CONSTITUTION

The Dynasty Strat Baseball League (DSBL) is a retro Strat-o-matic baseball league created and designed by the Lecher brothers.  The league begins with the 1980 season and will expand in the same years as the MLB expands (1993 & 1998).  The league consists of 20 teams - four five-team divisions - with four human-owned and 16 HAL-owned teams.

ROSTERS
Human-owned teams shall have a roster size of 30.  There must be at least two representatives for each position.

KEEPERS
The amount of keepers per season will be based on the amount of wins during the previous season:
24 = 81 wins or less (25)
23 = 82-90 wins (24)
22 =  90-99 wins (22)
21 = 100-109 wins (20)
20 = 110-119 wins (18)
19 = 120+ wins (16)
18 = 120+ wins & league championship (15)

DRAFT
If an owner drops an uncarded player, that player becomes available in the following season's draft.

STARTER/RELIEVER RULE
Prior to gameplay, an owner may designate one starting pitcher as a starter/reliever. The pitcher will be assigned a rating of 6/3/N. This SP is limited to the following:
* Only one SP per season is allowed.
* SP must have less than 120 IPs in real life.
* SP may make a maximum of five starts during the season.

USAGE
Players will be allowed 110% of their actual MLB usage based on following categories:
Batters - 110% of plate appearances (AB + BB);
Pitchers - 110% of innings pitched (IP) and games started (GS).

DECADE USAGE RULE
In every decade, each owner will have 100 points with which to use towards minor overusage. One point is equal to one percentage over 110%.

"Use Him Or Lose Him" RULE (UHOLH)
Players must reach a minimum of 50% usage (plate appearances or innings pitched) to be an eligible keeper in the following season.

UHOLH Exemption
Any player with less than 10 PA or 5 IP is exempt from the UHOLH rule.

FRANCHISE PICK
Owners have the option to surrender their first round draft pick to obtain an incoming rookie from their franchise.

KEEPER PICK
Owners have the option to surrender a draft pick to add more players to their keeper list.  The pick surrendered will be based on the following:
1st round pick is surrendered for a player with more than five (5) years remaining.
2nd round pick is surrendered for a player with 3-4 years remaining.
3rd round pick is surrendered for a player with 1-2 years remaining.

GAMEPLAY
In the event of one owner possessing two teams in the same series, the owner will control only the home team for each game (HAL will control the away team).

PLAYOFFS
Division winners will play the League Championship Series.  Winners will meet in the World Series.  All series will be best-of-seven (2-3-2) format.  Home field will be determined by record.