just them:
“The following individual teams are previous tournament champions, and are no longer eligible: 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1927 New York Yankees, 1930 St. Louis Cardinals, 1957 Milwaukee Braves, 1969 Baltimore Orioles, 1975 Cincinnati Reds, 1976 Oakland A’s, 1977 Philadelphia Phillies, 2000 Arizona Diamondbacks, and 2001 Seattle Mariners.”
From what I can see, the rules are identical to last year’s rules.
I’m still deciding what team to bring. I have not done well with either the 1968 or 1984 Tigers. I’ve thought about 1961, but their pitching isn’t very good (at least it won’t be compared to all the A&C pitchers that others will be using).
What are the rules regarding player usage? And I assume it’s the basic game and not advanced?