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Yahoo League questions

#1 Post by viper »

First off, I have no intentions to play a free Yahoo League but I have some questions about them.

1. Can you set up a free 14 team private league.
2. If so, can one owner have more than one team.
3. If so, can you pick and choose categories and positional eligibility requirements

I am joining a rather unique 14 team league. The stats are done the old school way - by hand by the commissioner.

I would like to set up a shadow league to track the stats and, more importantly, track all player's positional eligibility.

I plan to post something on this league this week but the unique aspects of it are
1. One hitting category - the sum of Runs & RBIs
2. One Starting pitching category - 3 * Wins
3. One Closer pitching category - wins & saves
3. 10 game last year eligibility and 10 game in-season eligibility.

I'm looking for a free site that I can keep some numbers.

Suggestions are gratefully accepted.
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#2 Post by Black Sox »

Mike,

Couple of ideas don't know that they really help.

Non sarcastic answer - You would need to use/pay for the commish feature on a stat's site, no site I know of will allow you to have that many customizable catagories for free. Even though you won't be able to duplicate the league, I'd still set up a 5x5 mirror league. I know ESPN will let you enter teams and rosters, however position eligiability is still done by there default.

Sarcastic answer - Tell the commish that we live in 2012, and there is no need to wait for the tues/wed edition of the USA today for all of last weeks baseball stats, so that he can break out the calculator and pen/paper to do league standings. Stop being cheap, have every team kick in an extra $20 and use a stat service that will probably have live stats and no possible human error. :lol:
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#3 Post by viper »

my understanding is that the results from the prior week and this weeks current lineup are out by noon Monday.

I need to post on the leagues and it's unusual setup and several clever rules. That is now next on my agenda.
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#4 Post by Tampa Bob »

Mike, I tried this a couple of years ago and found that Yahoo would not allow me to run multiple teams off of a single computer. Rotowire might and it's pretty reasonably priced.
10 team AL only. 4x4 with strikeouts. No drops without IL or Minors. Can keep 5 up to 3 years if $10 or under.
C: D. Jansen - $3, Y. Diaz - N/A 1B: V. Guerrero - $1 2B: J. Polanco - $4 SS: B. Witt - $1 3B: A. Bregman - $22
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OF: K. Tucker - $1, J. Rodriguez - $1, E. Oliveras - $1, J. Kelenic - $3, M. Vierling - N/A.
SP: K. Maeta - N/A, T. Skubal - N/A, G. Cole - $46, Z. Eflin - $3, C. Sale - N/A, J. Montgomery - N/A

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#5 Post by captgus »

Tampa Bob wrote:Mike, I tried this a couple of years ago and found that Yahoo would not allow me to run multiple teams off of a single computer. Rotowire might and it's pretty reasonably priced.
It would take some work and be very tedious but it could be accomplished by deleting cookies.
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#6 Post by viper »

Tampa Bob wrote:Mike, I tried this a couple of years ago and found that Yahoo would not allow me to run multiple teams off of a single computer. Rotowire might and it's pretty reasonably priced.
If I was the commissioner of the league, wouldn't I be able to change lineups. I can find 13 others to "officially" be the owner.
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