THE PLAYOFFS AND WORLD SERIES
The three division winners and one wild card team are eligible to play in your league's postseason. The division winner is the team with the most SFBB points in its division. The wild card is the team with the most SFBB points in the league, excluding the three division winners. Equivalent won/loss record has no bearing on eligibility for the postseason.
Playoff qualifiers must pay their balances with STATS, Inc., to be eligible to win the league. If a playoff qualifier has a past due balance with STATS, Inc., that qualifier may not be allowed to participate in the playoffs. In the event of such a disqualification, the eligible playoff qualifiers will not be reseeded for purposes of determining the amount (Cimolis) that each can spend to form his playoff roster; the newly-invited team will simply occupy whatever slot (division winner or wild card) was vacated by the disqualified team, and will receive the corresponding number of Cimolis.
Near the end of the regular season, SFBB will mail to all owners a list of Cimoli values (a unit of currency named after 1950s outfield immortal Gino Cimoli) for each major league player whose team can still qualify for the playoffs.
Once the regular season ends, each division winner can spend 175 Cimolies and the wild card 150 Cimolies to form a roster for the first round of the major league playoffs. The roster must consist of exactly 15 players from any of the eight teams participating in the major league playoffs; six pitchers (starters or relievers) and nine position players (any positions) must be selected, and their total value may not exceed 175 Cimolies (150 for the wild card). In addition, the total value of your position players may not exceed 105 cimolies (90 for the wild card). All 15 players will be active at all times throughout the playoffs.
Following the completion of first-round play, all four SFBB playoff participants again form a new 15-player roster for the second round of the major league playoffs. Players for your second round roster must play for one of the four major league teams that advanced to the second round. In all other respects, the rules governing your first round playoff roster also apply to the second round.
Once second round play ends, the two playoff participants with the most points over the first two rounds combined advance to the World Series. Each World Series qualifier gets 125 Cimolies to form a new roster for the World Series. The roster must consist of exactly 10 players from teams participating in the World Series; four pitchers and six position players must be selected, and their total value may not exceed 125 Cimolies. In addition, the total value of your position players may not exceed 75 Cimolies. All 10 players will be active at all times throughout the World Series.
When you purchase players for any of your postseason rosters, you will get a 50% discount on any player who was also on your regular season roster at the end of the season. For example, if Derek Jeter is on your team at the end of the regular season, and his value is 20 Cimolies, you can purchase him for 10 Cimolies. He does not have to be active on your regular season roster in order to get the discount.
SFBB points are earned during the postseason in exactly the same manner as during the regular season, with the following two exceptions:
1. bonus points are not awarded during the postseason, and
2. points are awarded for RBI in excess of runs scored, and for saves in excess of pitcher wins.
Once a postseason roster has been submitted, it may not be changed in any way. If you wish to know your opponents' rosters, please give them a call once the deadline for submission has passed.
The World Series participant that earns the most SFBB points during the World Series wins his SFBB league's World Series. In the event of a tie after the second round or World Series, regular season SFBB points will serve as the tie-breaker. If only two teams participate in the postseason, the World Series champion will be the team with the most cumulative points over all three rounds of the postseason combined.
All of the above postseason rules are subject to revision during the season. Any changes will be announced in your weekly mailings.
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