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| The 2010 Baseball Cool Pool regular season will run for 13 weeks from April 12th to July 9th. Players will make picks weekly, due by Sunday nights at 9:00pm ET. Please read and understand the rules for the 2010 Baseball Cool Pool. Pool Sign Up: To sign up for the 2010 Baseball Cool Pool waiting list, please visit the Sign Up Page and fill out all required information. Basic Operation: Conferences & Divisions There will be two conferences consisting of three divisions each. Each division will have either three (3) or four (4) teams. Teams Each player will choose a team name at the beginning of the season. All Baseball Cool Pool team names will be real MLB affiliate team names, ie: Myrtle Beach Pelicans or the Charlotte Knights. Picks Players will make picks weekly by Sunday nights at 9:00pm ET. All picks are to be submitted through the site on the "Pick Sheet" page. During the offseason, players voted on a format for the 2010 pool, and it was decided that three (3) teams will be picked each week by each player. The following is the weekly picks schedule. AL=American League Team, NL=National League Team Week 1: April 12th - April 16th - AL,NL,Any Week 2: April 19th - April 23rd - AL, AL, NL Week 3: April 26th - April 30th - NL, NL, AL Week 4: May 3rd - May 7th - AL, AL, AL Week 5: May 10th - May 14th - NL, NL, NL Week 6: May 17th - May 21st - AL East, NL Central, AL West Week 7: May 24th - May 28th - NL East, AL Central, NL West Week 8: May 31st - June 4th - AL, NL, Any Week 9: June 7th - June 11th - AL, AL, NL Week 10: June 14th - June 18th - NL, NL, AL Week 11: June 21st - June 25th - AL, AL, AL Week 12: June 28th - July 2nd - NL, NL, NL Week 13: July 5th - July 9th - Any, Any, Any Note: You may not pick the same team twice during any week. Example: Week 3 - two different NL teams will need to be selected. You can not pick the Phillies twice. Weekly Matchups Each team will compete in a matchup each week against one other team. There is a pre-determined thirteen (13) week regular season schedule, and each team will be matched up against their division rivals twice during the season. They won't be matched up against teams outside their division more than once during the season to give everyone the opportunity to play against all of their friends. Scoring Each player will select three teams (mentioned above) each week. Those three teams combined win loss totals for the week will compute your win percentage for the week. The highest winning percentage in a matchup wins the matchup. Tie Breakers If a matchup for the week ends in a tie (the exact same winning percentage), there will be tiebreakers put into place to help break the tie. If a matchup ends in a tie, the following tie breakers will be used: 1. Total runs scored by your three teams combined in all games Monday-Friday. 2. Total runs allowed by your three teams combined in all games Monday-Friday (lowest score wins). 3. Highest winning percentage entering the week. Playoffs: There will be three (3) division champions from each conference (for a total of 6), and two wild card winners. The wild card winners will be the teams which have the highest average in each conference, but did not win a division championship. The playoffs will consists of three (3) rounds and five (5) weeks. Round #1 and #2 will be one week each. The third round (The BCP World Series) will be a "best of" three (3) series. The first team to win two weeks out of the three will be crowned Baseball Cool Pool champion.. Picking Playoff Teams: Each player will choose five (5) teams per week. The catch here is that the 5th team you are picking is for your opponent. You are picking four (4) teams for yourself and one for your opponent. The four teams you selected for yourself, and the team your opponent selected for you will have their records for the week added up, and that will be your record for the week. Best record in the head to head matchup wins. The 4 teams you select for yourself each week must be different. The team your opponent selects for you MAY be a duplicate of a team you select for yourself, however we do not forsee this happening. |