Rosenblatt Association Rules
Commissioner Brandon Rose
1. Rosenblatt Association
The commissioner handles the day-to-day league business.
The RA exists to promote camaraderie and sportsmanship. It is expected that all league members treat each other courteously and with respect.
The RA is a 28 team organization divided into two leagues with 14 teams each with two divisions with 7 teams:
National League
Horizon Division
Skyline Division
American League
Big Sky Division
Metro Division
Rosenblatt Association team names can only be derived from any NCAA Division I schools, NCAA Division II schools, NCAA Division III schools, NAIA schools, Junior Colleges, Collegiate Summer League teams or Canadian Universities and Colleges.
The RA plays the latest version of Action! PC Baseball with the current season MLB player file..
Teams will play their home games in one of the current MLB ballparks available in the Action! PC Baseball database.
All RA official information will be available at the website.
2. Action! PC Baseball Game Settings
General Rules
League Era: Standard Batter/Pitcher Era
Season: 162
Innings: 9
Checked On - DH American
Checked On - DH National
Checked On - DH Inter-League [Home League Rules]
Allow Pulled Pitcher to Remain in the Game at DH
Injuries are turned OFF
Catcher Fatigue Not Checked
Ejections Checked ON
Required Minimum Batters Faced Set At 3
Extra Inning Games Will Start With A Runner On Second Base
No Pitch IBB
Use Generic L/R Splits For Batters Below: Set at Never
Apply Park Effects
Allow Estimated Pitch Count
Batter/Pitcher Clocks
Allow Replay Reviews
Crew Chief Reviews
HR Replay Reviews
Regular Replay Reviews
Display Wild Card Standings
Apply League Records To All-Time Record Book
Use Modern Rules [1954 to Present]
Save Computer Games
Save Human Games
Roster Management
Overall Roster Size: 40
Active Players / April thru August Play Period Roster Size Limit: 26
Active Players / September Play Period Roster Size Limit: 40
Active Players / Playoffs Roster Size Limit: 26
Use Daily Lineups
Use Daily Starters
Inactive Options Per Player: 0
Miscellaneous
Display Estimated Pitcher Estimated Pitch Counts
Display Base Stealing Success%
Display Base Runner Success%
Quick Rules Setup
None
3. Roster Management
During the regular and post season each team is allowed to have a 40-man roster of which 26 players must have a game rating.
Players are owned by the same franchise from season-to-season unless a player is traded or released.
You can activate a maximum of 26 players for each regular season and post-season series. The lone exception to this rule is for the games to be played in September when you can activate all game rated players on your roster.
Players can be moved from the active to inactive roster - and vice versa - before the start of each series, but not during a series.
Players on the Designated Inactive for the season and Minor League Baseball players [Maximum of 5] count against the 40-man roster limit.
Recommended Position Players & Pitchers Minimum Usage Per Team
At the start of the regular season it is recommended that your team has the following minimum playing time for positions players and pitchers:
Position Players
5400 At Bats
Pitchers
1400 Innings Pitched
4. Regular Season Games
The RA season is April through September using the Action! PC Baseball calendar.
The RA regular season is 162 games with 81 home games and 81 away games.
The complete RA regular season schedule is included in the database.
The RA regular season is comprised of twelve [12] play periods monthly in two week increments.
The play period start date and deadline are TBA before Opening Day.
Each team will provide a Manager File before each play period.
Your Manager File will be included in the league database for that play period.
Each manager is responsible for playing their home games.
Head-To-Head play is encouraged but NOT mandatory.
It is mandatory that the following Manager File sections are filled out:
Lineups vs. RHP and vs. LHP
Starting Rotation
Daily Starters
Bullpen
Optional: Pinch-Hitters and Position Depth
After the completion of each play period, waiver draft and/or any in-season trades the commissioner will distribute a league database update for the next play period/month.
5. Manager File
Each play period you will be required to send a Manager File to the commissioner for import into the league database for your opponent to use.
The current Manager File in the league database will serve as your Contingency Manager File in the event you do not send the commissioner a new Manager File for the next play period.
6. Series Reporting
Play your home games for the play period/month by the deadline.
If you are going to be late or need your games auto-played - for any reason - it is your responsibility to inform the commissioner.
Send your home series results - .BBX File - via e-mail attachment to the commissioner and the entire league.
7. Regular Season Position Players / Pitchers Usage Measurements and Limits
Position Players Usage Limit: 120% of Real Life At Bats
Starting Pitchers & Starting/Relief Pitchers Usage Limit: 120% of Real Life Innings Pitched
Starting Pitchers Games Started Usage Limit: 120% of Real Life Starts
Position Players and Pitchers usage will be reviewed after each play period.
Managers will be notified when they have a position player and/or pitcher close to or over the 120% usage limit.
Once a position player or pitcher reaches the 120% usage limit they will be designated inactive for the remainder of the regular season.
The designated hitter is used.
Pitchers can bat starting the game if necessary to save plate appearances.
Pitchers can pinch hit only if they have an everyday position rating or pinch-hitter rating. Pitchers can pinch run but cannot attempt to steal.
Playing Out Of Position: Position players are allowed to play ONLY the position[s] they are rated to play.
Player/Pitcher Usage Warnings Checked On:
Display Required Rest Warnings
Display Warning When Player Is On Pace To Exceed Real Life Usage
Display Warning When Player Has Exceeded Real-Life Usage.
Overuse Penalty System
1 - 3 Players Overused: Loss of a 5th Round Draft Pick.
4 - 7 Players Overused: Loss of a 4th & 5th Round Draft Pick.
8 - 10 Players Overused: Loss of a 3rd, 4th & 5th Round Draft Pick.
11+ Players Overused: The commissioner will determine this penalty. Be warned that due to the severity of this much overuse the penalty will be harsh and could result in you being relieved of your RA team.
Draft Pick Penalty Note: If the offending team doesn’t have the draft pick or picks related to their player overuse the commissioner will determine another equitible penalty.
If after a review of the overuse it is determined that the team secured a playoff spot via the overuse of impact players they will be dismissed from the playoffs and replaced by the next best team.
Players overused during the regular season - but who didn’t have an impact on the team qualifying for the playoffs - will be made inactive for the entirety of the playoffs
Overuse Penalty Disclaimer: Hopefully the penalty system will be a deterrent to overuse and put everyone on the same page regarding the importance and responsibility of tracking your players usage.
1/3 Usage / Use Them or Lose Them Rule:
These position players and pitchers will be required to play at least 1/3 of their real-life usage:
Position Players with 300+ at bats
Pitchers with 30+ innings pitched
Players that fail to reach their required 1/3 usage will be released from their team and put into the rookies/free agents draft player pool.
1/3 Usage Example:
— Byron Buxton has 540 At Bats ... Buxton would need to reach 180 At Bats in order for him to remain on his RA team.
— Kyle Wright has 99 Innings Pitched ... Wright would need to reach 33 Innings Pitched in order for him to remain on his RA team.
8. Waiver Draft
There will be in-season Waiver Drafts after the May, June, July & August Play Periods.
Participation in the Waiver Draft is NOT mandatory.
The Waiver Drafts selection order is Worst-to-Best based on the current RA regular season winning percentages.
Tie Breaker Method To Determine Selection Order:
1. Head-to-Head results.
2. Best road winning percentage.
3. Best home winning percentage.
4. Most Runs Scored.
5. Least Runs Allowed
The Waiver Draft eligible players are the game rated Free Agents [players not on a roster] in the RA database.
Minor League Baseball players are not Waiver Draft eligible. Additionally, if/when you release a MiLB player they are deleted from the database and not released into the Free Agents players pool.
The Waiver Draft will be handled via draft list only with the applicable cuts.
You will send your Waiver Draft list of claims/cuts to Commissioner Brandon Rose with the deadline TBA.
Players successfully claimed become part of their new team's 40 player roster. They are subject to all of the possible roster transactions - kept, released or traded - going forward.
The results of each Waiver Draft will be sent to everyone upon completion.
9. Trading
Trading starts with the completion of the current RA regular season and ends with a deadline TBA before Opening Day.
There is in-season trading after the May, June and July play periods. There will be a three [3] day trading period with the dates TBA.
You can trade any player on your 40 player roster and rookie draft picks up to two years in the future that you possess.
Report all trades to Commissioner Brandon Rose.
10. Playoffs / Position Players & Pitchers Usage
The RA Playoffs is an annual 12-team tournament played at the close of the regular season. The twelve teams are playing to win The Commissioner’s Trophy emblematic of being Rosenblatt Association champions.
To qualify for the RA Playoffs you must be one of the American League and National League division winners [4 teams] or have one of the four best winning percentages among the non-division winners in both the American and National League [8 teams].
Your place of finish in the standings within your division does not determine whether you qualify for the playoffs. Qualifying is strictly based on the best won-lost record.
Tie Breaker Method To Determine Playoff Team:
1. Head-to-Head results.
2. Best road winning percentage.
3. Best home winning percentage.
4. Most Runs Scored.
5. Least Runs Allowed.
Head-To-Head play for the playoffs is mandatory. If you need a sub-manager for any reason it will be your responsibility to secure one.
Playoff Format
The American League and National League division winners and 2nd place teams get a first round bye.
Wild Card Series: The four non-division winning teams with the best record in each league. Seeding is based on won-lost record.
Division Series: The two Wild Card winners play the two division winners.
League Championship Series: The two Division Series winners play.
World Series: The League Championship Series winners play.
All RA Playoff series are Best-of-7 games format. Home field advantage goes to the team with the best record/winning percentage for the regular season.
Playoff Rosters: 26 active players.
Position Players Playoffs At Bats Limits
Based on Real-Life At Bats.
0-50 At Bats = 4 Playoff At Bats Limit
51-100 At Bats = 7 Playoff At Bats Limit
101-200 At Bats = 12 Playoff At Bats Limit
201-300 At Bats = 19 Playoff At Bats Limit
301-400 At Bats = 25 Playoff At Bats Limit
401-500 At Bats = 30 Playoff At Bats Limit
501-600 At Bats = 35 Playoff At Bats Limit
601+ At Bats = No Playoff At Bats Limit
Starting in 2025: Position Players Playoffs At Bats Limits will be 10% of their real-life at bats rounded UP per series.
EXAMPLE: Player A had 432 real life at bats. Player A would be allowed 44 playoff at bats per series.
Pitchers Playoffs Games Started/Innings Pitched Limits
Based on Real-Life Games Started or Innings Pitched
Starting Pitchers Playoff Games Started = Real-life Games Started divided by 10 and rounded up for each playoff series.
Example: Starting Pitcher A started 27 games in real-life. 27 divided by 10 = 3 playoff starts
Relief Pitchers & Starter/Relievers Playoff Innings Pitched = Real-Life Innings Pitched divided by 10 and rounded up for each playoff series.
Example: Relief Pitcher B and Starter/Reliever C pitched 77 innings in real-life. 77 divided by 10 = 8 playoff innings
Extra Innings Games: Any at bats or innings pitched used in Extra Innings will not count against a player or pitchers playoff usage limits.
There will be a one travel day [rest] after games 2 and 5 [if necessary] for all playoff series.
All player usage starts over if the team advances.
11. Rookie Draft / Minor League Baseball Players
At the conclusion of the regular season teams will be asked to cut their roster down to 30 overall players with a deadline TBA. Active players [game rated], inactive players [missed the season for any reason] and Minor League Baseball players all count against the 30 players pre-draft roster limit.
Trading is allowed.
The RA draft selection order is based on the traditional worst-to-first winning percentage from the recently completed regular season.
Annually the RA Rookie Draft will start in January on the Saturday of the Martin Luther King Holiday weekend with the start time TBA.
-- The RA Rookie Draft is 10 Rounds.
-- The RA Rookie Draft is handled via email.
The 1st through 6th Round are drafted live pick-by-pick.
The 7th through 10th Round is handled via draft list only.
-- You will have 2 hours to make your pick. You will be passed if the clock runs out on you. You will be allowed to make your pick after the team currently on the clock makes their pick.
-- If you don't think you will be around to make your pick - pay attention to the draft and when you pick - don't hesitate to send the commissioner a short draft list to keep the draft moving along.
-- If your turn to make a pick comes up and you decide to trade the pick the team trading for the pick then assumes the time left on the clock to make their newly acquired pick.
-- If you draft a player that is NOT in the player draft pool you will be passed. You can make your “do over” pick after the next team up makes their pick.
-- Send your pick to the entire league to keep the draft moving along.
-- The draft eligible players are those not on a RA team roster and who receive a game rating by Action! PC Baseball. Those players can be found in the "Draft/Draft Players" section of the database are draft eligible with the exception of Minor League Baseball players.
-- Minor League Baseball players are draft eligible. The definition of a Minor League Baseball player is someone who has NEVER played at the Major League Baseball level.
-- Drafting Minor League Baseball players is NOT mandatory.
-- You can draft a maximum of 2 Minor League Baseball players per draft.
-- Minor League Baseball players count against your 40 player regular season roster.
-- You can carry a maximum of 5 Minor League players on your roster via the draft and/or trading for them.
-- Minor League Baseball players must play Major League Baseball within two seasons of being drafted in order for you to keep them on your roster.
Example: Minor League Baseball Player A was drafted in the 2024 RA Rookie Draft so he must play Major League Baseball by the 2025 MLB season in order for you to keep him on your roster.
-- You can trade Minor League Baseball players.
Not Draft Eligible: High School, College, Independent League, Foreign Professional and Foreign National Team players.
-- Your roster can be any size via draft picks and/or trades leading up to the Opening Day deadline to have your roster set at the 40 players limit for regular season. At that time you will be required to make the applicable cuts.
-- Be warned that if you misuse those draft picks to hoard players at certain positions - primarily Catcher, Shortstop and Starting Pitcher - and then hold the league hostage - with an extremely high asking price - when members try to trade for any of those players to fill their usage requirements will not be be allowed.
-- At the conclusion of the RA Rookie Draft the Dumpster Dive can start for those teams still needing to fill out their 40 man roster or position needs. If your roster has 40+ players after the draft - via draft picks and/or trades - you will be required to make the applicable cuts to participate in the Dumpster Dive.
-- The Dumpster Dive is handled via draft list only and on a first come-first served based on the e-mail time stamp.
-- Dumpster Dive claims are not official until they are announced by the commissioner via league-wide e-mail.
-- You can Dumpster Dive [make waiver claims/cuts] right up to the deadline to have your roster set at 40 players for the start of the regular season. That deadline is TBA by the commissioner.
-- Minor League players can’t be claimed in the Dumpster Dive.
Tie Breaker Method To Determine Draft Selection Order:
1. Head-to-Head results.
2. Best road winning percentage.
3. Best home winning percentage.
4. Most Runs Scored.
5. Least Runs Allowed
12. Rules Change Proposals
At the conclusion of the regular season the commissioner will send out an e-mail to everyone asking them if they have any rule change proposals. After receiving those proposals the commissioner will determine whether any of them are worth having a league-wide discussion and/or putting the rule proposal up for a league-wide vote. Any league-wide Rules Change proposal vote will require a 3/4 majority in favor of the rule proposal for it to pass.