First supplemental draft

The first supplemental will start on Tuesday, May 6th.  The supplemental 
will be done via Scoresheet's web page.

Go to http://www.scoresheet.com/FOR_WWW/BL_DwMurphy.htm and click on 
Undrafted players (you'll have to create a password if you haven't 
already).  Enter in a list (make sure that it's deep enough).  

The order will be posted under BL DwMurphy WWW Draft Results.  It will 
be up Monday night after the results are published.

Extra Players
The following players are on teams but not on the Scoresheet rosters:

6 Spira/Forman Yu Darvish, Japan
7 Gary Huckabay Edward Salcedo, unsigned



New commissioner
Brian Jones will be commissioner for the 2008 season.  
Rob Miller will be the assistant commissioner for the 2008 season.

2008 Draft Lists
Protection Lists Due: March 1st to Brian

The 2009 BL-DwMurphy Draft & Banquet

When:  March 7th at 11 AM
Where: Freedom From Hunger
       1644 DaVinci Court
       Davis, CA

(1) Food is OK at the location, but be responsible.  Everything cleaned
    up and wiped down. Alcohol is banned.

(2) Come to the draft PREPARED.  That means HAVING THE PLAYER NUMBERS
    RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.  We've got nasty time constraints, and 
    when you draft, you'll need to provide the player numbers when
    you announce your pick.  Remember, we have 840 players on teams
    after the draft.  Make long lists.  Include crappy players.

(3) If you are drafting remotely, have a backup plan in place.
    Internet connections fail.  At worst, send a note to Brian or
    our moderator (Larry Hayes) telling them
    what you want to focus on, in case worse comes to worse.

(5) Brian's cell phone is 1-415-385-5087

(6) The IRC server for the Murphy draft is up and running if anybody 
wants to test out connecting to it.  It's a private server not 
attached to any IRC network, so to connect to it you'll have to Add 
it to your list of servers.  The server address is 69.183.162.115 (as of 3/06/2008).
The port is 6667.  The name of the channel to join is #murphy

For those in the league who have never used IRC (acronym for Internet 
Relay Chat), to connect to the chat you'll need to download an IRC 
client.  The client I use is mIRC and the program can be downloaded 
from www.mirc.com    The program is shareware and is pretty 
straightforward to use -- if you have any questions, Mark Jareb be glad to 
answer them.




2008 Team Numbers



(A - Murphy Champ, B - Murphy runnerup, C - Made semi's, D-Made playoffs)
Tm Owner                            2008   2007   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000   1999   1998   1997
 1 Rob Miller                    4 D86-76A101-61  81-81  80-82 D96-66         64-98  59-103 51-111 74-88 
 2 Peter Byrne                   5 D88-74
 3 Brian Jones                  17 B96-66 B92-70 B96-66  85-77D100-62 C91-71  77-85 A94-68  86-76 C96-66 B93-69  70-92 
 4 Joel Zuhars                  24  62-100D98-64  89-73  72-90  75-87 B90-72  78-84  71-91  72-90  75-87  71-91  60-102 
 5 Garth Hewitt                 15 A91-71
 6 Spira/Forman                 22  61-101 82-80  57-105 81-81  72-90 D95-67  64-98  68-84  71-91  79-83
 7 Derek Hiemforth               
 8 Robert Millhollen
 9 Doug English                 19 C91-71
10 Walker/Krause                11  87-75  76-86 D102-60 74-88  78-84  69-93 D87-75 D88-74 
11 Eric Gelatt                  20 D88-74 C87-75  61-101 69-93  41-121C96-55  88-74 D92-70  72-90 C95-67  86-76  83-79 
12 Richard Craswell              6  54-108D90-72 C93-69  74-88 A98-64  83-79 D86-76 
13 Ryan Wilkins                 10 D86-76  72-90  88-74  73-89  85-77  55-107
14 Lawr Michaels 
15 Jeff Erickson                18  67-95
16 Dennis Cleary
17 Frank Danzo                   8  87-75  48-118 84-78  55-107 70-92  85-77 C97-65  54-108 
18 Mark Murphy                  12 D81-81  70-92  76-86  75-87         75-87  78-84  90-72  85-77  78-84  59-103 58-104
19 ORPHAN
20 Todd Melander                 7  84-78 D82-80 A97-65  80-82  73-89  86-76              
21 Mark Jareb                   16 D88-74  81-81  82-80 D88-74  94-88  83-79  82-80  82-80 C95-67 
22 Manprin/Shelby                9 C98-64  73-89 D94-68 D90-72
23 Louis Diestro
24 ORPHAN 
                               



Trade Formatting
Trades should be reported in the following format:

   Team 14 (Brian Jones) trades: SP 1042 John Smith
                                 RP  252 Dave Jones

to Team 19 (Reede Stockton) for: 2B  473 Jose Gloveman
                                 Round 14 Pick (2004)
                                 Round 36 Pick (2003)


 Issues (01/03/00)
A while ago I proposed a few rule changes/suggestions and received a few
responses.  To remind you of the issues, here is a brief summary:

1)  Player restrictions - should we have between 33 and 37 draft picks and
players before the primary draft?

2)  How should the draft be organized - live, chat room, e mail, hybrid?

3)  Who should be commissioner - previous year's winner, loser, volunteer?

Due to minimal response no issues were settled, yet several good ideas were
raised.  As for the player restrictions, the 33-37 limit will stand at
least until another commissioner raises the issue in the future (not
advised).

The draft will remain live and in person

A long, long time ago I posted two questions to the owners to ponder
and vote:

1) Should new owners be required to attend their 1st draft? (Y/N)
2) Should absent veteran owners be required to have a non-Murphy
affiliated
person draft for them? (Y/N)

...and the results were relatively apathetic as I kinda expected.

Issue #1 went as follows:
11 Yes, 4 No, and 9 no responses.

Issue #2 was a little closer, but still had too many no responses:
9 Yes, 6, No, and 9 no responses.

>From these results I guess I have to say that there will be not be any rule
additions.  However, the majority of those who voted felt that new owners
should be present, and non-present (either live or chat room) owners should
have a non-Murphy affiliated persons drafting for them.  Therefore, I think
these "ideas" should be used when selecting new owners or when you aren't
able to attend a draft - again either in person or by chat room.  In other
words, new owners should be selected partially on their ability to draft
their team themselves, and current owners unable to attend the draft should
be strongly encouraged to select a non-Murphy person to draft for them.
 
The final issue of the commissioner has not changed.  The following year's
commissioner will be selected from a list of volunteers (usually the 1st
noble person to step forward).  Next year's Commissioner will be Tod
Johnson.  He has graciously volunteered and I'm sure he will do an
outstanding job.


Draft Rules (2/27/99)

[1] Don't worry about keeping track of every
pick yourself.  I emceed an auction last weekend
where a *bunch* of time was wasted because
everyone was recording every selection.  You're
not going to have time to do this, so please
don't slow things down by asking people to pause
while you write things down.  It's also a redundancy
of effort.

We have a facilitator at the draft, and she will
keep track of selections.  Keep track of your
own team, and spend time *GETTING READY FOR YOUR
NEXT SELECTION*.

[2] Time constraints.  You will have 30 seconds
to make each pick.  Don't count on the person before
you spending all their time.  Be ready.  If you do
not select a player in 30 seconds, you will be skipped
over for the next selector.  After they pick, you may
have another 30 seconds to make a pick.  If you cannot
make a selection in that time frame, you will be skipped
for that round.  Don't stall by asking if players have
been taken.  Not to be rude, but we just don't have time,
and everyone's going by the same rules.  If it turns out
that we have a bunch of time left over after 15-20 rounds,
we can all agree to extend that time in the later rounds,
when questions like "Is Bryn Smith taken?" tend to pop up.
(.5 minutes per pick x 700 picks = 350 minutes, or just
under 6 hours)

[3] Small conversations.  In every draft, as things get
towards the end, people tend to start talking with other
owners, and murmurs grow around the room.  This makes it
very difficult for people to concentrate on their picks,
and several people complained about this last year.  If
you want to talk to someone, take it out of the main room.

[4] Thick skin.  We're trying to get a lot done in a short
time, so please don't be offended if you think someone
is terse or curt with you.  Nothing personal.  Just trying
to get through.  If someone tells you (or me, or anyone else)
to shut up, then shut up.  And don't hesitate to tell others
to shut up.

Voting on issues announced 11/14/98
Conditional Trades:
Round 1 Proposal outlining the rules under which Supplemental trades will be allowed.  Required
2/3 vote approval.  Results: 11 YES, 9 NO, 1 Abstain, 3 no votes.  Proposal Failed.  Almost all
NO votes stated they wanted no conditional trades, hence Round 2.
Round 2 Proposal banning Conditional Trades.  Required 2/3 vote approval.  Results: 9 YES, 11
NO, 4 no votes.  Proposal Failed.
Impact: Approval or Rejection of conditional trades is at the discretion of the Commissioner.
Some Commissioners may not allow them, and others may be liberal in what they allow.
Alternative: we could revote on the Round 1 Proposal.

Supplemental Draft Administration:
Proposal: Allow Scoresheet to administer the supplemental draft rather than doing so by e-mail.
Required 2/3 approval.  Results: YES: 16, NO: 7, no vote 1.  Proposal Passes.
Impact: Scoresheet will conduct our Supplemental draft next year.

Primary Draft Order Determination:
Proposal: Change the determination of Primary Draft order from random to reverse order of
finish.  Required 2/3 approval.  YES: 8, NO: 10, Abstain: 1, No vote 5.  Proposal Fails.
Impact: None.

Divisions/Schedule/Playoffs:
Proposal: Option 1 specified 6 divisions of 4 teams, balanced schedule, 6 division winners and
2 wildcards make the playoffs.  Option 2 specified 4 divisions of 6 teams, balanced schedule, 4
division winners and 2 wildcards make the playoffs.
Results: Option 1: 12, Option 2: 8, No vote 4.  Option 1 will be used.
Impact: No impact on the divisions sent out earlier this fall.  Clarification that a balanced
schedule will be used and the 8 teams will go to the playoffs.
Additional issues: I'll need to follow-up with a playoff schedule.

Roster Limits
1) The commissioner has veto power over trades.
2) No owner may have more than 37 or less than 33 draft choices for the main draft.  In other words, at the end of the main draft, every team will have between 33 and 37 players.  Once the main draft is over, there are no roster restrictions.  No trade will be allowed that leaves a team with more than 37 or less than 33 draft picks in the next draft.  Note that under this rule, there will be no "additional" picks after the draft is over (as occurred this year): you can only draft players with draft picks you possess.  If you have 33 draft picks, you will leave the draft with 33 players.
3) An owner can not trade draft picks beyond the next year's draft
4) If an owner trades a draft pick for a lower value pick, he must pay the next year's fees at the time of the trade.

I will issue a complete record of all the votes on this issue, but a summary of this vote is below:
Yes:    16
No:     6
Did not Vote:  2