"I didn't say the things I said." - Yogi Berra
League Rules
League Intent
The intent of the Pacific Coast League is to be an enjoyable, fun league for CSFBL players that prefer an active league in terms of managerial activity. Elements of the league will require more involvement from participation owners than traditional CSFBL leagues.
Participation and Conduct
All league owners shall be expected to conduct themselves in accordance with CSFBL Acceptable Use Policy. Owners shall be expected to treat each other with appropriate respect and consideration. Further, no owner shall intentionally instigate or cause derision between other league members or commissioners. All owners shall, to the best of their ability, strive to ensure the league remains competitive, active, and enjoyable.
Participation in the league forums is a requirement of the league membership. From time to time, league-wide discussion threads will be posted and all members are expected to post in response.
League Performance Standard
Owners shall be expected to be as competitive as possible at all times. If at any time an owner shall fail to win 90 games over a two season stretch (45 per season average), he or she shall be subject to removal from the League at the discretion of the League Commissioners.
Team Names
All team names shall be unchangeable once assigned. The 24 team names in use shall be:
| PCL Central | PCL South | PCL North | PCL East |
| Fresno Grizzlies | Hawaii Islanders | Eugene Emeralds | Albuquerque Dukes |
| Mission Bells | Hollywood Stars | Portland Beavers | Arkansas Travelers |
| Oakland Oaks | L.A. Angels | Seattle Rainiers | Denver Bears |
| Sacremento Solons | Phoenix Firebirds | Spokane Indians | Oklahoma City 89ers |
| Salt Lake City Bees | San Diego Padres | Tacoma Wanderers | Tucson Toros |
| San Francisco Seals | Vernon Tigers | Vancouver Mounties | Tulsa Oilers |
Stadium Sizes
Team Stadium sizes shall reflect historical sizes and shall be permanent unless an owner petitions the League Commissioners for a change to another acceptable historical size. Sizes have been determined as best as possible to reflect the historical stadium sizes of the respective teams.
Player Renames - THIS SECTION ON HOLD UNTIL CSFBL RETURNS TO OFFERING RENAMES
Three player renames shall be awarded each season. One shall be awarded to the League’s Forum Poster of the Year as voted on by League Owners. One shall be awarded to the Owner who posts the Review/Preview of the Year as voted on by League Owners. The final one shall be awarded to the Owner who completes the most trades during a season (the Swap Meet Award). In the event of a tie in the final category, the rename shall be awarded to the owner who traded with the largest number of other owners. If that does not break the tie, the League Commissioners will determine the winner based on other league involvement.
To be eligible for a rename, the player must be age 24 or under and have never played in a CSFBL game. Names used in player renames must be from the list of Pacific Cost League Hall of Fame inductees. Other great PCL players may be used if approved by the League Commissioners.
Trades
All trades must be posted in the designated forum thread prior to or within 24 hours of acceptance. While trades do not need to be approved prior to execution, all trades shall be subject to review by the League Commissioners. Trades to acquire players due your team as a result of the draft do not need to be posted.
Draft picks may be traded in accordance with the following schedule:
If the current season’s draft has not occurred, draft picks may only be traded for this current season and the next.
If the current season’s draft has already occurred, draft picks may be traded for the next season and the following season only.
The draft shall be determined to have occurred after the 7/15 draft date is complete, not when the league has completed a live draft.
Draft
The Pacific Coast League will hold a live draft each season in the PCL Chat Room. Owners who are unable to participate in the scheduled live draft shall be required to designate a proxy to participate in the draft on his/her behalf. A proxy may be anyone else in the league or a non-league member but should not be a PCL Commissioner.
Basic rules of the live draft are as follows:
1) Each person will have 3 minutes to make their pick. It won't be a hard 3 minutes but we will be encouraging people to follow the 3 minute guideline.
2) If a person is not in attendance and has not submitted an ordered list or proxy, their pick will be skipped and then autopicked 12 picks later by assigning the player with the highest salary of the remaining available players. Should an owner arrive late to the draft and find his pick has been skipped, he may make his selection at any time provided the pick has not already been autopicked.
3) Draft picks may not be traded on the clock. You may trade so long as you are not on the clock while doing so.
4) The main chat room will be for conducting the draft...if you would like to talk trade or have other conversations, please use the private message feature when possible.
As is customary, all owners shall be responsible for setting their draft preferences in the CSFBL interface to coincide with those players drafted in their “natural” draft position.
Further, all owners shall be required to have no more than 7 players in their low minors at the time of the draft sim date (7/15).
Following the draft, should a team draft a player that is owed to another team, it shall have the responsibility to complete a proposed trade by a team attempting to acquire its draft pick prior to the 8/31 trade deadline. In the event a team does not make a good faith effort to deliver a player owed to another team by the trade deadline, a commissioner will temporarily seize control of the violating team and drop the owed player to free agency in order to allow the owed team the unobstructed opportunity to acquire that player.