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Eric Explains How Money Works
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As a public service, I've decided to post an explanation of this complex topic. It is always the hardest part of the ARBA rules for new owners to understand and can even trip up some who have been around for a while. It's almost as if our rules have developed over the course of 3 decades and been written b...
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Eric's Rule Change Proposals
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What the heck, I'll try making some proposals this year and we'll see what happens. #1: Update Tiebreaker Rules: I'm very open to the earlier playoff proposal but whether that changes or not, I think we need to clarify the tiebreaker rules. These can apply with two or more teams. I propose starting wi...
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Hollywoo! Beats Deadwood in Playoff Series 4-1
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The Hollywoo! Horsemen took on the Deadwood Desperados in a much anticipated playoff series. Before we began, Eric wrote, "My main thought is that the playoff matchup I've dreaded all season has arrived even earlier than expected! Oh well, I need to face the peril anyway." Indeed.Game 1: Dead...
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Redwood's Offseason
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The Redwood Pioneers look to continue their march back into relevance, but the '26 season will be a steppingstone as the rebuild continues. In that team strategy, they're looking to move the following players: Nico Hoerner - One of the top all-around second baseman in the game, but as they say, you h...
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Rule Change Proposal #3
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I would like to add italicized line to the following paragraph in the Pitching section under II. Rules of Play: Pitcher fatigue will be monitored by the game. The current setting for pitcher usage in the game is Use SADV Fatigue Rules. A pitcher must be removed by the manager playing a game at the be...
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Rule Change Proposal #2
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I would like to propose the following addition to the end of the Fines and Penalties section under V. Money in the constitution. Any team failing to get to 40 wins in a season is exempt from any fines associated with usage provided that their roster was capable of starting 162 games, pitching 1450 inn...
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HAR
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HAR is looking to move: Anthony Banda, Huascar Brazoban, Jake Burger, Brenan Hanifee, Yuki Matsui, and Leodys Taveras. Freddie Freeman is coming off A but I'm tempted to just pay him unless I can find equal value at another position, preferably catcher or outfield. Main need is catching and outfi...
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CMD
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Camden is looking to move the following players: Tristan Beck, Valente Bellozo, Spencer Bivens, Aaron Civale, Paul Goldschmidt (coming off A), Tommy Kahnle, and Max Scherzer. I could be enticed to trade Nate Eovaldi, kind of waiting to see how the off season plays out.....but if I got blown away by...
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Wild Card series - Bronaugh @ East Greenwich
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An intra-divisional matchup featuring 2 of the top 5 teams in terms of ERA. A low scoring series in store? Game 1: A Brennan home run in the 3rd gives the home team an early lead, but BRO threatens in the 5th,loading the bases with one out before Ashby and Hoffman get strikeouts of Schanuel and Peralta. B...
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SPR trade talk
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I realize trading isn't open officially yet, but I'll go ahead and post this now since I've got it on the brain. Eric said I was entitled to a special prize for having the best non-playoff team in both leagues, and you have the very precious opportunity to make that a reality by sending me fabulous trade...
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New Stuff on Site!
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The site has been updated with a Playoff Grid (apologies to CMD, who was eliminated before that even went live), the draft order for next year, updated money balances, and most importantly the A Players for next year - condolences to the owners of Paul Skenes, Tarik Skubel, Kyle Schwarber, and (assum...
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More Coin Flips
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It pains me to reveal that the coin flip for which of AUS and SF (tied with 102 wins) gets home field in the first round landed in favor of Austin. Booooo!It thus only seems fair to give SF the consolation prize of picking before AUS in the first round of the draft.WOO wins the other draft coin flip for pick...
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Ye Olde 2026 ARBA Drafte Lotterye!
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Hello again, fellow kids! It's once again time for one of ARBA's most cherished traditions, the draft lottery! Consulting our precious message board history surprisingly revealed that I somehow did not conduct last year's draft lottery because neither of Tom's teams were involved. However, he...
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Playoff Results: Hollywoo! defeats Camden
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We saw the Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein last weekend (I was kinda disappointed, TBH, but that's a different topic). I mention that because in del Toro's version, the Monster JUST WILL NOT DIE. I think of Camden that way. Camden wins the division every year, it seems. And even when, like this yea...
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First Rule Change Proposal
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Putting this out there before I forget... This year, there was a tie for a division title, which resulted in a mini-three game series. While this was a lot of fun to play (seriously, I had a blast even though I lost), I'm not sure it is worth the extra delay in getting the playoffs set and underway, partic...
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