SUMMER LEAGUE - 1999
HOT STOVE LEAGUE MEETING MINUTES
FRIDAY MARCH 19, 1999

ATTENDANCE:
COMMISIONER KEN KLEIN, HOST
STEVE SWINEA
KEITH KLEIN
GREG NIMS
JOE HAUSER

*** EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT HAVE A COPY OF THE WORKING AGENDA, WE ACTUALLY
COVERED EVERYTHING ON IT.

AGREEMENTS REACHED FOR SUMMER LEAGUE 1999
DISCLAIMER : WORDING OF AGREEMENTS MAY PROVIDE LOOPHOLES WHICH ARE NOT
LEGAL OR VALID IN SUMMER LEAGUE.

MUST HAVE A TEAM NAME BEFORE DRAFTING.

FIVE MAN SET ROTATIONS WITH AN UNROSTERED SIXTH STARTER. A STARTER NEEDS
23 GAMES STARTED IN MLB 1998 TO BE CONSIDERED A STARTER FOR SL 1999. THE
SIXTH STARTER ONLY NEEDS TO HAVE A STARTING LETTER GRADE TO QUALIFY AS A
SL 1999 SIXTH STARTER. HIS GAMES STARTED IN MLB 1998 DOES NOT MATTER.

STARTERS ARE ALLOWED TO PITCH 150% OF THEIR MLB 1998 TOTAL IN SL 1999. IF
A SL 1999 STARTER EQUALS OR GOES OVER THE ALLOWED LIMIT, HE MUST BE
REPLACED WITH A LOWER GRADE FREE AGENT PICKUP.

ONCE A BALLCLUB CLINCHES A PLAYOFF SPOT, THE MANAGER MAY START ONLY ONE
GAME WITH A LOWER GRADE FREE AGENT STARTER IN AN ATTEMPT TO "SET" HIS ACE
STARTER FOR THE OPENING GAME OF THE PLAYOFFS.

A BALLCLUB WILL PLAY ALL OTHER EIGHT SL FRANCHISES ONE TIME IN A FIVE
GAME SERIES FOR THE FIRST 40 GAMES. AT THE 40 GAME MARK, BALLCLUBS ARE
ALLOWED TO DROP DRAFTED BALLPLAYERS AND ADD FREE AGENTS. DRAFTED J-3 AND
J-4 BALLPLAYERS MAY NOT BE DROPPED. ADDED FREE AGENTS HAVE 100% OF THEIR
ABILITIES (PLATE APPERANCES, STOLEN BASE ATTEMPTS AND INNINGS PITCHED FOR
RELIEVERS).

NINETY GAME TRADE DEADLINE.

CHRIS, KEITH AND JOE TO SET PLAYOFF USAGE RULES BEFORE THE DRAFT.

DRAFT ORDER DETERMINED BY STRAIGHT PICK:
1. JOE
2. KEITH
3. CHRIS
4. GRAHAM
5. KEN
6. DOUG
7. BOB
8. GREG
9. STEVE

DIVISIONS DETERMINED BY STRAIGHT PICK:
JOE - GRAHAM - STEVE
KEITH - CHRIS - DOUG
KEN - BOB - GREG