Opening Day Reminders

Happy Opening Day, Everyone!
A few quick reminders as we count down the hours to the first pitches of the 2010 CFCL Season:

• If you haven't done so yet, be sure to check your rosters in both locations they appear - the CBS Sportsline site and in the Excel rosters sheets available in the Download Center.  Verify not only that all your players are listed, but that their salaries and contract statuses are correct.
• You have until Noon Central today (Monday April 5) to set your active roster for the first few days of the season.  Last year, rosters were locked half an hour before the first game of the day - this year it looks like we've got up until 5 minutes before the first pitch of the first game.
• Remember that you can make moves between your Active and Reserve Rosters every Monday and Friday during the season.  You can enter your moves on any day, but every one needs to be effective on either Monday or Friday - if you're setting your roster on a different day to be effective for an upcoming Monday or Friday, be sure to specify your effective date before entering your moves.  For details on how to set the effective date for a move - in fact, for a full refresher on how to process and report all CFCL roster moves (including trades and free agent bids) review this primer from 2008.  There are couple tiny differences (rosters locking 5 minutes before the first game vs 30 minutes, for example), but by and large everything still applies:  CFCL Transaction Primer.
• Our first Free Agent Bidding date will be Sunday April 11, with a bidding deadline of 3:00 PM Central Time.  See the CFCL Transaction Primer for details about how to e-mail in your bids.
• Remember to check in every week or so with the Monroe Doctrine for the most recent ruminations from Rich.  There's a link to the Doctrine in the sidebar over to the right.
• Finally, for those of you who have Comcast, don't forget that you get a free preview of MLB's Extra Innings package for the first week of the season (April 5-11), which should allow you to see nearly every game being played in MLB.

Good luck, everyone.  Here's to another great season!