Hi everyone,
The Prairieland 2 APBA Baseball Tournament which will take place in Champaign, Illinois on April 1st is less than three months away. APBA fans are beginning to sign up but there is plenty of room.
This year’s tourney will feature a team and fantasy deadball player “draft” which will take place online in February.
You will find the rules below. Send me an email or leave a comment below if you are interested in coming!
2017 Prairieland 2 APBA Baseball Tournament
April 1st, 2017
9:00am-5:00pm
Location: Champaign Drury Inn and Suites, 905 W. Anthony Drive, Champaign, Illinois
Cost: $15
Prairieland APBA Baseball Tournament rules
Team selection process
o Each participant will choose a team from 1970-2000 AND one fantasy deadball player from 1900-1919. This will be done via a snake draft which will begin on February 18, 2017. The draft will take place online via Facebook messaging and email.
o The draft will last two rounds. Draft order will be announced a few days before the draft. In the first round, each participant may either take a qualifying team or a qualifying fantasy player.
o In the second round, each participant should take a deadball player if they picked a team in the first round or a team if they picked a deadball player in the first round.
o All teams will be limited to 20-man roster including your deadball player. No XCs will be allowed. Bring a roster sheet with you.
Please note: Once a team is taken in the draft, it cannot be taken again. Once a deadball player is taken, that player cannot be taken even from a different season.
Division structure and scheduling
o Once a definitive list of participants is determined, teams will be placed into divisions with a blind draw for divisions.
o Tie breakers; head to head, fewest runs allowed, run differential, most runs scored, coin toss.
o One division head will be chosen to assist in keeping track of scores.
General playing rules
o The basic game will be used with the newest version of the boards (last two versions of the booklet). If both managers agree to use old boards, that will be acceptable.
o No player with 100 at-bats or less may start a game.
o The DH will be used for all games to speed up play for games and tournament.
Pitching
o A 4-man rotation will be used.
o No J-4 starting pitcher may start
o No pitcher only rated as a reliever (denoted by an asterisk next to the pitcher’s grade) may start.
o Regular APBA basic game pitcher grade advancement will be used
o Starters must pitch at least 5 innings unless affected by grade reduction.
o All relievers regardless of asterisk are limited to two innings or 6 total outs per game.
o Any relief pitcher is advanced one letter grade for only the first batter they face in the middle of an inning only regardless of lefty/righty matchup.
o All pitchers will be grade D starting the top of the 10th inning to ensure speed of game and tournament.
o In the final championship game, any pitcher rated as a starter may start that game. A relief pitcher may not start.
o Pitchers cannot bat but may pinch run.
Fielding
o Total team fielding and optional fielding ratings will be used.
o Any player who does not have a fielding rating for a position will be considered the lowest fielding rating at that position if placed into the game.
o The manager must declare deep or in with a runner on third base. If not declared, the infield will be considered deep.
Baserunning
o A manager may declare whether or not a runner is playing it safe. If they are playing it safe they would only advance as far as the batter.
o No limit to sacrifice attempts.
Housekeeping rules
o Any injury is only sustained for that game. The player may return to the lineup for the next game.
o No injuries to the starting pitcher in first five innings. Count that as a foul ball.
o Home field advantage in postseason will be determined by W-L record then run diff.
o Re-roll both dice if they go off table or out of box
o If one die rolls off, then only re-roll that die.
Note: if anyone has any issues in obtaining a fantasy deadball player of their choice, please ask around. The APBA community is always willing to help!
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Question: Can the Deadfall card be taken from an All Time Franchise set?
*Deadball
Question: And by “once a team is taken” you mean once the 1980 Twins are taken you can’t take them again, or no other Twins teams?
My take is that as long as the players’ card is associated with one season, it’s fair game.
Once a team from one year is taken, that particular team is gone. Other teams from that franchise are still available though.