In Word Play each owner will choose a five letter word and draft their team based on the letters of the word. There are no player or year blacklists, just alphabetical restrictions. Your word must be Scrabble legal.

Cap: $100MM
DH: YES
WW, AAA, trades: NO
Clones: YES! Go hog wild!
Stadium: Starts with one of your five letters

Post your word when you sign up for the league. Words are unique, players are NOT. So two players who choose the words TRACE and CRATE would have access to the same player pool. Because of issues with pod 1 words that contain I, Q, or X are NOT eligible.

I will choose my word after 12 are in. I will sitemail everyone the league number when we get close to full. When you finalize your draft you will sitemail me back a breakdown of your five pods so I can check for legality.

SIGNUPS (WORD)
1.  josiah31 (MOUSE)
2. bob_shabazz (LOSER) 
3. sakensei (BABES)
4. scallywag (SPERM)
5. koyunlu (TOADS)
6. poppapomp (MAYOR)
7. atheistdeals (TRUCK)
8. specsman (CREAM)
9. famous_dad (SCRAP)
10. fatboydad54 (WRATH)
11. bbondsmvp (FJORD)
12. Jay_Sensei (PROMS)
13. devomac (CRABS)
14. blackmink18 (WORMS)
15. harrelson (SCREW)
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sitemail: devomac; bob_shabazz; sakensei; scallywag; koyunlu; poppapomp; atheistdeals; specsman; famous_dad; fatboydad54; bbondsmvp; josiah31; Jay_Sensei; blackmink18; harrelson;

POD 1: All about alliteration!
Using all five of your letters choose five players whose first and last names start with the same letter.
EXAMPLE (TRACE)

T: Troy Tulowitzki
R: Rick Reuschel
A: Allan Anderson
C: Cesar Cedeno
E: Edwin Encarnacion

POD 2: First names
Using all five of your letters choose players whose first names start with those letters.
EXAMPLE (CRACK)

C: Craig Biggio
R: Roger Hornsby
A: Andre Dawson
C: Craig Biggio (Clone away, kids!)
K: Ken Griffey, Jr

POD 3: Last names
Using all five of your letters choose players whose last names start with those letters.
EXAMPLE (ROACH)

R: Babe Ruth
O: Mel Ott
A: Rick Ankiel
C: Starlin Castro
H: Joey Hamilton

POD 4: First names with a forward shift
Shift all five of your letters forward exactly one (Z shifts to A). Then proceed as in pod 2.
EXAMPLE (BUTTS)

C: Chuck Klein
V: Victor Martinez
U: Ubaldo Jimenez
U: U.L. Washington
T: Tom Seaver

POD 5: Last names with a backward shift
Shift all five of your letters backward exactly one (A shifts to Z). Then proceed as in pod 3.
Special pod 5 note! Because there are no "X" players that fit in this category Y will shift to W.
EXAMPLE (DAFFY)

C: Craig Counsell
Z: Carlos Zambrano
E: Darin Erstad
E: Dwight Evans
W: Adam Wainwright

This league should really get your gears turning! Have fun drafting!

Sure, i'll join in. I pick the word BARKS. It's POD 3. If you want me to post the names associated with the word, i'll do so.

You'll actually be using the same word for all five pods. Sorry if I wasn't clear about that. I'll put you down for BARKS but feel free to change it if you want.

Am I  correct in assuming you draft 5 players from each pod?

That is correct. You use all five of your letters five times each.

Gonna get in this with LOSER

In with Babes

Posted by devomac on 9/22/2011 5:18:00 PM (view original):
That is correct. You use all five of your letters five times each.

I'm in SPERM

Welcome all! Let's keep 'em coming!

Hello I would like to use TOADS.

Great idea - Still figuring out my word, will come up with it ASAP!

Posted by poppapomp on 9/22/2011 10:23:00 PM (view original):
Great idea - Still figuring out my word, will come up with it ASAP!

Thanks! I'll put you in as TBA

In on this, put me down for TRUCK.