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Hello and welcome to Cheap Ass Gamer League Baseball (CAGLB)!

I'm glad to finally tell you that we're ready to finally start this inaugural season of CAG league play with MLB 08 on the PS3. This post will be keeping tracking of standings, teams, and pitching rotations that will be used in-game. Everything else you want to know about the league can be found here on the game's official website.

Final Standings

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League Championship Round Matchup

Chicago White Sox (Supreme) at Milwaukee Brewers (BasketCase1080)

Out of the Playoffs: Boston Red Sox (TheRock88), Los Angeles Dodgers (fusionstyle), Philadelphia Phillies (runpuddrun), San Diego Padres (mrlogical), Detroit Tigers (ruffinra), Colorado Rockies (RynoZebz), Cleveland Indians (FriskyTanuki), Atlanta Braves (cartman58), New York Mets (DestroVega), St. Louis Cardinals (MSUHitman)

Current Pitching Rotations
Atlanta Braves - cartman58
1. Tim Hudson
2. Jair Jurrjens
3. Jorge Campillo
4. Charlie Morton
5. Jo Jo Reyes
Boston Red Sox - TheRock88
1. Josh Beckett
2. Daisuke Matsuzaka
3. Jon Lester
4. Tim Wakefield
5. Justin Masterson
Chicago White Sox - Supreme
1. Mark Buehrle
2. Javier Vazquez
3. Jose Contreras
4. John Danks
5. Gavin Floyd
Cleveland Indians - FriskyTanuki
1. C.C. Sabathia
2. Cliff Lee
3. Paul Byrd
4. Aaron Laffey
5. Jeremy Sowers
Colorado Rockies - RynoZebz
1. Aaron Cook
2. Jeff Francis
3. Ubaldo Jimenez
4. Greg Reynolds
5. Jorge De La Rosa
Detroit Tigers - ruffinra
1. Justin Verlander
2. Kenny Rogers
3. Nate Robertson
4. Armando Galarraga
5. Zach Miner
Los Angeles Dodgers - fusionstyle
1. Derek Lowe
2. Chad Billingsley
3. Clayton Kershaw
4. Chan Ho Park
5. Eric Stults
Milwaukee Brewers - BasketCase1080
1. Ben Sheets
2. Jeff Suppan
3. Manny Parra
4. Dave Bush
5. Seth McClung
New York Mets - DestroVega
1. Johan Santana
2. Pedro Martinez
3. Orlando Perez
4. John Maine
5. Mike Pelfrey
Philadelphia Phillies - runpuddrun
1. Cole Hamels
2. Brett Myers
3. Jamie Moyer
4. Kyle Kendrick
5. Adam Eaton
St. Louis Cardinals - MSUHitman
1. Braden Looper
2. Todd Wellemeyer
3. Kyle Lohse
4. Joel Pineiro
5. Mitchell Boggs
San Diego Padres - mrlogical
1. Jake Peavy
2. Greg Maddux
3. Randy Wolf
4. Josh Banks
5. Cha Seung Baek

Pitching rotations will be used, so you will have to use your ace for your first game, #2 starter for your second game, etc and so on until you start over again for your sixth and eleventh games. You'll go through your rotations three times through the season. Playoffs won't have this restriction, so you can use your best pitcher at your own discretion. If you'd like to change up your rotation, please post in this thread or PM me and I'll update that, but if you've want to put a reliever in at starter, make sure you've got the latest roster and check to make sure you really want to do that. Lineups are free to be changed at your discretion at any time, so take care of those before and during league games.

Don't forget that rosters will change as they do in real life, so you'll have to worry about injuries each week taking out important players like the professionals do.

Each week you and your opponent will need to schedule a time to play and I believe the home team gets the honor of picking, so you can send PMs or messages to each other to see what time's best, but the league system also has its own set-up for that task, as well. If you'd like more info on how to do anything in the league, please check here for the official MLB 08 league handbook, which you can also find when you head online with your game, too, in the online menus. If you do not play your game for the week, I get to decide who wins or not, so I'll probably just toss a coin and make it as fair as possible if it's not down to one person just flaking out on the league.

I wish you all good luck in your games. Please have fun and play fairly, just as you'd like your opponents to do, as well. The best eight teams over the next 15 weeks will move on to the playoffs to determine CAGLB's first champion.
 
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I want in, but I'm going to have to wait until truewittness gets the game in stock next week...I doubt I'll make the cut-off. :(
 
Tanuki,
Are we going to wait until the first roster is released for the regular season (close to beginning of April) or are we just going now? I know I would want to wait to get Colby Rasmus on the Cardinals as he's not even in the minors on the current rosters.

Also what will be the policy on injured players who are currently on teams AAA roster?
 
I hope they release a patch so that I can get online with my router before all of the spots get filled up. I really want to play in the league.
 
[quote name='MSUHitman']Tanuki,
Are we going to wait until the first roster is released for the regular season (close to beginning of April) or are we just going now? I know I would want to wait to get Colby Rasmus on the Cardinals as he's not even in the minors on the current rosters.

Also what will be the policy on injured players who are currently on teams AAA roster?[/quote]
Roster updates have already been released and will be released every week, so it'll depend on whenever they put him on their MLB rosters or not. I imagine the roster is limited to what's on the latest roster update for that week, so you won't be stuck with out of date rosters. I don't think AAA teams factor at all in what the MLB team's roster can be. Again, it should be up to whatever the roster is for that week.
 
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']Roster updates have already been released and will be released every week, so it'll depend on whenever they put him on their MLB rosters or not. I imagine the roster is limited to what's on the latest roster update for that week, so you won't be stuck with out of date rosters. I don't think AAA teams factor at all in what the MLB team's roster can be. Again, it should be up to whatever the roster is for that week.[/quote]

But once we start a league aren't the rosters locked in unless we trade players within the league? Also what I'm saying is now people who are on the DL, like Chris Carpenter for the Cardinals and Brad Lidge on the Phillies for example, are placed on the team's AAA roster. Will I be allowed to swap Carpenter out for say Reyes even though Carpenter is hurt in real life?
 
The Cubs roster is a little messed up right now. They have DeRosa in RF when Fukudome should be out there. He won't be added into the game until after he plays his first game.
 
[quote name='MSUHitman']But once we start a league aren't the rosters locked in unless we trade players within the league? Also what I'm saying is now people who are on the DL, like Chris Carpenter for the Cardinals and Brad Lidge on the Phillies for example, are placed on the team's AAA roster. Will I be allowed to swap Carpenter out for say Reyes even though Carpenter is hurt in real life?[/quote]
I don't think there's any kind of roster editing/trading for online play or leagues, as you just play with the latest pro rosters. That's why it always asks if you want to save the online rosters for offline play.
 
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']I don't think there's any kind of roster editing/trading for online play or leagues, as you just play with the latest pro rosters. That's why it always asks if you want to save the online rosters for offline play.[/quote]

That would be weird as every 2K league in all their games lets you trade players amonst the teams in the league. I don't think that the rosters in our league would automatically update when they put out an update, that is only for single play online or to save to your console. I will look on the official boards for an answer.

But for the third time, if there is a player currently IRL injured and is on the AAA roster on the team in the game (ie Chris Carpenter,) are we allowed to bump them up to the MLB roster or not?
 
I don't think there's trading since it's not mentioned in the league handbooks nor is there an option in league set-up for it. It could be in there, but I'm not seeing any mention of it at all by the game.

For the third time, I don't think you can edit your rosters for online play.
 
On the Colby Rasmus argument Hitman he will only be in the game if he gets called up which I doubt. With the huge outfield battle the cards have going right now I'm sure they will let him start out in AAA.
 
can someone fill me in on how the league will work.....game wise? i have some interest, but i'd like to know about the commitment for playing per week?

how does that work?
 
[quote name='noahj']can someone fill me in on how the league will work.....game wise? i have some interest, but i'd like to know about the commitment for playing per week?

how does that work?[/quote]
You mean the schedule? It'll be one game a week for 15 weeks and then playoffs after that for three weeks, I believe, after that.
 
You mean the schedule? It'll be one game a week for 15 weeks and then playoffs after that for three weeks, I believe, after that.
Click to expand...

last question......that 1 game a week can be scheduled any time between individuals?

just want to be sure before i commit. wanna be fair to everyone else that i can make games because i have a busy schedule.
 
[quote name='noahj']last question......that 1 game a week can be scheduled any time between individuals?

just want to be sure before i commit. wanna be fair to everyone else that i can make games because i have a busy schedule.[/quote]
Yeah, check out this part of the league handbook for specific info on challenging.
 
PSN username is also DeskLaser. If I can get into this league I think it will push me over the edge into buying this game. I've been open to playing another baseball game (haven't really played any baseball games in great length since the NES) but I haven't had anybody to play with.
 
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']I don't think there's trading since it's not mentioned in the league handbooks nor is there an option in league set-up for it. It could be in there, but I'm not seeing any mention of it at all by the game.

For the third time, I don't think you can edit your rosters for online play.[/quote]

I'm still trying to find this out for sure, but no one will answer my post on the official message board.
 
Frisky, when did you make your online account just so I have an idea of when this thing may be getting started. I'm going to be commissioner of a league with another message board that I've been at a while longer. So I'm just trying to see if opening days are going to collide.
 
I went out to get this tonight, but no luck, as it was sold out everywhere (but given I live in a small college town, all we have are Gamestop, FYE, and Walmart). I will try to look again over the weekend when I go home for Spring Break. If I can get a copy before the league starts, great, but if not, oh well.
 
[quote name='cartman58']Frisky, when did you make your online account just so I have an idea of when this thing may be getting started. I'm going to be commissioner of a league with another message board that I've been at a while longer. So I'm just trying to see if opening days are going to collide.[/quote]
We've got one spot left, so I'm hoping to get it started by Sunday at the latest.
 
Might have to drop me from the league for now. My copy went haywire so I tried to return it to all 4 of my local Gamestops but none had a replacement copy. I'll try to get another copy of the game hopefully before the league starts.
 
[quote name='GiantYankees']bump to get this last spot filled lol[/QUOTE]


we need two spots, didnt the post b4 you drop?
 
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']We've got one spot left, so I'm hoping to get it started by Sunday at the latest.[/quote]

You do realize that your online account has to be 2 weeks old before you can make a league right? So unless you got the game 2 sundays ago you won't be able to start a league. Hence why there aren't 1500 leagues started up already.
 
[quote name='cartman58']You do realize that your online account has to be 2 weeks old before you can make a league right? So unless you got the game 2 sundays ago you won't be able to start a league. Hence why there aren't 1500 leagues started up already.[/quote]
No, I didn't know that since it's not advertised anywhere in the game or manual.

Then Monday would be the day it can be started.
 
[quote name='runpuddrun']I would like to be in the league, but I just got my ps3 and will get the show tomorrow.[/quote]

In the same boat except I need to get my console.
 
Sure, just added you. And with that, the league is now full and I shall be sending out PMs shortly to everybody in the league. Thanks to everyone that's expressed interest in the league.

If you missed out and you're still interested in a league, feel free to create your own thread to set-up your own since I will only be able to be in charge of this one.
 
Thanks again for getting this together Frisky! This is my first league experience. Could you run down the basics for those of us who are noobs? We coordinate games with eachother and such right? I wasn't sure how that all worked.
 
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']That's part of the PMs I'm sending out.[/quote]

Great. Sorry for the continued questioning. I've just run leagues before back in the day for MVP so I've already got that mindset of getting it running.
 
I played my first game tonight against a friend and it was laggy as hell. Anyone else having lag problems? It was so slow. I play other games with no problems so I was kind of taken back by this. Maybe I'll try another game with an other person.

Thanks for the link Tanooki.
 
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