Application -Tim

[Phillies GM (Tim)]

What is your name, age and general location?

    Tim Rose, 51, southwest Florida



What is your email address?

    [e-mail]



Which is your favorite real life team? How did you end up following them?

How did you find this league?

    Growing up, it was the Atlanta Braves (Dale Murphy, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Ron Gant, Mark Lemke, Steve Avery, Terry Pendleton, Sid Bream     and Jeff Blauser).

    But, living in Florida, I turned my allegiance to the Tampa Bay Rays when they began in 1998.

    I found out about this league from my son, Matthew Rose (Dodgers GM) after he joined.



Please give a brief overview of your fantasy baseball experience. How many other leagues are you currently a member of, and what format are they (ie H2H, roto, redraft, keeper, auction etc)?

How often will you be available to be contacted by fellow owners in this league?

    I have been playing fantasy baseball since 2004 on ESPN and Yahoo. I have been in a Yahoo keepers league (12 team - H2H) for the past 4     years, finishing 2nd, 8th, 3rd and 1st.

    I have a 40 hour a week job and coach high school baseball from February to May, thus most communications will need to at night. But that is     not to say that I can’t read and answer text messages and/or email during the day.



This is a league with 30 teams in it, and as such it can be expected that there will be a rather large number of teams that will not contend every season. Would you be content with building for the future? Do you need to always be in competition in order to remain interested in the league?

Is there any other information you think we as a league should know in order to best determine your eligibility?

Please post links to any other leagues you participate in.

    Rebuilding a team is not a problem. Your team can only be as good as the work that is put into it. Being in the competition is always fun, but     building a team from middle of the pack (or bottom) to overtake the leaders provides just as much satisfaction, if not more.

    I have always competed to the best of my ability within the fantasy platform and would do the same here.

[Rangers GM (Stephen)]

Hi Tim,

Thanks for your application.

We currently have one vacancy. I will PM you the second stage of the application process - if you are able to complete it within the next 28 hours (which is the same deadline as the other applicants) then you will be considered alongside them.

If you are unable to complete the questionnaire before this time or wish to wait for another vacancy, please confirm that you'd like to join the waiting list.

All the best,
Stephen

[Rangers GM (Stephen)]

Tim has agreed to remain on the waiting list, pending a further vacancy.

[Rangers GM (Stephen)]

Tim has been contacted to see if he is interested in the Phillies vacancy.

[Rangers GM (Stephen)]

Congratulations Tim! The Philadelphia Phillies are proud to welcome you as their new general manager. A fun and rewarding future awaits as you chart the course of your franchise!

What are the next steps to be taken to get started on the right foot?

1) Please use the username Phillies GM (name).

2) Post your own roster page in your team folder. For continuity your first roster should contain the exact same players as the previous team roster. If you wish to make changes to your roster (by protecting/unprotecting players) then these should be posted on the Roster Transactions board. You should also check that the arbitration contracts of all of your players are accurate - you don't want to be unnecessarily overpaying anyone! The format of the roster page is open for customisation by each owner, but please bear in mind that it should be easy to read and well maintained. You may find the FAQ page helpful. mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/636/league-faqs-new-owner

3) Notify one of the commissioners if there is a player on a multi-year guaranteed contract whose contract length you would like to reduce (rule 2.12).
If you are taking over a team that has recently been unowned during free agency, notify one of the commissioners if there are any automatically signed players who you would like to drop (rule 5.9.5).

4) Check your real life team's major and minor league rosters to see if you can protect any arbitration players of value that your predecessor missed.

5) Check your email for an invitation to Fantrax. (Consult with one of the commissioners if there are any difficulties or delays.)

6) Check your Fantrax roster. It should match your Proboards roster and only include players receiving a salary on your team.

7) Post a trade block. You can't agree to a trade until your trade block has been posted for a week.

Make good use of your trade block, player evaluation advice, and the one week acclimatization period. The “trade block guidance” page is your friend. Please do not overlook this valuable tool. It is required reading. mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/732/trade-block-guidance

8) Protect a player (see Section VII of the rules). You won't be allowed to trade until this step is taken as a demonstration of understanding the procedure.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. You can post it publicly under “General Chat”, or ask any experienced league member. We’re here to help.

From all of your fellow friends and competitors, welcome to our league!