[USML Announce] Rules Questions

Sun Mar 6 13:19:27 EST 2011

I think I agree with Mark K.  -- SS only.

-Andy

On 3/6/11 12:16 PM, 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.
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> 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.
> I don?t have particularly strong views either way and would like to 
> listen to those who do.
> 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
> *From:*announce-bounces at usml.net <mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net> 
> [mailto: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
> 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
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> On Mar 6, 2011, at 10:13 AM, "springkerb at aol.com 
> <mailto:springkerb at aol.com>" <springkerb at aol.com 
> <mailto: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.
>
>     Mark
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: springkerb at aol.com <mailto:springkerb at aol.com>
>     To: announce at usml.net <mailto: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?
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Jim Barrett <chicagojab at gmail.com <mailto:chicagojab at gmail.com>>
>     To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net <mailto: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.
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>     Sent from my iPhone
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>     On Mar 6, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Jeffrey Winick <jhwinick at aol.com
>     <mailto: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?
>     >
>     > 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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