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West Coast Fantasy Baseball Association
"Home for fantasy campers before and after camp" |
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CURRENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO We are fantasy camp alumni who had a fantastic time at camp and made some great, new friends. Seeing those friends once a year at camp was not enough for us. We decided to organize some tournaments with our good friends from the Los Angeles Dodgers Fantasy Camp (See Dodgertown West Home Page). These tournaments were a big success and have evolved into annual events. In 2001, the Giants campers formed their own San Francisco Bay Area league which played a schedule starting in March and ending in October. The three-team league eventually grew to six teams when the Oakland A's fantasy campers were invited to enter two squads. In 2006, the Giants campers formed a non-profit organization to help run the league and tournament events and it was called the West Coast Fantasy Baseball Association. In 2010, the WCFBA Board of Directors voted to mix the Giants and A's league players into one single player draft and make all of the A's official members of the WCFBA. This is your site for information on tournaments and other activities for WCFBA members. This site is not affiliated with the San Francisco Giants, San Francisco Giants Fantasy Camp, the Oakland A's, or the Oakland A's Fantasy Camp. We are a volunteer organization and need member help in putting together our events. One of the hopes for this web site is that we can generate interest in helping organize and run future tournaments. Work for each tournament includes (in no particular order):
This web site should relieve some of the communication burden from volunteers and save on some of the mailing expenses that are incurred. We would like the team managers to take on more of the responsibility of handling their team rosters such as batting order, defensive alignment, and player availability. Let us know if you have any other ideas. For further clarification of what we are about, read the following letter that was sent June 11, 2006:
NOTE: Per our bylaws, we invite anyone who has played at ANY fantasy camp associated with a professional ball team to participate with us. It is not limited to the San Francisco Giants. Please refer to section III.1 of the bylaws.
NON-PROFIT STATUS AND TAX RETURNS During the course of the 2006 season, Doug Rusch put in countless hours to file the required paperwork to make the West Coast Fantasy Baseball Association a non-profit corporation. By becoming a non-profit entity, we see benefits regarding our ability to rent facilities, rent them at a lower cost, gain insurance discounts, and receive tax exempt status. What Doug has done is a behind-the-scenes effort, but without his work, our costs are much higher and we may not be able to play at some of the facilities we have had the privilege to play at. Please thank him for his efforts. What follows are the documents which we must
make available to retain our status.
They are in Adobe PDF format so you must have
the free Adobe Reader to see them. If
you don't have it, I've provided a link where
you can get it for free! First off is
our ByLaws . . .
West
Coast Fantasy Baseball Association - By Laws
Version 3.1.
WCFBA MEMBER CODE OF CONDUCT Every sports organization eventually feels the need to invoke a member 'code of conduct' and the West Coast Fantasy Baseball Association is no exception. The new Board of Directors spent part of the off-season putting together a set of standards by which players and coaches should conduct themselves while participating in events sponsored by the WCFBA or any other fantasy baseball organization. This code of conduct states the organization objective, our stance on alcohol and smoking at events, and a rough outline of member penalties which may be applied at the discretion of the league commissioner, the tournament commissioner, or the Board of Directors. To view the short document, click on the link below: West Coast Fantasy Baseball Association Code of Conduct In general, most
Fantasy Camp tournaments follow the same,
three-day format. Six different teams are
put together with a best effort made to
insure that the teams are somewhat equal
in ability and have enough pitching and
catching. For a WCFBA-Dodger tournaments,
each organization will bring three teams.
The team you are assigned to will play a
different team each day at a different
time. For WCFBA-Dodger tournaments, each
WCFBA team will play every Dodger team
once. The typical tournament schedule is
as follows: Games have a two and a half hour time limit
to insure the daily schedule is completed.
Visiting and home teams will be determined
prior to the start of each tournament. FANTASY CAMP TOURNAMENT PLAYING
RULES In order to make each tournament a safe and enjoyable experience, minor rule changes will be employed. We WILL play the game of baseball except for the following changes which will reduce the potential for injuries. These rule changes are subject to change for a given tournament or game provided both managers agree to the changes with the umpires beforehand. 1. LEAD OFFS: Prior to the pitcher committing to throw a pitch toward home plate, no baserunner may lead off beyond the cutout of the base they occupy. Once the pitcher has committed to throwing toward home plate, the runner(s) may take a secondary lead beyond the cutout line. We will make a best effort to have the cutouts identified prior to each game. 2. STEALING: No stealing of bases at all if the pitcher goes from the stretch. If the pitcher goes from a full wind-up, you can steal. Under NO circumstances may you steal home. 3. PICKOFFS:
4. PASSED BALLS / WILD PITCHES: No advance will be allowed on a passed ball or a wild pitch. The two exceptions to this rule are as follows:
5. FREE SUBSTITUTION OF PLAYERS: Any player can sub for another at any time on defense. Players can go in and out at any fielding position at will. 6. CONTINUOUS BATTING ORDER: All players on the team will hit, not just the nine currently in the field. A continuous batting order will be employed. That means that today's lineup will begin with the hitter who was on deck during the previous day's final out (i.e. if your seventh place hitter makes the final out on Friday, the eighth place hitter will bat leadoff on Saturday). Caveats to be aware of:
7. TIME LIMIT: No new inning can begin after the two and half hour time limit. 8. COURTESY RUNNERS: A courtesy runner may be employed at any time once an identified batter reaches base. The courtesy runner should be the batter who made the last out who does not also require a courtesy runner. Those who need a courtesy runner should be labeled as such before the game unless an injury during the game causes another player to need a courtesy runner. Courtesy runners are permissible from home plate for those who cannot run at all. In order to move the games along, we recommend you pinch-run for your catcher if he/she is on base with one or more outs. 9. SLIDE OR GET OUT OF THE WAY: In order to avoid injury, we will enforce the rule that base-runners need to slide or get out of the way if there are plays at the base they are attempting to advance to. For example, if you are the runner at first and a ground ball is hit which results in a play at second base, you, the runner, must slide into the base or peel off toward the outfield so the fielder may attempt to turn a double play if they so wish. Even if a double play is not in order, the goal is to prevent unnecessary collisions resulting in injury. 10. WOOD BATS: Players will use wood bats (exceptions being ladies and players 60 years of age and older).
TOURNAMENT INSURANCE In order to secure the finest of facilities, fantasy camp tournament coordinators will need to acquire insurance for the facility. The insurance cost is about $250 per team per year and is covered by the entry fees charged to each player. We have made a practice of acquiring our coverage from Gagliardi Brothers Insurance who are well known throughout California for providing sports related insurance. Their contact information is: Gagliardi Brothers Insurance Phone : (408) 414-8100 Sample Insurance Certificate for 2007 Lodi Tournament The policy DOES NOT cover loss or injury to the following groups who are attending the function at their own risk:
The policy DOES cover loss or injury to individuals who are not involved with the tournament group. A good example is a passerby outside of the facility who is struck by a foul ball. Most stadium organizations will require this coverage before they will allow any groups to use their facility. |
