Maybe we can vote for the best teams!
Pleased with my picks thus far considering the shit position I had in the draft. Surprised McGwire or Bell were not picked in the first two picks. They consistently have the best stats for the first rounders chosen here.
Nomaaa is going to find out how much of a bust Reggie Jackson will be, as he always is in the FRBI leagues for first rounders.
GDavis/Beef/TBG, I was very shocked to see you guys take Canseco as the second pick. Seems to go against past drafting strategies for you three power lovers.
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Quote from: Darky on 07/21/17, 08:31:43 AM
GDavis/Beef/TBG, I was very shocked to see you guys take Canseco as the second pick. Seems to go against past drafting strategies for you three power lovers.
Canseco has the second-highest power rating in the game, after only Dawson (who was already taken).
Quote from: BeefMaster on 07/21/17, 08:54:59 AM
Quote from: Darky on 07/21/17, 08:31:43 AM
GDavis/Beef/TBG, I was very shocked to see you guys take Canseco as the second pick. Seems to go against past drafting strategies for you three power lovers.
Canseco has the second-highest power rating in the game, after only Dawson (who was already taken).
My bad, I got mixed up.
Nacho, it'll be interesting to see if you maintain the past strategies you employed. I know both our organizations valued speed over power to a certain extent in some situations. I got my eye on you buddy! Your team worked out well in season V, but you missed the playoffs in VI. I think in VI, you over valued speed in the upper tier for power players.
Head games going on with the seeds I'm planting!
Wow, Nomaaa shocks the draft by selecting Raines with his second pick. Raines is very productive overall - he hit .675 in season V and led the league in runs. Worth a second pick? Depends how Nomaaa's strategy works out if he's drafting a certain philosophy, but he left good power on the board for TBG's crew. I like the pick. Raines usually goes in the second or third round. Great speed-power-contact combo.
I think Mike D and I reached on Raines and selected him around where nomaaa did once and regretted it. We did great the season we had Strawberry and EDavis, and I think that made us overvalue speed in the next draft.
Raines is a solid pick who will put the ball in play and make things happen. Plus he's a solid cocaine distributor for the rest of the team. You can't put a tag on that kind of morale booster.
But you can get your cocaine a coupel rounds later with Keith Hernandez. Don't need to reach for cocaine.
Quote from: Nacho on 07/21/17, 11:45:14 AM
I think Mike D and I reached on Raines and selected him around where nomaaa did once and regretted it. We did great the season we had Strawberry and EDavis, and I think that made us overvalue speed in the next draft.
I noticed that. It's tough to layoff speed and decent power since it appears alluring.
Tempo just grabbed the best C in the draft. Not bad there Tempo, but team TBG just received another gift for their power philosophy. Carter is always picked in the third round, so nothing surprising really, but good call on Tempo's part for having an idea. Sorry to say, but I was thinking Tempo would be clueless for the draft.
i definitely thought about some other options, maybe a non-OF, but Raines offers something most guys just cant give you
and that's Tim Raines baby!
It's true that I've never done this before, but I was operating on the idea of position scarcity, which is huge in real fantasy baseball (which I also don't play)
yeah im using what i know from roto to aid my strategy, which may or may not translate at all
Wow, nomaaa with another shocker! Looks like nomaaa has falling in love with speed!
He knows that he doesn't have to have a SS right? We only separate into IF, OF, and C.
Oh really?
I didnt know that...
Quote from: Nacho on 07/21/17, 01:13:52 PM
He knows that he doesn't have to have a SS right? We only separate into IF, OF, and C.
We don't need to have pitchers??
Quote from: Nacho on 07/21/17, 01:13:52 PM
He knows that he doesn't have to have a SS right? We only separate into IF, OF, and C.
I think we do have to separate specifically by position in the infield. Fighton made that clear in the draft thread ... I think. Time to ask him for clarification.
Quote from: Darky on 07/21/17, 01:18:55 PM
Quote from: Nacho on 07/21/17, 01:13:52 PM
He knows that he doesn't have to have a SS right? We only separate into IF, OF, and C.
I think we do have to separate specifically by position in the infield. Fighton made that clear in the draft thread ... I think. Time to ask him for clarification.
Shit. I don't think we've done it that way before.
Quote from: Nacho on 07/21/17, 01:22:03 PM
Quote from: Darky on 07/21/17, 01:18:55 PM
Quote from: Nacho on 07/21/17, 01:13:52 PM
He knows that he doesn't have to have a SS right? We only separate into IF, OF, and C.
I think we do have to separate specifically by position in the infield. Fighton made that clear in the draft thread ... I think. Time to ask him for clarification.
Shit. I don't think we've done it that way before.
We did actually. I know I did for those two seasons I ran and that blueprint was taken from Fighton's prior seasons. That's why all the teams had a catcher and looking at the rosters from the season excel files, all teams drafted by specific position. I think bench players were able to fill in anywhere during the season.
Darky...fine.
Yeah, I'm drafting according to position. Would love to add another 1B but DaEvans already manning it.
if we are doing OF, IF, P, C instead of position by position, please let me know for certain
Need a C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B and three OF (don't care if they are LF, RF or CF). Always been that way in my leagues.
Yeah, definitely would have taken Schmidt if I had paid closer attention to the rules.
so are you saying you dont know schmidt?
Weird that people would start drafting without reading the rules
Nice pick there Nacho with an old Empire player! Leo will produce and come through in the clutch. One of my favorites in FRBI. I bet you were thrilled when nomaaa took Candy Mldndo! Mdlck was actually a good pick on nomaaa's part. For some reason, despite his contact/power numbers compared to other players with a little better ratings, Mdlck is equal or greater in production according to the stats for the 5 seasons I have.
mad dog is a beast in the street.
disappointed he's not a third baseman, however
Quote from: nomaaa on 07/23/17, 02:16:04 PM
mad dog is a beast in the street.
disappointed he's not a third baseman, however
Mad Dog hit over .600 and led the Empire in HR's in season VI. He'll give you over .500 with over 60 ab's. Sorry to say, but Leo outperforms Candy every season and has a higher rating according to my system of rating players. The big difference is the runs scored and avoiding double plays and put outs due to Leo's speed. Candy will give you close to .500 and maybe go double digits in HR's.
that all sounds just dandy
Quote from: Darky on 07/23/17, 02:15:00 PM
Nice pick there Nacho with an old Empire player! Leo will produce and come through in the clutch. One of my favorites in FRBI. I bet you were thrilled when nomaaa took Candy Mldndo! Mdlck was actually a good pick on nomaaa's part. For some reason, despite his contact/power numbers compared to other players with a little better ratings, Mdlck is equal or greater in production according to the stats for the 5 seasons I have.
Nope, I was actually set to take Maldonado (and considering someone else who hasn't been picked), but then took another look at Leonard and felt pretty good about taking him.
Fkn Matt Nokes. Is that the first catcher to go? I can't belive Shooty did that. Was that originally Rack's move?
I already took Gary Carter and I know Laundry has been taken as well
So has Gedman. I think Nokes is 4th.
Quote from: Nacho on 07/23/17, 09:36:07 PM
So has Gedman. I think Nokes is 4th.
Yes. And after Nokes there's a big drop off at catcher in terms of power. So tbg is a moron.
Roster-wise, this draft is much different than the last two drafts when I was commissioner because there are 8 teams instead of 10. There'll be 16 position players on the bench who would have otherwise been drafted in a 10-team league. The scoring should take a significant bump up for this season. Just by looking at the rosters right now, I can see a difference in quality with the first 4 hitters across the board compared to the VI draft.
TBG, you missed out on Nokes with your last pick! Carter was taken by Tempo in the 1st round, then Gedman was take by McLane in the 4th round, Nacho took Laudnr in the 4th, and Shooty took Nokes (852) in the 5th. Boone is the next catcher with the highest power left (831).
In FRBI season V, here's how the two produced in a 22-game season:
Boone hit .489 (47/96) and had 10 HR's with 33 RBI, 26 R, and 24 2B's.
Nokes hit .528 (56/106) and had 12 HR's with 37 RBI, 26 R, and 15 2B's.
TBG wanted no part of Nokes - he made that clear over PM.
Beefmaster was lobbying hard for Ripken. He actually threatened to delete his account if we didn't make that pick.
Quote from: GDavis on 07/24/17, 07:17:55 AM
TBG wanted no part of Nokes - he made that clear over PM.
Beefmaster was lobbying hard for Ripken. He actually threatened to delete his account if we didn't make that pick.
Good call on Ripken since the SS position has low quality depth after Tramml. Schfld, Ripken, and Tramml are even when it comes to production according to the stats. Tramml's speed gives him more runs and that compensates for having fewer RBI's, and his quality contact rating gives him a good average that usually outperforms Ripken and sometimes Schfld. After Tramml, there is a huge cliff if there was one for a position.
McLane is either going to pick OF Hndrsn or 3B Mitchl according to our projections.
PROJECT'D
Anyone have a problem with doubling up for rounds 13-14 and 15-16, since we're talking bench guys/RPs at that point?
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/24/17, 10:50:16 AM
PROJECT'D
Anyone have a problem with doubling up for rounds 13-14 and 15-16, since we're talking bench guys/RPs at that point?
Don't do that. The people in round 13 who are before me gain an advantage since I pick next to last. RP's are huge in RBI and those who have their hands on the stats know the better ones. So absolutely no way since the people with the early picks in round 13 gain a huge advantage like they had in the first round. Stick with the normal draft and it's too late to just dump this change as we go. Stay professional.
Quote from: Darky on 07/24/17, 10:54:58 AM
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/24/17, 10:50:16 AM
PROJECT'D
Anyone have a problem with doubling up for rounds 13-14 and 15-16, since we're talking bench guys/RPs at that point?
Don't do that. The people in round 13 who are before me gain an advantage since I pick next to last. RP's are huge in RBI and those who have their hands on the stats know the better ones. So absolutely no way since the people with the early picks in round 13 gain a huge advantage like they had in the first round. Stick with the normal draft and it's too late to just dump this change as we go. Stay professional.
Are you feeling OK? Seems like you've been really touchy about how this draft/league is being run.
It is kind of bogus to change the draft format once you begin
Quote from: Darky on 07/24/17, 10:54:58 AM
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/24/17, 10:50:16 AM
PROJECT'D
Anyone have a problem with doubling up for rounds 13-14 and 15-16, since we're talking bench guys/RPs at that point?
Don't do that. The people in round 13 who are before me gain an advantage since I pick next to last. RP's are huge in RBI and those who have their hands on the stats know the better ones. So absolutely no way since the people with the early picks in round 13 gain a huge advantage like they had in the first round. Stick with the normal draft and it's too late to just dump this change as we go. Stay professional.
Plus there are the BENCH PLAYERS. We are going to have 16 extra position players on the bench and dudes doubling up in round 13 who have the earlier picks will gain a huge advantage for the best players left not drafted to a position. Very dumb idea since it hurts all owners who don't pick early in the 13th round. Fuck that. Again, you can't just go and change drafting rules on the fly.
I concur. No need to double up on picks in later rounds.
Then we won't. Calm down, Francis(es)
The plural of Frances is Franci
Darky do you have the full stats from the last league? I'd like to peruse.
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/24/17, 11:18:27 AM
Then we won't. Calm down, Francis(es)
It's "lighten up Francis". You just made the list buddy!
Quote from: GDavis on 07/24/17, 11:19:56 AM
Darky do you have the full stats from the last league? I'd like to peruse.
I'll send it over via FB.
Quote from: Darky on 07/24/17, 11:26:23 AM
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/24/17, 11:18:27 AM
Then we won't. Calm down, Francis(es)
It's "lighten up Francis". You just made the list buddy!
Quote from: GDavis on 07/24/17, 11:19:56 AM
Darky do you have the full stats from the last league? I'd like to peruse.
I'll send it over via FB.
Don't have a cattle, dude.
Went back and forth (forever) on taking Whitaker. Decided against it, thinking too early. Guess not.
All cool fighton! I only brought up the last time you ran a season and gave you shit because it took almost one full calendar year. The other stuff I talked about was me offering to help out if its needed to make things easier for everyone - so no cows being had and all cool and the gang. Yeah, I reacted to your draft format change suggestion since it came out of LF and wasn't thought out. SOMEBODY HAS TO STAND UP TO THE COMMISSIONER!!! 1 1! ! ! All cool though Señor Sensitive!
Quote from: fknmclane on 07/24/17, 11:40:35 AM
Went back and forth (forever) on taking Whitaker. Decided against it, thinking too early. Guess not.
He's the first 2B taken so far and the 2B position has good depth. You certainly made a sound decision with Dwning instead of Whitkr considering the situation you were in. Surprised you didn't go with Hendersn but not much of a difference between those two. So no surprise really.
Quote from: Darky on 07/24/17, 12:07:06 PM
Quote from: fknmclane on 07/24/17, 11:40:35 AM
Went back and forth (forever) on taking Whitaker. Decided against it, thinking too early. Guess not.
He's the first 2B taken so far and the 2B position has good depth. You certainly made a sound decision with Dwning instead of Whitkr considering the situation you were in. Surprised you didn't go with Hendersn but not much of a difference between those two. So no surprise really.
Second base is the shittiest position and has no depth. Whitaker is the best but even then his power is 837. I would have gone with Whitaker at this pick as well. Now the next bunch are all within 20-30 power of each other so it'll probably be the last position I draft now.
Quote from: Shooty on 07/24/17, 12:56:49 PM
Second base is the shittiest position and has no depth. Whitaker is the best but even then his power is 837. I would have gone with Whitaker at this pick as well. Now the next bunch are all within 20-30 power of each other so it'll probably be the last position I draft now.
SS has the worst depth in total value. If you know the right 2B to take, you can find gems who will give you good enough production. Some of the bottom tier 2B have outperformed higher tier SS's or at least been equal in overall production. Power is king, but speed is also significant since speed can prolong innings in many ways. The stats tell me this btw.
Are trades allowed?
Speaking of trades, are the players allowed to wife-swap?
Quote from: Nacho on 07/24/17, 01:25:56 PM
Speaking of trades, are the players allowed to wife-swap?
I'll trade you Jim Rice for 1 night with your girlfriend.
fighton, can we get a ruling?
Quote from: GDavis on 07/24/17, 01:28:09 PM
Quote from: Nacho on 07/24/17, 01:25:56 PM
Speaking of trades, are the players allowed to wife-swap?
I'll trade you Jim Rice for 1 night with your girlfriend.
Wait a damn minute here - as co-owner, I am entitled to 1/3 of the return on this transaction.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 07/24/17, 01:51:42 PM
Quote from: GDavis on 07/24/17, 01:28:09 PM
Quote from: Nacho on 07/24/17, 01:25:56 PM
Speaking of trades, are the players allowed to wife-swap?
I'll trade you Jim Rice for 1 night with your girlfriend.
Wait a damn minute here - as co-owner, I am entitled to 1/3 of the return on this transaction.
Fine - as long as I get the first 1/3
Quote from: GDavis on 07/24/17, 01:53:03 PM
Quote from: BeefMaster on 07/24/17, 01:51:42 PM
Quote from: GDavis on 07/24/17, 01:28:09 PM
Quote from: Nacho on 07/24/17, 01:25:56 PM
Speaking of trades, are the players allowed to wife-swap?
I'll trade you Jim Rice for 1 night with your girlfriend.
Wait a damn minute here - as co-owner, I am entitled to 1/3 of the return on this transaction.
Fine - as long as I get the first 1/3
Dirty E?
Trades are fine as long as an equal amount of players/picks move between teams.
Does there have to be an equal amount of dick pics?
In amount of pics, length or girth?
You're the commissioner and the resident dick pic expert. I'll defer to you.
Quote from: GDavis on 07/24/17, 03:22:46 PM
You're the commissioner and the resident dick pic expert. I'll defer to you.
Only send if they are hanging down below your knee. And then only send them to Carly.
Carly has VERY lofty standards though.
Darky chasing yesterday's stats
Quote from: GDavis on 07/24/17, 07:29:37 PM
Darky chasing yesterday's stats
GDavis, check out this thread down below from Fantasy Season IV. It was my debut week when the Empire took over for the Mexican Hermaphrodites because Ryno went missing for some reason that I can't remember. I made a big pitch when Ryno was Dee Nee missing, and Fighton was kind enough to give me his team. I then made lineup changes and did some trades and got the Empire to the WS ... then lost to you. Anyways, here is the debut of The Empire in the fantasy league and it was against you. Fighton's post game write up was awesome. My very own post game press conference may be only funny to me. Anyways, over 10 years ago! Season IV was the last time Fighton ran the league, and then I took over for the next two seasons. We should all thank Fighton for bringing the Fantasy League back. And of course juggernaut Empire will win it all this year!
And FU Shooty for taking Gooden, but no worries, Morris is better - my historical stats of all the innings pitched from all the seasons tell me Morris has the best ERA!
Oh yeah, here is that link, GDavis and for anyone else who is bored and may want to look back into Fantasy and Dee Nee history.
https://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=16581.0 (https://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=16581.0)
maybe the juggernauts will win,
but will they have the look?
Quote from: nomaaa on 07/24/17, 08:16:19 PM
maybe the juggernauts will win,
but will they have the look?
Always!
And Reds 2-hour window is up and I'm making my pick. I'll give him 10 minutes before we move along again.
So Reds just drafted a backup firstbaseman already? Does Reds think Spilman is a secondbaseman or something?
Wanted someone to team up with for drafting purposes. Received no takers.
We'll make due.
Quote from: Shooty on 07/25/17, 07:58:17 AM
So Reds just drafted a backup firstbaseman already? Does Reds think Spilman is a secondbaseman or something?
Maybe he wants Spilman and JClark to compete for a starting job in spring training!
And that Spilman pick left a gift for McLane to get the next best 2B.
Quote from: Reds on 07/25/17, 08:10:54 AM
Wanted someone to team up with for drafting purposes. Received no takers.
We'll make due.
Seems like Darky got in your kitchen.
Who?
Steve Sax
Quote from: Shooty on 07/25/17, 07:58:17 AM
So Reds just drafted a backup firstbaseman already? Does Reds think Spilman is a secondbaseman or something?
I don't think drafting a pinch hitter is a bad idea at this spot in the draft.
Quote from: Nacho on 07/25/17, 09:00:08 AM
Quote from: Shooty on 07/25/17, 07:58:17 AM
So Reds just drafted a backup firstbaseman already? Does Reds think Spilman is a secondbaseman or something?
I don't think drafting a pinch hitter is a bad idea at this spot in the draft.
It is when its Spilman and there are like a dozen better options.
Yeah that specific pick is just dumb.
Not as dumb as the collar on your shirt!
Shooty rolling the dice by loading up on SP.
Also, did Nacho drop in to make Shooty's proxy pick and then not make his next pick? Power move.
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/25/17, 12:07:00 PM
Also, did Nacho drop in to make Shooty's proxy pick and then not make his next pick? Power move.
Isn't nomaaa up? Or is it my turn?
Shit, it's me. I'll blame not having the first page updated. Drafting now.
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/25/17, 12:05:20 PM
Shooty rolling the dice by loading up on SP.
Don't forget, I'm a master draft strategist.
I only need an OF and a 2Ber to fill out my offense. 4 2Bers have been taken and then next 5 I view as pretty much being equal. And once the next 3 are taken, there won't be another one taken until very late in the draft, so just going to wait that out. For OF, only Temp needs a third. I figure most people will take an SP before a bench player so can wait another round or two before I go go for an OF. SP is a wild card, but with these beefed up offenses, I wanted to make sure I got two guys with good stamina ratings since innings will probably last longer.
lol @MScott! You got a bottom tier SP, Shooty :D
And I wouldn't bet on more SP's being selected over bench players considering how past drafts have gone. You may be in for a shock by the time you are up next and the OF's you projected to be available will be sitting comfy on somebody's bench since that'll be a LOT of power to pass up. Nobody has the combined historical stats on one sheet besides me, so I know the 3 different tiers of the top SP's and RP's.
And Nacho with the ultimate cock block by taking Joyner before Team TBG can get to him, haha - although GDavis will fall to Team TBG.
Tempo's picks will be interesting. What OF will he take? Hendrk (20/849/124), Guerro (12/849/128), and Shrdan (28/831/134), are top 3 OF left according to power. Then for his 9th pick, will it be a bench player with A LOT of power considering the +20 boost coming off the bench to pinch hit, or will he gamble with a SP that he has no intel of?
Quote from: Darky on 07/25/17, 12:34:24 PM
And Nacho with the ultimate cock block by taking Joyner before Team TBG can get to him, haha - although GDavis will fall to Team TBG.
We almost took Joyner last round - but figured one of Joyner/Gdavis/Mttngly would make it back around. Calculated risk paid off.
Quote from: GDavis on 07/25/17, 12:46:30 PM
Quote from: Darky on 07/25/17, 12:34:24 PM
And Nacho with the ultimate cock block by taking Joyner before Team TBG can get to him, haha - although GDavis will fall to Team TBG.
We almost took Joyner last round - but figured one of Joyner/Gdavis/Mttngly would make it back around. Calculated risk paid off.
I was also expecting that trio to be available and I was set on Joyner until I looked at the stats from all the seasons combined then became convinced when I calculated Batting Power - (Contact * x). So Mtlngly gets a better piece of the ball over enough at-bats and that's why Donny Baseball's stats outperform Joyner's every season. GDavis does damage, but he won't score runs like Joyner and Donny, as well as avoid put outs and double plays. You got the worst 1B as far as overall value, buddy.
The difference between those 3 is insignificant. And you're forgetting the style points for drafting my namesake.
Quote from: Darky on 07/25/17, 12:42:21 PM
Tempo's picks will be interesting. What OF will he take? Hendrk (20/849/124), Guerro (12/849/128), and Shrdan (28/831/134), are top 3 OF left according to power. Then for his 9th pick, will it be a bench player with A LOT of power considering the +20 boost coming off the bench to pinch hit, or will he gamble with a SP that he has no intel of?
Forgot about OF Lindmn (38/861/124) who is still on the board and ahead of the OF's above strictly on power.
Quote from: GDavis on 07/25/17, 12:56:20 PM
The difference between those 3 is insignificant. And you're forgetting the style points for drafting my namesake.
Wrong. You just have opinion there, but understood for namesake ... which won't make GDavis better than Donnie Baseball!
Nacho loves Cox
OF George Hendrick
Oof.
Damn you Nacho! Fuck. I had a feeling you had intel.
Some of the pitchers being taken are not the ones that I remember being good
SP Career ERA leaders for the 5 seasons registered. lol@GDavis! The sheet is only for SP's. Fuck you Nacho. How were you on to Cox? You must remember season FRBI VI and of course the WS! No wonder you remembered Cox's mastery. He did have a bad year for the Rebel Alliance under RePeat, but it wasn't Nolan Ryan bad.
Nomaaa made a good pick. Viola is in the top tier ... somewhere! RP's seems to be a crapshoot after the top 4 - I posted that a few pages back but no names!
Morris
Cox
Gooden
I should say, some pitchers are better hitters than others from what the stats say. And it appears to be consistent when you look at each season individually. Shooty, you got the best value at SP since Gooden is 4th in career average for hitters. Honestly, there is a huge gap between the top tier hitting pitchers and the bottom tier hitting pitchers.
Hey Darky - Ryan had great stats according to the spreadsheet you sent me. Did you bamboozle me?
Quote from: GDavis on 07/25/17, 03:20:41 PM
Hey Darky - Ryan had great stats according to the spreadsheet you sent me. Did you bamboozle me?
He had a good year up until that point of the season for FRBI VI. The stats you looked at was for 38 innings. Nolan Ryan pitched for the Fighting Artichokes under TBT. The Fighting Artichokes finished last that year. You could have asked me for stats from the other seasons or you could have asked TBG since I believe he has access to those stats from all the seasons. I don't have the complete stats for season VI for the reason I told you. I may go back and finish that up at some point.
Quote from: Darky on 07/25/17, 03:26:32 PM
Quote from: GDavis on 07/25/17, 03:20:41 PM
Hey Darky - Ryan had great stats according to the spreadsheet you sent me. Did you bamboozle me?
He had a good year up until that point of the season for FRBI VI. The stats you looked at was for 38 innings. Nolan Ryan pitched for the Fighting Artichokes under TBT. The Fighting Artichokes finished last that year. You could have asked me for stats from the other seasons or you could have asked TBG since I believe he has access to those stats from all the seasons. I don't have the complete stats for season VI for the reason I told you. I may go back and finish that up at some point.
The other seasons he tanked it real bad, so 38 innings of a 12.7 didn't take him out of the basement. Should have done your homework sonny.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R3niGu9d_pY/hqdefault.jpg)
Ryan was already pretty old by the time RBI came out, so he probably didn't have the stamina to finish that season very strong.
Nacho did his homework with RP's. Good call Nacho on Grelts - he's #2 all time in ERA for relief pitchers.
So does nomaaa continue to be skipped until he drops in again?
Quote from: Darky on 07/26/17, 12:12:22 PM
So does nomaaa continue to be skipped until he drops in again?
That's usually how it works, though sometimes someone will wait a bit to give whoever has been skipped the chance to catch up.
I texted nomaaa this morning to let him know he's up.
Yes, nomaaa is skipped until he makes his pick.
yeah im all over the place this week. its all good.
i appreciate the texts, nach
Darky just picked one of the most shellable pitchers in the game. Turn out the lights - the party's over.
And then Reds took Wally Backman. Oof.
Someone has to hit 8th.
Quote from: GDavis on 07/26/17, 01:50:23 PM
Darky just picked one of the most shellable pitchers in the game. Turn out the lights - the party's over.
Robnsn is ranked #3 all time in ERA, right behind somebody else. And he is third all time in hits per inning pitched. So I got arguably the best RP staff! If Nacho chooses wisely, he won't be too far behind me for the top RP staff. Shooty got the 11th ranked RP in ERA according to the all time stats.
Relief pitchers carry a lot of value if the game goes a full nine. We are talking a difference of between 3-8 runs in the last two innings.
Willie Hernandez I guess
Jesus Christ Shooty.
Quote from: Nacho on 07/26/17, 02:43:18 PM
Jesus Christ Shooty.
It's like he's retarded or something!
With the +64 boost, that's gonna be a lot of power for Shooty coming off the bench. I'm too much of a pitching guy, so I passed on him although I was close. I forgot to mention that bench production can make up for shitty RP's with HR's or base hits that prolong innings and lead to more runs. In the end, quality RP still comes out ahead by a little and I'll take that small margin of victory.
Huh?
Quote from: Nacho on 07/26/17, 03:18:08 PM
Huh?
Apparently I have Willie Hernandez coming into to pinch hit.
Darky dumb. Assumed K.Hrndz and not the RP W.Hrndz - forgot team TBG had him and forgot to cross him off from my board. In any case, a good pick by Shooty. W.Hrndz is ranked 8th in career ERA.
Quote from: fknmclane on 07/26/17, 02:04:22 PM
And then Reds took Wally Backman. Oof.
Backman (10/717/124) has the least power for all second basemen and his speed is liability at 124. He has never been a full time starter in any season, so I guess he'll get to prove his stuff unless Reds grabs another 2B to compete with him. Reds has had the worst draft I have ever seen although he did salvage it somewhat with his SP's.
And while on the subject of second basemen, Nacho and Shooty still have to make their picks for 2B. It'll be interesting to see who gets selected. I don't think a draft has gone this deep without a starting position player selected. Anyways, the 2B left won't dominate, but there are some 2B left who can give you good enough production at the 8-hole. I recall a 2B that once played for the mighty Empire hit 3 triples in one game!
This fucker ground to a halt. Who is up and how much tome do they have left? We're picking the dregs now so we shouldn't have any problems skipping anyone at this point.
Tempo is up, but technically team TBG can make their pick since Tempo's time window expired last night 54 minutes before 9pm. If TBG makes their pick, I'm sure Tempo will have plenty of time to make his pair of picks since nomaaaa takes about the entire two hours on every single pick. Yesterday was a slow one with the draft.
In for the fuck of it, I may put a ROM together of the playoff teams from seasons IV, V, and VI and run a tournament.
So now even the team run by three members can't make their pick? FFS...
I thought I picked last night ???
Temp was skipped at 8:06 last night. GDavis and friends were skipped at 10:06 am today. nomaaa has until 12:06.
ok - everyone just relax
Even me?
Quote from: GDavis on 07/27/17, 10:59:22 AM
ok - everyone just relax
WHY AREN'T YOU PICKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
Quote from: Darky on 07/27/17, 09:08:00 AM
Tempo is up, but technically team TBG can make their pick since Tempo's time window expired last night 54 minutes before 9pm. If TBG makes their pick, I'm sure Tempo will have plenty of time to make his pair of picks since nomaaaa takes about the entire two hours on every single pick. Yesterday was a slow one with the draft.
i have a team of 12 scientists and 4 engineers working out all the details. excuse me if i use my alloted time to the fullest
(https://www.desmog.ca/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/styles/full_width_blog_image/public/blogimages/Canadian%20scientists%20Justin%20Trudeau.jpg?itok=xWuXcnwy)
Roger McDowell - master of the hotfoot.
Batting order:
Henderson
Brunansky
McGwire
Schmidt
Schofield
Nokes
Hendrick
Herr
Pitcher
My batting order:
1. Ozzie Smith SS
2. Chili Davis OF
3. Andre Dawson OF
4. Will Clark 1B
5. Tom Brookens 3B
6. Gary Carter C
7. Pat Sheridan OF
8. Chris Speier 2B
Looks better than Shooty's, imo
Wrong
Strassy's might be better because his lineup is set up to bypass the pitcher entirely.
Has nomaaa still not made his pick?
im currently moving so its cool
:thumbsup:
Quote from: TempoGL on 07/27/17, 04:18:39 PM
My batting order:
1. Ozzie Smith SS
2. Chili Davis OF
3. Andre Dawson OF
4. Will Clark 1B
5. Tom Brookens 3B
6. Gary Carter C
7. Pat Sheridan OF
8. Chris Speier 2B
Looks better than Shooty's, imo
I've been running some scrimmages with my team on a rom. I'll put together your two teams and come back with some results. The Galactic Empire just put up 14 runs on Gooden and the Mets ... in 4 innings.
Can we finish this fkn thing today?
I've sent messages to the members of T.B.G. and Tempo to get their selections. Would love to get this done today so I can run some practice games over the weekend.
Before I make my pick, one question. Is there any circumstance in which the 4th pinch hitter actually gets used? I mean, there's only three times that the pitcher can get hit for. Is there any other time that the computer will make substitutions?
I'd have to go through the stats from old games and see - I believe in extra innings games there were a few times where the computer decided to PH for the No. 8 hitter, which kind of surprised me. But that maybe happened twice in however many seasons I ran the league.
It's incredibly rare. They'll do it if it's a one run game, I think.
Isn't it if you #8 hitter comes up in the 8th or ninth, they will substitute in a pinch hitter? Or maybe only if you are down
Traveling today, proxies sent to Strassy.
Good thing we didn't double up the last two rounds of picks. I may not have got that 3rd and 4th bench players I really want.
Quote from: Shooty on 07/28/17, 01:06:35 PM
Isn't it if you #8 hitter comes up in the 8th or ninth, they will substitute in a pinch hitter? Or maybe only if you are down
I've been running some practice games with some teams from the draft here, and that's exactly how it happens. If you are down in the 8th and 9th, a pinch hitter always comes in to hit for the 8-hole. Looking at the stats from season V, the last guy on the bench got anywhere between 1-5 at-bats in a 22-game season. 1 at-bat and 5 at-bats happened once, while the bulk was between 2-4 at-bats.
And Shooty, you gotta say, you had a real good draft and your team looks very strong. You'll be hard to beat with Gooden starting and even with Scott starting. Your bullpen is okay, but your sticks make up for the runs the bullpen gives up. You have a real explosive offense and Herr was a gem you found. I should say that Nacho also found a gem with Doran. Usually I take those types of guys at 2B, but this draft I chanced on Whitkr. We'll see how what works out, but he'll have to earn it since I got Sandbrg to compete for the job.
The guys with power under 780 and have a higher contact rating seem to hit slap hits and slow roller basehits with eyes. Add speed to that player, and you have a good weapon at the bottom of the lineup. Doran, Barret, and OSmith gave me great production from that spot with my past teams. That is, great enough production and not a liability because of their speed.
Lineup:
Leonard
Gibson
Bell
Hrbek
Laudner
Brett
JuFranco
Doran
Lemon
Downing
Evans
Armas
Gedman
Teuful
Reynolds
Mitchell
Blyleven
Krukow
Moore
Bedrosian
McGee
Garner
Bergmann
Aldrete
Excited for games. Been way too long since someone did all the work and ran one of these things.
Quote from: fknmclane on 07/28/17, 07:00:37 PM
Excited for games. Been way too long since someone did all the work and ran one of these things.
It'll be fun for sure! 2010 was the last official time a Fantasy League was run and that was when I ran it. I also did season V in 2009 and it was a lot of work but worth it. 2 seasons burnt me out because I wanted them at a faster pace and that meant a lot of hours doing the games, creating and updating the roms, boxscores, youtube uploads, stats, and game recaps. Making a schedule was easily the biggest pain in the ass since I did it by hand for 10 teams and calculated that no team saw the same SP the second time around in the schedule.
I'm still tinkering with my lineup and making some guys compete for a job as we speak. McLane, The Empire just beat your team 18-6! Will you be the Poopydicks again?
The scrimmages I have been simulating have been fun. I've been using different SP's for the teams I have created so far - 2-man rotation.
Quote from: fknmclane on 07/28/17, 07:00:37 PM
Excited for games. Been way too long since someone did all the work and ran one of these things.
Agreed
Nacho's team (Sally Cunts?) just beat McLane's team in bottom of the 9th. Bedrsn blew a 9-8 lead in the 9th.
And some teams are making much more errors than others. In the ROM editor, Fighton needs to set it to a reasonable level and have it the same for all the teams - that's what I did. I put Tempo's team in the STL slot and McLane's team in the MIN slot, and both of those teams are clearly making more errors than other teams. STL's slot is set at 11 errors and Minnesota's slot is set at 10 errors. In contrast, National is set at 4 errors. I forgot what I number I used for all the teams when I ran seasons V and VI, but I think I set the errors for 2 for every team.
1. tim raines
2. reggie jackson
3. alan trammel
4. candy maldonado
5. bill madlock
6. mike heath
7. wade boggs
8. (pitcher)
9. rob wilfong
b. danny heep
b. joel youngblood
b. andres gallaraga
b. vince coleman
sp1. viola
sp2. key
rp1. kerfield
rp2. worrel
haha, nice try. The ROM editor does not allow a pitcher to hit anywhere but 9th, nomaaa. Have you been on shrooms during your move? 8)
8)
Make sure you give me team names and colors as well as lineups.
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/28/17, 11:58:32 PM
Make sure you give me team names and colors as well as lineups.
What number will you set the errors for all the teams?
And Nacho's team held off Shooty's team in a scrimmage. 17-14. Nacho's team took a 17-14 lead into the bottom of the 8th and the scored held that way.
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/28/17, 11:58:32 PM
Make sure you give me team names and colors as well as lineups.
Team Name: GDavis and Friends
Colours: Pink and Black
Nacho's team won again 21-15 and Cox has been superb. Nacho's team seems to like Gooden.
Fighton, team name and colors:
Empire
Letters: EM
Helmet/Bat: Black
Flesh: Black
Uniform: White
Background: Grey
The Canadian Shooties - red jerseys, white hats.
Batting order:
Henderson
Brunansky
McGwire
Schmidt
Schofield
Nokes
Hendrick
Herr
Lindeman
Dykstra
Gwynn
Kruk
Gooden
Scott
Hernandez
Orosco
1. Strawberry
2. Backman
3. Evans
4. Murphy
5. Clark
6. Boone
7. HoJo
8. Gagne
Buckner
Pettis
Baines
Spillman
Fernando
Tudor
Sniper
Righetti
Seymour Chili's
Grey/orange
rock city diplomats
RC
hat: pink
uni: white
flesh: d. brown
raines
jackson
trammel
maldonado
madlock
heath
boggs
wilfong
heep
youngblood
coleman
gallaraga
viola
key
kerfield
worrel
Ass Full of Shit
Brown
Quote from: Darky on 07/29/17, 06:45:02 AM
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/28/17, 11:58:32 PM
Make sure you give me team names and colors as well as lineups.
What number will you set the errors for all the teams?
And Nacho's team held off Shooty's team in a scrimmage. 17-14. Nacho's team took a 17-14 lead into the bottom of the 8th and the scored held that way.
Just giving all teams a "10" - the median number of the non-All Star teams.
Lavender Menace
Colors: lavender and black
Scratch that. Tulsa Pinkmen
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/29/17, 12:10:10 PM
Just giving all teams a "10" - the median number of the non-All Star teams.
Okay, thanks for making that clear. I like the number since there'll be at least 2 errors per team a game and that'll alter a team's fate!
BATTING ORDER
Gaetti
Jones
Rice
Canseco
GDavis
Ripken
Brenly
Grich
Hernandez
Lopes
Pendleton
Wilson
Ryan
Witt
Henke
Franco
Quote from: Shooty on 07/28/17, 01:06:35 PM
Isn't it if you #8 hitter comes up in the 8th or ninth, they will substitute in a pinch hitter? Or maybe only if you are down
Ultimate figured out the exact parameters for substitutions a few years ago; I'll see if I can dig up the post. As best I recall, it was something like 7th inning or later, ahead by less than 5 or behind.
Found it: https://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=24703.0
1) Once the SP1 has pitched 4 full innings, if he comes to the plate with his team trailing, tied or ahead by 3 or less runs, he will be subbed out for a PH.
1a) SP1 will come out of any game once he has pitched 4+ innings if his team is leading by 4 runs or less or is tied or trailing.
2) Once the SP2 has completed the 7th inning pitching, if he comes to the plate with his team trailing, tied or ahead by 3 or less runs, he will be subbed out for a PH.
2a) SP2 will come out of any game once he has finished pitching his half of the 7th inning if his team is leading by 4 runs or less or is tied or trailing
3) Once the RP1 has completed the 8th inning pitching, if he comes to the plate with his team trailing, tied or ahead by 3 or less runs, he will be subbed out for a PH.
3a) RP1 will come out of any game once he has finished pitching his half of the 8th inning if his team is leading by 4 runs or less or is tied or trailing
4) In the 8th inning or later if either the 8 or 9 spot in the order come up with the batting team tied, trailing, or ahead by 3 runs or less, the position will be subbed.
Good work Beef!
FIGHTON ... errors set to 10 implies a lot of dumb errors and sloppy play at times. A team just had 5 errors in three innings. One infield fly was dropped and all kinds of boots happened. Wouldn't 8 make for cleaner play? How does everybody else feel about this?
Also and this is a true story - I just witnessed Gooden hit a walzie homerun!
Darky has his scouts out and watching the simulation games. I'll post my lineup in the next post. I'll say this, Sntago beat out Pena for the starting job at C in our spring training games!
Once the real season begins, the games will be different due to the observer effect! The Empire is currently 6-3 on a set of scrimmages I am running. The Empire played all the teams with SP#1 and now I'm going back around with SP#2.
Holy shit! Had you seen a pitcher homerun before? I'm pretty sure I still never have.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 07/29/17, 09:16:13 PM
Holy shit! Had you seen a pitcher homerun before? I'm pretty sure I still never have.
Never. Gooden hit a bullet to the LF corner wall and it wasn't at the lowest point, but still really low. Amazing.
Never seen one ever.
I also love how Darky gets hardcore into the fantasy RBI.
Team: Easy Listeners
Uniform color: Light pink
Hat/bat color: Baby blue
1. Ozzie Smith SS
2. Chili Davis OF
3. Andre Dawson OF
4. Will Clark 1B
5. Tom Brookens 3B
6. Gary Carter C
7. Pat Sheridan OF
8. Chris Speier 2B
Guerrero
Puhl
Cruz
Spike Motherfuckin' Owen
Clemens
Saberhagen
Stanley
Reardon
Team: The Empire
Letters: EM
Helmet/Bat: White
Flesh: Black
Uniform: Black
1. EDavis RF
2. Mtngly 1B
3. Baylor LF
4. Burks CF
5. DCincs 3B
6. Sntago C
7. Burlsn SS
8. Whitkr 2B
SP#1 Morris
SP#2 Sutton
RP#1 Dayley
RP#2 Robnsn
Bench
Knight
Pena
Sndbrg
Morris
I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable with someone named Darky using those team colours....
the darky all-blacks?
Now THAT'S a smile that can light up a room.
Darky - what emulator are you using? My favorite emulator (JNes) doesn't work on Mac, so I'm trying to find the easiest one to record/export games for a Mac (from what I can tell, Nestopia only has that functionality on PC).
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/31/17, 11:27:51 AM
Darky - what emulator are you using? My favorite emulator (JNes) doesn't work on Mac, so I'm trying to find the easiest one to record/export games for a Mac (from what I can tell, Nestopia only has that functionality on PC).
VirtuaNES for Win32.
Also, my next post will have a lineup change.
I think I have a pretty good workaround for recording (screen capture via Quicktime plus the Soundflower add-on to capture the audio).
Question for the group: which of the three options would you prefer for viewing the games?
- Full game at regular speed
- Full game at faster speed (1.5x to 2x)
- Regular speed but with only the actually plays shown (i.e. editing out balls, strikes and fouls that don't lead to a K or W)?
Last option
Either #2 or #3 are fine with me.
I like #3, but seems like more work for fighton. Don't want him to have another excuse not to finish something. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Full game at faster speed.
I watched the tournament I just ran at this speed in the pic below (games take about 10 mintues). I just hit the shift bar to activate the throttle function so the game goes at the speed shown below. When I ran the league last time around, I used the same speed when I recorded the games for people who has the VirtuaNES and taped the games to put on YouTube to make the viewing experience more convenient. I was going to tape the championship game of the tournament and put it on youtube, but figured screw it.
So how am I going to watch the games exactly? Will I be able to download the zip files and run them into my emulator? Will I have to download additional software that is compatible with the software you'll be using?
Everything is getting posted on YouTube.
I'm going to run a practice game tonight and play around with some video editing features.
Make sure to get your dick in the frame.
ALWAYS
Full game 1.5 speed
Who's winning?
bump
Darky needs to intervene.
Does everyone have their lineups set? I know there was some confusion from the TBG/Beefy/GDavis camp? I'm locking the ROM down for Week 1 so let me know now if you have changes. (If you haven't given me orders for PHs and pitchers, I'm just going with the order they were drafted.)
Use Beefy's lineup and just switch Canseco with Gaetti (so Canseco is leadoff). TIA.
Cansco at leadoff, bold. I like it
40/40 club
HE DOESN'T STEAL IN RBI
40 HRs, 40 pixelated vaginas prolapsed.
I can't decide whether putting our best hitter at leadoff is genius (maximizing his plate appearances) or stupid (SO MANY SOLO HOMERS). I'll support it for now and we can reevaluate if he's hitting a lot of dingers with no one on base.
It's a difference of +0.2832 runs per game. Not hugely significant but couldn't hurt.
Quote from: TβG on 08/02/17, 01:41:05 PM
HE DOESN'T STEAL IN RBI
Then how did he get in the 40/40 club?
The Easy Listeners PH order should be:
Guerrero
Puhl
Cruz
Owen
Schedule for this season. I went with 14 games, since that's what I've done in my leagues in the past and, let's face it, if we get through three weeks you should be thrilled.
Games will commence shortly.
Here is the Week 1 ROM. Feel free to check your team to make sure I have your lineups, colors, etc. correct.
haha, Shooty! You're team is pink!
Everything sounds great Fighton! On the schedule, nomaaa's team is incorrectly abbreviated. He's the Rock City Diplomats you got him abbreviated with a DC.
A 14-game season sounds splendid! It's gonna be a wild two years for Fantasy RBI VII ;D :D
I'll run the next season.
And you're positive with the errors set to 10? ???
I might dial the errors back to 8 after this week if it's crazy. I don't feel like it's going to be a major problem - a good chunk of the BOPs come on singles or the defense is able to recover to make the out. A little bit of randomness also helps to spice up the games.
So what you're saying is that you think it's time to spice things up a bit?
The thing is, the errors are crazy. And the defense never recovers. I've watched easily over a 80 games with the errors set to 10, and there are just too many that either ignite rallies or prolong rallies. I've seen teams make 6 errors in one game and rarely do both teams go under 2 errors. But screw it, your running the league and why not with the randomness. We'll see who will complain about the errors eventually since it'll cost them the game - and it may be more than one person. I can live with it, but just pointing this out. I set the errors to 2 when I ran the league since I can't stand errors and cheap runs when there are enough runs in this league. Mark my words though, there'll be an uprising about the errors no later than week 2 :D
Quote from: GDavis on 08/02/17, 01:54:38 PM
It's a difference of +0.2832 runs per game. Not hugely significant but couldn't hurt.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 08/02/17, 01:51:38 PM
I can't decide whether putting our best hitter at leadoff is genius (maximizing his plate appearances) or stupid (SO MANY SOLO HOMERS). I'll support it for now and we can reevaluate if he's hitting a lot of dingers with no one on base.
I like how GDavis has just completely taken over here! A power guy in the leadoff isn't bad at all. If the 8 or 9 hole get on with two outs, you have a potential 2-3 homer awaiting from the leadoff spot and with greater consistently to maximize runs. You guys have enough power in the lineup to get away with that. Darky's advanced scouts has your team projected to make the playoffs.
And by the way Fighton, are there 2 divisions or not? Do the top four make the playoffs, or will it be 6 teams with the top two getting a bye? And what will the playoff format be? WE ARE LEFT IN THE DARK HERE!
So Darky - it sounds like you feel like fighton is introducing an element of randomness to a contest that otherwise could be decided by pure skill
Quote from: Darky on 08/02/17, 06:12:34 PM
Quote from: GDavis on 08/02/17, 01:54:38 PM
It's a difference of +0.2832 runs per game. Not hugely significant but couldn't hurt.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 08/02/17, 01:51:38 PM
I can't decide whether putting our best hitter at leadoff is genius (maximizing his plate appearances) or stupid (SO MANY SOLO HOMERS). I'll support it for now and we can reevaluate if he's hitting a lot of dingers with no one on base.
I like how GDavis has just completely taken over here! A power guy in the leadoff isn't bad at all. If the 8 or 9 hole get on with two outs, you have a potential 2-3 homer awaiting from the leadoff spot and with greater consistently to maximize runs. You guys have enough power in the lineup to get away with that. Darky's advanced scouts has your team projected to make the playoffs.
And by the way Fighton, are there 2 divisions or not? Do the top four make the playoffs, or will it be 6 teams with the top two getting a bye? And what will the playoff format be? WE ARE LEFT IN THE DARK HERE!
Ahem...
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/19/17, 11:34:24 PM
- I'm pretty sure I can handle getting the files onto YouTube.
- Each team plays each other two times. One division, top four advance to playoffs.
- Recaps are the most fun for me to do. I'll certainly keep your offer for help with scoring in mind.
- I like the idea of having to swap SPs every game. And I've never allowed RPs to start games, and wouldn't allow that here.
Quote from: GDavis on 08/02/17, 06:15:00 PM
So Darky - it sounds like you feel like fighton is introducing an element of randomness to a contest that otherwise could be decided by pure skill
lol!
Fighton, quality control is needed here. Did you input the players yourself instead of switching around the players to get the teams set? Is the ROM you created made open to public viewing on the RBI editor? I bring this up since Krukow's name is shortened implying you did the input yourself and leaving that small chance for human error with the parameters for players.
And Fighton, sorry, I forgot to check the draft thread since you made the playoffs clear there. My bad and I apologize for my idiotness.
Quote from: GDavis on 08/02/17, 05:48:42 PM
So what you're saying is that you think it's time to spice things up a bit?
:thumbsup:
Yeah, I manually entered everything before I realized that the "Swap" feature in the editor also swaps between teams.
Can we use it to swap wives?
Quote from: Darky on 08/02/17, 05:12:10 PM
haha, Shooty! You're team is pink!
Quote from: Darky on 08/02/17, 06:07:04 PM
But screw it, your running the league and why not with the randomness.
:(
Must be all that bud he's been sniffing
Wow, so embarrassing. I blame lack of sleep for that kind of grammatical malfunction. You and you're are words I make sure to double check always, but this time I didn't and my neurons aren't to be trusted when sleep is low and when the body has been pushed to the limit with workouts. haha, really, that's just so dumb of me and white trashy.
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/02/17, 06:58:08 PM
Yeah, I manually entered everything before I realized that the "Swap" feature in the editor also swaps between teams.
haha, SO much work!
Quote from: Man of Steal on 08/02/17, 07:40:55 PM
Must be all that bud he's been sniffing
Cannabis oil should be available on the market for body oils. I certainly wouldn't mind lathering myself with cannabis oil as well as lavender oil. I should start a thread about what oils, gels, and lotions we use on our bodies. Seriously though, a sniff a day is beautiful. :love:
Quote from: fightonusc on 07/18/17, 01:26:15 PM
Rules:
- Draft officially begins Friday, July 21 (GMs are allowed to make picks when they are up at any time before that.)
- 2 hour draft window (between 9 AM and 9 PM forum time)
- Must draft 16 players (3 OF, one starter at each other field position, four bench players, 2 SP, 2 RP). All positions are listed in Excel spreadsheet attached to this post.
- Players may drop players and pick up from the "free agent" pool before the start of their next game.
- SP1 and SP2 will alternate with each game.
The Empire has officially cut OF and bench player Morris. 2B Uribe has been promoted to the Empire. Official Lineup:
1. EDavis RF
2. Mtngly 1B
3. Baylor LF
4. Burks CF
5. DCincs 3B
6. Sntago C
7. Burlsn SS
8. Whitkr 2B
SP#1 Morris
SP#2 Sutton
RP#1 Dayley
RP#2 Robnsn
Bench
Knight
Uribe
Pena
Sndbrg
(http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/52dea0a369bedde03ea3dd01/stormtrooper-twerk.gif)
Quote from: Darky on 08/03/17, 07:47:51 AM
The Empire has officially cut OF and bench player Morris.
This was a grave, grave mistake...
Should I go ahead and pick him up off waivers, gantry?
That would be highly recommended
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ud8w07hcxoc/hqdefault.jpg)
Blank Morris will be available for Week 2. All rosters are now locked for this week.
First games to go up shortly.
darky, thanks for looking out homie
yall people welcome in rock city anytime
Quote from: nomaaa on 08/04/17, 01:44:22 AM
darky, thanks for looking out homie
yall people welcome in rock city anytime
Your trip to the Imperial Center will not be memorable. And you shall address me as Lord Vader. Your cute RC Diplomats are already intimidated by Fantasy RBI juggernaut, the Empire. 35-18 (14-12 playoffs) in three Fantasy seasons - 1 FRBI WS title in FRBI V, WS runner up in season IV, and Divisional playoff appearance in FRBI VI. The Force will be strong with us for our opening night at the Imperial Center.
Nevertheless, The Empire appreciates your kindness and respect. We shall not underestimate the RC Diplomats.
yo real respect real, but killa cam & the rcd are all about first impressions.
leave the rest of your messeges on the celly
lol! Well played nomaaa! Love the lingo.
Quote from: nomaaa on 08/04/17, 10:20:15 AM
yo real respect real, but killa cam & the rcd are all about first impressions.
leave the rest of your messeges on the celly
We'll get you next time around kiddo. We all 'bout da last impression partna and it fauna be dem nutz fly killuh style.
All the visiting teams won for week 1. I've mentioned before how the visiting team has an edge in Fantasy RBI and gave the option for the playoffs for the team with a better record to be away or at home. I don't have exact numbers, but I believe it's like a 55-45 percent edge for the away team.
And interestingly enough, me and Nacho both are at home for our opening three games. :o
First episode of the podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRSw3aD9yHc
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/08/17, 04:58:41 PM
First episode of the podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRSw3aD9yHc
Cock in hand! Fuckin' brilliant and thank you Fighton!
Great recap. Speaking of Darky's trades - Darky offered me Baylor in a trade and the Baylor promptly died IRL. Coincidence?
Curse of the Namlos?
Hoo boy there's some questionable baserunning this week in the EZ Listeners vs. GDavis & Friends game.
Quote from: GDavis on 08/08/17, 05:36:07 PM
Great recap. Speaking of Darky's trades - Darky offered me Baylor in a trade and the Baylor promptly died IRL. Coincidence?
That was strange! I was going to mention that as well. Bear in mind that I rescinded the trade before you could respond. Baylor may or may not have been offered to another owner in a big swap trade. Almost fell through. Why did I trade away DCincs and Burks? I wanted higher contact guys with good or decent power - meaning more hits. Also, Leonrd is an Empire style player and he was with me in my last season when we went 16-6 and then choked to the Banana Hammocks in the League Championship Series when we blew a 3 games to 1 lead. Still pissed about that bs, but we'll get the Hammocks back when I start my Fantasy RBI Champions League in a couple of few weeks. I'm still debating on the format right now.
My new favorite podcast! Fighton, you did an awesome recap - real professional and entertaining. I loved the preview for next week's games as well. This sort of thing creates a mythology for Fantasy RBI and keeps us and outsiders captivated around the drama during the season. The analysis of the games crushed it!
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/08/17, 05:43:08 PM
Curse of the Namlos?
LMAO! So there's no way I can trade Baylor this season since I'll need a ghost in the machine to help out the Empire. This year it looks like we are going to have to grit and claw our way into the playoffs thanks to me basically having the worst draft I can imagine.
I was running some sim games today and still am. So I may have my own little preview for this week's games later on in this thread.
And again, thanks Fighton for the podcast. It's brilliant and increases the quality of the FRBI product.
Why didn't Darky offer me a trade? I'm interested in wheeling and dealing.
Quote from: Shooty on 08/08/17, 06:46:19 PM
Why didn't Darky offer me a trade? I'm interested in wheeling and dealing.
I think he's having trouble figuring out the exchange rate
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/08/17, 05:44:25 PM
Hoo boy there's some questionable baserunning this week in the EZ Listeners vs. GDavis & Friends game.
That was a roller coaster.
Canseco continues to underperform - but it's clear that his spot in the order isn't preventing him from coming up in big spots.
Excellent work by Manfredi on that podcast.
Empire already panicking
Quote from: GDavis on 08/08/17, 06:56:55 PM
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/08/17, 05:44:25 PM
Hoo boy there's some questionable baserunning this week in the EZ Listeners vs. GDavis & Friends game.
That was a roller coaster.
Canseco continues to underperform - but it's clear that his spot in the order isn't preventing him from coming up in big spots.
Cansco was 2/5 with 1RBI and one 2B! Will GDavis continue to "trust the process" :D
You guys had 4 putouts that left runs on the board. Grich lead the team in hits today with 3! Your bench went 2-3! And Ripken's laser off the wall forced GDavis out at second!
Anyways, you guys pulled it out after being behind. You guys outscored the EZ Listeners 8-2 from the 5th inning, after being down 8-5. So wow, the Ryan Express had a scoreless outing.
I loved the hit and run in the first inning when O.Smith took off from first and C.Davis knocked him in with a double. Then in the 9th, with the bases juiced, Smith choked in the clutch when he lined one towards Gaetti in which Gaetti made a heroic dive to catch the ball and end the game.
Another good game and what a way to start the second week. I was going to project that GDavis would more than likely win in a tight game, like by 1 run or so, and that's what happened. We had another low scoring game - good stuff - #deadballera
By the way, Dawson was 3/5 with three singles ??? Nobody had a really monster day besides the pitchers who all pitched outstanding.
Quote from: fknmclane on 08/08/17, 09:15:43 PM
Empire already panicking
Order shall be in place. Sutton was late to a team meeting, so he got the death choke. We sensed something in the Force and next game will tell. We feel confident with our changes.
(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1090871/thumbs/o-STAR-WARS-570.jpg?6)
Quote from: Shooty on 08/08/17, 06:46:19 PM
Why didn't Darky offer me a trade? I'm interested in wheeling and dealing.
I couldn't find a good tradeoff for both of us. I mused some package offers, but in the end, I would have had to take too big of a chance. I may return to you since your door is open for negotiations and that we are perhaps a trade away from putting an Empire style product on the field.
Talk shit all you want about Canseco in the leadoff slot - but look what happened to the EZ Listeners. They had Ozzie up in the 9th, 2 outs, bases juiced. I know for a fact that's not who they wanted up in that spot.
That's why you optimize the lineup.
Quote from: GDavis on 08/08/17, 09:33:03 PM
Talk shit all you want about Canseco in the leadoff slot - but look what happened to the EZ Listeners. They had Ozzie up in the 9th, 2 outs, bases juiced. I know for a fact that's not who they wanted up in that spot.
That's why you optimize the lineup.
I said before it makes sense and I'm with you with that approach. However, Canseco doesn't like to hit lead off. He's jinxed in that spot, but trust the process! haha! Players thrive better in certain spots in the lineup. Canseco has gone public about how he despises hitting leadoff. He said so on his hotline number! (https://1989oaklandas.wordpress.com/tag/jose-canseco-hotline/) And I saw him twitching twice as fast and twice as hard for his first two at-bats when he was hitless to start the game, again!
I don't know why Beef has no authority to make the change and I have no idea why he keeps trusting the process, haha! Keep him there though and watch him twitch in anger!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfIfYkuJSMY
Quote from: GDavis on 08/08/17, 06:56:55 PM
Canseco continues to underperform - but it's clear that his spot in the order isn't preventing him from coming up in big spots.
I am impressed at your dedication to defending this batting order.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 08/09/17, 07:51:49 AM
Quote from: GDavis on 08/08/17, 06:56:55 PM
Canseco continues to underperform - but it's clear that his spot in the order isn't preventing him from coming up in big spots.
I am impressed at your dedication to defending this batting order.
I'm a big sabremetrics guy. We're still working off a very small sample size.
Keith Hernandez is showing well of the bench - I'm considering a Hernandez/GDavis platoon. Let's take it to PM.
I'm worried that we're messing with Canseco's head and altering his approach. Word around the clubhouse is that he's insulted by the move to leadoff, because he considers himself an "RBI man" and that the leadoff spot is for "guys who can't hit the ball out of the infield".
That guy has always been a hothead. You drafted him, so he's your problem. Go talk to him.
FACT: Canseco is one of two players I have seen ejected from a game in person.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 08/09/17, 08:07:15 AM
I'm worried that we're messing with Canseco's head and altering his approach. Word around the clubhouse is that he's insulted by the move to leadoff, because he considers himself an "RBI man" and that the leadoff spot is for "guys who can't hit the ball out of the infield".
Quote from: GDavis on 08/09/17, 08:08:49 AM
That guy has always been a hothead. You drafted him, so he's your problem. Go talk to him.
Hahaha, he has a gargantuan ego. Have you guys suggested he see a specialist for his constant twitching as well as a psychologist for his raging temper? Hey, btw, the GDavis & Friends offense was more productive across the board in the preseason tournament where Canseco was hitting in the 4-hole. It's so funny, Canseco is pissed off for his first 2-3 at-bats, then he calms down and starts hitting. I wonder if the same trend will continue next game! It's the leadoff CURSE for Canseco!
And this 8 team league sure does leave everybody with decent options on the bench and for platooning ... and perhaps to make trade packages more attractive ;)
Oh, this just in. A reporter managed to get some shots in the GDavis and Friends clubhouse. He was spotted posing and talking to himself that he looks too big and powerful to be a leadoff hitter. It's really messing with his ego and sense of masculinity.
(http://leatherneckm31.typepad.com/leatherneckm31/images/2007/11/16/canseco0515_2.jpg)
(http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0527/pg2_g_canseco_flex_300.jpg)
Quote from: Darky on 08/09/17, 08:24:39 AM
Have you guys suggested he see a specialist for his constant twitching as well as a psychologist for his raging temper?
We have noticed these issue as well. Currently, our plan is to have the trainer double Canseco's usual pre-game steroid dosage.
are there going to be stats?
if no one is doing that, i could give it a shot
I should be able to handle stats. I'll know more after this week when I try to use the software to do it.
youre the man freddi
also. awesome podcast
Quote from: GDavis on 08/09/17, 12:20:51 PM
E Davis should lead off
Well, he could and he would thrive there, but Leonrd also thrives batting leadoff. I see them as interchangeable as far as maximization. They both can hit one out at any time or get a hit to keep the inning going and clean up the bottom of the lineup with 2 outs. E.Davis may hit far more impressive moonshots or screaming liners over the fence, but Leonrd has good power to hit one out on any side of the field and match Davis statistically. Leo has an impressive contact-to-power raito and he's had some big seasons historically in Fantasy RBI. So either way, it's a wash for them if you take into account the damage E.Davis will be doing from the cleanup spot.
Here's how I see it. Baylor needs protection and I need insurance in case Baylor fails. E.Davis is just the guy to maximize more efficiently from the cleanup spot. Additionally, Davis has the speed (142) to get that extra base on singles and doubles to help Brett or Whtkr or Santgo manufacture runs since the majority of their hits will be singles and doubles. So from that perspective, I really need Davis in the 4-hole to help maximize the bottom of the lineup. Leonrd's speed is 134 - good but not 142 speed. Also, Leonrd's speed from the leadoff spot is not as critical since should he get on, he'll have HR hitters in front of him. So you see, there are multiple ways of looking at this. And our advanced scouting demands that Leo hits leadoff and that E.Davis hits cleanup.
So I hope this leadoff Canseco jinx drama continues to sustain itself - great storyline for the Fantasy RBI League. We need storylines to create some theater!
And by the way, Fighton, you really have elevated the product of the Fantasy League. You took things another step from how I ran it, maybe a light year of a step with the tracker and podcast.
And nomaaa asked about the stats. Of course Fighton is on top of that, but I'll also have my own private stash of stats to add to my historical stats. Plus, I'm going to be sure to track some exotic stats, such as putouts as a result of bad speed and how that factors in to a player's value - double plays as well.
new lineup
1. tim raines
2. reggie jackson
3. alan trammell
4. bill madlock
5. mike heath
6. candy maldonado
7. wade boggs
8. rob wilfong
b. vince coleman
b. danny heep
b. joel youngblood
b. andres gallaraga
Fuck, the Pinkmen were lucky as shit to survive that game. Took forever to get the bats going. New acquisition Burks shits the bed in key early situations, and top pick Bell hits into TWO double plays in his first two at bats and then ends an inning on the bases after reaching on an error in his third at-bat. Luckily the bottom of the order produced, including some major production from another new acquisition, DiCinces.
So everyone is 1-1 so far, right? Let's see if the Empire can keep the trend going.
Quote from: Nacho on 08/10/17, 08:12:17 PM
Fuck, the Pinkmen were lucky as shit to survive that game. Took forever to get the bats going. New acquisition Burks shits the bed in key early situations, and top pick Bell hits into TWO double plays in his first two at bats and then ends an inning on the bases after reaching on an error in his third at-bat. Luckily the bottom of the order produced, including some major production from another new acquisition, DiCinces.
DCincs went 5-5 with two jacks. He had a good game. Burks was 2-6 with a bomb. And that was crazy how Bell ... BELL hit into 2 straight double plays! He started the game 0-3 and ended up 2-5 - won't happen again, but he sure is off to a rocky start with you. And how about former Empire charlie hustle player, Doran! 4-5 with two 2Bs and one HR! What production from the 8th spot. Basically, your Pinkmen scored 7 in the 6th and 7 runs in the 7th which turned out to be the difference. It was 7-3 in favor of AOS and after the two furious rallies in the 6th and 7th, the score stood at 17-8.
McLane's AOS showed some guts by clawing their way back, but the gunpowder ran out in the end. Another good game! Lemon and Dwning had a big day for McLane - they combined to go for 9-12 from the top of the order. My old hitting coach, DaEvns, contributed with 3 hits, but he under performed with all that power. Armas killed you McLane. 2-6 with only sally singles. And Destroyer of Dreams didn't show up - Gedmn only went 1-4 and got a rare walk.
Another key difference - the pitchers for the Pinkmen went 2-4 and I believe that helped manufacture more runs in the 6th and/or 7th.
Quote from: GDavis on 08/10/17, 08:20:21 PM
So everyone is 1-1 so far, right? Let's see if the Empire can keep the trend going.
I know, so much pressure on the Empire so early in the season. We got a brand to live up to and of course exceedingly high expectations that Darth Vader demands. May the Force bless the Empire.
Love darkys commentary on fantasy RBI. It's worth unblocking him for a while for those of you that have gone that route.
Darky has made a lineup change before his game. After this week, all lineup changes will need to be to me before the week's first game.
1. Leonrd
2. Mtngly
3. Baylor
4. E.Davis
5. Brett
6. Whtkr
7. Pena
8. Burlsn
Bench
Knight
Sntago
Uribe
Sandbrg
Quote from: Shooty on 08/10/17, 09:04:48 PM
Love darkys commentary on fantasy RBI. It's worth unblocking him for a while for those of you that have gone that route.
Or if you want to (wisely) keep him blocked, I'll transcribe for you
Sntago was caught walking to the outfield to shag balls during BP today. That is a no-no in our program. Nobody is ever allowed to walk on the diamond at any given time. Vader gave him a light death choke and in his trademark voice in a calm and cold manner, gave me the order to bench Sntago for the rest of the year. Meanwhile, Pena has been promoted as the starting C. Vader forced the clubhouse guy to stretch Sntago's butt with the special starhole blast lightsaber to set an example. Sntago won't be cut due to the Empire's diversity program.
Vader allows me to do the lineup, but everything else has his handprints. He's got the advanced scouts working 24-hour shifts to find an edge. Things are a bit tight around here on the Imperial Star Destroyer.
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/fiEb5vBGjWy2s/giphy.gif)
Darky is benching Santiago and promoting Pena
The Cliff's Notes version is obviously not as good as the real thing
If they wanted Darky's inane bloviating, they wouldn't be ignoring him.
MOS, what's your deal? Be cool man, fuck. Nevertheless, The Empire welcomes all hecklers at the Imperial Center for the Monday Friday Night Game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIxeOvClzR4) of the week!
And for the record since fightonusc brought up the "grudge match" in his wonderful podcast, I don't dislike anyone in this forum. The only guy I have ever passionately disliked was Attez. It was a great feeling when the Empire smoked Attez's Fighting Artichokes in the League Champion Series (https://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=23084.0), 3 games to 1 in season FRBI V when The Empire won it all.
And with our backs to the wall, The Empire has performed a shadow ritual to summon Don Baylor into the 16-bit world in the form of a spirit. The Force will be strong in him. May the Force bless The Empire tonight.
(https://www.rushhourdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1024x1024.jpg)
bloviated is one of the english language's best words
Quote from: nomaaa on 08/11/17, 07:44:30 AM
bloviated is one of the english language's best words
It is!
Ignorers: nothing of interest there. Carry on.
Baylor didn't perish - he became one with the force.
Quote from: Shooty on 08/10/17, 09:04:48 PM
Love darkys commentary on fantasy RBI. It's worth unblocking him for a while for those of you that have gone that route.
Hitler may have been a great painter too...
Quote from: Nacho on 08/10/17, 08:12:17 PM
Fuck, the Pinkmen were lucky as shit to survive that game. Took forever to get the bats going. New acquisition Burks shits the bed in key early situations, and top pick Bell hits into TWO double plays in his first two at bats and then ends an inning on the bases after reaching on an error in his third at-bat. Luckily the bottom of the order produced, including some major production from another new acquisition, DiCinces.
Made it interesting at the end but Pinks were in control. You fucker.
Quote from: Man of Steal on 08/11/17, 07:52:45 AM
Quote from: nomaaa on 08/11/17, 07:44:30 AM
bloviated is one of the english language's best words
It is!
Ignorers: nothing of interest there. Carry on.
What is it exactly you're trying to accomplish?
Quote from: fknmclane on 08/11/17, 12:36:33 PM
Quote from: Man of Steal on 08/11/17, 07:52:45 AM
Quote from: nomaaa on 08/11/17, 07:44:30 AM
bloviated is one of the english language's best words
It is!
Ignorers: nothing of interest there. Carry on.
What is it exactly you're trying to accomplish?
Trying to provoke Darkside into getting angry so he can reaffirm that Darkside is hostile and/or insane.
Who is insane in that equation?
Quote from: fknmclane on 08/11/17, 12:39:38 PM
Who is insane in that equation?
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Yeah, Fantasy RBI is where Darky shines, and his smack talk on this front is mostly good natured. Call a truce, at least on the RBI board, and move along...
I'm relaying relevant information like lineup changes to people who can't see Darky's posts. I'll stop if it's bothering you guys, but I don't have some ulterior motive.
You guys are super protective of Darky, it's cute.
Yes, please discontinue the service of relaying relevant information like lineup changes to those who choose not to see Darky's posts. It's bothersome at best.
Yeah, I'd imagine that people who are really interested to know about what the Empire's day-to-day management looks like are already able to read Darky's posts.
Thanks guys, appreciate it. Last parting shot - this is no thread and board to bring in dirty laundry. Fantasy RBI is the final frontier to not have things ruined by nonsense. Let's keep this board and related fantasy threads sacred and clean because shit, it's a RBI discussion board dedicated to the best video game ever created!
Anyways and moving on. For the Friday Night Fantasy game, we'll need to limit Backmn and Tudor/Fernando Mania to one hit, two the most for us to tip the odds in our favor. If Backmn and the pitchers get more than 2 hits, it'll be tough for us to overcome from what our advanced scouts reported. I'm looking forward to see how new acquisition Brett performs. I know he'll deliver in the clutch, but he's not a huge night kind of guy. Leo will deliver all season and The Empire is more than delighted to have him back.
And Pena regaining his starting job will give The Empire a more established identity. He had time to reflect after his benching and he has come back more focused and hungry! And we'll see if my hunch about Hurst pays off - advanced scouting told us that Sutton gave up bigger innings to the Seymour Chilis. Anyways, we'll find out soon enough in this "Any Given Sunday" type of league.
That post was sort of long. Maybe a MoS translation would be fine, after all.
Quote from: Nacho on 08/11/17, 02:33:58 PM
That post was sort of long. Maybe a MoS translation would be fine, after all.
Darky thanked you guys for defending him from my non-attacks, talked about his need to limit Backman and the pitchers to 1 or 2 hits in his upcoming game, and then some flavor text about Pena.
It's a pretty spicy take to say that calling someone's posts "inane bloviating" is not an attack on them
Quote from: TempoGL on 08/11/17, 02:42:08 PM
It's a pretty spicy take to say that calling someone's posts "inane bloviating" is not an attack on them
Clearly you've never been to the politics tab.
Anyway, future translating by request only. I'm enjoying the games so far, guys
I thought MoS's summaries of Darky's post to be entertaining. People's vaginas are too sensitivite today.
For those of you who has Shooty on ignore - he said that "he thought MoS's summaries of Darky's posts to be entertaining" (grammar?). He also mentioned that people's vaginas are too sensitive today.
Quote from: GDavis on 08/11/17, 03:32:52 PM
For those of you who has Shooty on ignore - he said that "he thought MoS's summaries of Darky's posts to be entertaining" (grammar?). He also mentioned that people's vaginas are too sensitive today.
You speak Canadian?
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/11/17, 03:56:15 PM
Quote from: GDavis on 08/11/17, 03:32:52 PM
For those of you who has Shooty on ignore - he said that "he thought MoS's summaries of Darky's posts to be entertaining" (grammar?). He also mentioned that people's vaginas are too sensitive today.
You speak Canadian?
Are you surprised because he's Jewish?
Shooty is Jewish?
In a way, aren't we all?
Bummer. Need more power. Jack Clark's base running is maddening.
Quote from: GDavis on 08/11/17, 04:14:19 PM
Shooty is Jewish?
I really could have used one of those beanies when I was losing my hair.
Wow, the Empire narrowly survive a scare. A loss to the Chilis and it would have been panic time.
That Chilis team is undoubtedly the worst roster in the league, but they're scrappy and they've got chemistry. I was impressed through 7 innings or so, but baserunning errors and defensive mistakes cost them. It's like they knew that the Empire had the better roster and let it get to their head late in the game.
One crappy inning did them in.
They might have the best pitching in the league.
Quote from: Darky on 08/11/17, 02:25:40 PM
For the Friday Night Fantasy game, we'll need to limit Backmn and Tudor/Fernando Mania to one hit, two the most for us to tip the odds in our favor.
Backman and Tudor: 1-5. Fortunately Strwby went 1-5. Exactly why we brought in Hurst for this game - Hurst matched up really well with the Chilis. Sutton would have gotten rocked by the Chili's and that's why we had to drop Sutton. Vader had our scouts run a lot of sim games to put us in the best possible situation to win.
There were a lot of double plays. I didn't keep score and write down other details, but will do so later.
The summoning ritual helped out - Baylor delivered.
Also coming out with the big sticks tonight: Donnie Baseball and Sweet Lou Whitkr. Donnie Baseball has been with The Empire every single season I've been an owner. He's our captain and he showed veteran leadership - refuse to lose with a 5/5 performance. And Whtkr with 2 bombs, fuck yeah. That rarely happens with him so we'll take his anomalous evening.
With all that said, that was a lousy performance by The Empire tonight. We need to put teams away when we have leads in low scoring games. The Force was with us today, especially team captain:
(https://zellspinstripeblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/don-mattingly-ap2.jpg)
Quote from: Nacho on 08/11/17, 05:00:08 PM
That Chilis team is undoubtedly the worst roster in the league, but they're scrappy and they've got chemistry.
Every time through the order, I thought to myself, "Holy shit, there's a team that has Wally Backman batting second."
Word is that the team manager has lost a bunch of weight lately and is using that to inspire his players to show some plate discipline of their own.
I need jack Clark to stop getting thrown out trying to stretch singles into doubles. I think he's done it four time In two games. It's killing me.
Maybe let your team eat more than one grape before the game.
J.Clark's speed is 122. That kind of speed will get you nailed at 2B when hitting hard liners off the wall anywhere on the field, at 3B when going 1B to 3B if the ball is hit hard enough off the wall in LF, and will get a player forced or tagged out in various situations, as well as rarely avoid tag outs on rundowns. That speed is also good for a lot of hitting into double plays. Speed at 124 and below is a critical liability. I can't stand that kind of slow speed and I'll have to live with Brett's speed (124) and Pena's (122).
Here's an illustration. In the bottom of the 8th with Pena on 1B with 2 outs, Burlsn hit a gapper left-center which was a double. Pena didn't make it home because of his 122 speed. There were two outs and then Dayley popped out to end the 8th. So the score stood at 14-10 instead of 15-10. Speed at 130 maybe would have scored, but definitely 132 and above.
More on baserunning. The Empire hit into 3 double plays. Leonrd and E.Davis both hit into DP's although they hit the ball really hard at the SS to make it a fast catch and throw DP. Those guys won't get doubled up too often with Leo's 134 speed and E.Davis' 142. The second DP involving E.Davis resulted in a tag out at 3rd base when Donnie Baseball got nailed at 3B after a force out at second and a throw to 3B. That qualifies as my stat (X).
The Seymour Chili's had 3 X's and one DP. J.Clark registered an X when he got tagged out at 2B after a bullet single off the wall in right-center., and he hit into a clean 5-4-3 DP.
Baines (speed 122) registered an X when he was run down going back to 3B from home plate. Backmn's X came when DwEvns drilled a single off the LF wall. Backmn (speed 124) was on first and easily got tagged out at 3rd to end the 8th inning. In fact, those two stat X's happened consecutively and killed that inning.
The errors for both teams equalized each other. The poor speed for the Chili's contributed to 3 stat X's while the Empire had one stat X and to mention it again, 3 DP's.
The difference was the 6th inning. Down 8-7, Leo and Mtngly hit back-to-back doubles to even the ballgame. Then Baylor's spirit delivered a 2-run shot making it 10-8 for the Empire. E.Davis followed with another HR and the inning ended 11-8 for the Empire and that lead was never relinquished, but threatened. So with Baylor on the other side, we gave him the game ball! And J.Morris showed some guts today with a nice outing after his miserable outing last week. And Hurst showed he's Empire material on the bump.
Stats and Standings Through Week 2
| TEAM | W | L | RF | RA | RD |
| EZ Listeners | 1 | 1 | 34 | 23 | 11 |
| Rock City Diplomats | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 8 |
| Tulsa Pinkmen | 1 | 1 | 26 | 24 | 2 |
| Assful of Shit | 1 | 1 | 35 | 34 | 1 |
| Seymour Chili's | 1 | 1 | 21 | 23 | -2 |
| GDavis and Friends | 1 | 1 | 29 | 31 | -2 |
| The Empire | 1 | 1 | 14 | 21 | -7 |
| Canadian Shooties | 1 | 1 | 22 | 33 | -11 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prvm5ZFPIrE
In the batting stats, George Brett is listed as having played 10 games and made 33 plate appearances.
Quote from: Nacho on 08/11/17, 05:37:12 PM
Word is that the team manager has lost a bunch of weight lately and is using that to inspire his players to show some plate discipline of their own.
LOL
Let me see what happened. I had to manually combine stats as the scoring system I use doesn't carry over players when they are traded.
Burks's numbers seem off, too.
Quote from: Nacho on 08/12/17, 11:38:54 AM
Burks's numbers seem off, too.
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/12/17, 11:19:33 AM
Let me see what happened. I had to manually combine stats as the scoring system I use doesn't carry over players when they are traded.
Updated stats.
(Imperial Center) — The Empire has reached a trade agreement with AOS today.
Brett (12/834/124) was traded for Garner (24/804/134).
Garner fits better into our system and we welcome Garner to The Empire. We are more than certain Garner shall thrive with the role he has embraced. Garner has given himself to the Dark Side. The Force is strong with this one.
May the Force bless The Empire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rS6mZUo3fg
Darky is making panic moves.
Not at all.
Brett's 124 speed was infuriating me. Garner's speed (134) will result in better production over the long hall. Brett looks great on paper with a contact of 12 and a power rating of 834, but he just doesn't hit consistently enough. Garner outperforms Brett statistically from the last three seasons of Fantasy RBI, and he statistically outperformed Brett in the sim games I ran against multiple teams. Brett will help McLane when he comes off the bench with a +64 power boost and that is fine with me. Like I said, Garner fits perfectly into our system and the chemistry in the new lineup will be much better, even artistic!
Garner is going to toast McLane in this week's game!
Darky and Mclane,
Post your new lineups please.
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/13/17, 05:41:08 PM
Darky and Mclane,
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Quote from: GDavis on 08/13/17, 05:37:00 PM
I'd like to change our uniform colors to Green and Black. Too much pink in the league.
Excellent move here! Your team and Nacho's had the exact same uniforms. Counting the Shooties uniforms looking more pink than red, there certainly was too much pink.
I have a hunch that Canseco furiously demanded to change the team color away from pink since pink and a juiced, hulk looking Canseco made him depressed. I don't think green will lift the Canseco leadoff jinx! Did you hear on Fighton's podcast how Fighton abrasively criticized Canseco leading off as a failure? (https://youtu.be/VRSw3aD9yHc?t=3m20s) That's a big storyline this week: Canseco and the jinx leadoff spot! I heard he didn't even show up to batting practice today as a protest and had another speeding ticket. Then he mysteriously shot himself in the hand and it looks like he just doesn't want to play for you!
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Here is some trade history in Fantasy RBI baseball. This is from season IV when The Empire took over Ryno's paper airplane and made it into a space shuttle and reached the FRBI WS. With me and McLane's trade today, this is the second time we have done business together! Interestingly enough, I swept McLane's team that season in the LCS playoffs!
Quote from: fightonusc on 04/12/07, 02:17:19 AM
BREAKING NEWS:
HOLLYWOOD, CA - The Fantasy RBI Baseball Commissioner's Office today announced two trades, effective for Week 9 and both involving The Empire. In the blockbuster deal, The Empire has sent Reggie Jackson and Denny Walling to The Poopydicks for Brian Downing and Chris Speier. Shockingly, it is the second time this season that Reggie Jackson has been trading, having come to The Empire from The OC earlier in the season.
Additionally, The Empire has sent Jim Lindeman to The Frank Tanana All-Stars in exchange for Kirby Puckett.
Quote from: TβG on 02/27/07, 04:01:35 PM
done deal.
the oc obtained pedro "vladimir" guerrero, wally joyner and terry "world champion" pendleton from the empire.
the oc gave up reggie jackson, will clark, and denny walling.
Holy fuck. FAT.
Garner was on bench, right? Just swap Brett in there.
Done.
Quote from: Shooty on 08/14/17, 07:52:24 AM
Garner hitting fifth? Interesting.
Garner's role in the cleanup won't function as a traditional cleanup hitter. His role there is a table setter, a manufacturing catalyst for that end of the lineup. And in the situation that Leonrd, Mtgnly, Baylor, or E.Davis is on base, combined with the way Garner hits the ball, he'll pick up rbi's since all those players except Mtngly have good to great speed and will take an extra bases, especially if there are 2 outs. And Garner will get some HR's here and there, so that'll be a bonus.
Additionally, Garner in the 5-hole with Whtkr following in the 6th hole works well together because of Garner's good 134 speed and the way Whtkr hits the ball. Whtkr in the 5-hole doesn't work with Garner following him because of Whtkr's average speed and the way Garner hits the ball. Whtkr won't get that extra base and he'll get hosed at 3rd base and generate my stat X's (forms of putouts and tagouts due to average to poor speed).
With Burlsn following Whtkr in the 7-hole and if Whtkr is on base, Burlsn will be able to drive in Whtkr because of the way Burlsn hits bleeders which allows more time for Whtkr to take extra bases. And the same follows with Pena in the 8-hole - Pena hits a lot of gappers and Burlsn will score from first on those gappers in most situations. Pena is my cleanup guy for the bottom of the order, not a guy in survival mode trying to keep the inning going.
So there is a peak into The Empire's system. I like this type of style better than hoping for homeruns and hits. There's nothing to prove either since The Empire has been very successful the past three seasons. I'm not saying my system is better, but that this is the only way I can have fun and get creative! Take GDavis' system for instance, He puts a premium on power and ignores everything else. It worked for him in season IV when he won it all. So that is just another style and way to win. Look at his lineup, players with the highest power rating are placed in descending order in his lineup - something Canseco is very angry about!
Hey Shooty, what was interesting was your last place finish the last time you participated in the league! :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO0lv0KZQr0
Loved the Arrested Development reference
"he got lit up like a klu klux klan member at a wu tang clan concert"
i spit out my food laughing at this
Quote from: Shooty on 08/13/17, 05:01:25 PM
Darky is making panic moves.
The whole team must be on edge, not knowing what the madman will do next. Will they even have jobs next game?
Darky, the more you tighten your grip, the more star holes will slip through your fingers.
Darky basically traded DCincs for Garner. Doesn't seem wise, imo...
Quote from: GDavis on 08/14/17, 02:26:59 PM
Darky, the more you tighten your grip, the more star holes will slip through your fingers.
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Quote from: fightonusc on 08/14/17, 12:34:56 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO0lv0KZQr0
Briefer this time around, but just as awesome! At the end of the segment, Fighton mentioned that the Fantasy Friday Night game of the week between the Empire and AOS may be a preview of the Fantasy RBI Finals! Look at Fighton showing off his marketing and journalism skills!
Canseco and the leadoff disaster should have been mentioned to blow up that storyline even more!
Quote from: Nacho on 08/14/17, 02:30:54 PM
Darky basically traded DCincs for Garner. Doesn't seem wise, imo...
I know, it's crazy! It was the only path to Garner ;D No regrets! You'll understand once DCincs doesn't show up because he'll do that when you need him the most! Garner won't have the HR's and RBI's like DCincs, but he'll make up for that on the basepaths when taking extra bases and avoiding putouts and tagouts. DCincs speed is a liability and he'll make a lot of outs on the bases and won't take extra bases. You just made the list with Garner and we'll see you in a couple weeks buddy.
Quote from: GDavis on 08/14/17, 02:26:59 PM
The whole team must be on edge, not knowing what the madman will do next. Will they even have jobs next game?
Darky, the more you tighten your grip, the more star holes will slip through your fingers.
We like to keep a competitive atmosphere in the clubhouse and by keeping our players on edge every single game, we'll weed out the mentally weaker ones who don't have the Force strong in them. We value resiliency over power ratings! True though, if we don't keep these players on edge, then we cease to be the Empire. We learned a thing or two from the Roman Empire and how the soldiers were treated during that reign.
Quote from: GDavis on 08/14/17, 02:26:59 PM
Quote from: Shooty on 08/13/17, 05:01:25 PM
Darky is making panic moves.
The whole team must be on edge, not knowing what the madman will do next. Will they even have jobs next game?
Darky, the more you tighten your grip, the more star holes will slip through your fingers.
pretty sure the team bus dropped a HoFer on the side of the road before his first start
Quote from: nomaaa on 08/14/17, 03:53:55 PM
pretty sure the team bus dropped a HoFer on the side of the road before his first start
He gives up too many homeruns and wasn't a good match for most of the league.
Also, it is funny how Brett started for Nacho, started for me one game, and now is on the bench for McLane. Nacho got a great bargain with the trade, and I'm happy that I got Leonrd. I took a chance on Brett to see if he could play up to his ratings and outperform his Fantasy historical stats, but he just can't (I ran tons of sim games btw). I'll take Leonrd over Burks any day, but losing DCincs was a burn until I got Garner. So Nacho's team got better and I feel like my team is better now and plays to my style. I need to have a certain style and product on the field, so that's that.
I think my team is set now and we have an Empire type product now, so maybe no movement for the rest of the year ... or not!
Anyways, I was going to do a preview for this week's games, then Fighton ran a game and beat me to the punch. I was going to mention that the EZ Listeners had about a 70 percent chance to win over the RC Diplomats.
I'll preview the other games in my next post because I love doing this shit!
If you'd take Leonard over Burks any day, why did you draft Burks while Leonard was available?
Quote from: Nacho on 08/14/17, 06:34:48 PM
If you'd take Leonard over Burks any day, why did you draft Burks while Leonard was available?
I know. I took a different approach in the draft. Burks was my third pick, after me already taking 2 outfielders - Baylor and E.Davis. I realized I overplayed my OF hand after I took him, but that speed and power combo intoxicated me. Burks higher contact rating really does drag him down a bit. Of course he's great, but I should have never taken 3 OF's in a row in the draft. Yeah though, I was trying something different in the draft and I was a bit rusty when the draft came around because I rarely get players with higher contact ratings (over 25) in any round. DCincs was also out of character for my draft. Basically, and I have mentioned this before, I had a really bad draft with too many mismatches for my philosophical approach.
Shooty had one of the better drafts I've ever seen. He had some help and players fell into his lap ... then his base was set and went ahead and grabbed Gooden right before I was about to get Gooden. Ughh, such a bad draft I had.
Rapid thoughts for the rest of the games.
GD@TP.
GDavis & Friends don't seem to match up really well with the Tulsa Pinkmen, especially with Cox. GD had trouble with AOS's Bylvn and Krukow, and Cox is a similar style pitcher but better. If the Ryan Express can limit the Pinkmen, then GDavis chances improve when Key comes in to relieve. From what we've seen, the Pinkmen have about a 65 percent chance to win and GDavis & Friends have a 35 percent chance to win.
The pundits are expecting an average scoring game. My prediction is that the TP win by 2-3 runs - 16 to 14 or 15-12, something like that. The Pinkmen have a better chance for a mercy rule win than GDavis & Friends does.
SC@CS.
The Canadian Shooties have a 90 percent chance to win. The Seymour Chili's will really need their #1 and #2 to have solid outings and keep the scoring low to have any kind of chance. Their bullpen will need a lead and they'll have to have good outings. If the Chili's have any kind of lead in the 8th or 9th, then their small chances increase if their offense can at least get to Shootie's bullpen. They won't outhit the Shooties and they'll need errors to aid them and basically for all the breaks to go their way, like on the basepaths (stat X's).
We may see a moderate to low scoring game. A mercy rule win for the Shooties is unlikely. In a nutshell, if the Chili's win, then it'll be an anomaly. Expect a tight game most of the way - the Chili's are a pesky bunch on a strict strawberry and blueberry diet, so they are going on primal instincts!
As for The Empire vs AOS. It's going to be a good game. AOS has an explosive offense capable of big innings. We'll need to avoid that and we need for Morris to limit the AOS if we are to win. AOS's offense worries me and we'll need a faster start. Again, expect a tight game. If we win, it'll be low scoring. If they win, they can win big. All I know is Morris better come out and hit his damn spots. If the game gets to the bullpen, then I like our chances better.
Right now it's hard to say who has "The Look", but I thought from the beginning that Shooty is the preseason favorite and he won the preseason tournament. He has a solid club, but we'll see how his team responds when the heat turns up. AOS and the Tulsa Pinkmen look like good candidates for the playoffs. I have to say that the 4th spot is up for grabs right now. We'll find out a little more after the Empire-AOS game. It's still way to early to tell and anything can happen on any given Fantasy game, but the Shooties appear to be a lock for the playoffs.
new lineup for the diplomats:
1. rock - tim raines
2. snow white - alan trammel
3. sug - candy maldonado
4. fat mike - mike heath
5. spud - reggie jackson
6. mad dog - bill madlock
7. chick fil a - wade boggs
8. biscuit - rob wilfong
b. van gogh - vince coleman
b. trouble - danny heep
b. yung blood - joel youngblood
b. andre 2000 - andres gallaraga
sp1. princess - viola
sp2. jay lock - key
rp1. charlie - kerfield
rp2. what, me worrel? - worrel
Will make the updates for next week's games - lineups are locked for this week (mentioned it during last week's games that once the ROM is set for the week, that's it from now on.)
you mean for week 4 or 5?
Week 4.
The Pinkmen clearly took issue with fighton's statement in the podcast that we may be watching a championship matchup this week in the Empire-AOS game. If there's any early-season discussion of championship material, the Pinkos deserve to be in that conversation.
Quote from: Nacho on 08/15/17, 02:04:35 PM
The Pinkmen clearly took issue with fighton's statement in the podcast that we may be watching a championship matchup this week in the Empire-AOS game. If there's any early-season discussion of championship material, the Pinkos deserve to be in that conversation.
That was a statement game! You guys look good and you have a really solid pitching staff. Cox is elite and when Ojeda is on, he can deal.
So Burks was 3-6, with a HR, one 2B, and one 3B. Not bad. Leo can match that any time sucka.
DCincs, 2-5 with one HR and a double. Nothing Garner can't do and wait until DCincs burns you on the basepaths and kills a rally, not to mention his choking abilities. We'll see you soon Tulsa Pinkyboys! The Empire usually handles business with your Fantasy teams ;) But yeah, you guys look real good and your team appears to be a lock for the playoffs - both you and the Canucks. So if we dismiss Seymour (can't see them making the playoffs), the last two playoff spots will be interesting to see who grabs those two.
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/15/17, 01:21:02 PM
Week 4.
sweet. yeah i already played, just wanted to get it in before i forgot
McLane, prepare for battle. The Empire takes many forms, from Rome to the Galactic Empire. Today, we seek a special kind of domination ... or a gutsy win. The Empire is a Fantasy RBI juggernaut and a prestigious brand in Fantasy RBI. We don't appreciate the stench your players are spreading at the hotel Imperial Center Hotel. Your destiny for week 3 awaits.
As you can see here, Vader is making his way to the Imperial Center Stadium.
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Au contraire! The storm troopers have come to the brown side and they're escorting him to his execution by swimming in raw sewage.
Quote from: fknmclane on 08/16/17, 11:06:41 AM
Au contraire! The storm troopers have come to the brown side and they're escorting him to his execution by swimming in raw sewage.
I chuckled
I thought they smelled bad..... on the outside!
Is there a list of available players on waivers?
Alxndr SP
Ashby C
Backmn 2B
Bush OF
Corbet RP
Davdsn OF
DSmith RP
Ford OF
Gladdn OF
Hatchr OF
Herndn OF
King RP
Lake C
Larkin 1B
Lmbrdz 2B
Mazzli OF
Morris OF
Oqendo 2B
Pedriq SS
Reushl SP
Rndlph 2B
Schrdr C
Schrld RP
Seitzr 3B
Smally 3B
Sndbrg 2B
Sntana SS
Sullvn C
SutcOF SP
Sutton SP
Thmpsn 2B
Wallng 3B
I want the Wally Backman experiment to end.
But have no clue which of those guys plays second base.
I guess I'll pick up Sandberg. Ugh.
Quote from: Reds on 08/16/17, 12:13:14 PM
I want the Wally Backman experiment to end.
But have no clue which of those guys plays second base.
I guess I'll pick up Sandberg. Ugh.
I updated the list so it has positions. Do you still want Sandberg?
Also, Nomaaa has a waiver claim on Sutton, but I need to know who he is dropping.
Take Dickie Thon (although he only played SS that year and should not be listed as a 2B)
Dickie Thon it is.
Dropping Wally-Walleyed
New Lineup :
Strawberry
Evans
Murphy
Boone
Hojo
Clark
Gagne
Thon
I like the lineup
ricky dickie and thon
i think thats a tv show
Wow. Is the Empire panicking? Or are they in full meltdown mode? Is it time for Darky to make some moves? Is Leonard disgruntled after being traded to an inferior squad?
So many questions.
Also, that at bat by Armas in the 8th was epic. How many pitches were thrown in that plate appearance? So many foul balls before a jack.
Dayley was relentlessly shelled. What's been the biggest single inning so far?
Hurst got lit up, sheesh. AOS scored 26 runs and only hit 3 HR's, but bled us to death with singles and doubles. A huge thing was AOS's pitchers getting like 3 or 4 hits that game - that's what gave them a lot more runs and more at-bats. Our offense showed up, but the pitching was horrible. And Dayley got torched with his off night. The Empire will be back, just one of those nights and AOS's offense can do shit like that.
Quote from: Nacho on 08/16/17, 01:50:45 PM
Also, that at bat by Armas in the 8th was epic. How many pitches were thrown in that plate appearance? So many foul balls before a jack.
9 fouls balls, NINE! And then a two-run line drive HR to make it 21-15. We got ourselves in position for a comeback, but that Armas homer set off another rally that we just couldn't overcome and somehow affected Dayley's dome for the rest of the inning.
And Garner struck out on a knuckle with two runners on and two outs when we were down 19-15. We really needed him to make contact in that situation. Vader is not pleased with him, and Garner is in his office right now and Knight is supposed to visit with Vader next. And where the fuck was Whtkr this game? Morris wasn't spectacular, but he did his job. Hurst and Dayley is another story. Hurst was supposed to limit AOS according to our scouting reports and all the sim games we ran with him in relief, but it didn't happen this game.
Quote from: Darky on 08/14/17, 06:14:51 PM
I think my team is set now and we have an Empire type product now
Guess not. Panic moves!
Lineup for next week:
Henderson 879
Brunansky 906
McGwire 942
Schmidt 891
Baylor 924
Schofield 861
Pena 807
Herr771
Who am I playing next week?
Quote from: GDavis on 08/16/17, 02:55:22 PM
Who am I playing next week?
The Empire is coming for you!
Wow, Shooty now has a Murderers' Row :o
How can you tell? Is there a schedule?
Quote from: GDavis on 08/16/17, 03:13:53 PM
How can you tell? Is there a schedule?
Fighton posted it somewhere in this thread or in the draft thread.
Here it is.
Jesus Christ, did Darky just give Baylor to the Shooties so that they could form a superteam? The Empire clearly looking to the future and giving up on this season imo.
Quote from: Nacho on 08/16/17, 02:45:16 PM
Guess not. Panic moves!
The trade deal between me and Shooty occurred before my game started today! The Empire will get it right, that's a George Zimmer guarantee! And yeah, The Empire has compassion since we make deals that apparently helps other teams, such as yours! :-*
Quote from: Nacho on 08/16/17, 03:37:15 PM
Jesus Christ, did Darky just give Baylor to the Shooties so that they could form a superteam? The Empire clearly looking to the future and giving up on this season imo.
No way. We'd NEVER give up. We got Nokes for Pena and Nokes as a bigger stick. Hndrk will hit, but not Baylor type stuff. With Nokes and Hndrk, our team is better than Baylor and Pena.
And the Empire aint done trading! We're about one trade away from striking fear with results! I'm trying to make my team better and the trades I do may also help other teams. The main focus is helping my team and getting to the playoffs and we'll take over from there!
Seems like a good time for everyone to decide to stop trading with you, then, if you're one trade away...
Shooty congrats on winning the league
tf
That's a fucking horseshit trade. Both of em. Horseshit.
If Darky's other bad trades stand, so should these.
That being said, if fighton reversed all of Darky's trades and blocked him from making any future trades, I wouldn't have a problem.
Let them fucking stand, and then ban darky from future fantasy rbi. If he wants to act like a twat, we shouldnt punish shooty.
I'd actually like it better if fighton reversed all of Darky's trades including mine. I'd like to try to win the league based on my awesome drafting, not from taking advantage of Darky's insane trade offers.
ill take the blame for some of this.
sorry we sniped their punk asses week one, everybody.
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If the trade stands, my new line up is:
Whitaker 837
Brunansky 906
McGwire 942
Schmidt 891
Baylor 924
Henderson 879
Schofield 861
Pena 807
I say let it stand! Fans of the Shootys love it.
This may be shocking, but whether this trade stands or is overturned will not affect my day-to-day life at all. I abstain.
Quote from: Shooty on 08/17/17, 06:18:23 AM
I'd actually like it better if fighton reversed all of Darky's trades including mine. I'd like to try to win the league based on my awesome drafting, not from taking advantage of Darky's insane trade offers.
On board with that. I've made a mockery of things here and got too addicted with tinkering around with the trades. My apologies everyone and I'll stay from trading since I've done enough. Shooty, take your guys back and I'll take mine back and that's a handshake as well as Fighton not having to take any kind of extra action and taking any kind of fall.
Hold on - when you made the trade did anyone call "no backsies"?
I'm instituting a modified version of the Ted Stepien Rule - Darky is clearly mentally unfit to manage trades, so we are voiding all Week 4 trades and asking that any trades involving The Empire come through the league office.
i think you should let darky lie in the bed he made
As stupid and shitty as the trades were, its sort of bullshit that the league has to step in here.
I'm hoping to get Chris Paul on the cheap...
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/17/17, 10:48:50 AM
I'm instituting a modified version of the Ted Stepien Rule - Darky is clearly mentally unfit to manage trades, so we are voiding all Week 4 trades and asking that any trades involving The Empire come through the league office.
Oh cool, thanks for clearing things up. I felt really bad about all this and I apologize to everyone again, especially Fighton, for me getting carried away and taking the fun out of this. I managed to fuck up my team and put Shooty's team over the top and thus taking the suspense out of all this.
I made some bad decisions and didn't think out the consequences that were bad for the Fantasy League. It was weird getting carried away so fast like that, sort of like a drug. Fighton, please burn me good in the podcast ;D
May we all move on now and get back to having good natured fun. I'm not happy with myself, but I'll be okay. The Empire is in shambles right now ... for now!
The funny thing here is when I was commissioner for 2 seasons, I ruled out trading until mid-season. At mid-season, there was a 2-week window for trades and then all trading was shut down after that window. The reasoning was to play out your drafted teams before doing something rash like I did after each week so early in the year. So the irony is that I made those rules back in 2009/2010 essentially for my future self!
Quote from: nomaaa on 08/17/17, 08:09:18 AM
ill take the blame for some of this.
sorry we sniped their punk asses week one, everybody.
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That loss was such a shock that I think I got PTSD! :D So I blame you for that shocking win that left the Empire traumatized, and Fighton for having a trading window open as the season begun. I can't get the barrage of hits out of my head from the Diplomats and AOS game, haha!
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/17/17, 10:48:50 AM
I'm instituting a modified version of the Ted Stepien Rule - Darky is clearly mentally unfit to manage trades, so we are voiding all Week 4 trades and asking that any trades involving The Empire come through the league office.
Wait. What? Void all trades so far this year or none of the trades. Either Darky has been mentally unfit from the beginning (this gets my vote) or he hasn't. Some of his other trades have been just as bad. Let's be fair here.
If games have already been played, rosters should stand
Yeah, you can't replay the whole season. The only thing I can do is step in for trades that can affect future games, and it's clear Darky doesn't want these trades to happen, nor are they good for the league.
Ok Trump. Don't want the Canadians to win, eh?. Gotcha.
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/17/17, 12:38:05 PM
Yeah, you can't replay the whole season. The only thing I can do is step in for trades that can affect future games, and it's clear Darky doesn't want these trades to happen, nor are they good for the league.
I'm not saying to replay any games, but make reset the rosters for week 4 to the original drafted rosters. Be fair and balanced here.
Or just veto the Whitaker for Herr trade. You were OK with the Baylor trade.
lol
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/17/17, 12:38:05 PM
Yeah, you can't replay the whole season. The only thing I can do is step in for trades that can affect future games, and it's clear Darky doesn't want these trades to happen, nor are they good for the league.
Quote from: Shooty on 08/17/17, 01:05:45 PM
I'm not saying to replay any games, but make reset the rosters for week 4 to the original drafted rosters. Be fair and balanced here.
I'm in favor of this. Let the records stand and reset to the original rosters with all teams that traded with the Empire. This way we all have our original rosters that we drafted, the suspense would be recreated, and we can just play ball with our drafted men starting from week 4. That sounds fair and balanced to me since it's still real early in the season and the people I traded with clearly gained a big advantage from my moments of insanity. Nacho's team gains an advantage from the fallout here if the rosters aren't reset mainly because DCincs tips the odds too far in his favor. McLane wouldn't be affected if Garner went back to his bench either.
So a team makes a trade, the trade stands for the length of time for the players to play a game or two, and then the players have to go back to playing for their original teams? I don't think that's every happened before. Sounds pretty ridiculous.
The point is Darky made a lot of dumb trades. Either they should all stand or none of them. Why do other teams get the benefit of the moves but I don't? It seems to be purely because mine were the most recent. Doesn't make any sense. None of the individual trades are vetoable. They just look bad on Darky when you look at the outcome of all his moves combined. Fighton already said he wasn't going to veto the Baylor trade, so to go back now and reverse it is also a goofy response. If he wants to veto the Whitaker for Herr trade, then he has that option, but changing his mind on the Baylor deal because the Whitaker/Herr trade also happened is absent of logic.
So really the only logical/fair options are:
1) Reserve all trades Darky made and block him from trading again
2) Let all the trades stand
3) Veto the Herr/Whitaker deal
I'm hoping fighton changes his stance and makes a more rational decision that isn't so Anti-Canadian.
I'd be fine with just vetoing the Herr/Whitaker trade, since that's the only one that's really egregious.
LET THEM STAND
Quote from: Shooty on 08/17/17, 02:25:24 PM
So really the only logical/fair option is:
1) Reverse all trades Darky made and block him from trading again
Most logical, fair, and balanced. I was momentarily insane and going through PTSD, and no man in his right mind would do that.
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Quote from: Reds on 08/17/17, 06:15:48 AM
Let them fucking stand, and then ban darky from future fantasy rbi. If he wants to act like a twat, we shouldnt punish shooty.
Quote from: Reds on 08/17/17, 03:13:59 PM
Quote from: Reds on 08/17/17, 06:15:48 AM
Let them fucking stand, and then ban darky from future fantasy rbi. If he wants to act like a twat, we shouldnt punish shooty.
Make Herr yours
So fighton, what's your final decision now?
I already made my final decision. Darky's trades from after Week 3 that would have taken place in Week 4 are voided. Any trades with Darky must be cleared with the Commissioner before being announced. Note: previous trades that have been voided can be resubmitted and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
So the Brett for Garner trade is also vetoed?
Quote from: Shooty on 08/18/17, 01:04:42 PM
So the Brett for Garner trade is also vetoed?
Any chance I get DCincs back? That would mean Brett would go back to Nacho and Garner back to McLane. Burks can stay with Nacho.
DCincs power rating is like 60 pts higher than Brett's and over 80 than Knight or Garner who are on my roster. I plead momentarily insanity for that trade. Again, Nacho can keep Burks.
this is dumb
Quote from: GDavis on 08/18/17, 01:19:15 PM
this is dumb
Agreed. None of fighton's decision makes a lick of sense.
i propose we go back and replay week 2 & beyond.
Quote from: Darky on 08/18/17, 01:10:16 PM
Quote from: Shooty on 08/18/17, 01:04:42 PM
So the Brett for Garner trade is also vetoed?
Any chance I get DCincs back? That would mean Brett would go back to Nacho and Garner back to McLane. Burks can stay with Nacho.
DCincs power rating is like 60 pts higher than Brett's and over 80 than Knight or Garner who are on my roster. I plead momentarily insanity for that trade. Again, Nacho can keep Burks.
This is my point. You (Darky) made a lot of dumb trades. Fighton is arbitrarily reversing some and not others. Its goofy. If he was OK with the Garner for Brett trade before, why would subsequent dumb trades by Darky then change his mind? Same with the Baylor/Pena for Nokes/Hendrick trade which he was fine with. The Herr for Whitaker trade should be the only one reversed since people really didn't like it (rightfully so).
And don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing this because of the impact on my team (I am perfectly OK with reversing all of Darky's trades) and going back to our original drafted lineups. I just dislike illogical decisions.
Quote from: nomaaa on 08/18/17, 01:38:35 PM
i propose we go back and replay week 2 & beyond.
No.
I don't get why trades are even necessary. This isn't real fantasy sports where players unexpectedly become much better or worse; nor are there injuries. We know exactly what everyone is capable of. Why are trades needed?
Waivers is really only necessary in situations like Reds draft, where he made a lot of gaffes and is trying to fix them.
Don't disagree
Trades are fun, until one player makes a load of really bad trades to the same team, throwing off the competitive balance. Trades get vetoed in "real" fantasy leagues all the time for the same reason.
Right now, any trade that would have impacted the rosters after the Week 3 ROM is void. All trades before that stand. I am taking a current appeal for one of the trades under advisement.
Quote from: TempoGL on 08/18/17, 02:13:47 PM
I don't get why trades are even necessary. This isn't real fantasy sports where players unexpectedly become much better or worse; nor are there injuries. We know exactly what everyone is capable of. Why are trades needed?
Sometimes it's worth it to take a gamble on a young whippersnapper like Burks. It's also the case that old fogeys like Reggie Jackson can hit the downturn of their career at any moment. Managing a team will is part art, part science.
Quote from: Nacho on 08/18/17, 02:31:31 PM
Quote from: TempoGL on 08/18/17, 02:13:47 PM
I don't get why trades are even necessary. This isn't real fantasy sports where players unexpectedly become much better or worse; nor are there injuries. We know exactly what everyone is capable of. Why are trades needed?
Sometimes it's worth it to take a gamble on a young whippersnapper like Burks. It's also the case that old fogeys like Reggie Jackson can hit the downturn of their career at any moment. Managing a team will is part art, part science.
I appreciate the theatrics that some of you guys make about all of this, but that's all it is...Jackson is just as likely to hit a homer the last game of the season as he was the first game. I know you know this, but the trading obviously can lead to problems with this noble pursuit we are involved in.
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/18/17, 02:21:20 PM
Right now, any trade that would have impacted the rosters after the Week 3 ROM is void. All trades before that stand. I am taking a current appeal for one of the trades under advisement.
Yeah, that's my appeal - DCincs back to the Empire, Brett back to the Pinkmen, and Garner back to AOS. Burks remains with the Pinkmen. Of if the appeal is Brett back to the Empire, cool beans.
DiCinces has already played a game for my team. And since it was a double-trade anyway, it doesn't make a lot of sense to send just two of those players to their original teams.
I don't think Darky is allowed to have an opinion on any of this.
Quote from: Nacho on 08/18/17, 02:42:16 PM
DiCinces has already played a game for my team. And since it was a double-trade anyway, it doesn't make a lot of sense to send just two of those players to their original teams.
Makes a lot of sense actually. There are no rules in place, so DCincs having registered two games with you doesn't automatically make him immune to a reversal because of your reasoning in which you assume is a universal rule. You got 2 wins with him, so take that and keep Burks. It seems like you are very scared of getting Brett back to makeup for a so-so draft of yours ;D
DCincs is 26 contact and 885 power
Brett is 12 contact and 834 power
And Knight is 14 contact and 798 power
Garner is 24 contact and 804 power
The trade should have never been approved due to the heavy tilt your way. Burks for Leonard is a healthy tradeoff.
Shooty's team will be fine and he has already stated he doesn't care about the trade but he does wonder about Fighton's reasoning. I don't think Fighton can make everybody happy here, so it is what it is. When he decides what ever appeal he is reviewing, it'll be that and may we all move on and play ball!
fighton already made a decision. If you are offering to trade Brett for DiCinces (is Brett even still on your team?), I decline. Thanks.
I know that and he made it clear - I was just confronting your reasoning with games played. Whatever though, I'm fine with my team as it is now. I am more wondering about this appeal Fighton speaks of.
And Strassy, just like Nacho said - art and science.
Also, the observer effect affects the players and games! So with a worried Nomaaa and everybody noticing R.Jcksn's struggles at the plate, the game manifests that reality! With other neutral observers who don't know us, maybe Jcksn rakes every game. So our imaginations influences outcomes! ;)
Trades make better sense with a 10-man league imo. The two seasons I was Commissioner, zero trades happened. Then again, there was only a 2-week window for trades in the middle of the season.
All I know is that Darky was an idiot and fighton just massively rewarded him for it.
Quote from: Shooty on 08/19/17, 11:18:19 AM
All I know is that Darky was an idiot and fighton just massively rewarded him for it.
^^^
That was a defining moment for Commissioner Fightonusc and he'll be on the right side of Fantasy history in what is the most controversial firestorm ever!
Commissioner Fightonusc did everything in his power to allow for the fairest outcome. He was placed in an extremely tough situation because of my idiocy. Ultimately, he did what was best for the Fantasy League.
As mentioned before, the trade would have resulted in a super team for Shooty and the suspense for the season would have been non-existent. The ball did come into my court, and faced with a chance to make a sane decision for the benefit of the league and The Empire, Lord Vader upheld the voided trade.
Call me an idiot and all that and get it out of your system since I'm the bad guy here and deserve all that, then let's move on and play some damn ball. And we'll all look forward to the Fantasy RBI Podcast - billions are expected to tune in :D
May the Force bless The Empire.
stick a quarter in your ass because you played yourself
Quote from: nomaaa on 08/20/17, 09:15:52 AM
stick a quarter in your ass because you played yourself
:o
Let's keep it civil, nomaaa.
i'm just quoting rap lines as i see fit
Quote from: nomaaa on 08/20/17, 01:27:19 PM
i'm just quoting rap lines as i see fit
I think nomaaa should do a weekly recap entirely in this style.
When are the next games? Hasn't been on in a while. Fighton isn't statis-proi-ng this again, is he?
The games are weekly - chill out. Getting the stats pulled together today and the ROM, so I can hopefully start running games tonight.
Schedule:
Tulsa Pinkmen @ EZ Listeners
Rock City Diplomats @ The Seymour Chili's
GDavis & Friends @ The Empire
Canadian Shooties @ Assful of Shit
GDavis and Friends. Donnie Baseball awaits. We are putting in 20,000 more seats for this game at the Imperial Center Stadium because of Canseco's popularity in this end of the galaxy! Thousands of Canseco twitching bobbleheads have been sold for this game.
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Request for Fighton
During the games I like looking at the stats of the players, but almost all the pitchers just have a 9.99 ERA. Can you maybe convert the ERA number to runs allowed per inning.
So a guy with a 13.50 ERA...instead of showing 9.99, show 1.50.
Know what I'm saying?
Is everybody cool with errors set to 8?
I think 6, which would be half on the error scale, would be much better. The errors are having too much of an impact on games imo. But if everybody is cool with the errors set to 8, then cool beans.
I'm fine with 8. Doesn't seem t be that many BOPs.
I'd prefer fewer errors but it's not a big deal.
What about making the mercy rule 13 instead of 10? Thoughts?
i would rather not change things in the middle of a season. were all playing the same rom
Yeah those kind of things have to be agreed on before the season begins.
Yeah, it's 10.
Quick peak into this week's games.
The Seymour Chili's (2-2) @ EZ Listeners (2-2)
The Empire (2-2) @ Tulsa Pinkmen (3-1)
Assful Full Shit (2-2) @ DC Diplomats (1-3)
Canadian Shooties (3-1) @ GDavis & Friends (1-3)
It's back to the SP#1 in the rotations. It's still early in the season, but no longer is it in the infancy stage. DC and GDavis need wins bad this week to stay in the hunt and not have to be in a position for absolute must wins sooner or later. The Shooties and Pinkmen are off to great starts and another win this week for them will give them an early edge for a playoff spot. Hey though, this league is Any Given Sunday, so nothing is a lock and any team can turn things around as well as fall into an abyss right away.
This will be the first time The Empire will be on the road for the season. We are looking forward to our Tulsa trip and taking on the Pinkmen. If Morris is on and we get an early lead, we like our chances. We just need to survive the first two innings because the Pinkmen can hit. Also, if Cox is on, then I don't like our chances unless it's anyone's ballgame after the 6th inning.
Fernando can shut teams down from time to time, so he'll have his hands full with the EZ Listeners. When Dawson shows up big, it's hard to beat any team he's on. The key will be OSmith. If he has a productive day, then that's when EZ smacks the ball around. The Chili's are right back in this thing with the acquisition of Thon, they are a much better team. Also, at some point, Murphy, DWEvans, and Straw will decide to hit. The Chili's are do for a breakout game. Very interesting and pivotal game here.
Let's see if Reggie wakes up this game and if Viola can come out and throw another masterpiece. The Diplomats are like the Kardiac Kids, but in reverse. Either they win a close one finally, or win big, or just come out demoralized and get whacked by ASF. As we've seen, ASF can score in furious bunches because they have the offense to do that. Krukow is solid, but so is the Diplomat lineup. The Diplomats have been having a habit of falling behind early and trying to catchup all game. The Diplomats are 1-3 and another loss might demoralize Nomaaa and his men! So the pressure is on them!
I have a hunch GDavis will breakout this game with the HR's. That Canseco leadoff jinx is tough to crack, but at some point, the meat of Davis' lineup has to start hitting as they should. They'll need to do that against Gooden and a solid Shooties lineup. Maybe the Shooties are due for an off game with the hitting after two straight brief mercy rule games. Pressure is on both teams since GDavis and Beef are desperate for a win and team owner Shooty maybe doesn't want to lose to a 1-3 team from America!
OK, I have everyone's changes. Working on the ROM right now - will post with stats, standings, etc. and then get the games going.
Also, the ROM will have the ER/IP as Shooty suggested, which I think will help to show the average pitchers from the turds.
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/28/17, 01:16:36 AM
Also, the ROM will have the ER/IP as Shooty suggested, which I think will help to show the average pitchers from the turds.
That was a great idea by Shooty and even better that you actualized Shooty's idea.
you da man, fredi
No podcast this week?
Oh, we'll see...
I wanted to run this idea by everybody and of course the Commissioner. For the playoffs, I'm strongly in favor of a 15-run mercy rule. Due to the inflated teams and the league not at full capacity for players, I believe the playoff teams should be given a better chance to stage a comeback with a 15-run mercy rule. The playoff teams will all be able to hit due to an inflated league. Additionally, having a 15-run mercy rule will avoid quick knock outs in the first two innings. A 11-run or 13-run deficit, for instance, can be quickly reduced with the good hitting teams the league has and thus allow for a fairer game.
I think you should need to have 4 strikes to get a strikeout. But only for the playoffs.
15 run mercy rule
BUT
Those trades have to go through
Quote from: Shooty on 08/28/17, 07:23:49 PM
I think you should need to have 4 strikes to get a strikeout. But only for the playoffs.
Or any foul ball with two strikes is an out for the playoffs would be more accurate.
If you mean equally stupid, then yes.
Actually, I didn't mean that and explained why earlier! I've yet to hear a good reason for the sake of discussion. I don't think the 10-run mercy should be treated dogmatically. It's not a sacred doctrine and it has nothing to do with the actual rules of the game, such as altering the rules for strikes for an out or having foul balls count as outs (which I believe was true in the early days regarding foul balls). So the comparison you made doesn't fit and I get how the idea for such a change for the playoffs makes you nervous since you seem to think it hurts you! haha, the Shooties are more nervous than relaxed with the winning record!
Anyways, would any other owner like to weigh in on this?
We're not changing anything for this season. If anything I'd say just eliminate the mercy rule for future seasons.
Quote from: Darky on 08/28/17, 09:45:31 PM
Anyways, would any other owner like to weigh in on this?
My position is that the rules are established for this season and shouldn't be changed.
Hey guys I was thinking that maybe we should just change the rom from RBI over to Bases Loaded for the playoffs. Just wanted to throw it out there to the Commissioner since my team in under performing and its super important to me that everyone pays attention to my asinine ideas ALL THE TIME.
Any other owners want to weigh in on that?
BaseWars or GTFO.
I thought it was a good discussion point. I watched a fantasy game on a Champions League ROM I created with the 15-run mercy rule, and the OC Legions of Doom from 2010 (champs) was down 13 runs for 2 innings during the game and they came back to beat the 2004 PoopyDicks (2004 finalists) by 6 runs. Whether my team is in the playoffs or not, I thought it would be more interesting and exciting to have a playoffs with a 15-run mercy rule. I can care less, I was rather aiming for a rich discussion about the idea. Apparently, not too many owners can care due to the response, and Fighton made it clear and we respect that.
And my team is a Championship contender and I have a good feeling we'll make the playoffs since I have a really solid team. The two wins we have were managerial wins with the moves we made and at 2-2, we feel good about our position with 10 games to go. WE FEAR NOBODY! The Force is with the Empire!
And Donnie Baseball is comin' Nacho!
Let's be honest. You won your last game because fighton used his time machine to reverse all your dumb trades. Not because of your genius managerial moves.
We'll see you in a couple weeks buddy! Game circled on the schedule! True though about the trades, but not about putting Burlsn in the leadoff spot and bringing in Sutclf to start. Anyways, pass me the pepper for the steak I'm cooking in your kitchen :D ;D The Empire matches up really with your team and we can't wait to throw down!
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If you are going to make lineup changes moving forward, PM them to me. It's a lot easier if I don't have to keep track of two threads plus PMs.
The Chilis lineup is terrible. Bob Boone as cleanup? Ugh.
I cant get production out of Murphy and Evans. At least Boone has produced.
HoJo has been a nice surprise. But I'm changing the lineup for next week's game. Gonna try Jack Clark at leadoff. Cant hit into a double play if no one is on base.
Murphy and Evans are going to the bottom of the order.
Matter of fact, if anyone wants Dale Murphy or Dewey Evans, make me an offer.
Quote from: Reds on 08/30/17, 08:43:02 AM
Matter of fact, if anyone wants Dale Murphy or Dewey Evans, make me an offer.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's got huge-power hitters who cannot hit a fucking homer.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 08/30/17, 09:19:59 AM
Quote from: Reds on 08/30/17, 08:43:02 AM
Matter of fact, if anyone wants Dale Murphy or Dewey Evans, make me an offer.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's got huge-power hitters who cannot hit a fucking homer.
Four games in, and my top pick Bell has, I think, one homer.
Using darky logic they aren't hitting home runs because they don't like where you are batting them in the order.
Do you have a better explanation?!?!?
if reggie hits one in the 3 hole, i'm gonna hire darky as a bench coach in later seasons
mostly so i can blame him for my failures
Nacho, thoughts on today's game between the Pinkmen and The Empire? We need some theatre here.
And that is really strange that one of the game's best HR hitters only has 1HR through 4 games. Bell's good contact (14) and quality power (936) pretty much means he'll hit off anyone and should drop bombs at a better rate. Weird and blame the random generator not in your favor. So I guess he'll hit 4 bombs off the Empire today.
Quote from: Shooty on 08/30/17, 09:30:19 AM
Using darky logic they aren't hitting home runs because they don't like where you are batting them in the order.
Quote from: Nacho on 08/30/17, 09:30:53 AM
Do you have a better explanation?!?!?
Some players seem to thrive better in different hitting slots than others. Some like their natural hitting slot that they hit in from the original NES ROM, and others don't. Then I have some out there theory that somehow a team's slot in the ROM has a small impact on team hitting and pitching. For instance, Nacho's team is in the Minnesota slot on the ROM, my team is in the St. Louis slot and so on. American and National's slot is still in place, and I'd bet if Fighton moved a team into one of those slots, that team's hitting would go up a bit. You may not find it in the code, but each ROM's artificial intelligence spontaneously manifests its own awareness! ;D
In all seriousness, looking at historical stats of how hitters hit from their hitting position in the lineup and the ROM's slot, there is an impact for some of the players. I can't move Pena out of the 8-hole because the ROM likes him better in that slot and Whitkr seems to thrive better in the 7-hole slot with Garner in front of him in the 6th slot from the sim games I ran. Then player combos within the lineup construction is critical. In our program, we want a certain flow with the hitting akin to how musical notes are put together, so we look to design our lineup where players compliment each other according to contact, speed, and power. We want basehits with guys taking extra bases in rallies, then we want a homerun every here and there to start up a new dance in the rally! See the 7th inning when we had that 13-run rally against GDavis - it was a symphony!
Quote from: Darky on 08/30/17, 10:15:45 AM
Nacho, thoughts on today's game between the Pinkmen and The Empire? We need some theatre here.
This is a pivotal game for both teams. If the Pinkmen win, it'll obviously place us in great position to make the playoffs and make a run. It'll also deliver a major psychological blow, especially if Burks and DeCinces perform well. On the other hand, if the Empire win, it would show some resilience to a much-maligned team.
I look for Bell to break out of his HR slump. I think it'll be a slugfest, and look for the Pinkmen to flirt with the knockout via the mercy rule in the early innings.
btw Nacho, I was going to bring in a different arm to start the game against the Pinkmen. I put the ROM on a much more accelerated speed, let 4 innings play, then recorded the pitching stats. I ran sim games with J.Morris and two other pitchers.
The pitcher I was going to bring in as a hired gun has significantly better numbers than J.Moris and the other guy, but our hitters hit better behind Morris and Morris when he was on, was much more dominant than the hired gun I wanted to bring in. However, over a span of a few games I ran, he had some really shaky starts.
Anyways, I saw a 333 after a sim game I ran with Morris pitching and dominating, and that sign meant for me to start Morris. We'll see if 333 was on point! ;) Be nervous kiddo! Actually, I'm nervous since I've seen the destruction you guys can do to Morris. Big chance I'm taken here since Spock's logic told me to bring in the other guy against you. He'll be used against the EZ Listeners since we've already finished up our scouting against them. So yeah, I've been investing some time into this and it's damn fun! I found that Garner and Whitkr hit better in the spots I put them in the order, so that's how that change came about - Knight was totally outperformed by Garner in the scouting games I ran. So we'll see if Garner has a productive game against Cox.
If we fall behind after two innings, we have basically no chance of winning. It's just how the ROM plays it out with our specific matchups. Morris is shit when our team is behind, but if he has a lead to work with, then he pitches better for whatever reason.
Good luck today, Nacho. You and Shooty have good teams with the best records right now and maybe you two are eyeballing each other, but The Empire will have something to say about that. Never, ever, count out the Empire - Fantasy RBI juggernaut and ALWAYS RESILIENT., as we proved last game against GDavis with our backs to the wall 8)
While discussing trades with other managers, I may have just found out the a high contact rating is a bad thing.
lol.
This probably would have affected my drafting.
The Seymour Chili's are pleased to announce a trade :
Jack Clark, Dale Murphy, and Dwight Evans have been traded to Team Canada for Mark McGwire, Dave Henderson, and Jim Lindeman.
The Chili's wish all the best to Jack, Dale, and Dewey in their future endeavors and welcome the new players to the team.
I will miss McGwire, who is deserved of a #1 overall pic, but power is now spread ut better throughout my lineup.
New order will be:
DwEvans 891
Brunansky 906
Murphy 909
Schmidt 891
Clark 891
Schofield 861
Nokes 852
Herr 771
Jesus Christ. Shooty will dominate this league simply by fleecing other owners who are idiots.
Contact/power ratings in the trade were almost completely even. Dummy.
I would also like to point out that every trade that I have made has been proposed by the other owner.
McGwir 942
Clark 891
+51 for Reds
Lndmn 861
DwEvans 891
+ 30 for Shooty
Hndrsn 879
Murphy 909
+ 30 for Shooty
Shooty comes out ahead only 9 points on power, but he picked up 42 power points in his lineup since Lindmn is a bench player and Shooty only lost 2 starters.
Accounting for how contact is computed with power:
Batting Power - (Contact * x)
where x is 0 to 6 depending on where contact occurs
So take a 900 power hitter with 10 contact. If you make the worst contact the multiplier is 6, and the new power number is 900-(10*6) or 840.
Using this formula at the worst possible contact of 6, this is how it looks:
McGwir (18*6=108) 942-108 = 834
Clark (20*6=120) 891-120 = 771
+63 Reds
Lndmn (38*6=228) 861-228 = 633
DwEvans (27*6=162) 891-162= 729
+96 Shooty
Hndrsn (26*6=156) 879-156 = 723
Murphy (17*6=102) 909-102 = 807
+84 Shooty
Shooty comes out ahead 117 power points.
The trade would not be at risk for a void if Hndrk and not Lndmn was shipped to the Chili's.
Fighton will need to rule on this trade and I call on him for an official ruling. The trade is too lopsided because of Lindmn going to the Chili's and not Hndrk. Reds caught the virus that was in my body the other week ;D
I made the fucking deal. There's no ruling to be made. I made it. It sticks.
No, but Reds is somehow under the impression that contact is bad, because reasons.
Quote from: Reds on 08/30/17, 02:36:00 PM
I made the fucking deal. There's no ruling to be made. I made it. It sticks.
There is a commissioner that can allow it or not.
I'm guessing he allows it.
He has no reason not to. The numbers are practically even. Just because Lindeman was on shooty's bench doesn't mean that it was unfair. If you want to piss and whine about it, then why weren't you making an offer for Murphy and Evans?
Quote from: Darky on 08/30/17, 02:34:30 PM
The trade would not be at risk for a void if Hndrk and not Lndmn was shipped to the Chili's.
Srsly? Hendrik is 20 CNT 849 PWR. Lindeman is 38 CNT 861 PWR. At that point it comes down to personal preference. Hendrick is now on my bench so I don't care but whatever.
Essentially power and speed are both very similar for both teams. I get the advantage in contact (which is the least important of the 3 attributes, imo).
Regardless, isn't it all about lineup compositions, symphonies, 333, twitches, lunar phases, etc? Why is anyone even looking at number ratings?
You two trade away, it really is fine with me. However, for Reds to say the numbers were even was incorrect as I illustrated in my last post. The contact-power interaction was also explained here by Nightwulf and Turd: https://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=2752.40
Hndrk is on your bench now Shooty because he is replaced by DwEvans since you shipped Lndmn. By computing the contact-power numbers as explained by Nightwulf and Turd, it's a big difference. A contact of 38 is light years from a contact of 20 since it dramatically affects the power when you start multiplying contact from 1 to 6 then subtract that from power.
Just saying man! Again, I'm cool with the trade because you never know how it'll work it. You lost a HUGE stick with McGwir, and who knows if Dewey and Murphy make up the difference with the off years they are having so far. And who knows if the lineups work together. So again I say I am cool with this and I won't say another word about it. I'll just gladly be that more jubilant when the Empire takes down the Shooties and the Chili's again since it'll be SO MUCH more sweet haha! The trades will put extra pressure on the Shooties and the Chili's, and who knows if you two can handle that kind of heat! All good gentlemen, I have nothing against this trade, was just pointing out the numbers with what the code says.
how many games in the season? how many teams make the playoffs?
As I asked before: RUN THE FUCKING TRADE BY ME FIRST before you post it. Then I can either approve it or raise concerns privately, we can hash it out, and then go from there.
Quote from: nomaaa on 08/30/17, 04:41:20 PM
how many games in the season? how many teams make the playoffs?
14 games. Top 6 make 'yoffs.
ty
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/30/17, 04:42:12 PM
As I asked before: RUN THE FUCKING TRADE BY ME FIRST before you post it. Then I can either approve it or raise concerns privately, we can hash it out, and then go from there.
Shooty told me to post it. So I did. Sheesh.
Trade had to go through customs
Quote from: Man of Steal on 08/30/17, 05:27:45 PM
Trade had to go through customs
Have you guys worked out the contact rate and power after you do the exchange rate from USD to Canadian?
Darky told me fighton is just a puppet Commissioner. So didn't see the problem with Reds posting the trade.
Quote from: Shooty on 08/30/17, 06:12:21 PM
Darky told me fighton is just a puppet Commissioner. So didn't see the problem with Reds posting the trade.
Illuminati? I wonder which secret society within the Illuminati is actually calling the shots! Wow, not sure that's a good idea to show up the Commissioner like that in public. Commissioner Fighton and regular Dee Nee Fighton aren't the same people - see current social science studies on how power changes people!
I'll say this, we are barely into the 5th week, and it's already been a wild season! Fighton may have to take another few years off after this season if all this drama keeps up!
darky is employing some impressive smoke & mirrors tactics.
and by that, i mean being a huge part of the problem by instigating many of the teams in the league before & after a season long run of trade shenanigans and bloopers. interesting that he would finally turn on the only person here who had his back & essentially salvaged his season for him, apparently to no thanks. even if it would finally get people to stop being so annoyed by him. at least for a minute.
the teachers pet approach was working so much better, you should have stuck with that
Dude, wtf are you talking about? You thought Shooty was serious and you thought I somehow said that about Fighton? Really? I'd never turn on Fighton. Go back, jack, and do it again. And stop being a fuckin' prick.
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I like trading players. Hey Shooty I'll trade you Jim Lindeman, Mark McGwire, and Hendo for Dale Murphy, Dewey, and Jack Clark.
I would need some draft picks in return.
How about cash considerations?
maybe some prospects.
i hear they're going to call up ken griffey's kid soon. maybe he'll make next year's American squad
Hey everyone make me trade offers for anyone on my team. Strawberry, Fernando, McGwire. Whoever.
fighton,
Please don't ever use 'yoffs again.
He>I
McLane
Looking forward to the ASF against the Diplomats game today. It'll be interesting to see if Reggie and all that power and quality contact continues to have so-so games. For a guy with great contact and power from the left side, he should be getting 4-5 hits a game and at least 2 jacks like all the power hitters usually do.
Still confused by nomaaa's incoherent rambling whines. haha, so nomaaa thought I was actually serious when I brought up social science studies concerning how power changes people :D Theatre people! It's all theatre in here and we love it. Honestly nomaaa, how did you come to the idea that I was turning on Fighton? Anyways, who cares. Let's play ball!
I got ASF winning big today. They love lefties.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 08/31/17, 10:48:02 AM
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He>I
Please unpack.
Seconded.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 08/31/17, 10:48:02 AM
Quote from: fknmclane on 08/31/17, 10:09:23 AM
He>I
Please unpack.
He (GOD) is greater than I
These stickers can't only be an AZ thing. First thought it was some stupid clothing brand because I read it as HEKI with a backwards K. Nope. It's the Lord.
Never heard of it.
And 'yoffs was an attempt to translate from Old Man to Steeze for nomaaa.
FYI, I have empaneled a Blue Chip Commission to review the pending trades and other trades moving forward. I will post their findings once I receive their report.
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/31/17, 11:04:00 AM
Never heard of it.
And 'yoffs was an attempt to translate from Old Man to Steeze for nomaaa.
it was appreciated 8)
Quote from: fknmclane on 08/31/17, 10:57:05 AM
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Quote from: fknmclane on 08/31/17, 10:09:23 AM
He>I
Please unpack.
He (GOD) is greater than I
These stickers can't only be an AZ thing. First thought it was some stupid clothing brand because I read it as HEKI with a backwards K. Nope. It's the Lord.
"Hey, guys, the Jesus fish has become common enough that everyone recognizes it and knows what it is. Any ideas for ways we can confuse people again? Oh, and I'd really like to go after the market that also would buy a '26.2' sticker."
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Quote from: fightonusc on 08/31/17, 11:04:00 AM
Never heard of it.
And 'yoffs was an attempt to translate from Old Man to Steeze for nomaaa.
it was appreciated 8)
Richard...fine.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 08/31/17, 11:22:47 AM
"Hey, guys, the Jesus fish has become common enough that everyone recognizes it and knows what it is. Any ideas for ways we can confuse people again? Oh, and I'd really like to go after the market that also would buy a '26.2' sticker."
This is good.
Quote from: fightonusc on 08/31/17, 11:04:47 AM
FYI, I have empaneled a Blue Chip Commission to review the pending trades and other trades moving forward. I will post their findings once I receive their report.
You were late to our phone conference and not fully prepared with the objections the Blue Chip Commission presented. Lord Vader will not be so compassionate next time around. Redo the reasoning and show the number values the way Lord Vader instructed you to highlight.
After receiving input from the Blue Chip Commission, I am allowing the trade between the Canadian Shooties and the Seymour Chili's. While it's not a trade I would make, I can see the rationale behind it - SC is getting the best player of the six (McGwire) going his way. This is not a situation where an owner was clearly not of the right mind and was making irrational decisions that would have dramatically impacted the rest of the league. (Call it the Leonard Tose Rule.)
The Chili's are proud to announce a trade with Rock City. Darryl Strawberry and Gary Pettis have been traded for Chili Davis and Vince Coleman. The Chili's are excited to welcome these two outstanding young men to the team. Here in Seymour, we hate to see high level talent leave, but we believe that this move was made in the interest of improving the total lineup. We have asked Mr. Srawberry on several occasions to seek help for what the team doctor calls a 'substance abuse' issue. But since Darryl has refused treatment, we feel it is in the best interest of the team to move on.
We are excited to see the revamped lineup and improved results on the field with these young men.
We wish Darryl and Gary the best in all of their future endeavors.
Did this go through the Blue Ribbon Trade Commission Panel??!??
Chili Davis plays for the EZ Listeners, lol!
Pretty sure the deal I approved was Candy Maldonado & Vince Coleman for Darryl Strawberry and Gary Pettis.
Oh wait. Yeah. I'm stoned.
Heh.
"This chili tastes weird"
Reds, what's your new lineup? Let's see how your remodeled car runs! I gotta say, I like the changes Reds made. McGwir is going to instantly boost his offense since he'll be good for 4-5 hits a game with a jack or two. McGwir wasn't himself with the Shooties. Getting Candy was huge because Candy is consistent with hits and power. Coleman will be a serious weapon any time he gets a hit, but that's if he beats out Lindmn for the OF job.
nomaaa gets Strwby in his lineup instead of the Candyman. If Strwby plays the way he normally does, he'll be a boost for the Diplomats. Weird that Strwby was struggling so bad with the Chili's. Gotta say he didn't like the leadoff spot since he needed a bit more time to settle down after his ritual of doing lines and drinking before the game.
The Shooties trade was also solid. If Murphy and DwEvans continue to have subpar years, then uh oh! McGwir is a huge stick to lose, so ballsy of Shooty to let him go. J.Clark is solid and can have big games, but then he can also disappear. Team speed will be horrible for the Shooties, so we may see a lot of outs via putouts and double plays.
Anyways, we'll see how it all works out.
Shooty and nomaaa, please post your new lineups so I can do some scouting on my rom and the Fantasy World and media would like to know rather than speculate on Fantasy Center News.
Ass Full of Shit is reeling.
Scrimmaged with the Canadian Smoothies - U AINT SO BAD!
Oh noes. I lost an exhibition game of RBI Baseball!!!!
Are all the lineup changes in and will the ROM be ready for week 6 today?
Changes and lineup for week 6.
Sutton has been brought in to start against the Easy Listeners. Sutclf has been released. Advanced scouting says for us to bring in Sutton against the EZ Listeners.
1. Burlsn
2. Baylor
3. Leonrd
4. E.Davis
5. Mtngly
6. Whitkr
7. Garner
8. Pena
SP#1 Morris
SP#2 Sutton
Relief:
Robnsn
Dayley
Bench:
Knight
Morris
Sntago
Wallng
dunno if you did this or not, but send fighton your lineup thru PM, as well
Quote from: nomaaa on 09/04/17, 01:26:14 PM
dunno if you did this or not, but send fighton your lineup thru PM, as well
I did yesterday. I like doing these public announcements anyways. I was going to just not say anything and wait for the ROM, but Dee Nee is slow today. Also, the new change will strike fear into Tempo, the rookie owner! ;D
Don Sutton's grey fro scares us not
just looking out for manfredi
also, at this point, i'm excited to see who might be on the waiver wire this week
Quote from: TempoGL on 09/04/17, 01:33:37 PM
Don Sutton's grey fro scares us not
Just make sure the sound guy in your stadium is playing "Sailing" by Christopher Cross when the ole man is warming up in the pen before the game!
FYI - I'm taking a few days to manually redo the stats, so the games might not start until later this week.
https://youtu.be/aAv9kZkmTxs
Our players are going to be in their 60s by the time this thing gets going again...
Through rescoring Week 3 and half of Week 4 now. We'll start on Monday. Get any additional lineup changes in to me if you haven't yet.
Quote from: fightonusc on 09/09/17, 03:11:24 PM
Through rescoring Week 3 and half of Week 4 now. We'll start on Monday. Get any additional lineup changes in to me if you haven't yet.
All chill, take your time my man - I i know how it is. No rush.
tl;dr version - the app I have to score the games is fantastic - it's cut my time needed to actually score the games down by at least 50%. However, their stat keeping element leaves a lot to be desired, especially when it comes to league stats vs. an individual team. Especially in any league where players are dropped/added/traded.
So I'm going to go back to the Excel spreadsheet method for actually tallying stats.
Here are all of the relevant files for this week, including the ROM, rosters, stats, standings and schedule.
Please review your roster to make sure it's correct.
Tempo has mentioned a couple of times to flip-flop Guerro and Shrdan. Guerro takes Shrdan's spot in the lineup, and Shrdan takes Guerro's spot in the bench order. Hopefully Tempo can confirm soon so I don't look crazy here.
darky is afraid of pat sheridan imo
Quote from: nomaaa on 09/11/17, 05:36:01 PM
darky is afraid of pat sheridan imo
I'm just trying to help out a friend since he's already asked for the change twice! That's what friends are for ;) :angel:
No, my inability to remember to flip Sheridan and Guerrero is almost comical at this point.
New ROM attached.
It worked out, but you have to question The Empire not pulling Sutton earlier and bringing in a closer to try and mercy rule that thing.
Quote from: fightonusc on 09/12/17, 12:58:30 PM
It worked out, but you have to question The Empire not pulling Sutton earlier and bringing in a closer to try and mercy rule that thing.
You shall never question Lord Vader.
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There was a great moment in computer fielding during one of the late innings when the EZ Listeners were attempting a mini-comeback: Runners at 2nd and 3rd, batter hits a routine grounder (I think maybe a comebacker to the mound but don't remember for sure). Fielder throws home, then catcher relays to third... but before he made the tag on the runner coming home. The runner beats the throw to third, and everyone is safe. I was really hoping that would be a difference-maker, but it didn't end up that way.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 09/12/17, 03:35:09 PM
There was a great moment in computer fielding during one of the late innings when the EZ Listeners were attempting a mini-comeback: Runners at 2nd and 3rd, batter hits a routine grounder (I think maybe a comebacker to the mound but don't remember for sure). Fielder throws home, then catcher relays to third... but before he made the tag on the runner coming home. The runner beats the throw to third, and everyone is safe. I was really hoping that would be a difference-maker, but it didn't end up that way.
It happens more often than you'd think and there are more ways that happens - I've seen too many games to know.
What happened there was that there were runners on second and third with two outs, and Will Clark hit a grounder to the SS. The SS threw it to 3B and before the 3B could apply a tag, he quickly threw it to home and the runner was safe.
Another way that happens is when there is a runner on 3B and a ground ball goes to the 1B or 3B. Either the 1st baseman or 3rd baseman will quickly throw the ball to home, and before the catcher makes the tag, he'll throw it to 1B and the runner will be safe by beating out the throw. I think it has happened in 3 other games this year. That was one break that went Tempo's way, but it wasn't enough to overcome all the breaks we got that game, plus the domination!
Fighton, great work with the stats btw! Holy shit did you detail everything there! You're doing a great job man!
I get the feeling that every team in the league is going to end up just around .500.
Only because I handicapped my team with the trades I did. I didn't have the stomach to watch the Empire dominate again and I wanted to make the league fun and competitive for everybody ;D
New members Murphy and Evans were gold. Jack Clark sucked.
Rock City is very happy to see Vince & Candy thriving in their new roles with the Chilis. the diplomats watched in the clubhouse & were hooting and hollering when Vince popped one
Is it only me who waits all day in anticipation for the day's game? Fighton managed to sneak one by me and maybe the rest of dee nee last night when he posted the game after midnight dee nee time. Impressive though he was able to do that and found that twilight zone of posting a game with everyone logged off.
The Rock City and GDavis & Friends game has me really interested. Both teams need a win to get an edge for the playoffs, but a loss won't knock either of them out.
you are not, i'm loving this league.
the week off was tough on the boys, but they spent some quality time welcoming the new addition to the clubhouse. Strawberry fits in well with the boys, and his close ties to NY will help him feel more comfortable in his new role. He's struggled at the plate this season, so we're not expecting huge returns right out the gate. We just want to put him in a place we think he can succeed with the diplomats
That was a hell of a game to end the week, although I did not feel at all confident going into either the top or bottom of the ninth.
I am reasonably sure that it's not taken into account by the random number gods, but I think all the errors that game were with two outs, one of which directly led to two runs for nomaaa.
So no one is doubting Canseco now. 7 for 7 5 runs 5 rbi.
Beefy - I'm not happy with the performances of Witt/Franco. Let's take a look at the waiver wire.
Henke did some work at the end there.
Quote from: GDavis on 09/19/17, 07:21:21 AM
So no one is doubting Canseco now. 7 for 7 5 runs 5 rbi.
Beefy - I'm not happy with the performances of Witt/Franco. Let's take a look at the waiver wire.
Yeah, looks like hJose is finally settling into his role. Can't complain about that kind of production. Also, Ruppert FINALLY got himself going, so I'm feeling much better about the lineup as a whole, other than maybe Brenly.
I'm with you on the pitching. I was hugely impressed by Ryan and Henke, but the other two were disasters (interesting, because Nolan has historically been fairly crappy in Fantasy RBI).
Beef - I am going to swap out GDavis with Keith Hernandez. Hernandez has been on fire and I like the idea of GDavis coming off the bench with the pinch hitter's power boost.
I'd also like to swap Brenly and Grich in the batting order. Grich has been better and sometimes the #8 hitter gets pinch hit for - so I'd prefer that be Brenly.
Please cosign.
Also - could manfreddy or someone post the available pitchers on the free agent list? I'd like to peruse.
Quote from: GDavis on 09/20/17, 12:32:16 PM
Also - could manfreddy or someone post the available pitchers on the free agent list? I'd like to peruse.
Load: RBI 17 Wk 6 v3
http://nightwulf.rbicentral.com/rbi-editor/
Yes, as Darky posted, if anyone ever wants to know available FAs, it's the roster of the American and National teams in that week's ROM (the rosters are a text file in that week's ZIP file of relevant information.
Thanks - I checked the stats and our pitching has been straight ass.
Drop Witt for Doyle Alexandar
Drop Franco for Corbet
Beefmaster - cosign these transactions
Quote from: GDavis on 09/20/17, 12:52:20 PM
Drop Witt for Doyle Alexandar
Drop Franco for Corbet
Beefmaster - cosign these transactions
Co-signed.
Quote from: GDavis on 09/20/17, 12:32:16 PM
Beef - I am going to swap out GDavis with Keith Hernandez. Hernandez has been on fire and I like the idea of GDavis coming off the bench with the pinch hitter's power boost.
I'd also like to swap Brenly and Grich in the batting order. Grich has been better and sometimes the #8 hitter gets pinch hit for - so I'd prefer that be Brenly.
Please cosign.
I'm VERY leery about the 1B switch (Hernandez's numbers so far this year are boosted a lot by the PH bonus), but I'm willing to give it a shot for a game, at least.
I was going to make the same proposal regarding Brenly and Grich. IN THEORY they are almost exactly equals with the bat (Brenly has 2 more speed points), but Brenly's really been struggling. Maybe this will give him a wake-up call.
I had the same thought about Hernandez - but it's worth trying out. Consider it a platoon situation.
I know a couple people had volunteered, but is anyone willing to handle the weekly stats? I have an Excel spreadsheet that automates a lot of it - basically, you'll just need the game box scores that I post after every game.
Do we have to wait for someone to clear waivers? I want to drop Jeff Reardon and take John Franco
Done.
Changes for week 7
Knight in for Garner - flip flop.
Sntago in for Pena - flip flop
1. Burlsn
2. Baylor
3. Leonrd
4. E.Davis
5. Mtngly
6. Whitkr
7. Knight
8. Sntago
Bench
Garner
Morris
Pena
Wallng
You gotta get E Davis in the lead off slot. What a waste.
Quote from: fightonusc on 09/20/17, 01:50:15 PM
I know a couple people had volunteered, but is anyone willing to handle the weekly stats? I have an Excel spreadsheet that automates a lot of it - basically, you'll just need the game box scores that I post after every game.
Bump.
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My 10 week vacation just started within minutes ago. I leave for Las Vegas/NorCal on Tuesday and will be there for 7 weeks. I would have helped otherwise and I want to, but I can't commit since I'll be up to a lot of stuff. Beef is a good numbers guy, he should volunteer like a good Christian should!
Quote from: Darky on 09/21/17, 03:04:34 PM
Beef is a good numbers guy, he should volunteer like a good Christian should!
Darky... fine.
You just need copying from the box scores into the spreadsheets? I should be able to handle some of that.
You're a good guy, Beef! If I'm not mistaken here, I believe Fighton has hit the proverbial wall. So doing the stats will be a big relief for him. Hours go into a slate of games and updating the stats. I know how it is.
Thanks so much, Beef! I've managed to pretty much automate the process - I put the game stats into a worksheet, and it auto populates season stats for each player. What winds up needing to be manual - and is a big pain - is for players who were on multiple teams in the same season. I've done this week's stats - I'll send you the spreadsheet this week and walk you through it via PM.
Week 7 files are attached.
Standings Through Week 7
TEAM | W | L | PCT. | RF | RA | RD |
Canadian Shooties | 4 | 2 | 0.667 | 69 | 56 | 13 |
Tulsa Pinkmen | 4 | 2 | 0.667 | 84 | 73 | 11 |
EZ Listeners | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 96 | 86 | 10 |
GDavis and Friends | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 89 | 96 | -7 |
The Empire | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 83 | 92 | -9 |
Seymour Chili's | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 54 | 63 | -9 |
Rock City Diplomats | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 72 | 61 | 11 |
Assful of Shit | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 69 | 89 | -20 |
Available players for next week:
Data for team 9 (American):
No Name R/L Avg HR Cnt Power Speed
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01 Rndlph RHB .305 7 16 738 128
02 Thmpsn RHB .262 10 23 777 124
03 Davdsn RHB .267 1 22 744 132
04 Sndbrg RHB .294 16 19 771 134
05 Gladdn RHB .281 8 20 759 140
06 Mazzli LHB .247 3 31 768 124
07 Lake RHB .251 2 32 768 124
08 Schrdr RHB .332 14 10 759 120
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09 Hatchr RHB .000 0 27 759 142
10 Seitzr RHB .323 15 14 759 130
11 Larkin LHB .266 4 22 771 122
12 Sullvn RHB .193 1 38 789 118
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13 Reushl RHB .150 0 64 640 120
14 Witt RHB .714 0 64 640 120
15 King RHB .150 0 64 640 120
16 Reardn RHB .999 0 64 640 120
<Ability> <--Speed-->
No Name R/L ERA Snk Curve Snk Crv Fst Sta Un1 Un2
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01 Reushl RHP 3.09 8 9 10 144 165 184 40 112 143
02 Witt RHP 2.06 4 7 9 144 160 186 50 115 140
03 King RHP 2.33 6 2 7 162 177 186 15 116 140
04 Reardn RHP 0.50 5 5 8 146 178 197 14 113 142
Data for team 10 (National):
No Name R/L Avg HR Cnt Power Speed
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01 Barret RHB .000 0 16 735 134
02 JUribe LHB .000 0 14 747 128
03 Sntana RHB .245 1 38 708 124
04 Smally LHB .275 8 18 759 120
05 Herndn RHB .324 9 10 759 122
06 Ashby LHB .257 7 28 777 124
07 Bush LHB .253 11 26 789 130
08 Pedriq RHB .294 1 19 729 130
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09 Ford LHB .285 3 22 768 130
10 Lmbrdz RHB .238 8 31 789 124
11 Backmn LHB .100 0 10 717 124
12 Oqendo LHB .286 1 21 759 126
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13 Sutclf RHB .000 0 64 640 120
14 Hurst LHB .000 0 64 640 120
15 Schrld RHB .150 0 64 640 120
16 DSmith RHB .150 0 64 640 120
<Ability> <--Speed-->
No Name R/L ERA Snk Curve Snk Crv Fst Sta Un1 Un2
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01 Sutclf RHP 1.75 6 5 9 153 173 190 40 113 140
02 Hurst LHP 6.75 9 5 4 169 181 192 40 113 140
03 Schrld RHP 1.41 2 3 5 173 184 200 15 114 139
04 DSmith RHP 2.73 2 2 4 146 184 205 12 112 143
Chili's team WHIP is way off. Not that it matters.
And on the indivudal stats, the player's new teams aren't updated.
Also, Andre Dawson for mid season MVP by the looks of it.
Quote from: Shooty on 09/22/17, 12:24:02 PM
And on the indivudal stats, the player's new teams aren't updated.
Also, Andre Dawson for mid season MVP by the looks of it.
Howard Johnson.
Quote from: Shooty on 09/22/17, 12:24:02 PM
And on the indivudal stats, the player's new teams aren't updated.
Also, Andre Dawson for mid season MVP by the looks of it.
I haven't updated it for the new teams since they don't have any stats for those teams yet, if that's what you mean.
And when you open the stats sheet, you can unhide columns to see the stats other than HR and AVG
FYI, after this week's games, we'll have a special exhibition all-star game between the best players from this season vs. the "best" players not on rosters. And there will be no mercy rule.
Quote from: fightonusc on 09/22/17, 12:35:04 PM
I haven't updated it for the new teams since they don't have any stats for those teams yet, if that's what you mean.
So if I look at Dale Murphy, he's listed as COM, when he has already played a game for the Shooties.
COM means combined - stats for all teams he's played for. And as I said above, that's the part that drives me nuts, which is why I'm asking Beefy to help me with it.
Did the players go on strike?
Trump fired them all for protesting.
Here are the available players for this week. Let me know if you want to add anyone:
Data for team 9 (American):
No Name R/L Avg HR Cnt Power Speed
=======================================
01 Rndlph RHB .305 7 16 738 128
02 Thmpsn RHB .262 10 23 777 124
03 Davdsn RHB .267 1 22 744 132
04 Sndbrg RHB .294 16 19 771 134
05 Gladdn RHB .281 8 20 759 140
06 Mazzli LHB .247 3 31 768 124
07 Lake RHB .251 2 32 768 124
08 Schrdr RHB .332 14 10 759 120
=======================================
09 Hatchr RHB .000 0 27 759 142
10 Seitzr RHB .323 15 14 759 130
11 Larkin LHB .266 4 22 771 122
12 Sullvn RHB .193 1 38 789 118
=======================================
13 Reushl RHB .150 0 64 640 120
14 Witt RHB .714 0 64 640 120
15 King RHB .150 0 64 640 120
16 Reardn RHB .999 0 64 640 120
<Ability> <--Speed-->
No Name R/L ERA Snk Curve Snk Crv Fst Sta Un1 Un2
======================================================
01 Reushl RHP 3.09 8 9 10 144 165 184 40 112 143
02 Witt RHP 2.06 4 7 9 144 160 186 50 115 140
03 King RHP 2.33 6 2 7 162 177 186 15 116 140
04 Reardn RHP 0.50 5 5 8 146 178 197 14 113 142
Data for team 10 (National):
No Name R/L Avg HR Cnt Power Speed
=======================================
01 Barret RHB .000 0 16 735 134
02 JUribe LHB .000 0 14 747 128
03 Sntana RHB .245 1 38 708 124
04 Smally LHB .275 8 18 759 120
05 Herndn RHB .324 9 10 759 122
06 Ashby LHB .257 7 28 777 124
07 Bush LHB .253 11 26 789 130
08 Pedriq RHB .294 1 19 729 130
=======================================
09 Ford LHB .285 3 22 768 130
10 Lmbrdz RHB .238 8 31 789 124
11 Backmn LHB .100 0 10 717 124
12 Oqendo LHB .286 1 21 759 126
=======================================
13 Sutclf RHB .000 0 64 640 120
14 Hurst LHB .000 0 64 640 120
15 Schrld RHB .150 0 64 640 120
16 DSmith RHB .150 0 64 640 120
<Ability> <--Speed-->
No Name R/L ERA Snk Curve Snk Crv Fst Sta Un1 Un2
======================================================
01 Sutclf RHP 1.75 6 5 9 153 173 190 40 113 140
02 Hurst LHP 6.75 9 5 4 169 181 192 40 113 140
03 Schrld RHP 1.41 2 3 5 173 184 200 15 114 139
04 DSmith RHP 2.73 2 2 4 146 184 205 12 112 143
Get any FA pickups or roster changes to me by Wednesday. GDavis, I made the flip with Grich and Brenly.
The Empire wants to pick up Lee Mazzilli and bat him cleanup.
DONE! I'll update the...wait a minute....