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                                    ROTISE
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  ROTISE is a program will help you  run your rotisserie league.  It is to  be
used by the league  secretary,  and  requires  the  weekly  downloading  of  a
statistics file from some  source  (some  are  mentioned  below).   After  the
secretary enters all the  weeks  transactions,  ROTISE  is  run  against  this
transaction file' and produces a  report  on  all  the  teams  and  shows  the
standings.

  ROTISE is  available with  complete source  code and  is free  to use.   The
authors  of  ROTISE,  Jonathan  Arnold  and  Mark  Mallett,  can  be   reached
electronically in a variety  of ways.  Both can  be reached via the  Internet.
Jon's email address is  [e-mail], while Mark  can be reached  at
[e-mail].  Also, Jon frequents the  RIME network, and  can be reached  by
routing a message to BASEBALL,  sent to  'Jonathan Arnold'.   Also, they  both
inhabit Jonathan's BBS, called The Complete Sports BBS.  The main number there
is [phone].  We encourage catcalls,  comments and criticisms, as we  are
always looking to improve ROTISE.

  Statistics files  can be  found on  a number  of BBS',  including the  above
mentioned Complete Sports BBS.  The USA Today SportsCenter BBS is also a  good
source for stat files.

Files

  Inforoto.91     - Sample command file
  Makefile.Bcc    - makefile for Borland/Turbo C
  *       .H      - Include files
  *       .C      - Source files
  Rotise  .Doc    - This file
  Rotise  .Exe    - IBM PC executable
  Makefile.Msc    - makefile for Microsoft C
  Rotise  .Lnk    - MSC linker file


ROTISE command line options

 Here is how you run ROTISE:

 rotise [options] command-file [command-file...]

 Possible options include:
   -i : Use IBM graphics characters when printing reports
   -ffname : Generate a freelist, putting it in file 'fname'
   -V : Print ROTISE version string
   -sfname : Generate a worksheet file in 'fname'
   -v[0-4] : verbose option.  Higher numer means more talking
   -wn : init database to 'n' weeks.  Higher number uses more memory.  The
         default is 30.

 Then pass it the command file (or files) to use.  The complete description
for the command file is below.  ROTISE prints the report to the screen.  Use
redirection to put it either in a file or dumped directly to the printer, like
thus:  rotise command-file >report.txt.


ROTISE Command File

Terms and abbreviations used in this section:

    RT    A short, unique abbreviation for a Rotisserie team.
        When you define the league, you assign these
        abbreviations for easy reference to each team.  Each
        abbreviation is unique and represents a specific team.

    PK    Unique name of a player, as found in the data file.
        (We use the data from USA Today's electronic
        service.)  This is usually a {last name, first
        initial} pair.  Sometimes the first initial is not
        representative, but assigned to make the entire name
        unique.  Sometimes the first initial is missing
        altogether, in which case you should probably edit the
        data file and supply one yourself.  (If you don't
        supply one, the routine that parses the input data
        will default a "." for the first initial -- and you must
        reference the player with this first initial.



  The transaction-oriented command file is a sequence of command lines.   Each
line starts with a command  token  specifying  some  sort  of  transaction  or
definition or general action to perform.   This command token may be  followed
by arguments as required by the individual command.

  Following is a description of  the various command  tokens.  Those that  are
marked with an "*" are currently not implemented.  Those marked with a "#" are
things being considered to make  the program more  flexible but are  currently
hardcoded.  For more  information,  please  see  the  included  command  file,
'inforoto.91'.  This is the actual file used by our league in a recent season.

 Secretarial transactions:

#
;
  Either indicate comment line


=[=..] date filename [pfilename]

        date - in the form monthnum/daynum (i.e., 7/14 for July 14)
        filename - Name of stat data file
        pfilename - optional; name of positional data file

  New interval is started.  Can have as many '='s as you want.



oposf filename

        filename - name of file with data in it

  This is the data file with the previous year's positional data



slot Slot postions

        Slot - 1-3 letter, unique, slot name
        postions - list of positions that qualify for this slot.
                           Separate them with spaces or commas

  As many of these as are players on a roster.  Give each slot a
  unique, 1-3 name, and the list of positions which are qualified for
  it.  Official Rotisserie slots are:

    C1, C2, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, 13, 2S, DH or UT, OF1, OF1, OF2, OF3, OF4, OF5,
       and P1 - P9



bstats [stat-list] #

        stat-list - list of stats to be used for ranking
          batters.  Seperate each with a space.

 Tell which stats will be used for batters.  The list can be any or all
 of:

     1B, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, AVG, SB, CS, ERR, R, SO

 The defaults are: HR, RBI, AVG, and SB



pstats [stat-list] #

        stat-list - list of stats to be used for ranking
          pitchers.  Seperate each with a space.

 Tell which stats will be used for pitchers.  The list can be any or all
 of:
     W, L, PCT, CG, SHO, S, SO, BB, ERA, ER, IP, H, HR, RATIO (i.e.,
    (H+BB)/IP)

 The defaults are: W, S, ERA, and Ratio



Cost specification commands:

$ Category Amount #

        Category - one of the following keywords (or unique
        abbreviation):

            release - cost of releasing a player (Default: 0)
          claim - claim player from free agent list (Default: 25)
          reserve - place player on reserve list (Def: 10)
          expand - claim player for Sept. roster expansion (Def: 50)
          freesal - claimed free agent salary (Def: 10)
          expsal - Expansion player salary (Def: 25)
          waiverclaim - claiming a player off waiver wire (Def: 10)
          activate - activate a player from reserve (Def: 10)
          farm - cost of player starting season in minors (Def: 10)

        Amount - cost in salary units

Describe how much each transactions costs, in salary units.



salunit Pennies #

        Pennies - how many pennies in each salary unit

 For formatting purposes, how many pennies make up each salary unit.




Real Player stuff

hide PK

    PK - Player's keyword

 Hide a player on the free agent list.  Used to remove players who have
 been traded to the other league or retired, or for whatever reason you
 might want to remove the name from the available free agent list.



status PK [StatWord [date]]

     PK - Player's keyword
    StatWord - Any 1-4 letter keyword denoting special status
    date - effective date, in the formate month/day (i.e., 7/14)

 Assign a status to any player.  This can be used to indicate going on
 the disabled list, sent down to the minors, etc.  If used without a
 statword, then any previous status is cleared.  If this player is on
 a RT's reserve list or in the minors, player is put on possible
 waiver list, to begin in two weeks.  The statword will be printed on
 the stat sheet, along with the date, if any given.  If no date, then
 the date of the interval is used.  Suggested words:

    15DL - 15 day disabled list
    30DL - 30 day disabled list
    60DL - 60 day disabled list
    MIN  - Sent to minors
    REL  - unconditional release
    OL   - sent to "other" league
    SUSP - suspended
    RETR - retired


Preseason Rotisserie Team activities:

league fullname

        Fullname - Name and description of league

  Give the league a name and description.  Can be up to 80 characters
  long.




team RT fullname

          RT - Rotisserie Team keyword (must be unique and one word)
        fullname - rest of the line is the full name of the team

  Name the teams in the league.  There can be up to 15 teams in a league.  The
first 25 characters are used in reports.



owner RT OwnerName

          RT - Rotisserie Team keyword (must be unique and one word)
        OwnerName - rest of the line is the full name of the owner(s)

Assign a name to the owners of the team.  Should be one of these commands per
team.




add RT PK Slot Salary Contract Full-name

          RT - Rotisserie Team Keyword
          PK - Player's keyword
          Slot - Rotisserie Team slot to go into
          Salary - # of salary units
          Contract - Contract keyword.  1 letter keyword of:
            A - first year
            B - Second year
            O - Option year
            1-9 - # years remaining before option year
          Full-name - Rest of line is the full name of the player

 Add player to the roster before the season has started.



minors RT PK [Fullname] *

        RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
        PK - player keyword
        Fullname - optional complete name

 Add player to team's minor league list



Rotisserie Team activities:


move RT PK Slot

          RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
          PK - Player's Keyword
          Slot - new slot to fill

 Move player from current slot to new slot on roster



release RT PK [W]

          RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
          PK - Player keyword
        W - anything; indicates player is waived

 Release player from roster (ie., add to free agent pool).  If W is
 non-blank, then the player is added to the waiver list for the next
 two weeks.




claim RT PK Slot [Full-name]

          RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
          PK - Player keyword
          Slot - slot to fill in RT
          Full-name - optional full name of player.

 Claim player from free agent pool.  If player is on active waiver
 wire, then do a waiver transaction, otherwise just claim from free
 agents.



reserve RT PK

          RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
          PK - Player keyword

 Add player to teams reserve list



activate RT PK  [Slot]

          RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
          PK - Player keyword
        Slot - slot to move player into

 Activate a player from the team's reserve or minor league list.  If
 not slot is passed, then activate player into the slot he is tied to
 (assumes player had been reserved earlier).



trade RT PK newRT cost *

        RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
        PK - player keyword
        newRT - new team's keyword
        cost - cost to RT, in salary units

 Trade a player from RT to newRT.  The cost is listed here as often one
 team will pick up the entire cost of the transaction, rather than the
 normal 5 salary units per RT.




expand RT PK p|h

        RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
        PK - player keyword
        p|h - p= Pitcher, h= hitter (one or the other, please)

 September Roster expansion player



create PK position
        PK - player keyword
                postition - Eligible position

 Create a player who is not in the database yet.  Use this command to add a
player involved in a transaction before he is actually read into the database.