Q: Are there any openings?
A: Currently there are no openings, but feel free to let us know of your interest and we'll add you to the waiting list. If a position opens up, the Commissioner's Office will contact you.
Q: What is the idea behind this league?
A: Each GM runs a major league organization, including the major league team and all the minor league teams. Just like reality, the GM's here have to not only sign the best players, but manage player contracts and scout out the best prospect talent out there.
Q: What is the membership fee?
A: There is no membership fee. I know times are tough for many people nowadays, so this is one thing I'm pretty adamant about. Some people like to get away from reality and into fantasy (baseball). Why pay for a game?
Q: Where will this league be run?
A: This league will be scored on Fantrax. I have heard nothing but good things about and it's very customizable.
Q: Wait. You said 30 teams, but you're running a free league on Fantrax? They only allow up to 24.
A: This is where I'm going to have to get creative. I am considering hosting a National League and an American League. The season will be shortened on Fantrax by one or two weeks. For the World Series, I will manually score the NL champion and AL champion for the final one or two weeks.
Q: How will this league be scored?
A: It will be H2H points. Just like in real life, a team with an unbalanced lineup can still win, albeit more difficult. The points setting for each category will match up with Bill James' theory of the game being 48% offense, 16% fielding and 36% pitching as closely as possible.
Q: I don't have enough time to research thousands of players for this fantasy league. Is this going to be a problem if I join this league?
A: While you do need to be active in this league on a frequent basis, it's not a necessity to spend an extraordinary amount of time on it. Unless you have a specific interest in the player, there's no need to know the hitting potential of the backup second baseman for the Round Rock Express. Of course, the more you know about every player, the better off you are, but how many people really have the time for it? Probably nobody in this league. Probably not many individual scouting professionals either!
