[USML Announce] Rules Questions

[Brad Jansen]

Mark's point is well-taken. I now think the player should be eligible
based upon games at position last year--if it's SS, it's SS.

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 11:16 AM,  <springkerb at aol.com> wrote:
> My take is either SS only or both.? I think SS only makes the most sense.
> If we were dealing with an established major league player with an announced
> position switch, the player would be eligible at his established
> position(s), and we wouldn't even be having a discussion.? I don't see why
> we'd treat a foreign player differently. For example, would we have
> considered making Fox eligible to be drafted at catcher last year, just
> because the A's had said they'd use him there?? Or how about Napoli--is he
> 1B only now?? I don't think we want to start down that road.? I think the
> flexibility allowed in the position eligibility rule is there to address
> difficult and unusual situations--not everyday position changes.
>
> Mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Robbins <RERobbins at iTinker.net>
> To: 'USML Announcements' <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Sun, Mar 6, 2011 10:36 am
> Subject: RE: [USML Announce] Rules Questions
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> I agree with your analysis 100%.? While 6.3 suggests that he should only be
> eligible at SS I think that 6.2 gives us flex to adjust.? Here, where the
> player isn?t on any USML roster now, it seems totally reasonable for us to
> have a discussion and we can agree that he should be permitted to be
> eligible at more than what 6.3 would result in.
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> I don?t have particularly strong views either way and would like to listen
> to those who do.
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> Does anyone object to allowing him to be eligible at 2B?? Should he be
> eligible at both 2B and SS?? Should he be SS only?
>
> -- Rich
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> From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf
> Of Jeffrey Winick
> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 10:20 AM
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> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Rules Questions
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> Nishioka is on the 40 man roster. He played exclusively as a shortstop in
> Japan but has been announced as Minnesota's starting 2nd baseman. In
> accordance with the Constitution as I read it he is a shortstop. But we can
> vote to extend his eligibility. I am in favor of doing so.
>
> Jeff
> Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 6, 2011, at 10:13 AM, "springkerb at aol.com" <springkerb at aol.com>
> wrote:
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> Jeff:
>
> Can you clarify your prior response?? What is Nishioka's status for MLB and
> USML?? (I.e., is he on the forty?)
>
> Also, could I have about an extra half your to report?? I'm on Colorado w/
> Jazzy, and I need to get her breakfast and deliver her to the competition,
> then run back to the totel.
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> Mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: springkerb at aol.com
> To: announce at usml.net
> Sent: Sun, Mar 6, 2011 10:00 am
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Rules Questions
> Haven't we allowed "imports" to be positioned at their primary positions
> from the prior year?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Barrett <chicagojab at gmail.com>
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Sun, Mar 6, 2011 9:34 am
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Rules Questions
> I'd agree on allowing him to be drafted as a 2B.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Mar 6, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Jeffrey Winick <jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:
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>> Gentlemen,
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>> Some serious rules questions:
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>> 1. I'll be submitting a proposed NRI list for the draft. My > recollection
>> is that a player needs to either be on the 40 man > roster or a non-rookie
>> eligible player on the NRI list to be > available at the draft. Am I
>> correct?
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>> 2. Nishioka, the player announced yesterday as Minnesota's starting >
>> second baseman is a Japanese player who has not played any games in > the
>> major leagues. What is his position eligibility? It seems like > he should
>> be eligible at the position at which he has been declared > to be the
>> starter, but I'd hate to see another Delgado debacle.
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